Daily Dose: 03/31/08
March 31, 2008
» Skyline Guard Blossoms
» Philippine Foreign Service Examinations Start May 4
» Yankees’ Matsui Gets Married, Pulls Fast One on Jeter and Abreu
» Cambodian ‘Killing Fields’ Survivor Dith Pran Dies
» New York Assemblywoman Organizes Book Drive for National Library Week
» Japan’s Soul Food Debuts in U.S.
» ‘Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody’
» Hong Kong Filipinos Protest Philippine President
» Philippine President Vows to Fight Corruption Read more
Ten Young Asian American Women Who Will Change the World
March 31, 2008
Asian Sisters Participating In Reaching Excellence, or ASPIRE, will be honoring an Asian American woman in high school or college for her exceptional contributions to the community. The winner will be announced at the 2008 Asian American Women In Leadership Conference at Simmons College, Mass., on April 26. Read more
U.S.-Japan IT Venture Summit
March 31, 2008
More than 200 people attended the 2008 U.S.-Japan IT Venture Summit at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose on March 18.
The first annual venture summit was sponsored by the Japanese External Trade Organization-San Francisco, U.S. Read more
A World Women Can Call Their Own
March 31, 2008
When friends Jennifer Bellofatto and Cherry Mendoza wanted to connect with each other from opposite sides of the country, they could not find a social networking Web site for professional women that was free of unwanted MySpace- and Friendster-esque solicitors. Their solution? HerOrbit.com. Read more
Mining the Home Movie
March 30, 2008
Why would any serious scholar be interested in home movies? We’ve all seen them. The kids in Cousin Shirley’s backyard pool splashing the puppy. Your best friend’s shots of himself gawking at the camera in front of every monument in Europe. Read more
Barack Obama’s ‘Model Minority’ Problem
March 30, 2008
When I called Barack Obama’s race speech “The Liberal Side of Colorblind: Obama’s Post-Affirmative Action Politics,” a reader asked me to clarify what I meant.
Simply put, Obama’s speech marks a clear pivot on the discussion of race in America. When a surging black Read more
God Is In Our Way
March 29, 2008
Dear Q,
I’m a white girl dating a really hot Korean guy. We get along really well, laugh a lot and have solid communication skills. The problem is he’s totally Christian. Read more
Can Internet Babies Coo?
March 29, 2008
In the physical world, empathy and morality can be influenced and taught by exposing children and adults to situations that emphasize our interconnectedness. The challenge is how to do this on the Internet, where cyber-bullying and harassment are growing problems. Read more
‘Catwalk’ Girls Work It
March 29, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — As the lights dimmed and the bass from the speakers filled the SomArts Gallery, the sold-out crowd rose to their feet in applause as Tita Aida, the self-proclaimed transgender “hostess with the moistest,” made her way down the 60-foot-long runway to kick off the Read more
Asian Nights: 03/28/08
March 29, 2008
Friday, March 28
Genesis Fridays: ‘Flirts and Skirts’
Details: Rouge Nightclub,
1500 Broadway St., San Francisco, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., 21+
Music: Hip-hop
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‘Tekkonkinkreet’
March 29, 2008
A new spin on yin-yang
Yin and yang, day and night, the balance of opposites — this idea has been so overused that it has become an eye-rolling cliche in modern media expressions, despite its profound and ancient roots.
However, Michael Arias’ adaptation of Taiyo Matsumoto’s graphic novel Black and White into a feature-length anime film called Tekkonkinkreet has breathed new life into this Read more
Daily Dose: 03/28/08
March 28, 2008
» AsianWeek Market Report
» Paek Reappointed to S.F. Taxi Commission
» All Nippon Airways Contributes $1,000 to JCCCNC Youth Programs
» Youth Speaks at the S.F. Opera House
» Hawai‘i Superdelegates Split on Role
» Charlie Woo, Ted Lieu Receive S. California Lawyers Awards
» Norm Macdonald Apologizes for Racial Slur
» Pacquiao Hits ‘Crab Mentality’
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