Someone Must Be Reading The Blog -- January 14, 2017

Over at "The Next Big Thing," I just posted a note about drones a few days ago:

Jobs: drones. Operators: law enforcement; weather channels; news agencies; logistics; marketing; advertising; tabloid; city planners; military; IRS, tax assessments; insurance adjusting (hail crop damage); farming.

Today a reader sent me this timely link: drone schools look to woo younger pilots for commercial jobs, from The Bismarck Tribune:

Leaders in the unmanned aircraft industry are trying to persuade young people who think drones are cool to consider flying them for a living.

Commercial pilots must obtain a Federal Aviation Administration drone license, and some companies that employ such pilots have started selling classes that help students prepare for the FAA test or just figure out whether they would be interested in such a career.

"I think a lot of people my age are interested in drones because it's cool technology that is really just starting to be available for everyone," said 17-year-old North Dakota high school student Ava Niemeier, who plans to attend new training being offered by a commercial drone company in her state. "There are a lot of kids at my school with smaller drones that they fly for fun."

Businesses use drones to take photos and video, for security and to conduct inspections or surveys, among other things. With the number of commercial drone operations outpacing the pool of certified drone pilots, experts say more training is needed to help young flyers operate the planes legally and safely.

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Reading The London Review Of Books

This was not a "staged" photograph. I had been in the living room when I went in to the bedroom to see if Sophia was taking a nap. She was not:

It should be noted that The London Review of Books, which she is reading, is more challenging to read than The New York Book Review which I generally prefer.