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		<title>Faith through the ups and downs of Embryo Adoption</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is written by a Snowflakes family. We are Ben and Steph, and we’ve had an amazing experience with embryo adoption. After dealing with infertility, we looked into EA. We liked the pro-life aspect – rescuing little lives that are frozen in time, waiting just to be given a chance at life. Being pregnant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Abby Addresses a 21st Century Dilemma: What to do with remaining embryos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Embryo Adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 1956 readers have been turning to the “Dear Abby” column for answers to life&#8217;s questions, concerns and more. Today [January 3, 2012] Abby addresses a concern facing 21st century readers: what should be done with frozen embryos remaining from in vitro fertilization treatments? Deadlocked in New Jersey and her husband are facing this difficult [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orphans and HIV/AIDS: Making a positive impact</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on a visit to the CDC with an expert on HIV/AIDS, who also has a strong and personal interest in orphan care, I learned that one of the most striking facts that all of us who care about orphans should realize: Not only does AIDS create orphans, but orphans are the most likely group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nutrition and International Adoption Part III</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baby formula]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international adoptions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iron deficiency is a critical issue in children adopted internationally.  Learn why these children are at risk and what you can do to  increase the iron in their diets.  ]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s NOT About Me: post-adoption conference in Rock Hill, SC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian Family Services and Bethany Christian Services are sponsoring a one-day workshop on Saturday, November 12, 2011 called &#8220;It&#8217;s NOT About Me! Raising Adolecents with Peace and Not Fear.&#8221; This is a workshop for families who adopted infants and young children who are now teenagers. The cost is $20 per person, or $50 for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flooding and Phnom Penh Orphanage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last couple weeks, there has been an extraordinary amount of flooding in Cambodia. One site recently affected is the Children&#8217;s Relief Center (CRC), an organization that Nightlight has partnered with in the past for humanitarian efforts and adoption. The flooding has come into the first story of a wooden house that&#8217;s part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Families: 2011 Adoption and Foster Care Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laura Beauvais-Godwin, director of Nightlight Christian Adoption&#8217;s South Carolina office and leader of the Carolina Christian Alliance for Orphans, is helping coordinate Finding Families: 2011 Adoption and Foster Care Conference, to be held October 25, 2011. Presenters include representatives from USCIS, SC DSS, US Department of State, various South Carolina adoption agencies, and the ABBA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPOON Foundation&#8217;s nutrition &amp; feeding resource for adoptive &amp; foster families</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SPOON Foundation and JCICS have recently partnered to launch a website, Adoption Nutrition. It looks like a great resource, featuring, for example, a section with nutrition profiles for various countries where children are adopted from.]]></description>
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		<title>Cambodia Adoption Update</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/3445/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cambodia Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Cambodian government has announced its intention to resume international child placement as early as April 1, 2012. This means adoptions in Cambodia will not resume for U.S. Citizens or Non-U.S. Citizens before April 1, 2012. The U.S. has stated that specific safeguards and procedures must be in place before it will agree to allow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping families with the transitions of International Adoption</title>
		<link>http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/3432/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attachment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[About one-third of families who adopt internationally have smooth transitions; another third or so have some difficulties, but manage to work through these issues; and another third have serious and more pervasive problems. In these more difficult circumstances, even the best parents are often not prepared. Those families who are struggling need support, like every [...]]]></description>
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