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PAGE 11 - March 4, 2015
ServicePhotojournalist Mike Moore
Dog Scam Alert!
Searching For The Truth
By Newscaster
In our readership and across the country, there are many, many people who are as-
STAR LIGHT...A Puzzlement
sisted with a variety of tasks by dogs. And the variety of jobs is increasing; a common sight
is a seeing-eye dog that helps the blind move around the community more safely. But there
are many other jobs they can be trained to do including alerting people of low blood sugar,
How can we see distant stars in a "young" universe? This question is frequently asked
ringing of phones, pulling a wheelchair, and a host of other things including helping people
of creation scientists. Many suggestions have been offered1:
with PTSD.
The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) gives these trained animals certain
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Decaying light speed: If the
rights and responsibilities; most importantly access to any place the person who uses the
speed of light were faster in the past, early star-
dog for assistance would go; by law, a service dog cannot be excluded from any place a
light could have moved more rapidly than today.
person would frequent such as grocery stores, salons and other public places, even hospitals
·
Relativist cosmology: Time
(except where contamination may endanger another person's life).
itself varies for objects in the vicinity of extreme
The ADA defines a service dog as: "A service animal is a dog that is individually
mass or high speed. During Earth's formation
trained to do work or perform tasks for a person with a disability". Also in the ADA: "When
a short time may have passed on Earth while a
it is not obvious what service an animal provides, only limited inquiries are allowed. Staff
longer time passed in space, providing time for
may ask two questions: (1) is the dog a service animal required because of a disability, and
the light from faraway stars to reach us.
(2) what work or task has the dog been trained to perform. Staff cannot ask about the per-
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Mature Creation: During the
son's disability, require medical
creation week, everything was made fully ma-
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documentation, require a spe-
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ing documentation for the dog,
creation on day four.
or ask that the dog demonstrate
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its ability to perform the work
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Big Bang evolutionists have a bigger problem, which they have never answered. Stars
or task."
do not last for the assumed age of the universe (14 billion years) because they use up
Because no documen-
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their energy supply. eTherefore,89-4588 Fax: (72are362-4788conclude that new
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tation by law is required and
stars are forming. Yet, there is not a single example of a new star "turning on" in the
limited questions asked, this
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mers exploit. Be on the lookout
for people and groups that will
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the
"register" and/or sell you cer-
earth? - Job 38:33
tificates, vests, and other official
Based on, Inspired Evidence a book
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looking equipment for your pet
dog that "qualifies" it as a ser-
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vice animal. The ADA law does
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not require these things. Local
Pirate the Chihuahua is in rapt concentration and is demanding
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people that operate by "train- attention as he is signaled to perform this behavior. Mr. Pi is a
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ing" your dog by phone and service dog, and even while being held in a less than comfortable
position has been trained specifically to continue this until he is
Internet sites that offer these
commanded to stop; this kind of diversion can help a person hav-
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kinds of products are running a ing PTSD flashbacks. Trained service dogs perform a variety of
scam. Service dogs are working tasks to aid persons with disabilities; although he might look like
Personal Inspections:
In-Home
dogs. If you use the loophole to just a pet, Mr. Pi is recognized by the Americans with Disabilities
call your dog a service animal Act as a *working animal*. TheNewscaster/Mike Moore
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and take it with you to places it
would not normally be allowed, you are committing federal ADA fraud and can be pros-
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ecuted.
Remember the law requires "individual training" of a task specific to the disability.
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In addition, the service dog must be well behaved and under complete control. These lawful
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requirement takes time to achieve. Mr. Pi (my own service dog) has been in training with
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me under the guidance of qualified dog trainers for years.
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There are local legitimate service dog training groups like the Suncoast Service
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Dogs, Inc. in Homosassa. This particular group trains dogs as a non-profit entity and has a
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wide range of services available to match service animals with people with disabilities. The
complexity of the ADA laws and others such as the Fair Housing Act and the Air Carrier
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Access Act make contact with respectable dog trainers a must! They will know the laws and
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will operate within them.
Don't be scammed! The complexities of the laws make it easy for people to be
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exploited. Remember the critical point of the law: individual training of a specific task'.
That cannot be done over the phone or in person in a few minutes... for $150.
A personal note from me to you: Mr. Pi helps me beyond mere words. If you are a
veteran or anyone with a disability, having a properly trained service dog is a blessing.
References: American with Disabilities Act: http://www.ada.gov/serceani-
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mals_2010.htm. Suncoast Service Dogs, Inc. can be reached at 352-634-1148.
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