10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

They then lay out the possible implications of the behavior, offering multiple explanations and then laying out the current research, as well as additional field observations, to explore what this behavior means in the big picture, both for corvids as a group and for our understanding of the common roots of evolved behavior in general.

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Humane Stray Dog Emotional Science 179

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2011

Wind farms are an emotive and divisive issue, especially amongst birders. On 17 May a small group of protesters are planning a peaceful protest march in Scotland at the site for one such new wind farm, Dunmaglass in the Monadhliath Mountains.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Acclaimed neuroscientist Antonio Damasio of the University of Southern California conducted research several years ago that highlighted the importance of emotions in decision making. However, due to his damaged brain he did not feel or experience emotion the way a normal person did. So, how do you make this emotional connection?

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Emotional Humane Morals Research 78

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

Actually, I was bested by an entire group of teenagers, all gathered – along with 36 adults – on Hog Island , Audubon’s famous camp off the coast of Maine. Each year Hog Island offers programs, taught by a stellar staff of naturalists and artists, to groups of all kinds (teenagers, adults, families).

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Puffins Birds Groups West Virginia 277

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2021

… – part 2 – Once I finish this writing, with a strange mix of emotions I will put the Lynx field guide Birds of Colombia to the bookshelf for the first time, more than half a year after I received it. In the Orinoco, the largest observed groups number 30, but average is just above five. For a breath of air? Photo by Juan Carlos.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2024

A group of about 15 Least Sandpipers was feeding in the shallows. Hearts racing and tears of emotion welling up in our eyes! The emotional high of the owl was never going to give this lake a fair chance but even so I would say this spot was the least attractive of the day. What a spectacle. The excitement was far from over.

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Ducks Emotional Cattle Owls 201

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2014

Slang, code, and abbreviations: linguistic shorthand which can make speakers (and writers) incomprehensible to those outside their own group. Fried rehabbers become emotional in ways that make perfect sense to us, but not necessarily to anyone else. Here’s an example.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

The treatment of circus elephants went on trial in federal court Wednesday with animal rights groups accusing Ringling Bros. of violating the Endangered Species Act when it uses bullhooks and chains to control its performing pachyderms.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Calls include nasal wheezes, squeals, cackling and churring; combinations of rather high nasal “u-err”, quick high nasal “ii” and rolling “pwaaowa” calls uttered by groups of two or more individuals. If I had just this information to go by, I would assume the “Great Parrotbills” to be the name of a Doo-Wop-Band.

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Pandas Birds Mammals China 259

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2021

You truly cannot experience the Gray-barred Wren without hearing the raucous calls shared among group members of this highly-social species. That emotional connection earned it my #2 spot. Gray-barred Wren : I have often mentioned this emblematic bird in my posts, but always wished I could have my readers hear this when I do so.

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Trinidad Transported Mexico Emotional 203

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 5, 2020

Author: Mike Schultz, President, RAIN Group Negotiation is everywhere: in selling, setting salaries, getting the labor union back to the table, figuring out where to go out to dinner.even getting your kids to go to bed. Keep emotions out of negotiations. Since negotiation is everywhere, so is negotiation advice.

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Emotional Groups Research Raised 87

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Myers, a professional birding guide in “real life,” summarizes the etymology and history of all common bird names (of bird families and groups, not all 10,000-plus species). This is a topic fraught with the danger of cliche, but Rogers knows how to use the essay form to tell a good story and convey the magic of emotional and worldview change.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 16, 2019

A recent study by the Relational Capital Group revealed that 89% of senior leaders believe that relationships are the most important factor in their success year over year. Author: John DiJulius The vast majority of business leaders will agree that customer service is critical to their success. Make it black and white.

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Experience Experiments Broker Industry 169

10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2021

Finding this elusive and beautiful species at Pino Real kind of put me “on the map” with my wonderful group of Mexican birder friends. And this was once a wonderful patch of bird-rich understory. Now it is just… grass. Still, the current pandemic’s extreme social-distancing requirements have limited my site options.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 18, 2018

Author: Maura McCarthy, Vice President, Communication Solutions, ITA Group, Inc. After all, brands that succeed in connecting with customers on an emotional level are rewarded with greater retention and bottom-line growth when compared with competitors. Maura McCarthy, Vice President of Communication Solutions at ITA Group, Inc. ,

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Experience Experiments Emotional Branding 88

Animal Person

DECEMBER 8, 2009

What I do appreciate, and what Mind and Life does, is when meditation is discussed in relation to actual emotional, physical and mental benefits. This has nothing to do with god or transcending spiritually; it's about calming and clearing the mind and the emotions so that you're less crazy.

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Compassion Emotional Science Ethics 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2024

Large groups of Hooded Merganser , Redhead , Franklin’s Gull , and other floaters were easily spotted. Coming down from the emotional high we noticed our grumbling stomachs: time to eat. Late summer 2023 the lakes and ponds had been empty, presumably because the ducks and geese were moulting.

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Denver Colorado Ducks Mules 189

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 25, 2021

For 45-90 minutes, the group regardless of size is broken up into smaller tables of 6-10 people to practice the lessons they have just heard and compete. After the round is complete, the group reconvenes to talk about the game itself. Emotions exist. Use them – A simple but crucial takeaway: humans have emotions.

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Game Emotional Experience Experiments 104

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

The proprietor of our ecolodge guides my small group of birders up a steep slope where we see, just at the point where a scope view deteriorates into pixels, a huge bird—a Chaco Eagle, also known as a Crowned Eagle—on a huge nest. September 2017, Cerrado, Brazil. We are cautioned to keep the location of the eagle a secret.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 260

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 5, 2011

Beyond helping animals, A Chance for Bliss welcomes the public, both individuals and groups alike, to visit the sanctuary. They often have groups that serve adults with development disabilities and traumatic brain injuries who come and volunteer at the sanctuary. Many of the dogs also have special medication needs.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 27, 2019

Because of this, collaboration between the two groups should be a top priority. Marketers, for instance, can show salespeople how to frame the emotional value of what they’re selling, and sales team members can fill in marketers on common customer concerns and misconceptions. Communicate — for better or for worse.

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St. Louis Emotional 2018 Branding 120

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 8, 2011

Ever tech-savvy and always looking for new ways to reach those in need, Henry recently pioneered the development of the world’s first emotional bandage, an Apple iPad app entitled, “Ouch! Emotional bandage,” which conveys some of his lessons. Any animal group in the world can use these materials as fundraising tools.

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San Diego Kittens Cats Emotional 100

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 13, 2020

Decisiveness instills confidence, provides clarity and lessens the anxiety and emotion. Let’s examine five practices for leading your people forward and lessening the emotion in the decision-making process. Leverage Strengths – During times of uncertainty emotions run high and business leaders tend to focus on issues and weaknesses.

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Emotional New Jersey Groups Raised 71

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets.

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Egypt Birds Albania Eagles 243

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 12, 2017

As Loreal Chief Marketing Officer Hugh Pile put it recently during a panel session of the British advertising group ISBA, “There’s a lot of discussion of left-brain logical skills, about science and analytics, and we need that stuff because of the marketing technologies that are available to use in programmatic and analytics.

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Emotional Campaign Science Laws 87

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 1, 2009

We send Animal Therapy teams to hospitals, nursing homes, Hospices and even private homes for Animal assisted Therapy (where we have animals go to individuals or groups) or Animal Assisted Activities (Where we have an animal involved with the actual therapy of an individual that is observed and documented by a Health/Human service professional.)

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Hawaii Pets Horses Homelessness 100

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Seek third-party sources of information, leverage your internal data, and work to create a comprehensive view of a single group. What does the data say your company can you do for these customers that you cannot do for other groups? Target your selected customer group with your new data. Perform a pilot test.

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Groups Industry Experience Experiments 87

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 9, 2019

The Millau Group studies show the average closing rate across all industries is approximately 25%. If the execution of your sales process is based on data/facts and not gut feelings or emotions, gathering the data will be straight forward. Test different solutions to validate your approach – use data, not emotions or gut feelings.

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Emotional Neglecting Industry Groups 83

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

My presentations for these groups are almost identical. We’re driven – and held back – by our emotions. To succeed in this profession, you need to manage your thoughts and emotions. My sales clients have included companies moving real estate, funeral services, spine surgery devices, insurance and all kinds of other widgets.

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Emotional Unwanted Branding Psychology 102

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

You are not going to close an entire enterprise deal without a roller coaster of a decision maker, trial by fire in a committee, group think, emotion or crisis mode. How To Overcome the 7 Things Sellers Fear Most. You are not in client services. They will RFP and reverse auction to squeeze you every time. Don't you!

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Sheep Psychology Hunting Compassion 131

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 20, 2019

Researchers in one study monitored workers at five commercial laundry plants, including one plant that served as a natural control group since it didn’t implement the wellness program. host workshops for their workers on topics such as preventing burnout, improving emotional intelligence (EQ) and handling high-conflict office environments.

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Georgia Emotional Atlanta Adoptable 102

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The most successful President’s Club awards are clearly and transparently measured on how to win: being included says the rep is among the most elite group in the organization. Incentives are most effective at engaging the emotional drivers of motivation when they are tangible and non-monetary.

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Hawaii Groups Experience Experiments 129

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 3, 2021

Recent increases in overdose rates strongly suggest these numbers underestimate the damaging emotional costs related to Covid-19. Other traditional options to handle addiction include in-patient and out-patient treatment, detoxes, therapy/counseling, 12 Step programs and other recovery support groups.

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Suffering Psychology Emotional Branding 127

Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) is against all forms of cruelty to animals and is a grassroots group working to establish rights for all animals here in Ireland, whilst helping to promote and support European and international campaigns. ARAN works with volunteers, activists, members of the public and other animal protection groups.

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Greyhounds Animal Rights Ireland Rights 100

Animal Person

JULY 3, 2009

This particular group fits in with other Bekoff books as well as those by Jonathan Balcombe and Jeffrey Masson (see here for more on some of them from April of 2008). And those mythical differences, of course, have historically been used to legitimize our use and treatment of our nonhuman cousins.

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Morals Mammals Elephants Humane 100

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 2, 2018

Seek third-party sources of information, leverage your internal data, and work to create a comprehensive view of a single group. What does the data say your company can you do for these customers that you cannot do for other groups? Target your selected customer group with your new data. Perform a pilot test.

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Groups Industry Experience Experiments 72

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

It’s also important to have emotional content and an experience that is exclusive or unique — something that people wouldn’t be able to experience on their own. If you provide a shared emotional experience, it strengthens the bonds with each other and with the company, and develops a sense of pride.

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Denver Minneapolis Nepal Emotional 69