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☆ The Panda Factories
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Mara Hvistendahl | Joy Dong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +30 min

They show that, from the beginning, zoos saw panda cubs as a pathway to visitors, prestige and merchandise sales. Panda keepers with cubs at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, in China, in 2022. A Chinese giant panda at the Panda Park in Al Khor, in Qatar, in 2022. Smithsonian Institution Archives A panda wakes up from anesthesia in March 1999 during a seminal study by American and Chinese researchers into panda breeding. Smithsonian Institution Archives Giant panda Mei Xiang taken out of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province, in 2000, for shipment to the National Zoo in Washington.

Persons: Ariana Drehsler, Kati Loeffler, “, ’, Loeffler, Kimberly Terrell, ”, Terrell, Soraya, Xin Bao, zookeepers, Richard M, Nixon, Pat Nixon, Annalisa Meyer, Melissa Songer, Heather Bacon, Bacon, Don Kohlbauer, JoGayle Howard, Darting, Howard, Ping Ping, Thomas Hildebrandt, Dr, Hildebrandt, Lei Lei, Meyer, Lung Yuan Chih, Lung, James Ayala, . Hildebrandt, Ayala, interjected, Mei Xiang, Ken Cedeno, Tian Tian, Xiang, David Wildt, Mei, Mei Xiang vomited, Qi Ji, Agnes Bun, scrawled, Pierre Comizzoli, Mads Frost Bertelsen, Meng Lan, Su Weizhong Organizations: Zoo Washington, Factories, Chengdu Research Base, Archives San Diego Zoo, The New York Times Chengdu Research Base, China, National Zoo, New York Times, Smithsonian Institution, Times, Pandas, Agence France, Memphis Zoo, Tulane University, Smithsonian, San Diego Zoo, The New York, Smithsonian . Pandas, Zoo, Associated Press, University of Central, Bear Care Group, China Conservation and Research Center, San Diego Union Tribune, Feature, Future Publishing, Getty, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, ”, Leibniz Institute for Zoo, Wildlife Research, National Zoo Washington, Institution Archives Chengdu Research Base, Breed, The New York Times, Beijing Zoo, Tsinghua University, Animal Studies, Visitors, New York Times China Conservation and Research Center, Smithsonian National, Associated, Smithsonian’s, and Wildlife Service, National, Fujifilm, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Reuters, Smithsonian Channel, “, Copenhagen Zoo Locations: China, Chengdu, Sichuan, Archives San Diego Zoo California, Washington, Louisiana, Japan, San Diego, San Francisco, Indonesia, Qatar, Al Khor, University of Central Lancashire, England, U.S, San, Fuzhou, United States, Feature China, Sichuan Province, Beijing, Berlin ., Wolong, Taiwan, American, estrus, New York Times China, Europe, Washington ,, Washington , DC, Beijing Zoo Beijing

☆ A family's $6,300 vacation was at risk when the passport office lost their daughter's photo and replaced it with the wrong child
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

They booked the trip three months in advance, and shortly after, she began the passport application process for herself and her two daughters, Sofia, 5, and Daya, 3. Representatives for the UK's passport office did not respond to a request for comment from BI. The office couldn't find the image sent with Daya's application, so Basi rushed to get a new photo sent to the passport office. Then, Basi said the passport office sent this second set to the wrong regional office. Basi said she had filed at least three complaints now, but it's been radio silence from the passport office.

Persons: —, Dillon Birring's, Basi, Sofia's, hadn't, Peter Garrard Beck, Daya, it's Organizations: Service, Business, BBC Locations: England, Egypt, Sofia, Liverpool, London

☆ A new generation of airships is taking to the skies
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It’s an airship, and French aeronautics company Flying Whales hopes its hybrid-electric, helium-lift vessel will change the shape of sustainable transport. Flying Whales' airships, pictured here in a render, could access remote locations without roads, railways or airports. That’s why most companies, including Flying Whales and LTA Research, are using helium, which is non-flammable. Prentice is also the founder and president of BASI, a Manitoba-based company specializing in airships adapted for cold climates. Flying Whales expects to test its first airship at the end of 2025, with commercial operations beginning in 2027 once the airship is certified.

Persons: ”, Romain Schlack, Sergey Brin, It’s, Barry Prentice, Prentice, “, Schlack Organizations: CNN, Flying Whales, ” Airship, Research, Google, LTA Research, Moffett, American Chemical Society, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Prentice ., FAA, European Aviation Safety Agency, Libre de Bruxelles, Prentice, Companies, Akron Airdock, Vehicles, Air Vehicles Locations: San Francisco, California, Manitoba, Prentice . California, Belgium, Laruscade, Bordeaux, France, Ohio, San Francisco Bay, England, Quebec, Asia, Canada

☆ Compozitorul Pavel Gamurari: „Muzica ne oferă, mereu, revelații”
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-12 | by ( Autor | Please Enter Your Name Here | ) gazetadechisinau.md time to read: +9 min

– Stimate dle Pavel Gamurari, vă rugăm să ne povestiți, pentru început, unde ați cântat primele cântece în copilărie? Înainte de absolvirea Colegiului mă gândeam să studiez în continuare muzicologia la Academia de Muzică, Teatru și Arte Plastice din Chișinău. O voi menționa, bineînțeles, pe Lidia Ciubuc, care a susținut multe concerte în R. Moldova și peste hotare. L-aș remarca și pe Marian Ungur, el este mai aproape de muzica de film, dar activează cu succes și în domeniul muzicii ușoare. Revelații cred că am de fiecare dată atunci când sunt în proces de lucru, căutând tehnici noi, teme, motive, subiecte.

Persons: N . Iorga, Ștefan Neaga, Pavel Rivilis, Ea, Alexandru Zirra, Denis Ceausov, Oleg Palymski, ., Nichita Stănescu, Oleg Negruța, Teodor, Eugen Doga, Le, Lidia Ciubuc, Marian Ungur, Maxim Cotruță, Mihaela Handuca, Aurel Băluță, Maestrul Ghenadie Ciobanu, Erika Crino, Larisa, Aldo Aranda, Carmen Cârneci, Galina Cocearova, Gh . Ciobanu, Vl ., Victor Lăcusta Organizations: Muzică, Arte Plastice, Noi, ZMN, Uniunea Compozitorilor, Muzicologilor, Român, Gala Concursului Locations: Chișinău, România, Rusia, Moldova, Spania, Iași, Belarus, Gyumri, Armenia, Uniunea, Italia, Larisa Soboleva, SUA, Mexic, București, Sankt - Petersburg

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