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Aww, best friends forever can be adorable but unlikely animal pairs. Interspecies BFFs show an authentic portrayal of acceptance and love. You can't make this stuff up. These differing species are creatures which experience no prejudices and no fears toward each other. Unlikely yet too cute animal friends look beyond immense differences and across all boundaries. Here are many interspecies friends which might make you think aww or can't we all just get along?
Suryia and Roscoe
Suryia the orangutan and Roscoe the Blue Tick hound became immediate best friends when they met at TIGERS in Myrtle Beach. They go around the preserve for endangered animals helping out in any way they can. When Suryia and Roscoe aren't "working" then they spend time playing, swimming, and going for walks.
Tara & Bella
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When the former 8,700 pound Asian pachyderm retired from the circus, Tara was moved to an Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee. That's where Tara and the dog Bella became inseparable BFFs. Not only is it an odd pair, but when Bella suffered a spinal cord injury, unable to move her legs or tail, her best friend Tara stood beside a gate outside the sanctuary office. Tara waited and watched for three weeks until Bella was carried outside for them to be reunited. Bella's tail started to wag and the best friends forever stayed together until Bella could walk again.
Owen & Mzee
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After a tsunami, survivor and 650 pound baby hippo Owen imprinted on 130-year-old tortoise Mzee. At Haller Park wildlife sanctuary in Mombasa, Kenya, Owen started following Mzee everywhere. The two became inseparable BFFs. As one-year-old Owen grew, the two lived, slept and played together. In a picture of perfect interspecies cooperation, they even created their own language. Using both noises and gentle prodding, they nudge each other and nod. Isn't that something all best friends do?
Making Friends With Your Food
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If you know any little kids, then you've probably noticed they like to play with their food. These animals give "playing with their food" a whole new meaning. Indeed it's more like making friends with what should be their food. In fact, these pairs became best buddies and started playing with each other. A zookeeper in Taizhou, China, explained that the newborn chicks were given to the tiger cubs to "bring out the savage nature of the tigers while they were still cubs." Yet to everyone's disbelief, the tigers and chicks start playing together. The zookeeper stated, "Maybe in their eyes, there are no enemies, only friends."
Liger and Dolphins
This six-week-old cub is a liger, the baby of a male lion and a female tiger. The three dolphins and baby liger came nose to glass at Shenzhen Safari Park in Southern China, becoming fast friends. Ligers are the largest big cats in the world, growing up to 12 feet long. It's a good thing they met while the liger was still a curious baby. Fins and fur, there is no prejudice only friendship. Interspecies friendships are somewhat common and definitely heartwarming.
Anjana the Chimp & Baby Tiger
Anjana the chimp became surrogate mother to these two white tiger cubs, Mitra and Shiva. Twins are a handful for anyone, but this two-year-old chimpanzee has previously stepped in as a surrogate mother to other babies like lions, leopards and orangutans. The tiger mother became aggressive after a hurricane, so infant animal caretaker China and Anjana took over their care. Anjana and Mitra and Shiva formed this bond at TIGERS (The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species) in South Carolina. The chimp gave these cubs love and playtime as well as bottle fed them.
Papillon Giselle Adopts Squirrel
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Debby Cantlon took over care of an orphaned newborn squirrel and named the baby Finnegan. Her pregnant dog, a Papillon, took an interest in Finnegan. Shortly before Mademoiselle Giselle went into labor, the dog pulled the squirrel's cage next to her bed. When Finnegan was let out of his cage, Giselle invited the squirrel into her litter. Puppies and newborn squirrel all thought of Giselle as their mother.
Squirrels and Friends
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Some squirrels must really be lovable as they seem to enjoy interspecies friendships. Norma the Chihuahua adopted three orphaned squirrels. It's not only dogs though, a baby squirrel made friends with a hedgehog. Neither the kitten nor the squirrel understand any reasons they shouldn't bond and be buddies. Even a giraffe found the little squirrel so adorable, it had to give it a "kiss."
Tiger & Her Piglets
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You might be thinking that this Royal Bengal tigress sees the six tiny piglets as bacon snacks. Amazingly, however, the tigeress adopted these piglets and took them under her paw as their unusual protector. They lived together at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand. The suckling piglets might have wondered, "Are you my mother?" The tigress gave them every bit as much love as their mother by blood could have.
Dogs and Tigers
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Although not everyday common by any means, many dogs have taken in tiger cubs as their own "pups." At the Safari Zoological Park in Kan, Isabella, a yellow lab, adopted three white tiger cubs. At Jinan Paomaling Wild Animal World in China, three newborn tiger triplets were adopted by Huani, a mixed breed farm dog. Huani had previously played surrogate mother to tiger cubs. In Japan, at Shirotori zoo, a French bulldog became BFFs with a 2-week-old baby Bengal tiger which had been rejected by its mother. Another dog at Changchun Zoo in China plays surrogate mother to two tiger cubs which are not much smaller than she is. At Warsaw Zoo, three-month-old tiger cub Zoya was rejected by its mother but became the best of friends with three-month-old Alsatian puppy Frida.
Dema & Irma
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Both the 5-month old orangutans and the endangered Sumatran tiger cubs were abandoned by their mothers. Caretakers at Taman Safari Indonesia Animal Hospital put them together. These orphans bonded. Dema the tiger cub and Irma the orangutan turned into best buddies. The fact that they love one another is obvious.
Lion & Tiger & Bear – Oh My!
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This touching bond between Baloo the bear, Leo the Lion and Shere Khan the tiger started when they were barely two months old. They were rescued during a drug raid. The owner kept them a status symbol. Noah's Ark animal rescue center in Locust Grove, Georgia, took in the trio. Eight years later, the three animals seem to believe they are brothers by blood. They play and eat and sleep together. Still bonded as brothers, Baloo the bear is now 1,000 pounds; Shere Khan is now a 350 pound tiger; and Leo the lion is also 350 pounds. Doesn't it make you wonder, can't we all just get along and be friends?
Polar Bears Love Dogs
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Have you ever thought about adopting a dog? Even polar bears seem happier and more playful around canines. After Norbert Rosing captured shots of a 1,200 pound polar bear playing with a husky sled dog, it became viral. Yet that polar bear in Hudson Bay, Canada, was not the first and will doubtfully be the last unlikely friendship between bear and dog. On the right, that polar bear is giving a wolf and big love hug.
Dogs with Ducklings & Chicks
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Is nurture stronger than nature? In some cases, yes; this could easily be over with one tightening of the dog's jaw. However, some dogs seem to adopt ducklings and chicks. Ben the border collie adopted an entire flock of ducklings at a farm in Devon, England. You see, it's more than something odd in UK water causing animals to act this way. In China, Huahua the chihuahua is protecting the chick, not chowing down on it. Huahua "regards the chick as her baby and stands guard to make sure it comes to no harm." People often give pitbulls a bad rap, but check out pitBull Sharky and his chicks. He even helped teach them to swim. In the video, you'll see Snarky, a cat, and a pack a chicks all seemingly the best of friends.
Dog & Babe Pig
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Wildlives, an animal rescue center, saved the sickly five-week-old runt piglet, Prudence, (not Babe) from being shot by her owners. Since the piglet was puny, they kept it close to the house where Prudence became part of a pack with six dogs. Before long, Prudence and Henry the puppy became tight. Prudence seems to believe she is a dog, jumping around, chasing and fetching sticks. Henry and Prudence curl up to doze with the other puppies in the pack.
Dog & Kangaroo
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Here's another unlikely friendship between a German short-haired tiger-cross dog and a joey. The dog, Rex, discovered a dead kangaroo on a Victoria, Australia, road. Rex rescued the surviving joey, took it home, and delivered the baby kangaroo to the owner. Rex then adopted the kangaroo and they became the best of buds.
Dog, Cat and Rat BFFs
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Gregory Pike and amazing trio became famous in a youtube video. It's wild to see the three animal stacked on top of each other, a rat riding a cat which is riding on a dog. The back story of this street act includes Booger the dog who selected and raised Kitty. Booger thinks Kitty is her baby. Kitty treats Mousey the rat like a sibling. Although Mr. Pike went through a rough spell in the press, he also helps to show that we could live in a friendlier and more tolerant world.
Dog Buddies
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Dogs are called man's best friend. Humans are not the only species with which dogs bond. An 18-year-old capuchin monkey, Whiplash the cowboy monkey, rides his trusty sheep-herding steed. Bizarre to us perhaps, but neither the dog nor the sheep see anything to gawk at regarding their friendship. In fact, a Chinese Zoo gave an orphan monkey its very own guard dog to protect it from bigger primate bullies. I love you too, the dog seems to be saying as it slurps a big sloppy wet kiss on the donkey.
Monkeys With Their Beloved Kitties
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There are hundreds of pictures showing monkeys cuddling cats as if it were their baby. Koko, the gorilla famous for learning American Sign Language, loves kittens. Sometimes a little monkey can be as much of an imp as a child, but still the cat loves it. Humans have had pets throughout history, different species sharing love. As the Nigerian Proverb goes, "Hold a true friend with both your hands."
Aww Dogs
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A critically endangered Père David's fawn was rejected by his mother and adopted by Geoffrey a golden retriever. You don't need to be Dr. Doolittle and talk to the animals to see and understand the love. Fawns and surrogate dog parents seem to work well. Yet it's not only dogs and deer which form this loving bond. There's Billy and Lilly, another inseparable pair, after Billy the boxer adopted Lilly a 12-day old kid.
Deer and Bunny
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You thought Bambi and Thumper was just a fairytale? This wild rabbit and fawn went from grazing in the same area to spending the winter together as BFFs. Not so quick to the warm fuzzy happily ever after, since the townspeople decided the fawn had grown and needed to be returned to the wild. The fawn was tranquilized and the images under the tree were taken as the deer was being pulled under by the drug. Unknown to either species, even while the bunny tried to hold up the fawn's head, it was goodbye. Don't you hate it when your best friend moves away?
This dog did not run for safety during a house fire. In fact, he risked his life to save tiny kittens. It nearly cost the hero dog his life.
Bird Friends
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The little 12-week-old macaque monkey was abandoned by his mother and close to death when a Chinese animal sanctuary rescued it. Although the monkey's health improved, the little fella was spiritless until his friendship with a white pigeon. Natural animal instincts do not always kick in and some baby animals, like human baby species, don't know prejudice until tainted and taught it. You can see the loving friendships between very different species. Peace is always an option. Make love, not war.
Cat & Iguana and Other Cats Friends
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Strange, bizarre even, but still aww too cute. A cat made friends with an iguana which acted as the cat's pillow. Cats can love rats. As Abraham Lincoln stated, "Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?" A cat can even love that monkey riding on its back. A cat adopted a trio of newly hatched ducklings. Kitties and bunnies sleeping together? Can it get any more odd? Oh yes, one cat is BFFs with an alpaca. Cats can even love ponies and pelicans. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "The only way to have a friend is to be one." Emerson also said, "A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."
Hairless Cat & Hairless Rat
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This hairless cat and hairless rat can see they have more in common than most within their own separate species. It makes sense for them to bond and become best friends forever. Is it bizarre? You betcha, but anything is possible with a little love.
Go hug somebody and make a new friend.


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TORONTO – Derek Sanderson recalls mixing cocktails in a salad spinner and consuming four bottles of Soave Bolla wine before noon "just to get square."
Then there were the pills and drugs and the women the former Boston Bruins star partied with.
Sanderson tells it all in a new book, "Crossing the Line: The Outrageous Story of a Hockey Original."
"I'm different," Sanderson said. "I have found that I really am different. There's nobody like me. And not that it's good or bad."
Written with Kevin Shea, the book goes from a spur-of-the-moment cash purchase of a Rolls-Royce to sleeping under a bridge and stealing bottles of booze.
Known as the Turk, Sanderson won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's top rookie in 1967-68. He played for the Bruins, Philadelphia Blazers (WHA), New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues and Vancouver Canucks before ending his NHL career with a brief stop in Pittsburgh in 1977-78.
He had 202 goals, 250 assists and 911 penalty minutes in 598 NHL games. In his heyday, he could score, kill penalties and fight.
Away from the ice, the flamboyant Sanderson partnered with Joe Namath in a bar before starting his own string of restaurants. He would not bat an eye at gathering a group of friends — including three actresses and two Playboy Bunnies — and flying them to Hawaii on the spot.
The conditions were they had to leave with nothing more than the clothes on their back and they couldn't phone anybody.
Sanderson put everything on his American Express card.
Sanderson once fell asleep on the beach and woke up with a nasty sunburn on the left side of his face and back.
"I had a line starting on my forehead, running right down the middle of my nose," he wrote.
Recovered to the point he could golf, he bought two sets of clubs and everything else needed to play. He ended up giving his clubs to his caddy as a tip.
"I did that a few times," he wrote. "I had a bunch of money and I hate carrying clubs to the airport. It was the easy way out."
Perhaps it's no surprise a movie on his life is in the works.
The book details the 66-year-old Sanderson's long list of injuries and eventual decline, both on and off the ice.
A fear of flying triggered his drinking. Pain in his hips prompted him to take barbiturates to help him sleep, paving the way for a laundry list of drugs.
Sanderson is not shy with his hockey opinions — Ken Dryden, for example, "wasn't that good. He was just different."
Sanderson uses the book to thank many friends and former teammates, Bobby Orr foremost among them, for helping him emerge from the shadows.
Today, he is married with two sons. He has remade his life, serving first as a hockey TV analyst and then learning the investment business.
Having lost much of his hockey earnings — he refuses in the book to even name the now deceased lawyer who handled his affairs — Sanderson now helps athletes manage their money as vice president of Baystate Wealth Management.
Orr was his first client, followed by Cam Neely, Joe Juneau and Glen Wesley.
His goal is to prevent today's players from going through what happened to him.
"It's an ugly day when they tell you you're broke," he said.
After 10 hip surgeries, he walks with a limp. He is a survivor of prostate cancer and two heart attacks.
Sanderson concludes his book is about conquering fear, which he sees as "God's way of keeping you tentative about something that can harm you."
"We avoid fear at all costs," he writes. "Your career path is defined by your fears ... Courage is the ability to deal with fear. It took a lot of courage for me to face my demons."
In an interview, he confesses a more basic motivation behind the book.
"College costs $58,000," he said.

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Mayor Emanuel Launches Comprehensive Program to Combat Foreclosure Crisis in City's Neighborhoods
Innovative Micro-Market Recovery Program to leverage $15-20 million from MacArthur Foundation to preserve, revitalize portions of nine communities
Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the Micro-Market Recovery Program, an innovative new program for Chicago that will address foreclosures and stabilize property values in key neighborhoods throughout the city.
"Through close collaboration with Chicago's non-profit and community organizations the Micro-Market Recovery Program will stabilize and sustain local property values on a community level," said Mayor Emanuel. "This program will move Chicago from a house-by-house approach to a community-focused strategy, which will do a better job of protecting residents from the devastating impact of foreclosures, and will have a positive impact on our neighborhoods."
The program targets small geographic areas that are experiencing higher-than-normal problems with foreclosures. The City will work to foster the reoccupation of the foreclosed or vacant properties by coordinating multiple incentive programs, not-for-profit intermediaries, and for-profit capital sources, and by providing financing to approved developers and end-users.
The program will start in small subsections of Humboldt Park, Chatham, Chicago Lawn, West Woodlawn, Auburn Gresham, West Pullman, Belmont Cragin, Englewood, and Grand Boulevard. The areas are characterized by a significant number of foreclosures and vacancies, meaningful geographic boundaries, reliable property ownership records, and previous investments by program partners, among other factors. Each also still possesses market interest by potential homeowners and residential developers, such as Auburn Gresham, which is hosting a trolley tour of eight of homes rehabilitated through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program on Saturday, Aug. 27.
In 2010, more than 10,500 foreclosures were completed in Chicago, up from 20 percent the year before. An estimated 95 percent of the properties are currently vacant.
The John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation will provide between $15 and $20 million through loan programs that should leverage additional private capital for a total of up to $50 million. The MacArthur Foundation will work with the Chicago Department of Housing and Economic Development (HED) to design loan products that specifically address the need to stabilize the targeted communities.
Other not-for-profit financial institutions involved with the micro market Recovery program are Neighborhood Housing Services, LISC, Community Investment Corporation, and the Preservation Compact. Discussions with community organizations are ongoing; strategic plans will be released in mid-September. The first interventions in the communities will take place in October.


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Guest post by Stacey Ebert
An event planner by day, I got a call to meet with the new executive director of my former sleep-away camp on planning events for its ninetieth anniversary. I couldn't help but think of all of the people who have passed through the wooden doors of those cabins all those years. It's May in New York and summer is on its way. Students are studying for finals, parents are making packing lists, staff members are connecting with friends on social media, all with one common thread . . . CAMP.
Ninety years. Visited a few times a year by school groups or conferences, those wooden cabins wait patiently and anxiously for the arrival of hundreds of boys and girls every summer. Do they know just how loved and revered they truly are? A staff member told me the new director is thinking of changing the color of the wood, and the first thing I thought of was, "You know you'll cover over the sharpie makers of the names drawn each summer, right?"
Ninety years. It's amazing to think of just how many people's lives have been touched by the camp sitting along Sound Avenue in Riverhead, New York. In wanting to help with this reunion, I asked if they thought their alumni list was up to date. One quick blast on social media put out a request for details to be sent to the camp office. What happened next touched my heart. If only the cabins had a Facebook page.
Quickly, there were reposts on pages and sites I didn't know existed. Names I'd never heard of clicked like and share because camp meant the same thing to them. They slept in those same cabins. They wrote on those same walls, and they tell stories that begin the same way. Song lyrics popped up with one person starting them and another finishing them because we all know the same words. People who were my counselors and bunkmates and even campers popped up with a "like" because someone they knew had passed it along. Too bad the cabins don't have a Twitter feed.
Those timber walls on that piece of wooded land overlooking the Long Island Sound hold so many hearts. That place filled with spirit, love, teachings, laughter, and fun continues to make memories with campers and staff today. Those cabins that sit idle for ten months a year create a lifetime of memories in just a short two.
Ninety years of camp. Can you imagine just how many people that is? How many lives have been affected and just how many have been shaped by their time at camp? Todays fundraisers, teachers, doctors, lawyers, artists, chefs, volunteers, travelers, and more were yesterdays campers. A reunion will bring back those who were there in camp's heyday. They'll come back to walk the paths, climb the beach stairs, eat in the lodge, squeeze hands at a friendship circle, and sing at a council fire. But where they'll head first is to the cabins. To the place where so many memories were made and so many stories start. The post on Facebook may have gotten the addresses and raised some money, but people will come back for the memory of camp and for the love of the cabins of their youth.
Stacey Ebert is a camper at heart who has spent over twenty-five years in the camping industry. She has a love of the beach, travel, and anything chocolate. Follow her at thegiftoftravel.wordpress.com.
Photo courtesy of Camp Echo, Burlingham, New York


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Tanning beds and tanning booths to require warning because of cancer risk: FDA
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final order reclassifying sunlamp products and ultraviolet (UV) lamps intended for use in sunlamp products from low-risk (class I) to moderate-risk (class II) devices. The order also requires that sunlamp products carry a visible black-box warning on the device that explicitly states that the sunlamp product should not be used on persons under the age of 18 years. In addition, certain marketing materials for sunlamp products and UV lamps must include additional and specific warning statements and contraindications.
Sunlamp products, which include tanning beds and tanning booths, emit UV radiation that may cause skin cancer. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, people who have been exposed to UV radiation from indoor tanning experience a 59 percent increase in the risk of melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer. This risk increases each time they use a sunlamp product.
"The FDA has taken an important step today to address the risk to public health from sunlamp products," said Jeffrey Shuren, M.D., director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health. "Repeated UV exposure from sunlamp products poses a risk of skin cancer for all users—but the highest risk for skin cancer is in young persons under the age of 18 and people with a family history of skin cancer."
As part of today's action, manufacturers will now have to submit a premarket notification (also called a "510(k)") to the FDA – and obtain FDA clearance – prior to marketing these devices, which until now were exempt from premarket review. Manufacturers also will now have to show that their products meet certain performance testing requirements and address certain product design characteristics, and will have to include certain warnings and contraindications on sunlamp products and in certain marketing materials for sunlamp products and UV lamps that present consumers with clear information on the risks of use.
Related story: Dermatology group release PSA about skin cancer in older men
The FDA's final order for the reclassification of sunlamp products and UV lamps follows the recommendations from a panel meeting of outside experts convened in March 2010. This panel of outside experts evaluated the risks of sunlamp products, and recommended that FDA increase regulation of these devices and certain members of the panel recommended that children and teenagers not use the products.
Today's action follows a public comment period after the release of the proposed order in May 2013. The FDA received comments from industry, patient groups and professional societies, which are addressed in the final order.


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Here in New Brunswick (yesterday) we had nearly 2 feet of snow drop in 12 hours. I spent my "snow day" - work was canceled - working 2x as hard shoveling the driveway (our gent that plows for us had his truck show its impermance :B).
Now we do not have a castle on top of a hill with 3 miles of drive to clear but none the less its a daunting task. I used that 3 hours of shoveling like a samu period, worked away at it with out thinking "UUUUGG this is going to take for ever" etc. Half a shovel load at a time, since i knew i had all day or longer to complete. I just took it easy. 2 hands on the shovel (hehe doesn't work well otherwise) and i actually enjoyed it. Despite the howling winds and constant snow in the face... i noted this when i was all done... i was frosty the zen-man?
Anywho no point to that i guess, just saying "hey thats cool" :B
Samui* Samu!!
Here is a couple of pics of our place around 7am yesterday (the snow was starting to subside then) oh and one from sunday for reference sake... i had just put up the "X"mas lights and took the shot so i could show my wife what they looked like (it was too cold for her to go look- funny thing was it wasn't too cold for ME to put them up LOL -20C [ -4 F])
before the storm:
and after:
*Sumui = cold tks to J for that tidbit


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The provisions in the Environmental Conservation Law that allow the use of crossbows for big game hunting, as well as eliminate a permit requirement for hunters with physical disabilities to use special archery equipment during any big game or small game hunting season, will expire on Dec. 31, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens reminded hunters this week.
Legislation allowing the use of crossbows during certain big game hunting seasons in September 2010 took effect on Feb. 1, 2011. This allowed licensed hunters to use a crossbow during the 2011 and 2012 big game hunting seasons.
"The popularity of crossbows is growing in New York, though relatively few hunters have taken deer with crossbows because they may only be used during the regular firearms season and subsequent muzzleloader season," Martens said.
The immediate effect of the law expiring is that big game hunters will not be able to use a crossbow during the January 2013 deer-hunting season in Suffolk County, or during a special January 2013 deer-hunting season established in the designated "Deer Management Focus Area" in Tompkins County.
For hunters with physical disabilities who are allowed to use special archery equipment during any big game or small game season, that activity will still be lawful, but they may need to apply once again for a modified archer permit from DEC's Special Licenses Unit in Albany. The expiring legislation had required only a physician's affirmation of need, instead of a special permit.


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- March 5, 2024
Sarasota County School Board members made their rounds to three schools Thursday, Feb. 7, to surprise the three finalists for the annual Teacher of the Year competition. Superintendent of Schools, Lori White, along with fellow school board members and guests, boarded a bus to surprise teachers at the elementary, middle and high school level with balloons and flowers.
Amy Mazner, a physical education teacher at Alta Vista Elementary School, received the Elementary Teacher of the Year award; Rita Zywica, a science teacher at Brookside Middle School, received the Middle School Teacher of the Year award; and Katrin Rudge, a marine science teacher at Riverview High School, received the High School Teacher of the Year award.
Each of the three teachers is a finalist for the overall district Teacher of the Year award, to be named Thursday, March 21. Each honoree will also receive a cash award from the Education Foundation, gift baskets and scholarships from Nova Southeastern University and the Notre Dame Club of Greater Sarasota.
"This is only because the kids are so important," said Mazner, to an audience of students and faculty. "They inspire me to be a better teacher every day. Six years ago, I never would've thought this was possible."


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Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I've found.
New-To-Me Blogs
- Finding Our Italian Roots, Melanie Holtz
- Finding Forgotten Stories, Anne Gillespie Mitchell
- My Blog…My Life…My Ancestry, Kelly Cornett-Vial
- Found Lost Treasure, Yvette Porter Moore
- Tripping Over My Roots, Anna
- The Webtrees Genealogist, Jeff
- 'On a flesh and bone foundations': An Irish History, Jennifer Geraghty-Gorman
Online Articles/Posts
- Finding Historical Maps for Genealogy, Shelley Bishop
- War of 1812 Bicentennial: Genealogy Resources, Diane Haddad
- Researching War Of 1812 Veterans, Kathleen Brandt
- Follow Friday: Useful websites for Luxembourg - American Research, Bryna O'Sullivan
- Untangling a Blog Post Mistake, Heather Rojo
- Iowa Vital Records, Leslie Brinkley Lawson
- Iowa Genealogy Links, Leslie Brinkley Lawson
- Society Evernote, Denise Barrett Olson
- New Online Exhibition of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Merry Ann T. Wright
- QuickLesson 2: Sources vs. Information vs. Evidence vs. Proof, Elizabeth Shown Mills
- QuickLesson 5: Analyzing Records, Elizabeth Shown Mills
- Wayne County (Michigan) Death Record Index Now Online, Dick Eastman
- New York Emigrants Savings Bank Records – A Resource for Irish American Research, Carolyn L. Barkley
- Genealogy: A Letter Reveals Memories from Two Lifetimes Ago, Ryan W. Owen
- Using 'GermanRoots' Web Site
- Connecticut Historical Society Unveils New Digital Resources for Historians & Genealogists, Dick Eastman
- Dating a Cabinet Card, Kimberly Powell
- One Billion Graves, Brian Zalewski
- Mind Mapping for Genealogists, Lynn Palermo
- Small Town Papers Now FREE to Access, Randy Seaver
Print Articles
- "Finding a Man's Past Through his Children: Four Wives of John C. Fawkner of Kentucky and Indiana," by J. H. Fonkert, NGS Quarterly, September 2011.
- "Wedding Bells," by David A. Fryxell, Family Tree Magazine, Jul/Aug 2012.
- "Star-Spangled Genealogy," by David Allen Lambert, Family Tree Magazine, Jul/Aug 2012.
- "Researching Lutheran Ancestors," by James M. Beidler, Family Tree Magazine, Jul/Aug 2012.
- The Genealogy Center
- Bobbie's Genealogy Classroom
- Rowell's & Ayer's American Newspaper Directory PDFs (via Library of Congess, PDF versions of the directories from 1869-1920)


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On today's date at approximately 12:00 pm, an off duty detective sergeant with the Indiana State Post at Sellersburg was driving his police issued unmarked Dodge Charger on County Road #311 in the New Albany area, when a gold colored 2003 Ford Crown Victoria attempted to conduct a traffic stop on him.
The sergeant did not recognize the Crown Victoria as being a police vehicle but the driver flashed a gold colored badge at him and motioned him into a parking lot. The driver of the Crown Victoria, later identified as John A. Brock, 42, of Smith Road in Borden, IN, pulled up beside the detective and said he was a police officer, yelled curse words and threats, and then drove off, parked his car, and went inside of a retail store.
The detective contacted other officers who arrived at the scene and when the driver of the gold Crown Victoria exited the retail store and got back into his car, he was stopped by a trooper. He was then arrested for Operating While Intoxicated, Driving While Suspended and Impersonating a Police Officer.
He was incarcerated at the Floyd County Jail awaiting his first court appearance.
This investigation is continuing with the Indiana State Police asking anyone in the public who thinks they were stopped by John A. Brock impersonating a police officer to contact the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg at 1-800-872-6743 or outside of Indiana at 812-246-5424.


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SATURDAY, Aug. 4, 2012 (HealthDay News) -- For good health, be sure to eat fruits and vegetables, exercise regularly and lie as seldom as possible.
A Notre Dame researcher is hoping this tongue-in-cheek advice will someday take hold, based on results of a "science of honesty" study she completed that showed tangible mental and physical health benefits among those who significantly reduced their everyday lies.
Half of 110 participants were told to stop telling major or minor ("white") lies for 10 weeks, while the other half (the "control" group) was given no special instructions about lying. When those in the no-lie group told three fewer white lies than in other weeks, they complained less of headaches, sore throats, tenseness, anxiety and other problems than those in the control group.
"The link was that clear," said study author Anita Kelly, a professor of psychology, who is scheduled to present the research Saturday at the American Psychological Association's annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. "Not lying was clearly associated with better health for those individuals . . . I think it's a compelling way to look at it."
Prior research indicates that Americans average 11 lies per week, from the little white lies to save face or falsely compliment others to whoppers about integrity, fidelity or other serious matters. Kelly said her study differs from most of the scientific literature because it didn't focus on how to detect a liar, but on the potential health ramifications of doing the naughty deed.
In addition to experiencing three or four fewer mental health and physical issues in a given week that coincided with less lying -- compared to one or two fewer among control group members who also happened to lie less -- participants reported that their close personal relationships had improved and their social interactions had gone more smoothly.
The 110 people ranged from ages 18 to 71 and hailed from both genders, several ethnicities and all income levels. All came to a laboratory each week to complete health and relationship questionnaires and to take a polygraph test assessing the number of major and minor lies they had told that week.
"I think lying can cause a lot of stress for people, contributing to anxiety and even depression," said Dr. Bryan Bruno, acting chairman of the department of psychiatry at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. "Lying less is not only good for your relationships, but for yourself as an individual. People might recognize the more devastating impact lying can have on relationships, but probably don't recognize the extent to which it can cause a lot of internal stress."
At the end of the 10-week study, some participants had devised clever ways to avoid lying. Kelly noted that some realized they could simply tell the truth about their daily accomplishments rather than exaggerate, while others responded to a troubling question with another question to distract the person. They also stopped making false excuses for running late or failing to finish tasks.
"I think white lies are trouble, not just major lies," she said. "The goal doesn't have to be the absolute absence of lies . . . the goal would be a reduction in lies. What people can do is to commit themselves to lying less."
Research presented at scientific meetings should be considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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Santa Fe Depot
The Garland Santa Fe Depot was constructed in 1901 by the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad, and designed by a railroad systems engineer. It replaced an earlier depot built in 1886 in the township of Embree, destroyed by a fire in 1900.
No exterior alterations have been made, though the original color is believed to be red with a green roof, and only a waiting room partition and restroom facilities were added inside. In its early years, it served as a shipping point for farm produce. In 1972, the City of Garland moved the depot from its original site to it's first home as a Landmark Museum located behind City Hall at Museum Plaza. In 1974 the Santa Fe Railroad Depot received a State of Texas Historical Marker designation.
In 2014, the City moved the Santa Fe Depot to his current location at 363 N. Sixth Street to make way for a new housing development to the east and south of City Hall.
- What is the museum's address?
- When is the Landmark Museum open? And why is it not open more?
- How much is admission to the Landmark Museum?
- Do you do field trips for schools, seniors, scouts, or private tours?
- Can I go inside the Tinsley-Lyles House or the 1910 Pullman Coach Car? And when will they be open to the public?
- What is inside the museum?
- How can I learn more about Garland history?
- What does the Garland Landmark Society do and how can I join?
- How do I volunteer?
- I am looking for historic Garland photos to purchase. Who do I contact?
To sign up for the monthly Heritage Crossing Newsletter, click HERE. Below is a sample of our latest edition.
Heritage Crossing Coordinator
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Garland Landmark Museum Heritage Crossing
393 N. Sixth Street PO Box 469002
Garland, Texas 75040 Garland, Texas 75046
By appointment only, Monday through Friday.
Garland Landmark Society Mailing Address:
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This place was home for many, many posts. I loved this place, but I needed more. I shopped around and decided this is where I belong. However, I'm still crying over how much I miss this little spot. Please, please come visit me.......I can't blog without you!
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Chicken Wire
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pumpkin scented oil (optional)
I got the chicken wire and cut a square to my desired size. I used a bowl to get it started. It helped form the shape. I left the top open and filled it with pine cones from outside. This is when you can add the oil to the pine cones.
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Gather the wire and close it up at the top leaving a stem. Feed reed or branched through the wire to form pumpkin lines. Wrap stem with jute and glue leaf. I left some of the wire showing on top of stem because I liked the curly look. Work with the chicken wire to keep the pumpkin form. Does not have to be perfect!!!!
I placed it next to my other Pier 1 item I bought a few years ago. A lighted twiggy pumpkin!
I made this bigger than the one I got the idea from. For a smaller one I think you could use a base of a pedestal like theirs. I am loving this in my living room!


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The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, by activating IP anonymisation by us on this website, Google will previously reduce your IP address within Member States of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. For exceptional cases in which personal data may transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 Par. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR.
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the Internet use.
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a) We currently use the following social media links on our website: Facebook, Google+, Instagram and Pinterest. We use only a https-link to the relevant site. This means that when you visit our site, no personal data is initially passed on to the providers of the Social Media. You can recognize the provider of the Social Media Provider by the logo shown and/or the additional text information.
We offer you the possibility to communicate directly with the provider of the Social Media via such a link. But only if you click on the link, you will be forwarded to the relevant Social Media provider and such provider receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding website. Since the Social Media provider collects data mainly via cookies, we recommend that you delete all cookies before clicking on the link by using your browser's security settings.
We have no influence on the data collected and data processing processes, nor are we aware of the full extent of data collection, the purposes of processing, the storage periods. We also have no information on the deletion of the data collected by the Social Media provider. That information will be provided to you by the relevant Social Media provider within the agreement, you have with the relevant provider
The Social Media provider may store the data collected about you as user profiles and uses these for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. You have a right of objection to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact the respective Social Media provider to exercise this right.
The data may be collected by the relevant Social Media provider, regardless of whether you have an account with this Social Media provider and are logged in there. If you are logged in with the Social Media provider, your data collected may directly be assigned to your existing account with the Social Media provider. We recommend that you log out regularly after using a social network, especially before activating the button, as this way you can avoid being assigned to your profile with the plug-in provider.
Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the Social Media provider can be found in the data protection declarations of these providers notified below. They will also provide you with further information about your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy:
- Facebook Inc., 1601 S California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA; http://www.facebook.com/policy.php; further information in regard to personal data processed and/or stored: http://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084, http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other#applications as well as http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info#everyoneinfo. Facebook has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
- Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountainview, California 94043, USA; https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/?hl=de. Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
- Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd. Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. The latest data protection information on the "Instagram button" and additional information can be found on this website: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/ Instagram as a Facebook Company has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
- Pinterest Europe Ltd. and Pinterest, Inc. are jointly responsible for the processing of your personal data if you reside in the EEA, Switzerland or the United Kingdom. Pinterest Europe Ltd. is an Irish company with its registered office at Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Pinterest, Inc. is a US company with its registered office at 651 Brannan St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Pinterest Europe Ltd. is the data controller subject to GDPR obligations.
b) On this website we use the offer of Google Maps. This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to conveniently use the map function.
By visiting the website und using Google Maps, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding subpage of our website. This is regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged in with or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your information will be directly associated with your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such evaluation takes place in particular (even for unlogged-in users) to provide demand-oriented advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and you must contact Google to exercise this right.
For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider, please refer to the provider's privacy policy. There you will also find further information about your rights in this regard and setting options for the protection of your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.


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Federal court orders Forever 21 to surrender supply chain information subpoenaed by US Department of Labor
LOS ANGELES — U.S. District Court Judge Margaret Morrow has ordered Los Angeles-based apparel retailer Forever 21 to produce documents demanded by an administrative subpoena issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. The order is the latest in a series of actions to arise from the department's continuing effort to address widespread violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions in the Southern California apparel industry.
"Garment workers historically have been subjected to exploitation and paid substandard wages," said Solicitor of Labor M. Patricia Smith. "The order underscores that everyone in the supply chain has a responsibility to ensure that workers receive the federal minimum wage and earned overtime, and it demonstrates our commitment to enforcing those protections despite tactics designed to obscure the employment relationship."
The division issued the subpoena on Aug. 16, 2012, during the course of an investigation into whether Forever 21 had violated the "hot goods" provision of the FLSA, which prohibits employers from shipping in commerce any goods produced in violation of the act's minimum wage, overtime or child labor standards. Under the FLSA, the secretary of labor may investigate and bring actions in federal court to enjoin violations.
In the court's order granting the petition for enforcement of the investigative subpoena issued to Forever 21, Morrow found that the subpoena was part of a "lawful investigation within the authority of the secretary."
The order was signed and entered March 7 in the U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Forever 21 is required to produce the requested documents within 10 days of that date.
The subpoena initially was issued following the department's sweep of garment sewing factories in downtown Los Angeles, which began Aug. 7, 2012, and uncovered minimum wage and overtime violations in shops producing goods for major garment retailers. Investigators determined that garments produced in at least one of the shops investigated were destined for Forever 21 stores. Forever 21 refused to comply with the subpoena.
In the past five years, the department has conducted more than 1,500 investigations of employers in Southern California's garment industry, finding violations in 93 percent of cases. The FLSA requires employers to pay covered, nonexempt employees no less than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour and to pay overtime compensation at time and one-half employees' regular rates for hours worked beyond 40 in a week.
More information about the FLSA is available by contacting the Wage and Hour Division's toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243) or visiting its Web site at http://www.dol.gov/whd/.
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Moscow, July 7, 2009
Good morning. It is an honor for me to join you at the New Economic School. Michelle and I are so pleased to be in Moscow, and as someone who was born in Hawaii, I'm glad to be here in July instead of January.
I know that NES is a young school, but I speak to you today with deep respect for Russia's timeless heritage. Russian writers have helped us understand the complexity of the human experience, and recognize eternal truths. Your painters, composers, and dancers have introduced us to new forms of beauty. Your scientists have cured disease, sought new frontiers of progress, and helped take us to space.
These contributions are not contained by Russia's borders, as vast as they are. Indeed, Russia's heritage has touched every corner of the world, and speaks to the humanity that we share. That includes my own country, which has been blessed with Russian immigrants, enriched by Russian culture, and enhanced by Russian cooperation. And as a resident of Washington, I continue to benefit from the contributions of Russians – specifically, from Alexander Ovechkin.
Here at NES, you have inherited this great cultural legacy, but your focus on economics is no less fundamental to the future of humanity. As Pushkin said, "Inspiration is needed in geometry just as much as poetry." And today, I want particularly to speak to those of you preparing to graduate. You are poised to be leaders in academia and industry; in finance and government. Before you move forward, however, it is worth reflecting upon what has already taken place during your young lives.
Like President Medvedev and me, you are not old enough to have witnessed the darkest hours of the Cold War, when hydrogen bombs were tested in the atmosphere, children drilled in fallout shelters, and we reached the brink of nuclear catastrophe. But you are the last generation born when the world was divided. At that time, the American and Soviet armies were still massed in Europe, trained and ready to fight. The ideological trenches of the last century were roughly in place. Competition in everything from astrophysics to athletics was treated as a zero sum game.
Then, within a few short years, the world as it was ceased to be. Make no mistake: this change did not come from any one nation alone. The Cold War reached a conclusion because of the actions of many nations over many years, and because the people of Russia and Eastern Europe stood up and decided that its end would be peaceful.
With the end of the Cold War, there were extraordinary expectations – for peace and prosperity; for new arrangements among nations, and new opportunities for individuals. Like all periods of great change, it was a time of ambitious plans and endless possibilities. But, of course, things don't always work out exactly as planned. Back in 1993, shortly after this school opened, one NES student summed up the difficulty of change when he told a reporter, and I quote: "The real world is not so rational as on paper."
Over two tumultuous decades, that truth has been borne out around the world. Great wealth has been created, but it has not eliminated vast pockets of crushing poverty. More people have gone to the ballot box, but too many governments still fail to protect the rights of their people.
Ideological struggles have diminished, but they have given way to conflicts over tribe, ethnicity and religion. A human being with a computer can hold the same amount of information stored in the Russian State Library, but that technology can be used to do great harm.
In a new Russia, the disappearance of old political and economic restrictions after the end of the Soviet Union brought both opportunity and hardship. A few prospered, but many more did not. There were tough times. But the Russian people showed strength and made sacrifices, and you achieved hard-earned progress through a growing economy and greater confidence. And despite painful times, many in Eastern Europe and Russia are better off today than twenty years ago.
We see that progress here at NES – a school founded with Western support that is now distinctly Russian; a place of learning and inquiry where the test of an idea is not whether it is American or Russian, but whether it will work. Above all, we see that progress in you – young people with a young century to shape as you see fit.
Your lifetime coincides with this era of transition. But think about the fundamental questions asked when this school was founded. What kind of future is Russia going to have? What kind of future are Russia and America going to have together? What world order will replace the Cold War? Those questions still do not have clear answers, and so now they must be answered by you – by your generation in Russia, America, and around the world. You get to decide. And while I cannot answer these questions for you, I can speak plainly about the future that America seeks.
To begin with, let me be clear: America wants a strong, peaceful, and prosperous Russia.
This belief is rooted in our respect for the Russian people, and a shared history between our nations that goes beyond competition. Indeed, despite our past rivalry, our people were allies in the greatest struggle of the last century. Recently, I noted this in Normandy – for just as men from Boston and Birmingham risked all they had to storm those beaches and scale those cliffs, Soviet soldiers from places like Kazan and Kiev endured unimaginable hardship to repel an invasion, and turn the tide in the east. As President Kennedy said, "no nation in the history of battle ever suffered more than the Soviet Union in the Second World War."
As we honor this past, we also recognize the future benefit that will come from a strong and vibrant Russia. Think of the issues that will define your lives – security from nuclear weapons and extremism; access to markets and opportunity; health and the environment; an international system that protects sovereignty and human rights, while promoting stability and prosperity. These challenges demand global partnership, and that partnership will be stronger if Russia occupies its rightful place as a great power.
Yet unfortunately, there is sometimes a sense that old assumptions must prevail – a conception of power that is rooted in the past rather than the future. There is the 20th century view that the United States and Russia are destined to be antagonists, and that a strong Russia or a strong America can only assert themselves in opposition to one another. And there is a 19th century view that we are destined to vie for spheres of influence, and that great powers must forge competing blocs to balance one another.
Both assumptions are wrong. In 2009, a great power does not show strength by dominating or demonizing other countries. The days when empires could treat sovereign states as pieces on a chess board are over. As I said in Cairo, given our interdependence, any world order that tries to elevate one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail. The pursuit of power is no longer a zero-sum game – progress must be shared.
That is why I have called for a "reset" in relations between the United States and Russia. This must be more than a fresh start between the Kremlin and the White House – though that is important. It must be a sustained effort among the American and Russian people to identify mutual interests, and to expand dialogue and cooperation that can pave the way to progress.
It won't be easy. It is difficult to forge a lasting partnership between former adversaries, and to change habits that have been ingrained in our governments for decades. But I believe that on the fundamental issues that will shape this century, Americans and Russians share common interests that form a basis for cooperation. It is not for me to define Russia's national interests, but I can tell you about America's, and I believe that you will see that we share common ground.
First, America has an interest in reversing the spread of nuclear weapons and preventing their use.
In the last century, generations of Americans and Russians inherited the power to destroy nations, and the understanding that using that power would bring about their own destruction. In 2009, our inheritance is different.
You and I don't have to ask whether American and Russian leaders will respect a balance of terror – we understand the horrific consequences of any war between our countries. But we do have to ask whether extremists who have killed innocent civilians in New York and Moscow will show that same restraint. We have to ask whether ten or twenty or fifty nuclear-armed nations will protect their arsenals and refrain from using them.
This is the core of the nuclear challenge in the 21st century. The notion that prestige comes from holding these weapons, or that we can protect ourselves by picking and choosing which nations can have them, is illusory.
In the short period since the end of the Cold War, we have already seen India, Pakistan and North Korea conduct nuclear tests. Without a fundamental change, do any of us truly believe that the next two decades will not bring about the further spread of nuclear weapons?
That is why America is committed to stopping nuclear proliferation, and ultimately seeking a world without nuclear weapons. That is consistent with our commitment under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. That is our responsibility as the world's two leading nuclear powers. And while I know this goal won't be met soon, pursuing it provides the legal and moral foundation to prevent the proliferation and eventual use of nuclear weapons.
We are already taking important steps to build this foundation. Yesterday, President Medvedev and I made progress on negotiating a new Treaty that will substantially reduce our warheads and delivery systems. We renewed our commitment to clean, safe and peaceful nuclear energy, which must be a right for all nations that live up to their responsibilities under the NPT. And we agreed to increase cooperation on nuclear security, which is essential to achieving the goal of securing all vulnerable nuclear material within four years.
As we keep our own commitments, we must hold other nations accountable for theirs. Neither America nor Russia would benefit from a nuclear arms race in East Asia or the Middle East. That is why we should be united in opposing North Korea's efforts to become a nuclear power, and preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. And I'm pleased that President Medvedev and I agreed upon a joint threat assessment of the ballistic missile challenges of the 21st Century, including from Iran and North Korea.
This is not about singling out individual nations – it is about the responsibilities of all nations. If we fail to stand together, then the NPT and the Security Council will lose credibility, and international law will give way to the law of the jungle. That benefits no one. As I said in Prague, rules must be binding. Violations must be punished. Words must mean something.
The successful enforcement of these rules will remove causes of disagreement. I know Russia opposes the planned configuration for missile defense in Europe. My Administration is reviewing these plans to enhance the security of America, Europe and the world. I have made it clear that this system is directed at preventing a potential attack from Iran, and has nothing to do with Russia. In fact, I want us to work together on a missile defense architecture that makes us all safer. But if the threat from Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs is eliminated, the driving force for missile defense in Europe will be eliminated. That is in our mutual interest.
In addition to securing the world's most dangerous weapons, a second area where America has a critical national interest is in isolating and defeating violent extremists.
For years, al Qaeda and its affiliates have defiled a great religion of peace and justice, and ruthlessly murdered men, women and children of all nationalities and faiths. Indeed, above all, they have murdered Muslims. These extremists have killed in Amman and Bali; Islamabad and Kabul; and they have the blood of Americans and Russians on their hands. They are plotting to kill more of our people, and they benefit from safe-havens that allow them to train and operate – particularly along the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
That is why America has a clear goal: to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda and its allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan. We seek no bases, nor do we want to control these nations. Instead, we want to work with international partners to help Afghans and Pakistanis advance their own security and prosperity. That is why I'm pleased that Russia has agreed to allow the United States to supply our coalition forces through your territory. Neither America nor Russia has an interest in an Afghanistan or Pakistan governed by the Taliban. It is time to work together on behalf of a different future – a future in which we leave behind the great game of the past and the conflict of the present; a future in which all of us contribute to the security of Central Asia.
Beyond Afghanistan, America is committed to promoting the opportunity that will isolate extremists. We are helping the Iraqi people build a better future, and leaving Iraq to Iraqis. We are pursuing the goal of two states, Israel and Palestine, living in peace and security. And we are partnering with Muslim communities around the world to advance education, health and economic development. In each of these endeavors, I believe that the Russian people share our goals, and will benefit from success.
In addition to these security concerns, the third area that I will discuss is America's interest in global prosperity.
We meet in the midst of the worst global recession in a generation. I believe that the market is the greatest force for creating and distributing wealth that the world has known. But wherever the market is allowed to run rampant –through excessive risk-taking, a lack of regulation, or corruption – then all are endangered, whether we live on the Mississippi or the Volga.
In America, we are taking unprecedented steps to jumpstart our economy and reform our system of regulation. But just as no nation can wall itself off from the consequences of a global crisis, no one nation can serve as the sole engine of global growth.
You see, during your lives, something fundamental has changed. And while this crisis has shown us the risk that comes with change, that risk is overwhelmed by opportunity. Think of what's possible today that was unthinkable two decades ago. A young woman with an Internet connection in Bangalore, India can compete with anyone, anywhere. An entrepreneur with a start-up in Beijing can take his business global. An NES professor in Moscow can collaborate with colleagues at Harvard. That's good for all of us – because when prosperity is created in India, that's a new market for our goods; when new ideas take hold in China, that pushes our businesses to innovate; when new connections are forged among people, all of us are enriched.
There is extraordinary potential for increased cooperation between Americans and Russians. We can pursue trade that is free and fair and integrated with the wider world. We can boost investment that creates jobs in both our countries. We can forge partnerships on energy that tap not only traditional resources, but the new sources of energy that will drive growth and combat climate change. All of that, Americans and Russians can do together.
Government can promote this cooperation, but individuals must advance it. Because the greatest resource of any nation in the 21st century is its people, and the countries which tap that resource are the countries that will succeed. That success depends upon economies that function within the rule of law. As President Medvedev has rightly said, a mature and effective legal system is a condition for sustained economic development. People everywhere should have the right to do business or get an education without paying a bribe. That is not an American idea or a Russian idea – that's how people and countries will succeed in the 21st century.
This brings me to the fourth issue that I will discuss – America's interest in democratic governments that protect the rights of their people.
By no means is America perfect. But it is our commitment to certain universal values which allows us to correct our imperfections, and to grow stronger over time. Freedom of speech and assembly has allowed women, minorities, and workers to protest for full and equal rights. The rule of law and equal administration of justice has busted monopolies, shut down political machines, and ended abuses of power. Independent media have exposed corruption at all levels of business and government. Competitive elections allow us to change course and hold our leaders accountable. If our democracy did not advance those rights, I – as a person of African ancestry – wouldn't be able to address you as an American citizen, much less a President.
Around the world, America supports these values because they are moral, and also because they work. The arc of history shows us that governments which serve their own people survive and thrive; governments which serve only their own power do not. Governments that represent the will of their people are far less likely to descend into failed states, to terrorize their citizens, or to wage war on others. Governments that promote the rule of law, subject their actions to oversight, and allow for independent institutions are more dependable trading partners. And in our own history, democracies have been America's most enduring allies, including those we once waged war with in Europe and Asia – nations that today live with great security and prosperity.
Now let me be clear: America will not seek to impose any system of government on any other country, nor would we presume to choose which party or individual should run a country. Even as we meet here today, America supports the restoration of the democratically-elected President of Honduras, even though he has strongly opposed American policies. We do so not because we agree with him. We do so because we respect the universal principle that people should choose their own leaders, whether they are leaders we agree with or not.
That leads me to the final area that I will discuss, which is America's interest in an international system that advances cooperation while respecting the sovereignty of all nations.
State sovereignty must be a cornerstone of international order. Just as all states should have the right to choose their leaders, states must have the right to borders that are secure, and to their own foreign policies. That is true for Russia, just as it is true for the United States. Any system that cedes those rights will lead to anarchy. That is why this principle must apply to all nations – including Georgia and Ukraine. America will never impose a security arrangement on another country. For any country to become a member of NATO, a majority of its people must choose to; they must undertake reforms; and they must be able to contribute to the Alliance's mission. And let me be clear: NATO seeks collaboration with Russia, not confrontation.
More broadly, we need to foster cooperation and respect among all nations and peoples. As President of the United States, I will work tirelessly to protect America's security and to advance our interests. But no one nation can meet the challenges of the 21st century on its own, nor dictate its terms to the world. That is why America seeks an international system that lets nations pursue their interests peacefully, especially when those interests diverge; a system where the universal rights of human beings are respected, and violations of those rights are opposed; a system where we hold ourselves to the same standards that we apply to other nations, with clear rights and responsibilities for all.
The days when Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin could shape the world in one meeting are over. The world is more complex today. Billions of people have found their voice, and seek their own measure of prosperity and self-determination. Over the past two decades, we have witnessed markets grow, wealth spread, and technology used to build – not destroy. We have seen old hatreds pass, illusions of difference lift, and human destiny in the hands of more human beings. Now, we must see that the period of transition which you have lived through ushers in a new era in which nations live in peace, and people realize their aspirations for dignity, security, and a better life for their children. That is America's interest, and I believe that it is Russia's as well.
I know that this future can seem distant. Change is hard. In the words of that NES student back in 1993, the real world is not so rational as on paper. But think of the change that has unfolded with the passing of time. One hundred years ago, a Czar ruled in Russia, and Europe was a place of Empire. When I was born, segregation was still law in America and my father's Kenya was still a colony. When you were born, a school like this would have been impossible, and the Internet was known to only a privileged few.
You get to decide what comes next. You get to choose where change will take us. Because the future does not belong to those who gather armies on a field of battle or bury missiles in the ground – the future belongs to young people with the education and imagination to create. That is the source of power in this century. And given all that has happened in your two decades on Earth, just imagine what you can create in the years to come.
Every country charts its own course. Russia has cut its way through time like a mighty river through a canyon, leaving an indelible mark on human history as it goes. As you move this story forward, look to the future that can be built if we refuse to be burdened by the old obstacles and old suspicions; look to the future that can be built if we partner on behalf of the aspirations we hold in common. Together, we can build a world where people are protected, prosperity is enlarged, and our power truly serves progress. Thank you.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Starting next year, the check will no longer be in the mail for millions of people who receive Social Security and other government benefits.
The federal government issues 73 million payments a month, but is phasing out paper checks for all benefit programs. So beneficiaries will have to get payments electronically, either through direct deposit or a debit card for those without a bank account.
The changes will affect people who receive Social Security, veterans' benefits, railroad pensions and federal disability payments.
Tax refunds are exempt, but the Internal Revenue Service encourages taxpayers to get refunds electronically by processing those refunds faster than paper checks.


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I recently ran across this when logging into MSDN. (I saw this screen after typing my initial credentials.)
I have a 20+ digit password, however there's apparently a new requirement for Microsoft accounts for password to be no more than 16 digits in length. If I type in the first 16 digits of my password, I'm able to log in.
That got me thinking: if passwords are being stored as one-way hashes, a hash from a 16-digit password and a 20-digit one are not remotely similar. You cannot validate a 20-digit hash using only the first 16 digits.
If Microsoft is properly-storing passwords (salt & hash), how can they validate a shorter version of my password?


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Feb. 4
Alaska State Troopers at 12:19 a.m. went to a report of a disturbance at a Nikolaevsk home. Troopers found a 58-year-old Anchor Point man extremely drunk and belligerent. Troopers said the man demolished the inside of a home and then drove his car into another family member's car. Troopers arrested the man for two counts of third-degree criminal mischief and disorderly conduct and took him to Wildwood Pretrial Facility, Kenai.
Troopers at 8:59 a.m. made a traffic stop on a 48-year-old Anchor Point woman in Anchor Point. Troopers said the woman's car had license plates from a different car. Troopers cited the woman for improper use of plates and failure to provide proof of insurance.
Troopers at 3:15 p.m. stopped the driver of a blue Ford Ranger pickup truck with an expired license plate. Troopers checked the license of the driver, a 77-year-old Anchor Point man, and cited him with driving while license cancelled.
Bureau of Highway Patrol Troopers at 3:34 p.m. stopped a 25-year-old Ninilchik man driving a Toyota Camry near Mile 103 Sterling Highway in Soldotna. Troopers said the man had a suspended Arizona driver's license and cited him for driving while license suspended.
Feb. 7
A person at 8:17 p.m. made a "report every dangerous driver immediately" complaint of a person driving a white Chevrolet pickup truck near Mile 18 Seward Highway near Girdwood. Troopers stopped the suspect driver, a 49-year-old Anchor Point man, and arrested him for DUI, narcotics. He was taken to the Anchorage Jail.


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