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It was only logical that, in a drama-filled week at The Motor City Open presented by the Suburban Collection, the championship match would be a 96-minute, five-game epic that ended on a controversial call.At the finish line it was top-seed Marwan ElShorbagy of Egypt winning the MCO for the first time by getting the better of second-seeded Paul Coll of New Zealand: 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9.
On his first championship ball at 10-9, ElShorbagy was awarded a stroke to win when the official decided that Coll ran through his opponent's backswing after the Kiwi had picked himself up from a successful, diving save.Initially, confusion reigned. ElShorbagy threw his racquet in disgust and Coll backpedaled in disbelief as both thought the call had gone against them. Then the Egyptian celebrated as clarification came that a stroke had been called. Though the crowd was a bit disappointed that the match ended the way it did, it shouldn't take away from one of the best showdowns in the 19-year history of the MCO.
"It was a tough match," ElShorbagy said after the marathon final on the Birmingham Athletic Club's lively, permanent courts. "It was the longest of my career. It doesn't get any tougher than beating (Coll) on this court with how it plays. The (point) never ends. I had to be very strong mentally."ElShorbagy (World #5) outlasted Coll in a 22-minute first game before the New Zealand man bounced back to even things up in the second.The tension really started to pick up in the third.
ElShorbagy fell behind 1-4 after finding the tin a few times, but he was able to deliver masterful winners to take back the advantage. The all-important game ended after Coll found back-to-back tins.The trend continued into the fourth game. ElShorbagy was either on point or finding tins. Coll's unstoppable effort delivered a few breathtaking dives that wowed the capacity crowd. It was a back-and-forth game, but three straight unforced errors by ElShorbagy were his undoing."Once I got the opportunity to use my speed and push him to the front I seemed to hurt him," Coll said.
In the fifth, ElShorbagy grabbed a quick 3-0 lead on the back of two big winners and a Coll tin. That lead ballooned to 5-1, then to 7-3, before Coll fought back to pull within a point at 7-6. A couple of nice drop shots from Coll tied things at 8-8, but he found tin on the next point. A winner by ElShorbagy pushed the match to the brink, but he found the tin on the next ball, setting up the dramatic final point that left Coll speechless as he walked off the court.
"It's a tense part of the match and anything can happen," Coll said. "I was scrambling. It probably was a stroke, but I'm obviously disappointed to lose like that. I forced a few things at times. He made me a bit edgy on my backhand volley because I could feel him behind me trying to get a stroke."The win is the eighth Professional Squash Association championship for ElShorbagy, who promised the crowd during the trophy presentation that he would be back in 2019.
"I'm really pleased to win my first-ever Motor City Open," ElShorbagy said. "This is great for me, it's amazing. I'm so happy. To come back here next year and see my name on the wall will mean a lot to me."In the meantime, the 2018 champion will enjoy his nearly $12,000 in prize money (out of a total $70,000 tournament pot) and a Longines watch presented by Greenstone's Fine Jewelers.
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If you've ever seen a horse that's been well trained by a master horseman, he's something to watch, and he's something to ride. He'll live well because he's useful and he's being taken care of. I want to be one of the Master's horses. I want Him to use me.
I have two horses; each one is trained and gifted to excel in different events. My horse Dandy is really good at roping. Some roping horses are trained to be a heel horse; some are trained to be a head horse. I trained Dandy to be a great head horse. Even when I would get my heel horse out, Dandy would stand there looking at me like, "Take me boss, take me!" because he wanted to be in my service. He found complete joy in being with me. When I saw him do that the first time I thought, "I want to be like that. If you've got something you're going to do, Lord, use me!"
When God appeared to Moses in the burning bush, what did Moses say? He said, "Here I am" (Exodus 3:4). In Isaiah when God said, "Who shall I send?" Isaiah went, "Ooo, ooo, ooo, send me!" (Isaiah 6:8) That's because our ultimate fulfillment is in being used by the One who purchased us and trained us, but we get so distracted by other things.
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When on the attack, Huberdeau can display impressive vision and is able to complete difficult passes to teammates that aren't seemingly open. He can also finish off those exact same plays, possessing a strong, quick and accurate snapshot. His 62 goals and 105 points will certainly attest to that, as will his QMJHL playoffs and Memorial Cup MVP honours.
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Quinoa spinach bake – perfect breakfast
Couple of years ago I had completely changed my eating routine and made it my habit to have proper breakfast. Before that I could go on one banana or yoghurt till late afternoon. Now my day does not go right if I don't indulge into at least 400 healthy morning calories. But the problem is when you are all busy-busy and need to do at least 1000 things before heading out to some very important mission where to find time to prepare good healthy breakfast meal? The solution is simple – make quinoa spinach bake the night before and keep it in the fridge for 3-4 days. The dish is gluten-free and will provide lots of energy for a great start of the day. And of course this quinoa spinach bake is full of essential vitamins and minerals such as Vitamins A, B-6, B-12, C, D, Iron, Magnesium and Calcium. Plus it's super easy to make and looks very appetising too.
Quinoa spinach bake ingredients
1 cup dry quinoa
1 small onion
3 handfuls of spinach
3 large eggs
1/4 cup milk (change for soya milk for dairy free option)
1/4 tsp each of salt, black pepper, paprika, oregano, basil, dried parsley
2 tbsp olive oil
Cook quinoa according to the package cooking instructions. I usually put 2 1/2 cups of water for 1 cup of quinoa and boil it for 10 min on medium heat. Then slice the onion and fry it untill golden with a bit of olive oil. Blanch the spinach. Cool everything and then mix together. In a small bowl, whisk slightly eggs, milk and all seasoning. Add eggs to the quinoa/spinach mixture. Spread the final mixture in the oiled baking dish and bake at 180°C for 30-35 min. Keep refrigerated and don't eat all of it before breakfast!
This quinoa spinach bake will go great accompanied with some yoghurt or veggie juice or just on its own. I am sure such kind of breakfast will make anyone feel full of energy and ready to concur any difficulties the day throws.
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The V8 engined version is fitted as standard with the Prodrive designed Sportshift III automated sequential manual paddle-shift transmissions, or for the purist, six and seven-speed manual gearbox is also available.
Vantage AMR is available in four striking AMR exterior schemes: Stratus White with an Orange graphic; Ultramarine Black with Blue graphic; Zaffre Blue with Red graphic and Scintilla Silver with Grey graphic.
In addition the AMR 'Halo Pack' takes direct inspiration from Aston Martin Racing's 2016 World Endurance Championship-winning #95 Vantage GTE, working a combination of Stirling Green paint and vivid Lime Green accents to dramatic effect. As a finishing touch, a special Union Jack-enameled AML wings badge, previously featured on last year's GTE racer, is available as a no-cost option.
Each of the exterior schemes is matched to a different interior scheme that demonstrate Aston Martin's mastery of materials and hand-craftsmanship to perfection. With a combination of leather and Alcantara for the V8 Vantage AMR Coupe, the interior scheme has been carefully chosen to compliment the exterior colours. In keeping with its exterior the Halo Pack features boldly contrasting colours, including Lime Green welts and accents.
Total production of the V8 Vantage AMR coupe and Roadster began in the final quarter of 2017 and was limited to just 200 examples. The AMR was only available in the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and China but not the USA. In the UK, the V8 AMR coupe was priced from £97,995 (about £3000 more than the regular V8 Vantage S)


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Summer Student Work: Of snails, brains and hunger
For Jenny Bergeron '14, summer is passing at a snail's pace — in a good way.
Along with Colin O'Leary '13 and Alex Hulse '14, Bergeron is studying snails and their neuropeptides: tiny molecules that help neurons talk to each other.
This spring, Bergeron was accepted to the Tufts Medical School Early Assurance Program, which guarantees admission to outstanding scholars two years ahead of matriculation. She plans to study abroad in Denmark this fall.
Name: Jenny Bergeron '14
Hometown: Lewiston, Maine
Major: Biochemistry
Research adviser: Nancy Kleckner, associate professor of biology, who studies the neurological systems of ponds snails like Helisoma trivolis
Research funding: IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence, a program of the National Institute of Health. INBRE grants are awarded by the college to faculty and students conducting research in cell and molecular biology, biochemistry and neuroscience.
1. Say you're sharing an elevator with a famous hip hop artist who's curious about your research. How would you describe your work?
Our research is looking at neuropeptides in snail brains in relation to feeding behaviors. We can use this information to discover how neuropeptides work in the human brain — but the snail brain's a lot easier to work on. It's smaller and there are fewer things going on. It's less complex.
2. What made you decide to study snails?
It is Nancy's project, and she asked me to join. But I think she picked Helisoma because — well, it's a pretty snail to begin with! — but there's not a lot of data out there on it. I think that makes the research a lot more interesting than just redoing other people's work.
3. What do you enjoy most about the research?
My favorite part of the research so far is that we got to do six weeks of it at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. That is a really cool environment. We had a lot of scientists our age around, and we had morning seminars and took a research presentation class. It was really exciting being in that environment, and to talk about your research and other people's research was very collaborative.
4. What's the best part of working with your adviser, Nancy Kleckner? The most challenging?
The best part is that she's from Bates. Many people at MDIBL don't work with a professor from their college, so they drop off their research and never see it again. But since Nancy's from Bates and she was a visiting scientist up there, she'll still be working on it and I'll be able to see the project transform over the next two years.
Plus, she's really nice.
The most challenging part is not really her, but the fact that I haven't taken neuroscience. So working with neuropeptides is definitely challenging, trying to figure out how the neuroscience works.
5. How does this summer research connect to your course work?
I'm a biochemist, and the research I'm doing with Nancy involves a lot of techniques that we use in cellular and molecular biology. I hear that a lot of the same techniques will come up in my future classes, too. So the research this summer is the same techniques, just different organisms.
6. Best part of being on campus in the summer?
When you see your professor walking around in shorts or just finished playing tennis, it's kind of fun. And everyone's a lot more relaxed in the summer.


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The dramatic scenery of the highland landscape outside is matched by a grand interior. The atmosphere is marvellously Scottish, seemingly unchanged for hundreds of years. Oil paintings of nobility cover the rich red walls of the drawing room, and roaring fireplaces envelop the rooms in warmth. The finest furnishings fill the castle: exquisite rugs, silk curtains, crystal chandeliers and superb antiques abound.
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Between Father's Day Festivities, babysitting and baseball games, this has been a busy week. As a result, my reading and writing has slowed significantly. I did manage to find time to exchange my Slick e-Reader for another and have reloaded it with my e-books from Unbridled Books.
Last night, I discovered a new use for my e-Reader when the power failed. Since, it was fully charged, I was able to read without a flashlight and in fact, used it as a flashlight to navigate the refrigerator for a midnight snack! I doubt that was advertised as one of its features, but it works really well.
I'm currently reading The Distance Between Us by Masha Hamilton.
Out of curiosity, I googled "Slick e-Reader, Borders" and came up with a lot of info, some good, some bad. I'm still prepared to reach my own conclusions, but wanted to see if other purchasers had experienced some of the same problems I have. Nothing jumped out at me, so I'm still hoping my experiences were just a fluke. I could really learn to like my reader for certain conditions.


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April 16, 2015
Um… Oh dear.
Between physical, and digital books, I can safely say the number must be at least 100. I still have unread books I brought home from a trip to Scotland.
And yet, I run my finger over spines, shrug, move on, and head to the library to find entirely different books.
The bookshelf equivalent of having nothing to wear, I suppose.
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Publication date: 05/07/2017
Galapagos NV (Euronext & NASDAQ: GLPG) announces a new Phase 2 study investigating filgotinib in non-infectious uveitis, being led by filgotinib collaboration partner Gilead Sciences, Inc.
"We are pleased with the initiation of this new Phase 2 study with filgotinib," said Dr. Walid Abi-Saab, Chief Medical Officer of Galapagos. "We look forward to seeing the study results which will show whether filgotinib has the potential to impact signs and symptoms of non-infectious uveitis, a group of inflammatory diseases carrying significant visual morbidities."
The Phase 2 study will be a multi-center, randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled study to assess the safety and efficacy of filgotinib in adult patients with active, non-infectious uveitis. Approximately 110 patients are planned to be randomized in the study to receive filgotinib or placebo administered for 52 weeks. The primary goal is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of filgotinib versus placebo for the treatment of non-infectious intermediate-, posterior- or pan-uveitis. The primary outcome is measured by the proportion of subjects failing treatment by week 24; treatment failure is representative of an active uveitis flare.
Galapagos and Gilead entered into a global collaboration for the development and commercialization of filgotinib in inflammatory indications. This study is an addition to the ongoing Phase 2 studies in cutaneous lupus erythematosus, Sjögren's syndrome, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis, as well as the ongoing Phase 3 program in rheumatoid arthritis, the Phase 3 study in Crohn's disease (also Phase 2 in small bowel and fistulizing Crohn's disease), and Phase 2b/3 study in ulcerative colitis.
Filgotinib is an investigational drug and its efficacy and safety have not been established.
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We are looking for a passionate, standout full-stack Lead Developer who can lead Dazed Digital's development team
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Dazed Media is the world's leading independent fashion and culture media brand.
Twenty-five years ago, Jefferson Hack and Rankin Waddell set up a magazine that would become a movement: Dazed & Confused. The title became a lightning rod for cultural provocation – radically reframing international style culture. Today, we are an agenda-setting publishing powerhouse and the most efficient way to reach the world's most influential audiences.
Dazed Media powers an ever-evolving network of premium digital channels and iconic print titles including Dazed, AnOther, Another Man, Hunger and Nowness.
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We are looking for a standout full-stack Lead Developer who can lead our development team to help us realise our goals and business requirements. You'll be a smart, team-player, with great problem-solving skills, who is passionate about technology and publishing innovation and thrives on using latest technologies. You'll believe in creating high-quality work, taking a simple and maintainable approach over a complex one, with the outlook that success is having a working product in production.
Essential skills
- Experience with 3rd party API's
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As you may or may not know, I'm a fairly big fan of David Bowie (I have a tattoo of the 'Bowie' lightning bolt on my forearm) and I work in a book shop, so when I came across the hashtag #BowieBookClub on Twitter at the start of this week, I was automatically intrigued. It turns out that Bowie's son, Duncan Jones has decided to start a book club from the list of his father's favourite books as a way to honour his memory.
I haven't been able to find a written source of this, but I'm fairly sure the 'Book Club' is going to be one book per month in 2018, but I've decided to take it one step further. Back in the early 2000s, Bowie uploaded a list of his 100 favourite books of all time on his Facebook page and if you google 'Bowie's 100 books', a helpful Guardian article with the list also pops up. These are the same lists that Duncan Jones is going to be picking the books from, so I've simply decided to read everything on the list over the course of this year!
I'm not too sure if my challenge is going to work, however, as after doing the maths I've discovered that I'll have to read one book every 4 days of the year, and it's the 12th of January and I haven't even finished the first one yet! I've only read about 3 of the books on the list so these past 12 days are probably all I can afford to slack! Some of the books on the list are most likely going to be out of print or hard to source as well, so maybe I'll have a further grace period down the line.
The official book for January is Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor and I'm currently about 3 chapters in. I've heard a lot about how this book is hard to find, but my work have about 5 copies to hand, so maybe pay a visit to your local Waterstones! It's a fairly thin book, but it makes up for this by being partly written in 17th century English (my favourite spelling so far is 'darknesse' for 'darkness'). The basic premise is that, in the 17th century, some guy was entrusted to build a handful of new churches. However, he's secretly a bit batshit and decides to hide all kinds of creepy pagan stuff like human sacrifices in the churches. Centuries later, in the 1950s, a detective is trying to solve murders that have taken place in said churches but, of course, things get creepy and weird fairly quickly.
I'm not gonna lie, it's a hard read. I have a degree in English, AND I've read War & Peace, and I'm kinda struggling with Hawksmoor. It doesn't give much away, which, usually would be fine, but when half of it is already incredibly opaque, you end up having to really seriously concentrate on every sentence. I've taken to reading the olde Englishe parts out loud to myself, like I used to when I read Shakespeare at uni, which is helping me get the gist a little quicker.
I've already decided the next book I'm going to read off the list is going to be A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. I've wanted to read it for so many years already, and I even have a copy of it on my bookshelf. Hopefully that way I'll also get the weird language books out the way quickly then too!
I've put the full list of 100 books at the end of this post, just in case any of you are interested. If you've read any of these books and can recommend them to me, I'd be super grateful as I need to get my speedy reading skates on if I'm going to complete this list by the end of 2018!
David Bowie's 100 Favourite Books
(Just so you know, this list is in absolutely no order at all, I've no idea which was his FAVOURITE favourite)
The Age of American Unreason, Susan Jacoby (2008)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz (2007)
The Coast of Utopia (trilogy), Tom Stoppard (2007)
Teenage: The Creation of Youth 1875-1945, Jon Savage (2007)
Fingersmith, Sarah Waters (2002)
The Trial of Henry Kissinger, Christopher Hitchens (2001)
Mr Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder, Lawrence Weschler (1997)
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1890-1924, Orlando Figes (1997)
The Insult, Rupert Thomson (1996)
Wonder Boys, Michael Chabon (1995)
The Bird Artist, Howard Norman (1994)
Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir, Anatole Broyard (1993)
Beyond the Brillo Box: The Visual Arts in Post-Historical Perspective, Arthur C Danto (1992)
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson, Camille Paglia (1990)
David Bomberg, Richard Cork (1988)
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom, Peter Guralnick (1986)
The Songlines, Bruce Chatwin (1986)
Hawksmoor, Peter Ackroyd (1985)
Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music, Gerri Hirshey (1984)
Nights at the Circus, Angela Carter (1984)
Money, Martin Amis (1984)
White Noise, Don DeLillo (1984)
Flaubert's Parrot, Julian Barnes (1984)
The Life and Times of Little Richard, Charles White (1984)
A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn (1980)
A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole (1980)
Interviews with Francis Bacon, David Sylvester (1980)
Darkness at Noon, Arthur Koestler (1980)
Earthly Powers, Anthony Burgess (1980)
Raw, a "graphix magazine" (1980-91)
Viz, magazine (1979 –)
The Gnostic Gospels, Elaine Pagels (1979)
Metropolitan Life, Fran Lebowitz (1978)
In Between the Sheets, Ian McEwan (1978)
Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, ed Malcolm Cowley (1977)
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Julian Jaynes (1976)
Tales of Beatnik Glory, Ed Saunders (1975)
Mystery Train, Greil Marcus (1975)
Selected Poems, Frank O'Hara (1974)
Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s, Otto Friedrich (1972)
n Bluebeard's Castle: Some Notes Towards the Re-definition of Culture, George Steiner (1971) Octobriana and the Russian Underground, Peter Sadecky (1971)
The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll, Charlie Gillett(1970)
The Quest for Christa T, Christa Wolf (1968)
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock, Nik Cohn (1968)
The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov (1967)
Journey into the Whirlwind, Eugenia Ginzburg (1967)
Last Exit to Brooklyn, Hubert Selby Jr (1966)
In Cold Blood, Truman Capote (1965)
City of Night, John Rechy (1965)
Herzog, Saul Bellow (1964)
Puckoon, Spike Milligan (1963)
The American Way of Death, Jessica Mitford (1963)
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea, Yukio Mishima (1963)
The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin (1963)
A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess (1962)
Inside the Whale and Other Essays, George Orwell (1962)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark (1961)
Private Eye, magazine (1961 –)
On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious, Douglas Harding (1961)
Silence: Lectures and Writing, John Cage (1961)
Strange People, Frank Edwards (1961)
The Divided Self, RD Laing (1960)
All the Emperor's Horses, David Kidd (1960)
Billy Liar, Keith Waterhouse (1959)
The Leopard, Giuseppe di Lampedusa (1958)
On the Road, Jack Kerouac (1957)
The Hidden Persuaders, Vance Packard (1957)
Room at the Top, John Braine (1957)
A Grave for a Dolphin, Alberto Denti di Pirajno (1956)
The Outsider, Colin Wilson (1956)
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1955)
Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell (1949)
The Street, Ann Petry (1946)
Black Boy, Richard Wright (1945)
(List taken from https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/01/david-bowie-books-kerouac-milligan)


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On the Trail of the Phoenix – Itek Sioh
Yes my writing and blogging mojo is back and hopefully it would last a tad longer this time round. It is afterall nearing the end of the year and the festive mood is kicking in, with Christmas in just a couple of weeks' time and Deepavali tomorrow! My Hindu neighbours are already cooking up a storm in their kitchen and I can smell the aromas of mustard seeds and other spices blistering in the oil as they are used to cook an assortment of yummy dishes! I'm busy in my own kitchen too, after getting a new hob gifted by Turbo-Italia. Lovin' it totally! So spacious and the heat is so strong to the point of roaring! I can almost smell the wok hei as I was stir frying, or so I thought! Yet another homecooked meal yesterday to satisfy my cravings, and this time round, I am cooking Itek Sioh, a really old Peranakan dish. I checked my old photos and realised that the last time I'd cooked it was more than 2 years back. A timely revisit indeed!
Happy Thanksgiving! Easy Pilau Rice & Achar Puteh
I don't usually celebrate Thanksgiving. Was chatting with a good friend, Catherine on Tuesday about pineapples (yes, not the kinda thing you taught to your good friends about I know) and we went on talking about Thanksgiving two days later (which is today by the way!). Wanting to feel a bit more festive, I decide to deck out some of my Le Creuset dutch ovens for a simple Asian-themed Thanksgiving lunch!
Kueh Chang- Nyonya Glutinous Rice Dumplings 2015: Reviving Memories
2015 has really been a trying year for us. My dad had undergone a major surgery just last weekend and is now recuperating in hospital. Thankfully, everything went on smoothly as for now, and he is recovering slowly, but surely. The sheer ordeal of going through the last couple of months of chemo and radiotherapy with him was really challenging to say the least. My family had just "bukak tua har" as well, coming out of the three year mourning period since the demise of my beloved mother 4 years back and we are trying to cope with our lives without her, revisiting the usual traditional practices, like "golek kueh ee" during tang chek at the end of last year, and semayang tee kong during the Chinese New Year period, albeit keeping things simpler and less elaborated. It is afterall the thought that counts… I
think hope. Tomorrow is 端午节 duanwu festival aka dragon boat festival or what is known as "bulan lima lima ari" to the Peranakans. I had planned to "ikat kueh chang" nearer the date for more than a month, something which I had not done for quite a few years already, since there is a patang against doing so when one is mourning. Alas my dad's operation came right before the preparation period and that basically threw everything off course. But as my dad's condition stabilised and is getting better, I pushed on ahead with my plans to ikat kueh chang nonetheless, grabbing ingredients and materials on a very last minute basis and slogged the night before preparing the ingredients and frying the filling, to be used the next day for making the dumplings. So here is a quick photo log of the making of my kueh chang babi this year. Having not done it for quite a few years now, my skills are really rusty. They look kinda out of shape yes, the wrapping job looks shoddy and the tying shitty yes, and the shade of bunga telang blue isn't even close to what I had intended. But I'm glad I'd gone through and am now done with it. For me, to be able to celebrate these traditional festivals stretches far more than just being ritualistic or observing old customs plainly and passively. It rekindles memories of wonderful moments I'd enjoyed when I was young, with my loved ones who are no longer with me now, and more importantly, it likens to be able to embrace and celebrate life itself!
柱候酱焖鸡 Braised Chicken with Chu Hou Sauce
Of all the Chinese regional cuisines, I especially love Cantonese-styled cooking. One thing which attracts me to it is the wide variety of dishes cleverly whipped up by the Cantonese chefs, be it the morning fare of 粥品 porridge, 肠粉 cheong fun, 点心 dim sum, a quick luncheon of 雲吞竹昇捞麵 shrimp dumpling noodles to the late night street hawker stir-fry,colloquially known as 大排档 dai pai dung. Some of these are very challenging and tedious to re-create at home, like a good 干炒牛河 Beef and Rice Noodles Stir Fry,without adequate 火力 " fo lek aka fire power" in our kitchen stoves to produce the 镬气 "wohei" which characterises good Cantonese stir fry. But some are more home-kitchen friendly, like my favorite 柱侯牛腩焖萝卜 Braised Beef Brisket with Daikon in Chu Hou Sauce which I'd cooked umpteen times to the pleasure of family and friends who had tried it. Despite the simple procedure, it does take quite a bit of patience for the brisket to be cooked down to become uber soft and fork tender. Hence, when I want to cook something fairly quickly but no less gratifying, I would whip up yet another Cantonese classic, 柱候酱焖鸡 Braised Chicken with Chu Hou Sauce instead.
On the Trail of the Phoenix – Sotong Masak Hitam
Mention squid ink infused food and Mediterranean dishes like the Venetian Pasta al Nero di Seppia from Italy or the Catalan-Valencian Arròs negre from Spain immediate comes to mind for many of us. Lesser known to most is Sotong Masak Hitam, a classic dish from Malay cuisine which also celebrates the use of squid ink which lends the dish its dramatic appeal and subtle flavours of the sea. This dish is also a favorite amongst many Peranakans who spell it as "Sotong Masak Itam" instead, though like Rendang, remains a peripheral and never really properly assimilated into Baba-Nyonya cuisine proper. Not by definition of Straits Chinese cooking for most at least. It is nonetheless enjoyed by many, Malays, Peranakans and even Chinese alike, for its piquant flavours make this dish all the more moreish.
On the Trail of the Phoenix – Kerabu Beehoon
As I'd mentioned on several occasions on this blog, Penang Peranakan cuisine differs quite significantly from their southern counterparts in Malacca and Singapore. The babas and nyonyas from the island state near the northern end of the peninsula has their own menu of dishes which are unique to their own culture. Perut Ikan, Inche Kabin, Jiu Hu Char and Kari Kapitan are just some examples. The art of kerabu making, inherited from Thai cuisine plays a significant part of the culinary repertoire of the Penang Peranakans. Kerabu Kacang Botol, Kerabu Hai Tay, Kerabu Bok Hnee are amongst my favorites. They are refreshing sides which can be served along with more hearty dishes, or good with just some ikan goreng and sambal belacan as part a simple meal. Speaking of simple meals, there is even Kerabu Beehoon which is perfect as one-dish meal on its own!
On the Trail of the Phoenix – Ikan Pari Kuah Lada
Ikan Pari Kuah Lada is a typical dish for everyday meals in a Peranakan household in Melaka and Singapore. It is essentially stingray cooked in a peppery sauce. The piquant flavours carried through the liberal use of white peppercorns and tamarind (asam jawa) makes the sauce (kuah) an excellent drizzling onto some piping hot steamed rice. Being spicy and tart at the same time makes it really moreish for more helpings of rice!


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Saturday, January 03, 2009
Another New Year at Greenberry House!
Sassy Eunice
OK, I'm probably the only cynical optimist you'll run into, but somehow I think this year is going to be better. Not that last year was bad for me, really, but I'm seeing signs that there will be some improvement in at least my little part of the world. TJ, the exuberant Labrador, is finally learning to walk like a gentleman beside me instead of hurtling to the end of the leash all the time and ripping my arm out at the shoulder. We've got plans for gardening this year...don't know if that will come about but it's so nice to think about...And there's a lovely set of antique metal lawn furniture sitting out by my grape vine trellis...a little paint and some cushions and we'll be set for summer! And I'm seeing a few customers at the shop during the last few days.
Part of the reason for my contentment is having a wonderful visit with friend Chris, who is well-known in the blogging world as Woolybuns, from Connecticut. We had a terrific time, although she had to sit around the shop and knit a lot while I worked. A terrible fate for a fiber person! We did go out of town one evening to see a movie, Marley and Me, an interesting documentary on how NOT to raise a Labrador, I think (No, TJ, put that down!). Chris gave me Eunice up there in the photo..there's more about these sheep on her blog. This is my favorite outfit for her, although she looks fetching in her big yellow rain slicker as well. There are some really, really sassy outfits, though, that I'll be sharing during the season! It was so much fun having Chris here...wish she could have stayed much longer!
Mitered Squares Scarf
I'be been holding on to a skein of Brooks Farm Four Play yarn that I bought at SAFF last year (or was it the year before?) I was waiting for the perfect project and this season's issue of Interweave Crochet (Winter 2008) finally came up with it. This is the Mitered Squares Scarf, in crochet, by Annette Petavy. Really like the way it's working up...an fairly easy pattern with a little challenge in the construction.
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This weekend was, well, a nothing weekend. We did…well…nothing.
Ok not really nothing but it was a pretty mild weekend, which to be honest, was nice. We're usually so GO GO GO that it was a peaceful break in the routine to take it slow and be spontaneous.
On Saturday, we were looking forward to the little man's first swim lesson only to be disappointed with an "accident" that closed the pool. Because of the closure the lesson was canceled and we were told to reschedule the set of lessons for another month.
Excuse me!? I was bummed because our summer is pretty tightly scheduled and picking another month to do his lessons would put him out till August. He won't be around the end of June or the beginning of July due to a visit up north. Sigh… I wish they had a back up plan for incidences like this.
Now we're looking into other swim lesson options.
Also on Saturday I was involved in a two hour Zumbathon! If you like to dance and workout, Zumba is a great option. I love it and even after two hours worth of dancing till I was dead tired and had burned over 1700 calories, I'm still in love with it. Can't wait till my next class!
Then Sunday was completely open and we filled it with not a whole lot of exciting stuff.
Fun, no?
So my update isn't all that big of a deal this week but I will say I have the itch to sew tonight so I'm planning on a nice night home with the kidlet to do some gardening and some mug rug making. The end of the school year is but 2 weeks away and as a gift to his teachers I'm planning on making some simple mug rugs. Jake has two teachers plus a host of other helpers around campus so I'm thinking simple yet cute mug rugs would be great gifts.


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Russian tactics in Ukraine test divided West's defence policy
Professor Stefan Hedlund
Geopolitical Information Service | August 1, 2014
Fears of an overwhelming Russian ground invasion of Ukraine did not materialise. But the conflict has given the Kremlin the chance to flex its military muscles, deploy irregular forces while remaining insistent that it is not involved, and gamble – successfully – that Nato would not intervene militarily. If Moscow now destabilises other countries with the same methods, the West will again risk being locked into a disorganised retreat by way of empty threats.
Militia members in the Lugansk People's Republic, a self-proclaimed state in eastern Ukraine (photo: dpa)
THE CRISIS in Ukraine was dominated in its early stages by fears of an overwhelming Russian ground invasion.
Nato sources estimated that some 40,000 troops had been massed on Ukraine's eastern border. These forces were deemed capable of performing a quick dash across southern Ukraine, where they would link up with Russian troops stationed in Transnistria, the eastern breakaway province of Moldova.
The Ukrainian armed forces, said at the time to have no more than 6,000 combat-ready troops, would be quickly brushed aside.
Apprehension spiked after March 1, 2014, when the Russian parliament, the Duma, unanimously approved authorisation for President Vladimir Putin to send troops into Ukraine. Full-scale war between two of the largest states in Europe was deemed inevitable.
These fears did not materialise. But the dark shadow which the Kremlin cast over its neighbour sent shockwaves through the post-Soviet region as a whole.
Complex threats
Even countries which had already achieved the seeming security of Nato membership, notably Poland and the Baltic republics, began to express serious concerns. They demanded visible assurance that the principle of collective defence enshrined in Article 5 of Nato's charter would be honoured, if needed.
It is easy enough to sympathise with such worries. In the event of a determined Russian military assault, a country like Estonia would be overrun in hours.
But is this really a correct reading of events as they have played out? Does Russia really pose a military threat to Nato? Or should we be concerned about a more complex set of threats?
There can be no doubt that the Kremlin's determination to beef up its military capability has produced tangible results in the form of improved performance and increased access to advanced weaponry.
This underscores the urgency of increasingly insistent demands from the United States that Nato's European members must do more to shoulder the burden of joint defence.
Military muscle
And it suggests that Nato has been correct in responding to worries from its new members in eastern Europe by increasing its military presence in the region, mainly in the air, and undertaking joint military exercises, designed to practise rapid reinforcement.
But one nagging question will remain. Even if the Europeans re-arm, and Nato increases its military presence in those countries at risk, will this really be sufficient to ensure increased security in Europe?
Looking back at how the stand-off between Russia and the West over Ukraine has evolved, we may draw three conclusions which suggest the emergence of a new and rather complicated security structure on the continent.
The first concerns the capability of Russian forces. The Kremlin has been flexing its military muscles. The large-scale deployment drills which formed part of the mobilisation against Ukraine were also part of a pattern of similar action to test readiness conducted over several years, often at very short notice.
There is obvious rationality in this pattern. Beyond the facade of bellicose rhetoric against Nato, the Russian military is legitimately concerned about potential threats from both the Caucasus and central Asia, the latter in the event of a Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.
Irregular forces
The response has been to build a rapid deployment force of maybe 100,000 troops with heavy airlift and combined arms capacity. Nato should accept and welcome this as a stabilising force on Russia's southern perimeter.
Beyond these elite forces, it remains highly questionable to what degree Russia's troops would be able to conduct modern warfare.
Even if the 40,000 on Ukraine's border did prove that they could deploy rapidly and efficiently, we still have not seen them in combat. And the remainder, including much of the air force, is generally considered to remain at a status of low readiness and possess obsolete equipment.
The bottom line is that actual combat between Russia and Nato would end very badly for Moscow.
The second conclusion suggests that there is little comfort in this. The main challenge to Nato's defensive doctrine lies in the fact that the Kremlin has developed a new form of warfare which has proved to be depressingly effective. The centrepiece is 'plausible deniability'.
It is true that the mobilisation against Ukraine did involve an element of overwhelming force. But it is also true that actual action on the ground has been undertaken by a motley crew of irregular forces, clad in black ski masks and wearing no insignia on their uniforms, and often wearing ordinary clothes.
Special case
Until the tragic downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, the Kremlin was successful in denying it had any role in supporting these forces. The lightning strike to seize Crimea was performed by what reporters called 'little green men' who even the Kremlin eventually recognised – and honoured – as Russian special forces.
They were able to exploit Moscow's naval base at Sevastopol as a Trojan horse of sorts, using its port and airstrips to infiltrate troops clandestinely. And the presence of the 40,000 regular soldiers on the eastern border was sufficient to deter the Ukrainian armed forces from intervening.
The fact that Crimea was taken with few, if any, shots fired in anger is bad news for other countries with Russian bases on their territory, including Moldova, Georgia and Armenia.
But it remains a rather special case. The broader challenge to Nato lies in the way the Kremlin has succeeded in destabilising eastern Ukraine, and in fanning a brutal civil war, while remaining insistent that it is in no way involved.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko assumed a tough-guy stance following his election in May 2014, ordering an 'anti-terror operation' designed to burn out the rebellion.
Changed equation
The liberation of Slavyansk on July 7, 2014, seemed to confirm that success was close at hand. But Russia responded by increasing the flow of tanks, armoured personnel carriers, Grad rocket launchers and surface-to-air missiles. The downing of Flight MH17 was a tragic consequence of this escalation, of rebels gaining access to a BUK missile battery which they were incapable of handling.
If the airliner had not been shot down, the Kremlin would probably have remained successful in claims of not being involved, and the hand of the rebels could have been strengthened without provoking sanctions.
The tragedy of 298 innocent people being blown out of the sky changed the equation. Plausible deniability is gone, and Mr Putin has taken heavy criticism for his alleged involvement – despite the absence of proof.
The third conclusion to be drawn suggests that the main reason why the Kremlin succeeded for so long in claiming innocence rests in the deep internal divisions which so obviously plague and paralyse the West.
To begin with, the Kremlin has been convinced that Nato would not intervene. Perhaps the only really credible statement made by US President Barack Obama during the crisis was when he noted, at the outset, that Nato would not resort to military force. This gave Russia carte blanche to conjure up the threat of a massive ground invasion.
Grim lessons
Having ruled out military intervention, the West has relied instead on sanctions. But the effectiveness of such threats may be summarised by saying that 'if you cross the red line we will warn you, if you do not withdraw we will warn you again, and if you persist in defiance you will get yet another warning'.
It is not surprising that the Kremlin has failed to be impressed. Mr Putin and his men have been confident that while the West has been long on talk, it will remain short on action.
The downing of Flight MH17 has been a game-changer, suddenly galvanising Western political resolve and turning the tables on Russia. But there is nothing to suggest that Mr Putin is about to back off.
Reinforcements to the rebels are escalating and the endgame in Donetsk looks set to be a bloody. The scorecard of Western support for Ukraine is not a happy one.
Looking towards the future, there are grim lessons to be learned. Mutual animosity between Russia and the West has reached a point where negotiation and rebuilding trust appear distant goals. Escalating sanctions and international isolation will inflict heavy damage on Russia, and the Kremlin will retreat deeper into domestic repression, coupled with rallying against the enemy.
Common interest
If it continues probing for Western weakness, its opponents will draw little comfort from having superior military power. The Kremlin, knowing that Nato will be extremely reluctant to face a real battle, will be able to make much out of the forces it has.
And if Russia engages in destabilisation of other countries on the pattern set in Ukraine, the West will again risk being locked into a disorganised retreat by way of empty threats.
As former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger noted on March 5, 'For the West, the demonisation of Vladimir Putin is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one.'
This needs to stop. The first step on a long road towards negotiation and reconciliation with Russia simply has to be the formulation of a unified security concept which prevents the Kremlin from playing divide and conquer. It needs to place the common interest before the rivalry of nation states and place long-term security and stability before the short-term interests of commerce.
It will not be easy. But the alternative is truly depressing.
Breedlove: NATO must redefine responses to unconventional threats
John Vandiver
Stars and Stripes | July 31, 2014
Supreme Allied Commander Europe Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove talks to the media after visiting a Patriot missile battery of the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment in Gaziantep, Turkey on Thursday, July 31, 2014. He urged NATO to redefine its commitment to defend member states from aggression by adding new and unconventional threats such as cyberwarfare and irregular militia operations. Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes
GAZIANTEP, Turkey — NATO's top military commander on Thursday said the alliance should redefine its core commitment to defend its members from external aggression by factoring in new and unconventional threats such as cyberwarfare and irregular militia operations.
"We need to mature the way we think about cyber, the way we think about irregular warfare, so that we can define in NATO what takes it over that limit by which we now have to react," Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO supreme allied commander, said during a stop at a U.S. Patriot antimissile site in southern Turkey. For NATO, Article 5 of the alliance's founding treaty has long served as the bedrock of the 28-nation pact, ensuring that an attack on one member demands a collective response from all. Its roots are in the Cold War when the threat was singular — overt military action from the Soviet Union. Now, Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and its involvement in eastern Ukraine show how threats in Europe have morphed, Breedlove said.
Though Ukraine is not a NATO member state, Russia's arming and backing of separatists there as a way to create instability must be factored into how NATO plans its responses in future, said Breedlove, who also serves as head of the U.S. European Command.
"We see Russian leadership in Ukraine. Russian supplies, armament, financing, everything inside Ukraine. What does that mean as it relates to how we define Article 4 and Article 5?" Breedlove asked. "It is illustrative for us to look at this form of warfare we're seeing from Russia and how we will react to it in the future." Article 4 of the NATO treaty allows members to ask for consultations on any issue it feels may affect security.
Breedlove's comments come as NATO is preparing for a major summit in September, when heads of state will assemble in Wales with the aim of restructuring elements of the military alliance to better prepare for potential threats emanating out of Russia.
Russia denies that it has intervened in the conflict in Ukraine. Moscow has also dismissed as "ridiculous" allegations that it represents a threat to the security of any NATO country.
Still, a report from a British parliament defense committee, looking ahead of the NATO summit Britain is hosting, said NATO must take swift action to transform itself, especially in light of unconventional Russian tactics in Ukraine.
A crippling cyberattack in 2007 on Estonia — a NATO member once under Soviet domination — which was believed by Western officials to have been conducted by Russia, also raises questions about NATO's capacity to respond to assaults even on its territory.
"A Russian unconventional attack, using asymmetric tactics (the latest term for this is "ambiguous warfare"), designed to slip below NATO's response threshold, would be particularly difficult to counter," the U.K. report stated. "And the challenges, which NATO faces in deterring, or mounting an adequate response to, such an attack poses a fundamental risk to NATO's credibility."
NATO must adapt to become more responsive to such threats, according to the report by Britain's House of Commons Defence Committee, which recommends:
- NATO make dramatic improvements to the existing rapid reaction force;
- Pre-position equipment in the Baltic states;
- Maintain a continuous presence of NATO troops to conduct training and exercises in the Baltics;
- Re-establishment of large-scale military exercises, including representatives from all NATO states.
NATO also must examine the circumstances in which the Article 5 mutual defense guarantee will be invoked in the face of asymmetric attack, the report stated.
In the past, many west European members of the alliance have been reluctant to station forces close to Russia's borders, feating tha this might antagonize Moscow.
Breedlove, who has spoken of the need for NATO to reorganize various headquarters and transform the NATO Response Force into a more rapidly deployable force, said NATO is reviewing a broad range of measures to deal with such shortcomings.
Among the measures being looked at is forward positioned equipment closer to potential hotspots in the east and a more constant presence of NATO forces in the region. What is not yet clear is how NATO will deploy forces in the east and whether those measures would be a permanent or a rotational presence. That is a matter for political leaders, Breedlove said.
"The most important thing is, we are going to work on measures that will make NATO more responsive," Breedlove said.
"I believe this is a very important time here in Europe, perhaps the most critical since the end of the Cold War."
Ukraine must be a wake-up call for NATO
The Defence Committee publishes its Third Report of Session 2014-15, Towards the Next Defence and Security Review: Part Two – NATO, HC 358
Defence Committee | 31 July 2014
The Defence Committee, in its report published today, argues that recent events in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine should be a wake-up call for NATO and the UK. It argues that NATO is not well prepared to face the new threat posed by Russia. NATO has serious deficiencies in its command and control structures, in its ability to predict and give adequate warning of potential attack, and in the readiness of its forces. NATO may not have the collective political will to take concerted action to deter attack.
Russian Federation actions in Ukraine have now raised the prospect, however unlikely, of a Russian attack on a NATO Member State. The risk of a conventional attack by the Russian Federation on a NATO state is low, but NATO needs to take much more action to deter that risk. The risk of an unconventional attack using the "ambiguous warfare" tactics deployed in Ukraine and elsewhere, whilst still small, is more substantial and would be even more difficult to counter.
NATO needs to reorder, train and exercise its capabilities to be able to defend against both eventualities. The Committee calls on the UK Government to take the lead at the NATO Summit in Wales in September to ensure that NATO is ready to face such threats.
The Committee's specific recommendations call for:
- The pre-positioning of military equipment in the Baltic States;
- A continuous presence of NATO troops on training and exercises in the Baltic;
- The re-establishment of large-scale military exercises including all NATO Member States and involving political decision makers;
- Improvements to the NATO rapid reaction force and the possible establishment of a new Standing Reserve Force for NATO;
- Improvements to processes for warning of imminent attack;
- Radical improvements in Russian expertise in the UK government, allowing for real analysis and assessment of the Russian threat;
- The development of new tactics to respond to the threat of "ambiguous" attacks from Russia – including how to counter threats from cyber, information warfare, and irregular militia; and
- A reconsideration of Article 5, to allow response to less conventional attacks.
The committee concludes that the threats to UK security are increasingly dynamic in their scale, complexity, uncertainty and urgency. NATO needs radical reform to be able to anticipate, plan and respond to these threats. Threats from terrorism and failed states continue to increase, change and develop. Meanwhile, events in Ukraine and Crimea represent the re-emergence of a real state on state threat to NATO's eastern borders.
Committee Chair
Rory Stewart MP, Chair of the Committee, said:
"The risk of attack by Russia on a NATO Member State, whilst still small, is significant. We are not convinced that NATO is ready for this threat. NATO has been too complacent about the threat from Russia, and it is not well-prepared. Even worse, the nature of Russian tactics is changing fast – including cyber-attacks, information warfare, and the backing of irregular 'separatist groups', combining armed civilians with Russian Special Forces operating without insignia. We have already seen how these tactics have been deployed by Russia and its proxies in Ukraine to destabilise a NATO partner state, annex part of its territory, and paralyse its ability to respond.
The instability in Russia, President Putin's world-view, and the failure of the West to respond actively in Ukraine means that we now have to address urgently the possibility – however small – of Russia repeating such tactics elsewhere. In particular, the NATO Member States in the Baltic are vulnerable. We are not convinced that NATO or the UK Government has fully grasped the implications of this threat.
The UK has the opportunity at the Wales summit to lead the reordering of NATO. It should drive the planning and capabilities now required to counter such threats. It should ensure that NATO begins to train and exercise at a scale to make its 'deterrence' credible. The UK should demonstrate leadership in this area. To make Articles 5 and 4 of the Washington Treaty credible, NATO needs to re-examine its capabilities and organisational structures. It must put itself again into a position to carry out its core responsibilities of protecting its member states. It needs to do this alongside its current focus on terror and failed states".
Towards the Next Defence and Security Review: Part Two – NATO, HC 358
- Report: Towards the Next Defence and Security Review: Part Two – NATO
- Report: Towards the Next Defence and Security Review: Part Two – NATO (PDF)
- Inquiry: Towards the Next Defence and Security Review: Part Two – NATO


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By Dan Rearick
I grew up in North Carolina, went to public school and tried a little harder than what was generally considered cool. When I was 22, my years of hard work paid off, and I was accepted to Harvard Law School. But then I did something unusual. I deferred law school for a year to volunteer at an orphanage in Bolivia, one of the poorest countries in South America.
From the first day, I was given a group of 27 boys to care for day and night. I got them up in the morning. I made sure they got breakfast and brushed their teeth. We did some last-minute studying. They went to school. We spent afternoons doing homework. Then we did chores, played soccer, ate dinner, studied some more and got ready for bed. It was exhausting.
Like any "parent," I noticed that each of my boys had his own gifts. Reinaldo and Angel were great students – the type who in the States could have earned full rides to college. Erwin was on the other end of the spectrum. He struggled with math problems that Angel could have done in his sleep. But I've never met a harder worker. Sometimes he asked me to wake him at 5 a.m. for extra help with his homework. I reluctantly agreed. How could I say no?
Daniel and Felipe were charismatic, always chosen as captains of their sports teams. In another place, they would have been destined to vie for student body president. Dario was just an all-around nice guy. He stood up for the little kids and noticed when somebody seemed depressed.
That was more than a dozen years ago. If I think too hard about my boys' lives now, it brings tears to my eyes. I know about a few of their struggles, but I've lost touch with most. While I grew up far from wealthy by American standards – but feeling that life's opportunities were limitless – my boys in Bolivia knew not to dream too big. They realized they would get to go to school only until the eighth grade and would be fortunate to live in a home with electricity and running water.
Today we celebrate the birth of our nation. On this day in 1776, our Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence. In doing so, they announced a new kind of nation, one founded on an idea. They held, as we hold today, "These truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Yet it is evident that many people around the world are not free and have no opportunity to pursue happiness. Where they were born, life itself is far from guaranteed. The same was true for many of our forefathers; it's why they left their homeland and came here to make a better life for themselves.
I wish my boys had the freedom to do the same. But after years of representing aspiring citizens, I know that's not the case. Our nation's immigration laws have not given them a way to do that – no line to get into and no papers they could fill out to get a process started. Even if they had the money to hire a lawyer, that wouldn't help. I've been that lawyer, and I know.
But my boys' circumstances are not unique. There simply is no box you can check that says, "I want to make a better life for my family." And for the millions of aspiring citizens here without papers, there is currently no roadmap to citizenship, although the measure that recently passed the U.S. Senate leaves me hopeful.
On the Fourth of July, we remember that America is a land of freedom and opportunity. We honor our forefathers and their struggles when our laws – including our immigration system – live up to that ideal. And we build on our greatest strength when we welcome new Americans as neighbors.
Like so many others, my boys only want a chance – a chance at life, a chance at liberty and a chance at happiness. To me, that's what America meant on that Fourth of July in 1776 and that is what it means today.


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Smith pulled up to the studio to talk about her movie, Girls Trip, and we quickly discovered that she and her character are alike. When asked about how she does girls trips, she responded, "how wild is it gon get these days? I'm in bed by 8:00."
On a more progressive tip, she revealed that she and The Academy are working together to educate less-fortunate black and brown neighborhoods about the industry. Their goal is to promote diversity in the film industry from the roots. Although Smith doesn't feel the industry is where it needs to be, she does believe that it has improved in the short span of a year.
The Baltimore-native also went on to explain how important it is to mentor the youth who are new to fame. She recollects being in the same position and wishing she had someone around her to share guidance.
Towards the middle of the interview, Sway asks her about her relationship with Tupac Shakur and she disclosed that the origin of their connection was dealing drugs. "Pac and I's relationship was about survival," she explained. As she was separating herself from the streets, he was getting deeper into the game. She had hoped God would pay him the favor of saving him from the streets as well, but…we know the story.
She held back more key points of the story because she plans to write a book about it one day. We'll definitely be on the lookout for it.
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