Christopher Parks here with more from the trenches for the Technology Marketing Center, this time on innovation, and the obvious antidote to technology for its own sake.
Yeah, I started an article on innovation with a quote by Rocky Balboa. It is not meant to be a tongue in cheek take on innovators or what innovation is all about, but a very harsh reality. Consider for a moment that Forbes reports that 90% of new startups fail. Fortune magazine declares that the number one reason is that "They make products no one wants." Combine this with the 5th and 6th reasons on the list "Pricing/Cost Issues" and "Poor product" and that represents 77% of the reason that 90% of businesses fail. I can hear the naysayers now claiming "But you are talking about startups, we have an established business that has strong distribution channels and brand loyalty." To you I can only say that this applies to anyone innovating and maybe even more so to you.
I have enjoyed the privilege of working for one of the pro audio industry leaders (QSC Audio, LLC) and played a significant role in developing products that have been the hands down winners in the retail product category. I have also worked as CEO of a small startup (Quilter Labs, LLC) and having lived on both sides of a strong channel or lack thereof I have seen the effects of innovation in all its beauty and relative ugliness. Innovation can be the most incredible boost to a company's revenue and bottom line for that matter, and it can also be so relentlessly pursued that it kills a company in a quest to make a product or solution that isn't really needed in the first place.
It is funny that every time I write an article for the Leader's blog I wind up writing it on the eve of some major development. This one will be no exception. I write this as we are about to launch an innovation for guitarists. Today we launch the Frontliner 2x8W. As I have mentioned previously, if there was ever a market that did not like innovation, it is the guitar amplifier market. You would think by now that we had learned our lesson and would give up attempting to innovate, but here we are again. Although this time we did a few things a little differently.
"...and I don´t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently, if you let it. You, me or nobody, is gonna hit as hard as life. But ain't about how hard you hit... It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward... how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That´s how winning is done. "
Here at Quilter Labs, our early attempts at innovating product were diffuse, and scattered. Although we did in fact have nearly 60 innovations, we missed the mark at some of the more important expected requirements of our product. It is not uncommon to find me reminding everyone, "We are in a fashion market." Our early product, although incredibly useful, had an appearance that did not necessarily win over a very conservative market rooted in tradition. We may have tried to hard to be different and that different was not necessarily winning people in droves. They either loved it or hated it. There weren't many customers in the middle of the road. We tried a one two combination by following our initial release with a more classic looking amplifier but even that did not change the game for us. I remember the feeling of lying on my side over one Christmas break wondering what on earth I had done with my career and my life. I felt like everything we tried just couldn't achieve traction either with dealers or customers.
But this tale is more than just a tale of woe. As I mentioned, previously I worked at QSC Audio as a part of QSC's strategy team. QSC was looking to enter into an adjacent market. One where they had a competitive advantage with which they should be able to make some serious hay. Powered loudspeakers! Putting power amplifiers right into a speaker was an enormous advantage to QSC who already possessed the lion's share of the power amplifier market. But QSC had faltered a few times entering into the loudspeaker market. They had developed a few product lines in adjacent market segments that just failed to be the serious advantage QSC needed to be considered a serious contender.
QSC sought help in the form of a consulting team. (Pay attention here. Failing to get help is one of the reasons that businesses fail.) As a major resource on QSC's side, I was point leader to build a team to fly around the US and get in the faces of dealers to identify what the expected requirements were, and to understand how they measured success. We talked to installers, retail dealers, DJs, and end users. We got something rare in our attempt to innovate in a market hotly contested by competitors earlier to the party: we got clarity on what early entrants had done wrong and what our opportunity might be. This clarity focused engineering and helped marketing create a winning pitch. The results? To this day QSC's K Series is the number one selling product in the retail pro audio speaker space.
The QSC-K-Series identified what the table stakes were. Learning to quantify how they measured success were not just "nice lessons" but they became the battle cry as we stood up to take our punches.
"Now, if you know what you worth, go out and get what you worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits. And not pointing fingers saying: You ain´t what you wanna be because of him or her or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain´t you! You´re better than that!"
Having spent some time growing our business here at Quilter Labs, we realized that innovation does not lie truly in the hands of our own cleverness. Far from it. It is reliant on the people who use the products, the people who sell them, and perhaps more importantly their loyal support as they help us to establish the metrics that they use to measure success at their gigs, at their stores, on their spreadsheets, and ultimately in their lives. We were privileged to be surrounded by a great many serious professional users who were happy to share with us their problems and how they tried to overcome them.
Ideas came flooding in, but one in particular stuck. It initiated with a conversation with one of our artists who shared his woes at having recently flown overseas having paid $150 to heft his bulky guitar head. On the return trip they asked for $300 to ship it. $300 of course is exactly how much he had made on the whole tour! Of course they would be happy to take care of it if he left it there at the gate. But this was an irreplaceable vintage guitar head. Not gonna happen! So he went home broke, but whole. He pleaded with me to find a solution for a "daily driver" that he could take to Europe in his gig bag. More importantly we took the time to perform a full assessment of customer needs, clearly identifying the expected, augmented, and differentiated.
So now more than ever we continue to reach out to them employing the voice of the customer techniques we learned when at QSC Audio. Just recently we hosted a rather surprisingly large "sit in" at our laboratory where we invited our trusted friends and those whom we consider to be our trusted advisers to come to the shop and see what we have been working towards. They showed up and spent some time working closely with us, reviewing the products, talking about how they use them in the real world and more importantly shared where we were missing the mark. It is powerful. Speculation is gone. Questions on what and how to innovate have clear and powerful answers. Our team is on-board together.
It doesn't matter whether you are innovating in a startup or a well established company make your customers the forefront of what you do. Make them your obsession. Study them, work with them, put them at the heart of what you do. The reasons for innovation will become clear quickly thereafter and for goodness sake don't innovate for the sake of innovation, do it for clear and concise reasons you have discussed in depth with your customer!


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The calls keep on coming in. Again and again. It's continuous and we can't say no. All of the other rescues around the area are full and we also know that AWL also has closed one of its branches to cats.
Every hour I am getting a call. Our vet bills are mounting by the day but it breaks my heart to say NO. It's too difficult emotionally knowing that the other option is them being put to sleep. So, we keep on taking and finding foster carers to step in. That's actually been the easy part. The hard part is that most of these cats and kittens are in the worst condition imaginable.
The ones with ringworm, bacterial infections, cat flu, cleft lips, manx syndrome, leg deformities - the ones that cost medication, surgeries and spend time in care - the ones that are harder to rehome - the ones that would suffer and die if we didn't step up.
Like Toothless, abandoned on the street or Harry who was left behind when the owner went into care. Unfortunately most of the time they have been let down by their previous owners, not always out of neglect but they need to go to the vets and we need to foot the bill.
The situation is tough at the moment. I won't lie. We have the foster carers who are willing to bottle feed and stay up into the wee hours of the morning helping us, but the vet bills are out of control. I need to let you know that. I need help tonight. Our committee needs help. We urgently need to get these vet bills down to continue to keep our promise to our poor kittens and cats. To keep on saving them.
So tonight, as Easter approaches this week, I'm asking you all to do something magical. To donate just $5, the cost of a chocolate coated Easter Egg to help us save more kittens and cats and bring our vet bills which are in the tens of thousands down. We've set ourselves a target of $20,000 and I am counting on you to help us. It will be the best thing you do before Easter, I promise.
Sorry it isn t much, but I hope it helps with your great cause.
Love your tireless work CAF. Thank you for helping so many kitties even when so many rescues are full to capacity.
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Krzyż Jerzego () został nadany wyspie Malcie przez króla Jerzego VI w liście do gubernatora wyspy, generała porucznika sir Williama Dobbie, "aby dać świadectwo bohaterstwa i oddania jej ludu" podczas oblężenia, które przeszli na początku II wojny światowej. Włochy i Niemcy oblegały Maltę, wówczas brytyjską kolonię, od roku 1940 do 1942. Krzyż Jerzego został włączony do flagi Malty począwszy od roku 1943 i pozostaje na obecnej wersji flagi.

Tło historyczne

W latach 1940–1942 włoskie i niemieckie bombowce atakowały wyspy maltańskie, bronione przez Royal Air Force i Royal Navy. Zdobycie wysp było kluczowym zadaniem sił Osi, bez czego traciły one kontrolę nad sytuacją w Afryce. Niemieckie samoloty bombardowały wyspę przez całą dobę, próbując zneutralizować brytyjskie bazy na Malcie, ponieważ stale udaremniały one ich morskie próby zaopatrzenia kampanii północnoafrykańskiej Rommela. Położenie geograficzne Malty między Włochami a Afryką Północną, a także podzielenie przez nią basenu Morza Śródziemnego na wschód i zachód czyniło z Malty bardzo ważny strategicznie punkt. Brytyjskie samoloty bazujące na Malcie mogły dotrzeć do Trypolisu w Libii na południu, Tunezji na zachodzie i niemieckich baz we Włoszech na północy; na Pantellerię, Sycylię, a nawet sięgnąć do portu w Neapolu.

Mieszkańcy wysp na równi z brytyjskimi żołnierzami dzielnie stawiali czoła przeciwnikowi, lecz szybko odczuli brak dostaw. W tym czasie zasoby wojskowe i racje żywnościowe na Malcie były praktycznie wyczerpane. Paliwo wykorzystywano jedynie do działań wojskowych i było ono mocno racjonowane, ludność była na skraju głodu, a nawet amunicja była na wyczerpaniu do tego stopnia, że działa przeciwlotnicze mogły wystrzelić tylko kilka pocisków dziennie.

Planowana przez Włochów inwazją w lipcu 1941 roku nie powiodła się, gdy obrońcy wybrzeża wykryli jednostki torpedowe włoskich sił specjalnych Decima MAS. W marcu 1942 roku niemiecki feldmarszałek Albert Kesselring zarządził ostateczny szturm w celu zneutralizowania wyspy. Ten atak znów się nie powiódł. 15 kwietnia 1942 roku król Jerzy VI przyznał mieszkańcom Malty George Cross w uznaniu ich bohaterstwa.

Włoskie pancerniki z Regia Marina górowały siłą ognia nad Brytyjczykami, ale Royal Navy nie została zdeklasowana. Niemieckie siły powietrzne miały lepsze samoloty, dopóki Spitfire nie zostały ostatecznie wysłane na Maltę. Również w tym czasie niemieccy i włoscy stratedzy planowali Operację Herkules – morską i powietrzną inwazję na wyspy maltańskie, nieustannie odkładaną, aż w końcu te ostatnie otrzymały niezbędne paliwo, żywność i amunicję. 15 sierpnia 1942 roku (w święto Wniebowzięcia Matki Bożej) statki Royal Navy i Królewskiej Marynarki Handlowej w konwoju Santa Marija w końcu zawinęły do Grand Harbour w Valletcie.

Krzyż Jerzego

Krzyż Jerzego został ustanowiony przez króla Jerzego VI 24 września 1940 roku zastępując . Jest to cywilny odpowiednik Krzyża Wiktorii. Chociaż jest przeznaczony głównie dla ludności cywilnej, jest przyznawany także pewnym służbom bojowym, jednak ograniczonym do działań, za które normalnie nie przyznaje się odznaczeń czysto wojskowych Medal ten przyznawany jest wyłącznie za akty największego bohaterstwa lub najbardziej rzucającą się w oczy odwagę w warunkach skrajnego zagrożenia.

Odznaczenie Malty

Jednym z zaledwie trzech zbiorowych nadań George Cross było odznaczenie nim Malty. Krzyż ten przyznał król Jerzy VI odręcznie napisanym listem:

(W tłumaczeniu: Gubernator / Malta / Aby uhonorować jej dzielnych ludzi, przyznaję Krzyż Jerzego dla wyspy–fortecy Malty, aby dać świadectwo heroizmu i oddania, które długo będą sławne w historii. / Jerzy / 15 kwietnia 1942)

Gubernator sir William Dobbie odpowiedział:

(W tłumaczeniu: Z Bożą pomocą Malta nie osłabnie, ale przetrwa aż do zwycięstwa.)

Oficjalna ceremonia przekazania w owym czasie została uznana za zbyt niebezpieczną z powodu wciąż trwających nalotów. Jednak z chwilą spadku ich częstości i po przybyciu Santa Marija Convoy ustalono datę uroczystości na 13 września 1942 roku. W dniu tym, na zrujnowanym Palace Square w Valletcie nowy gubernator lord Gort przekazał George Cross mieszkańcom Malty w osobie naczelnego sędziego Malty sir George'a Borga.

George Cross został następnie wysłany do każdej możliwej części wyspy, aby Maltańczycy mogli zobaczyć nagrodę.

Dzisiaj

Flaga Malty zawiera George Cross w lewym górnym rogu (na białym tle) .

Po corocznym, aż do 1971 roku eksponowaniu na Palace Square w Valletcie oryginalny Krzyż Jerzego oraz królewski list wystawiane są dziś w Narodowym Muzeum Wojny (National War Museum) w forcie Saint Elmo w Valletcie.

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Oryginalna kronika British Paté z 1942 r. "Malta Receives Its George Cross" (Malta otrzymuje Krzyż Jerzego)

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The COVID cases still increase in these 80 countries.
By Jonathan Edwards on November 14, 2020 Health & Wellness
New cases of coronavirus were reported in 80 countries including the United States and dozens of countries in Europe, Asia and Africa on Friday, according to data from Reuters.
"The [case]counts are based on the best information available to Reuters at any given time. The total infections and deaths for each country include both confirmed and probable infections and deaths, where available. If probable infections and deaths are not reported by a country, we use only confirmed infections and deaths," Reuters said.
The case data was obtained from official websites of state, federal, county, district, territory, and health departments and from other verified sources such as press conferences, press releases and social media posts by government officials, Reuters explained.
The United States was reported to have the world's highest seven-day average of new cases per day (59,902 average new cases), followed by India (57,121), France (25,480), Brazil (22,558) and the United Kingdom (19,229), which ranked among the top five countries in the ranking of countries with the most new cases per day on average.
The seven-day average number of new cases reported daily has increased in the United States, France and the United Kingdom over the past two weeks, while the number has decreased over the same period in India, which, according to Reuters, ranks in the top five countries with the most new cases per day.
On Friday, 50 countries, including the U.S., were "still near the peak of their infection curve," based on a comparison of the country's latest seven-day average of new cases per day with the peak, the worst stage of the outbreak in a given country.
"The percentage of this peak that a country currently reports gives us a better idea of how far it is from containing the spread of the virus compared to the worst days of its outbreak," Reuters said.
Currently, the seven-day average in the United States is 89 percent of the number reported at its peak, according to Reuters.
"Of the 100 most recently reported infections worldwide, more than 26 were reported from countries in Asia and the Middle East. The region reports one million new infections approximately every 10 days and has reported more than 12,806,000 since the beginning of the pandemic," Reuters said.
Countries where the number of COVID 19 cases continues to rise
(as of October 23, according to Reuters data)
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Asia and the Middle East
Latin America, Caribbean and Oceania
The novel coronavirus has infected more than 41.7 million people worldwide since its first report in Wuhan, China. More than 1.1 million people worldwide have died as a result of the infection, while according to Johns Hopkins University, more than 28.3 million had recovered by Thursday.
The following graph, provided by Statista, shows countries with the highest number of COVID 19 cases.
The graph below, also provided by Statista, illustrates a comparison of COVID-19 cases in the United States and the European Union (EU).
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Well I'm going to make this short and sweet for tonight, I had a late evening and am pretty tired.
I will give you a heads up and tell you that if you read the title of the blog I can save you some trouble and just tell you that pretty much sums it up, but if your bored then by all means read on.
As everyone know's its Friday! Yeh, one week of school down a lot more to go.
So after school I headed over to get my glasses fixed with new lenses, it had been three years since I got new glasses and I had never got them upgraded, so I couldn't really see too well out of them due to my eyes getting worse, but I'm happy to say that I can use my glasses again.
Once that was done which took forever, I met up with Rick for a recovery ride.
While we were riding I found a cool little park that was secluded from the public due to where the park was located, it had a really cool pathway that in the winter will be so much fun taking my cyclocross bike through.
When I finished up I headed over to my Grandpas for an evening of watching movies and dinner. It was good fun and nice to relax for once on a Friday night.
Tomorrow should be even better since I will be one more day closer to my race!


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A glitch in the 100,000 yen payout scheme; what about the homeless?
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For some time now residents of Japan have been patiently awaiting the arrival of the 100,000 yen handouts from the Japanese government. To many people, this support scheme is so much more than just money – it is a lifeline.
But for one city in western Japan, the homeless and those without a bank account were initially excluded from the system, which ultimately led to a situation where the most vulnerable (whom the system was designed to support) were denied access to much needed support.
Plans for a blanket payout scheme was announced in April by the government. Initially the government was going to hand out 300,000 yen to certain eligible households, but following wide criticism this was scrapped and replaced by the national scheme, whereby all residents (foreign and international) registered in Japan will be able to receive the money. This scheme also enables access for the homeless and impoverished, as long as they are registered as a citizen in any municipality.
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Despite the clear message that the package is meant for every individual in Japan, it seems that Kochi City (Shikoku) didn't quite get the same memo as everywhere else, at first denying the payout to those without bank accounts.
Following the announcement of the scheme in April, the city was quick to set up a special counter for the deprived, allowing early access to the money. However, in a misleading manner, there was no space on the application form for receiving the money in any other way other than a bank account. And as any foreigner living in Japan will know, opening a bank account is no easy gig – you need paperwork, identification forms, a permanent address and someone to vouch for you.
According to Kyodo News, local authorities from the area explained the decision to exclude impoverished people from the scheme was that "such people are members of anti-social organizations such as organised crime syndicates".
This stereotyping stems from 2008, when handlers of a 12,000 yen package (meant for all residents as part of support from the government during the global financial crisis), concluded that the majority of people without a bank account were members of antisocial and organised crime groups and were not in need of money.
The mayor of Kochi city, Seiya Okazaki denies the accusation, stating in a message on the city page that although handlers of the 2008 payout had found that some people without bank accounts had been anti-social group members, this did not mean that the city was excluding the impoverished from the current handout system. Okazaki then reports that at least 6 people have received the 100,000 yen via cash in person.
Whether the payment of 6 people sans a bank account is an achievement is questionable. It is unlikely that the city has only 6 residents without an account, and it can be assumed that more people will need to receive the handout via cash payment.
Deliberate mistake or human error, hopefully the city will be able to make amends and ensure that all residents, with a roof over their head or not, receive the support package they are entitled to.
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The Comeback Bird
A review by Patricia Paladines and Carl Safina
Ospreys: The Revival of a Global Raptor by Alan Poole
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019
220 pages, hardcover
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When it comes to us and Ospreys, it's deep and personal. Around 1970, a neighbor took an adolescent Carl to a secret fishing spot on an eastern Long Island pond. He saw a huge stick nest, and from what he'd been reading he knew some things: it was an Osprey nest, abandoned, and Ospreys were nearly extinct. DDT and other pesticides, "elixirs of death" in Rachel Carson's words, had wreaked their havoc. And they were all still very much in use. Carl couldn't believe he'd just missed the existence of birds who could make a nest like that. To him, for him, what future could there be? All seemed lost.
But the worst of those pesticides were banned in the early 1970s and we watched Ospreys begin a long, slow, gathering recovery. The two of us didn't meet until the mid-1990s when we both worked at a nature sanctuary. We got to know each other by taking walks to the bay, where we'd look for—Ospreys. Nowadays, married, in March we usually take a special morning to seek out the first Osprey sighting of the year. And we usually have a bit of a contest about who'll get the first glimpse. Ospreys have been, and remain, a big part of each of our lives and remain a touchstone of our life together. Patricia will always carry the memory of walking to get her Bachelor's diploma at an outdoor graduation ceremony and having a vocalizing Osprey circling the proceedings, adding propitious uplift to a triumphal moment.
So we were delighted by the publication of Alan Poole's deeply informed and superbly produced, Ospreys: The Revival of a Global Raptor. Poole tells the story of seeing his first Osprey when he was around 7 or 8 years old. One morning in the 1950s, shortly after dawn, Poole and his father had launched their canoe into a lake in the northeastern United States headed to a trout stream on the other side. Nearing their destination, he writes, "I barely noticed a large dark bird flying slowly along the shoreline as we approached, hovering at treetop level and moving on, then hovering again, long legs dangling. Suddenly the bird folded its wings and plunged, feet stretched forward, talons wide. The lake surface erupted in a shower of spray. Instantly I was awake and riveted. A few seconds later the long dark wings reached high, slowly lifting the bird from the water, a flash of struggling silver in its grip." Many of us who are passionate Osprey groupies can relate to that riveting first thrill of watching a "Fish Hawk" catch a meal.
This is Poole's second book on Ospreys. The first, Ospreys: A Natural and Unnatural History, was published in 1989, after a nearly exterminated North American population had begun to rebound from the incautious use of aforementioned pesticides in the years following World War II. Poole admits getting quizzical looks from friends and colleagues who asked why was he bothering to write a new book on the same subject; wasn't he bored with the species by now? How anyone might be bored with Ospreys eludes us, but thankfully Poole persisted with the task.
The resulting book can only deepen one's passion as it enriches our amazement over how uniquely special these birds of prey really are. Within the pages of Ospreys: Revival of a Global Raptor, Poole shares the Osprey story that has emerged from three further decades of observations, research, and conservation efforts; one much more complex than what we understood in the 1980s.
Beautifully illustrated with stunning photographs and informative maps, the book takes us on a world tour of the current Osprey landscapes and global movements. "One hundred years ago we had only vague ideas of where our [migrating] Ospreys were headed," writes Poole. "Even fifty years ago the picture was dim." In the early days, metal leg bands that were reported, usually after a bird was found dead, had given researchers only a rough sketch of where the migrating Ospreys went in winter and the routes they took. Today the use of GPS transmitters strapped to the back of birds allows us to follow "Ospreys on the wing—hour-to-hour, sometimes minute-by-minute details that no one could have imagined before the invention of computer chips." It has been a game changer from the times when researchers relied mainly on information collected from metal leg bands that were placed on young Ospreys before they fledged. Poole writes that "decades of data from band returns, together with the more recent flow of information from individuals tagged with satellite transmitters, have given us a clearer picture of Osprey migration patterns than is available for nearly any other bird on the planet. The broad patterns are now well established: about 90% of the world's Ospreys are migrants, all coming out of the Northern Hemisphere breeding populations." Winter in the northern latitudes finds most of these birds either in West Africa (western European nesters), or the northern half of South America (eastern North American nesters), with Mexico and other Central American countries hosting many of the migrants from western North America.
Satellite technology that came into use in the 1990s has illuminated the extraordinary annual migrations undertaken by tens of thousands of the North American and European birds to and from their tropical and subtropical wintering grounds. A cadre of dedicated researchers and "citizen scientists" have contributed enormous amounts of data that expands our knowledge of the Osprey's life history. The global estimate of breeding Osprey pairs is now around 50,000, and an additional 25,000 to 30,000 unpaired birds, either too young to breed or unable to find a nest or mate, complete the estimated total world population. But the security of these numbers is tenuous, Poole says. "Eliminate the Ospreys of Sweden and the eastern half of North America…and you've lost about 70% of the world population."
Poole complements his engaging modern-day narrative on Ospreys with various mini-biographical vignettes on individuals from around the world who have dedicated much of their lives to helping broaden the Osprey literature and implement conservation efforts. Among these Osprey devotees is Pertti Saurola, a legend in the world of Osprey research, who began observing Finland's Ospreys systematically in the 1970s and now with a crew of more than 100 people monitors the country's 1,300 Osprey nests. Rob Bierregaard is another vignette entry. He coined the term "Age of Silicon" in reference to the silicon chips that power computer devices, including the transmitters that Ospreys wear and the satellites that help track them.
Flavio Monti, a young Italian researcher based at the universities of Montpellier in France and Ferrara in Italy is also included in a vignette. His research takes an integrative approach for the understanding and conservation of Ospreys, with a focus on the Mediterranean population. By running DNA analyses from nearly 225 Ospreys (mostly from museum specimens but also some live birds) Monti shed light on the evolution of the species from its earliest origins in North America, some time before twelve to thirteen million years ago when a bird very much like the Osprey we see today was already widespread on the continent. His collaborative work relating to the Mediterranean Osprey has shown for the first time that the Mediterranean Osprey population does migrate, with some moving locally while others travel as far as West Africa. In mainland Italy Ospreys were wiped out in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century by shooting and nest robbing. But in the 1970s when many governments around the world expanded the circle of compassion beyond humanity, Ospreys gained protection in Italy. Monti led a successful effort to reestablish populations in Tuscany where Ospreys are now nesting for the first time in forty-five years.
Although the threats Ospreys faced in the last century have been significantly reduced, Poole says that Ospreys are not safe from all threats, and fish farms seem to be the most dangerous places for them today. One solution is to cover fish ponds with nets, but many of the smaller farms in Latin America and the Caribbean, where the birds seem to be most vulnerable, may not be able to afford to go that route. "Shotgun shells are cheaper than nets," Poole explains. In other parts of the world, such as many Mediterranean countries, Ospreys continue to be shot for sport as they have been for generations. A significant cultural shift in the region may soon alleviate this threat as more young people, especially in Italy, France and Spain are expressing an increased reverence for wildlife and embarking on careers in wildlife sciences.
Alan Poole's Ospreys: The Revival of a Global Raptor reengages us with a bird that very likely "greeted the first humans as they began to walk upright across the plains of Africa one to two million years ago, and later as our ancestors emigrated north in small bands into Europe and Asia and finally into North America fifteen to twenty millennia ago. No doubt Osprey nests would have dotted the landscapes around our ancestors' camps in those northern regions, and people and Ospreys very likely hunted the same fertile waters… It's a good bet that in early human societies Ospreys were part of nighttime conversations around campfires, woven into myth and culture, much as Ospreys enter the lives and conversations of people who live around them today." This book is loaded with fascinating material to keep that age-old conversation going and deepen the passion of Osprey enthusiasts like ourselves who have been known to shed tears at the first sighting of a Fish Hawk in springtime.
There's plenty to be concerned about nowadays. But one of the great solaces of our life is the resilience and recovery of these great birds, personally witnessed by so many of us and so uniquely well chronicled by Alan Poole. Ospreys are now much more abundant than we ever thought we'd see. For that, we are ever-thankful. On Long Island where we live, the sound and sight of them is common, and so very reassuring. Ospreys inspire us about what can happen, when all seems lost.
Patricia has over 20 years of experience working with conservation-oriented non-profits including the National Audubon Society, Cornell Cooperative Extension and Centre ValBio in Madagascar (with offices at Stony Brook University). Patricia applies her academic background in biology, anthropology and psychology toward engaging diverse audiences in the appreciation of the natural world. As a native Spanish speaker, she has developed programs for English Language Learners on Long Island, and after meeting a deaf child in Madagascar, is currently working on an environmental education project for the Deaf community. Patricia shares her love of the natural world through photography, writing and volunteering time to local organizations that work toward protecting the environment including the Four Harbors Audubon Society chapter. Patricia currently works as an administrative consultant to Sunshine Comes First, a foundation that supports entrepreneurship projects in Madagascar and other developing countries.
Carl Safina's most recent book is Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel. He has authored numerous books on ocean life, including Song for the Blue Ocean and Eye of the Albatross, and his writing has also appeared in The New York Times, Audubon, Orion, and other periodicals and on the Web at National Geographic News and Views, Huffington Post, and CNN.com. Carl's work has been recognized with MacArthur, Pew, and Guggenheim Fellowships, and his writing has won Orion, Lannan, and National Academies literary awards and the John Burroughs, James Beard, and George Rabb medals. He holds the Endowed Chair for Nature and Humanity at Stony Brook University and is founder of the not-for-profit Safina Center. He lives on Long Island, New York, with his wife Patricia, the two best beach-running dogs in the world, a new puppy, some chickens, a parrot, and Frankie the kingsnake.
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Our IKES Firebirds are 100 days smarter!! Check out our Kindergarten students and teachers who aged overnight!
The Superintendent of Schools will make an announcement by Jan. 31 as to whether classes will be held during the last three days of February Break.
As you know, schools are scheduled to be closed on Monday, Feb. 18, and Tuesday, Feb. 19 for student holidays. The CCSD school calendar designates Wednesday, Feb. 20, through Friday, Feb. 22, as possible school holidays or inclement weather make-up days.
The Cherokee County School District will host its annual job fair on March 2 for hiring new teachers, bus drivers and school nutrition workers!
The Cherokee County School District presents an annual Agency Information Fair for parents, grandparents, teachers and caregivers to learn more about services in the community for children with special needs. This year's free event is on March 21. Please see the flier posted online here for more info, as well as this list of participating organizations.
Students from Indian Knoll Elementary School competed in the Piedmont Regional Technology Competition on December 15. Participating students created a technology-based project in categories such as 3D modeling, digital game design, and robotics. Of the 32 Indian Knoll students who competed, 23 of them earned first, second, or third place. Our 12 first place winners will represent Cherokee County at the Georgia Student Technology Competition in Macon on March 19.
Sequoyah High School Principal Mr. Robert Van Alstyne is meeting with all middle and elementary feeder schools and building relationships throughout the Sequoyah Innovation Zone. Along with student leaders, he is sharing his vision for goal setting and a focus on earning a high school diploma. This week, he met with Indian Knoll fifth graders who are the class of 2026 and recognized four students for their outstanding character and academic achievements. Anjali Gavalas, Riley O'Neil, Lila Jacobs and Asher Bennett were given "honor" stoles to inspire them to continue to dream big.
Our mighty Firebirds performed for Principals and District Administrators today under the direction of Music Teacher Julie Bryant and assistant director Barbara Haley. What a great way to start the holiday season. They did a wonderful job and proudly represented IKES today.
Third grade teacher, Dr. Mandy Latimer was named the Indian Knoll Employee of the Month for November. She is a teacher leader who takes on many additional duties and responsibilities for her team, the school, and the district. Dr. Latimer serves as the EXP tutoring administrator and represents IKES in the CCSD Teacher Leader Academy. She redelivers math curriculum information to the staff, schedules field trips for the third-grade team, and leads the Hospitality Committee. Mandy also supports the community and serves as a liaison for Bees Knees food delivery. Most importantly, she is a nurturing and dedicated teacher who provides rigorous and meaningful instruction to her students every day! We appreciate Dr. Latimer and congratulate her as she represents IKES this month.
2018 IKES Holiday Shop is coming the first week in December! Students love the annual tradition of picking small gifts for friends and love ones. Look for more information from your child's teacher on the date/time their class will shop. If you have the capacity, we are always seeking volunteers to work in the holiday shop helping students select gifts. Please register to volunteer at 2018 IKES Holiday Shop Volunteer sign-up.
Mrs. Rein's class collected the most plastic bags at Indian Knoll for the plastic bag competition! Way to go Mrs. Rein's class!
Congratulations to Indian Knoll Elementary School kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Whitney Tippens. Mrs. Tippens is named our October Employee of the Month due to her conscientious efforts to provide exemplary instruction to her students. She works with our kindergarten students and meets every child's need on a daily basis. Mrs. Tippens is extremely organized, and provides a warm environment for her students. The IKES PTA and partner in education, TPG at Keller Williams provided her with a gift certificate and other goodies at the last faculty meeting. We celebrate Ms. Tippens this month and all year long for the wonderful job she does.
The Cherokee County School District and Georgia Bureau of Investigation next week will co-host a summit on youth suicide prevention.
The Cherokee County Youth Suicide Prevention Summit, which is open to the public, is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 5, at the Cherokee County Conference Center at 1130 Bluffs Parkway, Canton 30114.
The Transition Academy helps young adults with cognitive disabilities make a smooth transition into the community after they exit the school system.
The Cherokee County School District next week will host a PTA-sponsored program for parents on drug addiction and prevention with guest speakers including Cherokee Sheriff Frank Reynolds.
The Cherokee County School District is celebrating National School Lunch Week next week with special entrees!
The National School Lunch Program serves 30 million children every day, and this year's celebration theme, "Lots 2 Love," encourages students and school nutrition professionals to share what they love most about school lunch.
Thank you CCEF for bringing the Waffle House food truck to Indian Knoll! It was delicious and so much fun!
Express Gateway update portal, the online system for parents to change phone, email or important information for students, is now available.
CCSD is participating in Georgia's Farm to School month celebration with special menu items including a Kickin' it with Kale salad on Wednesday!
The fresh kale, cranberry and apple salad will be available throughout CCSD cafeterias as a side choice at lunch on Wednesday, with students encouraged to try kale, a vegetable that may be new to them.
IKES Fundraiser is October 1st to the 16th! Packets were sent home Monday, October 1st and are due October 16th!
Our September IKES Employee of the Month is Early Intervention Program (EIP) teacher, Mrs. Terri Harris. She is a teacher leader who takes initiative and always goes "above and beyond" for our IKES students. Terri works in a variety of classrooms and is very productive. Mrs. Harris is student focused and prides herself in creating engaging and hands-on activities for her students. In addition to outstanding and meaningful instruction, Terri leads the school math committee. She develops and implements many incentives for student success. Mrs. Harris was awarded a gift from the IKES PTA and a Woodstock Downtown Gift Certificate from business partner Keller Williams-TPG. We value Mrs. Harris and are excited to celebrate her commitment to IKES this month. Congratulations!
Kindergarten community helpers marched through the hallways of IKES! Check out these future leaders!
The Cherokee County School District's graduation rate has reached a new high, with 87.4% of the Class of 2018 earning a diploma within four years of entering high school.
Fourth graders are playing instruments from treble staff notation and learning how to read music!
Everyone knows we have the BEST Media Specialist in Georgia; after all, she IS the Georgia Media Specialist of the Year! Check out what is happening in the Media Center!
Third grade students practiced using Destiny Discover (our online library catalog) to search for books and then used the call number to locate the books on the shelf. Students demonstrated that they found the books by taking "shelfies" and uploading them to the Seesaw app! Our third graders can use the media center independently now!
Kim Brown is the Indian Knoll Employee of the Month for August! Mrs. Brown leads our Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) program and has worked very hard with the Spark Committee to kick off the new year. She assisted with new school signage, organized the first student assembly, and was instrumental with ordering and distribution of all the students' house t-shirts. The IKES PTA and TPG Keller Williams sponsors this monthly award and provided Kim with a $20.00 gift certificate to downtown Woodstock and other treats. We appreciate her willingness to always go the extra mile, her dedication to the school, and the leadership she demonstrates.
Indian Knoll Elementary School first grader Kaden Cook was surprised by his father on September 4th, 2018 when he arrived unexpectedly in his classroom. Army Sergeant Eric Cook is on his second tour of duty in Iraq and was granted a brief leave before he returns to finish out his last nine months in Iraq. Kaden's mother Jessica Hill and father Sgt. Eric Cook joined him for lunch at the school. Kaden was ecstatic to see his father and to be able to eat lunch with him. Indian Knoll is a school community that is known for their commitment to honor the military and veterans throughout the year. We thank Sergeant Cook for his bravery and service to our country today and throughout the year!
Applications for free and reduced-price meals must be completed every school year under Federal guidelines. If your student was approved for free of reduced-price meals last school year, the approval has been extended for the first 30 operating days of the school year. Previous year meal benefits will expire on Sept. 12, 2018 unless a new application is received.
Congratulations to this year's Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Patti Nations! Mrs. Nations teaches kindergarten at IKES, and she is an impeccable eductor!
CCSD's Office of Safety & Security, in collaboration with Cherokee County Office of Fire & Emergency Services and Woodstock Fire Department, is sponsoring a districtwide fire safety contest for students!
Students can enjoy donuts and juice with their grandparents! Lifetouch will also be here for pictures.
Indian Knoll has the best art teacher around, Mrs. Norton! Check out our Firebird Artists!
Here are our hours of operation.
Thursday, September 6: teacher preview 2:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Friday, September 7: open 7:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Monday, September 10: open 7:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Tuesday, September 11: open 8:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Wednesday, September 12: open 8:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Thursday, September 13: open 8:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Friday, September 14: open 8:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
Our book fair will need lots of volunteers to be a success! Please contact our media specialist Jennifer Lewis at jennifer.lewis@cherokee.k12.ga.us if you are interested in helping.
Indian Knoll Elementary School students had a great summer at the Sequoyah Regional Library System! With school support and encouragement, 33 IKES children participated in reading this summer through "Libraries Rock!" Summer Reading Program 2018!
Our IKES students have been so enthusiastic, and have really enjoyed being at the library this summer. We are very proud of these super Firebird readers and have acknowledged their achievement on the morning news and with a small goodie bag.
IKES Media Specialist Jennifer Lewis and Principal Kim Cerasoli are excited to promote the Sequoyah Summer Reading Program and look forward to a continued partnership!
The Spirit Rock is a great way to send a message for all to see! Paint the Spirit Rock to celebrate birthdays, recognize achievements or offer well wishes and words of support!
If you are interested in volunteering here at IKES, please see guidelines and complete required paperwork.
Exhilarating describes our first Friday at IKES as each class learned what bird house they will represent for the 18-19 school year! Students will be earning points for their house by displaying positive behavior and following our schoolwide positive behavior matrix. All students will receive a t-shirt displaying his/her birdhouse.
Today, we found silver linings in our rain clouds.
No one wants to hear a forecast for rain on the first day of school. It soaks those new school clothes and backpacks, but, of greater importance, it also makes the morning traffic more challenging and dangerous.
Our teachers and leaders carried on, many getting drenched as they greeted car riders in the process, but remaining enthusiastic and welcoming. And you carried on, too, and we appreciate the patience and kindness you showed, especially as buses were slowed by the rain and car rider lines grew long.
We need your help in spreading an important message as our students head back to school: #SafeCherokee Please check out this brief video - http://bit.ly/CCSDSafeCherokee - featuring Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower and Cherokee Sheriff Frank Reynolds, and a united force of our community's law enforcement and public safety officers and first-responders.
CCSD School Nutrition staff are ready to welcome students to the cafeteria and help them understand how the cafeteria line and cashier process works!
You can view the brief video here: http://bit.ly/CCSDcafeteria The video also features useful information for parents.
Meet one of IKES incredible teachers, Micha Guice!
For the fourth consecutive year, Cherokee County School District students exceeded State averages on the Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade and End-of-Course tests! CCSD has exceeded State averages every year since the tests that measure mastery of Georgia Performance Standards began.
How many students are expected in CCSD schools this school year?
How many new teachers will be in the classrooms?
Who is my new Principal?
Find the answers to these questions and many more in the 2018-19 First Day Facts publication, which shares new information about the upcoming school year.
The Cherokee County School District today launches its Back-to-School Gateway, an online system designed to reduce paper waste and wasting parents' valuable time!
The Back-to-School Gateway is a paperless, online registration system for students already enrolled in CCSD schools that replaces the dreaded stack of "first-day forms" with a quick digital check and update of students' existing contact and emergency notification information in CCSD's records system.
The Cherokee County School District is expanding to all schools its system that allows parents to track their child's school bus on a smart phone or computer!
The Transportation Department began testing the Versatrans My Stop system last school year, and after a successful pilot, the system will be available to all CCSD parents beginning July 30 – just in time for the first day of school on Aug. 1.
The Cherokee County School District will begin offering students and parents a closer look at school cafeteria menus this school year with the new MealViewer To Go app and website.
The system, which launches today, not only lists what's on the breakfast and lunch menu each day, but includes photos and nutritional information. The menu for the first day of school is available now through MealViewer, with more menus, photos and nutritional information being added daily in preparation for the start of school.
The Cherokee County School District is adding an expanded system for reporting safety concerns!
The SafeSchools Alert system will allow students, parents, school staff and everyone in the community to anonymously report safety concerns by text, email, online message or phone call. This system will replace the previous anonymous tip hotline.
Class schedules/teacher assignments will be available at each school's scheduled open house/walk-through event. These events are July 26-31.
CCSD school nurses and Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services trained more than 300 school employees on how to stop severe bleeding in a victim.
Field Day Week: May 7th-11th!


On Tuesday January 2 we will return to our regularly scheduled hours. The above schedule is so limited because we must keep the same calendar as our landlord, Trinity Cathedral. Don't get me wrong, time off is a good thing. I just hope we're not forgotten as we close our doors for so many days in a short time span. Of course, that's up to you, the blog reader/customer. So, feel free to visit us as 2006 draws to a close and be sure to visit us early and often in 2007!


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Kimotsuki Kaneoki
肝付兼興
Kimotsuki Clan
Bushō
Ōsumi Province
Lifespan: Meiō 1 (1492) to 4/5 of Tenbun 2 (1533)
Rank: bushō
Title: Governor of Kawachi, Assistant Vice Minister of the Military
Clan: Kimotsuki
Bakufu: Muromachi
Father: Kimotsuki Kanehisa
Siblings: Kaneoki, Kanechika, Ei Kanehiro
Wife: [Formal] Adopted daughter of Shimazu Tadatomo (natural daughter of Shimazu Hisamichi)
Children: Kanetsugu, daughter (formal wife of Irikiin Shigetsugu), daughter (formal wife of Shimazu Takahisa)
Kimotsuki Kaneoki served as a bushō during the Sengoku period. He was the fifteenth head of the Kimotsuki clan and served as the lord of Kōyama Castle in Ōsumi Province. He had the common name of Matahachirō.
In 1492, Kaneoki was born as the son of Kimotsuki Kanehisa, the fourteenth head of the Kimotsuki clan. In 1523, after the death of his father, Kanehisa, Kaneoki inherited the headship of the clan.
Kaneoki established through political marriages an alliance with the Shimazu clan of Satsuma Province but, in 1524, Kaneoki recaptured Kushira Castle (which had been the base of the Kitahara clan in Ōsumi) from a father-in-law named Shimazu Tadatomo of the Hōshū, a cadet family of the Shimazu. Thereafter, he moved his base to Kōyama Castle and, amidst ongoing disputes with the Shimazu clan, endeavored to expand his base of power.
In 1533, Kaneoki died at the age of forty-two. After his death, a succession struggle erupted between his son, Kimotsuki Kanetsugu, and Kaneoki's younger brother (Kimotsuki Kanechika). Kanetsugu prevailed and became the successor.


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We salute you: Saina Nehwal lauds Hyderabad Police for encounter
By Rajan Nath -- December 06, 2019 11:34 am
Hyderabad Horror: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal on Friday lauded Hyderabad Police for killing all the four accused in rape and murder of a veterinarian in Telangana. She said in a tweet: "Great work Hyderabad police. We salute you ?."
https://twitter.com/NSaina/status/1202806523837087744?s=20
Also, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said, "When a criminal tries to escape, police are left with no other option, it can be said that justice has been done." Meanwhile, Cyberabad Police Commissioner, V C Sajjanar, said that "The accused Mohammed Arif, Naveen, Shiva and Chennakeshavulu were killed in a Police encounter at Chatanpally, Shadnagar today in the wee hours, between 3 am and 6am. I have reached the spot and further details will be revealed."
DCP Shamshabad Prakash Reddy briefed media that "Cyberabad Police had brought the accused persons to the crime spot for re-construction of the sequence of events. The accused snatched weapon and fired on Police. In self defence the police fired back, in which the accused were killed."
https://www.ptcnews.tv/hyderabad-horror-people-celebrate-and-cheer-for-police-at-the-encounter-site-en/
Asha Devi, Nirbhaya's mother also said that "I am extremely happy with this punishment. Police has done a great job and I demand that no action should be taken against the police personnel." Father of the woman veterinarian felt really happy. He said that "It has been 10 days to the day my daughter died. I express my gratitude towards the police and govt for this. My daughter's soul must be at peace now."
Hyderabad police


Law School Admission Test (LSAT 2017) is a worldwide level entrance test which is managed by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), USA. This exam is a perfect gateway for the students, seeking for admission in law courses offered by the universities of foreign countries like United States, Canada, etc. Here in this article, we are providing information related to LSAT India 2017. LSAT exam held once in a year in India. Through this examination, an Indian candidate may get the Law admission in foreign national universities. Candidates can check updates for LSAT 2017 notification, registration schedule, exam dates, eligibility, exam pattern, etc.
The LSAT 2017 Registration will be done via online process through the official website of LSAC. Except online mode, no any other mode will be entertained to fill the application form. LSAT India 2017 registration has been started from 14th September 2016 to 3rd May 2017. In case paying through offline mode, the pay order/banker's cheque must be drawn in the favor of Pearson India Education Services Private Limited payable at New Delhi or NOIDA.
Candidates should prepare for the exam as per to the syllabus. Solve earlier years question papers and sample papers it will get you familiarize with the exam pattern and question weightage. Try to solve previous years question paper in the given limited time. Make a time-table and prepare accordingly. Choose the best preparation books for exam preparation. To get deep knowledge about LSAT pattern and deeper level of preparation, there's no better alternative than "THE OFFICIAL LSAT—India HANDBOOK". Students can practice LSAT official tests by clicking the link given above.
Before preparing for exam, candidates should gather all the information about the syllabus and prepare according to syllabus. The questions will be asked from these topics such as Analytical Reasoning, Logical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension. The Reading Comprehension section will measure the ability to read, with understanding and insight, examples of lengthy and complex materials. The analytic reasoning will measure the ability to understand a structure of relationships and to draw logical conclusions of that structure. The logical reasoning will judge the ability to analyze, critically evaluate, and complete arguments.
The LSAT Admit Card 2017 can be downloaded from May 8 – 20, 2017. Candidates can download the admit card through the official site of LSAC. The admit card will contain exam details such as test date, reporting time, reporting address, candidate's registration number and test center instructions and procedures. Candidates are required to paste a latest passport size photograph on the given space. Candidates have to bring the admit card along with the Government-Issued Photo Identification (original) at the examination center. If applicant does not have any ID proof then he/she can bring either School Identity Card (photo) or Tenth Pass Certificate/Mark Sheet( that has Date of Birth on it) along with the admit card.
The LSAT 2017 Result will be declared on 20th June 2017. The result will be available on candidate's registration login. To check the result, students need to login using their login credentials. The score card will be available for downloading only for two months after the declaration of result. Thereafter, request of score card will not be entertained. The exam conducting authority will not send the score card via post or e-mail. Candidates are advised to keep the result safe till the admission procedure.
After receiving the score card, candidates can report to the college or institution where candidates seeking for admission. Approx 60 law institutions in India consider LSAT score for admission. For admission candidates have to follow the admission rules and regulation of that particular university or institution where candidate is looking for admission.


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How to Tap Into Private Lands for Public Hunting
by Frank Miniter - Friday, June 17, 2016
Back in 2002, I was asked to come on an upland bird road trip to see something that could stop the decline of hunting. I thought, sounds far-fetched, but upland road trip, I'm in.
Before I knew it there I was in South Dakota with pheasants flushing all around me. When I asked for clarification that this was not a public land hunt, I was told, "No, this is private land the public has access to. All you have to do is sign in. Your license fees pay for this access."
A biologist with the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks said, "We went to private landowners and negotiated with them one at a time. We've enrolled 900,000 acres for the 90,000 nonresident sportsmen who visit us each season. Funding for this program comes from a surcharge on hunting licenses."
We then crossed into Montana and found that the road from Ekalaka, Mont., to the Ringling Ranch (the next stop on our quest to see what could save hunting) doesn't have a name. We were simply told to take the road out of town that goes east. So we used a compass. It led us to the back of the high school, behind a snowy field surrounded by a hundred fans cheering on a game of six-on-six football, to a rutted dirt road that meandered east. Fifteen miles out into a rolling grassland, we saw the sign-up box for a property enrolled in Montana's Block Management Program. All a sportsman has to do is jot his name on the sheet in the box and he's free to use the land. The state even gives out maps to all the private lands they've enrolled in the program. As landowners get paid according to the number of people who use their property, they have a financial incentive to maintain healthy game populations.
Each contract is worked out individually. For example, if a farmer trying to control his deer herd wants to participate, he can have the contract state that only does may be harvested.
That day Paul Ringling, a member of the famous circus family, took us to a sharptail covey. We dropped in below the birds, and several hours later we had game bags full of sharptails on a property anyone can hunt.
Since that time, "walk-in" or "private-land-access" programs designed for hunters have taken off. Also, thanks to NRA for its lobbying efforts and to the resources it provides to champion hunter access, a provision of the U.S. Farm Bill called the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program—or "Open Fields" for short—has provided money to states so they can begin new programs to open yet more private lands to hunters. In fact, NRA's Susan Recce, director of NRA-ILA's Conservation, Wildlife and Natural Resources Division, has been so instrumental that she was recognized by Outdoor Life in January with Outdoor Life's 2016 Open Country Award.
"Finding a place to hunt can be a significant challenge for hunters in today's world," Recce explains. "The Open Fields program creates a winning partnership for hunters and land owners because hunters gain access to private land for hunting—and families receive additional farm income. An added benefit of Open Fields is the support that rural economies receive from the money hunters spend. And, it opens the door for new ways to experience our country's rich hunting and wildlife heritage."
Of course, not having a place to hunt has long been cited as a central reason many leave the sport. Fortunately for American hunters, these programs have been solving this problem for more than a decade now. The Agriculture Act of 2014 (H.R. 2642 and S. S.954) again included funds for "Open Fields" through 2018. The bill's Conservation chapter authorizes $40 million in grants to states so they can continue working with private landowners to create access for hunters.
The "Open Fields" program helped to open more than 3 million acres of private land to hunting. Montana's Block Management Program and North Dakota's PLOTS Program are two early success stories. Other states have since developed great programs. These include Kansas (a state with little public land), Colorado, Idaho, Washington State, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming. Also, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa and Minnesota now have private-land-access programs designed to give people more places to hunt and to thereby manage wildlife.
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Make patterns using Easter Eggs or Legos.
Using this image as the example, create a flower and mountain art piece made of construction paper. Have the child cut out the basic shapes (sun - circle, mountain - triangles) and glue onto a piece of paper. Add flowers with a fingerprint and then draw stems and leaves.
- Hide Easter Eggs filled with pieces of paper with numbers and letters on them. Once the eggs are found, have your child name the number or letter's name and sound. When all are found, have your child put numbers or letters in sequential order.
Fingerpaint various letters, numbers, and shapes.