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	<title>FALLOUT CENTRAL -- News</title>
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	<description>One-Stop Shopping For Asian American Empowerment</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Is it &#8220;Bad Karma&#8221; to mock Asians with &#8220;Chinky Eyes&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/08/22/it-is-bad-karma-to-mock-asians-with-chinky-eyes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jj_de_la_cruz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it &#8220;Bad Karma&#8221; to mock Asians with &#8220;Chinky Eyes&#8220;? Maybe Sharon Stone can shed some light on this one.

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		<title>Olympic Fallout &#8230; part Deux</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/08/12/olympic-fallout-part-deux/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/08/12/olympic-fallout-part-deux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark_chang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve found the news coverage of the Beijing Olympics provided thus far to be highly opinionated at best.  Why should persons of Chinese descent  living in America be concerned?  Because in a group setting, you&#8217;re the defacto &#8220;China customer service rep&#8221; and will be expected to address these issues from a &#8220;Chinese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic Fallout</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/08/02/olympic-fallout/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark_chang</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Activism and Empowerment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the 2008 Olympic games draw near, you can bet the self-righteous will unite with the jackass in a China bashing frenzy.  So if you&#8217;re of Chinese descent and are tired of being the proverbial &#8220;catcher&#8221; of insults, read on for some pointers that may make it easier for you to address these unpleasant situations.
First [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Byron Wong, Writer, The Fighting 44s</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/30/podcast-episode-byron-wong-writer-the-fighting-44s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/30/podcast-episode-byron-wong-writer-the-fighting-44s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Minority women and the issue of getting along</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/12/minority-women-and-the-issue-of-getting-along/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/12/minority-women-and-the-issue-of-getting-along/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Nah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of the times when I see another Asian girl that is a stranger on the street, for some reason I automatically act hostile towards them. We exchange unapproachable glances, and in my mind I am judging them by the way they look, the way the dress, who they are with, and sizing them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Whatever It Takes (a documentary)</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/10/podcast-episode-whatever-it-takes-a-documentary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/10/podcast-episode-whatever-it-takes-a-documentary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>1 Pack = 1 Vaccine commercial</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/05/1-pack-1-vaccine-commercial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/05/1-pack-1-vaccine-commercial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Nah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I tend to pride myself in not being overly sensitive, so perhaps this reaction could be considered a moment of weakness.  However, while watching Law &#38; Order (guilty pleasure) this afternoon, I happened to see the new Pampers 1 Pack = 1 Vaccine commercial.
In this commercial, a white mother and child receive the thanks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planet B-Boy: Gripping yarn builds to spectacular battle</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/planet-b-boy-gripping-yarn-builds-to-spectacular-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/planet-b-boy-gripping-yarn-builds-to-spectacular-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Benson Lees’ plan to make the continuing story of break dancers a success was made possible. The recording of Planet B-boy is now on its three years.
The possibility of making it more interesting than any other news or current events will be true, because f its ratings and audience impact.

Read more…

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		<title>Next Step for Liu?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/next-step-for-liu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/next-step-for-liu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[John Liu is ready to leave the City Council in 2009, but nobody knows what his plans are. They think that he is aiming for the mayoral position, but he is refusing it he doesn’t want to attempt to improve the city Council.
The soon-to-be-candidate is knocking into the office of the so called “voice of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Chinese Deliveryman Works at Google</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/this-chinese-deliveryman-works-at-google/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/this-chinese-deliveryman-works-at-google/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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A new film entitled “Take Out” will be shown in New York. This is about a Chinese delivery man who struggles to pay his debt to immigrant smugglers.
The actor is a Korean-American who is working in the marketing division of Google in New York and is getting a part time M.B.A. The movie trace to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese-American Community Pioneer Ruby Chow Dies</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/chinese-american-community-pioneer-ruby-chow-dies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/chinese-american-community-pioneer-ruby-chow-dies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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Ruby Chow a pioneer of Chinese-American community died last Wednesday morning. She was a flourishing business woman and a politician as well. She holds the first Chinese restaurant outside of Chinatown. 
She has served well for three terms as a politician and she proved that women can do things that they think are limited to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American Olympic Hopefuls</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/asian-american-olympic-hopefuls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/asian-american-olympic-hopefuls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Several Asian-Americans are up to bringing home the gold from the 2008 Beijing. Some of them are:






Badminton: Howard Bach – Bach was born in Saigon, Vietnam and grew up in San Francisco. And he also continued to pursue his passion for badminton at YMCA in U.S






Cycling: Kim Hayashi – 22 years and was born in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American Business Group Signs Cooperative Agreement</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/asian-american-business-group-signs-cooperative-agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/04/asian-american-business-group-signs-cooperative-agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last May 28 at the Mercury, Koreatown L.A. took place the formal signing of a collective agreement of Asian-American business owners in Southern California.
Envoys like Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai chambers of commerce in S. California have gathered together for the event in order for them to meet and exploit power and develop economic chances.
See [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Pacific Heritage celebrated at Bagram</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/asian-pacific-heritage-celebrated-at-bagram/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/asian-pacific-heritage-celebrated-at-bagram/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last may 28, Bagram Air field in Afghanistan celebrated Asian Pacific Heritage Month. They had colorful origami, paper cranes and some food and cultural show.
Making paper cranes is their traditional way of having sick people get well. They also had several performances like Hula from Hawaii performed by the Polynesian volunteers, Huka dance(war dance) which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>18 Fil-Am Spellers at Scripps National Spelling Bee</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/18-fil-am-spellers-at-scripps-national-spelling-bee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/18-fil-am-spellers-at-scripps-national-spelling-bee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Several Filipino-American youth have joined The Scripps National Spelling Bee in the United States. It is also the longest-running program by the E.W. Scripps Company. 
There are 18 youths who will be joining and contending for the title Spelling Bee Champion. The finals will be aired on ABC, Friday, 8pm-10pm ET. 

Read more…
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		<title>UFC 84 fighters test clean</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/ufc-84-fighters-test-clean/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/ufc-84-fighters-test-clean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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The UFC fighter who have played last May 24 for the UFC 84 championships. It took place in MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.  
On the main event BJ Penn fought UFC lightweight title against the champion Sean Sherk.
Read more…
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		<title>The Hard, Short Rise of Bruce Lee</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/the-hard-short-rise-of-bruce-lee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/the-hard-short-rise-of-bruce-lee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bruce lee’s first break was the film enter the dragon, it is where he excelled as an artist with all of his signature moves in martial arts. Lou Gaul author of the book “The fist that Shook the World” said that Bruce lee was the only man who had introduce a new style of fighting, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American Film Festival on July 10</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/asian-american-film-festival-on-july-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/asian-american-film-festival-on-july-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American film Festival will be held on July 10, Thursday. They will be featuring 2 new films, Princess of Nebraska directed by Wayne Wang and Ping Pong Playa directed by Jessica Yu.
Read more…
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		<title>Korean-American Fund Manager Trades Grains for Gains</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/korean-american-fund-manager-trades-grains-for-gains/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/korean-american-fund-manager-trades-grains-for-gains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[





The Korean-American founder and CVO (Chief Visionary Officer) of MISFIT Financial Group Paul Kim is trying to save the prices of agriculture nowadays. He is planning to establish an agriculture-focused fund called Misfit-Delta, he is introducing it to Korea in order to help them recognize the prices of commodities.
Kim was born in Korea and later [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Asians hopeless romantics?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/are-asians-hopeless-romantics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/03/are-asians-hopeless-romantics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Nah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have come to find that in our generation many Asians are hopeless romantics and are more prone to melodramatic moods.
Within Asian media, content is centered around love centered themes. Dramas and mini-series deal with finding the perfect love. Even the content of Asian pop music is exclusively loved themed. While it’s true that almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sale of Little Tokyo mall stirs apprehension</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/02/sale-of-little-tokyo-mall-stirs-apprehension/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/02/sale-of-little-tokyo-mall-stirs-apprehension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/02/sale-of-little-tokyo-mall-stirs-apprehension/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[L.A.’s Little Tokyo the largest Japanese town in California has the largest indoor Japanese mall which was bought by six Korean-Americans. They have invested $35.5 million dollars for the shopping mall itself.
They will be converting it into Korean market, Korean-style spa and some Korean themed center. &#8220;We are not saying don&#8217;t come, you are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quake in China strikes home for son</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/02/quake-in-china-strikes-home-for-son/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/02/quake-in-china-strikes-home-for-son/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Ron Wang, a Ph.D from University of Iowa, has helped through Gulf coast Chinese-American Association to be of assistance to the victims of the earthquake in China.
&#8220;Out of all this terrible thing, there is something to be gained: That is what I wish for.&#8221; He says.
Gulf coast Chinese-American Association has raised almost $8,000 for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yao yaks with kids on Children&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/02/yao-yaks-with-kids-on-childrens-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/02/yao-yaks-with-kids-on-childrens-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last June 1, 2008, Sunday Yao ming celebrates the Children’s Day with the kids in China while in the U.S.A. He celebrated it through a telephone conversation with. They had a long chat and the kids were actually asking questions to him.
The questions and topics are limited during the conversation and the kids can ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: 8Asians.com</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/02/podcast-episode-8asianscom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/02/podcast-episode-8asianscom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bleeding Love</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/01/bleeding-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/06/01/bleeding-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Nah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the West, we get next month&#8217;s relationship predictions from the back of magazines based on our astrological horoscope sign.   What has become more and more popular among East Asians is compatibility and personality descriptions based on blood types.
Originating from Japan, this trend has spread to South Korea, China, and many South Asian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes being a diligent Asian girl may not pay off</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/31/sometimes-being-a-diligent-asian-girl-may-not-pay-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/31/sometimes-being-a-diligent-asian-girl-may-not-pay-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 06:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Nah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Succeeding in your own endeavors is easy because you are in control of your own expectations.  Succeeding in relationships is of course much harder.
Daily, women are redefining their roles in society.  Thanks to progressive thinking, women are excelling in academics as well as in the work field.  We are looking younger longer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yao will play in Olympics, friend says</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/yao-will-play-in-olympics-friend-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/yao-will-play-in-olympics-friend-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 23:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liu Xiang, a Chinese track star which is also Yao Mings’ friend said that Yao will make it to the Olympics this coming August. He is now under rehabilitation in preparation for His fight with his home country against United States where the NBA is.
&#8220;He said his foot was better and that he had started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liu Wins Lawsuit after Calling DJ A Pedophile</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/liu-wins-lawsuit-after-calling-dj-a-pedophile/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/liu-wins-lawsuit-after-calling-dj-a-pedophile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 23:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DJ Torain or DJ Star of Power 105.1 has inhumanly assaulted DJ Envy’’s daughter and he also made racial and sexual disgrace to his wife.
Liu heard about what happened and called him a “racist pedophile” and told his employer to discharge him from the company.
Read more…
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		<title>Chinese American Rally at State Capitol</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/chinese-american-rally-at-state-capitol/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/chinese-american-rally-at-state-capitol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 23:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Victims of the recent earthquake in Sichuan province, China are receiving more and more donations and money for their needs. Lansing Chinese-American Association had prayers and rallies in order to raise funds for the victim.
All of it the funds and other things that the association are getting from their prayers and rallies will be going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American Notebook: Conferences to encourage college</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/asian-american-notebook-conferences-to-encourage-college/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/asian-american-notebook-conferences-to-encourage-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 19:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[

     WHAT:   Pacific Islander Student Leadership Conference

     WHEN: Saturday, May 31
                   9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

     WHERE: Cal State Long Beach
  

The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bruce Lee&#8217;s former home to aid quake relief</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/bruce-lees-former-home-to-aid-quake-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/bruce-lees-former-home-to-aid-quake-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 19:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to news reports, Bruce Lee’s former house in Hong Kong will be sold to raise funds to help the victims of the earthquake in China.
Is a two-storey house at Kowloon Tong where Bruce Lee spent his last years before his mysterious death in 1973. The house will be arranged for selling by an 86 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dining for $25 or less: China Chefs</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/dining-for-25-or-less-china-chefs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/30/dining-for-25-or-less-china-chefs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 19:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Chinese restaurant located in Hickory Ridge road Columbia, called China Chefs is serving great food at a low cost price of $25 or less.
This was opened 1989 and it is at the back of a hospital. The restaurant is not up to the competition, but they make their business stand out by giving their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inter-Asian dating</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/inter-asian-dating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/inter-asian-dating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 04:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Nah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget interracial dating.  How about inter-Asian dating&#8211;dating across different cultural lines?
Inter-Asian dating is something that reveals stigmas even more severe than that of interracial dating. For our parents&#8217; generation, inter-Asian dating might pose problems dealing with the politics of culture, e.g., instilled hatred for the Japanese in Chinese and Korean cultures.  However, in our generation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Hollywood Chinese&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/hollywood-chinese-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/hollywood-chinese-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 23:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Director Arthur Dong who made “Licensed to Kill” has come up with a new film entitled “Hollywood Chinese.”
It’s a story of Chinese people entering Hollywood, their real life experiences and thought on the involvedness they had in dealing with it. 
Read more of the article…
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		<title>Top High School Students to Participate in National Multicultural Journalism Program</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/top-high-school-students-to-participate-in-national-multicultural-journalism-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/top-high-school-students-to-participate-in-national-multicultural-journalism-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 22:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asian American Journalists Association has selected students who will compete for the J. Camp for journalism skills and academic achievement.
J. Camp will be on July 18-23, 2008 at Loyola University Chicago. &#8220;J Camp gives students the confidence to make a difference with a future career in journalism,&#8221; said Douglas W. Nelson, president and CEO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planet B-Boy goes inside dancing life</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/planet-b-boy-goes-inside-dancing-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/planet-b-boy-goes-inside-dancing-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 20:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[

        
  

Benson Lee’s film observes the lives of his B-boy crews as they raze the dance floor and following them n their competitions in Germany and around the world. 
“These guys love kung fu films because they relate to the main character’s journey: being on their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lotus celebration fetes Asian culture</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/lotus-celebration-fetes-asian-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/lotus-celebration-fetes-asian-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 20:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

Lotus Celebration 
Asian Pacific American Heritage
May 29, 2008 at 5:30 to 8 p.m.
China Palace Restaurant
5052 N. West Lane
Tickets: $35
For information, call (209) 469-8860



Asian-American Chamber of Commerce in Stockton, Central Valley will be celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage. They will be doing it Lotus celebration, like what they are doing annually.
They will also be distinguishing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American business body gives out biyearly awards</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/asian-american-business-body-gives-out-biyearly-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/asian-american-business-body-gives-out-biyearly-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 20:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[





&#8220;Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business&#8221; was the title of the award given to 50 business men who has an excellent business programs in the nation. 
This award is entitled to those business men who have successfully built a business, a good vision and an exceptional leadership.
Read more…
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		<title>Is having an Asian Fetish the same thing as having a &#8220;type&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/is-having-an-asian-fetish-the-same-thing-as-having-a-type/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/29/is-having-an-asian-fetish-the-same-thing-as-having-a-type/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 06:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Nah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[About a month ago, I was sitting with my girl friends in the library attempting to study.  Needless to say, that study session ended up in a girly heart-to-heart chatter.  During this time though, I got into a slight argument with all my friends about The Asian Fetish.
I told them that it was my number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kings Bay Celebrates Asian Pacific Heritage Month</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/kings-bay-celebrates-asian-pacific-heritage-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/kings-bay-celebrates-asian-pacific-heritage-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 23:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

 
Camden County High School students
perform the Carinosa, the national dance of
the Philippines, during the Asian Pacific
Heritage Month Celebration.





 
The event featured a wide assortment of
food tasting from Chinese, Japanese,of
Filipino, and Vietnamese kitchens catered
by local Asian restaurants.






During his speech, Capt. Robert Susbilla
asked everyone to closely examine the
Great Seal of the United States found on
any dollar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Night&#8217;s TV: Storyville: The Biggest Chinese Restaurant In The World, BBC4 Imagine&#8230;Doris Lessing – The Hostess And The Alien, BBC1</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/last-nights-tv-storyville-the-biggest-chinese-restaurant-in-the-world-bbc4-imaginedoris-lessing-%e2%80%93-the-hostess-and-the-alien-bbc1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/last-nights-tv-storyville-the-biggest-chinese-restaurant-in-the-world-bbc4-imaginedoris-lessing-%e2%80%93-the-hostess-and-the-alien-bbc1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 21:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Already acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Record; the biggest Chinese Restaurant in the world, which is called West Lake Restaurant located at Hunanese town in Changsha. 
It is composed of 300 cooks, small mass of waiter and waitresses and identified by their separate uniforms. And they also have their signature food which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pinoys Among US Naval Academy Class of 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/pinoys-among-us-naval-academy-class-of-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/pinoys-among-us-naval-academy-class-of-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 21:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Graduates of Annapolis are assigned to be in the Navy or Marines. Among them are many Filipino-American who graduated in the U.S.A.
Master Chief Bernard Quibilan of Cebu is one of the Filipino-American who is honored during the graduation ceremony. He became the highest ranking officer of the Navy before he retired just early this year.
See [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yao plays down Olympic chances</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/yao-plays-down-olympic-chances/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/yao-plays-down-olympic-chances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 18:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[





Yao is still vigilant on his chances for playing for the Olympics, because of his foot surgery, but he is trying to pursue the training, because he had started running just last week.
What is important to Yao Ming still is the safety of the people on the upcoming event, subsequent to the tragedy that happened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American Plastic Surgeon Number One in Central Valley</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/asian-american-plastic-surgeon-number-one-in-central-valley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/asian-american-plastic-surgeon-number-one-in-central-valley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 18:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/asian-american-plastic-surgeon-number-one-in-central-valley/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American plastic surgeon Dr. Hugh Vu of Central Valley was voted the number one plastic surgeon in their place.
He specializes into reconstructive surgery. He intends to have a medical mission in Asia specifically in the Philippines and Vietnam, sponsored by Rotoplast. “There are a lot of people trying to get in it because it’s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Library hosts South Asian Film Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/library-hosts-south-asian-film-festival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/library-hosts-south-asian-film-festival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 18:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American Theater Project is showing their short films at Middletown Main Library.


Screenings on June 2, 6-8:45 p.m. :
 &#8220;Little Terrorist&#8221; (narrative short)
    India
   15 minutes, Language: Hindi
 
&#8220;Whose Children Are These&#8221; (documentary feature)
   U.S.A
   27 minutes, Language: English

&#8220;Naamkoro/Naming Ceremony&#8221; (narrative short)
    India
  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to: Be an attractive Asian male</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/how-to-be-an-attractive-asian-male/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/how-to-be-an-attractive-asian-male/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 08:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Nah</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/28/how-to-be-an-attractive-asian-male/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fact: Asian women are highly sexualized (a mixed blessing) and generally are very much aware of their powers of attraction
Problem: Asian men are not nearly as sexualized and are often emasculated.  This makes dating, which is an already daunting task, even more difficult for Asian men who may become overwhelmed and hindered by this gender [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THEATER REVIEW: The directorial debut of writer David Mura offers incisive wit and grim paranoia</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/theater-review-the-directorial-debut-of-writer-david-mura-offers-incisive-wit-and-grim-paranoia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/theater-review-the-directorial-debut-of-writer-david-mura-offers-incisive-wit-and-grim-paranoia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 21:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[


 WHAT: Q &#038; A

  WHO: By Juliana Hu Pegues. Directed by David Mura.
 
  When: 2 p.m. today and next Sunday,
   8 p.m Thursdays through Saturdays.
   Ends June 8. 

   Where: Mixed Blood Theatre, 1501 S. 4th St., Mpls.

   Tickets: $16-$18. 612-338-6131



Juliana Hu Pegues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Heritage Month: Bronx&#8217;s Bangladeshi Community Proudly Grows</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/asian-heritage-month-bronxs-bangladeshi-community-proudly-grows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/asian-heritage-month-bronxs-bangladeshi-community-proudly-grows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 21:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangladeshis has the largest Asian-born American, according to the survey the 5,600 Bangladeshi lives in Bronx and it went up at 1,600 in year 2000.
One man said that, the reason Bangladesh people are living in Bronx is that they are comfortable with the place, because rents are cheaper, hospitals are nearer as well as condominiums [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Veteran Shares Story on Memorial Day</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/local-veteran-shares-story-on-memorial-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/local-veteran-shares-story-on-memorial-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 17:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[





Ken Ugaki, a Japanese-American kept in mind his experiences during Pearl Harbor. He talked about his loss of freedom during that time, but that didn’t hinder him from combating freedom for other people.
A part of his interview was: &#8220;do you consider yourself an American?&#8221;
&#8220;yes.&#8221;
&#8220;A proud American?&#8221;
&#8220;A PROUD AMERICAN!&#8221; 
See the article…
]]></description>
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		<title>Yao shaken by China&#8217;s earthquake tragedy</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/yao-shaken-by-chinas-earthquake-tragedy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/yao-shaken-by-chinas-earthquake-tragedy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 17:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[





Yao Ming is very worried and sad about what happened to the people in Sichuan, China when the earthquake occurred.
He wakes up every morning going straight away to his computer to check on updates for about the tragedy. He was at the press conference in promotion with Coca-Cola when he told that story. He already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bruce Lee musical slated for Broadway</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/bruce-lee-musical-slated-for-broadway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/bruce-lee-musical-slated-for-broadway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 17:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[





David Henry Hwang and Bartlett Sher will make Bruce lee alive again in the form of a musical in the Broadway.
The musical production will be entitled “Bruce lee: Journey to the West”. The musical will be about Chinese culture and Chinese pop, and the plot will intertwine Bruce Lee’s rise to fame. It will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dating: the company we keep</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/dating-the-company-we-keep/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/27/dating-the-company-we-keep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 05:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Nah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no argument that Asian Americans and Asian (immigrants) are separate groups of people; indeed, both groups face different daily struggles in their attempts to exist/coexist with American (mainstream) culture.  A question I now pose is this: Do you think that being born in America or being born in Asia impacts one&#8217;s future choices in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: The Fighting 44s</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/26/podcast-episode-the-fighting-44s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/26/podcast-episode-the-fighting-44s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 19:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Interview with Tony Lam
Director
The Fighting 44s : Uniting the Asian Conscience


]]></description>
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		<title>Verizon Wireless Celebrates Diversity Best Practices during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/verizon-wireless-celebrates-diversity-best-practices-during-asian-pacific-american-heritage-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/verizon-wireless-celebrates-diversity-best-practices-during-asian-pacific-american-heritage-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 22:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/verizon-wireless-celebrates-diversity-best-practices-during-asian-pacific-american-heritage-month/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Verizon Wireless is proud to inform that they employed 69,000 people for their company including Asian-Americans. 
That is the purpose of celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage Month to honor the hard work of Asian- Americans.
Read more…
]]></description>
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		<title>Gay and Lesbian Asian-Americans Struggle to Find Acceptance in Conservative Congregations</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/gay-and-lesbian-asian-americans-struggle-to-find-acceptance-in-conservative-congregations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/gay-and-lesbian-asian-americans-struggle-to-find-acceptance-in-conservative-congregations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 22:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American gay and lesbians are begging for acceptance from their local and tradition church. “It’s important to recognize that there are Asian-American churches that are affirming of queer people,” Tai said.
Those who are open-minded, stereotype Asian-Americans that are closed to this issue are just denying themselves and, yet they are not true.
Read the original article…
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		<title>The Asian-American Minority Swing Vote</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/the-asian-american-minority-swing-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/the-asian-american-minority-swing-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 22:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/the-asian-american-minority-swing-vote/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American has voted for Hillary Clinton in big percentage. There is a group called 80-20 Initiative that has been supporting Clinton on Super Tuesday. It is called 80-20, because their objective or goal is to put all their votes and money to the candidate that they have endorsed.
Groups like these try to oppose any oppose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yao Ming set for return to training in June</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/yao-ming-set-for-return-to-training-in-june/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/yao-ming-set-for-return-to-training-in-june/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 19:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[





Yao Ming will head to China on June for a month of training in preparation for the Olympics 2008 that will be in August. He just recovered from his foot surgery and can now run for about three quarters of his full power.
Yao will be the hopes of team China in the basketball category this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Free Food for Millionares&#8217; Hit Bookstands</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/free-food-for-millionares-hit-bookstands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/free-food-for-millionares-hit-bookstands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 19:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Michael Joo Returns with New Exhibit</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/michael-joo-returns-with-new-exhibit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/23/michael-joo-returns-with-new-exhibit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 19:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

.











&#8220;Relationalized&#8221; by Michael Joo is on display at the PKM Gallery in Seoul.



Korean art is back again in New York’s lime light. Michael Joo a Korean-American artist is again making his masterpieces. &#8220;There is still a search for identity in terms of race. But the exploration includes identity of certain mediums, like sculptures and paintings. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Chinese Americans raise $5,725 for quake victims</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/local-chinese-americans-raise-5725-for-quake-victims/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/local-chinese-americans-raise-5725-for-quake-victims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 23:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese-Americans have collected $5,725 for the victims of the China earthquake. This amount of money will be sent to Sichuan Red Cross Society. 
The donation will be used for the victims’ daily, such as food, clothing, water and temporary shelter like tents.
Read more of this article…

]]></description>
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		<title>Filipino-American Assoc. reaches out with community events in C.C.</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/filipino-american-assoc-reaches-out-with-community-events-in-cc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/filipino-american-assoc-reaches-out-with-community-events-in-cc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 23:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[


The Filipino-American Association of Charles City
hosted a basketball and potluck party Saturday at
Sportsmen’s Park to kick off a new age 14-and-up
basketball league it is sponsoring. The league, as
well as other activities being planned, are intended to
help everyone in the community —?regardless of
ethnic background — interact in fun and fellowship.





WHAT: “Play Ball”

WHO: Filipino-American Association

WHEN: every SATURDAY [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filipino-American ordained at St. Patrick’s Cathedral</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/filipino-american-ordained-at-st-patrick%e2%80%99s-cathedral/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 22:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[


Fr. Perez gives his first blessing after ordination



Father Ronald P. Perez a Filipino-American from Batangas, Philippines is the oldest candidate that was ordained by Archbishop Edward Cardinal Egan of New York last May 10, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. He was a former paralegal at Midtown law firm.
His decision of becoming a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Event Highlights</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/event-highlights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 20:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian Heritage Month in Calgary has some events in order to enjoy the wealthy background of Asia.


Bus Tour
May 25 at 1 p.m
W.R. Castell Public Library, 616 Macleod Trail S.E.
tickets online at www.asianheritagecalgary.ca

Asian Night Market and Festival
Friday, May 30 at 2 p.m. - 11 p.m
Olympic Plaza
Free admission
For more information, please call 264-2778
E-mail info@asianheritagecalgary.ca or visit
www.asianheritagecalgary.ca

Breaking the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liu and Yassky Push the Idea of Biking to Work</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/liu-and-yassky-push-the-idea-of-biking-to-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/liu-and-yassky-push-the-idea-of-biking-to-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 20:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[





John Liu and David Yaasky lead the National Bike to Work Day. This is for the purpose of the cars to be responsive of the bike lanes in opening their doors.
John Liu also helped facilitate in passing a bill about an automatic $50 charge for those who ride their bikes on the sidewalk.
Continue reading the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPI Named in Nation’s “50 Fastest-Growing Asian American Businesses” by USPAACC-EF</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/22/spi-named-in-nation%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9c50-fastest-growing-asian-american-businesses%e2%80%9d-by-uspaacc-ef/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 20:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC-EF) named the company Software Paradigm International (SPI) 	as one of the 50 fastest growing Asian American business in the nation. The declaration will be held during 23rd CelebrAsian Annual National Business Opportunity ’08 at the White House.
SPI is from North America. Their line of business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian girls are focus of retreat</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/asian-girls-are-focus-of-retreat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 22:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[

WHAT
“Where’s My-Space?”
Teen Retreat

WHO
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, St. Cloud Chapter for

WHEN
May 24-25, 2008, Saturday and Sunday 

WHERE
Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center,
Alexandria 



The retreat is for Asian American teen girls that are willing to learn more about careers, positive visions and identity issues, for them to have a greater future. The event is also a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S to Improve Chinese Relations and Prompt Further Investment</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/us-to-improve-chinese-relations-and-prompt-further-investment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/us-to-improve-chinese-relations-and-prompt-further-investment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 22:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Guttierez has sent a letter to American Chamber of Commerce in China telling them to appeal fo a greater investment in the United States. &#8220;Please come to the U.S. You will find no better market in the world in which to build a business, create wealth and create opportunities” was part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing CACS’s First Historical Book Canton Footprints: Sacramento’s Chinese Legacy</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/introducing-cacs%e2%80%99s-first-historical-book-canton-footprints-sacramento%e2%80%99s-chinese-legacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/introducing-cacs%e2%80%99s-first-historical-book-canton-footprints-sacramento%e2%80%99s-chinese-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 22:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
  
WHAT
Author Lecture, Book Signing and Dinner
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		<title>Asian Heritage Month: One-Fifth of Asian Americans Deal with Lack of Healthcare</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/asian-heritage-month-one-fifth-of-asian-americans-deal-with-lack-of-healthcare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/asian-heritage-month-one-fifth-of-asian-americans-deal-with-lack-of-healthcare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 18:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[People think that Asian-Americans have health insurance, because they believe that Asians can easily afford it, but they are the ones who lack health insurance compared to others.
The figure states that there are about 200,000 New Yorkers who can’t afford health insurance for their family and for themselves. Problem about not having health insurances actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yao Ming concerns about quake-hit Sichuan</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/yao-ming-concerns-about-quake-hit-sichuan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/yao-ming-concerns-about-quake-hit-sichuan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 18:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When Yao Ming learned about the incident from a message through a cell phone, he then didn’t take his ear out for latest news updates on the web and television.
He became more sorrowful when he had received information that the number of deaths became higher. He donated millions of dollars and still wants to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Heritage Month: &#8220;Mayor of Mosel Avenue&#8221; Helps Chinese Neighbors Stay Safe</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/asian-heritage-month-mayor-of-mosel-avenue-helps-chinese-neighbors-stay-safe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/21/asian-heritage-month-mayor-of-mosel-avenue-helps-chinese-neighbors-stay-safe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 18:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

       



Staten Island’s Mosel Avenue Mayor George Lee is in the action. He has been helping his people from some situations that make them afraid. 
Chinese Americans are bothered by what is happening in their neighborhood, especially under Staten Island’s Expressway Overpass. There have been crimes like hitting and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian-American fest June 7</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/asian-american-fest-june-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/asian-american-fest-june-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 20:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tulsa City-County Library will be hosting the 6th Annual Asian-American Festival. It will be held on June 7, 2008 at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
The celebration consists of performances like Dragon Dance, martial arts, and Asian regulations the whole day. There are also some authentic arts and crafts and food indulgence which will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$4.9 Billion Generated by 50 Asian American Businesses in 2007, USPAACC-EF Reports</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/49-billion-generated-by-50-asian-american-businesses-in-2007-uspaacc-ef-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/49-billion-generated-by-50-asian-american-businesses-in-2007-uspaacc-ef-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 19:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[USPACC EF (US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation) has reported $4.9 billion dollars of sales that were produced by 50 Asian American Businesses in 2007.
&#8220;The continued robust growth of Asian American-owned businesses &#8212; even during tough economic times &#8212; is testament to the enduring quality of Asian Americans who, through innovation, hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Americans in Washington donate nearly $300,000 to quake-hit homeland</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/chinese-americans-in-washington-donate-nearly-300000-to-quake-hit-homeland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/chinese-americans-in-washington-donate-nearly-300000-to-quake-hit-homeland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 19:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese-Americans have donated almost $300,000 for the survivors of the destructive earthquake in China as of May 18.
The Chinese Embassy to the United States has been busy since the tragedy. They build up an emergency management system and a 24-hour hotline for those who would call for donations.
Read more…
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		<title>Chinese-American Librarians Appeal for Earthquake Aid</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/chinese-american-librarians-appeal-for-earthquake-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/chinese-american-librarians-appeal-for-earthquake-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 17:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Min Liu, assistant director of the Long Island Library Resources Council had sent a group email to fellow librarians about supporting the victim of the earthquake that happened in China just recently. 
Liu just emailed this statement &#8220;The most touching scenery goes beyond all the bloody pain, the tears and crying of babies, parents, brothers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY: STRUGGLE AGAINST RACISM</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/struggle-for-justice-and-equity-struggle-against-racism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/struggle-for-justice-and-equity-struggle-against-racism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 17:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Racism]]></category>

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For 63 years the Filipino veterans were denied by their rights. After 63 years the U.S. Senate finally passed a bill about this. The Filipinos were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MISSION-CRITICAL: Filipino Veterans Equity Bill - Contact your Representatives THIS MORNING</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/mission-critical-filipino-veterans-equity-bill-contact-your-representatives-this-morning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/20/mission-critical-filipino-veterans-equity-bill-contact-your-representatives-this-morning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 14:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jj_de_la_cruz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends:
This is an appeal on behalf of our surviving Filipino WWII veterans. Out of the more than 400,000 listed after WWII, only about 20,000 remain. Time is of the essence as they are in their mid-80s and their numbers are dwindling. In a few years they will all be gone. For the first time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michelle Maykin</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/michelle-maykin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 01:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Maykin was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in February 2007.  Right now, she&#8217;s down to the last few weeks and needs to find a bone marrow match by JUNE 21.  She is of Chinese/Vietnamese descent and it is more likely she&#8217;ll find a match within the same ethnic/racial group.
Right now, there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle&#8217;s Wing Luke Museum takes flight once more</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/seattles-wing-luke-museum-takes-flight-once-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/seattles-wing-luke-museum-takes-flight-once-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 19:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>albert_lim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Right: Workers install glass in front of a 1900s theater scrim in the museum.
The Wing Luke Asian Museum of Seattle reopens to fanfare on May 31, having been relocated to an early 20th-century building that once offered rooms, meals and social support to Chinese immigrants.
According to the Seattle P-I, the museum&#8217;s new &#8220;Historic Immersion Tours&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yao&#8217;s &#8217;stingy&#8217; China quake donation sparks debate</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/yaos-stingy-china-quake-donation-sparks-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/yaos-stingy-china-quake-donation-sparks-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 18:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

     
     
     Yao Ming



Yao Ming was criticized by the media one day ago for the amount of donations he was able to give to the victims of the quake in China.
He was said to be a thrifty person, in spite of how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese American entertainers stage benefit performance for China&#8217;s quake victims</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/chinese-american-entertainers-stage-benefit-performance-for-chinas-quake-victims/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/chinese-american-entertainers-stage-benefit-performance-for-chinas-quake-victims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 18:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[World News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than 200 entertainers performed at the Flushing Mall, Flushing New York City for the assistance of those victims of the May 12 China tragedy. The group includes martial arts practitioners, musicians, singers and many more.
The performance has been successfully done in three days and the feedback has been an amazing expression from the Chinese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interned Coeur d&#8217;Alene man gets UW degree</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/interned-coeur-dalene-man-gets-uw-degree/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/interned-coeur-dalene-man-gets-uw-degree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 18:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An 86-year old Japanese-American name Norman Sato was one of those requested to receive an honorary degree last Sunday at the University of Washington. 
Sato was one of those who are compelled by the Japanese fighters who attacked Pearl Harbor to be transferred in an internment camp. He was then a sophomore when he moved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sponsor Spotlight: Yao Ming Appearance for Sponsor in Question</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/sponsor-spotlight-yao-ming-appearance-for-sponsor-in-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/sponsor-spotlight-yao-ming-appearance-for-sponsor-in-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 17:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

     
     
     Reebok&#8217;s &#8220;Fuel Yao&#8217;s
     Unlimited Power&#8221;
     campaign, launched in 
     2007, is its biggest 
     China marketing effort. 



Reebok has cancelled major plans for Yao [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Ethnic Pride Has Mixed Impact on Asian Americans  Ability To Deal With Discrimination</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/report-ethnic-pride-has-mixed-impact-on-asian-americans-ability-to-deal-with-discrimination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/report-ethnic-pride-has-mixed-impact-on-asian-americans-ability-to-deal-with-discrimination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 17:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Racism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/report-ethnic-pride-has-mixed-impact-on-asian-americans-ability-to-deal-with-discrimination/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Strong attachment to their ethnicity can lessen the negative effects of racism to some Asian-Americans brought out by the American Physiological Association.
18-75 years old Asian-American adults have been tested about any negative reactions they may have for the past 30 days, and they were also asked about their insights on racism and cultural unfairness…
Read more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Korean-American Killings Shake Communities</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/korean-american-killings-shake-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/korean-american-killings-shake-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 17:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/19/korean-american-killings-shake-communities/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been a chain of killings of Korean-Americans in New York and New Jersey. In Tenafly, New Jersey, there are many Korean-Americans lived there, and a man in his 70’s, a woman in his 50’s and a young man in his 20’s were found dead in a house last Friday afternoon. The police do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sorrowful Yao Ming appeals for quake relief aid</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/sorrowful-yao-ming-appeals-for-quake-relief-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/sorrowful-yao-ming-appeals-for-quake-relief-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 22:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[World News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

    
     Yao Ming and Chinese Olympians
     boost quake relief fund



Yao ming was very sorrowful about the earthquake that happened to China just recently. He and the other athletes are helping to give assistance for the victims.
His team Houston Rockets has already given two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liu: Reform Mayor&#8217;s Slush, Too</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/liu-reform-mayors-slush-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/liu-reform-mayors-slush-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 21:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/liu-reform-mayors-slush-too/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Councilman of Queens, John Liu said at an interview &#8220;&#8230;As we have all seen this week with the revelation of millions and millions of dollars of mayor&#8217;s discretionary funds, the truth becomes - the truth becomes clearer,&#8221;
This is with regards to Mayor Bloomberg’s unrestricted funds which has been bothering the government. They had planned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s like dancing without the stars</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/its-like-dancing-without-the-stars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/its-like-dancing-without-the-stars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 21:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Media and Entertainment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you think you can only see break dancing during half times of the NBA or a history from the 80’s? That’s not true! Because this time Planet B-Boy can do it.
Benson Lee the author of Planet B-boy will be celebrating the city display of continual rhythm and amazing athletics. During the competition, Planet B-boy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minister remarks on Asian Heritage Month</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/minister-remarks-on-asian-heritage-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/minister-remarks-on-asian-heritage-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 20:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The responsible in releasing the concerns related to Asian Heritage Month is Greg Byrne(Minister, Population Growth Secretariat. The concern is the significance of Asian Heritage Month preferably the importance of Asian community to New Brunswick. 
In celebration of the Asian Heritage Month, it will be very useful in showcasing News Brunswick
As a friendly province that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marc Katano, Eurhythmic</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/marc-katano-eurhythmic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/marc-katano-eurhythmic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 20:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Media and Entertainment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“The fundamental basis of my work is the act of inscription itself.” This was Marc Katano’s description about his art. Marc Katano is a Japanese-American who works for Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts for 15 years. His vision of his art is making use of very simple movement of the hand and arms. His arts are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese American Students and the Communication Gap</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/chinese-american-students-and-the-communication-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/chinese-american-students-and-the-communication-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 20:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Community Offenders]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/16/chinese-american-students-and-the-communication-gap/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chinese-American students are experiencing communication gaps when they go to school, especially those school that are for Americans or others, because they are having a hard time learning the language. Chinese-American students are academically intelligent are incompetent when it comes to their communication efficiency and it really affects his/her overall improvement. This situation is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Mart cited for employment of Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/wal-mart-cited-for-employment-of-asian-americans-pacific-islanders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/wal-mart-cited-for-employment-of-asian-americans-pacific-islanders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/wal-mart-cited-for-employment-of-asian-americans-pacific-islanders/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wal-mart was documented to have employed 39,000 Asian-Americans and 5,000 Pacific Islanders. It is one of the Fortune 500 companies and it was published by the Asian Magazine the largest publication for Asian-American small businesses.

Read more…

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		<title>Web Exclusive: 5 Questions with John Liu</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/web-exclusive-5-questions-with-john-liu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/web-exclusive-5-questions-with-john-liu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/web-exclusive-5-questions-with-john-liu/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New York’s finest and the only Asian American member of the city council is John Liu. He is the envoy of one of the largest neighborhood in New York City which is Flushing, Queens. And he has been very forthright in his admonition about racial-related crimes and physical attack in opposition with Asian Americans.
Q: You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese-American students get UW degrees decades after internment</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/japanese-american-students-get-uw-degrees-decades-after-internment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/japanese-american-students-get-uw-degrees-decades-after-internment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/japanese-american-students-get-uw-degrees-decades-after-internment/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
      
        Months after Japan attacked Pearl
        Harbor, 440 Japanese American 
        students had to leave the university 
        because their families [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beach volley: Ilustre-Pascua gains main draw</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/beach-volley-ilustre-pascua-gains-main-draw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/beach-volley-ilustre-pascua-gains-main-draw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/beach-volley-ilustre-pascua-gains-main-draw/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Heidi Ilustre and Diane Pascua both Filipino Americans are the Philippine Pair are into beach volleyball gaining points to be able to make it to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. These two have joined a lot of competition, and fortunately won those trophies and awards. The pair has already won at bronze medalist for the 2006 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HEALTH AND FITNESS: Expo to offer screenings</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/health-and-fitness-expo-to-offer-screenings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/health-and-fitness-expo-to-offer-screenings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/health-and-fitness-expo-to-offer-screenings/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

        Philippine American Community Center of Michigan
        17356 Northland Park Court in Southfield. 
        May 17, 2008  From 9:00 am – 1:00 pm 
        Call 248-443-7037 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian-American communities especially hurt by tobacco</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/asian-american-communities-especially-hurt-by-tobacco/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/asian-american-communities-especially-hurt-by-tobacco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Community Alerts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/asian-american-communities-especially-hurt-by-tobacco/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Study says that Asian Americans are more susceptible to illnesses caused by smoking, because they are the ones who smoke like chimneys, they are cigarette sticks more than they have to a day. 
Smoking puts everyone’s life at risk, because of the chemical that is in the cigarette itself comes out in the form of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Margaret Cho trying to redeem herself?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/is-margaret-cho-trying-to-redeem-herself/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/is-margaret-cho-trying-to-redeem-herself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 14:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jj_de_la_cruz</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/15/is-margaret-cho-trying-to-redeem-herself/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe Margaret Cho really does care about the Asian-American community. In her blog post, White-out vs Yellowface, Cho discusses why she will be boycotting the movie 21
Perhaps she&#8217;s trying to redeem herself for this.
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		<title>Ketchum man recalls his early years as an American captive</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/ketchum-man-recalls-his-early-years-as-an-american-captive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/ketchum-man-recalls-his-early-years-as-an-american-captive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 22:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/ketchum-man-recalls-his-early-years-as-an-american-captive/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rod Tatsuno, a Japanese American man who lives in Ketchum, was interviewed on to his past experiences. At only one month old he and his parents were moved to imprisonment camp and then later on were released after two years.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not on my consciousness all the time, but it is back there in my subconscious,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yao Ming comments on China earthquake disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/yao-ming-comments-on-china-earthquake-disaster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/yao-ming-comments-on-china-earthquake-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 22:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[World News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/yao-ming-comments-on-china-earthquake-disaster/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“It is very hard putting into words how difficult it is to see this kind of destruction in Sichuan.  I am very saddened to hear of the large loss of life that has occurred…
“On behalf of the Houston Rockets, I want to offer my deepest sympathies to all who have been affected by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Happens to Asian American Identity When the &#8216;Home Country&#8217; is Criticized?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/what-happens-to-asian-american-identity-when-the-home-country-is-criticized/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/what-happens-to-asian-american-identity-when-the-home-country-is-criticized/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[World News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/what-happens-to-asian-american-identity-when-the-home-country-is-criticized/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I think the times are different because people feel more comfortable with their own identities and make a distinction between being Asian and being Asian American, said a senior art history major and Chinese minor At UC Berkeley .
Asian Americans do sometimes think that if their home country is being disparaged, they ought to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese-Americans open wallets for quake relief</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/chinese-americans-open-wallets-for-quake-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/chinese-americans-open-wallets-for-quake-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 18:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        Margaret Tan, left, receives 
        contributions to a disaster relief, 
   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God and a Few Close Friends</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/god-and-a-few-close-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 17:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian groups are growing faster than the multi-racial groups. Rebecca Kim an associate professor at Pepperdine University has conducted a research about christian groups inside the campus of UCLA her results were two Korean American groups, one Asian American, one multi-racial group and one majority Caucasian group. Contented or comfortable was the main reason why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yao&#8217;s main concern is to stay on court</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/yaos-main-concern-is-to-stay-on-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/yaos-main-concern-is-to-stay-on-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 17:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hopefully this time in our homeland we can give our people a surprise and for ourselves too.&#8221; This was Yao’s statement when he was interviewed by the press people of Beijing and New York. Yao ming wants to make it at least to the top eight of the upcoming Beijing Olympics. There are no frail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activist Training (Presented by APA&#8217;s for Progress)</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/activist-training-presented-by-apas-for-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/14/activist-training-presented-by-apas-for-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 15:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my personal favorite organizations, APA&#8217;s for Progress, is hosting an activist training workshop. I really love what these guys stand for and what they do for us. The organizers of this workshop are also heavily involved in the production of Vincent Who?, a documentary about the historic case of Vincent Chin. The workshop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Tony Lam, Director, Vincent Who?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/podcast-episode-tony-lam-director-vincent-who/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/podcast-episode-tony-lam-director-vincent-who/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 02:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Interview with Tony Lam
Director
Vincent Who? : A documentary about the historic case of Vincent Chin and its impact on our community.


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		<title>New York Times Bestselling Author, Marisa de los Santos, to Speak in Historic Filipinotown</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/new-york-times-bestselling-author-marisa-de-los-santos-to-speak-in-historic-filipinotown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/new-york-times-bestselling-author-marisa-de-los-santos-to-speak-in-historic-filipinotown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 22:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[

  Book Launch in Historic Filipinotown
  Friday, May 30 at 7:00pm
  Remy&#8217;s on Temple 
  2126 W. Temple St., Los Angeles
Author:
Marisa de los Santos
Contact Information:
   Filipino American Library (FAL)
   135 N. Park View St., Historic Filipinotown, Los
  Angeles, CA 90026-5215
  Contact Person:
  Jonathan Lorenzo
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pinoy envoy opens Asian Heritage Month celebrations in Canada</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/pinoy-envoy-opens-asian-heritage-month-celebrations-in-canada/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/pinoy-envoy-opens-asian-heritage-month-celebrations-in-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian Heritage Month is celebrating the role of Asians in Canada which was held at Parliament Hill. The underline of the celebration was about multiculturalism and the significance of Asian-Canadian’s contributions to Canada.

See the original article…
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		<title>Yao donates 500,000 yuan to earthquake victims</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/yao-donates-500000-yuan-to-earthquake-victims/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/yao-donates-500000-yuan-to-earthquake-victims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yao Ming, a star player of Houston Rockets in the NBA, and one of china’s well-known athletes donated a $71,428 or 500.000 yuan for the victim of the earthquake who has killed more to 10,000 people. 
The Red Cross Society also opened bank accounts for the donations or help they might receive for the victims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese-Americans Gather Resources for Quake Relief</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/chinese-americans-gather-resources-for-quake-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/chinese-americans-gather-resources-for-quake-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emissaries from Chinese-American organizations have assembled together to help those who were affected by China’s tragedy last Monday. They facilitated the aid for those victims of the quake; the help comes from organizations and some businessmen. 
&#8220;The fastest and most efficient way to help is financial assistance, because money travels very fast and can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fil-Ams in Virginia flexing political, economic power</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/fil-ams-in-virginia-flexing-political-economic-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/fil-ams-in-virginia-flexing-political-economic-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[

      
        Officers and members of the Cebuano-Speaking
        Association of Tidewater (CSAT) put up one of their
        cultural extravaganzas, complete with period
        [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian-American center in the works at Cornell</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/asian-american-center-in-the-works-at-cornell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/13/asian-american-center-in-the-works-at-cornell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans are already on their way for the Asian-American Center for a large ethnic group at Cornell University. The committee, the staff and other people form the university had been gathering for the things to do for the preparation in building the center. This would be a meeting place or some sort of an assembly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Bood of the Dragon&#8217;s Psyche (flyer)</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/red-bood-of-the-dragons-psyche-flyer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/red-bood-of-the-dragons-psyche-flyer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Art Exhibit: Red Blood of the Dragon&#8217;s Psyche</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/art-exhibit-red-blood-of-the-dragons-psyche/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/art-exhibit-red-blood-of-the-dragons-psyche/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salomon Arts
83 Leonard St, 4th Fl
New York, NY 10013
TEL 212.966.1997
www.salomonarts.com
RED BLOOD OF THE DRAGON’S PSYCHE
June 5 to Aug 5 2008
[artists]
Chen Nong, Zhang Han, Fu Yue Hui, Zhao Bo, Zhang Yu Ying  
[curator]
Zhang Jie-Song
There is a substance more vital to our humanity than that which flows through our arteries, capillaries, and veins – it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Quake Death Toll Rises to 8,500</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/china-quake-death-toll-rises-to-8500/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/china-quake-death-toll-rises-to-8500/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing more than 8,500 people, trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant, state media reported. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake was among the worst to strike China in decades&#8230;
China&#8217;s deadliest earthquake in modern history struck the northeastern city of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FILIPINO AMERICAN LIBRARY OUTREACHES TO FAMILIES OF SOUTHERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/filipino-american-library-outreaches-to-families-of-southern-los-angeles-county/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/filipino-american-library-outreaches-to-families-of-southern-los-angeles-county/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filipino-American Library caters provides Filipino books for the people of Greater Los Angeles to read on. This library is the first and the largest one in the country and it has 6,000 titles. Its operation is to introduce more of the Filipino culture and some of the Filipino Americans through their books and leadership development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Asian culture</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/celebrating-asian-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/celebrating-asian-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are activities that are held in Frederiction this month and for the next, throughout Asian Heritage Month every May, the Asian Heritage Society of New Brunswick is celebrating this. Madhu Verma says it is important to recognize the rich culture and history of Asia and the significant contributions Asians have made to help build [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AsianWeek the Nation&#8217;s Largest Asian American Weekly Announces New Director of Advertising</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/asianweek-the-nations-largest-asian-american-weekly-announces-new-director-of-advertising/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/asianweek-the-nations-largest-asian-american-weekly-announces-new-director-of-advertising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian Week publicizes its new director of advertising and associate publisher, Nikki Nguyen Cranor. She’s an Aisian –American specifically a Vietnamese-American who symbolizes the growing number of Asian-Americans as professionals who has local, national and international wellbeing. She was also the former editor-in-chief of the International Examiner, an Asian American journal, and development director of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voters’ Rights, Conducting Voter Registration, and Election Rules for Nonprofits and 501(c) 3s</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/voters%e2%80%99-rights-conducting-voter-registration-and-election-rules-for-nonprofits-and-501c-3s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/voters%e2%80%99-rights-conducting-voter-registration-and-election-rules-for-nonprofits-and-501c-3s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free legal trainings for Asian-American community-based organizations are given by AALDEF. These are given for the preparation of summer voter registration drive and the Fall Presidential Elections.
See the original article…
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		<title>University of Washington awards honorary degrees May 18 to Japanese American students incarcerated during World War II</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/university-of-washington-awards-honorary-degrees-may-18-to-japanese-american-students-incarcerated-during-world-war-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/university-of-washington-awards-honorary-degrees-may-18-to-japanese-american-students-incarcerated-during-world-war-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 18, the University of Washington will be honoring those Japanese-American students who were obligated to depart on their studies on 1942 during their imprisonment. The ceremony will be entitled “The Long Journey Home: Honoring UW Nikkei Students from 1941-42.” 
They are doing this for the students to learn that this should never happen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pax Americana-Koreana?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/pax-americana-koreana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/12/pax-americana-koreana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea wants to expand the relationship between South Korea and the United States. He is the previous mayor of Seoul and he was also the CEO of Hyundai’s Engineering and Construction Department. He was also called MD or bulldozer for his aggressive CEO style.
Myung-bak wants to the Korean-American relations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Asian American Writers’ Workshop Announces New Executive Director</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/the-asian-american-writers%e2%80%99-workshop-announces-new-executive-director/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/the-asian-american-writers%e2%80%99-workshop-announces-new-executive-director/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 22:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken chen is the new Executive director of Asian American literature. The new executive director is suitable to lead The Asian American Writers’ Workshop. “I am honored and humbled to be a part of The Asian American Writers’ Workshop because of the organization’s strong commitment to diversity and excellence in literature,” said Chen. “
He graduated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Asian Americans Choose Sons After Birth of Daughters</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/some-asian-americans-choose-sons-after-birth-of-daughters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/some-asian-americans-choose-sons-after-birth-of-daughters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 20:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/some-asian-americans-choose-sons-after-birth-of-daughters/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new analysis of the Census shows that U.S. born children with Asian parents increases the chances of having a baby boy if they already have a girl or two.
The findings &#8216;&#8217;suggest that in a sub-population with a traditional son preference, the technologies are being used to generate male births when preceding births are female, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empower a Village Founder Wins ASPIRE’s Top Award</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/empower-a-village-founder-wins-aspire%e2%80%99s-top-award/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/empower-a-village-founder-wins-aspire%e2%80%99s-top-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 18:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The founder and executive director of Empower A Village Mihiri Tillakaratne, has been awarded as “Outstanding Woman of the Year” at ASPIRE’s Asian American Women in Leadership Conference at Harvard University. Her parents are Sri Lankan and they are also on the advisory board of Empower a Village. 
Their organization is also into breast cancer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recovering Yao wants top-eight finish in Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/recovering-yao-wants-top-eight-finish-in-beijing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/recovering-yao-wants-top-eight-finish-in-beijing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hopefully they treat the hosts better,&#8221; Yao joked Thursday. He is referring to the referees that would treat him the easier way this time, when China and U.S. are going to be together in one event. He wants big probabilities for his team to be on top eight at this year’s Olympics. 
Although he took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court approves extradition of Korean-American murder suspect</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/court-approves-extradition-of-korean-american-murder-suspect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/court-approves-extradition-of-korean-american-murder-suspect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/court-approves-extradition-of-korean-american-murder-suspect/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Korean-American was arrested 10 years after Washington requested Seoul to hand him over. This Korean-American killed a former policeman at his own house and committed burglary as well, last 1996 and was released on bail after a year.
When the time came that he was arrested he even suspected the U.S. judiciary that if they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fil-Am general’s mission</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/the-fil-am-general%e2%80%99s-mission/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/the-fil-am-general%e2%80%99s-mission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brig. General Oscar Hilman US Army Commander of the Brigade Combat Team was considered a hero for the Filipino contract workers in the United States. It is because he protected the Filipinos from the Iraqi troops, the Iraqi once threatened a Filipino truck driver to behead him. That situation alarmed the President of the Philippines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian-Americans and affirmative action</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/1464/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/1464/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting editorial on affirmative action. From the editorial:

The primary reason why Asian Americans are not considered active players in the affirmative action arena is because most Americans have accepted the idea of the &#8220;model minority myth.&#8221; The model minority myth has created a stereotype of Asian Americans as one monolithic ethnic group that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Racial bias has different mental health effects on Asians: Study</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/racial-bias-has-different-mental-health-effects-on-asians-study/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/09/racial-bias-has-different-mental-health-effects-on-asians-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article talks about the &#8220;scarce&#8221; data on the psychological ramifications of Anti-Asian racism. Well duh. In any case, I&#8217;d like to give major props to Dr. Tiffany Yip of Fordham University, Gilbert C. Gee, PhD, of the University of California Los Angeles, and David T. Takeuchi, PhD, of the University of Washington, for attempting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American Justice Center - new website</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/asian-american-justice-center-new-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/asian-american-justice-center-new-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 20:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The good people over at the Asian American Justice center have just revamped their website. Here&#8217;s a blurb from their mission statement:

The Asian American Justice Center is one of the nation&#8217;s leading experts on issues of importance to the Asian American community including: affirmative action, anti-Asian violence prevention/race relations, census, immigrant rights, immigration, language access, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Korean-Americans Try to Calm Mad Cow Fears</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/korean-americans-try-to-calm-mad-cow-fears/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/korean-americans-try-to-calm-mad-cow-fears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Korean-American organizations in Los Angeles, Washington and New York have received concerns about health alerts adjoining American beef in South Korea. There were information that a mad cow disease is spreading, but the organizations believed that these information were all overstated some anti-American people.
&#8220;There is no 100 percent safe food in the world. But American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professor wants libraries to reflect cultural diversity</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/professor-wants-libraries-to-reflect-cultural-diversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/professor-wants-libraries-to-reflect-cultural-diversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting take on the way media representations affect Asian Americans&#8217; daily lives. Basically, Dr. Chu views libraries as an extension of mainstream media, and by turning them around and allowing kids to see themselves (and people who look like them) in library materials, that they would feel less alienated. 

I want to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Advertising Strategies Ranked As One of the Top Asian American Marketing Firms in the Newly Released Ad Age Rankings</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/global-advertising-strategies-ranked-as-one-of-the-top-asian-american-marketing-firms-in-the-newly-released-ad-age-rankings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/global-advertising-strategies-ranked-as-one-of-the-top-asian-american-marketing-firms-in-the-newly-released-ad-age-rankings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Asian-American firm ranked as one of the top marketing firms in the Ad Age Rankings. The reason for the rankings, it’s because they had an 80% growth in their market as of 2006-2007, specifically in Hispanic, African American and Asian markets. 
Givi Topchishvili (President and founder of Global Ad Strategies) states that: “sitting at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May spotlight on Asian heritage</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/may-spotlight-on-asian-heritage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/may-spotlight-on-asian-heritage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[


      DIVERSITY ON PARADE&#8230; Pupils of Cherrytree
      Public School celebrating Education Week with the
     explained the network&#8217;s internship program that
    theme: We Welcome the World. The children&#8217;s
    rendition of the popular Bollywood number Om
  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Korean-American CEO Invigorating Yahoo Korea</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/korean-american-ceo-invigorating-yahoo-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/korean-american-ceo-invigorating-yahoo-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 17:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[


        Yahoo Korea CEO Kim James Woo
    


Korean-American CEO Kim James Woo of Yahoo Korea. He grew up in Guam and has a bachelor’s degree in the University of Southern California in LA and an MBA from Harvard University. He is reviving their Yahoo website [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American film festival opens with red-carpet gala</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/asian-american-film-festival-opens-with-red-carpet-gala/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/asian-american-film-festival-opens-with-red-carpet-gala/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 17:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American’s film festival Silk Screen is opening at the Harris Theater. They are describing it as “the most colorful and exotic party. There will be a night of different wears from all over Asia, as well as America. They will be serving exotic and one of a kind cuisine from Asia. Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fil-Am Writer/Artist Randy Gener Debuts His Photography</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/fil-am-writerartist-randy-gener-debuts-his-photography/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/08/fil-am-writerartist-randy-gener-debuts-his-photography/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 17:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Randy Gener a Filipino-American photographer celebrated his first exhibit at the LaMama La Galleria located in New York City. On show are 35 photographs of flowers from the countries in Asia, Europe and U.S.A. His theme is like a one world garden where he puts together different shots of flowers from all over the world. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First statue of Korean in U.S. capital unveiled</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/first-statue-of-korean-in-us-capital-unveiled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/first-statue-of-korean-in-us-capital-unveiled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 22:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bronze statue of a Korean-American who fought for Korean independence in early 20th century was revealed in Washington as a symbol of close union between the two countries.
The statue was Seo-jae-pil, also known as Dr. Philip Jaisohn. He was the first Korean to have U.S. citizenship; he also published the first Korean and English [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ABC reaches out to Fil-Ams but slur controversy rages on</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/abc-reaches-out-to-fil-ams-but-slur-controversy-rages-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/abc-reaches-out-to-fil-ams-but-slur-controversy-rages-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 22:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[


Fil-Ams, some coming all the way from New York
      and Pennsylvania, hear out ABC executives who
     explained the network&#8217;s internship program that
    could open more on-cam and behind-the-scenes
   opportunities in areas ranging from script writing to
   directing to financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cynthia Park of Kang &#038; Lee Advertising Receives Advertising Women Award</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/cynthia-park-of-kang-lee-advertising-receives-advertising-women-award/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/cynthia-park-of-kang-lee-advertising-receives-advertising-women-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 22:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/cynthia-park-of-kang-lee-advertising-receives-advertising-women-award/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Changing the Game Award was given to Cynthia Park last April 30 in a Quantum Leap category. It is a kind of award that is given to women that have spurred in the way society views or thinks about something.
Park was the president of the top Asian-American multicultural consulting agency in North America, in that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two honored as &#8216;local heroes&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/two-honored-as-local-heroes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/two-honored-as-local-heroes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Korean American Regina Clewlow who grew up in San Jose and received master’s degree in engineering at Cornell University. She is the founder of Engineers for a Sustainable World. This program is helping to heave knowledge about global sustainability, work in rising nations for a continuous access to water and to take their actions in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nordstrom Exhibit Celebrates Asian Pacific American Artists</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/nordstrom-exhibit-celebrates-asian-pacific-american-artists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/nordstrom-exhibit-celebrates-asian-pacific-american-artists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nordstrom is displaying works of art from nine American artists having Asian Pacific American inspired themes. Some of these artists are: MalPina Chan (Olympia, Wash.), Grace Chen (Oakland, Calif.), Jui Ishida (Long Beach, Calif.). 
The display will be showed off at the selected stores of Nordstrom and on their website the whole month of May.
Read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen prodigy Wie ready for LPGA comeback</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/teen-prodigy-wie-ready-for-lpga-comeback/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/07/teen-prodigy-wie-ready-for-lpga-comeback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Korean-American Michellle Wie will be competing for the first time since she sprained her left wrist.  It will be held at LPGA Michelob Ultra Open.
Wie once quoted: &#8220;I expect myself to keep my head in it, not expect too much out of myself, just go out there and enjoy it, commit myself 100 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yielding the Floor</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/yielding-the-floor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 01:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OCA-NY is proud to co-host the screening of &#8220;Yielding the Floor,&#8221; a short film that documents the thoughts views and experiences of some of our most prominent Asian and Pacific Islander American leaders in Congress.  After more than a year of interviews conducted with six current and former members of Congress, the US Capitol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USAsian Wire: Annual Asian Heritage Awards a True Exercise in Diversity</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/usasian-wire-annual-asian-heritage-awards-a-true-exercise-in-diversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/usasian-wire-annual-asian-heritage-awards-a-true-exercise-in-diversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 22:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annual Asian Heritage Awards a True Exercise in Diversity
May 06, 2008
SAN DIEGO—(U.S. ASIAN WIRE)— Fourteen different Asian ethnicities are represented in the Fifth Annual Asian Heritage Awards to take place Saturday, May 10, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego.
Categories include business enterprise, entrepreneurship, health/medicine, science/technology/research, cultural preservation, performing arts, art/philosophy/literature, legal affairs/government, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Korean-Americans Refute Danger of US Beef</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/korean-americans-refute-danger-of-us-beef/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/korean-americans-refute-danger-of-us-beef/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 18:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American beef are said to be in danger and has mad cow disease. Korean-Americans are alarmed by the news that maybe the kind of beef they eat has a certain disease that could cause them to be sick. &#8220;We hope our brothers and sisters in Korea will recognize a possible backlash from American consumers against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fujita exhibition, London</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/fujita-exhibition-london/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/fujita-exhibition-london/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 18:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[


  &#8216;Study of Wet (Couple)&#8217;, Gajin Fujita, 2007
    





Gajin fujita, a Japanese-American artist born in Los Angeles, CA has come up with a new art in the form of a wallpaper. The art itself is an inspiration of Samurai warriors, Geisha women, street graffiti and sex. It is made on paper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2nd-generation Asian Americans embrace identity, enrich area</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/2nd-generation-asian-americans-embrace-identity-enrich-area/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/2nd-generation-asian-americans-embrace-identity-enrich-area/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 18:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[


Soh Suzuki, 29, who is Japanese American, right, help
second-generation Hmong-American teens Paokia Yang
and Gao Vang strategize during a game last month. They
are part of the Detroit Asian Youth Project.
    





Al Itchon, 38, of Clinton Township and Steve Zeldes, 37, of
      Novi warm up before one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Government of Canada Launches Asian Heritage Month Activities</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/the-government-of-canada-launches-asian-heritage-month-activities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/the-government-of-canada-launches-asian-heritage-month-activities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Our country was built by representatives of many cultural communities, and Asian Heritage Month is an opportunity to better understand Canada&#8217;s rich diversity by learning more about the achievements of the Asian-Canadian community,&#8221; said Secretary of State Kenney.
Hon. Jason Kenney invited Canadians to celebrate Asian Heritage Month. Canadian government has formally designated May as Asian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filipino Night highlights culture, varies performances</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/filipino-night-highlights-culture-varies-performances/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/filipino-night-highlights-culture-varies-performances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo by Kristin Okinaka.
      Senior Natida Sribhibhadh performs with
      SAYAW, a traditional Filipino folk dance
      group, at Filipino Night 2008 last Sunday.
      The Filipino American Student 
      Association put on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Shan Nair Named as 2008 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/dr-shan-nair-named-as-2008-outstanding-50-asian-americans-in-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/06/dr-shan-nair-named-as-2008-outstanding-50-asian-americans-in-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Shan Nair was awarded as one of the outstanding 50n Asian Americans in Business. Dr. Nair was a trained Ph.D nuclear physicist at Oxford University. Dr. nair alos has a background in high technology, software and accounting, and has also lived in 13 countries around the world as to becoming a multilingual person and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FALLOUT CENTRAL Spotlight: Lee Fang</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/fallout-central-spotlight-lee-fang/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/fallout-central-spotlight-lee-fang/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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      Name: Lee Fang
      Occupation: Student, U. of Maryland
      Place of Birth: Laurel, Maryland; U.S.A
      Hobbies: Reading
      Favorite Travel Destination: San Fancisco, CA
  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fil-Am artist hold kut-kut workshops in Chicago</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/fil-am-artist-hold-kut-kut-workshops-in-chicago/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/fil-am-artist-hold-kut-kut-workshops-in-chicago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 19:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Filipino-American artist introduced kut-kut in Chicago. Kut-kut is a process of painting using layers of paint, drying, scraping and composing to produce a piece of art, which is composed of abstract lines, profound texture and a delusion of 3-D space.
This form of art came from Visayas Region particularly in Samar, which the Filipino American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sahais to be honored by state</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/sahais-to-be-honored-by-state/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/sahais-to-be-honored-by-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 18:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sahai Family awarding will be a part of the 2nd Annual Asian &#038; Pacific Islander Student Leadership summit. The summit will be focusing on diversity, political vigor, education and community contribution.
A poet, songwriter and author Ishle Yi Park will be the speaker of this event. She is awarded as the 2004 Poet Lureate from Queens. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Anthony Kim the next great golfer</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/is-anthony-kim-the-next-great-golfer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/is-anthony-kim-the-next-great-golfer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 18:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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Compared to Tiger Woods, a 22-year old Korean-American named Anthony Kim was fated to be the next great golfer whether he wins or not for the Wachovia Championship. &#8220;I played with somebody who played extraordinarily good, almost Tiger-esque,&#8221; Jason Bohn said. When Kim misses a shot, he can recover exceedingly well.
He had recently finished a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planet B-Boy (Elephant Eye Films, Unrated)</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/planet-b-boy-elephant-eye-films-unrated/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/planet-b-boy-elephant-eye-films-unrated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Planet B-boy’s break dance artists were compiled by the German competitors to compete around the world. The documentary was an unoriginal one, because the program falls into a usual thing, the contestants are craving for the trophy and are bound to dance.
Planet B-Boy is filled with dancing and fans of breaking will enjoy the show, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NORWOOD CLAIMS PBL SLAM DUNK CROWN</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/norwood-claims-pbl-slam-dunk-crown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/norwood-claims-pbl-slam-dunk-crown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three perfect 50 scores, left-handed windmill jam, and two-handed slam off the backboard are the keys to having a slam dunk crown of 6 foot 5 Gabe Norwood. He was the new dunk king of the PBL at San Juan City last May 4, 2008.
Norwood arrived very early for the said event and left the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bainbridge survivors of Japanese internment are dying, and memorial not yet built</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/bainbridge-survivors-of-japanese-internment-are-dying-and-memorial-not-yet-built/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/05/bainbridge-survivors-of-japanese-internment-are-dying-and-memorial-not-yet-built/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Original members of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American community was said to be dying…
Clarence Moriwaki, head of the committee on the proposal of building a memorial said: &#8220;Time is not our friend on this endeavor,&#8221;…
They are proposing for memorial at Eagle Harbor, for those Japanese Americans who died at the island. The said memorial will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Regie Cabico, Co-Founder, The Sulu Series</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/04/podcast-episode-regie-cabico-co-founder-the-sulu-series/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/04/podcast-episode-regie-cabico-co-founder-the-sulu-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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Interview with Regie Cabico
Co-Founder
The Sulu Series


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		<title>Cultural Learning Links Series Concludes with Asian American Focus</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/cultural-learning-links-series-concludes-with-asian-american-focus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/cultural-learning-links-series-concludes-with-asian-american-focus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 22 at MidAmerica Nazarene University&#8217;s Bell Cultural Events Center, there will be An Asian American panel discussion entitled “Celebrating Diversity and Honoring Unity.” The panel discussion will be talking about multiculturalism and sharing of stories and experiences.
The said event will be represented by Paulette Markel, Managing Partner, Imua Associates LLC.
Read more…
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		<title>Questions About Reform In Midst Of Pol Scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/questions-about-reform-in-midst-of-pol-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/questions-about-reform-in-midst-of-pol-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a scandal happening at the office of the Council Speaker, the news said that millions of dollars from the taxpayer’s funds has been secretly concealed under some fake organizations.
After that, for all the investigation they are doing another and as the first situation was spread-out, another one came. Two council staff members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;U.S. Asian Wire Newsroom&#8221; </title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/us-asian-wire-newsroom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/us-asian-wire-newsroom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 17:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: To: Subject: newsroom@usasianwire.com
For Immediate release
U.S. Asian Wire Exhibit at 7th Annual Asian Diversity Career Expo May
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, (U.S. ASIAN WIRE)-May 1, 2008 - U.S. Asian Wire will be exhibiting at the 7th Annual Asian Diversity Career Expo tomorrow at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The event represents the largest and fastest growing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“HOLLYWOOD CHINESE” HITS MANHATTAN MAY</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/%e2%80%9chollywood-chinese%e2%80%9d-hits-manhattan-may/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/%e2%80%9chollywood-chinese%e2%80%9d-hits-manhattan-may/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 17:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Fresh from its three-week extended San Francisco run and International film festival tour, including Toronto and a Best documentary win at Taipei’s Golden Horse Awards, the Chinese equivalent to the Oscars®, Hollywood Chinese is a “delightfully entertaining” (FilmFestival.com) look at the Chinese in American movies. Featuring a virtual who’s who of top Chinese and Chinese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OCA MONITORS NATIONAL DEBATE ON OLYMPICS IN CHINA FOR IMPACT ON ACE RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/oca-monitors-national-debate-on-olympics-in-st1country-region-wstonchina-for-impact-on-ace-relations-in-the-united-states-op/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 17:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON DC — OCA, We restate that OCA does not take a position on the politics if any foreign country, but instead focuses on the welfare and civil rights of Asian Pacific Americans. We also actively promote the need for thoughtful discussions and respectful language from all parties as we engage in this and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SENATOR GOLDEN TO HOST CELEBRATION OF ASIAN PACIFIC HERITAGE MONTH</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/senator-golden-to-host-celebration-of-asian-pacific-heritage-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/senator-golden-to-host-celebration-of-asian-pacific-heritage-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 17:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Senator Marty Golden (R-C, Brooklyn) today is announcing that he will
be hosting his 6th Annual Asian Pacific Heritage Festival at McKinley Park
on Sunday, May 4, 2008, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at McKinley Park,
located at Bay Ridge Parkway and Fort Hamilton Parkway, and is inviting the
community to join in this special event held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAPAC Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/capac-celebrates-30th-anniversary-of-asian-pacific-american-heritage-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/02/capac-celebrates-30th-anniversary-of-asian-pacific-american-heritage-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 17:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, DC – Congressman Michael Honda (CA-15), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statement today in celebration of Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month, which takes place May of each year:
&#8220;Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a time for us to take pride in the diversity of our nation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi to Chair Largest Asian American Business Opportunity Conference, CelebrAsian &#8216;08</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/pepsico-chairman-and-ceo-indra-nooyi-to-chair-largest-asian-american-business-opportunity-conference-celebrasian-08/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/pepsico-chairman-and-ceo-indra-nooyi-to-chair-largest-asian-american-business-opportunity-conference-celebrasian-08/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 22:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Business Beyond Boundaries, Here &#038; Abroad,&#8221; is this year’s theme of the Largest Asian American Business Opportunity Conference CelebrAsian ’08 which is going to be held on May 27-29. There are a bundle of activities lined of on a three day conference, which includes workshops, informative meeting, networking sessions and many others that could help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New voices draw parallels in plight of illegal immigrants</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/new-voices-draw-parallels-in-plight-of-illegal-immigrants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/new-voices-draw-parallels-in-plight-of-illegal-immigrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 19:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SR march unites county Jewish, Asian communities with Latinos
A country-wide march whose aim is to bring awareness about the plight, causes and effects of Illegal immigration in the US happens today at downtown Santa Rosa.
The multi-racial march shows support for refugees and undocumented immigrants.
In opposition, there is a counter demonstration organized by the local chapter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian-American Designers</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/asian-american-designers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/asian-american-designers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 19:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Building Dreams, Housing Futures&#8221;, this is the title of The Chinese American Service League&#8217;s (CASL) 19th Annual Corporate Dinner Benefit that will showcase the work of several talented Chicago fashion designers. This event reflects CASL’s way of helping Chicagoans approach new opportunities and have brighter future.
CASL, as a HUD-certified Housing Counseling Center, acts as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Americans top rising population</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/asian-americans-top-rising-population/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/asian-americans-top-rising-population/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 18:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to U.S. census date released today, May 1, Asian Americans population increased about 1.9% from 2006 to 2007 in Michigan. They outnumbered other ethnicities in the said state, making the Latinos second with the white and black Americans dropping their numbers. 
As reported by freep.com, the number of Asian Americans increased by 4,496 &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Korean consulate announces ‘sisterhood ties’</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/south-korean-consulate-announces-%e2%80%98sisterhood-ties%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/south-korean-consulate-announces-%e2%80%98sisterhood-ties%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 18:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Association of Northern Virginia. This was established for, because of such place in Northern Virginia called “Korea Road” before named Korea, Va. 
Their activities are offering native foods and having free performances. In short, Koreans are very well pleased with the sisterhood ties…
“It is very special, not so common in any country to have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fil-Am Spoelstra is new coach of Miami Heat</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/fil-am-spoelstra-is-new-coach-of-miami-heat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/05/01/fil-am-spoelstra-is-new-coach-of-miami-heat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 18:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NBA’s Miami Heat Coach Pat Riley’s assistant now has his position. Filipino-American Erik Spoelstra is now the new coach of Miami Heat, after being the assistant for the past 13-years.
He was the one training young players like Dwyane Wade. His mother is a Filipino and his dad is a Dutchh-Irish.
Read more…
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		<title>10-year old Fil-Am wins World Sport Stacking tilt</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/10-year-old-fil-am-wins-world-sport-stacking-tilt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/10-year-old-fil-am-wins-world-sport-stacking-tilt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A record of 1.86 seconds for the Individual 3-3-3 Stack Division, this year’s champion is Filipino-American boy from Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He is also the champion for the Individual Stacking Division with the speed of 6.21 seconds.
Stacking is a sport where contestants stack up 12 cups in different order in a remarkable speed. 
See original article…
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		<title>Senators, CAPAC meet Asian American Pacific Islander Small Business leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/senators-capac-meet-asian-american-pacific-islander-small-business-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/senators-capac-meet-asian-american-pacific-islander-small-business-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Small business owners in the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities face unique challenges in accessing capital, government contracts and business counseling, particularly with language and cultural barriers,&#8221; as said by Rep. Mike Honda, Chair of CAPAC at indiapost.com…
The conversation was important, because it tackles the steps in evaluating the needs for the improvement and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight on Asian Heritage events at PDSB</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/spotlight-on-asian-heritage-events-at-pdsb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/spotlight-on-asian-heritage-events-at-pdsb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Grieve says in The Brampton News that: &#8220;Asian Heritage Month allows students to learn more about the rich culture and traditions of the Asian community, as well as the considerable contributions of Asian-Canadians,&#8221;…
Kindergarten to grade 12 students from Peel School Board will be celebrating Spotlight on Asian Heritage events with the help of multimedia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rose Chen Appointed SVP, Private Banking for Encore Bank</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/rose-chen-appointed-svp-private-banking-for-encore-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/rose-chen-appointed-svp-private-banking-for-encore-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rose Chen is the new Senior Vice-President in Commercial Banking for Encore Bank. With 15 years of banking and financial proficiency, she could really be a good asset to the bank. She was the previous Senior Vice-President for Sterling Bank and MetroBank. 
She took up B.S. International Economics at Texas Tech University and with several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arts and Sciences &#124; First dean candidate visits SU</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/arts-and-sciences-first-dean-candidate-visits-su/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/arts-and-sciences-first-dean-candidate-visits-su/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donald Hall, a new dean to be placed in the College of Visual &#038; Performing Arts went at the university to have a meeting with the administration and to have a press conference with the students. Two of the Asian-American students in that university attended the said conference and they have discussed about having an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans names winners of prestigious annual awards</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/council-on-asian-pacific-minnesotans-names-winners-of-prestigious-annual-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/30/council-on-asian-pacific-minnesotans-names-winners-of-prestigious-annual-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesotans Sri Lanka Foundation received an award for the good job they have done. One of the projects they had was the Boxing Day Tsunami Sri Lanka. The foundation is not just for recognizing the needs of the victims of tsunami, but to raise funds for them and help people find new living.
“If you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fallout Central at the 2008 Asian Excellence Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/fallout-central-at-the-2008-asian-excellence-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/fallout-central-at-the-2008-asian-excellence-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to watch FalloutCentral at the 2008 Asian Excellence Awards.




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		<title>Asian American Groups Dismayed by U.S. Supreme Court Decision Upholding Voter ID Law</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/asian-american-groups-dismayed-by-us-supreme-court-decision-upholding-voter-id-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/asian-american-groups-dismayed-by-us-supreme-court-decision-upholding-voter-id-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court unsuccessfully distinguished that some groups are discouraging the Asian-Americans and other minority citizens of their right to vote. AALDEF have been monitoring voters ever since, but they just found out that there has been a discrimination happening to the Asian American voters. 
It was a 34 year old man who opened the case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Maxine Hong Kingston dreams of &#8230; and writes</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/what-maxine-hong-kingston-dreams-of-and-writes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/what-maxine-hong-kingston-dreams-of-and-writes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As quoted by Kingston from L.A. Times “I come from a culture that dreams are a part of”…
Maxine Hong Kingston is a Chinese-American author who imagines big and uses Chinese mythology in her writings. The editor David Ulin described her writings as very American; this novelist from Oakland says she described China like the one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comedy Troupe Shows There’s ‘Room To Improv’</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/comedy-troupe-shows-there%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98room-to-improv%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/comedy-troupe-shows-there%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98room-to-improv%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crystal Cove Auditorium was filled up by audiences as the Comedy Troupe performed a show entitled “Room To Improv”. Comedy Troupe is composed of world-class Asian-American performers who is doing different kinds and uniquely made shows.
The “Room to Improv” show had a mock political debate and making it a unique and fun show because they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hip Hop Concert to Save Native American University</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/hip-hop-concert-to-save-native-american-university-52/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/hip-hop-concert-to-save-native-american-university-52/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Hiphop concert featuring Kiwi and the Blue Scholars will be held on Friday May 2, 2008, at 7 pm at The Sacramento State University Ballroom. This is a project of UC Davis&#8217;s Students Organizing for Change and the Muslim Student Association in cooperation with Sacramento State University. 
Geologic aka Prometheus Brown of Seattle&#8217;s Blue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OCA National Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/oca-national-convention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/oca-national-convention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Washington, DC at the Washington Hilton
July 31 - August 3, 2008
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		<title>GETTY MULITCULTURAL UNDERGRADUATE</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/getty-mulitcultural-undergraduate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/29/getty-mulitcultural-undergraduate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GETTY MULITCULTURAL UNDERGRADUATE
SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 2008
The Chinese American Museum is offering two (2) paid, full-time summer internships for qualified undergraduate students from June 16- August 22, 2008.
One Curatorial/ Collections internship to catalog, organize, and research in support of our next permanent exhibit about Chinese American culture. The intern will also be assisting with preparing exhibition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/planet-b-boy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/planet-b-boy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221; is a  documentary about the history of break dancing and its resurgence in urban cultures opened on Friday April 25, 2008.  The film directed by Benson Lee now has it&#8217;s breakin moves hittin Osaka, Paris, Seoul and Las Vegas..
Read more&#8230;


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		<title>1903 - 2003: A Century of Korean Immigration</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/1903-2003-a-century-of-korean-immigration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/1903-2003-a-century-of-korean-immigration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Korean American Historical Society presents
The Centennial of Korean Immigration to America
An exhibit of seventy-six select photos from collections in Hawai&#8217;i and the Pacific Northwest.
May 27 - June 20, 2003
Alvord Board Room
Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park
1400 E. Prospect St., Seattle WA 98112
Museum Hours:
Wed. - Sun., 10am - 5pm; Thurs. 10am - 9pm
Suggested admission $3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glen Dale Couple On a Mission</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/glen-dale-couple-on-a-mission/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/glen-dale-couple-on-a-mission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An average of 30 doctors and nurses, headed by Dr. Vic Chin of Glen Dale and his wife, goes to their home country every year for a medical mission. The group performs goiter removal, cleft lip repair and Lasik surgery in the Philippines with assistance from the Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, the local Filipino-American Association [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Around the Island</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/around-the-island/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/around-the-island/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary Woodward&#8217;s book entitled “In Defense of Our Neighbors,” is expected to be distributed by September after expected printing next Month. Her parents, Milly and Walt Woodward, who supported the Bainbridge Island’s Japanese American community during the wartime was the main character of Mary&#8217;s book. 
Previously short funded for publishing, the book received several anonymous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MFA celebrates baseball&#8217;s Japanese-American connection</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/mfa-celebrates-baseballs-japanese-american-connection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/mfa-celebrates-baseballs-japanese-american-connection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
An exhibit titled &#8220;Rockwell and the Shinjin&#8221; (the Japanese word for &#8220;rookie&#8221;) displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston will run through July 20. It showcases Red Sox memorabilia that includes Hideki Okajima&#8217;s 2007 World Series jersey and a ticket stub from the 2008 MLB Season Opener that was recently played in Japan. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Affairs: Implications for Asian Pacific Americans</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/international-affairs-implications-for-asian-pacific-americans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/international-affairs-implications-for-asian-pacific-americans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Inadequacy of representation for Asian Pacific Americans in US international affair was a force that moves the Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP), a prestigious fellowship of the UNCF Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP). The organization helps Asian Pacific Americans and other college students of color to be prepared in the international arena.
 “Asian Pacific American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Houston 80-20 Asian-American PAC Announces Sugar Land Endorsements</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/houston-80-20-asian-american-pac-announces-sugar-land-endorsements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/houston-80-20-asian-american-pac-announces-sugar-land-endorsements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Wong was endorsed as Mayor by the Houston 80-20 Asian American PAC for the Sugar Land City elections. The said announcement on Sunday at Madras pavilion in Sugar Land also highlighted the group’s support for Tom Abraham and S.B. Gaddi as city councilmen. 
The 80-20 Initiative is a national, non-partisan, and Pan-Asian-American political organization. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Min Jin Lee, Author, _Free Food For Millionaires_</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/podcast-episode-min-jin-lee-author-_free-food-for-millionaires_/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/28/podcast-episode-min-jin-lee-author-_free-food-for-millionaires_/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Interview with Author Min Jin Lee
Free Food For Millionaires

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		<title>China, and Eight other nations on &#8220;Priority Watch List&#8221; for not protecting American producers</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/26/china-and-eight-other-nations-on-priority-watch-list-for-not-protecting-american-producers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/26/china-and-eight-other-nations-on-priority-watch-list-for-not-protecting-american-producers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration has accused China, and eight other nations of not protecting American producers of movies, computer software and other copyrighted material from widespread piracy.
In addition to China, eight other nations have all been placed on a &#8220;Priority Watch List&#8221; for piracy: Russia, Argentina, Chile, India, Israel, Pakistan, Thailand and Venezuela. The placement of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Sue CNN For $1.3 Billion</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/chinese-sue-cnn-for-13-billion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/chinese-sue-cnn-for-13-billion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of Chinese people from the mainland filed a law suit against CNN asking CNN to pay $1.3billion which will pay every citizen of the country. It was after Jack Cafferty from CNN commented against their leaders and his anger against the lead-painted toys and other dangerous products being imported to the US. 
Cafferty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Heritage Month</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/asian-heritage-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/asian-heritage-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

FIRST ASIAN GRAND PARADE IN BERGENFIELD JOINED BY ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE COUNCIL OF NJ AND FILIPINO HERITAGE FOUNDATION (host) www.aahcnj.org 
The month of May was designated Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. In conjunction with the annual celebration of its culture and heritage, the Asian Americans organize festivities all over the United States.
Press Release: April 23, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new wave of Asian Americans makes significant strides</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/a-new-wave-of-asian-americans-makes-significant-strides/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/a-new-wave-of-asian-americans-makes-significant-strides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American now invades the TV and Film industry; many of the Asian-American are now playing lead roles on television and movies. They are not doing the usual roles that most Asians do, like martial arts that Jackie Chan always does. 
Before, they have been behind the lime light playing roles that are ethnic specific meaning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Possible hate crime in Windsor</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/possible-hate-crime-in-windsor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/possible-hate-crime-in-windsor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Vandalism boils down to “hate crime”… KKK group was the one who burned down the property of an ethnic minority in Windsor. Hmong family was attacked by a group of white citizens that have burned their truck and written “KKK” on both sides. 
This might not be done by kids who were just trying to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attack labeled a hate crime</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/attack-labeled-a-hate-crime/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/attack-labeled-a-hate-crime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From Virginia Tech to Lone Hill… School crimes in Los Angeles again…   
An Asian man attacked by a 15-year old boy and a 20-year old boy with an unknown reason. The witnesses heard someone shouted. Police officers cannot prove if this was done by white supremacist group, but suspected that it happened, because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Person of interest&#8221; arrested in hate crime stabbing</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/person-of-interest-arrested-in-hate-crime-stabbing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/person-of-interest-arrested-in-hate-crime-stabbing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Aaron Duggan, 27, of Bakersfield was suspected as the &#8220;person of interest&#8221; for a hate crime stabbing of a 22-year-old Asian man last Tuesday. Authorities arrested Dugan on a parole violation the next day. 
After the said incident, another 15-year-old suspect from the San Gabriel Valley was arrested for stabbing.
The two residents of the area, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man gets 20 years in attack on Queens Chinese food deliveryman</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/man-gets-20-years-in-attack-on-queens-chinese-food-deliveryman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/25/man-gets-20-years-in-attack-on-queens-chinese-food-deliveryman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Queens Attorney affirmed the that the 23-year old Manhattan thug David Moore was convicted guilty of attempted murder, assault and weapons possession. It was proven that David attacked Jian Lin Huang in October 2006 while trying to deliver food at the Ravenswood Houses in Astoria It was the fourth stabbing incident Huang encountered at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow up #2: Race Hate Beating in Chinatown NYC</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/follow-up-2-race-hate-beating-in-chinatown-nyc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is update #2 to this recent race-hate beating in New York City&#8217;s Chinatown
100 Centre Street
Room 405, Part A
NY, NY 10013
May 7 - all day
This is a pre-trial hearing.
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		<title>UPDATE: Senate Approves Filipino Veterans Equity; Bill Now Moves to the House</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/update-senate-approves-filipino-veterans-equity-bill-now-moves-to-the-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement by the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) 
Washington, D.C. April 24 - At around noon today, the U.S. Senate passed S. 1315 by a vote of 96-1. The omnibus bill includes a provision which restores U.S. veterans status and pension benefits to Filipino World War II veterans.
      [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REDWOOD CITY: SAN MATEO MAN APPOINTED TO COUNTY PARKS COMMISSION</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/redwood-city-san-mateo-man-appointed-to-county-parks-commission/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Marico Enriquez, a board member of the Filipino American Coalition, was appointed to be a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission in San Mateo.  San Mateo County Supervisor Jerry Hill initiated the announcement of the board&#8217;s decision. 
He will contribute ideas and recommendations on management plans for the parks to the board of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nakajo: Lessons in Life</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/nakajo-lessons-in-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Nakajo shared his perspective with Western Edition (San Francisco) News. “My comments are within the context of what happened and (are) my interpretation and perspective of those historical events.  Some people try to educate (others) that there was a Japantown here, or there is a Japantown, we are at the point. We are also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BMOC: Black Men On Campus</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/bmoc-black-men-on-campus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  North Carolina program works to increase numbers of minority male college students
&#8220;Changing the Image of Education: A Call to Action!” was a conference designed to promote having public and private institutions develop support systems for minority men at the state and community levels to improve college graduation and retention rates, enhance workforce preparedness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OCA president calls for support for Beijing Games</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/oca-president-calls-for-support-for-beijing-games/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/oca-president-calls-for-support-for-beijing-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) &#8212; President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahd Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday called on all OCA members…
   &#8220;Sport is sport, politics is politics. My idea is don&#8217;t bring politics to sport&#8230; They should not use sport as a tool,&#8221; he said.(&#8230;)
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		<title>UCA RECOGNIZES STUDENT-ATHLETES</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/uca-recognizes-student-athletes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/uca-recognizes-student-athletes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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UCA Female Student-Athlete of the Year Lauren Merritt…
Senior Lauren Merritt from the track and cross country teams was named the Female Student-Athlete of the Year, while junior football player Nathan Brown was named the Male Student-Athlete of the Year at the banquet. 
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		<title>When it comes to Filipino WWII Veterans, What is there to debate about?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/when-it-comes-to-filipino-wwii-veterans-what-is-there-to-debate-about/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/24/when-it-comes-to-filipino-wwii-veterans-what-is-there-to-debate-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate began debating on whether to give pension benefits to Filipino veterans of World War II. If you are a person of common sense, you&#8217;d be wondering, what the heck is there to debate about? These men fought valiantly alongside U.S. forces, and haven&#8217;t received a dime of what was promised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Asian American Women in Leadership Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/2008-asian-american-women-in-leadership-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/2008-asian-american-women-in-leadership-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASPIRE (www.girlsaspire.org) is excited to announce its 2008 Asian American Women in Leadership Conference, on Saturday April 26 at Harvard University in Boston, MA.  We have an exciting roster of Asian American women from across the nation taking part in our annual event, including our keynote speakers SuChin Pak of MTV News, and Kyung [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is R&#038;L?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/what-is-rl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[R&#038;L
Presented by the Asian American Theater Project
FREE Admission for all audiences! Invite your friends!
May 1-4 (Thurs to Sun)
8:00pm to 9:30pm
Location:
The Red Fountain (in front of Cecil Green Library)
Stanford University Campus
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305
&#8220;R&#038;L&#8221; is an ode to a modern Asian America through a combination of vignettes and collaborative spoken word poetry. It is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excluded from the plan</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/excluded-from-the-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this op-ed written by Lee Fang regarding the Asian American studies program at the University of Maryland. It is in reference to this press release

As Asian-American students at this university, we are deeply concerned about the proposed version of the Strategic Plan. The current draft does not clearly outline the current state of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benson Lee&#8217;s B-Boys at the Box Office</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/benson-lees-b-boys-at-the-box-office/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/benson-lees-b-boys-at-the-box-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for director Benson Lee. According to IndieWire, his documentary Planet B-Boy (recently shown at SFIAAFF to sold-out audiences) has made $140,860 since its release….
…The trailer is pretty easy on the eyes
Read more…
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		<title>Kings of &#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/kings-of-planet-b-boy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/kings-of-planet-b-boy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The documentary &#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221; feels almost like a companion, in spirit, to last year’s underrated film, &#8220;The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters.&#8221;…
Much of the film is dedicated to discussing the B-Boy culture (which, apparently, exploded due to the film &#8220;Flashdance&#8221;) and how it became a ridiculous trend in the 1980s before returning to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ni Hao, Kai-Lan</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/ni-hao-kai-lan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ni Hao, Kai-Lan is a children&#8217;s television show, which premiered on Nickelodeon in February 7, 2008. It was soon re-broadcast on Noggin.With characters Kai-lan Chow, Ye Ye, Tolee, Hoho, Rintoo, Lulu, San San, Stompy, Gu Nai Nai

Read more…
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		<title>Heritage event yields discrimination talk</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/heritage-event-yields-discrimination-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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While enjoying Asian-inspired cuisine in the Munce Conference room of the Archer building, guests of the event listened as Eng discussed the origins of Asian Heritage Month and its importance in today&#8217;s society…
Eng, the guest speaker at Suffolk University&#8217;s opening ceremony for Asian Heritage Month.
Read more…
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		<title>Liu Says City Government Needs &#8216;Real Reforms&#8217; Not &#8216;Political Cover&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/liu-says-city-government-needs-real-reforms-not-political-cover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Liu, speaking with reporters after the closed-door meeting at City Hall last night complained that the reforms Quinn announced are just &#8220;political cover.&#8221;
“It’s really of no value to be united under a leader who is basically a rubber stamp for the other branch of government,” Liu said…
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		<title>Opposition parties attack Korea-U.S. beef deal</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/opposition-parties-attack-korea-us-beef-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/opposition-parties-attack-korea-us-beef-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labeling the beef agreement an &#8220;unconditional concession&#8221; to the United States, opposition parties are moving to fend off the early ratification of the free trade deal, which has been pending in the respective legislatures of the two countries since September last year.
South Korea&#8217;s opposition parties are mounting an attack on the beef deal struck with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cubs pull Fukudome shirt after Sun-Times report</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/cubs-pull-fukudome-shirt-after-sun-times-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cubs management who received e-mails from offended fans immediately investigated and put a stop to the sale of Kosuke Fukudome T-shirt bearing a racist image. The Cubs also demanded to cease production of the &#8220;poor taste&#8221; t-shirts. 
Sun-Times reported on Friday the sale of the said T-shirts near Wrigley Field. The shirt used the traditional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police seek suspect in third armed robbery at UT</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/police-seek-suspect-in-third-armed-robbery-at-ut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/23/police-seek-suspect-in-third-armed-robbery-at-ut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Third incident of robbery involving Asian students was reported at The University of Texas. The suspect described as a male standing 6 feet tall with a medium to muscular build was said to be wearing a mask and gloves and a brandishing weapon. He approaches students who walk alone and got away with cash and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filipino technopreneur takes over US-based GPS firm</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/filipino-technopreneur-takes-over-us-based-gps-firm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines &#8212; Noted Filipino IT entrepreneur Diosdado Banatao has taken over the reins of American high-tech firm SiRF Technology, following the resignation of the company&#8217;s CEO.
According to the report, SiRF&#8217;s stock price rose on the NASDAQ following the announcement of Banatao as interim president and CEO….
See original article…
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		<title>CSUSB to revisit plight of Japanese</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/csusb-to-revisit-plight-of-japanese/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/csusb-to-revisit-plight-of-japanese/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fight for America, or be imprisoned. These are the only choice left for the Japanese American who lived in California during the World War II.
&#8220;The Japanese American veterans were misled by the U.S. government into thinking the resisters criticized their stand,&#8221; Yashima said…
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		<title>Overseas Chinese in U.S. protest against media bias in Tibet issue coverage</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/overseas-chinese-in-us-protest-against-media-bias-in-tibet-issue-coverage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/overseas-chinese-in-us-protest-against-media-bias-in-tibet-issue-coverage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;American media, you can muzzle our voices, but cannot smother the truth!&#8221; reads one banner….
“We Chinese American feel outraged by the biased Western media coverage on the Lhasa riots and Olympic torch relay, and I think it is time to have our voices heard”, said Ma Xiping, one of the organizers of the event. 
&#8220;How [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Largest Asian American Opportunity Conference, CelebrAsian &#8216;08, to Provide Strategic Tools for Sustainable Growth in Today&#8217;s Global Marketplace</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/largest-asian-american-opportunity-conference-celebrasian-08-to-provide-strategic-tools-for-sustainable-growth-in-todays-global-marketplace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s theme is &#8220;Business Beyond Boundaries, Here &#038; Abroad.&#8221;..
CelebrAsian&#8211;the largest of its kind in the United States&#8211;connects hundreds of top-caliber Asian American suppliers and small business owners with buyers from Fortune 500 corporations, the Federal government, and the small/minority business community, through pre-scheduled one-on-one matchmaking meetings, informative summits, workshops, and networking sessions.
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		<title>CONSTRUCTION WORKER WINS BACK WAGES</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/construction-worker-wins-back-wages-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYCWU along with Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has worked tirelessly to demand justice for Balvinder Singh for wages owed to him.
We have right to be paid for our work.&#8221; Singh won back his wages in an out of court settlement, without needing to file a law suit. &#8220;Workers just have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liu Tees Off On Quinn&#8217;s &#8216;So-Called Reforms&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/liu-tees-off-on-quinns-so-called-reforms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/22/liu-tees-off-on-quinns-so-called-reforms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;nothing more than back-pedaling&#8221; that will weaken the body and accuses the speaker of being blinded by her own political ambition.
Queens Councilman John Liu is the first member to weigh in on the negative side with a very harshly-worded statement that rejects Quinn&#8217;s changes as…
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		<title>Interview with Far East Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/interview-with-far-east-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Last week I had a phone and email interview with the members of the Far East Movement (FM), whose songs have gotten radio play on the West Coast, and in movies like &#8216;Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift&#8217;, and &#8216;Finishing the Game&#8217;.  They have a great sound and are starting to get some mainstream [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journalist says U.S. faces Asian competition</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/journalist-says-us-faces-asian-competition-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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About 225 people filled the seats in the SIU Law Auditorium, putting the room near capacity, to hear David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, lecture. Focusing much of his lecture on China, a country Sanger said has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, he examined how China, Japan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese-American protesters rally outside CNN&#8217;s Hollywood office</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/chinese-american-protesters-rally-outside-cnns-hollywood-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jack Cafferty  of CNN was demanded to be fired after commenting that china&#8217;s goods are &#8220;junk&#8221; and the leaders as &#8220;bunch of goons and thugs.&#8221; About five thousand Chinese American protested outside CNN&#8217;s Hollywood office on Sat, April 19,2008.

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		<title>USC To Honor Wartime Japanese American Students - Nisei</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/usc-to-honor-wartime-japanese-american-students-nisei/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association will be holding a recognition ceremony at the group&#8217;s annual scholarship and awards gala on Friday, April 25, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. They will be honoring Japanese American Students-Nisei together with 25 scholars who have been impacted by the American-Japanese encounter during the World War II.
This gala will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ester Soriano, Filipino activist, foreperson in Rodney King civil trial, dies at 61</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/ester-soriano-filipino-activist-foreperson-in-rodney-king-civil-trial-dies-at-61/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/ester-soriano-filipino-activist-foreperson-in-rodney-king-civil-trial-dies-at-61/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Filipino activist, Ester Soriano, died at the age of 61 in Los Angeles. She was nationally recognized in mediation, worked for 37 years for the county and  created its Dispute Resolution Program. 
Soriano, a civil rights activist, worked as the jury foreperson in the civil damages trial of Rodney King. King, who was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Korean-American caucus challenged to grow church</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/korean-american-caucus-challenged-to-grow-church-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/korean-american-caucus-challenged-to-grow-church-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (UMNS)&#8211;The United Methodist Church&#8217;s new president, Rev. James Chongho Kim, has challenged pastors and lay leaders to launch 500 Korean-American churches in five years. 
As per Kim, they have to &#8220;take advantage of a paradigm shift with which to see the church as a faith community and pioneer it in various ways.&#8221;
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		<title>NBA Notebook: Jazz capitalize on the absence of Yao</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/nba-notebook-jazz-capitalize-on-the-absence-of-yao/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;That&#8217;s a secret,&#8221; Yao said with a smile when asked if he&#8217;s going to play tonight in Game 2 against Utah. 
His absence seemingly affect the offense for the Houston Rockets. It makes way for the victory of Utah on Saturday with an ending score of 93-82. Yao is still facing a long recovery from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Asian makes things harder in H&#8217;wood</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/was-it-tougher-to-be-asian-in-hollywood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An actor named Kalpesh Suresh, known for his screen name Kal Penn says that his ethnic background, being an American Indian, made it tougher for him in Hollywood. He played a role that swivels cultural displacement in the film The Namesake.
It has been tough to find a role written with a specific &#8220;look&#8221; in mind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal essay written by W. Huang</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/personal-essay-written-by-w-huang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a youth I was a wild free gun slinging cowboy, a Firemen, a Police officer, FBI Agent, James Bond, I was who I wanted to be and I knew nothing could stop me from all these dreams. As I grew older the pieces from the puzzle started to connect and I realized that being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Asian American University of Maryland Students Mobilize To Save Asian American Studies</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/21/press-release-asian-american-university-of-maryland-students-mobilize-to-save-asian-american-studies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Lee Fang (301) 318-7351 Lhfang@gmail.com
April 19, 2008
Asian American University of Maryland Students Mobilize To Save Asian American Studies
(COLLEGE PARK, MD) &#8212; Students at the University of Maryland are stepping up to demand Asian Americans are included in the future of the University. The current draft of the University &#8220;Strategic Plan&#8221; – a document [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The new Le Cercle Rouge, Ang Lee&#8217;s autobiography and other movie news</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/18/the-new-le-cercle-rouge-ang-lees-autobiography-and-other-movie-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Fans of French film might be interested to know that Jean-Pierre Melville&#8217;s 1970 classic Le Cercle Rouge (starring Alain Delon, Andre Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonte and Yves Montand) is being remade in Hollywood by none other than Hong Kong action auteur Johnnie To. What&#8217;s even more weird is that Chow Yun-fat and Orlando Bloom are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yao makes progress in recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yao Ming found a more modest source of happiness after returning from China and the periphery of the anticipation about the Beijing Olympics to Houston just before the start of the NBA playoffs. Yao returned to Houston and was cleared to stop using crutches in his recovery from surgery to repair the stress fracture in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing’s ‘Bird’s Nest’ stadium opens with IAAF Race Walking Challenge competition</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/18/beijing%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98bird%e2%80%99s-nest%e2%80%99-stadium-opens-with-iaaf-race-walking-challenge-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
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This weekend (Fri 18 / Sat 19) China continues its gloriously successful race walking tradition as its best walkers will test their competitive skills at the biggest venue of their careers: Beijing’s National Stadium, the Bird’s Nest, for the &#8220;Good Luck Beijing&#8221; 2008 IAAF Race Walking Challenge meeting. Liu Xiang’s portrait may be hanging all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Korea relaxes U.S. beef import rules</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/18/south-korea-relaxes-us-beef-import-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Korea on Friday agreed to open up to U.S. beef imports after Washington pledged to raise safety standards, boosting prospects for a sweeping trade deal ahead of a summit between leaders of the allies later in the day. South Korea&#8217;s farm ministry said in a statement that imports of U.S. beef will be expanded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naperville schools give Chinese visitors a taste of U.S. culture</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/18/naperville-schools-give-chinese-visitors-a-taste-of-us-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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The contrast in cultures was obvious to the visitors from Beijing the moment they set foot in Naperville North High School on Thursday. Xiao Xiao, (center) part of a children&#8217;s performing troupe from Beijing, waits with other dancers and acrobats to perform at Mill Street School in Naperville on Thursday.
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		<title>Discover India Festival in downtown Dallas a learning opportunity</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/18/discover-india-festival-in-downtown-dallas-a-learning-opportunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian Indians make up 16.4 percent of the entire Asian-American community and are the third largest Asian-American ethnic group, after Chinese-Americans and Filipino-Americans. To learn more about our Asian Indian neighbors, visit the Discover India Festival at the Crow Collection of Asian Art, 2010 Flora St., in downtown Dallas. Scheduled from noon to 5 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Festival unites Asians for weekend celebration</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/18/festival-unites-asians-for-weekend-celebration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nowadays, there are many Asian festivals in Arizona. The Arizona Asian Festival is where those cultures come together - where in one day, a person can take in an Indian yoga demonstration, an Indonesian Golden Deer dance, South Korean drumming, Hawaiian karate and a Japanese kimono demonstration. No fewer that 16 cultures are represented in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conference introduces South Asian hip-hop in first North American forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DJ Rekha, MC Kabir, Yogi B and Natchatra, Chee Malabar, Abstract/Vision: They might not be familiar to most American music fans, even to hard-core connoisseurs of hip-hop. But in some pockets of the United States—say, Chicago’s Devon Avenue or Jackson Heights in Queens, N.Y. —they are bona fide stars. Yogi B and Natchatra, a band [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALTRA Magazine Hosts Asian American Media Panels at the 2008 Newport Beach Film Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, April 27th, 2008, Nancy Moran of ALTRA will be moderating two Asian American Entertainment and Media Q&#038;A Panels at the Newport Beach Film Festival. The panels are free and open to the public at the Edwards Islands Cinemas from 3:15-5pm. ALTRA Magazine has teamed up with Southern California&#8217;s Newport Beach Film Festival to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN chief praises new South Korean president&#8217;s support for UN</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/17/un-chief-praises-new-south-korean-presidents-support-for-un/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon greeted the new president of his native South Korea on Wednesday. Saying he was encouraged by Lee Myung-bak&#8217;s support for the U.N.&#8217;s fight against poverty and its far-flung peacekeeping operations, Ban told reporters that the South Korean leader said his country would do as much as it can to support U.N. activities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TIMELINE: Key events related to Samsung Group probe</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/17/timeline-key-events-related-to-samsung-group-probe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A South Korean special prosecutor investigating corruption at the Samsung Group on Thursday. The article listed a timeline of key events related to the investigation.
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		<title>Jet Li gets Best Actor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Martial arts star Jet Li was honoured with the best actor prize at the Hong Kong Film Awards for his performance in the film &#8216;The Warlords&#8217;. The Warlords was also recognised for its cinematography, art direction and special effects.
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		<title>Seagal vs. Chan</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/17/seagal-vs-chan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Hey would-be Beijing protestors, watch out for Jackie Chan. The Hong Kong action hero isn&#8217;t putting up with any lip. How would Chan hold up in a head-to-head with a certain celebrity Tibet champion? No, not Steven Spielberg, but Steven Seagal. The two martial artists are friends, or at least so says IMDB, but to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support comedians that ridicule the Asian American community for personal gain!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;d like to support comedians that ridicule the Asian American community for personal gain, here&#8217;s your chance!
(she wrote that comedy routine at a time when the Asian American community was enraged by this incident on &#8220;The View.&#8221;)
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		<title>Drive the subject of inter-racial dating to a place that actually increases understanding in our community</title>
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Invite Fallout Central to your college campus to host an &#8220;Asian American Male Sexuality&#8221; workshop.


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Asian American Men: Make personal choices in your daily life that increase your dating options.
Asian American Women: Make personal choices in your daily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Year Later: Korean Americans Remember</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the first anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre that left 33 people dead, including the tormented shooter, a Korean American student named Seung-hui Cho. Following the shooting, hysteria and confusion engulfed Korean immigrants all over the country, including Los Angeles County, which has the largest Korean American community in the nation. The Council [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese American organization calls for CNN&#8217;s sincere apology for insulting remarks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington-based World Chinese League Wednesday urged U.S. TV network CNN to sincerely apologize for one of its political commentator&#8217;s insulting remarks about Chinese. The Chinese American organization said in a statement that all Chinese-Americans and Chinese were infuriated by Jack Cafferty&#8217;s outrageous comments aired on April 9 when Beijing Olympics torch relay was held in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survey: companies optimistic about M&#038;A in Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Respondents to an M&#038;A survey predict a higher level of activity in the next 18 months with China, India and Southeast Asia ranking high on both perceived opportunity and attendant risks. M&#038;A activity in the region is expected to grow, according to a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit with Marsh, Mercer and Kroll, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journalist says U.S. faces Asian competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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About 225 people filled the seats in the SIU Law Auditorium, putting the room near capacity, to hear David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, lecture. Focusing much of his lecture on China, a country Sanger said has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, he examined how China, Japan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fallout Central is now on Technorati</title>
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		<title>Madison Ave. Charts Some Progress in Meeting Diversity Hiring Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AN initial report card on efforts to diversify the long-homogeneous upper ranks of Madison Avenue shows some improvement, but much more left to be done. According to a summary provided on April 15 by the New York City Human Rights Commission, the 15 agencies that agreed to be monitored for three years on their minority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health disparities: genetics plays an important role in cancer detection, prognosis among minorities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Association for Cancer Research suggests at the 2008 Annual Meeting from April 12 to 16 that poorer outcomes for breast cancer and prostate cancer among minorities may be due to biologic factors. Researchers also present a new theory on why a recent decline in breast cancer rates was less pronounced among African-American women, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fil-Am Is Most Severely Wounded Iraq Veteran</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/fil-am-is-most-severely-wounded-iraq-veteran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most severely wounded and disabled US soldier to return home from Iraq is a Filipino-American by the name of Jay Briseno Jr. who became quadriplegic and blind after the war. Jay now lives with his parents and siblings in Virginia and requires full-time, around-the-clock care.His family has transformed their basement into an intensive care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area Benefits</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/bay-area-benefits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A series of activities will be held from April 25 to May 8 which include a fundraising dinner hosted by the California Culinary Academy for the upcoming Slow Food Nation festival in San Francisco on April 25, an evening of wine and food prepared by 15 Bay Area chefs on May 2 at Five-Star Night, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Unveil 50 Fastest-Growing Asian American Businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/us-pan-asian-american-chamber-of-commerce-unveil-50-fastest-growing-asian-american-businesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation will reveal the final ranking of its &#8220;50 Fastest-Growing Asian American Businesses&#8221; during the 23rd Anniversary CelebrAsian &#8216;08 Annual National Business Opportunity Conference, on May 27-29 at the Hilton Washington hotel in Washington, DC.This program highlights the robust growth of Asian American-owned companies over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Film from 1916 is a rare gem</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/chinese-film-from-1916-is-a-rare-gem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/chinese-film-from-1916-is-a-rare-gem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
The filmmaker Arthur Dong was amazed when he uncovered the earliest known Chinese-American feature film which had been in one family&#8217;s possession since 1916 and which is still shedding light on the lives of Chinese Americans in the Bay Area. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences considers this a gem because the Asian images [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hispanics and Other Ethnic Markets Will Spend $60 Billion on Telecommunications</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/hispanics-and-other-ethnic-markets-will-spend-60-billion-on-telecommunications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2008, US ethnic communities will spend $59.8 billion on telecommunications services, accounting for over one-third of all residential telecom expenditures, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation.The ability to tap into the increased spending power of the Hispanic-American, African-American, and Asian-American communities will be crucial to the survival of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pageant Crowns Cultural Queen</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/pageant-crowns-cultural-queen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/pageant-crowns-cultural-queen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirteen contestants showed off their heritage at the second annual Miss UT Asia Pageant hosted by the Asian American Culture Committee on April 15.These contestants competed in areas of cultural talent, dress and knowledge and they were chosen for their diversity and represented different cultures from across Asia.
Click here for the original article
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		<title>What fuels Asian American activism?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/what-fuels-asian-american-activism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/what-fuels-asian-american-activism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Nuclear

      
    

      A live conversation with the offender
    


Oil

      
    

      Writing a letter to the offender that is endorsed by several activist organizations, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where are my comments?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/where-are-my-comments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/where-are-my-comments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A word on comments
To all of our faithful fans&#8211; about 6 or 7 months ago, when Fallout Central was wrapped up in a controversy involving &#8220;The Doghouse,&#8221; a former CBS radio show that featured a segment that was highly offensive to Asian Americans, we found ourselves in an unfortunate situation where lots of angry non-Asian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Hero for Us</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/a-hero-for-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/16/a-hero-for-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As baseball is celebrating the 61st anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier, we also should take time to reflect and appreciate the Asian baseball pioneer Ichiro Suzuki.
While Ichiro may not be the first Asian player in Major League Baseball, he was the first position player. The first Asian players and still the majority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Fallout Central!</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/happy-birthday-fallout-central/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/happy-birthday-fallout-central/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Fallout Central!
Fallout Central has just completed it&#8217;s first year of operation, and I&#8217;m proud and also surprised that we&#8217;ve made it this far. Activism (and going beyond the basic task of &#8220;raising an awareness&#8221;) is a ridiculously draining, stressful, and energy-consuming process. First and foremost, I&#8217;d like to thank all of our faithful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking of awareness&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/speaking-of-awareness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/speaking-of-awareness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To further underscore the importance of awareness, think about how little the mainstream media understands the social, political, and personal attitudes of Asian American adults. 
Why do you think Asian American men are practically never portrayed as normal individuals? Well, I&#8217;d venture to guess that it&#8217;s because no one has ever widely circulated a survey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese whalers blame &#8217;sabotage&#8217; by activists as fewer whales are killed</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/japanese-whalers-blame-sabotage-by-activists-as-fewer-whales-are-killed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/japanese-whalers-blame-sabotage-by-activists-as-fewer-whales-are-killed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Japanese fishing fleet is expected to return from its latest expedition having killed just over half its target number of whales. The 8,000-tonne Nisshin Maru factory ship and five other whaling vessels were due to dock in Japan last night after returning from the Antarctic laden with the meat from 551 minke whales caught [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Korean-American caucus challenged to grow church</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/korean-american-caucus-challenged-to-grow-church/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/korean-american-caucus-challenged-to-grow-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new president of the Korean-American James Chongho Kim, caucus of The United Methodist Church has challenged pastors and lay leaders to launch 500 Korean-American churches in five years. The elected president issued the challenge during the national caucus meeting March 30-April 3.
Click here for the original article
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		<title>Jackie Chan says Olympic Games represent peace and unity, not politics</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/jackie-chan-says-olympic-games-represent-peace-and-unity-not-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/jackie-chan-says-olympic-games-represent-peace-and-unity-not-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chan, who arrived Monday to promote his latest kung fu movie &#8220;The Forbidden Kingdom,&#8221; said the games represent &#8220;unity, love and peace&#8221; and should not be used as a platform for people to express their opinions. &#8220;I hope people do not mix sports with politics. This is wrong,&#8221; said Chan. &#8220;I don&#8217;t understand why people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneer Ding leads Asian snooker assault</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/pioneer-ding-leads-asian-snooker-assault/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/pioneer-ding-leads-asian-snooker-assault/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 20-year-old Ding Junhui from Jiangsu province is the youngest player ever to win three ranking titles &#8212; the China Open and UK Championships in 2005 and the Northern Ireland Trophy in 2006. When the masters of the green baize cue off at the World Snooker Championships in England on Saturday, tens of millions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Forbidden Kingdom</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/the-forbidden-kingdom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/the-forbidden-kingdom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
When you mix &#8220;The Wizard of Oz,&#8221; &#8220;The Karate Kid,&#8221; &#8220;Rush Hour&#8221; and &#8220;Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon&#8221;, you get a hodgepodge titled &#8220;The Forbidden Kingdom,&#8221; which will please its core audience but won&#8217;t enthrall anyone over the age of 16. You want to know the reason? Let’s check the review by Stephen Farber.
Click here for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UWGB celebrating Asian Pacific American heritage</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/uwgb-celebrating-asian-pacific-american-heritage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/uwgb-celebrating-asian-pacific-american-heritage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A discussion of life in Asian countries will help kick off today&#8217;s Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive. The event, set for 4 p.m. in the University Union&#8217;s 1965 Room, will feature presenters who are students native to Asian countries and students who have lived and studied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Groups Fight to Change Eatery&#8217;s Name</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/asian-groups-fight-to-change-eaterys-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/asian-groups-fight-to-change-eaterys-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Joseph Groh&#8217;s popular eatery in a blue-collar neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia has been serving them up pretty much the same way since it opened in 1949. The restaurant, which is called Chink&#8217;s Steaks, was opened by Samuel Sherman, who was nicknamed &#8220;Chink&#8221; as a child because of his supposedly slanted, Asian-looking eyes. The problem is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American Awareness Month raises concern of under-representation in the UIC community</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/asian-american-awareness-month-raises-concern-of-under-representation-in-the-uic-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/15/asian-american-awareness-month-raises-concern-of-under-representation-in-the-uic-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At UIC, April is Asian American Awareness Month. But many people are unaware of the fact.  However, the goals of AAAM reflect the need for an increased appreciation for the struggles, the successes, and the overall spirit of the Asian American community - at UIC and across the country. Why would Asian Americans feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The unfortunate case of Minghui Yu</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/the-unfortunate-case-of-minghui-yu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/the-unfortunate-case-of-minghui-yu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at these two headlines. One from a prominent mainstream news source (WCBS), and another from a less-widely-circulated news source (The Columbia Spectator):

NYPD: Suspect Says He Tried To Stop Yu&#8217;s Fatal Run (WCBS)
Court Charges Suspect for Assaulting Yu (The Columbia Spectator)

Both articles describe the exact same incident, however, one headline brushes the entire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PRESS ALERT: NCAPA Unveils 2008 Platform</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/press-alert-ncapa-unveils-2008-platform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/press-alert-ncapa-unveils-2008-platform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
William Yoshino
JACL Midwest Director
Midwest@jacl.org
773.728.7170
Asian Americans Push Candidates on Information, Access, and
Comprehensive Immigration Reform
WHAT: NCAPA news conference
WHERE: JACL, 5415 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60640
WHEN: 11 a.m., April 15, 2008
Chicago, IL, April 8 – The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) calls on presidential candidates, Congressional, state and local lawmakers to address the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awareness is good, but often not good enough</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/awareness-is-good-but-often-not-good-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have often seen descriptions of conferences, workshops, blogs, and forums, whose purpose is to &#8220;raise an awareness.&#8221; 
Raising an awareness is a good thing because it is a necessary step forward in rallying people behind a cause. There is, however, a danger of complacency in awareness. It is all too easy to get caught [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NBA: Oh, How the Playoffs Will Be FUN!</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/nba-oh-how-the-playoffs-will-be-fun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/nba-oh-how-the-playoffs-will-be-fun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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The next two months will bring some of the most intense moments and clutch play on the basketball court that we have seen in a long time. Phoenix is very choppy, the Lakers are still young, the Pistons are too old, the Magic have a lot to learn, but the newly built Celtics and Good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anniversaries: 10 and 30</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/anniversaries-10-and-30/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The month April marks Phil Tajitsu Nash&#8217;s 10th year as an AsianWeek columnist and his 30th year as a regular contributor to Asian Pacific American community journalism. His article describes how many young Japanese Americans, including himself, were trying to fit into an American mainstream and he hopes to highlight some of the people, remember [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASNE Survey: Over Last Year, Dailies Shrank Their Newsrooms By Biggest Margin In Three Decades</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/asne-survey-over-last-year-dailies-shrank-their-newsrooms-by-biggest-margin-in-three-decades/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a survey given by the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE),CHICAGO U.S. daily newspapers shrank their newsrooms by 2,400 journalists in the past year, a 4.4% workforce decrease in ranks with 52,600 people work full-time in daily newspaper newsrooms now. Minority journalists are most likely to be reporters, with just 11.4% of supervisors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reinventing &#8216;American&#8217; Chinese food</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/reinventing-american-chinese-food/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/reinventing-american-chinese-food/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Traditional Asian cuisine loaded with colorful vegetables is a perfect model for meal planning. However，conventional Chinese take-out choices are usually far from healthful and they create the perfect opportunity for tasty meal makeovers. With a few tweaks here and there, it&#8217;s easy to bring &#8220;Americanized&#8221; Chinese food back to its native, healthy roots.
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		<title>The celebr-Asian begins in April</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/the-celebr-asian-begins-in-april/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/the-celebr-asian-begins-in-april/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baruch students have come together to help kick off Asian Pacific American Heritage Month which was originally celebrated during the first 10 days in May to commemorate the the contributions of people of Asian and Pacific Islander and to honor their descendants in the United States.It is imperative to recognize different countries and their cultures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural club showcases their members’ best in play</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/cultural-club-showcases-their-members%e2%80%99-best-in-play/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/cultural-club-showcases-their-members%e2%80%99-best-in-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
The cultural club held its Annual Asian Night with the themes of change and self-discovery on Friday. The show was a combination of live performances and short films performed by some Greek organizations, the Chinese Student Association and a more varied group of collaborators.
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		<title>Fashion Show Makes Statement</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/fashion-show-makes-statement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sponsored by the Asian American Association, a fashion show which is entirely run by the students took place on April 12.The show was divided up into four segments—Harajuku, Student Design, His/Hers and Hip-Hop to demonstrate the way students convey their sense of self through clothing choices and the use of fashion to make cultural statements.
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		<title>AsiaWatch: American Electric Technologies Strengthens Asian Presence</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/asiawatch-american-electric-technologies-strengthens-asian-presence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/14/asiawatch-american-electric-technologies-strengthens-asian-presence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[American Electric Technologies, Inc., with current joint venture operations in China and Singapore, has entered into its third Asian joint venture with a new strategic partnership in Jakarta, Indonesia. Under the terms of the agreement, the new joint venture will concentrate on the service and marketing of power delivery products to benefit the burgeoning Indonesian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few thoughts on Asian American Student Conferences</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/13/a-few-thoughts-on-asian-american-student-conferences/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/13/a-few-thoughts-on-asian-american-student-conferences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I attended NYCAASC (the New York City Asian American Students Conference) as a representative of Fallout Central, and provided my perspective on their &#8220;Bloggers Panel.&#8221; In this panel, we went back and forth with the students on various aspects of blogging, some of which I thought were totally frivolous, and some of which I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Singer/Songwriter Taiyo Na</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/13/podcast-episode-singersongwriter-taiyo-na/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/13/podcast-episode-singersongwriter-taiyo-na/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Interview with Singer/Songwriter Taiyo Na
New Album: Love Is Growth


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		<title>&#8216;K&#8217; tells Montel About Asian Nose, Eyelid Plastic Surgery</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/13/k-tells-montel-about-asian-nose-eyelid-plastic-surgery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/13/k-tells-montel-about-asian-nose-eyelid-plastic-surgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link
In my opinion, this is &#8220;must see&#8221;. It reminded me of some older Tyra Banks talkshow clips on the same subject, however this segment is even more blatant and clear so that there is no mistaking what is going on.
Link to the Tyra clip
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		<title>Student group holds Korean Culture Night</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/student-group-holds-korean-culture-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Korean Culture Night was hosted Wednesday evening by the Korean student group Hanoolim. It was combined modern elements and cultural performances into a play titled “Jung” to express the importance and value of family and friendship. For more than 20 years, Korean Culture Night has been held annually at UCLA to highlight the Korean community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pushing Chinese Taboo in ‘Lust, Caution’</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/pushing-chinese-taboo-in-%e2%80%98lust-caution%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Film critic John Powers reviews Ang Lee&#8217;s film, Lust, Caution, which was recently released on DVD. He says that Lust Caution pushes against Chinese taboos. The movie sets during the Japanese occupation of China, the film tells the story of a resistance fighter who has an affair with a Chinese collaborator.
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		<title>JACKIE CHAN - CHAN DOES HIS OWN LAUNDRY</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/jackie-chan-chan-does-his-own-laundry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
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The thrifty Rush Hour star JACKIE CHAN insists on washing his T-shirts, underpants and socks in his hotel suite, and then hangs them all over the room to dry. He refuses to let professionals clean his underwear when he&#8217;s staying in hotels - because it&#8217;s too expensive.
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		<title>Asian women’s activist to visit Columbia College</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/asian-women%e2%80%99s-activist-to-visit-columbia-college/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/asian-women%e2%80%99s-activist-to-visit-columbia-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[V. Mohini Giri, a women’s rights activist in India and Nobel Prize nominee, will speak at Columbia College May 5, sharing her story of helping women in India. The internationally known social activist will offer her ideas on what American women and men can do to make a difference throughout the world. The Lessons in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Stocks Rise in U.S.; Chunghwa, Taiwan Semiconductor Gain</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/asian-stocks-rise-in-us-chunghwa-taiwan-semiconductor-gain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/asian-stocks-rise-in-us-chunghwa-taiwan-semiconductor-gain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian stocks advanced in U.S. trading after Chunghwa Telecom Co.&#8217;s profit beat analysts&#8217; estimates and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported sales jumped. Chunghwa climbed 50 cents to $25.05. Taiwan Semiconductor, the world&#8217;s largest supplier of made-to- order chips, said its sales in March increased 21 percent to NT$26.562 billion. The stock advanced 32 cents to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students to compete for Mr., Ms. Asia titles</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/students-to-compete-for-mr-ms-asia-titles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/students-to-compete-for-mr-ms-asia-titles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ninth annual “Mr. and Ms. Asia” , which are determined by Traditional costumes, Asian cultural trivia and a talent show, begins at 6 p.m. Sunday in the IU Auditorium. The event will help celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
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		<title>Hollywood Chinese</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/hollywood-chinese/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filmmaker Arthur Dong, who created Coming Out Under Fire, Licensed to Kill, Family Fundamentals and other LGBT films, has finished a new film Hollywood Chinese, a vivid and entertaining journey tracking the experience of Chinese Americans in America’s film industry. The film opens in the Bay Area on April 11 at San Francisco’s Sundance Kabuki [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYC Asian American Student Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/nyc-asian-american-student-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/11/nyc-asian-american-student-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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The 2nd NYC Asian American Student Conference takes place at NYU this Saturday, April 12. This year&#8217;s conference theme is &#34;redefine&#34;; a broad range of subjects will be up for discussion. I&#8217;ll be speaking on a panel entitled Challenging the Mainstream: Asian Americans in the Ethnic Blogosphere, along with Carmen Van Kerckhove (Racialicious), Jenn Fang [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release: Organization of Chinese Americans</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/press-release-organization-of-chinese-americans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Elizabeth R. OuYang, Executive Vice President, 718-596-0143
Vicki Shu Smolin, President, 646-263-6044
OCA-NY CONDEMNS ACTIONS BY NEW YORK CITY SPELLING BEE ORGANIZERS
April 10, 2008 - Today, the Organization of Chinese Americans, New York
Chapter (OCA-NY) condemned an incident where a Chinese American student
was denied the right to participate in a city-wide spelling bee, after
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		<title>&#8220;Model minority&#8221; goes nutzoid</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/model-minority-goes-nutzoid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;Dark Matter,&#8221; the filmmaking debut of Chinese-born opera and theater director Chen Shi-zheng, gets full credit for slamming head-on into any number of hot-button topics in American society. First and most interestingly, Chen&#8217;s film captures, from the inside, the strange and insular world of the Chinese graduate students who increasingly dominate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Document Jam Could Keep Immigrants from Voting</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/document-jam-could-keep-immigrants-from-voting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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Immigrants in the United States are now active members of the American society and equal to native-born Americans after many years of hard work and struggle.This year, though, many immigrants who thought they would be able to vote in the November presidential election may not be eligible because of delays in processing their applications for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College Republicans, Dems Square Off</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/college-republicans-dems-square-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Multiracial Greek Council hosted a debate which consisted of eight questions reflecting current political issues facing presidential candidates.Among the most heated debate topics was the Iraq War.Healthy political banter filled the air at the Asian American Culture Center when the UConn College Democrats and College Republicans went face-to-face in a debate.
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		<title>Colgate program looks at Asian art</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/colgate-program-looks-at-asian-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colgate University’s Picker Art Gallery will host Asian Art Study Day from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 12. Asian Art Study Day will provide an opportunity to learn about the Asian and Asian-American art in current exhibits and in the gallery’s permanent collection. It will also include presentations and discussions, and a light [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart vs. Cool: Culture, Race and Ethnicity in Public Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/smart-vs-cool-culture-race-and-ethnicity-in-public-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students from different cultural backgrounds hold different views about studies. Many Latino students are choosing cool over school which means that they are not good at studying. However, all the parents value education and expect good grades&#8230;.
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		<title>The Byuti and Danger of Performing Transgender and Transnational Belonging</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/the-byuti-and-danger-of-performing-transgender-and-transnational-belonging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
300,000 foreign workers were brought in to do jobs Israeli’s could not or did not want to perform to fill the service labor gap among Israelis after the second intifada in 2000 when Israel closed its borders and expelled Palestinians who were no longer welcome as service labor in Israel. Pressure is put upon the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Views differ here on China Olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/views-differ-here-on-china-olympics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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The Olympic torch concluded a topsy-turvy tour of San Francisco on April 9, its only North American stop, after chaotic protests in Paris and London. After its parade route was shifted and shortened to prevent disruptions by massive crowds of protesters, the closing ceremony planned for the San Francisco Bay waterfront was canceled and moved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the Flower Drum Song</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/beyond-the-flower-drum-song/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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The new Arthur Dong film Hollywood Chinese is considered as a film devoted to the history of Chinese people in American feature films.The major thesis of this movie is that the American film industry has long traded on depicting Asian women as exotic eye-candy, the playthings of white men, while at the same time feminizing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forum in Dallas Encourages Asian-American Youth</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/10/forum-in-dallas-encourages-asian-american-youth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Angie Chen Button just won the Republican primary in the race for retiring state Rep. Fred Hill&#8217;s seat and became one of the two Asian-American women seeking election to the Texas House. While there appears to be a growing interest in public service, it is still painfully clear that Asian-Americans are still lagging behind.
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		<title>Gang charged over UEA race attacks</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/gang-charged-over-uea-race-attacks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Scale 4 Physical Attack: The majority group vandalize minority group things, they burn property and carry out violent attacks on individuals or groups. Physical harm is done to members of the minority group. Examples: lynchings of blacks, pogroms against Jews in Europe, tarring and feathering Mormons in the 1800s.


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		<title>Be a Racist Douchebag: Buy this T-Shirt</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/be-a-racist-douchebag-buy-this-t-shirt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Just look at the expression on this guy&#8217;s face. He doesn&#8217;t need this T-shirt to look like a douchebag, but it sure completes the ensemble.
If you want to be a racist douchebag just like him, call toll-free: 1-877-BUSTED-3 (1-877-287-8333).
All phone calls paid for by Bustedtees.com, so ring them to your heart&#8217;s content.
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		<title>Jackie Chan to sing for Olympic film</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/jackie-chan-to-sing-for-olympic-film/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jackie Chan, Lee-Hom Wang, Zhang Ziyi and Stefanie Sun will team up to sing &#8216;Stand Up,&#8217; the theme song for &#8216;The One,&#8217; a film about China&#8217;s first Olympian. The film, which is being made as a tribute to the 2008 Beijing Games, is based on sprinter Liu Changchun, who represented China at the 1932 Summer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing: The WRITE Questions for Marianne Villanueva</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/introducing-the-write-questions-for-marianne-villanueva/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Writer Marianne Villanueva has just had a interview at the Book Passage in the Ferry Building in San Francisco on Wednesday April 9th at 6 p.m. Marianne was gracious enough to respond from a trip to Tel Aviv, and on the way back to California in the Frankfurt airport.
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		<title>Japanese-Americans receive honorary degrees</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/japanese-americans-receive-honorary-degrees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, Yasui, 84, and three other former students were back on the Eugene campus. The university awarded honorary degrees to all 20 of the expelled students on what President Dave Frohnmayer called &#8220;a day of many emotions, of joy and regret.&#8221;
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		<title>First Korean Astronaut Goes Into Space</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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The Soyuz-FG rocket blasted off successfully from Kazakhstan&#8217;s Baikonur Cosmodrome or Space Center about 2,100 km southeast of Moscow at 8:16:39 p.m. on Tuesday by Korean standard time. The first Korean has gone into space. Carrying South Korea&#8217;s first astronaut Yi So-yeon (30) and two other astronauts.
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		<title>Remembering April 9, 1942</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fall of Bataan is on April 9, 1942. The Battle of Bataan between the Japanese Empire and the United States—and the Commonwealth of the Philippines—was a defining event. Japan had to capture the Philippines to control the Southwest Pacific, put Indonesia (then called the Dutch East Indies) under its control and become supreme throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic torch protests chagrin many Chinese-Americans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Now, a booming China is hosting the 2008 Olympics and is sending the Olympic torch to San Francisco. Many Chinese Americans are upset about the demonstrations planned by thousands of Tibetans, Burmese, Falun Gong believers, and others to protest China&#8217;s human rights record.
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		<title>Is Chinese search engine Baidu endorsing Barack Obama?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Baidu has chosen US presidential candidate Barack Obama as the sixth face to grace its homepage logo. Following more general features including Hong Kong entertainers and snow storm survivors, Obama comes as Baidu&#8217;s first foreign installment. In the drawing, a smiling Obama is joined by a dapper donkey as he throws a &#8220;net&#8221; over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian inflation begins to sting U.S. shoppers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mounting inflation in the developing world, especially Asia, is threatening the arrangement of which Americans have imported goods produced ever more cheaply from a succession of low-wage countries, and not just in China, where rising energy and labor costs have already made exports to the United States more expensive, but in the lower-cost alternatives to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FALLOUT CENTRAL is looking for writers</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/fallout-central-is-looking-for-writers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/09/fallout-central-is-looking-for-writers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If our mission statement is consistent with your beliefs, then perhaps you&#8217;d like to write for Fallout Central! 
Drop us a line at comments@falloutcentral.com today!
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		<title>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NCAPA news conference</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/for-immediate-release-ncapa-news-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/for-immediate-release-ncapa-news-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCAPA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: 
William Yoshino
JACL Midwest Director
773.728.7170
Midwest@jacl.org
Asian Americans Push Candidates on Information, Access, and Comprehensive Immigration Reform
WHAT: NCAPA news conference
WHERE: JACL, 5415 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60640
WHEN: 11 a.m., April 15, 2008
Chicago, IL, April 8 – The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) calls on presidential candidates, Congressional, state and local lawmakers to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excitement, wariness as Beijing counts down</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/excitement-wariness-as-beijing-counts-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/excitement-wariness-as-beijing-counts-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With an annual springtime transformation, color is returning to Beijing with a wide spectrum of greens, yellows, pinks and whites as the capital city of the People&#8217;s Republic of China prepares to host the 2008 Summer Games. Beijing not only doubled its subway system but also opened the dragon-shaped Terminal 3 at Peking Capital International [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riders may pay cost of traffic fee’s defeat</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/riders-may-pay-cost-of-traffic-fee%e2%80%99s-defeat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/riders-may-pay-cost-of-traffic-fee%e2%80%99s-defeat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver decided the bill was so unpopular that even holding a vote was pointless on April 7, mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing dream finally ended.New York may have lost $354 million in federal funds yesterday, but U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters has already been looking for greener pastures.
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		<title>Asian, Pacific Islander events mark celebration at MSU</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/asian-pacific-islander-events-mark-celebration-at-msu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/asian-pacific-islander-events-mark-celebration-at-msu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri State University’s Office of Multicultural Student Services is presenting a month-long celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage.A variety of workshops and activities will take place during the months of April and May recognizing the history and cultures of these communities.The celebration is co-sponsored by the Asian American Pacific Islander Organization (AAPIO), the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pan Asian Rep Opens &#8216;Missing Woman&#8217; Tonight, 4/7</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/pan-asian-rep-opens-missing-woman-tonight-47/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/pan-asian-rep-opens-missing-woman-tonight-47/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in association with The Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education (IVCE) announces the North American premiere of THE MISSING WOMAN which is written and directed by NGUYEN Thi Minh Ngoc and music by TRAN Vuong Thach and HAI Phuong.THE MISSING WOMAN is performed in Vietnamese with English narration and plays April [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Class tackles challenges of running a modern day law practice</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/class-tackles-challenges-of-running-a-modern-day-law-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/class-tackles-challenges-of-running-a-modern-day-law-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jacksonville Asian American Bar Association, the D.W. Perkins Bar Association and the Hispanic Bar Association have teamed up to sponsor the continuing law education seminar which is held from 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on Thursday at Florida Coastal School of Law in Room 425.
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		<title>AAHOA Annual Convention Attracts Almost 3,500</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/aahoa-annual-convention-attracts-almost-3500/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/aahoa-annual-convention-attracts-almost-3500/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Close to 3,500 attendees descended on San Antonio, Texas, for the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) Annual Convention, which was held March 26-29, 2008. In addition, almost 450 vendors participated in the much anticipated Trade Show, which is also part of the event.
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		<title>Kaiser Health Disparities Report: A Weekly Look At Race, Ethnicity And Health</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/kaiser-health-disparities-report-a-weekly-look-at-race-ethnicity-and-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/kaiser-health-disparities-report-a-weekly-look-at-race-ethnicity-and-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Utah School of Medicine hosted a no-cost conference for minority and women college students in the state who are interested in careers in medicine, pharmacy, nursing and physical therapy  on April 5. The conference was geared toward American Indians, Hispanics, blacks, Pacific Islanders and women in an effort to increase the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian-American becomes highest ranking LAPD officer</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/asian-american-becomes-highest-ranking-lapd-officer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/asian-american-becomes-highest-ranking-lapd-officer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/08/asian-american-becomes-highest-ranking-lapd-officer/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Terry S. Hara is being promoted from commander to deputy chief and is slated to head the West Bureau operations section which makes him the highest ranking Asian- American in Los Angeles Police Department history today. The promotion ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. on the Athletic Field at the Los Angeles Police Academy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filipino quantum physicist conducts &#8220;Guerrilla Physics&#8221; from his NYC home.</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/filipino-quantum-physicist-conducts-guerrilla-physics-from-his-nyc-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/filipino-quantum-physicist-conducts-guerrilla-physics-from-his-nyc-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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In the spirit of scientific expose in 19th century salons, Filipino quantum physicist Dr. Amador Muriel shares the thrill of scientific pursuit from the intimacy of his dining room table.
&#8230;what was a mini lab doing on his dining table? Well, since he wasn’t connected with academe, he didn’t have a laboratory. “I used to teach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breakdance pioneer Frosty Freeze dies</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/breakdance-pioneer-frosty-freeze-dies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/breakdance-pioneer-frosty-freeze-dies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hip-hop pioneer Wayne &#8220;Frosty Freeze&#8221; Frost whose acrobatic performance helped set off a worldwide breakdancing craze died at the age of 44 on April 3 in New York after a long illness. Frosty was known for his energetic style, intricate choreography and fearless moves including back flips and head spins. He toured the world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yao Ming on Meds?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/yao-ming-on-meds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/yao-ming-on-meds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With months to go before the Beijing Olympics, no one in China wants to see their most famous athlete Yao Ming who had a stress fracture in his left foot on the sidelines for the country’s biggest sporting event ever.The Chinese government is using the combination of Chinese medicine herbal in nature to ensure that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care for Asia Pacific Islanders</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/health-care-for-asia-pacific-islanders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/health-care-for-asia-pacific-islanders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of Project Coalition for Health Access to Reach Greater Equity were joined by Assembly Members Richard Gottfried and Ellen Young, City Council Members Alan J. Gerson and Robert Jackson, and the Asian &#038; Pacific Islander Health Forum, to launch a four-year national campaign to eliminate health disparities in the Red Room, City Hall in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aspiring cooks compete in Iron Chef competition</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/aspiring-cooks-compete-in-iron-chef-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/aspiring-cooks-compete-in-iron-chef-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Student Development-Multicultural Programs and Services hosted the fourth-annual Iron Chef competition which brought seven teams made up of between two and four people to Quigley Hall on April 5.The event was part of Asian American Heritage Month and students of every race showcased their cooking prowess, hoping to be this year&#8217;s Iron Chef. Finally,the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction worker wins back wages</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/construction-worker-wins-back-wages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Construction Workers United along with Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund has worked tirelessly to demand justice for construction workers for wages owed to them.Worker Balvinder Singh was presented a check of $3,500 by Executive Director Javaid Tariq of New York Construction Workers United on sunday March 30, at the Baba Makhan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Countless Asian Americans Without Health Insurance</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/countless-asian-americans-without-health-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/countless-asian-americans-without-health-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Pacific Islanders, Korean Americans and Southeast Asians lack health insurance according to a study released by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Asian &#038; Pacific Islander American Health Forum on April 1. The disparity is particularly acute in California, home to a third of the nation’s Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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		<title>Asian Awareness Night presents issues with &#8216;The Real World&#8217; spoof</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/asian-awareness-night-presents-issues-with-the-real-world-spoof/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asian American Association hosted the Asian Awareness Night at the International House on April 2 for the third time. Attendants were treated with Asian cuisine from local restaurants and comedic skits performed by the Asian American Association. This Awareness Night focus more on Asian-American issues and include a wider Asian representation.
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		<title>An Asian American Viewpoint On China, Tibet and the Olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/an-asian-american-viewpoint-on-china-tibet-and-the-olympics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/07/an-asian-american-viewpoint-on-china-tibet-and-the-olympics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors could not help but join the fray about Tibet by calling for a boycott of the 2008 Olympics opening ceremonies and by protesting the passage of the ceremonial Olympic torch through San Francisco on April 9. These actions feed an undercurrent of anti-Chinese sentiment that all too often spills over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: What is the FIVE POINTS VARIETY HOUR?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/06/podcast-episode-what-is-the-five-points-variety-hour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/06/podcast-episode-what-is-the-five-points-variety-hour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee</dc:creator>
		
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Interview with Feliza Mirasol, Producer of THE FIVE POINTS VARIETY HOUR


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		<title>iW PROFILE &#124; &#8220;My Blueberry Nights&#8221; Director Wong Kar Wai</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/iw-profile-my-blueberry-nights-director-wong-kar-wai/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/iw-profile-my-blueberry-nights-director-wong-kar-wai/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the Apple Store in Soho was packed with visitors trying to catch a glimpse of movie director Wong Kar Wai:

when asked to elaborate on the themes of his films Wong remained quiet, admitting that he follows the Matisse quote that &#8220;artists should cut out their tongues&#8221; for fear of not letting their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conviction in vicious attack on Queens Chinese food deliveryman</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/conviction-in-vicious-attack-on-queens-chinese-food-deliveryman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/conviction-in-vicious-attack-on-queens-chinese-food-deliveryman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another story to add to our list of Chinese food deliverymen who were murdered/brutally attacked:
The Associated Press reports:

A man who lured a Chinese food deliveryman to a housing development and then viciously stabbed him has been convicted of attempted murder, the Queens district attorney&#8217;s office said Wednesday.
The attacker — alarmed by his victim&#8217;s loud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American Studies @ University of Pennsylvania : Restored</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/asian-american-studies-university-of-pennsylvania-restored/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/asian-american-studies-university-of-pennsylvania-restored/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
The Asian American Studies program at the University of Pennsylvania has been restored. College Dean Dennis DeTurck said that the new budget will guarantee:

&#8220;a stable level of funding for the ASAM program for at least three years.&#8221;
  
&#8220;I&#8217;m quite pleased that we&#8217;ve agreed to a budgetary plan that will allow the Asian American Studies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Korean, Japanese Foreign Ministers Meet Today</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/korean-japanese-foreign-ministers-meet-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/korean-japanese-foreign-ministers-meet-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yu Myung-hwan began his four-day trip to Japan Thursday to discuss closer ties with Japan. He will meet with his Japanese counterpart Masahiko Komura today on ways to boost bilateral cooperation in economy, international security and the nuclear problem with North Korea. The two ministers will also discuss details [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yao Ming arrives in Beijing for medical tests</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/yao-ming-arrives-in-beijing-for-medical-tests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/yao-ming-arrives-in-beijing-for-medical-tests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NBA All-Star Yao Ming arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport Thursday night, April 3, 2008. The Houston Rockets center who is sidelined because of a season-ending foot injury, will undergo tests by Chinese medical experts. Yao recently started training on his upper body but his left foot is still swollen after a stress fracture. Stuffing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Woman Owned Firms Highest Sales Among Female Minorities</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/asian-woman-owned-firms-highest-sales-among-female-minorities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/asian-woman-owned-firms-highest-sales-among-female-minorities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
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According to the Survey of Business Owners, 2002, there were 8547 female minority owned businesses in Minnesota with 608 million dollars in sales. 895 of these firms had employees employing 5449 with an annual payroll of 90 million dollars. Nationally, there were 1.5 million minority female owned businesses with $119 billion in revenue employing close [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAUSD Chinese program may grow</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/lausd-chinese-program-may-grow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/lausd-chinese-program-may-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students of all ages in the Los Angeles Unified School District may have the opportunity to learn about the Mandarin Chinese language and culture if a new program is adopted. There are currently about 800 students enrolled in the new Mandarin programs. By 2020, every high school and middle school and 100 elementary schools in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Margaret Cho comes to Warner Theatre</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/margaret-cho-comes-to-warner-theatre/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/margaret-cho-comes-to-warner-theatre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’d like to support an entertainer that has ridiculed our community for her own personal gain, check out Margaret Cho! She’s the bomb-diggity.
Want of find out just how much Margaret Cho supports us? Check out this awesome video!





According to Insidenova.com:
Outspoken comedian Margaret Cho, who plays three shows April 10 and 11 as part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support given to Asian Americans</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/support-given-to-asian-americans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/support-given-to-asian-americans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate Asian Americans&#8217; achievements and culture as well as promote diversity on campus, Student Senate passed a resolution 27-0-1 in support of an Asian American Heritage Month in April. Currently, the population of Asian American students on campus is 3.29 percent, according to the resolution, and while UW-Eau Claire holds other heritage months, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ramiele Malubay&#8217;s wobbly Dolly song gets her booted off &#8216;American Idol&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/ramiele-malubays-wobbly-dolly-song-gets-her-booted-off-american-idol/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/ramiele-malubays-wobbly-dolly-song-gets-her-booted-off-american-idol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
According to the NY Daily News:
&#8212;
One of only two Asian-Americans ever to break into American Idol&#8217;s Top Ten saw her dreams of becoming the first such singer to win the prize dashed Wednesday night. Ramiele Malubay, who is of Filipino descent, was sent home for her wobbly rendition of &#8220;Do I Ever Cross Your Mind,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Night</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/asian-night/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/04/asian-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring festivities are well underway and The Asian American Student Association will be hosting their 25th Annual Asian Night this weekend. A cultural spectacle, the night will be unveiling a myriad of performances and demonstrations presented by Five-College students. On April 5, the show will commence at 7 p.m. Advertising and invites through posters and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the Editor</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/letter-to-the-editor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/letter-to-the-editor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This letter was recently sent to Fallout Central: 
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Lets analyze why this show is freaking racist to Asians. First the offensive caricatures featuring stereotypical slanted eyes, bun hair, fu manchu whiskers, and dumb martial arts outfits. Second the name of the show, what do you get when you combine chinks and gooks? You guessed it, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Forbidden Kingdom’ preview</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/%e2%80%98forbidden-kingdom%e2%80%99-preview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/%e2%80%98forbidden-kingdom%e2%80%99-preview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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On April 18th, Jackie Chan and Jet Li will once again fight their way into the American box office, this time together. THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM marks the historic first onscreen pairing of these two screen-fighting legends in what looks to be an epic martial arts adventure that has it all.
Click here for the preview
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		<title>Largest Asian American Career Event in the U.S. to be Held for the Seventh Straight Year</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/largest-asian-american-career-event-in-the-us-to-be-held-for-the-seventh-straight-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/largest-asian-american-career-event-in-the-us-to-be-held-for-the-seventh-straight-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian Diversity, Inc., the leading career resource that specializes in connecting Asian American professionals to multinational corporations and government agencies, is holding its Seventh Annual Asian Diversity Career Expo at Madison Square Garden in New York City, on May 2, 2008. The event is held every May to celebrate Asian Heritage month and support the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: If you already have 2 daughters, your third bundle of joy will probably be a son</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/study-asian-american-families-appear-to-choose-sons-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/study-asian-american-families-appear-to-choose-sons-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having sons is important to many Asian cultures, and now American families from those groups seem to be asserting the same preference. A new analysis of the 2000 Census shows that among U.S. born children of Chinese, Korean and Asian Indian parents the odds of having a boy increase if the family already has a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Baseball Team Heading to St. Paul for Exhibition Game with Saints</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/japanese-baseball-team-heading-to-st-paul-for-exhibition-game-with-saints/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/japanese-baseball-team-heading-to-st-paul-for-exhibition-game-with-saints/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago the St. Paul Saints explored Japan and played exhibition games against teams from the Far East. In 2008 one of those teams will travel to St. Paul to play an exhibition game against the Saints. On Tuesday, April 29 the Saints will play a day/night doubleheader. At 12:05 p.m. the Saints will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;American Idol&#8217; eliminates Ramiele Malubay, reveals Top 8 finalists</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/american-idol-eliminates-ramiele-malubay-reveals-top-8-finalists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/american-idol-eliminates-ramiele-malubay-reveals-top-8-finalists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ramiele Malubay was revealed to be the fourth finalist eliminated from American Idol&#8217;s seventh season during last night&#8217;s live results show broadcast on Fox. The 20-year-old from Miramar, FL was ousted from Idol&#8217;s seventh season based on home viewer votes cast immediately following Tuesday night&#8217;s live performance episode broadcast that saw the Top 9 finalists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fewer Korean Students Make It to Ivy League Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/fewer-korean-students-make-it-to-ivy-league-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/fewer-korean-students-make-it-to-ivy-league-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
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A teacher at a special-purpose high school that operates an international program for students who want to study overseas sighed heavily. The score sheet of students’ admissions tests at American universities this year showed him that the number of students who were admitted to Ivy League schools including Harvard University dwindled sharply compared with last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Things Never to Say to Asian-American Executives</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/7-things-never-to-say-to-asian-american-executives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/7-things-never-to-say-to-asian-american-executives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;You must be the IT person.&#8221;
&#8220;You aren&#8217;t like them&#8221; or &#8220;You don&#8217;t act very Asian.&#8221;
&#8220;Asian Americans are not risk takers.&#8221;
&#8220;Where are you from? No, where are you really from?&#8221; or &#8220;When are you going to go home?&#8221; Or &#8220;How often do you go home?&#8221;+
&#8220;Oh, you speak English good!&#8221; Or &#8220;Do you speak your language?&#8221;
 &#8220;You&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Reveals Health Care Woes of Asian Americans</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/study-reveals-health-care-woes-of-asian-americans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/03/study-reveals-health-care-woes-of-asian-americans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National health care studies often treat Asian Americans as a homogenous, and largely healthy group. However, a new study analyzing three years of government-compiled data has revealed substantial pockets of poor health and low insurance levels within the population. Korean Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders clock in with lower levels of insurance than African [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awareness to Action</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/awareness-to-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[United under the theme &#8220;Awareness To Action,&#8221; the Asian Educators Alliance invites you to the 4th annual AsEA National Conference. This year&#8217;s Conference will take place on April 18 – 19 at the Chinese-American International School in San Francisco. We are honored to have as our confirmed speakers at the conference:
•    Jeff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellesley Asian Student Union Presents: FALLOUT CENTRAL</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/wellesley-asian-student-union-presents-fallout-central/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why can&#8217;t you say &#8220;sexual&#8221; and &#8220;Asian Man&#8221; in the same sentence? Why aren&#8217;t Asian American Guys allowed to date white women? Why do so many Asian American women prefer white guys?
No topic will be off limits in this open dialogue about the Asian man&#8217;s place in America&#8217;s sexual food chain. 
What: Workshop on Asian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Award-Winning Documentary Chronicles Diversity, Transformation of Breakdancing</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/award-winning-documentary-chronicles-diversity-transformation-of-breakdancing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
&#8220;Planet B-Boy,&#8221; which recently earned best documentary at the 2008 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, develops the backdrop leading up to the Battle of the Year with sequences that follow a rhythmic pace.It vivaciously represents the dance&#8217;s emergence from these roots. Director and co-producer Benson Lee traces b-boy&#8217;s genesis as urban subcultural dance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Unwrapped: The Chen Twins</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/10-unwrapped-the-chen-twins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
There is dancing in the streets at Arrillaga on the afternoon of Apr 1, 2008 with the stunning news of the verbal commitment of two of the highest-potential prospects in the history of basketball. Highly-skilled 7&#8242;8&#8243; identical twins Chen-Lo and Xien Chen appear headed to the Farm in 2010, giving coach Trent Johnson a formidable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grants available for colleges to serve Asian American population</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/grants-available-for-colleges-to-serve-asian-population/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/grants-available-for-colleges-to-serve-asian-population/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the College Cost Reduction and Access Act was signed into law in September, colleges and universities can now apply for federal money to plan, develop, undertake and carry out programs to improve and expand their capacities to serve Asian American students.
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		<title>Get hyped for Asian Awareness Night</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/get-hyped-for-asian-awareness-night/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/get-hyped-for-asian-awareness-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
The Asian American Association at UT host their annual Asian Awareness Night on April 2 at the International House.The event promotes awareness of Asian American issues, serves as a representative voice of the Asian American community, and celebrates the diversity and commonalities of Asian Americans with the theme called Real Asian World which is based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New findings on depressive symptoms in Chinese youth</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/new-findings-on-depressive-symptoms-in-chinese-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/new-findings-on-depressive-symptoms-in-chinese-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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SF State psychologist Linda Juang found in her latest study that Chinese American teenagers who are adjusting to U.S. culture at a different rate than their parents are more likely to suffer symptoms of depression. The study examines how different generations&#8217; attitudes toward parenting affect the mental health of teenagers and find a wide variation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to cause divisions and conflict between Asian American men and women: a tutorial</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/study-asian-american-families-appear-to-choose-sons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it wonderful how the mainstream media is able to cause division and conflict among Asian Americans simply by printing headlines? Here&#8217;s a wonderful example of how this is accomplished every day, in so many ways, by the mainstream media:
&#8212;&#8211;

From this article:
American families from Asian groups seem to prefer sons to girls now. Some findings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECC Shows Strong Presence at Asian American Leadership Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/ecc-shows-strong-presence-at-asian-american-leadership-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/02/ecc-shows-strong-presence-at-asian-american-leadership-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five Covenant ministers and administrators led workshops in the recent Asian American Leadership Conference and drew 350 participants from around the country. The Covenant is developing a good reputation among the Asian American community, and is raising up Asian American leaders within the denomination.
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		<title>Abbreviation Nation: MVP Credentials Defined</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Choice for the NBA&#8217;s 2008 Most Valuable Player is hard to make for most of people because there have been at least a dozen players mentioned at one time or another this season as MVP candidates and there are only five spots on an official ballot. 
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		<title>LAUSD talking about speaking more Chinese</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/lausd-talking-about-speaking-more-chinese/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Unified School District is gearing up an ambitious program to offer Mandarin Chinese language and culture courses at all of its middle and high schools.The plan calls for the courses to be offered at about 200 middle and high schools. It&#8217;s a very practical measure, as China is the No.1 trade partner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steven Spielberg speaks out against Hollywood racism</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/steven-spielberg-speaks-out-against-hollywood-racism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/steven-spielberg-speaks-out-against-hollywood-racism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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LOS ANGELES &#8212; In an effort to fend off accusations of hypocrisy, film producer and director Steven Spielberg has spoken out against the systemic racism and racial discrimination of Hollywood.
Spielberg, who resigned in February from his role as advisor to the 2008 Beijing Olympics over the Chinese government&#8217;s role in the Darfur genocide, asked his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Side Breakfast Feels Like 2009 Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/west-side-breakfast-feels-like-2009-preview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many politicians who are running for office in 2009, flocked to the New York Historical Society for a few moments at the microphone during the Council of Orthodox Jewish Organizations of the West Side&#8217;s legislative breakfast on March 30.The president of the Bronx, Adolfo Carrion and several other declared and likely candidates for comptroller, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taste of Asia</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/get-a-%e2%80%98taste-of-asia%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/get-a-%e2%80%98taste-of-asia%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The seventh annual Taste of Asia show and dinner will be taking place at 7 p.m. on April 19 in the Jemison concert Hall. It will include the foods and entertainments of a culture that is very unique and amazing. Taste of Asia not only brings together several cultures but also has successfully brought many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support those that don&#8217;t support us?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/from-burlesque-to-boston-cho-tours-with-beautiful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/from-burlesque-to-boston-cho-tours-with-beautiful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;d like to support an entertainer that has ridiculed our community for her own personal gain, check out Margaret Cho! She&#8217;s the bomb-diggity.
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		<title>Asian Community Center Plan Discussed at Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/asian-community-center-plan-discussed-at-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/asian-community-center-plan-discussed-at-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asian and Asian-American communities met at a forum on March 31 to discuss a resolution that the Student Assembly passed in November for an Asian community center on campus. The forum began with a round of applause as Siv Somchanhmacong grad, opened the meeting. He presented information about the growing number of Asians enrolled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EUR FIM REVIEW: American Zombie</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/eur-fim-review-american-zombie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/eur-fim-review-american-zombie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grace Lee made a brilliant directorial debut with The Grace Lee Project, a documentary during which she interviewed dozens of Asian-American females to show that despite certain cultural similarities in how they were raised, each Grace had her own unique personality. The film eventually settles down to focus on the day-to-day lives of&#8230;
Click here for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>21 Discriminatory Casting?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/21%e2%80%99-discriminatory-casting-unjustifie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/04/01/21%e2%80%99-discriminatory-casting-unjustifie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The movie ‘21’ outraged many Americans when it was released. This movie was the perfect chance for Hollywood to overcome its history of discrimination towards Asian American males, and to showcase talented Asian American actors, and they blew it. Major change probably will not happen until fair-minded non-Asian Americans get offended too. Good luck waiting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Benson Lee (partial transcript)</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/interview-with-benson-lee-partial-transcript/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/interview-with-benson-lee-partial-transcript/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(** This is a partial transcript of the Fallout Central Interview with Benson Lee.)
William: It&#8217;s with great pleasure that we welcome to the Fallout Central Podcast&#8211; Benson Lee. How are you doing?
Benson Lee: I&#8217;m great! Thank you for having me.
William: Give us a sense of where you&#8217;re coming from. I read that you were born [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast Episode: Benson Lee, Director of Planet B-Boy</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/podcast-episode-benson-lee-director-of-planet-b-boy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/podcast-episode-benson-lee-director-of-planet-b-boy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Benson Lee


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		<title>NO, 21 is NOT a Racist Movie.</title>
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		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/no-21-is-not-a-racist-movie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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Yeah, I said it&#8230; NO, 21 is NOT a racist movie.
21 is not exactly racist. The re-working of the details to appeal to a broader audience was not exactly racist either. The people who enjoyed the movie are not necessarily racist. Let&#8217;s be clear about that. These were simply business decisions. The film 21 is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City dedicates Korean War memorial</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/city-dedicates-korean-war-memorial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
More than 100 veterans, students and others remembered the veterans of the Korean conflict Sunday during the Korean War Veterans Memorial Dedication at Four Mile Cove Ecological Preserve in Cape Coral. The group dedicated the memorial. The ceremony included speeches from Cape Coral Mayor Eric Feichthaler, Brig. Gen. Yonghyun Jeong of the Korean Delegation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funeral homes expand their cultural vistas</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/funeral-homes-expand-their-cultural-vistas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Asian population continues to expand in the Chicago area - it grew 15 percent in Cook County from 2000 to 2006 - funeral homes have joined hotels, restaurants and other businesses in accommodating their needs. Ten to 15 specialty funeral companies opened in the Chicago area in recent years, mostly to accommodate Hindu, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Film festival reunites Ang Lee, Roger Ebert</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/film-festival-reunites-ang-lee-roger-ebert/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/film-festival-reunites-ang-lee-roger-ebert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oscar-winning director Ang Lee will be back at the University of Illinois for the 10th annual Ebertfest. The event is hosted by the noted film critic and Lee&#8217;s fellow Illini graduate Roger Ebert.
Click here to read the original article
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		<title>Jackie Chan, Gong Li bring charm to the world</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/jackie-chan-gong-li-bring-charm-to-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/jackie-chan-gong-li-bring-charm-to-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Renowned Chinese agricultural scientist Yuan Longping, with film actress Gong Li and action star Jackie Chan sitting by his sides, at the &#8220;You Bring Charm to the World&#8221; awards ceremony in Beijing on Saturday, March 29, 2008. The three were among a dozen individuals or groups honored at the annual awards as influential Chinese people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>65 years, 1 legacy</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/65-years-1-legacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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A little more than 65 years ago, 2,600 young Japanese-American soldiers, who had all volunteered to join the Army&#8217;s segregated unit, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team , stood in formation in new khakis bedecked with orange leis and gas masks hanging from their shoulders in front of Iolani Palace just before they left for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mining the Home Movie</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/mining-the-home-movie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before the Internet, photo albums, diaries, scrapbooks and home movies represented the only ways that one person or one family could make order of their world and share it with others. Ishizuka’s work allows us to see a multi-hued and multifaceted history that serves as a bulwark against those who would gloss over or forget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian-American Women Dip Their Toes into U.S. Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/asian-american-women-dip-their-toes-into-us-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/asian-american-women-dip-their-toes-into-us-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), only two of the 86 women serving in the 110th U.S. Congress are Asian Americans; only 30 of the 1,741 women state legislators serving nationwide are Asian-American women. To help Asian-American women learn about the basics of U.S. governments and politics, CAWP launched in 2007 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American Heritage Month kicks off</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/31/asian-american-heritage-month-kicks-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chilly weather and an overcast sky didn&#8217;t stop the grills from smoking at the Asian barbeque Saturday. About 70 people attended the event, which started at 1 p.m., to show their support and get a taste of the free food prepared hot off the grill while grooving to the sounds of a DJ playing Asian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial Review: &#8220;21&#8243;, submitted by John Yao</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/29/editorial-review-21-submitted-by-john-yao/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/29/editorial-review-21-submitted-by-john-yao/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most movie reviews focus in on the how great the special effects were in the film or how great the acting. My review will not focus in on those two topics but on the basic facts to which the film &#8220;21&#8243; is based on. 
Hollywood has always exploited minorities.
From the first gigantic money making blockbuster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackjack morality tale &#8216;21&#8242; doubles down on cynicism</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/blackjack-morality-tale-21-doubles-down-on-cynicism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/blackjack-morality-tale-21-doubles-down-on-cynicism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was pretty blown away by this article, which isn&#8217;t written by an Asian American person, and was not published in an Asian American publication (it&#8217;s from the Boston Globe):
According to this article, one key problem with the movie &#8216;21&#8242; is that:

Ethnics go to the back of the bus. The name of the hero of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MANAA BLASTS WHITE-WASHED CASTING OF KEVIN SPACEY’S &#8220;BASED ON A TRUE STORY&#8221; NEW FILM &#8220;21&#8243;</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/1186/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guy Aoki of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans states in this press release:

Asian American actors rarely get the opportunity to shine by playing meaty roles, and even when there’s a project crying out for their casting- like in 21- they get pushed aside so white people can play them instead.

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MANAA Press Release on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>21 Casting Unlucky for Asians</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/21-casting-unlucky-for-asians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this article, Jeff Ma indicated that:

“I was more interested in having someone play me who captured my personality and I think Jim did that very well.”

My heart is saddened by the fact that not a single Asian American male lead could be found to accomplish the goal of capturing Jeff Ma&#8217;s personality.
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		<title>Editorial: America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew, and America&#8217;s Most Humble Dance Crew</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/editorial-americas-best-dance-crew-and-americas-most-humble-dance-crew/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was so relieved when I learned that the JabbaWokeez (an Asian American male dance crew) won the grand prize and title of America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew. I was on my cell phone sending in my votes via txt message all day. Part of their unique style is the matching masks which served as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Linkin Park’s Joseph Hahn releases The Seed on iTunes</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/linkin-park%e2%80%99s-joseph-hahn-releases-the-seed-on-itunes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/linkin-park%e2%80%99s-joseph-hahn-releases-the-seed-on-itunes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Seed, a short film produced and directed by Linkin Park DJ Joseph Hahn and presented by Shorts International has made its debut on iTunes. Hahn, whose directorial credits include such award-winning videos as Linkin Park’s “In The End” (2002’s VMA “Video of the Year” winner) and “Somewhere I Belong” (2003’s VMA “Best Rock Video” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tang: The United States should help Iraqis by doing what it does well — resettling refugees</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/tang-the-united-states-should-help-iraqis-by-doing-what-it-does-well-%e2%80%94-resettling-refugees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tang, who lives in Austin, teaches Asian American history at Harvard University, specializing in refugee migration and resettlement. As the war in Iraq enters its sixth year, he thinks The United States should help Iraqis by resettling refugees.
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		<title>A.B.C.: Gene Yang&#8217;s &#8216;American Born Chinese&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/abc-gene-yangs-american-born-chinese/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/abc-gene-yangs-american-born-chinese/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
It was surprising when Gene Yang&#8217;s graphic novel, &#8220;American Born Chinese&#8221; was nominated for the National Book Award for Young People&#8217;s Literature in 2006. With accolades like a nomination for the National Book Awards pouring in, there&#8217;s no doubt that it&#8217;s going to be landing into the hands of a lot more readers.
Click here to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columbia Museum of Art</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/asian-persuasion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the Asian archipelago&#8211; music, dance and other performances at the Columbia Museum of Art, starting Friday, March 28. there will be performances, poetry readings, puppet shows, lectures and dance workshops. ]]></description>
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		<title>V for Vindication: Filipinas at the heart of this year’s ‘Vagina Monologues’</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/v-for-vindication-filipinas-at-the-heart-of-this-year%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98vagina-monologues%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual V-Day women’s movement continues on March 31 with the Filipina Women’s Network’s fifth annual presentation of Eve Ensler’s highly acclaimed play, The Vagina Monologues, at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. The Filipina Women’s Network, a nonprofit organization that provides resources for women of Filipino descent in abusive relationships, has also organized performances [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MAYOR NEWSOM COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENTS March 26 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/mayor-newsom-commissions-appointments-march-26-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/mayor-newsom-commissions-appointments-march-26-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>william_lee_intern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Newsom announced today the following new appointment and reappointments to San Francisco’s Commissions. He appointed Nínive Clements Calegari to the Arts Commission and reappointed Min Paek, the Executive Director of the Korean American Women Artists and Writers Association (KAWAWA), to the Taxi Commission-Reappointments.
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		<title>Shanghai Quartet and Chanticleer</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/shanghai-quartet-and-chanticleer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A striking new co-commissioned piece by Chinese American composer Chen Yi, &#8220;From the Path of Beauty,&#8221; unveiled March 13 in San Francisco and reprised Tuesday night at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. The composer calls her 37 1/2 -minute, seven-movement evocation of ancient Chinese arts &#8220;a song cycle for mixed voices and string quartet&#8221;.
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		<title>Multicultural center plays host to Asian-American conference</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/multicultural-center-plays-host-to-asian-american-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/28/multicultural-center-plays-host-to-asian-american-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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The Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center will host its first major regional conference this weekend when around 400 delegates gather for the Midwest Asian-American Students Union Spring Conference. Delegates from 24 schools throughout the Midwest will come to the University of Kansas from March 28 to 30 to attend workshops, a career fair and banquets in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you still complaining?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/are-you-still-complaining/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you upset that there aren&#8217;t enough positive portrayals of Asian American men on television? Well, here&#8217;s your chance to make a difference. The JabbaWockeeZ is an Asian American male dance crew. Help yourself by helping them.
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This is your last chance to cast a vote for your Randy Jackson Presents America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew favorite! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coronary calcium testing predicts future heart ailments</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/coronary-calcium-testing-predicts-future-heart-ailments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/coronary-calcium-testing-predicts-future-heart-ailments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is said in the March 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that Calcium deposits in coronary arteries provide a strong predictor for possible future heart attacks and cardiac diseases, and detecting such deposits can be valuable for promoting overall cardiac health. Supported by the National Institutes of Health, the study is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>T-Mac, Rockets Beat Timberwolves 97-86</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/t-mac-rockets-beat-timberwolves-97-86/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Houston Rockets got a 97-86 victory over Minnesota on Wednesday night.Tracy McGrady scored 10 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and Luis Scola had 18 points and a career-high 18 rebounds.The Rockets outrebounded the Wolves 58-38 and scored 14 second-chance points to win for the 19th time in their last 21 home games.It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Readers say yes, Asians do have a sense of humor</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/readers-say-yes-asians-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/readers-say-yes-asians-do-have-a-sense-of-humor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to  this article,    people now find that Asians also have a sense of humor. You be the judge.
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		<title>&#8216;Planet B-Boy&#8217;: Break-dancing goes global</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/planet-b-boy-break-dancing-goes-global/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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    The release of the new documentary Planet B-boy directed by Benson Lee, shows that the global reach of hip-hop extends to b-boying.The stories in &#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221; might surprise some who view hip-hop as a destructive force. However,what hip-hop is really about is those socially and politically conscious dancers. B-boying helped focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congestion pricing nearing a vote</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/congestion-pricing-nearing-a-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(New York City) 
Congestion pricing advocates are making their final efforts to persuade city and state lawmakers to support a congestion pricing plan that would decrease traffic in Manhattan’s central business district as well as raise money for mass transportation projects.The plan is controversial and is opposed by people from Queens and Brooklyn who drive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Half of subways are clean</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/half-of-subways-are-clean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 9th annual “subway shmutz” survey (New York City) released by the Straphangers Campaign shows that 50 percent of subway cars are clean. Although the E train ranked at the bottom of the list at 29 percent, that was a significant increase from a sorrowful 2 percent in the 2005 survey. City Councilmember John Liu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which would you prefer?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/which-would-you-prefer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which would you prefer?
A) Living in a Chinese Orphanage
B) Being adopted into a white family and getting your head beaten in by blunt force trauma
White people who adopt Asian kids are awesome!
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		<title>Filipino artist uses Pinoy influences to do more</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/filipino-artist-uses-pinoy-influences-to-do-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/filipino-artist-uses-pinoy-influences-to-do-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Artist Michael Arcega is trying to make art with his latest piece being showcased in L.A.’s “One Way or Another” exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum. He commonly employs practices that aren’t overtly Filipino. Wanting to speak to a bigger and more varied audience, Arcega thinks that he should not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APIA month celebrates diversity of Asian identities</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/apia-month-celebrates-diversity-of-asian-identities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/27/apia-month-celebrates-diversity-of-asian-identities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Asian Pacific Islander/American Heritage Month, officially celebrated by the U.S. in the month of May, began at the tail end of MULTi week with a workshop by Carmen Van Kerckhove on interracial dating. Events scheduled throughout the month, including a workshop and a performance which aim to raise awareness of issues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Worker’s Rights Clinic for Non-English Speakers</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/new-york-worker%e2%80%99s-rights-clinic-for-non-english-speakers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/new-york-worker%e2%80%99s-rights-clinic-for-non-english-speakers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Councilman John C. Liu announced an upcoming clinic on worker’s rights in collaboration with the Urban Justice Center. The clinic will offer one-on-one sessions to consult with attorneys on issues ranging from unpaid wages to unfair treatment. It will take place on Monday, March 31, at the office of Councilman Liu in Flushing, Queens. Language [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The truth about arnis, escrima and kali</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/the-truth-about-arnis-escrima-and-kali/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/the-truth-about-arnis-escrima-and-kali/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Arnis, escrima and kali—by whatever name you call it—are recognized the world over to possess the most effective knife fighting techniques on earth. However, few Filipinos know about Filipino martial arts (FMA), which the special forces of various countries train to learn. Now, let us get to know the truth of this Filipino martial arts.
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		<title>China Angle: &#8216;China Games And The Troubles&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/china-angle-china-games-and-the-troubles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/china-angle-china-games-and-the-troubles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
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In Gamasutra&#8217;s latest China Angle column, Frank Yu says that with the booming of China&#8217;s online population, the games industry is growing increasingly nervous about government crackdowns following the shuttering of online video sites, and looks at recent controversy over the Beijing Olympics website&#8217;s co-option of some casual games. China has got the largest Internet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PCN: Celebrating Pilipino Culture the Fil-Am Way</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/pcn-celebrating-pilipino-culture-the-fil-am-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/pcn-celebrating-pilipino-culture-the-fil-am-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On campuses throughout the United States, thousands of Filipino American students are now gearing up for what has become an annual FilAm ritual: The PCN. The PCN began sometime in the 1970s in California where Filipinos steadily emerged as one of the largest Asian American communities.
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		<title>Entries invited for Asian Americans in Business Award</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/entries-invited-for-asian-americans-in-business-award/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/entries-invited-for-asian-americans-in-business-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award is now open for 2008 nominations and entries. The Outstanding 50 ,organized by the Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC), is the first and largest business award program of its kind, allowing the best of Asian American business professionals to showcase their achievements and benchmark their successes. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To B or Not to B</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/to-b-or-not-to-b/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/to-b-or-not-to-b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Asian American hip-hop dancers Kaba Modern and Jabbawockeez recently grabbing the limelight on MTV&#8217;s hit reality show &#8220;America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew,&#8221; Jeff Yang talks with Benson Lee, director of the newly released feature documentary &#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221; on how rhythm and body rocking have become universal languages from San Francisco to Seoul.
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		<title>Ni Hao, Kai-lan: Tigers and Dragons and Mandarin Lessons</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/ni-hao-kai-lan-tigers-and-dragons-and-mandarin-lessons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/ni-hao-kai-lan-tigers-and-dragons-and-mandarin-lessons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ni Hao, Kai-lan (&#8221;Hello, Kai-lan&#8221;) is Nick Jr.&#8217;s latest preschool series, and the first on TV to explore Chinese culture and language. Teaching Mandarin to 3- to 5-year-old viewers might seem a fool&#8217;s errand, but that is way down on the list of the show&#8217;s actual intentions. With a week&#8217;s worth of new episodes premiering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian festival winners</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/26/asian-festival-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Om Shanti Om,&#8221; a Bollywood epic written and directed by Farah Khan, won the audience award for best narrative feature at the 26th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival concluded Sunday. Benson Lee&#8217;s &#8220;Planet B-Boy&#8221;, about the resurgence of break-dancing, took the audience award for documentary feature.
Click here to the original article
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		<title>The Unfortunate Case of Mandy Lin</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/the-unfortunate-case-of-mandy-lin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/the-unfortunate-case-of-mandy-lin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
This article provides some background on the case of Mandy Lin, a woman who is in the middle of a 7 year legal battle. 
If you would like to assist Mandy Lin (you can also hear her story on our 3/23/08 podcast episode), you can sign this petition.
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		<title>Watch Planet B-Boy</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/watch-planet-b-boy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/watch-planet-b-boy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
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PLANET B-BOY has been extended in NYC and we still need to get people to the theater this weekend MARCH 28-30. The director Benson Lee will be back for Q&#038;A Friday and Saturday nights for the 7pm and 9:30pm shows. Thanks to everyone who already came out and please forward if you liked the film! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intern needed for Hate Crimes Project and Voter Registration</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/intern-needed-for-hate-crimes-project-and-voter-registration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLLEGE STUDENT NEEDED
PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP WITH OCA-NY
May 15-August 30, 2008
The Organization of Chinese Americans-New York Chapter (OCA-NY) seeks a college summer intern to work full-time on its hate crimes prevention and voting rights projects.  The hate crimes prevention project is a collaboration between OCA-NY and youth organizations serving minority youth to organize an art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York City Asian American Student Conference (NYCAASC)</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/new-york-city-asian-american-student-conference-nycaasc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York City Asian American Student Conference is an annual gathering dedicated to promoting awareness of APA issues and history among college students.
This year, we have chosen the theme &#8220;Redefine&#8221; for our conference. Our theme explores the evolution of the APA community, highlighting its past, present and future.
Through our conference, we hope to bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warriors not counting out Nowitzki-less Mavericks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Dirk Nowitzki may be sidelined for an undetermined amount of time, but the Warriors aren&#8217;t ready to count out the Dallas Mavericks. Nowitzki is the reigning league MVP, but the Houston Rockets showed that team&#8217;s can adapt. They lost All-Star center Yao Ming midway through a 22-game winning streak.
Click here for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian American students confront stereotypes</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/asian-american-students-confront-stereotypes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Lisa Chan and other members of the Asian American Student Association set up a display in the Union Food Court on March 25 (Tuesday) to raise awareness about historical and contemporary examples of racism and stereotypes used against Asian Americans. The presentation is part of this year&#8217;s Asian American Awareness week. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tots easily learn languages while they pick up English</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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    Early education is especially important for learning a language and combining a language-learning program with daily exposure to foreign language media increases the chances that a child will acquire language proficiency. However, few schools integrate second-language education into preschool or elementary education. Therefore, parents should look for a program with well-trained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Interview: Wayne Wang says he enjoys versatility in eclectic body of work</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/ap-interview-wayne-wang-says-he-enjoys-versatility-in-eclectic-body-of-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[     The 58-year-old Chinese-American director Wayne Wang says that aversion explains his eclectic body of work. Wang told the Associated Press in an interview on the sidelines of the Hong Kong International Film Festival that he did not want to follow the way that Chinese director making Chinese-American material. However, after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long Duk Dong: Last of the Hollywood Stereotypes?</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/long-duk-dong-last-of-the-hollywood-stereotypes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Long Duk Dong, created by the writer-director John Hughes, represents one of the most offensive Asian stereotypes Hollywood ever gave America and has became one of the most enduring characters of the decade&#8217;s teen comedies. Though the situation for Asian-American men in Hollywood has improved a bit since 1984, Asian-American actors are still trying to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Cancer Society to address needs of Asians</title>
		<link>http://www.falloutcentral.com/news/2008/03/25/american-cancer-society-to-address-needs-of-asians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Cancer Society&#8217;s Asian Initiatives Unit will host a community health fair on March 29 at the Bowne Street Community Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354 to help promote cancer prevention and early detection in the Asian community. The health fair will provide atte