City of springs - Travel
10/29/2018, 11:52:05 PMundefined ✔ The springs remain icons of Shandong's provincial capital, Jinan ✔ The 72 that have survived modernization are treasured ✔ Hourlong boat rides along the moat cost 100 yuan ($14.5) and stop at five scenic spots－Black Tiger Spring, Square of the Spring City, Baotu Spring, Five Dragons' Pool and Daming Lake
Trump has become Chicken Little: 'The caravan is coming! The caravan is coming!"
10/29/2018, 9:24:58 PMMigrants are so fearful of remaining home that they choose to travel for weeks to just to roll the dice with border agents in hopes of receiving asylum. Does that sound like an "invasion"? ✔ You may remember that movie a scandal-marred president facing a tough re-election battle hires a fixer to create a fake war as a distraction to help his campaign, and it worked ✔ 6 backers: It's totally legal to spend gas taxes on public transit ✔ Given the unblinking support from his base and unwavering hostility from Democrats, Trump’s improved ratings could be coming only from less ideological voters in the middle
How Safe Is Your Airline?
10/29/2018, 9:50:58 PMThe United States and the European Union evaluate the aviation safety standards of countries and their airlines. Here’s where to find that information before you book. ✔ Lion Air was cleared from the European Union’s blacklist in 20016, and all other Indonesian carriers previously on ithe list were cleared in June after it was determined that safety standards countrywide had been improved ✔ Get weekly updates from our Travel Dispatch newsletter, with tips on traveling smarter, destination coverage and photos from all over the world
These are the most Instagram-worthy A-frame cabins on HomeAway
10/29/2018, 8:07:20 PMA-frame cabins are having a resurgence. These are HomeAway's most Instragram-worthy A-frame cabins. ✔ A-frame cabins are popular among travelers looking for fall getaways ✔ HomeAway Fullscreen This Ashford, Washington, cabin has one bedroom and one bathroom ✔ According to architectural historian Chad Randl, A-frame cabins were built just as new highways, dams and lakes were providing access to the wilderness to vacationing families ✔ The cabins often make it onto people’s Instagram accounts
In China, Chengdu’s peculiar ear-cleaning custom
10/29/2018, 8:46:53 PMIn this unique local tradition, roving ear cleaners wield myriad tools to flick, pick and twirl their customers’ ear canals clean. ✔ Once he’d removed as much wax as possible, Master Shu switched to a feather-tipped tool, which went deep into my freshly scooped ear canal and made a few gentle twirls ✔ The Customs That Bind Us is a series from BBC Travel that celebrates cultures around the world through the exploration of their distinctive traditions
Opinion | Trump should not go to Pittsburgh
10/29/2018, 8:31:28 PMI don’t blame Trump for what happened in Pittsburgh, but I do blame him for not being able to conjure the qualities that a president needs right now. ✔ Instead of maintaining the proper solemnity and dignity required of the occasion, NBC News reports that on Saturday, just hours after the shooting, the president mused about the state of his hair, took light swipes at two of his favorite Democratic targets and lamented that he likely won’t win the Nobel Peace Prize in several exchanges with reporters and at a Future Farmers of America conference in Indianapolis
Prince Jackson's Girlfriend Balances Him Out: 'I'm More Aggressive, She's a Little Softer'
10/29/2018, 8:30:58 PMThe oldest son of the late Michael Jackson opened up about his happy love life at a charity event ✔ I like the movies! After losing his father at a young age, Jackson is now working to support other children who undergo traumatic experiences ✔ Obviously, it was cut short and we didn’t get to learn as much as we should have, but he did give us enough to succeed on our own
HIAS, The Jewish Group Targeted By Pittsburgh Shooter, Has Long Resettled Refugees
10/29/2018, 8:04:22 PMThe nonprofit has often criticized the Trump administration's drastic cutbacks in refugees admitted to the U.S. ✔ The organization was founded in 1881 by American Jews living on Manhattan’s Lower East Side who wanted to help Jews in Russia and Eastern Europe fleeing pograms and anti-Semitic riots ✔ An attack on refugees anywhere because they’re different or because they’re strange is an attack on Jewish values
Will Smith Says He and Jada Pinkett 'Broke Up Within Our Marriage and Got Back Together Again'
10/29/2018, 8:02:37 PMWill Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith reveal they separated "within our marriage" and rebuilt their union to avoid divorce ✔ The 50-year-old actor admitted he had been blind to his family’s unhappiness something he only realized when his 17-year-old daughter Willow shaved her hair off in protest to doing any more music after her hit Whip My Hair came out ✔ Pinkett Smith recalled her reaction to the tabloids, saying, I had never even seen a divorce lawyer! It never even crossed my mind ✔ and spending time with them because I just leave so filled up
Yosemite engagement mystery solved! Photographer found couple after viral search
10/29/2018, 9:19:32 PMThe photographer whose photo of an engagement in Yosemite National Park sparked a viral search, says he's found the mystery couple. ✔ But they compared Dippel's photo with pictures they had taken to make sure ✔ Dippel was a little skeptical, at first, because he'd gotten tons of messages from people claiming to be the couple, so he asked them to prove it ✔ They're now planning an April wedding in Malibu, California
Lisa’s In and Around Tokyo: Kawasaki Daishi--Make a pit stop to pray for safe driving
10/29/2018, 11:07:54 PMKukai, known by the honorific Odaishi-sama, or Kobo Daishi, wrote in “Henjohokki Shoryoshu”: “Althou ✔ Kawasaki Daishi is most famous for yakuyoke, or warding off evil, which makes it one of the three most popular temples in the Kanto area to visit during the New Year ✔ It is part of the series Lisa’s In and Around Tokyo, which depicts the capital and its surroundings through the perspective of the author, a professor at Meiji University
We interview the three Great - and very nervous - British Bake Off finalists
10/29/2018, 8:15:06 PMKim-Joy, Rahul and Ruby talk capsizing cakes and rising nerves ahead of the Bake Off final ✔ My vegan showstopper cake, [dedicated to his late grandmother] collapsed in the fridge ✔ The funniest is probably when Noel asked me to give him a fist bump ✔ Apart from getting recognised, it is still the same ✔ Gabby Allen looks loved-up Brit teen wows judges at AGT final Kanye is moving to Chicago
Rich Kids Go Skint viewers slam spoilt woman who ‘doesn’t know what council tax is’ and spends £20K a year on holidays
10/29/2018, 11:32:28 PMA RICH kid shocked TV viewers by not knowing what council tax is and for spending a staggering £20,000 on summer holidays. 21-year-old Becca – who is distantly related to royalty – had … ✔ My mum and my dad cook for me and when I think yes I'm going to make an amazing meal I just think oh but the washing up after, but I do have a dishwasher ✔ And we showed you Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds leaves viewers in tears after it’s revealed 97-year-old Victor is having tests for cancer
Opinion: Bin Laden Is Dead. So Why Is Al-Qaeda Thriving?
10/29/2018, 10:50:28 PMAl-Qaeda’s most potent weapon is an idea that we’ve been unable to defeat, writes Ali Soufan, the author of Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State. ✔ Today, al-Shabaab is reportedly seeking to establish a permanent presence in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti the last of which is home to overseas military bases of the US, China, France, and Japan ✔ As an FBI Supervisory Special Agent, he investigated international terrorism cases including the East Africa Embassy bombings, the attack on the USS Cole , and the events surrounding 9/11
If Bitcoin continues to take so much energy 'it will kill the planet'
10/29/2018, 10:19:43 PMIt could increase global temperatures by two degrees Celsius by 2033 ✔ Fearing government forces and their allies military advance to retake Idlib province, the mother of three learnt from YouTube videos how to make gas masks from charcoal, wood, paper cups, cotton, nylon plastic bags and tapes ✔ Mr Truby said: If we continue like this – yeah, it will kill the planet
Why 'Have you been?' isn't the only toilet-related question we should be asking
10/29/2018, 10:39:26 PMContinuing her series tackling socially unacceptable questions, Christine Manby says when so many are still struggling to access public facilities, it’s a conversation we should all be privy to ✔ You can get at least three perms’ worth of conversation out of this single simple topic ✔ However, the card won’t solve the problem for everyone ✔ There is already a changing places loo in Westminster ✔ Christine Manby has written numerous novels including ‘The Worst Case Scenario Cookery Club’
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