Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang, was a prominent political figure who played an influential role in Chinese politics and foreign relations in the first half of the 20th century.
She was the second wife of the Nationalist Chinese president Chiang Kai-shek. However, even before marrying him, she enjoyed a good life since her family was prosperous and successful.
Soong Mei-ling was diagnosed with cancer at the age of just 40, but she managed to beat the disease and went on to live to 106, stunning millions.
Her longevity and healthy lifestyle attracted the attention of many, with Soong Mei-ling demonstrating the knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the importance of strict daily habits and nutrition.
She followed a bedtime routine that included going to bed at 11 p.m. and waking up at 9 a.m. She spent around two hours each day doing creative activities such as reading and drawing.
Soong Mei-ling started her days with a glass of cold water with lemon and gave a special place in her diet to kiwis, pineapples, and lychees.
One of the vegetables that was central in her eating regimen was the celery, which is highly favored in the traditional Chinese medicine. Celery is rich in proteins, carotenoids, carbs, and B vitamins among the rest. At the same time, it is simple and unexpensive to grow.
It is believed to support heart-health, protects eye-sight, supports weight-loss, and fights free radical damage.
Another staple of Soong Mei-ling’s diet was spinach, a plant rich in protein, calcium, iron, phosphorus, and vitamin B2. It delays aging, improves brain function, and supports stomach and pancreatic function.
Soong Mei-ling always had the eating habit of “eating small and frequent meals.” She had five meals a day, and she only ate until she was about 70% full for each meal, leaving her in a constant “semi-hungry” state.
Even today, many women who want to lose weight find inspiration in this woman’s diet.
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Nate Vance, Vice-President JD Vance’s cousin, slammed his cousin and President Donald Trump for their treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the infamous meeting at the Oval Office in February.
Speaking to BBC, Nate shared his disappointment in JD Vance for belittling the Ukrainian leader.
“There’s a certain level of decorum that I expect from political leaders, especially in front of cameras,” he said, adding that the meeting’s handling left him “not happy.”
Nate spent three years volunteering with the Ukrainian military following the war conflict with Russia.
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This remark followed after previous comments made by Nate accusing Trump and Vance of acting as “useful idiots” for Russian President Vladimir Putin in their approach to the war.
Analysts considered the meeting between Trump and Vance with Zelenskyy a total debacle after it escalated into a heated argument. Trump criticized Zelenskyy while Vance questioned whether he had shown sufficient appreciation for U.S. assistance.
As the meeting blew up, Trump declared that he’s “determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved.” Then, Trump asked the Ukrainian leader to leave, which he did abruptly, without securing a deal for the U.S. to receive revenue from Ukraine’s minerals in exchange for military aid. Further, Trump warned Zelenskyy against “gambling with World War Three” and being “disrespectful.”
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Commenting on the president’s words, Nate Vance said, “Zelensky does a daily or nightly address where he thanks everyone who supports Ukraine.” According to him, Zelensky may not have shown “enough deference to Donald Trump” but expecting such deference was unreasonable given that “my cousin and Donald Trump have been actively working against his initiatives for the past three years.”
Also, Nate commented on the incident when a reporter asked the Ukrainian leader about his choice of outfit, and why he wasn’t wearing a suit.
“Everyone knows why he dresses that way—it’s symbolic. Who cares? It’s a silly hill to die on,” he said. He pointed out that the head of DOGE, tech-billionaire Elon Musk fails to wear a suit while at the Oval Office at certain occasions and opts for a T-shirt instead, but no reporter has ever questioned his choice of clothing.
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In an interview with Le Figaro, Vice-President JD Vance’s cousin described JD Vance as “a good guy, intelligent,” but depicted the encounter with Zelenskyy “an ambush of absolute bad faith.”
“I’ve been a Republican my whole life, so this is an odd position for me to take. But I’m passionate about it, and I think we’re handling this issue the wrong way,” he said.
Ever since the incident, Zelenskyy tried to fix the relationship with the States.
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The body of 2-year-old Dane Paulsen, who was reported missing, was located by the authorities on March 11, in Oregon’s Siletz River, around three miles away from his family’s property.
The search for little Dane was an extensive one, but sadly, he was found dead.
Dane was missing since March 1.
In a Facebook press release, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office wrote, “Sadly, he was found deceased.” He added that investigators are processing the scene in coordination with the Lincoln County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Dane’s body was found at approximately 11:13 a.m. by volunteer diver Juan Heredia from Angels Recovery Dive Team who was guided by a local river expert. The location was previously searched by sheriff’s office divers.
“Our thoughts are with the family, who are facing an unbearable sorrow,” Sheriff Adam Shanks said. “Out of respect for the family’s privacy during this profoundly difficult time, we ask the public and media to respect their need for space and time to grieve,” it continued.
In the first 24 hours of filing the missing report, authorities, along with volunteers and a number of search groups and rescue teams, searched 382 acres and 283 miles. K9s, drones, divers, and watercrafts were also used in the search.
Dane Paulsen was last seen alive on March 1, at approximately 4:25 p.m. local time in his family’s home’s yard north of Siletz, Oregon.
Around the time he vanished, a car driven by an adult man was spotted near the family’s home, but after tracking down the driver, authorities said he was no “person of interest.”
Further, the sheriff’s office stated that Dane’s case didn’t qualify for Amber Alert, but updates would be provided through the social media and FlashAlert.
We are so very sorry for the loss of Dane Paulsen.
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Following my husband’s passing, my world turned upside down. Living on my own at 71 wasn’t an easy thing to get used to. Only the thought of me being there for my grandson gave me hope that life could be bearable again.
Sadly, out of the blue, I was cut from his life. My daughter-in-law insisted I shouldn’t be seeing my grandson, Timmy, any longer.
One day, I knocked on their door. When my DIL opened it, she screamed at me. “Margaret, you are no longer welcome here. Timmy doesn’t want you either. Just go away.”
My heart broke in to a million pieces. But just as I turned around and tried to leave, Timmy called my name. He was at the window of his room.
“Grandma, catch this,” he yelled as he threw a paper plane towards me.
I grabbed the paper plane and held to it as to something sacred. But then I opened it and froze. There was a message written on it with Timmy’s untidy handwriting.
“Grandma, please help me. I’m not safe. Don’t tell mom and dad.”
Those words made my blood chill. I wondered what was going on behind closed doors.
I couldn’t sleep that night, thinking of Timmy and of the things that bothered him.
Not knowing what to do, I decided to visit his home late into the night, entering through the gate easily because of the broken latch my late husband once tried to fix.
I called Timmy’s name, and suddenly, there he was. “Grandma, what are you doing here?” he asked.
Timmy then told me that his parents fought a lot, and that there was a man who visited the house every day. They were yelling at each other and wouldn’t stop fighting. He just wanted out of there, and I felt completely hopeless.
The following day, I contacted Billy, a retired cop and a close friend of my late husband. I told him about the message on the paper plane, and he promised to try and learn if my son and DIL were in some sort of trouble.
Unfortunately, the news was awful. Billy used his connections at the police to learn that my son was part of drugs investigation, while my DIL was involved with some seriously dangerous people who were also charged with dealing drugs.
I couldn’t believe they would do such a thing. Not with their son in the house.
Mark Carney, former governor of the Canadian central bank and Bank of England, won the race to become Canada’s new Prime Minister.
He will succeed Justin Trudeau at a time when the country is at a trade war with their long-time alley, the USA.
The trade war started following Trump’s decision to impose 25 percent import tariffs on Canada and Mexico as part of his agenda of making America great again.
Also, he brought 10 percent on goods from China and energy imported from Canada.
Many dub this decision hostile towards the neighboring countries.
At the same time, it would affect the US citizens in terms of experiencing increased cost of groceries and gas.
On the social media Truth Social, Trump wrote, “WILL THERE BE SOME PAIN? YES, MAYBE (AND MAYBE NOT!). BUT WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, AND IT WILL ALL BE WORTH THE PRICE THAT MUST BE PAID.”
Trump said the “only solution” for Canada to dodge the tariffs would be it to become the 51st state of America.
He accused Canada of failing to “halt the flood of poisonous drugs into the US.”
Canada and Mexico took a stand regarding the hiked tariffs, saying they would respond in the same manner to US goods being imported.
Mark Carney wasted no time to slam president Trump.
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In his speech, he said, “America is not Canada. And Canada never, ever, will be part of America in any way, shape or form.
“We didn’t ask for this fight, but Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gloves. The Americans want our resources, our water, our land, our country.
“Think about it. If they succeed, they will destroy our way of life.”
Mark Carney added: “I know these are dark days. Dark days brought on by a country we can no longer trust.”
“We’re getting over the shock, but let us never forget the lessons: we have to look after ourselves and we have to look out for each other. We need to pull together in the tough days ahead.”
Carney won on the first ballot on Sunday evening, taking 85.9% of the vote within the Liberal Party to beat his nearest rival, former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.
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A video of a runner being “attacked” with a baton during 4×200 meter relay at Liberty University in Virginia has gone viral, causing outrage against the “attacker,” Alaila Everett.
Following the comments under the video, Alaila finally decided to speak up of the incident and tell her side of the story.
The competitor who suffered the injuries, Kaelen Tucker, was running the second leg of the race when Alaila appeared to have hit her on the head, causing her to fall on the ground. Tucker sustained a concussion and a potential skull fracture.
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Speaking to to WAVYTV10, Alaila explained what really happened.
“Everybody has feelings, so you’re physically hurt but you are not thinking about my mental, right. They are going off of one angle. After a couple times of hitting her with my baton, I got stuck behind her back like this and it rolled up her back. I lost my balance, and when I pumped my arms again, she got hit. I know my intentions and I would never hit somebody on purpose.”
Ever since the video has gone viral, she received threats and was called names.
Her parents believe her side of the story. They claim their daughter would never hurt anyone on purpose.
The family of the runner attacked with a baton are mad at the Everetts for not offering an apology after the incident.
“They were beside us at the event. They were watching the video at the event. But no one apologised or came to check on her. Even if it was a fluke or freak accident, you still would check on her,” they said.
Alaila on the other hand said she wanted to apologize but couldn’t reach Kaelen who blocked her on the social media.
The Tuckers have informed the sport’s governing body about the incident leading to an investigation to be launched.
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When I was still just a child, my mother taught me to use a code word if I ever felt uncomfortable around someone or felt like I was in some sort of danger but couldn’t say it outright. When I had daughter on my own, I decided to do the same with her. I explained how that worked and we came up with our secret word together.
However, I had no idea she’d use it that soon.
Namely, my girl, Amy, splits time between me and her dad, my ex-husband Dave. In fact, she’s staying with me but visits him often.
Despite our differences and everything that had happened between us over the years, I know that Dave is a good dad who’d never harm our daughter. That’s is the reason I got extremely scared when Amy used the code word while staying at her dad’s one day.
Dave called me on the phone, saying, “Hey, Amy was eager to talk to you.”
When she got on the phone and I asked her about her day, Amy said, “It’s fun. I was at the park yesterday, and I drew some pictures this morning. I drew a dog, a tree, and… But I wish I could have a blue marker so I could draw blueberries.”
At that moment, my heart sank, “blueberries” was our secret word.
Was Amy in some sort of trouble?
“Don’t worry baby, I’m on my way, and don’t say anything to your dad.”
I got into my car right away and headed to Dave’s place. When he saw me at the door, he was surprised. “Claire, I wasn’t expecting you,” he said.
“Well, I hope you don’t mind picking up Amy a bit early this time,” I said.
It looked like he wanted to protest, but he decided it would be better if he didn’t make a big deal out of it, so he agreed.
I could notice Dave was distant. It was as though something bothered him, but I was quick to leave the house and learn what scared my daughter that much.
She gave her dad a goodbye kiss and entered the car. But the moment she shut the door, she started crying.
“Mom, dad wasn’t acting as usual. He was talking to someone on the phone and he was yelling so much. Then he slammed the door. I got scared, mom.”
“It’s okay, baby” I told her. “Daddy probably had a bad day, that’s it.”
That evening Dave called me on the phone asking about Amy. It was then that I told him why I picked her up. I explained that she had used our code word, that’s how scared she was of his yelling.
“A code word? What’s that?” Dave wanted to know. I explained everything to him and it was obvious he was very sorry for scarring our daughter.
“Things have been hard at work right now,” he said.
I was proud that Amy found our code word handy when she felt uncomfortable and used it.
At that moment, I felt a profound gratitude for that small piece of parenting advice my own mom had given me so many years ago. The code word started as “just in case” thing, but I realized it truly worked well in a real life situation.
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My sister Erin became a mom of a baby boy, Noah, and the entire family traveled few states away where she lived to celebrate the much-anticipated arrival of their bundle of joy.
Excited to meet my nephew, I bought a bunch of baby stuff and a teddy bear for Lily, my beautiful goddaughter whom my sister adopted some two years prior.
However, when we arrived at Erin’s suburban home, I noticed that Lily’s plastic slide wasn’t in the yard. The little garden she and I planted that summer was also gone. Puzzled, I knocked on Erin’s door, and the moment I got inside together with our mom and dad, Erin appeared at the door, holding her son in her arms.
“Everyone, meet Noah!” she said excitedly, turning the baby towards us.
As I looked around the place, I noticed all of Lily’s toys were missing, including her drawings and the photos of her that were proudly placed all around the living room the last time I visited.
Finally, I asked, “Erin, where’s Lily!?” still smiling and holding her gift.
With all the indifference I’ve ever seen in a person, my sister said, “Oh, I gave her back!”
Being certain I misheard her, I asked for clarification. “What do you mean you gave her back?”
I could see our parents’ faces went stone cold as they too wondered what was actually going on.
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“Well, I always dreamed of becoming a mother, and now that I have Noah, why would I need a daughter?” Erin said, “Lily’s going to be just find, they’ll find another family for her.”
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.
“Erin, are you mad? That girl called you Mom for two years. She’s not a toy to return her, she was your daughter.”
My sister, obviously, didn’t think the decision to abandon her adopted daughter was a big deal.
“Relax, sis,” she said to me. “She wasn’t mine anyway. It’s not like I gave up my own child. Lily was just… temporary.”
Her words crushed my heard. How could my own sister be so cruel. What was she even thinking when she made such a crazy decision?
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At that moment, all the memories I had with Lily flashed in front of my eyes. She was my sweet little girl, my greatest comfort through my miscarriages, my goddaughter, and now my sister gave her away… just like that!
Apparently, Erin and her husband didn’t want to split their love between Lily and their biological son. The worst thing of all was that they believed that the decision to abandon her adopted daughter wasn’t a big deal. She even accused me for blowing the situation out of proportion.
As we argued, someone knocked on the door. To Erin’s surprise, it was karma coming to get her.
Two people from Child Protective Services asked to speak to Erin. Apparently, her neighbor, the one they always argued with, alerted the services of Erin’s decision to abandon her adopted daughter the moment she welcomed a biological child in her life.
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“We have some questions regarding your adoption process and your ability to provide a stable home for your son,” the woman, who introduced herself as Vanessa, said.
“We have grounds to believe that you rushed the adoption termination and skipped essential counseling before giving up custody of your daughter, Lily.”
Erin and her husband, David, claimed they followed legal procedures but Vanessa said they were alerted they returned the legally adopted child with no apparent transition plan, and that made them question their judgement as parents.
Erin broke into tears, but I didn’t feel sorry for her, not even a bit.
I simply couldn’t be around Erin a second longer, so I left.
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All I could think of was Lily. I wanted to know where she was and how she felt. But learning all that wasn’t easy. The information regarding her whereabouts were not public.
Thankfully, thanks to my lawyer, we managed to track Lily down. She was placed in a foster home. My heart broke. She changed a couple of foster homes before my sister adopted her, and now she was going through the same once again.
Luckily, I got the right to visitation, and it didn’t take long before I filed adoption papers myself. Lily was a huge part of my life, and unlike my sister, I couldn’t turn my back to her.
It took a lot of time, patience, and a bunch of paperwork, but Lily was finally where she belonged, by my side.
Once the adoption process was final, my husband, Aaron, hugged me and said, “We finally did it.”
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His support and his love for Lily meant the world to me.
Last week, Lily turned six. She had a beautiful birthday party.
She sometimes hoards food, afraid it would be taken away, and has nightmares, but over time, she will be a lot better. And yes, she was convinced for a long time that she did something wrong and that’s why my sister abandoned her.
Lily, my sister’s adopted daughter whom she didn’t like any longer became my world.
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