<?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 - birthdays</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/birthdays</link><description>Newsvine - birthdays</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:03:44 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 05:45:31 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Why are there not holidays set aside for Native American civil rights leaders.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal Holidays&nbsp;
This has nothing to do with Martin Luther Kinds birthday, but I got to thinking of the many, many Native American rights activist and the work that they have done over the years. I started googling and yep I am right as far as I have found not one has a day&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Knowlton's Rangers]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Knowlton's Rangers]]></source><link>http://knowlton-rangers.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16679912-why-are-there-not-holidays-set-aside-for-native-american-civil-rights-leaders</link><guid>http://knowlton-rangers.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16679912-why-are-there-not-holidays-set-aside-for-native-american-civil-rights-leaders</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>holidays</category><category>not-news</category><category>native-american</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:03:43 +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>Groundhog Day Syndrome: Why Time Goes Faster as We Age</title>
<description><![CDATA[
So, to combat Groundhog Day Syndrome, you need to break out of ruts, get out of the same routine (although we have to realize that there is some comfort in routines), and focus on the moment - make new, and lasting memories.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cried]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cried]]></source><link>http://cried.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/02/10294843-groundhog-day-syndrome-why-time-goes-faster-as-we-age</link><guid>http://cried.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/02/10294843-groundhog-day-syndrome-why-time-goes-faster-as-we-age</guid><category>celebrations</category><category>birthdays</category><category>aging</category><category>bill-murray</category><category>memory</category><category>not-news</category><category>half-life</category><category>groundhog-day</category><category>new-job</category><category>ruts</category><category>shorter-periods</category><category>time-perception</category><category>tropical-vacation</category><category>living-in-the-moment</category><category>new-experiences</category><category>first-day-of-school</category><category>fancy-restaurant</category><category>first-few-days</category><category>groundhog-day-syndrome</category><category>lasting-impression</category><category>lasting-memories</category><category>mathematical-formula</category><category>sort-of-life</category><category>time-experience</category><category>time-moves</category><category>vivid-memory</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 05:04:58 +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>Are Americans Crazy for Treating Pets Like Kids? </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The shopping frenzy has begun. Sweaters, toys and cushy new beds.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/19/9554037-are-americans-crazy-for-treating-pets-like-kids</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/19/9554037-are-americans-crazy-for-treating-pets-like-kids</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>children</category><category>american</category><category>family</category><category>odd-news</category><category>cats</category><category>dogs</category><category>crazy</category><category>owners</category><category>christmas</category><category>pets</category><category>gifts</category><category>treat</category><category>pet-owners</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:47:04 +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=maddad0467BAF02A61-A04E-AD8A-8252-C160E1AE6D71.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="50" width="67" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467BAF02A61-A04E-AD8A-8252-C160E1AE6D71.jpg&amp;width=120" width="67" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Just a mish mash of photos for the first of November and &quot;The essence of nature time and the two Mrs's D's.&quot;.</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;I'm pretty damn lucky cause I became a year younger about two weeks ago. WOW, how does one do that you ask. Well it is because time and the calander don't figure into my day to day figuring much.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vlad's dog]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Vlad's dog]]></source><link>http://barndog2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/01/8577624-just-a-mish-mash-of-photos-for-the-first-of-november-and-the-essence-of-nature-time-and-the-two-mrss-ds</link><guid>http://barndog2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/01/8577624-just-a-mish-mash-of-photos-for-the-first-of-november-and-the-essence-of-nature-time-and-the-two-mrss-ds</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>not-news</category><category>life-age-and-time</category><category>clock-time-and-nature-time</category><category>9-to-5-time</category><category>schhol-time</category><category>getting-younger-for-a-change</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Nov 2011 12:57:08 +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 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scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null2B712378-7F37-B7E0-1984-DAE04E445476.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null2B712378-7F37-B7E0-1984-DAE04E445476.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Not backin' down yet.&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=nullB5FE63CF-2DBD-F748-C5B8-D5A7168B7B0B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nullB5FE63CF-2DBD-F748-C5B8-D5A7168B7B0B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Our beauty that the beasts fight over.&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=null4066B031-E014-1E93-BD4E-40F5701BFA77.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null4066B031-E014-1E93-BD4E-40F5701BFA77.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Shaggy heads.&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=null2C86EAB4-0726-2790-24E0-0E2893F2052C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null2C86EAB4-0726-2790-24E0-0E2893F2052C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Steelhead are running up Walnut Creek.&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=null4720B975-67AC-61AB-8FE1-A634943C666F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null4720B975-67AC-61AB-8FE1-A634943C666F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The wild photgrapher caught in the act of creation.&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=null23A7A7C1-C643-D217-C34E-ECE97691C87C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null23A7A7C1-C643-D217-C34E-ECE97691C87C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The last bluebirds say &quot;goodbye&quot; till next Spring.&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=null-null4127C34B-5B4E-2324-79EF-D04330E2BE0C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-null4127C34B-5B4E-2324-79EF-D04330E2BE0C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Hey 58Rose, you gotta tiara fella?&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Birthdays. God's little eye opener.</title>
<description><![CDATA[
I recently celebrated&nbsp;my&nbsp;birthday. I won't say which one, lets just say I'm now officially a senior.
It was a good&nbsp;day.&nbsp;I usually take the day off from work and spend the day at home immersed in deep and insightful activities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Belinda_Joy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Belinda_Joy]]></source><link>http://belinda-joy.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/14/7763710-birthdays-gods-little-eye-opener</link><guid>http://belinda-joy.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/14/7763710-birthdays-gods-little-eye-opener</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>aging</category><category>not-news</category><category>personal-growth</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:22:21 +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=null-belinda-joy26A8A2BF-2000-C173-B827-F9CD77190241.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-belinda-joy26A8A2BF-2000-C173-B827-F9CD77190241.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>Happy 50th Birthday President Obama!!!</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Dear President Obama,
May I be one of the many who wish you a very, very Happy 50th Birthday!!! Being a 1961 baby myself, I am proud to be turning 50 along side you this year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[libra7288]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[libra7288]]></source><link>http://libra7288.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/03/7244531-happy-50th-birthday-president-obama</link><guid>http://libra7288.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/03/7244531-happy-50th-birthday-president-obama</guid><category>congress</category><category>america</category><category>birthdays</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>daily</category><category>gop</category><category>legislation</category><category>birthday</category><category>obama</category><category>weekly</category><category>presidency</category><category>campaigning</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Aug 2011 03:25:16 +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=libra728811F9F056-7CEC-A9A8-2649-B7627145BCA5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="350" width="350" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=libra728811F9F056-7CEC-A9A8-2649-B7627145BCA5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Happy 50th Birthday, President Obama!&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=libra7288B39C77BB-3219-4462-AF0D-603D58FE2D99.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=libra7288B39C77BB-3219-4462-AF0D-603D58FE2D99.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Have a wonderful birthday, President Obama!!!!&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=libra72888AD73E2D-6910-03F7-F41C-0AFF46438323.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="292" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=libra72888AD73E2D-6910-03F7-F41C-0AFF46438323.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="111" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cheers, President Obama!!!&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Recovery Blues</title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IneffaBelle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IneffaBelle]]></source><link>http://ineffabelle.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/26/6141180-recovery-blues</link><guid>http://ineffabelle.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/26/6141180-recovery-blues</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>family</category><category>appointments</category><category>appointment</category><category>balance</category><category>frustration</category><category>disappointment</category><category>hanukkah</category><category>challenges</category><category>endurance</category><category>fatigue</category><category>autoimmune</category><category>autoimmune-disease</category><category>disappointments</category><category>bat-mitzvah</category><category>autoimmune-disorders</category><category>frustrations</category><category>bar-and-bat-mitzvah</category><category>bat-mitzvahs</category><category>extreme-fatigue</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:59:24 +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></item><item><title>Happy Birthday to......To whom?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A simple idea popped up in mind this morning. We're a social network site but then a little bit different.  The last few days I've seen more good news about ourselves than the normal drama articles which I consider maybe the start of something better and new.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[henry1966]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[henry1966]]></source><link>http://hvdk.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/06/5595224-happy-birthday-toto-whom</link><guid>http://hvdk.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/06/5595224-happy-birthday-toto-whom</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>newsvine</category><category>calendar</category><category>group</category><category>not-news</category><category>meta</category><category>birthday-calendar</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:35:35 +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></item><item><title>Federer wows, Roddick rolls in U.S. Open wins</title>
<description><![CDATA[Past U.S. Open champions Roger Federer and Andy Roddick won on Day 1. Federer hit a back-to-the-net, between-the-legs winner and smacked 18 aces while eliminating Argentina's Brian Dabul 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 at night.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[NBCSports]]></source><link>http://nbcsports.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/30/5003247-federer-wows-roddick-rolls-in-us-open-wins</link><guid>http://nbcsports.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/30/5003247-federer-wows-roddick-rolls-in-us-open-wins</guid><category>sports</category><category>tennis</category><category>birthdays</category><category>andy-roddick</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>mens-tennis</category><category>occasions</category><category>stephane-robert</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:20:49 +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></item><item><title>Happy Birthday Daddy's Pumpkin Poop-sa-poo </title>
<description><![CDATA[ By  Your Daddy: W. Calvin Anderson

 July 14, 2010

 Once upon a time

 there was a little girl

 a daddy's

 pumpkin poop-sa-poo.

 Daddy's pumpkin poop-sa-poo

 was the bright and morning

 star full of hugs and endless kisses

 for daddy. She stood and gazed]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Groovetrak.network news]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Groovetrak.network news]]></source><link>http://groovetrak-network-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/15/4686050-happy-birthday-daddys-pumpkin-poop-sa-poo</link><guid>http://groovetrak-network-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/15/4686050-happy-birthday-daddys-pumpkin-poop-sa-poo</guid><category>ap</category><category>birthdays</category><category>arts</category><category>poetry</category><category>daughters</category><category>w-calvin-anderson</category><category>parenting-reflections</category><category>mercedes-louise-anderson</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:10:42 +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>My Oldest Boy turned  the big 2-5  Today.</title>
<description><![CDATA[ The question is, did he act 2, or 5?  My oldest son Joseph turned 25 today, and I'm completely sure, that is how highhic I.Q. is, according to the way he has been acting.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sue-715551]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sue-715551]]></source><link>http://fembird3.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/14/4672097-my-oldest-boy-turned-the-big-2-5-today</link><guid>http://fembird3.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/14/4672097-my-oldest-boy-turned-the-big-2-5-today</guid><category>life</category><category>birthdays</category><category>abuse</category><category>family</category><category>kids</category><category>calls</category><category>love</category><category>respect</category><category>sons</category><category>daughters</category><category>sweeter-fennel</category><category>ivg</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:19:36 +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>Steinbrenner gets early 80th birthday party</title>
<description><![CDATA[Team employees, family members and friends spent time with George Steinbrenner at the Yankees' spring training complex Thursday, three days before the Boss' 80th birthday on July 4.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[NBCSports]]></source><link>http://nbcsports.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/01/4596861-steinbrenner-gets-early-80th-birthday-party</link><guid>http://nbcsports.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/01/4596861-steinbrenner-gets-early-80th-birthday-party</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>baseball</category><category>birthdays</category><category>george-steinbrenner</category><category>holidays</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>occasions</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Jul 2010 21:31:39 +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></item><item><title>Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi turns 65 in confinement</title>
<description><![CDATA[Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 65th birthday Saturday locked in her dilapidated lakeside compound as calls for her freedom erupted around the world.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/19/4532172-myanmars-aung-san-suu-kyi-turns-65-in-confinement</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/19/4532172-myanmars-aung-san-suu-kyi-turns-65-in-confinement</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>aung-san-suu-kyi</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>ban-ki-moon</category><category>occasions</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>win-tin</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:26:04 +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>Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi turns 65 in confinement</title>
<description><![CDATA[Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 65th birthday Saturday locked in her dilapidated lakeside compound as calls for her freedom erupted around the world.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/19/4531531-myanmars-aung-san-suu-kyi-turns-65-in-confinement</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/19/4531531-myanmars-aung-san-suu-kyi-turns-65-in-confinement</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>aung-san-suu-kyi</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>ban-ki-moon</category><category>occasions</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>win-tin</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:34:43 +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>Royal whoops: US admits queen's birthday blunder</title>
<description><![CDATA[But will she be amused?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com politics]]></source><link>http://politics.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/05/4467330-royal-whoops-us-admits-queens-birthday-blunder</link><guid>http://politics.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/05/4467330-royal-whoops-us-admits-queens-birthday-blunder</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>politics</category><category>celebrity</category><category>queen-elizabeth-ii</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>royalty</category><category>occasions</category><category>government-and-politics</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 Jun 2010 12:59:42 +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></item><item><title>Now, a fatwa against birthday celebration!</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a fresh fatwa, Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deboand has said that Islam does not permit celebrating birthdays.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IslamicScholars]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IslamicScholars]]></source><link>http://islamicscholars.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/18/4300601-now-a-fatwa-against-birthday-celebration</link><guid>http://islamicscholars.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/18/4300601-now-a-fatwa-against-birthday-celebration</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>news</category><category>world-news</category><category>islamic</category><category>fatwa</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 23:09:16 +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>Myanmar opposition holds last event as legal party</title>
<description><![CDATA[The party of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, founded more than 20 years ago to challenge military rule in Myanmar, held a final gathering Wednesday at its headquarters before its forced dissolution.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/05/4245241-myanmar-opposition-holds-last-event-as-legal-party</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/05/4245241-myanmar-opposition-holds-last-event-as-legal-party</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>world-news</category><category>aung-san-suu-kyi</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>occasions</category><category>government-and-politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 May 2010 16:49:23 +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>Russia offers no clarity on U.S. adoptions freeze</title>
<description><![CDATA[Russia sent conflicting signals about whether all adoptions to the United States were now suspended after a recent case involving an 8-year-old boy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/16/4167522-russia-offers-no-clarity-on-us-adoptions-freeze</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/16/4167522-russia-offers-no-clarity-on-us-adoptions-freeze</guid><category>europe</category><category>social-issues</category><category>birthdays</category><category>adoption</category><category>world-news</category><category>international-relations</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>embassies</category><category>social-affairs</category><category>occasions</category><category>family-issues</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>human-welfare</category><category>human-rights-and-civil-liberties</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:55:44 +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>Authorities expand search for missing Colo. girl</title>
<description><![CDATA[Four days after a 12-year-old northern Colorado girl disappeared after leaving home to walk to a friend's birthday party, authorities expanded their search Thursday to include places she was known to frequent, including a music store, library and shopping mall.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/01/4102967-authorities-expand-search-for-missing-colo-girl</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/01/4102967-authorities-expand-search-for-missing-colo-girl</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>general-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>occasions</category><category>search-and-rescue-efforts</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Apr 2010 03:03:08 +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>Authorities expand search for missing Colo. girl</title>
<description><![CDATA[Four days after a 12-year-old northern Colorado girl disappeared after leaving home to walk to a friend's birthday party, authorities expanded their search Thursday to include places she was known to frequent, including a music store, library and shopping mall.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/01/4102513-authorities-expand-search-for-missing-colo-girl</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/01/4102513-authorities-expand-search-for-missing-colo-girl</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>general-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>occasions</category><category>search-and-rescue-efforts</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Apr 2010 00:46:56 +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></item><item><title>Fear grips Mexican border families amid violence</title>
<description><![CDATA[Elodia Ortiz drops her children at school in the morning, picks them up in the afternoon and makes an occasional trip to the supermarket. Anything else, she says, is too dangerous.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/17/4032267-fear-grips-mexican-border-families-amid-violence</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/17/4032267-fear-grips-mexican-border-families-amid-violence</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>americas</category><category>crime</category><category>violent-crime</category><category>general-news</category><category>world-news</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>occasions</category><category>war-and-unrest</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:55:21 +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>Post-snow, Northeast mops up from wind-driven rain</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last month, the Northeast was smothered by blizzards. Now, it's waterlogged by torrential rains.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/14/4019292-post-snow-northeast-mops-up-from-wind-driven-rain</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/14/4019292-post-snow-northeast-mops-up-from-wind-driven-rain</guid><category>weather</category><category>hockey</category><category>birthdays</category><category>floods</category><category>general-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>power-outages</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>occasions</category><category>accidents-and-disasters</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:53:55 +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>$300K spent in Zimbabwe for Mugabe's 86th birthday</title>
<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's supporters say they spent $300,000 to celebrate his 86th birthday in this impoverished country.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/27/3957709-300k-spent-in-zimbabwe-for-mugabes-86th-birthday</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/27/3957709-300k-spent-in-zimbabwe-for-mugabes-86th-birthday</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>africa</category><category>world-news</category><category>robert-mugabe</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>occasions</category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:43:13 +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>Once opulent kids' birthdays being scaled back</title>
<description><![CDATA[The clown threw in a bubble machine for the monkey-themed party marking Nicholas Castillo's first birthday. She usually charges extra, but what's a clown to do in a recession?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Discussions]]></source><link>http://discuss.today.com/_news/2010/01/28/3822424-once-opulent-kids-birthdays-being-scaled-back</link><guid>http://discuss.today.com/_news/2010/01/28/3822424-once-opulent-kids-birthdays-being-scaled-back</guid><category>today</category><category>birthdays</category><category>us-news</category><category>parties</category><category>lifestyle</category><category>parenting</category><category>weddings</category><category>relationships</category><category>entertaining</category><category>occasions</category><category>party-planning</category><category>tech-money</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:27:34 +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></item><item><title>Do not get me a gift</title>
<description><![CDATA[Frequently forgotten during the mad holiday spending rush are those birthdays that fall during that "festive" week in December. I use festive loosely because I rarely see people in a good mood.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jaker023]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jaker023]]></source><link>http://jaker023.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/22/3663309-do-not-get-me-a-gift</link><guid>http://jaker023.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/22/3663309-do-not-get-me-a-gift</guid><category>birthdays</category><category>odd-news</category><category>holidays</category><category>gifts</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:56:32 +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></channel></rss>