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A Signal Shattered
Eric S. Nylund (born November 12, 1964) is an American novelist and professional technical writer. His wife, Syne Mitchell, is also a science fiction writer. He holds a Bachelor's in Science, B.Sc. in chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an Master's degree, M.Sc. in chemical physics from the University of California, San Diego. He lives in North Bend, Washington with his wife, Syne, and his son, Kai Nylund. Nylund is the author of three novels set in the Halo (series), Halo universe: ''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', ''Halo: First Strike'', and ''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', as well as a short story in ''Halo: Evolutions'' and the graphic novel ''Halo Wars#Release, Halo Wars: Genesis''. He is employed as a writer for Microsoft Game Studios. His duties include the development of Bible (writing), story bibles and other such Back-story, fictional assets, the preparation of materials for marketing, and coordination with Microsoft localization, legal, and geopolitical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panorama City, California
Panorama City is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley. It has a generally young age range as well as the highest population density in the Valley. Ethnically, more than half of its population was born abroad, a higher percentage than Los Angeles as a whole. Known as the valley's first planned community after a transition from agriculture to a post-World War II housing boom, it has produced several notable residents. It is now a mixture of single-family homes and low-rise apartment buildings. Panorama City has three high schools, two recreational centers, a senior center, two hospitals and a chamber of commerce. History Panorama City is known as the San Fernando Valley's first planned community. In 1948, it was developed as such by residential developer Fritz B. Burns and industrialist Henry J. Kaiser. The master plan was created by architectural firm Wurdeman & Becket. Burns, seeing the tremendous potential fortune that could be ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evolutions
Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation tends to exist within any given population as a result of genetic mutation and recombination. Evolution occurs when evolutionary processes such as natural selection (including sexual selection) and genetic drift act on this variation, resulting in certain characteristics becoming more common or more rare within a population. The evolutionary pressures that determine whether a characteristic is common or rare within a population constantly change, resulting in a change in heritable characteristics arising over successive generations. It is this process of evolution that has given rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual organisms, and molecules. The theory of evolution by natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
