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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER19: The Smithsonian's National Zoo announced a major donation to fund the giant panda program today from David Rubenstein at the zoo, Monday December 19, 2011. (photo by Dayna Smith/ImageSmith Media).
David M. Rubenstein donated $4.5 million to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo to fund the giant panda program for the next five years. In appreciation, the giant panda complex—home to giant pandas Tian Tian (male) and Mei Xiang (female)—will be named the David M. Rubenstein Family Giant Panda Habitat. In addition, young conservation biologists in the U.S. and in China who are awarded National Zoo fellowships for their work to save this endangered species will be named “David M. Rubenstein Fellows.” The gift will be used to fund conservation efforts in China, reproductive science, professional training programs, giant panda care at the Zoo, upgrades to the Zoo habitats and public education.
“On behalf of the Zoo Advisory Board, we are most grateful to David for his generous gift, which keeps the beloved giant pandas at the National Zoo for Washington, D.C., and all Americans to enjoy,” said John Marriott, chair of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Advisory Board. “More importantly, his generosity will enable us and our Chinese partners to continue our conservation work to give this critically endangered species the chance to survive in its native habitat.”
Rubenstein, co-founder and managing director of The Carlyle Group, has been a member of the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents since 2009. “We are honored to be part of a cherished program that brings joy to millions of people and draws together two great nations working to preserve these magnificent and gentle giant pandas,” said Rubenstein.
The gift allows the Zoo’s animal care and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s scientific team to proceed with the five-year science plan established with their Chinese colleagues from the China Wildlife Conservation Association. The science plan has specific goals: to examine the creation and impact of corridors to link fragmented habitats that will benefit giant pandas and other wildlife species, including promoting genetic diversity; examine how to restore habitats, especially those where pandas appear to be making a comeback; provide advice on giant panda reintroduction; examine the potential impact of transmissible diseases on giant pandas and other wildlife species, including providing advice on implementing new programs associated with a Wildlife Disease Control Center being built in Sichuan Province; and continue research on giant panda reproduction and management, because, although there has been major success in Chinese breeding centers, some pandas still experience reproductive challenges.
This last goal extends to the Zoo’s pair of pandas who have only produced one cub, Tai Shan, via artificial insemination in 2005. SCBI scientists evaluated all panda breeding records and found that no female individual has successfully reproduced after five consecutive failures. Since Mei Xiang falls into that category, the SCBI team formed a 2012 breeding plan with some variations. “It’s important that we use modern biomedical tools to try and make sure that every genetically valuable individual panda reproduces,” said Pierre Comizzoli, SCBI reproductive physiologist.
The 2012 giant panda breeding plan was done in collaboration with Chinese colleagues. Most notably, the Zoo will receive frozen semen from the San Diego Zoo this year. The frozen semen will be from Shi Shi (now deceased). The frozen semen will be used only in the event that the pandas do not mate successfully and if Tian Tian’s semen is not of sufficient quality for an artificial insemination. Additional details of the breeding plan include: panda keepers continue to house the pandas separately as they would live in the wild although they are rotated throughout all the yards, panda keepers continue the animal training and exercise regimens to improve their stamina, alterations are being made to the facility to create smaller and more manageable breeding areas, all unnatural night light in the building has been eliminated and the indoor panda exhibit is closed to the public at 4:30 p.m.
Tian Tian, the male panda, has already exhibited preliminary rutting behaviors (“powerwalking”/patrolling, urine hopping, scent marking and some vocalizations). Keepers expect these behaviors to increase over time. Mei Xiang has yet to exhibit any estrous behaviors. Last year at this time, she was beginning to show early behaviors such as scent marking, restlessness and vocalizations.
The Giant Panda Habitat consists of panda outdoor and indoor living spaces, an outdoor exhibit in the conservation plaza, an indoor exhibit and a research center. The animal spaces are designed to replicate the panda’s natural environment with rock and tree structures for climbing; grottoes, pools and streams to keep the pandas cool; and shrubs and trees to offer them privacy. The habitats serve as both a display and a learning opportunity. The layout of the yards allows visitors to stand inches away from the pandas to observe them, as well as learn about conservation and reproduction efforts. A video camera system, the popular panda cam, also allows people to watch the pandas in real time on their own computers, offering a personal experience for those who cannot visit the Zoo.
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Photo credit: Elena Olivo
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The Fall 2010 Student Hackathon brought in hundreds of students from 30 universities to NYU's Courant Institute for 24 hours of creative hacking on New York City startups' APIs.
Selected startups presented their technologies at the beginning of the event, and students formed groups to brainstorm and begin coding on their ideas. Many students worked into the night, foregoing sleep to fulfill their visions.
On Sunday afternoon students presented their projects to an audience including a judging panel, which selected the final winners.
hackNY hosts hackathons one each semester, as well as a Summer Fellows Program, which pairs quantitative and computational students with startups which can demonstrate a strong mentoring environment, a problem for a student to work on, a person to mentor them, and a place for them to work. Startups selected to host a student are expected to compensate student Fellows. Students enjoy free housing together and a pedagogical lecture series to introduce them to the ins and outs of joining and founding a startup.
For more information on hackNY's initiatives, please visit www.hackNY.org and follow us on twitter @hackNY
High school students participating in the Biotechnology Learning Alliance for Bioscience (LAB) Program at Ohlone College. Get information at www.ohlone.edu/instr/biotech/labprogram/
Did you know the Film Photography Project provides refurbished and tested vintage film cameras free-of-charge to schools and not-for-profit organizations with film programs nationwide? When we started the program nearly a decade ago, we had no idea the demand would continue – much less grow! More and more educational and arts organizations are adding a film component to their photography courses, and the FPP is here for them. In 2024 alone, we’ve supplied over 300 working vintage cameras to High School, College and Arts Programs photography programs including Pickerington High School Central Ohio / California High School in San Ramon CA, Columbia University / BIPA grant program in NYC, ProPhound Kids Inc., RVCC Arts and Desgin in Branchburg NJ, Edgerton Jr. Sr. High School in Edgerton OH, Southeastern School District in Chillicothe OH and Woodrow Wilson High School in Los Angeles CA among others. Photos courtesy of Dan Yeager,
Pickerington High School Central, Pickerington Ohio.
Final version of the two trains for the layout of 2017.
One train has color dark blue and the other dark red.
Photo credit: Elena Olivo
Copyright: NYU Photo Bureau
The Fall 2010 Student Hackathon brought in hundreds of students from 30 universities to NYU's Courant Institute for 24 hours of creative hacking on New York City startups' APIs.
Selected startups presented their technologies at the beginning of the event, and students formed groups to brainstorm and begin coding on their ideas. Many students worked into the night, foregoing sleep to fulfill their visions.
On Sunday afternoon students presented their projects to an audience including a judging panel, which selected the final winners.
hackNY hosts hackathons one each semester, as well as a Summer Fellows Program, which pairs quantitative and computational students with startups which can demonstrate a strong mentoring environment, a problem for a student to work on, a person to mentor them, and a place for them to work. Startups selected to host a student are expected to compensate student Fellows. Students enjoy free housing together and a pedagogical lecture series to introduce them to the ins and outs of joining and founding a startup.
For more information on hackNY's initiatives, please visit www.hackNY.org and follow us on twitter @hackNY
Soldiers from 2nd Canadian Division practice drills on April 7, 2015 in preparation for sentry duty at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The National Sentry Program will see sentries posted at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from April 9 to November 10, 2015.
Photo: Cpl Wesley, Directorate of Army Public Affairs
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Des soldats de la 2e Division du Canada exécutent des exercices militaires le 7 avril 2015, en vue de leur affectation à titre de sentinelles à la Tombe du Soldat inconnu. Dans le cadre du Programme des sentinelles, des sentinelles seront postées à la Tombe du Soldat inconnu du 9 avril au 10 novembre 2015.
Photo: Cpl Wesley, Direction des Affaires publiques de l’Armée de terre
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Mayor Eric Adams hold a kickoff event for the 2022 Summer Rising program at PS 188 – The Island School in Manhattan on Friday, July 8, 2022. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
Opening Reception:
Thursday, December 7, 2017, 4pm - 8PM
Friday, December 8, 10am - 7pm
Saturday, December 9, 10am - 7pm
Sunday, December 10, 10am- 7pm
Location: 224 Western Ave, Allston, Massachusetts 02134 | Directions
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The Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard will present its annual Holiday Show and Sale December 7-10, 2017 in its state-of-the art facility at 224 Western Avenue, Allston, Massachusetts.
Nearly seventy artists will present an extraordinary selection of ceramic work in this annual exhibition. From functional dinnerware to sculptural masterpieces, this popular exhibition has something for everyone and attracts several thousand visitors each year. Free cups made by the exhibiting artists will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis during the festive Opening Reception on Thursday, December 7, from 4:00 – 8:00 pm. The Show and Sale continues Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 8, 9, and 10, from 10:00 am – 7:00 pm.
Gallery 224, the Ceramics Program’s dedicated exhibition space, will showcase works from artists participating in the Holiday Show and Sale.
The Ceramics Program Show and Sale runs concurrently with the Allston-Brighton Winter Market next door at the Harvard Ed Portal. Artists’ studios nearby at 119 Braintree Street will also be open on Saturday and Sunday for Allston Open Studios.
A touchstone for the arts within Barry’s Corner, Allston, the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard provides a creative studio and laboratory study environment for Harvard students, staff, and faculty, as well as designers, artists, scholars, and scientists from the greater Boston, national and international arenas. Courses, workshops, master classes and special events are offered in the program's 15,000-square-foot studio at 224 Western Ave., near the Harvard Stadium in Allston.
Artists exhibiting this year include:
Alice Abrams
Natalie Andrew
Bruce Armitage
Pam Baker
Paul Bessette
Jenny Blicharz
Satomi Bol
Rosanna Bonnet
Darrah Bowden
Ann Boyajian
Summer (Min) Chen
Margaret Clark
Sarah de Besche
Angela DeVecchi
Holladay Dickerman
Richard Farrell
Darcie Flanigan
Stuart Gair
Justin Goedde
Pamela Gorgone
Tina Gram
Christine Gratto
Maurisse Gray
Louise Gutheil
Susan R. Hallstein
Marcia Halperin
Rachael Hamilton
Vicki L. Heller
Marek Jacisin
Madeline Johnson
Melinda Jordan
Judy Kanigel
Adria Katz
Mary Kenny
Gretchen Keyworth
Taeeun Kim
Joyce Lamensdorf
Laurie Leuchtenburg
Judy Levin
Gretchen Mamis
Joanna Mark
Cyndi Mason
Zachary Mickelson
Maeve Mueller
Steve Murphy
Julie Nussbaum
Stephanie Osser
Vicki Paret
Jennifer Howe Peace
Maxine Peck
Florence Pénault
Seth Rainville
Crystal Ribich
Carol Rissman
Judy Rosenstein
Mia Saporito
Lucy Scanlon
Gunnel Schmidt
Nancy Shotola
Kathi Tighe
Bernard Toale
Kyla Toomey
Emma Vesey
Lansing Wagner
Miriam Weil
Hiroko Williamson
Pao-Fei Yang Kuo
Trish Youens
Katherine Younger
Joseph Zina
The Studio is wheelchair accessible.
For more information or directions please call 617.495.8680 or visit www.ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics
Aerobotics Global designed a unique "Kids Programs" for your children in which they can learn basic programming languages. This program helps them to enhance their skills. To know more visit www.aeroboticsglobal.com
Argonne’s Bike Share program provides an alternative to automobile use at the lab, promoting sustainability and wellness in the workplace.
UPS Pre-Loader Elizabeth Reid loads a food box onto a delivery van to deliver needed food of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Meals to You program that responded to the school closures due to COVID-19, here one of the partners, PepsiCo, implemented a logistics solution that utilizes package delivery company (UPS) to get multi-week supplemental food boxes to children in rural locations, such as Natalia, TX, on August 24, 2020.
USDA first began the Meals to You program in 2019 as a three-year demonstration project designed to test a method to deliver nutritious food to children during the summer months in rural areas where the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is not available to difficult to access. USDA entered into an agreement with Baylor University's Texas Hunger Initiative (now called the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty) for the original demonstration.
In response to COVID-19, USDA and its partners were able to leverage the summer demonstration project to ensure rural children had access to food during pandemic-related school closures. The Emergency Meals to You demonstration project continues our public-private partnership with the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty and McLane Global that began in Summer 2019, and additionally includes Pepsi Co. and Chartwells.
USDA was able to fund this expansion utilizing funding provided by the CARES Act. Overall, we allocated $185 million for the program (from the $8.8 billion that the CARES Act provided for Child Nutrition.)
Meals to You boxes are delivered directly to children's homes via the U.S. Postal Service or another delivery service. Each box contains 20 nutritious, shelf-stable meals, including ten breakfasts and ten lunches/suppers. In participating states, families with students who attend an eligible school or are eligible for free or reduced-price meals may opt-in to receive one box per child every two weeks.
The original goal was to serve 1 million meals per week, which was quickly surpassed. The partnership is now serving around 5 million meals per week.
For more information about the 1,000,000 meals a week program partnership, please visit: usda.gov/media/press-releases/2020/03/17/usda-announces-feeding-program-partnership-response-covid-19
For more information about FNS Program Guidance on Human Pandemic Response, please visit: fns.usda.gov/disaster/pandemic
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Sabbath Afternoon Mission Program. 60th General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, in San Antonio, Texas. ©2015 North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. Photo by James Bokovoy/NAD
Tatiane e eu no programa Mulher.com no dia 13 de outubro.
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Participants in the 2023 College Student Internship Program on a site visit to the Navajo Nation 55 megawatt solar farm in Kayenta, AZ. Pictured (left to right): Sherry Sneezer, Edwina Leslie and Sarah LaVallie.
Photo from Sandra Begay
Date Taken; June 13, 2023
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Aboriginal candidates from across Canada trained at Gagetown from August 1 to 3, as part of the Canadian Armed Forces' 6-week Black Bear Aboriginal Summer Training Program, designed to give aboriginal youth a taste of military training.
The course is based on the Canadian Army Reserve Basic Military Qualification and includes such subjects as general military knowledge, weapons handling, navigation, first aid, drill and survival skills.
Photo by MCpl David McCord
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Le programme Black Bear, qui dure 6 semaines, vise à donner aux jeunes Autochtones une expérience de l'instruction militaire.
Le cours s'inspire de la qualification militaire de base de la Réserve de l'Armée canadienne et porte, entre autres, sur des sujets comme les connaissances militaires générales, le maniement des armes, l'orientation, les premiers soins, les exercices militaires et les compétences de survie.
Photo : Cplc David McCord
The steel arches forming the Veterans Drive Tunnel for eastbound traffic inch ever closer to the median wall.
Construction crews excavated the median of I-5 in SeaTac to build the tunnel as part of the SR 509 Completion Project.
The tunnel will provide a link between a new off-ramp (barely visible to the right of the interstate) and Military Road on the east side of I-5.
The SR 509 Completion Project is part of the Puget Sound Gateway Program which completes critical missing links in Washington state's highway and freight network.
The North-South Road Corridor Investment Program aims to achieve efficient, safe and sustainable north-south corridor linking the Republic of Armenia domestically and internationally. Tranche 2 will upgrade a 41-kilometer section of the road between Ashtarak and Talin. Tranche 3 will improve and widen 46 kilometers of the road between Talin and Gyumri.
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A view from above of the vast forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Forest Service photo by Olivia Freeman)
La última salida del Grupo Militar de Alta Montaña de este año a territorio pirenaico se realizaba entre el 9 y el 13 de diciembre de 2019 en la Cerdaña Francesa
El proyecto final del GMAM será una expedición a un pico de 6.000 metros en el Himalaya (Nepal) el cual será bautizado con el nombre Comandante Fernando Yarto que perdió la vida por un disparo accidental durante unos ejercicios en el campo de tiro de “Las Batiellas” en 2018.
En resumen una óptima concentración de alpinismo a pesar de las condiciones nivometeorológicas y del estado precario de las vías de escalada, el grupo del PAEA ha regresado más cohesionado y con una determinación de cara para el objetivo de proyecto final para el 2020.
High school students participating in the Biotechnology Learning Alliance for Bioscience (LAB) Program at Ohlone College. Get information at www.ohlone.edu/instr/biotech/labprogram/
if you're hemming and hawing over where to put your wedding money, just remember this picture if you're considering selling the farm for things like wedding programs...
if you're opting not to make your own invitations, one piece of advice i found was to get one fancy set for a keepsake [if you ask, some folks will do the proof in the fancy stuff], then do the rest in a more cost-effective manner. eg. get one letterpressed or engraved invitation and have the rest thermographed or flat printed. the (approximate) 50% savings are staggering and just as nice.
we designed our programs, had them printed up at the local print shop, then gathered a trusty sweatshop to assemble them. i think the total cost of printing and cutting 100 programs in half was around... $8? i checked out a DIY wedding website for ideas on how to do them, and if i remember correctly, they were charging around $2.50 per program--the package included the two pieces of fancy paper with the program info on them and a wood stick to glue in the middle, but you still had to assemble them yourself.
pretty much, no matter how gorgeous the majority of paper goods you cash out on may be, they're going to end up in the recycle bin.
One of the UP Steam Program members sports a CNW vest as he helps gets Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 settled down for the night at Kansas City Union Station.
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
October 15, 2024
Canon EOS 60D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Photo credit: Elena Olivo
Copyright: NYU Photo Bureau
The Fall 2010 Student Hackathon brought in hundreds of students from 30 universities to NYU's Courant Institute for 24 hours of creative hacking on New York City startups' APIs.
Selected startups presented their technologies at the beginning of the event, and students formed groups to brainstorm and begin coding on their ideas. Many students worked into the night, foregoing sleep to fulfill their visions.
On Sunday afternoon students presented their projects to an audience including a judging panel, which selected the final winners.
hackNY hosts hackathons one each semester, as well as a Summer Fellows Program, which pairs quantitative and computational students with startups which can demonstrate a strong mentoring environment, a problem for a student to work on, a person to mentor them, and a place for them to work. Startups selected to host a student are expected to compensate student Fellows. Students enjoy free housing together and a pedagogical lecture series to introduce them to the ins and outs of joining and founding a startup.
For more information on hackNY's initiatives, please visit www.hackNY.org and follow us on twitter @hackNY