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• One of the wonderful things about this program is that the NDDCT actually gets its dogs through animal shelters and animal rescues as well as through owner donations. It is important for dogs in this program to be comfortable and non-threat-ening when working around people in crowded places like airports. The NDDCT currently trains beagles and beagle mixes for airports and Lab-rador retrievers and Lab mixes for border patrol work and for warehouses and postal facilities. • Occasionally Jack Russell terriers are also used by the NDDCT, mainly to work in Guam find-ing brown tree snakes. (Ewww!) The snakes are “a dangerous threat to the ecology and economy of Guam.” Accidentally introduced to Guam in the 1940s or early 1950s, the snakes cause power outages and have eradicated most of Guam’s na-tive forest birds. • The characteristics the NDDCT looks for in dogs that will serve in the “Agriculture Beagle Brigade” are age (1-3 years old); bold, curious and friendly personalities; and a love of food! If after some testing and training, a dog is not deemed appropriate for the work, it is put up for adoption.• Other very important service animals are Assis-tance Dogs. There are three types: guide dogs for the blind and visually impaired, hearing dogs for the deaf and hard of hearing and service dogs for people with disabilities other than those related to vision or hearing. Guide dogs for the blind have been around and formally trained for over 70 years, while the other programs are newer. • A revised definition of “service animal” was recently passed in the United States, effective March 15, 2011: “Service animal means any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a dis-ability, including a physical, sensory, psychiat-ric, intellectual or other mental disability. Other species of animals, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained, are not service animals for the purposes of this definition.” This definition is part of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It provides federal protection for service animals to accompany their person into public places. Ser-vice animals are not pets; they are working dogs. (Miniature horses are permitted under specific conditions.)• Service dogs are highly trained to meet the needs of the people they serve. Any breed can be used as a service dog. They are trained to stan-dards established by dog trainers, animal behav-iorists, people with disabilities and veterinarians. A service dog is an invaluable addition to the life of its person, helping them gain freedom and in-dependence.

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Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? is a delightfulstoryforyoungreadersaboutanenergeticlittlegirlwhospendsherdaysridingtricycles,climbingtrees,making messes, and wondering if princesses areanythinglikeher.Throughoutthestory,themotherreassuresthislittlegirlandremindshertolookinsideherselftoseewhatprincessesarelike.Thebestpartofthisstoryistheframedmirroronthelastpage,solittlegirlscanevenseewhatrealprincesseslooklike.

The book is most suited for preschoolers. I think ithasanimportantmessageforalllittlegirls.Thebookissweetlywrittenwithsimplerhymesinaquestion-and-answer style. The illustrations do a wonderfuljobofcapturingthelittlegirl’sactivitiesandmoods.Ireallyenjoyedthisstoryandcan’twaittoshareitwithmynieceswhentheycometovisit.

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Jesus and Satan were having an on-going argu-ment about who was better on the computer. They had been going at it for days, and frankly God was tired of hearing all the bickering.

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Then, ten minutes before their time was up, light-ning suddenly flashed across the sky, thunder rolled, rain poured, and, of course, the power went off.

Satan stared at his blank screen and screamed eve-ry curse word known in the underworld.

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Satan observed this and became irate.

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