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☆ Giant pandas from China arrive in US on loan to National Zoo
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

His mother, Bao Bao, was born a celebrity at the National Zoo in 2013 and returned to China four years later. His grandparents, Meixiang and Tian Tian, lived at the zoo for 23 years until their lease ended last year. It went offline last November, when Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their youngest cub Xiao Qi Ji left for China. And for the first time in 23 years, the giant panda exhibit at the National Zoo had become empty. “Our team and legions of fans look forward to welcoming Bao Li and Qing Bao to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo.”

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☆ Inside a high-tech parking garage where robots valet park your car
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Ray Parisi | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Five bays equipped with self-serve kiosks provide entry and exit to the building's automated parking garage. Automated parking is a growing trend in high-end real estate where buildings from New York to Miami now come equipped with kiosks, car lifts and car-parking robots. One of five car lifts inside the automated parking system. The AGVs are essentially free roaming, self-charging, robo-parkers that use vision systems, lifts and lasers to precisely park and retrieve cars. An AGV prepares to park a Ferrari inside the Brickell House's automated parking system.

Persons: Ginger Monteleone, Monteleone, ParkPlus, Peter Manis, Manis, Billionaire Palmer Luckey, Luckey, Palmer Organizations: Brickell House, CNBC, Grand View Research, ParkPlus, Brickell, Ferrari, VR, Anduril Industries, Anduril Industries CNBC Locations: Miami, New York, Manhattan, North America, Brickell, ParkPlus Florida, Newport Beach , California

☆ Visiting China in 2024: A guide to visas, mobile payments and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Maggie Hiufu Wong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

We’ve put together a guide to some of the most frequently asked questions regarding China travel. China travel FAQsDo you need a visa to go to China? However, travelers visiting under these visa-free transit programs have more restrictions in terms of places they can visit. Exploring the country via China’s vast high-speed railway network is not an option for those entering under the two transit visa schemes. Beijing, China's capital city, accepts international travelers visiting under the 144-hour visa-free transit program.

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That’s why, he said, he invested in AppHarvest, a startup that promised a high-tech future for farming and for the workers of Eastern Kentucky. Despite promising local jobs, the company eventually began contracting migrant workers from Mexico, Guatemala and other countries, numerous former employees told CNN. After about a week on the job, Vance took a meeting with AppHarvest founder Jonathan Webb, as Webb later recounted in a Fox News podcast interview. The company’s health care benefits attracted Morgan, a single father, who told CNN he took a pay cut to join the startup. Such comments ring hollow to some former AppHarvest workers, who argue Vance’s rhetoric as a candidate for vice president doesn’t align with the reality they experienced.

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☆ Billionaire Palmer Luckey keeps getting stuck in the elevator of his car mansion, lawsuit claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Palmer Luckey claims the elevators and scissor lifts in his Newport Beach home keep getting stuck. Luckey is suing the builders of his home, which is meant to house his automobile collection. Luckey said the builders breached their contract, but the builders denied the claims. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementWar weapons entrepreneur and Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is suing the developers who helped build his Newport Beach, California mansion because people kept getting stuck in the scissor lifts and elevator in the home, a lawsuit claims.

Persons: Palmer Luckey, Luckey, — Organizations: Newport Beach, Service, Newport, Orange County Superior, Business Locations: Newport, Newport Beach , California, Orange County

☆ Forget crunches — elite gymnasts share 2 tips for better core workouts
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewTake your core workouts to the next level with simple techniques recommended by elite gymnasts. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementJohnson routinely incorporates these hollow hold moves into her workouts. "Whether it's upper body or lower body or just a cardio day, I will always do core at the end," Johnson said.

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☆ Johnny Depp says he beat out Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, and Michael Jackson for the starring role in 'Edward Scissorhands'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewJohnny Depp had some stiff competition to land his now-iconic role in Tim Burton's "Edward Scissorhands." Related storiesDepp said in the docuseries even Tom Cruise "was not far away from actually playing Edward Scissorhands — true story," according to People. Barry King/WireImage/Getty"He's never going to cast me when everyone in Hollywood is after the part," Depp recalled in the docuseries.

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☆ I lost my hair. Then I found myself.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Sara Dubnow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

For more than a year, I had been dealing with my progressive hair loss and clamoring for some sort of control. I launched into the story of my hair loss journey, attempting to convey the stress and uncertainty that had defined the past year. I purchased a long brown human hair wig that initially looked natural in the shop lighting. I learned I had a lot to learn; there was a whole "wearing hair" subculture with special lingo that I knew nothing about. I accepted that I have hair loss and I'm aging, and one day, I'll look in the mirror, and it won't be just my hair that's changed.

Persons: Bangs, Barbie, I'm, I'm balding, Scissor, Rogaine, —, didn't, LaCroix, hadn't, Kim Kardashian, Instagram, Emilie, I'd, Moira Rose Organizations: Business, Melrose Locations: Los Angeles

☆ China, Xi Jinping Plan to Crush Elon Musk, Tesla, and the US EV Industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

If China EV Inc. were allowed to enter the US today or next year, the legacies would be gutted." The year Musk tittered at the idea of Chinese EVs overtaking Tesla, the country produced only 5,000 electric cars. It has more trade barrier protection from a China Auto Inc. onslaught, but it may not work forever. AdvertisementWe want to maintain an auto industry in the US — that's essential for jobs, national security, and for other sectors of the economy. Sure, Chinese EV makers are lean and mean, but they've never had to deal with international markets before.

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☆ South Korean city turns to matchmaking to boost low birth rates
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Soo-Hyang Choi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

They were participants at a mass blind-dating event hosted by Seongnam city, an attempt by the local government to reverse a falling birth rate in a country where the popularity of marriage and enthusiasm towards parenthood have nosedived. Jung Jae-hoon, a professor at the department of social welfare at Seoul Women's University, said it was "nonsense" to expect these events to lead to higher birth rates. "You need to spend more money directly on supporting pregnancy, child delivery and parenting to call it a policy to boost birth rates," Jung said. Despite criticism, thousands of people have signed up for this year's blind-dating events arranged by the Seongnam city. "Low birth rates cannot be resolved with a single policy," Shin said.

Persons: Lee Yu, Hwang Da, Hwang, Jung Jae, Jung, Shin Sang, Shin, It's, Soo, hyang Choi, Daewoung Kim, Josh Smith, Stephen Coates Organizations: Seongnam, Organisation for Economic Co, Development, Seoul Women's University, Minwoo, Thomson Locations: SEONGNAM, South Korea, Seoul, Korean, United States, Japan, Seongnam

☆ Gene editing offers chickens some protection against bird flu -study
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Tom Polansek | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Test tubes labelled "Bird Flu" and eggs are seen in this picture illustration, January 14, 2023. Flu viruses hijack proteins like ANP32 inside cells to help themselves replicate, and the edits in chickens were designed to stop the growth of bird flu. However, they have not bred chickens with three edits yet, said Helen Sang, who previously studied genetically modifying chickens against bird flu at the University of Edinburgh. Unlike genetic modification, which introduces foreign genes, gene editing alters existing genes. The technology is considered to be less controversial than genetic modification and is more lightly regulated in some countries.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Wendy Barclay, Barclay, Helen Sang, Sang, Tom Polansek, Jamie Freed Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Imperial College of London, Nature Communications, University of Edinburgh, European Union, Thomson Locations: Britain, France, U.S

☆ The 10 Best Lego Sets for Adults That’ll Make You Feel Like a Master Builder
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Rachel Simon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

“Adults are building more Lego sets for creativity, stress relief, nostalgia and rewarding challenges,” says Ethan Dungan, a Willis, Texas-based artist known for his Lego creations. We spoke to six Lego superfans and artists to get their recommendations of the very best sets for adults available to buy now. For the explorerLego Tales of the Space Age $50 at LegoThis ultracool space-themed set features four connectible 3-D blocks depicting rockets, planets and “retro-styled landscapes inspired by space exploration,” says Catarino. The bookshop’s “phenomenal colors, diverse design techniques, and expandability make this set a great option for adults,” he says. For the architecture buffAs fun as it can be to build Lego sets, displaying them in your home once they’re done can be equally satisfying.

Persons: Rachel Simon, Legos isn’t, ”, Ethan Dungan, Willis, Joshua Chawner, ” Chawner, you’ll, Jessica Ragzy, Dante Dentoni, Tiago Catarino, “ it’s, I’ve, that’s, Ryan McCullough, McCullough, It’s Organizations: Lego, Lego’s, YouTube, Star Locations: Willis , Texas, Liverpool, England, Lego’s, New York City, Miami Beach, Fla, Lisbon, Orlando

☆ Imagine Spider-Woman With a Crochet Hook
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Hilarie M. Sheets | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“My favorite thing is crocheting 20 feet in the air,” the artist Sheila Pepe said at her studio in the Brooklyn Army Terminal. “Up high, in my overalls and my crochet hook in hand, on top of a drivable scissor lift, it’s the funniest gender joke in the world for me,” said the 63-year-old artist, who identifies as lesbian. Now you’re Uncle Joe!”For more than two decades, Pepe has used the craft of crochet, which she learned as a child from her mother, as a way to “draw” in three dimensions and infiltrate architecture. Using crochet in place of steel, Pepe has invited reconsideration of a humble craft done by generations of women and the painstaking labor that went into it. Her grandfather ran a shoe repair shop in Brooklyn, and her parents owned a deli in Morristown, N.J.

Persons: “, Sheila Pepe, ”, Joe, Pepe Organizations: Brooklyn Army Locations: Brooklyn, Manhattan’s Madison, Italy, Morristown, N.J

☆ The Sad Story Behind a Fossil’s ‘Grin’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Freda Kreier | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Before the dawn of the dinosaurs, the world belonged to reptiles called rhynchosaurs. They were the size of pigs and thrived all over the planet 225 million to 245 million years ago during the mid- and late Triassic Period. They may get overshadowed by the earliest dinosaurs, he suggests, although they make up 90 percent of vertebrate fossils in some Triassic digs. This highly unusual way of eating may have doomed rhynchosaurs as they reached old age. Unable to bite their food, these old rhynchosaurs may have starved to death, Dr. Benton said.

Persons: ”, Michael Benton, . Benton, rhynchosaurs, Benton Organizations: University of Bristol Locations: England

☆ A Chinese EV billionaire's wealth has plummeted 75% to $1.4 billion as aggressive price wars push customers to higher-tier cars — like Tesla or BYD
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The fortune of He Xiaopeng, CEO of Chinese EV maker Xpeng, has fallen 75% from a 2021 peak. He owns 20.5% of Xpeng shares, which tanked nearly 20% this year. Despite the wealth wipeout, He is still the 2,048th richest person in the world — although his net worth is now just a quarter of his $5.5 billion wealth in 2021, per Forbes. The Alibaba-backed company's first-quarter net loss also widened to 2.34 billion yuan from 1.7 billion yuan a year ago. The EV maker launched its first mass-produced model, the G3, in 2018.

The staff at the hospital have been working around the clock since the fighting started in Sudan. “The biggest challenge facing medical staff trying to reach hospitals is the lack of safe passages. One video shows a doctor stitching a wound cutting through the calf of a woman. In another, the medical staff are slumped over a patient with a gaping wound in the upper thigh. “Hospitals of Sudan are under fire, medical supplies have almost run out, medical staff is exhausted.

☆ High jump pioneer and icon Fosbury dies at 76
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

March 13 (Reuters) - Olympic high jump champion Dick Fosbury, who revolutionised the event with a radically different jumping technique that was eventually named after him, died on Sunday aged 76, his agent Ray Schulte said on Monday. The straddle or scissor jump were common techniques in the high jump. "With his groundbreaking "Fosbury Flop" technique, Dick Fosbury not only won Olympic gold at Mexico City 1968 but also revolutionized the high jump. "I am deeply saddened by the passing of Dick Fosbury, a true legend and pioneer in the world of track and field. Dick's innovative technique of the 'Fosbury Flop' revolutionized the high jump event and forever changed the sport," said Max Siegel, CEO of USA Track & Field.

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—Shelby Walker said she was watching a movie with her family on the evening of Feb. 3 when a 150-car Norfolk Southern train skirting the edge of town came off the tracks, sending 38 cars into a jumbled mass that caught fire and sent orange flames and black smoke into the sky. On Tuesday, she watched as a machine with a scissor-like attachment shredded a scorched railcar that had fallen near the bicycles, trampoline and plastic play toys in her backyard. Over the clanging of steel being torn apart, Ms. Walker, 48 years old, said her family is still haunted by the accident, which sent chemicals into the air, ground and creeks leading to the Ohio River.

☆ Waffle-maker Eggo fined $85K over toxic gas release at California factory
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Waffle-maker company Eggo has been fined $85,000 after being convicted of negligently releasing toxic ammonia from a factory in San Jose, California, prosecutors announced. Prosecutors said anhydrous ammonia is a toxic gas that can cause “severe injury or death.”Eggo managers failed to call 911 until over an hour passed, believing they had stopped the leak. During the delay, 3,400 pounds of anhydrous ammonia escape the factory into the surrounding neighborhood, prompting residents to shelter in place for several hours until the leak was stopped, prosecutors said. “Public safety and the environment are threatened with every passing minute in these cases,” Deputy District Attorney Jason Bussey said. “When companies fail to immediately report a release, they face serious consequences.”Since the fiasco, Eggo has cooperated with regulatory authorities and is upgrading its systems and procedures to prevent future gas releases, prosecutors said.

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