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	<title>Oakseed Ministries Essay Contest</title>
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	<description>Oakseed Ministries 2011 Essay Contest on Compassion and the Illiterate Child</description>
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		<title>Press Release</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oakseed Ministries International Seeks Voices for the Voiceless: The Illiterate Child Oakseed Ministries International is proud to announce their seventh annual international essay contest for youth on the topic: Compassion and the Illiterate Child. Students are invited to explore the issues facing child illiteracy and to offer innovative ideas to help these children. According to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oakseedessaycontest.com/news/press-release/october-2nd-press-release/</link>
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		<title>2012 Essay Guidelines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GUIDELINES FOR THE 2012 ESSAY CONTEST &#8220;COMPASSION AND THE ILLITERATE CHILD&#8221; Eligibility Requirements To be eligible to submit an essay, students must meet the age requirements as of May 2, 2012. You may submit only ONE essay. Age Categories 17 &#38; under: 5,000 characters or less ( 1000 words in length). 18 &#8211; 22: 7,500 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oakseedessaycontest.com/guidelines/2012-essay-guidelines/</link>
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		<title>More Haikus!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for all your wonderful submissions to the essay contest!!! Here are some more child imprisonment haikus from a student in Malta: What is in a name? University of Crime – The same as prison. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. One million children – Lock the door and break the key; That’s their destiny. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; My father beat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oakseedessaycontest.com/blog/more-haikus/</link>
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		<title>Essay Due Date</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone remember to submit your essay by May 1, 2010&#8211;That&#8217;s this SATURDAY!!! Look forward to reading them]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oakseedessaycontest.com/blog/essay-due-date/</link>
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		<title>Haiku and Howard League</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A haiku submitted by one of our readers: A Diminishing Flame Cold eyes and hard floors Torn apart, Spit at, and pain Darkness, hope is gone &#8211;Radhika Also, a reminder: The deadline to submit your essay is May 1, 2010!!! That&#8217;s less than a month away. If you are still researching, here are some great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oakseedessaycontest.com/blog/haiku-and-howard-league/</link>
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		<title>Haikus on Child Imprisonment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some Haikus on Child Imprisonment and Related Issues: Saturday Night Regret I miss you, my child. Your heartbreaking fingernails reach through the bars. Taytay Jail, Manila, Philippines 1 meter by 5 —sit, sleep, stand, sit, sleep, stand, sit— I am Dennis, 15. Right and Wrong according to a 7-year-old I have a right [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oakseedessaycontest.com/blog/haikus-on-child-imprisonment/</link>
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		<title>Restorative Justice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Retributive vs. Restorative Justice: which is more effective in the case of child crime? Obviously, both are needed&#8211;but where is the line? Will the child learn his lesson by hard, long years in prison or by undergoing rehabilitation programs? The danger in imprisonment is that the child will not learn but instead become more corrupt. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oakseedessaycontest.com/blog/restorative-justice/</link>
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		<title>Example Essay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is an example essay on topic #7, A Worldwide Problem: Compare the problem of the imprisoned child in the USA to that found in the developing world. How can these problems be resolved? What is the status of public awareness of this issue? The golden rule is “Do unto others what you would have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oakseedessaycontest.com/blog/example-essay/</link>
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		<title>Second Chance for Children in Prison Act of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A New Bill was passed in Florida that would give children who were tried as adults the possibility of parole. It was later blocked in committee, but is expected to be reconsidered in Spring 2010. Here is an except from the article: :&#8221;The legislation provides parole options for inmates who were 15 years of age [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oakseedessaycontest.com/blog/second-chance-for-children-in-prison-act-of-2009/</link>
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		<title>Mothers and Their Children in Prison</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a very interesting article on new programs being developed for children of women in prison. In Ohio, some children are allowed to stay with their mothers in prison until they are 18 months old. In Kentucky, there is a prison that has a nursery, but children do not live with their mothers. Read [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.oakseedessaycontest.com/blog/mothers-and-their-children-in-prison/</link>
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