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DAILY NEWS:
CSUN among top in nation for minorities CSUN's strive for education has earned it a rank among the top schools in the country in awarding degrees to minority students. Read the complete article in Daily Sundial
Fourth-Year Medical Student Wins Pisacano Scholarship The board of directors of the Pisacano Leadership Foundation, Inc. (PLF) has named Brian “Yoshi” Laing, a fourth-year medical student at UCSF, a 2007 Pisacano Scholar. Read the complete article in UCSF Today
Chinese Dragon Boat Festival floats down Cuyahoga A festival rooted in an ancient Chinese legend returns to the Flats on Saturday with big boats and high hopes. Read the complete article in Cleveland.com
Citi Foundation Presents $170,000 Grant to National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development Citi and the Citi Foundation announced a grant of $170,000 to the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (CAPACD) today during a conference of National CAPACD and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement. Read the complete article in All American Patriots
First Filipina Inducted to the '07 Asian Hall of Fame It was David versus Goliath - a young Filipina lawyer was suing the US Citizenship and Immigrations Services for discrimination. Read the complete article in Asian Journal
AsianWeek Launches Newly Designed AsianWeek.com Beta Website New Website Format Improves Readers' Ability to Read and Interact With the Latest News Concerning Asian Pacific Americans. Read the complete article in US Asian Wire
Dragons, dancers and more At the head of the fiberglass boats, men beat their fists on drums and eyed their paddlers. Read the complete article in The News Tribune
At Nail Salons, Beauty Treatments Can Have a Distinctly Unglamorous Side Happy Lee can hardly believe that the nail salon across the street from hers charges just $7 for a manicure. Read the complete article in NY Times
Remembering Why Gandhi Starved Himself The military band's quick and terse rendition of India's national anthem was greeted with a few hushed sighs and gentle nods, in keeping with the somber mood of the Independence Day festivities at the governor's mansion. There was little of the chest-thumping pride or fireworks on display for the few hundred guests — European consuls fiddling with ties in the muggy heat; old freedom fighters standing tall, their faces gaunt and expressionless. Sixty years after the waning British Empire hastily departed after jotting down some lines on a map turning one country into two, the Indian Subcontinent has cause to both mourn and celebrate the day of its bitterly-won freedom. Indeed, Indian independence day ceremonies are largely stoic affairs, steeped in the memory of a nation that was dismembered at the moment of its birth. Read the complete article in Time
Korean-Americans honor their past Nearly 100 Korean-Americans packed a small gathering hall in Palisades Park on Wednesday to mark the day 62 years ago that the Korean peninsula gained its independence from Japan. The crowd, ranging from small children to seniors who recalled living under Japanese occupation, remained silent as speakers from their community described that era. Read the complete article in NorthJersey.com
Local Values Meet Mainland Money As a kid growing up in Honolulu in the 1940s, former Gov. Ben Cayetano thought all bosses were Caucasian. “The majority of the population was Asian back then, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino,” he says. “Everyone who was of color was usually not a boss. If I went to a service station and saw a white guy, I assumed he owned the place. I didn’t even think about it.” Read the complete article in Hawaii Business Magazine
Pakistani Americans celebrate Independence Day, Ambassador unfurls flag at ceremony The Pakistani American community celebrated Pakistan’s Independence Day with traditional fervor and enthusiasm while remembering the struggle and sacrifices, rendered by founding fathers and renewed their commitment to make the country strong, forward-looking and prosperous. Read the complete article in Associated Press of Pakistan
Shanghai shuffle ... off to Manassas It didn't take the 26 students from Shanghai, China, long after their arrival in Manassas to develop some impressions about life in the United States. Read the complete article in Potomac News
Congressmen spar over money for Filipino, American veterans Democrat Bob Filner, chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, and ranking Republican Steve Buyer have been feuding since the 110th Congress convened in January. Their feud took on new intensity in July over an issue that pits pensions for Filipino veterans who fought with Americans in World War II against additional pension dollars for a group of American wartime veterans made homebound by nonservice-connected disabilities. Read the complete article in The News Tribune
More Than 300 Counties Now 'Majority-Minority' Nearly one in every 10 of the nation's 3,141 counties has a population that is more than 50 percent minority. In 2006, eight counties that had not previously been majority-minority pushed the national total to 303, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. Read the complete article in PR Newswire
PASSAGE TO INDIA FOR six days starting Friday, a handful of Los Angeles venues will play host to venerable actors from India (even the couple dubbed "the Brangelina of India"), some of the country's best-known movies, a parade of fashion models dressed in rustling embroidered silks and workshops helmed by some of India's more prominent artists. Read the complete article in Los Angeles Times
Update: The Weinstein Company Launches Pioneering Asian Film Fund The Weinstein Company (TWC), the multi- media enterprise launched by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, today announced the launch of an innovative $285 million fund that will fully finance the development, production, acquisition, marketing and distribution of a large slate of Asian themed films over the next six years. Read the complete article in PR Newswire
Pakistani American writer spins tale of Muslim blues With The Order of Light, Haroon Moghul, a graduate student at New York City's Columbia University, has written the most soul-wrenching and honest account of what it is like to be a Muslim male in the world today; a brilliant work that ought to be read by everyone struggling to understand the post 9/11 world we are all a part of. Read the complete article in Middle East Times
A fare change in Chinatown Winnie Yung grew up in a remote Cantonese village in the Chinese countryside, where white rice and vegetables were daily fare and Vietnamese noodle rolls were about as foreign as a calzone. Read the complete article in The Boston Globe
I-Hotel, 30 years later - Manilatown legacy honored In the late 1970s, nearly 200 people lived at the International Hotel on Kearny Street, most of them Filipino and Chinese immigrants who scraped by on pensions and Social Security checks after retiring from jobs as farmworkers or longshoremen. Read the complete article in SF Gate
Gay APAs Crown Mr. and Miss GAPA Beating out strong competition from 13 other contestants, Katu Tuboh and Buka Kay! were selected as Mr. and Miss GAPA, respectively, at the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance’s annual pageant on July 28, at the Herbst Theatre. Read the complete article in Asian Week
'Year of the Fish' Reels In Praise at Asian American International Film Festival While the highlight at the Asian American International Film Festival held at the Asia Society was the centerpiece film "Dark Matter," starring Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep and Aiden Quinn, another film—with a lesser-known cast—gathered much praise, continuing the buzz about it and the attention it received at Sundance. Read the complete article in Epoch Times
Asian American Federation of New York Chairman Jeffrey Chin to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell Jeffrey Chin, Chairman of the Board of the Asian American Federation of New York, will preside over the opening bell. Read the complete article in Prime Newswire
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AUGUST 2007: Alternative Japanese Hard Rock Band Blends Power Chords & Female Vocals
Alternative heavy rock band Head Phones President features ANZA (vocal), MAR (guitar), HIRO (guitar), and NARUMI (bass). HPP's first Maxi Single "escapism" reached the number 1 position on the Singles Charts at the Tower Records Shibuya store in Tokyo in its first week of release, drawing a massive 300 people to their in-store performance. HPP's first full Album "VARY" once again captured the number 1 position on the Indies Charts at the Tower Records Shibuya store in Tokyo. Combined domestic and international sales of VARY placed it in the Top 10 on the National Full Album charts in the first week of its release. From 2002, Head Phones President launched their international tour, including a performance in New York City. They are currently recording a new album to follow up their successful release of 2005's "Vacancy." For more information, please contact Head Phones President.
The American Muslim Teenager's Handbook
Accessible and provocative, The American Muslim Teenager's Handbook by Dilara Hafiz, Imran Hafiz, and Yasmine Hafiz, is a fresh perspective on Islam updated for the 21st century. The essentials of Muslim beliefs are interspersed with lively commentary and quotes from American Muslim teenagers. Each chapter deals with a timely subject in Islam, beginning with excerpts from the Quran and a teen-friendly interpretation of that verse, then offering real-world examples that illustrate the essence of Muslim life. "What a delightful, hilarious, wonderful, beautiful book! I loved it!" says noted Muslim spokesman, Reza Aslan, author of No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam. Muslim teenagers across America contributed their thoughts on living as American Muslims, expressing their heartfelt belief that one can successfully fulfill that role through better education and greater understanding - hence the need for the user-friendly Handbook. There is a dearth of current literature that addresses Muslim teens or discusses Islam in a progressive context. With books such as this one, the media's constant refrain of "Where are the Moderate Muslims?" is no longer a valid question. Anyone curious about the silent majority of Muslims who do not receive media coverage will find this a refreshing, fascinating read. Dilara Hafiz and her two children, Yasmine and Imran, all possess a strong background in Islam, but it is their insightful combined experiences as a mother and Sunday School teacher, teenage students, interfaith activists, and public speakers that elevate the Handbook into a 'must-read book' for anyone interested in Islam. For more information, please visit The AMTH.
Korean-American Teen Jazz Sensation Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly, a singer-songwriter-saxophonist whose talent and musical sophistication belie her age: 15 yrs. old, has blended a mix of standards, jazz and original compositions with a sweet and soulful voice, bridging the vocal traditions of jazz and pop music in an authentic original way. Ms. Kelly is a saxophonist, composer, and vocalist with three of her own recordings, two of which have won her a total of five Downbeat magazine student music awards in 2006 and 2007, including Outstanding Jazz Soloist (Alto Saxophone), Outstanding Pop/Rock/Blues Soloist, Outstanding Original Composition ("Fast Metabolism"), Outstanding Performance (Jazz Vocalist), and Outstanding Arrangement ("Summertime"). She has also recently been awarded the ASCAP Foundation 2007 Young Jazz Composers Award for the title track of her third recording, "Every Road I Walked." Ms. Kelly frequently tours in the Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C. areas and has performed in such notable venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Birdland, Symphony Hall (with the Boston Pops under Keith Lockhart), and many others, and as far away as Trumso, Norway. As an Asian-American female instrumentalist in a musical calling where Asians (and females) are a decided minority, Ms. Kelly has demonstrated and continues to demonstrate a high level of commitment to promoting and supporting Asian and Asian-American communities. She has recently performed at the Silk Road Gala - a benefit for the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK) honoring Edward Kennedy - and will soon play in the closing ceremonies of the Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network's (KAAN) 9th annual conference this July 20th-22nd. Eminent jazz saxophonist Phil Woods said regarding this musical prodigy: "Hooray for the future of jazz!" With her immense gifts, unlimited potential, and strong connection to her Asian roots, Ms. Kelly is uniquely poised to influence not only the future of jazz but also the way Asian-Americans are perceived throughout the nation and the world. For more information, please visit Grace Kelly.
Cambodian Music Project
The Official "Beatdown" is an event you may or may not currently know of. It started as a local music producer showcase/battle in Dallas, Texas in Spring of '07. It is held every last Wednesday of the month at the one and only Dallas Monkey Bar. Past accolades of this venue range from the vintage Edie Brekel and the New Bohemians, to write ups in SPIN Magazine to the most recent fashion party of Ed Hardy from L.A. Rob Viktum is the founder and creator of the Official Beatdown event. Rob is tightly nit with the internationally known DJ Mr. Dibbs and lyricist/artist, El-P. Most recently, our sponsors have decided to take the show on the road. The Official Beatdown Tour Bus will be pulling out of Dallas and heading to Cincinnati, Ohio teaming up with the ONE and ONLY Scribble Jam on August 8th! For the first time ever, there will be an additional exclusive event at Scribble Jam. On Sunday, August 12th at Cinci's Top Cats venue, the Official Beatdown will host a producer battle with FIVE rounds and TWELVE producers from across the Nation. The infamous, and recently retired champion, Playdough, from Dallas will be brought out of retirement and competing as well. This is the must see of the must sees in music festivals this summer! Rob Viktum's new album, "Progress," will be dropping August 22nd exclusively on Rappers I Know.com. NOTE FROM THE ARTIST, ROB VIKTUM: This Album will be a FREE download on Rappersiknow.com. The Record features, Mr Dibbs, Strange Fruit Project, Von Pea of Tanya Morgan, Bavu Blakes, and Reflect June. This album was put together to raise awareness of an unforgivable act that was thrown on the people of Cambodia in the mid 70's. All the beats on this album were created with records from Cambodia from that time period. This record is for them! I will forever be in spiritual debt to the people of Cambodia who have forever changed my life with their heart and souls, and willingness to share their culture with me. We want to reach out not only to Cambodian people but all Asian cultures through this music. Everyone involved in this project is drawn to or connected in some way to the Asian culture. Bridging cultures is the essence of this album. Catch the Video Premier at Scribble Jam/Beat Down in Cincinnati Ohio, August 12th, 2007 or watch it right now at youtube.com/beauethridge. Rob Viktum is an independent artist with 20+ years of dedication to cutting edge material. In the current state of Hip Hop, as you know, "substance" and "quality" is hard to come by, yet Mr. Viktum's new album oozes with musical genius along with genuine humanitarian awareness. He is a member of the 1200 Hobos and is recently taking the underground on by storm. His face can be regularly found in nation wide Microsoft Zune ads and TV commercials. For more information, please visit Rob Viktum.
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