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<div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" style="">All:</font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">Mike Arduser is starting a project to expand the Discoverlife Guides to the following states</font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">Minnesota</font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">Iowa</font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">Missouri</font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">Arkansas</font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">Louisiana</font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">First step is uploading state lists to the existing guides.</font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">We have done that upgrade for the state of Missouri....but only for those species that are already in the guides (the vast majority of Missouri are indeed already in the guides).</font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">So, what you are missing if you are identifying bees in Missouri are the species of bees that exist in the state but are not found in the existing guides. Thus the guides are now usable for Missouri, except for some rare prairie species that just sneak into the state as well as a few undescribed species. Those will be added later.</font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">Mike is working on state lists for the remaining states and when they are entered we will let you know.</font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">After all state lists are added, Mike will start working on adding the new species, adding new guide characters and states to better differentiate these new species form the old ones, and other general tweaking.</font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">Please pass this on to those who would be interested.</font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">sam</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><div><font color="#000000">To the Evening Star: Central Minnesota</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Under the water tower at the edge of town</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">A huge Airedale ponders a long ripple</font></div><div><font color="#000000">In the grass fields beyond.</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Miles off, a whole grove silently</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Flies up into the darkness.</font></div><div><font color="#000000">One light comes on in the sky,</font></div><div><font color="#000000">One lamp on the prairie.</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Beautiful daylight of the body, your hands carry seashells.</font></div><div><font color="#000000">West of this wide plain,</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Animals wilder than ours</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Come down from the green mountains in the darkness.</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Now they can see you, they know</font></div><div><font color="#000000">The open meadows are safe. </font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"> - James Wright</font></div></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><font color="#000000"><br clear="all"></font><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><font color="#000000">-- <br></font><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><i><b><font color="#000000">Why Did you Mow My Flowers? </font></b></i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i><b><font color="#000000">- Bee</font></b></i></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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