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• What Happens In a True Conversion?

  
  By Every Word... — Authority: 422
  ‘What happens then, in a true conversion, is that faith comes to life in the mind as the reality of the truths about Christ (whether they have been read or heard) begin to take life and to felt. In some shape or form, these truths center on God’s holiness and love, Christ’s self-giving for us and in our place on ...
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• Had enough of spend, spend, spend? Young people in the South West want to give their ‘time’ this Christmas

  
  People's Republic of South Devon The Peoples Republic of South Devon — Authority: 436
  Young people in the South West of England have had enough of ‘spend, spend, spend’, says the Dubit research, conducted by The National Young Volunteers Service – and nearly 80 per cent of those questioned ‘would consider giving up their personal time, to do a good deed instead of buying a gift this year’. ...
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• Legal highs are not a police matter | Geoffrey Alderman

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The penalties meted out to children using legal substances such as mephedrone are outrageous, as is the police involvement Last week it emerged that Cranbrook school, in Kent, had taken punitive action against certain of its sixth-formers found to be taking the drug mephedrone . Three pupils at this co-educational ...
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• Lib Dem research shows 40,000 alcohol crimes committed by children in the last 5 years

  
  Les Bonner — Authority: 151
  Nearly 40,000 children have been fined, cautioned or taken to court for alcohol-related offences in the last five years. The number has increased by over a quarter in that period, according to research by the Liberal Democrats . The key points are: 39,714 people aged under 18 were fined, cautioned or taken to ...
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• The Government’s u-turn on vetting is long overdue says Laws

  
  Les Bonner — Authority: 151
  “The existing daft regulations on child protection require even police officers to go through an expensive and bureaucratic registration system,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Children, Schools and Families Secretary . Commenting on Ed Balls’ announcement that the Government is to water down plans on ...
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• David Laws says that the revised child vetting scheme is still too bureaucratic

  
  Les Bonner — Authority: 151
  Government plans to reduce the scale of proposals for a vetting scheme to protect children were met with scepticism from Liberal Democrat MP David Laws, who said they may still be too “bureaucratic”. He claimed that the rules would still apply to police officers, which he said would be a “counterproductive” ...
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• Ministers talk a lot about the alcohol crisis in this country but have completely failed to tackle it

  
  Les Bonner — Authority: 151
  Official figures have showed that more than 6,000 children aged 10 to 15 were given police cautions or taken to court for abusing alcohol between 2003 and 2007. A total of 39,714 children aged 17 and under in England and Wales were fined, cautioned or taken to court for alcohol-related offences, including 124 ...
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• Firms offered £2,500 to hire teen apprentice

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The government will this week set out a range of emergency measures designed to tackle the growing problem of youth unemployment in the recession. Ed Ballss department has drawn up plans to offer £2,500 "golden hellos" to firms to encourage them to take on young apprentices. The first 5,000 companies to agree to ...
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• A national disservice in the poor corps | Andrew Mycock

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Young people risk being stigmatised by proposals to recruit the disengaged into a national programme of civic service It is ironic that as we draw close to the 50th anniversary of the end of national service in the UK, the idea of some form of national civic service is garnering considerable political and media ...
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• Help teens have sex without pregnancy | Heather Corinna

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  If we are to lower the abortion rate among young women, we must accept that teenagers will have sex and offer them advice More than 5,000 British women under the age of 20 had an abortion that was not their first last year, and nearly 33% of all UK terminations were not first-time procedures. Female fertility ...
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• Sunday Routine | Francisco J. Núñez: A Morning Scherzo, Slowing to Adagio

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  CHIN-UP Francisco J. Núñez spending time in Central Park with his son, Sebastián, 22 months old.
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• And this is also Kings Cross

  
  Kings Cross Local Environment — Authority: 122
  A fabulous short spotted on YouTube by neighbour Yolande, starring Emily Bronte (Mikes Cat), the tiny nesting platform wangled out of McAlpines whilst Kings Place was being built and the lemon scented geranium donated to the towpath garden by our own local Dr Sarah.  If you havent visited the Canal Museum yet, ...
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• And still the prison population rises...

  
  Civil Liberties Australia - promoting people's rights, and civil liberties — Authority: 119
  Youd think, from all the posturing by Law & Order (LO) politicians through Australia, that crime was up, but it is down. But whats really up is the prison population, by 36% (or 7759) from 21,358 to 29,317 over the past 10 years. At nearly $100,000 per prisoner, its costing taxpayers about $800 million a year ...
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• “Nuts, schiz, psycho”: an exploration of young homeless people’s perceptions and dilemmas of defining mental health

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 144
  “Nuts, schiz, psycho”: an exploration of young homeless people’s perceptions and dilemmas of defining mental health, Social  Science and Medicine. 2009 May;68(9):1737-44 O’Reilly M, Taylor HC, Vostanis P. University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. mjo14@le.ac.uk Abstract: Through our ...
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• Unwrapped - putting an end to rubbish presents!

  
  Oxfam News Blog — Authority: 144
  Let’s face it. We have all received, at least once in our life, an undesired present. Yes, something that made us look ridiculous or that ended up tucked away in a box in the loft. Christmas present buying is indeed a risky business. But with Oxfam Unwrapped , you have a guarantee that every gift you buy is ...
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• CWDC creates online childrens centre

  
  The Social Work Blog — Authority: 120
  The Childrens Workforce Development Council has created a new online childrens centre on the DirectgovKids website for children , which aims to inform five to 11-year-olds about social workers and foster carers. It tells children: "There are lots of people whose job it is to help children. ... Some adults work with ...
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• Pupils experience a Tudor Christmas

  
  Citizenseye — Authority: 144
  Donington le Heath Manor House is getting into the festive spirit by hosting its annual Tudor Christmas sessions for schools.  The medieval Manor House, which is traditionally decorated for Christmas with festive greenery, is an ideal place for pupils to experience the atmosphere, sights and smells of Christmas 400 ...
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• Children’s laws brought up to date

  
  This Is Guernsey — Authority: 153
  LAWS affecting children will be updated in January for the first time in 40 years.
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• Mike Ragogna: A Very Special Christmas: A Conversation with Tim Shriver, Vicki Iovine, Colbie Caillat, Carter Twins … (The Huffington Post)

  
  Newsalistic — Authority: 166
  “This new album represents a new generation of artists, a new generation of young people claiming the mantle of leadership. These are young people who… Go here to see the original: Mike Ragogna: A Very Special Christmas: A Conversation with Tim Shriver, Vicki Iovine, Colbie Caillat, Carter Twins … (The ...
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• An ingenious take on national service | Guy Dammann

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 162
  If a new proposal for engaging youths in the community had been adopted before, Britain might not have got broken Its funny how, whenever anyone mentions "broken Britain", we think immediately of teenagers. Or perhaps we think of David Cameron , and then of teenagers. The second route has the advantage of making us ...
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