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Daily Dose and Announcements: 02/27/09
Posted on February 27, 2009 | No Comments» Filipino-American Vets May Get Lump Sum Payment » Strait Talk at UC Berkeley » APIAHF CEO Dr. Ho Luong Tran Honored as Trailblazer » KSW’s Art Auction and Housewarming Party » AADP’s 2nd Comedy Show Fundraiser Laugh for Lives » Second Bird Flu Death... -
Daily Dose & Announcements: 02/26/09
Posted on February 27, 2009 | No Comments» Asian Americans and Poverty » Adult and Community Education-Citizenship Classes » Thriving in Challenging Times: International Feng Shui Master Joey Yap Shows You How » Read Book with Lora Jo Foo » Tiger Attacks Trigger Expert Plea Compiled by Lian Qiu -
Vets Benefits Not a “Pittance”
Posted on February 26, 2009 | No CommentsEven before the details of the $198 million lump sum payment to Filipino WWII veterans could be worked out and disseminated, there were already Filipino critics quick to denigrate the amount as a mere “pittance.” In a radio interview on DZBB in Manila, Philippine Senator... -
Social Notes: Parties Kick off Lunar New Year
Posted on February 26, 2009 | No CommentsCovering all grounds in the start of the Lunar New Year of the Ox, the Bubba Gong family of Palo Alto threw an all-out bash that celebrated: first – the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama, who was elected against all odds with the theme... -
Daily Dose & Announcements: 02/25/09
Posted on February 25, 2009 | No Comments» Obama Nominates Locke for Commerce Chief » Vietnamese-American Scientist Wins Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship » Pilgrim Software Named a Top 500 Asian-American Owned Business for 2009 » Small Press Spotlight on Rina Ayuyang » China Condemns Christie’s Auction Compiled by Lian Qiu -
Reinstate JROTC
Posted on February 25, 2009 | No CommentsAs a co-chair of Choice for Students/JROTC, I was involved for the passage of Proposition V this past November. Additional development has taken place at the California Department of Education regarding the issue of physical education credits for the JROTC program that has clarified the... -
AsianWeek.com WonderCon 2009 Exclusive
Posted on February 25, 2009 | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO, CA—Last year over 29,000 comic fans filled San Francisco’s Moscone Center South for the annual WonderCon comic convention, and this year, organizers are anticipating an even larger crowd due to the premiere of Alan Moore’s Watchmen. To celebrate this weekend’s WonderCon, Grapple Entertainment... -
Daily Dose and Announcements: 02/24/09
Posted on February 24, 2009 | No Comments» AJPH Call for Papers on Health » First 5 California Launches Asian Parenting Resource » Asian American Film Festival Call for Volunteers » Obama to Name Locke for Commerce » Arrests in India After Hepatitis B Kills 32 Compiled by Lian Qiu -
Amazing Grace
Posted on February 24, 2009 | No CommentsKorean-Canadian beauty Grace Park began acting for very practical reasons. Speaking by phone from her Vancouver hotel room, she states, it was the discovery of catering after she secured her first commercial. “I booked a couple of commercials through my modeling agent and found out... -
Daily Dose & Announcements: 02/23/09
Posted on February 23, 2009 | No Comments» AALDEF Justice in Action Awards Winners » Public Safety in L.A.’s Koreatown Improves » Asian Art Museum’s MATCHA 2009-2010 Design Contest » NAAAP-SF Event Thursday Employment Opportunities in China » Asian Speaker at the First State-wide Microfinance Conference » Tsunami Museum Opens in Indonesia...