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Gut check

Edit China Daily 20 Sep 2016
Chock-full of probiotics (we don't know what they are, but they sound healthy), the drink is a traditional brew for detoxing - said to be invented for a Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) emperor who sought "the tea of immortality". (Full disclosure ... (China Daily 09/20/2016 page20).   ....

Around Zhejiang province: Popular picks for visitors

Edit China Daily 20 Sep 2016
1. East. Xikou Scenic Spot in Fenghua, about 40 kilometers southwest of Ningbo. In recent history, it was home to Chiang Kai-shek, former leader of the Kuomintang, making it a treasure house for research into some of China's history ... 2.Northeast ... Wuzhen was established more than 1,300 years ago ... 3.North ... 4 ... 6 ... Located in Jinyun county, the Xiandu Scenic Spot gets its name from the writings of emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) ... ....

Tracing the story of how Beijing became the capital

Edit China Daily 20 Sep 2016
Many people take Beijing's metropolitan status for granted. An ongoing exhibition at the city's Capital Museum examines the process by which it became the national capital ... It was one of the capitals of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), which was founded by Mongol ruler Kublai Khan five years later ... According to the exhibition's curator, Tan Xiaoling, emperors headed to Xanadu in March or April for the sum-mer ... So it's important to study."....

Kate Upton's message to her haters: you don't know me

Edit The Oklahoman 20 Sep 2016
Kate Upton is not going to let any haters bring her down ... "They are going to judge no matter what and you really just have to ignore it." ... I'm going to have a hamburger. I'm going to pick up my dog's poop," she said. "I'm just going ......

Team USA must defeat Canada or go home from World Cup of Hockey

Edit The Miami Herald 20 Sep 2016
"We knew we'd have to go through Canada ... "Right now, we are not worried about anything else, what the dynamic is going to be, what's going to happen after the three games ... "We're going to come, that's no secret," Tortorella said ... (But) we're going to play the game the right way ... "There's going to be some bad blood out there, for sure," Team Canada and Hawks center Jonathan Toews said....

Chip Kelly stands behind Blaine Gabbert despite struggles

Edit Rocky Mount Telegram 20 Sep 2016
San Francisco (1-1) is going to the hostile confines of CenturyLink Field to face the nemesis Seattle Seahawks and their experienced, staunch secondary — a group of defensive backs far more experienced than what the Panthers possess ... “It’s not something that’s going to happen overnight,” Kelly said. “He’s not going to get to 225 in a week. If you are, it’s not going to be a good 225....

Press Releases: Background Briefing on Syria (US Department of State)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Sep 2016
I'm not going to talk for long. We're going to pass it over to our two senior Administration officials, Senior Administration Official One and Senior Administration Official Two ... And we're going to have to keep this a relatively short call tonight because both our officials have a busy agenda this evening. So with that, I'm going to turn it over to Senior Administration Official One ... Please go ahead ... Please go ahead ... Please go ahead....

The Pokémon Go craze: What does it say about society? (The University of Waikato)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Sep 2016
For digital gaming experts, the success of Pokémon Go probably came as no surprise ... So why did people go crazy for Pokémon Go and what does it tell us about the future of gaming and society? University of Waikato Screen and Media Studies Senior Lecturer Dr Gareth Schott has some ideas ... Pokémon Go and pervasive gaming. Pokémon Go is a location-based, augmented reality game that uses aspects of pervasive gaming....

Noel Clarke says seeking film and TV parts in America not for him

Edit Belfast Telegraph 20 Sep 2016
Share Go To ... He told the Radio Times ... "That's how I am. I'm one of those people that sees the wall and I don't go, 'Ahhh, there's a big wall, I'm going to go to America.' ... "So, straight through the wall, knock it down, climb over it, go under it." ... ... ....

CBC reporter Terry Milewski announces retirement on Twitter

Edit Toronto Sun 20 Sep 2016
I gotta go ... Still gonna show up often on air and online, so not going cold turkey but...” he posted ... I gotta go ... online, so not going cold turkey but......

Zimmer: Adrian Peterson has torn meniscus in knee

Edit WPXI 20 Sep 2016
"We are going through the evaluation process to figure out what the next procedure will be," Zimmer told reporters during his weekly news conference. "We are still going through all the options." ... "Anytime you have a guy like that in a leadership role that does go down, obviously everyone kind of takes a step back," defensive captain Brian Robison said. "You never want to see guys go down like that....

Injustice: Year Five Comic Concludes With Superman Versus Batman

Edit Gamespot 20 Sep 2016
In some ways it's really sad because I feel like I'm losing a friend or I have a child going off to college or something ... Obviously you knew where the series had to go ... We did what I think was a pretty good job of tying everything together, but I'm sure someone is going to find one or two moments that happen a little differently in the book ... When you originally played the video game, who was you go-to character?....

Paul Gallen set to return as Cronulla look to end 50 years of hurt

Edit The Guardian 20 Sep 2016
After 50 years without a premiership, losing their first grand final appearance in 1973, drawing with Manly in the 1978 decider and then losing the replay three days later, winning the 1988 minor premiership and then going out in straight sets, falling short in the 1997 Super League final - Sharks diehards have had to wear a lifetime of heartache and Harold Holt jokes....
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