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On February 11, deputies were called to a burglary on Cedar Crest Drive, and upon arrival say they saw a man leaving a building there. They arrested James Czeschin of Bland on suspicion of burglary, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and stealing.
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This book stars Santorray and explains what happens when he goes into the govi glade (during Thorik's adventures). We see a side of Santorray that hasn't been revealed previously, and it made me like his even more. There are a few characters that make appearances in Outraged from Thorik's adventures, but there are a lot more new characters. Anthony did a great job giving all of these new characters different personalities while keeping the personalities of the characters we already know. My favorite two characters are Goothr and Gway. The things Goothr says and does just make me laugh. For instance, he has a unique way of catching birds and fish. You will have to read it to see for yourself. I love Gway (in fact she is one of my favorites of all the books) mostly because she reminds me a lot of me. Just in how she says things and does things.
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Publix is an employee-owned regional grocery store operating primarily in the southeastern region of the country. Since its founding in 1930, Publix has committed to passionately focusing on customer value in every market it serves. The two new Publix locations in Miami’s low-income neighborhoods are aligned with UACD’s primary focus of supporting healthy food access. The two locations will create ~160 construction jobs; and approximately 200 permanent jobs, whereby 100% of the permanent FTEs will have benefits including employees profit sharing/stock ownership plans (ESOP). The two locations will decrease food insecurities in challenged areas and serve at least 700k customers per store.
As part of Publix Super Market’s retail expansion in the City of Miami, Urban Action Community Development (UACD) provided $4MM in NMTC allocation for FFE and working capital to open two new stores (“the Project”) in severely distressed census tracts that are also food deserts. The opening of these new stores will address food insecurities and offer healthy food options to the low-income residents and individuals that work in these communities. Publix will be the anchor tenant in two mixed-use developments. Publix will be the ground floor anchor tenant in the 3 Miami Central Building (a mixed-use ~94k SF 12-story development that includes office, retail, and a parking garage), which is part of the Miami Central district that spans over six downtown city blocks, and is in the historic Overton community. The second location, The Miami River Landing, is on the edge of the Health District, and is a mixed-use development that will include 430,000 SF of commercial space and 528 rental apartments. The Landing, which is situated on 8 acres of riverfront land, will offer an eclectic mix of restaurants, retail shopping, recreational entertainment and residential units.


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« I am Maximilien Durand and I am director of the Museum of Textiles and the Museum of Decorative Arts in Lyon. These institutions celebrated their 150th anniversary last year. They were founded after the first World’s Fair with the objective of amassing the most significant textile collection in the world.
I believe that this goal was accomplished, as today we have around 2.5 million works spanning 4500 years of history, from pharaonic Egypt to today and including all continents and techniques. The idea of the collection was to renew contemporary design. We are very attentive to new work at the Museum of Textiles.
We present a permanent collection as well as temporary exhibits. The latter are a chance for an historical snapshot from the general world of textile design. Last year for example we organized a big exhibit of Byzantine textiles that included items from Egyptian necropolises and showcased the refinement of people between the 4th and 7th centuries.
Another time, we invited contemporary artist Ruth Gurvich to create a textile with Lyonnais producers. We also opened the question of innovation in weaving in the 19th century and explored how these techniques can allow us to imitate nearly anything that we’d like: engraving, painting, even realizing portraits in fabric. »

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A wild performance featuring a pair of Canada West rivals has drawn the attention of college football analysts down south.
ESPN is in the process of releasing its list of the top 100 college football games of the 2019 season. At No. 100 is this year’s National Championship Game between Clemson and LSU and the list goes on to feature many top-tier programs from large NCAA conferences.
One game leaps off the page at No. 41, embedded in a portion of the list dedicated to small schools. It is the Hardy Cup semifinal between the Manitoba Bisons and Calgary Dinos — a shocking game that featured an epic comeback attempt by the visiting Herd.
Below is an excerpt from the ESPN article.
The craziest game of college football all season didn’t take place in America. In the third meeting of the year between the Calgary Dinos and the Manitoba Bisons (this one in the Canada West semifinals), Calgary took a 33-16 lead into the fourth quarter before all hell broke loose. The teams traded 97-yard special-teams touchdowns, and Manitoba scored 30 points in the final stanza. Down 47-40, Manitoba drove 96 yards in 31 seconds, with the final 50 coming on a Hail Mary pass from Des Catellier to Trysten Dyce. A 2-point conversion pass for the win fell incomplete, however, and Calgary held on.
Though it wasn’t successful, head coach Brian Dobie and the Bisons deserve credit for attempting a two-point conversion while trailing by one. The ball was nearly caught by Trysten Dyce — son of long-time CFL coach Bob Dyce — before it was intercepted by 2019 Calgary Stampeders’ sixth-round draft pick Nick Statz.
It’s rare that USports is recognized south of the border, though there’s no doubt the 2019 Hardy Cup semifinal deserved a spot on ESPN’s list. Calgary went on to win the Vanier Cup.
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What is Constipation and what are it's main causes?
What is Constipation?
Constipation refers to a decrease in the frequency of bowel movements. For some people, it may mean difficulty in passing stools. A constipated stool is hard because it contains less water than normal.
Constipation is common in children and older age, but can affect anyone. Since everyone has difficult bowel patterns, and not everyone passes one stool per day, exactly who qualifies for the diagnosis of 'constipated' is not always clear. About 2% of the population suffers from chronic constipation.
Some people think they are constipated if they do not have avowal movement every day. However, normal stool elimination maybe three times a day or three times a week, depending on the person.
What are the main causes of constipation?
Poor diet: Eating foods rich in animal fats (dairy products, meats, and eggs) or refined sugar but low in fibre (whole grains, fruits, and vegetables) may cause constipation.
Painkillers: Narcotic-containing drugs, for instance, may interfere with bowel functions.
Intestinal obstruction: Mechanical compression and interference with the normal functions of the bowel may occur.
Lack of exercise and certain medications are part of the problem. But one of the most common constipation causes is Food Intolerance. Not to be confused with a food allergy (which is an autoimmune response of the body), food intolerance is a physical inability of some people to process certain foods.
Changes in diet, or a different diet affect bowel habits. In adults, high-fibre diets have been shown to improve bowel function. In children, however, high-fibre diets have not been proven to improve constipation. Infants and children who eat well-balanced meals typically are not constipated.
If too much water is absorbed or if the waste moves too slowly, you may become constipated. You may also experience constipation if the muscles you use to move your bowels aren't coordinated. This problem is called pelvic floor dysfunction (anismus) and it causes you to strain with most bowel movements, even soft ones. Stool moves through your colon but gets hung up in the rectum because of a lack of muscle coordination to empty your bowels. Eating large amounts of dairy products.
Resisting the urge to have a bowel movement, which is sometimes the result of pain from haemorrhoids.
Overuse of laxatives (stool softeners) which, over time, weaken the bowel muscles.
Hypothyroidism, neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis.
Antacid medicines containing calcium or aluminium.
Medicines (especially strong pain medicines, such as narcotics, antidepressants or iron pills).
Not eating enough fibre, such as fruit, vegetables and cereals, a change in your routine, or lifestyle, such as a change in your eating habits, having limited privacy when using the toilet, ignoring the urge to pass stools, immobility, lack of exercise, not drinking enough fluids, being under, or overweight.
Irritable bowel syndrome
Bowel movements are under voluntary control. This means that the normal urge people feel when they need to have a bowel movement can be suppressed. Although occasionally it is appropriate to suppress an urge to defecate (e.g., when a bathroom is not available), doing this too frequently can lead to a disappearance of urges and result in constipation.
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Saara Aalto to represent Finland at Eurovision 2018!
Traditionally, Finland has opted for a multi-artist national final, where each artist has the competing song they hope to take to the Eurovision stage. As such, we tuned into the press conference live stream expecting the artists to be named for the Finnish national final, UMK, however instead we got an artist announcement – in the singular form!
This year, Finnish broadcaster Yle have decided to shake things up by choosing their representative internally, and leaving the song selection up to the public. There’s one artist that comes to mind when we think of a Finnish turned international star, so it comes as no surprise that Saara Aalto will be representing Finland at Eurovision 2018! Saara will be participating in UMK (and she’s not going to come 2nd this time!) where she will be performing three songs that were composed for Saara. The winning song will be chosen by the viewers and an international jury, and this is the song that will go on to represent Finland in 2018. The show will take place live from Espoo Areena on the 3rd of March!
Why the change in the national selection process?
For the last six years, Finnish broadcaster Yle have held a national final with various artists, and the 2018 contest seemingly started off in the same way, with the broadcaster holding an open call for submissions. Instead, the broadcaster has decided to capitalise on Saara’s growing popularity since her appearance on the X Factor UK. They believe that Saara is the right fit for Finland in order to bring the nation their next Eurovision win!
UMK producer Anssi Autio has commented on their choice, saying, ‘We believe strongly that the luminous Saara Aalto, who is building an international music career, is our secret weapon to success. We are putting all our best efforts into having three captivating songs and shows to choose from, with the best one to be staged in May in Lisbon’
These three songs and music videos will be published before Spring 2018, but the exact dates are still not set. It’s been said that the three songs will all be different but each spectacular in their own way. Finland is also priding themselves on the fact that each detail for this Eurovision bid will be well thought out, ‘There won’t be any of that “let’s just throw in something” vibe. Every detail will be thoroughly thought out and delivered to the maximum. This is going to be a superb experience for the whole of Finland! I have a strong Finnish and international team with me, together we’re able to make great things happen,’ Saara says.
Of course this is not Saara’s first time in UMK. You may remember her from 2011, where she took part in the national selection only to come second behind Paradise Oskar. She returned to the pre-selection in 2016 with the song No Fear, and once again she ended up in 2nd place behind Sandhja. She has also participated in The Voice of Finland, where surprise surprise, she finished in 2nd place! Her latest journey has been in the UK where she participated on the X Factor. She was hugely popular, and history sure does repeat itself as Saara placed second behind winner Matt Terry.
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My photon is currently functional and running. I want to update the firmware (thermostat portion of the code needs new temp limit values). I update my code and verify it with no errors. When I Flash the code to the photon, it appears to flash successfully, but the old code continues to run. I’ve tried in it’s normal location in the relay shield and also removing the photon and sitting it on my desk next to the router, in case that was an issue. Still continues to run the old version of the code.
How about putting the device in Safe Mode before flashing?
Normally when this happens the problem is that the new code was compiled for a version of system firmware that is not on the device. Have you checked what version you are compiling against versus what is on the device?
Yes, tried safe mode too.
For firmware, I have the system target matching the on device. I’ve tried changing the target to the latest production release, but it doesn’t seem to change on the device, and still fails to update the code.
Also have tried flashing the blink and LED example to no avail.
Downloaded the Firmware Manager for Windows, ran it to update it to 0.6.0 and when it was done, it still had 0.7.0-rc3 on it.
Downloaded and used the Windows CLI and successfully applied firmware 0.6.3 to the photon. Flashed code, reinstalled photon into relay shield, and everything seems to be working correctly and with the new version of the code.


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Whitney Lewis-Smith has become preoccupied with the evolution of humanity’s relationship with the natural world. She draws from the genre of the “impossible bouquet” originating in Dutch Golden Age painting and depicting natural specimens that could not have been found growing in the same place and at the same time. Lewis-Smith constructs Daedalian scenes with what can now be amassed materially, by internet purchase or otherwise, from around the globe. For Biophilia, Whitney focusses on plants and animals greatly affected by human impact, many of which are scheduled for extinction within our lifetimes. By photographing what will again become an impossibility, she asks the viewer to recognize our current time as a passing moment.
As a Canadian photo-based artist, her work combines elaborate set building with historic and contemporary photographic processes as a means to reflect on contemporary topics. She studied Studio Arts at Concordia University focussing in drawing and sculpture. Whitney was awarded a residency at The Museum of Natural History in Puebla, Mexico where she worked with specimens that became a catalyst for her work discussing consumerism and humanity’s relationship with the environment. In 2018 she completed the largest Heliogravure photographic copper etching to date. Lewis-Smith is the studio and darkroom instructor at The School Of Photographic Arts Ottawa’s college program. Her work has been acquired by collectors in Canada and abroad including Sophie and Justin Trudeau, SUMMA Art Fair Madrid, Global Affairs Canada, and The Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
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How Texas Crisis Was Covered, Distorted & Politicized; Reporters Competing With Internet Investigators?; Facebook Stops Australian Users From Sharing News; Fact-Checkers Are Keeping The Focus On Biden; Hysterical Headlines Are Clouding COVID-19 Vaccine News. Aired 11a-12p ET
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BRIAN STELTER, CNN ANCHOR: Hey, I'm Brian Stelter live in New York, and this is RELIABLE SOURCES. This is our weekly look at the story behind the story, where we figure out what is reliable.
This hour, the latest from Texas, including the role of Twitter detectives in the crowd source to Ted Cruz story.
Plus, is fact checking changing in the Biden years? Daniel Dale will join me with the answer you need to hear.
And these headlines about Facebook blocking news from Australia spreading around the world. But do you know about Rupert Murdoch's role in all of this chaos? We have brand-new reporting about that coming up.
But, first, it is a literal political storm in the South. This week showed that the problem of parallel news universes, the problem with alternative realities of information does not just apply to politics. It even applies to the weather. It even affects the way that natural and manmade disasters are perceived.
Texans were, as "The San Antonio Express News" says this morning, left in the dark and the aftermath is just starting. The full death toll is not yet known and will not be known for sometime.
Thankfully, the power is mostly back on. The weather is warming up in Texas this weekend. But the water crisis is massive. Disruptions in water systems are affecting 14 million Texans right now.
And don't forget about Louisiana or Oklahoma. Both of those states also hard hit as well.
So let's truth sandwich what happened in the past week. Truth sandwich. Start with the truth.
As "PolitiFact" reports, the power outages in Texas were largely due to problems at coal and gas fired plants. Wind farms ran half of what was expected with some turbines frozen. Those are the facts.
I present those to you first because we're now going to show you the nonsense, the B.S that was shared by right wing media. These are some of the banners from Fox News this week, all focused on blaming green energy. They seem so scared of the Green New Deal concepts. They were going and blaming windmills when the power plants failed.
This is the parallel universe of news even when it comes to a natural disaster. And then, of course, the manmade disasters on top of those.
So, pro-Trump media outlets, yes, that's still a thing, pro-Trump media outlets focused on progressives, taking swings at progressives, instead of holding lawmakers of both parties accountable.
So, if natural disasters are not off limits for this kind of politicalization, right, politicization, what is?
Here with answers, CNN media analyst Bill Carter, and in Austin, Texas, Emily Ramshaw, co-founder and CEO of "The 19th", a former editor of "The Texas Tribune".
Emily, most importantly, how are you and your neighbors doing?
EMILY RAMSHAW, CO-FOUNDER & CEO, THE 19TH: We are much better than we were just a couple of days ago. As you can see behind me, we have power back, water. About half of the state has water back. All of us are still boiling water. So, it has been apocalyptic to be sure.
Bill, why was there this immediate rush from right wing media to blame green energy, the Green New Deal, Democrats in a state run by Republicans, fueled mostly by natural gas, coal, et cetera?
BILL CARTER, CNN MEDIA ANALYST: Well, first of all, Fox's audience, they know their audience. They don't want to hear any kind of criticism of conservatives, and conservative principles. And the Green New Deal is a target for them because it is supported so much by liberals that it has to be wrong.
I mean, the Fox people were literally saying something like, well, yes, there is great coal and oil power in Texas. But in the dead of night, AOC snuck in and changed it all to green -- to the Green New Deal.
I mean, that's sort -- the argument they were making, and it was playing because that's what their audience wants to hear. And, frankly, you know, in conservative circles, oil and gas, that's a big donor. You can't go after them. That's a whole other part of this, I think.
STELTER: Yeah, I wondered if that's a factor here, just now on Fox. Senator Ron Johnson said it is unreliable, wind and solar. They're unreliable.
Emily, has there been a lot of fact checking of this?
RAMSHAW: There has been a lot of fact checking. Local media has been extraordinary in this. If you read "The Texas Tribune", my alma mater, the work they're doing is amazing. But, you know, this idea that we immediately saw this being
politicized, and, you know, this was about renewables. This was about renewables. It's not about renewables.
I mean, the reality is this is a state that has never had to experience this kind of level of winterization. And I do think this is going to further conversations around climate change in a state that has historically been reluctant to have those conversations.
STELTER: Right, it's absolutely right.
You wrote on Twitter this week, Emily, that the Texas officials really failed to communicate in the middle of this disaster.
What went wrong from a public communication perspective?
RAMSHAW: I mean, everything is the answer to that question. It has been extraordinary. Just trying to get basic information, you know, there was no information in the lead up to this of how bad this might possibly be and what to might be able to expect.
You know, we got a notice that we would lose power maybe for 10 to 40 minutes rotating blackouts. When that happened in our household, you know, I have a 5-year-old in our house, we never got power back. We didn't get power back for five days after that first rolling blackout.
Then there was no information letting us know things like, you know, it would be a good idea to fill your bathtubs because we're about to lose water for a week or two weeks. So, no straightforward information on that. A whole lot of finger-pointing.
I have to be honest, you know, if local media weren't doing their jobs here, we would have next to no information. "The Texas Tribune", "The Statesmen", "The Dallas Morning News", you know, "Houston Chronicle" have been extraordinary and so valuable in this moment in history.
STELTER: Yeah. Let's show some of the local news front pages. Let's show how local news rose to the challenge in Texas in recent days. Some newspapers that lost power lost the ability to print but stayed online and stayed in touch with customers that way.
And, Emily, your former outlet, "The Texas Tribute", as you mentioned, you know, it set up a text messaging system to give updates to readers who are in need. What is the takeaway here all across the country about local news?
RAMSHAW: The takeaway here is that you can't count on anybody else in a crisis like this. These were journalists, our journalists to date who are still doing their jobs by plugging in their devices, in their cars, by tethering, by, you know, picking each other up in four-wheel drives to sleep on the floor in newsrooms.
I mean, this is when, you know, "The 19th", I'm so lucky my staff is very distributed around the country. Over the last couple of days, I have had employees sleeping, you know, on mattresses and air mattresses in our home. You know, I have reporters coming to my house to shower with this limited water trickle we have.
I mean, these are dire straits and these local journalists are doing the Lord's work under these circumstances.
STELTER: Yeah, for a while, it was hard for some national outlets to get into the Texas because of the roads and the flight cancellations. It's also a reminder that news rooms of all sizes need disaster plans in the same way that every family needs a plan for where to go in an emergency. Newsrooms need those backups as well.
Hey, Emily and Bill, just standby for one minute. I want to bring you back in a moment because we have to talk about Ted Cruz. This week, Senator Cruz became a symbol of every fat cat politician who ignores the citizens when they need him. But it's worth examining how this happened because not too long ago, Cruz could have run off to Cancun and almost no one would have known.
The people on the plane would have had no real-time proof he was there. But in the digital social media crowd sourced age, the photo proof started popping up on Twitter before he even boarded the plane. This photo is from JuanGomez18 on Twitter. And that was just the start of the digital sleuthing. Others shared pictures too and triangulated Cruz's location, try to confirm he was in Cancun.
And then reporters starting asking questions, forcing Cruz to book a return ticket to Texas. People could even see he was on the stand by list for a better seat.
Crowd sourcing turned into crowd shaming in some ways. And Cruz tried to do damage control, blaming his kids. But the truth could not be controlled. Cruz wanted to help his family, right, so he fled to Mexico. Someone in a group chat with Cruz's wife even leaked the text messages to prove it.
As "The Washington Post" put it, this story had the ample opportunities for crowd sourcing, amateur sleuthing and vicious mocking while Americans, quote, spent another day trapped in front of their screens.
To me, this was a story about inequality, right? Cruz had the money to fly his family out of the cold. Many Texans did not. And perversely, if Cruz had spent more money, right, he could have flown private and avoided the prying eyes of his voters. This is all about equality.
All right. So, let me bring in Emily and Bill back, and let's unpeel more layers of this story with Carol Leonnig. She's a national investigative reporter at "The Washington Post" and coauthor of the best-selling book, "A Very Stable Genius", which is coming out in paperback with more reporting this Tuesday.
Carol, thanks for coming on.
When you are working on an investigation these days, do you feel like you are competing with Internet investigators, the kind that figured out where Cruz was going this week?
CAROL LEONNIG, NATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, THE WASHINGTON POST: Brian, thanks for having me back.
And, of course, everybody is a competitor, right? This is a pretty tough, cut throat business. We all want the story first. We all want it accurately.
But I think the version of what's been shared here has happened many times before, and you have seen it too. I mean, in this case, there were internet sleuths, but there was also somebody leaking the United passenger information, which was pretty striking. And I gather there is an investigation into that. Those kind of leaks have been happening for a long time, electronica that's not supposed to be shared.
You might remember when Donald Trump was accusing his Treasury Department of something, somebody actually faces criminal charges now for leaking information that they shouldn't have to show that the president wasn't telling the truth.
LEONNIG: And this happened when we covered Guantanamo. I mean, we were literally watching flights of prisoners being taken to dark sites.
So this has been happening for a while in different forms, and that kind of competition is going to happen on all platforms.
STELTER: There are all these conversations about the ethics of leaking a group text chain, right? All these people worried their friends will leak on them. Does it matter to you as a reporter what the motive of the leaker is, or does it just matter if it's accurate?
LEONNIG: I totally love that question. I think it's really important that the information, first and foremost, be accurate. That's what you care about.
But you've got to shift through the motives, too. I've had sources who have had bad, if you would call them, attack motives, but when their information is verified and true and you know what those motives are, you're not flying blind, the most important thing is that it's accurate.
Your point, though, is so fascinating that people are worried about their group chats being shared. I still remember Brett Kavanaugh's remark to his friends when they went out boating. A bunch of guys, remember, we're not sharing any of these texts and details of our trip. This stays on the boat.
STELTER: Bill, this broaden out, you know, beyond the story this week about Texas. The Texas crisis was unfolding while the conservative media world was mourning. Rush Limbaugh died Wednesday at the age of 70. He's been remembered as a hero to some. He's remember as a hate- monger on the left. He was clearly a harbinger of many political changes in this country. Now, the Florida governor says he's going to fly the flags at half- staff in Florida in the coming days. Whenever the funeral is scheduled.
What's your reaction to that decision?
CARTER: Well, it's kind of shocking because, I mean, first of all, you know the governor of Florida is playing for conservative attention in doing that. But the justification is really questionable.
I mean, look, Limbaugh had a huge following and it was very popular among, you know, a group of right wing listeners. But he wasn't a heroic figure. I mean, he had a lot of incidents that were extremely questionable and his views were pretty ugly and they hurt a lot of people. They hurt some people personally.
And I think -- you know, a lot of people are justifiably saying why are you celebrating a guy who attacked Barack Obama on race, who sang Barack the magic negro and all kinds of extremely outrageous things that, frankly, the conservatives loved. They loved him for that.
And he established the brand. He did. It was a brand. But to make it a heroic thing that should be celebrated like, you know, a war hero, yeah, I find that pretty questionable.
STELTER: Carol, for your book, a very stable genius, you spoke with hundreds of sources about Donald Trump. He came out of Mar-a-Lago hibernation to pay his respects to Rush on Wednesday, doing a right wing TV trifecta, calling to Fox, OAN, and Newsmax for the first time. He did all three channels on the same day.
Now, the company that distributes Limbaugh's show is trying to squash speculation that Trump could take over for Rush on the radio, right? They said to "The New York Times", no, we're not considering Trump as a replacement.
But do we have any sense that, you know, that is possible down the road, you know, maybe months from now once -- you know, once Trump is looking for a new media megaphone in the months ahead?
LEONNIG: Based on my, you know, experience reporting on Donald Trump and many advisers that stay around him right now, I find that's something we should probably bet against.
LEONNIG: There is no question that Donald Trump is going to be a voice in the -- after he comes out of this short period of wilderness. He wants to be center stage, and he will reclaim that stage again. As we know how, he's going to be at CPAC in a couple of days, I'd say maybe eight days down in Orlando, the Republican gathering where he's going to kind of tend to his conservative flock.
There is no question he will do that. But this is a visual guy, Brian. We all know what he likes is the television. And so, it's hard to imagine him as really a radio man.
He likes television. That's always been his favorite place. It's where he analyzed his own presidency, where he rated his own cabinet secretaries, where he decided who should represent him or not based on their visual presentation. That's what he cares about the most deeply.
So I find his ideas about going to work with Newsmax, creating his own television channel much more likely.
STELTER: All right. Now from the former occupant of the White House to the current administration. President Biden reached a big audience with a town hall on CNN this week. Vice President Harris, too, with a visit to "Today Show".
But I want to point out part of the VP's media strategy that's been happening a little bit under the radar. "The Los Angeles Times" that Harris recorded a call-in interview with KJLH-FM.
It's a Black-owned and operated radio station in L.A.
So, Harris is doing outreach on the radio to, quote, counter resistance to the COVID-19 vaccine among Black Americans. And, Emily, before all these other interviews, the VP's very first national sit- down interview was with your website, "The 19th".
So, what does this tell us about the Biden administration's media outreach?
RAMSHAW: That they're looking for a bigger tent and they think there is a true strategy in not going after, you know, the big dogs, the major news organizations that have sort of had a monopoly on these kinds of exclusives. I mean, it's telling in particular with the VP that she is trying to reach women, that she is trying to reach underserved marginalized communities, the LGBTQ community.
So I think it's really been fascinating to watch their rollout in this regard and I think you should expect to see more of it.
STELTER: Yeah, it is important to see where they're doing these interviews and what questions they're taking on. Bill, do you feel like the country is still juggling the past and present president? You know, Trump or Biden, are we at the point now where Trump calls into Newsmax and reaches a small base audience and, you know, the rest of the country forgets he's there?
CARTER: I don't think anybody is forgetting he's there. Obviously, that will -- you know, there is a long-standing issue with his presence in American culture, so I don't think he's going away that way. I do think there are a lot of people who want to move on or trying to move on. I think it is interesting looking at the late-night lineup of what the monologues are doing. That Trump is still going to do things and they're going to get riled up about it. But Cruz now takes over. Cruz was hugely the subject on "Saturday Night Live" last night. That was the target last night. And you could see they will move on to whoever is, you know, most
prominently making a fool of himself. But I just think Trump is going to continue to make noise. When he makes noise, people will pay attention.
STELTER: And how much did the mayor American news outlets, not OAN, right, but CNN, "Washington Post", how much coverage does Trump merit when he goes to CPAC? How coverage does Trump deserve when he calls into OAN?
LEONNIG: Brian, I totally agree with Bill. I mean, this president, the 45th president as he likes to call himself now on letterhead is not going anywhere. We're going to hear from him again. And the important thing is his relevance, right?
He wants to be center stage, but the issue becomes the coverage is determined by whether or not he is the force he thinks he is. He's got a huge following. If he's still the guy controlling the levers of a huge portion of the Republican Party, if he's still the guy making people in Congress make decisions based on his wishes, if he still is instilling fear the way he was when he complained that those 17 Republicans who voted against him during impeachment should watch out for their back, if he's still that force, then he's still relevant to all of us in the news business.
STELTER: He's still a story, just not as big a story as the current president.
Emily and Bill and Carol, thank you all for being here.
Coming up, the media mistakes that are peppering COVID vaccine coverage.
And Mark Zuckerberg turning off the news in Australia. This is a stunning move by Facebook. It's never happened before. We're going to tell you what it means for the rest of the world, next.
STELTER: Now, a history of digital news in -- let's see if we can do it in 45 seconds.
Publishing was once about scarcity. One city had one or two newspapers. Then, the Internet changed everything. Abundance, one city, a million blogs.
Google sorted the world's links, Facebook let everyone connect, and they made more millions, billions, fortunes, by being the go-betweens -- connecting you to me and you to news.
News owners like Rupert Murdoch watched that their relationships with readers get blown up by Facebook and Google. So they are trying to take back power and profits. Enter this week's big headline from Australia. Facebook banning news
publishers from sharing links and banning you no matter where you are in the world from posting links to Australian news outlets.
This is a retaliatory move against the Australian government's proposed legislation, looking to force tech platforms to pay up, to pay news publishers for the right to link to content. This means something dramatic not just in Australia but around the world. There are other proposals like this in other countries. And all eyes, all regulatory eyes are now on Australia to see what happens next.
Facebook's move to ban news, basically, had a global impact. You can see what happened right away. News traffic dropping on these Australian websites.
Now, according to "Reuters", there's so much interest in this that leaders of the G7 Summit discussed the issue days ago.
Now, that is what Facebook has done. Google has taken a very different approach. Google has actually started to cut deals with publishers, including Rupert Murdoch's news corporation. This means that Google is paying undisclosed sums of money to big news publishers.
But what about the little guys? What about the upstarts that want to with the next Rupert Murdoch, the next News Corporation? What is the right way to rebalance the relationship between these technology companies that have gobbled up the world and news publishers that are trying to keep everybody informed? Can the relationship be rebalanced?
How can the news be financed? That's what's at stake in this conversation.
With me now is Steven Guilbeault. He's the minister of Canadian heritage and a member of the Canadian parliament.
Minister, thank you for joining me.
You're coming on because you are watching this like your fellow leaders all around the world.
STEVEN GUILBEAULT, MINISTER OF CANADIAN HERITAGE: That's correct.
STELTER: Is Canada going to follow Australia's lead?
GUILBEAULT: Well, first, thank you for having me, Brian. Real pleasure to be here.
Second, I have announced publicly that Canada will be tabling -- I will be tabling legislation in the coming months to do in essence what Australia is trying to do.
Will we follow the exact same model? Probably not. It's going to be a made in Canada approach because our institutions, our laws, our regulations are different. But in essence, yes. STELTER: What is the argument for why Google and Facebook should pay
news publishers? You know, look, they invented a better mouse trap, right? So, why should they now have to pay up? Because a lot of tech execs say this feels like a shake down by news publishers.
GUILBEAULT: I would echo what your own House of Representative, Cicilline, or Senator Warner have said. This battle is at the very heart of democracy. Without a healthy media and news sector, they cannot -- we cannot have sustainable democracies.
And what we're doing is just to ensure that Google and Facebook compensate fairly the media for their use of their content. That's what -- that's what we're talking about.
STELTER: Do we really want to get into the business of taxing links, though? I mean, Facebook is not -- they're not hosting the news. They're just, you know, providing a platform to share it. And then people click the links and they go off to a website and they view the news and they view advertisements there, too.
GUILBEAULT: Both of these companies make a lot of money out of the news content that they use. And there's a debate arguably about how much money. And I have seen all sorts of figures floating around.
And what Australia and France and us in Canada, but other countries -- just last week, I was -- I was on a call with Australia, Germany, France, Finland, and soon -- soon, many other countries will join this initiative that was started by Canada to figure out how -- how do we do this.
And every country will go about it in its own way. But the essence of what we're trying to do is to ensure that we continue to have a healthy media sector. And that -- I mean, it's not about overtaxing or some kind of tax graph. I mean, if these companies are making money out of the news content from publishers, then just like copyright for artists or musicians, they should be fairly compensated now (ph).
STELTER: There has been a lot of debate about the Australian model, how they're doing this. You're saying you're going to look at a different model, right? Because some people are saying, hey, the idea here is right. Facebook and Google, technology companies should pay up.
But the way Australia is doing it is wrong. You are saying there will be a different Canadian model, is that right?
GUILBEAULT: Yeah, that's correct. But -- I mean, I -- I should say something about what we've seen in Australia. I mean, Facebook didn't just cut link to news outlets but also to government -- to government websites, including websites -- it's forest fire seasons right now in Australia -- information on COVID, suicide hotline.
And I saw a Facebook spokesperson say that it was an oversight. Hold on a second here. An oversight?
I mean, if we needed a clear example of why these companies need to be regulated, Facebook just handed -- handed this to us on a silver platter.
STELTER: Hmm, very interesting.
Minister Guilbeault, thank you so much for being here.
GUILBEAULT: Thank you, Brian.
STELTER: For another view of this debate, because everybody in the entire news industry is watching what's happening in Australia, Jeff Jarvis is here with me. He's a veteran journalist reporting online news, blogging the news business models for many years. Also, the creator and founding managing editor of "Entertainment Weekly" magazine. He's currently the director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY here in New York.
Jeff, thanks for coming on the program.
You helped give me my start in my career almost two decades ago by linking to my blog. So this is all about links, right? Google and Facebook, that's what they do. They link. They send us off in different directions.
So is the Australian idea right or wrong?
JEFF JARVIS, PROFESSOR, CUNY'S NEWMARK JOURNALISM SCHOOL: Oh, it's very wrong. This is blackmail by Rupert Murdoch and it breaks the web --
JARVIS: -- as inventors, Tim Berners-Lee, has actually said.
The problem here is that Google and Facebook are not paying for news. They're sending audiences, as you said earlier, to these publishers. If anybody should pay anybody, the publishers should be paying the platforms for the value that they get.
What happened here is that Murdoch who owns 70 percent of the newspaper industry in Australia is cashing in his political capitol to get protectionist legislation to try to force the platforms to pay him money and also disadvantage, as you also said earlier, startups that may compete with him.
STELTER: So, now, I don't know who to root for here -- Rupert Murdoch, Google, Facebook, all these behemoths. Isn't the bigger concern about smaller news outlets that actually are in the worst financial position? What about them?
Isn't the bear concern about smaller news outlets that actually are in the worst financial position, what about them?
JARVIS (via Cisco Webex): Exactly. This might -- this law might go to Denmark, and one of my former students has a successful small operation in Denmark. I just saw her on Twitter moments ago saying, Why punish me? And let's remember, Brian, that if you look at, let's say, Canada, let's say the minister is successful.
Well, the largest newspaper company in Canada, by far is Postmedia. And with, I think, 35 newspapers, and it is owned and controlled by Chatham Asset, a hedge fund that also owns the National Enquirer. Here in the U.S., our newspaper chains are all controlled by hedge funds or exhausted families. So, would the money go to journalists, or would it go to hedge fund owners?
STELTER: About that, there was a lot of news about the news this week. Alden Global Capital is a hedge fund that already is the biggest shareholder of Tribune Publishing. Now, it wants to take over the rest of Tribune, which means taking over the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, Orlando Sentinel, et cetera. Alden is notorious for dramatically slashing funds and cutting staff.
Here was -- may be a sign of good news, though, Jeff, the Baltimore Sun might be able to escape Alden and be taken over by a local businessman who wants to buy the Baltimore Sun and preserve it as a nonprofit. Is this the future of news, either get bought up by, you get financialized by hedge fund, and you get cut to the bone, or you become a nonprofit newspaper? Are these the models?
JARVIS: Well, we could -- we should all hope that local news, which is vitally important, could have 1,000 Jeff Bezos who've done wonderfully with The Washington Post. But look at The Los Angeles Times where its owner took it away from Tribune and promised to standby it, and this weekend, the reports that it was going to sell. He denies that, but we'll see what happens. It depends upon the local owner you have. And some of them are better, and some of them are not.
STELTER: What about this idea that, you know, there should be some way to have apple and apple, Facebook and Google, specifically, support the local news ecosystem? That it shouldn't just all be hedge funds or nonprofit status? Is there -- I know you're against the what you say is the Rupert Murdoch blackmail, but is there some model that would work?
JARVIS: If you want to tax Google and Facebook straight out, fine. But who is to say that newspaper owners are the entitled recipients of that money? If you're going to tax the platforms more because they make a lot of money, fine. But why wouldn't that money go to education or to Black and Latino-owned publications, or to internet access for people, or to our health care?
Why are newspaper publishers so entitled? You and I have watched this industry for many years. And I'm a journalism professor; I've worked in it. But I've also seen how the newspaper industry has failed miserably to update for this current reality. It's their fault.
STELTER: Interesting. Jeff, thank you so much for coming on.
JARVIS: Thank you, Brian.
STELTER: For more, check out this week's "RELIABLE SOURCES PODCAST." My guest is Report for America co-founder and president, Steven Waldman. He has a proposal for refundable tax credits to help the news business.
Coming up, a stunning cover of The New York Times. A big announcement about my book, "Hoax." And we are going to fact check all the false claims about, well, the future of fact checking.
STELTER: Hey, welcome back to RELIABLE SOURCES, I'm Brian Stelter. Now, this should be a simple question, What's the future of fact checking now that Trump is out of office? But the question is actually fraught with complexity, and allegations of bias and shouts of false equivalence. So, let's fact check what you've heard about fact checking.
Joining me now is Daniel Dale, CNN's resident fact checker, and Angie Drobnic Holan, she's the editor in chief of PolitiFact. Thank you both for coming on. We're scrolling through your recent fact checks, Angie, and I see a lot of things have nothing to do it Trump or Biden. Has the -- has the end of the Trump administration freed you up for other factchecking?
ANGIE DROBNIC HOLAN, EDITOR IN CHIEF, POLITIFACT: Well, it's an interesting time whenever you transform from one administration to the other. Certainly, Trump was a very distinctive president and personality in the news scene. And his endless cascade of words has freed us up to fact check other things. Like this week, we spent most of our time fact checking the power outages in Texas. And I'm not sure we would have gotten as much work done if Trump had still been in office making the false claim that the election was rigged.
STELTER: Yes. Which he's still doing, by the way, and we'll get to that in a minute. Daniel, here's a viewer question from Kevin in New Haven. He says, Do you have it any easier now that Biden is POTUS compared to Trump?
DANIEL DALE, CNN REPORTER: I wouldn't say easier because there's still so much nonsense, so much misinformation, disinformation in the world. But there is less from the president. We know that Biden speaks less, he tweets less, and he lies less when he talks in tweets. Trump was a unique case. But that doesn't mean Biden is perfect. He sometimes exaggerates. He sometimes embellishes in the past. We know he's occasionally just --
STELTER: Well, hey, look at what's on screen right now? We've got three of your recent fact checks. There were mistakes, for example, at the town hall on CNN this week.
DALE: That's right. So, what we see from Biden, it's basically more like a smattering of falsehood than the daily avalanche we got from Trump, but he's not perfect. And again, there's other people to fact check. So, in February, I fact checked -- for example, this week, there was a fake Twitter screenshot purporting to be from Ted Cruz. That wasn't. It was a hoax. So, I did a fat check of that. I did a
fact check of false claim that a liberal super PAC was making about Senator Marco Rubio. I fact checked, claims being made by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and against her about her account of the Capitol attack. So, there's so much to fact check. I'm not going on vacation. I'm not going to be unemployed. There's a lot to do.
STELTER: Yes, there is a lot to do. And it's the number one priority it sounds like is to check Biden, right, is to hold him accountable.
DALE: That's right. And so, you know, people saying you're not, you know, people accusing me of bias, suggesting I'm not going to do that. I'm reading his every word intensively. He is the focus. But the fact is, because he talks less, because he lies less, there is simply time to do other people in addition to him, not instead of him, but in addition to him
STELTER: Right. In addition to him. Angie, here's the Associated Press looking at Trump's interviews on the right-wing T.V. this week. The story says that Trump repeated his false claim about the election being stolen 10 times. Each instance unprompted and unchallenged. So, obviously, his friendly interviewers are not fact checking him. But the rest of the press still is, right? He's still -- is there still a follow up about Trump's lies?
HOLAN: We will still fact check former President Donald Trump at PolitiFact. But the fact of the matter is, when you're not the president anymore, you get less scrutiny. Now, I think we're going to see a very unusual post-presidency from Donald Trump. He said he intends to stay active in Republican politics. And when he says something that is provocative and sounds wrong in a high-profile setting, PolitiFact will fact check him.
But that's not going to be the case all the time. For example, he put out a statement against Mitch McConnell, and we reviewed it, and we found a lot of personal attacks and a few factual claims, but they just didn't seem to rise to the level of PolitiFact fact checking him. So, we're going to be judicious about our choices.
STELTER: Here's another headline, Angie, this is from CNN this week. Governor Cuomo in New York saying, "He should have been more aggressive against COVID death misinformation." He's suggesting misinformation. Kind of blaming the media for the newfound scrutiny about nursing home deaths. Do you think Cuomo has been given an easy break by the media, and is that changing?
HOLAN: I think the situation in New York is really complicated. Certainly, there are things to criticize about how the Cuomo administration handled data. But the heart of the matter goes back to last year when the state was asking nursing homes to take in patients, COVID patients who are ready to be discharged from the hospital.
We don't see hard evidence that that made a significant difference in COVID deaths. If you look at the statistics, New York is about having the same numbers as other states around the country. And the issue was employees, workers in the nursing homes who didn't realize they were bringing COVID-19 into the nursing homes. So, it's a really complicated situation. There's not clear-cut answers here.
STELTER: Daniel and Angie, thank you both for coming on. For all today's media news, sign up for our nightly Reliable Sources Newsletter. You can sign up for free at reliablesources.com. Up next, amid heartbreak, there is hope about the Coronavirus, about vaccines. We're going to talk about how that vaccine news should be covered with Dr. Leana Wen, next.
STELTER: How will you measure the year of COVID-19? Well, as is so often the case, popular culture, mass media can help us process the news that is right in front of our eyes. The United States is about to surpass the 500,000-mark, half a million deaths from COVID. That's going to happen in just the next day or two. It is a new and devastating milestone, so we turned to popular culture. We were reminded of a song from "Rent."
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SINGERS: 525,600 minutes. 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes. How do you measure, measure a year? In daylights --
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STELTER: A musical from the pain of a different virus. The words now apply here, one death per minute. That will be one way to measure the first year of the pandemic in the United States. When the -- when the numbers are added up in March, we're going to be probably right around that figure, 525,600 deaths from COVID. Now, this grim tally is paired with increasingly hopeful news about the future.
This continues to be a splitscreen pandemic. We are learning about more and more vaccinations, dwindling infection rates and hospitalizations. Talk about herd immunity. And this is all good news that we are hearing even as the death toll rises.
Now, I want you to know, though, these headlines, we're putting them up on screen just once. These are really misleading headlines. There's a lot of this stuff still going on. That story is about flukes, vaccine one-offs, people that get sick or die after getting the vaccine. This information out of context is scaring folks.
So, let's take it off screen and talk with Dr. Leana Wen about it. Former Baltimore health commissioner and CNN medical analyst. We'll put it up again, Dr. Lena, but this is an issue that I'm continuing to see. There's a New York Post headline that talked about a local news anchor who died after getting the vaccine. These are coincidences. We have -- we have all the reason in the world to believe these are -- it's very sad coincidences. And yet, when you put it in a headline, it can mislead people.
DR. LEANA WEN, CNN MEDICAL ANALYST: I agree with you, Brian. And I also think that the media should do a lot more when it comes to talking up the extraordinary benefit of the vaccines. We are talking about numbers like 95 percent effective, which alone is extraordinary when it comes to Pfizer and Moderna.
But then, these vaccines are also almost 100 percent of preventing severe disease, enough to cause hospitalization or death. And ultimately, that's the endpoint that we care about. Because I actually think that we have a real chance with these vaccines of turning COVID- 19 from the deadly disease that it currently is into something like a bad cold or the flu if people are vaccinated. That's how well it can protect them.
That will give us back our lives and our economy and our kids getting back to school. And I think the media has a major role here because what's going to prevent us from reaching herd immunity? Ultimately, it's not supply. Supply is an issue right now. But ultimately, the problem is vaccine hesitancy, and that's where the media's role is going to be so critical.
STELTER: And here are some examples of good headlines. Let's show the way to frame these stories. When there are flukes, when there are heartbreaking coincidences that occur, that can be framed in the headline, and say, "There's no sign of a link." "The shots are safe." That would be a much more appropriate way to do this. DR. Wen, I'm short on time, but thank you very much for being here.
WEN: Thank you.
STELTER: Again, hope and heartbreak, pain and progress hand-in-hand, side-by-side. That is the story every day now. Look at this morning's New York Times front page, trying to depict every American death from COVID. One dot for each person. The concentration of dots showing thousands of deaths a day this winter.
One of the lives lost this week was a member of the extended CNN family, Gary D Respers. Gary was 69. He would have celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary with Patricia this year. Gary and Patricia's daughter, Lisa Respers France, CNN's senior entertainment writer, a friend to all of us here at RELIABLE SOURCES, an amazing colleague of ours, and we want to send our condolences to Lisa and her mom. We'll be right back.
STELTER: Last but not least today, some news about the new edition of my book, "Hoax." The paperback edition is coming out on June 1st, and we are revealing the cover to you right now. Now, this is not your typical paperback with just a new ending, this book has a brand new beginning. I've updated the entire text and added 12 new chapters, really
finishing the story of the Trump presidency and exploring Fox's new struggles in the Biden era. The paperback edition of "Hoax" is available for pre-order at buyhoax.com. We will see you back here this time next week for more RELIABLE SOURCES.


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The Sarah P. Duke Gardens is closed to the public for the fall semester, but we don't want you to miss out on the colors of the season. Fall is the ideal time for mums. Below are a collection of flowers from the Charlotte Brody Discovery Garden and elsewhere in Duke Gardens.
Chrysanthemums are native to Asia and northeastern Europe and play a prominent role in Asian gardens, as well as art and culture. Few people grow exhibition mums in the United States, however, and many cultivars are available only through cuttings that devoted mum enthusiasts share with each other.

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Mystical Ha Long Islands and Motorbike Madness in Hanoi
19.11.2013 - 23.11.2013 15 °C
We flew into Hanoi from Hoi An with no problems at all! Worth the £60!
Hanoi appeared to be the cultural capital of Vietnam! Despite the city now being very built up, it still has old french colonial buildings and the old quarter definitely has a definite charm. A great place to explore on foot, so we started with a stroll around the lake...
Temple in the middle of the lake..
Old Quarter, with its busy streets and markets
Statues and Memorials
Next stop the Hoa Lo Prison... Yes Terry loves his History and Prison Tours!!! This prison was used by the French colonists in Vietnam for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. Also known as the "Hanoi Hilton", the prison was demolished during the 1990s, though the gatehouse remains as a museum.....
After a long day of exploring the city (old and new) we relaxed with a coffee in a cafe, taking in the buzz and culture of the city... and watching the chaotic traffic as vans, cars, bikes and pedestrians fought it out on this roundabout!!
Ha Long Bay
Usually we manage to pick out good hostels but this particular one was horrible. The staff (Tony) pretended to be your friends whilst ripping you off on a Ha Long Bay tour. Needless to say we didn't book our tour with them, but with the lovely Anna, in Anna's Booking Office.
Ha Long Bay Island Boat Trip
3 days 2 nights for $85 per person including all meals and accommodation.
Our Lovely tour guide 'Dinh' picked us up from the travel agent at 8am before a 4 hour bus journey to the port.
Once at the boat we took a short speed boat ride to our 'Fantasea boat'. Our boat was lovely, nice dining area, good bedrooms and even a sun bathing deck (shame there was no sun)....
We took a slow ride through the bay whilst a huge and delicious lunch was served before we stopped at our first point: the cave..
The cave inside was massive... and in true Vietnamese style every shape in the rock was named after something...
Guess what this one was....??
The view from the caves was amazing..
Back on the boat, we studied some of the magnificent scenery.... thousands of beautiful limestone islands.. until we got to a look out point... After climbing the hundreds of steps - the view was well worth it... (just a shame the sky was so grey - not quite the postcard perfect picture but with a more mystical feel)..
Close to dark about 4.45pm we got on yet another speedboat which took us to the kayaking station. ..
We kayaked under the islands and around the bays until it was dark..
After a first brilliant day, we showered and had a few drinks, and waited for dinner.
Dinner was something else.... plates and plates of food just kept coming... and the presentation was amazing!
After dinner we drank some more and played a few silly games until bedtime came! We each slept in our private rooms, listening to the sound of the waves of Ha Long Bay..
Next morning, after another magnificent breakfast spread we were taken to the largest of the limestone Islands - Cat Ba Island.
Here we went for a hike up a mountain for a view of the lush green national park.
Dinh, our funny guide!!
After working up an appetite, yes more food! We were taken to our Hotel on Cat Ba Island, checked in and gathered for lunch.
After lunch, we took another boat trip to Monkey Island...
And To the floating Fish Market.
Then we had some free time to explore the island. What better way to do it than to hire a motorbike....
Terry decided to rest up... so Els (from the Neverlands) drove our bike and Ali and Ali (Canadian girls) on the other bike.
We drove up the mountains into the national park where we came to the Hospital Cave..
Vietnamese Soilders were treated in the hospital built inside a cave to hide from the enemy. It was a bit creepy inside...
After the cave, we drove around the coastline to see the beaches..
and returned our bikes just after dark.
That night after dinner we hit 'Rose Bar' for a few drinks.
After breakfast we departed on our boat where we sailed a different route to see more of Ha Long Bay, as well as cook some spring rolls!
Becs in charge of spring rolls....
A great tour, Ha Long Bay lives up to its status as one of the 7th wonders of the world. Just a shame the weather wasn't better for some swimming and sunbathing!
Well Hanoi was our last stop in Veitnam. we wanted to go to Sapa for some trekking but our visa was short on days. So next stop, next country - Vientiane in Laos!


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What's next in the toolbox of Chinese policy makers to support the economy? Look underground for the answer.
Authorities plan to build underground utility corridors in cities across the country and make it a national priority project, according to a statement released Wednesday after an executive meeting of the State Council, China's cabinet.
The tunnels will carry utility lines such as electricity, water, heat and sewer pipes as well as telecommunications and television cables, all collectively laid underground, the statement said.
China's urban underground infrastructure has long lagged behind and faces growing pressure due to extreme weather conditions, said Zou Shinian, a researcher at the State Information Center.
The utility tunnel project will improve city life, but more importantly, it can stimulate investment and create new growth momentum for the economy, Zou said.
China's economy expanded 7 percent year on year in the second quarter of this year, unchanged from the first quarter, but well below previous double-digit growth due to weaker domestic demand and foreign trade.
The economy still faces downside pressure and investment plays a significant role in propping up growth.
However, spending must avoid waste and low-quality growth. Underground infrastructure in Chinese cities, which is mostly outdated and sometimes dangerous, has become a reasonable target for investment.
ROAD ZIPPERS, LETHAL SEWERS
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who presided over the State Council meeting, once called underground infrastructure "the conscience of the city," echoing Victor Hugo's description of the Paris sewers.
Many cities look fancy and glimmering from the outside, but underground infrastructure is their common weakness, Li said during an inspection tour last year.


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I am thrilled to present my first look of the week (or two :). My real goal with Sewchique is to create art that's wearable. I want to challenge myself and make clothes that I love!
Sounds simple right?
To be honest, I don't think it will be. Rewarding? Absolutely. This look took me two weeks, off and on. With fashion week (and Prince) in the schedule, this project just needed the extra week. I underestimated the work needed to satisfyingly complete a chiffon garment - lesson learned and satisfied I am.
From now on *Tuesday* will be the official due day!
I love the hidden lace folded between the chiffon, the winged sleeves, and the front to back draping. A lot of pinning was needed to keep things in place. I hope I didn't leave any stray pins on the floor!


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MTN Art Collection
In September 1997 MTN, one of the leading cell phone companies in South Africa, made a modest purchase of artworks by South African artists. This marked the beginning of what has become a major corporate collection of South African art. Now comprised of over 1400 African and South African works, the collection has been energetically researched, published, traveled, exhibited, discussed, debated and admired. The Art Collection is linked to a major ongoing arts education programme supported by the MTN South Africa Foundation, bringing resources and learning materials into schools across the country.
MTN Group Limited Innovation Centre
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Cannabis stocks slammed as earnings disappoint
Major medicinal cannabis producers in Canada saw their respective stocks begin to slide last week after the market leader reported a disappointing set of earnings results.
The medical cannabis industry took a hit last week after the largest company in the sector in terms of market cap, Canada-based Canopy Growth, saw its share price decline after reporting lower-than-expected revenues in its first quarter (Q1) of 2020.
‘While strong harvest figures should allay crop failure worries, elsewhere we see little to reassure investors that significant [sustainable] sales growth and profitability will be visible in the near future,’ Jefferies analyst Ryan Tomkins said in a note.
Canopy Growth’s share price fell as much as 15% to CAD 36.11 in the wake of its Q1 earnings on Thursday last week. The stock closed 4.27% lower at CAD 35.66 on Monday.
Canopy Growth earnings miss mark
Despite generating net revenue of $90.5 million in Q1, it was well below analysts’ forecasts, with the company also falling short in terms of bottom-line estimates too, with Canopy Growth blaming its lacklustre performance on high expansion costs.
‘The company remains focused on laying the foundation for dominance in an emerging global opportunity,’ Canopy Growth CEO Mark Zekulin said. ‘This means investments in developing intellectual property, building brands, building international reach, and ensuring scaled production capability for current and future products.’
‘Second, we are fixated on the process of evolving from builders to operators over the remainder of this fiscal year, meaning that as our expansion program comes to a close in Canada, and as new value-add products come to market in Canada, we demonstrate a sustainable, high margin, profitable Canadian business,’ he added.
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Cannabis rivals see similar stock declines
Since August 13, Tilray has seen its stock lose more than 30% of its value. Meanwhile, Chronos and Aurora have seen a 13% and 11% decline in their respective share price’s over the same period.
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Lady, a 10-year-old female Yorkie Terrier mix, about 9 pounds, is looking for a new home, are you her true match?
This adorable 10ish year old Yorkie Terrier came to Smidget Rescue as a transfer from an overcrowded shelter. When she arrived at her foster home, she was skin and bones, had a horrible cough and was completely in shock after her shelter experience. Also, no one had ever had her spayed.
Now little Lady is at the right weight, the cough is mostly gone (she will always have a bit of one due to her age and possible collapsing trachea), and she follows her foster family around everywhere.
Lady loves car rides and would be great in an office setting. Lady is a sweet and quietly affectionate little dog. The only time her fosters have heard her bark is when another dog tries to invade her chosen bed, a valid reason to get cranky.
Lady is not a lap dog, preferring to sleep in a nice cushy bed in the same room with a human. If you put her on your lap, she will only want to stay for a few minutes, the definition of an independent Terrier. As befits her age, Lady does not believe in “walks” she is in the “very slow stroll” club. However, she is great in a dog stroller.
Lady’s adopter will need to be able to continue Lady’s liver supplement and be committed getting her to the vet for well senior checks (with bloodwork) every six months. Additionally, Lady came to Smidget Rescue with three badly damaged disks in her neck and back. While she is not on any medication for them right now, it will likely become needed in the future. Lady’s foster mom is pretty sure that she is mostly deaf, although it could be “selective hearing”!
Because of Lady’s spine issues, she needs a home where there are no flights of stairs and no young children.
Lady is a courtesy post for Smidget Rescue. She is being fostered in Burien, WA. and looks forward to meeting you! Applications and inquiries about Lady can be made through Smidget Rescue’s email, SmidgetRescue@hotmail.com.
This is not an ODH dog; we urge prospective adopters to do their own evaluation.
- Smidget Rescue
- Email: SmidgetRescue@hotmail.com

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PHILADELPHIA (AP)The Eagles’ unbeaten streak is over.
The questions that came out of a humbling, disconcerting loss to the New York Jets – the first time Philadelphia lost to them in 13 career games – are only starting.
The most pressing: What went wrong with Jalen Hurts? Hurts overall has not played up to the standards that made him one of the highest-paid players in the NFL and league MVP runner-up last season. His interceptions are up, his decision-making is baffling and his ability to scramble or create something out of nothing on a broken pass play largely has been missing.
Yes, there’s a new offensive coordinator in Brian Johnson, and recent injuries have hampered the O-line.
But Hurts had shown last season that he was able to rise above the rare cases of subpar play around him and – more to the point – flash the type of dynamic playmaking that rarely placed the Eagles in any danger of getting upset by teams like the Jets.
Thanks to winning the NFC championship, the Eagles were stuck with one of the toughest schedules this season and they’re about to enter the teeth it, starting with Sunday’s game at home against Miami. Like the Eagles, the Dolphins are 5-1, and they have scored 31 or more points in four of the victories. How about November games against Dallas, the Chiefs (in a Super Bowl rematch) and the Bills?
“It’s just the mentality. I’m not going to sit here and say we’ve been here before or anything like that, but we have,” Hurts said. “But I think it’s just a matter of how we respond and that starts with me and how I lead the charge.”
The defense. It’s hard to knock a defense that held the Jets to only 244 yards and was just 2 of 11 on third downs. Jets running back Breece Hall ran for only 39 yards on 12 carries a week after he rushed for 177 yards against Denver.
WHAT NEEDS HELP
The offense. Hurts struggled and the Eagles got almost nothing out of their ground game. Four turnovers, including a lost fumble by running back D’Andre Swift, turned this one into a disaster for the Eagles.
With Philadelphia leading 14-12, Bryce Hall picked off Hurts early in the fourth quarter. The Jets went three-and-out on their next series – and the Eagles had a chance to widen the margin, but Jake Elliott missed a 37-yard field goal attempt after making 16 of 17 to start the season.
“Sometimes after bad losses there’s great times for growth and so that’s what our mission will be to grow from this, grow from the mistakes that we made,” Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said.
Haason Reddick continues to shine after a broken thumb cost him most of training camp and kept him without a sack in the first two games. Reddick had 2 1/2 sacks against the Jets, the second straight game he had at least two sacks. Reddick leads the Eagles with 5 1/2 sacks. He’s playing more like the linebacker who had 16 sacks last season and added three more in the playoffs.
What was Hurts thinking on that pass that was picked off by Tony Adams that essentially sealed the win for the Jets? Hurts tied his career high with three interceptions – he threw six all of last season. Yes, Hurts was under pressure almost the entire game, and losing a key offensive lineman to injury didn’t help. But the fourth quarter was arguably Hurts’ worst performance as an Eagles player.
He has thrown seven interceptions this season.
“It’s all about how you respond to it,” Hurts said. “I’ve got a feeling how we’ll come in and come in with some great intensity. Some of these things build character. I say that all the time, it truly builds character.”
Perhaps. But ask any Eagles fans and they’d rather build the total in the win column.
Right tackle Lane Johnson left in the first quarter with a severe ankle injury. Rookie cornerback Eli Ricks suffered a knee injury in the third quarter and safety Reed Blankenship hurt his ribs after he was injured on an unnecessary roughness call.
4 – Wide receiver A.J. Brown became the fourth Eagles player to have 100-plus receiving yards in four consecutive games, joining Terrell Owens (five games, 2004), Harold Jackson (five games, 1971-72) and Mike Quick (four games, 1983). Brown also is the only Eagles player since 1970 to have 125-plus receiving yards in three consecutive road games. Brown joined Jackson (four games, 1971-72), as the only Eagles players with four consecutive games of 125-plus receiving yards.
The Eagles return home for a Sunday night game against the 5-1 Miami Dolphins.
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'Save Water! Save Money!': Participants in this workshop will learn water conservation tips and how water is supplied to residents. Call to RSVP. 10 a.m. Free. Hernando County Utilities Administration Building, 15365 Cortez Blvd., west of Brooksville. (352) 754-4705.
Academia Hernando Spring 2017 Lecture Series: "Spring Training in Tampa Bay," by Bruce Lowitt. Series includes eight lectures and one field trip. The field trip is for subscribers only. 10 a.m. to noon. $60 for the entire series; $8 per individual lecture. Pasco-Hernando State College Spring Hill Campus, 450 Beverly Court, Spring Hill. (352) 597-6640.
German-American Club Inaugural Ball: Officers will be installed during the event. Bring your own beverages, plus hors d'oeuvres to share. Music provided by Manni Daum. Doors open at 4 p.m. Dancing from 6 to 10 p.m. Elegant to semiformal attire. 4:30 to 10 p.m. Advance tickets are $11 for members, $14 for guests. Hernando County Shrine Club, 13400 Montour St., west of Brooksville. (352) 688-3744.
Friday dinner-dance: Choice of two entries. Dinner served from 5 to 6 p.m. Entertainment, provided by Angelo, from 6 to 9 p.m. Advance tickets advised for large parties. 5 to 9 p.m. $10 for dinner and dance; $3 for dance only. Brooksville Elks Lodge 2582, 13383 County Line Road, Spring Hill. (352) 799-7148.
VFW fish and shrimp fry: 5 to 7 p.m. $8 fish only, $8 shrimp only or $9 for a combo. VFW Post 9236, 3435 Shoal Line Blvd., Hernando Beach. (352) 596-9236.
Market on Main Street: Main Street will be filled with vendors selling arts and crafts, health products and food. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Main Street in downtown Brooksville.
Sparrow drive: This is a chance to get up close and personal with Henslow's, Le Conte's, Grasshopper and other winter sparrows. Help flush sparrows into mist nets for banding for ongoing research. Be ready for active walking over uneven terrain. To RSVP, send email to Marianne at [email protected] 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. Weekiwachee Preserve, 2345 Osowaw Blvd., Spring Hill. (352) 686-0460.
Coin and currency show: Featuring 20 dealers selling, buying and appraising coins, stamps and collectibles. Hourly door prizes and a free youth treasure hunt. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 13485 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill. (352) 587-3344.
Craft show: Sponsored by the Ridge Manor Crimewatch. Vendors will sell crafts. Noon to 5 p.m. Free. Ridge Manor Community Center, 34240 Cortez Blvd., Ridge Manor.
Hernando Computer Club Expo: See demonstrations of the classes offered by the club and speak with instructors. There will also be several computer-related vendors on hand. Refreshments served. Open to the public. 5 to 8 p.m. Free. Grace Presbyterian Church, 8375 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill. (352) 684-7171.
'Learn to Photograph Birds': Join Alice Herden of Green-fly Media to learn about photographing birds in the wild. Bring your camera and notebook, and dress for outdoor activity. Call to RSVP. 10 a.m. $10. Chinsegut Conservation Center, 23212 Lake Lindsey Road, north of Brooksville. (352) 754-6722.
Storytime: The program, designed for children ages 18 months to 5 years old, features stories, songs and fingerplays. 10:30 to 11 a.m. Free. Lykes Memorial Library, 238 Howell Ave., Brooksville. (352) 754-4043.
Irish Rebellion commemoration: 100-year commemoration of the 1916 Irish Rebellion for independence from England. Hosted by the Ancient Order of Hibernians of Hernando County. Speaker: Jessica Leigh Harland-Jacobs, professor of Irish history. 2 to 5 p.m. Free. St. Theresa Catholic Church, 1107 Commercial Way, Spring Hill. (352) 585-2907.
Boating Skills and Seamanship Course: This is a nine-week program designed for both the experienced and novice boater. Topics include boating safety, navigation, weather, radio use and Florida laws. The course continues each Tuesday through March 14. Participants receive a Florida Safety Education ID card. Call to RSVP. 7 to 9:30 p.m. $60, which includes textbook and training strip chart. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 15-8 Hernando Beach, 4340 Calienta St., Hernando Beach. (352) 610-4551.
Rain barrel workshop: Cope with watering restrictions and reduce water dependence by learning how to make, decorate and place a rain barrel in the landscape to harvest rainwater. Hernando County residents only. RSVP by Jan. 23. Please write "Rain Barrel Workshop Jan. 25" on envelope. Bring a vehicle that can accommodate a 50-gallon barrel. 10:30 a.m. $55 per completed barrel; plus $25 credit on Hernando County Utilities bills. Hernando County Utilities Administration Building, 15365 Cortez Blvd., west of Brooksville. (352) 540-6230.