Georgia Asian Times February 1-15, 2015

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Masquerade Ball Presented by Georgia Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce Date: Saturday, February 7, 2015 Time: 6:30 pm - 1:00 am Venue: Sonesta Gwinnett For more info: www.gvacc.org CBAA Annual Meeting/Chinese New Year Banquet Date: Feb 14, 2015 Time: 6:00 pm Venue: Oriental Pearl Seafood Restaurant For more info: Jian Ni 404.519.3889 Chinese New Year Banquet Organized by National Association of Chinese Americans (NACA) Date: Saturday, Feb 21, 2015 Time: 6:00 pm Venue: Canton House, Buford Hwy Admission: Members $38; Non-members $80; Corporate table $1800 For more info: www.naca-atlanta.org 2015 Atlanta Chinese Lunar New Year Festival Date: Sat- Sun, Feb 21-22, 2015 Time: 10 am – 4 pm Venue: Culture Center of Taipei Eco-

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nomic & Cultural Office in Atlanta 5377 New Peachtree Road, Chamblee Ticket: $5 per person. Free admission for children under 3 1/2 ft.

Vietnamese Community of Georgia - Lunar New Year of Sheep Celebration Date: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015 Time: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm Venue: Grand Ballroom, 6100 Live Oak Parkway, Norcross, GA 30093 For more info: Baoky Vu 770.656.5595 baokyvu@yahoo.com Hong Kong Spring-Lunar New Year Celebration Organized by Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office New York Date: March 11, 2015 Time: 6:00 pm Venue: Carter Center Strictly by invitation only Greater Gwinnett Championship - Golf Champions Tour Date: April 13-19, 2015 Venue: TPC Sugarloaf For more info: www.greatergwinnettchampionship.com

Nomination for GAT 25 Most Influential Asian Americans in Georgia (2015 edition) is now open Georgia Asian Times celebrates 25 Most Influential Asian Americans in Georgia — a listing of individuals who made an impact in arts, business, government, politics, social work, education, judiciary, and areas that influence every aspect of Georgian’s daily life.

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February 1-15, 2015 Georgia Asian Times

METRO ASIAN NEWS

Georgia’s Republican House leaders introduces transportation funding bill Atlanta, January 30, 2015 — Georgia’s Republican leaders in the Georgia House of Representatives introduced ways to raise $1 Billion annually in additional transportation funding without tax increases.

AAPI Media Day at State Capitol recognizes ethnic media contributions Atlanta, January 29, 2015 — Representative Pedro Marin (D-District 96) officially announced Georgia House Resolution 77 recognizing positive contributions by Asian American and Pacific Islanders media, press and journalist in Georgia.

Brian Kemp, Georgia’s Secretary of State along with Rep. Pedro Marin handed out resolutions to representatives from Asian media outlet.

The unofficial “AAPI Media Day” recognizes AAPI media representatives from The Korea Daily, Atlanta Radio Korea, Indian Tribune, Khabar Magazine, Georgia Asian Times, Tre magazine, The Xin Times, World Journal, China Tribune, Korea Times, and Korean Television Network.

Secretary Brian Kemp also delivered an update of his office’ business and a brief economic development update.

He also touches on his latest initiative nicknamed “SEC Primary” — his concept of a regional presidential primary in March 2016 to draw potential candidates to the state.

“For many years in Georgia, we have always been kind of behind the time cycle on that. Either the race was over with before it even got to Georgia and you pretty much knew who the nominees were going to be, or we were going the same day as other big states like New York or California, and we were getting kind of overshadowed,” he said.

Tennessee has committed to the same March 1 date as Georgia. Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi also plan to introduce legislation to join that date.

“It’s going to be a great opportunity for us to be part of the process,” he added in his remarks.

AAPI media representatives and community leaders also had an opportunity for a photo session with Governor Nathan Deal at the steps of the Georgia State Capitol.

Legislation to be introduced into the House on Thursday calls for replacing the various components that make up the state gasoline tax with a straight excise tax of 29.2 cents per gallon, a figure based on the average in combined state and local sales and excise taxes Georgians have been paying at the pump during the last four years.

The bill also would also levy an annual fee on alternative-vehicle such as electric, propane and natural gas-powered vehicles. The levy will not affect hybrids. A proposed levy of $300 for commercial vehicles and $200 for non-commercial vehicles.

A projected revenue of $7.5 million along with an additional $100 million in bond financing would pay for transit projects.

The bill faces several hurdles as it makes its way through the General Assembly. According to Republican House leaders, the bill will be a starting point of a debate likely to extend throughout this year’s legislative session.

House Speaker David Ralston said the legislature can’t afford not to address a transportation funding shortages.

“This is a quality-of-life issue,” Ralston said. “It’s a public safety issue.

It’s an economic development and job creation issue.”

Georgia’s business communities and leaders reacted positively towards the new bill announcement.

“We applaud Speaker Ralston and Chairman Roberts for their leadership today and for ensuring that funding remains a high priority,” Chris Clark, president and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, and Hala Moddelmog, president and CEO of Metro Atlanta Chamber in a joint statement.

“We also appreciate the attention that the governor, lieutenant governor and others continue to give this important issue. We look forward to supporting their collective efforts throughout this legislative session to pass a measure that will provide the funding we need both today and in the future.”

Gov. Nathan Deal issued a statement calling the release of a bill “a positive step forward” in addressing the critical need for additional transportation funding.

“We know what our challenges are and we’re now working toward the solutions,” the governor said. “I am committed this year to passing legislation that will provide for Georgia the transportation infrastructure it needs to keep our people and goods moving efficiently throughout the state for the next generation.”

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FEATURE

Boeing leads NASA’s space-race Washington DC, January 27, 2015 — Boeing will be the first commercial company to carry a NASA astronaut to space in July 2017 under a contract with the US space agency, followed by its competitor SpaceX, officials said yesterday.

NASA is funneling billions of dollars to both companies so that they can replace American access to the orbiting International Space Station after the US space shuttle program was retired in 2011.

The announcement of US$4.2 billion for Boeing and US$2.6 billion for SpaceX was made in September 2014.

However, a legal challenge by Sierra Nevada; which was developing a space-shuttle-like vehicle called Dream Chaser and was closed out of the competition meant that officials could not reveal many details until now.

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied the protest by Sierra Nevada earlier this month, allowing NASA and its partners to speak publicly about the contracts and future plans for test flights.

Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders said at a press conference in Houston, Texas that Boeing would be the first to make two contracted missions to carry NASA astronauts, since it has completed two milestones so far, and SpaceX just one.

“Our goal is to have two robust providers,” Lueders added.

July 2017 A NASA astronaut and a Boeing test pilot will make the first crewed test flight on the spacecraft called Crew Space Transportation-100, or CST100 for short, in July 2017, said John Elbon, Boeing’s vice president and general manager of space exploration.

“The first services mission then will begin in December of ‘17,” he told reporters, referring to the first official trip to the International Space Station with crew on board.

SpaceX’s upgraded Dragon crew vehicle is on track for an unmanned test flight in 2016, followed by a test flight including crew on board in early 2017, said vice president Gwynne Shotwell, who did not give specific dates.

In 2012, California-based SpaceX became the first commercial company to deliver supplies to the International Space Station with its Dragon cargo ship, which is being modified to become a crew capsule.

Ending dependence

States is ending its costly dependence on the Russian space agency.

Since the 30-year space shuttle program ended in 2011, the United States has relied on Russia’s Soyuz capsules for astronaut transport at a cost of US$70 million per seat.

“I don’t want to ever have to write another check to Roscosmos after 2017, hopefully,” Bolden added.

The cost per seat in the new US commercial industry would be approximately US$58 million, an average cost teased out over the course of a five-year mission plan, said Lueders.

Both Boeing and SpaceX must show they can successfully complete a test flight with one astronaut aboard before moving on to between two and six more flights contracted with NASA to deliver astronauts to and from the space station.

NASA administrator Charles Bolden said the rise of private industry in reaching low-Earth orbit means that the US space agency will be able to focus on sending humans to Mars by 2024.

“We made the conscious decision that if we are going to go to deep space, we need to turn over things that we are relatively sure we know how to do—access to low-Earth orbit—to American industry,” Bolden said.

Another key benefit for the United

The spacecraft will launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Boeing’s acorn-shaped space capsule, the CST-100, is designed to be re-used up to 10 times, and SpaceX’s sleek white Dragon Version Two, or Dragon V2, is also a reusable space capsule.

Both can carry up to seven people to the space station, which circles the planet in low-Earth orbit.

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FOCUS

President Obama lay out his plans for his final 2-years Washington DC, Jan 21 — President Barack Obama’s vision of a stronger and more expensive safety net for middle class and poor Americans stands little chance of becoming law this year, but it could shape the debate for the 2016 election.

With his clout fast diminishing in Washington, and Republican and Democratic candidates gearing up for the White House race, Obama did his best in yesterday’s State of the Union address to set the agenda for potential successors embarking on wooing voters.

Even as he offered proposals such as higher taxes on the wealthy that are likely to be rejected by the Republican-controlled Congress, Obama drew attention to income inequality that has persisted despite an improving economy.

Wage growth remains sluggish and the wealth gap between the most affluent and everybody else is the highest on record, according to the Pew Research Centre. Most Americans still believe the economy is headed in the

wrong direction, according to Reuters/ IPSOS polling data.

Already, potential Republican candidates like Rand Paul and Mitt Romney have signaled that they will devote more attention to helping the less affluent.

While they are unlikely to sign off on a plan that raises taxes on the wealthy to expand government safety nets, as proposed by Obama, they will be under greater pressure to lay out their own proposals in detail.

Obama’s speech will also have an impact in his own party.

Hillary Clinton, the likely frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, is already facing heat from Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and other figures on the left, who worry Clinton may bow to pressure from Wall Street and chip away at financial reforms enacted during Obama’s tenure.

When, as expected, Clinton starts to hit the campaign trail in earnest this spring, she will also have to say wheth-

er she supports Obama’s plan to raise taxes on capital gains and other types of income that currently benefit the wealthiest — an uncomfortable topic for many of her deep-pocketed donors.

A candidate who plans to make women’s rights a central part of her message will also have to say whether she supports Obama’s plan to make child care more affordable through tax credits and expanded preschool education, or whether she agrees that all businesses should be required to provide paid sick leave.

Some plans may bear fruit Some of Obama’s proposals could become reality before he leaves office.

The sheer power of the presidency ensures that every visit to a community college or job-training site draws a spray of local media coverage that can pressure officials to act.

For example, Congress hasn’t raised the minimum wage since Obama asked for that in his 2013 and 2014 speeches, but 20 states raised their own minimum wages at the beginning of this year.

Congress is not likely to back Obama’s proposal to make community college free, which would cost $60 billion per year. But by highlighting

places like Tennessee and Chicago that have set up their own free-tuition programs, he can pressure other states to consider the idea as well, or at least force them to restore higher-education subsidies that they slashed in the 2008-2009 recession.

And beyond the high-profile battles over healthcare and budgets, Obama has been able to chalk up some wins on less glamorous initiatives subjects that have been regular features of his past State of the Union addresses.

In December, Congress finally provided funding for a network of advanced-manufacturing research centers after Obama highlighted a pilot program in his 2013 address.

This year, Republicans have signaled an interest in paying for more infrastructure improvements and bolstering cyber crime defenses, both of which Obama called for in his speech yesterday.

But Obama made clear he was not focused solely on short-term gains and wanted to ensure that his ideas remain influential after he leaves the White House.

“We have risen from recession freer to write our own future than any other nation on Earth,” he said. “It’s now up to us to choose who we want to be over the next 15 years, and for decades to come.” — Reuters

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BUSINESS

merger with AOL Inc and quickly “monetize” the Asian assets.

Yahoo sets Alibaba stake spinoff plan, shares rise San Francisco, January 28, 2015 — Yahoo Inc plans to spin off its 15% stake in China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, responding to pressure to hand over to shareholders its prized e-commerce investment valued at roughly $40 Billion.

Shares of Yahoo rose about 7% to US$51.45 in after-hours trading on Tuesday, following the tax-free spinoff announcement and earnings which just beat analysts forecasts even as its revenues slightly lagged estimates.

The move to spin off the Alibaba stake satisfies a persistent investor demand, but could also ratchet up pressure on Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer to make quicker progress in strengthening Yahoo’s struggling media and advertising business.

“It’s not going to be easy from now on,” said B. Riley and Co analyst Sameet Sinha. “She has to perform now.

There’s nothing shielding her.”

Shareholders feel that Yahoo and its stake in Alibaba would be worth more separately, as long as the Alibaba shares are not subject to the standard 35% tax rate that would be incurred from selling the shares.

Yahoo was worth about $45 Billion at Tuesday’s market close. That includes its Alibaba stake of nearly $40 Billion, meaning the current Yahoo share price assigns little value to the core business. Some investors believe the email, website and other operations are worth between $7 Billion and $8 Billion.

Yahoo, which is trying to reverse a multi-year decline in revenue, has faced increasing investor pressure more than two years after Mayer took the reins to lead a comeback plan.

Activist investor Starboard said in September that it had acquired a significant stake in Yahoo and urged the company to cut costs, consider a

“It’s the best possible outcome,” BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis said of the Alibaba spin off plan. “The main point is that the money goes to shareholders, it doesn’t get spent on acquisitions. They don’t want to fritter it away.”

Mayer promised investors on a conference call on Tuesday that the company’s display advertising revenue, which declined 4% in 2014, would return to growth this year. But the company’s forecast for revenue in the first quarter implied continuing softness.

Yahoo said that revenue, excluding fees paid to partner websites in the first quarter, would range from $1.02 Billion to $1.06 Billion, compared to the $1.09 Billion in the year-ago period.

Yahoo said its board of directors has authorized a plan to spin off the stake, tax-free, into a newly formed independent registered investment company. The stock of the company will be distributed pro-rata to Yahoo shareholders and the transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2015, Yahoo said.

The new entity will include Yahoo’s 384 million shares in Alibaba as well as an unspecified “legacy, ancillary” Yahoo business, the company said.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs & Co and J.P. Morgan Securities are serving as financial advisors on the transaction.

The spinoff of the second-largest stake in Alibaba is not expected to have much impact on the management of the fast-growing e-commerce company, but will be an option for investors who for some reason do not want to buy shares in it directly.

The stake dates from 2005, when Yahoo bought into Alibaba early, paying $1 Billion for a 40% stake in a deal credited to the American company’s co-founder Jerry Yang.

Yahoo’s revenue, excluding fees paid to partner websites, declined 1.8% year-on-year in the final three months of 2014 to $1.18 Billion, just shy of Wall Street expectations. The average analyst polled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S called for adjusted revenue of $1.185 Billion.

Yahoo said it earned 30 cents per share in the fourth quarter, excluding certain items, beating by a penny the consensus forecast of analysts polled

by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. – Reuters

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BUSINESS

China’s offshore property investment to hit $20B in 2015

World Economic Forum opens under somber mood in Davos Davos, January 21, 2015 — As world leaders, entrepreneurs, chief executive officers and young global shapers gather in Davos for the 45th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, they will be confronted by the spectacular beauty of the Swiss Alps but also by the pressing problems facing the global community.

The mood in Davos this year is somber, as reflected in the theme “New Global Context.” From the crisis in the Middle East to stagnant economic growth in Europe to rising security concerns in Asia, the world is entering a new phase of uncertainty.

“The meeting is taking place when arguably every citizen in every country is confronted by profound political, economic, social and above all technological transformations,” said Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum on Tuesday night. “These transformations collectively are altering long-standing assumptions about our prospects.”

The annual meeting kicked off with PwC’s 18th Annual Global CEO survey. Of the 1,300 chief executives from 77 countries surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers, only 37 percent said that global economic growth will improve in 2015, down from 44 percent last year for a survey on 2014 growth. The lowered expectation was due to disruption and a very competitive global environment, according to the report.

Still, 17 percent of chief executives believe global economic growth will decline, a rate that is more than twice that of a year ago. Meanwhile, 44 percent expect economic conditions to remain steady.

“Without question, the global eco-

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nomic recovery continues to be fragile,” said Dennis M. Nally, chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers International.

“In today’s context adaptability is the biggest issue for both CEOs as well as corporations.”

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday lowered its forecast on global economic growth for 2015, citing weakness in China and lower crude oil prices worldwide that is crimping Russia’s economy.

Among the biggest challenges facing chief executives, Nally noted disruptions brought about by rapid technological changes and rising global hotspots.

“Companies must adapt quickly to the changing environment and slower growth will be the new reality,” he said.

Despite the overall declining outlook for the global economy, chief executives remain confident about prospects for their own companies, with 39 percent worldwide noting that they “are very confident” their company’s revenue will grow over the next 12 months.

Chief executives in the Asia-Pacific region were the most confident on revenue growth, with 45 percent saying they are very confident. The Middle East, despite the security threats, is still one of the most optimistic regions with 44 percent of chief executives very confident of revenue growth.

By country, India tops the list with 62 percent of Indian chief executives very confident of their short-term growth prospects. Other leading countries include Mexico (50 percent), the US (46 percent) and Australia (43 percent).

Beijing, Jan 26, 2015 — Chinese investors are set to fork out US$20 billion on offshore property this year, up 21 per cent on 2014 as more domestic real estate developers and insurers internationalize their holdings, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc said on Monday.

Chinese offshore property investment had increased 46 per cent to US$16.5 billion last year on the year before, with nearly 70 per cent going to commercial real estate, the property consultancy said in a report.

Outbound spending on commercial property, including office buildings, for the first time outpaced domestic investment, the company said.

“The easing of restrictions over the last a few years by the Chinese government has (made it) ... much easier for institutions as well as individuals to move money overseas,” said David Green-Morgan, the Singapore-based head of global research for International Capital Group at JLL. Big Chinese insurers, including Ping An Insurance Group Co of China and Anbang Insurance Group Co, have emerged as major buyers in global markets.

Earlier this month Ping An, China’s second-biggest insurer, bought the Tower Place office block in London for £327 million, having previously bought the Lloyds of London insurance building.

Driving China’s outbound insurance investments are 2012 rules changes by the country’s insurance regulator that allowed companies to invest in real estate outside of the mainland and Hong Kong.

As of the end of 2014, Chinese insurers invested nearly US$24 billion outside China, accounting for 1.4 per cent of the industry’s total assets, said Zhou Yanli, vice chairman of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission at a press briefing last Friday.

Last year, about 20 per cent of insurance investment overseas went to real estate, Zhou added.

Chinese property developers, including Dalian Wanda Group Co, have also moved to globalize their portfolios to ensure long-term returns as China’s property market cools.

Dalian Wanda today announced a US$1 billion investment to purchase two buildings at Sydney Harbor, the Chinese conglomerate’s second investment in Australia.

Europe was the most popular destination for Chinese overseas property investment in 2014, raking in US$5.5 billion, JLL said. London topped the list of favorite cities with US$4 billion capital inflow, followed by Sydney and New York City. — Reuters

Last October, Anbang agreed to buy New York City’s Waldorf Astoria hotel for US$1.95 billion.

Russia, which was among the top countries last year as being very confident, was at the bottom of the list in 2015 with only 16 percent of chief executives very confident of revenue growth, down from 53 percent in 2014.

The ruble’s collapse against the dollar amid declining crude oil prices is making imports more expensive.

For the first time in five years, chief executives ranked the US as their most important market for growth over the next 12 months, placing it ahead of China. Overall 38 percent of chief executives said the US is among the top three overseas growth markets, compared with 34 percent for China, 19 percent for Germany, 11 percent for the UK and 10 percent for Brazil.

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EVENTS

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Philippines American Chamber of Commerce Georgia (PACCGA) Dinner Banquet Jan 29, 2015

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LIFESTYLE

Woodford Reserves latest release demonstrates brand’s continued commitment to flavor January 21, 2015, Louisville, KY— Woodford Reserve today announces the release of its latest permanent product extension, Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey, which will be available for purchase in select markets throughout the country beginning in February. The latest release showcases the company’s ongoing commitment to both whiskey lovers and innovation within the industry.

Woodford Reserve Rye is the third permanent line extension to join the portfolio, which includes the original Woodford Reserve Distiller’s Select and Woodford Reserve Double Oaked.

When it comes to the craft of bourbon and whiskey, Woodford Reserve prides itself on maintaining an original and contemporary approach that focuses primarily on the adjustment of one of the five sources of flavor. To complement and emphasize the spice characteristics found in the original Woodford Reserve, the Rye uses a base that’s 53 percent rye, resulting in a liquid that’s both more balanced, and refreshingly subtle.

Since 2006, Master Distiller Chris Morris has been hard at work crafting a rye that’s worthy of the Woodford Reserve name. Because of the consistency of the mash, rye is notoriously more difficult to craft than a traditional bourbon, requiring more attention to detail throughout production, leav-

ing the bulk of production to only the most experienced Master Distillers.

“One of the primary reasons behind Woodford’s growth into the number one selling ultra-premium[i] bourbon in America is because of our commitment to flavor, and that’s something that’s engrained in everything we do” said Morris, “Not only does it affect how I approach bourbon production personally, it’s the lens through which we view the future of Woodford Reserve, and I couldn’t think of a liquid that better embodies that than the rye.”

“As a brand, one of the things we’re most proud of is the passion and commitment that our fans have, both for Woodford Reserve, whiskey and bourbon in general. For us, releasing a rye is a chance to give back to these consumers” said Woodford Reserve Brand Director Jason Kempf, “Time and time again, we kept hearing requests for a rye. Woodford Reserve has always maintained a commitment to the spirit of innovation, and the rye is no exception. We’re excited to give our fans something they’ve been so vocal about for so many years, and that is finally ready to share with them.”

Woodford Reserve Rye is produced with the same heritage and tradition that surrounds the site of the iconic Woodford Reserve Distillery in

Versailles, Kentucky. As early as the mid-1800s, the site has been the location for visionary distilling practices, an attitude that Oscar Pepper and Master Distiller James Crow, the first people to distill at this location, fully embraced. Together, they perfected several whiskey production processes that continue to be used throughout the industry and have since become synonymous with great whiskey.

Today, the Woodford Reserve Distillery is visited by more than 130,000 visitors each year.

Woodford Reserve Rye will be available in February 2015, with an MSRP of $37.99 for a 750ml and in select markets, including: California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York (Metro and Upstate), New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

Tasting Notes for Woodford Reserve Rye: Color: Rich honey.

Aroma: Spicy with distinct notes of rye, black pepper, cedar and cassia bark sweetened with a dusting of marzipan. Hints of pear, apple and almond dance in its depths.

Flavor: Clove, rye, mint and honey mingle together with hints of apple and malt.

Finish: long and sweetly spiced.

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Georgia Asian Times

LIFESTYLE saw his first tattoo sported by a friend and decided then and there where his future lay.

The friend had got his tattoo in Mexico and, given the lack of options at home, that’s where Jang went to train.

sportsmen, as well as movie stars and K-pop singers getting tattoos as well.”

Business picked up, and the number of tattoo parlors mushroomed, but the legal issue remained.

Jail time

“In Korea at that time, nobody was using a tattoo machine. It was really just criminals using needles on themselves, and the results were pretty ugly,” he said.

The organized crime stigma was so great that, until recently, having a large tattoo would result in a rare exemption from South Korea’s mandatory military service.

Changing attitudes

Korea’s daring, rebel tattoo artists Seoul, Jan 15, 2015 — When Suh Hyun-Woong showed his mother his first tattoo, she burst into tears. “She couldn’t understand why I would want to do that to myself,” Suh laughed. “But now she’s pretty much accepted it.”

Officials say the law as it stands is justified by health considerations, including the risk of hepatitis or HIV infection from improperly sterilized needles.

A ‘medical procedure’

Which is probably just as well given that the 19-year-old student’s body is a growing, monochrome canvas of fantasy designs.

Once associated almost exclusively with organized crime members, tattoos are going mainstream in South Korea, championed by sporting heroes, K-pop stars and other celebrities with passionate fan bases.

But the law has failed to keep pace, leaving the growing number of Korean tattoo artists vulnerable to prosecution on the whim of local authorities.

Tattooing itself is not illegal in South Korea, but the law states that it can only be carried out by a licensed medical doctor.

“So if you want to get a tattoo, you’re supposed to go to a hospital? It’s just absurd,” said Jang Jun-Hyuk, the owner of “Tattooism”—a tattoo parlor in central Seoul.

“It’s invasive. The skin is punctured and it bleeds. That’s why we look at it as a medical procedure,” said Korea Medical Association spokeswoman spokeswoman Ahn So-Young.

Nevertheless, the government does appear to be considering change, and commissioned a study in October on the possibility of permitting legal tattoo parlors.

In the meantime, tattoo artists continue to inhabit a professional world not dissimilar to sex workers; technically illegal but largely ignored by the authorities as long as they stay under the radar.

Most Korean parlors, like Jang’s Tattooism, are literally “underground”— basement studios with unmarked doors whose locations are spread by word-of-mouth.

Jang, 42, was a 20-year-old student at fashion college in Seoul when he

After several years in Mexico, Jang returned and set up his first illicit tattoo studio in a non-descript office building in Seoul.

There was no sign, and with advertising not an option, he tried to drum up customers by posting pictures of his work on the internet, along with a mobile phone number.

“In the first three months, I probably got about 10 customers,” he recalled.

“But it was a good time. There were only about 10 parlous in Seoul, and we all knew each other and encouraged each other.

“It’s all a bit competitive now,” he said.

There’s no real consensus on when attitudes began to change, but a pivotal moment in 2003 involved footballer Ahn Jung-Hwan, a national hero following the South Korean team’s heroics at the World Cup a year before.

After scoring in a match against Japan, Ahn peeled off his shirt to reveal a shoulder tattoo declaring his love for his wife.

“He was a big name and that started things off,” Jung said.

“Suddenly there were all these other

Five years ago, Jung’s parlor was targeted in a random raid, and he ended up in court, where he was fined $3,000 and given a one-year suspended jail sentence for violating public health codes.

Despite sporadic crackdowns, the number of studios has continued to grow and some, like “Maverick” in the expat-friendly district of Itaewon, have grown bold enough to put up neon signs.

“It’s a form of passive resistance,” said Maverick owner Lee Sung-Je. “It’s my way of saying ‘I’m here, doing my work’.”

Lee claims customers across the social spectrum, including a smattering of civil servants, and executives working at straight-laced conglomerates like Samsung.

“Though they do tend to go for tattoos that can be covered up easily,” he said.

Francis Kim, a 31-year-old chef, said his tattoos still drew a mixed response.

“I get a lot of compliments from younger people, but the older crowd tend to look at me as if I must be a gangster, or just a loser who doesn’t fit in,” Kim said.

Suh Hyun-Woong, meanwhile, seems intent on pushing his mother’s tolerance to its limits, with an eclectic choice of tattoos that includes the baffling acronym WGUMCD emblazoned in large gothic script on his stomach.

“What goes up must come down,” he explained. “It’s my life motto.”

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Korea’s swim star “shocked” by failed dope test Seoul, January 27, 2015 - South Korean swim star Park Tae-hwan has been left “shocked” by a failed doping test, which local media said was a result of a local hospital injecting him with testosterone.

The smiling face of endorsements for milk, headache pills, air conditioners, and communications equipment, Park was also a goodwill ambassador for the ‘Dynamic Korea’ promotion aimed at boosting Korea’s image abroad.

Yonhap News agency quoted Seoul prosecutors as saying on Tuesday the hospital had testified it gave Park the shot but did not realize it was against World Anti-Doping Agency regulations.

Under the strict rules applied by doping authorities, Park could still face punishment even if he was unaware that he had been injected with a banned substance, and a lengthy ban could derail his hopes of swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

The report said Park had already been questioned by prosecutors, and that the doctor who gave him the injection could face charges of negligence.

A two-time world champion, Park became the first South Korean to win an Olympic swimming medal when he powered to gold in the 400 meters freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Games.

His wholesome, clean-cut image and poster-boy looks have made him one of the most celebrated athletes in South Korea, where he is known affectionately as ‘Marine Boy’, and while his performances in the pool have dipped in recent years his popularity has never wavered.

An official from the Korea Swimming Federation, who asked not to be named, told Reuters that the test had been conducted in early September, before the Asian Games.

The federation and Park had been informed of the result in late October or early November, the official said, adding that the swimmer would have to attend a hearing with swimming’ s world governing body FINA on Feb. 27 to answer the doping charge.

The official said other details would be revealed at a news conference after the prosecution had wrapped up its probe.

MORE SHOCKED THAN ANYONE Park’s agency, Team GMP, said the swimmer had repeatedly asked the hospital if the injection contained illegal substances but had been assured it was safe.

Park had been offered free treatment at a local hospital two months ahead of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 Asian Games in Incheon, the South Korean city west of Seoul which named its aquatics venue after the swimmer.

“As a world-class swimmer for the last 10 years, Park Tae-hwan hasn’t taken so much as cold medicine, that’s how careful he’s been due to concerns about doping problems and illegal substances,” Team GMP said in a statement.

“Park is more shocked by this result than anyone else.”

The statement said the 25-year-old had passed several doping tests conducted during the Asian Games.

South Korean athletes have been relatively free of drugs scandals, though

top badminton player Lee Yong-dae was almost suspended for the Asian Games after administrative errors led to him missing doping tests.

A one-year ban imposed by the Badminton World Federation was wiped out after the country’s governing body said it had failed to keep the federation apprised of the player’s whereabouts.

The news also comes just months after Park’s great rival, China’s Sun Yang, was found to have failed a doping test.

Sun, winner of two gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics, served a three-month suspension in 2014 after testing positive for the banned stimulant trimetazidine during the national swimming championships last May. The China Anti-Doping Agency could have imposed a longer ban but said it decided on three months because Sun had been given medication, normally used to combat angina, by a doctor to treat a heart issue and was unaware it had been added to WADA’s banned list this year.

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Pep Guardiola in no rush to extend contract at Bayern Munich Berlin, Jan 26, 2015 — German champions Bayern Munich have repeatedly signaled their desire for a contract extension with coach Pep Guardiola but the Spaniard seems in no rush to sign a deal past 2016.

Guardiola led Bayern to the domestic league and Cup double in his first season in charge last year but any talk of a contract extension past his original three years will happen later in the year.

Despite their runaway lead in the Bundesliga again this season, any possible deal extension seems to largely hinge on Guardiola’s ability to land the Champions League title this season.

Last season’s semi-final exit at the hands of Real Madrid dashed the hopes of a dream first season for Guardiola and the Spaniard, who won more than a dozen titles in his four years at Barcelona, is eager to make amends.

specifically about a possible contract extension.

Questions about his future at the German record champions have swirled for months with club chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge saying Bayern were ready, at a any time, to sign a contract extension.

“I hope that he stays as long as possible at Bayern,” Rummenigge said in his most recent praise of the Spaniard.

“Pep can stay as long as he wants to.

He is not a person who seeks security.

He does not need a five-year deal to know how much he earns at Bayern.”

Rummenigge also said he would respect Guardiola and not talk about a new deal before the second half of the year.

That would be after this year’s Champions League winner has been determined.

“We still have time to talk about that (contract extension) after the end of the season in the summer. Football is today like that and completely different the next day,” Guardiola told Bayern fans during visits to fan clubs on the weekend.

Few coaches have enjoyed as much backing as Guardiola has in Bayern and rightly so, with his team, who won the league in record time last season, undefeated in the league so far in this campaign, having conceded a record four goals in 17 games.

“It was a big challenge for me (to work at Bayern). I have had a great time and it was a dream come true to be Bayern coach,” he said when asked

They have also advanced to the Champions League round of 16 where they will face Shakhtar Donetsk next month.

Williams unveil new car for 2015 Formula 1 season London, Jan 21, 2015 — Williams claimed a first today by revealing their 2015 car before any of their Formula One rivals had taken the wraps off theirs.

Williams finished ahead of Ferrari and McLaren last season, the first year of the new V6 turbo hybrid era, and behind only dominant champions Mercedes and Red Bull.

With Force India due to show off their new livery at a presentation in Mexico City later, Williams released images of the Mercedes-powered FW37 through their website and the cover of F1 Racing magazine.

With no major changes to the regulations this year, former champions Williams are hoping to challenge for wins and the title with Brazilian Felipe Massa and Finland’s Valtteri Bottas but recognised others could close the gap on them.

Last year’s car lifted Williams out of the doldrums to third in the championship and the 2015 version has been reshaped to meet new nose regulations designed to rid the sport of the previous “ugly” solutions.

Williams chief technical officer Pat Symonds recognized that had posed a “slight headache” for the designers, with the Williams featuring a shorter nose.

“The new front bulkhead and nose geometry had much more of an impact than we had initially anticipated and the effect on the aero was profound,” he said in a statement.

“The team have worked hard on pulling back the deficit these regulations have made for us.”

“The more rule stability there is, the closer the field gets. I hope as a team we are more capable of maintaining the forward momentum to catch Mercedes, than the teams behind us are of catching us,” said Symonds.

“It’s not just about stable regulations but also about the team and every individual that works here moving forward and improving.”

The season starts in Australia on March 15, with the first pre-season test in Jerez on February 1. — Reuters

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HEALTH Drinking coffee can help prevent cancer Washington DC, Jan 24, 2015 — Drinking coffee can lower your risk for malignant melanoma, according to a new study from the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the National Cancer Institute in the US.

At the start, all subjects were cancer-free and the research team determined their frequency of exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays based on where they lived and adjusted the data accordingly.

Spring-boarding on evidence that suggests coffee could protect against non-melanoma skin cancers, the researchers set out to learn whether it has this effect against melanoma.

Subjects were also assessed for body mass index (BMI), age, sex, alcohol intake, smoking history and the amount of exercise they got and the study data was, again, adjusted.

They worked with a database of 447,357 non-Hispanic white subjects who in 1995 and 1996 responded to a questionnaire about their diet and provided follow-up information 10 years later, on average.

High coffee consumption — at least four cups per day of caffeinated coffee, not decaf — was associated with a 20 per cent reduction in risk of malignant melanoma.

starting at one cup a day until four or more — the less at risk they appeared to be for malignant melanoma.

It should be noted that the protective effect was observed only against malignant melanoma and not against melanoma in-situ and the researchers say their results are preliminary and may not apply to all populations.

The more coffee subjects drank —

The study, which researchers say merits further research, was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Study finds pizza consumption in moderation, good for children New York, Jan 20, 2015 — Go ahead, give your kids pizza. Just maybe not so much of it.

A new study found that American children take in more calories, fat and salt on days that they eat pizza. That’s not necessarily because it’s worse than a burger or a side of fries. It has a lot to do with the way pizza lends itself to snacking — and overindulging.

When pizza was on the menu, kids ages 2 to 11 years consumed 84 more calories and 134 more milligrams of sodium than on days they didn’t eat the food, while teens took in an extra 230 calories and 484 milligrams of sodium, research published today in the journal Pediatrics showed. They all also consumed more saturated fat.

About 20 per cent of kids eat pizza on any given day, and it’s their second-highest source of calories behind desserts like cake and cupcakes, the authors said. So parents should try to avoid giving pizza between meals as a snack. And if it’s served as a meal, it should be made with healthier ingre-

dients and supplemented with salad or other vegetables and lean proteins in a bid to limit the number of slices consumed, Powell said.

“This is not saying don’t eat pizza,” said Powell, a professor of health policy and administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “It’s a nice opportunity for us to make some small changes because it’s such a prevalent item in children’s diets. Hopefully we can make healthy pizza the norm.”

US pizza purveyors say they’re on board with that. Domino’s Pizza Inc., one of the top pizza chains, has introduced slices for school lunch programs made with whole white wheat crust and lower fat and lower-sodium cheese and pepperoni, company spokesman Tim McIntyre said in an e-mail. He said Domino’s has provided online nutritional information for more than 14 years.

“We constantly look for ways to make our products ‘better’ without sacrificing taste,” he said. “This is an ongoing initiative.”

Pizza Hut has introduced new products, like the low-calorie Skinny Slice.

“We take health and wellness very seriously, and believe that every item on the Pizza Hut menu can be part of a balanced diet,” said Doug Terfehr, a spokesman for the chain owned by Yum! Brands Inc. The researchers examined data on children ages 2 to 19 years who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 2003 and 2010. More than 6,000 were asked to recall their diets over the past 24 hours on two nonconsecutive days, Powell said.

The study found that on days pizza was consumed as a meal or a snack, it made up more than 20 per cent of total daily calories. When it was a snack, children ate an extra 202 calories and teens an additional 365 calories compared with days they snacked on other things. A moderately active child needs about 1,500 calories a day and a teen should have about 2,000. Sodium for both groups should be limited to about

2,300 milligrams, said Lisa Powell, the lead author of the study.

“Moderating pizza consumption should become another goal in our efforts to reduce obesity in US youth,” William Dietz, one of the study’s authors and director of the Sumner M. Redstone Global Centre for Prevention and Wellness at George Washington University, said in a statement.

It’s not just the amount of extra calories that are worrisome but the saturated fats and sodium, which can contribute to heart disease, said Sotiria Everett, a registered dietitian at the Katz Institute for Women’s Health at North Shore-LIJ Health System in New Hyde Park, New York.

“As with everything, you have to consider moderation,” said Everett, who wasn’t involved in the study. “Pizza should be a once-in-a-while type of food.”

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Salvage teams fails in attempts to raise AirAsia fuselage Indian weavers prepare 100 special hand-woven saris for Michelle Obama New Delhi, January 26, 2015 — Indian weavers are planning to give US First Lady Michelle Obama 100 hand-woven silk saris during her visit to New Delhi with her husband, a local businessman said yesterday.

The weavers have spent months painstakingly making the garments which they hope will promote their centuries-old industry in India’s holiest city Varanasi, as they face threats from cheaper, mass-produced competition.

“We have used pure gold and silver threads for the sari that we have prepared for Michelle,” said Pervez Matin, whose family has been in the weaving business for three generations.

“It was woven on a handloom by our workers over two months,” he said by phone from Varanasi.

Matin’s cream-colored sari, which would normally cost 150,000 rupees, is among 100 that Varanasi’s weavers are planning to send to Obama, who arrived with the US president yesterday on a three-day visit to India.

Jakarta, January 26, 2015 - Indonesian salvage teams attempting to raise the fuselage of AirAsia Flight Q8501 from the Java Sea on Saturday have failed, but began again Sunday.

The stylish First Lady stepped off Air Force One wearing a tailored dress and matching jacket with splashes of blue, black and white, by Indian-American designer Bibhu Mohapatra.

Salvage officials said ropes holding the AirAsia fuselage snapped, but added that four more bodies had been recovered from the wreckage of the crashed airliner.

“We know about the First Lady’s love for our hand-woven fabric. We will send all the saris and she can pick and choose what she likes,” Matin said.

The operation to raise the fuselage came a day after divers were able to enter the main section of the plane for the first time since it was found earlier this month.

Varanasi’s mainly Muslim weavers have long been famous for their high quality silk products which take days and sometimes months to make and fetch up to US$10,000 apiece.

“Our industry is suffering. We thought it (gifting the saris to Obama) is a good way to highlight the problems that we are facing,” Matin said.

“If she likes our saris and decides to wear them, it will be a great gesture of beauty with purpose.”

Rough weather conditions for the past week have prevented rescuers reaching the main part of the Airbus A320-200, which is believed to hold the majority of the victims whose bodies are still missing.

“We were not successful today,” a rescue agency official said Saturday.

“The sling snapped, so the main body fell back to the sea floor.”

The operation to lift the main body resumed on Sunday, officials have said, adding that a sonar scan had detected an object “suspected to be the cock-

pit” of the plane about 500m from the fuselage.

However, search teams will prioritize floating the main body of the airliner before verifying the object suspected to be the cockpit.

It is hoped that once the fuselage is lifted, it will be easier to inspect the inside of the main section, enabling rescue teams to recover the bodies of those still missing.

The airliner’s black boxes - the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder - were recovered last week and investigators are analyzing their contents.

AirAsia Flight QZ8501 went down on December 28th in stormy weather, during what was supposed to be a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. There were 162 people on board and all were killed.

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China’s first aircraft carrier was bought by a Hong Kong-based businessman Hong Kong, January 20, 2015 — The Chinese businessman who bought an unfinished Soviet-era vessel that became his country’s first aircraft carrier was quoted Tuesday as saying that Beijing never repaid the $120 million it cost him.

of a yuan) from our government. I just handed it over to the navy.”

Entrepreneur Xu Zengping paid Ukraine a $20 million fee for the Varyag, which was eventually commissioned into the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy as the Liaoning. But the price ballooned once towing it to China -- a process that was delayed for years -- and other costs were included.

According to the SCMP, China considered buying the carrier outright in 1992 but declined, largely in order to avoid raising tensions with the United States, given that memories of the Tiananmen Square crackdown three years earlier were still vivid.

Xu also revealed that the ship was still fitted with its original engines at the time it was transported to China, contrary to reports.

Xu, a former PLA basketball player, was chosen to negotiate the acquisition, posing as a businessman who wanted to use it for a floating casino in Macau, and then giving it to the authorities.

But he told Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post newspaper: “I still haven’t received one fen (one hundredth

After years of refurbishment the ship finally went into service in 2012, a symbolic milestone for China’s increasingly muscular military.

Around four years later, Xu was approached by Chinese naval officials to do the deal. They cautioned that the navy lacked funding and that Beijing did not support the project, telling him he would effectively be betting on government policy changing.

The report also highlights the close connections between some wealthy magnates and China’s military, at a time when Chinese investment overseas is subject to increasing scrutiny.

It said little about the source of Xu’s wealth, describing him as “Hong Kong-

based” with interests in property and tourism, and said he was motivated by a desire to boost China’s military development.

Alcohol-soaked negotiations The Varyag was a victim of the collapse of the Soviet Union, which left the Ukrainian shipyard building it in dire financial straits.

The ship’s purchase, which was completed in 1999, was settled by Xu and its Ukrainian owners “over several days of alcohol-soaked negotiations”, the newspaper reported.

Xu said the vessel’s four Soviet-era motors were intact and “perfectly grease-sealed” at the time, contradicting reports that the sale was for little more than a hull and superstructure.

“The Chinese side deliberately released false information about the removal of the engines to make it easier for Xu and the shipyard to negotiate,” the paper quoted a source familiar with the deal as saying.

But he was left relying on friends to lend him tens of millions of dollars to complete the operation, Xu said, adding that the navy declined to pay on the grounds it “didn’t have the budget in

the late 1990s because of China’s poor economy”.

The newspaper quoted an officially published book as saying Xu “bargained with the State Council for years over compensation, but Beijing would pay only the US$20 million auction price” -- without making clear whether it did so.

It also cited an anonymous source as saying Xu was saddled with the costs because naval officials who had asked him to take on the mission had either died or were in jail.

China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said she was “not aware of the matter” when asked about the report at a regular briefing on Tuesday.

Xu said: “I was chosen to do the deal.

I realized it was a mission impossible because buying something like a carrier should be a national commitment, not one by a company or an individual.”

He added: “I didn’t feel real relief until it was formally commissioned by our navy 12 years later. The feeling was like finally seeing my child grow up and marry.”

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EAT OUT

Burger 21 - craft burgers with value pricing Burger 21 fills a niche market in the fast casual dining restaurant market — it has a modern look and feel while serving high quality burgers and sandwiches with reasonable prices. Its first store in Georgia is located on the outskirt of Georgia Mall in front of Best Buy. All burgers served at Burger 21 are certified angus beef, according to its brochure.

Its basic “Burger 101” ($6.29) is served on a bed of lettuce, tomato, and toasted brioche bun. You can taste the smokiness and juiciness of the burger — it is cooked to perfection.

It offer over 10 different funky selections of burgers ranging from Cheesy Burger, Bacon Cheesy, Black & Bleu, The Shroom, Steak Marsala, Tex-Mex Haystack, Philly Cheese, Cinco Burger, and OMG!.

In addition to beef burgers, they also serve seafood, veggie, turkey and

chicken burgers. Chicken tenders and gourmet hot dogs are also available to folks who don’t fancy burgers. Fresh salads are made on the order.

I find its best features are its fries selections. They offer fresh fries, sweet potato fries, and cheese and bacon fries. Fries are served piping hot and crunchy.

Unique to Burger 21 are its shake and sauce bars - marked clearly with “B-shaken” and “B-saucy”. You may choose from a variety of sauces ranging from chipotle mayo to Sriracha-flavored mayo.

Burger 21 started as a franchise chain in Florida and currently has several operations in North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, and Arizona.

Burger 21 - Mall of Georgia 3385 Woodward Crossing Blvd Buford, GA 30519 Tel 770.831.3240