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	<title>el blog de Kristen</title>
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		<title>Mi amiga Gina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend in college, Gina, is fascinated by all the ways of communication. For my last and final post I wanted her to share with my classmates and everyone who follows my blog a little bit about herself. Gina is a friend I met at the beach when I was a kid and we go to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2010/01/27/mi-amiga-gina/</link>
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		<title>Para mantener tu cuerpo y tu mente</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lava la cama

Cepilla los dientes


Lava la ropa

Afieta las piernas

No fumes

No te acuestes tarde

No comas muchas dulces

Sigue una dieta sana

Te peina el pelo

No hagas drogas

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		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2010/01/19/para-mantener-tu-cuerpo-y-tu-mente/</link>
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		<title>Ir de Compras en Bridgewater de New Jersey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Voy al centro comerical en Bridgewater y visito Forever 21. Forever 21 vende ropa bonita. Es para mujeres. En Forever 21, compro una chaqueta violeta de seda y está a la ultima moda. Forever 21 es muy barata. También, vende una pulsera y unos aretes de plata. Voy a la Pac Sun.  Es para mujeres [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2010/01/19/ir-de-compras-en-bridgewater-de-new-jersey/</link>
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		<title>Para Vivir una Sana Vida</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_3/ST4Zr.htm
To help yourself learn how to say phrases in Spanish that show you how to live a good life, click on this link. It will teach you how to say these useful phrases in a fun way. You can pick which came you want to play, answer the questions correctly, and you win! It&#8217;s easy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2010/01/14/spanish-quiz/</link>
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		<title>Hablo mi rutina con Paco</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[7:50:55 AM] Kristen says: hola paco
[7:51:29 AM] Paco Benítez says: OH!! Hola!!!!
[7:51:34 AM] Paco Benítez says: 
[7:51:47 AM] Paco Benítez says: cuanto tiempo!!!
[7:52:01 AM] Kristen says: como estas?!
[7:52:18 AM] Paco Benítez says: ahora estoy en la oficina trabajando&#8230;pero bien!!
[7:52:34 AM] Paco Benítez says: año nuevo , vida nueva!!!
[7:53:20 AM] Kristen says: si!! 2010!
[7:53:22 AM] Paco [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2010/01/12/hablo-mi-rutina-con-paco/</link>
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		<title>Restaurante de Pablo</title>
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I had a great time making this comic strip! It was a fun and exciting way to use my new restaurant vocabulary. If you scroll to the right, you can see the six panel comic strip and how the customer and waiter interact. The customer asks the waiter what the pizza tastes like by saying, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2010/01/10/restaurante-de-pablo/</link>
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		<title>Rutina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part A:
En la manana, tengo que despertarme temprano para la escuela. A las cinco y media de la manana necesito levantarme y quitarme mis pijamas. Despues de vestirme en la ropa, tengo que lavarme los dientes y peinarme mi pelo con un peine. Yo como el cereal de &#8220;Honey Nut Cheerios&#8221; con leche. Yo bebo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2010/01/05/rutina/</link>
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		<title>Feliz Navidad!</title>
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Across the globe people celebrate Christmas in many different ways. Each and every country, and individual family, have different traditions for the holiday. In Germany, children  in the family  try and find the pickle in Christmas tree to obtain an extra present. In Ireland, children leave their shoes by their beds to receive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2010/01/03/feliz-navidad/</link>
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		<title>Hablo con Adrinna</title>
		<description><![CDATA[talkingwithadrinna
I got the privilege to talk to a native Spanish-Speaker in the ESL class named Adrinna. She was fun to talk to and very sympathetic with my spanish speaking skills. I think I improved asking more follow-up classes than I did in the first conversation. I was very pleased with how the conversation went and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/12/22/hablo-con-adrinna/</link>
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		<title>Marcelo&#8217;s Blog- EFEMÉRIDES DEL FÚTBOL ARGENTINO</title>
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El blog de Marcelo es buenisimo! Futbol de Argentina es bueno. Video de Marcelo es interestante.
Marcelo commented on a post on my blog and left his blog name so I decided to go check it out. It turns out his blog is awesome!! It has so many highlights, pictures, videos, and written descriptions about the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/12/22/marcelos-blog-efemerides-del-futbol-argentino/</link>
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		<title>Uncle Will&#8217;s Pancake House en LBI</title>
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Me gusta Uncle Will&#8217;s Pancake House. Voy a Uncle Will&#8217;s para desayuno. Venden huevos, tocino, los cereales, tostado, y los panqueques. Tienen el chocolate ,auga, el jugo de naranja, el cafe y leche tomar. El menú es muy grande. Aceptan tarjetas de crédito. Muy bueno restarante comer el desayuno en LBI.
Uncle Will&#8217;s is my favorite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/12/22/uncle-wills-pancake-house-en-lbi/</link>
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		<title>Ser o Estar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing that I need a lot of help on in this class is knowing when to use ser versus estar. Because they are VERY similar I often mix them up. I realize that I really need to master how to use both of these verbs. To assist me in learning when to use ser [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/12/21/ser-o-estar/</link>
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		<title>La Vida de Aroya</title>
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La Navidad y el Año Nuevo
El blog de Aroya es muy interesante. Tiene los fotos de España en Navidad y Año Nuevo.  La Navidad en España se celebra muy grande.  Es un evento celebrado con familias y amigos. Tienen una fiesta. Reciben regalos.
The blog of Aroya shows all the celebration that goes into Christmas and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/12/21/la-vida-de-aroya/</link>
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		<title>Hablo con Andrea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year, there was a girl named Andrea in my Interior Design Class. Partners were assigned from are teacher, and she ended up being my partner for the whole semester. She had a little bit of an accent, but I never really thought a lot of it. Yesterday, when we collaborated with the ESL Biology [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/12/16/hablamos-con-andrea/</link>
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		<title>E-Mail con Maria de Argentina</title>
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I got the great opportunity to e-mail with one of the students coming to our school this year as part of the Argentina exchange program, Maria. She is a very nice girl and I can&#8217;t wait to meet her in person! She seems a lot like me. I want to continue exchanging e-mails with her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/12/08/e-mail-con-maria/</link>
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		<title>Conversation with Nestor</title>
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Nestor is a really nice guy! I enjoy talking to him so much. I felt like this was the first time that I actually had an intelligent conversation with someone in Spanish. We didn&#8217;t just talk about how old we were and ask generic questions, but we talked about things that actually mattered to me. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/12/08/conversation-with-nestor/</link>
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		<title>Food Voicethread</title>
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		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/12/06/food-voicethread/</link>
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		<title>La dia de Grasiosa Tarea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yo fui de compras en Liberty Village. Liberty Village es en Flemington. Yo fui de compras en Liberty Village con mis amigas Carly, Alyssa y Jess. Yo celebre el cumpleanos de mi abuela. Mi abuela es 70 anos. Yo celebre el cumpleanos de mi abuela en mi casa en Ringoes, New Jersey. La dia de [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/11/30/la-dia-de-grasiosa-tarea/</link>
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		<title>Changing and Working Towards My Goals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After looking at and reassessing my personal goals I came to the conclusion that I&#8217;m very content with the goals I chose at the beginning of the semester. I really looked hard and contemplated on changing my long term goal, but in the end I decided it was perfect for me.
I already accomplished my short [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/11/29/changing-and-working-towards-my-goals/</link>
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		<title>Conversation with Magnus</title>
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This is the Magnus favorite book &#8220;El Alchimista&#8221;
I talked to Magnus through Skype. He explained to me many things. We instantly made a connection through reading and movies and talked about that for some time. After this chat conversation I had another chat conversation with him on Sunday night where we discussed our interests even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/11/29/conversation-with-magnus/</link>
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		<title>Oprah Winfrey</title>
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No quiero que Oprah vaya! Me gusta la programa de television de Oprah. Es muy bueno y interestante. Oprah es intellegente y divertida. Ella  dinero a organizaciones de caridad. El blog de dentrotele tiene mucho que decir sobre Oprah.

http://www.dentrotele.com/2009/11/25/oprah-winfrey-produce-una-escandalosa-serie-para-hbo/#comment-44777
Ever since I was a little kid, I grew up watching the Oprah Show with my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/11/25/oprah-winfrey/</link>
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		<title>La comida rápida para niños, sin regalos</title>
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No me gusta comida rápida. Es muy mal. Burger King y McDonalds son muy mal para tu.
http://www.vitonica.com/alimentos/la-comida-rapida-para-ninos-sin-regalos
In the article I found in Vitonica&#8217;s blog it talks about how a lot of children in Spain are increasingly becoming obese. This interested me because I&#8217;ve always had a curiosity about how what people affect them. This blog [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/11/19/la-comida-rapida-para-ninos-sin-regalos/</link>
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		<title>Lady Gaga y Beyoncé</title>
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Me gusta la musica de hip hop. Beyoncé y Lady Gaga cantan muy bueno.  Me gusta canción de &#8220;Telephono.&#8221;  El blog de Reformusic es muy bueno.
http://www.reformusic.com.mx/?p=985
Beyonce is a truly remarkable person. Not only is she a powerhouse on stage, but it is what she does off the stage that truly impresses people. She is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/11/18/lady-gaga-y-beyonce/</link>
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		<title>Fútbol Argentino</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Me gusta el equipo de Argentino. Argentino is mucho bueno. En el blog de fútbol, habla sobre los momentos de Argentino. El nombre de el blog post es Efemérides del Fútbol Argentino. Pienso que al fútbol de Argentino es muy interesante.
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8433707537284441391&#38;postID=5893210505462336542
In the blog, I found many interesting facts about Argentinean soccer. I learned about the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/11/16/futbol-argentino/</link>
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		<title>Wild Bull Chase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My amazing English teacher was discussing her trip to Spain the other day in class and she told us something very interesting. When she went to Spain that week, they were having their annual &#8220;bull chase&#8221;. I thought this was the craziest thing I had ever heard! Who would chase bulls and get severely injured [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/11/10/wild-bull-chase/</link>
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		<title>Spongebob SquarePants in Spanish</title>
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Who thought that something as simple as the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants could help me learn Spanish? Spanish is everywhere! Ever since I was a little kid, I have always loved cartoons. I found them fun and easy to understand. The thought came across my mind the other day, &#8220;Do spanish-speakers watch cartoons?&#8221; I went on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/11/10/spongebob-squarepants-in-spanish/</link>
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		<title>Mi casa&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mi casa es muy muy limpia y bonita. Mi dormitorio es azul y verde y blanco. Tiene dos lampadas, una cama, una mesa y una televisión. Yo necesito limpia mi dormitorio todos los días.  Hago tarea en mi dormitorio. Mi cocina es muy blanca y moderna. Tiene un refrigerador, un horno, un fregadero. Necesito [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/11/10/mi-casa/</link>
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		<title>Tarea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eight Sentences
1.  Yo bebo el agua después los deportes.
2. Tu quieres no tarea.
3. Hace muy buen tiempo.
4. Nosotros abrimos regalos.
5. Mi hermano y Peter juegan el béisbol.
6. Simpre trabajo en el verano.
7. Juan mira en el espejo.
8.Nosotros bailimos en el fin de semana.
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		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/11/07/tarea/</link>
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		<title>Discovering Peru</title>
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After researching many Spanish-speaking places, I came across Peru. I was instantly entranced by its beauty. It amazing history and landforms caught my attention. The eastern part of Peru experiences a very tropical climate and is home to many different species of animals. The largest city in Peru is Lima. Lima looks like an amazing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/11/02/discovering-peru/</link>
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		<title>School Subjects Voicethread</title>
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The new Voicethread Project we are doing is very helpful when learning new things and broadening our Spanish vocabulary. My voicethread focuses on the different classes we take in school. Each slide shows a picture of one of the classes along with a voice comment by me on how to saw each word in Spanish. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/10/30/school-subjects-voicethread/</link>
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		<title>Exploring Spanish Music with Beyonce</title>
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This weekend as I was looking songs up on youtube, I came across a Beyonce video in Spanish. Beyonce is such an amazing artist and role model. When I came across her video, I watched it a million times. I did some background research and found out that she learned Spanish at a young age. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/10/25/exploring-spanish-music-with-beyonce/</link>
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		<title>Conversation With Maria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Reflection:
Talking to Maria was a learning experience. After having the conversation with her, I came to the conclusion that I have a lot to work on before I can have a long conversation in Spanish. 
 Things I did well:
1. I think I definitely portrayed to there that I was interested and excited to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/10/22/103/</link>
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		<title>Chatting With Paolo</title>
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I was really excited to chat with Paolo! It was nice to talk to a teenager my age about things normal teenagers talk about. At the end of the conversation, I got a little confused by what he was asking, but we cleared it up. It turns out, he was just asking if I had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/10/18/chatting-with-paolo/</link>
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		<title>Chatting With Native Spanish Speakers (Oscar)</title>
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Recently, I chatted with many Spanish-Speakers via Skype. It helped me spell things in Spanish and form sentences correctly. Oscar told me that he was from Guadalajara, Mexico. I was very interested in his hometown because I&#8217;ve never heard of it. Above is a picture I found of the beautiful city. This is my conversation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/10/18/chatting-with-native-spanish-speakers-oscar/</link>
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		<title>Phone Conversation With Native Speakers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I connected with a native Spanish-speaker named Oscar via Skype. I was able to carry on the conversation for 12 minutes. It really helped me learn new things, and made me realize that I know more Spanish than I thought I did. I was able to keep up the flow of the conversation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/10/18/phone-conversation-with-native-speakers/</link>
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		<title>Connecting With ESL class</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weeek, our Spanish 1 Class connected with the Native Spanish-Speakers from the ESL class. Our job was to record a 5 minute conversation with them soley in Spanish, and then another conversation in English to help them. I was in a group with Carly and Jed. I really enjoyed this assignment because it allowed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/10/15/connecting-with-esl-class/</link>
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		<title>Homework</title>
		<description><![CDATA[N=Native Speaker
K=Kristen
Conversation:
K- Hola. Me llamo Kristen.
N- Hola. Me llamo Pablo.
K-Mucho gusto. Cuenteme un poco de ti.

N- Yo soy divertido y atheletico. Me gusta beisbol y tenis. Yo soy de El Sabado.
K- Buenisimo! Me gustan deportes tambien. Mi deporte favorita es futbol.
N- ¿Cual es tú deportes equipo  favorita?
K- Me gustan los Yankees y los Giants.
N- No [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/10/13/spanish-conversation/</link>
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		<title>Week Three-Working With Voicethread</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week in class we did projects on voicethread.com. I absolutely loved this project. We had to create slides of pictures of ourselves, family, and friends. This project allowed me to experience learning how to speak and pronounce  Spanish in a creative way. It really forced me to look up how things were said and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/10/07/week-three-working-with-voicethread/</link>
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		<title>Spanish Character Song</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is my Spanish song. It is a song about all the character words of our school and words that you should just live by. It&#8217;s about respect, responsibility, peace, integrity, courage, tolerance, caring, patience, trustworthiness, fairness, citizenship, and last but not least. These very important characteristics and values are incorporated into a Spanish song. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/09/30/20/</link>
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		<title>Talking to Native Speakers Via Skype</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I moved forward to achieving my short term goal. I talked to 5 native Spanish speakers through Skype. It  really helped with my Spanish. When I was talking to one girl Jacklyn, you told me that no one really said &#8220;cómo eres&#8221; in Venezuela, they say &#8220;cómo soy&#8221; instead.  In addition to her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/09/30/talking-to-native-speakers-via-skype/</link>
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		<title>Finding Native Speakers on Soziety</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I started achieving my goals by creating a Diigo, Soziety, and Epals account so I could start connecting with people there. Through Soziety I connected with one woman from Spain. We chatted on Skype and she corrected my Spanish and told me all about her culture and life in Spain. I think if I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kristenn.learningconnects.us/2009/09/20/update-on-how-im-achieving-my-personal-goals/</link>
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