Ars Technica

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Found in the forests of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Eastern Australia, birds of paradise are famous for flashy feathers and unusually shaped ornaments, which set the standard for haute couture among birds. Many use these feathers for flamboyant mating displays in which they shape-shift into otherworldly forms.

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Papua New Guinea Guinea Nebraska Indonesia 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2007

I'll be doing a presentation on a panel at the Museum Computer Network Conference in two weeks on this topic and in early 2008 for the Legal Services Corporation. Any other guinea pigs out there that want to try this model? | View | Upload your own. This is work in progress.

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Guinea Social Media Measure Media 50

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 17, 2019

These two adages were both in my mind last week when I asked people for the worst museum trends. In this decade museums worst trends were in labor and tech: 1. Susan Spero brought up the cost tuition rises had to the field: The rise in tuition which in turn has meant that museum studies programs have taken a huge hit.

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Museum Professional Studies Tech 45

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

A little less than three years ago at the Computer Science Museum in Mountain View, Calif. Sugar came into the human diet roughly 10,000 years ago as sugarcane, which is native to New Guinea and parts of Taiwan and China. 10 startups that caught our eye from day 1 of YC Demo Day S18. The bitter history of the sweetest ingredient.

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Europe Wisconsin Product Industry 134

Care2

JUNE 22, 2012

When your museum gallery space floods during a freak storm, you know you’re in for some headaches, tough choices, and unexpected fundraising challenges as you deal with major water damage. ” Your community might be inconvenienced, stressed, worried, and freaked out about the organization’s future during a crisis. (If

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Lesson Build Learning Guinea 70

Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

Most museum conferences are focused on professional learning and networking. In most sessions, I didn't learn new things to apply to my own museum practice; instead, I learned new things about what that practice looks like in different countries. How are we addressing this woman?

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Reflection South Africa Museum Conference 20