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MAY 2004 NEWS
In June 1977, Representatives Frank Horton of New York and Norman Y. Mineta of California introduced a House resolution that called upon the President to proclaim the first 10 days of May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Week. President Jimmy Carter signed a joint resolution declaring May 4-10, 1979, as the first Asian Pacific American Heritage Week. In 1990, President George H. W. Bush expanded the celebration to the entire month. Public Law 102-450, approved on October 23, 1992, designated May of each year as National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

May was chosen for the observance to commemorate the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the United States in May 1843. "Asian Pacific American" is a political appellation that encompasses many ethnic groups with diverse backgrounds, histories, languages, and cultures. The term attempts to give expression to cultural, linguistic, and ethnic diversity while recognizing common historical experiences in American history. Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebrates the collective accomplishments of these communities.

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WILLIAM OUCHI
William G. Ouchi states "I've always felt that every major new turn in ideas begins with one person. The thought of participating in something that can change the world in some significant way just thrills me."

Hawaii-born William G. Ouchi, who comes from a family of teachers who felt stifled by out-of-touch bureaucrats, is emerging as a pivotal figure in the future of California public education and reform by bringing entrepreneurial methods to California’s 8,000 schools with Education Secretary Richard Riordan - a friend for a quarter century.

With Riordan as the official face of this two-man offensive in California’s government, the connection to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger - who as a candidate championed the idea of local school control and tapped Ouchi to write an initial draft of his education platform during his gubernatorial campaign. He is the behind-the-scenes idea man who argues for turning principals into entrepreneurs while giving campuses new control over their budgets and prodding schools to compete for students.

He is the author of three previous books on organization and management, including the bestselling Theory Z (best seller list for five months, has been published in 14 foreign editions, and ranks as the seventh most widely held book of the 12 million titles held in 4,000 U.S. libraries that tooked him from relative obscurity to a sought-after speaker and corporate consultant) and is also former chief of staff to Mayor Richard Riordan in Los Angeles.

His mother taught high school English and journalism, while his older sister taught elementary school. Their frustrations with gigantic bureaucracies that failed to motivate them to be successful prompted his great interest in education.

Active in both educational and civic affairs, Dr. Ouchi is an advisor to the Joint Senate-Assembly Committee on Preparing California for the 21st Century, a past member of the Consumer Advisory Committee of the S.E.C., and chair of the Riordan Programs, which serve minority high school and college students in Southern California. He lives in Santa Monica, California.

He serves on the boards of Williams College, KCET public television, Allegheny-Teledyne, First Federal Bank of California, California Community Foundation, LEARN, Japanese American National Museum, Sempra Energy, FirstFed Financial, Allegheny Technologies, Water-Pik Technologies, and the Advisory Board of the U.S. Commission on Presidential Debates. He is also a member of the Consumer Advisory Committee of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and of the Real Estate Advisory Committee of the Trust Company of the West.

Ouchi serves as director of the School Design Project, a twelve-person interdisciplinary effort to study the organization and the management of urban schools, including those of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Edmonton, Seattle, and Houston.

He is Co-Chair of the Los Angeles County Alliance for Student Achievement, Chair of the Nozawa Endowment at the Anderson School, and Chair of the Riordan Programs. He is a former trustee of the Harvard-Westlake School and of the California Community Foundation, former chair of the Los Angeles Educational Alliance for Restructuring Now (LEARN), and a former member of the Consumer Advisory Committee of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He serves as Chair of the Finance Advisory Committee of the Los Angeles Unified School District and was a member of the Advisory Committee on Performance of the California State Department of Education and of the Advisory Committee on Budget, Finance and Technology of the LAUSD School Board.

 
 

DJ ICON
DJ ICON, also known as Connie Wong, has always found a way to express herself through performance. Born in Kowloon, Hong Kong and moving to the US in her early childhood, she's been a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area for most of her life except for her recent 2½ year venture to New York City.

ICON began her musical journey as a violinist during her childhood. Later, she evolved into a different kind of performer, a contortionist in a local San Francisco circus. After experimenting with these arts, she finally found her niche much later when she discovered electronic music.

ICON entered the SF underground dance culture in 1996 when the Trance scene was first starting to erupt. At the time she was an avid follower of punk rock. Nevertheless, she immediately acquired a love for electronic music and quickly became a prominent member of the "rave" scene first as a supporter, then as a DJ and Promoter.

ICON has been known for spinning a hybrid of Trance, UK Hard House, and Nu-Skool Breaks. She has a unique style of mixing these genres together to create a slamming high-energy set that gets people moving on the dance floor.

Gradually over the past few years, ICON made the transition and natural progression from Four-on-Four beats to Breakbeat fusions. Currently she focuses mostly on all forms of Breaks including Nu-Skool, Funky, Trancy/Melodic, and Electro.

In 2000, ICON began hosting her own events in San Francisco when she founded her production company, Mach 5. She has also co-produced many successful events with a plethora of other production companies.

In April 2002, ICON was featured in a twelve-part documentary series, "Disc Jockey", on Showtime™ and ShoNext™. The three-minute episode includes footage of ICON DJing, an interview, an animated segment, and an original Breaks track by ICON and Justin Johnson (Cable Recordings, Barely Legal) called "Slide".

ICON has teamed up with MC Linzee, Siren, Lejla and Winter to form the NYC chapter of the original and infamous all-female DJ Collective from San Francisco, SISTER. ICON also joined forces with Sleeveless, a drum & bass and Breaks DJ crew from San Francisco. Sleeveless consists of ICON, Femmes Fatales, Ultraviolet, Donna Matrix, Buna, Sinseer, Chaostica, and MCAudio Angel.

In 2003, ICON starred as the DJ on a new show called "The Wade Robson Project", a freestyle dance competition hosted by super-choreographer, Wade Robson.

In 2004, she was one of the artists performing at Coachella 2004 that included Radiohead, The Cure, Kraftwerk, The Pixies, The Flaming Lips, Air, Paul Van Dyk, Basement, Jaxx, Bright Eyes, The Crystal Method, Hieroglyphics, Future Sound of London and others. L.A. Times stated that DJ Icon's energetic two-hour set, a nice mix of showmanship and large synthesizer-laden grooves, got the party started early on.

Coachella Music Festival's fifth edition featured nearly 100 top-grade artists at every level of popularity, from stadium-fillers to niche club bands and cult DJs. Coachella has survived numersous obstacles to become one of the premier large-scale event on today's U.S. rock landscape.

 
 

ARTHUR LIU
A native of China and longtime resident of Taiwan, Arthur Liu (and his wife is Yvonne) graduated from the Newhouse School with a master's degree in public communications in 1966. Starting from nothing, he built a media empire that now includes more than 30 radio stations, three cable networks and a weekly publication. Liu's Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc. broadcasts daily in dozens of languages and has stations across the U.S., including major cities such as New York, Dallas, Los Angeles and Seattle.

Arthur Liu, whose Western pop music radio shows were a big hit back in 1960s Taiwan, bought 30 radio stations in the United States in the 1990s, becoming a mogul in Chinese-language media there, and writing an amazing page in broadcasting history. As a result, he created a Chinese radio empire in America as the natin’s top owner of small AM stations in big markets.

On these stations he sells brokered time, mostly to Latino and Asian programmers. If he has enough buyers in one language, he'll devote a station to that one language all day, so that in NYC 1470 WZRC is Cantonese all day. 930 WPAT is mostly Korean, although overnight Mr. Liu sells time to a DJ who programs a standards/big bands show. He provides a valuable service for immigrants who'd otherwise have no broadcast media if they had to buy and support a 24/7 radio station.

He bought most of the Radio Unica stations for $150M when that Spanish Talk network closed shop last year, leaving behind a dozen AM stations in large Latino markets. The combined company will have 43 radio stations after select divestitures, making it the 18th largest radio broadcasting company in the country based on the number of stations owned.

Liu's one shot at actually programming and running a station in English came a few years ago when NYC was left with no adult standards station. (ABC made a deal with the NY Times to broker Radio Disney 24/7 on 1560 WQEW, knocking off that station's standards format.) Liu took a 5000 watt station in nearby Newark NJ, 1430 WNSW and made it a locally programmed adult standards station (his personally favorite).

Liu Foundation Board - The Liu Multicultural Scholarships will encourage graduate students at the Newhouse School to engage in the exploration of other cultures, and to use their communications skills to educate a media audience desperately in need of a worldwide perspective. It is no exaggeration to say that our future depends on it."

In 2001, the American Advertising Federation named Liu as an inaugural honoree of its Mosaic Awards. The awards were created to recognize industry trailblazers who have contributed significantly to the evolution of multicultural marketing and advertising, as well as celebrating extraordinary achievements in diversity.


In the 1960’s, for eight years he hosted trendsetting programs in Taiwan featuring Western pop music on Youth Radio, the police radio network, and the Broadcasting Corporation of China that did more than anyone to bring this type of music to the radio listeners.

Arthur was born into the Chinese journalism aristocracy. His father was a well-known reporter for the Central News Agency in mainland China in the 1930s and 40s, who also, together with a number of other important first-generation reporters, founded the well-known journal Newsdom.

Liu attended National Taiwan Normal University Affiliated High School and fell in love with English and Western music. He also got hooked on broadcasts of Western pop music from Australia and the Philippines. While at school, he found an opportunity to host a Western music program at Youth radio station, which became a hit among its radio listeners that also received a great deal of fan mail.

After graduation and completion of his military obligations, Liu hosted pop music programs for a total of eight years at three different radio stations. When he turned 30, he decided to go to the United States to pursue courses in media studies.

After acquiring a master's degree in communications from Syracuse University, he went to work at ABC, one of the US's three major broadcast television and radio networks for $400.00 (US).

In 1972, Arthur Liu, now familiar with the corporate culture of American television, established Sino TV Incorporated in New York. Four years later he founded the Sino Radio Broadcast Corporation, and began producing original Chinese language programming. At the same time he came out with Sino Daily Express and started to established extensive contacts in the media world from the world of American TV and radio.

In 1982, he applied to purchase a radio station whose license had been suspended: 105.9 FM in New York. In 1992, after the Federal Communications Commission announced a new law designed to stop frivolous bids (the law forbade those who acquired licenses from giving compensation to other competitors), he completed the purchase. At the radio station, he found program hosts who could really make minority listeners feel at home, and the station became immediately popular with the many minority groups that exist in New York City.

From 1993 to 1995, Liu purchased his second New York radio station, as well as three AM stations (KAZN 1300, KMRB 1430, and KMNY 1600) in Los Angeles.

In 1998, a FCC rule change (FCC limit on the number of radio stations that could be owned by an individual or corporation) provided the opportunity for a nationwide Spanish-language network to acquire a station in New York for $100 million (US) from his company.

As Liu explains: "When you buy media, you have to look at the operations multiple. You can sell a television station for about ten times operations value, and a newspaper for seven to eight times, but a radio station you can sell for 14 times the value!"

At the present time, he and his wife own stations in New York, Washington, Virginia, Maryland, Florida, Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, San Jose, San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and other cities and states. Moreover, through satellite links and alliances, Liu's Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation has created a nationwide network of minority-market radio stations, broadcasting daily in dozens of languages. He also has three Chinese language TV stations in New York.

His future includes crossing over into cable and satellite television and establishing a one-hour long Chinese-language program that will be broadcast on a nationwide network.

He has also invested nearly US$1 million to purchase a radio station on Long Island where students can practice producing programs of their own, to develop "loyal professionals" for years to come. There he sows and nurtures the seeds for the medium he loves so much, and waits for the future harvest.

 
 

JUNG CHANG
Born in Yibin, Sichuan Province, China in 1952, Jung Chang was a Red Guard briefly at the age of fourteen and then worked as a peasant, a "barefoot" doctor, a steelworker and an electrician before becoming an English Language student and, later, an assistant lecturer at Sichuan University.

She left China for Britain in 1978 and was subsequently awarded a scholarship by York University, where she obtained a PhD in Linguistics in 1982 - the first person from the People's Republic of China to receive a doctorate from a British University. She has since also been awarded honorary doctorates from the universities of Buckingham, York, Warwick and the Open University. Dr. Chang currently is working on a biography of Mao Zedong.

Her spellbinding lectures charting the dramatic developments in 20th century China, provide a truly unique, inspiring and uplifting experience and help to understand the challenge of 21st Century globalization.

Jung Chang's book "Wild Swans - Three Daughters of China" has been translated into 30 languages and has sold over 9 million copies world-wide, reaching no. 1 in over a dozen countries, including Japan, Britain, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Holland and Scandinavia.

"Wild Swans" has won many awards, including the NCR Book Award UK (1992), UK Writers' Guild Best Non-Fiction (1992) and Book of the Year UK (1993). It is the most widely read book about China this century.

Jude Chang has turned down BBC’s request to make a $15.6 million television drama out of the best-selling book Wild Swans (which documents the travails of three generations of women in the writer's family against the backdrop of recent Chinese history) because of her insistence on using mainland Chinese actors and on filming the series in Mandarin with English sub-titles.

Her ability as a brilliant and tender writer provided her the ability to write with such clarity the story of her own family’s life and hardships faced in China during the Communist rule.

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"Archie said he never thought he'd see the day when white and colored would be kissin' from coast to coast." -- Edith Bunker, on "All in the Family," on seeing Sammy Davis Jr. greet Raquel Welch on "The Tonight Show." (1971) "If the only time you show a balanced relationship is in an interracial relationship, whether it's conscious or subconscious, it sends a message I'm not comfortable with." -- "ER" star Eriq LaSalle on asking the series writers to terminate his character's on-screen romance with a white female doctor played by Alex Kingston. (1999)
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CHEN SHI-ZHENG & PEONY PAVILION
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INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES
Nearly one out every 10 couples standing in front of the wedding altar in Korea today is saying "I do" in a different language. That is because interracial marriages for Koreans - who pride themselves in the unbroken 5,000-year-history of their homogeneous population - have drastically increased in recent years.
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JAPANESE AMERICANS IN TEXAS
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YO-YO MA PERFORMS AT LINCOLN CENTER
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WAYNE WANG & QUEEN LATIFAH
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LANG LANG - ALL FLASH AND NO SUBSTANCE?
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US CATCHING UP WITH ASIA/EUROPE IN WI-FI
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YASH GUPTA IS USC'S BUSINESS DEAN
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MANZANAR MUSEUM
Hundreds of former detainees and their descendants traveled to the Manzanar National Historic Site for the opening of a National Park Service museum that preserves a bitter memory for many Japanese Americans.
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INTERVIEW WITH JACKIE CHAN
Jackie Chan is admired worldwide for his daredevil stunts and his comedy action movies, but his generosity toward those less fortunate often misses the spotlight.
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ASIAN ARTISTS IN TIME MAGAZINE'S LIST
Norah Jones, Aishwarya Rai, Hideo Nakata and Ken Kutaragi were recognized in TIME 100 "Artist and Entertainer" class.
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STATE OF SCHOOL SEGREGATION
To see how integration is playing out 50 years after the Supreme Court banned school segregation, consider Pajaro Valley Unified.
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R.I.P.: DAN FUJITA
Den Fujita, a charismatic businessman who established the McDonald's fast-food chain in Japan as well the country's branch of Toys ``R'' Us, died April 21 of heart failure,
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ASIAN HIGHWAY AGREEMENT
Forty-five years after it was proposed, a modern version of the ancient Silk Road that once linked Asia with Europe is nearing completion - an 87,500-mile web of highways and ferry routes connecting 32 Asian countries.
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CHINESE DIPLOMATS @ LOS ALAMOS
Two Chinese diplomats, away from their Los Angeles consulate improperly, recently sped their vehicle past a Los Alamos National Laboratory guard post near classified facilities in what U.S. officials think was an intelligence mission.
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HAING NGOR CONVICTIONS OVERTURNED
A federal judge has overturned the conviction of a man found guilty of the 1996 killing of Haing Ngor, an Oscar-winning actor who survived Cambodia's killing fields.
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CHINESE TV GOES CRIME FREE
The Chinese government has ordered state-controlled TV networks to suspend prime-time airing of programs about crime and violence during the coming May Day holidays to provide a "healthy environment" for children.
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ATUL VASHISTHA & OUTSOURCING
Vashistha is one of the leading practitioners of "offshoring." His San Ramon consulting firm, neoIT, helps U.S. companies cut costs by sending work to India, the Philippines and other nations with cheaper labor.
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XUAN WEN LI POISONED
Meet Xuan Wen Li. Fremont semiconductor firm AXT, Inc. poisoned him with arsenic, then fired him — just as it did with up to 500 other Chinese immigrants.
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WENDY WANG
Wendy Wang, who works on port policy for the mayor, became the second member of L.A. Mayor Hahn's staff to receive a subpoena in investigations regarding the city's contracting practices.
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US REJECTS PETITION FOR CHINA SANCTIONS
The Bush administration on Wednesday rejected a petition by organized labor (AFL-CIO) to penalize China for its workplace practices and indicated that it would rebuff a request targeting Beijing's currency policies.
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HYUNDAI BETTER THAN U.S./EUROPEAN RIVALS
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. roared past European and American rivals to finish in a stunning second place in a J.D. Power & Associates survey of model year 2004 vehicles.
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CHINA/U.S. REACH ACCORD ON PIRACY
U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to curtail piracy of American movies, music and computer software, reduce barriers to U.S. technology and make it easier for domestic firms to gain entry to China's markets.
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REVIEW: CLOSE CALL
Like a supermarket tabloid, "Close Call" trumpets the shocking news that a Korean American 16-year-old can go just as wild as any other high school girl, wilder even than the girls in "Thirteen."
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U.S. & JAPAN ALLIANCE ANNIVERSARY
Japan and the United States celebrated the 150th anniversary in their alliance - a partnership that is increasingly forcing Tokyo to rethink a pacifist military policy drawn up by the Americans 50 years ago.
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HIP-HOP POLITICAL ACTIVISM
Today's hip-hop constituency possess great media access and financial clout to tackled gang violence, South African apartheid, drugs, police abuse and now they want to play an instrumental role in this year's presidential election.
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SCHWARZENEGGER AND HOLLYWOOD
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday tapped a cast of Hollywood figures, including his former co-star Danny DeVito and Clint Eastwood, to mount an effort to keep movie and television productions in California.
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DETAIL MAGAZINE PROTEST
A spoof in the latest issue of Details has provoked a fierce reaction from area Asian-Americans furious over what they perceive as a scurrilous jest by a national magazine.
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BRITTNEY DOES CHINA
Chinese promoters are talking with Britney Spears' managers about her performing in China later this year, a promoter said Wednesday.
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HOOK-UPS AT SHANGHAI HEALTH CLUBS
Don't let all the equipment fool you: Shanghai's health clubs serve a clientele more interested in being seen than in being fit.
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MOVIE REVIEW: CELLPHONE
The hottest movie in China these days is "Cellphone," a dark comedy about a morally bankrupt TV talk show host who lies, cheats and schemes his way through life using his feature-laden cellphone.
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CELEBRATING IMMIGRATION'S DIVERSITY
In a city forever celebrating itself, the story of Ellis Island has assumed heroic dimensions: More than 12 million immigrants poured into the harbor gateway near the Statue of Liberty.
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CLINTON URGES PHILANTHROPY
Citing "a greater necessity for private philanthropy than ever before," former President Bill Clinton urges high-income individuals benefiting from estate tax cuts to donate to charitable causes.
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BOAO FORUM IN ASIA
Chinese President Hu Jintao will host about 1,000 business and political luminaries from East Asia and beyond, including former President George H.W. Bush, on the southern island of Hainan. The Boao Forum for Asia — now in its third year — is patterned after the highly successful World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland to showcase political agendas.
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INFLUENCE OF MARIA SHRIVER
California's first lady emerges as a powerful partner with her governor husband. 'Arnold (Schwarzenegger) and I are a team,' she says.
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SCHWARZENEGGER'S "TO DO" LIST
After signing a massive workers' compensation insurance overhaul bill Monday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger now is turning his persuasive powers to the next steps he deems necessary to bring clear skies to California's business climate.
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SCHWARZENEGGER'S MARYBEL BATJER
Marybel Batjer - Gov. Schwarzenegger's Cabinet secretary is known for her ability to work wonders behind the scenes. She also works with Pat Clarey (governor's chief of staff); Joe Rodota (campaign's policy chief; and longtime Schwarzenegger aide Bonnie Reiss.
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SCHWARZENEGGER WANTS ANOTHER TERM
Bad news for Democrats — especially Democrats hoping to run for governor next time: Arnold Schwarzenegger loves his job. Really loves his job.
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SCHWARZENEGGER'S M.O.
When the choice is between placating party conservatives or steering negotiations to a delicate compromise, the governor's instinct is to reach for consensus.
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SONY'S WIRELESS TV
Sony aims to amaze with its wireless TV, a portable multi-use device to be rolled out in the U.S. that aims to change how people watch the tube and surf the Net.
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MERITS OF OUTSOURCING
Sending jobs overseas isn't always worth it, U.S. companies find problems with logistics, language and red tape can make outsourcing jobs overseas a money-losing move.
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BAPTISMS IN THE BATTLEFIELD
Battlefield baptisms are not unusual among front-line troops, said Navy Lt. Scott Radetski, the battalion's Protestant chaplain. So many service personnel on deployment request to be baptized that the military even has a two-page sheet on how to create a battlefield baptismal font, called the Field Immersion Baptismal Liner Instructions. Books such as Tim LaHaye/Jerry Jenkins' "Left Behind" series have also addressed the strong need to discover what God's role is within these days of warfare.
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RADIO FLYER GOES TO CHINA
Radio Flyer Inc. will stop making its famous red metal wagons in Chicago by the fall, halting its final manufacturing operation and releasing nearly half of its 90 employees.
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NEW MEN MAGAZINES
Four new magazines aim to help retail-challenged men navigate the choice of everything from shaving creams to fast cars.
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CHINA'S DIGITAL JUNKYARDS FROM U.S.
Chinese laborers eke out a living using acid, fire and their bare hands to recycle mountains of electronic scrap, most of it from the U.S.
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VIDEO GAMES AT MUSEUM
Three decades after "Pong" ricocheted into popular culture, video games are bouncing into the rarefied world of fine art. A vocal clique of academics, curators and critics is asking whether digital muscleman Duke Nukem deserves the same study and reverence as, say, a Degas sculpture.
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ASIA STOCKPILING U.S. DOLLARS
A massive buildup of U.S. dollars held by Japan, China and other Asian countries is fueling increasing unease among analysts and policymakers, who fear it poses risks to the fragile American economic recovery and global financial stability.
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CHINA POSTPONE THEIR WIRELESS PLAN
China agreed to give up a plan to impose its own standard for wireless technology, essentially agreeing to join the rest of the world rather than dividing it up.
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LOSING TOP TECHIES TO ASIA?
Governments in Asia are so eager for employment and the transfer of technology to their young populations that they are offering huge tax holidays for U.S. manufacturers who will set up shop.
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BELLYDANCING TOUR
Miles Copeland stated And they must be bold because many in the world don't see the art of bellydance as we do. I believe I have chosen well and I mean what I say when I say I am proud to introduce them- as proud as I was introducing the Police or any other star I have worked with.
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TRAVELING IN ASIA
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Malaysia, Chengde and Thailand have strong efforts in attracting tourists to visit their respective destinations. In addition, tour operators are trying to bring tourists to Los Angeles.
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