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...Turn to the CD's liner notes for clues and you find, even more mystifyingly, black-and-white pictures of stuffed birds - some extinct - from Fiona Pardington's photo series "Fugitive Beings." But in the simple acknowledgment, "this recording is dedicated to my mother Sophia in memory of my father Te Okoro 'Joe' Runga," Runga's musical mission becomes clearer. Birds is about flying into the past - and finding your feet...
...while the phrase “senior tutor” may soon be as extinct as a dodo bird, “senior tutorials” remain a fixture of many concentrations...
...like the creators of such dioramas, is practicing a vanishing art. It's not simply that digital photography is quickly becoming more popular than traditional film. It's that his tools?an 8 inch by 10 inch box camera, silver-emulsion film, and fiber-based paper?are virtually extinct. "The materials I use are becoming endangered species," he says. "A few months ago, my paper maker went bankrupt. I'm negotiating with the new owner to see if they are going to keep making my type of paper if I order enough per year. Kodak stopped making the kind...
Although you stated that alternative rock is on its way to becoming extinct [MUSIC, Dec. 16], you failed to mention that this is in the context of the mainstream music industry. It is very sad to learn that MTV and record sales have become the only indicator of the popular-music scene. Believe it or not, alternative music is still out there and thriving in the subculture of youth. Stick your head out of the office and take a look around. Don't rely on the tube and a few statistics. NORA GRUBER San Diego
...prior conclusions about the ancestors of homo sapiens. Analysis of the Floresian residents revealed that a non-homo sapiens species of human lived at the same time as homo sapiens. This is contrary to the hypothesis that less evolved species of hominids, such as homo erectus and Neanderthals, went extinct more than 50,000 years ago. “More unusual is the proposal that this hobbit species evolved from homo erectus through dwarfing,” said Lieberman. This phenomenon, he said, “occurs on islands when species are released from the pressures of predation but become...