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Falcon Prince Inc. it's subsidiaries and assigns are not responsible for the reliability of the content contained herein or at these sites, nor for any adverse effects to any electronic device, its data and programs used to go to these sites, A Minnesota Minute A Minnesota Minute 5 Greater Twin City Locations Be All That You Can See )5(( (<( (;$0 YDOXH ZLWK SXUFKDVH RI )UDPH DQG /HQVHV 0XVW SUHVHQW DG 1RW YDOLG ZLWK RWKHU RIIHUV RU GLVFRXQWV ([SLUHV 5RJHUV : 6W 3DXO 1HZ %ULJKWRQ %XUQVYLOOH &HQWHU 'RZQWRZQ 6W 3DXO Exp:12/1/2011 It’s deer hunting season and there is always the mixed bag of feelings ranging from the hard core hunters to the hard core Bambi lovers. Either way, it is a part of our Minnesota life and a very essential one. Deer are pleasant and beautiful to look at to be sure, but you only have to hit a deer once or experience the devastation they can reek on your landscaping to appreciate the need to control the size of this incredibly productive species. In addition to controlling the deer population, the hunting season adds a very significant and dependable impact to our economy. There are 475,000 deer hunters in Minnesota supporting 5300 jobs and generating over $458 million dollars. Some may think it’s just sport but most hunters appreciate and many count on having venison as part of their yearly diet. Let’s look at them both. The Hunted White-tailed deer are the smallest members of the North American deer family with the adult female weighing about 145 pounds, and males 170 pounds - roughly the average weight of female and male humans. They are herbivores, leisurely grazing on most available plant foods and are primarily nocturnal or crepuscular browsing mainly at dawn and dusk with a wandering range of about one square mile. Deer are very difficult to spot because of the blending color of their coats. Adults have reddish-brown coats in summer which fade to a duller grayish-brown in winter. Male deer, called bucks, are easily recognizable in the summer and fall by their prominent set of antlers, which grow annually then fall off in the winter. Although previously depleted by unrestricted hunting in the United States, strict game-management measures have helped restore the deer population. Minnesota’s controlled deer population is about 1 million. Texas is No. 1 with 4.7 million. Female deer, called does, give birth to one to three young at a time. A deer’s three main concerns in life are to eat, reproduce, and not be eaten. The Hunter In total, more than 800,000 deer hunting licenses and permits (all types) were sold in 2010 with 98% sold to Minnesota residents. License options allow hunters to buy individual licenses for all the seasons and give hunters more choices in where and when they can hunt deer, and hunters can take as many as five deer in many parts of the state. The average hunter spends five days afield during firearms deer season but not everyone bags one. Last year only 38 percent of Minnesota firearm hunters successfully harvested a deer, with seventy percent of those typically occurring during the first three or four days of the season. Last year’s total deer harvest was just over 207,000 and about 47 percent were antlered bucks. Minnesota’s average harvest was 241,000 deer over the last five years. Wisconsin is No. 1 with an average harvest of almost 450,000. The largest typical whitetail buck ever taken in Minnesota had a Boone & Crockett score of 202 and weighed 500 lbs, shot by John Breen in 1918 near Funkley. The DNR Information Center remained open two hours later on the day before last year’s deer opener to answer more than 2,000 telephone inquiries, most of them related to the opener. With nearly a half-million hunters in the state, there are also the occasional hunter violations, some with very stiff penalties. The top 10 are: 1. License not in possession 2. Transporting uncased/loaded firearms 3. No license 4. 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It’s deer hunting season and there is always the mixed bag of feelings ranging from the hard core hunters to the hard coreBambi lovers. Either way, it is a part of our Minnesota life anda very essential one. Deer are pleasant and beautiful to look at tobe sure, but you only have to hit a deer once or experience thedevastation they can reek on your landscaping to appreciate theneed to control the size of this incredibly productive species.
In addition to controlling the deer population, the huntingseason adds a very significant and dependable impact to oureconomy. There are 475,000 deer hunters in Minnesota supporting5300 jobs and generating over $458 million dollars. Some may think it’s just sport but most hunters appreciate and many count on having venison as part of their yearly diet. Let’s look at them both.
The HuntedWhite-tailed deer are the smallest
members of the North American deer family with the adult female weighing about 145 pounds, and males 170 pounds - roughly the average weight of female and male humans. They are herbivores, leisurely grazing on most available plant foods and are primarily nocturnal or crepuscular browsing mainly at dawn and dusk with a wandering range of about one square mile.
Deer are very difficult to spot because of the blending colorof their coats. Adults have reddish-brown coats in summer whichfade to a duller grayish-brown in winter. Male deer, called bucks, are easily recognizable in the summer and fall by their prominentset of antlers, which grow annually then fall off in the winter.
Although previously depleted by unrestricted hunting in the United States, strict game-management measures have helpedrestore the deer population. Minnesota’s controlled deer populationis about 1 million. Texas is No. 1 with 4.7 million.
Female deer, called does, give birth to one to three young at a time. A deer’s three main concerns in life are to eat, reproduce, and not be eaten.
The HunterIn total, more than 800,000
deer hunting licenses and permits (all types) were sold in 2010 with 98% sold to Minnesota residents. License options allow hunters to buy individual licenses for all the seasons and give hunters more choices in where andwhen they can hunt deer, and hunters can take as many as five deerin many parts of the state.
The average hunter spends five days afield during firearmsdeer season but not everyone bags one. Last year only 38 percent of Minnesota firearm hunters successfully harvested a deer, withseventy percent of those typically occurring during the first three orfour days of the season. Last year’s total deer harvest was just over 207,000 and about 47 percent were antlered bucks. Minnesota’s average harvest was 241,000 deer over the last five years.Wisconsin is No. 1 with an average harvest of almost 450,000.
The largest typical whitetail buck ever taken in Minnesotahad a Boone & Crockett score of 202 and weighed 500 lbs, shot byJohn Breen in 1918 near Funkley.
The DNR Information Center remained open two hours later on the day before last year’s deer opener to answer more than2,000 telephone inquiries, most of them related to the opener.
With nearly a half-million hunters in the state, there are alsothe occasional hunter violations, some with very stiff penalties. The top 10 are:
1. License not in possession 2. Transporting uncased/loaded firearms 3. No license 4. Hunting over bait 5. Unplugged shotgun6. No red/blaze orange 7. Untagged deer 8. Failure to have HIP
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• Americans used to celebrate Armistice Day on November 11, commemorating the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. This was the time when a peace agreement was declared between the Allies and Germany, ending World War I, then called the Great War. It became a U.S. federal holiday in 1938. President Eisenhower offi cially changed the holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day in 1954. There are about 9.2 million veterans in the United States over age 65. About 1.9 million are under 35. • Veterans Day in Canada, Britain, France and Australia also memorializes their heroes on or near November 11. Canada calls it Remembrance Day, and the second Sunday of November in Britain is called Remembrance Sunday. • The third Thursday in November has been proclaimed the Great American Smokeout, when all smokers have been asked to make a plan to quit or at the least, abstain from smoking on that day. It’s the day the American Cancer Society reminds smokers that cigarette smoking is responsible for over 80 percent of all lung cancer deaths. Just 20 minutes after quitting, the heart rate and blood pressure drop. Twelve hours later, the blood’s carbon monoxide level drops to normal. One year after quitting, the excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a continuing smoker, and 10 years after quitting, the risk of dying from lung cancer is half that of a continuing smoker. • Musicians, singers and poets pay homage to their patron saint, St. Cecilia, on November 22. This Roman Christian martyr is said to have heard the music of heaven during her wedding ceremony and to have sung to God as she lay dying. The patroness of business and professional women is St. Hilda, who is honored on November 17. • Everyone seems to have a patron saint, including tavern owners, beggars and drunkards. This honor belongs to St. Martinmas, a noted philanthropist who supposedly hid in a barn to avoid being made a bishop. Because a honking goose gave away his location, many Europeans eat roast goose during the Feast of St. Martinmas on November 11. • Is matrimony on your mind? According to an old proverb, “Marry in September’s shine, your living will be rich and fi ne.” However, “If in October you do marry, love will come, but riches tarry.” Now, “If you wed in bleak November, only joys will come, remember.” • Thanks to Alfred Gerald Caplin we have Sadie Hawkins Day on November 15. Alfred was more commonly known as Al Capp, the creator of the “L’il Abner” comic strip. In 1937, Capp pictured November 15 as a day when the unmarried women of the fi ctional community of Dogpatch could aggressively go after the town’s available bachelors. Dogpatch’s Sadie Hawkins was dubbed “the homeliest gal in the hills,” waiting interminably for men to “come a-courtin’.” Her father,
a community leader, decreed the fi rst annual celebration in the comic strip, and it soon became a popular event across the country.• November 5 is celebrated in England as Guy Fawkes Day, commemorating the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to blow up Parliament and King James I along with it. The plot was an uprising of English Catholics, who believed they were being persecuted unjustly for practicing their religion. Thirty-six barrels of gunpowder were hidden in a cellar under the House of Lords and guarded by Fawkes. Thirteen conspirators devised the plot, and many were killed outright, while others were imprisoned or executed. Fawkes was sentenced to be hanged but jumped off the scaffold and broke his neck. While this doesn’t appear to have been a good idea, it saved him the agony of the drawing and quartering that was to follow the noose breaking his neck. Today, the English celebrate with fi reworks and bonfi res, with Guy Fawkes’ effi gy burned on the fi re. • The day after Thanksgiving has been nicknamed Black Friday in the United States and marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. If it’s one of retailers’ best days, why do they call it Black Friday? It earned this moniker as it is the day many retailers make a profi t and are “in the black.” “Buy Nothing Day” is the same day and is a day of protest by some against consumerism and overspending. A Canadian artist conceived the idea and initiated it in Vancouver in 1992. Festivities often include sit-ins with credit card cut-up ceremonies. Some areas use the day to hold a winter coat exchange for the less fortunate. • Don’t forget Sinkie Day on November 24. That’s the day set forth for recognition by The International Association of People Who Dine over the Kitchen Sink, those folks who think food tastes better eaten over the sink and that it makes less mess as well!
FAST FACTS OF NOVEMBER♦November comes from the Latin word root “novem”, which means nine. It was originally the 9th month in the Roman Calendar.♦The fl ower that represents November is the Chrysanthemum.♦On November 18th, 1963 Bell Telephone Company introduced to the public the push button phone.♦On November 22nd, 1957 Simon & Garfunkel performed on the “American Bandstand” Show as “Tom & Jerry”. Bet ya never knew that one?♦November 17th is National Take A Hike Day.♦World War I ended on the 11th day of the 11th month (November) at 11PM, in 1918.♦The birthstone for November is Topaz.♦Do you know which U S President was assassinated in November?
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Disappointed in your readingWhen you book a reading with a psychic it’s always good to prepare questions to ask. What’s not good is to pre-plan how you expect your reading to go.. You will always get the reading you’re supposed to have.
I did a reading recently on a client who was disappointed in what came through for her. It wasn’t what she was expecting. She kept telling me that she was expecting more. I continued to give her what was presented for her. Her disappointment got in the way of her understanding the reading.
This client had a list of questions, the fi rst one being, “Who’s coming through for me?” This was the fi rst of her disappointments. The ones coming through were her guides. They had information for her. What she wanted was specifi c people on the other side to come through.
Mediumship is not something we have a lot of control over. We can ask that people come through, but we can’t force the issue and we certainly can’t demand it. There are times when loved ones don’t come through. My experience has been that these are the times when we need to listen to the reading. Something important is about to be given to the client. If their loved ones come through, they will not hear the actual message being given to them.
Unfortunately, many people only want guidance to come via their long lost grandmother. Most of the time if Granny comes through, it will be to give you a message of love. Not to advise you on your latest date or your work situation.
Something else that tends to disappoint clients is discovering that their guide isn’t a deceased relative. It is rare for me to discover someones guide is a relative from this time. If all of your guides were the people you grew up loving and interacting with, who would be guiding you when they were here on earth with you?
The next time you book a reading, write your questions down and then listen to the answers you get. Try to not preordain how your reading should be and appreciate it for what it is.....words of advice and love from the other side.
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■ On Nov. 8, 1847, Bram Stoker, author of the horror novel “Dracula,” is born in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland. Stoker’s villainous, blood-sucking creation, the vampire Count Dracula, became a pop-culture icon and has been featured in hundreds of movies, books and plays.■ On Nov. 10, 1903, Mary Anderson receives patent No. 743,801 for her “window cleaning device for electric cars and other vehicles to remove snow, ice or sleet from the window.” Anderson tried to sell it to a Canadian manufacturing fi rm, but the company said the device had no practical value.■ On Nov. 11, 1921, three years after the end of World War I, the Tomb of
the Unknowns is dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia when an unknown American soldier is buried. A 2-inch layer of soil brought from France was placed below the coffi n so that the soldier might rest forever atop the earth on which he died.■ On Nov. 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses due to high winds. At the time, wind forces were not taken into consideration by engineers and designers. The remains of the bridge, at the bottom of Puget Sound, form one of the largest man-made reefs in the world.■ On Nov. 12, 1954, Ellis Island, the gateway to America, shuts it doors after processing more than 12 million immigrants since opening in 1892. First- and second-class passengers had easily passed through customs, but those in third class underwent medical inspections to ensure they didn’t have a contagious disease.■ On Nov. 13, 1982, the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. The long-awaited memorial was a simple V-shaped black-granite wall inscribed with the names of the 57,939 Americans who died in the confl ict, arranged in order of death, not rank, as was common in other memorials.■ On Nov. 17, 1421, a storm in the North Sea batters the European coastline. Over the next several days, approximately 10,000 people die in the resulting fl oods. Fatal fl oods struck in 1287, 1338, 1374, 1394 and 1396. After each, residents fi xed the dikes and moved right back in.■ On Nov. 15, 1867, the fi rst stock ticker is unveiled in New York City. The advent of the ticker revolutionized the stock market by making up-to-the-minute prices available to investors around the country. Prior to this, information from the New York Stock Exchange traveled by mail or messenger.■ On Nov. 20, 1923, the U.S. Patent
Offi ce grants Patent No. 1,475,074 to 46-year-old inventor and newspaperman Garrett Morgan for his three-position T-shape pole traffi c signal. By having a position other than just “Stop” and “Go,” it regulated crossing vehicles more safely than earlier signals had.■ On Nov. 19, 1969, Brazilian soccer great Pele scores his 1,000th professional goal. Under Pele’s leadership, Brazil won the World Cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970. During his career, Pele scored 1,282 goals in 1,363 games.■ On Nov. 18, 1978, People’s Temple leader Jim Jones leads hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at their commune in Guyana. Cult members who refused to take the cyanide-laced fruit-fl avored drink were forced to do so at gunpoint or shot. The death toll was 913, including a U.S. congressman who was investigating the commune.
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► Put the Finishing Touch on Caulk: Instead of using your fi ngertip to fi nish your caulking job, try using an ice cube, to which the caulk won’t stick.
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► Painless Plucking: Make plucking–or manscaping–less painful by fi rst rubbing an ice cube across your eyebrow line. The cold will act as a temporary anesthetic, making plucking a bit less painful. Rubbing the same cube over the plucked area after you’re done will also act as an anti-infl ammatory, preventing redness.
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OVERCOMING THE ODDS:SPECIAL OLYMPICSIn June 1963, Eunice Kennedy Shriver started a summer day camp at her home in Maryland. Different from most day camps, this one was for young people with intellectual disabilities.• Shriver wanted the young people to be able to explore their capabilities in sports and other physical activities. Camp Shriver was the predecessor of what is now known worldwide as the Special Olympics. Shriver’s commitment to individuals with challenges came from her love for sports and for her sister Rosemary, who in 1941, was institutionalized because of her disabilities. • The fi rst Special Olympic Games were held in Chicago on July 20, 1968. This was only seven weeks after the second of Shriver’s political brothers had been assassinated. Senator Robert Kennedy was shot after her other brother, President John F. Kennedy, had been shot and killed. The deaths of her brothers had major impact across America. The games that Shriver started in Chicago would also go on to have lasting effects, in a very different way, on the country and the world. • A small crowd of fewer than 100 people was seated in the 85,000-seat stadium in Chicago for the fi rst games, which had about 1,000 athletes from 26 states and Canada. • The oath that Shriver introduced at the fi rst games is still used today: “Let me win, but if I cannot win let me be brave in the attempt.”• Shriver predicted that “one million of the world’s intellectually challenged would someday compete athletically.” She saw that prediction
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As smartphone adoption rises and technology companies embrace the technology, QR Codes are becoming a mainstream portal to gather information and we are only just scratching the surface of how they will be used.