<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - gifts</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/gifts</link><description>Newsvine - gifts</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:32:30 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:29:20 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Obama's foreign gifts: $7,750 golf bag, $40,000 photo, iPod shuffle</title>
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The State Department&rsquo;s office of the chief of protocol on Friday&nbsp;released the list of presents&nbsp;American government officials received from foreign government officials.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[spiffie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[spiffie]]></source><link>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17931676-obamas-foreign-gifts-7750-golf-bag-40000-photo-ipod-shuffle</link><guid>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17931676-obamas-foreign-gifts-7750-golf-bag-40000-photo-ipod-shuffle</guid><category>president</category><category>state-department</category><category>obama</category><category>gifts</category><category>first-lady</category><category>michelle-obama</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:38:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=spiffieDD1C439E-D00C-35EC-7F5F-133A28A3CF38.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=spiffieDD1C439E-D00C-35EC-7F5F-133A28A3CF38.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sen. Lindsey Graham Shouts Down CNN Host Over Guns</title>
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Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday became angry and shouted at CNN host Candy Crowley over the notion that people who receive guns as gifts would have to undergo background checks.
In an interview on CNN's&nbsp;State of the Union, Crowley asked Graham if h&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17542498-sen-lindsey-graham-shouts-down-cnn-host-over-guns</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17542498-sen-lindsey-graham-shouts-down-cnn-host-over-guns</guid><category>politics</category><category>guns</category><category>cbs</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>christmas</category><category>gifts</category><category>lindsey-graham</category><category>checks</category><category>background</category><category>candy-crowley</category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:31:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater7B63DE1D-10A4-D5A7-4928-94507037B279.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="56" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater7B63DE1D-10A4-D5A7-4928-94507037B279.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="56" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Happy Valentine's Day! Top 10 Facts you might not know about it. Will you be celebrating?</title>
<description><![CDATA[* Valentines Day is believed to have begun in 270 AD when, under the reign of Roman Emperor Claudius II, Bishop Valentine was jailed for performing weddings against the emperor's wishes. During his time in jail, the Roman Romeo wrote a love note to the jailor's daughter, signing &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16959693-happy-valentines-day-top-10-facts-you-might-not-know-about-it-will-you-be-celebrating</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16959693-happy-valentines-day-top-10-facts-you-might-not-know-about-it-will-you-be-celebrating</guid><category>romance</category><category>love</category><category>world-news</category><category>flowers</category><category>gifts</category><category>roses</category><category>valentines-day</category><category>greeting-cards</category><category>romeo-and-juliet</category><category>verona</category><category>roman-emperor</category><category>10-facts</category><category>wear-heart-on-sleeve</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:58:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah6500367D-92A2-2B8B-2EF6-FA6B12246DDF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah6500367D-92A2-2B8B-2EF6-FA6B12246DDF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>10 gifts women don't want for Valentine's Day - Fashion Galleries - Telegraph</title>
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Gentlemen, before you panic-buy a Valentine's Day present for the lady in your life, take note: not every gift is a good gift. Here are 10 things to avoid at all costs...
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[manzil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[manzil]]></source><link>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16908324-10-gifts-women-dont-want-for-valentines-day-fashion-galleries-telegraph</link><guid>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16908324-10-gifts-women-dont-want-for-valentines-day-fashion-galleries-telegraph</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>gifts</category><category>valentine1s-day</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 09:28:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FotoTime - Welcome to Joseph Smith's Pictures</title>
<description><![CDATA[Beautiful and stunning photos for sale from an autistic man!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Buck Joseph]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Buck Joseph]]></source><link>http://buckjoseph.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16704016-fototime-welcome-to-joseph-smiths-pictures</link><guid>http://buckjoseph.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16704016-fototime-welcome-to-joseph-smiths-pictures</guid><category>prints</category><category>photos</category><category>for-sale</category><category>arts</category><category>gifts</category><category>autistic-man</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:42:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=buckjoseph32540F08-B55B-D78E-9C2F-5C3A7BE859C7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=buckjoseph32540F08-B55B-D78E-9C2F-5C3A7BE859C7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Let Me, Ask You, A Real Question...........</title>
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Real world incident:
What is a wife, or girlfriend to think, when her significant other comes home with a Christmas gift from another woman? Then, to find that the gift is extremely and inappropriately expensive? The real world incident in question, the husband received a very e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BongINC]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BongINC]]></source><link>http://bonginc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/05/16368635-let-me-ask-you-a-real-question</link><guid>http://bonginc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/05/16368635-let-me-ask-you-a-real-question</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>marriage</category><category>expensive</category><category>question</category><category>real-world</category><category>gifts</category><category>relationships</category><category>girlfriend</category><category>affairs</category><category>inapropriate</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 Jan 2013 18:25:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BongINC084E8F7F-38E0-22E7-24A3-B50D32356602.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BongINC084E8F7F-38E0-22E7-24A3-B50D32356602.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;No this is not the watch that was given, but it is the one I liked, while looking for a picture. $900k+&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bloomington woman accused of stealing 220 Christmas presents from charity | abc7chicago.com</title>
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Authorities in central Illinois say they've apprehended the Grinch who stole hundreds of gifts from a Bloomington charity and gave some of the presents to family members. Bloomington Police spokesman Dave White says a 48-year-old Bloomington woman was arrested on preliminary ch&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/30/16252805-bloomington-woman-accused-of-stealing-220-christmas-presents-from-charity-abc7chicagocom</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/30/16252805-bloomington-woman-accused-of-stealing-220-christmas-presents-from-charity-abc7chicagocom</guid><category>who</category><category>charity</category><category>police</category><category>woman</category><category>from</category><category>find</category><category>gifts</category><category>stole</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:54:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62B138DECD-4E2C-AAAE-1992-8B3101E651B8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="105" width="186" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62B138DECD-4E2C-AAAE-1992-8B3101E651B8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A 7-year-old reaches out to the homeless with gifts of blankets</title>
<description><![CDATA[Alysia Allen placed a new blanket on each of the beds at The Hope Center, a homeless shelter on Person Street that provides emergency shelter for men.
She smiled and thanked one of the case workers at the center for allowing her to drop off the blankets and canned goods for the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jeremy-17]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jeremy-17]]></source><link>http://jeremy-17.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/25/16151135-a-7-year-old-reaches-out-to-the-homeless-with-gifts-of-blankets</link><guid>http://jeremy-17.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/25/16151135-a-7-year-old-reaches-out-to-the-homeless-with-gifts-of-blankets</guid><category>homeless</category><category>us-news</category><category>blankets</category><category>gifts</category><category>the-hope-center</category><category>fayetteville-police-department-for-battered-women</category><category>fayettevill-nc</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:23:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jeremy-17075F44CA-D548-2FE6-5D03-2FEFE97B096A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="100" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jeremy-17075F44CA-D548-2FE6-5D03-2FEFE97B096A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="100" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Where Yat? (Says the Grunch Bunch)</title>
<description><![CDATA[OK&nbsp; After many hours cooking, baking, jarring, powdering, glazing, wrapping, packaging, lacing,&nbsp;through the days many smiles, many laughs, chatter chitter chatter chitter, party with Santa, singing, food galore, a little glass of wine, bed and a wake up to see the foggy&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naughtylass Cheryl]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Naughtylass Cheryl]]></source><link>http://naughtylasscheryl.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/25/16141916-where-yat-says-the-grunch-bunch</link><guid>http://naughtylasscheryl.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/25/16141916-where-yat-says-the-grunch-bunch</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>art</category><category>questions</category><category>holiday</category><category>local</category><category>christmas</category><category>funny</category><category>gifts</category><category>songs</category><category>cultural</category><category>smiles</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gifts That Keep Giving (if Not Exploding)</title>
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Ask scientists of a certain age about their childhood memories, and odds are they&rsquo;ll start yarning about the stink bombs and gunpowder they concocted with their chemistry sets. Dangerous? Yes, but fun.
&ldquo;Admittedly, I have blown some things up in my time,&rd&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/24/16134122-gifts-that-keep-giving-if-not-exploding</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/24/16134122-gifts-that-keep-giving-if-not-exploding</guid><category>toys</category><category>science</category><category>gifts</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 02:51:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Family stunned after gifts, dog stolen</title>
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A family is desperately searching for their dog after thieves raced through their home, making off with electronics, Christmas gifts and their  1-year-old miniature Schnauzer,  Stella
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/15/15929702-family-stunned-after-gifts-dog-stolen</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/15/15929702-family-stunned-after-gifts-dog-stolen</guid><category>and</category><category>stolen</category><category>dog</category><category>gifts</category><category>were</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:43:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62AD46E517-F971-7870-A871-3F2DCC8ADA33.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="180" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62AD46E517-F971-7870-A871-3F2DCC8ADA33.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Homeless children from Logan make heartbreaking pleas for bare essentials from Santa </title>
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For children who do not have a stable home, getting a bed of their own or a pair of glasses so they can read is far more important than a doll or a computer game.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></source><link>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15891725-homeless-children-from-logan-make-heartbreaking-pleas-for-bare-essentials-from-santa</link><guid>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15891725-homeless-children-from-logan-make-heartbreaking-pleas-for-bare-essentials-from-santa</guid><category>charity</category><category>australia</category><category>odd-news</category><category>christmas</category><category>presents</category><category>santa</category><category>gifts</category><category>hope</category><category>homeless-children</category><category>stable-home</category><category>pair-of-glasses</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:16:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard952B7673-2FC1-7C5C-7D0B-922CD71C2A04.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard952B7673-2FC1-7C5C-7D0B-922CD71C2A04.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Peppermint pigs a smashing tradition in NY </title>
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A holiday tradition in this upstate New York resort town has a peppermint twist: pig-shaped hard candies are sold with little metal hammers to smash them at Christmas.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></source><link>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15888865-peppermint-pigs-a-smashing-tradition-in-ny</link><guid>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15888865-peppermint-pigs-a-smashing-tradition-in-ny</guid><category>new-york</category><category>candy</category><category>odd-news</category><category>christmas</category><category>gifts</category><category>christmas-tradition</category><category>peppermint-pigs</category><category>smashing-peppermint-pigs</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:40:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizardBD4691A5-1D29-F0A7-5B6A-F6BA992D4351.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="80" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizardBD4691A5-1D29-F0A7-5B6A-F6BA992D4351.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ten Things You Might Not Know About Christmas | Addicting Info</title>
<description><![CDATA[There are so many traditions associated with Christmas. Many of them we  just take for granted, accepting the &ldquo;prevailing wisdom&rdquo; as to their  origins. But sometimes things are not what they seem. Here are ten  things that you may not have known&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15841928-ten-things-you-might-not-know-about-christmas-addicting-info</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15841928-ten-things-you-might-not-know-about-christmas-addicting-info</guid><category>santa-claus</category><category>christmas</category><category>reindeer</category><category>gifts</category><category>carols</category><category>not-news</category><category>christmas-trees</category><category>yule</category><category>misteltoe</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:10:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite8F9325EA-F899-7161-D521-4FA7BABD8E35.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite8F9325EA-F899-7161-D521-4FA7BABD8E35.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Gift Giving&quot;-It's the thought that counts? Think again </title>
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Epley contends that receivers do not care how much thought and effort went into buying a gift; they care whether they like it or not.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></source><link>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15798127-gift-giving-its-the-thought-that-counts-think-again</link><guid>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15798127-gift-giving-its-the-thought-that-counts-think-again</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>friends</category><category>christmas</category><category>presents</category><category>gifts</category><category>relationships</category><category>gift-giving</category><category>its-the-thought-that-counts</category><category>exchanging-gifts</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Dec 2012 20:27:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard1F2ACB78-7582-943B-DD2E-C877C7CB3F63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="73" width="125" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard1F2ACB78-7582-943B-DD2E-C877C7CB3F63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Made in America Christmas': Pledge to Spend $64 on US Gifts This Holiday - ABC News</title>
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In the 1960s, nine out of 10 holiday gifts that Americans bought were made in the U.S. But these days, more than half of what Americans purchase for the holidays is made overseas. So with U.S. shoppers expected to spend more than $700 this holiday season &ndash; and the average&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/01/15599242-made-in-america-christmas-pledge-to-spend-64-on-us-gifts-this-holiday-abc-news</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/01/15599242-made-in-america-christmas-pledge-to-spend-64-on-us-gifts-this-holiday-abc-news</guid><category>in</category><category>america</category><category>gifts</category><category>maade</category><pubDate>Sat, 1 Dec 2012 17:51:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62FE25597C-5496-488E-C940-2A41C863A90E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62FE25597C-5496-488E-C940-2A41C863A90E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>When I hit POWERBALL, I will take all my Newsvine friends out to dinner- on my new Yacht!</title>
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I'd just like ya'll to know that this 'ere Arky will be remembering all my Newsvine friends when I hit the big bucks later tonight, and perhaps Enoch would grace me with setting up the time and place for all of us to meet for dinner.... &nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arkansas Gloria]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Arkansas Gloria]]></source><link>http://gtodd52.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15521559-when-i-hit-powerball-i-will-take-all-my-newsvine-friends-out-to-dinner-on-my-new-yacht</link><guid>http://gtodd52.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15521559-when-i-hit-powerball-i-will-take-all-my-newsvine-friends-out-to-dinner-on-my-new-yacht</guid><category>taxes</category><category>hunger</category><category>sharing</category><category>rich</category><category>gifts</category><category>friendship</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:02:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gtodd52CA4DF8A7-B2AA-5714-9EAF-3BB056C14B38.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="134" width="220" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gtodd52CA4DF8A7-B2AA-5714-9EAF-3BB056C14B38.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;from Wikipedia, which needs support, too!&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Foam Fort:  Let the Building Begin! by Patricia &amp;mdash; Kickstarter</title>
<description><![CDATA[Foam Fort is an interactive, hands-on toy that aims to become the building block of young creative minds. Individually, they are colorful, flat, square cuts of foam with puzzle type fit-in borders. Together, they become the ability to think, create, keep, and destroy, without mes&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foam Fort]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Foam Fort]]></source><link>http://foamfort.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/24/15398825-foam-fort-let-the-building-begin-by-patricia-mdash-kickstarter</link><guid>http://foamfort.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/24/15398825-foam-fort-let-the-building-begin-by-patricia-mdash-kickstarter</guid><category>toys</category><category>kids</category><category>presents</category><category>gifts</category><category>home-garden</category><category>gift-ideas</category><category>kids-toys</category><category>foamfort</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 04:34:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Romney right on 'gift' comment</title>
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In a virtually unprecedented action that was totally at odds with our representative form of government, Congress in 2008 allocated hundreds of billions of dollars in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to be spent at the sole discretion of a single individual, the next pr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15381431-romney-right-on-gift-comment</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15381431-romney-right-on-gift-comment</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>gifts</category><category>lazy</category><category>things</category><category>free-stuff</category><category>goodies</category><category>united-auto-workers-union</category><category>takers</category><category>troubled-asset-relief-program</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:13:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Happy Thanksgiving! To My American Friends, From Across the Pond (Poll)</title>
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Thanksgiving Day 2012 might leave a lot of people wondering what there is to celebrate, what they have to be thankful for. The economy is still in limbo, many people won't even have the house to celebrate in, and a few might not even be able to afford the turkey to eat. It is ve&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15359586-happy-thanksgiving-to-my-american-friends-from-across-the-pond-poll</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15359586-happy-thanksgiving-to-my-american-friends-from-across-the-pond-poll</guid><category>turkey</category><category>hopes</category><category>life</category><category>strength</category><category>family</category><category>celebration</category><category>friends</category><category>us-news</category><category>thanksgiving-day</category><category>presents</category><category>gifts</category><category>hope</category><category>belonging</category><category>achievements</category><category>joys</category><category>commentid-us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:19:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahAD88C35A-7BE6-8A20-24CC-64AF1765D087.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="358" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahAD88C35A-7BE6-8A20-24CC-64AF1765D087.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="108" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;credit zwani.com&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah937E0135-4C49-AFF1-9A46-D48BD0546387.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="470" width="305" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah937E0135-4C49-AFF1-9A46-D48BD0546387.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;credit ranaldofamily.com&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How FOX News Is Destroying the GOP </title>
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Poor Mitt Romney has become a Republican&nbsp; punching bag &nbsp;as leaders within the party denounce his post-election&nbsp; comments&nbsp;about how President Obama won re-election by promising government-funded "gifts" to minority groups and young voters. As Republicans jab &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15357133-how-fox-news-is-destroying-the-gop</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15357133-how-fox-news-is-destroying-the-gop</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>victims</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rupert-murdoch</category><category>fox-news</category><category>young-voters</category><category>gifts</category><category>minority-groups</category><category>scapegoats</category><category>47</category><category>freeloaders</category><category>callous-republicans</category><category>loser-mitt</category><category>destroying-gop</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:15:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah0E654D76-1C1F-6799-458C-01B17AC16FDF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah0E654D76-1C1F-6799-458C-01B17AC16FDF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>...And Then a Miracle Occurs.</title>
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So American voters can be bought cheaply and fraudulently, with ObamaPhones and Obama's promises: free medical care forever, withdrawing from the world, regular scapegoating of the productive people, reverse-racism, the works. America is now Chicago, run by a mob alliance of th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15326400-and-then-a-miracle-occurs</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15326400-and-then-a-miracle-occurs</guid><category>fraud</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>voters</category><category>gifts</category><category>bought</category><category>radical-left</category><category>bribed</category><category>pandered</category><category>revverse-racism</category><category>mind-numbed-robots</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 07:57:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinD56B10F7-AD0B-1441-887C-C9C146681C1B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="175" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinD56B10F7-AD0B-1441-887C-C9C146681C1B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Affordable and good Christmas gifts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Blog on how to find those little luxuries in life, at prices which make you smile from cometics for you to bandana bibs for your baby]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[yasminS-D]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[yasminS-D]]></source><link>http://yasmind.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15303178-affordable-and-good-christmas-gifts</link><guid>http://yasmind.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15303178-affordable-and-good-christmas-gifts</guid><category>baby</category><category>toys</category><category>christmas</category><category>gifts</category><category>bibs</category><category>bandana</category><category>playsuits</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:23:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>It's true. I voted Obama for the gifts.</title>
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Republican leadership needs to lay off Romney. All this crazy distancing by the Jindals and Gingrichs, this sudden epiphany that the reason republicans cannot connect with the American majority is because we aren't actually gift-seeking individuals is wrong. We do like gifts. W&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15275848-its-true-i-voted-obama-for-the-gifts</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15275848-its-true-i-voted-obama-for-the-gifts</guid><category>politics</category><category>voters</category><category>democrat</category><category>gifts</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>bobby-jindal</category><category>polling-day</category><category>tea-party-patriot</category><category>callous-republicans</category><category>loser-paul-ryan</category><category>redstater</category><category>lser-mitt-romnet</category><category>lack-of-empathy-and-compassion</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:55:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahBFDB297A-7FA0-CCF9-5756-C875C06C2164.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="125" width="125" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahBFDB297A-7FA0-CCF9-5756-C875C06C2164.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Liberals Who Celebrate GOP Distancing From Romney Are Biting Into the Poison Apple</title>
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The media is out with great excitement as Republicans lined up to repudiate Mitt Romney&rsquo;s offensive &ldquo;gift&rdquo; comments. The Washington Post wrote, &ldquo;Ten days after failing to sail into the White House, Mitt Romney is already being tossed overboard by his par&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></source><link>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15263112-liberals-who-celebrate-gop-distancing-from-romney-are-biting-into-the-poison-apple</link><guid>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15263112-liberals-who-celebrate-gop-distancing-from-romney-are-biting-into-the-poison-apple</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>gifts</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>scapegoating-the-man-who-carried-the-mantle</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 01:43:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand39AFA807A-E4CB-015B-CD47-5847FC4053C9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand39AFA807A-E4CB-015B-CD47-5847FC4053C9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>