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Letty Bird
No full textLaetitia Letty Bird, a longtime Palo Alto resident and volunteer, died on Nov. 30. She was 92. She was born Laetitia Schmidt on Feb. 27, 1923, in Berlin, Germany, and was raised in Antwerp, Belgium. As a teenager during World War II, she evaded capture by the Nazis in southern France until she made an illegal night escape into Switzerland her parents died in concentration camps. Following the war in Brussels, she met a British army officer, Peter Bird, whom she later married. Together they moved to England, Canada and the United States, with a brief period spent in Australia before returning to the U.S. She lived in Palo Alto for 52 years, and from 1994 to 2011, she was a painstaking volunteer for the Friends of the Palo Alto Library. She also engaged in conversation daily at the coffee shop at the Charleston Shopping Center. She spoke six languages fluently (French, Flemish, German, English, Yiddish and Spanish) and knew some of others, and she read often, particularly travel stories, biographies and history books. She liked to keep abreast of contemporary events - looking at them often through the lens of her past and left-leaning political persuasion. She also enjoyed travel and had a great sense of humor, according to her friends and family. She was predeceased by her husband of 43 years, Peter Bird, and her daughter, Karin Elizabeth Rockett. She is survived by her daughter, Kristina Diane Bird, and her partner, Justin Holt, of Cambridge, England and her grandsons, Aaron Liam Rockett, and his partner Beth, of Pittsburgh and Daniel Peter Bird Holt of Cambridge
Author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Great Northern Bower bird
No full textGreat Northern Bower bird playground, 1943-45.Ward, Peter B.Date:1943
The FireBird Mission – A Scientific Mission for Earth Observation and Hot SpotDetection
No full textMore than 10 years ago the first specialized small satellite for hot spot recognition and fire observation was designed, built and operated by several DLR departments. This BIRD (Bi-spectral Infra Red Detection) satellite demonstrated the capability of fire monitoring from space by using a dedicated small satellite and sensor system. On the other hand it has shown that DLR is capable to manage nearly a complete space mission “in house”. The comparison of typical BIRD data with the well-known MODIS fire products led to the label “fire zoom” for BIRD data. It is due to the high geometric and radiometric resolution of BIRD fire products. Typically small fires with a diameter of 4m could be detected. The precise estimation of fire parameters was successfully shown without problems like false alarms. The success of BIRD opened the doors for next steps. The scientific DLR Earth observation mission “FireBird” will continue the fire monitoring topic by using two small satellites (TET-1, launched June 2012, BIROS launch planed 2014). The paper shall present this mission. It will finally be focused on possible interfaces for a desired worldwide international scientific cooperation within this running space mission
Moral Good, the Beatific Vision, and God’s Kingdom Writings by Germain Grisez and Peter Ryan, S.J.. Edited by Peter J. Weigel
No full textFor close to half a century, the work of Germain Grisez has been highly influential, and his writings continue to receive considerable attention from philosophers and theologians of diverse viewpoints. His co-author for this work is the professor and noted moral theologian Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J., currently the executive director of the Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). These two eminent scholars explore fundamental questions about Christian eschatology, moral theory, the purpose of human life, and the promise of human fulfilment. The authors examine Christian teaching on the final destiny of persons, investigating the meaning of God's kingdom, the hope of the beatific vision, and the centrality of moral goodness and divine grace in one's final end. This work is an ideal source for students, scholars, ministers and lay persons interested in basic questions of Christian theology, the philosophy of religion, ethical theory, and Catholic doctrin
Murder on the mountain: author talk with Peter J. Wosh
No full textAuthor talk by Peter J. Wosh on May 5th, 2022, on his book, "Murder on the Mountain: crime, passion, and punishment in gilded age New Jersey.
Lunchtime Talk with Author and Attorney Peter Godwin
No full textAuthor and attorney Peter Godwin gave a lunchtime talk about the topics discussed in his book, The Fear, which focuses on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe under the rule of Robert Mugabe
Bird life of coasts and estuaries
No full textBird Life of Coasts and Estuaries describes the bird life of the British coastline and adjacent off-shore waters from an ecological point of view, using information from research to show how bird distribution and abundance are related to important environmental variables such as marine currents, weather, coastal landform and the influence of man. First published in 1992, the book will appeal to the layman who wants to know more about coastal birds, the birder who wants to find out how birds interact with their environment and all those who are interested in the habitats that make up what is arguably Britain's most important natural asset
Testing the delivery of conservation schemes for farmland birds at the farm-scale during winter, in Southern lowland England
No full textMany farmland bird species across Europe have continued to show population declines since the 1970s, as a result of agricultural intensification. A large number of conservation schemes and initiatives have emerged from Government and the food industry sector to address this problem. Some farmland bird populations are limited by overwintering survival. This paper compares winter farmland bird abundance and species richness from differing conservation schemes, including: Entry Level Stewardship (ELS), Conservation Grade (CG) and Organic farm management scenarios. Winter bird surveys were tailored to the farm-scale, reflecting the proportions of infield habitat arrangements of nine case study farms. Organic farms provided significantly less infield habitat types across all schemes and were dominated by grassland habitat. Entry Level Stewardship and CG schemes had larger proportions of winter bird food provisions and increased habitat heterogeneity. The results show granivorous passerines to be significantly more abundant on CG farms compared to Organic. Moreover, yellowhammers (Emberiza citronella L.) are specialist seed-eaters that were significantly less abundant on Organic farms, compared to ELS and CG. There were no significant differences for insectivorous passerines between schemes. A positive relationship between number of infield habitats and species richness on farms was found, with Organic farms scoring the lowest species richness. These results demonstrate a proof-of-concept that farm-scale management can have positive farm-scale effects for birds; with increasing habitat heterogeneity and the presence of winter bird food provisions. Interestingly, Organic farms are shown not to provide significant benefits to overwintering birds. This paper suggests that the CG scheme provides the best framework for farmers to achieve sufficient infield habitat arrangements to better overwintering farmland bird
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