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Australia Zoo staff and the Irwin family have made it to the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve, jumping straight into croc research and onto some crocs!
Joined by Professor Craig Franklin and his team from the University of Queensland, Australia Zoo's croc research team have once again made the pilgrimage to the 333,000 acre conservation property in Far North Queensland.
Arriving last week and getting straight into the action, the team have already spotted a rare species of kangaroo, blue-winged kookaburras, dingoes, file snakes, blue tongued lizards and much more. They've set up traps, and have done some serious croc jumping with three new female crocs now being tracked in the Wenlock River - bringing the number of total crocs being tracked in the research program to 117.
Meanwhile, Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin took a detour on their way to the reserve - stopping off at a local school in Weipa. The Irwin family chatted to students about safety around crocodiles, educated them on what to do in the event of a snake bite, and Robert even showed them a real, live non-venomous Spotted Python from the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve.
While it is primarily the croc research that brings the Australia Zoo and University of Queensland team up to the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve each year, the region is also home to an array of other beautiful wildlife. Each year, the team discovers new species of animals on the reserve, as well as conducting studies with other animals including spear-tooth sharks, bats, and barramundi.
One of these animal discoveries is the rare Antilopine Kangaroo spotted by the team during their first few days on the reserve. It is believed he was attracted by the fresh shoots of grass in the area thanks to great fire management by ranger Barry Lyon and the indigenous rangers from Old Mapoon.
All 117 crocs caught on the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve have tracking devices. Using data transmitted by satellite back to the laboratory and displayed on Google Earth - the croc research team continue to discover new information on their behaviour, position and physiology.
This year the team will target female crocodiles, as to date the program is currently tracking mostly males. Australia Zoo croc researchers hope to learn more about their breeding habits and nesting areas from the 2014 trip!
Australia Zoo has poured over $4 million dollars into crocodile research over the past 10 years. To find out how you can help, contact: firstname.lastname@example.com or phone (07) 5436 2000 today.
And don't forget to check out the croc team's daily updates and photographs posted here during the 2014 research trip: www.australiazoo.com.au/conservation/projects/crocodiles/
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I was just looking at R2 again, and noticed that the cardback scene has C-3PO talking to him in the corrdior, but he has been effected out! A cool way to make the figure and the cardback work together- nice touch Hasbro! Now if I could just find these galactic hunt figures without driving my truck in to the ground...
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Warren County, Kentucky, Construction Company Owner Guilty Of Income Tax Evasion
– Concealed $1,045,327 in income from the IRS
– Failed to disclose his ownership in Tri-State Construction and income received
LOUISVILLE, KY – A Warren County, Kentucky construction company owner pleaded guilty in United States District Court this week to an Indictment charging tax evasion announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
Darrell Mathis, owner of Tri-State Construction, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge James Moyer, on April 22, 2013, to five counts of income tax evasion due for the tax years 1999 through 2001 and 2005 through 2009. The returns were filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
According to the plea agreement, from June 2004 until December 2011, Mathis evaded payment of $177,634 in federal income taxes due for the tax years 1999 through 2001. During this time period, among other things, he falsely submitted an IRS Offer-in-Compromise Form 656 in which he concealed his ownership and control of his personal assets, including vehicles and boats, and his business, Tri-State Construction and the company's bank accounts. Throughout this period he owned and operated Tri-State construction but concealed his ownership and income from the IRS by placing it in the name of a nominee and directing IRS From W-2's not be filed in his name. For the tax years 2005 through 2008 Mathis received approximately $1,045,327 in income from Tri-State construction that he concealed from the IRS by not reporting the income on his federal income tax returns. The resulting additional tax due and owing for 2005 through 2009, is $383,558. Mathis knowingly signed his 2005 through 2008 federal income tax returns under the penalty of perjury.
The tax evasion counts, Mathis pleaded guilty to, also charged that in December 2007, Mathis purchased a piece of real estate at Cooper Dearing Road for $144,900 in the name of a nominee to conceal the purchase from the IRS. In January 2008, he sold this piece of real estate for $235,000 and purchased property located at 121 Timber Ridge Court, Alvaton, Kentucky, again in the name of a nominee. Further, in 2009 and 2010, Mathis caused the owner of Southside Auto Sales to file liens on his vehicles to conceal his equity in them from the IRS. Lastly, in January 2007, Mathis purchased a Keystone camper, titling the camper in a nominee name to conceal his ownership.
Mathis faces up to twenty-five years in prison and a fine of $500,000. A Sentencing date has not been scheduled.
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Listen to the new one here! SDGW Podcast #5: Dragging 'em down to our levelhttps://sdgonewild.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/sdgw-podcast-5.mp3%20
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Bre and the Triple B welcome fellow Sidhe Devils and blogger Dechion of Dechion's Place to the podcast crew… along with special guest Mandi, the winner of the Raid for the Cure Raffle prize!
Along the way, we discover Mandi's game-related nickname, talk about guild dynamics in raiding and social environments, meander about with our customary randomness, and oh yeah, we find out even more about Bre that does, indeed, come under the heading of TMI.
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Mayor Don Wesely today announced the formation of the Mayor's Youth Advisory Committee to provide him with input on issues facing young people in the community. The Youth Advisory Committee will consist of two members from each of Lincoln's public and private high schools. The Mayor made the announcement at today's news conference for YouthInspire, a foundation operated by youth for youth, which is funded by a grant from the Lincoln Community Foundation.
"We have many young people who want to be involved in the community, and I am very excited about the potential of this committee," said Mayor Wesely. "Our kids are our greatest asset, and they are also the future leaders of Lincoln. My Youth Advisory Committee will give teens another way to contribute toward the quality of life in Lincoln."
The Youth Advisory Committee will include sophomores, juniors and seniors; be gender balanced; and represent Lincoln's diverse cultures. Mayor Wesely said he will work with members of YouthInspire, a project of Leadership Lincoln, to develop criteria and an application form for membership on the Mayor's Youth Advisory Committee. Membership is open to all members of Leadership Lincoln's Youth In Action Center, which currently consists of nearly 300 young people from all of Lincoln's public and private schools.
The deadline for submitting applications will be the end of the 2002 school year. Selection of the members of the committee will take place this summer with the first meeting of the Mayor's Youth Advisory Committee scheduled for this fall.
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BEIJING -- Wayne Gretzky says the NHL should again allow its players to compete in the Winter Olympics because sending the world's top ice hockey players is "always much better for everyone."
Speaking to The Associated Press on Thursday, the National Hockey League's all-time leading scorer said he hopes the league and players' association can "somehow figure this out" during upcoming talks.
Unwilling to break up the season, the NHL barred its players from playing in this year's Winter Games at Pyeongchang, South Korea.
It's not clear whether the league will change its stance for the 2022 Games to be hosted by Beijing.
"I really think it's a real special stage. There's something really unique and special about playing for your country and there's nothing bigger than playing for your country in the Olympic Games," Gretzky said.
"So, you know with the Winter Olympics being here in China, it would be so wonderful for our sport worldwide and for the people of China to see the best players in the world on centre stage."
Olympic ice hockey would still be exciting without the NHL, giving fans a chance to see the best younger players in the world, he said, but added: "There's a different level. If we can send the best players in the game it's always much better for everyone."
He was in Beijing in his role as global ambassador for Beijing's two-year-old Kunlun Red Star of the Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League.
Though he said it may take years to truly establish ice hockey in China, he likened a local Winter Olympics to the catalyzing effect of the sport taking off in the U.S. following the underdog American team's famous win over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Games at Lake Placid.
"So I think the Red Star Kunlun team and what they're doing, along with the Winter Olympics in 2022, that hopefully will jumpstart this sport of ours," he said. "And 30-40 years from now, we'll look back and say, 'You know what? That's where we started and that's where we were and that's where we are today."'
Gretzky will also attend a preseason game between the Boston Bruins and Calgary Flames in the southern city of Shenzhen, marking the second consecutive year the NHL has played in China. A Summer Olympics superpower, China is spending heavily to promote hockey and other winter sports in hopes of leaving its mark on the Winter Games.
Gretzky declined to pick a favourite for this season's Stanley Cup winner, citing the high level of parity between the teams. At least 12 of the league's 24 teams have a shot at winning, he said.
Gretzky expressed particular hopes for the Edmonton Oilers, with whom he won four Stanley Cups, and their star Connor McDavid.
Assuming he has the right teammates, "there's no question in my mind that one day, Connor will lift a Stanley Cup. Hopefully it happens this year for us, but he's still young in his career."
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Thousands, if not millions, have been sneaking to Google today to play "Iron Man" or "Smoke on the Water" on the replica synthesizer, but for one Chicago man and his family, the doodle represents much more than a cool feature.
Matt Moog—whose dad, Bob Moog, invented a synthesizer that revolutionized electronic music—said the doodle honoring what would be his father's 78th birthday brings Moog's legacy to the masses.
"My dad received a tremendous amount of press and attention over the years," said Moog, 42, of Lincoln Park. "But I think this one, quite honestly, kind of stands alone in its ability to reach, I think, billions of people on the Google home page."
The Google doodle featured a replica of a Moog synthesizer that allowed people to play and record music. By mid-day, hundreds of people had uploaded videos to YouTube of them playing songs on the doodle or teaching others how to play tunes. NPR challenged listeners to try to recreate their "All Things Considered" theme song using the synthesizer on Google. The doodle also drew attention to Moog's family, including Matt Moog, who says he's had several hundred people reach out.
"It's been pretty much nonstop between Twitter and Facebook, texts and email," he said. "It started last night, before the doodle was actually live in the United States."
Bob Moog, who died in 2005, spent his life as an engineer developing machinery for electronic musicians including the Moog synthesizer, one of the earliest such instruments in common use. His son, Matt Moog, lives in Chicago and is the CEO of product review web site viewpoints.com.
Moog said his dad was a humble man who "viewed himself as an engineer first and primarily a tool-maker for other musicians." Moog said his family, including his sister Michelle Moog-Koussa—who runs the Bob Moog Foundation and helped Google develop the doodle—is soaking up the fun today and the attention that's being drawn to their father's musical contributions.
"It's one of those things that just captured the imagination of people," he said. "This is such a cool day for him."
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Hitler's Scientists: Science, War, and the Devil's Pact
Viking, 2003 - History - 535 pages
When Hitler came to power in the 1930s, Germany had led the world in science, mathematics, and technology for nearly four decades. But while the fact that Hitler swiftly pressed Germany's scientific prowess into the service of a brutal, racist, xenophobic ideology is well known, few realize that German scientists had knowingly broken international agreements and basic codes of morality to fashion deadly weapons even before World War I. In Hitler's Scientists, British historian John Cornwell explores German scientific genius in the first half of the twentieth century and shows how Germany's early lead in the new physics led to the discovery of atomic fission, which in turn led the way to the atom bomb, and how the ideas of Darwinism were hijacked to create the lethal doctrine of racial cleansing.
By the war's end, almost every aspect of Germany's scientific culture had been tainted by the exploitation of slave labor, human experimentation, and mass killings. Ultimately, it was Hitler's profound scientific ignorance that caused the Fatherland to lose the race for atomic weapons, which Hitler would surely have used. Cornwell argues that German scientists should be held accountable for the uses to which their knowledge was put-an issue with wide-ranging implications for the continuing unregulated pursuit of scientific progress.
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"This was just a shot out of the blue for us," Nicholas said.
In only his fourth NBA season, Williams has become nearly as aggressive off the court in giving through his charitable foundation as he is on the court as the Jazz's star point guard. Williams so far has contributed $400,000 to numerous causes.
"Maybe in the future, we'll narrow it down to one thing, but right now, I just think there's so many areas that need to be touched that you just spread the love," he said.
Williams is one of five Jazz players -- and nearly 100 others in the NBA -- who have shown such philanthropic passion. Often raised in modest circumstances before parlaying their talent into multimillion-dollar NBA contracts, these players devote a portion of their wealth to charity, frequently targeting children with backgrounds similar to their own. Players also are drawn to charitable giving by a desire to boost their star power and their "brand."
But an analysis by The Salt Lake Tribune of hundreds of tax documents filed by NBA player charities has found these foundations face a dizzying array of problems, especially those set up by the athletes themselves without outside expertise.
Among the findings of The Tribune's analysis of 89 stand-alone NBA player charities:
? Together, they reported revenue of at least $31 million between 2005 and 2007, but only about 44 cents of every dollar raised -- or $14 million of that $31 million -- actually reached needy causes. The average NBA player foundation put just 51 cents of each dollar it spent toward charitable programs, well below the 65 cents most philanthropic watchdog groups view as acceptable. Tax records show budgets are quickly eaten up by poor planning and administrative costs.
? While a handful of player charities appear to be well-financed and tightly managed organizations that do good, a larger number are unimpressively funded and their activities poorly documented. Up to a quarter of NBA player charities analyzed lacked even basic documentation required by the Internal Revenue Service.
? In spite of their celebrity, NBA athletes seeking public donations often struggle for years before building a viable stream of donations. About a third of NBA player charities analyzed instead remain funded by the athletes' own wealth. Many close for lack of support or because athletes move on.
? Few player-run charities hire full-time directors to manage daily operations, and players commonly put family members, friends and former sports associates on their boards, despite IRS rules requiring that a majority of board members be nonrelatives.
? Some player charities hold lavish fundraising galas that cost tens of thousands of dollars but actually lose money.
Though shining examples of NBA charity work abound -- including noteworthy efforts by the five Jazz players, all of whom run effective charities -- player foundations' noble motives often go awry, as even the league acknowledges.
''We don't shy from it,'' said NBA Senior Vice President Kathy Behrens, adding that the league has tried with limited success to maintain a database on player foundations. "There are horror stories ? of guys who set them up because their agent said to or they thought it was a good idea and they had good intentions, but not a good plan. That causes trouble.''
Ways to give
Charitable giving by NBA players takes multiple forms.
Documents show that some write five-figure checks to existing charities or lend their names to established causes. Others work through one or more of 29 NBA team foundations, which in turn dole out the money to various causes.
Some set up "donor-assisted" foundations that entrust their charities' operations to an umbrella organization with philanthropic expertise. About a dozen of the NBA's biggest names -- Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets and the Jazz's Carlos Boozer among them -- have foundations run by the Giving Back Fund, which manages charities for about 20 NBA, NFL and Olympic athletes. Giving Back had $1.1 million in revenue in 2007 and gave $824,092 to charitable causes.
Yet despite these alternatives, personal foundations have become ''fashionable'' at the expense of other avenues of giving, said Greg Johnson, executive director of the Sports Philanthropy Project in Boston.
Sincere altruism may motivate formation of player-run foundations. But starting a foundation also has become an element of an athlete's branding, often pushed by sports agents, Johnson said.
"We push it a lot because we want a well-balanced client," agent Bill Duffy said. "We want one of the entities to be giving back and getting involved because you can be an inspiration to others."
But he added that starting a foundation is something that should be done with forethought and preparation.
"It's a real full-time business, and I think a lot of players don't understand the significance of the endeavor," said Duffy, who represents Yao as well as Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash and Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony, both of whom operate successful foundations.
He encourages younger players he represents to observe what his older players have done with their foundations and educate themselves. "It's not something you jump into right away."
Player-run foundations
No official numbers exist, but The Tribune found at least 85 players who have filed with the IRS seeking tax-exempt status for one or more charities, although only 59 of those foundations have filed forms required by law for charities pulling in more than $25,000 yearly. Combined, these player-run charities raised $31 million from 2005 to 2007.
But that number doesn't tell the complete story, said Scott Tainsky, who researched the foundations as a graduate student at the University of Michigan.
The average amount raised by player-run foundations -- $325,564 in 2006, according to The Tribune analysis -- is inflated by the largest of them, leaving the median in the low five figures, said Tainsky, now a professor at the University of Illinois.
"Just because someone's foundation only has $15,000 in assets doesn't mean they're not putting a lot of their money or time elsewhere, but you can't get around the fact that these are some of the smallest foundations you come across,'' he said. "Most of the time the recommended assets to start with are well over what a lot of these foundations have, which certainly should cause anyone who's inclined to question the authenticity of the intentions.''
Big names, small results
That's not to say all player-run foundations fit that mold. Those run by former Houston Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo, retired Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning, the Suns' Nash, retired Sacramento Kings forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim and the Nuggets' Anthony each have yearly budgets of $1 million or more.
President Bush, in fact, saluted Mutombo in his 2007 State of the Union address as an example of "heroic kindness, courage and self-sacrifice'' for helping to build the first new hospital in the Republic of Congo, Mutombo's homeland, in 40 years.
But even as celebrity involvement can bring notoriety and cash to a cause that might otherwise languish, it also can give donors a false sense of security, said Laurie Styron, of the American Institute of Philanthropy.
Superstars whose charities have stumbled include Chicago Bulls superstar Michael Jordan, whose foundation closed in 1996 after criticism over administrative costs and the hiring of his sister as executive director. L.A. Laker Kobe Bryant has dissolved at least one charity as well.
Phoenix Suns center Shaquille O'Neal's Real Models Foundation may have closed as well after The Miami Herald reported in early 2007 that it failed to file required documents in Florida. The foundation could not be reached at the telephone number listed on its 2006 tax filings, the last received by the IRS.
Foundations run by former NBA Most Valuable Players Allen Iverson (Detroit Pistons) and Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks) could not be reached for comment at their IRS-listed phone numbers.
The most recent tax documents available show Iverson's Crossover Foundation took in $10,000 in 2005 and $5,000 in 2007, which, after $11,895 in donations to charity, left the organization $3,664 in the hole. Nowitzki's foundation increased revenue more than sixfold in one year, from $5,926 in 2006 to $37,020 in 2007, but still carried a $14,879 deficit at the end of 2007.
Denver Nuggets shooting guard Dahntay Jones' charity, devoted to providing college scholarships and mentoring, took in $9,795 in 2005 and lost $8,102 in 2006. Charity vice president and Jones' mother, Joanne Jones, said a death in the family forced the organization to cancel its big annual fundraiser one year.
''There's so much competition out there,'' she explained, citing fundraising, paperwork and finding volunteers all as challenges. "We can't afford to pay [staff] because we're trying to pay money into it so we can give scholarships out.''
Operational expertise
The Tribune's analysis found only a dozen or so among 89 player run-charities that had hired full-time directors, often leaving board members reporting only a few hours of work each in charge of administration.
''If you're going to have an effective organization -- and ours is a very, very complicated sort of organization -- in general, you do need somebody who is a professional'' to run it, said Joan Mandle, Orlando Magic center Adonal Foyle's adopted mother and director of his foundation, Democracy Matters, which mentors college-campus activists.
The Tribune's analysis also found that players commonly rely on family members instead of independent experts to staff their boards, in many cases, violating IRS rules intended to ensure adequate oversight.
More than two-thirds of player-run foundations filing IRS forms between 2005 and 2007 had family members, friends or past sports associates on their boards. In several cases, the boards were made up entirely of family members.
''They are all illegal,'' said Marc Pollick, of the Giving Back Fund. ''The IRS just doesn't have the arms to go after everybody.''
Yet family members are often who athletes, suddenly thrust into the ranks of the hyperwealthy, trust the most. And, as in the case of Mutombo's uncle and aunt, Louis and Mireille Kanda, both medical doctors, family members can bring crucial expertise. Said Susan Johnson, Mutombo's foundation director: "Sometimes relatives are an asset and can be a plus.''
Fundraising challenges
Players typically start foundations with their own cash, reaping an immediate tax benefit but aspiring to eventually turn their operations into publicly supported charities. Fundraising, however, is often more difficult than they imagined.
"You're always having to give credibility and justify, when it's a sports celebrity, because people are skeptical,'' Johnson said. Charities often labor and sacrifice for years, sometimes decades, before establishing a good reputation with prospective donors.
Another pitfall: Player charities often hold annual lavish fundraising events that lose money or barely break even. Pollick at the Giving Back Foundation said these galas can turn into "fun-raisers instead of fundraisers.''
NBA free agent Robert Horry's Big Shot Foundation reported $206,086 in fundraising expenses for 2005, its first year of operation, but, according to tax returns, the efforts raised nothing.
The year's tab included $38,000 in artist's fees; a total of $38,120 in building and venue rental; a $27,486 expenditure on an unitemized "commission"; $23,005 in food; $25,000 in golf course fees; $17,368 on hotels; along with other four-figure expenditures on a disc jockey, sound and lighting, trophies, video rental, logo shirts and security.
Attempts to reach a foundation spokesman at the phone number listed on tax returns were unsuccessful.
Retired NBA power forward Chris Webber's Foundation holds an annual star-studded poker and golf extravaganza at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, called C-Webb's Bada Bling. Now in its fourth year, the party is billed as "a celebrity weekend'' with a 56-star guest list including comedian Jamie Foxx and singer Gladys Knight.
In 2006, the first year the event was held, party organizers reported spending $243,000 on catering and $327,561 on event production. The foundation also reported losing $530,590 on special events for the same year, tax returns show.
Foundation official Ericka Bjork put that loss down to the challenge of building the reputation of a large-scale celebrity charity event. She said Webber committed up front that "no general funds or grant money would be affected'' and added that revenue from the bash have grown in its subsequent two years.
What to do
The NBA and the NBA Players Association know there's a problem. They have begun to address it as a formal part of the league's annual rookie orientation. The NBA's Behrens said the sessions offer straight talk on starting foundations.
"We tell the players to take their time, that the first thing they need to do is not go out and set up a foundation,'' she said. "It's a lot to take on and we really encourage the guys to just do it intelligently. It's like starting your own business and sometimes people forget that.''
Kimberly Haynes, an Atlanta-based celebrity charity consultant, maintains that "99.9 percent of [players] come to it because it is their passion.''
But, Haynes and other experts say, while motives are noble, players all too frequently get in over their heads. ''Education of the athlete is key.'' Alt Heads:
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A Salt Lake Tribune analysis of NBA player-run charities found they face a wide range of problems, from meager funding and high administrative costs to a lack of professional staffing and oversight. Tax records indicate these 89 charities together raised at least $31 million between 2005 and 2007, but only about $14 million of that actually reached the needy causes. About the project
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Kroth Stonegrinder was happy to see that many of the structures of Havenhill were starting to be rebuilt after the attack of the giant serpent this summer. Kroth stopped by the the blacksmith shop as he was told that there would be something that he wanted to see. As Havenhill was preparing for war with the outlaws and all the creatures that live on the magical isles, they had created a ballista that was able to fire very large bolts. Kroth knew that he would need all the power that he could muster for the attack.
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Oppositional defiant disorder is a pattern of disobedient, hostile, and defiant behavior toward authority figures.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
This disorder is more common in boys than in girls. Some studies have shown that it affects 20% of school-age children. However, most experts believe this figure is high due to changing definitions of normal childhood behavior, and possible racial, cultural, and gender biases.
This behavior typically starts by age 8, but it may start as early as the preschool years. This disorder is thought to be caused by a combination of biological, psychological, and social factors.
Actively does not follow adults' requests
Angry and resentful of others
Argues with adults
Blames others for own mistakes
Has few or no friends or has lost friends
Is in constant trouble in school
- Loses temper
- Spiteful or seeks revenge
- Touchy or easily annoyed
To fit this diagnosis, the pattern must last for at least 6 months and must be more than normal childhood misbehavior.
The pattern of behaviors must be different from those of other children around the same age and developmental level. The behavior must lead to significant problems in school or social activities.
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Children with symptoms of this disorder should be evaluated by a psychiatrist or psychologist. In children and adolescents, the following conditions can cause similar behavior problems and should be considered as possibilities:
- Anxiety disorders
Attention-deficit /hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Learning disorders
- Substance abuse disorders
The best treatment for the child is to talk with a mental health professional in individual and possibly family therapy. The parents should also learn how to manage the child's behavior.
Medications may also be helpful, especially if the behaviors occur as part of another condition (such as depression, childhood
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Some children respond well to treatment, while others do not.
In many cases, children with oppositional defiant disorder grow up to have
Calling your health care provider
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TÜV Approval for HiFocus Mid-Scala ElectrodeWhat just happened?Posted by He Is Not Me Feb 05, 2013 12:42:38
Advanced Bionics (AB), a global leader in cochlear implant technology and a company of the Sonova Group, announced today that it received TÜV approval in Europe for the HiFocus™ Mid-Scala* electrode. The latest offering in AB's
HiFocus™ electrode family, the HiFocus Mid-Scala is designed to help protect the delicate structures of the cochlea for the preservation of residual hearing without compromising performance.
The new HiFocus Mid-Scala array is the latest innovation in electrode design. Developed through extensive research and state-of-the-art manufacturing processes, the HiFocus Mid-Scala electrode has been designed for optimal mid-scala placement in the cochlea to protect its delicate structures and preserve residual hearing. It is fully upgradeable for next-generation sound processing and provides recipients with the opportunity to enjoy the best possible hearing now and improved hearing in the future as new technology is introduced.
"For anyone with significant hearing loss, the preservation of any hearing that remains is important when getting a cochlear implant," said Hansjuerg Emch, Group Vice President of the Sonova Medical Division within which AB resides. "At the same time, we need to ensure that the electrode position in the cochlea enables the best possible electrical stimulation of the hearing nerve. We developed the HiFocus Mid-Scala electrode to do just that."
Featuring the industry's smallest pre-curved array, the HiFocus Mid-Scala is the only pre-curved electrode developed for the latest soft surgery approaches, including round window insertion, to suit surgeon preferences and individual recipient needs.
"The HiFocus Mid-Scala is truly the industry's first and only electrode developed for a variety of surgical approaches. We are proud to provide surgeons with unparalleled flexibility to suit their preferred techniques," said Mark Downing, Director of Product Management and Surgical Support. "With this approval, surgeons across Europe now have three advanced electrode options to choose from that best meet the needs of their patients."
The new Mid-Scala model, like every electrode array in the HiFocus line, delivers AB's proprietary current steering technology for hearing that more closely resembles normal hearing.
The HiFocus Mid-Scala electrode, HiRes 90K™ Advantage implant, and current steering are just a few of many industry firsts delivered by AB to provide recipients with better hearing through the most advanced technology. AB has developed unsurpassed sound processing strategies designed to provide the best hearing performance in real-world settings, including ClearVoice™**, HiRes Fidelity 120™**, and AutoSound. The company also recently introduced Neptune™, the world's first and only swimmable sound processor, which continues to make a
big splash in many countries across the world.
For more information about the HiFocus Mid-Scala electrode, or any Advanced Bionics product, contact a local AB representative or visit AdvancedBionics.com.
About Advanced Bionics
Advanced Bionics is a global leader in developing the most advanced cochlear implant systems in the world. Founded in 1993 and a subsidiary of the Sonova Group since 2009, AB develops cutting-edge cochlear implant technology that allows recipients to hear their best.
AB offers the most sophisticated cochlear implant system on the market, the HiResolution™ Bionic Ear System, with five times more sound resolution than its competitors, designed to help recipients hear in noisy settings and enjoy the full dimensions of music.
With sales in over 50 countries and a proven track record for developing high-performing, state-of-the-art products, AB's talented group of technologists and professionals from all over the world are driven to succeed, work with integrity and stay firmly committed to quality.
To learn more about AB and its innovative cochlear implant technology, please visit AdvancedBionics.com.
*Pending regulatory approval in the United States and Canada.
**Not approved for paediatric use in the United States.


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They Just Keep Coming! A New Restaurant Called Zoup Will Open in Sioux Falls This Fall
They just keep coming! I'm not one to complain about a new eating establishment, though. I love new restaurants. I will especially like this one. One of my favorite meals is soup and bread. Jodi Schwan from the Sioux Falls Business Journal announced today (May 1) that Zoup! will be opening this fall in a southwest Sioux Falls location, yet to be determined.
Never heard of it? Neither have I, but I can't wait to try it. According to their website, Zoup! will feature hundreds of award-winning soup recipes with 12 rotating daily varieties. To help customers select from the soups offered each day, Zoup! encourages sampling. The menu also includes salads, grilled sandwiches, baked goods and beverages.
Some of the varieties of soup include Tomato Bisque, Mulligatawny and Lobster Bisque. Anyone else thinking about the Soup Nazi from "Seinfeld?"


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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visit Australia and New Zealand in November as part of the celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne, a royal spokesman said on Wednesday.
As well as the usual round of political, military and religious engagements, the royal couple will watch the Melbourne Cup, one of the world's biggest horse races.
Britain has already enjoyed a summer of celebrations for Elizabeth, the only British monarch other than Queen Victoria to have reigned for 60 years. Queen Elizabeth is head of state in both Australia and New Zealand.
Other British royals have also toured the world as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebration: Prince William and his wife Kate have just visited Asia in a trip overshadowed by the publication of topless pictures of her in a French magazine.
Charles, the longest serving heir to the British throne, will celebrate his 64th birthday on November 14 in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand.
The tour will start in Papua New Guinea, the Pacific island state off the north coast of Australia that Charles first visited as a teenager in 1966.
The royal couple then travel to Australia for a busy six-day program. They will meet members of the Australian Defence Force and the emergency services as well as farmers and school children.
The last leg of the trip takes them to New Zealand from November 10-16, with the focus on agriculture, business and sport.
Keen to promote literacy, Camilla will take part in an event with young fans of New Zealand author Lynley Dodd, who created the bestselling "Hairy Maclary" children's stories about a dog's adventures with his canine friends.
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Update: The report was covered in E&E News (subscription), Mother Jones, Think Progress and DeSmogBlog. Click-through for more on our groundbreaking research on fossil fuel-funded groups in the media.
Fossil fuel-funded front groups, commonly referred to as "think tanks" or "institutes", have been secretly influencing the media and the public on energy issues by moving pro-fossil fuel messaging.
These groups, and their proponents, have been quoted on average every other day for the past five years in 60 of the largest mainstream newspapers and publications. Despite having received millions of dollars from fossil fuel interests, such as ExxonMobil and Koch Industries, these groups' financial ties to the fossil fuel industry are rarely mentioned.
The Checks and Balances Project's report, "Fossil Fuel Front Groups on the Front Page," uncovered the extent of this deception by focusing on the 10 most prominent fossil fuel front groups' traction in 58 of the largest daily newspapers, the Associated Press and Politico. This analysis does not include mentions in broadcast, radio or online publications for these 10 advocacy groups. As a result, this report only scratches the surface on these fossil fuel-funded groups' influence on the energy debate.
Fossil fuel-funded advocacy groups' failure to divulge their ties to the fossil fuel industry in one story is regrettable, but doing it in over 1,000 stories appears to be planned deception.
Here is a summary of the report findings (download a PDF of the report here):
1. Fossil fuel interests have provided at least $16.5 million to 10 organizations from 2006-2010.
2. Fossil fuel-funded organizations used targeted, focused messaging to support fossil energy sources and attack clean energy.
3. Within a five-year period, these groups and their personnel have been mentioned on energy issues at least 1,010 times in major daily newspapers, averaging four mentions a week – or more than once every other day.
4. Media descriptions of these organizations (beyond their name) were not included in a majority of mentions. If described, descriptions typically focused on the organizations' function (e.g., "think tank") or location (e.g., "DC-based"), not their motivation. Almost all of the rare descriptions of motivation used self-identified ideology (i.e., "conservative," "free market" or "libertarian"), not their financial ties to fossil fuel interests.
5. Media outlets routinely omitted any mention of the financial ties between the 10 organizations and the fossil fuel interests providing funding. The link between fossil fuel funders and organizations was described only 6% of the time.
6. These organizations received heavier coverage in influential newspapers that help shape the national agenda, including Politico, The Washington Post, USA Today and The New York Times.
7. Despite being labeled as "free market" or "libertarian," these organizations focus their criticism almost exclusively on clean energy policy investments. They make few – if any – references to government support for fossil fuels.
These findings will hopefully encourage more disclosure in our nation's top media outlets. The Checks & Balances Project suggests a simple question to ask pundits and experts being quoted, cited or published in the media: "Do you get money, directly or indirectly, from interests that stand to benefit from what you are saying?"
With more transparency, members of the American public will know when an opinion may be biased and will be better informed on these critical questions about our energy future.


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A missed three-point shot with 7.31 seconds left in overtime and a foul underneath the basket gave Jarrell's Houston Stewart the opportunity to put the Cougars out of reach Jan. 29 in a hard-fought district loss for Salado 55-57.
The loss puts the #13 Salado Eagles into a tie with their nemesis the #14 Jarrell Cougars. Both teams have defeated the other at home. Both are headed for the playoffs and will likely share the District Championship.
The squads fought each other from the tip-off to the final second of regulation, when Andrew Warren's 15-foot jumper bounced off the back of the rim, denying the Eagles a storybook win.
The squads squared off in overtime, where shots at the charity stripe were the difference in the game. Jarrell's James Klepac buried both of his free throws, but it took two trips to the free throw line for Salado to reknot the game at 49-49 with 1:49 left in overtime.
Stewart gave Jarrell a 52-49 lead but Kyle Heiner's steady shots at the line narrowed the lead to one with 39.31 seconds left to play.
Quick fouls by both squads brought the score to 53-52 with 22.05 seconds left. Klepac hit a crucial jumper to extend the Jarrell lead to 55-52 with 17.81 left in OT.
Salado got the ball across midcourt, but the Jarrell defenders did not let any man open and with defenders in his face, Dane Hankamer missed a three-pointer that would have tied the game with 7.31 seconds left.
Jarrell's Stewart rebounded the ball and was immediately fouled, converting both shots for a 57-52 lead.
Warren hit a three-pointer just as time ran out on the clock, as the Eagles fell just short in the closely-fought game.
Jarrell extended their first-quarter lead of 15-12 to 19-12 with 6:20 left in the half before the Salado Eagles went on an 11-point run over the next four minutes, led by Tyler Ramthun and Hankamer combinging for 8 of those points.
Jarrell closed to within one point at the half, 23-24.
In the third, Salado led by as much as 6 points, 32-26 with 5:28 left in the period before Jarrell closed the gap to 34-35 going into the fourth quarter.
Jarrell fought to stay within three points throughout the fourth quarter, tying the score at 45-45 with 2:11 and taking a narrow lead of 47-45 with 1:44 left to play. Brandon Womac hit both of his free throws to tie the game at 47-47 with 1:31 left to play.
Neither team scored in the final 91 seconds and Kyle Heiner grabbed a rebound for Salado and time out was called with 4.76 left on the clock. The time out was evidently called before a foul that would have put Heiner in a position to give the Eagles a lead. The Eagles inbounded the ball and Andrew Warren took a 15-foot shot in traffic with the ball banging off the rim as time ran out in regulation.
Hankamer led Salado with 18 points, followed by Womac, who had 15 points. Also scoring for Salado were Austin Adams, 8 points, Ramthun, 6 points, Kase Spears, 4 points, Heiner and Warren, 2 points each.
Klepac and Tony Brown both scored 17 points to lead Jarrell. Also scoring for the Cougars were Wesley Alvarez, 9 points, Landon Ledbetter, 8 points, and Stewart, 6 points.


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Learn to monitor and control your home & environment with self contained, inter-communicating microprocessors. Arduino / Raspberry Pi DAQ and IOT Applications include ham radio, robotics, weather stations, model railroading, toys and more. - KK4HFJ
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Arduino Workshop, by John Boxall
Arduino Workshop is one of the most exciting project based books on the market right now. Yes it covers the basics, so if you don't know an Arduino from a Gameboy, you are covered, but it seamlessly brings you up to speed with over 60 useful and fun projects that you will quickly modify into your own interpretations, and use as building blocks for for your creations. My favorites are the traffic signal (for model railroads - add a sensor loop), and the two 7 segment LED with shift registers (make electronic D&D dice). The datalogger with LCD history graph was also very neat. I highly recommend this book. Happy experimenting!
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In fairy tales, a Fairy Godmother is a fairy with magical powers who acts as a mentor or parent to someone, in the role that an actual godparent was expected to play in many societies.
Sesame Street stories
Sesame Street fairy tales have included several Fairy Godmothers.
In a Season 2 story, "The Magic Apple", a Fairy Godmother grants a wish to Ernie, a poor but honest farm boy. (First: Episode 0133) She was performed by Fran Brill, and made from the Lavender Anything Muppet.
Brill performed the same puppet in another Season 2 story, which tells the Fairy Godmother's backstory. (First: Episode 0135) She explains that she wasn't always a Fairy Godmother -- "before, I was pretty yucky!" But she tripped over a magic wand in the forest, and wished that she would become a beautiful Fairy Godmother. Coming across Cookie Monster, she introduces herself as a beautiful Fairy Godmother. He disagrees, saying that she's not that beautiful. She maintains that she is, saying, "Besides, you're a horrible, ugly monster." She hands him a mirror, but he takes a look and declares that he's beautiful.
To prove him wrong, she changes him into a handsome prince -- but he hates it, and insists that she change him back. Happy to be back in his old body, he tries to grab the Fairy Godmother's wand -- and a spell fires which changes her into a furry blue monster, just the way she used to be before. She's horrified, but Cookie Monster assures her that she's beautiful. "I think I love you!" she coos, and he leads her off-screen to a "happily ever after."
Sesame Street News Flash
Cinderella's Fairy Godmother appears in a "Sesame Street News Flash" sketch, accidentally giving Kermit the Frog the beautiful dress that should have gone to Cinderella. This Godmother was performed by Camille Bonora, and made from the Fat Blue Anything Muppet.
The Fat Blue Fairy Godmother also appeared in the direct-to-video special A New Baby in My House, serving the same function for Princess Azalea and Prince Firstly.
Other portrayals
- Abby Cadabby's Fairy Godmommy
- The Fairy Godmother from Hey Cinderella!
- Andrea Martin played the Fairy Godmother in Sesame Street Episode 4061
- The Fairy Godperson
- Fairy Godmonster, a persona of Grover to tell "The Cursed Prince"


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The blood vessels tend to be blocked by clotted blood. Dissolving these clots or stopping them from occurring in the first place is the primary objective in the treatment and prevention of strokes.
Consequently, the search for new and better therapies starts where the cause of the illness lies: with the blood coagulation that leads to the formation of clots. The Würzburg scientists were all the more astonished, then, when they made a discovery elsewhere - the T cells of the immune system also play a role in strokes. These are actually the cells responsible for combating pathogens.
What exactly did the researchers discover? Mice with no T cells due to a genetic defect suffer less severe strokes than their normal fellow mice. What is more, they develop fewer symptoms of neurological deficiencies, such as paralyses, after a stroke. This means that T cells have a negative effect on the progression of a stroke. This has been proven by the working groups of Guido Stoll, Christoph Kleinschnitz, and Heinz Wiendl from the university's Department of Neurology together with Bernhard Nieswandt from the Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine.
"The fact that T cells have such a damaging effect in the case of acute strokes came as a complete surprise to us," reports Christoph Kleinschnitz. The adverse effect can be traced back to two sub-groups of immune cells, the so-called CD4- and CD8-positive T helper cells. Further research is now needed to clarify how the T cells exercise their damaging effect.
The Würzburg researchers hope that their work will help improve stroke therapy for humans. If the findings can be transferred to people, it might be possible to devise new approaches by purposefully manipulating the T cells. It is conceivable, for example, that in the early stages of a stroke the harmful fraction of the T cells may be deactivated temporarily to thereby reduce the symptoms of deficiencies. "But further studies are needed before we reach that point," says neurologist Guido Stoll.
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Eyewitness Testifies on Benghazi Attacks
A high-ranking American diplomat's emotional testimony offers new details about the Benghazi embassy attacks. Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib joins The News Hub to recap the day's events. Photo: Getty Images.
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SIMULIA provides Design Engineers with powerful simulation capabilities and seamless integration into their CAD environment using the DesignSight and CATIA Analysis products. Guided workflows enable designers to evaluate nonlinear stress and thermal behavior during the design process.
SIMULIA DesignSight Structure Plus
DesignSight Structure Plus enables up-front realistic simulation of product assemblies under structural loading conditions.
DesignSight Structure Plus, a member of the DesignSight product family, extends DesignSight Structure to enable up-front, realistic simulation of the structural behavior of product assemblies. A seamless extension of the Version 6 product design experience, DesignSight Structure Plus represents another important step in enabling realistic simulation to be performed by designers and design engineers in the Version 6 environment. It incorporates proven Abaqus Multiphysics technology with unprecedented ease of use.
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Extends DesignSight Structure with assembly simulation capabilities and additional modeling tools without sacrificing ease of useEnables simulation on assemblies of multiple parts. When working with assemblies, DesignSight makes it easy to connect parts by automatically detecting surfaces that are touching and letting the user choose whether or not to bond the surfaces at the interface.
Stress and natural frequency simulationIn a structural simulation, as input the user defines loads and restraints at specific regions of the model, and as output DesignSight determines the model's response. Stress simulations generate valuable results output such as the deformed shape, the internal stresses, and permanent deformation of the model. These output quantities can help indicate whether or not a design will move too much or will be likely to break. Frequency simulations calculate the natural frequencies of the model and show the deformation pattern associated with each natural frequency. Natural frequency results provide additional information about where a design is stiff and where it is more flexible. For both methods the end goal is to improve design decisions through an understanding of how a design will respond under real-world conditions.
Simulates realistic behavior under structural loading conditionsThe user is provided with several fundamental load and restraint tools with which to create realistic simulation scenarios. Available structural loads are pressure, force, and torque, which can be applied to any surfaces in the model. Additionally, forces and torques can be offset from the surface and rotated to the desired orientation. Available restraints include a clamp and a grounded ball joint; the latter enables a surface to rotate freely while preventing translations.
Leverages proven Abaqus Multiphysics technologyAbaqus Multiphysics technology is used to provide solutions that even seasoned analysts can trust, because it is the same technology that they use. Using Abaqus Multiphysics also means that nonlinearity is handled naturally. When material properties include data defining how a material yields and hardens under large stresses, DesignSight automatically utilizes this information when solving. Likewise, when a structure experiences large motions and deformations, DesignSight automatically provides an accurate solution using nonlinear solution methods.
Automatically generates the right mesh with adaptive refinementUnderlying the simulation solution is a mesh of finite elements, and all analysts understand that the solution is only as good as the mesh. Meshing is often treated as an art form only to be handled by experienced meshing experts. DesignSight takes a different approach, utilizing Abaqus technology to remove uncertainty from the end user. DesignSight gives the user a choice between a reasonable solution as quickly as possible or a highly accurate solution using multiple passes of automatic mesh refinement.
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Biology is one of the largest majors at Fort Lewis College and, with the completion of the College's new, state-of-the-art biology wing, all students have access to the newest and most up-to-date laboratory facilities.
Many students studying biology do so in order to pursue a career in environmental or biomedical science. The Biology Department at Fort Lewis College can prepare you for many exciting careers in Biology or Biology related fields, such as Environmental Studies, Nursing or Medicine. We offer four Bachelor of Science degree options in biology: General Biology, Environmental Biology, Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Biology for Secondary Education.
Both government and industry have considerable demand for people trained in the biological sciences. Administrative and professional careers may be found in government services and within a variety of conservation and recreation agencies at both the state and federal levels. Laboratory and technical work is available within industries and with several government agencies. Some sales positions, especially with pharmaceutical companies, require a biology background. There is a considerable demand for secondary school teachers with certification in biology. Many positions for biologists require a graduate degree for which a liberal arts biology major is an excellent background.
Fort Lewis College also offers a newly accredited Public Health degree. The new public health degree will give these students, and other students looking to take advantage of a growing healthcare industry, a program more focused on preparing tomorrow's doctors, nurses, technicians, administrators and more.
If you are an alumnus, please check out our Biology alumni website, where we keep you updated on all the happenings in our department.
If you are a student, you will find links to successful undergraduate research projects completed by Fort Lewis College biology majors under Student Research.
Employment opportunities for undergraduates and graduates in the biological sciences can be found under Careers in Biology.


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Justinb1 brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 27 Designs von 7 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Knowledge Network Solutions
KNS is primarily let by Jon Beard and Lloyd Spruill who are world reknown education strategist. They have 35 consultants around the world that help provide KNS technology training and technology assessment and planning. KNS is considered to be the professional development arm of Adobe and HP. (we would like to highlight that) They also work with companies such as Dell, Fujitsu, Llenovo and many more.
School administrators, Education Technology Consultants
As you can see by visiting our old site we drastically need to improve (http://www.knowledgenetworksolutions.com) our online presence and revamp our site to be more modern. We like a clean look, bright modern colors that can make the page pop in the right places, ect. We need to use our existing logo that is attached because it is our brand. I would like to see various concepts for this page so I will leave it up to you to be creative, professional, engaging with your design. I will provide plenty of feedback. Looking forward to your work!
ALso, I would like to have a strong impression when people come to the site. I would like to see a graphic that shows teachers teaching in the classroom with students on the computer(s). On the home page I would also like to see you highlight our 3 core services:
-Instructional Technology Assessment and Planning
-Professional Development Content Creation and Delivery
-Grant Research and Writing
To learn more about those services visit our current site.
Somewhere on the homepage i would like to highlight "Create an Online Learning Community- click here to learn more" the click here to learn more will be much smaller.
I would like to see something involving FB and Tweeting. I know that is back end stuff but give me some space to work with it.
About Us, News, Connect, Services, Consultants, Education, Corporate.
THis site has some decent info on it but is pre historic. Please bring to life!
http://www.iste.org/welcome.aspx This is pretty clean and concise. I do like the login feature and would like a login feature similar to this on the homepage (use whatever colors mesh with your color theme)
It should have the ability to sign up, login, basically the same as shown on the site. You can place this where ever you think is obvious for a visitor to see and click on.
please just be creative. visually appealling, clean, professional. I would like to see what you come up with.