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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

10,000 Birds

For example, many photos are shot in poor light, obscuring the true colours. Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions.

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Some Hokkaido Winter Passerines

10,000 Birds

In science speak, this is named the optimal body mass hypothesis. Though I guess such an adaptability can also be seen as an indicator of intelligence … Eurasian Jays are related to these crows, they are also regarded as highly intelligent, and unsurprisingly, they are also subjected to various intelligence tests by researchers.

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The Just-In-Time Training Revolution

Sales and Marketing Management

As an example, imagine a rep sitting around in a lobby, waiting for a meeting in which he or she really needs to convince a prospect to change and show contrast between you and your competitive alternatives (or their incumbent vendor, for that matter). or even pay more (why pay?). The technology is ready.

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Gaining executive access: what messaging approach wins?

Sales and Marketing Management

In a simulation-based test scenario, the executives were told they were reading an email from an outside vendor sales rep they didn’t know and had never met with before. This approach introduces an unconsidered or underappreciated need to the executive, based on the seller’s experience with other customers.

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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

10,000 Birds

Described in the “Territoriality and aggression” chapter, this is a sublime example of behaviour from the “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman, an Emeritus Chair in Behavioural and Environmental Biology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. How did I know that? “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman.

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How to Make a Remote Sale

Sales and Marketing Management

For example, if you need to walk through calculations and data projections that require significant context, you would be unlikely to dump everything into an email or text message. It doesn’t need a long, meandering discussion about world politics, science, or global markets. Be direct and respectful of their time. Be a human first.

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How The Bird Got Its Beak

10,000 Birds

If only you could make fine adjustments to the expression of existing DNA you could hatch a dinosaur, starting with, for example, a turkey. The second thing they did was to interfere with the genetic pathways in some chickens, which produced a chicken with beaky bits that were more like snouty bits found in, for example, a Alligator.