Bits & Pieces – October 2020

A little this & that from the media.

• Plans for 32,000-seat stadium revealed in Yucatán!    https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/plans-for-32000-seat-stadium-revealed-in-yucatan/

• A Turtle With a Permanent Smile Was Brought Back From Near Extinction

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/science/burmese-roofed-turtle-myanmar-extinction.html

•  New DIF facility made of sargassum bricks inaugurated in Puerto Morelos

https://www.riviera-maya-news.com/new-dif-facility-made-of-sargassum-bricks-inaugurated-in-puerto-morelos/2020.html

• 4 of the 13 archaeological zones in Quintana Roo will reopen under a yellow epidemiological light  https://www.riviera-maya-news.com/4-of-the-13-archaeological-zones-in-quintana-roo-will-reopen-under-a-yellow-epidemiological-light/2020.ht

• America’s Neighbor To The South: 25 Facts About Mexican History And Culture

https://stacker.com/stories/3896/americas-neighbor-south-25-facts-about-mexican-history-and-culture

• Pilot project turning Playa del Carmen’s 10th Avenue into pedestrian walkway begins    https://www.riviera-maya-news.com/pilot-project-turning-playa-del-carmens10th-avenue-into-pedestrian-walkway-begins/2020.html

• Is Charging Your Phone All Day Really That Bad?https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/smarter-living/phone-charging-advice.html

• Mexico’s Fall Clock Change in 2020   https://www.mexperience.com/mexicos-fall-clock-change-in-2020/

• and horror of horrors ……………….More pandemic fallout: No Peeps for Halloween and Christmas!        https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/13/business/no-peeps-this-year-production-pause-trnd/index.html