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High-speed laser writing method could pack 500 terabytes of data into CD-sized glass disc
Tags: storage, technology, lasers, laser writing, data, formats
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/932605
November 8, 2021 (edited November 8, 2021 )
Every once in a while I hear of a crazy experimental storage media like this and get really excited. And than I never hear about it ever again. That's a shame.
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Same with batteries, usually because there's some massive deal breaker floating under the surface of the impressive claims. And there it is! Ouch. Really feel for the person tasked to make 230kb/s...
Same with batteries, usually because there's some massive deal breaker floating under the surface of the impressive claims.
The new approach can write at speeds of 1,000,000 voxels per second, which is equivalent to recording about 230 kilobytes of data (more than 100 pages of text) per second.
And there it is! Ouch. Really feel for the person tasked to make 230kb/s sound impressive. It would take 68 years to fill that 500tb disc at those speeds, interestingly almost exactly a 32-bit Unix epoch.
Same with cancer treatments, quantum computing, and nuclear fusion. Although honestly I do understand why that is, being a combination of hyperbolic click-hungry science journalism and the natural...
Same with cancer treatments, quantum computing, and nuclear fusion.
Although honestly I do understand why that is, being a combination of hyperbolic click-hungry science journalism and the natural development processes requiring years or decades of further testing, incremental steps, etc.
Yup. The sad thing is that the perpetually overhyped news articles overshadow the real progress being made in those fields, and the perpetual disappointment and unrealistically high expectations...
Yup. The sad thing is that the perpetually overhyped news articles overshadow the real progress being made in those fields, and the perpetual disappointment and unrealistically high expectations hurts enthusiasm and possibly funding.
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They later say that it could be upgraded to write 500TB in 60 days. That would be pretty rad, especially if the form factor isn't too unwieldy and read speeds are decent. This could render backup...
They later say that it could be upgraded to write 500TB in 60 days. That would be pretty rad, especially if the form factor isn't too unwieldy and read speeds are decent. This could render backup services effectively obsolete.
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If my maths are correct, that's about 96.5 megabytes per second. Slow compared to modern hard drives, but with 500 TB of storage space you wouldn't catch me complaining.
They later say that it could be upgraded to write 500TB in 60 days
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Juan O. CHAVES v. H.C. JOHNSON, Jr.
*98 H. Glenn Goodpasture, Fredericksburg (Claude Rackley, Jr., Fredericksburg, on brief), for appellant.
Leland L. Baker, Jr., Fredericksburg, for appellee.
This is an action for damages based upon theories of defamation and tortious interference with contract rights. The jury awarded damages to the plaintiff on both theories. The trial court set the verdict aside and entered judgment for the defendant. We granted the plaintiff an appeal.
Juan O. Chaves is a licensed architect practicing in the Fredericksburg area. In September 1978, after soliciting bids from architects, the City of Fredericksburg awarded him a contract for architectural services. The contract provided that Chaves would make a study of the City's governmental space needs, would review the availability of existing properties to meet those needs, and would render complete architectural services with respect to additional construction work desired by the City. His fee was to be $3500 for the space study and 10% of construction costs for new construction. The contract was not specific as to the new construction desired, but at the time of its execution the *99 City contemplated the renovation and conversion of an existing Post Office Building on Princess Anne Street into a new City Hall. Chaves was directed to develop a schematic design and a cost estimate for the project.
Chaves' cost estimate, submitted in April 1979, was for $723,720, plus his fee of $72,372, plus an allowance of $100,000 for furniture. The City Council members had contemplated spending less than $275,000 on the project. Chaves informed the City Council, "This is what you tell me you need. It's going to cost way in excess of what you want. Please tell me what to do." The Public Works Committee decided the cost of renovating the Post Office was too high and asked Chaves to investigate alternatives. He did a study of a potential new City Hall to be built on Caroline Street. Chaves submitted a plan for that project in June 1979.
It was important to me to let City Council know that I felt it was a reflection on me, and a reflection on my professional ability, and a reflection on my professional standing in the community, that it became public knowledge that they had by-passed me, they have not considered my proposal, they have hired somebody who does not have the experience that I have had; and at the same time, pay him fifty percent more. Now, that's got to tell somebody something.
Johnson hand delivered a copy of this letter to each council member, accompanied by a copy of his fee schedule and a list of his professional qualifications.
A week following the receipt of Johnson's letter, the Public Works Committee, consisting of five councilmen, held a closed executive session and thereafter, in a public meeting, voted to recommend that City Council terminate Chaves' contract. The seconder of the motion stated that he was voting to terminate the contract because "it had been pointed out to him" that Chaves' fees were "excessive" and his experience "not sufficient." Two weeks later, at a formal meeting, the City Council voted to *101 accept the committee's recommendation and terminate Chaves' contract. No reason was stated for the Council's action.
After Chaves' termination, the City Council solicited new bids for architectural services. Johnson's bid was accepted, although lower bids were received.
Chaves filed a motion for judgment against Johnson in two counts. The first claimed $59,597 in actual damages and $30,000 in consequential damages on a theory of tortious interference with his contract rights. The second count claimed the same amount of actual damages and $30,000 in "consequential and punitive damages" on a theory of defamation. By a consent order, the claim for actual damages was increased to $107,145 under both counts.
At trial, eight of the eleven City Council members testified. Each denied that he had been influenced by Johnson's letter in deciding to vote to terminate Chaves' contract. Several councilmen cited specific areas of dissatisfaction with Chaves' schematic design. One councilman testified that he had decided as early as April 1979 that Chaves should be replaced and had discussed the matter with other councilmen. He also admitted that he had gone to Johnson's office a few days before Johnson wrote the letter of July 23, and had discussed the matter with Johnson, who had a copy of Chaves' design on his desk.
Both counts were submitted to the jury, which returned a verdict awarding Chaves $70,000 actual damages, $15,000 damages for humiliation and harm to his professional reputation, and $15,000 punitive damages. Under the instructions, the actual damages could have been awarded under either or both counts, but the two $15,000 awards could have been awarded only under the defamation count.
The trial court sustained Johnson's motion to set aside the verdict on the tortious interference count on the primary ground that there was no evidence to support the jury's finding that Johnson's letter was the proximate cause of Chaves' discharge. The court relied on the testimony of the eight councilmen that they had been motivated by other factors. The court set the verdict aside on the defamation count on the grounds that Johnson's statements were mere statements of opinion and were, furthermore, uttered under a qualified privilege. Chaves contends on appeal that both rulings were erroneous.
We agree with the trial court's ruling that the statements in Johnson's letter were, as a matter of law, mere statements of opinion, and were thus not actionable as defamatory words. Furthermore, they did not impugn Chaves' character or professional standing. Cf. James v. Haymes, 160 Va. 253, 168 S.E. 333 (1933). Chaves argues that the words characterizing him as inexperienced and his fees as excessive are actionable per se at common law, because, he contends, they impute to him unfitness to perform the duties of his employment and they prejudice him in his profession. We do not agree. Many physicians, it is to be hoped, cure their first patients. A charge of inexperience does not impute unfitness and is not defamatory per se. Gray v. Central Bank & Trust Co., 562 S.W.2d 656 (Ky.App.1978) (Park, J., concurring). Further, a charge of inexperience is in its nature a relative statement, depending for its import largely upon the speaker's viewpoint. A corporal might seem inexperienced to a sergeant, but not to a private. The relative nature of such opinions is obvious to anyone who hears them.
Similarly, a charge that professional fees are excessive is largely dependent upon the speaker's viewpoint. In the world of commercial competition, statements by competitors that they can undersell others fall on prospective customers' ears like repetitive drumbeats. The most unsophisticated recipient of such a claim, made by one competitor against another, could only regard it as a relative statement of opinion, grounded upon the speaker's obvious bias, and having no tendency to defame.
Pure expressions of opinion, not amounting to "fighting words," cannot form the basis of an action for defamation. *102 The First Amendment to the Federal Constitution and article 1, section 12 of the Constitution of Virginia protect the right of the people to teach, preach, write, or speak any such opinion, however ill-founded, without inhibition by actions for libel and slander. "[E]rror of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it." Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801). "However pernicious an opinion may seem, we depend for its correction not on the conscience of judges and juries but on the competition of other ideas." Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323, 339-40, 94 S. Ct. 2997, 3006-07, 41 L. Ed. 2d 789 (1974).
It is for the court, not the jury, to determine as a matter of law whether an allegedly libellous statement is one of fact or one of opinion. Slawik v. News-Journal, 428 A.2d 15 (Del.1981); Catalano v. Pechous, 69 Ill.App.3d 797, 25 Ill.Dec. 838, 387 N.E.2d 714 (1978); Rinaldi v. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., 42 N.Y.2d 369, 397 N.Y.S.2d 943, 366 N.E.2d 1299 (1977).
Because we hold as a matter of law that Johnson's letter was not defamatory, it is unnecessary to consider whether he was entitled to the defense of qualified privilege. Thus, the trial court correctly set aside that part of the verdict which awarded damages for defamation and entered judgment for Johnson on that count.
We take a different view, however, of the court's ruling on the count for tortious interference with contract rights. We have not previously had occasion to consider this precise aspect of the law of torts, although in Worrie v. Boze, 198 Va. 533, 95 S.E.2d 192 (1956), we affirmed a judgment granting relief for a tortious conspiracy to procure a breach of contract. There, we said: "It is well settled that the right to performance of a contract and the right to reap profits therefrom are property rights which are entitled to protection in the courts. Consequently, suits for procuring breach of contract proceed on this basis." Id. at 536, 95 S.E.2d at 196. Code § 18.2-499 provides criminal penalties and Code § 18.2-500 provides civil penalties for such conspiracies.
Intentional Interference with Performance of Contract by Third Party One who intentionally and improperly interferes with the performance of a contract (except a contract to marry) between another and a third person by inducing or otherwise causing the third person not to perform the contract, is subject to liability to the other for the pecuniary loss resulting to the other from the failure of the third person to perform the contract.
The elements required for a prima facie showing of the tort are: (1) the existence of a valid contractual relationship or business expectancy; (2) knowledge of the relationship or expectancy on the part of the interferor; (3) intentional interference inducing or causing a breach or termination of the relationship or expectancy; and (4) resultant damage to the party whose relationship or expectancy has been disrupted. Calbom v. Knudtzon, 65 Wash. 2d 157, 162-63, 396 P.2d 148, 151 (1964). Thus, the interferor's knowledge of the business relationship and his intent to disturb it are requisite elements; malice is *103 not. Restatement, supra, § 766 comment s.
An affirmative defense, for which the burden rests upon the defendant, is justification or privilege. It is similar, but not identical, to the defense of qualified privilege in the law of defamation. It is based upon the relationships between the parties and the balance to be struck between the social desirability of protecting the business relationship, on one hand, and the interferor's freedom of action on the other. Specific grounds for the defense, discussed seriatim in Restatement, supra, §§ 768-772 are: legitimate business competition, financial interest, responsibility for the welfare of another, directing business policy, and the giving of requested advice. Calbom, 65 Wash. 2d at 163, 396 P.2d at 152.
At trial, Johnson moved to strike Chaves' evidence on the ground of privilege or justification, and assigned cross-error to the court's refusal to grant his motion. On appeal, he argues that his letter to the City Council members was justified on the basis of financial self-interest, citing Zoby v. American Fidelity Co., 242 F.2d 76 (4th Cir.1957); freedom of speech, citing Old Colony Donuts, Inc. v. American Broadcast Cos., 368 F. Supp. 785 (D.Mass.1974); and the right of a taxpayer to complain of public expenditures, citing Middlesex Concrete v. Carteret Industrial Association, 37 N.J. 507, 181 A.2d 774 (1962).
The trial court correctly overruled Johnson's motion to strike. Some jurisdictions have held that a competitor is justified by economic self-interest in causing a third person not to enter into a prospective business relationship with another competitor, or not to continue an existing contract terminable at will, provided no "intentional, improper interference" is used, cf. Allen Realty Corp. v. Holbert, 227 Va. 441, 449, 318 S.E.2d 592, 597 (1984). His conduct is tortious, however, if he induces the third party to breach an existing contract which is not terminable at will. Cumberland Glass Mfg. Co. v. DeWitt, 120 Md. 381, 87 A. 927 (1913), aff'd, 237 U.S. 447, 35 S. Ct. 636, 59 L. Ed. 1042 (1915). Restatement, supra, § 768. Chaves' contract with the City was terminable only for cause, not at will.
We are unpersuaded by Johnson's freedom-of-speech argument. By logical extension, it would apply to any verbal conduct, however tortious, and would completely destroy the right of action universally recognized. Our constitutional guarantees of free speech, as we have seen, protect expressions of opinion from actions for defamation. Those constitutional guarantees have never been construed, however, to protect either criminal, Pedersen v. Richmond, 219 Va. 1061, 254 S.E.2d 95 (1979), or tortious conduct, Williams Printing Co. v. Saunders, 113 Va. 156, 73 S.E. 472 (1912). Thus, obscenity, KMA, Inc. v. City of Newport News, 228 Va. 365, 372, 323 S.E.2d 78, 81 (1984), "fighting words," Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, 315 U.S. 568, 572, 62 S. Ct. 766, 86 L. Ed. 1031 (1942) and defamatory words, Time, Inc. v. Firestone, 424 U.S. 448, 96 S. Ct. 958, 47 L. Ed. 2d 154 (1976), remain outside the scope of constitutionally protected free speech. The tort complained of here is an intentional wrong to the property rights of another, accomplished by words, not defamatory in themselves, but employed in pursuance of a scheme designed wrongfully to enrich the speaker at the expense of the victim. The law provides a remedy in such cases, and the constitutional guarantees of free speech afford no more protection to the speaker than they do to any other tortfeasor who employs words to commit a criminal or a civil wrong.
We likewise reject the defense of taxpayer's privilege in the context of this case. Although it is true that a taxpayer generally has a right to complain of illegal or improper expenditures of public funds, Bledsoe v. Watson, 30 Cal. App. 3d 105, 106 Cal. Rptr. 197 (1973), "[s]uch privileges, [those based on protection of public as well as private interests] however, do not justify officious, self-serving, or presumptuous assumption *104 of responsibility and interference with the rights of others." Calbom, 65 Wash. 2d at 166, 396 P.2d at 153.
The trial court set aside the verdict for tortious interference on three grounds: (1) that no proximate cause was established, (2) that no intent to interfere on Johnson's part was established, and (3) that the evidence negated malice on Johnson's part. As stated above, malice is not required. Regarding proximate cause, the court relied on the unanimous statements of the eight councilmen who testified that they were not motivated by Johnson's letter in deciding to discharge Chaves. The jury, however, was not required to accept the councilmen's testimony. It was entitled to rely on the circumstantial evidence surrounding Johnson's relationships with certain councilmen, the timing of his letter, and particularly Chaves' testimony that the seconder of the motion to terminate his contract, after receiving Johnson's letter, explained his vote in a public meeting as based on Chaves' "excessive" fees and "not sufficient" experience which "had been pointed out to him." This evidence was received without objection and was unrefuted. It furnished sufficient support for the jury's finding of proximate cause.
Regarding Johnson's intent, the court relied on the statement in Johnson's letter that he realized that he was too late to compete for the Post Office renovation, but wished to be considered for any other City Hall plan the council might undertake. The court considered this a clear indication that Johnson lacked any intent to interfere with Chaves' existing contract, but was asking only to be considered for any future contract the City might award. This view was based on the erroneous assumption that Chaves' contract was limited to the Post Office renovation. As noted above, the contract was for architectural services for any project the City might decide upon, at any location.
We hold that the court erred in setting aside the verdict for actual damages based upon the count for tortious interference with contract rights. Accordingly, we will reverse the judgment in part, reinstate the verdict as to actual damages, and enter final judgment here for $70,000.00. We will affirm the judgment insofar as it set aside the awards of consequential and punitive damages based on defamation.
Reversed in part, affirmed in part and final judgment.
COMPTON, J., dissenting in part.
COMPTON, Justice, dissenting in part.
I would affirm the judgment below in all respects. In my opinion, the trial court correctly decided that Johnson is not liable for interference with the plaintiff's contract rights.


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Considered one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century, James Baldwin was not only a novelist, essayist, playwright, and poet, but an activist, fearless in his effort to explore his personal struggles and the challenges facing a changing nation. He provided readers with powerful observations and critiques of the nation in the midst of its seismic social and cultural changes.
Baldwin was born in New York City on August 2, 1924 to Emma Jones, who never would tell her son the identity of his father. Jones eventually married New York minister David Baldwin and gave her toddler her husband's last name. Though the relationship between step-father and step-son was a tumultuous one, it didn't prevent Baldwin from following his step-father into the church, where he served as a youth minister. At DeWitt Clinton High School, Baldwin nurtured his interest in words and writing, serving as literary editor for the school's magazine, where he also published his first writing.
Following his 1942 graduation from high school, Baldwin went to work to help his family make ends meet. A year later, his step-father´s untimely death increased his responsibilities. Through a series of different jobs, Baldwin held onto his dream of making writing his career. Trips to New York's Greenwich Village fueled this desire, as did his interactions with the people who became his mentors: the painter Beauford Delany, and the writer Richard Wright, who helped Baldwin secure his first writing fellowship. Baldwin met many of New York's artistic and intellectual movers and shakers, people who would help the brilliant young man advance his writing career.
In 1948, Baldwin received a fellowship to travel to Paris, France. That move had a profound and life altering effect on his life. Like many African Americans before him, he found France to be a place where his race was not the hindrance that it was in the United States. There Baldwin felt the freedom to become the writer he wanted to be.
Baldwin published his first novel, the semi-autobiographical Go Tell It on the Mountain, in 1953. In it he confronted his feelings about his faith and his relationship with his step-father. Baldwin's play "The Amen Corner" (1954) --a great companion to the first novel -- shares its themes of the Black church and family difficulties. In 1955, Baldwin´s now-classic collection of essays, Notes of a Native Son (1955), inspired the poet Langston Hughes, to write in the New York Times, that in the book "…thought becomes poetry, and the poetry illuminates the thought."
In his second novel, Giovanni's Room (1956), Baldwin took greater risks in his writing; not only was the central romantic relationship a homosexual one, but his main characters are white. Years later, writer James S. Tinney, speaking to the New York chapter of the organization Black and White Men Together, noted that Baldwin had said that Giovanni's Room, like Go Tell It on the Mountain, was semi-autobiographical and provided him an opportunity to confront his feelings about his sexual orientation.
In 1957, Baldwin was asked to report on events happening in the American South for the Partisan Review by the editor Philip Rahv. He produced two essays ("The Hard Kind of Courage" for Harper's Magazine, and "Nobody Knows My Name" for Partisan Review) that marked the beginning of his engagement with the Civil Rights Movement. The books Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son (1961) and The Fire Next Time (1963) are among the most powerful works ever written about race and its devastating impact on the United States.
Even though Baldwin split his time between the U.S. and France, he was clear in his love for his birth land: "I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." In 1965, Baldwin accepted an invitation to debate William F. Buckley, founder of the American conservative magazine, The National Review. Held at Cambridge University in England, it is regarded as one of the greatest debates on the civil rights of a racial minority. According to the host of the event, the Cambridge Union Society, Baldwin's arguments beat Buckley's convincingly.
Baldwin participated in both the 1963 March on Washington and the March from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. However, by the time his collection of essays, No Name in the Street (1972), was published, Baldwin was reeling from the assassinations of his friends Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, and from all of the violence that was part of the fight for civil rights. He said, "To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all of the time."
Though Baldwin's personal fame had begun to fade during the 1970s and 1980s, his influence lived on in writers like Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni and Toni Morrison.
He died at home in St. Paul de Vence, France on December 1, 1987, and he is buried at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, NY.
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In reading Nathan Robinson's piece on Jordan Peterson, I was struck by something Robinson said:
But here the left and academia actually bear a decent share of blame. Why is Jordan Peterson's combination of drivel and cliché attracting millions of followers?…Who else has a serious alternative? Where are the other professors with accessible and compelling YouTube channels, with books of helpful advice and long Q&A sessions with the public? No wonder Peterson is so popular: he comes along and offers rules and guidance in a world of, well, chaos. Just leave it to Dad, everything will be alright.
I'm a left wing academic! This is in part my fault. I've been writing all these pieces about politics, but I haven't tried to help people figure out how to live. Why haven't I? Robinson himself threw together a bulleted list of "principles of living", but it's mostly for laughs. Robinson self-identifies as a libertarian socialist–he doesn't want to tell people what to do. Most lefties feel queasy about paternalism. We're reluctant to lead people because we want people to lead themselves. Well, no more. Today I'm going to take a stab at life-coaching. After all, I live one of those carefree academic lives at a fancy university–I must have done something right.
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Myndy Crist (nascida em 05 de fevereiro de 1975) é uma atriz estadunidense, que já atuou em vários programas de televisão, mais notavelmente em quatro episódios de Six Feet Under como Dana e dois episódios de NYPD Blue como Carly Landis. Ela também desempenhou pequenos papéis em vários filmes, incluindo: The Time Machine (2002) e Hanging Up.

Ela nasceu Myndy Zeno em Detroit, Michigan em 1975. Ela cresceu em Marin County na Califórnia e se formou no "UCLA School of Theater and Film". Crist é casada com o ator Josh Stamberg.

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Der Altai-Pfeifhase (Ochotona alpina) ist eine Säugetierart aus der Familie der Pfeifhasen (Ochotonidae) innerhalb der Hasenartigen (Lagomorpha). Sie lebt in den nördlichen Gebirgsregionen um die Wüste Gobi sowie östlich und südlich des Baikalsees.

Merkmale
Der Altai-Pfeifhase gehört mit einer Kopf-Rumpf-Länge von 15,2 bis 23,5 Zentimetern und einem Gewicht von 226 bis 360 Gramm zu den größeren Arten der Pfeifhasen, wobei Exemplare aus China in der Regel etwas kleiner sind als die nördlicher vorkommenden Tiere. Das Rückenfell ist im Sommer dunkel- bis kastanienbraun; die Flanken haben einen rötlich-braunen Schimmer. Die Bauchseite ist hellbraun bis weißlich-gelb. Im Winter ist das Fell blass grau-braun und der Kopf und der Hinterkörper besitzen gelbe Flecken.

Der Schädel ist kompakt, zugleich jedoch auch lang und schmal. Das Schneidezahnfenster und das Gaumenfenster sind vollständig voneinander getrennt. Die Stirn ist niedrig und flach und die Scheitelknochen sind leicht ausladend. Der Jochbogen ist kräftig und auf dem Schädel ist ein deutlicher Kamm ausgebildet.

Das Genom besteht aus einem haploiden Chromosomensatz von 2n = 42 Chromosomen.

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Der Altai-Pfeifhase lebt in den nördlichen Gebirgsregionen um die Wüste Gobi sowie östlich und südlich des Baikalsees. Er ist in Teilen Kasachstans, der Mongolei, in Russland sowie im äußersten Nordwesten und Nordosten der Volksrepublik China zu finden. Dort kommt die Unterart O.a. cinereofusca in der Provinz Heilongjiang und die Unterart O.a. nitida im Autonomen Gebiet Xinjiang vor.

Die Art bevorzugt felsige Gebirgsregionen und baumbewachsene Geröllflächen als Lebensraum. Die Höhenverbreitung reicht im Altai von 400 bis 2.200 Metern, in China lebt der Altai-Pfeifhase nur in Höhen über 2.000 Metern.

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Der Altai-Pfeifhase lebt in der Regel in Familiengruppen mit einer Dichte von 10 bis 12 Tieren pro Hektar. Er ist tagaktiv, die Rufe können vor allem zur Paarungszeit jedoch bis in die Nacht gehört werden.

Er ernährt sich generalistisch von Pflanzen, die er in Ballen sammelt. Dabei stellen Moose, Kiefernzapfen und auch Zweige einen großen Teil der Nahrung dar. Die Ballen können dabei recht groß werden und die Tiere sammeln bis zu 30 Kilogramm Pflanzenteile pro Hektar, wodurch sie auch innerhalb des Ökosystems eine wichtige Rolle einnehmen. Besonders im Winter nach dem Schneefall werden die Pflanzenballen auch von anderen Tieren gefressen, darunter beispielsweise dem Altai-Maral oder dem Ren. Einer der wichtigsten Fressfeinde des Altai-Pfeifhase ist der Zobel.

Der Altai-Pfeifhase bringt zweimal im Jahr durchschnittlich drei Jungtiere zur Welt. Die Tragzeit beträgt dabei etwa 30 Tage und die Jungtiere haben bei der Geburt eine Länge von 5,8 bis 6,0 Zentimeter. Die Lebensdauer der Tiere beträgt maximal etwa sechs Jahre, besonders im Norden des Verbreitungsgebietes liegt sie jedoch bei etwa drei Jahren.

Systematik
Der Altai-Pfeifhase wird als eigenständige Art den Pfeifhasen (Gattung Ochotona) und dort der Untergattung Pika zugeordnet. Von einigen Autoren wurde der Nördliche Pfeifhase (Ochotona hyperborea) dieser Art zugeordnet, er gilt jedoch unter anderem aufgrund der unterschiedlichen Anzahl der Chromosomen mittlerweile als eigene Art. Auch Ochotona argentata sowie die beiden amerikanischen Arten Alaska-Pfeifhase (Ochotona collaris) und Amerikanischer Pfeifhase (Ochotona princeps) wurden mit dem Altai-Pfeifhase zu einer Art zusammengefasst, werden jedoch heute alle als eigene Arten betrachtet.

Innerhalb der Art werden mit der Nominatform Ochotona alpina alpina sowie O. a. changaica, O. a. cinereofusca und O. a. sushkini vier Unterarten unterschieden. O. a. sushkini galt ursprünglich als Unterart von Ochotona pallasi.

Gefährdung und Schutz
Die Art wird von der International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) aufgrund des großen Verbreitungsgebiets und der hohen Bestandszahlen als nicht gefährdet ("least concern") eingestuft. Größere Bedrohungen für den Artbestand sind nicht bekannt.

Literatur
 Joseph A. Chapman, John E. C. Flux (Hrsg.): Rabbits, Hares and Pikas. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), Gland 1990, ISBN 2-8317-0019-1, S. 37, (PDF; 11,3 MB).
 Alpine Pika. In: Andrew T. Smith, Yan Xie: A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 2008, ISBN 978-0-691-09984-2, S. 275–277.

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Warcraft and Warcraft 2 revived! They are already available in GOG
March 28, 2019 By James Miller Leave a Comment
The return of Blizzard's most classic strategy will please fans of the popular series.
Following in the footsteps of Diablo's rerun, and as GOG and Blizzard confirmed a few weeks ago, Warcraft: Orcs and Humans and Warcraft 2 have reached the PC launcher for 5.99 and 9.99 euros, respectively. It has been made available to users a pack in which you can do both for 14.99 euros, being optimized for the current equipment.
The case of Warcraft 2 is the most particular of the couple: its purchase allows playing two versions, one optimized compatible with contemporary resolutions and multiplayer via LAN and another that emulates the original appearance of the game, as was launched in the middle of the ninety, with multiplayer through the classic Battle.net, as they did with Diablo in GOG.
It will complete the trilogy Warcraft III: Reforged, which will premiere on a date to be determined in the current year 2019. Before making the jump to the MMO and become one of the most important and played video games on the planet, Warcraft was a game franchise of exemplary strategy. He has not returned to walk through the genre that gave him his deserved fame.
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Androgynous people are most confident in their career decision making
March 19, 2016 Anja Ghetta
Self-efficacy in the context of career choice means how confident someone is in successfully selecting a career. Choosing a suitable career represents a complex task which requires making plans, coping with setbacks, and knowledge about oneself as well as about occupations. According to a Turkish study, androgynous high school students with both feminine and masculine personality traits were most confident in their career decision making. So called undifferentiated students with little feminine and masculine characteristics showed the lowest confidence. Self-efficacy of mainly feminine or masculine students lied between the levels of androgynous and undifferentiated students.
Bolat, N., & Odaci, H. (2016). High school final year students' career decision-making self-efficacy, attachement styles and gender role orientations. Current Psychology. Online publication. doi:10.1007/s12144-016-9409-3
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Home'Bad Memes' Provoke Controversy at Harvard
'Bad Memes' Provoke Controversy at Harvard
Michael HeckleJune 6, 2017getty images
Harvard rescinded acceptance offers for least 10 incoming freshman after the students shared sexually explicit and racist images over private Facebook group chats, images that made fun of sexual assault, child death and the Holocaust. The incident has left students, faculty and figures on both sides of the political spectrum divided.
Erica Goldberg, Assistant Professor at Ohio Northern Law School, "On Harvard and Humor"
"The idea that some topics are above humor is misguided. Humor is inherently subversive. By ferreting out the members of this private chat group, requiring that they present to Harvard every meme sent over the chat, and revoking their acceptances, Harvard has proven that there is an oppressive force to transgress."
Former Harvard professor and self-proclaimed "free speech enthusiast" Erica Goldberg, condemned Harvard's decision to rescind acceptance offers in her blog, In a Crowded Theater. Goldberg argues that Harvard, as an educational trendsetter, should not set a precedent in which it teaches it's students to "fear jokes." Goldberg also argues that humor can ease tensions, so taking genocide seriously yet enjoying a Holocaust joke in the right setting are not mutually exclusive.
Harvard Rescinds Acceptance Of Students Who Posted Holocaust And Racist Memes
ReutersJune 5, 2017
Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School professor emeritus, "Dershowitz Slams Harvard For Dumping Students Over Racist Memes"
"Punishing students academically for their political views or their personal values is a serious mistake. These actions are not consistent with the spirit of the First Amendment."
The famous defense lawyer condemned Harvard's decision in an interview with the Boston Globe. Although Dershowitz had not seen the images, he argued that judging a person's humor, regardless of its manner, is dangerous because censoring satire is contrary to the spirit of free speech.
Nestor Ramos, Boston Globe, "At Harvard, A Stiff Price to Pay For Some Very Bad Jokes"
"Take it from an expert: 'Among the last connections to be fully established are the links between the prefrontal cortex, seat of judgment and problem-solving, and the emotional centers in the limbic system, especially the amygdala. These links are critical for emotional learning and high-level self-regulation."'
Quoting Harvard's own medical research school in Longwood, Nestor Ramos argues that, while Harvard is well within its right to show those 10 students the door, readers should consider what those consequences look like for the students. Neither condemning nor condoning the school's decision, Ramos quotes experts in the field of psychology who argue that a 18 year-old person's brain is not fully developed in the areas of judgement and problem-solving. College, he continues, should be a place to learn and grow from one's mistakes.
Brett Erlich, The Young Turks, "Harvard Rescinds Acceptance Of Students Caught Using Racist Memes"
"[Harvard can say] there is a line in the you can't cross when it comes to social media when you, are A. This overtly racist and terrible and B. Do it in a format that reveals how stupid you are that it's one [where] you can get caught."
The Young Turks Host and social satirist Brett Erlich stood by Harvard in his discussion with co-host during the June 5 episode of the popular, left-wing talk show. Erlich argues that, since Harvard did not disclose the names of the rejected students, those who have been accepted into other Ivy league colleges will simply go to their second pick school. Furthermore, this allows Harvard to draw a line in the sand when it comes to "dirty jokes."
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Will report back after received the item.
Thanks OP, wasn't able to pick up the jacket, but got a few other Spyder items on sale.
What other sale items did you pick up? any good deals?
This jacket is really cheap looking. The inside lining looks like cheap plastic. Honestly, my wife asked if I got it from K-Mart or Walmart. It's that cheesy looking! It also runs small so order a size larger if you order one.
Well if that's the case, I may get to do my first Amazon return, lol.
in times of environmental crisis, truly sad (honestly and deeply) that the thought of environmental footprint we leave every time we turn where it counts, the concern is barely, impractically and superficially existent.
this f'ing nonsense materialism. we need to get punched in the face.
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Claucirlei Jovêncio de Souza (São Gonçalo, 1 de abril de 1975), mais conhecido pelo seu nome artístico Buchecha, é um cantor e compositor brasileiro.

Biografia
O cantor Claucirlei Jovêncio de Souza nasceu em São Gonçalo, no dia 1 de abril de 1975. Filho do compositor Claudino de Souza Filho, falecido em 2010, morou até os nove anos de idade na comunidade de Coronel Leôncio, em Niterói. De família simples, teve que parar de estudar aos 13 anos para conseguir trabalhar e ajudar sua família. Antes de alcançar o sucesso foi camelô, servente de obras e office boy. Integrou um grupo de pagode, até ser apresentado ao funk carioca pelo amigo de infância Claudinho.

Carreira

1996-2002: Início e Claudinho & Buchecha
Buchecha começou sua carreira de cantor aos 17 anos. Em 1992, Claudinho o convenceu a participar do 1° Festival de Rap do Clube Mauá. Representando a comunidade do Salgueiro, com a música "Rap da Bandeira Branca", Claudinho & Buchecha foram vencedores do evento. Chegou a participar de um grupo de pagode chamado Raio de Luz. Em 1995, ainda por insistência de Claudinho, participaram de outro festival, dessa vez com a música "Rap do Salgueiro", e mais uma vez saíram com o primeiro lugar. A partir de então, os nomes Claudinho e Buchecha passaram a ser conhecidos em todo o país. O estilo cantado pela dupla ficou conhecido como funk melody. Logo no disco de estreia, em 1996, "Claudinho & Buchecha", alcançaram a marca de um milhão e 250 mil cópias vendidas, emplacando o primeiro sucesso, "Conquista". Nessa época a dupla fez shows não só em quase todo o território nacional, mas como também no Japão, em Portugal, na Argentina e nos Estados Unidos. Ao todo, foram seis discos gravados pela dupla com diversas canções. Entre elas "Só Love", "Xereta", "Coisa de Cinema", entre outras.

2003-Presente: Carreira Solo

Em 2002, um acidente de carro tirou a vida de Claudinho. Seis meses após a perda, incentivado por amigos, Buchecha deu continuidade à carreira. Grandes nomes da música popular brasileira já regravaram hits de Claudinho e Buchecha. Em 2002, o grupo Kid Abelha deu um toque especial a canção "Quero Te Encontrar", em seu disco Acústico MTV. Em 2004, Adriana Calcanhoto realizou o lançamento de um disco voltado para o público infantil, Adriana Partimpim, que continha a canção "Fico Assim Sem Você", entoada em sua doce voz. Em 2007, Ivete Sangalo convidou Buchecha para dividir com ela o palco e os vocais nas canções "Nosso Sonho" e "Conquista", na gravação de seu álbum Ao Vivo No Maracanã. Também em 2007, a banda de pop punk Dibob regravou a música "Nosso Sonho" no álbum A Ópera do Cafajeste e em 2010 também regravou as músicas "Compromisso" / "Conquista" no álbum Resgate, feito só com regravações de músicas dos anos 80 e anos 90 que marcaram a vida da banda. Buchecha voltou às paradas de sucesso em 2006, relembrando os maiores sucessos da dupla com o álbum "Buchecha Acústico". O álbum contou com a participação de amigos especiais como Latino, MC Sabrina, MC Marcinho e Lulu Santos. Hoje, com a marca de três milhões e meio de discos vendidos, Buchecha continua a realizar shows em todo o país. Na madrugada do dia 28 de março de 2010, o pai do cantor, Claudino de Souza Filho, foi assassinado a tiros em São Gonçalo. No dia 3 de novembro de 2011, Buchecha realizou um dos seus maiores sonhos, que é o de gravar seu primeiro DVD em homenagem aos 15 anos de carreira, o show de gravação foi em Porto Alegre, em 2012 ocorreu o lançamento de sua grande conquista, que contou com participações especiais de Jorge Vercillo e do cantor Belo. Até o momento Buchecha lançou diversos álbuns como: "Singles", em 2009, "Buchecha Romântico com Elas" em 2010, "15 Anos de Sucesso - Ao Vivo" em 2012, "Adesivo" em 2014 e o seu mais recente foi "Funk Pop" em 2015.

2012 - Gravação de Vídeo Clipe - Hot Dog
Em julho de 2012, Buchecha grava o videoclipe da música "Hot Dog" realizado com o apoio da Warner Music do Brasil.

Apoiado por uma excelente equipe técnica, fotógrafo, dj, um belíssimo time de modelos, figurantes e dançarinos, a gravação teve como locação a casa de festas Solar Imperial, além de outras cenas filmadas em bares e restaurantes na cidade de Niterói no estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Durante as filmagens do vídeo clipe, fotos de making off também foram produzidas pela Produtora Niteroiense Angel Art.

As fotos para o making off na época também foram utilizadas para a mídia e redes sociais.

O jornal Extra, através de seu portal de notícias, deu o destaque e consequentemente maior visibilidade para a produção audiovisual do cantor e seu recém lançamento, notoriamente de grande sucesso na época.

A música foi tema da novela Avenida Brasil, exibida pela Rede Globo.

Discografia

Discos da dupla
 Claudinho & Buchecha (1996)
 A Forma (1997)
 Só Love (1998)
 Claudinho e Buchecha - Ao Vivo (1999)
 Destino (2000)
 Vamos Dançar (2002)

Discos solo
 MC Buchecha (2003)
 Buchecha Acústico (2006)
 Singles (2009)
 Buchecha Romântico com Elas (2010)
 15 Anos de Sucesso - Ao Vivo (2012)
 Adesivo (2014)
 Funk Pop (2015)

Singles
 Castigo (2003)
 Bob Esponja (2004)
 Implacável (2006)
 Luminosa (2006)
 Empinadinha (2008)
 Novinha do Orkut (2008)
 Obsoleto (2008)
 Romântico (2009)
 Muito Prazer (2010)
 Fogo de Palha (2011)
 Adorável ser da noite (2011)
 Bisar (2011)
 Buchecha Só Love (2011)
 Dor que não tem fim (2011)
 Hot Dog (2012)
 Cristal part. Belo (2012)
 Baile em Miami Feat. Flo Rida (2013)
 Gamou part. Mr. Catra (2014)
 Se eu pedir (2017)
 Vai Pirar part. Daya Luz (2018)

Ligações externas

Naturais de São Gonçalo (Rio de Janeiro)
Compositores do Rio de Janeiro (estado)
Cantores do Rio de Janeiro (estado)
Músicos de funk melody
Cantores afro-brasileiros
Artistas da Warner Music Brasil
Claudinho & Buchecha
Participantes de Dancing Brasil


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New research may draw a 'curtain of fire' on dinosaur extinction theory
Posted on 24 November 2015 by Jay Tate
New research may draw a 'curtain of fire' on dinosaur extinction theory. The role volcanic activity played in mass extinction events in the Earth's early history is likely to have been much less severe than previously thought, according to a study led by the University of Leeds.
Asteroid impacts and long-lasting volcanic eruptions called continental flood basalts – the two most commonly cited possible causes of mass extinction events – would have propelled gas and dust into the atmosphere and altered climate for years. But, until now, the impact of years of sulphur dioxide emissions from continental flood basalts was unknown.
In a study published online in Nature Geoscience, researchers have provided for the first time a quantitative estimate of the degree and nature of the effects that such eruptions had on the Earth's climate, vegetation and oceans.
Study lead author Dr Anja Schmidt, from the University's School of Earth and Environment, said: "At the time when the dinosaurs reigned, numerous long-lasting eruptions took place over the course of about a million years. These eruptions, called 'continental flood basalts' were not like volcanic eruptions we often see today, with lava gushing from the ground like a curtain of fire.
"Each eruption is likely to have lasted years, even decades, and eruptions were separated by periods without volcanic activity. The lava produced by an eruption of average intensity would have filled 150 Olympic-size swimming pools per minute."
In the new study, the researchers used a sophisticated computer simulation of the spread of the gas and aerosol particles, which showed that the climatic impacts of flood basalts was less grim than scientists had previously suggested. They found that only if such flood basalts oozed for hundreds of years, without interruption, may the climatic impacts have had a severe effect on plants and animals.
The researchers used information on the duration and intensity of continental flood basalt eruptions, such as the Deccan Traps eruptions 65 million years ago, which covered one-third of what is now India, to estimate the climatic and environmental effects of the huge quantities of sulphur dioxide gas emitted by these eruptions.
Their computer simulation showed that temperatures on Earth were indeed cooler as a result of the eruptions – by as much as 4.5 degrees Celsius – but that the temperature would return to normal within 50 years after an eruption ceased.
Dr Schmidt noted that the conclusions are based on the assumption that climate feedbacks were very similar to those today.
"Perhaps most intriguingly, we found that the effects of acid rain on vegetation were rather selective. Vegetation in some but not all parts of the world would have died off, whereas in other areas the effects would have been negligible," said Dr Schmidt.
The new findings will challenge the earth sciences community as a whole to re-examine the causes of mass extinctions and the role of volcanism. "We now need to better understand how long both the individual eruptions and the periods without volcanic activity lasted," concludes Dr Schmidt.
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(August 10, 2002) -- LBReport.com has learned that a concept for "airports without runways" -- receiving passengers, baggage or cargo in areas where aviation demand and impacts are high and conveying them by high speed rail or the like to a remote location where demand and impacts are lower -- is being offered for discussion by the Southern California Regional Airport Authority (SCRAA) as a way to replace flights lost by the defeated El Toro airport.
In the past several weeks, SCRAA Chief Executive Officer Peggy Ducey has made appearances at southland City Councils and other bodies describing the general outline of the plan.
On June 24, she made a presentation to the Seal Beach City Council. We post transcript excerpts below. Our transcript is unofficial, prepared by us; ellipses indicate omissions for brevity; bracketed material by us.
...The reason I'm here is Measure W [March 2002 petition initiated ballot measure in which OC voters rejected El Toro airport]...The So. California Regional Airport Authority is looking at ways to resolve the air traffic demand problem in the region.
What we're focusing on with the So. California Regional Airport Authority is two things; number one is cargo, second is passengers. In terms of cargo, we have three airports in the inland empire that want to be able to serve cargo needs and that's what we're beginning to focus on. Many of those airports, San Bernardino International, March and up in Victorville, have tried to attract air cargo carriers for many years and have not been successful.
So the first thing that we're focusing on is an action plan...start talking to air carriers and...finding out why aren't they wanting to move into the inland empire where that excess capacity is. We know from an aviation perspective, the markets for passenger and air cargo are in Los Angeles and Orange County and the projections over the next fifteen years is that's where they'll remain. How do we move those markets in Orange and L.A. County to the inland empire?
And the second is an implementation plan for air passengers to go into the inland empire.
What we're looking at, again, is to be able to link the markets in Orange and L.A. Counties to the airports that have excess capacity in the inland empire...An aviation market isn't just created by population. You've heard many people say that the inland empire is growing faster than any other county in the region and that's where the aviation demand is going to be. Not true. Population isn't [inaudible] determinative. [It's] also income, and business and manufacturing.
But we also need to look at the impacts that aviation demand will have on those in the airport. We have to acknowledge that host communities have impacts and if we begin to say, which I've heard in Orange County, we'll just send our aviation demand into the inland empire without talking about those impacts and without responding to those impacts, then those communities are very quickly going to shut down as well and not want that growth in the airport. And we're talking about [inaudible] traffic, and surface street congestion, air pollution and the like.
And so what the So. California Regional Airport Authority has decided to do is, rather than looking at Measure W and joining the lawsuit or supporting a new initiative or any of those other things that are happening now...we've decided to on a parallel track try to solve the problem.
How can you begin to serve the Orange County air traffic market with those inland empire airports? Again, it's to create a system that links the market to the areas with the excess capacity.
...What we're talking about in Orange County is a proposal...about creating an airport in Orange County that operates as an airport. You...you park, you check your bags, you get your ticket, you get your boarding passes, you do everything you would do at an airport, but instead of getting onto an airplane and taking off, you get onto you actually get onto will be transportation [inaudible], rail or high speed rail, something like that...And the intent again is to link the market with Orange County directly to airports with excess capacity in the inland empire and do it in a way that creates an aviation system that creates strategic advantages for stakeholders.
You've had many people talk about constraining LAX with slot control and congestion pricing and things like that. Those kinds of things are going to run up against incredible barriers with the air carrier industry, but by looking at this kind of system what we're doing is creating strategic advantages for stakeholders.
From a passenger perspective, me as an Orange County resident can have a seamless travel pass. Instead of getting in my car and hitting the congestion on the 91 freeway, and fighting that traffic, I can [inaudible] into Orange County and have a seamless travel pass into the inland empire.
Host communities it will just impact if I leave my car here, then I'm not going to congest [inaudible] freeways, I'm not going to congest the surface streets in the inland empire [inaudible] and the air pollution impacts are not going to be as great if we eliminate that per vehicle traffic that's going into the inland empire.
Seal Beach City Councilmembers received the proposal with interest but cautiously.
A similar presentation to the Board of the San Bernardino International Airport got what the Riverside Press-Enterprise" called a "tepid" reception; board members reortedly liked the concept but considered it futuristic with years needed to bring it to fruition.
SCRAA, created under a 1983 L.A. County joint powers arrangement, consists of a voting member from each of the following: L.A. County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Orange County and L.A. City. SCRAA lay basically fallow for years until L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe rejuvenated it in 2001 and has used it as a vehicle to pursue a regional airport solution to southland aviation growth. Knabe's district includes southbay cities that have successfully fought to limit LAX expansion...and also includes LB. Supervisor Knabe has said SCRAA operates on a parallel track to local airport decisionmaking.
As indicated on L.A. County's web site, SCRAA's stated duties are to "develop, construct, acquire, operate, contract for, repair, transfer, maintain, manage, lease and administer general aviation and commercial air carrier airports and heliports and related facilities, improvements and services."


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Good Reads Ornithology Birds: General
The Most Perfect Thing Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg
Popular Science Nature Writing
By: Tim Birkhead(Author)
296 pages, 8 plates with colour & b/w photos; b/w illustrations
NHBS
From the author of Bird Sense and The Wisdom of Birds, a revealing and enthralling book about the extraordinary creation that is a bird's egg.
ISBN: 9781408851272 Paperback Mar 2017 In stock
ISBN: 9781408851258 Hardback Apr 2016 Out of Print #226305
"I think that, if required on pain of death to name instantly the most perfect thing in the universe, I should risk my fate on a bird's egg"
– Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1862
How are eggs of different shapes made, and why are they the shape they are? When does the shell of an egg harden? Why do some eggs contain two yolks? How are the colours and patterns of an eggshell created, and why do they vary? And which end of an egg is laid first – the blunt end or the pointy end?
These are just some of the questions The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg answers, as the journey of a bird's egg from creation and fertilisation to its eventual hatching is examined, with current scientific knowledge placed within an historical context. Beginning with an examination of the stunning eggs of the guillemot, each of which is so variable in pattern and colour that no two are ever the same, acclaimed ornithologist Tim Birkhead then looks at the eggs of hens, cuckoos and many other birds, revealing weird and wonderful facts about these miracles of nature. Woven around and supporting these facts are extraordinary stories of the individuals who from as far back as Ancient Egypt have been fixated on the study and collection of eggs, not always to the benefit of their conservation.
Firmly grounded in science and enriched by a wealth of observation drawn from a lifetime spent studying birds, The Most Perfect Thing is an illuminating and engaging exploration of the science behind eggs and the history of man's obsession with them.
Tim Birkhead is a professor at the University of Sheffield where he teaches animal behaviour and the history of science. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and his research has taken him all over the world in the quest to understand the lives of birds. He has written for the Independent, New Scientist, BBC Wildlife. Among his other books are Promiscuity, Great Auk Islands, The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Ornithology which won the McColvin medal, The Red Canary which won the Consul Cremer Prize, The Wisdom of Birds and Bird Sense. He is married with three children and lives in Sheffield.
"[...] As you can see, The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg is not a dry, technically dense treatise. Quite the opposite, it is an interesting, comprehensible exploration of eggs. It will help anyone understand this "most perfect thing". More than that, though, it gives a tantalizing taste of the exciting things just waiting to be discovered even about topics that we might, naïvely, consider mundane."
– Grant McCreary (15-07-2016), read the full review at The Birder's Library
"[...] This tour of scientific history does not shy away from the limits of knowledge, or attempt to tie up loose ends, instead emphasising where we have more to learn. I enjoyed the stories of wrong turns, such as the rather startling conclusion by Erasmus Darwin that some eggs are bright blue for camouflage against the sky when viewed through the 'wickerwork' of nest, which clearly shows that he had never seen the nest of a Song Thrush or Dunnock. The focus of this book is the process of discovery, ranging from tales of the author investigating the mechanisms of egg patterning by scrawling on an egg with a number of pencils tied together, to the value of long-term monitoring of breeding ecology. It is sure to be of interest to anyone with an appreciation of bird behaviour and biology, or the history of ornithology."
– Kate Risely, BTO book reviews
"The title is also a perfect description of the book itself – full of wonder and surprise and beautifully written"
– Nick Davies, author of Cuckoo
"Birkhead's approach to writing – hard, clear sentences; deep, revelatory looking – has the same effect as his microscope, bringing objects to light that were previously hidden, making us see the familiar with new eyes [...] After reading The Most Perfect Thing, you'll never dip your morning soldiers without a shiver of wonder at the complexity and resourcefulness of the humble egg."
– Alex Preston, Observer
"Eye-opening [...] Thoroughly engaging, it also gives us a thrilling sense of the vast, unmapped territories that lie beyond, waiting to be discovered"
– Sunday Times
"Superb [...] like having the top of your own head lifted off and its contents deliciously stirred: no one after reading this book could think it was possible to know too much, no one could think science removes us from feeling"
"What Birkhead does is show to anyone interested in nature why any such object is a source of wonder and fascination [...] Innovative work. Birkhead has made birds' eggs interesting again, by giving us a new way of looking at them: not as commodities to be drooled over and collected, but as wonders of natural science [...] Birkhead answers all the basic questions with panache, but other, stranger facts caught my imagination even more [...] Yet it is the incredible mechanisms of the life-support system, which Birkhead lays bare with perfect clarity, that are the most wondrous"
– Michael McCarthy, Independent
"Quirky and revealing [...] Many fascinating facts [...] Birkhead writes in a jaunty and compelling style, and is not afraid to deal head-on with the politics of eggs [...] This book is illustrated with a fine selection of photographs showing the extraordinary variety of shapes, sizes and colours of eggs [...] Tim Birkhead is one of Britain's leading zoologists, yet he skilfully bridges the gap between scientists and non-scientists [...] Impressive – an important contribution to our understanding of the world around us, and its extraordinary natural wonders"
– Stephen Moss, Daily Mail
"Birkhead has made birds' eggs interesting again, by giving us a new way of looking at them: not as commodities to be drooled over and collected, but as wonders of natural science"
"So full of fascinating facts. The author is to be congratulated on a major step forward in our understanding of eggs that in the past we just accepted and did not query. The reader will never look in eggs the same way again"
– Ray Collier, Highland News Group
"He takes us on an epic journey, from the outer shell of an egg to its genetic core [...] It is a voyage packed with astonishing details"
– James Attlee, Independent
"Justly acclaimed for his brilliance at explaining complex science in a beguilingly lively style [...] Though it is only April, I suspect that this beautifully written volume will end up the best bird book of 2016"
– BBC Wildlife
"Excellent [...] the author is exceptionally versed in the literature on eggs, from speculative 17th-century texts to the sprawling data pumped out by the poultry industry today"
– Wall Street Journal
"Anyone drawn to the natural sciences will relish it [...] There are curiosities at every stage"
– Spectator
"A wonderful insight into one of nature's most fascinating processes"
– Countryside Photographer
"A text that bubbles with enthusiasm [...] A book that will keep you enthralled from your morning egg to your evening quiche. A delight"
– New Scientist
"Anyone drawn to the natural sciences will relish it [...] The story of learning delights Birkhead as much as our current accumulation [...] Birkhead's telling is joyful"
– Horatio Clare, Spectator
"Superb [...] an enthralling, immensely readable book that combines deep scientific knowledge, lightly worn, with an awareness of history and a refreshing willingness to give the early pioneers of British ornithology – notably Francis Willoughby and John Ray – their due"
– Nigel Andrew, Literary Review
"Birkhead's enthusiasm for this "everyday miracle of nature" is infectious and his erudition lightly worn [...] A magical account"
– Times Literary Supplement
"A delightful blend of amazing facts and hard science. You'll never look at a chicken in quite the same way again"
– Stephen Moss, Guardian
"From the handsome coloured pictures to the fascinating details about the sex life of birds, this is that rare thing: a scientific book to delight the general reader"
– Books of the Year, Daily Mail
"I cannot think of a science book that is better written"
– John Lewis-Stempel, The Times
Bestsellers in Birds: General
All the Birds of the World
The Helm Guide to Bird Identification
Bird Anatomy for Artists
Avian Evolution
Weylin Field Guide: Tracks of Western European Animals
Bird Photographer of the Year, Collection 5
Birds Britannica
Essential Ornithology
Mastering Bird Photography
Birds & Mammals of the Falkland Islands
The Handbook of Bird Families
Bone Building Books, Volume 5: The Bird Building Book
Browse titles in Birds: General
Other titles from Bloomsbury
Field Guide to the Caterpillars of Great Britain and Ireland
Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland
Woodland Flowers
Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland
Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe
Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland
Field Guide to the Micro-Moths of Great Britain and Ireland
His Imperial Majesty
Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland
Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland
Browse titles from Bloomsbury


Oregon State: QB Jake Luton opened the season with 304 passing yards in a loss to Colorado State.
Linebacker Peyton Pelluer picked the Pac-12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week title after posting a team-high 14 tackles and initiated a fourth-quarter comeback with his 36-yard interception return for a touchdown in the Cougars 47-44 triple-overtime. QB Luke Falk hopes to regain his mojo after being pulled in the second half against Boise State in favor of Tyler Hilinski.
What's at stake: Following a disappointing 1-2 run through nonconference play, Oregon State now begins a brutal start to the Pac-12 slate with a trip to No. 20 Washington State.
Against Washington State, Nall has rushed for 131 yards, including an 89-yard touchdown, last season. RB Jamal Morrow has earned top billing among WSU's three productive running backs. "Our offensive line, we weren't really whipping anybody".
The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 225 ($2.91) per share, for a total transaction of £553,659.75 ($715,045.52). Therefore 25% are positive. 07/12/2016 - Vodafone Group Plc was downgraded to "neutral" by analysts at Citigroup.
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group's acquisition of U.S. fund management firm SkyBridge Capital is also awaiting regulatory approval. Before Trump, presidents had blocked only three deals because of national security concerns.
He is very close to be totally fit and to continue in this way. "We have to continue to show that we are stronger than them". Blues boss Antonio Conte spoke at his press-conference earlier and he was giving nothing away on team selection.
Dutt, who is the son of veteran actors Sunil Dutt and Nargis Dutt, had a tough time getting over his drug addiction. There is no substance that makes you high. "I promise, it's my experience".
We've played better than that, and that's what's disappointing, that we didn't give them a better game". This game, like I was figuring, would tell us where this IL football team was as a program.
El canciller Luis Videgaray dijo que México recibirá con los brazos abiertos a los miles de " dreamers ". México y Estados Unidos comparten una larga frontera y muchos lazos.
Eden Hazard comes on for Chelsea in successive games... "I think Arsenal is one of the six top teams in England", He added. This is Arsene Wenger's 59th match against Chelsea, the club he has faced the most during his time in England.


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Chewing gum entertains and gives students a better sense of focus. The Los Angeles Times states that, "Gum helps students focus more on their work". A doctor and a professor named Dr. Kenneth Allen, who works at NYU's College of Dentistry, has done research and proved that gum chewing can help students learn in school. This proves how gum chewing entertains and gives students better awareness in classes.
CNN says that gum chewing helps students reduce stress. CNN also reports that gum chewing boosts academic performance. Gum helps me concentrate in class because once I was in class and I was re-taking a test that I failed. When I re-took the test, I improved because I felt more concentrated on my work while I was chewing gum. This shows that chewing gum helps students in various ways.
Some people might think chewing gum is messy, disrespectful, and disruptive. Although some people think that it's messy, disrespectful, and disruptive, others understand that it helps students in many ways. One reason how this statement is wrong is because research says that it helps students improve their test scores; it helps students pass if they chew gum more often.
Gum chewing is good and helpful to students because it helps students focus on their work. According to a seventh grader in New Jersey, she says that "Gum gives my subconscious something to do while I focus on my work." The only solution is that schools should allowstudents to chew gum because it helps with students test scores and it makes them pass. Gum helps students improve and increase their school grades and mind.
i agree with this because it does help kids focus since it keeps the streess away.
Yeah it does and thanks for agreeing.
Your editorial made me want to read more about your article!
nice picture and i agree with you because i personally feel like a learn better while chewing gum or starbursts.


October 31, 2007 • The Smithsonian is tackling one of the biggest mysteries in the history of photography — whether color photography was first invented by an American minister from Westkill, N.Y. His contemporaries called his work a fraud, but a new analysis suggests that the story is not that simple.
October 31, 2007 • James Weinstein, M.D., chairs Dartmouth College's orthopedic-surgery department; he's considered one of the nation's leading experts on low-back pain, and he says a multi-year study shows little difference in results after surgical and non-surgical treatment approaches.
October 30, 2007 • The American Academy for Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatry has just issued new guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
October 30, 2007 • On Tuesday, the National Academy of Sciences published a new analysis of the African origins of the AIDS virus. The study shows the virus was present in the United States almost a decade earlier than previously thought.
October 30, 2007 • Sleep researchers estimate that nearly three quarters of our dream emotions are negative. But what do nightmares actually mean? Guests discuss the science behind nightmares and shed light onto the murky field of dream interpretation and analysis.
October 29, 2007 • The Pentagon's research arm has come up with a weapon that can neutralize an individual — or a crowd — from a distance of more than 500 yards. It emits an invisible beam of high-energy radio frequency that causes a person to recoil and flee.
October 26, 2007 • A new study has found that in less than one second, people can predict the winners of political elections with 70 percent accuracy — simply by glancing at pictures of the candidates. The study suggests that when it comes to voting, appearance and first impressions are no small factor.
October 25, 2007 • Scientists have been searching for a malaria vaccine for decades. Now, one doctor thinks that his group is close. Dr. Fred Binka is Executive Director of the INDEPTH Network. Binka is on the verge of finding a vaccine for malaria.
October 25, 2007 • Smoking bans are on the rise across the country in workplaces, restaurants and bars. Research shows these bans decrease the overall number of cigarettes people smoke and in some cases, actually result in people quitting.
October 24, 2007 • A new study shows that genetic testing can help doctors figure out the right dosage of medication for a patient. Dr. Sydney Spiesel, with the online magazine Slate, talks about genetic testing and a drug that regulates blood clotting.
October 21, 2007 • Neurologist Oliver Sacks has spent a career investigating the brain and its capacity to confound humans. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through case studies he's gathered from patients, musicians and everyday people.
October 20, 2007 • The Sociable Lapwing, a species that lives in the Middle East and Central Asia, was listed as a critically endangered species. Scientists believed as few as 400 of the birds survived. Now, a superflock of 3,000 has been spotted in Turkey. Andrea Seabrook talks to Guven Eken, director of the Turkish Nature Association.
October 20, 2007 • How do you study a creature whose early life is hidden from view? For decades, sea turtle researchers have wondered what happens to the hundreds of thousands of green turtle hatchlings that haul themselves to the water each year and disappear from view.
October 19, 2007 • A study published this week shows that the prevalence of a drug-resistant bacteria, MRSA, might be twice as high as previously believed. Doctors have also identified a strain of bacteria responsible for the common ear infection that is resistant to all antibiotics approved for use in children.


Evidently I'm solar-powered. I did another 5300 words today, bringing the book up to 81K. I think it may come in a little short, but if I can get it somewhere between 95-100K I'll be happy. The rest can be dealt with in revisions.
We are on day 10 of no sweets. I would do rash things for some ice cream. I said as much to Ted, who promptly volunteered to go get some, so he seems to be feeling the same way. But we remained strong, and now the store's closed, so we're safe for the evening.
We're doing the South Beach again, which for two weeks is basically "lean protien, non-fat dairy, lots of veggies, no starches/sugars/fruits". I've found that, although there's a day or two about 1/3 of the way into the 2 weeks that I get really bad cravings for sugar/sweets/bread, before and after that I am pretty okay. I think it's because I can eat a /lot/ of veggies/protein and the utter lack of starches/sugars helps flatten out my blood sugar so I'm not spiking/dropping and getting the associated cravings.
Good luck with your no sweets! I'm rooting for you!
I did 1779 words in 30 minutes.
And then staggered away, and still don't know what I'm writing next. I think I sprained my brain.
Again, you are the queen!