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Excrement Excavations and YOU! (or, worst quests in WoW)
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One of the very first things that anyone will do when they log into World of Warcraft on a new character will do is accept a quest. There's a big shiny yellow exclamation point above a nearby NPC that draws you in and compels you to right-click them. Then, for whatever reason, if you kill enough pigs you'll get a reward! How awesome is that?
More often than not, it's very awesome. Even moreso since the Cataclysm old world redesign, WoW's quest design has been amazing. Not too long ago, I did an article about some of my favourite quests in the game. This time we're going the opposite way, to some examples of the worst quests that are out there today. Not surprisingly, they mostly come from Outland and Northrend – but this is partly because I haven't done all of the new content yet.
RNG – the bane of all existence
The infamous random number generator (RNG) can be one of the best or worst things in the game. It is blamed for drops from mobs and bosses, block/parry/dodge/hit/miss chance, spawn rates, and quest item drops. There is a reason why the RNG is hated so much, and it's because of the simple fact that it's so very random.
Any quest that does not have a 100% chance to drop your item has the possibility to require you to spend an unhealthy amount of time trying to get what is required. Lately it seems that the drop rates for many quests have been improved, but there are many that are still very annoying. Good examples are in Zul'Drak, the quests to collect bat wings and spider ichor.
Isn't killing a BAD thing?
Falling in line with the RNG is the "kill mobs until something happens" style. Apparently the leaders or commanders of certain groups of mobs only appear after a certain amount of people die. It makes me very glad that I don't serve under them.
Three examples that came to mind immediately are all from Northrend. In Howling Fjord, you have to kill a number of Vrykul until the commanders show up for you to impale with a battle standard. In Zul'Drak, shortly after going to Zim'torga, many trolls need to die in order for certain mobs to show up and take their shinies. I just did this quest again yesterday, and it took way more time than it should have.
Excrement Excavations
This post could not happen without some mention of the poop quests. First appearing in Burning Crusade, there has been some sort of quest like this in random places since. To this day, my wife won't do the Hellfire Peninsula one.
The above-noted quest is called Shizz Work, and is given by a goblin foreman near Thrallmar. Part of a quest chain and open to both factions, it involves using a flute to summon a felhunter and digging through its "leavings" to find some keys. After digging through each pile, you get a debuff called "Stanky" that doesn't do anything but give you a green smelly aura.
Good idea, but enough already!
Once Blizzard finds a quest mechanic that they like, they tend to stick with it. Sometimes a bit too much, at times. There are quests where it's a fun mechanic, such as taking an abomination and blowing things up with it, but the amount of things required to blow up is a bit much.
A good example of this is the a quest in Zul'Drak for Drakuru to require a total of 60 trolls to be killed to draw out the three chieftains. I really enjoy things exploding, but it could have easily be done in half the amount of trolls and have the chieftains come with every 10 instead of every 20.
In closing…
Thankfully there is a good variety of types of quests in the game. Blizzard has done a great job, especially in the new Azeroth, of mixing things up. I hope that eventually we'll see a revamp of Outland and Northrend, and with that we can see some of the new mechanics introduced to these areas.
Memories of Azeroth: Zangarmarsh
After Hellfire Peninsula, the next stop is Zangarmarsh. Whereas Hellfire looked a lot like the Blasted Lands, and wasn't too "alien", Zangarmarsh is a completely brand new world. It's basically a reminder of the Warcraft II expansion set "Beyond the Dark Portal", as there were forests of mushrooms there. Well, here's your forest of mushrooms!
Starting in the zone, characters would have breadcrumb quests leading to Cenarion Refuge, and their respective faction camps of Swamprat Post for the Horde or Telredor fot the Alliance. I must admit that I was always a little choked that the Alliance got this amazing looking outpost built into a mushroom, and the Horde just gets a generic Troll camp. The quests here would take up half the zone, eventually leading west.
The zone's story has a lot to do with the Naga, and how they're draining the lakes for their own purposes. They don't say exactly what purpose that is, but I think it's along the lines of: "It's MINE! Go away!" The Dead Mire is an example of what happens to an area once the water has been drained out completely. Among the inhabitants affected by this are the mushroom people of Sporeggar. There are some quests to help them out, and a faction associated with them. The rewards include a non-combat pet, but it takes a very long time to get the reputation required.
The west side of the zone dealt mainly with the Ogres, and that they were chopping down the mushrooms for themselves and messing things up for Sporeggar. Because the fungal giants didn't have mushrooms to eat, they decided to eat Sporeggar's young while they were growing in the Spawning Glen. It's up to the player to go and crush the Ogres at their stronghold, which is a small island using a downed mushroom as a bridge. Altogether you get to lay a beat down on a bunch of things to try and bring things as close to normal as possible.
After Zangarmarsh, it's off to Terokkar Forest – normally. I try to skip Terokkar, as I'm not too fond of the zone, so I try to go right to Nagrand. There are entrances to Terokkar, Nagrand, and Blade's Edge from Zangarmarsh, very much the crossroads of the continent.
Memories of Azeroth – Hellfire Peninsula
Through my Screenshots of the Week, I've had a few people comment about perhaps expanding it. One person suggested I do a whole post about Nagrand, since I said how much I loved it. So, here's the first of my focus on a specific zone – in screenshots. I try to limit myself on how many I will use, as it's quite easy to take a whole lot of them.
The first thing anyone notices going into Hellfire Peninsula, and the rest of Outland, is the Dark Portal. Anyone who has played any of the RTS games will know about this, and I know the first time that I went through it I was a little bit in awe. The Azeroth size of it is quite small, but seeing the enormity of the Outland side was amazing.
After going through the portal, the next stop would be your faction's respective home base: Thrallmar for the Horde, and Honor Hold for the Alliance. Each of the bases has a history, but the Alliance has a little bit more – it was founded by the Alliance Expedition Force who went through the Dark Portal many years back (the events of Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal expansion). Alleria and Turalyon and the rest of the force prevented the corruption of Outland to spread into Azeroth, and basically saved the world… along with beating up Deathwing and a few others.
Other quest hubs in the zone include Falcon Watch for the Horde, run by the Blood Elves who were longing to get to Outland to drink in the energies, and the Temple of Telhamat, run by Draenei who are also wanting to get back to Outland for different reasons. The landscapes here always strike me, even through how desolate it all is. Take the large red crystal, a focus for a small quest chain. Simply adding that in gives the area a lot more character.
Since Outland is an alien world, there has to be things that set it apart from what is considered normal. Simply looking up at the sky, and seeing energies flow across will show you that you're not in Azeroth anymore. That, along with multiple moons, gives the zone that much more of an exotic look. Before Outland was what it is now, it was a world called Draenor, but succumed to demonic corruption. One area is called the Pools of Aggonar, which is where a pit lord was once killed. His skeleton remains, along with many pools of his sickly green "blood", and creatures that feed off of it and are born of it. Definitely corrupted.
In the middle of the zone is Hellfire Citadel, where there are four instances – three 5-man dungeons and a 25-man raid. The biggest change of the instances from Vanilla to Burning Crusade was that many of them were tremendously shorter and more streamlined than before. People weren't used to being able to complete an instance in under three hours.
Once Hellfire Peninsula was done the next destination was Zangarmarsh, which will be the subject of next week's Memories of Azeroth.
Archaeology 101
One of the best parts about World of Warcraft is that there are many things to do that appeal to all sorts of people. If you have lots of time to play, there are things for you like dungeons and raiding. If you only have a short period of time to play, there are things for you like questing and professions. Today's focus will be on the latter, and more specifically focused on one of the best things to do if you're short on time: archaeology.
Firstly, I define having a short amount of playtime as being under two hours a day. Previously there were more dungeons and raids that could be completed in that amount of time, but with Cataclysm we've seen a shift to slightly longer time invested in those. The fastest random heroic that I've done was around 45 minutes, which falls into this time allotment, but that will be another post.
Archaeology was introduced in Cataclysm as a new secondary profession, added to the existing ones of: cooking, fishing, and first aid. This means that you can have all four without having to leave any out. The idea is to go around the world to various "dig sites", where you'll unearth certain races' artifacts by collecting fragments from these sites. The benefits are mainly monetary from selling what you make, but also offer some fun vanity and other useful items.
Screenshot of the Week – June 4
This week we see a view of Netherwing Ledge in Shadowmoon Valley. Anyone doing the Netherwing dailies will see a lot of this place, and even though it's beautiful it will get old really fast. It's nice to see it after not having been there for a while and appreciate the scenery.
Outland and Northrend, redux
Here we are, 4 and 2.5 years after the content was released, and I'm doing a review of the Outland and Northrend areas of World of Warcraft. Timely reporting, right? In this case, it actually is – I just finished getting my former-lowbie priest up to level 80 and blazed a trail through the two former content areas. As I adventures through these places, I was reminded of things that I liked and things I certainly didn't like.
With heirlooms, I actually didn't go through all of the zones for each continent. (As an aside, I was using the heirloom shoulders, chest, cloak, weapon, and trinket.) Even without, I know that I could have skipped some areas. It is nice that the leveling process has been eased as time goes by through these old areas, as what was once the best part of the game is now some of the worst.
Outland and Northrend are now suffering the "middle child" disease, being forgotten and overlooked. Cataclysm brought us a completely redesigned Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms (less a few zones, coincidentally from Burning Crusade), and going from levels 1-60 in the "old" world is now very exciting and fun. Prior to Cataclysm, people would power their way through the Vanilla content so they could get to the better things in Outland and beyond.
Now the two continents are relics of an old design philosophy. Cataclysm has brought so many new quest mechanics and storylines that it's truly fun to play through the zones and see what all is going on. Outland and Northrend have many of the same thing over and over again with little deviation.
My progression through Outland started with Hellfire Peninsula, going through half of Zangarmarsh, and then finishing most of Nagrand before hitting level 68. With 25% experience bonus from heirlooms and an extra 10% from the guild perk, the levels flew by – so much that I was level 73 before hitting Zangarmarsh. I only did two instances, and that was my wife running me through Hellfire Ramparts and the Blood Furnace. This time I was going for efficiency in leveling, and wanting to get through as fast as I could.
One relic quest design that still exists in Outland is the amount of Elite/Group quests. Fortunately, as I was playing a Shadow Priest this time around it was actually fairly easy and I was able to solo a majority of them. There were the few that I needed help with, like Arazzius the Cruel and Durn the Hungerer, but more often than not I was fine.
Nagrand is my favourite zone from Burning Crusade. The looks of it were just amazing, along with very good questing design for the most part. However, this zone suffers from quest hub-itis. There are five places in the zone where you get quests (mostly), and three of them are in the same area – for the Horde side at least. This means that while you can grab about 7-12 quests at once, there's a lot of travel time involved from place to place. As much as down time is necessary to regroup and calm down, there's a lot of travel time involved in Nagrand.
All in all, Outland isn't a bad place – it's just boring to me. I've gone through Outland numerous times and it's still the exact same as it was when it first came out, with the exception of how long it takes to get through it. There are many great views, quests, NPCs, and other things to see along the way. I just ask that Blizzard update things to make them better. If someone has never gone through the continent before, I think they would enjoy it.
Going through Northrend was also a lot quicker than at first, mainly due to heirlooms and guild perk. I started in Howling Fjord, did all of Dragonblight and Zul'Drak, then about halfway through Storm Peaks is where I ended up hitting level 80. Through this I only did two instances, both through the LFD tool, coming up with Utgarde Keep and Halls of Stone (of course).
Normally in my quest to level alts, I end up getting stuck around the beginning of Northrend. I can usually make it through the first zone, usually Borean Tundra, but by the time I reach Dragonblight I get bored very quickly. In a WoW Insider Show, they had likened the province of Manitoba as being the Dragonblight of Canada, and I have to agree – Dragonblight is just boring.
As I said, I normally start from Borean Tundra so the first area I hit in Dragonblight is Agmar's Hammer. Since I started in Howling Fjord this time I did the Venomspite quests first, which is what I believe made the difference. It wasn't much of a change, but any change is welcome in boring content.
Similar to Outland, there were a number of Elite/Group quests that were out there. Also similarly, I was able to solo most of them and only needing help with the ones that had mechanics that were harmful to cloth-wearers. The travel time to get to different places still was a big factor, but not nearly as bad as Outland. By this time, Blizzard seems to have learned that people don't like having to fly somewhere for five minutes before getting to the quest objective.
During my initial time in Wrath, I didn't really have a favourite zone. This time, Zul'Drak really stood out to me – the story of an empire that wanted to fend off the Scourge so badly that they killed their own gods out of desperation. I would love to see the zone the way it was before, as the pinnacle of a troll empire.
Right now Northrend is still too fresh in my mind from Wrath. Cataclysm has only been out for five months, so it hasn't been long enough for me to get over it. The zone and quest design isn't bad, but I'm glad it's not the current one anymore.
Many times through my leveling experience, I was extremely thankful for the ability to have a flying mount. Originally, flying wasn't available in Outland until level 70 and in Northrend until level 77. Having to run through all the stuff before was painful enough, I am so very glad that I didn't have to do it again.
Last year I wrote up some retrospectives about Vanilla, Burning Crusade, and Wrath of the Lich King. Going through the two expansion contents, I'm reminded about many of my original observations and my overall conclusion from them: I'm glad that I was able to play through them when they were relevant, but I'm very glad that it's the past. What's done is done, and I'm glad the game is moving forward.
It shows how much Blizzard has done to improve the game over time. Anyone who says that the game was better during Vanilla, Burning Crusade, or Wrath is a liar. The game as it is today is far more superior to the previous content. Blizzard will always improve their work.
I'm very glad to be back in Cataclysm content. Hyjal, here I come!
Screenshot of the Week – May 7
It's still Saturday! Time for a SSOTW!
This is a great perspective of Zangarmarsh as I was flying through while leveling my Shadow Priest. It's still one of the best zones in The Burning Crusade content.


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Tolerance was a buzzword after professional basketball player Jason Collins wrote a recent story in Sports Illustrated announcing that he is gay.
Collins, who became the first current male athlete in a major American team sport to publicly reveal he is gay, wrote of his decision to discuss his sexual orientation, saying, I want to do the right thing and not hide anymore. I want to march for tolerance, acceptance and understanding.
The response in the sports world was generally supportive. Even Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, who was fined $100,000 last year for using a gay slur during a basketball game, praised Collins decision to go public about his private life.
Much of the coverage of Collins has included the word tolerance.
Google Jason Collins and tolerance. Even after filtering out Collins own use of the word, the match comes up in story after story, including in The News & Observer.
Look up tolerance in the dictionary. One of the definitions is the act of allowing something, Another describes indulgence.
Other definitions: a fair, objective and permissive attitude toward practices and opinions that differ from ones own, and allowing freedom of behavior: allowing or enjoying the freedom to behave in ways others might consider unacceptable, particularly in sexual matters.
Something to aspire to?
Even the most inclusive definition contains the notion of one group giving another permission to be different.
So, is tolerance a good thing to aspire to?
We tolerate heat and cold, broccoli, a sore knee.
Most of us probably dont tolerate a warm breeze, a babys smile or a pay raise.
How you feel about Jason Collins and his announcement is a personal decision and there are plenty of points of view about his lifestyle.
Professional sports has long struggled with the issue.
Even before Collins revelation, pro basketball, hockey and football where the idea of having an openly gay teammate has been too tough to even contemplate began programs to help athletes adapt to the presence of openly gay teammates.
The Hurricanes video
The Carolina Hurricanes seem on the right track.
The team recently released a video in cooperation with the You Can Play Project encouraging gay and lesbian inclusivity in professional sports. You can see find it here: www.youcanplayproject.org.
About the video, Hurricanes forward Kevin Westgarth says, You want people to feel comfortable being who they are and know its not going to affect what people think of them and what theyre able to do ... if youre good enough to play on my team, I want you on my team.
In the history of sports, athletic ability has not always been the measure of what makes a valued teammate.
Many baseball players were unable to tolerate the presence of Jackie Robinson as the first African American player in the Major Leagues. A large number of those who put up with him did so despite his race and some probably described themselves as tolerant.
There is a big difference between tolerance, acceptance and understanding.
Words matter.
Steve Ruinsky is sports editor of The News & Observer.
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By Greg Smith
Publication: theday.com
State police are searching for a missing 20-year-old student at Eastern Connecticut State University.
Alyssiah Marie Wiley was last heard from on Saturday, and state police said they were contacted Wednesday by Eastern Connecticut University Police regarding her disappearance. University Police had started a search after being informed Wiley could not be located by friends or family.
State Police Major Crime and Missing Person detectives have responded to Eastern to work the investigation with help from state police dog teams. Family and friends were also interviewed about Wiley's last known whereabouts.
Wiley is described as a black woman who is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds.
State police are asking anyone who may have any information on Wiley's whereabouts to contact state police at Troop K in Colchester at (860) 537-7500.
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Thanks to a generous gift from EarthCam, fans all over the world can continue to enjoy watching Zoo Atlanta's giant pandas. PandaCam will be running 24 hours a day.
Panda Cam
The members of our giant panda team are the minds behind the movement of the cam during the day, but they usually leave the Zoo by about 5:30 p.m EST. Lights are dimmed in the building at night after everyone goes to bed, and the cam view remains stationary. If Mei Lun and Mei Huan are up playing, you may see them if they wander into view.
Tuesday, September 2
While summertime can mean fussier pandas being more picky with bamboo, it can also mean more sleep! Yang Yang loves to sleep in during the summer and not wake up until after 8 a.m. And once he does wake up, he makes all sorts of adorable "morning" noises and yawns as he stretches, scratches, and sleepily peers around while determining if he's ready to get up. Quite often during the summer, the pandas will also take nice, long naps during the day once they've eaten to their hearts' (or stomachs') desire. On Monday, the keeper staff went off grounds for lunch, leaving Yang Yang and Lun Lun happily eating fresh bamboo. When we came back about an hour later, Yang was already zonked out (Lun was still stuffing her face). This is typical panda behavior, and lately they've been sleeping until around 2 p.m. But our big boy decided that he was just too comfy and/or too sleepy and slept until 4 p.m.! Naps have lasted this long before, but it's been quite a while. Once he woke up, and after a few minutes of scratching/grooming, he was quite clear in letting us know he was in need of refueling.
Jen W.
Carnivore Keeper II
Tuesday, August 26
When the pandas are not eating their bamboo very well, we keepers will do what we call a biscuit feeding with them. This means that the pandas get rewarded for getting bamboo with biscuits. Lately, Lun Lun has been very picky with the bamboo, so we have been doing biscuit feedings with her every afternoon. Mei Lun quickly caught on that mom was getting biscuits from the window in the keeper door, so she frequently joins Lun Lun for these feedings. However, this afternoon, Mei Huan wanted in on the action too! So both cubs and Lun Lun participated in a biscuit feeding this afternoon. It was kind of difficult feeding all three together from the keeper window and they kept shoving each other out of the way, but overall it was a lot of fun for me and I think for the pandas, too.
Heather R.
Carnivore Keeper III
Monday, August 25
The cubs are officially beginning to consume bamboo! We have all begun to take notice of the increased amount of time and energy they put into playing with bamboo these days, and it turns out, for good reason. We have noticed an increase in the bamboo "carnage" left behind when cubs get hold of bamboo. Pieces that are greatly gnawed on but not quite broken. Pieces that have been chewed to bits but are still too tough to consume. And, of course, missing leaves. The last one is a bit tricky as Lun Lun eats leaves as well. However, just the other day while cleaning up, I noticed something different in a cub feces. Bamboo leaves! They have actually started eating and swallowing pieces of bamboo! They grow up so quickly.
Keeper I, Carnivores
Thursday, August 21
Hello, all! This is my very first update, as I just joined the Zoo Atlanta team last week as a seasonal keeper. My year-long internship with the pandas ended in April, so after three months away from the black-and-whites, it was so exciting to come back and see them. Boy did those cubs grow! I checked in on PandaCam every so often, but seeing them in person after a few months sent a shock to my system. They are still adorable, of course, and so playful these days. The other day, I watched Mei Huan attempt pull-ups on the pole of the spinning Zep barrel in DayRoom 1. Unfortunately, she ended up covered in mulch. I'm sure she will attempt to "PR" next time we give them this enrichment item. I'm glad to be back in pandas, and I am excited to see these munchkins get even bigger.
Seasonal keeper
Tuesday, August 19
As we've mentioned in previous updates, Mei Lun and Mei Huan are usually pretty crazy in the mornings because they know they're going to get biscuits and a bottle. We use this time as a perfect opportunity to start their training regime. Each of the three primary panda keepers have a list of equally hard and easy behaviors to train the girls to perform. Each behavior is asking for a different body part to be presented, or to ask them to stand up or lie down. Each keeper will be training the same behavior with both girls. The girls are catching on very quickly!
Thursday, August 14
The past two mornings, the cubs have slept in late. Mei Huan did not get up until 9 a.m. this morning! Sleeping later is typical of pandas during the summer months. Yang Yang wakes up late every day right now. However, it is unusual for the cubs to sleep in. They are always eager for their biscuits and formula first thing in the morning. Lun Lun also rarely sleeps in. She is a very busy mom and has too much eating to do!
Heather R.
Carnivore Keeper III
Although we're not there yet, we've had some questions about the weaning process for the cubs. We'll be able to provide more details as we get closer to the time when that will happen, but in the meantime, here's some general information to tide you over. The earliest known weaning age for wild cubs is 18 months. Therefore, weaning at or after 18 months is recommended for zoo-housed giant pandas. We use a stepwise process of gradual weaning for cubs, which increases the amount of time mother and cub are separated over a period of about two weeks. This process is used to reduce stress in mother and cub, and to try to simulate how weaning is believed to occur in the wild. Weaning is a time of great change for most species, including humans, and so great care is taken to make the process as smooth as possible. Once the cubs are weaned from Lun Lun, they will likely be able to live together for quite some time, although every giant panda reacts to social housing in a different way. We will closely monitor the cubs' behavior during and after weaning to ensure that they're adjusting well to their new, more independent lives.
Wednesday, July 16
It's now been a couple of months since Xi Lan and Po made the big trip to China. As you recall, both giant pandas did very well during their journey and they were monitored closely by Zoo Atlanta staff. Upon their arrival, it was reported that the two reacted differently to their new surroundings. Specifically, Po was more unsure of her new home, while Xi Lan seemed relatively unfazed. For those who know Po, this isn't entirely surprising. She's always been a bit reactive to change. She also developed relationships with the keepers at Zoo Atlanta much more slowly than the other cubs. This sort of difference is very common, just like it would be if two different people went to live in a new country. We're in regular contact with the staff at the Research Base, and they have an incredible amount of experience with giant pandas. Po is in great hands! As more details become available about Po's new life in China (and Xi Lan's, for that matter), we'll be sure to pass them along.
Megan Wilson, PhD
Curator of Mammals
Tuesday, July 15 - Happy 1st Birthday Mei Lun and Mei Huan
The Giant Panda Twins Birthday Hangout
Tackling their birthday ice cakes!
Monday, July 14
The cubs had a pre-birthday celebration on Saturday. While their actual birthday is Tuesday, they received a couple hand-painted boxes with a few treats inside. As expected, the cubs were fast asleep when we put the boxes out. Even after several attempts to wake them, the cubs were still asleep, so much to Lun Lun's delight, she received the boxes and all of the treats inside. The cubs didn't notice the box pieces until several hours later when they finally woke up. Mei Huan was the first to get up and explore the boxes. She manipulated the boxes and chewed on them all to discover what they were. After a few more minutes, Mei Lun awoke to discover the boxes. On Tuesday, the cubs will be going on exhibit around 11 a.m., so that way the will be awake to explore their very first ice cakes before they melt.
Keeper I, Carnivores
Friday, July 11
You may have noticed recently that Lun Lun's belly is shaved again. We have been working on ultrasound training with her to practice for an upcoming training demonstration. Obviously, we are not looking for a pregnancy at this time. Lun Lun is such a pro at training, though, she always remembers her behaviors and knows exactly what to do. We usually do not shave Lun Lun's belly when she is nursing, but the cubs don't seem to mind. It took two training sessions to shave her because her hair had grown so thick! It has been over a year since we have shaved her for an ultrasound. I'm always amazed at the behaviors we are able to train with the pandas. They can really do some advanced things such as the ultrasound and voluntary blood draw. We're very lucky that the pandas are so smart and food motivated!
Heather R.
Carnivore Keeper III
Tuesday, July 8
Some days the cubs seem to sleep the day away. Other days the cubs seem to have endless amounts of energy. Today was an "Energizer Bunny" day. We usually keep the cubs inside for a few extra hours on Tuesday mornings because getting them to come back inside for their Wild Encounter is usually a pretty big challenge. Since the cubs were playful this morning, Jen gave them lots of "cub-sized" toys and vanilla scent to keep them enriched and occupied before their visitors arrived.
Keeper I, Mammals
Monday, July 7
The cubs seem to forget how much bigger Lun Lun is than they are. During play sessions they throw themselves on her and tug on her fur and with a simple swipe of the paw, she knocks them off. She plays along and acts like they are winning and then boom, and they are on the ground. Sometimes if they are bugging her enough, she might even lie on top of them and then they really can't move. To give you an idea of the size difference, this morning Lun Lun was 104.9 kilograms (230.78 pounds); Mei Lun was 27.60 kilograms (60.72 pounds), and Mei Huan was 27.75 kilograms (61.05 pounds). But no worries! She knows how strong she is and she knows how rough she can be with them, and she definitely holds back.
Shauna D.
Keeper I, Carnivores
Thursday, July 3
You may have noticed that Lun Lun and the cubs have been spending some time in one of the dayrooms in the evening. And some of these times, you may have only seen the cubs in the dayroom. This is because we've provided Lun and the cubs access to the dayroom overnight, in addition to their dens. When you only see the cubs, they have chosen to be in one area, while Lun has chosen to be in another. We provide dayroom access overnight for number of reasons, but one is to give some variety to the giant pandas. Dayroom access gives them more and different space overnight, which can be enriching for them. Another reason that we might provide them with access to the dayroom overnight is due to scheduled evening events at the Zoo. The Zoo provides a fantastic event space, with the most interesting backdrop I can imagine- animals! In this case, guests can mix and mingle with each other, and view the giant pandas, after the Zoo closes. The giant pandas generally take these changes in stride, which is why you often see them sleeping!
Megan Wilson, PhD
Curator of Mammals
Monday, June 30
Mei Huan is the ice queen! Our calendar of enrichment items for the pandas varies from special food treats to sensory items such as different scents. On environmental enrichment day, we may offer the pandas things like hay, ice and different types of plant species such as mulberry or Chinese elm. Mei Huan is particularly crazy about ice! After cleaning the dayroom and setting Lun Lun up with her afternoon meal, I threw some ice in a tub and covered it with some minty mouthwash. The cubs were still snoozing on the structure in Dayroom One, so I shook the ice around in the tub to get their attention. The rattling ice awoke them from their peaceful slumber and definitely sparked their interest. Staying true to form, Mei Huan couldn't resist the bucket of ice and climbed down to investigate. Mei Lun decided napping was far cooler than playing with ice. It is really neat to watch the cubs develop their own unique little personalities.
Christina W.
Seasonal Keeper, Pandas
Friday, June 27
This afternoon we had a "Freaky Friday" moment in the panda building. Mei Huan is usually the "difficult" cub when it comes to shifting inside from the dayrooms, and Mei Lun is usually the most reliable. So this afternoon when we decided to shift the cubs inside with Lun Lun to clean the dayroom, we expected the norm: Mei Lun would come straight in with her mom, and Mei Huan would require a little more persuasion. When we opened the shift door, the cub hot on Lun Lun's heels was Mei Huan! Of course, she received lots of praise and a few biscuits for shifting so well, but we were also a little shocked. Where was Mei Lun? Upon checking the camera, we found that she was still sitting in the hammock chewing on a bamboo leaf, completely ignoring us. Mei Lun finally decided she was ready to shift inside after a little while, and we were able to finish cleaning the dayroom. Silly cubs!
Jennifer A.
Keeper I, Mammals
Wednesday, June 25
We're less than a month from the twins' first birthday! The year has flown by at warp speed. Last year I was on nursery duty with the twins during the other pandas' birthdays, so I missed out on the ice cake building fun. Because of this, Shauna willingly took point and made some awesome birthday cakes for everyone. But as she will also admit, building ice cakes isn't an easy task. It takes more planning than you would imagine, as you have to make sure each layer is properly frozen before you add the next layer. And some layers require freezing bamboo poles, so making sure they don't fall over can be tricky. All panda cakes are made out of frozen water, with either food coloring or pieces of sugarcane/produce frozen inside. The tiers are made out of bamboo. Therefore, the entire cake is safe and edible.
Monday, June 23
Saturday evening the cubs were sharing a fresh, leafy piece of bamboo on the structure in one of the dayrooms. After chewing on the bamboo for several minutes, Mei Lun was tired and curled up to sleep on top of the bamboo. Mei Huan was not sleepy yet and wanted to keep eating the bamboo; however, Mei Lun sleeping on the bamboo was problematic. So Mei Huan climbed on top of Mei Lun and pushed her off of the bamboo and continued eating. Mei Lun rolled around on the structure trying to get comfortable again, but Mei Huan was now sitting in her favorite spot. Mei Lun decided to attempt to take back her spot and a brief wrestling match ensued, during which the bamboo fell from the structure. After losing the bamboo, both cubs resumed their usual sleeping spots on the structure and took a long nap.
Heather R.
Carnivore Keeper III
Friday, June 20
1992: The Cold War was declared officially over. "Melrose Place" made its debut. The final episode of "The Golden Girls" aired. What else happened that year? A research student by the name of Rebecca Snyder, PhD, joined our Zoo family.
Thursday, June 19
Yesterday, Heather and I were collecting mother-cub behavioral data together, and we were treated to seeing Lun Lun and the twins cram into the hammock together. It was comical to see them all try to fit into the hammock at the same time. It didn't last long, because I don't think any of them were really comfortable. The twins tried to nurse while they were all together, but Lun Lun got out of the hammock pretty quickly after they started nursing. Even though that's a favorite nursing spot for her, it doesn't work very well anymore for nursing two cubs at once. Mei Lun and Mei Huan are big girls now. They continue to weigh in well above our previous cubs.
Rebecca Snyder, PhD
Curator of Mammals
Wednesday, June 18
Everything is pretty status quo in PandaLand. The adult pandas are going through the annual summertime "nothing-tastes-good" phase. This is because a lot of the bamboo we harvest is usually on the younger side since most species have spit out new growth in the spring. Bamboo forests are very dense, and the older, more mature stuff in the middle of the forest is very hard for our bamboo techs to reach. This is the bamboo the bears usually enjoy. To compensate, we've been offering many different species to see what they are interested in. Luckily with the annual summertime pickiness, we have started to see Yang Yang and Lun Lun leafing the bamboo a bit more. Soon enough we'll enter the leafing season, which is every panda keeper's favorite time of the year. Why? Cleanup is super easy! Unfortunately, our pandas march to their own tune and don't leaf bamboo for very long, but we enjoy the season however long it lasts!
If you're wondering, the twins aren't being picky. They'll chew on any type of bamboo: mature, young, fresh, dried-up-and-crispy, etc.!
Jen W.
Keeper II, Carnivores
Monday, June 16
We do not always use physical features to distinguish Mei Lun and Mei Huan. We can often tell which cub is which just by her behavior or mannerisms. For example, Mei Huan almost always sleeps on the bars of the structure in the dayroom with the hammock and enjoys sleeping on her back. Mei Lun prefers to sleep curled up and in the corner of that structure. Mei Huan loves every toy and will immediately pounce on novel enrichment items, but Mei Lun is more hesitant and lets her sister or mother check out anything new first. Mei Huan is usually the first cub we see first thing in the morning; Mei Lun likes to sleep in. Mei Huan knows her own mind and enjoys her independence, whereas Mei Lun likes to stick close to her mother. The cubs are so different from each other that we almost never mistake one for the other when we use behavioral cues to differentiate them.
Heather R.
Carnivore Keeper III
Friday, June 13
Yesterday our pandas had a special visitor! One of the National Zoo panda keepers was in Atlanta and stopped by the panda house to meet our pandas. Other panda keepers are few and far between compared to other zookeepers, so it was a nice treat for me as well as for the pandas. Lun Lun and the cubs came inside from the exhibit perfectly when I called them, just to show off their shifting skills! The cubs also showed her how calmly they could behave for biscuits. Yang Yang was too busy eating bamboo to come inside and meet her, but it was still a nice visit.
Heather R.
Carnivore Keeper III
Wednesday, June 11
For my last update I wrote about how we need to work with the cubs on some training behaviors. Since then, both cubs have learned to put their paws down before receiving food or before shifing through a door. Pandas are smart and quick learners, so I am not surprised at how quickly the cubs have learned a new behavior. Any behavior that they do and we reinforce with food or attention will be repeated. As keepers, we have to be mindful of what the pandas are doing when we offer food or attention to them so that we do not accidentally reinforce behaviors that are undesirable.
Heather R.
Carnivore Keeper III
Monday, June 9
Life is real hard if you are a baby panda growing up at Zoo Atlanta. At 7 a.m., the keeper comes in and feeds/weighs you. Then you get to play around with your sister or Mom while your dayroom or habitat is prepared. After the excitement of the daily morning shifting adventure (because there are so many things to see and corners to sniff!), there's playtime in the freshly set up enclosure with brand-new enrichment. By around 9 or 10 a.m., breakfast has been burned through, so it's time to snooze the afternoon away. Your nap might get momentarily disrupted by refreshing bamboo for Mom Lun Lun. You might even get a treat or two if you come down and shift inside with Mom! Either way, afterwards it's back to that nap! Around mid to late afternoon, you've recharged your batteries and it's time for round two of playtime! Finally in the late afternoon, you come inside for the night and proceed to goof around and power-nap under the watchful eye of Mom until the keeper returns the next morning.
Jen W.
Keeper II, Carnivores
Thursday, June 5
We offer all our animals at the Zoo a wide variety of enrichment. To ensure that we rotate through all enrichment on a regular basis, most departments rotate through select "themes" throughout the month. What the keeper ends up giving is up to them, but having a theme is helpful. The common themes are manipulative, food, environmental, social and sensory. The most difficult theme in my opinion is environmental because that requires a lot creativity. We're either adding or removing something from the animals' habitats, or in other words, changing the environment. A new haybed or a new logpile in a different location are perfect examples.
Wednesday, June 4
As many of you know, one of the Zoo's veterinarians, Dr. Sam, and I recently accompanied Xi Lan and Po on their voyage to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China. The trip was very long. Throughout the entire voyage, Xi Lan and Po were always very relaxed and went about their normal activities of eating bamboo, bamboo shoots and biscuits, followed by a series of nice naps. That is exactly what we were hoping for.
Monday, June 2
I have been out of the building for a little while now, and I can't believe how big those little girls have become. They are both currently right at 25 kilograms (just over 55 pounds). Aside from their size, you can tell they are getting older by their behavior. While they still sleep a bunch during the day, they have acutally become more active, and you can see them exploring, climbing, or wrestling amongst themselves more often during the day. Lun Lun even likes to jump into the fray every now and again to release a little energy. Today was one of those days where this was evident. The cubs were up numerous times during the day, wrestling with each other in the top of the structure. In between bites of bamboo, Lun Lun would occasionally go over to them and pull one out of the structure and play with her on the ground for a few minutes. Lun Lun would then go back to eating, and the cub would immediately go right back up on the structure and resume the battle with her sister. While they are getting older and stronger, they still are cubs and can only take so much, so after a long hard play bout, both of them had to take a nice, long power nap. These are the good days. Enjoy them!
Kenn H.
Lead Keeper of Carnivores
Thursday, May 29
So you've probably heard us talking about red leafeater biscuits off and on. Variations of commercially produced biscuits are offered to many species of animals here at the Zoo. The ones we have been offering the giant pandas for quite some time are red because they contain beet juice, which makes them sweet. At least they taste sweet to pandas. They don't taste particularly sweet to people. These biscuits are basically a protein/vitamin "cookie." We use them as a supplement to the pandas' natural bamboo diet, and thus the biscuits make up a small percentage of the total diet. Recently, we began slowly transitioning the giant pandas to another form of biscuit that is different in appearance, smell, and composition. These biscuits are higher in fiber, and thus more like the giant pandas' natural diet. But giant pandas are naturally food neophobic (no surprise, because they are feeding specialists!). So, the process of transitioning to new biscuits has been slow because the pandas didn't like the new biscuits at first Also, we're doing the transition slowly so as to not upset their digestive systems. Lun Lun was suspicious of the new biscuits and took awhile to accept them, whereas the cubs enjoy both types. Yang Yang has been the most resistant. He's just stubborn sometimes! At first he liked them, then he didn't, then we had to "trick" him by offering both a red biscuit and the new brown one at the same time. Now he'll eat the brown biscuits by themselves, but for whatever reason he always rejects the first brown biscuit offered, but will readily eat it later. He likes to test us, so we must stick to our guns and eventually he'll learn to enjoy the new biscuits as much as the old ones. But I don't blame him for being picky - I'd probably prefer the sweeter biscuits myself!
Rebecca Snyder, PhD
Curator of Mammals
Wednesday, May 28
It's time for the girls to learn some manners! During yesterday's Wild Encounter, Lun Lun and both cubs were so eager to get some biscuits, they were pushing and shoving each other out of the way and displaying several "begging" behaviors. It was a little chaotic! Some examples of begging behaviors are putting paws up on or climbing up the enclosure mesh and vocalizing at the keepers. These are behaviors we do not reinforce with attention or food because we do not want to encourage the pandas to do these things. Lun Lun knows better, but she still tries to get away with it. The cubs are still learning. We have all been working with the cubs on training them to put their paws on the floor before they receive a biscuit, but they have not quite mastered this behavior yet. They are doing really well with shifting and getting weighed on the adult panda scale, so we know they will eventually learn this new behavior, too.
Heather R.
Carnivore Keeper III
Tuesday, May 27
On Monday, I hung a new enrichment item I made in Dayroom One (the hammock dayroom). It's a large white barrel with holes cut out. A metal pipe runs through the barrel and is attached to the structure where the hammock normally goes. Yang Yang was the first one who got to see the brand-new enrichment. At first he looked at it as he walked into the dayroom, but decided to eat some bamboo before he inspected the mysterious new thing any further. Eventually, he filled his belly with bamboo and decided to check out the barrel. I placed some biscuits inside the barrel. The idea is that the pandas have to spin the barrel on the pipe in order for biscuits to fall through. We call this a "feeder toy." Yang had a lot of fun spinning and spinning and spinning the barrel before he realized biscuits were flying out of it. After he got all his biscuits, he ignored it and went back to his bamboo.
Tuesday, May 20
The twins have gotten pretty good about staying outside in the habitats all day when the weather's cool enough for them to be outdoors. If you remember, they used to never want to go back outside after the 11 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. feeds. Now they are more willing to and shift back outside most days. It's been fun to watch them as they've gotten more comfortable as well. Mei Huan has her little nook on the rockwork going into the moat. Mei Lun likes to perch herself on the highest level of the climbing structure. Mei Huan is a plant/bush destroyer while her sister enjoys following Mom around and sampling the bamboo and shoots Lun Lun is eating. Unless asleep, the cubs almost always follow Mom inside when it's time to service the exhibit. But as in the dayrooms, we're also allowed to go in with them as long as they snooze and don't move.
Jen W.
Keeper II, Carnivores
Monday, May 19
If you read Jen's earlier update on bamboo shoots, you should know quite a bit about them. Yesterday we offered the cubs some very small, skinny shoots to them up on the climbing structure. They seemed to have had a blast chewing on them. I am not sure how much they actually ate and how much they just broke apart and dropped on the ground, but shoots have sparked an interest in both of them. Whether it was the weather or the sugar in the shoots, the cubs were both extra spunky today. During our lunch break, we had fun watching them. Lun Lun was pulling them off the climbing structure and wrestling with them. Then they would get away and start climbing up the structure and stop, deciding to jump off and land on top of Lun Lun. All three of them were wrestling and rolling around with each other for most of our lunch break. It made for a lot of lunchtime laughter in pandas. Hope you were all able to tune in for the fun too.
Mollye N.
Mammals Keeper III
Thursday, May 15
Xi Lan and Po made it safely to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (Chengdu Research Base). They did very well during the long journey. Zoo Atlanta's Associate Veterinarian, Dr. Sam Rivera, sent us frequent updates throughout the trip. He said Xi Lan and Po ate well and were calm throughout the trip. They experienced one period of turbulence and even this did not seem to bother the pandas. Sam said they continued eating calmly.
Curator of Mammals
Wednesday, May 14
It's bamboo shoot season!! I love this time of year. The shoots (young bamboo that pops out of the ground) are full of sugar, water and deliciousness. During this time of year, giant pandas (and red pandas) will gorge themselves on shoots, passing over mature bamboo. The shoots are full of nutrition and fill the pandas up more quickly than bamboo does. We are able to cut shoots from certain behind-the-scenes locations on grounds, so we have a small but decent supply to offer our guys. Our bamboo techs cut some shoots when they harvest bamboo as well, but often they leave the shoots alone to replenish the bamboo forests that we harvest from. Because of all of this, we aren't able to give our pandas nearly as many shoots as they would eat in the wild, but we definitely take advantage of what we are able to gather! The twins instinctively gravitate toward the shoots as well. They chew on pieces as they do with the mature bamboo, but for the most part they leave it alone or use it as a playtoy. This is probably for the best, as Lun Lun probably doesn't want to share her shoots!
Jen W.
Keeper II, Carnivores
Tuesday, May 13
Most of you know that on Monday morning we said goodbye to two of our giant pandas, Xi Lan and Po. I have known and cared for Xi Lan and Po since they were born. This is obviously a bittersweet time for me. I miss Xi Lan and Po, and the panda building feels very strange without them, but I know they will have happy and fullfilled lives at the panda base in Chengdu. I think I find it a little less bittersweet because I travelled to Chengdu with Mei , and I have seen firsthand not only the process of adjustment that he went through, but also the care he received from his Chinese keepers. I know the keepers and staff at the panda base are just as excited that Xi Lan and Po are joining Mei Lan there, and they will be just as loved and cared for as they are here at Zoo Atlanta.
Friday, May 9
Many of our panda fans have asked if we ever get updates about Mei Lan from Chengdu. We do receive updates about Mei Lan periodically. He is doing great! He has settled in really well at the Chengdu Research Base, and he is well-known and popular with visitors to the Research Base. Two staff from Zoo Atlanta will accompany Xi Lan and Po to China. The staff members are Dr. Sam Rivera, Associate Veterinarian, and Kenn Harwood, Lead Keeper of Carnivores. Sam and Kenn will see Mei Lan, and they will talk to the keepers and veterinarians at the Research Base who care for Mei Lan. Check back for an update on Mei Lan in a few weeks when Sam and Kenn return from their trip.
Rebecca Snyder, PhD
Curator of Mammals
Wednesday, May 7
Yesterday's excitement was ice. We gave all the pandas a tub of ice for enrichment on Tuesday. Mei Huan had a blast with it. She ran straight for the tub when we let her out. First she tried to sit in it, but as you all know, the cubs are getting pretty big. Somehow she was able to fit her whole body in it and just sat there on top of the ice. Then she got out and dumped the tub sideways, digging her paws through the ice. Eventually she flipped all the ice out. After that, the tub became more exciting than the ice. She started mouthing at the tub and got back in it. Throughout this exciting time for Mei Huan, Mei Lun had a very different reaction. She slowly crept up to Mei Huan playing in the ice, very unsure about it. Then she decided it was safer to go back and hide behind their water bowl until Mei Huan was done. Once their ice excitement was over, they both headed to their favorite places on top of the climbing structure and the ice was left to melt.
Mollye N.
Mammals Keeper III
Friday, May 2
If you follow the pandas on PandaCam, you've probably noticed that it can sometimes be difficult to see them, even when you know the camera is aimed directly at a panda. One of the reasons for this is that the cameras in the habitats are outside and, not surprisingly, they get dirty. We do our best to clean the outside of the cameras, but sometimes it takes a bit more than that to keep them clean. When that's the case, we remove the globes that house the cameras and give them a good scrub. That project is currently on our list, so fairly soon I hope that you see the results of our efforts. One thing we can't control, though, is the sun. At certain times of day, the glare from the sun means that we can't see much on the cameras, particularly in Habitat One. If you tune in and you can't see a panda, please try back in an hour or so, because the view will probably be better.
Megan Wilson, PhD
Assistant Curator of Mammals
Thursday, May 1
The cubs are quickly learning a new skill: walking on the adult scale to get a biscuit so we can get their weights. All of our pandas are usually weighed twice a day so we can try to keep track of how much they are eating. It is a pretty simple behavior that really just involves them sitting on the scale eating some biscuits. The older ones know when we get there in the morning and when we bring them in at night to at least look at the scale to see if anything is there for them to eat. If there is, they hop up on the scale and eat their biscuits while we record the weight. The cubs start by following mom on the scale. They soon learn that there are generally biscuits there, assuming Lun Lun hasn't scarfed them down yet. After that step we separate them from Lun and they watch us put biscuits on the scale, and then we wait until they get up there and praise them heavily. After that, and this is the step we are on right now, we have each of them in a different den and we shift them into the scale room one at a time and record their weights. Mei Lun does this the way everyone else has. She gets up on the scale and does not get off until there are no more biscuits. Mei Huan, on the other hand, must have youngest child syndrome, because she gets up on the scale, grabs a biscuit, and immediately hops off and goes to her corner to eat in peace. Even if she is the only panda in the room she does this, which makes it a little difficult to grab her weight sometimes.
Shauna D.
Keeper I, Carnivores
Wednesday, April 30
It has been fun watching the little ones attempt to eat bamboo. They seem to really enjoy playing in the bamboo leaves these days. They will sit down with a small stick and look like their mom, attempting to munch on it. Lately keepers have been putting leafy bamboo pieces on the climbing structure for them. The cubs will grab them with all four feet and wave them around. Sometimes they seem as though they are just playing with the pieces, brushing them across their faces. Other times they line the bamboo up with their mouths and look like an adult panda eating bamboo. Right now the bamboo seems more like a toy, as Mei Huan demonstrated today. When no one was paying her any attention, she grabbed as much bamboo as she could on the ground and rolled it on top of her body. Since Lun Lun still didn't seem to notice her, she threw it back off her body and went to jump on her mom.
Mollye N.
Mammals Keeper III
Friday, April 25
When we prepare to provide fresh bamboo to the pandas throughout the day, the first thing we usually do is check and see what everyone is up to. If the pandas are sleeping or eating and seem content, we'll wait until they're ready before we interrupt them. The pandas are pretty good at predicting when we're getting ready to provide fresh bamboo, and we've gotten really good at predicting when the pandas will be ready either for more food or a change in scenery. So on Friday afternoon when we checked on everyone and started to decide on our plan for the afternoon, we were surprised to find that Yang Yang was sleeping comfortably outside. It was a little warmer outside than the pandas typically prefer, and he'd eaten most of his bamboo from the morning, but Yang Yang was sound asleep in his cave. Since he was content, we weren't in any rush to ask him to get up and come inside. Instead, we waited for him to make the decision that he was ready. After waking up from his nap, Yang found a piece of leftover bamboo and started muching on it. Since he was still content being outside, we decided to give him fresh bamboo and let him stay outside. I think Yang enjoyed his sunny afternoon, since he wasn't ready to come inside until the end of the day!
Jennifer A.
Keeper I, Mammals
Tuesday, April 22
I was able to see Yang Yang in his pool yesterday, which is one of my favorite panda moments. It's interesting to see any of the giant pandas go into the pools, simply because they don't do it often. But I think Yang Yang is the cutest. He paddles his paws in the water, lets his back paws float up, and splashes water onto his tummy. He has been doing this since he was a little guy at the Chengdu Research Base. I have a picture I took of him in a pool there when he was around 18 months old. He looks the same, except a lot bigger!
The twins are 9 months old! This is hard for me to believe. The first few weeks of their lives went very slowly because we watched them every minute. But the last few months have flown by. They are now halfway through their period of dependency on their mother. In the next few months, their interest in solid foods will increase. A big change will come when they are about 13 months old. At that age, they will have their permanent teeth, and they will begin feeding on significant amounts of bamboo. They will still nurse but their dependency on Lun Lun's milk will lessen until they are ready for weaning at 18 months of age. That means they are halfway through their time as cubs. After they are weaned from Lun Lun, they will be referred to as subadults until they are reproductively mature. That will occur at 3.5 to 4.5 years of age. We still have plenty of time to enjoy watching the twins with Lun Lun, but I'm sure the time will pass quickly.
The weather was gorgeous last week! With things finally starting to warm up in Atlanta, we're starting to get out of the "perfect panda weather" that our bears have been enjoying for the last several months. Giant pandas are adapted to living in the cool, humid, mountainous regions of China. This means they have thick fur coats, which help keep them dry and warm. Imagine wearing your heaviest winter coat on a sunny, warm day. Just the thought makes me uncomfortable! This is likely how the pandas will start to feel soon, which means that we'll have to start keeping a closer eye on the temperatures throughout the day. This also means that you won't always be able to see all six of our pandas on exhibit when you visit, as we won't be able to have pandas in the outside habitats if it gets too warm. Please "bear" with us, and know that we're working hard to keep the pandas cool and comfortable!
Keeper I, Mammals
Friday, April 11
The cubs, as with most young animals, have again shown that they can make anything fun. Today we put a couple of small stalks of bamboo on their spot in the hammock dayroom while they were passed out. Moments later Mei Huan popped up and instantly started chewing on it as if she had never seen bamboo before. She manipulated the piece in her mouth and with her paws for a few minutes until she inevitably dropped it. And after all that fun, it was again naptime. Mei Lun was a little slower to wake up when the piece was placed by her. When she did notice it, she managed to rip a leaf from the main stalk and sat there chewing on it for a good while. She even looked like she was trying to roll the piece in her paw as the older pandas do when they eat leaves. I was not able to see if she actually consumed the leaf or not, but it is not abnormal for them to ingest some small pieces every once in a while. And by the way, their current weights are: Mei Lun: 18.8 kilograms, and Mei Huan: 18.55 kilograms.
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The Southern California Genealogical Society is proud to announce the 45th Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree. The popular conference will be held at the home of Jamboree, Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel,
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Jamboree combines speakers, exhibitors, class sessions, and special events to create an exceptional event. Reservations are now open at the Marriott. Jamboree will again offer a mobile app to help you manage the event. Details will be announced as we draw closer to June.
Theme: The theme of the 2014 Jamboree is Golden Memories: Discovering Your Family History. Our heritage focus will be on European ancestors. Class sessions are scheduled for German, Irish, English / UK, Scotland, Eastern Europe, Italian, Mennonite, Swedish, and Russian, as well as African American and Jewish classes.
JamboFREE: Friday morning, JamboFREE makes genealogy available at no cost to genealogists at all experience levels. Beginner classes; Genealogy World small-group discussions; and orientation for new SCGS members and first-time Jamboree attendees are just three of the free sessions. 2014 will also feature a professional-level Librarians' Genealogy Boot Camp and Workshop for Genealogical Societies.
Sessions: Fully half of the 150 sessions at Jamboree will directly address the use of technology in family history research. Other sessions will focus on methodology, organization; record types. Sessions for all experience levels will be available. Sunday's schedule includes several family history writing classes.
Friday's banquet presentation spotlights John P. Colletta, one of genealogy's most popular and entertaining speakers. In his presentation "The Keepers of the Records and I: Tales of Accessing Historical Sources," John said, "I have had to develop skills of diplomacy, negotiation, good humor, melodrama, stealth, groveling and bribery" as he's searched for family document treasures over four decades. Come hear his experiences as only John can tell them.
Syllabus: One note: in 2014, in an effort to manage costs, Jamboree's printed syllabus will be available for purchase only. Most syllabus articles will be available for download prior to Jamboree, dependent on permission of the speaker and independent of the app.
Every attendee will receive a CD that includes all three syllabi (DNA Day, JamboFREE, and the 450+ page Jamboree
syllabus.) DNA day and JamboFREE attendees will receive a free printed syllabus specific to their events.
Following on the heels of last year's very successful inaugural DNA conference, we will again hold Family History and DNA: Genetic Genealogy in 2014. The conference will be produced by the Southern California Genealogical Society and sponsored jointly by SCGS and the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG). Family History and DNA will be held Thursday, June 5, at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank.
Keynote speaker Dr. Maurice Gleeson is by profession a psychiatrist and pharmaceutical physician. He is also a professional actor and has appeared on the West End stage in London.
Maurice is co-administrator of the Ireland mitochondrial DNA project. He has given talks on genetic genealogy at the 'Back to Our Past' exhibition in Dublin (2012 & 2013) and also at the National Library of Ireland (Dublin), The National Archives in Kew (London), and at various regional and local meetings.
His presentation will be of interest to Irish researchers in general, as well as those who are DNA users: "How DNA will Change the Face of Irish Genealogy."
The luncheon program will be a panel discussion with representatives of the testing companies participating. The panel will be moderated by Blaine Bettinger, PhD, JD, who has been musing about the future on his popular blog, The Genetic Genealogist. Participants include
Bennett Greenspan of Family Tree DNA, Joanna Mountain PhD of 23andme, a representative of AncestryDNA, and Diahan Southard of The Genetic Genealogy Consultant.
Other speakers at Family History and DNA include many of the leaders of the genetic genealogical community: Blaine Bettinger, JD; Judy G. Russell, JD, CG; CeCe Moore; Tim Janzen, MD; Diahan Southard; Alice Fairhurst; Cheri Mello; Katherine Borges; Bonny Cook; and Dr. Kathryn Johnston.
What's New for 2014?
Announcing Live-Streamed Sessions at Jamboree and the Family History and DNA Conference
Live Streaming at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree
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The Southern California Genealogical Society has released the schedule of live-streamed sessions that will be available FREE at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree June 6-8, 2014.
A total of 14 free sessions will be streamed over the three days of Jamboree. The sessions are open to the public and can be attended by anyone with a broadband Internet connection.
The list of classes and speakers can be found here.
"The sessions span all experience levels and a wide range of topics," explained Leo Myers, Jamboree co-chair. "The speakers are among the most knowledgeable and respected instructors in genealogy today, and we are so grateful that they have agreed to share their knowledge with family historians around the world."
The live streaming is sponsored in part by Jamboree's diamond sponsor, Ancestry.com. Many of the streamed sessions will eventually be accessible to SCGS members in the webinar archive, which holds more than 100 hours of instructional videos that are available on demand to members of the society.
In addition, five live-streamed sessions will be available for viewing from the Family History and DNA: Genetic Genealogy in 2014 conference on Thursday, June 5. Because that event is produced by ISOGG and SCGS and it does not accept financial support, the live-streamed sessions are available on a pay-for-view basis. An All-Day Pass is also offered.
Help us celebrate the Golden Anniversary of the founding of the Southern California Genealogical Society. The Society was formed on January 10, 1964; and the Saturday banquet will top off
the year-long celebration.
Celebration of SCGS's 50th Anniversary will culminate at the 2014 Jamboree Saturday Night Banquet. We'll take a look at the decade of the '60s, a seminal time in the history of the United States. Katherine York worked with San Francisco's rock impressario Bill Graham for several years, and she was the founding archivist for the multi-million-dollar Wolfgang's Vault. She will compare the gold miners' search for riches with the hippies' search for freedom.
Sunday will be "Dress like the '60s" day. Whether it's tie dye and granny glasses or a tidy shirtwaist dress and itchy crinoline; whether it's a uniform of the US Military or the IBM uniform of dark suit, white shirt and narrow tie, show us your '60s look. We'll have a dress-up contest in the Pavilion at lunch, and the winner will receive a free registration to the 2015 Jamboree. Were you just a glimmer in someone's eye in the 60s? Never fear ... you can be an honorary Boomer for the day.
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At Jamboree, we don't pick official bloggers because to us, every blogger, tweeter and social media user is important. It's been that way since 2008, when Jamboree hosted the first blogger session at a genealogy conference. We call them honorary bloggers -- or friends. Check out the list of honorary bloggers here and be sure to visit their blogs.
Denise Levenick of The Family Curator was selected at random to receive a free registration to Jamboree.
Denise held a drawing on her blog, and the lucky winner is Renee Galantine.
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The league also gave Clippers veteran Chauncey Billups a warning Wednesday for falling backward after launching a jumper against Utah with little or no contact.
Wallace was defending a driving LeBron James on Saturday in Miami when he went tumbling backward after James put his right hand on Wallace's body while dribbling with his left.
Wallace had previously been warned for a flop against New York on Nov. 26.
The league defines flopping as "any physical act that appears to have been intended to cause the referees to call a foul on another player."
Players are warned for a first offence, with fines beginning at $5,000 for the second flop up to $30,000 for a fifth.
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It seems like often when I send a PM it gets stuck in my outbox and doesn't get to my sent items. Sometimes they go right through and other times they get stuck in the outbox and never get sent. What am I doing wrong??
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You are doing nothing wrong. The PMs you send stay in your 'outbox' until the person you sent the PM to looks at it. If the PM stays in your box a while the person to receive the PM has not been on the forum or has not looked at their PMs. It took me a long time to figure it out also.
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Thanks Bill.
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I used to get a notice in my regular e mail telling me I had a pm. I don't anymore. Just a notice at the top of the forum page. What did I do wrong to make my e mail notice go away?
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Billy, I have the same problem. I also don't get notices of posts to threads that I have replied to. I have checked my spam blocker as well as my profile and can not find any problems with the set up.
I have had this problem for quite a while.
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Thanks Bill. I thought it was just me doing something wrong. It generally is. I haven't paid any attention to the notice of the posts to the threads I have replied to. Will check when I submit this one. Thanks again.
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LMO score 47 Ronin with Ilan Eshkeri
LMO recently recorded Ilan Eshkeri's score for a new Universal studios film – 47 Ronin at Air Lyndhurst Hall.
Based on an ancient Samurai story and co-written by Chris Morgan, Hossein Amini and Walter Hamada, 47 Ronin tells the story of a band of Samurai who set out to avenge the death and dishonour of their master at the hands of a ruthless Shogun..
47 Ronin, which stars Keanu Reeves and Rinko Kikuchi, was released worldwide in December 2013.
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47 Ronin from Andy Brown on Vimeo.
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
LMO have recently been working with composer Atli Orvasson, recording music for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones at Abbey Road Studio 1.
The Mortal Instruments is based on the worldwide best-selling book series by Cassandra Clare, and is set in contemporary New York City.
The Mortal Instruments, directed by Harald Zwart and produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment, was released worldwide in August 2013.
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Thursday September 4:
Liam keenly feels his single status when he arrives at Ivy's barbecue to find everyone is coupled up.
Quinn makes a bold confession to Bill.
Friday September 5:
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Week of September 8:
Wyatt learns Hope is upset about the idea of Liam and Ivy.
Wyatt's request causes more friction between him and Liam.
Charlie discovers Quinn went to Paris.
Ridge opens up to Caroline.
Rick wants Maya to back off.
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