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　　SHANGHAI-A system to take homeless children off the streets and return them to their home communities is to be set up this year by city authorities．

　　“We will improve communication with the civil administrations(民政局)where these children come from, invite them to take back the kids and provide assistance to send them home, ” said Ren Zshiyue, director of the social welfare division of Shanghai civil affairs bureau, on Wednesday．

　　This is Shanghai's latest attempt to deal with child beggars following another initiative(开端)in December．Eight government agencies, including civil affairs, public security and city management, are taking part in the campaign, which aims to have the streets clear of child beggars by the end of this year．Officials said the police will increase patrols(巡逻)in areas where the homeless gather, such as metro stations, squares, bridges and underground passages．

　　Vagrant children are particularly prominent(突出)in the city．Some residents said they often see young boys and girls kneeling under flyovers, many with schoolbags on their backs, or asking money from car drivers when they stop at traffic lights．Metro station manager at the People's Square, surnamed Fei, said that at least a dozen homeless children a week were caught begging on the subway．

　　According to an officer surnamed Qiu at the People's Square police station, if a homeless child is found alone, they will confirm his or her identity first, and try to get in touch with the legal guardians．If children cannot give details of their background, blood samples will be taken and the information in a DNA database will be used to help trace their families．

　　The national database, set up in April 2009, had reunited more than 1, 400 children with their parents by September．Qiu said the city's new policy on child beggars should be the most effective yet．"We could only persuade them to stop begging before, but now we can repatriate(遣返)the child with this policy, " he said．

　　Zhang Baoyan, founder of Baobeihuijia(Baby Back Home), a volunteer group that helps search for missing children nationwide and offers support to their parents, said the campaign shows that the government is determined to put an end to children begging．But she wonders how to prevent the children becoming homeless again．"Many homeless children keep reappearing not long after leaving welfare homes, because begging has become their livelihood, " she said．

　　The central authority began a campaign to help homeless children in December．It requires the local government in the original home communities of vagrant children to increase social security and economic support to prevent children from turning to begging．"So the campaign addresses both the symptoms and root causes．We hope child begging will disappear when the rich-poor divide is gradually narrowed, " said Zhou Zheng, chairman of the social assistance center in Shanghai．

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　　Stacy had recently moved from New York City to Stone Brook, Connecticut．It was hard for her to make new friends but she finally had three when she joined the Babysitters Clubs to take care of little children whose parents were busy．Claudia, Kristy, and Mary were in her class at school and also the other members of the club．The girls met at five o’clock on Friday and waited for the phone to ring．So far they had been busy, in spite of the fact that they couldn’t stay out late and were under 13．

　　Suddenly, the girls’ world was invaded by a second group calling themselves the Babysitters Agency．They were older and the group also included a few boys．The Babysitter Club tried to think of ways to compete with the older group．They could clean work for less money, however, they knew it would be difficult to compete．The shock was even greater than they had expected when most of their best customers started to call the new group．They seemed to get only a few jobs．

　　To try a new policy, Kristy recruited a few older kids who told the club they didn’t want to share their money with the other group．The club found out only too quickly that these older girls joined only as spies and didn’t show up for their job assignments．Thus more parents were unhappy with the club．

　　Finally the girls realized that the kids in the other group were not good babysitters．They watched television, talked on the phone and invited boyfriends to the house where they were sitting．When the children of the family started to complain and a near accident almost occurred the club went to the parents to tell them what was happening．

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　　WASHINGTON－It is announced Friday that White House visitor records will be opened up on a regular basis for the first time in modern history, providing the public an unusually detailed look at who gets the opportunity to help shape American policy at the highest levels．

　　“Americans have a right to know whose voices are being heard in the policymaking process,” the president said in a written statement issued by the White House while he vacationed with his family at Camp David．

　　By the end of the year, the White House will begin posting online every month the names of the people who visited in the last 90 to 120 days．Each person's full name will be listed, along with the date and time they entered and left and the name of the person they visited．About 70,000 to 100,000 people visit the White House each month, and the records will include tourists as well as people conducting business．

　　The White House pointed out several exceptions to the policy：“purely personal guests” of the Obama family; those cases in which the disclosure(透露) of visitors' names “would threaten national safety interests”; and those who come for “particularly sensitive meetings,” like candidates for a Supreme Court nomination(提名)．Officials said only a “small number” will fit in the latter category, and their names would eventually be disclosed after they are no longer secret, like after a nomination is publicly announced．Moreover, they said, the number of undisclosed visitors will be disclosed, to make clear how few they are．

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　　Stacy had recently moved from New York City to Stoneybrook, Connecticut．It was hard for her to make new friends but she finally had three when she joined the Babysitters Club to take care of little children whose parents were busy．Claudia, Kristy, and Mary were in her class at school and also the other members of the club．The girls met at five o’clock on Fridays and waited for the phone to ring．So far they had been busy, in spite of the fact that they couldn’t stay out late and were under 13．

　　Suddenly, the girls’ world was invaded(侵犯)by a second group calling themselves the Babysitters Agency．They were older and the group also included a few boys．The Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to compete with the older group．They could clean and work for less money, however, they knew it would be difficult to compete．The shock was even greater than they had expected when most of their best customers started to call the new group．They seemed to get only a few jobs．

　　To try a new policy, Kristy recruited(招收)a few older kids who told the club they didn’t want to share their money with the other group．The club found out only too quickly that these older girls joined only as spies(密探)and didn’t show up for their job assignments．Thus, more parents were unhappy with the club．

　　Finally, the girls realized that the kids in the other group were not good babysitters．They watched television, talked on the phone, and invited boyfriends to the house where they were sitting．When the children of the families started to complain, and a near accident almost occurred, the club went to parents to tell them what was happening．

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