A bird's nest

A nest is a place of refuge to hold an animal's eggs or provide a place to live or raise offspring. They are usually made of some organic material such as twigs, grass, and leaves; or may simply be a depression in the ground, or a hole in a tree, rock or building. Human-made materials, such as string, plastic, cloth, hair or paper, may be used.

Generally each species has a distinctive style of nest. Nests can be found in many different habitats. They are built primarily by birds, but also by mammals (e.g. squirrels), fish, insects (e.g. wasps, termites and honey bees) and reptiles (e.g. snakes and turtles).

The urge to prepare an area for the building of a nest is referred to as the nesting instinct and may occur in both mammals and birds.

Bird nest[link]

Most species of birds build some sort of nest, though some lay their eggs directly onto rock ledges or bare soil without first modifying the area.

Nest types vary from the very simple scrape, which is merely a shallow depression in soil or vegetation, to the elaborately woven pendant or sphere. Some birds will build nests in trees, some (such as vultures, eagles, and many seabirds like Kittiwakes) will build them on rocky ledges, and others nest on the ground or in burrows.

They may have some or all of the following zones: attachment; outer decorative layer; structural layer; lining.

Names of nests[link]

• A badger's nest is called a sett.
• An eagle's nest is called an eyrie.
• A squirrel's or ringtail possum's nest is called a drey.
• A hare's nest is called a form.
• A beaver's nest is called a lodge.
• A pheasant's nest is called a nide.
• A wasp's nest is called a vespiary.

Gallery[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Nests

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  Nest in grass

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  The inside of a bird's nest

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  Redwings typically make ground nests

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  Mud nests made by swallows

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  Female Bald Eagle on nest with egg

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  A nest in a lamp

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  A bird building a basket nest

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  Colonial pendant nests of Montezuma Oropendola

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  Wasp starting a nest

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  Insect nest in culvert, Wilcannia, New South Wales Australia

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  Eastern gray squirrel's drey in South Nottinghamshire, England

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  A termite nest in Mexico

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  Oriental Turtle Dove, exposed after leaf fall, Chiba, Japan

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  A basket style nest

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  Common blackbird nest - Location: Donsbrüggen (Kleve) - Germany.

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See also[link]

• Oology
• Bird nest
• Bird's nest soup
• Crow's nest
• Nest box

References[link]

• Hansell, Bird nests and construction behaviour, CUP 2005, ISBN 0-521-01764-5

External links[link]

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Nest.

• www.earthlife.net/birds/nests.html

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Anthony M. Fadell (born 1969) is a Lebanese American^[1] computer science engineer. He was known for being the Senior Vice President of the iPod Division at Apple Inc., having succeeded Jon Rubinstein in 2006. On November 4, 2008, Apple announced that Fadell would be stepping down as Senior Vice President but would remain with the company as an adviser to the former CEO, Steve Jobs. Fadell's wife Danielle Lambert, Vice President of Human Resources at Apple, would leave the company.^[2] Fadell is an alumnus of Grosse Pointe South High School in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a BS in Computer Engineering in 1991 and was a member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity.

In 2010, he founded Nest, a company which announced its first product, a learning thermostat, in October 2011.

Pre-Apple career[link]

While still at Michigan, he was CEO of Constructive Instruments, which marketed MediaText, multimedia composition software for children. He worked for Apple spinoff General Magic for three years, starting in 1992 as a diagnostics engineer and progressing to a systems architect,^[3] where he was responsible for the development of a number of technologies and devices including the Sony Magic Link and Motorola Envoy, both of which were part of the Magic Cap platform. In 1995 he was hired by Philips where he was co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, and Director of Engineering in the Mobile Computing Group, which developed a number of Windows CE-based handheld services, notably the Philips Velo and Nino.^[3] Fadell went on to become a Vice President of Philips Strategy and Ventures where he was in charge of developing Philips' digital audio strategy consisting of technology direction for silicon and software, as well as its investment portfolio and potential business models.^[4]

During the 1990s, Fadell started his own company called Fuse to develop the "Dell of the Consumer Electronics." One of the devices he had in mind was a small hard disk-based music player. Fuse failed, however, to find a second round of funding, and Fadell started exploring developing the product at other companies. He first approached RealNetworks in 2000 but left after only six weeks. The second company he approached was Apple.

Apple Inc.[link]

He started doing work for Apple from February 2001 as a contractor designing the iPod and planning Apple's audio product strategy.^[5] In April 2001 he was hired by Apple to assemble and run its iPod & Special Projects group, where he has overseen the design and production of the iPod and iSight devices, following the direction of Jon Rubenstein.^[5][6] He was promoted to vice president of iPod engineering in 2004. On October 14, 2005, Apple announced that Fadell would replace the retiring Jon Rubinstein as Senior Vice President of the iPod Division on March 31, 2006.^[7] On November 3, 2008, The Wall Street Journal broke the story of Tony's departure from Apple.^[8]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Archive copy of Tony's Bio at Apple
• Interview with Tony Fadell from hossli.com (2005)
• Tony Fadell's bio on the University of Michigan website
• Fadell and birth of the Ipod in Wired Interview
• Nest Learning Thermostat

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Illinois Jacquet
Background information
Birth name	Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet
Born	(1922-10-31)October 31, 1922 Broussard, Louisiana United States
Died	July 22, 2004(2004-07-22) (aged 81) Queens, New York United States
Genres	Swing Bebop Jump blues
Occupations	Musician, Bandleader, Composer
Instruments	Tenor saxophone Bassoon Alto saxophone
Years active	1941–2004
Labels	Apollo, Savoy, Aladdin, RCA, Verve, Mercury Records, Roulette, Epic, Argo, Prestige, Black Lion, Black & Blue Records, Atlantic.
Associated acts	Flip Phillips Dexter Gordon Cab Calloway

Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 31, 1922 - July 22, 2004) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo.^[1]

Although he was a pioneer of the honking tenor saxophone that became a regular feature of jazz playing and a hallmark of early rock and roll, Jacquet was a skilled and melodic improviser, both on up-tempo tunes and ballads. He doubled on the bassoon, one of only a few jazz musicians to use the instrument.

Biography[link]

Jacquet, New York City, ca. May 1947 (Photograph by William Paul Gottlieb)

Jacquet was born to a Sioux mother and a Creole father in Broussard, Louisiana and moved to Houston, Texas, as an infant, and was raised there as one of six siblings. His father, Gilbert Jacquet, was a part-time bandleader. As a child he performed in his father's band, primarily on the alto saxophone. His older brother Russell Jacquet played trumpet and his brother Linton played drums.^[2]

At 15, Jacquet began playing with the Milton Larkin Orchestra, a Houston-area dance band. In 1939, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he met Nat King Cole. Jacquet would sit in with the trio on occasion. In 1940, Cole introduced Jacquet to Lionel Hampton who had returned to California and was putting together a big band. Hampton wanted to hire Jacquet, but asked the young Jacquet to switch to tenor saxophone.

In 1942, at age 19, Jacquet soloed on the Hampton Orchestra's recording of "Flying Home", one of the very first times a honking tenor sax was heard on record. The record became a hit. The song immediately became the climax for the live shows and Jacquet became exhausted from having to "bring down the house" every night. The solo was built to weave in and out of the arrangement and continued to be played by every saxophone player who followed Jacquet in the band, notably Arnett Cobb and Dexter Gordon, who achieved almost as much fame as Jacquet in playing it. It is one of the very few jazz solos to have been memorized and played very much the same way by everyone who played the song.He quit the Hampton band in 1943 and joined Cab Calloway's Orchestra. Jacquet appeared with Cab Calloway's band in Lena Horne's movie Stormy Weather.

In 1944, he returned to California and started a small band with his brother Russell and a young Charles Mingus. It was at this time that he appeared in the Academy Award-nominated short film Jammin' the Blues with Lester Young. He also appeared at the first Jazz at the Philharmonic concert. In 1946, he moved to New York City, and joined the Count Basie orchestra, replacing Lester Young. Jacquet continued to perform (mostly in Europe) in small groups through the 1960s and 1970s. Jacquet led the Illinois Jacquet Big Band from 1981 until his death. Jacquet became the first jazz musician to be an artist-in-residence at Harvard University in 1983. He played "C-Jam Blues" with President Bill Clinton on the White House lawn during Clinton's inaugural ball in 1993. His solos of the early and mid-1940s and his performances at the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series, greatly influenced rhythm and blues and rock and roll saxophone style, but also continue to be heard in jazz. His honking and screeching emphasized the lower and higher registers of the tenor saxophone. Despite a superficial rawness, the style is still heard in skilled jazz players like Arnett Cobb, who also became famous for playing "Flying Home" with Hampton, as well as Sonny Rollins, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Jimmy Forrest.

Jacquet died in his home in Queens, New York of a heart attack on Thursday July 22, 2004. He was 81 years of age.^[2]

Discography[link]

Illinois Jacquet's gravesite at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York.

• 1966 Illinois Flies Again
• 1966 Go Power
• 1968 How High the Moon
• 1968 Bottoms Up
• 1968 The King
• 1968 Illinois Jacquet on Prestige! Bottoms up
• 1969 The Soul Explosion
• 1969 The Blues: That's Me!
• 1971 Genius at Work
• 1971 The Comeback
• 1973 Blues from Louisiana
• 1973 The Man I Love (Black & Blue)
• 1976 On Jacquet's Street
• 1978 God Bless My Solo
• 1980 JSP Jazz Sessions, Vol. 1: New York
• 1988 Jacquet's Got It!
• 1994 Jazz at the Philharmonic: First Concert [recorded 1944]
• 1994 His All Star New York Band
• 1996 Big Horn
• 1999 Birthday Party
• 2002 The Man I Love
• 2003 Live at Schaffhausen: March 1978
• 2004 Jacquet's Street
• 2004 Collates

References[link]