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Our Ruling The chain email said that Obama is the first president to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102 a year at taxpayer expense. The claim stitches together a few pieces of accurate information a way that makes them inaccurate. A dog trainer, -Stasiewicz, has been associated with but she was used briefly and was never paid by the administration. Meanwhile, was Obama who earned $102, but to the extent that dog handling took any of his time, it was a small fraction of his total duties, and dog handler certainly wasn't his title. We rate this claim Pants on Fire. I understand that submitting information gives consent for Animal Behavior College to provide me with information and discount promotional marketing materials via phone, fax, email, text chat or other automated technology. I also understand that I am able to opt-out from communications at any time. I waive all no-call-registry choices and acknowledge that consent does not require me to purchase. Do you love dogs? 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Institutional approval is subject to continual review and the institution must reapply for approval every five years. With thousands of newly-hatched 17-year cicadas blanketing the Eastern U.S., residents would be forgiven for not noticing a less conspicuous absence: birds. Bird surveys have repeatedly shown a mysterious trend of a population downtick areas of cicada emergence. It's the exact opposite of what might be expected-crows, blue jays and cardinals are among the species affected, and they feed on insects. And it's fascinated ornithologist Koenig for years. The birds are just not coming there to eat them, says Koenig, a senior scientist at the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology. Why aren't the birds taking advantage of the cicadas? The fact that there not be birds around seems like a good explanation. Now, this spring is the first time he's been able to measure his theories against a real-life emergence. The Cicada Explosion. The emergence of millions of cicadas at the exact same time 13- and 17-year cycles across the East Coast and Midwest is one of the natural wonders of the world-although people consider the sudden presence of millions of huge, red-eyed insects a horror rather than a wonder. Brood