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pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=3D <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org= /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xht= ml"><head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "/> =20 <style type=3D"text/css">v\:* {} o\:* {} w\:* {} .shape {} <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family: Calibri; } @font-face {font-family: Tahoma; } /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:= 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New= Roman","serif"; color: black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { color: blue; text-decoration: underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: purple; text-decoration: = underline;} p { margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12.0pt; font-= family: "Times New Roman","serif";} p.msochpdefault, li.msochpdefault, div.msochpdefault { margin-right: 0= cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman= ","serif";} span.emailstyle17 { font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: #1F497D= ;} span.EmailStyle21 { font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: #1F497D= ;} .MsoChpDefault { font-size: 10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 { margin: 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {} --></style> =20 </head><body style=3D""> =20 <div> He reminds me of a teacher we once had John. </div>=20 <div> A very learned scientist who always wore a bow tie but his </div>=20 <div> research are still in vogue today. He worked on the importance of </div>=20 <div> fiber in the diet.  Much ahead of its time. </div>=20 <div> He used to say If your observations do not agree with conventional wisdo= m </div>=20 <div> Believe your findings! </div>=20 <div> Have a nice summer day </div>=20 <div> Paul </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-co= lor: blue; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; position: rela= tive;" type=3D"cite"> <!-- [if !mso]> --> <!-- <![endif] --> <!-- [if gte mso 9]> --> <!-- <![endif] --> <!-- [if gte mso 9]> --> <!-- <![endif] -->On August 8, 2015 at 9:41 AM John and Nhung <nhung= john@eastlink.ca> wrote: <br/> <br/>=20 <div class=3D"WordSection1">=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '= ;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">An excellent argument= for the importance of citizen science.</span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '= ;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '= ;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">On the positive side,= the academic folks get it a lot better now than they did back in the =E2= =80=9850=E2=80=99s and =E2=80=9860=E2=80=99s, when my father, a Port Techni= cian for Fisheries Research Board, would come home furious from annual work= shops.  He would go in with loads of real world observations, which he= was eager to share.  All too often, they got dismissed because they d= id not fit in with conventional =E2=80=9Cwisdom.=E2=80=9D </span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '= ;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '= ;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Some things DO improv= e over time!</span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: #1f497d; font-family: '= ;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>=20 <div>=20 <div style=3D"border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid non= e none; border-color: #b5c4df currentColor currentColor; padding: 3pt 0cm 0= cm; border-image: none;">=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><strong><span style=3D"color: windowtext; font= -family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">From:</sp= an></strong><span style=3D"color: windowtext; font-family: 'Tahoma'= ,'sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [ma= ilto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>rita.paul= @ns.sympatico.ca<br/><strong>Sent:</strong> August 8, 2015 8:26 AM<br/><str= ong>To:</strong> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br/><strong>Subject:</strong> RE: = [NatureNS] House Sparrows</span></p>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: windowtext;">The demise o= f the small farms John. </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: windowtext;">No more smal= l herds of cattle and a few work horses. </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: windowtext;">Them and swa= llows  were always around the cattle. The swallows </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: windowtext;">went to a wa= rm spot in the winter, the sparrows went in the barn </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: windowtext;">with the cat= tle  to stay alive in the cold days, Most farmers liked </span></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: windowtext;">them in the = winter - not so much in the summers when they took over swallow nests. </sp= an></p>=20 </div>=20 <div>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color: windowtext;">Not many of = th