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Dinosaur discoveries that changed the world
Count your lucky stars they still not stalking your garden – although their ancestors are https://t.co/VWABYKVYcQ pic.twitter.com/hG3BPjYwDg — The Conversation (@ConversationUK) November 30, 2015

Priest sues church after his report of abuse ignored
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11780909 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) ” A Roman Catholic priest filed suit Wednesday against his former diocese, saying that the bishop pushed him aside and lied about him because he called law enforcement after another priest showed child pornography to a teenage boy and cooperated with the investigation. The Rev. John Gallagher said that…
Hundreds of young Christchurch children are suffering post traumatic stress disorder
The Canterbury University research shows more than 60 percent of 320 children, aged from five to seven, who have been tracked since they started school in 2013, are showing symptoms of the disorder. The symptoms include having meltdowns, lashing out at other students, and being tense and irritable. While the Ministry of Social Development told…
Sir Frederic Truby King
Sir Frederic Truby King CMG (1 April 1858 – 10 February 1938), generally known as Truby King, was a New Zealand health reformer and Director of Child Welfare. He is best known as the founder of the Plunket Society. Early life King was born at New Plymouth on 1 April 1858, the son of Thomas…