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Sept. 10: Mimi Gates announces new center for Asian Art and Ideas at SAAM

Mimi Gates, former director of the Seattle Art Museum, announced that the Center for Asian Art and Ideas (CAAI) will launch at the Seattle Asian Art Museum this fall. The center will explore facets of...

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Sept. 12: New YMCA in Newcastle

The new Coal Creek Family YMCA celebrated its grand opening with free tours, health and wellness information, class demos, and cooking demonstrations. More than 1,500 people attended. The post Sept....

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Sept. 1: Edward Chow, Jr. to head department in Maryland

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown appointed Edward Chow, Jr. to head the Department of Veterans Affairs.The post Sept. 1: Edward Chow, Jr. to head department in Maryland appeared...

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Letter: Republicans are being ridiculous

To the Editor: As one listens to the Republican anger over health care reform, one can imagine an anti-government protester cheerfully paying premiums on insurance policies that drop you after you make...

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Editorial: Wilson’s career may be over, but we all learn a lesson

By now, most of us are all aware of Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie!” outburst at President Obama during the president’s speech about health care reform to Congress. Wilson’s comment came at the moment when...

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Commentary: SEDA aims to brings hope to the fight against malnutrition in Laos

Look at Meena from a distance and you will see a normal, healthy Lao girl. She is of average height for a 7-year-old girl. But look a little closer and you will notice that her arms and legs, poking...

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Column: Breaking through the professional barrier

At my high school, there were the freaks (also known as stoners), the jocks, and everybody else. The football jocks were the royalty of the high school, and you felt honored if they took the time out...

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Harrell announces technology initiatives for 2010

Seattle Councilmember Bruce Harrell, chair of the Energy and Technology Committee, proposed on Sept. 8 the utilization of a government and technology outline that will optimize the use of technology to...

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Reminder: First time homebuyer credit will expire on Dec. 1

One of the ways that the government is helping during the current economic crisis is through the $8,000 first time homebuyer credit initiative. The post Reminder: First time homebuyer credit will...

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Secretary Locke announces $4 million grant aimed at creating more Seattle jobs

On Sept. 17, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke announced a $4 million dollar Economic Develop­ment Administration (EDA) grant to South Seattle Community College.The post Secretary Locke announces...

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Civil rights organizations oppose Arizona’s mandatory E-Verify law

The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), along with other leading civil rights and labor organizations, recently filed a petition with the United States Supreme Court to challenge the state of...

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Dry run: Beijing shuts down early for its 60th anniversary parade practice

BEIJING (AP) — Police cleared the streets and office buildings in parts of China’s capital on Friday for a full dress rehearsal of cel­ebrations for 60 years of commu­nist rule. There was a mixture of...

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Young foreigners hunt for jobs in China amid crisis

BEIJING (AP) — When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took the drastic step of jumping on a plane to...

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Indian runner stripped of medal after a gender-test, empathizes with Semenya

PUDUKKOTTAI, India (AP) — Considering suicide after be­ing stripped of her medal and shunned by the people around her, Indian runner Santhi Soundarajan knows a bit about what Caster Se­menya is going...

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Bhutanese refugees get fresh start in Ohio — on a farm

CLEVELAND (AP) — The fami­lies from the edge of the Himala­yan Mountains arrived in Cleve­land last winter as other refugees have — poor, cold, and bewildered.The post Bhutanese refugees get fresh...

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Chicken feet a bridge in U.S.–China relations?

I could never imagine that chick­en feet, despised by many Americans, would be the thing to link China and America in a win-win situation.The post Chicken feet a bridge in U.S.–China relations?...

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Homeownership fell in ’08 — Asians get hit the worst

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Asians, many of them liv­ing in foreclosure-ravaged California, suffered the sharpest drop in homeownership last year, eclipsing declines felt by whites, Blacks, and Latinos,...

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If FICP builds it, will they come?

Amid the hustle and bustle of Chinatown sits a quiet, unassum­ing park nestled behind trees on the corner of Seventh Avenue South and South Lane Street. A bronze dragon hovers over a giant yin-yang...

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A parade! A parade!

On Sunday, Sept. 20, people crowded the streets of Seattle's Chinatown/International District to celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. The parade demonstrated how...

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Largest pro-China parade ever!

When a thousand participants commemorated the 60th anniver­sary of the founding of People’s Republic of China by storming through Seattle’s Chinatown last Sunday, serendipities occurred.The post...

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