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By Jason J. CruzNorthwest AsiAN weekly

“show me the money!”that line made famous by Cuba Gooding Jr. in

the movie “Jerry Maguire” exemplifies the greed of sports management.

eugene lee, professional sports agent, is seeking to go beyond this. As the NFl Draft takes place on April 20, lee will be tending to the needs of his players, as they hope to realize their dreams of finally making it to the National Football league.

lee, a 40-year-old korean American born and raised in Canton, ohio and currently living in New york City, almost missed his chance to become an agent.

lee’s career representing football players could have started on the basketball court. As a law student at Notre Dame, he became friends with several foot-ball players while playing pickup basketball games. they asked lee if he could help represent them as a player agent, but despite the opportunity, he had al-ready committed to a law firm in New York.

“i gained great experience with corporate clients and i started to realize that i was getting a great skill set,” lee said of his time working in corporate law.

yet, the opportunity to help college players make

{see SPORTS cont’d on page 11}

More than just the moneyAsian American NFL agent seeks character in clients

By Charles LamNorthwest AsiAN weekly

while Medina citizens are still divided on the issue, the Medina City Council is deciding what the city’s next move will be following the Chen ruling that took place on March 26. A jury presided over by

federal Judge thomas s. Zilly ruled that the firing of former Medina Police Chief Jeffrey Chen was ra-cially motivated. the jury awarded him over $2 million in back pay and damages.

the city has the option of appeal-ing the judgment, but that decision does not rest with the city council.

rather, the decision ultimately lies with the City of Medina’s insurance provider, the washington Cities in-surance Authority (wCiA). the wCiA, an insurance pool made up of over 150 washington cities, also

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Medina divided over Chen appeal City sees full chambers concerning discrimination suit

Medina City Hall before the April 12 city council meeting

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By Andrew HamlinNorthwest AsiAN weekly

“seattle is so beautiful,” kikuei ikeda of the toyko string Quartet said in an email interview. “one thing i particularly love about that area is the nature — the city has both a beautiful mountain and a beautiful ocean — it is almost like the feeling i have when i’m in Ja-pan.”

ikeda is coming to town for the last time, at least as a member of the tokyo string Quartet, on April 17. After 43 seasons as an ensem-ble, the highly regarded classical music group is packing it in with a series of farewell concerts.

the ensemble’s origins go back to 1966, when, according to ike-da, “the Juilliard Quartet came to Japan and gave a workshop.

kazu isomura, sadao harada, and koichiro harada were there and began to dream about forming a quartet of their own. one by one, in different ways, they came to the United states and in 1969, they formed the tokyo Quartet. yo-shiko Nakura did a fantastic job as a temporary second violinist until they could find a permanent one.”

ikeda now serves as the Quar-tet’s latest, and last, second vio-linist. As he confesses, however, “Classical music wasn’t the first love of my life — my first love was playing baseball. i played baseball every day, so i didn’t practice all that much. My mother knew i wasn’t practicing and would send me that message by hiding my

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The Tokyo String Quartet plays one last show in Seattle

From left: Kazuhide Isomura (viola), Martin Beaver (violin), Kikuei Ikeda (violin), and Clive Greensmith (cello)

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■ nAMes In The neWsMichael Itti appointed as executive director of the Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs

Governor Jay inslee appointed Michael Itti as the executive di-rector of the washington state Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs in early March. itti is a second generation thai-Chinese American born and raised in washington.

he will advise the governor, the legislature, state agencies, and local government on policies, programs, and needs of the Asian Pacific American community.

itti was the program coordina-tor for the Asian and Pacific Islander American Voices in Edu-cation initiative at the win/win Network. he engaged students, families, and community members across washington state in education policy-making to support the success of Asian Pacific American students. Prior to joining the win/win Network, he worked to promote civic engagement as a staff member for the legislature and as an education advocate for the league of edu-cation Voters.

itti serves as a council member for the seattle Chinatown in-ternational District Preservation and Development Authority and is a former board member for the Greater seattle Chinese Cham-ber of Commerce.

InterIm CDA hosts annual Refresh Gala, honors Norm Rice

InterIm Community Development Association hosted their annual refresh Gala on saturday, April 6, raising funds to support their low-income housing programs. in total, the event raised over $130,000, which will go towards providing housing and services to immigrants and refugees.

At the event, Norman Rice, former mayor and current president and Ceo of the seattle Foundation, was honored

with the Bob santos leadership in sustainability award.this combined with seed money from the Paul G. Allen

Family Foundation and grants from the City of seattle will help interim expand their services 12-15 percent over the next two years.

Former Taiwan vice president visits University of Washington

Former Taiwan Vice President Annette Lu Hsiu-lien visited the University of washington on Friday, April 5, giving a lecture entitled, “A New Perspective on the Asia Pacific.” Her talk covered issues including the disputed island territory claimed by taiwan, Japan, and China, as well as new strategies for improving

foreign relations in the Asia-Pacific region.lu rose to prominence as the founder of a feminist movement

in taiwan. on December 10, 1979, she delivered a speech at an international human rights Day rally (known as the “kaohsiung incident”) and charged with “violent sedition” and sentenced to prison by a military court. lu was released in 1985 after 1,933 days of imprisonment.

Tule Lake Committee receives grant for prison restoration

National Park ser-vice director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced on April 6 that the NPs Japanese American Confinement Sites Pro-gram awarded the Tule Lake Committee with a $192,467 grant to begin restoration work for the concrete jail located on the Tule Lake National Historic Landmark segregation center property.

the project, “restoring the tule lake segregation Center Nhl Jail, Phase ii,” will enable the pre-construction and envi-ronmental planning necessary to prepare this historic structure to be “shovel-ready” for the final Phase III construction phase. the concentration camp jail was constructed with prisoner labor in 1944. the jail replaced the infamous Army stockade, and was used to imprison Japanese Americans who were stripped of their U.s. Citizenship and then deported to Japan.

From left: Chuck Weinstock, Hyeok Kim, and Norm RiceAnnette Lu Hsiu-lien (left) receives a gift following the talk.

From left: Ning Murro, Raphael Capili, and Haydee Capili.When the Capilis moved to the United States, Murro was the counselor helped them find a place to live.

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Pinoy words expressed kultura Arts (PwekA) is curating the Pagdiriwang Filipino American Art display at the seattle Center Armory Building on June 8 to June 9. they are look-ing for submissions. the theme this year is “through our Eyes.” Filipino American artists are invited to submit files of their original artwork, up to 5 pieces, in all mediums by April 19, 2013. the art show will feature a companion poetry slam “through our souls” inspired by some of the pieces. PwekA’s mission is to promote Filipino American arts, cul-ture, and heritage to enhance identity, pride, understanding,

and community. in addition, international District engaged in the Arts

(iDeA) odyssey, an Associate Program of shunpike, is or-ganizing a mid-June to July 31 art exhibit at tougo Coffee inc. in the Central District. the theme is “history X, Con-temporary y.” Mark takamichi Miller, painter and owner of the Miller school of Art in Georgetown, is the guest juror. iDeA odyssey invites contemporary visual arts working in mediums including painting, drawing, photography, video, and mixed-media to submit work for consideration for the up-

coming exhibition. the deadline for submission is April 22, 2013. the art exhibit is funded by the washington state Arts Commission.

To submit work to “Through Our Eyes,” e-mail [email protected]. To submit work to “History X, Contemporary Y,” e-mail [email protected].

For more information about upcoming events, visit www.ideaodysseygallery.com.

PWEKA searching for Filipino art to display

seattle Central Community College is seeking nominations for its 2013 Distin-guished Alumni Award. the award will be given to a graduate who exemplifies achieve-ment in his or her particular endeavor in life, including academic, professional, and civic activities.

the 2012 winner was Cheryl roe, direc-tor of programs and development at skills, inc., an organization that focuses on helping people with disabilities obtain employment.

roe was the second person to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award, which was started by Dr. Paul killpatrick, president of seattle Central.

“we hope this award will inspire our stu-dents to contribute to their community, as

well as showcase the success of our gradu-ates,” Dr. killpatrick said.

seattle Central has served more than 500,000 students in its 45 years of existence on Capitol hill.

in addition to the main campus on Capi-tol hill, there are specialized campuses in three other locations: Seattle Vocational In-stitute on Jackson, seattle wood technology Center on south lane, and seattle Maritime Academy on shilshole Ave. N.w.

To submit a nomination, visit www.seattlecentral.edu and click on the nomination link. The deadline for submission is May 1.

Seattle Central seeks nominations for Alumni Award

the Department of Justice announced April 2 that a federal grand jury sitting in se-attle has indicted Jamie larson, 49, on a fed-eral hate crime charge relating to a racially-motivated assault of a 50-year-old sikh man.

larson has been charged with one count of violating the Matthew shepard and James Byrd Jr. hate Crimes Prevention Act that was enacted in october 2009. the indict-ment alleges that on oct. 17, 2012, the subject assaulted the victim based on the victim’s ac-tual and perceived race, color, and national origin, which includes Middle eastern and Arab descent. the defendant was arrested at the scene of the attack after a witness called 911.

the charge carries a statutory maximum

of 10 years in prison.the shepard-Byrd law criminalizes acts

of physical violence, causing bodily injury motivated by any person’s actual or per-ceived race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability.

the seattle Division of the FBi is inves-tigating the matter. Assistant U.s. Attorney Bruce F. Miyake of the U.s. Attorney’s of-fice for the Western District of Washington and trial Attorney Nicholas Durham of the U.s. Department of Justice’s Civil rights Di-vision are prosecuting the case.

An indictment is merely an accusation, and the subject is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Seattle man indicted of federal hate crime


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By Staffthe AssoCiAteD Press

loNG BeACh, wash. (AP) — what a long and strange trip it’s been for a small striped fish native to Japan that apparently hitched a cross-Pacific ride in a small boat be-lieved to be part of a tide of debris from that country’s March 2011 tsunami.

washington state Fish and wildlife Department biolo-gists found five of the striped beakfish alive in a water-filled bait box on a 20-foot-long Japanese boat that washed ashore March 22 at long Beach in southwest washington.

invasive species specialists also found a host of other Japanese species of sea anemones, cucumbers, scallops, crustaceans, and worms living in what they call the very

rare “aquarium” of water that pooled inside the upright boat.

Except for one fish that the Seaside, Ore. Aquarium has agreed to quarantine and exhibit, the rest of the critters were euthanized to minimize the risk of introducing inva-sive species to washington, said biologist Allen Pleus.

The surviving beakfish will go on display at the aquari-um, the oregonian reported. Curator keith Chandler says his staff dubbed it the “tsunami fish.”

“it’s pretty cool. it’s about 4 inches long,” Chandler told the newspaper. “we’re trying to give it different things to eat ... and it may have eaten, but it’s a shy little guy.”

researcher John Chapman at oregon state University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport is just back from a trip to Japan. He calls the find “stunning.”

“we said this couldn’t happen,” he said. “And nature is like, ‘oh yes it can.’ ”

Chapman says the fish is probably young since mature beakfish turn black. They can grow as long as 15 inches.

“There were five fish total we found in the boat’s com-partment, and this is the first time we’ve seen vertebrates come ashore in tsunami debris,” Bruce kauffman, a state Fish and wildlife biologist in Montesano, told the seattle Times. “Finding these fish alive was totally unexpected.”

so how did the creatures survive such a trip?the boat apparently drifted bow up, with its stern below

the water’s surface.the containment area there that was open to the ocean

{see RIDE cont’d on page 12}

Japanese fish hitch ride on boat to Washington beach

By Juliet Williamsthe AssoCiAteD Press

sACrAMeNto, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has designs on building some of the most expensive public works projects in the nation and wants to keep the state moving forward in its slow recovery from the recession.

where better to go searching for the money to further those interests than the world’s second largest economy and a country that has piles of cash to invest around the globe?

the governor of the most populous U.s. state heads to China next week to begin a week-long trade mission that he hopes will produce invest-ments on both sides of the Pacific. Brown will lead a delegation of business leaders in search of what he calls “plenty of billions.”

“they’ve got $400 billion or $500 billion they’re going to invest abroad, so California’s got to get a piece of that,” Brown said in an interview last week ahead of his seven-day trip to China.

the governor and business leaders accompany-ing him are trying to rebuild the state’s official re-lationship with China after the state closed its two trade offices and others around the world a decade ago in a cost-cutting move. California finds itself playing catch-up to other states that have had a vigorous presence in China for years.

California, which would be the world’s ninth

{see BROWN cont’d on page 13}

California governor looks to China for investments

Gov. Jerry Brown


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By Chris Brummittthe AssoCiAteD Press

HAIPHONG, Vietnam (AP) — A court sentenced a family of four Vietnamese fish farmers to between two and five years in prison on Friday, April 5 after finding them guilty of attempted murder for fighting back with homemade guns and land mines against a state eviction squad.

the men have been lauded on the in-ternet for defending their land in such spectacular fashion. land grabs by

corrupt officials are the leading source of public anger toward the one-party government in this autocratic southeast Asian nation.

the sentences were less severe than they could have been given the serious-ness of the charges. the government has been on the defensive because of the public sympathy toward the family. A month after the incident, Prime Minister Nguyen tan Dung ruled that the evic-tion was illegal, and ordered the officials who carried it out to be punished.

The man identified as the ringleader,

Doan Van Vuon, showed no emotion as he was sentenced to five years in prison after a four-day trial in the northern city of haiphong, close to the family’s vil-lage. the 50-year-old former soldier had previously argued that the land mines and the gunfire were meant to warn the police and army-backed eviction crew to stay away from his family’s land and fish ponds.

One of his brothers also received five years, and a third got 3 1/2 years.

{see DOAN cont’d on page 12}

Defiant Vietnamese farmer sentenced to 5 years in jail

Doan Van Vuon (left) and Doan Van Quy (right)

By Charles Hutzlerthe AssoCiAteD Press

BoAo, China (AP) — with pressure growing on Beijing to get North korea to step back from its war-like footing, Chinese President Xi Jinping said sun-day, April 7 that no one country should be allowed to upset

world peace and added China would work to reduce tensions over regional hotspots.

in a speech to a regional business forum with political leaders from Australia to Zaire present, Xi did not offer any concrete plans for how to deal with China’s neighbor, North korea, which has elevated regional tensions through war-like rhetoric and missile deploy-ments in recent weeks. Nor did Xi offer con-

cessions to other neighbors locked in fraught disputes with Beijing over outlying islands, including Japan, the Philippines, and Viet-nam.

it isn’t clear whether Xi was taking a swipe at North korea or at the United states, a fre-quent target of Chinese criticism, when he criticized unilateral acts that threaten stabil-ity.

“the international community should ad-vocate the vision of comprehensive security and cooperative security, so as to turn the global village into a big stage for common de-velopment, rather than an arena where gladia-tors fight each other. And no one should be al-lowed to throw the region, or even the whole world, into chaos for selfish gains,” Xi said at the Boao Forum for Asia, a China-sponsored talk shop for the global elite.

Ambiguity aside, Xi’s speech stands in contrast to more strident remarks he has

{see JINPING cont’d on page 12}

By Mari Yamaguchithe AssoCiAteD Press

tokyo, Japan (AP) — the operator of Ja-pan’s crippled nuclear plant said saturday, April 6 that it was moving tons of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another after detecting signs of leak-age, in a blow to the plant’s struggles with tight storage space.

tokyo electric power Co. said about 120 tons of the water are believed to have breached the tank’s inner linings, some of it possibly leaking into the soil. tePCo is moving the water to a nearby tank at the Fukushima Dai-chi plant — a process that could take several days.

tePCo detected the leak earlier in the week, when radiation levels spiked in water samples collected in between the inner lin-ings of the tank. radiation levels in water samples taken outside the tank also have increased, an indication of the water leak,

tePCo spokesman Masayuki ono said.Contaminated water at the plant, which

went into multiple meltdowns after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan, has escaped into the sea several times during the crisis. experts suspect there has been a continuous leak into the ocean through an underground water system, citing high levels of contami-nation among fish caught in waters just off the plant.

the leak is not only an immediate envi-ronmental concern, but threatens tePCo’s tight water management situation, ono said.

the tank contains 13,000 tons of water, which is part of the water that was used to cool melted fuel at the plant’s reactors, dam-aged in the twin disasters. so much water has been used that TEPCO is struggling to find storage space.

“the impact (from the leak) is not small,

{see ONO cont’d on page 12}

China offers to reduce friction

Leak feared at Japan nuke plant

President Xi Jinping


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PRojeCT: Work Order Building Repair and Ren-ovation 2013-2014, Contract No. C00795C13

SeALeD BID TIMe/DATe: 1:15 p.m., May 2, 2013

LoCATIoN DUe: King County Procurement & Contract Services Section, Contracts Counter, 3rd Floor, 401 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104

eNGINeeR’S eSTIMATe: $1,000,000.00SCoPe oF WoRk: Contractor is to perform

building repairs, structure replacements, minor modifications, and safety improvements in King County Solid Waste Facilities. The work involves structural concrete, concrete demolition, carpentry, general construction interior, metal building repairs, sheet metal, steel fabrication and related trades. Work sites are in and around Solid Waste Facilities in King County, Washington.

The work performed under this Contract shall not exceed $1,000,000.00 and the initial Contract Time shall not exceed 365 calendar days from the date of Contract execution by the County. The County does not guarantee any minimum amount of work or that the dollar amount of the Work Orders issued will total $1,000,000.00 during the duration of this Contract. At the County’s sole discretion, this Con-tract may be extended for one additional year or until the Not to Exceed Contract Price is reached,

whichever occurs first. In no event shall the Con-tract Time be greater than two years from the date of Contract execution by the County.

CoNTACT INFoRMATIoN: Crystal Graham, Contract Specialist, 206-263-2939, TTY Relay: 711, Fax: 206-296-7675, or [email protected]. A bidder may be asked to put a ques-tion in writing. No verbal answers by any County personnel or its agents and consultants will be binding on the County.

PRe-BID CoNFeReNCe: April 18, 2013, at 9:30 a.m., Dahlia Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Chinook Building, 401 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA. A site tour is not scheduled.

SUBCoNTRACTING oPPoRTUNITIeS: Sheet Metal; Sheet Fabrication; and Electrical work.

APPReNTICeShIP ReqUIReMeNTS: No mini-mum Apprentice Utilization Requirement.

SCS UTILIzATIoN ReqUIReMeNTS: The Con-tractor shall ensure that at least 15% of the total price for all executed work orders shall be per-formed by King County Certified SCS Firms over the life of the Contract.

BID BoND: Not less than five percent 5% of the Not to Exceed Amount of $1,000,000.00 or $50,000.00 must accompany our bid.

PLANS/SPeCS: Electronic copies of the plans,

specifications, reference documents, and any ad-denda for this solicitation can be accessed through an external link to Builder’s Exchange of Wash-ington from our website shown below. This site in-cludes options and instructions for printing. Printed documents may also be ordered by contacting United Reprographics at 206-382-1177. Copies of documents are not available for purchase from King County, but are available for review M – F 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the Contracts Counter: Chinook Bldg, 3rd Floor 401 Fifth Avenue Seattle, WA 98104.

To receive email notifications of addenda or other important information concerning this solicitation, you must register to be a planholder under the “So-licitations” tab at the following internet link:

WeBSITe: www.kingcounty.gov/procurementThis information is available in alternate formats

for individuals with disabilities upon advance re-quest by calling 206-263-9400, TTY Relay: 711.

NoTeS: Bids received after Sealed Bid Time will not be considered. Bidders accept all risks of late delivery, regardless of fault. King County is not re-sponsible for any costs incurred in response to this Invitation to Bid.

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SAT 4/13

WHAT: wong tsu, Boeing’s first engineerWHERE: Central library, level 4 room 2, 1000 4th Ave., seattleWHEN: 2–4 p.m.INFO: 206-684-0849

WHAT: Japanese temari introductory ClassWHERE: Asia Pacific Cultural Center, 4851 s. tacoma way, tacomaWHEN: 10 a.m.–3 p.m.COST: $50/class, plus $15 materials feeREGISTER: 253-229-3100, [email protected]

TUE 4/16

WHAT: Voices from laos: Clearing Bombs, Protecting livesWHERE: highline Community College, 2400 s. 240th st., Des MoinesWHEN: 12–1 p.m.COST: FreeINFO: legaciesofwar.org/voices

FRI 4/19

WHAT: Bruce harrell for Mayor Community election PartyWHERE: royal esquire Club, 5016 rainier Ave. s., seattleWHEN: 6–9 p.m.DONATION SUGGESTED: $35TICKETS: www.electbruceharrell.com/celebrationINFO: www.electbruceharrell.com

SAT 4/20

WHAT: A hands-on Family Gamelan workshopWHERE: Uw, school of MusicWHEN: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.RSVP: 206-616-1709, [email protected]

WHAT: seattle JACl celebrates its 91st AnniversaryWHERE: tea Palace restaurant, 2828 sunset Blvd. N.e., rentonWHEN: 5:30 p.m.COST: $75–$140

WHAT: Jake shimabukuro: life on Four stringsWHERE: NVC Hall, 1212 s. king st., seattleWHEN: 2–7 p.m.COST: $7TICKETS: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/332223INFO: 206-767-0914, [email protected]

MON 4/22

WHAT: korea FantasyWHERE: Benaroya hall, 200 University st., seattleWHEN: 7:30–9:30 p.m.COST: FreeINFO: 206-251-5659, koreafantasy.eventbrite.com

THU 4/25

WHAT: Party down for Chinatown — iD spring rollWHERE: Georgetown Ballroom, 5623 Airport way s., seattleWHEN: 6–9 p.m.COST: $175/VIP, $125/generalINFO: idspringroll.org

WHAT: Fuminori Nakamura: reading, discussion & signingWHERE: Panama hotel tea & Coffee house, 605 s. Main st., seattleWHEN: 7 p.m.INFO: fuminorinakamura.com

SAT 4/27

WHAT: wA state China Chamber of Commerce Networking eventWHERE: Microsoft Campus, Building 36, 16255 N.e. 36th way, redmondWHEN: 3–6 p.m.COST: $15/public, $10/members, $20/at the doorREGISTRATION: www.meetup.com/wA-state-China-Chamber, wasccc.eventbrite.com

WHAT: Poetry reading and book signing with author linda lau Anusasananan of “the hakka Cookbook”WHERE: kobo Gallery, 640 s. Jackson st., seattleWHEN: 12 p.m.INFO: 206-381-3000, thehakkacookbook.com

WHAT: shri sai Cultural and Community Center of washingtonWHERE: Northgate Community Center, 10510 5th Ave. N.e., seattleWHEN: 5 p.m.

WHAT: 114-year-old Japanese Baptist Church holds its annual sukiyaki DinnerWHERE: Japanese Baptist Church, 160 Broadway, seattleWHEN: 2–7 p.m.INFO: 206-622-7351, www.jbcseattle.org

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WHAT: 3rd Annual Fundraiser, a benefit for the tibet Fund: Preserving tibetan CultureWHERE: OmCulture, 2210 N. Pacific St., seattleWHEN: 6:30 p.m.SUGGESTED DONATION: $20 in advance, $25 at the doorINFO: [email protected]

THRU 5/31

WHAT: esl talk timeWHERE: Various locations, please check website for locationWHEN: Various times, please check website for scheduleINFO: www.sno-isle.org/explore/citizenship

EVERY TUE

WHAT: Asian Counseling and referral services employment Program orientation

WHERE: ACrs, 3639 Martin luther king Jr. way s., seattleWHEN: 3–4:30 p.m.INFO: 206-695-7527, [email protected], acrs.org/services/employmentandtraining

EVERY TUE, WED & THU

WHAT: After-school tutoring for Vietnamese students 6-14, conversational esl classes, and computer classes. WHERE: helping link, 1032 s. Jackson st. #C, seattleWHEN: 3–6 p.m.INFO: 206-568-5160, [email protected]

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CelebrAsian is the only annual national Pan Asian American business conference in the United states that provides Asian American-owned businesses wide access to contract op-portunities, growth industries, strategic solu-tions, and best practices to thrive in the global

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By Samantha PakNorthwest AsiAN weekly

Forgotten CountryBy Catherine ChungRiverhead Books, 2012

ever since the Japanese occupation in ko-rea, each generation in Janie’s family has lost a daughter. Because of this, Janie is charged, at a very young age, to protect and keep her sister hannah safe.

when hannah suddenly cuts all ties from the family, Janie must find her sister and work to bring her back into the fold. But things are not that simple. over the years, Janie has heard stories and vague references to certain events in her family’s history. twenty years later, she still doesn’t know the reason why her family moved to America so abruptly. And as she works to find Hannah, Janie slow-ly begins to learn more about her family and their secrets.

throughout “Forgotten Country,” Chung weaves in korean folktales and stories, which parallel Janie’s journey throughout the book.

Janie’s feelings toward hannah are inter-esting. while she always feels protective of her younger sister, Janie also feels resentment as the burden of her sister’s wellbeing grows heavier and heavier. when hannah leaves, Janie’s feelings only become more conflicted.

Chung does a great job of depicting the complexities and complications that come with family. she shows that it is very possible to love someone, while resenting them at the same time. she also explores loyalty and freedom through Janie’s slight jealousy of

hannah, who was able to leave when she was not.

Circle of CranesBy Annette LeBoxDial, 2012

At 13, sunyin is a poor orphan girl in a ru-ral Chinese village. when a human smuggler appears promising riches and good fortune, sunyin is the one they choose to send to Gold Mountain — America. with the burden of an entire village on her shoulders, the young girl sets off for the states. Unfortunately, she soon

learns that she and everyone back home have been duped as she ends up in a sweatshop in New york’s Chinatown working for pennies she never sees, as the woman in charge con-tinually delays their paychecks.

while it may seem that all hope is lost, su-nyin learns that she is part of an ancient sister-hood, the Crane women Clan. this initially gives her hope as she occasionally receives help from her crane sisters, but she also learns that they are depending on her to save their queen from the Gray world and save them from extinction.

“Cranes” is a combination of reality and

fairy tale with sunyin going between the real world and the world of the Crane women Clan.

leBox does a great job of creating well-rounded and complex secondary characters such as Jade, wing, and kwan-sook, the three girls sunyin meets on the boat to New york. initially, they just seem to be outspo-ken, spoiled, and petty, respectively, but as the story continues, we see why they are the way they are and see that each girl has her own strengths.

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Three tales of folk and fantasy

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By Wayne ChanNorthwest AsiAN weekly

since when did being a good par-ent also mean making yourself look like an idiot?

that’s exactly what happened last weekend when we went out with some friends for an adventur-ous night of dining.

But before i get there, let me give you some backstory.

when i became a dad, i became committed to making sure our kids didn’t become finicky eaters. For any parents out there, i’m sure you know the type.

we know some of them very well — to the extreme. one child we know isn’t just picky with the usual items like veg-etables or seafood. she won’t eat any pasta if there’s any spa-ghetti sauce on it. she won’t eat pizza with pepperoni on it — it has to be a plain cheese pizza. she’ll eat a hot dog, but not on a bun. the ironic thing is that she’s used to eating regular standard issue hot dogs you get from the store, but she won’t eat an italian sausage.

i once told her that if she knew what they put in regular hot dogs, she’d know immediately that the italian sausage was by far the less “icky” of the two items.

Making sure your kids don’t grow up with a limited vari-ety of foods certainly isn’t easy. with our kids, you could tell where things were headed. they didn’t like vegetables. they only wanted pasta and french fries. But we persevered.

the rule was they would eat everything on their plate and that was final. There were times when they held food in their mouths for hours and we wouldn’t let them spit it out. the only choice was for them to swallow it. My daughter savan-

nah once had a wad of cabbage in her mouth the entire day, only swallowing when i sat with her in bed until bedtime.

it paid off. Now savannah loves vegetables — she can’t get enough of them. she likes what all kids like — ice cream and cake, but she’d trade both of them in for a salad in an instant. My son tyler’s favorite show is chef Andrew Zimmerman’s “Bizarre Foods” because Mr. Zimmerman travels the world eating exotic dishes. tyler gets more excited the more seem-ingly vile the food is.

there is a tremendous amount of satisfaction that comes from knowing that you’ve made that kind of difference in your kid’s lives. there was no way that i was going to have a bunch of kids who were finicky eaters. I didn’t want them to turn out like, well, me.

i have to fess up. i am the epitome of what i wanted to avoid with my own kids. i’m not crazy about vegetables. i’m hesitant to try anything new. when i was a kid, my mom would put bok choy on my plate and just the sight of it would give me

dry heaves.i will admit that i am a lot better than i used to be. And in

my travels, i’ve sampled a lot of exotic fare — snake, turtles,

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Though not as common in the United States, goat is present in many different cuisines.

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earlier this year, several Asian Americans stood with rod Dembowski instead of rep. Cindy ryu, a korean American, in a contested king County Council race.

Dembowski, who is white and won by a council vote of five to eight, is now a council member, finishing the remainder of Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s term.

the topic of whether the Asian American community should support its own has been debated often. it is an impor-tant and complicated topic that has come up in the past and will likely split our community again in the future.

Why did Ryu lose?

some ryu supporters accused community members of backing a white guy instead of ryu, but Dembowski is not just any white guy. his ties with the Asian community go back to his volunteering days with current U.s. Ambassador to China Gary locke’s king County executive campaign in 1993. he was later hired as a policy analyst for the locke ad-ministration. Back then, he built relationships with several Asian American friends, including political guru ruth woo.

Dembowski frequently tells the story of how he and his wife, lynna song, who is korean American, met during locke’s campaign. his mother-in-law, seungja song, is one of the founders of the korean Community service Center (kCsC). she is known for her dedication to the agency over the past three decades.

An attorney, Dembowski is friends with many elected offi-cials, including Ferguson. he also chaired Ferguson’s attorney general campaign.

in the end, relationships won. when asked why he won the county race, Dembowski said, “i am friends with everybody.”

The interviews

Perhaps assumptions, insufficient preparation, and the Fer-guson factor killed ryu’s chance at the seat. the selection process for Ferguson’s seat was competitive. Each finalist, in-cluding ryu and Dembowski, went through three interviews before a citizens’ panel, the king County executive, and the County Council.

ryu assumed that she had the diversity advantage as the council has only one member of color, larry Gossett, and three women, out of eight council members.

Asian and Pacific Islanders make up 15.8 percent of King County residents, the biggest minority group in king Coun-ty. 20.1 percent of King County residents are first-gener-

ation immigrants, and 35.6 percent are persons of color. As a first-generation Asian immigrant female, Ryu said she reflects the changing demographics in king County.

Combined with her experience being a former mayor of Shoreline and the first Korean female state representative in washington state, ryu thought that would be enough to lead her to victory.

what she didn’t expect was that the interview and the rela-tionships Dembowski had built were more important, more than the diversity factor. one insider, who was involved in the process, said Dembowski was much more polished and pre-pared during the interviews.

the lesson for a person of color who is running: it doesn’t matter what race a candidate is, it’s significant to compete like you are the underdog and never the frontrunner. organize. Be prepared in interviews no matter how articulate you are.

Ferguson had taken Dembowski under his wing and took him everywhere after the November election, so Dembows-ki could meet people. this implied Ferguson’s endorsement even before he officially made the announcement right before the council’s vote.

Ryu’s future

ryu is known for her comeback in politics. After her defeat in the shoreline City Council race, she ran for state represen-tative in 2010 and won. even as a state representative, she has an impressive record. out of the 10 bills she has sponsored or co-sponsored, eight of them have passed.

will she run for the council seat this August?“i’d like to,” she said. “But it’s hard.” if she runs, she will have to raise money for the campaign

starting now, but she can’t because state law doesn’t allow leg-islative officials to raise money during the legislative session. And it looks like it will be a long legislative season with the budget issue looming. the last day of the session is slated to be April 28.

Dembowski has already said he is going to run this year for the council seat.

Who should we support?

Joan yoshitomi, a Dembowski supporter, said she knew Dembowski when he was in high school, long before she met ryu.

“he’s interested in [things that has to do with] the Asian community,” said yoshitomi. “he volunteers a lot in the community, including with the Japanese American Citizens league. i am impressed with his interest in politics and his giving back to the community.”

Dembowski has taken a pay cut to become an elected of-ficial, leaving his law practice at Foster and Pepper.

Buwon Brown, a korean American, and a kCsC board member, said she supports both ryu and Dembowski.

“it’s a competitive world, it’s a political battle and open field,” said Brown. “You just have to do the best you can to serve the community.”

she also appreciates Dembowski’s attitude. “he’s positive,” she continued. “he asked what he could do to help. he’s will-ing to work together.”

there are some good white men who can champion social justice issues. it doesn’t just have to be people of color. A part-nership between the mainstream and the Asian community is needed to secure a better future for us. Fortunately, Dem-bowski is no stranger to the Asian community. he will serve us well.

we all have different reasons why we support a certain candidate. relationships are key. this is a free country, we have the right to choose who we choose, and we should be respectful of others’ choices. the important thing is that Asian Americans are part of the political process. in the end, it’s all about serving.

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John Diaz retired as seattle’s Police Chief last Monday, after four years marred by mishandlings of unrest, overuse of vio-lence, and resistance from the Police Department to mandated reforms. Although his departure is coming at an inopportune time, it’s a good thing for seattle.

Police chief is a multifaceted job. the chief has to be a good communicator and set a strong example. the chief has to deal with the media, the public, the mayor, his own police officers, and other internal issues. Chief Diaz could not. while we can-not comment on his relationship with his staff and with the mayor’s office, Diaz’s relationship with the public and with the media was severely lacking. the soft-spoken chief tended to

stay out of the limelight, and while that may be commendable in some situations, it’s not suitable for the leader of a police department with horrible image issues going through sweeping federally mandated changes — the largest changes the depart-ment has seen in, well, ever.

the seattle Police Department has nearly 2,000 staff mem-bers, each with extraordinary pressure to do the right thing. you don’t lead a group of people that large from the rear.

And, although Diaz was Seattle’s first police chief of color, he didn’t feel like it. even after four years as chief, the depart-ment is still very white.

Chief Diaz came from an immigrant family. english was his

second language. his success helped change his family’s per-ception of the police. it helped them learn to trust the depart-ment. But under his management, communities of color have seen very little improvement. while women members of the force are better off now, the police department still has chronic hiring and promotion issues for officers of color — especially when it comes to Asian Americans, who are still the most un-derrepresented group on the police force. internal and external racism is still a big issue with the seattle Police Department.

time will tell how interim Chief Jim Pugel will perform. But what do we know now? he is already less reserved and more outspoken than Diaz. And that is a good, good thing.

Police chief ’s departure a chance for progress


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pigeon, etc. i must also admit that my sampling of these foods could be measured in the number of molecules that brushed my lips and in the end, i didn’t enjoy any of them.

so, i should have known that i was setting myself up for a trap (as well as ridicule and humiliation) when tyler suggested that we try a restaurant that Andrew Zimmerman visited that specialized in various preparations of ... goat.

This wasn’t some far-flung restaurant in Asia we were going to. this was a local restaurant about 20 minutes from my home. When Tyler first made the suggestion, my internal filter automatically thought, “I’m not going to eat any goat. he can eat all the goat he wants — i’ll just order something else on the menu. Maybe they’ll have a cheeseburger for all of us non-goat eating customers that come in.”

As we sit down and peruse the menu, i quickly discover that my choices included shredded goat, braised goat, goat soup, goat tacos, goat salads, goat burgers, and goat burritos served with a side of goat.

in other words, i was going to have goat for lunch.

Still, I figured I’d be OK. It wasn’t anywhere near as revolting as some of the things i’ve been served in Asia. i would make it through this meal.

Until tyler’s order arrived. My son, who i pride myself in getting him

to eat a variety of foods, did indeed order a goat dish — i mean, what other choice did he have? But this was different. he ordered a baked head of a goat. A big plate with a fully formed skull of a goat — and tyler was practically drooling over it.

he started by scooping out the cheek, then pulled out the tongue and gobbled it up, then split the head open and started spooning mouth fulls of brain into his mouth. All

the while, he was commenting on the experience.

“Umm .... the brains are so tender ... munch ... so, so good.”

i could feel a grumbling in the pit of my stomach. Next up, goat eyes.

he poked one of them out with his fork, and popped it in his mouth and started munching on them.

“these are my favorite! they’re so creamy! Dad, you want some?”

i knew he was going to ask.what was i going to say? if i don’t try it,

i would be the biggest hypocrite on the face

of the earth. if i do try it, i’m afraid i’ll end up re-enacting a scene out of the exorcist. on top of that, it was hard to respond to him what with all the dry heaving i was doing.

so, in the end, what did i do? i ended up eating three goat tacos. And as for the eyes? well, knowing that a goat only has two eyes and tyler had already eaten one of them...

“No, i’m full tyler. let Mama have the other one!”

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it in the NFl became an undying passion. he decided to take on the additional duties of being an agent. Not only did he have his responsibilities as an attorney, lee became an NFl certified agent and worked on the side representing Notre Dame football players.

eventually, lee decided to leave the steady income of a big law firm for the uncertainty of the sports agent business. He was 29 at the time.

“it was pretty much my own decision,” lee said. “i respect and take into account those around me, but at the same time, i have my own belief and faith.”

though the transition from high-paid lawyer to newfound sports agent was dangerous, lee relished it.

“i love it,” lee said. “there’s no safety net. i can make something with my own vision and values.”

lee founded his own sports agency, etl Associates, in 2003.

the sports agent business is an ultra-competitive arena that has been known to include unsavory individuals, illegal pay-ments, and backstabbing. Despite the perils of the industry, lee is upbeat and positive. he has unwavering goals for his company and the clients he represents.

etl Associates has a modest staff of six, but its reach is na-tionwide, with locations in houston, los Angeles, and a home base in New york. As an agent, lee does the full gamut of duties for his clients, including contract negotiation, procur-ing endorsement deals, working on personal branding, social media strategy, and post-career counseling.

“The Dotted Line”lee landed a big opportunity

when he was picked to star in an esPN documentary on sports agents. “the Dotted line,” di-rected by Morgan spurlock (maker of the acclaimed docu-mentary “super size Me”) explored the sports agent busi-ness. lee said that he received a phone message out of the blue from one of the documentary’s producers, Matthew Galkin.

“i got back from Chicago from meeting a client and had a voicemail,” lee said. “i met with [Galkin] the next day.”

After speaking with Galkin, lee agreed to let cameras fol-low him around while doing his job.

“i think that [esPN] wanted to show someone very differ-ent from the slick and shifty agent,” lee continued. “i believe they wanted to show someone with passion, innovation, and expertise,” he added. “[t]hey wanted to show someone that was young and hungry with a few years in the industry.”

the documentary shoot started in January 2011 and fol-lowed lee up until the NFl Draft in April, showing lee and his team travel to pitch clients for representation and attend workouts and the NFl Combine — where prospective college players are tested by NFl scouts prior to the draft.

Looking for characterwhen searching for clients, lee looks for character, in ad-

dition to a player’s ability to play.

“we want to make sure that we represent men of character to ensure it’s a right fit for the agency,” he said.

“you’re selling yourself out,” lee continued, referencing people who compromise business values for the opportunity of making a profit. He said that seeking out players with char-acter is also an efficient use of time, as he doesn’t have to worry about issues with players off the field. There have been times when he has declined to represent players after learning more about their character.

when targeting players to recruit for representation, lee looks for common ground.

“you look for a nexus: teammates of clients, a common connection, alma mater, geographic connection, and we dig a little deeper,” he said.

lee enjoys the competitiveness of the sports agent business.“i love recruiting,” lee said. “Any player i sit down with,

i feel that there is no other choice for them but to work with etl.”

signing a player for representation is an investment. lee spends $10,000 to $20,000 per client to prepare them for the NFl Draft, without knowing if a team will pick them.

During the documentary filming, one of his clients fired his agency after being picked in the NFl Draft.

“i get a good night’s sleep,” lee said about shaking off the disappointment of losing out on players. “But you know what you are about and what you stand for.”

lee said his mantra about the downs of recruiting was “Fall down seven times, get up eight.”

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made in recent months and marks an effort to strike an active, coop-erative posture to calm regional tensions. this year’s Boao meeting — an annual event billed as Asia’s version of the world economic Fo-rum in Davos, switzerland — is being watched for signs of whether Xi, installed in power five months ago, is ready to stake out new di-rections in a foreign policy that has been bullying toward some neigh-bors and passive on many interna-tional security issues.

the new Xi government is being especially challenged over North korea. Pyongyang’s ratcheting up of tensions in recent months — from tests of a long-range missile and a nuclear device to threats of nuclear strikes — have concerned south korea and the United states, important economic partners for China, which have looked to Beijing to rein in its longtime, if estranged communist ally.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard of Australia, whose economy has been booming due to Chinese demand, appealed to Beijing to use its leverage to get Pyongyang to climb down.

“All countries in the region share a deep interest in strategic stability. But the consequences of conflict are even more severe for us all. this is nowhere more clear than on the korean Peninsula. there, any aggression is a threat to the interest of every country in the region. For this reason, i do welcome the growing cooperation of all regional governments to prevent conflict

on the korean Peninsula and to counter North korean aggression,” Gillard told the forum.

outside of North korea, expectations of any change in Chinese policy have been focused on Japan. Months of friction over east China sea islands led to frosty political ties, tense cat-and-mouse games between their maritime forces, and flagging trade between the world’s second and third largest economies.

Xi didn’t address any dispute by name, but he promised a constructive approach to regional tensions.

“China will continue to properly handle differences and frictions with the relevant countries,” Xi said in his speech. “on international and regional hotspot issues, China will continue to play a constructive role, adhere to peace and facilitating talks, and make unremitting efforts to properly handle relevant issues through dialogue and negotiations.”

still, Xi did not present any compromise. he insisted that China would safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity, language that makes it harder for Beijing to back away from territorial claims.

Xi also reminded countries that China represents a good business opportunity for neighbors and the world, saying over the next five years, China’s imports will reach $10 trillion, while its companies plan to invest $500 billion overseas. “the more China develops, the more opportunities for development it brings the world and Asia,” Xi said.

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as the space is already tight,” ono said. “we need to revise our water management plans.”

More than 270,000 tons of highly radioactive water is already stored in hundreds of gigantic tanks and another underground tank. they are visible even at the plant’s entrance and built around the compound, taking up more than 80 percent of its storage capacity.

tePCo expects the amount to double over three years and plans to build hundreds of more tanks by mid-2015 to meet the demand.

Because of that, tePCo is anxious to launch a new water treatment system that can purify the con-taminated water. the machine, called AlPs, recently started a final test run after six months of delays due to safety requirements by government regulators.

the delay caused tePCo to use some of seven un-derground tanks, originally meant for AlPs-treated water, to accommodate the contaminated water back-

log as a stopgap measure.TEPCO officials have indicated they hope to re-

lease the water into the ocean, but ono said the com-pany has no immediate plans to do so without public acceptance.

the plant is being decommissioned, but continues to experience glitches. A fuel storage pool temporar-ily lost its cooling system Friday, April 5, less than a month after the plant suffered a more extensive out-age.

the underground tank, several times the size of an olympic-size swimming pool and similar to an in-dustrial waste dump, is dug directly into the ground and protected by two layers of polyethylene linings inside the outermost clay-based lining, with a felt padding in between each layer.

the meltdowns have caused the plant to release radiation into the surroundings and displaced about 160,000 people from around the plant. they do not know when or if they will be able to return home.

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“became a little cave of refuge,” Pleus said. “The fish could go out to feed and come back in. the boat was their home, their house.”

It’s common for fish to associate with larger debris floating in the ocean, but “nobody’s seen fish that have traveled with debris this distance,” Pleus said, adding, “it indicates there could be oth-er fish floating with debris that we never see.”

Most such debris gets roughed up in the surf as it nears shore, which would disperse any fish, but Pleus says this boat came ashore upright.

All of which raises some troubling questions.“There could be other types of fish associated with this debris

that we don’t see, but down the line, we could find new popula-tions of fish established on the coast,” Pleus said.

the other euthanized creatures — at least 30 different species — were preserved and sent to scientists around the country for analysis, he said.

the boat, bearing the name “saisho-Maru,” was removed from the beach.

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A nephew received a two-year term. Vuon’s wife and a second female relative received suspended sen-tences for their roles in the standoff, during which seven police and army officers sustained minor in-juries.

Members of the Vuon family say they were given the 41 hectares (101 acres) of land by authorities in 1993, when it was swampland that had been badly damaged by a typhoon. they transformed it into a fish and prawn business. In 2009, authorities said they wanted the land back without compensation. since the prime minister’s order declaring the evic-tion illegal, they have been allowed to keep the land.

the government gave limited access to journalists wanting to cover the trial.

the presiding judge, Pham Duc tuyen, said the family’s crimes were “dangerous to the society, il-legally violating the life and health of other people, violating the normal operations of the state agencies, and causing bad impact on the social order and social

management of haiphong City in particular and the country as a whole.”

Speaking to reporters after the trial, Vuon’s de-fense lawyer, Nguyen Viet Hung, said, “I’m not hap-py. i had expected for a better verdict.”

Activists opposed to one-party rule in Vietnam have defended the Vuon family. On Tuesday, April 2, scores of protesters braved a security clampdown to show their support for the family, and police arrested several near the courts. on Friday, April 5, there were no demonstrators, and authorities threatened to arrest journalists taking photographs outside the court un-less they left the area.

Vietnamese authorities give citizens limited land rights and are allowed to seize it from them for na-tional security or defense, economic development, or the public interest. in some cases, that translates into industrial parks that bring jobs to the poor, or roads and bridges. But in an increasing number of cases, it means grabbing fish farms or rice paddies for golf courses and resorts accessible only to the rich.

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ScarletBy Marissa MeyerFeiwel and Friends, 2013

Cinder, the cyborg mechanic from New Beijing, returns in the second installment of the lunar Chronicles. in “scarlet,” the story picks up right where the first left off, with Cinder in prison trying to escape and reunite with Dr. erland, the only other indi-vidual on earth who knows her true identity — an identity Cinder had discovered only 24 hours earlier.

in addition to watching Cinder’s escape from prison and her life as a fugitive, we meet scarlet, a young girl from a small village in France. scarlet’s grandmother is missing and

the only person who has any infor-mation to help her is a street fighter named wolf. Although the story begins with elements familiar to the tale of little red riding hood, Mey-er uses this only as a jumping off point for her story as the two charac-ters work together to solve a mystery. when they meet Cinder, they team up to unravel another mystery and work to stop lunar Queen levana from making Prince kai — now em-peror of the Commonwealth — her prisoner and taking over earth.

For anyone who grew up on fairy tales, “scarlet” is a treat as it brings together versions of Cinderella and little red riding hood into one great adventure filled with mystery, intrigue, and danger.

in addition to the main charac-

ters, Meyer includes old characters from the first book and introduces new characters. Although they are secondary, each has a developed per-sonality of their own.

While “Cinder,” the first book in this series, was mainly from the title character’s point of view, “scarlet” is told from the perspective of a num-ber of characters, which helps flesh out the story.

Just as with “Cinder,” the ending of “scarlet” will have readers ea-gerly waiting for the next installment to see what happens to our heroes and heroines in their quest to defeat Queen levana.

Samantha Pak can be reached at [email protected].

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provided the attorneys that rep-resented the city during the trial. Medina Mayor Michael luis will be meeting with the wCiA on Friday, April 12 to communi-cate the city’s opinion.

During the public comment period of the April 8 Medina City Council meeting, which attracted over two dozen of the city’s 3,000 residents, many spoke against appealing the decision. others advised taking due time to review the city’s position before coming to a decision.

“i personally disagree with the conclusion that the jury came to,” said Dan sheeran, a Medina resident of 12 years. “But my primary point is not about that. My point is that, regardless of our opinions, i think the most important thing for the city coun-cil to do is to not be rushed. it’s important to take your time and not to take action because of pressure from any type of place because, in these types of situations, rushed decisions are often wrong in the long term.”

Multiple attendees echoed this sentiment.

“i’m here to say that i wish that the council would take their time in coming to a decision,” said Mark Nelson, a former coun-cil member. “… i think that if the council moves to take any action now, it’s premature.”

however, many attendees believed that an appeal should not take place.

“throughout the last two years of this matter, we’ve all heard that ‘if you only knew what we knew, you would certainly feel very differently regarding Chief Chen’ from members of the city council. we’ve now had 11 days of trial with a complete-ly impartial group in the federal justice system and what they

found is they believed Chief Chen and his witnesses. i think it’s important to listen to that. you have to respect the justice sys-tem, that’s why we have it. … if wCiA pays out the judgment, what it says in that document is that our future assessments will recover the amount that they pay out in our behalf. it sounds like we will be paying $500,000 a year for the next five years at least to recover that. For two years, we’ve been trying to get you to pay attention. we could have settled this for $100,000,” said terry Drayton, prompting applause from many of the attendees.

Following the remainder of the general session, the Medina City Council went into two executive sessions, one to privately discuss pending litigation involving the city and one to review the performance of a public employee. the session to review the performance of a public employee was continued on wednes-day, April 10.

the city council has yet to make a public announcement con-cerning their desire to pursue an appeal.

immediately following the announcement of the ruling in March, Marianne Jones, Chen’s attorney, acknowledged the possibility of an appeal in an interview with the Northwest Asian weekly, but said that one would have little merit consid-ering Zilly’s diligence in the case.

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largest economy if it were a separate country, will open a trade office in Shanghai during Brown’s visit. the Bay Area Council, a coali-tion of business interests from the san Francis-co Bay Area and Silicon Valley, is raising about $1 million a year in private money to operate it.

“California shouldn’t be the only state in the union not to have a presence with key foreign trading partners like China,” said Jim wunder-man, president of the group.

The council opened its own office in Shang-hai in 2010 to fill the void after the closure of the trade offices. Bruce Pickering, executive direc-tor of the Northern California office of the Asia society, called the 2003 decision “penny wise, but pound foolish.”

“we’ve basically said, ‘we’re California, show up and stand in line with everybody else,’ ” Pickering said. “you have to do a little more than just say you’re welcoming a business. ... you have to really send a message that you are ready for it.”

Asia Society, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organi-zation that promotes collaboration between the United states and Asia, reported in 2011 that businesses from China have established opera-tions and created jobs in at least 35 of the 50 U.s. states, including California.

Pickering said California is behind other states in recruiting Chinese investment, while states as varied as Pennsylvania, Missouri, Florida, and Arkansas have had an official presence there. the republican governors of Iowa, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Guam also are visiting China this month and meeting with provincial leaders to discuss trade and the environment.

“I would think it would be very difficult to try to attract investment without having someone on the ground there on your behalf,” said Joe holmes, a spokesman for the Arkansas eco-nomic Development Agency.

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe led a mission to China last year, and a number of deals are being discussed as a result, holmes said.

Asia society reported this year that China’s direct foreign investment is poised to skyrocket to between $1 trillion and $2 trillion by 2020. California is ideally situated to capture some of that money if it goes after it. China already is California’s third-largest export partner after Mexico and Canada.

And Brown already has a relationship with President Xi Jinping. the two met to discuss trade issues last year when the then-vice presi-dent visited California.

technology, life sciences, real estate, bank-ing, health care, and agriculture are among the industries state business leaders and officials

hope to target. the concentration of skilled technical engineers and the clean-energy sector in the Silicon Valley also are a draw for emerging companies, along with Chinese tourism to California.

State and local tourism officials are among those joining Brown on the trip, along with winemakers, cheese proprietors, and almond grow-ers. in all, about 75 business and policy leaders from a cross-section of California industries are joining the mission, which will include stops in the capital city, Beijing, as well as shanghai and Guangzhou.

those cities are among the most developed and important in China. Shanghai, a port city, is an important center of industry and finance, while Guangzhou is in the heartland of the Pearl river Delta region, which is home to the myriad processing and assembling factories that have made China the world’s factory floor.

the nearly $4 billion a year in computer and electronic products California sends to China account for the state’s largest export, fol-lowed by waste and scrap, non-electrical machinery, and transporta-tion equipment. the agriculture products, such as strawberries, al-monds, and lettuce, are fifth.

According to the governor’s office, the vast majority of Chinese ex-ports headed to the United states go through California ports.

the trip also signals a pivot for Brown as he seeks to rebuild Cali-fornia’s nearly $2 trillion economy after the state’s tumultuous ride during the Great recession. it was the epicenter of the housing crisis and weathered double-digit unemployment for nearly four years.

Brown said the state budget has stabilized, in large part because of voter-approved tax increases, and that he is now moving on to broader policy issues.

“California is a place where it’s a cauldron of creative activity, and i see that China has some of that, maybe a lot of that,” Brown said in the interview. “You have always got to find a way to renew things, and

that’s what i see as my job here.”the governor’s boldest and most expensive projects are a $68 billion

high-speed rail system that is expected to start construction this sum-mer and a $24 billion project to build massive water-delivery tunnels and restore parts of the sacramento-san Joaquin river Delta, the larg-est estuary on the west Coast.

Brown is especially interested in studying China’s extensive high-speed rail system and use it as a way to promote his own plan, which has come under intense criticism and has been losing public support as its projected cost has soared. the governor is scheduled to ride part of China’s rail system from Beijing to shanghai, accompanied by the chairman of California’s high-speed rail board, Dan richard.

China has the world’s longest high-speed rail system, covering 5,800 miles, and has tried to turn it into a showcase. But the system also has faced problems. Part of a line collapsed in central China after heavy rains and a crash in 2011 killed 40 people. the former railway minis-ter, who spearheaded the bullet train’s construction, and the ministry’s chief engineer, were detained in a corruption investigation.

Brown said he likes “the exuberance” with which Chinese officials approached building high-speed rail and would welcome investment in the California system or any other infrastructure projects in the state.

Despite the governor’s enthusiasm, it’s not clear how applicable the Chinese system is to a major infrastructure project in the United states. The Chinese high-speed rail network benefits from heavy government financing and faces few of the environmental and legal hurdles in Cali-fornia. the land needed to build the Chinese system is often forcibly procured at below market prices.

Associated Press writer Charles Hutzler in Beijing contributed to this report.


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violin, so that when it came time to bring my violin to my lesson, it wouldn’t be in the normal place and i’d have to search for it!”

“Deep down,” he continued, “i did like playing the violin and i did start practic-ing after that. the more i played, the more i felt attached to it. in junior high, when my teacher told me i should stop playing the violin, so i could better prepare to get into the university, i couldn’t stop, and that was when i decided to become a pro-fessional player.”

Describing the pieces they’ll perform at their final Seattle appearance, Ikeda com-ments, “we’re playing Mozart’s ‘hoff-meister’ Quartet, and lately, i’ve really been noticing the subtle color changes and harmony changes in the piece, and find them fascinating — the more I play the piece, the more i appreciate it.”

he continued, “the [lera] Auerbach piece, ‘Farewell,’ was written for us. i be-lieve that in the writing, lera was trying

to describe the life of the quartet player—in the beginning, it is chaotic and argu-mentative, becoming more peaceful and

thoughtful in the second movement. i be-lieve lera was able to describe our quar-tet life with this piece. then, of course,

we’re playing the ravel [string Quartet] — interesting-ly, he wrote only one quartet, along with Debussy. it’s a masterpiece, but it also tells you how challenging it is to write a quartet. this quartet was not received so well in the beginning — people thought it was not Germanic enough. it’s true, it’s very French. ravel is quite detail-oriented in his dynamics and expressive markings — in the first eight bars alone, you see ‘p’ (piano) [soft], ‘pp’ (pianissimo) [very soft], and ‘pp espressivo.’ ”

Asked about the differences between Japanese and western classical music appreciation, ikeda responds, “Japan is much more westernized than it was, but still there is a difference — for instance, the audience in Ja-pan is very polite and doesn’t easily go crazy, you don’t see so many standing ovations. After a performance, they show their appreciation by clapping for a long, long time. sometimes, you have to please them by playing many encores!”

For such an impressive ensemble to quit is, of course, sad.

“i think the main reason [for the split] is that we want-ed to go out when we’re still on the top of our game — for Kazu (first violinist Kazuhide Isomura) and myself particularly. once you start feeling that your quality of playing has declined, it declines very quickly. we didn’t want to get near that point.”

“Personally,” he concluded, “i’m going to teach more — i’ll be teaching at NyU, and kazu will be at yale. we’ll both hold visiting professor positions in Japan, and will visit there several times a year. But both of us will continue to live in America. i’d like to learn how to play jazz— i want to learn how to improvise! Martin and Clive will join the Colburn Conservatory of Music as directors of the school’s string chamber music pro-gram, and we’ll all be doing freelance and solo playing. Martin Beaver, violist, and Clive Greensmith are mak-ing plans to form a piano trio.”

The Tokyo String Quartet plays its farewell Seattle appearance Wednesday, April 17th at Meany Hall on the University of Washington campus. For prices, directions, and other information, visit http://www.meany.org/ and/or http://www.tokyoquartet.com.

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