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JUNE 2004 NEWS
In these days of turmoil and challenges, reviewing the recently deceased Matthew "Mattie" Stepanek's words listed below is worthy to be read and thoughtfully considered.

"ON BEING A CHAMPION"
Mattie J.T. Stepanek
from "Journey Through Heartsongs," 1999

A champion is a winner,
A hero . . .
Someone who never gives up
Even though the going gets rough,
A champion is a member of
A winning team . . .
Someone who overcomes challenges
Even when it requires creative solutions.
A champion is an optimist,
A hopeful spirit . . .
Someone who plays the game,
Even when the game is called life . . .
Especially when the game is called life.
There can be a champion in each of us,
If we live as a winner.
If we live as a member of the team,
If we live with a hopeful spirit,
For life . . . .

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RELL SUNN

Rell was at once a role model, swimwear model, radio personality, motivational speaker, and hula instructor, giving of herself to a variety of groups. "We can dream forever, but we have to do something now." - Rell Sunn

BACKGROUND
Rell (a typical Hawaiian mix of Hawaiian, Chinese, and Irish) lived her entire life in Makaha – Oahu’s West Side, a beach town troubled by crime, drug abuse, high teen pregnancy and school dropout rates. But to Rell, it was a place full of family and friends and her beloved ocean—"paradise on earth."

 

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3RD ANNUAL DRAGON'S ROAR
The 3rd Annual Dragon's Roar, an APA version of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, will occur on Friday: September 17, 2004 at Hollywood's famous "The Sunset Room." The three stages will feature a wide spectrum of artists from throughout the United States displaying vision through rap, psychedelic rock meets traditional Cambodian pop, r&b, emo-rock, spoken word, j-pop meets hip-hop/r&b, thrash metal and glam rock.
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R.I.P.: JI JIN SHAN - CHINESE ROBIN HOOD
I saw the videotape of Master Ji's funeral (This modern-day icon of martial arts who was a hero of the people, a Chinese cultural treasure and my teacher.), held in China. The closest thing I can compare it to is President Kennedy's funeral in America. Thousands of people lined up to pay last respects to him, lying in state. People were falling down, overcome with grief. It was a sight and a time I'll never forget.
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JACKIE CHAN INTERVIEW
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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ASIANS IN TIME'S TOP 100
Norah Jones, Aishwarya Rai, Hideo Nakata AND Ken Kutaragi were recognized for their creativity, their ability to innovate and create, that sets them apart in their fields.
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ANNA MAY TO LUCY LIU
Has things changed much from Anna May Wong to Lucy Liu? No Asian-American actress has had a career that has lasted as long as Anna May Wong's and she died more than 40 years ago. Let's hope that will soon change.
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CHINESE DIPLOMATS IMPROPERLY LEAVE LAB
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, The Washington Times has learned.
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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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SPACE FOR WRITERS
Walk into the Office and you feel as though you've wandered into a Brentwood day spa. And in a sense you have, but a day spa for writers.
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MINDY SMITH AND THE SINGER/SONGWRITER
"Most of the time I would get, 'We really like this … but we can't do anything with it.' I got a lot of that," says Long Island-reared singer-songwriter Mindy Smith, 31. "It's very depressing, especially when you're in poverty, sleeping on other people's couches and you're barely surviving.
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INDIAN MUSIC WITH A WESTERN TWIST
The music of India is an enigma to many Western listeners. To some, it recalls the Beatles and Ravi Shankar; to others it is pleasant, atmospheric, but ultimately incomprehensible; and to still others it is nothing more than exotic snake-charming music.
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ATUL VASHISTHA HELPS U.S. FIRMS
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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AXT WAY
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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JAPANESE IN TEXAS
Only the older ones among them have muddied their hands and ankles in the Japanese rice fields of Texas. That's right, partner. Texas. The Japanese rice fields and truck farms of East Texas and the Rio Grande Valley to be exact.
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YO-YO MA @ LINCOLN CENTER
Up to 7 million people, on average, watch the public television series "Live from Lincoln Center," which on Thursday will feature cellist Yo-Yo Ma (news - web sites) and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra under Ton Koopman.
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WAYNE WANG & QUEEN LATIFAH
"Maid in Manhattan" director Wayne Wang is in early negotiations to shoot "Last Holiday," a comedy remake with Queen Latifah taking the lead role originally played by Alec Guinness.
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SONY'S ANDREW LACK
After a crash course in the dynamics of a dying industry, Sony Music boss Andrew Lack, the TV news veteran brought in 15 months ago to revive its ailing $5.3 billion-a-year record business, is ready to propose the unthinkable.
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ASIANS ON PEOPLE MAG LIST
Asian Americans on People Magazine's "Most Beautiful List" include Lucy Liu, Suchin Pak, Ken Watanabe, Angella Ahn (classical musician), Lucia Ahn (classical musician), Maria Ahn (classical musician) and Elizabeth Cho, TV anchor
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WENDY WANG SUBPOENAED
Wendy Wang, who works on port policy for the mayor, Wednesday became the second member of his staff to receive a subpoena in those investigations.
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IMAGINASIAN TV LAUNCHED
ImaginAsian Entertainment's ImaginAsian TV will launch in August 2004 as the first national, 24-hour Asian-American television network.
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SWIRLY ASIAN AMERICANS
Four years ago, when the official count revealed that more than 7 million Americans self-identify as being of two or more races, Chau started Swirl Inc., a nonprofit support group based in New York especially for those from interracial, intercultural and interfaith backgrounds.
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RICKY LOVES WILLIAM HUNG
Latino Pop sensation Ricky Martin has showered words of encouragement on William Hung, the participant in the talent hunt American Idol, who made a complete fiasco while performing Ricky's hit single, She Bangs.
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SEXPLOITATION OF THE ASIAN KIND
With all this seemingly positive mantra bombarding us on a minute-by-minute basis, an image keeps playing itself over and over again in the mind of the Asian consumer—how closely do I resemble the heavily-accented and loutish, sesame-seed- bun Asian doctor from those sanctimoniously festive McDonald's advertisements?
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ASIAN DISCRIMINATION
But universities, especially those on the West Coast, repeatedly used race-based admission policies to exclude Asians, setting an unusually high standard for incoming Asian students, thereby rejecting even those applicants with the highest academic records.
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BANZAI
Since Banzai aired, many Asian American organizations and civil activist groups have protested against the show's condescending nature towards the Asian ethnicity, inspiring a current debate on whether the show is a demeaning Asian stereotype or just a goofy, harmless comedy.
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VICTOR VU'S OAN HON
Oan Hôn's plot separates into three chapters that each read like a Buddhist Gospel. In the first, struggling scribe Loc (Tuan Cuong) treks through the Vietnamese countryside as he searches for an isolated location to write.
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MINORITY ACTIVISTS DEMAND DROPPING "PEOPLE METERS"
Black and Latino activists have joined their New York counterparts in demanding that Nielsen Media Research drop plans to introduce "people meters" to determine the local ratings of television shows.
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CHANG-RAE LEE'S HIGHLY PRAISED NOVEL
A few weeks ago, as novelist Chang-rae Lee was carting his clubs around a golf course near his home, two white golfers interrupted their conversation to ask whether he belonged to the club. Lee, whose new novel, "Aloft," has been highly praised, politely told the men that, yes, he was indeed a member. The incident served as a mildly uncomfortable reminder to the Korean-born Lee — whose novels often explore the concept of assimilation — that fitting in, even on a suburban golf course, is not all that easy.
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SEX AND THE ASIAN AMERICAN MALE
Wanting to know what the mostly Asian American class considered desirable, professor Darrell Hamamoto asked: What posters are on your bedroom walls? After an uncomfortable silence, Hamamoto got the names he expected — celebrities such as Brad Pitt.
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JIN VS. WILLIAM HUNG
One is a dexterous street poet; the other, an adorable nerd. They are, respectively, New York City's Jin and Berkeley's William Hung, two men whose recent forays into the charts have provoked controversy in the Asian-American community.
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HARLEMM VS. WILLIAM HUNG
But few people remember the guy with the agile grooves while nowadays, the guy with the awkward moves needs only his last name for instant recognition. Say "Hung" to a passerby and elicit a likely, "She bangs! She bangs!"
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KATIE LEUNG AS HARRY POTTER'S "CHO CHANG"
This is the schoolgirl set for movie stardom - as Harry Potter's first girlfriend. Katie Leung, 16, has scooped the prized role of Cho Chang, the Chinese girl who wins the heart of the boy wizard. And the youngster gets to kiss Harry - played by 15-year-old Daniel Radcliffe.
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TRANSRACIAL ABDUCTIONS
What is fundamentally wrong with intercountry adoption is that white Westerners adopt children, while non-whites in non-Western countries relinquish and supply those children. Intercountry adoption is in other words a one-way traffic and not an equal exchange of children in need between countries.
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ZHANG YIMOU'S EPID
The eye-popping fight sequences in "House of Flying Daggers," including one set in a bamboo forest, were greeted with gasps of astonishment and spontaneous applause by critics at the renowned movie showcase.
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JUDY CHU AND AB2428
California State Assemblymember Judy Chu has proposed AB 2428 — "Kenny's Law"—new legislation protecting hate crime victims. AB 2428 is named after Kenny Chiu, a 17 year old Taiwanese American boy who was brutally murdered simply because he was Asian. In July 2001, Christopher Hearn, Kenny's next door neighbor, waited for Kenny to come home and then stabbed him 27 times in the driveway of his own house.
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WILL YUN LEE VS. ELEKTRA
Torque and Die Another Day star Will Yun Lee has been cast as the main villain in Elektra for Regency Enterprises and 20th Century Fox.
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JASMINE, BAMBOODA & RICE PAPER TARGETING ASIAN AMERICANS
Being Korean-Canadian, I share the same love-hate relationship with Asian-Canadian magazines. I genuinely want to support them, but like any magazine, the editorial must be engaging, well-written and informative. Sadly for most Asian-Canadian magazines, aiming for a large readership means degrading overall editorial quality.
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ZHANGS DAZZLE CANNES
The eye-popping fight sequences in "House of Flying Daggers," including one set in a bamboo forest, were greeted with gasps of astonishment and spontaneous applause by critics at the renowned movie showcase.
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JASMINE VOTED OFF "AMERICAN IDOL"
Jasmine Trias was voted off "American Idol" after a longer journey than some thought she deserved, leaving Fantasia Barrino and Diana DeGarmo to sing off in next week's finale. Less then one week after being voted off of "American Idol," 17 year old O'ahu native Jasmine Trias has been offered a six figure contract from Quiet Storm Records.
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ASIAN CINEMA
By 2046 — the year of the 99th Cannes International Film Festival, not the movie that tantalized the 57th — Mr. Wong may be finished with his sequel. And by then, rather than remarking on the vitality of Asian cinema, people may be wondering if interesting movies are still being made anywhere else - which is also confirmed by Park Chan-wook.
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ASIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Many of the conflicts within the Asian American community arise out of intergenerational disputes and cultural clashes as a result of social construction of "other." The westernization and exploitation of second generation Asian Americans contribute to the break down of traditional values. Intrafamilial conflict is among the most devastating to the Asian American social structure.
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RACISM
When it comes to racism, it is easier to be in denial than to accept the reality that many people still learn to hate on the basis of skin color.
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COMPUTER GAMING
Computer games began taking off in Korea five years ago when the government rolled out a nationwide high-speed Internet system. Instead of buying expensive consoles or handheld games, which weren't widely available here then, teens began facing off on the Internet. Companies ranging from Samsung Electronics to Coca-Cola Co. started sponsoring tournaments, and some even adopted teams.
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2046 COMPLETED
Hong Kong's cult director Wong Kar-Wai is so relieved that his new film "2046" was finished before the calendar reached the year it was set in. But he firmly denied that the race to get the film finished in time for the Cannes film festival was a publicity stunt designed to drum up support in the battle to land the top award.
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ASIAN YOUTH'S HARSH REALITIES
According to the last Census, the Asian community's perceived economic success is only a facade - a higher percentage of Asians live below the poverty line than the population as a whole (14 percent compared to 13 percent). Asians are also twice as likely to be poor as compared to whites. The Board of Education reports that 24 percent of Asian Americans over 25 do not have a high school degree and 33 percent of Asian students in public high schools either drop out or do not graduate on time. And every minute, one Asian student gets suspended.
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SPORT TEAMS DIVERSE FAN BASE
He had seen the Japanese press hound Ichiro Suzuki, documenting his every move made both on and off the field, but it wasn't until the first road trip of the 2001 season that Mariners outfielder Mike Cameron realized the impact his teammate would have on the game.
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