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160,000 evacuees, suicides and more. This is a video that sort of catches up on what’s going on as the news of Fukushima gets quiet. It’s about Mikio Watanabe who’s wife commit suicide. He’s now suing TEPCO – the company who runs the Fukushima nuclear plant. There are many sad videos about Fukushima, and this is just one of them. (CNN – Fukushima Suicides)
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See our twitter for the tickets. From the LACMA site: In the world of underground of hip hop, Medusa has been called the High Priestess, Godmother, Queen, and Gangsta Goddess. She’s earned all those titles with her soulful sound, putting her at the top of female-rapper lists and a two-time LA Weekly hip-hop artist of the year winner. Dumbfoundead’s rise to prominence includes collaborations with Project Blowed, Thirsty Fish, Swim Team, and several solo releases, making him one of L.A.’s hottest freestylers. Gizzle aka Lady G (da Real Deal) opens the show as she gets ready to drop the follow-up to her mixtapeWhile You Were Sleeping. BP Grand Entrance $10 LACMA Members | $15 General Admission | 323 857-6010 or purchase online
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But edited by Buzzfeed. • Eighty-two percent of Asian Americans are overall satisfied with their lives, while 75 percent of the general public is. • Among Asian Americans, 51 percent said they were satisfied with their personal finances, versus 35 percent of the general public. • Asian Americans are more likely to have college degrees: 49 percent do, while 28 percent of adults do. • They also make more: Asian American households have a median household income of $66,000. The median for U.S. adults as a whole is $49,800. • The report cites media favorite Priscilla Chan, Mark Zuckerberg’s new wife, as an example of the 37 percent of “recent Asian American brides” who married non-Asian grooms. Read the rest: (Buzzfeed – Asians)
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The coolest trends or should we say fads are often are born, if not, then bred by Asians or Asian Americans. Streetwear, sneakers, fixies, the boutique shop and food are just some of them. In a the day when a new generation matures, somewhat away from the internet boom of the early 2000s, it’s a look back into craft and working with your hands. Yet, all of a sudden, food has stepped up as being some kind of important thing to line up for. Really? Is it? Can the kids of today hybrid food enough to make it something that you need to line for? Is it better than our own parents or is it just derivative of it? Is it just heavy sauces and cheap fat or bacon that’s making everyone happy? Although article after article will make stars out of new young chefs, we’ll see how soon it passes once every possible hybrid gets made. The market will continue to flood and we’re already seeing less food trucks. Like all things, a few strong will continue to innovate and many will fall. After people realize that although the experience was great at the time, it all just ends up in a toilet. Sneakers? They get worn down. Fixies need brakes. Boutique shops battle the internet. It’s a cycle. (Time - Food)
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French Asian connection? One of them is or was Olivier Assayas, a filmmaker who was married to Maggie Cheung and directed her in Irma Vep and Clean. They’ve been divorced since 2001. This is just a short catch up article on the journalist turned director who conducted a master class at the University of the Philippines Film Institute (entertainment.inquirer – Assayas)
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