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"Destruction": inks, collage
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Want music?
Click : Michael Johnson, You Are Not Alone.
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Broom Jumpers. |
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I Am Not Your Negro |
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (detail) |
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Kindred |
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To God and Truth (detail)
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To God and Truth (detail) |
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Bisa at work
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Bisa at work |
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First Panda pair to enter the US in 21 years arrive in California
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A panda at the Ya'an Bifengxia Base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan province, China, on June 12, 2024. |
San Diego’s newest giant pandas landed in California on Thursday, according to Chinese state media – marking the first time Beijing has granted new panda loans to the United States in two decades.
The two pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, left the Bifengxia base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan province on Wednesday night, taking a chartered flight to their new home.
The rare loan was finalized in February, just months after Chinese leader Xi Jinping suggested sending pandas to the San Diego Zoo as “envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples.”
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A screengrab from a video shows people bidding farewell to pandas Xin Bao and Yun Chuan in Ya'an City, China, on June 26, 2024 |
Xin Bao, a female born in July 2020, is a “gentle and well-behaved” panda, while Yun Chuan, a male born in July 2019, is “smart and lively.”
They were given a celebratory farewell at the Chinese base, attended by American and Chinese dignitaries, including performances and a gift exchange, according to a statement from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
“We are ready to continue our cooperation with the United States on panda conservation, and do our best to meet the wishes of the Californians so as to deepen the friendly ties between our two peoples,” he said at the time.
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A 30 minute video, time-lapse plants, here (long, but amazing)
Just because ...
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Tree Swallow |
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Wednesday's Smiles ...