<?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 - english</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/english</link><description>Newsvine - english</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 13:15:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:01:50 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>English May Have Retained Words From an Ice Age Language</title>
<description><![CDATA[
If you've ever cringed when your parents said "groovy," you'll know that  spoken language can have a brief shelf life. But frequently used words  can persist     for generations, even millennia, and similar sounds and meanings  often turn up in very different languages. The exi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cwmccabe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cwmccabe]]></source><link>http://cwmccabe.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/07/18103729-english-may-have-retained-words-from-an-ice-age-language</link><guid>http://cwmccabe.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/07/18103729-english-may-have-retained-words-from-an-ice-age-language</guid><category>english</category><category>science</category><category>human-evolution</category><category>language-evolution</category><category>linguisitcs</category><category>mark-pagel</category><category>cognates</category><category>linguistic-evolution</category><category>protowords</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 13:14:51 +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=cwmccabeD8B734EB-343E-C67B-31B8-BB95395F2D2A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="27" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cwmccabeD8B734EB-343E-C67B-31B8-BB95395F2D2A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="9" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How many English speaking countries are there in the world? What are the most widely spoken languages in the world and the European Union?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&ldquo;To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horse - German.&rdquo; ― Emperor Charles V
Doubtless today, Charles would add, 'and English to my accountant...and when I travel.'
English is now the acknowledged lingua franca of business, science, medi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18069638-how-many-english-speaking-countries-are-there-in-the-world-what-are-the-most-widely-spoken-languages-in-the-world-and-the-european-union</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18069638-how-many-english-speaking-countries-are-there-in-the-world-what-are-the-most-widely-spoken-languages-in-the-world-and-the-european-union</guid><category>english</category><category>spanish</category><category>chinese</category><category>lists</category><category>trivia</category><category>languages</category><category>not-news</category><category>mandarin</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 May 2013 20:58:25 +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=carlozEB073230-944B-7768-A241-52A0B4AA68DE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="187" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozEB073230-944B-7768-A241-52A0B4AA68DE.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Have a Dream Career with English Teaching</title>
<description><![CDATA[Do you also wish for a career that makes you proud? Well, what about a profession that require 30 hours of working in a week and rest of the time you can have fun in fascinating locations of Korea, China, Taiwan or other Asian countries. You must be wondering that I am talking ab&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[go2gostore]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[go2gostore]]></source><link>http://go2gostore.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17994124-have-a-dream-career-with-english-teaching</link><guid>http://go2gostore.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17994124-have-a-dream-career-with-english-teaching</guid><category>business</category><category>english</category><category>job</category><category>teaching</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:30:00 +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>Instruction of students learning English bleak</title>
<description><![CDATA[Duna Lopez started school in Miami last fall not knowing a single word of English.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Armario ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christine Armario ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17746268-instruction-of-students-learning-english-bleak</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17746268-instruction-of-students-learning-english-bleak</guid><category>us</category><category>english</category><category>learning</category><category>point</category><category>us-news</category><category>tipping-point</category><category>duna-lopez</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:00:37 +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=6878e588-76e8-4a98-b2f6-142d3f78d808.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6878e588-76e8-4a98-b2f6-142d3f78d808.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2013 photo, Duna Lopez, 8, center, whispers into the ear of classmate Mathew Botros, 9, right, during an English class at the Coral Way K-8 Center, in Miami, the nation's oldest bilingual school. At left is teacher Julia Puentes. Students who speak a language other than English at home are one of the fastest-growing populations. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&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=37130585-b2b7-4a3b-b0b7-83fc9a9586ce.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=37130585-b2b7-4a3b-b0b7-83fc9a9586ce.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2013 photo, teacher  Julia Puentes, center, demonstrates the use of an exclamation point in a sentence during an English class at the Coral Way K-8 Center, the nation's oldest bilingual school, in Miami. Students who speak a language other than English at home are one of the fastest-growing populations. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&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=a6258fe2-19c5-4635-b19a-6989b79b66d9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6258fe2-19c5-4635-b19a-6989b79b66d9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2013 photo, a sticker reading, &quot;We also speak English,&quot; hangs with writings in Spanish on the wall of a classroom at the Coral Way K-8 Center, the nation's largest bilingual school, in Miami. Students who speak a language other than English at home are one of the fastest-growing populations. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&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=c1571bb1-1b79-4df7-a9ee-3c40bf91a157.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c1571bb1-1b79-4df7-a9ee-3c40bf91a157.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2013 photo, teacher  Julia Puentes, right, leads her students through an exercise during an English class at the Coral Way K-8 Center, the nation's oldest bilingual school, in Miami. The students are, from left, Wesley Tejeda, 9, Mathew Botros, 9, and Duna Lopez, 8. Students who speak a language other than English at home are one of the fastest-growing populations. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&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=67ddeca8-7a48-455d-a3a8-7d784771d7cf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=67ddeca8-7a48-455d-a3a8-7d784771d7cf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2013 photo, Mathew Botros, 9, works on a lesson during an English class at the Coral Way K-8 Center, the nation's oldest bilingual school, in Miami. Students who speak a language other than English at home are one of the fastest-growing populations. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&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=abcbdf2e-5f1e-498f-a0b0-28961e5b620f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abcbdf2e-5f1e-498f-a0b0-28961e5b620f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2013 photo, teacher  Julia Puentes, left, high-fives student Mathew Botros, 9, center, during an English class at the Coral Way K-8 Center, the nation's oldest bilingual school, in Miami. At right is Duna Lopez, 9. Students who speak a language other than English at home are one of the fastest-growing populations. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New school tests called excessive</title>
<description><![CDATA[Oklahoma  schools and students will be in a "perpetual state of testing" when new  K-12 standardized testing begins in 2014-15, educators say.
 Through written guidance sent to schools last week, school  administrators learned that all third- to 11th-grade students will take  ni&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17338249-new-school-tests-called-excessive</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17338249-new-school-tests-called-excessive</guid><category>english</category><category>education</category><category>math</category><category>tests</category><category>assessments</category><category>school-tests</category><category>common-core-state-standards</category><category>partnership-for-assessment-of-readiness-for-college-and-careers</category><category>parcc</category><category>oklahoma-core-curricum-tests</category><category>test-monitors</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:52:22 +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>Lizzy Ling revisite SALLY le tube de Carmel</title>
<description><![CDATA[You like ? So you can share !!!
thx !!!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lizzy Ling]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lizzy Ling]]></source><link>http://lizzyling.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17285437-lizzy-ling-revisite-sally-le-tube-de-carmel</link><guid>http://lizzyling.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17285437-lizzy-ling-revisite-sally-le-tube-de-carmel</guid><category>music</category><category>english</category><category>pop</category><category>image</category><category>video</category><category>r-b</category><category>arts</category><category>urban</category><category>single</category><category>sally</category><category>clip</category><category>carmel</category><category>lizzy</category><category>ling</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:00:00 +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><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7aLHdrf2Kg" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/K7aLHdrf2Kg/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Lizzy Ling revisite SALLY le tube de Carmel sorti en France en 1985.
Retrouve Lizzy Ling sur Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/lizzyling1
Elle se plait &amp;amp;amp;agrave; dire : Je testais mon micro et par hasard cette m&amp;amp;amp;eacute;lodie, que j'adorais chanter, m'est revenue ... Le test de son est devenu chanson et les arrangements vocaux ont suivi tout naturellement ...
Lizzy nous livre donc cette version inattendue et convaincante enregistr&amp;amp;amp;eacute;e en solitaire uniquement &amp;amp;amp;agrave; la voix et un zeste de shaker ...
R&amp;amp;amp;eacute;alisation : Massimo Marzari.
Direction photo : Aldo Piscina.
Montage : St&amp;amp;amp;eacute;phane W&amp;amp;amp;eacute;ry.
Effets sp&amp;amp;amp;eacute;ciaux : Patrick Masson (Proxima Creation).
Label : Brouhaha 
Production Images : Nalut Films - InterSessions : une s&amp;amp;amp;eacute;lection du meilleur de la nouvelle sc&amp;amp;amp;egrave;ne pop, rock et alternative. La bande son de vos semaines au rythme de nos errances sonores et en haute qualit&amp;amp;amp;eacute;. Abonnez-vous pour rester connect&amp;amp;amp;eacute; et acc&amp;amp;amp;eacute;der rapidement &amp;amp;amp;agrave; nos nouvelles vid&amp;amp;amp;eacute;os ! InterSessions -- https://www.facebook.com/pages/InterSessions/367216833314251 http://www.youtube.com/intersessions</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'A CV will get thrown out if not in German style' - The Local</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Landing a job in Germany as a foreigner can be tough. But knowing what  German employers expect from your CV could mean the crucial difference  between getting an interview and getting dumped in the wastepaper  basket.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16935178-a-cv-will-get-thrown-out-if-not-in-german-style-the-local</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16935178-a-cv-will-get-thrown-out-if-not-in-german-style-the-local</guid><category>business</category><category>germany</category><category>english</category><category>interview</category><category>photo</category><category>german</category><category>cv</category><category>language-skills</category><category>job-application</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:37:59 +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>GOP's SOTU Response: How to Say &quot;F*ck You&quot; to Americans in Spanish | The People's View</title>
<description><![CDATA[We've got more news on the Republican path to political oblivion: Sen.  Marco Rubio will deliver the response to President Obama's State of the  Union address next Tuesday, in both English and Spanish.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/08/16901741-gops-sotu-response-how-to-say-fck-you-to-americans-in-spanish-the-peoples-view</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/08/16901741-gops-sotu-response-how-to-say-fck-you-to-americans-in-spanish-the-peoples-view</guid><category>women</category><category>english</category><category>spanish</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>catholic</category><category>minorities</category><category>state-of-the-union</category><category>anti-choice</category><category>working-people</category><category>pro-gun</category><category>people-of-color</category><category>marco-rubio</category><category>cut-ss-benefits</category><category>padering</category><category>sara-palin-syndrome</category><category>actual-policy-positions</category><category>discrimination-marriage-amendment</category><category>ending-capitali-gains-tax</category><category>raise-ss-age</category><category>destroy-social-safety-net</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 20:23:23 +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>Why The English Language Dominates The World</title>
<description><![CDATA[
English has become a universal language. There are many reasons for its dominance: the heritage of the British Empire, and the post-world-war economic hegemony and cultural influence &ndash; ranging from Mickey Mouse and Marilyn Monroe to Elvis Presley and Snoop Dogg &ndash; of&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16755280-why-the-english-language-dominates-the-world</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16755280-why-the-english-language-dominates-the-world</guid><category>english</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:22:14 +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=carlozE375ECB7-6C6F-BF1C-F695-EA70D7103796.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="312" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozE375ECB7-6C6F-BF1C-F695-EA70D7103796.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Joke: The difference between COMPLETE &amp; FINISHED</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Subject: &nbsp;  ENGLISH LESSON  &nbsp;  &nbsp;
&nbsp;
No English dictionary  has been able to adequately explain the difference between COMPLETE and  FINISHED.&nbsp;&nbsp;  However, in a recent  linguistic conference held in London, England,  and attended by some of  the best l&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Courtois]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charlie Courtois]]></source><link>http://cbcourtois.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16600697-joke-the-difference-between-complete-finished</link><guid>http://cbcourtois.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16600697-joke-the-difference-between-complete-finished</guid><category>english</category><category>joke</category><category>words</category><category>linguistics</category><category>not-news</category><category>definitions</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:38:36 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cbcourtois569B3D72-714A-066F-D994-666A24769676.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="204" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cbcourtois569B3D72-714A-066F-D994-666A24769676.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="145" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>İngilizce               .</title>
<description><![CDATA[Yaşadığımız &ccedil;evre i&ccedil;inde hemen her alanda İngilizce b&uuml;y&uuml;k bir rekabetin s&ouml;z konusu olduğu d&uuml;nyamızda, yabancı dil bilmek ve de &ouml;zellikle İngilizce bilmek en &ouml;nemli ayrıcalık olmaktadır. Hatta diyebiliriz ki, İngilizce konu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ingilizce17]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ingilizce17]]></source><link>http://ingilizce17.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16408554-ngilizce</link><guid>http://ingilizce17.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/08/16408554-ngilizce</guid><category>business</category><category>english</category><category>language</category><category>dil</category><category>ingiliz</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2013 09:17:13 +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>Montreal bylaw requires dogs to understand commands in both official languages</title>
<description><![CDATA[
According to Mr. LaDouce, "Dogs parks in our city are chaotic and communication is at the heart of the conflict."
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></source><link>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15905754-montreal-bylaw-requires-dogs-to-understand-commands-in-both-official-languages</link><guid>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15905754-montreal-bylaw-requires-dogs-to-understand-commands-in-both-official-languages</guid><category>english</category><category>dog</category><category>dogs</category><category>language</category><category>bilingual</category><category>world-news</category><category>french</category><category>languages</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:27:00 +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>English is a Scandinavian language</title>
<description><![CDATA[
New linguistic research has concluded that residents of the British Isles didn&rsquo;t just borrow words and expressions from Norwegian and Danish Vikings and their descendants. Rather, claim two professors now working in Oslo, the English language is in fact Scandinavian.
Jan&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15788084-english-is-a-scandinavian-language</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15788084-english-is-a-scandinavian-language</guid><category>english</category><category>science</category><category>norwegian</category><category>language</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Dec 2012 07:24:29 +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>Applying to College FAQ: ACT vs SAT: What should I take? What's the difference?</title>
<description><![CDATA[The information I am providing in this article is from personal experience or by one of the best college counseling offices in the United States.
I have gotten a lot of questions from younger friends who are just beginning their college process about various aspects of the journe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15646871-applying-to-college-faq-act-vs-sat-what-should-i-take-whats-the-difference</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15646871-applying-to-college-faq-act-vs-sat-what-should-i-take-whats-the-difference</guid><category>college</category><category>english</category><category>act</category><category>testing</category><category>education</category><category>vs</category><category>sat</category><category>university</category><category>help</category><category>question</category><category>math</category><category>reading</category><category>writing</category><category>scoring</category><category>senior</category><category>allowed</category><category>junior</category><category>high-school</category><category>applications</category><category>blank</category><category>score</category><category>common</category><category>guess</category><category>apply</category><category>standardized</category><category>subject</category><category>answer</category><category>section</category><category>sophomore</category><category>require</category><category>sat-ii</category><category>frehsman</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 19:29:02 +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>English Language Conversation Skills</title>
<description><![CDATA[There are several dictionary definitions for "Conversation".
Conversation: noun, an informal spoken exchange of news and ideas between two or more people.
Conversation: an informal talk with somebody, especially about opinions, ideas, feelings, or everyday matters.
Conversation: &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[eslincanada]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[eslincanada]]></source><link>http://eslincanada.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/02/15622829-english-language-conversation-skills</link><guid>http://eslincanada.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/02/15622829-english-language-conversation-skills</guid><category>english</category><category>education</category><category>language</category><category>skills</category><category>conversation</category><pubDate>Sun, 2 Dec 2012 22:07:50 +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>Dictionary.com's 2012 Word of the Year: Bluster</title>
<description><![CDATA[`2012 was full of bluster from the skies and from the mouths of pundits. As the US Congress faces the looming fiscal cliff, we can only anticipate more bluster from politicians.' -- Dictionary.com]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[EJ Rotert]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[EJ Rotert]]></source><link>http://ej-rotert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/25/15435835-dictionarycoms-2012-word-of-the-year-bluster</link><guid>http://ej-rotert.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/25/15435835-dictionarycoms-2012-word-of-the-year-bluster</guid><category>english</category><category>language</category><category>us-news</category><category>politicians</category><category>pundits</category><category>skies</category><category>word-of-the-year</category><category>bluster</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:52:35 +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>Syria's Palestinians: Stateless and hapless as ever</title>
<description><![CDATA[HELD in a hostel for migrant workers, Palestinians who have fled Syria&rsquo;s civil  war pass their days exchanging pictures on their mobile phones of the corpses of  relations who failed to get out. &ldquo;They are here till the war ends,&rdquo; says a  sympathetic Jordanian po&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></source><link>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362341-syrias-palestinians-stateless-and-hapless-as-ever</link><guid>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362341-syrias-palestinians-stateless-and-hapless-as-ever</guid><category>english</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>economist</category><category>cyber-city</category><category>on-november</category><category>mr-assad-s</category><category>on-the-jordan-syria-border</category><category>tweet-never</category><category>with-jordanians</category><category>palestinians-stateless</category><category>reprints-related</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:41:18 +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=ahmetoralzE3C9CDE5-288B-9300-B4A9-7348B35494E1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ahmetoralzE3C9CDE5-288B-9300-B4A9-7348B35494E1.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>Syria's opposition: Higher hopes</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Khatib eyes his chance
DIPLOMATS were getting  grouchy, journalists were packing up to leave and Syrians were losing faith in  the ability of their political opposition ever to get their act together. But at  the last minute, on November 11th, bleary-eyed opposition figures, m&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></source><link>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362323-syrias-opposition-higher-hopes</link><guid>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362323-syrias-opposition-higher-hopes</guid><category>english</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>saudi-arabia</category><category>bashar-assad</category><category>economist</category><category>mr-khatib</category><category>syrian-national-council</category><category>mr-assad-s</category><category>syrian-national-coalition</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:40:08 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ahmetoralzE6A02C39-4C0A-5956-0B82-E4792C9584D4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="440" width="290" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ahmetoralzE6A02C39-4C0A-5956-0B82-E4792C9584D4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Syria's opposition: Get your act together or we won't help</title>
<description><![CDATA[UPRISINGS are a messy business, but Syria&rsquo;s has been messier than most. As the  bloodshed covers ever more of the country and the hold of President Bashar  Assad&rsquo;s regime weakens, the opposition seems only to grow more fractious. Syrian  politicians in exile remain di&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></source><link>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362302-syrias-opposition-get-your-act-together-or-we-wont-help</link><guid>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362302-syrias-opposition-get-your-act-together-or-we-wont-help</guid><category>english</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>economist</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:38:55 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ahmetoralzCFA2036A-43F1-4B78-2513-7A015820722E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ahmetoralzCFA2036A-43F1-4B78-2513-7A015820722E.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>Syria's civil war: The next battlefield</title>
<description><![CDATA[WOMEN, their faces wrapped in scarves to protect them from the sun, bend over  in the fields to pick cotton. Flocks of sheep kick up dust from tilled wheat  fields, as young boys herd them along. Here in Raqqa province, east of Aleppo,  life has gone on largely as normal for the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></source><link>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362275-syrias-civil-war-the-next-battlefield</link><guid>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362275-syrias-civil-war-the-next-battlefield</guid><category>english</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>economist</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:37:56 +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=ahmetoralz88BBA405-5BBF-B087-9467-28019BD94539.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="290" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ahmetoralz88BBA405-5BBF-B087-9467-28019BD94539.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="109" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lebanon and Syria: Peering into the abyss</title>
<description><![CDATA[SADLY for the Lebanese, it was a familiar scene. The car bomb that gutted a  quiet residential street in their capital, Beirut, on October 19th, killing a  senior policeman and seven others, fits into a series of political murders that  stretches back to the country&rsquo;s civil&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></source><link>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362260-lebanon-and-syria-peering-into-the-abyss</link><guid>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362260-lebanon-and-syria-peering-into-the-abyss</guid><category>english</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>economist</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:36:53 +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=ahmetoralzE5412BDF-A815-CCB5-D696-4C17042C2B00.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ahmetoralzE5412BDF-A815-CCB5-D696-4C17042C2B00.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>Syrian Airstrike Severely Damages Hospital in Aleppo </title>
<description><![CDATA[A government attack flattened a building next to one of the few functioning  medical facilities in Syria&rsquo;s largest city early on Thursday, killing at least  15 people, activists said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></source><link>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362191-syrian-airstrike-severely-damages-hospital-in-aleppo</link><guid>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362191-syrian-airstrike-severely-damages-hospital-in-aleppo</guid><category>english</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>nyt</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:32:54 +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=ahmetoralz387E9C42-BBCF-E3AB-B616-9CFA06A7BD8D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ahmetoralz387E9C42-BBCF-E3AB-B616-9CFA06A7BD8D.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>Maloula Journal: Mountaintop Town Is a Diverse Haven From Syria's Horrors</title>
<description><![CDATA[Residents of Maloula, an oasis of tolerance, have vowed not to succumb to  sectarianism and be dragged into the chaos in other parts of the country.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></source><link>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362181-maloula-journal-mountaintop-town-is-a-diverse-haven-from-syrias-horrors</link><guid>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362181-maloula-journal-mountaintop-town-is-a-diverse-haven-from-syrias-horrors</guid><category>english</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>nyt</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:32:13 +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>European Union Backs Syrian Opposition Coalition </title>
<description><![CDATA[The development underscored worries about the rising influence of religious  fundamentalism amid the chaos of the bloody civil war in Syria.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></source><link>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362129-european-union-backs-syrian-opposition-coalition</link><guid>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362129-european-union-backs-syrian-opposition-coalition</guid><category>english</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>nyt</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:28:56 +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=ahmetoralz41C33B20-0CF2-12A1-F36D-4E70112FEAE8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ahmetoralz41C33B20-0CF2-12A1-F36D-4E70112FEAE8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Syrian Opposition Group Seeks Backing in London</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Syrian opposition umbrella group met in London with officials from Western and  Muslim countries to seek ways to increase pressure on President Bashar al-Assad.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ahmet ORAL]]></source><link>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362073-syrian-opposition-group-seeks-backing-in-london</link><guid>http://ahmetoralz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15362073-syrian-opposition-group-seeks-backing-in-london</guid><category>english</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>nyt</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:26:37 +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=ahmetoralz252DD1CB-1789-7B1B-E762-BAB176FB0226.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ahmetoralz252DD1CB-1789-7B1B-E762-BAB176FB0226.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>