The Pleasures of Sharing Information

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Any teacher happens to hear:
“Sure, I did the exercises, but my dog ate them”.
Statistically, any dog is fed by paper and ink every other day. Dogs do not eat French exercises and essays only. They also like Maths. They devour English. They nibble at Geography. They chew History. They savour Physics. They bite hundreds of chemical formulas. Take into account that not only one child lives with each dog. The devilish beast wolfs down the whole family’s exercise books. I wonder if some dogs have got several stomachs, like the cows. Are there vets who specialize in curing these dogs? I bet they are rich.

Whatever the excuse, even true, I had decided that to be accepted, it had to be funny, sensible and new. Pupils could try their luck and explained why they were not able to give me their exercises in time. The speech had to be longer than 2 minutes and shorter than 5.

If the excuse was not convincing enough, the speaker got nothing. But if it was well championed, I extended the time limit.

Even shy pupils tried to avoid to get nothing (parents tend to be very inquisitive when their kid comes back with the worst possible mark on their report card!) and the self-confident often worked on their excuses more than on their “official” presentations.

From the first try: “Sure, Madame, I did my exercises, but my hen ate them” to real novels about essays forgotten in space ships, I have heard dozens of stories.

After the speech, the audience were allowed to ask questions. They became good at detecting incoherences and at recognizing quotations. Quicker than I had thought, they were able to pull apart a false argument and to propose theirs to prove it was false.

I obtained greater work and think-tank than if I had entitled the same exercise: “Let’s study argumentation.”

Gabrielle Guichard
is a French teacher who helps you to learn French online.

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Article intro:
In the 1970’s, the Cormorant was nearly wiped out from existence when its habitat was loaded with toxic chemicals. With very little control with the use of toxic chemicals in that decade. The wildlife environment was being contaminated. The bald eagle was also nearly wiped out from eating contaminated food (fish) during this period.

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Cormorant Overabundance in Wisconsin
by Kevin Doberstein
Copyright Protected 2005

What is a Cormorant?

The double-crested cormorant is just a bit more than two feet long on average with a wingspan of about four feet. Its color is dark brown to black feathers and has a long hooked bill. The males and females look quite similar. They are a migrating traveler from the Alaskan coast to Mexico. It loves to eat fish. It tends to live in a freshwater habitat.

In the 1970’s, it was nearly wiped out from existence when its habitat was loaded with toxic chemicals. With very little control with the use of toxic chemicals in that decade. The wildlife environment was being contaminated. The bald eagle was also nearly wiped out from eating contaminated food (fish) during this period.

Finally people started to realize the fact that dumping these chemicals in mother earth was not a good idea. Now we have to work to clean father sky from acid rain.

Rebounding Cormorant.

In the early 1970’s, there were about 130 remaining. Since then the cormorant population exploded to nearly 40,000 pairs!

With the huge increase of the cormorant, fishing sportsmen are saying they are excessively eating the game fish in the Green Bay, Wisconsin area waters. Particularly the Yellow Perch. Environmentalists claim that invasive zebra muzzles and white perch are also taking a toll on Yellow Perch. Also the increase of game fish like walleye is consuming their share. Because the cormorant are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, a federal permit had to be obtained in 2004 to try to control the birds in the Green Bay area waters. A total of 436 cormorants were killed in 2004. They all had fish in them from eating according to the officials. (What were they expecting from a fish eating bird, apples or oranges?)

Wisconsin legislature moves into action.

Because of the request of the sportsmen, Bill 486 was created. This bill reads as follows, “the management of double-crested cormorants and granting rule-making authority.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to, in cooperative with federal agencies, administer a program to control and manage double-crested cormorants. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior has issued an order that applies to many states, including Wisconsin, which authorizes the states to control and manage double-crested cormorants that are causing damage to fish, plants, wildlife, and their habitats. This bill requires DNR to administer the program in a manner that complies with federal order.”

The hooligans. Flying around and eating fish.

Some of the effects of too many cormorants are:

 Destroying trees and vegetation.

 Pushing other birds out.

 Eating to many game fish.

Some of the benefits of the cormorants are:

 They are an indicator when a habitat area is healthy.

 They can help keep the fish population in balance.

 They can be enjoyable to watch.

The Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation want the state to take action to avoid lawlessness actions.

About the Author:
Kevin Doberstein enjoys wildlife and nature while hiking in the Wisconsin great outdoors. He is also the owner of Nature Boy Natural Images. This web site displays outdoor wildlife and nature photography. He also has the Wisconsin Outdoor Recreation Blog. The Wisconsin Outdoor Recreation and Wildlife Blog is for promoting and protecting nature and wildlife resources in the state of Wisconsin.

About the Author

Kevin Doberstein enjoys wildlife and nature while hiking in the Wisconsin great outdoors. He is also the owner of Nature Boy Natural Images. http://www.cafepress.com/nature_images. This web site displays outdoor wildlife and nature photography. The Wisconsin Outdoor Recreation and Wildlife Blog is for promoting and protecting nature and wildlife resources in the state of Wisconsin.

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