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Barely making a dent in the history of Major League Baseball, Dae-Sung Koo is now pitching at 42 years of age in the Australian Baseball League which is now in it’s second season. The most remarkable thing that you might want to remember about the guy? He was a righty as a kid, but then switched to being a lefty. Who does that? Other than that, this once star of Korean Baseball, Japanese Baseball and MBLer is now in yet another continent throwing and he’s good at 42. (smh – Dae-Sung Koo)
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Finally it comes out, Asian Americans most bullied in schools. Can anyone say school shootings? The article in Breitbart states: “54 percent of Asian American teenagers said they were bullied in the classroom, sharply above the 31.3 percent of whites who reported being picked on.” Cyber bullying? It happens there too. “Some 62 percent of Asian Americans reported online harassment once or twice a month, compared with 18.1 percent of whites. The researcher said more study was needed on why the problem is so severe among Asian Americans.” (Breitbart – Asian Americans Picked)
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Louise Chen and Squirrel Scouts at Artcycle last month Louise Chen spent months curating, “We Are All Animals”, featuring artist friends from the Bay Area and Los Angeles. This is the second group show that’s come out of it and the third one will be held in Los Angeles next year. Right now, the show lives in a gallery in Santa Cruz called Felix Kulpa Gallery and winds up on October 30th. Her piece for the Robots exhibition is a print called Gallant and is available here. Chen is also a bicycle enthusiast and can be seen riding a self made tall bike. “My girl bike gang is called Squirrel Scouts and our main goal as a collective is to educate ourselves and others on how to do anything or make anything. A lot of us have a background in art or fabrication, so we have a lot of skill sets to share. We also make merit badges to put on our vests for when we learn different skills from each other, some of which are: welding, screen printing, gardening, dress-making, etc. We sometimes have pop-up shops at festivals where we sell our goodies and bring sewing machines to make things on-site!” A view of the gallery in Santa Cruz with the We Are All Animals show set up. Here is the Squirrel Scouts etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/squirrelscouts Here is my etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/flavorful= My website: www.LouiseChen.com and my blog: theautumnsweater.blogspot.com
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Rob Sato is originally from Sacramento but now calls Echo Park is home. He showed at the Giant Robot Biennale 2 in 2009 and will show again in the Biennale part 3 in 2012. A long time supporter of Giant Robot, the fast witted Sato has an interesting sense of humor and a distinctive laugh. His art speaks of his hard work and attention to detail. You can see his work on the cover of Giant Robot 62, and we do carry some of his other handiworks at Giant Robot. But there’s more. Sato isn’t a great self promoter, but he does stock a number of his prints which are available at his site. There are also further selections at: “The Choice Cut Cult”, the occult sushi menu print for sale at NUCLEUS GALLERY “Land Admiral Lefebvre’s Fleet…” (below) print from TRAPEZE EDITIONS
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How cute. Two heads of States, or maybe Mates of States hanging out throwing punches into the wind. Obama recently hosted Lee Myung-bak, the President of Korea. They ate, ate, and ate at Woo Lae Oak, a high end Korean restaurant, he was briefed unlike anyone else before, and with the economy in South Korea doing alright as compared to many other places, they’ll be an ally. How cute. (atimes – Lee Myung-bak)
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