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You are here: Home / Archives for Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 – July 27

API athletes represent U.S. at 2012 Olympics

August 19, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Evangeline Cafe Northwest Asian Weekly More than a dozen Asian and Pacific Islander American athletes will represent Team USA at the

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2012, API, Beijing Games, Chinese American, Filipino, Indonesian-born Gunawan, London Olympics, Long Beach State University, Pan American Games, Philippines, Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics, Table Tennis, United States, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27

Nikkei Concerns unveils Seattle Keiro Garden and Care Center

July 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Nikkei Concerns celebrated the completion of the Seattle Keiro Garden Project on July 14 with major donors and community leaders. The celebration also marked the opening of the Seattle Keiro Rehabilitation and Care Center, where the new garden is located. Landscape artist Scott Murase designed the garden to promote a tranquil, safe, and accessible interaction […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church, Consul General Kiyokazu Ota, Nikkei Concerns, Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos, Seattle, State Rep, Ted Tomita, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27

Greater Seattle OCA awarded grant to publish history of Chinese in Washington

July 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

4Culture, King County’s cultural services agency, awarded $6000 to the Greater Seattle Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) and its affiliate, the Greater Seattle Chinese American Historical Society, to write and publish the history of Chinese in Washington State. The publication will be prepared by Doug and Art Chin, and will be the first book published […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Art Chin, Doug Chin, Greater Seattle Chinese American Historical Society, King County, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27, Washington State, culture

Society for Vascular Surgery provide grant and fellowship to UW professor and student

July 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation presented its first Multicenter Clinical Studies Planning Grant to Thomas S. Hatsukami, MD. Dr. Hatsukami is a professor of surgery in the division of vascular surgery at the University of Washington and co-director of the Vascular Imaging Laboratory. The grant will help fund his project, “MRI of High-Risk […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, Education Committee, Larry Kraiss, MRI, Robert Lin Photo, Thomas Hatsukami, UW, Vascular Imaging Laboratory, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27

Two Seattle activists attend the White House Senior Community Leaders Summit

July 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Joy Chang and Dennis Wulkan of Seattle attended a three-day summit last month in Wash., D.C., with about 100 community activists from around the country. The White House Senior Community Leaders Summit, sponsored by the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, provides the opportunities for citizens to voice opinions about the future of […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2012, National Committee, Social Security Administration, Two Seattle, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27, White House Senior Community Leaders Summit

Potent form of common child illness deadly in Asia

July 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Margie Mason The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Tran Minh Giang has spent more than a third of his young life in a Vietnamese hospital, and it could be many months more before he can go home. All for a disease that in Asia is as common as chicken pox, and usually about […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Asia, Australia, Cambodia, China, Europe, HANOI, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Tran Nam Trung, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27, WHO, Zarifah Hussain Reed

Lawmakers furious over China-made uniform

July 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Donna Cassata The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. uniforms for the Olympics are made in China, causing members of Congress to fume.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2012, Capitol Hill, China, Hugo Boss, Miami, Nancy Pelosi, Olympic Committee, Olympic Village, Olympics, Patrick Sandusky, Ralph Lauren, Salt Lake Winter Games, Senator Harry Reid, Steve Israel, USOC, United States, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27

The Layup Drill — Lin switching teams, golf, poker tweeting, the Olympics, and more

July 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: 2008, 2012, Asian Americans, Beijing Olympics, China, Chinese Americans, Golfer Tiger Woods, Houston Rocket, Jeremy Lin, LPGA, London, New York Knicks, Open Golf, San Francisco, Summer Olympics, United States, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27, World Series

A Tom Hardy classic reborn in Winterbottom’s “Trishna”

July 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly U.K.-born director Michael Winterbottom made his reputation

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2012, Andrew Hamlin, Canada, Director Winterbottom, Freida Pinto, His English, Indian Broadcasting Network, Jay Singh, Kate Winslet, London, Mags Arnold, Michael Winterbottom, Mumbai, Northwest Asian Weekly, Riz Ahmed, Roshan Seth, Slumdog Millionaire, Thomas Hardy, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27

Ed Wong notes disparity in Asian blood donation

July 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katelin Chow Northwest Asian Weekly For Ed Wong, 81, fighting the odds seems bleak, but he’s not fighting for himself. Ever since his son Kirby died in 2000 from complications following heart surgery, Ed has been on a mission to get more Asians to donate blood.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Health Tagged With: 2012, Blaine Church, Bradley Wong, Chinese, David Leitch, Ed Wong, Heidi Wong, Kirby Wong, Lai Kwan Wong, PSBC, Perfect Match, Puget Sound Blood Center, Roman Wong, Rosalind Chan, Seattle, Sickle Cell, United States, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27, language

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