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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers are proposing to put some bite into a measure that would address problems caused by barking dogs that are kept on short leashes or tied up too long.
An "unlawful tethering" bill is being taken seriously at the Capitol, Democratic Rep. Brad Witt of Claskanie tells The Oregonian.
The bill would make it a violation to tether a dog with a short leash or a choke collar or to keep a dog tied up outside for an extended time. It would become a misdemeanor if improper tethering leads to injury or death.
Dogs that are tethered improperly take up law enforcement time and can suffer psychological and physical harm, Witt said.
"I don't think it's a matter of anyone using a stop watch or taking out a tape measure," Witt says, "but rather to foster more humane tethering and sheltering conditions for animals."
The bill would make it unlawful to tether a pet in a place "that is not free of obstructions" and could cause strangulation, with a tether that is less than 15 feet long, or with a collar designed to choke or pinch.
It would prohibit leaving a dog on a tether for more than five hours a day, or, if attached to a zip line, more than 10 hours a day.
It would also require "adequate bedding" and "adequate shelter" for dogs, such as straw, wood shavings, blankets, doghouses or barns.
Violators would face fines of up to $1,000.
Among those who think the bill goes too far is Ted Craddock, who keeps eight hound dogs on his ranch near La Grande, often volunteering them when state wildlife agents need to tree a cougar or bear for research.
"You don't want to be told how to tie your dogs up and take care of them or anything else," Craddock says. "I've been doing this for over 50 years, and I know exactly how to tie them up."
Supporters say the bill has plenty of exemptions and isn't aimed at responsible owners. But it also would give authorities far more specific language to deal with problem animal calls.
Dogs chained or tethered for long periods of time away from their owners "tend to be unsocialized, lonely and unhappy dogs," said Scott Beckstead, Oregon director for the Humane Society of the United States. "What that means for law enforcement is 80 percent of the calls of barking, aggressive dogs involve dogs that are chained."
Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
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During the election, were the candidates promising 'dog leash reform"? No! Voters were told how this candidate or that one, if elected, would work to help Oregonians during this tough economic time, reform PERS, improve infrastructure, blah-blah-blah!
And this is what we get? Somehow, the vote of the public seems to have very little influence after the election. Apparently those lofty, persuasive campaign promises were designed to tally votes, and there was no intention of keeping them (big news there!).
In order to be a legislator in this state, it appears one must possess many qualities -- the ability to 'shine the issues beyond recognition' and of course, be completely devoid of conscience.
Voters should remember that next election!
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The captives' inquiry respecting fasting. (1-7) Sin the cause of their captivity. (8-14)
Verses 1-7 If we truly desire to know the will of God in doubtful matters, we must not only consult his word and ministers, but seek his direction by fervent prayer. Those who would know God's mind should consult God's ministers; and, in doubtful cases, ask advice of those whose special business it is to search the Scriptures. The Jews seemed to question whether they ought to continue their fasts, seeing that the city and temple were likely to be finished. The first answer to their inquiry is a sharp reproof of hypocrisy. These fasts were not acceptable to God, unless observed in a better manner, and to better purpose. There was the form of duty, but no life, or soul, or power in it. Holy exercises are to be done to God, looking to his word as our rule, and his glory as our end, seeking to please him and obtain his favour; but self was the centre of all their actions. And it was not enough to weep on fast days; they should have searched the Scriptures of the prophets, that they might have seen what was the ground of God's controversy with their fathers. Whether people are in prosperity or adversity, they must be called upon to leave their sins, and to do their duty.
Verses 8-14 God's judgements upon Israel of old for their sins, were written to warn Christians. The duties required are, not keeping fasts and offering sacrifices, but doing justly and loving mercy, which tend to the public welfare and peace. The law of God lays restraint upon the heart. But they filled their minds with prejudices against the word of God. Nothing is harder than the heart of a presumptuous sinner. See the fatal consequences of this to their fathers. Great sins against the Lord of hosts, bring great wrath from his power, which cannot be resisted. Sin, if regarded in the heart, will certainly spoil the success of prayer. The Lord always hears the cry of the broken-hearted penitent; yet all who die impenitent and unbelieving, will find no remedy or refuge from miseries which while here they despised and defied, but which they then will not be able to bear.
Zechariah 7:1-14 . II. DIDACTIC PART, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH CHAPTERS. OBEDIENCE, RATHER THAN FASTING, ENJOINED: ITS REWARD.
1. fourth year of . . . Darius--two years after the previous prophecies ( Zechariah 1:1 , &c.).
Chisleu--meaning "torpidity," the state in which nature is in November, answering to this month.
2. they . . . sent unto . . . house of God--The Jews of the country sent to the house of God or congregation at Jerusalem. The altar was long since reared ( Ezra 3:3 ), though the temple was not completed till two years afterwards ( Ezra 6:15 ). The priests' duty was to give decision on points of the law ( Deuteronomy 17:9 , Matthew 2:4 ). Beth-el is here used instead of Beth-Jehovah, because the religious authorities, rather than the house itself (designated "Beth-Jehovah" in Zechariah 7:3 ), are intended. The old Beth-el had long ceased to be the seat of idol-worship, so that the name had lost its opprobrious meaning. "The house of the Lord" is used for the congregation of worshippers headed by their priests ( Zechariah 3:7 , Hosea 8:1 ). MAURER makes the "house of God" nominative to "sent." HENDERSON makes "Beth-el" so.
Sherezer--an Assyrian name meaning, "Prefect of the treasury."
Regemmelech--meaning, "The king's official." These names perhaps intimate the semi-heathen character of the inquirers, which may also be implied in the name "Beth-el" (Hebrew for "house of God"), so notorious once for its calf-worship. They sent to Jehovah's house as their forefathers sent to old Beth-el, not in the spirit of true obedience.
pray before the Lord--literally, "to entreat the face of," that is, to offer sacrifices, the accompaniment of prayers, to conciliate His favor ( 1 Samuel 13:12 ).
3. Should I weep in the fifth month--"I" represents here the people of God (compare Zechariah 8:21 ). This rather favors MAURER'S view, taking "the house of God," the congregation, as nominative to "sent." Their hypocrisy appeared because they showed more concern about a ceremony of human institution (not improper in itself) than about moral obedience. If, too, they had trusted God's promise as to the restoration of Church and State, the fast would have now given place to joy, for which there was more cause than for grief [PEMBELLUS].
to the prophets--Haggai and Zechariah especially. The tenth day of the fifth month was kept a fast, being the anniversary of the destruction of Jerusalem ( Jeremiah 52:12-14 ). They ask, Should the fast be continued, now that the temple and city are being restored?
separating myself--sanctifying myself by separation, not only from food, but from all defilements (compare Joel 2:16 ) as was usual in a solemn fast.
5. Speak unto all--The question had been asked in the name of the people in general by Sherezer and Regemmelech. The self-imposed fast they were tired of, not having observed it in the spirit of true religion.
seventh month--This fast was in memory of the murder of Gedaliah and those with him at Mizpah, issuing in the dispersion of the Jews ( 2 Kings 25:25 2 Kings 25:26 , Jeremiah 41:1-3 ).
did ye . . . fast unto me?--No; it was to gratify yourselves in hypocritical will-worship. If it had been "unto Me," ye would have "separated yourselves" not only from food, but from your sins ( Isaiah 58:3-7 ). They falsely made the fast an end intrinsically meritorious in itself, not a means towards God's glory in their sanctification. The true principle of piety, reference to God, was wanting: hence the emphatic repetition of "unto Me." Before settling questions as to the outward forms of piety (however proper, as in this case), the great question was as to piety itself; that being once settled, all their outward observances become sanctified, being "unto the Lord" ( Romans 14:6 ).
6. did not ye eat for yourselves?--literally, "Is it not ye who eat?" that is, it is not unto Me and My glory. It tends no more to My glory, your feasting than your fasting.
7. Should ye not hear the words--rather, "Should ye not do the words," as their question naturally was as to what they should do ( Zechariah 7:3 ); "hearing" is not mentioned till Zechariah 7:12 . The sense is, It is not fasts that Jehovah requires of you, but that ye should keep His precepts given to you at the time when Jerusalem was in its integrity. Had ye done so then, ye would have had no occasion to institute fasts to commemorate its destruction, for it would never have been destroyed ( Zechariah 7:9-14 ) [MAURER]. Or, as the Margin, "Are not these the words" of the older prophets ( Isaiah 58:3 , Jeremiah 14:12 ) which threatened a curse for disobedience, which the event has so awfully confirmed. If ye follow them in sin, ye must follow them in suffering. English Version is good sense: Ye inquire anxiously about the fasts, whereas ye ought to be anxious about hearing the lesson taught by the former prophets and verified in the nation's punishment; penitence and obedience are required rather than fasts.
the plain--southwest of Jerusalem. They then inhabited securely the region most unguarded.
9. speaketh--implying that these precepts addressed to their ancestors were the requirements of Jehovah not merely then, but now. We must not only not hurt, but we must help our fellow men. God is pleased with such loving obedience, rather than with empty ceremonies.
10. imagine evil--that is, devise evil. The Septuagint takes it, Harbor not the desire of revenge ( Leviticus 19:18 ). "Devise evil against one another" is simpler ( Psalms 36:4 , Micah 2:1 ).
11. pulled away the shoulder--literally, "presented a refractory shoulder"; an image from beasts refusing to bear the yoke ( Nehemiah 9:29 , Margin).
stopped . . . ears--( Isaiah 6:10 , Jeremiah 7:26 , Acts 7:57 ).
12. hearts . . . adamant--( Ezekiel 3:9 , 11:19 ).
Lord . . . sent in Spirit by . . . prophets--that is, sent by the former prophets inspired with His Spirit.
therefore . . . great wrath--( 2 Chronicles 36:16 ). As they pushed from them the yoke of obedience, God laid on them the yoke of oppression. As they made their heart hard as adamant, God brake their hard hearts with judgments. Hard hearts must expect hard treatment. The harder the stone, the harder the blow of the hammer to break it.
13. he cried--by His prophets.
they cried--in their calamities.
I . . . not hear--retribution in kind ( Proverbs 1:24-26 , Isaiah 1:15 , Micah 3:4 ).
14. whirlwind--of wrath ( Nahum 1:3 ).
nations whom they knew not--foreign and barbarous.
desolate after them--after their expulsion and exile. It was ordered remarkably by God's providence, that no occupants took possession of it, but that during the Jews' absence it was reserved for them against their return after seventy years.
they laid . . . desolate--The Jews did so by their sins. The blame of their destruction lay with themselves, rather than with the Babylonians ( 2 Chronicles 36:21 ).
pleasant land--Canaan. Literally, "the land of desire" ( Jeremiah 3:19 ).


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Featuring a cast of more than 75 local dancers, Salt Creek Ballet's "The Nutcracker" will be performed twice on Dec. 8 at the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University in University Park.
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Here is a look at some crowd pleasers.
Events include Salt Creek Ballet's "The Nutcracker" at the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University in University Park.
On Dec. 8, "The Nutcracker," performed by Salt Creek Ballet, will return to the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University for two shows at 1 and 5 p.m.
Salt Creek Ballet's "The Nutcracker" has been a holiday tradition at the Center for Performing Arts since 1998.
"The whimsical tale of young Clara and her magical journey is a wonderful production for the entire family," officials said. Along the way, Clara encounters waltzing flowers, giant mice and the Sugar Plum Fairy, all set to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's enchanting score.
SouthtownStar sister newspaper the Chicago Sun-Times calls the production "…a solid, professional 'Nutcracker.' "
This year's production of "The Nutcracker" features a cast of 100 dancers including local children and young adults ages 8 to 17 from the school of the Salt Creek Ballet.
Featured dancers for "The Nutcracker" include Maria Mosina and Alexei Tyukov.
Mosina was born in Moscow and graduated from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. She is in her 19th year as a dancer with the Colorado Ballet and is also an active ballet instructor throughout the United States.
Tyukov graduated with honors from the Perm State Ballet Academy in Russia and has danced throughout the world including Canada, Germany, France and South Korea. He joined the Colorado Ballet as a principal in 2007.
Tickets for "The Nutcracker" are $15-$50 at the box office, centertickets.net or (708) 235-2222.
A free holiday party will take place from approximately 3 to 5 p.m. between the two performances. All audience members are welcome to attend.
Santa will make an appearance so attendees are encouraged to bring their cameras. Also, various costumed performers from the show will attend and mingle with audience members.
Holiday treats and beverages will be available for purchase.
The box office is open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturdays and two hours prior to performances.
Multibuy/Megabuy packages are available for shows at the theater. Patrons can choose any three or four shows and receive the Multibuyer discount or choose any five or more shows and receive the Megabuy discount.
In addition to the savings, package-holders receive ticket exchange privileges with 72-hour notice or more, priority seating and more. These packages are available for purchase through the box office only and are not currently available online.
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THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: 111 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, (312) 443-3600: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art recently opened. Exhibits include "Rarely Seen Contemporary Works on Paper" through Jan. 13. *** Admission is free to Illinois residents on the first and second Wednesdays of the month.
SALON ARTISTS GALLERY: Salon Artists Gallery, 294 Main St., Park Forest, (708) 833-5108, (708) 703-7806: The 2012 Holiday Art Sale continues to Dec. 22. The gallery is open from 1:30-4 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
UNION STREET GALLERY: 1527 Otto Blvd., Chicago Heights, (708) 754-2601: "Twelfth Month," which is on display through Dec. 22, is a large annual exhibit and art sale featuring fine, decorative and functional art. More than 30 local and regional artists have been invited to exhibit a variety of art and fine craft.
Pieces include paintings, drawings, collages, photographs, sculptures, ceramics, glass art, and found object art.
An array of smaller works of art and crafts will be for sale with items including handmade cards, jewelry, pottery, artist-made clothing and accessories, blown glass and ornaments.
"Many of the pieces on exhibit are affordable and are perfect for unique gifts," officials said.
The opening reception for "Twelfth Month" will be from noon-3 p.m. Dec. 1. This reception and exhibit are free and open to the public.
The reception provides time for visitors to view the large quantity of original and handcrafted works of art displayed in the galleries, small boutiques and artists' studios throughout all three floors of the building.
Visitors also can enjoy music and free coffee, tea and sweet treats while they mingle with exhibiting artists, friends and members of the Union Street community.
Exhibiting artists include Richard Benoit, Geri Biamonte, Linda Bravo, Keri Joy Colestock, Claudia Craemer, Suzanne Dreher, Pam Eberlin, Dorita Fuller, Nick Galatte, Lea Goldman, Margi Hafer, Pat Huss, Nikkole Huss, Aline Keith, Sylvia Koch, Erica Lessie, Selma Lisit, Joe McIlhany, Harriett Miller, Patricia Moore and Renee Klyczek Nordstrom.
Stuart Pearson, Gisele Perreault, Donna Radcliffe, Ginny Raftery, Mike Recker, Pamela Rodey, Cynthia Russakoff, Richard Schmidt, Carolyn Sims, Margie Glass-Sula, Mary Ann Trzyna, Michael Weiss, Peter Wilhelm and Marikay Peter Witlock also are among the exhibiting artists.
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RIDDLES COMEDY CLUB: 5055 W. 111th St., Alsip, (708) 422-5055: Eddie Clark will perform two shows each on Dec. 7-8.
ADLER PLANETARIUM: 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (312) 922-7827: Exhibits include "The Universe: A Walk Through Space and Time," "Our Solar System," "Collecting Memories: The Webster Story," "Planet Explorers" for families with ages 3-8, "Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass," and "Shoot for the Moon."
THE FIELD MUSEUM: 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (312) 922-9410: "Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Royal Courts" recently opened and will run to Feb. 3. Other exhibits include "Extreme Mammals" through Jan. 6; "Images of the Afterlife" through June 9 and "Fashion and the Field Museum Collection: Maria Pinto" through June 16.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (773) 684-1414: "Charlie Brown and the Great Exhibit" recently opened. Other exhibits include "Smart Home: Green + Wired" through Jan. 6, "Science Storms," "YOU! The Experience," "The Great Train Story" and the Baby Chick Hatchery. There also are daily live science demonstrations like the chemistry show "Bangs, Flashes and Fire." *** The Omnimax Theater is showing "Born To Be Wild" through March 1.
1950S PARK FOREST HOUSE MUSEUM: 141 Forest Blvd., parkforesthistory.org: "Step Back into a 1950s Christmas" is on display throughout December from 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturdays and Wednesdays or by appointment.
SHEDD AQUARIUM: 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (312) 939-2438: Visitors can stop by and see the new baby beluga whale and the newest otter, Cayucos, a rescued pup from California. Cayucos joined five adult otters that are native to Alaskan waters. *** Exhibits include "Jellies," which has been extended through 2013, "Waters of the World," "Caribbean Reef," "Amazon Rising," "Wild Reef" and the Polar Play Zone. Attractions include the Shedd's aquatic show.
BACINEMA SCREENING OF "COMPLIANCE": Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th St., Chicago, (773) 445-3838: The weekly film series continues with this movie at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12. Rated R, the movie runs for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Tickets are $7.50 or $5.50 for members.
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Investigators seized nearly 168 pounds of marijuana valued at $419,000 from a storage container in Sausalito, police said Wednesday.
The suspect, 54-year-old Nicholas Pappas, was apparently living inside the container at Marinship Self Storage at 2346 Marinship Way, said Sausalito Lt. Kurtis Skoog. Pappas was booked into Marin County Jail on suspicion of various drug violations and released on bail pending further review.
The investigation began after police received an anonymous tip that Pappas was storing marijuana at the site. When police went to the storage facility, they found about 40 pounds of marijuana inside, plus about 120 more pounds behind a false wall, Skoog said.
Police also found suspected drug paraphernalia, 3.7 grams of suspected cocaine and 15 grams of concentrated cannabis. The storage container had an electrical supply, a bed and cable television.
Pappas told police that he grew the marijuana in Mendocino County and then transported it to his Sausalito storage container.
Mike Johnson, manager of the storage facility, described Pappas as a contractor for a local business, but said he resides in Mendocino County is only in Sausalito occasionally.
"I didn't know that he lived in the unit," Johnson said. "Nobody is supposed to be living in the units."
He said tenants have exclusive access to the units, and that management does not enter the lockers unless the tenants fail to pay their bills.
Pappas, who was arrested Dec. 29, could not be reached for comment. Skoog said police did not announce the arrest at the time because the investigation was continuing.
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Take flights to Istanbul for soaring minarets, Byzantine churches and meze in rooftop restaurants.
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On your Istanbul holiday, walk across Galata Bridge past fishermen casting off into the Bosphorus. Look up to see the pigeons flocking above the elegant minarets of Yeni Camii mosque which dominate Istanbul's Old City skyline.
At the labyrinthine medieval Grand Bazaar, where arched alleys are packed with dazzling stalls, join the crowds and haggle for your inlaid backgammon set, made from wood, brass and translucent mother-of-pearl. It makes a great souvenir from your Istanbul city break.
Feast on freshly grilled fish with aniseed drink raki at traditional meyhane taverns on crowded Nevizade street. Local musicians entertain you at your table, with traditional music on violin and the reedy zurna.
Cool evening breezes and laid-back local DJs make the city's rooftop bars the perfect place to relax after your flights to Istanbul. With a cocktail in hand, gaze out over the twinkling lights of the boats on the ink-black Bosphorus.
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Orlando, FL - January 27, 2010 - Some are as big as dinner plates. Others as tiny as a dime. From multi-colored to well camouflaged, frogs and toads have occupied our fairy tales, mythology, and even advertising. And now, frogs are the topic of a major touring exhibit, arriving at the Orlando Science Center on Saturday, February 6. Developed by the Audubon Nature Institute, Frogs features over 80 live frogs and toads representing 20 species from around the world. The exhibit will be on display through September 6, 2010.


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Tom Miller is serving in his eighth four-year term as Attorney General of Iowa.
He was born August 11, 1944, in Dubuque, Iowa, the son of the late Elmer and Betty Miller. Tom grew up in Dubuque, where his father was the longtime county assessor and an inspiration for Tom's early interest in public service. Tom graduated from Wahlert High School in 1962 and Loras College in 1966, and he received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1969.
After law school, Tom served as a VISTA volunteer in Baltimore, Maryland,for two years, and then as legislative assistant to U.S. Representative John C. Culver (D-IA.) He returned to the Baltimore Legal Aid Bureau as legal education director, and he also taught part-time at the Maryland School of Law. In 1973, Tom returned to live in Iowa. He opened a law practice in McGregor in northeast Iowa and served as city attorney of McGregor and Marquette, Iowa. He ran for Attorney General in 1974.
Tom has served as Attorney General of Iowa since he was first elected in 1978, except for four years when he was in private practice as a partner at the Des Moines office of the Faegre & Benson Law Firm (1991-94.)
Attorney General Tom Miller has earned a reputation for integrity, high quality legal work, and strong work on behalf of ordinary Iowans. He has a long record of achieving results through cooperation with other State Attorneys General and with local, state and federal officials, regardless of their political affiliation. He has served as President of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) and received NAAG's Wyman Award as the Attorney General who contributed most to NAAG and its members. He has chaired several NAAG committees and led major multi-state working groups working on tobacco issues, antitrust enforcement, agriculture, and consumer protection.
Tom is well known for his work to prevent crime and assist crime victims, to protect consumers, and to be an advocate for farmers:
Fighting crime has always been one of his top priorities. The Attorney General's Office continues its strong record handling many of the State's most important and difficult criminal prosecutions and arguing all of the State's criminal appeals before the Iowa Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Tom and his office also have focused on fighting juvenile crime and working for improvements in the juvenile justice system. The office also provides extensive assistance to victims of crime, including crime victim compensation and support for local programs that aid victims.
Protecting consumers is one of Tom Miller's highest priorities. His office pioneered the undercover telephone 'sting' that sharply reduced telemarketing crime that cheated older Iowans and people all over the nation. He tackled the issue of questionable sweepstakes that prey on senior citizens, and his office has helped tens of thousands of Iowans with problems ranging from automobile complaints to telemarketing abuse and charity fraud. His office also has organized projects to protect small businesses from consumer fraud.
Working for farmers has always been a mission for Attorney General Miller, who established the nation's first Farm Division in an attorney general's office when he took office in 1978. The Farm Division has led the way in successful cases against agricultural chemical companies, helped hundreds of farmers get a fair shake from a huge pipeline project cutting across their farmland, led a group of states insisting on compensation to farmers and elevators who suffer losses resulting from StarLink genetically modified corn, and pushed for laws to protect farmers who enter contracts with large agribusinesses.
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On behalf of the Southern Methodist University community, we invite you to attend SMU's one-hundredth annual Commencement Weekend, May 15 and 16, 2015. The activities that make up Commencement Weekend showcase some of the University's best traditions and are designed to recognize the pride we all feel in our students' accomplishments.
The Baccalaureate Service on Friday evening enables graduating seniors and their guests to worship together. Later, as these seniors march through the Rotunda of Dallas Hall for the tradition known as Rotunda Recessional, they mark the end of their undergraduate years and the beginning of their lifelong association with SMU as alumni.
On Saturday morning, the University Commencement Convocation assembles degree candidates from all of SMU's schools and professional programs. Moody Coliseum becomes transformed by the pageantry of students and faculty in academic regalia marching behind the colorful banners of their respective schools, accompanied by music and applause from their families.
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Suburban Windshield Wipers Will Not Turn Off
can't turn off, had to remove fuse, it will change speed from slow to fast. will not work in the "inter-mitten" mode, just slow or fast........any help???
arrie Posts: 312I agree 100% with your comment relating to GM quality...piece of [non-permissible content removed] it is.
But, as you have one like I do we need to live with it as long as we have these pieces of junk, right?
So, about the windshield wipers. I recently installed a rain detecting automatic wiper control in my '04 Tahoe and I learned something about the Tahoe / Suburban wiper control. The switch that you use for switching wipers on and off and to different intermittent settings actually changes signals to the wiper control module. The speed of the wipers is actually controlled by changing resistance between two wires when you turn the control switch. To me this means that it is very unlikely that there is a switch problem causing the wipers to not turn off. Now, this does not mean that it cannot be the reason but I would look at a problem with the wiper control module instead, i.e. possibly replacing it.
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kiawah Posts: 3,666I don't know what kind of motor control they have in your year and trim, and I only have service manuals for my years. I had a '97 previously (which had a fairly basic wiper control), and a '07 now (which has a bunch of bells and whistles and auto rain sensing controls).
I did have a problem with my '97 wiper, and it was a cracked circuit board in the wiper motor. Relatively simple replacement, bought a motor unit at Pep Boys, took the old one out and put the new one in, and good to go.
WIthout any manuals, I'd say check your fuses to make sure you don't have a blown wiper fuse, then check for voltage on the plug to the wiper motor. If you have voltage there yet the motor isn't working, then I'd be calling a parts store to find out what a wiper motor costs. -
2003suburban Posts: 1Hi there - apologies if this seems way too basic of a question - but where is the wiper motor located on the '03 suburban 1500? The dealer quoted me $400 to replace the module - I can get a new one up the street for $25, and I'm pretty sure I can work a screwdriver, so the only piece of the puzzle that's lacking is where it is? The only thing I've found online so far says it should be against the firewall on the driver's side - but that's where the computer control box is. Do I need to remove the airflow vents where the wipers mount? Thanks in advance!
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This was Durant's seventh Player of the Week award already this season.
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The Holiness of God
Alone among the religions of the world, Christianity teaches that God does not grade on a curve. If we think that He will let us into heaven if our good deeds outweigh our bad, we are sadly mistaken. One sin ...Read More
The Lord's Tender Compassion
We must be profoundly grateful for the grace of God, for it means He does not give up on those whom He loves even though we do much every day that should prompt Him to abandon us. This is a ...Read More
The Lord Spares Nineveh
God's Word always achieves the purpose for which it is ultimately intended (Isa. 55:10–11). Sometimes His promise of judgment prompts people to repent, as it did when Jonah preached it to Nineveh. Sometimes it makes people harden their hearts against ...Read More
Amos Prays and God Relents
The Lord has ordained all of history and "works all things according to the counsel of his will" (Eph. 1:11), so He knew that Amos would pray and that He would relent when He gave the visions of the locusts ...Read More
Glorifying God in Heaven
At issue in the worship wars is not old versus new but God-honoring worship versus irreverence. There are contemporary forms of worship that strive to keep God at the center, and there are traditional forms of worship that fail to ...Read More
The Glory of God
Augustine often spoke of the gravitas of worship, the seriousness of mind that we must have when we enter into God's presence. We worship a weighty Lord, so we must always consider whether the worship we offer is light or ...Read More
Glory to the Name of the Lord
Prayer changes us. We cannot hope to love and serve God properly merely by reading His Word and fellowshiping with others, although these exercises do benefit us and our relationship to the Lord. In addition to such things, we must ...Read More
Knowing the Lord
Many people today want to set holiness, love, and mercy in opposition to one another, especially when they speak of the character of God. Yet, it is only because the Lord is holy that we can be confident that He ...Read More
God's Almighty Power
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By Phil Kadner email@example.com November 19, 2012 4:00PM
State Rep. Lou Lang
Updated: December 21, 2012 6:17AM
State Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie) said the Legislature is "very close" to overriding the governor's veto of a bill that would award casino licenses to the south suburbs and Chicago.
"We will have the votes in the House," said Lang, the chief sponsor of the gambling bill in that chamber. "We don't have enough votes in the Senate right now, but we're getting very close.
"We're still hoping there will be an agreement reached with the governor, but if there's not we will attempt to do something when we return to Springfield on Nov. 27 for the veto session."
Senate Bill 1849 would create five new casinos in Illinois (with licenses designated for the south suburbs, Chicago, Danville, Rockford and Park City) and for the first time allow slot machines at horse racing tracks. Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed the bill in August.
But a spokeswoman for the governor now says he is "very committed to working together with legislators" to pass a gambling expansion bill.
State Sen. Terry Link (D-Waukegan) was the chief sponsor of the measure in the Senate.
"Sen. Link and I have repeatedly asked for a meeting with the governor to sit down and discuss this bill," Lang said. "We want to work out our differences. We will put any language in the bill that he wants. But he hasn't gotten back to us, and the window of opportunity for him to give us his input is closing."
Lang has repeatedly told me over the past year that Quinn has refused to work closely with legislators to pass a casino bill.
Quinn's spokeswoman has said the governor expressed his problems with the casino bill in detail. To emphasize the point, spokeswoman Brooke Anderson emailed a copy of Quinn's veto message of the bill.
In it, Quinn said he wants a ban on campaign contributions from gaming licensees and casino managers. He also says the bill does not give the Illinois Gaming Board the same regulatory authority over the Chicago casino that it has over all other casinos.
In addition, the bill does not subject Chicago casino contracts to the Illinois Procurement Code.
"Such a complete lack of oversight will leave the Chicago casino's numerous procurements vulnerable to organized crime, unsavory influence and potentially overpriced vendors," the governor said.
Finally, the governor said he wants revenue from any new casinos to provide more money for education.
This last point was emphasized to me in a telephone call Monday by Anderson, who said, "The governor wanted me to communicate that he understands your concerns for the education-funding challenges facing this state."
I have long championed the cause of public school funding, but I am also well aware of the history of politics, gambling and education in Illinois.
For decades, the state tried to sell the Illinois lottery as an education-funding mechanism. For many years, however, instead of increasing the state education fund a dollar for every dollar raised by the lottery, the Legislature shifted money to other state programs.
Even if every dollar in new casino revenue were allocated to education, you couldn't prevent the Legislature in the future from shrinking the amount of dollars it allocates to the public schools from the general revenue fund — or more likely refusing to increase the amount going to the education fund as other tax revenues increased.
The sad fact is that Illinois now ranks dead last in the nation in its share of funding for public education, and that's not by happenstance.
In fact, state lawmakers are now considering a proposal that would shift the funding of downstate and suburban teacher pensions onto local school districts, a decrease in state financial support for public education that will not show up on the ledgers.
Lang expressed outrage that Quinn would continue to allow northwest Indiana casinos to make millions of dollars from Illinois customers.
"This is a terrible economy where our state is suffering, and Indiana is creating jobs and generating revenue that ought to belong to Illinois," Lang said. "I don't understand how our governor can sit by and let that happen."
But Quinn isn't the only one letting this happen.
House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) is talking about delaying action on a casino bill until January, according to the CapitolFax newsletter, which said a spokesman for the speaker indicated Madigan was pessimistic that a compromise could be reached then.
Quinn's spokeswoman said the top priority for the Legislature ought to be pension reform.
I believe even state lawmakers can walk and chew gum at the same time and act on both pension reform and casino gambling.
On the gambling bill, Quinn's right on the issues of campaign funding and gaming board oversight.
Instead of linking education funding to gambling, I believe the Legislature and the governor should abide by the Illinois Constitution, which states that the state "has the primary responsibility for financing the system of public education."
No person under the common understanding of the word "primary" would interpret that to mean a level of 27 percent, which is where the state funding level now stands.
There should be expansion of casino gambling in Illinois.
The state should increase the amount of money it provides to public schools.
But gambling revenue and school funding should not be linked.


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"Rise again, Davos Seaworth, and rise as Lord of the Rainwood, Admiral of the Narrow Sea, and Hand of the King."
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And the championship support being offered for this game is good- if only it was *clear* where it was being held. (http://www.fantasyfl...s.asp?eidn=3546)
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Rickie Weeks is my favorite baseball player. In one of our earliest post I wrote about my fandom for him. When I lived in Alabama I specifically went to see him (and some Prince guy) play in Double-A. He is the first and only of the current Brewers that I've ever bought a jersey for. I've had the "Rickie Weeks sucks"/"No he doesn't and here's why" argument so many times in my life that I can do it while I'm sleeping. And now after all this sitting, waiting, watching, wishing; this season, specifically in the last two months, Rickie Weeks has proven all of my arguments and defenses of him to be worthwhile. It's been kind of great. I knew he was good, but I never had a clue he could be THIS good.
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The turning point for me came on Wednesday, June 9th a night game against the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park. The Brewers were losing to Carlos Zambrano, Randy Wolf was giving up homeruns at a breakneck pace and this was like the 30th game in a row that the Brewers had lost while I was wearing my Rickie Weeks jersey. So I did what any fan who was pissed at his team and in the midst of his eleventh or twelth beer would do, I threw my jersey into the stands. Read the rest of this entry »


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The bride is the daughter of David and Kathy Goodner of Cleveland. She is the granddaughter of Joe and Betty Goodner of Chattanooga and the late Marilyn Landers. She is the sister of Brian Goodner of Cleveland.
The bridegroom is the son of Joe and Cynthia Leddon of Cleveland. He is the grandson of Paul and Genetha Kirkland of Cleveland and Kathy Carr of Lake Wales, Fla. He is the brother of Brittany Allen of Nashville and Caitlyn Newton of Cleveland.
The wedding was officiated by minister Brandon Horal.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride was attended by her sister-in-law Caitlyn Newton of Cleveland as her maid of honor. Her sister-in-law Brittany Allen of Nashville was bridesmaid.
The bridegroom's brother-in-law Chris Allen of Nashville served him as best man. Brian Goodner of Cleveland, the bridegroom's brother-in-law, was groomsman.
The reception was given by the parents of the bride at Sampson's Hollow.
After a wedding trip to Pigeon Forge, the couple is at home in Cleveland.
Mrs. Leddon attends Cleveland State Community College in the nursing program. Mr. Leddon is a graduate of Chattanooga State Community College and is employed by the Church of God International Offices.
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Travel Insurance Select is one of the most complete travel insurance plans offered anywhere and a proud partner of the USU Alumni Association. It is a flexible plan giving you a choice of benefits and services. And you can use this link for any and all of your travel insurance needs, whether they be with the Alumni Association or not.
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