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		<title>The Happiest Place to Live 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hawaii was the happiest place to live in the U.S. in 2009, according to a newly released national survey. Hawaii also topped the charts for life evaluation, emotional health and physical health. Nine of the top 10 well-being states reside in the Midwest and the West. The results come from interviews with more than 350,000 American [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/02/17/the-happiest-place-to-live-2009/</link>
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		<title>Vimeo&#8217;s 25 Favorite Videos of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vimeo is a social networking site for filmmakers and video creators, with more than 2.8 million members.  Here are five of Vimeo&#8217;s favorite videos of the year.  See the rest at Vimeo&#8230;
(Give the aquarium video some time to load before watching&#8230;otherwise you won&#8217;t have smooth playback)

Kuroshio Sea &#8211; 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world &#8211; (song [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/02/03/vimeos-25-favorite-videos-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>75 Best Business Blogs of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What defined business in 2009? Bankers and bailouts, for one. The proliferation of social media. A radical shift in the ways we find and accept jobs. A redefinition of the real estate, credit, and media markets. In a word, 2009 was full of fluctuations. And nobody covered, commented on, and analyzed them better than the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/29/75-best-business-blogs-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>100 Best Global Brands 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google, Amazon, and Zara are among the top gainers in BusinessWeek and Interbrand’s annual ranking of the “Best Global Brands.” UBS slipped dramatically down the list, falling 31 places to No. 72, losing 50% of its brand value. Coca-Cola remains the No. 1 brand for the ninth year in a row.
For the ninth consecutive year, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/29/100-best-global-brands-2009/</link>
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		<title>NYTimes Top 10 Travel Stories of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chic hostels in London, the remote wilderness of southern Utah and luxurious getaways in Costa Rica — these are just a few of the year&#8217;s most viewed stories from The New York Times Travel section. Read the full article&#8230;
 1. Frugal Paris
Even for those on a budget, the City of Light can offer unexpected pleasures.
2. Frugal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/27/nytimes-top-10-travel-stories-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For Publishers Weekly annual best books list, they chose 100 from more than 50,000 volumes. This year they upped the ante with the top 10 list below. Check out Publishers Weekly top 100 books of 2009, divided by category: fiction, poetry, mystery, science fiction, mass market, comics, nonfiction, and religion. Visit PW&#8230;
Cheever: A Life
Blake Bailey (Knopf)
Await [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/26/publishers-weekly-best-books-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>Kiplinger&#8217;s Best Cities 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the 2009 list, Kiplinger&#8217;s Personal Finance kept their focus on the best places to live, but also wanted to emphasize the best cities for work. They selected cities that have stable employment rates in key job areas as well as provide new career opportunities. A premium was put on places that will lead the country [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/26/kiplingers-best-cities-2009/</link>
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		<title>10 Best Movie Posters of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Moviefone.com compiled a list of the ten best movie posters of 2009. View the full article&#8230;
1. &#8216;An Education&#8217; 
2. &#8216;The Girlfriend Experience&#8217;
3. &#8216;Jennifer&#8217;s Body&#8217;
4. &#8216;Up&#8217;
5. &#8216;Broken Embraces&#8217;
6. &#8216;Inglourious Basterds&#8217;
7. &#8216;Up in the Air&#8217;
8. &#8216;Food Inc.&#8217;
9. &#8216;Precious: Based on a Novel by Sapphire&#8217;
10. &#8216;Julie &#38; Julia&#8217;
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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/24/10-best-movie-posters-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>US News Best Colleges 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Harvard and Princeton share the top of US News &#38; World Report&#8217;s 2010 list of national universities, while Williams ranks the highest among liberal arts colleges. View the full best colleges report&#8230;
America&#8217;s Best Colleges
* Baccalaureate Colleges
* Business programs
* Engineering programs
* Master&#8217;s Universities
* National Universities
* Liberal Arts Colleges
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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/24/us-news-best-colleges-2010/</link>
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		<title>NPR&#8217;s Best Books of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
The complete list of NPR&#8217;s Best Books of 2009 recommendations. Each critic&#8217;s list is presented separately. Read excerpts from each book on NPR.org&#8230;
Recommended by Glen Weldon
(&#8220;The Five Best Books To Share With Your Friends&#8221;)
* Conquest of the Useless by Werner Herzog
* Asterios Polyp,edited by David Mazzucchelli
* The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, by Lydia Davis
* The Supergirls, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/24/nprs-best-books-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>The Altantic&#8217;s Books of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Atlantic literary editor Benjamin Schwarz picks the twenty five best books of 2009. The top five books are listed below. View the twenty runners up on Atlantic.com&#8230;
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A Life 
By Michael Burlingame 
Johns Hopkins 
Measured, psychologically astute, authoritative when it can be, Michael Burlingame’s exhaustive narrative (2,024 pages!) is unafraid of ambiguity and indeterminacy. This is the life [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/24/the-altantics-books-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>50 Most Powerful Women in Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fortune Magazine’s 2009 list of  America’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business highlights the women who have a &#8220;secret weapon&#8221; in the business world. Fortune ranks the women not on their salaries, but by their past successes and ability to effect change in their companies. Read the full article&#8230;

 1. Indra Nooyi - PepsiCo
2. Irene Rosenfeld - Kraft Foods
3. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/24/50-most-powerful-women-in-business/</link>
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		<title>States Ranked by Top Colleges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Global Language Monitor ranked the top U.S. colleges and universities according their appearance in global print and electronic media for a 2009 report. States were ranked by the number of the top 225 colleges and universities located in each state. See the list of Top Colleges and Universities as ranked by state&#8230;
The Top Ten [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/24/states-ranked-by-top-colleges/</link>
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		<title>Metacritic&#8217;s Best-Reviewed Albums of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Metacritic.com collates reviews from respected critics and publications. Their album score shows the critical consensus at a glance by taking a weighted average of critic grades. The following list displays the 30 highest-scoring albums for the year in Metacritic&#8217;s database. Albums must have at least 7 reviews to qualify for high score lists. Reissues, &#8220;best-of&#8221; compilations and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/24/metacritics-best-reviewed-albums-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>Amazon&#8217;s Best Books of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amazon.com&#8217;s Best Books of 2009 includes choices for the very best out of a year&#8217;s worth of reading. You&#8217;ll find great books for readers of all ages and interests in their top 100 editors&#8217; and customers&#8217; lists, as well as year-end top 10s in dozens of categories. Topping their editors&#8217; list is Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/20/amazon-com-best-books-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>PC World 100 Best Products of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PC World looked at many outstanding hardware, software, sites, and services, evaluating each one on its design, functionality, performance, and impact. Here is the cream of the crop, the 100 best of 2009. View the top 100&#8230;


App Store (iPhone apps) Site &#124; PC World App Guide
Google Voice (telephony service) Full review
Intel X25-M Solid State Drive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/20/pc-world-100-best-products-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>The Top 30 Fashion Capitals of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Milan has upended New York after a five year reign as the Top Fashion Capital in the Global Language Monitor’s annual global survey. This exclusive ranking is based upon GLM’s Predictive Quantities Index, a proprietary algorithm that tracks words and phrases in print and electronic media, on the Internet and throughout the blogosphere. The words [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/20/the-top-30-fashion-capitals/</link>
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		<title>10 Best-Designed Intranets for 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The best designed intranets represent big companies (median size: 6,350 employees) with large amounts of documents and mission-critical applications such as sales force support. But most of the lessons from these winning designs apply to smaller companies as well. The list was selected by Jakob Nielsen, a leading web usability consultant. Read the report summary&#8230;

Enbridge, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/20/10-best-designed-intranets-for-2010/</link>
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		<title>World&#8217;s Best Companies 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Japanese electronics to Spanish textiles, the companies that made this list are thriving in the recession and preparing for beyond. As the economic outlook brightens, those that have worked hard to survive the tough times of the past year are best prepared to seize new opportunities. It is these enterprises that have risen to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/20/worlds-best-companies-2009/</link>
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		<title>Pitchfork.com&#8217;s Best of Music Lists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pitchfork Media offers dozens of &#8220;best-of&#8221; music lists – such as the best albums of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and the best songs of the 1960s and 2000s – as well as annual features detailing the best singles and albums of each year since 1999. View the lists&#8230;

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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/03/471/</link>
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		<title>100 Best Books of the Decade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Times of London compiled the 100 best books of the decade. View the full list&#8230;

The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006) 
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (2003)
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama (2004)
Masterworks of the Classical Haida Mythtellers trans Robert Bringhurst (2002)
Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky (2006)
The Tipping Point: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/03/100-best-books-of-the-decade/</link>
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		<title>Forbes Richest People In America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forbes publishes an annual list of the 400 richest Americans. The Forbes 400 is a snapshot of wealth on Sept. 10, 2009. The minimum net worth for inclusion in this year’s rankings was USD 1.3 billion, up $300 million from last year. See the full list of 400. Or create your own list.
1. William Gates III 
2. Warren Buffett    
3. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/02/forbes-richest-people-in-america/</link>
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		<title>The World&#8217;s Most Powerful People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are 67 slots on Forbes&#8217; first ranking of the World&#8217;s Most Powerful People &#8211;one for every 100 million people on the planet. Barack Obama tops the list, thanks to his control of the world&#8217;s largest economy, military, and nuclear arsenal. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have a combined net worth of $30 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/02/the-worlds-most-powerful-people/</link>
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		<title>The Best Free Fonts of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WebDesignLedger.com collected some of the best free fonts from 2009. View the designs in WDL&#8217;s Freebies section&#8230;
Chunk 
Calluna
Vegur
League Gothic
Sansation
Quicksand
Mentone
Serif Beta
Goudy Bookletter 1911
Titilium
Junction
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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/02/the-best-free-fonts-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>TIME&#8217;s 25 Best Blogs 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TIME&#8217;s second annual list of the best blogs in the world, spanning politics, housekeeping, astronomy and everything in between. See the full list&#8230;

Talking Points Memo 
The Huffington Post
Lifehacker
Metafilter
The Daily Dish by Andrew Sullivan
Freakonomics
BoingBoing
Got2BeGreen
Zen Habits
The Conscience of a Liberal: Paul Krugman
Crooks and Liars
Generación Y
Mashable
Slashfood
Official Google Blog
synthesis
bleat
/Film
Seth Godin&#8217;s Blog
Deadspin: Sports News without Access, Favor, or Discretion
Dooce
Confessions of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/02/times-25-best-blogs-2009/</link>
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		<title>CNN Money&#8217;s Best Places to Live 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Which small towns in America have weathered the economic storm and continued to provide residents with affordable living, great educations, low crime and more? CNN Money outlined the top 100 in the 2009 Best Places to Live list powered by Onboard Informatics data. See the top 100&#8230;

1. Louisville, CO 
2. Chanhassen, MN
3. Papillion, NE
4. Middleton, WI [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/02/cnn-moneys-best-places-to-live-2009/</link>
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		<title>US News Best Places to Live 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The “Best Places to Live,” selected by U.S. News editors, were chosen from 2,000 locations by examining factors including an area’s economy, cost of living, population, crime rate, and access to educational, cultural, and recreational opportunities. All cities offer strong economies, low living costs and ample, affordable recreational activities. Read the full article on USNews.com&#8230;

Albuquerque, New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2010/01/02/best-places-to-live-2009/</link>
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		<title>KAYAK&#8217;s Top 10 Travel Lists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KAYAK&#8217;S Traveler blog features dozens of travel-related top 10 lists.  A recent sampling includes best airports, ten top haunted hotels, top bed &#38; breakfast inns, best green hotels, best kids pools, best rooftop hotel pools, best new hotels of 2009, best big city bargains, and more.  Visit Kayak.com Traveler for the lists&#8230;

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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2009/12/26/kayaks-top-10-travel-lists/</link>
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		<title>TechCrunch&#8217;s Top Ten IPO Candidates For 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a long drought for IPOs, but venture capitalists and tech entrepreneurs are hopeful that 2010 will be the year they rain down on the Valley once gain. Below is TechCrunch&#8217;s list of the top ten IPO candidates for 2010 in the technology industry, after conducting an informal survey of top VCs and angel investors. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2009/12/25/techcrunchs-top-ten-ipo-candidates-for-2010/</link>
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		<title>TIME&#8217;s 50 Best Websites 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TIME picks its annual list of best Websites. Fifty offerings that are indispensable to navigating, enjoying yourself, shopping or just killing time on the Web. View the list on Time.com&#8230;
1. Flickr 
2. California Coastline
3. Delicious
4. Metafilter
5. popurls
6. Twitter
7. Skype
8. Boing Boing
9. Academic Earth
10. OpenTable
11. Google
12. YouTube
13. Wolfram&#124;Alpha
14. Hulu
15. Vimeo
16. Fora TV
17. Craiglook
18. Shop Goodwill
19. Amazon
20. Kayak
21. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2009/12/25/time-coms-50-best-websites-2009/</link>
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		<title>Best Books of 2009: Barnes &amp; Noble Editors&#8217; Picks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The editors of the Barnes &#38; Noble Review selected their favorite titles of the year &#8212; fiction, nonfiction, and beyond. View the reviews&#8230;
FICTION 
* The Anthologist, by Nicholson Baker
* Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel
* Finch, by Jeff Vandermeer
* The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, by Lydia Davis
* White is for Withcing, by Helen Oyeyemi
* Asterios [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2009/12/25/best-books-of-2009-barnes-noble-editors-picks/</link>
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		<title>Allure&#8217;s Best Beauty Products of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Allure.com tested thousands of products to bring you the top 189 lipsticks, anti-aging creams, mascaras, concealers, defrizzers, and more. Here is the master list&#8230;
* Eyes 
* Lips
* Base
* Body
* Nails
* Skin Care
* Cheap Thrills
* Best Splurges
* Natural Wonders
* Guy Stuff
* Hair
* Scent
* Tools
* Breakthroughs
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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2009/12/25/allures-best-beauty-products-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>Mediaweek.com&#8217;s Top Stories of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2009 was a year of great economic and media industry upheaval—and Mediaweek.com brought readers thorough, up-to-date news coverage of all the ad-supported media industries. The downturn did not spare any specific medium—and as you&#8217;ll find on this report, the 2009 Top Ten Most-Read Stories on Mediaweek.com, all media are present.
1. Exclusive: Playboy Slashes Rate Base 38% 
2. OK! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2009/12/24/mediaweek-coms-top-stories-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>Coolest Book Covers of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Huffington Post compiled the best book covers of 2009. Books that have beautiful, thoughtful, or just plain cool designs. View the slideshow&#8230;
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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2009/12/24/coolest-books-covers-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>101 Best Websites for Writers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writer&#8217;s Digest 11th annual list of Websites for writers offers a one-stop resource. They sifted through more than 2,700 nominations and pulled the best of the bunch. Read the full story&#8230;
The 2009 Categories:
* Agent Blogs
* Writing Communities
* Publishing Resources
* Jobs and Markets
* Creativity and Challenges
* Genres/Niches
* General Resources
* Fun for Writers
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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2009/12/22/101-best-websites-for-writers/</link>
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		<title>20 Best Steaks in America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Esquire.com compiled a definitive list of the twenty best steaks in America. Read the full story&#8230;

1. Palm, New York City
2. Jess &#38; Jim&#8217;s, Kansas City, Missouri
3. The Prime Rib, Baltimore
4. Andrea&#8217;s, Metairie, Louisiana
5. Peter Luger, Brooklyn
6. Sammy&#8217;s Roumanian, New York City
7. Macelleria, New York City
8. El Raigón, San Francisco
9. Steak Frites, New York City
10. Churrascos, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2009/12/22/20-best-steaks-in-america/</link>
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		<title>The Best Gadgets of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Gizmodo&#8217;s list of favorite gadgets, from smartphones, laptops and cameras to vacuums, rechargeable batteries and earphones. More&#8230;
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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2009/12/22/the-best-gadgets-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>Best Product Rankings &amp; Reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US News &#038; World Report has launched RankingsAndReviews.com, a new site that condenses reviews of  major consumer products into rankings and meta-reviews.

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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/10/08/best-product-rankings-reviews/</link>
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		<title>The 50 Best Business Blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Internet blogs are taking on big corporations and winning. As the bloggerati continue to set the agenda London&#8217;s Times Online provides a list of the 50 top blogs in the following categories: Economics, Banking &#038; Finance, Construction &#038; Property, Engineering, Health, Industrials, Leisure, Media &#038; Marketing, Natural Resources, Retail, Law, Transport, Technology, Telecoms, and Utilities. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/07/08/the-50-best-business-blogs/</link>
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		<title>The 40 Most Influential People in the Magazine Publishing Industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Folio examined the entire industry, as well as a few markets that intersect it, for individuals who best represent an increasingly multifaceted media landscape. People who have demonstrated tangible proof of actionable ideas. This year’s list highlights the best in the industry from consumer, b-to-b, association, and regional publications. The Folio: 40 profiles C-Level visionaries, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/04/12/the-40-most-influential-people-in-the-magazine-publishing-industry/</link>
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		<title>400 Magazine Blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) is the industry association for consumer magazines. Magazine.org&#8217;s blogroll features 400 blogs from member magazines. All blogs are classified under their magazine name on the left window. Once you select a magazine, a list of their current blogs will appear below next to an orange rss icon. The selected blog [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/03/17/400-magazine-blogs/</link>
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		<title>The Top 200 Albums of All Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock &#38; Roll Hall of Fame unveiled the official list of the 200 albums and soundtracks that comprise the Definitive 200. See the full list&#8230;
1. Beatles &#8211; Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Pink Floyd &#8211; Dark Side Of The Moon
3. Michael Jackson &#8211; Thriller
4. Led Zeppelin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/03/11/the-top-200-albums-of-all-time-2/</link>
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		<title>The World&#8217;s 500 Largest Corporate Employers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Giant retailer Wal-Mart Stores, with 1.8 million employees, tops the first published list of the world&#8217;s 500 largest corporate employers. Home to nearly half of the companies on the list, the United States boasts the largest employers in 13 out of 28 industries, according to the study by My Global Career, a blog-based careers site [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/03/04/the-worlds-500-largest-corporate-employers/</link>
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		<title>Best Movie Picks From New York Times Film Critics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each week, the movie critics of The New York Times recommend a selection of films for the Movies section of NYTimes.com. The recommendations are based solely on that critic&#8217;s personal opinion of the film. Find out the best movies currently playing at your local theater, or out on DVD&#8230;

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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/03/03/best-movie-picks-from-new-york-times-film-critics/</link>
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		<title>The 51 Best Magazines Ever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The editors of Good magazine have compiled a list of the top (smartest, prettiest, coolest, funniest, most Influential, most necessary, most Important, most essential, etc.) magazines ever. Check out all 51&#8230;

1. Esquire. Under Harold T.P. Hayes (1961-1973)
2. The New Yorker
3. Life. (1936-1972)
4. Playboy
5. The New York Times Magazine
6. Mad. Post comic book, before the death [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/02/24/the-51-best-magazines-ever/</link>
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		<title>America&#8217;s Top 50 Salaries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported the median salaries of America&#8217;s 50 highest-paying jobs. The following article from CareerBuilder discloses all 50 professions. As you may expect, surgeons and physicians dominate the top of list. Following is a list of the top 10 highest-paying non-medical jobs. View the full list of America&#8217;s top earning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/02/22/americas-top-50-salaries/</link>
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		<title>List of Online Magazine Initiatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Magazine Publishers of America is the industry association for consumer magazines. The MPA represents more than 240 domestic publishing companies with approximately 1,400 titles, from 80 international companies. They maintain a continually updated list of magazine website digital initiatives &#8211; everything from new site features, to partnerships, and redesigns, documented for the past two years. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/02/21/list-of-online-magazine-initiatives/</link>
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		<title>The 50 Best Blocks in New York</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Time Out New York&#8217;s first-ever ranking of the 50 best residential blocks in the city. View the full results&#8230;
1. South Portland Ave. between DeKalb and Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene, Brooklyn
2. Gramercy Park South between Park Ave. South and Irving Place, Gramercy Park
3. West 20th St. between Ninth and Tenth Ave., Chelsea
4. 45th Ave. between 21st [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/02/20/new-yorks-50-best-blocks/</link>
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		<title>Fortune 500 Business Blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two sites are collecting links to Fortune 500 companies that have business blogs (active public blogs by company employees about the company and its products).

Ross Mayfield of Socialtext.net in collaboration with Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine / TheLongTail.com

And BlogBusinessSummitt.com


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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/02/11/lists-of-fortune-500-business-blogs/</link>
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		<title>Timeline of History: 60,000 BCE to the Present</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Frank Smitha began writing the unbiased history of the world that appears on Fsmitha.com in 1987. His website contains a description of events and ideas from prehistory to the 21st century &#8211; stories that you can connect into a big picture. The timeline section linked here begins with 60,000 BCE (the Common Era is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/02/11/timeline-of-history-60000-bce-to-the-present/</link>
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		<title>The 25 Most Stylish Films of All Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes down to it, it&#8217;s the big screen where fashions are immortalized. Not the runway, not the street. From Shaft to North by Northwest, here are the movies that will never go out of fashion. View the slideshow on Men.Style.com&#8230;

Three Days of the Condor &#8211; 1975 
A Clockwork Orange &#8211; 1971
Purple Noon &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/02/11/the-25-most-stylish-films-of-all-time/</link>
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		<title>Elvis Costello&#8217;s Top 500 Albums</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Here are 500 albums that can only improve your life. Many will be quite familiar, others less so. It was impossible to choose just one title by Miles Davis, the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Dylan, Mingus, etc. Sometimes an album contains just one indispensable song. Shot of Love may not be your favorite Bob Dylan record, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/02/11/elvis-costellos-500-albums-essential-to-a-happy-life/</link>
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		<title>Internet Retailer&#8217;s Top 50 Retail Sites 2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Online video, live webcasts, social networking, customer reviews&#8211;these are the kinds of things that make this year&#8217;s Top 50 online etailers shine. Last year the best e-retailers were fine-tuning and adding some features. This year they&#8217;re bounding forward in ways that show how some retailers are more imaginative and more focused on bringing customers back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/02/08/internet-retailers-top-50-retail-sites-2007/</link>
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		<title>Top 10 Best Internet Acquisitions of All Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From HipMojo.com, the ten &#8220;best&#8221; Internet acquisitions of all time. Read the full article&#8230;
1. News Corporation acquires MySpace-parent Intermix for $580M in May 2005
2. New York Times acquires About.com for $410M in February, 2005
3. Google acquires Sprinks in October 2003
4. Yahoo! acquires Overture for $1.63B in July, 2003
5. Yahoo! acquires Inktomi for $235M in December, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/02/06/top-10-best-internet-acquisitions-of-all-time/</link>
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		<title>Squidoo&#8217;s Top 100</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Squidoo is a website designed to make it easy for anyone to set up a single page on a topic he or she knows or cares a lot about. Their goal is to bring the power of recommendation to search. Squidoo is a network of user-generated lenses &#8211;single pages that highlights one person&#8217;s point of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/02/04/squidoos-top-100/</link>
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		<title>The World&#8217;s Best TV Commericals of 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AdForum is a leading online resource for information on advertising agencies and advertising creative work from around the world. Their database contains a large collection of the world&#8217;s best TV, print, internet, outdoor and radio ads. View video of the top TV  commercials of 2006, including clips from Canada, Japan, United States, Australia, Belgium, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/18/the-worlds-best-tv-commericals-of-2006/</link>
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		<title>10 Hot Jobs for 2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fast Company spoke with trend experts to compile a list of the top 10 professions that will be in high demand in 2007&#8230;
1. Art Directors 
2. Buyers and Purchasing Agents
3. Experience Retail Designers
4. Medical Researchers
5. News Analysts, Reporters, and Bloggers
6. Security Systems Engineers
7. Talent Agents
8. Urban Planners
9. Viral Marketers and Media Promoters
10. Web Designers
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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/17/10-hot-jobs-for-2007/</link>
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		<title>The Most Popular Web Content Widgets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A web widget is a small piece of interactive content (like a scorebox, music player, or game) that can be dynamically embedded into a web page. Widgets allow for a new level of expression and creativity as web publishers use them to create value and interest in their blogs, social networks, and web sites. Here [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/17/the-most-popular-web-content-widgets/</link>
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		<title>The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fiction:

Absurdistan. By Gary Shteyngart
The Collected Stories Of Amy Hempel. By Amy Hempel
The Emperor&#8217;s Children. By Claire Messud
The Lay Of The Land. By Richard Ford
Special Topics In Calamity Physics. By Marisha Pessl

Nonfiction:

Falling Through The Earth. By Danielle Trussoni
The Looming Tower. By Lawrence Wright
Mayflower. By Nathaniel Philbrick
The Omnivore&#8217;s Dilemma. By Michael Pollan
The Places In Between. By Rory [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/15/the-new-york-times-10-best-books-of-2006/</link>
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		<title>All of VH1&#8217;s &#8220;The Greatest&#8221; Lists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VH1&#8217;s Greatest series presents rankings of the best songs, artists, albums, and everything else in rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll. Each countdown is revealed by a celebrity host, and through new interviews and classic footage, you&#8217;ll also learn the reasons behind the experts&#8217; choices. View all &#8220;The Greatest&#8221; countdown lists&#8230;

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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/15/all-of-vh1s-the-greatest-lists/</link>
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		<title>The Top News Sites of 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Newsknife.com rates news sites based on relevance analysis within the main Google News site. These ratings are based on a sample of 438,330 individual listings at Google News by 4504 sites for 1768 news items during 2006&#8230;
1. ABC News
2. New York Times
3. Reuters
4. Washington Post
5. Times Online, UK
6. Forbes
7. Guardian Unlimited, UK
8. Voice of America
9. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/15/the-top-news-sites-of-2006/</link>
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		<title>AskMen.com&#8217;s Top 49 Men</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Top 49 Men of 2006 is the product of more than one million votes cast by AskMen.com readers. View the full rankings, and profiles of each man who made the list&#8230;

1. George Clooney
2. Jay-Z
3. Richard Branson
4. Lance Armstrong
5. Tom Ford
6. Jerry Bruckheimer
7. Johnny Depp
8. David Beckham
9. Jorge Perez
10. Bill Clinton
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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/15/askmencoms-top-49-men/</link>
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		<title>Brightcove&#8217;s Top 100 Buzz Videos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brightcove is an Internet TV service used by content owners, consumers, web publishers, and advertisers. Watch their most popular 100 videos&#8230;

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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/15/brightcoves-top-100-buzz-videos/</link>
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		<title>Rolling Stone&#8217;s 50 Greatest Artists of All Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Immortals began with the creation of a panel of fifty-five top musicians, historians, industry executives and critics, selected by the editors of Rolling Stone. Voters were asked to pick, in order of preference, the twenty artists they deemed to be the most significant and influential of rock&#8217;s first fifty years, those whose work continues [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/15/rolling-stones-50-greatest-artists-of-all-time/</link>
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		<title>Top 100 Digital Content Industry Companies 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EContent presents the 100 companies that lead the digital content industry today. Judging categories include: 1. Content Commerce, 2. Content Security, 3. Blogging, 4. Classification &#038; Taxonomy, 5. Collaboration, 6. Content Creation, Production, &#038; Digital Publishing, 7. Content Delivery, 8. Content Management, 9. Fee-Based Info Services, 10. Intranets &#038; Portals, 11. Mobile Content, 12. Search [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/15/top-100-digital-content-industry-companies-2006/</link>
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		<title>New York Magazine&#8217;s Best Books of 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1.The Road, By Cormac McCarthy
2. The Looming Tower, By Lawrence Wright
3. The View from Castle Rock, By Alice Munro
4. State of Denial, By Bob Woodward
5. Suite Francaise, By Irene Nemirovsky
6. At Canaan&#8217;s Edge, By Taylor Branch
7. Fun Home, By Alison Bechdel
8. The Best of All Possible Worlds: Mathematics and Destiny, By Ivar Ekeland
9. Special Topics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/15/new-york-magazines-best-books-of-2006/</link>
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		<title>100 Best Companies to Work For 2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google is ranked No. 1 in Fortune’s 10th annual 100 Best Companies to Work For list. Genentech, a biotech company, is No. 2 on the list, followed by Wegmans Food Markets, which has been on the list all 10 years. Container Store and Whole Foods Market round out the top five. The 100 Best Companies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/15/100-best-companies-to-work-for-2007/</link>
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		<title>The 2006 Weblog Award Winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Weblog Awards are the world&#8217;s largest blog competition, with over 525,000 votes cast in the 2006 edition for finalists in 45 categories. Nominations ended November 24, and voting was conducted between December 7 and December 15. Final results were announced Dec. 18, 2006. View the full list here&#8230;
The top winner for 2006 was political [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/15/the-2006-weblog-award-winners/</link>
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		<title>The Most Popular Cameras Used on Flickr</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Flickr&#8217;s &#8220;Camera Finder&#8221; shows the number of members who have uploaded at least one photo with a particular camera on a given day over the last year. The graph lines moving up or down indicates a change in the camera&#8217;s popularity relative to all other cameras used by Flickr members. The graphs are accurate to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/15/the-most-popular-cameras-used-on-flickr/</link>
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		<title>The 50 Greatest Cartoons of All-Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 50 Greatest Cartoons was a 1994 book by animation historian Jerry Beck that compiled a list of the 50 greatest animated cartoons of all-time as voted upon by 1,000 animation industry professionals. Details can be found on Wikipedia&#8230;
 CityRag found links to online videos for many of the cartoons. The top ten are listed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/15/the-50-greatest-cartoons-of-all-time/</link>
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		<title>43 Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing The World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 43 organizations that received the Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Awards for 2007 have found a better way to do good: They&#8217;re using the disciplines of the corporate world to tackle daunting social problems. The Social Capitalist Awards define strong performance as a combination of both social impact and organizational effectiveness. This performance is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/15/43-entrepreneurs-who-are-changing-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Leonardo DiCaprio&#8217;s 10 Favorite Movies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From a special RED edition of London&#8217;s newspaper, The Independent. Read the full article&#8230;

1.) Bicycle Thieves &#8211; 1948 
2.) Taxi Driver &#8211; 1976
3.) Lawrence of Arabia &#8211; 1962
4.) 8 1/2 &#8211; 1963
5.) The Third Man &#8211; 1949
6.) Yojimbo &#8211; 1961
7.) Manhattan &#8211; 1979
8.) Sunset Boulevard &#8211; 1950
9.) The Shining &#8211; 1980
10.) East of Eden &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/15/leonardo-dicaprios-10-favorite-movies/</link>
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		<title>Top Web 2.0 Winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following is a list of Web 2.0 winners, according to Wired, Wired&#8217;s Monkey Bites blog, and Wisdump.com.

Basecamp 
Blinklist
Bloglines
Browzar
del.icio.us
Digg
Dimewise
Facebook
Flickr
Friends4Days
Friendster
GMail
Google Calendar
Google Spreadsheets
Kayak
Last.fm
LibraryThing
Local.Live.com
MetaCafe
MySpace
NetVibes
Newsvine
Odeo
Revver
Skype
Spurl
Squidoo
WordPress
Yahoo
Yelp
YouTube

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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/14/top-web-20-winners/</link>
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		<title>Expedia.com&#8217;s Top Travel Destinations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

Beach Trips
Cinematic Getaways
Cruises for Couples
Daredevil Adventures
Getaways for the Girls
Great Golfing Resorts
Ghostly Getaways
High-Tech Travel Treats
Hip Hotels
Hotels with Pillow Menus
Luxury Hotels
Pet-Pampering Hotels
Romantic Escapes
Specialty Cruises
Sublime Hotel Spas
Swim-up Bars
Top Spots for Family Fun
Transforming Nonstop Flights
Where the Stars Stay

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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/14/expediacoms-top-travel-destinations/</link>
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		<title>101 Classic Christmas Videos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FanPop.com has collected 101 classic holiday specials, and Christmas videos. View the top 5 in the &#8220;hall of fame&#8221; below, then check out the full list&#8230;
1. It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life (click to watch)
2. A Charlie Brown Christmas (click to watch)
3. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (click to watch)
4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (click to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/01/101-classic-christmas-videos/</link>
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		<title>Business Schools with the Best Career Prospects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students who pursue an MBA enjoy a major return on their investment. To determine the schools on this list, The Princeton Reivew looked at institutional data concerning job placement and average starting salary of students after graduation. According to The Princeton Review’s annual survey of 18,000 business school students at the nation’s Best 282 Business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/01/business-schools-with-the-best-career-prospects/</link>
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		<title>The Most Influential Figures in American History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Atlantic has published a list of the top 100 influential figures in American history. It was compiled by asking a panel of ten historians to each produce a list, and the lists were then merged. Check out the full list&#8230;
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. George Washington
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
5. Alexander Hamilton
6. Benjamin Franklin
7. John [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/01/the-most-influential-figures-in-american-history/</link>
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		<title>The New York Times Top 100 Books of 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[100 Notable Books of the Year from The New York Times Book Review. The Book Review has selected this list from books reviewed since the Holiday Books issue of Dec. 4, 2005. View the top fiction, poetry and nonfiction books of 2006&#8230;

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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2007/01/01/the-new-york-times-top-100-books-of-2006/</link>
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		<title>The Top 100 Cover Songs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Countdown the Top 100 Cover Songs, according to retroCRUSH.com, with accompanying video clips on YouTube&#8230;

1) &#8220;My Way&#8221; by Sid Vicious
Original Artist: Frank Sinatra
2) &#8220;Proud Mary&#8221; by Ike and Tina Turner
Original Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival
3) &#8220;Hurt&#8221; by Johnny Cash
Original Artist: Nine Inch Nails
4) &#8220;Satisfaction&#8221; by Devo
Original Artist: The Rolling Stones
5) &#8220;Respect&#8221; by Aretha Franklin
Original Artist: Otis [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/11/26/the-top-100-cover-songs/</link>
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		<title>Oprah&#8217;s Favorite Things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ultimate gift list. Categories include: Beauty and Body Care, Books and Music, Food Favorites, Children, Home, Pets, High Tech Discoveries, and What to Wear. Check out Oprah&#8217;s Favorite Things&#8230;

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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/11/26/oprahs-favorite-things/</link>
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		<title>Wine Spectator&#8217;s Top 100 Wines of 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year, Wine Spectator magazine editors survey the wines reviewed during the calendar year and select the most exciting wines for the Top 100. The wines chosen are based on four criteria: quality, value, availability, and &#8220;excitement.&#8221;

In 2006, Wine Spectator reviewed more than 13,500 wines from around the world in blind tastings. More than 2,700 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/11/25/wine-spectators-top-100-wines-of-2006/</link>
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		<title>TIME&#8217;s Top 100 Albums of All Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A list of the 100 greatest and most influential albums was recently compiled by Time magazine music critics. The Beatles have five albums on the list, more than any other group. Bob Dylan leads all male artists with three and Aretha Franklin leads the women with two. Elvis Presley is in there. So&#8217;s Eminem, Radiohead, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/11/15/times-top-100-albums-of-all-time/</link>
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		<title>MSN&#8217;s Top 100 Music Videos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[View the top 100 music videos popular with MSN.com visitors. Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Media Player 10, and Macromedia Flash 6&#8230;

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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/10/31/msns-top-100-music-videos/</link>
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		<title>The Daily Reel&#8217;s Top 10 New Videos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With all of the buzz surrounding web video, it’s surprisingly difficult to find a good movie online. YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo’s “The 9” &#8211; can show you what’s popular through their respective ranking systems.  But how can you-the-viewer ferret out what is worth watching?
The Daily Reel showcases the best in online video. They sift [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/10/27/the-daily-reels-top-10-new-videos/</link>
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		<title>Martha Stewart&#8217;s 20 Essential Kitchen Tools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Martha Stewart Show shared a list of 20 essential tools in her kitchen. From baking to cooking to preparing, each tool will make you more efficient in the kitchen. View all 20 tools&#8230;

Watch a video clip of Martha using each tool&#8230;

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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/10/27/martha-stewarts-20-essential-kitchen-tools/</link>
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		<title>The Best Magazine Covers of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The best magazine covers of the year were unveiled today at the American Magazine Conference, by Cynthia Leive, President of the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) and Editor-in-Chief of Glamour, and Marlene Kahan, ASME&#8217;s Executive Director. The conference, a premier industry event attended by executive-level magazine publishers and editors, as well as the press, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/10/25/the-best-magazine-covers-of-the-year/</link>
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		<title>885 Greatest Music Artists, Albums, and Songs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Philadelphia-based radio station WXPN offers a countdown of the 885 greatest music artists of all time, as voted by their listening audience. View the full list&#8230;
1. The Beatles
2. Bob Dylan 
3. Rolling Stones
4. Bruce Springsteen
5. U2
6. Led Zeppelin
7. Greaful Dead
8. Neil Young
9. Pink Floyd
10. Joni Mitchell
WXPN also features a list of the 885 all-time greatest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/10/24/885-greatest-music-artists-and-albums-of-all-time/</link>
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		<title>The 101 Most Influential Fictional Characters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In their new book, The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived, Allan Lazar, Dan Karlan and Jeremy Salter ranked characters of myth, legends, television, and movies based on how greatly they&#8217;ve affected society. These cultural icons exist only in the imagination. Folks like Batman (No. 60), Cinderella (No. 26), Santa Claus (No. 4), Luke [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/10/20/the-101-most-influential-fictional-characters/</link>
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		<title>Top 5 All-Purpose Laptops</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These laptops can do it all and are a great choice for most notebook users. Read the full reviews from PCWorld&#8230;

1. HP Pavilion dv5000t
2. HP Pavilion dv5000z
3. Lenovo 3000 C100
4. Lenovo ThinkPad R60
5. HP Pavilion dv2000t
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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/10/17/top-5-all-purpose-laptops/</link>
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		<title>The Top 40 Music Moments in Film History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bullz-Eye.com recently polled all of their movie and music writers to get their favorite uses of pop songs in movies. Criteria: The song couldn’t have been written specifically for the film or have made its debut on the film’s soundtrack. Countdown the top 40 pop songs used in movies, and view the video clips&#8230;
1. &#8220;Bohemian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/10/17/the-top-40-music-moments-in-film-history/</link>
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		<title>10 Great Culinary Adventures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Love food, will travel. If experimenting with regional foods is your favorite part of international travel, check out the Food Network&#8217;s list of ten gourmet getaways&#8230;
1. Barcelona, Spain 
2. Biarritz, France
3. Cape Town, South Africa
4. Dublin, Ireland
5. Edinburgh, Scotland
6. Ko Samui, Thailand
7. Maui, Hawaii
8. Oaxaca, Mexico
9. San Juan, Puerto Rico
10. Vancouver, British Columbia
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		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/09/28/10-great-culinary-adventures/</link>
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		<title>Top 100 Companies for Working Moms &#8211; 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the 21st year, Working Mother has complied a report on the family-friendliest companies in America. In compiling the report, the magazine solicited applications consisting of 550 questions. Working Mother used five main criteria as the basis for its judgments: flexibility, leave time for new parents, child care, elder care and the number of women [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/09/28/top-100-companies-for-working-moms-2006/</link>
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		<title>30 Things Everyone Should Know How To Do</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you know the best way to carve a turkey or remove a wine, wax, or grease stain from a tablecloth or shirt? What about the most efficient way to paint a room? Or the proper way to tie a tie? Martha Stewart assembled all 30 hints and techniques in one tidy booklet. Click Here [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/09/28/30-things-everyone-should-know-how-to-do/</link>
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		<title>Entertainment Weekly&#8217;s 50 Best High School Movies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Entertainment Weekly magazine recently assembled their picks for the 50 best high school movies. The top 10 films are listed below. Check out EW.com for details about all 50&#8230;

1. The Breakfast Club (1985)
2. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
3. Dazed and Confused (1993)
4. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
5. Heathers (1989)
6. American Graffiti (1973)
7. Clueless (1995)
8. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/09/28/entertainment-weeklys-50-best-high-school-movies/</link>
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		<title>10 Great B2B Web Sites 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year, BtoBOnline.com provides a behind-the-scenes look at 10 b-to-b Web sites that excel at communicating with customers and prospects. These sites offer in-depth information about products, services and the company. They are easy to navigate, enabling users to find what they want quickly and efficiently. Their design is clean and embodies the corporate brand. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/09/27/10-great-b2b-web-sites-2/</link>
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		<title>The Best Spas in the World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Readers of Spa Finder publications and the Spafinder.com Web site have chosen Arizona&#8217;s Miraval, Life in Balance as their &#8220;favorite spa&#8221; in North America for 2006.  Other favorites around the world were Sante Winelands Hotel and Wellness Center in Paarl, South Africa; Chiva-Som in Hua Hin, Thailand; Brenner&#8217;s Park Hotel &#038; Spa in Baaden-Baaden, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/09/21/the-best-spas-in-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Adweek&#8217;s Website Hot List 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To determine this year’s Hot List list, Adweek evaluated sites that create content, as opposed to aggregating it. The top ten list includes four sites that rely, for the most part or in whole, on user-generated content, the biggest online trend advertisers currently face. Adweek reviewed data on approximately 400 sites from Nielsen/NetRatings AdRelevance. They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/09/19/adweeks-website-hot-list-2006/</link>
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		<title>The World&#8217;s Most Talked About Videos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ViralVideoChart.com scans several million blogs a day to see which online videos people are talking about the most. They look for references to videos on the three most influential video sharing sites: YouTube, Google Video and MySpace. Viral Video Chart counts the number of times each video is linked to and the number of times [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/09/18/the-worlds-most-talked-about-videos/</link>
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		<title>Top 55 Places to Start a New Career</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Walt Disney Co. landed the No. 1 spot on BusinessWeek&#8217;s &#8220;Best Places to Launch a Career&#8221; ranking. Disney&#8217;s strong on-campus recruiting, solid benefits, and collaborative culture helped put the entertainment giant at the head of the BusinessWeek ranking, which identifies top employers for new college graduates. BusinessWeek analyzed feedback from students, college career counselors, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/09/14/top-55-places-to-start-a-new-career/</link>
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		<title>100 Best Events in North America 2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Bus Association&#8217;s Top 100 Events in North America is an annual compendium of the best events for group travel in the United States and Canada. Each spring, a committee of ABA-member motorcoach and tour operators selects the top 100 events for the subsequent year; the list is unveiled in September. Winners are chosen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gr8list.com/blog2/2006/09/14/100-best-events-in-north-america-2007/</link>
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