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Her haughty personality was never something people found cute—that is, people who weren't Yukinokouji or Miketsukami—as, more often than not, it often landed her in awkward situations and, to put the icing on the cake, it didn't help her gain any friends either. For that reason alone, she had decided to avoid as much socializing as she possibly could for the sake of the people; after all, even if she had improved somewhat from how she was when she first moved into Ayakashikan, she still had quite the long journey ahead of her as her so called 'bad habit' still remained intact, she had just managed to gain some—extremely small—control over it.
While she had been allowing her legs to take her anywhere they pleased, at some point in time, they had decided that their destination would be something that looked like a shopping mal and it wasn't until Ririchiyo awoke from her somewhat catatonic state that she realised that it was, in actuality, exactly what it looked like. Needless to say, it wasn't as though she was busy, so the petite young girl decided to wander around, entering from store to store and stopping in nearby store that sold quite the beautiful sets of stationary.
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Testing the feel and weight of every different set, it was easy to tell that she seemed like quite the odd one. Who did such things over a few sets of paper? Well, when one is fastidious, it's often the way as the very word was just a way to make yourself sound more refined rather than simply saying, "that girl was a perfectionist."
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Big winds brought big troubles for the Borderland yesterday as a second dust storm in as many weeks slammed into the region. We told you about the weather maker earlier this week. What's worse is, we've got another storm heading our way early next week that may bring more heavy winds and blowing dust. That next storm is scheduled to strike on Monday. In the meantime, enjoy a relatively nice weekend in the Southwest U.S. Weather will be much improved from Thursday, where some areas saw winds peak out above 70 miles per hour! Check out the top wind gusts we achieved above.
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The Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, shall make available on the Internet information relating to the Federal Helium System that includes—
(6) an estimate of the projected date when 3,000,000,000 standard cubic feet of crude helium will remain in the Federal Helium Reserve and the final phase described in section 167d (c) of this title will begin;
(7) the amount of the fees charged under section 167c of this title;
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Not later than 90 days after October 2, 2013, to provide the market with appropriate and timely information affecting the helium resource, the Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall establish a timely and public reporting process to provide data that affects the helium industry, including—
(1) annual maintenance schedules and quarterly updates, that shall include—
(B) the nature of work to be undertaken on the Federal Helium System, whether routine, extended, or extraordinary;
(2) for each unplanned outage, a description of—
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(3) monthly summaries of meetings and communications between the Bureau of Land Management and the Cliffside Refiners Limited Partnership, including a list of participants and an indication of any actions taken as a result of the meetings or communications; and
Source(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 426, § 15, as added Pub. L. 113–40, § 6(3),Oct. 2, 2013, 127 Stat. 541.)
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Wednesday Evening Service, 7/12/06
- Oh, I Want To See Him
- Jesus Is Coming Soon
- Praise Song
Message: Our Alignment With God
> Pastor Ray
When you really pay attention to the message, you realize that it's important to be in alignment with God; to be in tune.
- Alignment
- In a straight line, to bring into agreement or close cooperation.
A funny thing happened last Sunday. I was driving to church, and I take Route 168. If you know the route, there's a big body of water just past the Battlefield exit, and because the road is uneven, the car tends to wobble a little bit, and you wonder whether the car is out of alignment. When the road is uneven, it gives you a false sense of Virginia highways being in bad shape. Actually, they're not half-bad. They've always working on them, so they should be.
So that experience got me to thinking about my alignment with God. In the Bible we read about Peter and John going to a routine prayer meeting. If we do things routinely, then we tend to get off-track. Alignment is a big deal in the military; if you go off track even a little bit, pretty soon you'll be lost in the middle of the ocean.
Tonight, let's take a look at our alignment with our God. One point I wanted to make is that services like tonight are self-examination services. They're not meant for the pastor to call you out. So hold up that spiritual mirror, and God will show you how to smooth out the wrinkles, how to correct the blemishes. It's not so much a time to point out the blemishes, but a time to show you how to get rid of them.
When your alignment is off, it pulls you to one side or the other. And when you hit a bump, it pulls extremely hard. But even on the smooth level ground, there is a constant pull to the side.
We all travel the roads of life, every single one of us. Some of the roads are full of potholes; others are smooth as they can be. We choose which roads to travel. We all know that Military Highway is backed up at certain times of the day, on a regular basis. But we choose whether or not take that road.
One of the roads that we choose to travel on is the "I'm Just a Person" Boulevard.
- For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Hey, we've all made mistakes, right? None of us quite live up to what God would have us to do. However, that doesn't make it okay. My shortcomings are because I'm human; I don't see things the way you do, and you don't see things the way I do, and we travel that road. There's a story about that in the Bible. There were some people who went off and did something other than what they were called to do.
- And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
- But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
- And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
Remember, we're traveling down the road of "I'm just a person." When you look at the deciding factor that caused the separation of the two, it comes down to three words: point of view. Paul thought it not good, but that caused contention, because Barnabas' point of view was that it was okay. We know that John whose surname was Mark left them, but that wasn't the deciding factor. It was the point of view, not the facts, that separated them. So Barnabas aligned himself with Mark, a person who had departed and went not to do the work. Realize that this was the guy who "went fishing." And Paul aligned himself with Silas. So you had four, and now you have two sets of two. It is important to realize that the Bible only mentions two of the four after this point.
- And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
- And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
- Recommended
- Entrusted
So these two went, entrusted by the brethren, and the other two were not trusted. Realize the alignment that these two had, and the alignment that you have from day to day.
- And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
- And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
- Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
- This is the first and great commandment.
- And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
So having read those two scriptures, let's make a few points.
Have you ever been in someone's car that was a little out of alignment? How many people didn't say anything about it? Just because someone senses that you are a little out of alignment with God, doesn't guarantee that the brother or sister will bring it to your attention.
There are other people who have gotten into the car, and it was misaligned, and if you didn't tell them, they would never know. Spiritually, not all of us will detect when each other is out of alignment. Am I my brother's keeper? Maybe, maybe not. You might not have what it takes to keep your brother.
You may be misleading your neighbor. When we're out of alignment just a little bit, you could be misleading your neighbor. However, the neighbor should know enough to not be misled. The Bible says that we should each study to be approved unto God. So if we allow our neighbor to mislead us, we do so knowingly. That's why the Bible says to love God first, and then your neighbor as yourself. It's nobody else's responsibility to check your alignment. It is my responsibility to realize my alignment problem. And in order to be aligned, you must allow God to move and adjust you. I don't know how to align my front steering, so I have to allow the mechanic to perform the alignment.
- And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
What are we supposed to be aligned with? The ordinances and commandments of God. That's not our viewpoint or upbringing or any other thing. It's very specific. We're supposed to be aligned with God our maker. When we fall out of that alignment, things start wobbling. If you're aligned with he world and not with God, you're not aligned with the right thing. If we follow the commandments and ordinances of God, it doesn't matter if we're not aligned with the world; we're where we're supposed to be.
Consider Zacharias and Elizabeth. Zacharias worked in the temple, and Elizabeth was barren and without child. But because they were aligned with God, they got something that they wanted, John the Baptist. That alignment allowed them to come to the second street. Remember the first one was "I'm just a Person Boulevard?" But now they have arrived at the intersection of "Common" and "Faith." The scripture says that there is a common faith:
- To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
- Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
So there is a common faith, and a common salvation. Let's bump back to John's parents. They were traveling down a bumpy road of life. When you're aligned right, you're still going to hit bumps in the road. You're still going to hit that bridge in Great Neck that pulls you to one way or another. The difference is, you're still going to go straight, and not be thrown off the road, because you have proper alignment. Bumpy roads are not always a bad thing. Let's revisit Sunday again. John and Peter had personalities that were dynamically opposed to one another. Yet we find them working together.
- Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
I can agree with you on some things, but I cannot agree with you on all things, generally speaking. We all come from a different upbringing. Mrs. Antolin doesn't cook the way my parents cook; they came from a different upbringing. Mrs. Thomas doesn't cook the way my parents cook. Mike Hill's wife does, because we're from the same state. So these two disciples were different. They probably didn't see eye-to-eye on everything. They had different outlooks, and different ways to get things done. If you asked each of them to do something, they would probably find different ways to accomplish the exact same thing. But with all their differences, they agreed on two things:
- Their goal, because they were working together.
- Their alignment, because they were both aligned with the same thing.
How many rates are there in the Navy? But how many goals are there? How many people are over you in the Navy? But don't they all work for the same person, ultimately? Our goal has not changed since these person's time. There are still people who need Jesus' healing power. We can all press toward the same goal, even though one person cooks, and another cleans, and another vacuums, and another makes sure that the air-conditioning is working. But when we're all aligned with the same thing, which in this case is the Holy Ghost, there is nothing that can separate us. Because our alignment isn't in our viewpoints, or our backgrounds, or our personalities. When we're all aligned with the One, then we won't get in the way, because we're not part of the equation. When we're aligned with Christ, we can be the same way as these two brothers in the faith. With all our differences, we can work together to do all things, and all things are possible through him which aligns us.
This doesn't seem like such a big thing until you get a hold of people who are totally different from you, people who maybe even rub you wrong, like sandpaper. You can pray with them, and find power to overcome that sandpaper, and there's so much more power because it takes more effort to pray with that person than with someone who always agrees with you. It's like being on a sports team; no matter who you are or what your background is, you work together while you're on the field.
On Sunday Pastor said "Look on me." Look on you. By faith, you've allowed yourselves to be aligned with the presence of God. Whether black or white, Hispanic, or whatever, those things should not even be a factor in our alignment. God isn't any special color. And he's still working on me. By faith, I can allow him to work me just a little bit more, to move me just a little bit farther.
- The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
- Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
By faith, we are able to come to God and say that prayer, and watch it happen. By faith, you can see your sins forgiven, your affliction and pains taken away. If you come in with hate, you won't see these things. But when you are aligned with God, people will look on you, and see a role-model that they can follow to break free of their own sins, and have their own pains and afflictions taken away.
- So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
- The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
And the reason is:
- The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
So whether you've been here for a while, and you've fallen a little bit out of alignment with God, or whether it's your first time out, this message is for you.
- For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
- But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
It's a constant knocking on your heart, to bring you into alignment with God. And it's right now. To quote Rocky, there is no tomorrow. We're not guaranteed tomorrow.
- (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
It is up to you. No one else can do it. The scripture plainly tells us:
- Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
- And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Tonight, we discussed the truth. It is true that we need to be aligned with God. It is true that now is the day of salvation. It is true that there is a truth, and we all need it.
- Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Tonight the alignment is free. Salvation is free; you just have to be willing to give God a few moments of your time.


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THURSDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Using people's own stem cells from their body fat could aid in plastic surgery procedures such as post-cancer breast reconstruction, a small, preliminary study suggests.
The study, published in the Sept. 28 issue of The Lancet, looked at whether stem cells might improve the current technique of "lipofilling" -- where fat is removed via liposuction from one part of the body, purified, then injected into another area of the body.
Doctors use lipofilling in cosmetic procedures to create smoother skin or fuller lips. But it also has a range of medical uses. Fat injections can help reshape the breasts in women having reconstruction after breast cancer surgery. They can also be used in correcting facial deformities caused by an injury or congenital defect, or helping certain burn injuries heal.
The problem is that transferred fat often doesn't last, explained lead researcher Dr. Stig-Frederik Kolle.
"It's unpredictable," said Kolle, of the plastic surgery department at Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark. "And you often have to repeat the procedure to get a [satisfactory] result."
So Kolle's team tested a different approach: Take stem cells from people's body fat and use them to "enrich" the fat tissue being transplanted from one body area to another. Stem cells are primitive cells that develop into more mature ones.
The researchers recruited 10 healthy volunteers who underwent liposuction to have fat taken from the abdomen. The fat was then purified and injected into the volunteers' upper arms. In one arm, the fat transplant was enriched with stem cells; the other arm received a traditional transplant.
After about four months, the researchers took MRI images of the fat transplants, then removed them. It turned out that the stem cell-enriched transplants had retained about 81 percent of their initial volume, on average -- compared with only 16 percent among the stem cell-free transplants.
Dr. J. Peter Rubin, chair of plastic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, said the study is "very" important.
"We've known that this works in animals. What's been missing is good data on humans," said Rubin, co-author of an editorial accompanying the study.
These early results offer a "proof of principle," and need to be followed up with clinical trials of actual patients, rather than healthy volunteers, Rubin said.
One question is whether the transplanted fat will hold up over the long term, experts say. "We have no reason to believe that it won't last," Kolle said, but it still needs to be shown in studies.
And why do the added stem cells help? It's not clear, said Kolle. One possibility is that they spur the growth of small blood vessels and give the transplanted fat a better blood supply. The stem cells may also develop into mature fat cells, or send out "signals" that cause other cells -- such as fat or blood vessel cells -- to increase in number.
As for safety, Kolle and Rubin said there is a theoretical concern in using stem cell-enriched fat in women who've been treated for breast cancer. Some of the benefits of stem cells -- such as releasing "growth factors" that stimulate other cells -- could potentially feed a breast cancer recurrence.
"There's no evidence to suggest that this is true," Rubin said. But it is a possibility that everyone should be aware of, he added.
Kolle agreed. "We need to move forward carefully," he said.
Even if stem cell-enriched fat transplants prove safe and long lasting, there will be practical hurdles, since the approach would add costs and complexity. Kolle said the process of harvesting the stem cells, then growing and expanding them in cultures, is actually relatively simple -- but the facilities have to be in place.
"No, not every center will be able to do this," he said.
Still, editorial author Rubin said that new technology is needed. Breast reconstruction, he noted, has been done by the same methods for decades. It's possible, said Rubin, that stem cells could help allow some women to have reconstruction done solely via fat injections -- without the major surgery or implants used now.
The current study was funded by the Danish Cancer Society. None of the researchers reports any financial conflicts of interest. Rubin has submitted a patent application for an instrument that harvests body-fat tissue.
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Breastcancer.org has more on fat grafting and breast reconstruction.
SOURCES: Stig-Frederik Trojahn Kolle, M.D., department of plastic surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; J. Peter Rubin, M.D., chair, department of plastic surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Sept. 28, 2013, The Lancet
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NORTH KOREA AND SCIENCE FICTION – talk by Seo-Young Chu, followed by screening of PULGASARI (dir. Shin Sang-ok, 1985)
Monday, February 28 · 6:30 pm
20 Cooper Square, Room 471
Since the division of Korea following World War II, the reality of North Korea has evaded direct representation. Photographs and firsthand accounts of this enigmatic country are relatively scarce. At the same time, the idea of North Korea has served as a prolific aesthetic resource – a wealth of images, metaphors, symbols – for a number of science-fiction writers and thinkers. David Mitchell, for example, draws from North Korea's ominous mystique to generate powerful dystopian effects in his 2004 novel 'Cloud Atlas', parts of which are set in a futuristic Korea where the basic rights of humanoid artifacts are continually violated. Similarly, the 2002 James Bond film 'Die Another Day' borrows from North Korea's nuclear aura to charge its North Korean villains with radioactive otherness and inhumanity.
Is the 'poverty' of factual representations of North Korea paradoxically what makes the idea of North Korea so 'rich' as a source of representational material? How do images of North Korea in South Korean science fiction differ from (or resemble) images of North Korea in Korean American science fiction? Can the Western imagination of North Korea be understood as a form of Orientalism? Finally, is it possible to place Anglophone accounts of a science-fictional North Korea in meaningful dialogue with North Korean works of science fiction such as the 1985 monster film 'Pulgasari'?
Game Night with Bengali Students Association
Tuesday, March 1 · 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Kimmel 910
We challenge you to come and show your face for an awesome evening of Game Night organized by your very own BSA E-board! We have lots of games! If you would like to play something very strongly and would like us to include it, please send Tasfia an email at email@example.com, and we can have that arranged. We also have food to feed your competitive appetite! Its a fierce time. Be there.
Family Dinner with CSS
Wednesday, March 2 · 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Kimmel 406
Getting ready for another semester of schoolwork? Well let go of some stress with us at CSS's family dinner on Wednesday, March 2nd! This dinner is going to be formal (or semi-formal) with music, games, and lots of Chinese food! Get a chance to meet our awesome e-board members & participate in super fun games! If you are interested or still interested in attending this event please shoot us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com with a reply such as "attending" or "omg i'm so excited." (Haha jk.)
F4NK: ADRIAN HONG: LiNK Co-Founder Guest Speaker Session
Thursday, March 3 · 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Kimmel 905
This THURSDAY, March 3, in Kimmel 905 at 6:30pm, F4NK will be hosting, with great honor, guest speaker ADRIAN HONG to speak about his experiences working as a founder of LiNK and his newest organizational involvements with the Pegasus Project.(Adrian's TED Fellows Bio: http://www.ted.com/fellows/view/id/22)
Perhaps February is in fact the maddest month of the year, as there have been protests across Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, Greece, and more muted rumblings in Iran, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and of course Wisconsin.
If you are only a casual observer of the news, it may seem like the Middle Eastern/African/Arab/Islamic world has been spontaneously erupting into demonstrations and revolt. There may appear, if we are to trust popular entertainers such as Fox News or MSNBC; to be a sort of organic causality between riots- a cause celebre that has managed to unite people who clearly distrust each other (see Wikileaks as Saudia Arabia, defender of the faith, asks the United States to invade Iran).
I would like to plead, therefore, for the opposite case that superficial similarities in terms of political structures, religious beliefs and skin color do not necessarily make analogous existential crisis.
Though presenting and being presented as a unified front, the Middle East is home to diverse peoples (socially, culturally and religiously because not all Islams are made the same) and - ye gods yes- different political systems as well. Despite the triumphant narratives of the "democratic domino effect in the Middle East"#; what is happening is much more reflective of (and frankly can't be understood without) national contexts, frustrations and passions. This section will be dedicated to compiling information on the historical background of, world response to, and general factual progression of the ongoing revolts in the Middle East/African/Arab/Islamic regions.
According to the CIA, Bahrain was formed in 1783 by the al-Khalifa family who conquered the land from Persia. The family's power was cemented by signing treatises with the British in the 1800's, effectively turning them into a protectorate and part of the empire. Independence was formerly attained in 1971.
As Ambrose Pierce so astutely pointed out war is God's way of teaching Americans geography. Not that the United States government, regardless of administration, is likely to bear arms against a country that among other things, houses the U.S. 5th fleet and 4,200 U.S. troops protecting the Gulf pipeline that supplies military maneuvers in Afghanistan. The U.S. military and nominally the State Department have ties to the ruling monarchy, and as of 1991 are committed to a bilateral defense pact. The U.S. government is to be "consulted" in times of "security threats" to the tiny ruling family, so for now the U.S. is calling for a peaceful resolution to the protests.
Happening Now:
So far, the Bahraini Royal family seems to be refraining from militarizing the situation further, aware no doubt of the old adage that the fewer unarmed protesters you shoot, the less angry people become. The military, responding to the royal family, initially went in like gangbusters on February 14th 2011, showering protesters in Pearl Square (the main square in the capital of Manama) with tear gas from helicopters and firing into the crowd on mourners, as well as medics and reporters#.
The Royal Family has since allowed Pearl Square to be occupied by thousands of protesters, and ordered the military to withdraw. In a further gesture of "goodwill" the monarchy claims to have released about 300 prisoners on February 23rd 2011, 100 of whom were "political prisoners". Lawyers for prisoners accused of sedition against the state are concerned that these releases may only be temporary. On the same day the crown prince annouced that he was open to dialogue with the protesters, as his father King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa goes to seek advice from King of Saudia Arabia.
Possible Roots of Protest:
Nine out of ten U.S. and U.K. news outlets agree that this is a demand by the Shi'ia population of Bahrain (the majority of the 526,000 citizens) for more representation from the Sunni Royal family. A noted blogger and activist Ali Abdulemam was released Februrary 23rd, claims that the arresting officers slandered his religion during his interrogation and incarceration in jail. There has been sustained outcry over the last decade against the absolute monarchy, which has resulted in dozens of arrests.
Additionally, outside of the U.S. media's favorite explanation for tension in any Islamic country, youth unemployment has been and is a huge problem in Bahrain, at 15% unemployment. The situation is so acute that the Bahrani government officially pursues an anti-migrant worker policy to promote job growth for nationals within Bahrain. Reportedly, as the fiscal crisis worsens, funding for outside projects is drying up.
BREAKING NEWS: The Bahrani king has ousted four members of his cabinet, including two members of the royal family as protests continue.
"[A] dictatorial regime is destined to collapse."
The South Korean military has been sending over leaflets to their Northern neighbors with messages of pro-democracy and information on the recent Egypt uprisings and its influence on Libya. (The media of North Korea are under one of the most strict government controls in the world and the government is particular about the leakage of news that might undermine the regime of Kim Jong-Il.) These leaflets from the sky are designed so that upon making its way to North Korea in balloons, they will burst and distribute its cargo. "These messages intend to spark a protect against Kim Jong-Il's rule," a South Korean lawyer explains.
These leaflets are part of South Korea's mission of "psychological warfare" that started in November when North Korea shelled one of its islands and killed four people. There have been over three million leaflets sent to their Northern neighbors.
On an interesting note, in China, North Korea's ally and major economic benefactor, the government has "blocked phone messages and websites" in order to keep out the influence of the Middle Eastern revolts.
"North Korean people's protests may also be able to bring a change to the regime," stated Song, a member of the Future Hope Party. "South Korea's military and government should also be ready for any revolt inside North Korea." However, there have been no reported revolts as of yet.
In addition to leaflets, South Korea has also started sending rice, clothing, medicines and radios in baskets tied to balloons for the first time in 11 years.
While there are certainly parallels between North Korea's current plight and of Egypt's and Libya's, there is no mistaking that there are also striking differences unique to North Korea's political regime. There is the cultish admiration for their "dear leader," and the stigma attached to this country as one that belongs to "an axis of evil" and "outpost of tyranny" (phrases popularized by George W. Bush).
Non-profit theater company, Second Generation (2g) presents:
The theme is "I Never…"
Over thirty Asian American artists crash-banging into each other.
The form is Vaudeville.
They are making these things over the course of a week.
There may be clowning, dance, songs, short plays,
hybrid theater and everything in between.
There will most certainly be mayhem. And possibly magic.
Friday, February 25
Saturday, February 26
4pm & 8:30pm
at HERE Arts Center
145 6th Avenue
New York, NY 10013-1548
Tickets are FREE. Just reserve them here.
In their statement, the Coalition urges the City and the State to take into account the economic recession's effects on the most vulnerable Asian American communities, as well as the importance of funding community based organizations that provide essential community support, e.g. social services and immigrant services, for Asian Pacific Americans.
For more about the press release for the rally, check this blog by the YWCA of Queens New York, one of the coalition members.
(Side) Notes:
This article by Shuang Liu originally appeared in Chinese-language newspaper, the World Journal (世界日報) on Feb. 18th. It was translated on Feb. 24th by Connie Yik Kong of the New York Community Media Alliance (NYCMA). Interestingly enough, I could not find coverage about this rally in the New York Times. Instead, the NYCMA's translation of World Journal really shows me the importance of ethnic media in our APA community and the necessity of translating different forms of ethnic media for a broader audience!
Thanks to MS for sharing this article.
John Kerry has just flown in from the States to Lahore, Pakistan, and boy is he tired. Tired of trying to claim that the shooting of two Pakistani motorcyclists on January 27, 2011 by an American consulate employee, Raymond Davis, is covered by the Geneva Convention. The two young men were allegedly chasing the American vehicle to rob it.
Davis (the administrator of technical employees in the Islamabad office) opened fire when they drew upon the vehicle. However, Davis did not have a permit to carry the gun and a witness stated that he saw the official actually get out of his vehicle and approach the men before shooting. Also a passer-by was killed when a colleague arrived to "back him up", and both men were arrested as they attempted to flee the scene.Tempers are running high on both sides- mainly because of "anti-American" sentiment amongst the Pakistani populace.
On the surface the U.S. government is making a not unreasonable request; allow the precedent of diplomatic immunity to remain untainted in exchange for a full trial in an American court. However the United States and Pakistan have a historical relationship that, while often amicable, has rarely conformed to what the rest of us may consider fair, judicial or even legal. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been funding the Pakistani military intelligence service, known as the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence Agency), before the U.S.S.R invaded Afghanistan in 1980.
The money was supposedly to go to training a plucky young band of Afghani insurrgents called the Taliban, in exchange for their continued resistance to the Communist incursion. It's been suggested that the CIA's intent was to create a series of "Islamist brigades" in the various muslim border countries around the U.S.S.R, to engage the U.S.S.R in constant conflict. It has also been estimated that upwards of 35,000 radical Islamists from 40 countries came to fight in the jihads, and that "tens of thousands" of extremist Muslims were trained in CIA sponsored, ISI-run training camps in Pakistan.
CIA funding to the ISI has only increased in the intervening years, and as of 2009 aid to the ISI comprised one-third of the CIA's annual budget. Despite suspicions that many members of the ISI are actively collaborating with radical Muslim groups, the expense is justified because almost every major terrorist plot in the last decade has orignated from the Pakistani tribal belt and the ISI are the "only game in town". Pakistani anger at the U.S. government stems from, allegedly, the continuing mess of Afghanistan's stabalization process and ironically from U.S. drone missile strikes in the Northwest of the country to clear out militant Islamist training camps.
TEA'LiCIOUS TASS-First General Meeting
Tuesday, February 22 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Kimmel Shorin 802
Come out and join TASS on Tuesday night for a cup of yummy tealicious bubble tea! Also learn about the exciting upcoming events that TASS has to offer and last but not least to hang out with the cool eboard
The Beautiful Generation: Asian Americans and the Cultural Economy of Fashion
Wednesday, February 23, 2011· 6pm-8pm
528 La Guardia Place (Between West 3rd Street and Bleecker Street)
Since the 1990's, young Asian Americans including Doo-Ri Chung, Derek Lam, Thakoon Panichgul, Alexander Wang, and Jason Wu have emerged as leading fashion designers. They have won prestigious awards, been chosen to head major clothing labels, and had their designs featured in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and other fashion magazines. At the same time that these designers were rising to prominence, the fashion world was embracing "Asian chic." During the 1990's, "Asian" shapes, fabrics, iconography, and colors filled couture runways and mass-market clothing racks.
In The Beautiful Generation (Fall 2010, Duke University Press), author Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu explores the role of Asian American designers in New York's fashion industry, paying particular attention to how they relate to the garment workers who produce their goods and to Asianness as a fashionable commodity. The Beautiful Generation links the rise of Asian American designers to historical patterns of immigration, racial formation, and globalized labor, and to familial and family-like connections between designers and sewers.
ACU Movie Night!!!
Wednesday, February 23 · 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Kimmel 406
This year, we are expecting to show the 2005 Humanitas Prize-winning "The Motel" by film director (and NYU alumnus!) Michael Kang. The film explores the difficulties of adolescence as experienced by thirteen-year old Earnest Chin, a boy working at his parents' motel, which hosts a variety of "shady characters." See the trailer. Food will also be served, so don't miss it!
Japan International Movie Night
Friday, February 25 · 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Kimmel 803
We will be screening a Japanese film with English subtitles. This event is open to everyone. We will choose the film by popular vote ^-^ Go to the online survey. Come for a relaxing night to enjoy food and Japanese visual media :)
全城热恋-City in Love Valentine's Day Theme Party
Friday, February 25 · 7:00pm - 10:30pm
Kimmel 4th Floor E&L Auditorium
Speed dating and dancing are exciting regulars you can always expect! We'll offer gelivable music and drinks for the event. Renowned DJ Tim Martell spinning top 50 all night long with a cash bar for some added fire power. You'll have game time with your date of the night. You don't know how "high" you can get unless you come find out. $5 for NYU and other student ID, $20 for Non-Student.
Friends! This week Kyoung H. Park's new play, disOriented premieres at the Peter J. Sharp Theater (42nd St. between 9th and 10th avenue). Running from February 16- March 5, the play "tells the story of Ju Yeon, an immigrant living in New York who has distanced herself from her Korean roots." Featuring a dancing spirit and a journey back to Korea, it's bound to be a performance full of excitement. Please come out to support! Click here for more details.
Marvin Mercado, the thirty-seven year old former leader of Asian Boyz (or ABZ), has been convicted of an astounding number of eight murders and 10 attempted murders.
The Asian Boyz are an Asian American street gang, some formed with the Crips (which would then be known as the ABZ Crips). The history is relatively simple - in 1985, ABZ was created by a group of Cambodian youths. They represent themselves by the color blue, like the Crips. They are mostly comprised of boys from Vietnamese or Cambodian descent.
By the mid-1990's, the Boyz were about 200 members strong with many of them hailing from Southern California and also containing affiliates from Northern California an Texas. Their past offenses include Mercado pulling the pin on a live grenade at a party, killing one and injuring two others. In addition, one of their past leaders, Sothi Menh, got arrested in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 1997 after fleeing the country just a few months before his capture. He was accused of committing five gang-related murders in the San Fernando Valley. Then on 1998, seven members of Asian Boyz were charged with a total of seven murders, 18 attempted murders, and five instances of intended murder in Van Nuys, CA. Then in 2007, three of its members were charged with physically assaulting a 15-year-old boy to death in Utica, NY. These and many more offenses can be pinpointed to this Asian American gang.
They're also allegedly responsible for many property crimes targeted toward Southeast Asian immigrant business people.
The predominantly white suburban Los Angeles area has good reason to be scared of this of this gang of minorities, and for good reason.
Here are a few more facts about these Asian Boyz:
Mercado was involved in the ambush homicides of two rival Latino gang members, Armando Estrada and Miguel Limon, in Van Nuys in the spring of 1995. Authorities have said Asian gangs like the Boyz could be behind "grow houses" in San Gabriel Valley neighborhoods that churn out pounds of high-grade pot. Mercado was involved in an attack on three victims were mistaken for rival Taiwanese gang members; they were followed in the car they were riding in by three carloads of Asian Boyz in 1995.
In addition, LAWeekly adds a somewhat lighthearted but all the more serious ending note to their interesting article on the Boyz -
So what have we learned today about [one] of L.A.'s more notorious gangs? Really, the only conclusion is that any ethnicity, even ones with "model minority" stereotypes, can be made to scare the bejesus out of white, suburban SoCal with deft use of the English language: Add Boyz to the end of your ethnic group. Again: Argentinian … Boyz. Welsh Boyz. New Guinean Boyz. See. Too tough.
Having recently made the headlines for the murder charges against Mercado, what comes to light is that they're an interesting group not only because they're an Asian American gang - a minority that is not largely associated with that sort of culture - but rather, the individual case studies of certain members, such as that of David Evangelista
[He] got straight A's in school, volunteered at a hospital and delivered jewelry while he was involved in a five- month crime spree in 1995 that left seven people dead. Evangelista was eventually convicted.
Source: http://lang.presstelegram.com/socal/gangs/articles/sgvnp1_asian.asp
Mary Ann Boroz, a longtime Flushing resident, has started a petition to keep the Key Food open on Roosevelt Ave. Boroz states:
"I'm not asking for all American products, but just a reasonable selection. We'd like to see a 50-50 split."
Wait, so how does one go on implementing a "50-50" split of products? Is a tomato considered "American" or "Korean"? Are Oreos categorized as "American" or "Chinese"? Other petitioners are telling Asian immigrants to learn English because we're in America, as if a 50-year-old butcher from Fujian would magically learn English overnight and all our problems would be cured. And calling Asian products "strange" and "exotic" doesn't really help the situation either.
Assemblywoman Grace Meng, Councilman Peter Koo and other community leaders are trying to take a more diplomatic approach, meeting with New York Mart to talk about the non-Asian constituency's concerns without encroaching on the Asian businesses. Meng has been working with student volunteers at P.S. 20 as part of an initiative to translate signs. But of 100 businesses approached, only 20 have agreed to accept the volunteers' help.
Hopefully, New York Mart's meeting with officials and local community members can help defuse these rising tensions and not have this situation escalate to another trite conversation about an Asian invasion of Flushing. Dear God, I hope not. I'm so over that. As the American Community Survey (ACS) reveals, the demographics of of Flushing and its surrounding neighborhoods have changed so much that the Asian population is almost matching in percentage to the white population. No doubt that there will continue to be fights over public and private space in downtown Flushing. Let's hope we can keep it civil. No real food fights, please.
Tuesday, February 15
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Kimmel 808
NYU's Chinese Mei Society is ready to present Yuan 2011! Yuan has always been one of the biggest fashion/cultural shows of the year so we're looking for the hottest models to work our runway! If you can't make it to the first audition date on Feb 13, here's you second chance! Ladies, bring your heels!!!!!!!
Wednesday, February 16
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Kimmel 10th Floor
Midnight on the Mavi Marmara: The Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and How it Changed the Course of the Israel/Palestine Conflict. Roundtable with Moustafa Bayoumi, Max Blumenthal, Susan Buck-Morss, and Noam Chomsky, moderated by Andrew Ross. RSVP by Monday, February 14 online: apa.nyu.edu | email: firstname.lastname@example.com | phone: 212-992-9653
Thursday, February 17
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Kimmel 908
The Bengali Students Association is celebrating International Mother Language Day! They have planned some really awesome activities, and yummy yummy yummy food!! Games, food, people, Bengali people, paint, flowers, food, free food. (Just imagine, try not to drool). Its going to be a great evening!
Last Night of Tết Celebration (Lunar New Year)
Thursday, February 17
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Kimmel 805
Join us as we celebrate the last night of the Lunar New Year. Come to meet other VSA members, learn about the Vietnamese New Year and hear about our events planned for this upcoming semester such as SEA Night, Karaoke Night, Movie Night, etc. There will be food and refreshments served. Hope to see you there!
Susie Woo: Re-Scripting Blood and Race: Transfusions, Korean 'GI Babies,' and the Limits of Cold War Liberalism"
Thursday, February 17: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
20 Cooper Square, Room 485
The Department of Social & Cultural Analysis is conducting a faculty search and you are hereby invited to meet the four candidates! There will be informal meetings open only to undergraduate and graduate students, and also job talks that are open to everyone. Please try to attend and provide your valuable feedback afterwards. Mark your calendars!
Thursday, February 17
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Kimmel 4th Floor (E&L)
This Thursday, come play games with CSS, ACU, CMS, HKSA, TASS, and KSA! Games will be modeled after the hit television game show: "Minute to Win It" with chances for everyone to participate for great PRIZES! That's 1 gift card EVERY minute! As always, there will be plenty of FOOD to go around.
TASS Nightmarket 2011 Auditions
Thursday, February 17
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Kimmel 803
TASS is holding auditions for its annual Nightmarket event again! We're looking for all types of performances from singing, dancing, acting, and anything and everything else! ALL ACTS ARE WELCOME! I know everyone is busy with exams so here is a rough schedule of our auditions! We're not looking a perfect performance, but just a preview or a rough guideline of what you are planning on performing.
Susie Woo: Informal Meeting with Students
Friday, February 18 at 10:00 am
20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor Lounge
The Department of Social & Cultural Analysis is conducting a faculty search and you are hereby invited to meet the four candidates! There will be informal meetings open only to undergraduate and graduate students, and also job talks that are open to everyone. Please try to attend and provide your valuable feedback afterwards. Mark your calendars!
YUAN 11: Illuminate | Performance/Emcee Auditions
Friday, February 18 at 2:00pm - February 19 at 10:00pm
Appointments by email
When the very first YUAN shows were produced, they were strictly either a talent show or a fashion show. In recently years, we have fused the two into an exciting, two-and-a-half hour production, and this is YOUR chance to get involved. We are looking for talented performers who would like to take part in our wonderful show. Benefits to being a performer include looking like a baller on stage, and being awesome at life. And you get to showcase your talent to all your friends (and potential friends) at NYU! We are also looking for up to two Emcees! Feel free to audition with a friend or significant other. Cute couples get bonuses.
But today is Valentine's day (surprise!). To celebrate, indulge in a bit of Angry Little Girls by artist Lela Lee.
Happy Valentine's Day (or Singles Awareness Day, depending on your denominasian) from Generasian!
South Asian immigration to the United States stretches across a long historical timeline. Although South Asians had been transported around the world by the East India Company from the 1600's, the first recognized South Asian community- a small group of male, agricultural workers mostly Sikhs from the Punjab and Muslims. Until the 1960's what few immigrants could squeeze by racialized and gendered immigration statutes tended to congregate in the California region where agricultural farming provided the only livelihood available to these men. Unable to bring over wives and/or family members and barred from seeking citizenship, the mostly male community dwindled. However the wave of affluent, highly educated waves of Indian immigration due to the Immigration Act of 1965 has changed the image of the Indian in America. In fact some would say that they have displaced East Asians as "the model minority" in the United States meaning in laymen's terms that not only are Indians not American, they are the model for all the "Others" who are considering carving out a space in America. So a recent story from Texas naturally peaked my attention because finally, Indians are unbuttoning their prep school collars and getting into the country the old fashioned way- across the Southern Texas-Mexico border!
Yes that's right. 1,600 Indian immigrants were caught crossing the border in 2010 as being but the numbers of those who have not been caught may potentially be in the thousands. To put it into context, in 2009 only ninety-nine Indians were found along the entire Southwest border. The young men, mainly Sikhs from the Punjab and Gurat as well as the conservative Bharatiya Janata Party members, all claim that they are avoiding persecution- the former religous and the latter political persecution from the leading Congress Party (the primary opposition party). These claims seems unlikely in some ways given that firstly the Prime Minister of India, Manhoman Singh, is a practicing Sikh and secondly that there has been little suggestion of political turmoil on that scale. Reaction to the rising indian immigration has been mixed, security officers at the borders are suspicious as immigration courts are inundated with asylum petitions. Added to that a number of detainees, who manage to have bail posted, allegedly disappear across the country. However some members of communities along the Southwest corridor have been opening their doors, charity organizations yes but local South Asians who have already established themselves.
Reportedly local immigration courts have been overwhelmed by the influx only account for about 2% of the total number of "illegal" immigrants that cross the Texas-Mexico border, according to a recent report from the Homeland Security Department. "Illegal Indian immigration" reportedly increased by 64% between 2000-2009, so there is hope for Indian Americans to once again top the charts.
Some weekend events for those of us who need to get off the couch and live a little.
Asian/Pacific/American Studies Job Talk
"Not-so-Desperate Housewives: Transnational Migration and the Diasporic Indian Household", lecture by Professor Amy Bhatt, University of Washington
The A/P/A studies department is searching for a new faculty member through a series called Job Talk, where candidates present their work and YOU can have your thoughts and suggestions included in the faculty selection process.
Thursday, February 10
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Department of Social & Cultural Analysis (SCA)
20 Cooper Square, Room 485
In the past ten years, growing numbers of U.S.-based Indian informational technology workers are returning to India after living and working for transnational corporations, often after obtaining American citizenship or starting families in the U.S. Central to this move "back" is the Indian household, which is primarily run by women. Drawing on ethnographies conducted in Seattle, Bangalore and Hyderabad, Bhatt examines the stories of Indian women to show how these returnees desire to maintain an American lifestyle, which relies on the management of a domestic workforce that is required to attune to the desires, expectations and tastes of returnees and the growth of American style suburbs, educational institutions, and amenities in metropolitan India. Using the analytic of "semi-national practice", Bhatt argues that while this move is hailed as a "return to India", examining how this returnee household is constructed and maintained as global and tied to the transnational corporation offers insight into how the circulating Indian family is shifting notions of contemporary diasporas and Asian community formation.
Asian American Writers' Workshop (AAWW)
How to Handle Gay Bullying, part of Lyceum: Ice Cream and Ideas series
Thursday, February 10, 2011, 4pm
Event held at Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 520 8th Ave # 2020, New York, NY
With the recent string of tragic suicides, gay bullying became a topic everyone, from Madonna to Lady Gaga to President Obama, had something to say about. But in our day to day lives, walking down our halls, we can still think "no one can know" or "it isn't about me." Spoken word artist Regie Cabico and psychologist and People Magazine hottest bachelor Kevin Nadal for a discussion on the recent spat of anti-gay bullying and how they survived high school. It's free ice cream and ideas against gay bullying!
Asian/Pacific/American Studies Job Talk: Informal Meeting with Students
The A/P/A studies department is searching for a new faculty member. For the first time, students can have an informal chat with potential candidates. This week, students can chat with Professor Amy Bhatt from the University of Washington (See info on her recent research above). YOU can have your voice heard as a student in the faculty selection process. This is a weekly series that will include a different potential faculty candidate each week.
Friday, February 11th
11:00 a.m.
Department of Social & Cultural Analysis (SCA)
20 Cooper Square, SCA Lounge Area
Museum of the Moving Image
Film screening of HaHaHa, part of Korean Cinema Now series
Sunday, February 20, 6:00 p.m.
35 Avenue at 37 Street
Astoria, NY 11106
Dir. Hong Sang-soo. 2010, 115 mins. A filmmaker on the skids who plans to move to Canada meets a film critic friend. During a classic Hong Sang-soo drinking session, they share memories of recent trips they took to the same seaside town. This deceptively lightweight romantic comedy, which has not yet been shown in New York, won the top prize in the latest Un Certain Regard at Cannes. Museum admission is $7.50 with valid student ID. Event is free with museum admission.
Speaking Freely offers sessions in Arabic, Cantonese, Czech, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. It's all free—and easy. Meet new people and have fun. It's the perfect way to try out a language and culture before you study or visit.
On February 10, 1961, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a speech on the campus of New York University that advocated for civil rights and championed nonviolent protest for social change. For the sixth-consecutive year, the University will commemorate Dr. King's visit and his legacy by hosting a weeklong schedule of special events and programs. This year's theme is intended to remind us of the spirit of Dr. King's message to come to together, work toward positive goals and change our world for the better.
Korean Culture Night Auditions!
All week - check event for details. KCN 2011!!!! Are You Ready?! We are looking for ANY TALENTS from high to low!!! We want to show it off so come out and AUDITION! Dance crews-please bring IPOD with music. Models-Females bring High Heels. Designers, Photographers, Videographers-Please bring samples for judges to keep. If you think you need it to show us your talent, bring it!
Sherlock Holmes: The Blind Banker
Monday, February 7
20 Cooper Square
HERLOCK HOLMES: THE BLIND BANKER is a contemporary retorque of some of those late-Victorian tropes. Borrowing elements from Conan Doyle's 'The Dancing Men' and 'The Sign of Four', it's an atmospheric tale of cyphers, people smuggling, Chinese acrobats, precious teapots, chopsocky, lucky cats and a diabolical group called The Black Lotus all set in post-Banksy, Erotic Gherkin-skylined London. There are murder galore, a bewitching and ill-fated researcher called Soo Lin Yao (Gemma Chan), and – oodles of deliciously patronizing put-downs of dunderheaded humanity by Holmes himself. THE BLIND BANKER will be presented by Jack (John Kuo Wei) Tchen.
Destroy All Dogmas: The Politics of Daikaiju Eiga
Tuesday, February 8
20 Cooper Square
Multi-media presentation and panel discussion on giant monster movies. Politics is an essential element in giant monster movies, whether subtle or blatant, propagandistic or ambivalent, notably present or conspicuously absent. In this panel, presenters will raise political issues evoked by plot, character, imagery and archetype in daikaiju eiga, with an emphasis on Godzilla movies of the past and the near future.
Tuesday, February 8
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Kimmel 901
Asian American Women's Alliance (AAWA) is having the first general meeting of the semester Tuesday, February 8th at 6:30 to 7:30PM in Kimmel RM 901. We will be having food from Cafetasia and playing games of Apples to Apples. Come by and hang out. Take a break from school! And remember you don't have to be Asian-American or a woman to stop by and join us!
ACU First General Meeting: Valentine's Day Celebration
Wednesday, February 9
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Kimmel 805
ACU will be hosting speed dating, serving desserts, and hosting an edible Valentine's Day Card competition!!
Miss HKSA: Valentine's Dating Game
Thursday, February 10
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Kimmel 900 series
Roses are red, violets are blue…and HKSA wants you, single guys! It's that time of the year again, and back by popular demand is our Valentine's Dating Game. Our Miss HKSA will each be chatting up three anonymous guys, and after three rounds of contestants, one lucky guy will walk away as her Valentine!
Welcome Back Japan International Peeps!
Friday, February 11
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Kimmel 803
Come eat, drink, and play. Go all out for an evening of fun and games. Think a cross between traditional Japanese merriment and modern TV game show. FREE FOOD! AWESOME PRIZES!
Homophobia & discrimination continue to divide Asian American families & communities. Lunar New Year is a time when families come together to strengthen ties to our communities. This year, we are joining the Lunar New Year Parade to challenge homophobia and to honor all of the different kinds of families in our community.
Parades are all about a display of one's pride for one's identity. Excluding gender and sexual identities as part of Asian cultural traditions and pride sends a very public and visually exclusive message of who is truly included in "the community." So it becomes no surprise that in the last few decades, ethnic parades have become political and ideological fighting grounds for inclusion of LGBT contingents. The bodily presence of LGBTQ Asians visibly queer the "common sense" notion that gender and sexual identities are separate from understanding their racial and ethnic identities. In other words, LGBTQ Asians insist that they have always been part of Asian culture, and more broadly, the community. Their presence is a political message that courageously asserts queerness as suitable for both private and public spaces.
However, community reactions have not always been friendly. NY LGBT groups attending today's New Year's parade like South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association (SALGA) and St. Pat's for All have received bitter refusals from parade organizers when struggling to be included in the August Indian Independence Parade and St. Patrick's Day Parade, respectively. Similarly, on Feb. 13th, the participation of Vietnamese American LGBT groups in the Tet (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) Parade in Orange County, CA generated hostility from right-wing Vietnamese religious groups. Looks like the roots of homophobia still run deep in a lot of our communities. I hope the Asian Pride Project's success today can be a step forward to dissipating hate and embracing love.
There are a lot of myths about the way South Asian women are, because of course gender and sexual preferences are "inherited"- inspite of any ethnic, class, nationality differences. For instance South Asian women, as a group, don't have sex, don't even like sex. South Asian women are always, at any given moment, about to be arranged into a marriage of convenience (don't lie- I know you've asked or been asked. Or seen Outsourced the movie).
Well the truth is there is no way that South Asian women "are".
Anyone who has seen Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding (incidentely Mira Nair was one of the first supporters of Sakhi for South Asian Women, the oldest South Asian anti-domestic violence agency in NYC), will remember the wedding scenes where all the women of the house gather to decorate the bride, and reminiscence about the early days of their own marriages.
But it's an old South Asian American truism- what goes on at home, festers at home. Public discussions of South Asian sexuality and gender- what constitutes a good relationship and what does not, the line between compromise and victimhood- are rarely engaged in. The non-profit organization South Asian Sisters (SAS) of San Francisco, CA has set out to challenge all our preconceptions in their show, "Yoni Ki Baat".
Meaning "Talks of the Vagina" in Sanskrit, Yoni Ki Baat's inaugural performance in 2003 sparked the beginning of an annual run of performances in diverse locations such as Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, and New Brunswick (Rutgers). Although some of the show's content is recycled from show to show, much of it is drawn from submissions by South Asian women who annually flood the inbox of SAS. All proceeds are donated to various South Asian anti-domestic violence agencies that SAS partners with.
This year Yoni Ki Baat 7 is playing at the Women's Building in San Francisco, with proceeds going to Narika on Saturday, March 5 2011 from 7:00-10:00 pm. For ticket information, please follow the link.
The outbreak of protests in Egypt have been astounding audiences worldwide - audiences including those in North Korea.
So what do these protests to overthrow Hosni Mubarak and the current situation in North Korea have in common?
The Egyptian regime faced much opposition when President Mubarak tried to transfer power to his son. Similarly, North Korea's infamous Kim regime has been transferring power for three generations and with the talk of Kim Jong Il's son, Kim Jong Un, taking over the deal leader's position, the current North Korean regime may have every right to feel uneasy about the democratic protests happening in Egypt.
The protests have shown incredible strength in their effects and in their message to the world - the power of democracy. Radio Free Asia reported that a number of North Korean citizens have been secretly listening in on the Egyptian protests through their cellular phones, which are harder to regulate than regular landline phone calls. Other ways in which North Korean citizens may hear about the protests are through international phone calls from relatives in other countries or by secretly tuning into South Korean television news programs. It is a widely known fact that the North Korean government heavily regulates the information that its citizens have access to, perhaps largely for the fear of the influence that might cause an outbreak of some sorts. Thus, one can understand why the North Korean regime, as RFA speculates, are taking the current Egypt very seriously.
All the more reason for the North Korean government to worry is the friendly ties between them and Egypt. On January 26, the day after the Egyptian revolts began, the CEO of Egypt's Orascom Telecom, which owns a majority of North Korea's sole 3G cellular network, met and dined with Kim Jong Il.
The bigger picture amongst these revolts in the influence in thought and the potential for change that citizens possess. Over 100 protestors have died in these past few days and chaos has gone loose in the streets of Cairo, but their message is still one that brings hope to even America, arguably the most democratic nation in the world. South Korean bloggers have been writing about the connection between the two nations and how the uprising in Egypt may potentially bring about a change in North Korea. GangPitDae, in a public online discussion forum, says it best:
이번 사태는 지역과 종교, 문화를 막론하고 민주주의는 거스릴 수 없는 시대정신 이며, 인류사회의 대세임을 보여주고 있습니다. 당연히 북한도 예외가 될 수 없습니다. 북한주민이라고 해서 주민들의 기본적인 생존조차 보장해 주지 못하는 형편없는 못난 정권에 마냥 복종하지는 않을 것입니다. 다음차례는 바로 김정일 정권이 될 듯 싶네요.
This (protest) shows that democracy is the irrevocable spirit of our time and is the mainstream of human history regardless of the geography, religion and culture. North Koreans will no longer succumb to an incompetent regime who can't even guarantee them the basic means of survival. Next [to be deposed] is the Kim Jung-il regime.
Whether one agrees with these thoughts or not, the immense effect of the Egyptian protests are influencing not only their own government but of their immense audience worldwide.
(Those interested in this issue regarding North Korea are welcome to join NYU's Freedom4NorthKorea on Mondays, 6:30 PM, Kimmel 904.)
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Rayan, just three years old, was recently diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). He is in dire need of a bone marrow match and has yet to find one. People all over the nation are coming together to organize bone marrow drives and two of them happen to be in New York City. From the Facebook page, a bone marrow test
is free, painless and takes 30 seconds. Gender is not relevant, but SOUTH ASIAN ETHNICITY (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Srilanka etc) is very important, due to the under-representation of South Asians on the national donor registry.
Under-representation of Asians in bone marrow registries is a serious problem - highlighted by the number of recent bone marrow registration campaigns throughout the Asian American community. If you aren't yet registered, I highly recommend you do so immediately! You never know whether you might be the life-saving match.
Upcoming drives will be held TOMORROW, February 4th:
Passport Office in Consulate
East 65th Street, between Madison and Fifth Avenues
New York, NY
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Makki Masjid
1089 Coney Island Avenue
New York, NY
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
For other locations (Long Island, Jamaica NY, and 16 other locations in the US) go to their facebook page.
Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, and as I write this the lunar calendar is transitioning out of the Year of the Tiger and into the Year of the Golden Rabbit. Unlike the New Year's celebrated on January 1st, Chinese New Year isn't about self-improvement and resolution setting, rather it's about ushering in wealth to the the coming year. Armed with red envelopes and incense, the holiday is laden with tradition, so don't be surprised when Chinatown is mobbed with revelers this weekend. If you're new to the celebration, pull up a chair, I'm listing some of my favorite spots to have dim sum. Order the chicken feet. And if you go this weekend, you might even see a dragon or two.
1. Congee Village - There are two locations, but I prefer the one at 207 Bowery between Rivington and Spring Streets. It's a particularly good spot for non Chinese speakers, because they offer cards with the dim sum options listed and you just check off what sounds good. It's become quite a hit with tourists, but don't worry the food is quite authentic (if you order the right thing), and in my experience, quite decent!
2. Vegetarian Dim Sum House - Hidden away at 24 Pell Street, Vegetarian Dim Sum House is a great alternative for people who don't love meat. It's rare to find a dish prepared without any meat in traditional dim sum. At this place, all my favorite dim sum dishes are present with substitutes in place of what you'd normally find. Here, they also have cards listing the dishes in both English and Chinese, so it's quite easy to order what you want.
3. Harmony Palace- This place has been around forever, since I was a kid, and it's the place to go if you are looking for an old school dim sum experience. Ladies walk around with carts pushing steamers filled with different dishes. They stop by your table and ask you what you'd like. It's not the "best" dim sum in the city, but unlike many of the others that have come and gone with popularity, I have to give this place respect for still being here. You can find it at 94 Mott Street between Canal Street and Hester.
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East Williamsburg group Great Caesar takes a scrappy indie rock approach and smooths it out with a fully formed horn section in a slightly messier fashion than popular bands of the '70s. The band also puts a lot of emphasis on their lyrics (notable when many are washing out vocals under waves of reverb), with their folk storytelling full of clever word play and murder ballads. There's a lack of polish and a bit too much angst for them to be aligned with chamber or baroque pop bands, but there is a soulfulness that separates them from the novelty sax solos reigning in pop music now.
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So, I guess you could say that our family is crazy about potato chips. We just love them. And that's a problem because potato chips are anything but healthy. Especially when you read the calorie content on the back of the bag! I've long been searching for an alternative and I just might have found them in this recipe for baked sweet potato chips.
You can eat them plain, toss on a bit of seasoning, or create a creamy dip with low fat Greek yogurt and chives. Yummy right? Serve them as a snack or alongside their favorite sandwiches. They also go great packed up and sent in a lunch bag for school. Here's how you make them:
I'll admit, the mason jar trend has gone way too far. We're stuffing them with everything from flowers to glitter to brownie mix. But I'm not ready to toss mine out just yet, and here's why: They make gorgeous lunches. Fill one with layers of deliciously bright vegetables and suddenly that ho-hum salad is an experience for the senses. Here are 7 lunches packed in mason jars that will charm you into bringing a healthy meal to work with you every day of the week.
The key to making this work is to put heavy, wet ingredients at the bottom, and keep the greens up at the top. Otherwise, you're limited only by your imagination and the contents of your refrigerator!
I have a lunch problem. I'm so busy during the day, from working and taking care of my family's needs, that my midday meal is often an afterthought. Before my daughter went off to school, I always made sure we had a tasty and healthy lunch. But now that I'm all by my lonesome, not only has remembering to eat been an issue, but finding good, fast, nutritious meals has been a challenge.
In honor of ALL busy (and hungry) moms out there, here are 5 quick lunches that taste so much better than they sound.
Happy Grilled Cheese Month! Time to celebrate that toasty, buttery, ooey-gooey goodness that comes from melted cheese between crisp bread. One of the things I love most about grilled cheese sandwiches is that there are a bazillion different possible combinations. You could have a different one every day for a year and never repeat an idea! Some of you are traditionalists who love to stick with the original: American cheese between white slices. But for those of you who believe variety is the spice of life, I give you 8 fun, meltingly delicious grilled cheese sandwiches to try before the end of April. Are you ready? Go!
My daughter HATES grocery shopping, so I try to consolidate our trips to the store. And I hate spending too much money on food and too much time preparing our meals. That's why I love finding ways to make what I do buy stretch.
Recently I shared how to turn one chicken into three meals. You can do the same thing with a beef roast. Here's how!
Can you believe that it's St. Patrick's Day this Monday? March is truly flying by, and who knew it'd be time to whip out the green outfits and beer so soon? You're already set with some typical St. Patrick's Day recipes, like Irish soda bread, corned beef and cabbage, and Shamrock Shakes. But since the temps still have yet to warm up in most parts of the U.S., why not indulge in one last ultimate comfort food -- traditional Irish shepherd's pie.
This Irish shepherd's pie recipe from Food.com is super straightforward and versatile. You pretty much cook all the ingredients in a pot, top it off with some mashed potatoes, and brush the potatoes with egg and Parmesan cheese -- and you're done! Hearty, delicious, versatile, filled with beef or lamb, this will surely get you into the Irish spirit in no time. The popular dish, also called cottage pie, originated in the UK and Ireland, so feel free to honor its origin and indulge a little this holiday!
I just want you all to know, I made a point of writing this post after lunchtime. And if you happen to be eating right now, I would strongly encourage you to put your fork down, swallow what's in your mouth, and grip the edge of your desk. Because: A woman found a lizard in her kale salad. But she didn't just find a lizard, as in a live lizard zipping in and out of the kale leaves. No, it's much worse than that. Robin Sandusky found just the head and an arm of the lizard.
Every day around lunchtime, I am slapped in the face with a huge pang of food envy. While my family does get delicious dinners, my midday meals pretty much suck. I'm a decent cook, and my daughter even claims that I'm the best chef in the whole wide world, but during my busy workday, lunch becomes a necessity rather than a meal to savor. This is when the food jealousy creeps in.
While scanning through my friends' Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook feeds, I am left salivating after seeing photos of the amazing, beautiful food they eat for lunch. I should add that I have many a food blogger in my inner circle, so they're pros at making incredible meals and sharing the results online. So there I am. Staring at my own, lame lunch --which 9 times out of 10 is quinoa, hummus, lettuce, and egg. Yes, it may be healthy, but it ain't pretty. And it's almost always the same.
Thank heaven for the hysterically funny new "Sad Food" trend!
You obviously know what this weekend is ... it's Super Bowl Sunday! The Denver Broncos are taking on the Seattle Seahawks in what should be an exciting matchup, but what we're all really concerned with is the commercials food. Chili, wings, nachos, dips, beer, it's a glutton's dream come true. What better way to kick off the biggest game of the year than by whipping up your very own chicken wings? The best part? You can do it in your slow cooker.
That's right, get a jump start on these babies early in the morning, then have them warm and juicy and ready to go when the game starts at 6:30 p.m. These wings, from Betty Crocker, have a teriyaki twist for even more flavor. So easy and delicious, you'll love the convenience of being able to use your slow cooker and get to enjoy wings that have been slowly marinating all day for five hours! Is it Sunday yet?
The following is a post from our sponsor, Panera.
It's right around this time of year that I begin to realize I am slipping on my perennial New Year's Resolution: to eat healthier. I start with the best of intentions, but my job gets crazy, the kids need help with homework, and ... it's easy to slip.
I am always on the lookout for healthy, nutritious, delicious, AND fast alternatives to keep fueled on the go. But, having tried a lot of things, I'm pretty skeptical too. I've had the "power bars" that promise a full belly but turn out to be little bricks of sugar, the puffed rice concoctions that taste like cardboard, and the salads advertised as a full meal that don't even get me through 2 p.m. without me raiding the vending machine. I won't lie: there's a part of me that wonders if it's possible to eat right on the go and be satisfied.
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I currently have a Demo Lock (7/43/11) that does pretty well in PVP, Arena, Soling, & so-so in Raids. Demo is definitely the course to take to be Arena viable, & I do fine there. As far as soloing, the Felguard comes in most handy even though he is pretty much worthless in raids. I do miss the 6.6k SB crits being Destruction, but the over all utility of the spec I am currently more then makes up for massive damage output. I also switch out a few key pieces of gear depending on what I am doing. After having a 70 druid, I am used to carrying around all sorts of extra stuff to swap out for sure!


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This is the unofficial history of the biggest outlaw longboard race in the world; The Broadway Bomb.
Taking place on the world's most famous boulevard and told by the champions and the organizers who make it happen every year; "Push Culture - The Broadway Bomb" is the story of a small group of 15 outlaw longboard skaters who weren't satisfied racing in the passive environment of the parks of New York City so they took it to the streets.
Once a year in the fall the craziest longboard skaters in the city would brave the traffic of a busy Manhattan Saturday to see who could get from the Upper West Side at 116th st to the bull statue in the Financial District.
10 years later over 500 outlaw riders show up to ride the concrete wave of Broadway for the ultimate prize: City wide bragging rights as the fastest skater in all of NYC.
Take a look inside the mind of New Yorkers on the edge and the culture of push.
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(At first this kinda reminds me of Sirius, Lupin, and James…then I realized what this anime is.)
"James Potter did not "steal" Lily, he did not "earn her", he rose to become her equal, which was all she ever expected of anyone."
AU: Sirius and the Doctor visit James and Lily's grave.
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Learn and understand the history and much more through the eyes of Orlando. Who better to ask than Orlando? Through the centuries he has seen many comings and goings standing as he does in front of the St. Blaise Church.
Here's what he knows about one of Dubrovnik's favourite sons, Ivan Gundulic.
Hey mister, some money has just fallen out of your pocket, hey you, hey! Nothing…he can't hear me. But don't worry somebody else will find your money! Let me see, hmm, blue banknote, oh it's a 50 Kuna banknote with my good friend Ivan on it. If you've already changed some money in the exchange office, you've probably got a banknote of 50 Kuna. It is one of my favourite Croatian banknotes because on the obverse side is the portrait of the most celebrated Croatian Baroque poet from Dubrovnik Ivan Gundulić and on the reverse side is the picture of our Old city with the facade of the Rector's palace in the bottom. Ivan Gundulić was born in 1589 into an old and respectable aristocrat family. Nicknamed Mačica (the Kitten) he was a poet of freedom and wrote in his native language to express aspiration of Croatian people for liberation of foreign government. He wrote a large number of plays and mayor works such as his epic poem Osman (where he presented the contrast between Christianity and Islam, Europe and the Turks), the pastoral play Dubravka (where he glorifies the freedom of Dubrovnik) and the religious poem Tears of the Prodigal Son which are examples of Baroque stylistic richness and rhetorical excess.
Statue in the Green Market
During his life he also performed many state duties and was a member of the city council. But he suddenly died in the age of 49 after a two weeks illness so he never had a chance to be elected as a rector of the Dubrovnik Republic because the rector had to be at least 50 years old. Except on the banknote you can see his bronze statue on the Gundulić Square erected in 1892. You should visit the green market in the Old city and there you'll see him standing in the centre of the market while busy housewives purchase the fruits and vegetables of fertile fields of the Dubrovnik surroundings. The poet is presented as the Dubrovnik merchant very young-looking with a long wig with numerous locks. He holds a pen in his right hand and his body is in the pose of a menuet dancer waiting for the dance to begin. The four relief panels on the monument base depict the main episodes from his most important epic Osman. Although Mačica is more handsome than me we have two things in common – I'm the symbol of freedom and he is the poet of freedom and we are both being pooped by the pigeons a lot!