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Throwback Thursday: Solo Artists
Welcome to The Kraze’s weekly column, Throwback Thursday! What is Throwback Thursday, you may ask? The Kraze is throwing it back to great releases from different artists and groups each week, giving some fans a trip down memory lane while simultaneously introducing newer K-Pop fans to hit songs and artists they may have never heard of before!
Last week we featured a few throwback hits from popular girls groups. This week’s Throwback Thursday features a few veteran solo artists in K-Pop! This time we will cover BoA, Lee Hyori, and Rain! These selected artists have greatly contributed to the music industry, and many idols today look up to these soloists as inspiration, often covering their songs to pay homage to their legacies. Each of these artists has made an impact on the K-Pop scene, leaving lasting memories for future generations of K-Pop idols to treasure.
“Eat You Up” - BoA
The first ever idol to debut under SM Entertainment, BoA (short for Best of Asia) entered the music industry in 2000. BoA has been active in both the South Korean and Japanese music scenes and has numerous albums and awards under her belt. With soon-to-be 17 years of experience, BoA has definitely made a name for herself. Most recently she served as a mentor for Produce 101 Season 2 and has released another single, “CAMO,” with SM Entertainment. “Eat You Up” was released in 2008 to coincide with her debut into the U.S./North American music industry later in 2009. The track is entirely in English and showcases the power and talent of BoA, becoming a classic from the artist. From strong vocals to clean choreography, the music video coupled with the song itself is an iconic moment (though not the only one) in her career thus far. If you are not familiar with this track, you should definitely give it a listen, and it is highly recommended that you listen to BoA’s other releases as well.
“U-Go-Girl” - Lee Hyori
Lee Hyori originally began her career in first-generation K-Pop girl group Fin.K.L in 1998, but with the disbandment of the girl group in 2002, Lee Hyori began her solo career not long after. Aside from her decorated music career, she is also hailed for her great variety skills. Most recently she released her sixth highly anticipated studio album, Black. Released in 2008, “U-Go-Girl” has a fun, sexy, and colorful music video, being one of Lee Hyori’s most iconic releases to date. Since its release, many girl groups, such as TWICE, KARA, and Girls’ Generation, have covered the song. The classic track is catchy and addictive, and one that will have you up and dancing along! Check out Lee Hyori’s “U-Go-Girl” down below!
“Rainism” - Rain
If BoA and Lee Hyori are considered the “Queens of K-Pop,” then Rain (Bi) is dubbed the “King of K-Pop.” Debuting in 2002, Rain has also had a long and successful career in both the music and acting industry. While Rain has dropped several hit songs, “Rainism” is one of the many classics he has released. Idol groups such as GOT7, BTS, and MBLAQ have all paid tribute to the solo artist by covering this song. There is an addictive quality to the track that makes it similar to those listed in this week’s Throwback Thursday. The dance itself is legendary within the K-Pop scene, and the moment that Rain does come on, many are already up and out of their seats singing and dancing along. You will definitely not be disappointed in “Rainism.” It is highly recommended that you check out more of Rain’s music, as well as music from the other artists that are listed!
And that concludes this week’s Throwback Thursday! There are still many more groups and songs to cover, so stay tuned for next week’s segment. You may see your favorite artist and song next time!


Townsquare Sunday: Care Free Homes
Its the third year for the Roof Giveaway contest held by Care Free Homes. Stephanie Pickup joins WBSM's Jim Phillips to talk about the contest which starts in January. Area residents are invited to visit the company's website and enter the names of people they know that might need a new roof on their home, but for whatever reason are unable to afford one this year. Three finalists are selected, and then area residents cast their votes on the website and select a winner.


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Sleep, Immune Health, and Vaccination
Sleep is crucial for your overall health.
One key benefit of getting enough good sleep is strengthening your immune system to help you prevent or limit infection in your body. Healthy sleep can support boosting the body’s immune defense and can even help you from getting sick as often.
Sleep not only increases your immune system function, it also has been shown to play a role in improving antibody responses to vaccinations. This means getting enough sleep before and after you are vaccinated can help vaccines work in your body. This can be especially important as younger people and children receive vaccinations.
Keep these sleep tips in mind to help you get the sleep you need, especially if you are planning to be vaccinated in the near future.
- Try to sleep the recommended number of hours a night for your age group. The National Sleep Foundation has sleep duration guidelines. NSF recommends 9-11 hours for school-age children, 8-10 hours for teenagers, 7-9 hours for adults and 7-8 hours for adults over 65.
- Go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day, including weekends. It’s important for your body to have a regular sleeping schedule.
- Set a relaxing bedtime routine, such as listening to calming music, reading a book or taking a warm bath.
- Create a sleep-friendly bedroom. Turn off electronic devices an hour before bed and sleep in a cool, dark room.
- Exercise regularly. A low-impact fitness program, like walking, swimming or yoga, is helpful for improving sleep.
Make sleep a priority in your life as part of your overall health and well-being, including when you take steps to help protect yourself from infection and illness.

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Daniel Wilhelm on the Altravesur
Daniel Wilhelm rode a large portion of our Altravesur route through southern Spain back in October. With great weather and tapas fueling the way, he went from Malaga to Valencia in 12 days. Here is his ride gallery from the trip…
From October 1st through the 12th, Daniel had a short window to ride as much of the 834 mile (1,342 km) Altravesur bikepacking route as possible. To shorten it a bit he started in Malaga. The other major change was to ride over the Sierra Nevada instead of in and around it. His route covered a total distance of 1,050 kilometers (652 miles). As you can see in his photos, the weather was fine, although still quite hot in October.
Food and water was never really a problem. If you want to pack light and not carry a lot of food, you have to watch the clock because of the long siesta from 2 – 5 p.m. I found a restaurant more or less every day at 2 p.m. In the evenings I cooked myself or went for tapas.
About Daniel Wilhelm
Daniel’s first mountain biking overnighter was a disaster. To much heavy gear killed any fun. After many gravel and road multi-day trips in South America, Iceland and beyond, he attempted “bicycle mountaineering” again in 2010 and got addicted. See Daniel’s trips on his Flickr page.
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This is a series about answering the 45 Key Questions Every Parent Raising a Bilingual Child Should Ask from the Reader’s Guide of the book “Maximize your Child’s Bilingual Ability” by Adam Beck. In his book, Beck invites the reader to answer questions about their bilingual child’s journey.
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The list will be updated with links as each question is answered.
1. What are the benefits, to your mind, in raising a bilingual child? For the child? For you? For your family, near and far? For others? For the world?
2. How strongly do you believe that your actions each day—even your small actions—make an important difference to the larger success of your bilingual quest? (Perspective 3)
3. Which of your current circumstances are favorable for your success? Which circumstances are less favorable? How will you address these less favorable conditions to raise the odds of success?
4. How do you stay mindful of your bilingual aim? Does this include writing about your experience in some form? (Perspective 7)
5. In what ways are you proactive in your efforts? Could you be more proactive in some way? (Perspective 8)
6. What are the key habits and routines that form the foundation of your daily efforts? How disciplined are you about maintaining these habits and routines? What sort of short-term projects do you pursue, or could pursue? (Perspective 10)
7. Are you taking conscious advantage of the “cracks” in your day to increase your support for the minority language? (Perspective 11)
8. What challenges could potentially arise in the future? Can you avoid or reduce such challenges through “preventive medicine,” by foreseeing the difficulty and taking preventive action beforehand? (Perspective 13)
9. How do you view the frustrations you face, and how do you handle them? (Perspective 13)
10. How serious are you about achieving your bilingual goal? And how playful are you in the way you pursue this aim each day? Describe the balance you hold between the two. (Perspective 15)
11. How fully do you engage in interactions with your children, including the times they “interrupt”? (Perspective 18)
12. Choose a current challenge and think very creatively and resourcefully about possible ways to address it. Brainstorm on paper. (Perspective 19)
13. On a scale of 1 to 10, how hard are you really trying each day? Are you satisfied with the level of your effort? If not, what more could you do? (Perspective 20)
14. What are your expectations for your children’s attitude and effort? Are you firm about maintaining these expectations? (Perspective 21)
15. Are you consistent about your actions, while also staying flexible to meet the natural evolution of your circumstances? (Perspective 23)
16. What is your view of “failure” when it comes to raising a bilingual child? (Perspective 24)
17. Do you ever feel alone on your bilingual journey? How do you cope with this feeling? (Perspective 25)
18. Are you keeping a journal on your kids to capture their young lives for posterity? How often do you make entries? (Perspective 26)
19. Describe your archive for preserving your children’s written work. (Perspective 27)
20. Do you regularly feel appreciation for the many positive aspects of your journey and your life? (Perspective 29)
21. How would you rate your bilingual aim as a priority in your life? Is it as high a priority as it should be to realize the height of this goal? (Principle 1)
22. In what ways do you try to inform yourself on the subject of raising bilingual children? Do you think these efforts are sufficient? What more could you do? (Principle 2)
23. The two “core conditions” for fostering active language ability are exposure and need. How many hours of meaningful exposure is your child receiving in the minority language each week? Does this amount of exposure seem adequate? If not, how can you increase the hours of regular language exposure? (Principle 4)
24. Does your child feel a real need to actively use the minority language with you and with others? If not, what can you do to strengthen this feeling of need? (Principle 5)
25. What is your family’s strategy for the use of your languages? Is this the best approach for your family at this time? Why?
26. Are your daily actions in proportion to the size of your challenges and the scale of your aim? (Principle 7)
27. In what ways are you trying to encourage your children’s active use of the minority language? (Principle 8)
28. Describe the state of your resources in the minority language. What resources do you have? How active are you when it comes to bringing new resources into your home? Do you consciously seek out resources that can connect to your children’s current passions and interests, like “home run books”? (Principle 9, Principle 10, and Principle 11)
29. Are you mindfully making productive choices that will empower, not undercut, the growth of the minority language? (Principle 12)
30. What does your circle of support look like, from your spouse and other family members to school and the wider community? Have you experienced any difficulties, like a lack of support for your bilingual aim? How did you deal with these contrary reactions? What more can you do to strengthen the support around you? (Principle 13)
31. Do you make a conscious effort to talk a lot to your children, day after day, to provide them with ample input in the minority language? (Principle 14)
32. Are you reading aloud in the minority language, for at least 15 minutes every day? If not, how can you establish and sustain this vital routine? (Principle 15)
33. What does your home library look like? About how many “real books” do you own (both children’s books and books for adults)? How many of these are children’s books in the minority language? How can you build a larger home library of minority language books? (Principle 16)
34. In what other ways are you making efforts to create a home environment that’s rich in sources of print in the minority language? (Principle 17)
35. How are you making use of “captive reading” to promote literacy development and overall language ability? (Principle 18)
36. Describe the various ways you use stories and storytelling to nurture language development and interest in the minority language. (Principle 19)
37. How often do your children hear music in the minority language? Are you getting new music on a regular basis, to match their growing maturity and interests? (Principle 20)
38. What kinds of games do you play with your children? How could you take even greater advantage of games to fuel progress and make the minority language fun? (Principle 21)
39. Are you mindfully making use of the many images around you to engage your children in the minority language? How? (Principle 22)
40. Are you using “passive media”—like TV, DVDs, and online video—as supplemental input to more interactive exposure? And are you actively emphasizing such media in the minority language, while consciously limiting this exposure in the majority language? (Principle 23)
41. Do you have a daily homework routine? Is it effective and sustainable, with a steady stream of suitable resources? (Principle 24)
42. Do your children go to school in the majority language? Are you clearly aware of the impact this can have on their bilingual development? (Principle 25)
43. In what ways do you promote ties, in the minority language, with distant grandparents and other loved ones? Is there more that you can do? (Principle 26)
44. How are you nurturing your child’s sense of value in the minority language, and a positive attitude toward bilingual ability? (Principle 27)
45. How are you able to sustain your daily persistence and long-term perseverance? In what ways do you rest and recharge your energy, mentally and physically? (Principle 30)

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I was very excited this morning when I got an e-mail from Kate, at Life In Pieces, telling me that I was a winner! Thanks Kate! and of course, thanks for the challenge.. I had another good week -- if quilt shows and museums count.
Tuesday - bought fabric and thread
Wednesday - sewed blocks for Sara's quilt
Thursday - sewed blocks for Sara's quilt
Friday - visited San Jose Textile and Quilt Museum
Saturday - Quilt show
Sunday - sewed blocks together for Sara's quilt
Monday - nothing
I still haven't posted any pictures of the Disappearing Giraffes quilt. I'm taking the day off tomorrow and will try and take some pictures then.
I only took one picture at the quilt show and no pictures at the museum. I think these monsters are pretty cute ..
Make sure to check out Life in Pieces and see how everyone is doing with their challenge or link up and report on what you've been doing.

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Precision navigation for everyone
America and Russia have been using satellites for accurate navigation for many years. The US GPS and Russian GLONASS systems track, target, or pinpoint moving objects in the air on land or sea with military precision. But until now, it is the military that has been almost the sole beneficiary of such technology, with civilian use of these systems restricted.
Now, Europe is bringing advanced satellite navigation to the civilian population for the first time with Galileo, a future European global satellite navigation system set to transform our land and sea transport and revolutionise air traffic control world-wide.
The first stepping stone in this ambitious programme is the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) - a joint programme between ESA, Eurocontrol and the European Commission.
The first orbital element built by ESA is the navigation payload onboard Artemis. Positioned over Africa and working alongside Inmarsat-3, AOR-E and IOR telecommunications satellites, Artemis' navigation transponder will broadcast the navigation signals from the EGNOS Master Control Centre (MCC). This data, which carries integrity and differential correction information applicable to the GPS and GLONASS satellites will ultimately allow safety critical users like aircraft, ships or emergency vehicles to rely solely on satellite navigation.
In the future this could mean the redundancy of many terrestrial systems, particularly in the air industry, where management of traffic is operated via separate national control centres. Aeroplanes will be able to take off and land in fog with confidence and ships will be able to manoeuvre in and out of ports without having to contact shore-based services. It will be a common occurrence for trucks, and other land-based transport particularly in remote areas to find their way around via satellite links and even our own cars will be equipped with 'personal' systems to help us plan our routes and get around more easily.
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Acrylic Paints on Paper
I'm starting this section with my works on Paper. These are mainly acrylic paintings of varying detail from quick sketches to more complicated renderings. I also use colored pencils and pastels along with the paint on some pieces which are then designated as mixed media. All my works on paper are painted on handmade deckle edge paper.
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These are just the first images I've put into a portfolio format. It's estimated that I've painted and sketched more than 10,000 works of art so far, not counting published illustrations, cards and cartoons, or the myriad of drawings from my sketchbooks.
Most of my works on paper were playfully painted in a sort stream of consciousness manner entirely for my own exploration and eternal amusement, which is why I consider them some of my best work.
Oil pastels are wonderful. They flow like butter across any flat surface with a good tooth, especially museum board, which is what I mainly use. Oil pastels are not to be confused with the more delicate and finicky chalk pastels. These work like sticks of oil paint, offering both an ideal medium for sketching as well as painting. It's really the best of both worlds.
I'm at my loosest painting with oil pastels, and yet I can easily control them for tighter, more complicated or realistic works requiring the same advantages of opacity and blending offered by regular oil paints, but without the prep and drying time. However not all oil pastels are created equal. The best ones in the world are made in Japan by Holbein and offer a constant mineral-base color system that flows better than any other brand I've ever tried.
See for more information.
I've done quite a bit of work over the years a particular 4-ply board called Museum Board. It's an amazing acid-free cloth fiber board that has a wonderful tooth for all sorts of art media, particularly oil pastels. These are just the first few pieces I've added to this gallery. There will be many more added over the next days and weeks to come.
See for more information.
About Oil Pastels
Oil Pastels were first conceived and developed in Japan in the 1920s as a higher quality alternative to wax crayons. These early pastels used a mixture of paraffin wax with stearic acid and pigments bound with coconut oil which allowed for a better flow of the colors. But they were still more a crayon than today's professional artist's pastels.
The modern age of oil pastels began after WWII when in 1947 Pablo Picasso convinced Henri Sennelier, a French manufacturer of high quality artists materials, to make a set of oil pastels which would become the top rated oil pastels for the next 40 years.
My experience with Sennelier oil pastels is that their vegetable-based formulation make them structurally inconsistent with some colors quickly hardening as others become too creamy or soft. The colors are strong but unstable and limited to about 50 or so as I recall.
In the mid 1980s Holbein came out with a much superior line of oil pastels with an enormous range of 225 colors. Holbein's pastels are mineral based and far more stable and consistent in structure. And rather than being round, Holbein's oil pastels are rectangular which I find is a much better shape for detailed renderings.
The main limitation to Hobein's line of oil pastels is that they're very expensive and hard to get hold of. At one time I was sponsored by the Holbein company in Japan where they used one of my pastel paintings on the cover of their boxed set of colors.
About Museum Board
The type of board I use for my art is a 4-ply Museum Board made from 100% cotton fiber which is acid-free and pH neutral, making it ideal for both art and art preservation purposes. The reason it’s called Museum Board is because it is the preferred archival material used by most museums and galleries around the world.
It not only meets the strict Library of Congress Standards for image permanence, but provides an excellent and durable surface for all sorts of art media, particularly oil Pastels. For those not familiar with the oil pastels, they are in essence hardened sticks of oil paint. I prefer mineral-based Holbein oil pastels which are in my experience the best oil pastels in the world for consistency and colour permanence.
Not to be confused with powdery chalk pastels, oil pastels are opaque and cover surfaces almost as well as oil paint, except there is no drying time required as there is with oil paints. I may go into the properties of oil paints and oil pastels in more detail later.
The deckle edge paper I use is handmade from 100% cotton "rag" to create a durable platform
for all sorts of art media. I prefer a heavyweight (300 lb.) cold press paper. The deckle edges are actually an artifact of the frame used in this type
of papermaking and indicative of the hand
Most regular paper is created mechanically in
rolls and comprised mainly of wood pulp which
is much less durable and prone to yellowing
and rapid deterioration compared to cloth materials such as cotton.
The harsh chemicals used in the bleaching
and refining of wood-pulp based papers make them undesirable for use where permanence
is critical and thus you will often hear of acid-
free archival or museum quality papers and
boards when describing materials typically
used by artists and in picture framing.
Deckle Edge Paper
Paper and heavier weight boards are generally available in two basic finishes designated as "hot" or "cold" press which determines the final finish quality of the paper. Hot Press papers are much smoother and better for detailed work such as technical illustrations and pen and ink. Cold Press creates a rougher textured surface which I prefer for art. The roughness of surface is also described as the paper's tooth.
While I sometimes paint over the entire surface of a deckle edge sheet, from edge to edge, I generally prefer to tape off the edges so that they form a white border around the paper. This boarder "blocking" method is something I personally prefer to do and not typical of all artists.
Framing Works on Paper
There is no single best way to frame art on paper. With works on deckle edge paper I personally like to "float" the whole sheet in the frame rather than hiding the deckle edges behind a mat or the lip of a frame.
Works on paper are almost always framed under glass or plexiglass to protect the surface, though I have seen some paper works left uncovered, sometimes being glued to a board or wood backing and protected by varnish. This is a less durable method but does avoid glare caused by glass reflections.
There are some non-glare or less-glare glass and plexiglass materials but many tend to be a bit blurry and are also quite expensive for their value. A good UV-coated glass is advisable for paper works and prints to protect from fading, especially of the work is exposed at all to direct sunlight even for a short time during the day
The best way to mitigate glare from a glass surface is by proper lighting. Using spot light on an angle from the painting will reduce natural glare and highlight the art much better than works not lit in this way. Good lighting on art really brings out the colors and makes the art much more appealing to the viewer.


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Mangaluru, Jul 18: Days after Air India operated a flight from Qatar to Mangaluru, the Karnataka Cultural Foundation (KCF) chartered a flight from Doha to this coastal city to repatriate the stranded NRIs. The flight landed at Mangaluru International Airport on July 16.
This KCF operated flight left the Hamad International Airport Doha at 9:35 am and reached Mangaluru international Airport at 16:10 pm on Thursday.
The flight had over 174 NRIs, included pregnant women, patients in need of urgent medical treatment, senior citizens, and those who were stuck with expired visit visa and job loss. With the timely intervention Dr Arathi Krishna has helped a patient to make his approval from embassy, who had to leave for medical treatment on emergency basis.
Starting from the registration of travellers, KCF has provided all with the necessary documental, health-related information and each of them have been met by KCF representatives along with snacks and PPE kit to be worn during the journey as a precaution against the spread of the pandemic.
Organization workers were constantly in touch with each of its passengers, supporting them for their safety and serve them during journey and stay at the hotels and this will continue until the quarantine is completed.
KCF, the proud organization of Kannadigas has been working in the public sphere, and this initiative of charter flight and their dedication on this have been praised by travellers.
On their successful charter, KCF thanks Dr Arathi Krishna, former vice-chairman of Karnataka State NRI Forum for her extensive support on acquiring relevant documental clearances. Sindhu B Rupesh, the deputy commissioner of Mangaluru, Dr Yathish Ullal, assistant commissioner of Mangaluru, Meena Nagaraj, the nodal officer, Bengaluru, are also praised for their timely approvals and permissions for this charter.
The untiring efforts, hard works by the workers and leaders of SSF, SYS and Karnataka Muslim Jama-ath have been appreciated and background supports by Moulana Shafi Sa-adi, the member of Karnataka state Waqf Board is also remembered by KCF Qatar.
The members of KCF Qatar have been tirelessly working behind this grand success, the chairman Abdul Raheem Saadi and general convener Muneer Magundi have thanked all its members, including Embassy officials and Indigo Airlines for all cooperation.

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The brother of the late Australian spinner Shane Warne, who arrived with his wife Shay in Sri Lanka on Friday (at around 6 am) was "disappointed" with the early finish of the first Test match, which was being dedicated to Shane.
Speaking exclusively over the telephone from Galle, he said, "I am happy that Australia won the Test but disappointed it finished just before we got to the ground. We are very disappointed regarding the early finish because we were meant to be Friday afternoon and Saturday".
"Fortunately we got to the ground and it was amazing to see the displays they have erected for the match. It is truly humbling to see the amount of respect being shown to my brother in Sri Lanka".
"Sri Lanka is a wonderful country full of great people", he further added.
The commemoration gathering, which was likely to be hosted by the authorities on Sunday, is rearranged by a day and both teams are invited at the Jetwing Hotel on Saturday evening, it is learnt.


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Shuman authors publication for Gerontological Society of America
The Gerontological Society of America has released a toolkit and publication on COVID-19 and oral health care for older adults featuring expertise from Stephen Shuman, DDS, MS, professor and director of the oral health services for older adults program in the department of developmental and surgical sciences and dental faculty for the University of Minnesota’s HRSA-funded Minnesota Northstar Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program.
The publication, “Pandemic-Driven Disruptions in Oral Health: 10 Transformative Trends in Care for Older Adults,” is the result of two webinars focused on the topic and held by the Society in October 2020.
Shuman co-authored the publication in his capacity as chair of the Gerontological Society of America’s “Oral Health: An Essential Element of Healthy Aging” Workgroup.
“During many years of dealing with oral health barriers for older adults, it always seemed to me that oral health wound up somewhere near the top of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in long-term care,” Shuman is quoted in a press release from the Gerontological Society of America. “When COVID-19 was added to the bottom of the pyramid, it bounced oral health completely off the top. And that’s what moved the GSA Oral Health workgroup to plan these webinars.”
The Gerontological Society of America compiled the most impactful lessons and key takeaways from the two webinars to produce the ten-pronged toolkit and publication.
“During 2020, the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disrupted life in all parts of society and around the world,” the publication begins. “Nowhere was that disruption as severe as in long-term care facilities.”
However, the piece notes that “from this disruption comes the opportunity for positive long-term changes.” The authors review ten such disruptions and how the COVID-19 pandemic can alter the future of oral health care for older adults.
Shuman and his co-authors share the pandemic’s impact on the oral health workforce, nursing home care, managing chronic oral health problems, the need for interprofessional care, and more.

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As one of the undisputed kings of bachata music in the early 2000s, Romeo Santos and his former group Aventura stunned millions of listeners worldwide with hit tracks such as "Obsesión," "Cuando Volverás," "Un Beso," and "Amor de Madre." Even after Aventura broke up, Romeo went on to have a remarkable solo career that garnered him seven No. 1 songs on the Hot Latin Songs chart as well as a whopping 17 No. 1 songs on the Tropical Songs chart.
For all of those accolades and more, Romeo's prowess in the music world is legendary, to say the very least. However, many fans only know Romeo for his successes as an artist. So, what do we know about his family? Namely, who are his children, and is he married? Keep reading to find out!
What do we know about Romeo Santos' children?
Romeo has been famous for years due to his music, but being a father is another great joy of his life.
Romeo's first child, a son named Alex Damian, was reportedly born in 2002. Little is known about who he is, but he once appeared alongside his father on television as a youngster. During a Breakfast Club interview, Romeo touched on what it was like to become a father for the first time when Alex was born.
"With my first kid, I was a kid having a kid. I was a coward, so I ran, I wasn't in a relationship at the time, it was just something that happened. I have a great relationship with Alex, it's been great for over a decade. You have to be there for your kids in every sense of the word. I'm so busy with my career, and sometimes I try to balance both and end up working more. I'm a way better person than I was before," he said at the time.
It took a while for Romeo to have another child, but in 2019 he became a father yet again to another son named Valentino Santos. In a since-deleted Instagram post, per Billboard, Romeo shared an image of Valentino next to his new album with the caption, "Mis Dos Nuevos Bebés Año" ("My two new babies this year").
Shortly after that in 2021, Romeo shared in another since-deleted post that he became a father for a third time to a son named Solano Santos.
In February 2023, Romeo Santos revealed he welcomed a fourth child.
On Feb. 14, 2023, Romeo decided to keep with the loving spirit of Valentine's Day by announcing to fans that he became a father for the fourth time. Taking to Instagram, the artist shared a video that broke the news of the birth of his "fourth prince," a son named Milano.
"I think that nobody noticed in the background the heartbeat of the newest member of the Santos dynasty," he said in the video.
Is Romeo Santos married?
As of the time of writing, Romeo is not officially married to anyone. Furthermore, the singer doesn't appear to ever have been married to anyone in the past. He has notoriously kept details of his private life exactly that, but recently shared some visuals that include his current girlfriend. Although he did not reveal her name, Romeo included his longtime lover in his new music video for "Solo Conmigo." She is the mother of Solano, Valentino, and Milano.

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Giving rescued pets and vintage clothing a second chance… that’s the goal of a thrift store in Harrisburg.
The shop is called “Stash”, and it’s owners teamed up with the locally owned pet store Abrams & Weakley to hold the “Shop and Adopt” benefit at its North Street location to support the Humane Society of Harrisburg.
People could come out and not only shop for clothing but to meet pups from the humane society– all looking for a forever home.
“We think it’s important because there are so many unwanted pets, and in my opinion I don’t think there’s a need to keep making more and I really do believe in spaying and neutering your pets and there are such wonder animals to be found at many of the rescues in Central Pennsylvania, ” Abrams & Weakley owner Kristen Zellner said.
Gift baskets for dogs and cats were given away in raffles. They included gift cards to the stores taking part in the event.
Half of all proceeds from the event are going to the Humane Society.
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The initial intelligence developed by Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB) pointed out the fraud saying that many sugar mills and distilleries are mis-classifying hand sanitisers under the HSN code 3004 instead of the 3808.
Reacting to criticism against 18% GST rate on alcohol-based sanitisers, the government on Wednesday said that a lower rate on the product would lead to inverted duty structure, which would put the domestic manufacturers at a disadvantage vis-a-vis importers of hand sanitisers.
Inverted duty structure refers to incidence of higher taxes on inputs than on the final products
The government further said that consumers would also eventually not benefit from the lower GST rate if domestic manufacturing suffers. “The GST rates on various items are decided by the GST Council where the central government and all the state governments together deliberate and take decisions,” it added.
Correction of inverted duty structure has been at the top of GST Council agenda for the last few meeting. In March, the Council had decided to raise the GST rate on mobile phones to 18% from 12% citing inverted duty structure, which provided an edge to imported phones. The Council has also been deliberating hiking rates on a bunch of items including textiles, footwear, fertilisers, tractors and renewable energy devices as they suffer form the same anomaly.
Inverted duty structure means that businesses cannot exhaust all the input tax credit accumulated on account of paying taxes on inputs if their output tax liability is lower. The government has estimated that it refunds Rs 20,000 crore annually to these manufacturers annually in lieu of their unutilised ITC.
Separately, as FE reported earlier, hand sanitiser manufacturing has attracted the GST investigation as some firms are found to have been using an incorrect harmonised system of nomenclature (HSN) for the product leading to a loss of at least Rs 50 crore to the exchequer since the launch of GST.
The initial intelligence developed by Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB) pointed out the fraud saying that many sugar mills and distilleries are mis-classifying hand sanitisers under the HSN code 3004 instead of the 3808. The GST rate is 12% for items under the former code and 18% for the latter.
Experts said that while mis-classification of products to avail lower rate is used by unscrupulous businesses often, the surge in sale of hand sanitisers since March due to the Covid-19 pandemic attracted profiteers in large numbers.
However, some suppliers continue to sell the product domestically at a lower rate. Items under HSN code 3004 attract 12% GST and are called ‘medicaments’ consisting of products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses to be administered in dosage. But HSN code 3808 covers items like insecticide, fungicide and disinfectants like hand sanitisers, and attract 18% GST.


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Memories of St. Patrick’s Day as a child always included a dinner at my Nana’s house. It was the traditional corned beef dinner with boiled potatoes, onions and cabbage. I loved it then and still do now. But my favorite part of the holiday feast is the Irish Soda Bread. I still remember the first time I made this recipe for a family party, forgot to pack it, and then enjoyed it with our own family and noticed how much the kids like it too.
- 3-1/4 cups flour
- ⅓ cup, plus 1 Tbsp. sugar, divided
- 1 tsp. Baking Powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- ½ cup (1 stick) cold butter
- 1-1/3 cups buttermilk
- ½ cup raisins, optional
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Whisk flour, ⅓ cup of the sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
- Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add buttermilk and raising; mix just until moistened.
- Place dough on floured surface; knead until fully combined.
- Shape into a loaf in an oval shape.
- Place on parchment lined baking sheet.
- Cut deep ½-inch "X" in top of dough.
- Sprinkle with remaining 1 Tbsp. sugar.
- Bake 50-60 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool completely on wire rack.
Have a happy Saint Patrick’s Day! If you are looking for some recipes or craft ideas to celebrate the day, head over to my Pinterest page for more ideas.
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Pope Benignus is dying, and the man who takes his throne will hold the reins of an empire. Conspiracies swirl like shadows around Livia, the pope's daughter, who refuses to be anyone's pawn: chasing the whispers of a deadly coup, she vows to expose the truth and save her church from disaster. Livia has secrets of her own, though, and one wrong move could cost her life and her soul.
Felix is the scion of a dying merchant house, a man with just one chance to save his family and the woman he loves. His last hope lies in the snowbound hell of Winter's Reach, a former prison colony turned "free city" under a brutal tyrant's reign.
Livia and Felix have never crossed paths, but they've both been snared in a far greater web than they can imagine. They -- along with a pair of veteran bounty hunters, an exiled politician, and a sadistic coven of witches -- are cogs in one man's apocalyptic plan for revenge. A plan which, if it succeeds, will leave an entire nation in flames.
Livia Serafini must die.
To the Church she is a heretic, tried in absentia and sentenced to burn. To her brother Carlo, she stands as a threat to his corrupt rule and a symbol of resistance. To her new "allies" in the east, she is a pawn to be played and sacrificed as they see fit. They don't hear the whispers that follow her in the streets: whispers of hope, and the name of a long-dead saint.
When Livia rises up to fight, she will not rise alone.
Across the ocean, Felix struggles for control of his family's fate against the crime lord Basilio Grimaldi. Basilio is wealthy, ruthless, and the master of a hundred killers. All Felix has are his wits and his courage. It won't be enough. To break free, and to save the lives of everyone he loves, he'll have to face the darkness that followed him home from Winter's Reach.
And as the Owl's horrific vengeance unfolds, her coven teeters on the brink of civil war. All the dominoes are in place now, lined up from the frozen north to the swamps and ruins of a dead empire, and set to tumble at one man's command. When they do, a world will fall with them.
Felix Rossini is a man with a thousand enemies. Framed for murder, hunted by Mirenze's protectors as well as the criminal underworld, he struggles to survive and fight back against the conspiracy that has marked him for death. A conspiracy of another kind is brewing across the ocean, as the corrupt aristocracy draws Livia Serafini’s oldest friends into a plot to destroy her. If she can’t find a way to overcome the occult infection spreading through her veins, they may not have to.
And in the shadows, the Owl prepares to wage bloody war against the most dangerous foe of all -- her own coven -- as she leads her disciples in a quest to recover a deadly relic. It's a showdown that will end where it all began: in the frozen hell of Winter's Reach, under a rain of fire.
From a rebel uprising in the west, to a broken crusade in the east, the dominoes fall one by one. Where they land will determine the fate of an empire.
It all ends here.
It ends as Livia Serafini returns to her homeland with an army at her back, an exiled refugee turned ruthless conqueror, bringing war and witchcraft to any who dare stand in her way. It ends as Renata Nicchi and her ragged band of hunters and outlaws infiltrate a city under siege, making a last, desperate bid to save her lover from the jaws of the criminal underworld and be reunited at last.
And as the Owl and her coven work to unravel the mystery of Wisdom's Grave, a doom from the past threatens to consume them all. It ends here, in the final chapter of the Revanche Cycle, under the spreading shadow of darkness. In a land where poison is king, only one can become the queen of the night.


HERE we are, back again for another week of The Remix Lounge, consisting of the five remixes which have tickled my fancy. Make sure to check out each artist SoundCloud page for plenty more quality tunes and the free downloads.
Backstreet Boys – Everybody (Oski X Apashe X Lennon Bootleg)
Basically everyone in existence has heard ‘Everybody’ by the Backstreet Boys released back in 1997, but now in 2015 producers Oshi, Apashe and Lennon have collaborated to create upbeat trap/house/bass bootleg. With samples from the song chopped and mixed throughout, jumping through genres as each artist adds their own flair, this trifecta of musicians have created a very interesting track to remind us of the golden oldie.
Future – Move That Dope (Woolymammoth & QUIX Remix)
‘Move That Dope’ originally performed with Pharrell Williams and Pusha T has received a faster paced trap remix courtesy of Woolymammoth and QUIX. These two extremely talented producers are currently pushing the experimental side of trap which is evident from this release. The drum patterns, pitch shifted vocals and the heavy ‘wobbing’ bass complement each other resulting in this banger.
Snoop Dogg – Sensual Seduction (Autolaser & PLS&TY Remix)
Snoop Dogg’s ‘Sensual Seduction’ felt like it couldn’t get any more groovy, but this futuristic remix has made it so in its own way. The song still retains the original’s saucy feel but with high-pitched, glittery synths and Snoop’s vocal samples splashed throughout.
The Weeknd – The Hills (Jakoban & Sasha Voinov Remix)
The Weeknd is a very popular remix target due to his soulful vocals, which results a sea of musical gems whenever he releases a new track. This diamond of a remix from Jakoban & Sasha Voinov takes the orignal in its entirety and adds the future bass style which I love so much.
DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge – You Know You Like It (Rusty Hook Flip)
Rusty Hook has made it again into the top 5 from this week after releasing another one of his popular flips. With similar future bass style this remix is light-hearted and upbeat, which works in great addition to Aluna’s passionate voice. It seems Rusty Hook can do no wrong when it comes to remixes and I am awaiting the next in great anticipation.
Unfortunately that is all from this weeks Remix Lounge. Come back next week for some more saucy, futuristic flips, remixes and bootlegs.


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Alexis Houston Facts Born in New Jersey and began singing in church choirs aged 6Recorded jingles for AT&T, Diet Coke and McDonaldsWorking on solo project called Speak Love/Life Lessons Alexis Houston is not at the root of the marital troubles between NBC's Matt Lauer and his wife, she'd like you to know. Houston, who's a singer and songwriter in LA, has been surrounded lately by rumors claiming she's been having an affair with the anchor, but she denied all. On Friday, Houston (no...Read Full Story
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As the First Lady, Mrs. Edna Lenku sets tempo for this year’s Miss Tourism auditions, it has emerged that the number of aspirants is rising by the day.
The auditions are set to take place from September 15 and 16. Edna, in a brief statement last week, said those who qualify for audition should be aged between the age of 20 and 27.
Candidates will be tested on their knowledge of tourism, cultural and investment opportunities of the county.
She said this year’s theme is ‘Our Culture Our People’ and the audition will take place at Masai Technical Training Institute in Kajiado town.
The First lady emphasized that those who will be picked for audition are residents of Kajiado who have lived in the region for not less than 10 years.
Mrs. Lenku said she expects a tight competition among the beauties of the county.
“We are all set to go and we are inviting our young girls of the land to come and showcase their talent,” the First Lady told KNU.
The winner will take over the mantle from Miss Sation Parmuat, a beauty who travelled the world in marketing Kajiado’s tourism opportunities during her tenure.


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We have always wanted to try a liveaboard and finally took the plunge!
The Nekton is not a pretty boat but it sure is a functional dive boat. It looks alot like a floating oil rig. But if you want to dive, dive, dive there is no better way to do it. And as the captain says "its slow for a boat but fast for a condo!" Boarding in Ft. Lauderdale on Saturday and returning there the following weekend, it couldn't make it any easier. The staff even picks you up at the airport and takes you to the boat. The Nekton was our first liveaboard and it won't be our last.
Arriving at FLL, we were picked up and dropped off at Las Olas waterfront park for a short time while the driver took all our bags to the boat and placed them in our room. At 7pm sharp 3 vans arrived back at Las Olas to pick up all the divers for the week. A quick stop was made at a liquor store so that passengers could pick up sodas and/or adult beverages. We arrived at the boat and after being shown to our rooms, Captain Ephey and crew greeted us and gave us a briefing on the boat. A photo was taken of everyone and hung on a board in the salon so that the crew and all the divers could learn each others names. Our group of 26 divers total came from Calif, Ohio, NJ, Texas, the UK, and of course us from NM. After a quick life jacket drill we all settled in for the crossing.
After a hearty warm breakfast we all gathered on the Sun Deck for the dive briefing at 7am. The Sun Deck has a bookshelf where dry items can be stored such as dive logs, sun glasses, sunscreen, t-shirts, etc. Hangers are provided for wetsuits so you don't need to bring one which is very nice. So immediately after the dive brief you are able to grab your wetsuit and get dressed on the deck where there is plenty of space and then walk down to the dive deck. Two camera tables are next to the stairs on the middle deck. Almost every buddy team had a camera or camcorder or both but we never had any issues with space for this and with rinse tanks next to the camera tables and also on the dive deck there was never an issue of crowding.
The Daily routine -Hot breakfast, Dive brief at 7am, Two morning dives at the first site, then the boat moves during lunch to another site, dive brief at 1pm and 2 afternoon dives, dinner, an evening chat in the salon, then the night dive after which the boat moves to the first site for the next day's dives. This was true most of the week with only a few exceptions.
Dive sites - Tuna Alley and Victory Reefs
Tuna Alley was a great first site for the trip - lots of fish, nice mini-wall and lots of coral heads with some easy swim-throughs. Victory reef was a bit more challenging with some current but still great dives. The Nekton's working boat, the Cachalot, followed along with us for the first two days until the chase boat got running again. A few divers actually got to be picked up by it due to the sweeping current. It turned out that the Cachalot captain was a friend of one of the divers. Too funny! The Cachalot left us after day 2 and headed off to explore new dive sites and set the pins. Because of the current, only 6 divers went for the night dive. We decided to relax and skip this one - there would be plenty more chances to dive.
Dive sites - Last Chance and Playground
Last Chance reef was another nice reef but the current was strong and I was exhausted after the first dive so Ron decided to buddy with another group and go in again. Playground was another story entirely! While we were on the dive deck getting on our tanks, someone yells "dolphins!" and we all turn and look ---- sure enough, a pod of 12-15 spotted dolphins was coming right up to the back of the boat. In jump divers and DMs, and for about 10 minutes they hung around swirling and playing with us. Very cool! The reef, Playground is shallow but it was a bit surgy and some current on the first dive ducking around behind the small coral heads was necessary to swim and at times pulling along the sand was required. By mid-afternoon the current had died down a bit so our second dive here was much easier and we found it best not to venture too far from the boat fighting the current. On the night dive however, there was NO current at all and we couldn't believe what a great dive it was! I found a large octopus out hunting was didn't even mind the lights and he let us hang out and watch him for 5 minutes or more before we moved on. We also had a huge loggerhead buzz us while we watched him - the loggerhead looked like he had an encounter with a shark as he had a huge chunk missing from the back of his neck and also his front right flipper. Tons of lobsters were scurrying about, as were the eels - spotted, green, and goldentail. It was a dive we really hated to end!
Dives sites - Big Hole and Silversides
Wow, wow, wow! Big Hole was everything we had hoped for and more. Vis was only 50' or so and water was a bit green, but the sharks met us at the dive deck and were swirling at the surface waiting for us to jump in. What a rush! There were 4 of us who jumped in first (me, Ron, Steve, and Randy), and it was so exciting being in the water surrounded by sharks for at least 15 minutes before the others joined us. With the low vis, it was very eerie having sharks suddenly appear heading straight for you and then swim by within a few feet. The Hole itself is quite a fantastic dive alone and Ron and I searched the turtle grass and Bingo! A Seahorse! When we got back on the boat to tell everyone they couldn't believe we found a seahorse on a shark dive site! I think everyone else was so busy looking at the sharks they forgot to look for any hidden goodies..... After lunch to boat moved to another "blue hole", Silversides. This one was smaller and had a swimthough deep which was full of silverside fish, hence the name. This site was very surgy and lush with seafans and small coral heads around the opening. Most of the divers decided to skip the night dive (including me) but Ron went.
Dive sites - Lady's Secret, shark feed at the Big Hole, and Sistine Chapel
Captain Ephey briefed us before the morning dives that Lady's Secret had a few teenage sharks who might show up and being young don't quite know "diver etiquette" yet. We were warned to make sure if they get too close to look them in the eye and let them know we weren't backing down, keep cameras between us and them, and have a good dive. Sure enough, they came to check us out, swimming circles around us closer and closer...... but no problems! Vis at Lady's secret was at least 100' and even thought this hole was surrounded by sandy flats with only occasional coral heads, it was full of fish and critters. What a great dive site! Besides the sharks, we had a large loggerhead and huge schools of schoolmasters and barracuda.
After lunch we headed back to Big Hole again. The Shark feed was very well organized. Dms stayed behind us as we kneeled on the sand and watched the sharks rip the chumsickle apart. The most exciting part of the whole experience for me was to see how aggressive those same sharks that we swam around with for over an hour just the day before can be when food is introduced. Very chilling! Doing a safety stop at the rear of the boat and them trying to get back on the boat with a group of 15-20 very excited sharks was very unnerving also. I had to put the camcorder housing between me and a smaller shark once while I was near the surface waiting for my turn to go up the ladder. Another diver got bumped by a shark as he had his back turned handing up his fins. No one got hurt but I truly believe this is the only time there was any danger at all. Those sharks didn't want us getting back on the boat!
Sistine Chapel was our next stop and we enjoyed seeing another one of the Holes which had a completely different personality. This one was small but bellied out at around 80' deep making it cavern-like. It gets its name from the fact that white sponges hang upsidedown under the overhang. The reef surrounding the hole was very lush and I found one coralhead that was full of photo opportunities - a spotted eel getting cleaned, a baby drum, a soldierfish with an isopod, and tons of blennies. As we were heading back to the boat Bill signaled us, and we looked over to see 3 squid swimming by. How cool is that! Another great dive!
Dive sites - Elbow Cay and Water Cay
Drift diving off a large boat like the Nekton Pilot - yes, drift diving! The divers were broken into two groups, the divers were given the hot-drop signal "dive, dive, dive" by the captain over the speakers, and everyone jumped in all at once and decended. The reef top was at 80' with a wall extending down into darkness. Vis was at least 150' and as we did this high powered flying-by-the-seat-of-your-pants dive rivaled by only a few sites in Cozumel, we all kept our eyes out for whalesharks and hammerheads (there have been sighting here in the past). No whalesharks were spotted but we did see a few other sharks as we flew over the reef. A DM lead the group with a drift-flag and another DM trailed us to make sure everyone stayed together. After the safety stop that big boat pulled right up and picked us up. The boat then circled back around for group 2 to do the same. After that, the boat went further south to another part of the same reef and repeated the process again. Two wild rides! After lunch we arrived at Water Cay, a shallow reef area around a small island which had a lagoon in its center. Some divers went over and swam through a tunnel arriving in the lagoon. Then they walked around on the island a bit before returning. Others just snorkeled over. A small airplane had crashed in the water here and we also explored that site. Ron found a baby flounder right under the boat here. There was no night dive since we had a 15 hour trip back up to Bimini - the boat left during dinner.
Dive sites - Hawksbill and The Strip
Morning dives at Hawksbill were easy and relaxing! The coral here wasn't pretty but the fishlife was amazing. Every kind of ray, eels, squirrelfish, sanddivers, puffers, grunts, school of barracudas again .... Lots to see and lots to photograph. Since many of us were flying out of Ft. Lauderdale on Saturday, the 24 hour rule meant only a few divers could go on dives at the Strip. I wish we could have gone since everyone who did, came back on the boat raving about it. Bill found a ledge with a nurse shark under it- with a green moray laying across it! He got a great photo to prove it. It was the favorite at the photo competition that night beating out Ron's seahorse by a nose. A night dive had been planned but engine trouble canceled it as we had to leave to return back port. We actually had a few parts air-dropped to us which was quite exciting however the captain didn't want to run the engine until it could be checked out for any damage so we limped back to port on one (tilted to the side so the one engine could be submerged far enough).
The Nekton's itenerary for Cay Sal Bank offered great diversity of diving from shallow reefs, to walls, to the Blue Holes. We both really enjoyed all the diving and will probably do this trip again for that reason. The vis ranged from 40' to 150' depending on site and water temps ranged from 81 to 84 degrees. We dove Nitrox, as did about half the boat and were pleased with our decision. We never felt like our dive times were cut short due to NDL. The crew filled tanks quickly and provided an analyzer and logbook right on the dive deck. The shark feed was very controlled with an extensive briefing before we entered the water plus DMs surrounding us with poke-sticks to keep the sharks away from us. I never felt uncomfortable during the whole process. Some of the sites had more current than we would have liked but that can't be controlled. All in all, it is a fabulous itenerary though I would not necessarily recommend it for a new diver due to the need for navigational skills as well as more challenging conditions such as deeper depths and heavy current at times.
Awesome, awesome, awesome! The rooms downstairs are bigger than upstairs, we had room under the bed and at the end of the bed for all our luggage and camera bags, etc. A closet with shelves in one corner held our clothes and personal items. We also had 3 large windows over the bed which always gave a great view. The private bathroom and the fact shower times are not being limited was very nice, also! Food was good to excellent - hot breakfasts everyday (eggs, pancakes, bacon, you name it, every day something great), lunch always had soup and sandwiches like BLTs or tacos or pasta, dinner each night was fantastic - prime rib, turkey, spicy shrimp or barbequed ribs. And dessert everynight - we had cheesecake, pumpkin pie, and ice cream sundaes! Hot cookies were out of the oven every day between dives, too. You never went hungry and if you did it was your own fault. Armenda, the cook, make special meals for everyone who requested them and snacks between meals if you wanted. Drinks were always available - iced and hot tea, coffee, juices and punches. Ice in an ice chest and coolers of water were out 24/7 too. Words can't even describe how awesome the the crew was with every function of the boat. Whether it was helping you get in the water with your camera gear, or showing them a picture and saying "what is that?" The crew did everything possible to make sure you were happy. Briefings of the dive sites were great and all questions were answered before you got into the water. Captain Ephey always had time to chat about the diving, the boat, or just shooting the breeze. We will not forget the crew and will return just to see them all again. Thank you: Captain Ephey, First Mate Chris, DMs Jeff, Matt, Helena, Tyler, and Daniel, Cook Arminda, and her staff Leslie and Marie, and boat mechanic Pete.
Thanks to all the fun divers from our trip, too. Bev and Bill, Judy and Jack, Bob from the UK, Tracey and Brad, Ruthanne and Russell, Steve and Randy, John, Cal and Lisa, Sam, Mark, Mike and Mikey, Bob and Jordan, Ron and Joyce, and Dave and Edie. It was a pleasure meeting you all, diving, chatting, and eating with you all week!
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Shurjo’s Clan, the first book by Bangladeshi-American author Iffat Nawaz, has been published by Penguin Random House India. This literary fiction blends magic realism with historical accuracy and tells the coming-of-age tale of a girl growing up in Bangladesh, a newly founded nation. The book is expected to be published later this year.
Riddled with the traumas of their past—death, war, migration, separation, the inability to belong to a land, dwelling in an in-between space, and an eternal limbo—Shurjo’s Clan, told through the eyes of a young protagonist, is a book that follows the journey of one family as they face several challenges and obstacles. Spanning decades, from the forced migration of Bengalis to East Pakistan in 1947, through the 1971 liberation war, the wave of immigrants to the West in the 1980s, and a final return, Iffat Nawaz’s novel is both a story of personal transitions and transformation as well as a chronicle of a country born into sorrow.
An inspiring fresh voice. An incredibly captivating story. According to acclaimed novelist Anees Salim, Shurjo’s Clan “announces the coming of an enormously creative and vivid writer.”
Expressing her thoughts, Nawaz says, ‘The stories of Shurjo’s Clan were passed down to me as inheritance, from both my family and motherland. I carried them for decades before I could see the clearer and bigger picture. At first, I was a very attached inheritor of these second-hand experiences. Still, after approaching the novel from several different directions, I was able to detach slightly and tell the otherwise heavy story of war and migration while aspiring to turn it towards light. I believe certain tales of our broken pasts, of severed old nations and joyful yet grieving new ones, are ready to be rewritten for the present context so that we can shed certain limiting conditioning. I hope this new direction will be felt by the readers of my debut novel, and I have full trust in Penguin Random House to carry Shurjo’s Clan forward.’
Imaginative and compelling, Shurjo’s Clan merges magical realism with vivid historicity to paint an entirely contemporary portrait of how grief is inherited, and how the traumas and memories of our ancestors continue to shape those who come long after. Nawaz’s lyrical and evocative prose marks the arrival of a distinctive voice that unravels questions of mourning, belonging, identity, and family with delightful imaginativeness and devastating insight. With its mesmerizing balance between inexplicable otherworldliness and undeniable reality, this debut novel asks, above all, how the past can be honoured without letting its wounds destroy the present.
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Czech Republic removes all Covid related entry restrictions. Effective April 9th, the government will lift all pandemic related entry restrictions. This makes the Czech Republic the 29th country in the world and 14th in Europe to go back to 2019, pre-pandemic travel controls.
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Last week on Destination Deep Dive: France Part 08 we visited the terrace at Printempts Hausmann and one of my favorite watering holes in the city. This week we revisit Montparnasse Tower, this time for the highest restaurant in Paris.
Located on the 56th floor of Montparnasse Tower, it offers diners unobstructed views of Champ de Mars, Eiffel Tower and La Defense financial district. Service has always been impeccable. The menu is varied but not overwhelming and definitely a lot more accessible to narrower food palettes. Though I would not go as far as calling it child friendly, the menu options are less likely to alienate anyone like some of the more exotic dining options I typically recommend.
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I have personally been obsessed with the city of 100 spires since I was a child. More than any other city in Europe, I would always find myself daydreaming about coming here in what I could only describe as the closest thing to a real life fairytale. It was for obvious reasons one of the very first cities I visited on my very first trip to Europe and in a very surreal twist of fate, the city I was stuck for 6 months when the pandemic locked down the world in March of 2020.
Although the details of that last stay are the subject of an excessively extended blog post I am actively working on, I will just say that to this day, Prague remains my favorite city in all of Europe. Now that the Czech Republic has finally lifted all entry restrictions, I recommend anyone who’s in Europe add it to their bucket list as well.
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Anti-Alcohol PSAs? Spare Me the Guilt and Pour Me a Drink
Public service announcements designed to reduce binge drinking in college students may actually lead them to drink more.
A new study found that anti-alcohol PSAs that use guilt or shame to make their point may actually have the opposite effect, according to an article in AdAge.
The five-part study, conducted by Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, was based on interviews with 1,200 undergraduate students who were shown ads that demonstrate the personal consequences of binge drinking.
One of the ads depicts a young woman hugging the toilet, with the headline "Best night of my life." Another shows a young woman face down in a bathroom stall holding a beer, and is titled "This isn't what they meant by 'on-campus accommodation'."
Kellogg marketing professor Nidhi Agrawal tells AdAge, people who are already feeling guilt or shame resort to "defensive processing" when confronted with more of either emotion, and tend to disassociate themselves with whatever they're being shown to lessen those emotions.
Agrawal says the viewer doesn't even have to be feeling ashamed about drinking to make the ads ineffective.
"If you're talking to a student about cheating on an exam, and one of these ads comes up, you can bet they are headed straight to the bar," she tells AdAge.
The study, to be published later this year in the Journal of Marketing Research, could have significant ramifications, since the shaming, personal consequence approach to PSAs is also common with ads focused on smoking, steroid use and sexually transmitted diseases, according to AdAge.
Agrawal says she has two suggestions for those who make PSAs. First, ads should be placed in more positive surroundings, such as TV sitcoms or positive magazine articles, so they have a better chance at appealing to their audience, versus those placed in tense or negative surroundings. Second, she suggests anti-alcohol messages would be more effective if they focused on avoiding situations that lead to binge drinking, rather than on consequences of the behavior itself.
"It's important that the messages be toned down and as positive as possible," she tells the magazine.
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The Flower Drum Song
Originally published in 1957, The Flower Drum Song was a groundbreaking work of popular literature. An immediate bestseller, it inspired the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. This charming, bittersweet tale of romance and the powerful bonds of family tells the story of Wang Ta, who wants what every young American man wants: a great career and a woman to love. Living in San Francisco's China...
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own-with his widowed father, Old Master Wang, who misses the old way of life in China, and his younger brother, who just wants to be a normal American teenager-Wang Ta becomes involved with a series of women as he searches for love and the American dream. Comic, poignant, and sexy, The Flower Drum Song is an astute portrayal of immigrants struggling with assimilation. This edition features a new introduction by David Henry Hwang.

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Russian bombing of Nayrab, Idlib Province, northwest Syria, after Turkish fighers join anti-Assad rebels in an advance on the town, February 20, 2020
After weeks of warnings, Turkey has defied Russia and sent troops to the frontline in Idlib Province in northwest Syria.
Turkish troops accompanied anti-Assad fighters in an attack after a Russian-regime offensive occupied the town of Nayrab.
The Turkish-rebel assault, which reportedly downed two Russian drones, inflicted casualties and scattered pro-Assad troops. Russian airstrikes forced the Turkish-rebel to pull back from Nayrab, southeast of Idlib city; however, a local activist said that while “Assad gangs” are in the town, “their military force is weak”.
The Turkish Defense Ministry said that two of its soldiers were killed and five were wounded, but that 50 pro-Assad troops had been slain.
Nayrab is between Idlib city and the town of Saraqeb, at the junction of the Damascus-to-Aleppo M5 highway and the cross-Idlib M4 route.
In late January, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan finally criticized Russia by name as he demanded that Assad regime forces withdraw from Idlib Province by the end of February.
After Saraqeb fell, Erdoğan stepped up his warnings and Turkey began sending reinforcements to a ring of 12 observation posts around Idlib and northern Hama Province. The posts have been surrounded and rendered ineffectual by the Russian-regime offensive that began last April, killing more than 1,800 civilians and displacing more than a million.
Turkey refrained from putting its soldiers on the frontline; however, it covertly stepped up anti-aircraft missiles, weapons, and equipment to anti-Assad forces.
On Wednesday, the Turkish President declared, “Frankly speaking, the Idlib operation is a matter of time. Turkey will not leave Idlib to the Assad regime and its backers, who have not comprehended the determination of our country regarding this matter.”
But after the Kremlin tried to play down the statement as “a worst-case scenario”, Ankara decided to issue its military signal with the Nayrab operation, shaking Turkish-Russian cooperation over Syria after a reconciliation between Erdoğan and President Vladimir Putin in August 2016.
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Video showed the Turkish-rebel infantry preparing to storm pro-Assad positions, with Russia countering with bombs and missiles.
A well-placed local analyst confirmed to EA WorldView that Turkish forces fired an anti-aircraft missile on a Russian jet: “The jet escaped, but it’s a clear message that Turkey doesn’t tolerate everything [from Moscow].”
The Russian Defense Ministry acknowledged the confrontation, but tried to minimize it, saying only four pro-Assad fighters had been wounded.
The Ministry did not mention Turkish troops in its statement, “So as not to allow the armed groups to make it deep into Syrian territory, Russian Su-25 aircraft carried out a strike…on the armed militant groups that burst through.”
In the past two weeks, two sets of Russian-Turkish talks, one in Ankara and one in Moscow, have broken up in tension as Moscow refused to halt the offensive.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said early Thursday that problems could be overcome if Russia “steps aside” with an agreement on the use of airspace above Idlib Province — effectively the protection zone that has been discussed but never implemented since 2012 by Western powers. Turkish officials added the possibility of joint patrols with Russian forces, mirroring operations being pursued in mainly-Kurdish areas of northeast Syria.
Akar said the US could send Patriot missile systems to Turkey to bolster security.
Meanwhile, UN officials continued to warn of the humanitarian crisis from the more than 1 million displaced who are trapped between the Russian-regime offensive and a Turkish border closed in 2016.
The officials called for a halt to fighting so civilians could find safety. However, Russia and the Assad regime have paid no heed to repeated statements, and the international community — with the exception of Turkey — has not backed up the UN appeals.
“We want the whole world to see us and learn about our conditions, the children and these camps,” said Ruqyyah Omar, who is now at a camp near Azaz, close to the Turkish border.
Abu Abdallah — stranded on the road with his wife, four children and 20 relatives — said, “I don’t know where to take them. God knows where we will go.”

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Just Dance conquers UK chart
The UK gets into the family spirit this Easter and takes Ubisoft’s Just Dance to the top of the chart.
Just Dance leaped back to number one in the UK games chart this week, knocking Just Cause 2 down to number two. After debuting at number 30 upon release in December 2009, Ubisoft's party game steadily climbed to the top of the UK all-formats chart, originally reaching number one on January 16 2010. Since then, it has remained a fixture in the top five best-selling games on Chart-Track's all-formats chart, culminating in another number one today.
Elsewhere on the chart, Activision's release of the Stimulus Map Pack gave Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 a shot in the arm, raising it from number six to number four and continuing its 21-week top 10 streak. Pokemon SoulSilver Version dropped to number five, but remains ahead of HeartGold Version, which fell to number seven. FIFA 10 ended its three week absence from the top 10 and returned to the chart at number eight. Rounding off the chart are Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus at nine and New Super Mario Bros. Wii at 10.
Last week's big new releases all failed to make an appearance on the UK top 40; Supreme Commander 2 for the Xbox 360, Dead or Alive Paradise for the PlayStation Portable and the long-awaited European release of BlazBlue. Despite placing at number 21 on the Xbox 360 and number 19 on the PlayStation 3, BlazBlue failed to reach a top 40 position in the all-formats chart.
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A modular battery system that offers exceptionally high energy density will be the focal point of the EST-Floattech booth at this year’s expo. The Green Orca features in a number of upcoming projects that company representatives are to discuss with visitors. One such project, in the Netherlands, is Sendo Liner, a 110 x 11.45m (360 x 4.8ft) inland barge equipped with electric motors powered by one of two onboard 435kW Volvo Penta generators, or by the 546kWh Li-ion battery pack.
The company is also involved in RiverCell/Elektra, a project that will see heavy cargo vessels switching to electric. The Elektra is a zero-emission vessel, thanks to two 200kW electric motors. With fully charged batteries, its range is 65km (40 miles) at 8km/h (4.9mph). Longer journeys to the seaports of Hamburg and Szczecin – a day trip of 130km (80 miles) at a speed of 8.5km/h (5.3mph) – are possible using hydrogen fuel cells that are connected in parallel for a total capacity of 192kW.


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