BANGKOK (AP) — On the grounds of a Buddhist temple, dozens of white plastic bags lay in carefully arranged rows. Each sack was knotted at the top and contained the remains of a fetus. Thai authorities found about 2,000 remains in the temple’s mortuary, where they had been hidden for a year — apparently to conceal illegal abortions. A strong stench had drawn police to the temple in Bangkok’s old city Tuesday, and authorities searching the mortuary — where bodies awaiting cremation are normally kept — initially found more than 300 fetuses. They returned Friday to find more than five times that number, according to police Lt. Col. Kanathud Musiganont.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-thailand-fetuses,0,7253155.story

Prosecutors Say Jawbone Is Not Natalee Holloway’s

18-year-old Natalee Holloway disappeared during a trip to Aruba in 2005.

ORANJESTAD, Aruba ( KTLA) — Prosecutors in Aruba say a jawbone found on an island beach earlier this month does not belong to missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway. Analysis based on dental records ruled out that the bone fragment came from her. Officials determined the jawbone belonged to a young woman, raising speculation the bone may have been the remains of 18-year-old Holloway who was last seen on the island in 2005.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-aruba-bone-fragments-natalee-holloway,0,5323920.story

This is an extremely disturbing website—Couple are asking the public to “VOTE” on whether or not to have an abortion….

WEBSITE MESSAGE: You can vote and choose whether we abort or keep our unborn child. For the first time, your vote on the topic of abortion can make a difference.

The abortion issue has been a controversial topic for decades that reaches to the core of every person in America.  Often voters will even base their entire choice on this one topic alone, disregarding everything else the politician has to offer in the vain hope that their “chosen one” will be able to effect change on this issue.

We all like to think that our opinions matter, but so often there is no effective outlet for our beliefs to change lives.  While most people have a definite opinion about abortion and take a stance as being either “Pro-Life” or “Pro-choice”, very few have an opportunity to do more than voice their concern to their elected representative.  The concerns that we voice to those around us don’t seem to change the status-quo. Unless you are put into the position of having to make this decision in a setting that actually makes a difference, the debate does not affect anything.

Voting is such an integral part of the American identity.  We vote on everything.  We vote on things ranging from the best singer on American Idol to who the next leader of the free world will be.  Wouldn’t it be nice to voice your opinion and have it actually make a difference in the real world?  Why not vote on whether to continue or abort an actual pregnancy? Your vote can help a real couple to make a decision on this issue.

We would like to keep you informed on our pregnancy as if it was your own; posting our thoughts and feelings as we struggle to make this decision.  We would like you to see what we see and feel what we feel.  We invite you take this journey with us as we contemplate our own options and encourage you to utilize this site to vote and voice your opinion in a way that will have a real consequence… in a way that truly matters.  Here, your vote will not go unheard.

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http://www.birthornot.com/

Father Charged In Baby’s Raccoon Attack After Investigation Reveals He Had Been Keeping Them As Pets

COVINGTON, Ga. – I shouldn’t take up a portion of this post by gloating about how I already knew that the raccoons that attacked a sleeping baby were probably family pets, but lookie there…I already did. For those of you who are link impaired, police were called to a home earlier this month after a 9-month-old baby was attacked by two raccoons while it slept in its crib. One raccoon was shot and killed at the scene after it became aggressive towards responders, the other was captured and tested negative for rabies. The infant would survived the severe bites to her head face and hands, but investigators were looking into whether the raccoons were wild or were pets.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/11/23/father-charged-in-babys-raccoon-attack-after-investigation-reveals-he-had-been-keeping-them-as-pets/

Desha, AR — Two days after the body of 2-year-old Harley Davidson was found in the refrigerator of her mother’s home, capital murder charges have been filed against mom’s boyfriend, 26-year-old Jesse Holloman. According to the child’s mother, Kristy Davidson, she had left Harley with Jesse Saturday night so she could work. The next morning, Jesse showed up at her place of employment and told her something had happened to the baby during the night…she was dead. Kristy raced home and ran directly to the bedroom, searching for her child. When she couldn’t find Harley, she ran next door to get help. When she returned to the trailer, she noticed all of the food that was once in the fridge was now sitting on the counter. She then opened the refrigerator door and found her little girl in a box with some sort of net-type cloth over her head.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/11/18/man-accused-of-killing-toddler-placing-her-body-in-refrigerator/

LEESBURG, Fla. – A 40-year-old music teacher at First Academy, a private Christian school in Leesburg, was fired from his job after surveillance video captured him sharing a passionate kiss with a 15-year-old student. Police were notified after a church employee reviewing video footage observed Frisbie making out with the teen girl inside the sanctuary. Frisbie was fired immediately. When the Florida Department of Children and Families interviewed the pair, they admitted to the two-month long relationship that included “kissing, hugging and touching all over” that began one month after the death of Frisbie’s wife.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/11/18/music-teacher-at-christian-school-accused-of-molesting-teen-student/

DREAMCATCHERS will be presenting a child abuse awareness presentation at the STATE & FATE OF CHILDREN Festival! (Festival Dates: November 19–23rd, 2010) Paso Robles, CA. A special thank you to BENFORD STANDLEY for his invitation. Our presentation is scheduled for 11:30am, Monday, November 22nd. Please join us!!!

Films on the State and Fate of Children and Youth

The Screening of documentaries about some of the terrible fates that falls upon millions of children, is a very important element of this Film Festival.  We wanted to do more last festival, but this is the launch of an annual subject area of the Festival, at least until no children have to run to the streets, live homeless, come near the dark specter of suicide, wander and wonder in their states of autism, suffer the direct abuse of the abusers, murders, pedophiles, or mad heartless persons that would cause them harm…we will have this a part of the festival until the millions that are in the foster homes, jails, detention centers, state hospitals, and locked in backwards are being cared for the Paso Digital Festival will be dedicated to helping the film makers that venture into the dark stories showing The State and Fate of Children and Youth in the USA and the World.

We also pay tribute to the film makers that dare to bleed their heart’s out in the process of making a film about something that is so sad and heartbreaking, and conditions so dark, that as a film maker, one must have a calling or passion to cover subjects so dark.  However, so important, because it is these filmmakers that will help educate the culture, the government, or anyone that can help, if only they knew.

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http://www.pasoroblesfilmfestival.com/prdffKID.htm

PAINESVILLE, Ohio — A Madison Township man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday, for abusing some of his children and holding them against their will. Jeffrey York, 47, pleaded guilty in October to charges of gross sexual imposition and child endangering. Lake County prosecutors say some of the seven children in York’s home lived in fear of his violent brand of discipline, and on some occasions, his acts of molestation.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-jeffrey-york-sentenced,0,329273.story

More than 2/3rds ( two-thirds) of survivors of childhood sexual abuse, who sought help from the Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) last year, had been abused by more than one perpetrator, new figures show. The finding was described as “shocking and astounding” by Fiona Neary, RCNI director. Speaking at the publication of the network’s annual statistics yesterday, she said it was the first time they had gathered such detailed data. The 13 rape crisis centres provided 16,549 hours of counselling and support last year to 1,588 people. They also provided 795 hours of accompaniment for survivors going to gardaí, medical examinations and courts. Some 60.7 (963) per cent of those helped last year had been abused as children, while 30.4 per cent (482) had suffered abuse as adults only, while 141 had been abused as child and adult.

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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1117/1224283529447.html

Gentle Reader, Do You Want to Be Happy Despite Your Child Abuse Stories?

Escaping our child abuse stories
I am Dr. Matt and I know from experience how our child abuse stories seem to totally overwhelm us. Whenever we tell our child abuse stories, we talk about how we were child abuse victims. We could not escape back then and it feels like we still cannot escape. We want our intense child abuse stories to be heard, to ease the pressure inside. Can we escape our child abuse stories?   No.
Ask this question instead: Can we integrate our child abuse stories?   Yes!

ABOUT DR. MATTHEW STEWART:

Dr. Stewart earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Trauma and Recovery at the Ontario Institute for Studies In Education, University of Toronto, Canada, in 1998. He is a researcher, educator, author, sculptor, gardener, father and grandfather. As a solo workshop leader, he provides training about learning-healing connections to universities, Children’s Aid societies, young offender and First Nation agencies, hospitals, to mention a few. He also writes movie scripts, educational articles, self-help books, poetry, and books for kids of all ages.

READ MORE HERE & VISIT DR. STEWART’S WEBSITES AT:

http://curechildabuse.com

http://www.karmachildabuse.com/

A Hamilton man already facing 61 sexual offence charges involving children under 16 now has 49 more charges against him. Gerald Graham Garrity, 54, has now been charged with a total of 110 offences involving seven victims in the same Hamilton family. The alleged victims ranged in age from three to just under 16 years at the time of the offences.

Detective Helena Russell of the Hamilton police sexual assault unit said the additional 49 charges – including communicating for prostitution, sexual assault, sexual exploitation and at least one child pornography charge – were laid Monday night.

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http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/276506–one-family-110-sex-charges-against-man

Houston, TX – Police say 21-year-old Michael Snowden was hanging out at the Freed-Montrose library on Friday, surfin’ the net for porn. While the library does have filters in place, officials believe Snowden managed to thwart ‘em. Also at the library, a man and his two sons, ages 6 and 9. The man sent his sons into the restroom to change clothes for a swimming lesson and waited right outside the door for them. As the younger boy was undressing inside the stall, police say Snowden slithered under the door and sexually assaulted the kid.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/11/17/man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-child-in-library-restroom/

Boston, MA – A Boston preschool teacher hit the crack jackpot on Monday after one of her young charges complained that her toddler-sized Nike Air Jordans were too tight. Bending down to remove and adjust the tiny pink tennie, the teacher was rather shocked to find 17 individually wrapped bags of crack inside a larger plastic bag. Teachers later told police the 3-year-old child believed her mother had placed the “candy” in her shoe. “Where’s my shoe?” the child reportedly asked teachers. “Mommy’s going to be mad at me.”

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/11/17/teachers-find-crack-in-tots-tennies/