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The Lion King of health care

The Layup Drill

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Swedish CEO Armada balances community service with health care priorities

Anthony Armada

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By Jason Cruz NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. This time, we take a look at those participating in the Summer Olympics, Jeremy Lin playing for another team, and Manny Pacquiao’s

retirement from boxing being over.

The Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is upon us and there are several United States athletes to keep an eye on during the Games this August.

By Chris Kenji Beer Northwest Asian Weekly When asked about Swedish Hospital’s role in the community, the “King” of Swedish Health Services, Anthony Armada, paraphrased the “Lion King” that

the health care provider “serves your community as far as the eye can see.” As CEO of the leading hospital and health services organization in the Pacific Northwest, reaching as far as Alaska and Montana, see HEALTH CARE on 12

How AAPI candidates did in the Aug. 2 primary

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Pramila Jayapal could soon be heading to Washington, D.C. after winning the Democratic primary for Washington’s 7th Congressional District.

She took a commanding portion of the vote (38.2 percent), leaving Joe McDermott (21.5 percent) and Brady Walkinshaw (20.9 percent) to fight it out for second place.

Jayapal’s fellow native of India, Arun Jhaveri, received 1.63 percent of the vote.

If elected, Jayapal would be the first Indian American woman to be elected to Congress. On her Facebook

Police: Man read gun manual just before attack on party Was angry with ex-girlfriend, Anna Bui

By Gene Johnson Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A 19-year-old man who shot and killed three people at a party in suburban Seattle was so unfamiliar with his newly purchased AR-15 semiautomatic rifle that he parked his car across the street and read the firearm’s instruction manual just before the attack, police wrote in a probable-cause statement made public Aug. 1.

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the great whitewash Matt Damon’s casting in Chinese film sparks new backlash. » see 8 Ivanov posted a photo of a gun and three bullets on Instagram, four days before the shooting.

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■ names in the news Meng is new vice chair of the Democratic National Committee

The occasion also marked the 50th anniversary of bilateral relations between the United States and Singapore, an island nation of about 5.7 million people. The last U.S. state dinner for Singapore occurred in 1985, when then-President Ronald Reagan hosted Lee’s late father, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. 

The first Asian-American member of Congress from New York State, Grace Meng, has been named vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. She was elected unanimously at a postDemocratic National Convention (DNC) meeting in Philadelphia.

Meng spoke as a member of the Congressional Asian Pacific Grace Meng American Caucus (CAPAC) at the DNC in a presentation that marked the first time a group of Asian-American and Pacific Islander elected officials spoke at a national political convention.

Meng was first elected to Congress in 2012 and previously worked as a campaign aide for her father, Jimmy Meng, who served in the New York State Assembly.

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Michele Wang of Runberg Architecture Group is the architect. A contractor has not yet been selected.

Construction is planned for February 2018, with completion in late winter 2019.

Information on the project will be available at the IDEA space open house on Aug. 11, from 4–6 p.m. at Nisei Vets Hall. 

Screencap from White House YouTube video President Obama and Michelle Obama welcome Singapore’s Prime Minister and his wife to the White House.

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The President and First Lady held a black-tie dinner on Aug. 2 in honor of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife, Ho Ching.

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Joe Montano passed away suddenly on July 25 at the age of 47, at his home in Virginia. He was planning to attend his first Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia to support his boss, Sen. Tim Kaine, who Hillary Clinton picked as her running mate.

Montano was a passionate community activist, committed public servant, advocate for immigrants, and champion of the Filipino American community. “We will remember him by his positive energy, tireless work ethic, and infectious smile,” said Kaine.

Prior to his tenure in Kaine’s office, Montano worked with Obama for America, the Democratic Party of Virginia, and the Democratic National Committee. 

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Doctor, Taiwanese immigrant, who killed partner, toddler, gets 49 years in prison SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle doctor who killed his partner and their toddler son five years ago was sentenced July 29 to 49 years in prison.

King County Superior Court Judge Bill Bowman sentenced Louis Chen 43-year-old Dr. Louis Chen as recommended by prosecutors.

In court, Chen said there was little he could say that could make things better.

“The tear I caused in our universe is profound,” he said.

Chen pleaded guilty in February to murder for fatally stabbing 29-year-old Eric Cooper and 2-year-old Cooper

Chen, whose bodies were found in 2011 inside the couple’s Seattle penthouse.

Eric Cooper was stabbed more than 177 times and Cooper Chen’s throat was slashed from ear to ear, prosecutors said.

The sentencing followed a week of testimony from psychiatric experts about Louis Chen’s state of mind at the time. Prosecutors said he was motivated by rage over the couple’s impending breakup.

Defense lawyers said Chen’s ability to know right from wrong was diminished by mental illness, self-medicating and a cough-syrup induced psychosis. They said Chen was considered kind by colleagues and had a history of hard work until he began to deteriorate mentally, The Seattle Times reported.

SeaTac passes ethnic diversity resolution

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly

Peter Kwon

After failing to gather council support during the July 12 council meeting, SeaTac City Councilmember Peter Kwon prepared a “Resolution Supporting Ethnic Diversity” to be drafted for council

consideration on July 26. “SeaTac is a very ethnically diverse city. In meeting with neighbors and residents, many have asked me why the city does not have an official resolution supporting this,” Kwon said.

Councilmembers Kathryn Campbell and Pam Fernald had reservations.

Campbell said she was fearful that “someone would be left out.”

Fernald said, “It’s not that I’m against a resolution… My job that I get paid for is to represent everyone in the city and to see ETHNIC DIVERSITY on 13

State mental health workers found Chen competent to stand trial.

Chen, an immigrant from Taiwan, was attending the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine when he met Cooper who was then a high-school senior, friends and relatives of the couple have said.

Detectives found medications, prescriptions and notes written by Chen in their home, which they say provided evidence of a possible dual motive: that Chen feared Cooper would report his prescription-drug abuse and abuse of his prescribing powers as a doctor, or use that information against Chen in a future child-custody dispute. 

GMO wheat found in Washington state could affect US trade

By Phuong Le Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Genetically modified wheat not approved for sale or commercial production in the United States has been found growing in a field in Washington state, agriculture officials said July 29, posing a possible risk to trade with countries concerned about engineered food.

The Food and Drug Administration says

genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are safe and little scientific concern exists about the safety of those on the market.

But critics say not enough is known about their risks, and they want GMOs labeled so people know what’s in their food.

On July 29, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill that will require labeling of genetically modified ingredients see GMO on 12

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■ world news

Malaysia Airlines inks $2.75B deal for 50 Boeing Max jets KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia Airlines said July 27 it has agreed to buy up to 50 Boeing Max planes in a deal worth $2.75 billion as part of its fleet renewal and said it hopes to relist on the stock exchange by 2019.

The airline’s new CEO, Peter Bellew, said the deal included 25 firm orders and the right to purchase another 25 jets, with deliveries to start in 2019. Airlines usually get a discount from aircraft list prices.

It marked the first major purchase after the ailing national carrier was taken private after years of financial losses and further hit by two air disasters in 2014 — the disappearance of Flight 370 and the loss of another plane shot down over Ukraine.

The airline is undergoing a $1.56 billion overhaul that included cutting 6,000 jobs and axing unprofitable routes.

Bellew, Ryanair’s former director of flight operations, took

over July 1 from Christoph Mueller, a turnaround veteran who recently resigned abruptly due to personal reasons.

Part of the management team under Mueller, who was hired last year, Bellew said the carrier is on track to become profitable by 2018 and that it aims to relist on the local bourse by March 2019.

Peter Bellew The new 737 Max jets will be a “game changer” for the airline with sharply lower costs and greater efficiency, cutting fuel cost as much as 15 percent, he said.

The planes will be used for routes to growth markets in China, India, Pakistan, and South Korea, and their purchase

will be financed using loans and internal funds.

Bellew said the deal will not affect the turnaround program and that it made more economic sense to buy rather than lease the planes.

“We will have a lot more to do in the next five quarters to make sure the airline gets back on track but we are there at the moment,” Bellew said.

“Malaysia Airlines is now on a path to growth across the ASEAN region. This new aircraft order will set the stage for our continued recovery and success into the next decade,” he added.

The previous week, officials of the three countries searching for the disappeared Flight 370 aircraft said the operation will be suspended once the current search area in the Indian Ocean has been completely scoured. 

Police: Lower-caste Indian couple killed over meager debt

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Police arrested a shopkeeper for axing to death a couple from a lower caste for not promptly paying a meager debt of 15 rupees (22 cents) for groceries, an official said July 29.

District Magistrate Pramod Chandra Gupta said the upper caste shopkeeper killed the couple in a rage July 28, severing both their heads, when they asked for more time to pay for the groceries they bought from his shop in Mainpuri, a town in Uttar Pradesh state.

The Dalit couple were construction workers and left behind five children, Gupta said.

“The shopkeeper panicked after killing the couple and hid in the village. But he was arrested,” he said. The shopkeeper is from the Brahmin caste. Formal charges in the killings would be filed after the police investigation is completed.

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Allen Ivanov and Anna Bui (Prom 2014)

Attacks against Muslims and Dalits have risen since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party came to power two years ago.

Four low-caste Dalit community men were beaten

by Hindu hardliners while trying to skin a dead cow in western India earlier this week. Hindus consider cows to be sacred, and the slaughter of cows is banned in many parts of India. Slaughtering a cow carries a punishment of up to seven years in jail.

The Dalit protests have turned violent in some towns. In western Gujarat state’s Amreli district, a police constable was killed when angry mobs pelted police with stones.

Although caste discrimination was banned soon after India’s independence from Britain in 1947, the practice persists. Successive governments have set quotas for jobs and university spots to level out disadvantages faced by lower castes, but it has been difficult to change social attitudes. 

Allen C. Ivanov was arrested by state troopers on Interstate 5 July 30, more than 100 miles from the bloody scene in Mukilteo, authorities said.

They said he confessed to the killings and that he did it because he was angry that his ex-girlfriend, Anna Bui, seemed to be moving on with her life after their recent breakup. She was one of the victims.

The document also indicates that Ivanov gave a few indications of his troubling intent: He texted someone last week in Tennessee “regarding committing a mass shooting”; he posted on Twitter, “What’s Ruger gonna think” — an apparent reference to the manufacturer of his rifle; and he told his supervisor at an electronics store on July 29 that the previous night, he had put the rifle in the trunk of his car and gone to a quiet spot and just sat.

Ivanov made a court appearance by video link Aug. 1 from the Snohomish County Jail and a judge ordered him held without bail, said Dave Wold, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office. Prosecutors

were expected to file charges by Aug. 3.

Ivanov’s attorney, Tim Leary, did not contest the state’s request that his client be held without bail.

Ivanov had bought the assaultstyle weapon about a week before the attack, saying he planned to use it for target practice and that he had signed up for a gun-safety class this month, Mukilteo Police Detective John Ernst wrote in the probablecause statement.

Police haven’t said where he bought it, but Ernst wrote that Ivanov said he went to a sporting goods store on July 29 to buy a second magazine for it.

“Ivanov stated that he showed up to the homicide scene at approximately 2200 hours, and parked across the street and watched,” Ernst wrote. “He said that he creeped up toward the house and saw A with another male and got angry. He said that he returned to his car, read the instruction manual for the rifle, loaded the magazine, placed the magazine in the rifle, and sent the rifle’s selector

switch to ‘safe.’ He then returned to the victim house property.”

Ivanov told detectives he creeped around the back of the house and hid near the living room windows, where he was eventually discovered by one of the young men attending the party.

“The male said, ‘No, no no,”’ Ernst wrote. “Ivanov stated that he was ‘scared,’ he flipped the selector switch to fire and shot the male. He stated that at that point it was too late to turn back, and once he had pulled the trigger his adrenaline kicked in.”

Ivanov said he entered the house through a side door, found Bui and shot her twice, then continued through the house, saw through the front door another man running toward the house and shot him, according to the probable-cause statement.

From a balcony off the master bedroom, he said, he shot at two more men in the driveway before going onto the roof, realizing his magazine was empty and fleeing.

Ivanov’s attorney questioned

why it’s legal for a depressed 19-year-old to buy a semi-automatic rifle, especially given research that shows the brains of young adults continue to develop into their 20s.

“If he would have walked into a 7-Eleven and tried to buy a six-pack of beer, he would have been turned away,” Leary said. “When you look at someone who’s 19, what they can and can’t do is very troubling, and the consequences of that could not be any greater for the victims, for my client and for the community at large.”

In addition to Bui, of Everett, Jordan Ebner, of Lake Stevens, and Jacob Long, of Everett, were killed. They were all 19 and recent graduates of Kamiak High School in Mukilteo.

A fourth person, 18-year-old Will Kramer, was wounded and remained in serious condition as of Aug. 1 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Bui and Ivanov were students at the University of Washington. 

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Chinese rocket sends streak of light across Western US sky LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Chinese rocket body streaking across the night sky over the Western United States lit up social media as people shared photos and video of the bright object.

The Chinese CZ-7 re-entered the atmosphere the night of July 28, U.S. Strategic Command spokeswoman Julie Ziegenhorn confirmed. That’s when people in Nevada, Utah, and California took to social media to report a small fireball streaking across the sky.

Photographer Ian Norman was taking pictures of the night sky with friends in Alabama Hills, California, near the eastern Sierra Nevada, when he saw the

A Chinese rocket body streaking

Filipino American police officer fatally shot

By Elliot Spagat and Julie Watson Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two San Diego police officers were shot — one fatally — after a late-night stop turned into a gunfight, triggering a manhunt that led to the capture of one wounded suspect in a ravine and

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Time served, $44K restitution for airplane yoga arrest

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A Korean tourist who was arrested after he became violent when he wasn’t allowed to do yoga on a plane leaving Hawaii won’t get additional jail time. But he must pay Hyongtae Pae United Airlines more than $44,000.

On July 28, a federal judge in Honolulu sentenced Hyongtae Pae to time served, which was see YOGA on 14

light and started recording, thinking the flash was a meteor.

“It was really strange to see something that bright,” he said. “I thought it was just a really big meteor, but it was so slowmoving, I had never seen anything like that.”

The former SpaceX engineer heads out a few nights every month, but it was the first re-entry he’s seen.

“It was a cool experience, it was beautiful to see it going across the sky,” Norman said.

Further east in Utah, Matt Holt was see ROCKET on 14

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Free class with Master Yijiao Hong, “A Taste of Taichi” Hing Hay Park 5–6:30 p.m.

206-624-1802, ext. 17 chinesewushutaichi.com Alan Sugiyama’s “My Fight with Cancer” show will air on the Seattle Channel Seattle Channel 21 with Comcast and also on website at 3 p.m.

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5 6th Annual White Center Promise Celebration Greenbridge Plaza, White Center 9800 8th Ave. S.W., Seattle 4–7 p.m.

RSVP at tinyurl.com/WCPromise2016 tony@wccda.org, 206-694-1082 NAAAP/Ascend Mentors Night Out Optimism Brewing Company, 1158 Broadway, Seattle 6:30 p.m.

Free–$5 SAAFF Outdoor Film Series, “Shaolin Soccer” Hing Hay Park, Seattle 7:30 p.m.

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Asia Pacific Cultural Center’s 19th Annual Polynesian Luau APCC, 4851 S. Tacoma Way, Tacoma 1–4 p.m. apcc96.org

71st Anniversary of Atomic Bombings, “From Hiroshima to Hope” Green Lake, Seattle 6–9 p.m.

206-453-4471 fromhiroshimatohope.org Tea Experience: China Asia Pacific Cultural Center, 10 a.m. $10 asiapacificculturalcenter.org Taste of Asia, cooking lesson: China Asia Pacific Cultural Center, 4851 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma 12 p.m. $25 asiapacificculturalcenter.org

10 Signature Happy Hour Social Stone Lounge, 1020 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue 4–7 p.m. naaapseattle.org

11 Free screening & reception of the film, “Operation Chromite” Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park, 14th Ave. E. and E. Prospect St. Reception at 5:30 p.m.

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18–27 "Do It for Umma," by Seayoung Yim and directed by Sara Porkalob 8 p.m. theatreoffjackson.org

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2 in Seattle drug trafficking ring sentenced to prison

SEATTLE (AP) — Officials say two men involved in a violent drug trafficking ring in Seattle have been sentenced to prison.

The Justice Department says 43-year-old Son Nguyen who was also known as “Nine Fingers,” was sentenced July 19 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 10 years in prison.

Long Trong, a 43-year-old known as “Black Long,” received a six-year prison sentence.

Officials say both men were mid-level members of the drug ring, distributing drugs and using firearms to enforce rules and protect their territory, which included a Seattle homeless encampment along Interstate 5 known as the Jungle.

A two-year investigation by authorities in multiple agencies revealed an operation that distributed cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine throughout the greater Seattle metro area.

Two leaders of the drug ring face up to life in prison when sentenced next month. 

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Hiroshima unhappy Hindus upset at Amazon atomic-bomb park is continuing to sell items carrying ‘Pokemon Go’ site images of gods “inappropriately”

TOKYO (AP) — “Pokemon Go” players are descending on an atomic bomb memorial park in Hiroshima, and officials of the western Japanese city are displeased.

They have asked game developer Niantic Inc. to remove the “Pokestops” and other virtual sites that show up in the park for those playing the addictive augmented reality game. The city wants them deleted

by Aug. 6, the anniversary of the 1945 bombing and the date of an annual ceremony to remember the victims.

Niantic officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The expansive park is meant as

a solemn memorial to the victims.

It has become a draw for players since the Japan release of the smartphone game on July 22.

Elsewhere, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and nearby Arlington National Cemetery have made similar requests to Niantic.

It is unclear if and how the game developer will respond. Niantic offers a form to request exclusions, but it’s neither automatic nor guaranteed.

The location-aware game gives digital rewards for visiting real places that have been designated “Pokestops” and “Gyms” in the game. 

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly Despite removing over 60 doormats carrying images of Hindu deities in June after Hindus protested, President of Universal Society of Hinduism Rajan Zed said Amazon.com continues to sell products with images of deities, which Hindus find highly inappropriate. of Universal Images of Shiva, Vishnu, President Society of Hinduism Lakshmi, Ganesha, Kali, and Rajan Zed Hanuman were seen on men’s briefs, leggings, bedspreads, cigarette cases, pants, and women’s capris, when searched on its website

on July 29.

Zed, in a statement, urged Amazon and its President Jeffrey Bezos to “show some maturity,” immediately withdraw the objectionable products, and offer a formal apology.

Zed called it “shocking” that a company like Amazon would sell anything without caring for the feelings of a considerable segment of the world’s population.

Deities are highly revered in Hinduism and were meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines, and “not to be worn on your hips and legs, or to be slept upon, or to cover your cigarettes,” said Zed. In 2014, Amazon removed the women’s leggings carrying images of various Hindu gods and goddesses, and pants carrying an image of Lord Ganesha, from its website after a similar protest. 

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■ AT THE MOVIES

“Under the Sun”

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Russian director Vitaly Mansky mentions upfront that his new film, theoretically a documentary, has a script provided to him by North Korean authorities. “Under the Sun,” shot entirely in North Korea, and made entirely under the authority of the totalitarian North Korean government, is designed as a propaganda piece. It’s worth noting then how Mansky manages to subvert the nominal mission of the project. It’s worth noting too that North Korea honchos aren’t happy with the film and don’t plan to show it in that country. Mansky, then, must be doing something right.

He was also very lucky, and plucky, to get out of North Korea with his hide, and his crew, intact.

We follow the young girl Zin-mi Lee, who’s getting ready to join the Children’s Union as a step forward into adulthood. To join, she must be steeped in dogma about the country’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, and his father and grandfather, Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung.

Mansky’s cameras linger long and with a little tedium, on the catechism of little girls learning the supposed heroics of the Kim family — their mightiness, righteousness, and steadfastness in the face of horrible enemies, most notably the “cowards” of the United States. He risks putting the audience to sleep, to slowly make the onscreen point that some of

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Not “Bourne” for the role

“Fresh Off the Boat” star Constance Wu slammed the casting of Matt Damon in the upcoming China-set action flick “The Great Wall” for “perpetuating the racist myth that only a white man can save the world.”

The Taiwanese American born actress posted a letter to Twitter on July 29 — a day after the film’s first trailer was released. Damon plays a warrior defending the landmark against ancient Chinese monsters.

“Our heroes don’t look like Matt Damon,” Wu wrote. “They look like Malala. Gandhi. Mandela. Your big sister when she stood up for you to those bullies that one time.”

“Can we all at least agree that hero-bias & ‘but it’s really hard to finance’ are no longer excuses for racism?” wrote Wu, 34, in a tweet accompanying the letter. “TRY.” The film, set 1,000 years ago, is the most expensive movie collaboration between the United States and China. It is directed

by Chinese film director Zhang

Yimou. While it does feature a diverse cast, including Pedro Pascal, Jing Tian, Willem Dafoe, and Andy Lau, Wu and many internet commentators were still outraged at the choice of Damon in the lead role.

Wu wrote that she wasn’t trying to assign blame. “Not blaming Damon, the studio, the Chinese financiers,” she wrote in a followup tweet. “It’s not about blame, it’s about AWARENESS.” The backlash is only the latest in mounting criticism Hollywood has faced for its lack of diversity.

In addition to the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, the #StarringJohnCho social media campaign was recently created to show what blockbusters would look like if they starred Asian American actor John Cho. Other recent films, like “The Martian,” “Doctor Strange,” and “Ghost in the Shell” have also been blasted for “white washing” and erasing characters that were meant to be Asian. 

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■ arts & entertainment

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Seattle’s summer playlist

Bleachbear, a trending teenage dream pop band The Experience Music Project Museum (EMP) has been supporting Seattle’s music industry for more than a decade with its annual competition called Sound off!, the Northwest’s premier 21-and-under battle of the bands. It provides a platform for local youth bands to make an appearance to the public. Bleachbear, placed as the youngest artist in 2015, is one talented Japanese Korean girls’ rock band you should know by now.

In reverence to Nirvana’s first album, “Bleach” and with the background of being raised in the Pacific Northwest, Bleachbear was officially formed in 2012, comprised of songwriter Tigerlily Cooley (18, vocal and guitar), her sister Annabella ‘Bird’ Cooley (16, drums), and their cousin Emiko Nakagawa Gantt (16, bass and keyboards).

This indie-folk trio once impressed the public with its debut album, “Lost Parade” in 2014 and was immediately named the Best Underage Band

by Seattle Weekly. The band’s second album, “Cowboy Movie Star,” was released on July 30 and is heavily influenced by the 1960s.

“I started writing music because I was really into poetry.” Influenced by the sounds of the 1960s and wanting to present the vintage imaginary, see BLEACHBEAR on 13

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By Zita Lam Northwest Asian Weekly

From left: Tigerlily , Bird and Emiko.

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OPINION

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to diet or not to diet PART 2

By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

Editor’s note: This is part 2 of the publisher’s blog on diet and exercise.

Exercise keeps you young, energetic, and healthy. What do you need to do to motivate yourself to keep exercising? Here are some tips that have worked for me.

The definition of an active lifestyle does not mean to connect socially for weight loss. It means a drastic lifestyle change to ensure your body is constantly in motion.

Make excuses to move around at work and home. For instance, I have purposefully designed my office to have the restroom and printer away from me, while seven staff members have their own printers right in their cubicles. At home, I have to walk 30 seconds from my study to the printer.

Walking back and forth takes only a minute. But a minute here and there adds up over the course of a day, week, month, and year.

During meetings, I have to warn my colleagues that I need to get up from time to time because my feet get numb easily.

At my doctor’s waiting room, I don’t sit. Doctors can keep patients waiting for as long as half an hour or more. I move around. At the airport, while waiting for my flight, I brisk walk from one side of the terminal to another before I board the plane.

I check in my luggage, so I am free to move about. Usually, I am the last passenger to get on.

I enjoy attending events, so I can roam around the room, taking photos with my camera and greeting friends. When I need to discuss something with my staff, I walk to their desks, rather than email or text. My son protests that I

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don’t text him. Why should I? When I am alone in an elevator, I spin my head left and right or kick my heels up and down. On the bus, I would flex my fingers in and out to increase their flexibility. At home, I don’t default to using the clothes dryer every single time. I hang up most of my clothes on racks. I always look for opportunities to get my body working and moving.

When I am feeling stressed, my solution is to get out of the office and stroll around the International District, visiting the library, Uwajimaya, the Union Station, and restaurants.

The merit of walking every day is that I don’t have to be on a diet to maintain my weight. I eat as much and as often as I want. I used

to wear a pedometer to count my steps. Not anymore. I have a mental clock, keeping track of how many steps I have accumulated each day to keep my body fit. I have never replaced my broken scale at home.

“Eat the frog” first

Author Mark Twain said, “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” So you do the most important and difficult task in the morning, you will be able to handle the rest of the day with more ease, knowing that the worst is done.

Brian Tracy’s book, “Eat That Frog” is based on Twain’s theory of getting the toughest job done first,

then you will more likely be able to prioritize your day, your goals, and your life. Tracy wrote that if you do the hardest job in the morning, you are less likely to procrastinate and accomplish more.

I have learned that the first thing many successful people do in the morning is to exercise — not having breakfast or checking emails. They know that if they can’t maintain a healthy body, they can achieve nothing in the long run.

Several years ago, eating breakfast was the first thing I did in the morning. My rationale was I needed to eat to have energy.

Wrong. Now my body is full of energy after dancing and doing yoga in the morning. Every morning, I

drink a glass of warm water before my half-an-hour exercise program.

Had I eaten first, I wouldn’t be able to exercise with a full stomach. As the day goes on, I am so busy that I usually forget to workout.

Design your exercise routine

What kind of exercise do you enjoy for at least 20 or 30 minutes at a time?

You can dance, lift weights, jog, walk, play basketball, play ping pong, play tennis — anything that motivates you to get moving. Once you set up a routine, do it seven days a week. This is much better than see BLOG on 13

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AAPIs at RNC, DNC

 We now know who will face each other in the presidential race, Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump.

Both candidates had to get their respective party’s nod before moving on to the November general election.

Here’s a look at the Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) present at both conventions.

RNC July 18–21 Kimberly Yee

On the first day of the Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio, Kimberly Yee spoke about how her great grandparents came to the United States from China, looking for a better life.

Yee is the first Asian American elected to the Arizona State Legislature.

She said her parents “taught me that I could achieve anything I wanted in this great country.”

Yee told delegates, “It is time for us to get back to our conservative Republican values that make our nation great. We cannot endure the next four years like we’ve had for the past eight. And it is because of these principles that I support Donald J. Trump for president.”

Harmeet Dhillon

RNC National Committeewoman from California, Harmeet Dhillon, opened the second night of the convention by delivering a Sikh prayer. She sang the invocation in Punjabi, then translated it into English.

Dhillon, 47, was born in Chandigarh, India. She emigrated with her parents.

The San Francisco lawyer was raised as a devout Sikh. “I had a very religious upbringing at home. That was very central to my life from day one,” she recalled.

Her parents supported Republicans after they became naturalized U.S. citizens.

Their politics were driven in part by her father’s contempt for trial lawyers because of medical malpractice lawsuits.

Subba Kolla

During the presidential nomination roll call, Subba Kolla, Virginia’s first national convention Indian American delegate, also became the first man of Indian descent to read Virginia’s presidential nomination votes.

Kolla, an immigrant who arrived in America 19 years ago, was chosen for a spotlight usually reserved for the delegation chairman

or other prestigious party figures. Republicans wanted someone who represents “the new Virginia,” said Republican Party of Virginia Chairman John Whitbeck.

As a prominent businessman, Whitbeck said Kolla was a strong choice, regardless of ethnicity. “But he’s also from a community that’s critical to our success in Northern Virginia and Virginia as a whole.”

Dr. Lisa Shin

New Mexico’s Dr. Lisa Shin is the head of Korean Americans for Trump and she spoke on the last night of the convention.

The optometrist and small business owner from Los Alamos told the crowd that Clinton is a “direct threat to the American Dream.”

Shin spoke about her parents’ emigration from South Korea more than 40 years ago, the hardships they faced, and the struggles they endured. “[My parents] knew that America was an exceptional and generous country, where immigrants could become American citizens, participate in American democracy, and live the American Dream,” Shin said.

Calling Clinton unfit to be president, Shin said Trump will preserve the American Dream. “[Clinton’s] proposals would be utterly devastating to our economy,” Shin said.

“Her dangerous ideology undermines our democracy and freedom.”

listen to each other.”

Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)

Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), Chair of CAPAC, is the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress. She addressed the DNC on the evening of July 27, saying America needs a president who rejects hateful rhetoric and embraces diversity as the country’s greatest strength.

Chu highlighted how CAPAC’s membership includes Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA), who both spent part of their childhoods incarcerated in internment camps as Japanese Americans.

The other CAPAC members on stage included: • Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii — the first Asian American woman ever elected to

the U.S. Senate.

• Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) — the first openly gay person of color to be elected to Congress.

• Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) — the only South Asian member of Congress.

• Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) — the first person of Filipino ancestry to be elected to Congress.

• Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) — the first Asian American elected to Congress from the East Coast.

Meng, who closed CAPAC’s moment on the DNC stage, said that AAPI voters are poised to be the deciding difference in the coming election.

“Our voting power has doubled over the last decade. We are now the swing vote in swing states like Virginia, Nevada, and in Pennsylvania,” Meng said. “I call upon my fellow AAPIs to organize, campaign, and vote, so that we will be the margin of victory in 2016 and beyond.”

According to CAPAC, this was the first time a group of elected AAPIs have been invited to speak at a national convention. And it was the first time AAPIs got that kind of national exposure. By sheer numbers, Democrats had twice as many AAPIs speakers at their convention than Republicans. With Clinton on her way to possibly becoming the nation’s first female president, it’s about time our community is seen and heard, and finally getting the respect we deserve. 

RNC July 25–28

The Democratic convention got off to a rocky start as some Bernie Sanders delegates and supporters, including AAPIs, were still not sold on a Clinton candidacy.

Then speaking for the Vermont delegation, Sanders moved to nominate Clinton at the end of the roll-call on July 26 to thunderous applause and cheers. He also spoke the day before, saying the November election must be about “bringing our people together, not dividing us up.”

Sruthi Palaniappan

Sruthi Palaniappan got to introduce her state to the DNC during the roll-call of votes.

“The point we were trying to drive is that our state is a state of female firsts,” said Palaniappan, an 18-year-old delegate from Iowa.

Palaniappan’s parents emigrated from India in 1992. She said she was happy to see Clinton adopting some of the policies Sanders promoted in his campaign, saying she believes Sanders can unite the party, but also added, “I think we also need to be able to

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HEALTH CARE from 1 Armada said, “I take this privilege very seriously.” This perspective may have led Armada to take a different career path from his father and brothers.

A son of Filipino immigrants, Armada’s father was a practicing physician in the Philippines. From early childhood, the natural course of family professional life was to become a doctor.

After moving to the United States, Armada’s father needed to go through his residency in psychiatry, so that he could practice here. As a pharmacist in the Philippines, his mother was able to work immediately upon arriving here and supported the family as caregiver and primary income earner. She supported her husband through medical school as well.

Armada said he didn’t realize how much his parents shaped and sacrificed for him at the time. “My parents taught me humility and that you had to work extra hard as a person of color.” Armada spoke of an experience from his childhood that taught him humility and a few other lessons.

When the young Anthony returned from having dinner at a friend’s house one day, he recalled saying, “Mom, I can’t believe we don’t have dessert (like other families in America).” At the time, seven Armada kids were living with their parents in a small apartment for student housing.

It was an important lesson for the young Anthony and something he carries with him as inspiration to this day.

“My mom, instead of playing victim, created a solution.”

She said, “We have dessert,” and she was able to afford a can of fruit cocktail, offering one tablespoon of fruit for each of her children. A few lessons Armada said he learned from this experience is “you learn how to manage expectations. You have a choice about the next step.”

Overcoming parental objections

Armada is the youngest of seven boys, four of whom are doctors. So when Armada set out to complete his undergraduate degree as a medical technician, it may not have impressed his parents much. Furthermore, when Armada chose to pursue a Master’s in Health Administration at Xavier University, “then, one of the top three programs in the country,” said Armada, his parents were surprised and disappointed. “I chose this path over a late acceptance into Michigan State University’s medical school to study osteopathic medicine.” “It was a defining moment in my life,“ said Armada. His parents asked, “Why not be a doctor?” He told them that he believed he would have more success being a servant-leader. “My dad didn’t talk to me for three years,” said Armada. Armada understands that while a bit harsh and misdirected, his parents responded this way out of concern for his welfare.

Armada understood that “my parents didn’t understand health administration.” “I knew at the age of 25, I made the right choice of what would make me happy,” added Armada.

Borrowing the words coined by University of Washington psychologist and top selling author Daniel Goleman, it was

GMO from 3 for the first time. The legislation passed

by Congress two weeks prior will require most food packages to carry a text label, a symbol or an electronic code readable by smartphone that indicates whether the food contains genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Several Asian countries temporarily banned U.S. wheat imports after genetically modified wheat was found unexpectedly in a field on an Oregon farm in 2013. It also popped up in a field at a university research center in Montana in 2014.

It wasn’t immediately clear how altered wheat cropped up in Washington. But the U.S. Agriculture Department said there is no evidence it has entered the market. If it did, the FDA concluded that “it is unlikely that the wheat would present any safety concerns if present in the food supply,’’ the department said.

A farmer discovered 22 plants in an unplanted field, and the wheat was developed to be resistant to the herbicide known as Roundup, created by seed giant Monsanto, the USDA said. An agency spokeswoman did not know where in the state it was found.

Federal officials said they were working with the farmer to ensure that none of the

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an “emotionally intelligent” decision at such a young age.

Perhaps, this might be the most important trait a leader must possess. We can pinpoint skills at strategy, organization, business development, but only one trait is indispensable to a person’s rise to the top. Emotional intelligence involves a deep self-awareness. In fact, Armada outlined three key traits to leadership and it’s no accident emotional intelligence was at the top of his list. The second trait is that one has to be able to “work in a matrix of complex relationships.” Third, one must “invest time in the self to continually learn and improve.”

Turning the corner

In 1995, Armada received his first CEO job as head of Chino Valley Medical Center in Chino, Calif. It was only then that Armada’s parents came to understand his decision to study health administration at Xavier. His parents read about his appointment as CEO in the local newspaper.

Even then, it took some explaining for them to realize what this meant. It was here early in Armada’s career when he learned some of his hardest and most challenging lessons.

Two years into his career, a group of doctors asked for expensive medical equipment at a six figure expense.

“Everything in health care is run by doctors,” said Armada.

The intention was to serve the largest segment of that market by way of “first-mover” advantage (be the first to provide that service in the region). Initially, this purchase proved profitable until a competitor hospital went out and purchased the same equipment. What would Armada have done differently today if he knew now what he didn’t know then? “I would have put in more contingencies in the contracts with the doctors” who came to him to request the equipment.

However, Chino Valley was merely a stepping stone to greater responsibilities. His next position moved him south to run three Northridge Kaiser Permanente hospitals (Los Angeles area). Four years later, a friend of Armada’s father called in to ask, perhaps beg, him to return home to Michigan and save the ailing local hospital of his home state, Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital.

At the time, the 900-bed hospital had lost $39-40 million to date. In LeBron James fashion, Armada accepted the offer to help turn around the ailing hospital. The local Detroit Free Press said Armada was “coming home to make a difference.” After five years at Henry Ford Hospital, Armada spent four years as president in the Chicago area at the Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Lutheran General Children’s Hospital. He and his family returned to the west for Armada to become CEO of Swedish Health Services and Chief Executive of Providence Health Services – Western Washington. Swedish is the largest nonprofit health provider in the Greater Seattle area with 11,000 employees and over 2,800 physicians. At a recent meeting of health care executives, an associate of Armada said “you are one of the top 10 Asian health care executives in the country.” Armada responded “yes, if there are fewer than 10 in the country, then it doesn’t take much to be one of the top (Asian) executives.”

modified wheat is sold. Out of caution, the agency said it is holding and testing the farmer’s full wheat harvest, but so far it has not found GMOs. The plants are a type of wheat that had been evaluated in limited field trials in the Pacific Northwest from 1998 to 2001 but never commercialized, Monsanto said in a statement. It said the type found in Washington state is similar to the one discovered in Oregon three years ago; it has the same inserted DNA but in a different location.

No variety of genetically engineered wheat has been approved for commercial use or production in the U.S. GMOs are plants or animals that have had genes copied from other plants or animals inserted into their DNA. Most genetically engineered crops are corn and soybeans eaten by livestock or made into popular processed food ingredients like cornstarch, soybean oil or high fructose corn syrup.

Only a handful of modified fruits and vegetables are available, including Hawaiian papaya, some zucchini and squash and a small percentage of sweet corn.

The FDA also has approved for consumption a genetically engineered salmon that would grow faster than traditional salmon, but it’s not yet available in grocery stores.

Partly to avoid mistakes of his early days and to avoid pitfalls that still occur today in the health care industry, Armada mitigates risk taking by “being an early adopter of technology and health care innovation” that has, at minimum, a proven, measurable model or test market.

Armada has adopted this approach “instead of being an early adopter with no proven experience,” he said. That said, Swedish remains a leader in innovation, asserted Armada.

“On the clinical side, for example, Swedish is the first to apply truly ‘personalized medicine’ using genotyping.

Genotyping is a fingerprint of who you are genetically,” he said. “For example, there can be five potential cures for a particular cancer. Genotyping can test and determine which of the five offers the best results, the least risk, and the best course of action for that particular patient.” With help from Dr. Leroy Hood, the founding father of genomics as a resident at Swedish (estimated by most to become a Nobel Prize winner), the hospital is leading the country in the medical and scientific applications of genomics.

Swedish has dedicated $150 million in venture capital to improve and streamline health services. Other related programs include the creation of an innovation center for health care in cooperation with Providence. One of their joint projects is called “Health Express,” a mobile phone app which provides real-time remote scheduling, remote face-to-face consultations with doctors, and other services, such as prescription approvals. Walgreens is working as a third party with opening local clinics, hosting three on-site Swedish clinics within its stores, and plans in place to roll out 10 clinics by 2017. A Swedish-led community program deployed 10,000 devices in the Everett area, which Armada referred to as a “fitbits for kids.” This application “tracks the steps kids take every day, and makes it fun, challenging, and competitive with their friends.” The goal, he said, is to motivate adolescents to be less sedentary, more healthy and active, which will reduce diabetes, and encourage weight loss.

What advice does Armada have for young aspiring Asian Americans considering a career in health care? Armada responded, “Find yourself an unblemished mentor. Talk to people who have been there.” Additionally, no matter what you do, he said to apply the 100 percent rule: have a 100 percent positive attitude, do your 100 percent best, have a 100 percent respectful attitude, and maintain 100 percent integrity.

The Swedish “Five Best” practices seems to emanate from its leader to all staff. Swedish enjoys a reputation as the top hospital in the region by providing the best safety and quality, the best health outcome, the best experience, being the best place to work and practice, and the best use of (finite) resources.  Anthony Armada will be an honoree at the Northwest Asian Weekly’s Technology and Innovation Awards. The event is Oct. 7 at China Harbor Restaurant from 6–9 p.m. For more information, email editor@nwasianweekly.com.

Chris can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.

South Korea said it will inspect U.S. wheat imports for genetically modified wheat, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it has asked the USDA for information on the unapproved wheat and inspection methods.

The USDA said it has validated a test that Monsanto developed for the herbicideresistant wheat, which would be available to trading partners.

“Trading partners will get the tests.

I believe that once they have those in place, they’ll continue buying,’’ said Glen Squires, CEO of the Washington Grain Commission, a state agency that represents wheat farmers. “We don’t anticipate any major disruptions.’’

The USDA also said it has beefed up

oversight of genetically engineered field trials and now requires developers to apply for a permit for those involving GMO wheat starting this year.

In 2014, genetically modified wheat plants were found at a university research center in Huntley, Montana, where it was legally tested by Monsanto in the early 2000s. The plants in eastern Oregon were found in a field that had never conducted such tests, and the USDA closed its investigation two years ago unable to determine how the wheat got there. Different strains were found in each state.

The Washington Association of Wheat Growers and the Washington State Agriculture Department referred questions to federal authorities. 

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YOUR VOICE BLEACHBEAR from 9 the Cowboy Movie Star project began last summer when Tigerlily stumbled across some old postcards and commenced cutting apart different poems. “I tried to incorporate some of my favorite phrases from the collages into the actual lyrics and just use the imagery as my inspiration.”

Take “Boy,” a single from the album, for example. “One of the postcards is a lone cowboy. I had this image in my mind of him going around as a heartbreaker. I wrote this song pretty much inspired by that,” Tigerlily said.

“How we usually go by writing songs is ‘Tiger’ would play us the basics of the song in guitar and vocal. From there, we play along and come up with our own parts,” said Bird. When talking about deciding the band’s direction on the second album, Bird continued, “We tried to create a more concise image for the band — what do we want Bleachbear to be.”

“Our love of the old Hollywood girl groups’ style and clothing is certainly a big part of it!” Tigerlily added. “We had a couple different goals for this record. One of them was to capture a more edgy sound. The first album was definitely more folk-influenced, I’d say it’s less technical. It had the love letters and personal messages on it, but after a while, we wanted to move away from that and do something other than love songs.” She explained, “A lot of songs from Cowboy Movie Star were written partially because of Sound Off! Part of the judging criteria is on the performance. Besides finding new material, we added guitar solos to make it theatrical.”

Making an appearance at EMP’s Women Who Rock opening concert in 2013 was one of Bleachbear’s career milestones.

They were also featured on Seattle Channel’s Art Zone TV DEGUZMAN from 5 an hours-long SWAT standoff on July 29 that ended after officers detained a second man who may have been involved.

The shooting came as departments around the country are on high alert following the killing of officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said it was unknown whether the San Diego attack was premeditated.

The chain of events unfolded over more than 12 hours in a blue-collar area of southeastern San Diego with modest single-story homes and streets lined with palm trees.

It started about 11 p.m. July 28 when two veteran gang unit officers in bulletproof vests stopped a person on a street. Almost immediately a shootout ensued and the officers called for backup.

Authorities initially said the officers made a traffic stop involving a motorist, but clarified later that they were still trying to determine whether it was a traffic stop or a stop to check out a pedestrian.

“It happened extremely quickly,” Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said. “From the

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show and KEXP-FM’s Music That Matters podcast early on.

Tigerlily believes getting involved with local organizations has helped them overcome stage fright and gain experience.

“We got connected with the Seattle Teen Music and Rain City Rock Camp for Girls. The smartest move we made was taking every show opportunity that came our way — it really helped us to get more experience and get over the nervousness.”

Family helped Bleachbear get to where they are today. “It’s definitely family endeavors. Emiko’s step-dad produced the first album, and we had our cousin shoot the music videos.

Our exchange student, who is like a brother to us, did the album art. And of course our parents split up the works of financial and managerial duties.”

Kurt Bloch, a Seattle-based songwriter and guitarist, best known as a member of Fastbacks and Young Fresh Fellows, happens to be a family friend. “He is really into electric guitar, so we invited him to come over to help with the guitar paddles. We asked him if he was willing to be our producer and we are very lucky to have him,” Tigerlily said.

Emiko believes the band has grown as musicians since the first album. “We are a lot more efficient. We’ve learned how to not waste time while practicing.” Speaking of their future, Bleachbear is looking forward to working on covers and electronic elements. They are occupied this summer with local shows, and touring the West Coast next year is on their bucket list. 

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information that was put out that a stop was being made to that the officers called for emergency cover to when the other officers arrived on scene, we’re talking very, very quickly. Seconds to a minute or so.”

Jonathan DeGuzman, a Filipino American and 16-year veteran of the force who was married with two children, suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The 43-year-old died at Scripps Mercy Hospital after doctors’ efforts to save him failed.

Wade Irwin, 32, underwent surgery after being shot and was expected to survive, Zimmerman said. His wife was at his side during surgery.

Police swarmed the neighborhood where the shootout happened and quickly captured 52-year-old Jesse Gomez in a nearby ravine, Zimmerman said. He was in critical condition on July 29 with a gunshot wound but was expected to survive. Police gave no further information about Gomez or his role in the shootout except to say he was a suspect.

During the search for a second man described as a “potential” suspect, residents were ordered to stay in their homes throughout the night as San Diego police and offi-

going to the gym for an hour just once or even three times a week.

Music enhances my mood

What gets me in the mood to dance is great music. As soon as Zumba shows up on YouTube, my feet become twitchy. The joy of movement makes me dance.

Music keeps me going. I don’t necessarily follow all the steps, as some of them are too complicated. I modify the moves. Sometimes, I turn on Michael Jackson’s hits and my body would start swinging.

“One more kick, one more bend, one more shake, one more turn. Go Go Go.” I motivate myself. “C’mon …You can do it… Do it to get a flat tummy … Let’s get rid of the fat on the thigh … One more round.”

Don’t forget to protect yourself while exercising. Consult with your doctor. I don’t jump high as one of my knees is delicate. But I shake a lot to compensate. Whatever dance you desire to learn, search YouTube for “basics” or “beginners.” There’s a big difference between zumba and basic beginner zumba.

After dinner, I watch television while walking on a treadmill for half an hour. This has been my life for the past six years. 

cers from other law enforcement agencies scoured yards, streets and alleys. A helicopter hovered over the neighborhood.

About nine hours after the shootout, heavily armed officers surrounded a house about a half-mile away, one of them using a loudspeaker to urge a man to surrender.

Authorities also detonated several devices at the scene to draw him out and used tools to break windows and pound on the roof.

Then, about a dozen heavily armed SWAT officers raced another house about two blocks away, positioning an armored truck and robots outside. The possible suspect wasn’t there either.

Zimmerman said officers arrested a man in the area on an unrelated warrant the afternoon of July 29.

She said police were investigating to see whether 41-year-old Marcus Antonio Cassani had any role in the police shootings.

After visiting Irwin at UC San Diego Medical Center the morning of July 29, Zimmerman told reporters that the officer’s prospects for recovery were good. The nine-year veteran of the force had just joined the gang unit in June.

“It’s a little bit of a long haul until he makes a full recovery, but the good news is that he is going to survive and he is going to recover,” she said.

Zimmerman told reporters she knew DeGuzman well.

“I can tell you he is a loving, caring husband, father. Talked about his family all the time,” Zimmerman said. “I know him, and this is gut-wrenching. He cared. He came to work every single day wanting to just make a positive difference in the lives of our community and that’s why he lost his life.”

DeGuzman received the purple heart in 2003 after he was stabbed by a man he had stopped for speeding. The man was convicted of attempted murder on a peace officer in 2004.

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer denounced the shootings.

“I ask all San Diegans and all people across our nation to join together in support of our officers who courageously protect our communities,” he said. “We need them and they need us.” 

ETHNIC DIVERSITY from 3 have a resolution to me is saying ‘you don’t represent everyone,’ and you have to have a piece of paper that you do.”

Councilmember Tony Anderson said, “I think we should do it. We are not trusted. A lot of stuff has happened in the last few months… if at least we give them something in their hands that says we’re going to honor you, we’ll have something that they can hold us accountable.”

The Mayor agreed.

Campbell and Fernald changed their tones and the resolution was unanimously approved.

Seattle and Tukwila already have similar resolutions. The next step is to officially adopt the resolution in the City of SeaTac at the Aug. 9 council meeting.  Staff can be reached at info@ nwasianweekly.com.

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YOGA from 5 about 13 days. He’ll be under court supervision for three years, which is the amount of time he has to pay the restitution.

Pae and his wife were celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary with a Hawaii vacation and the couple was headed home when he was arrested.

According to court records, Pae didn’t want to sit in his seat during the meal service on the March flight from Honolulu to Tokyo, so he went to the back of the plane to do yoga and meditate. Authorities say he refused to return to his seat, threatened crew members and passengers, and shoved his wife. The pilot turned the plane around and returned to Honolulu. Pae told authorities after his arrest that he hadn’t slept in 11 days.

34 YEARS

Court records say he threatened to kill passengers and was yelling that there is no god. Pae went into a rage because he felt the flight crew was ordering him around, prosecutors said.

He pleaded guilty in April to interfering with a flight crew and was allowed to return home to South Korea, even though prosecutors warned he might not return for his sentencing.

U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor said she agrees with prosecutors that Pae’s actions constituted a violent felony.

Because of that, it’s possible he may never be allowed to return to the United States. That’s fine by Pae, who is in his 70s and doesn’t intend to travel to the United States in the future, said his defense attorney, Jin Tae “J.T.” Kim. “I think your client is getting off very easy” with the $44,235 restitution amount considering the costs of turning the plane around, including jet fuel and all the passengers

ROCKET from 5 outside a public library in Provo amid a large group playing “Pokemon Go” when he noticed the bright, colorful flash of light. Soon, others spotted it, too.

“I didn’t know what I was seeing because I’ve never seen space debris,” said Holt, a student at Brigham Young University.

“It looked kind of like a meteor, but it was going much slower.”

Holt said it lasted for about a minute. He later learned that the flash was a Chinese rocket, but it was mysterious at the time.

“I didn’t feel afraid. I was excited. I was in awe at the science of space,” he said.

The rocket took off June 25 from China’s Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, according to the website of the Aerospace Corp., which provides research-and-development and advisory services to the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance

who had to return to Honolulu, Gillmor said.

“I take this very seriously and I have a great deal of concern about this behavior,” she said.

It was a traumatic experience for the passengers and the flight crew, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Jill Otake, adding that it’s fortunate there were Marines on board who helped restrain him.

Pae tried to bite and head-butt the two Marines, prosecutors said.

Gillmor said Pae may return to home to Korea, but before he leaves must meet with a probation officer to work out restitution payments.

Pae declined to speak in court. “He didn’t say it but he does apologize for what happened,” Kim said outside of court. “This is a truly isolated incident.” Kim noted that Pae flew to Korea and back without incident. 

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Of 27 previous re-entries this year, witnesses reported seeing five, according to the Aerospace Corp. website.

The most recent was the body of a Russian rocket launched in mid-July from Baikonur cosmodrome. People on New Zealand’s South Island spotted the re-entry several days later. 

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Predictions and advice for the week of August 6–August 12

By Sun Lee Chang Rat — Once extended, an invitation cannot easily be withdrawn. As such, be selective of whom you give it to in the first place.

Dragon — Even though you have a firm anchor set down where you are currently, that doesn’t necessarily mean you will be staying long.

Monkey — Physical activity is a good way to release some pent up tension. Increase the benefits by adding a good laugh to the mix.

Ox — A new look can be hard to pull off if you are not comfortable with it. Adjust the style to make it more suitable for you.

Snake — Having had a taste of what is to come, you must decide soon whether it fits your palate or if it is preferable to try something else.

Rooster — Is someone making you jump through hoops to get what you want? Don’t give up for you will outlast them at the end of the day.

Tiger — Although you are prepared, the timing may still be somewhat tricky. While you are anxious to start, it is advisable to wait for the right moment.

Horse — Are you a newcomer to the scene?

Leave your preconceived notions behind and instead try to absorb what is actually there.

Dog — You never know what might be around the corner. This could turn out to be a better day than you ever imagined.

Goat — Not quite ready to let go? The longer you choose to delay, the less time you will have for what comes after.

Pig — Someone close to you is looking to follow in your footsteps. Pass on what you have learned by showing them the way.

Rabbit — You are on the move today. Since you have so many places to go, check to make sure you have everything you need with you.

What’s your animal sign?

Rat 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008 Ox 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009 Tiger 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 Rabbit 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011 Dragon 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012 Snake 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 Horse 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014 Goat 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 Monkey 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 Rooster 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005 Dog 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006 Pig 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007

*The year ends on the first new moon of the following year. For those born in January and February, please take care when determining your sign.

PRIMARY from 1 page, Jayapal said, “This is OUR movement and this victory belongs to each of us. Onward to November we go, together.”

STATE EXECUTIVE The Lieutenant Governor race is essentially tied.

Marty McClendon has 20.34 percent of the vote to Cyrus Habib’s close second at 19.58 percent.

Cyrus Habib Habib, whose parents emigrated from Iran, is a Rhodes Scholar, Yale Law School graduate, and intellectual property lawyer at Perkins Coie.

11 people in all were vying to replace Brad Owen, who retired after 20 years in office.

Among them were Sen. Steve Hobbs, whose mother was a Japanese immigrant; he got 15.6 percent of the vote.

And Phillip Yin, the son of immigrants from Hong Kong and a former journalist, received 9.9 percent of the vote.

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Erin Jones and state Rep. Chris Reykdal were leading a field of nine candidates in the contest to succeed Randy Dorn as state schools superintendent.

Jones captured roughly 22.7 percent of the statewide vote, and Reykdal had 20.5 percent.

MOVIES from 8 mandates. North Korean citizens are never supposed to be less than gushing about the Kims, the Supreme Leaders, essentially gods in the country. Citizens must believe in the Kims as infallible. North Korea is the greatest country on earth, and eventually everyone will live in that manner.

The director subverts his government handlers in a few subtle ways. He keeps the camera running between takes, so he’s secretly recording how Zin-mi’s being coached, being talked through her lines and her actions so as to appear no less than perfect. Over and over, she goes until her handlers are satisfied.

Same goes for her family, her family’s friends, co-workers, and the entire pool of folks radiating outwards from Zin-mi.

KumRoon “Mr. Mak” Maksirisombat, an educator for 30 years, got 3.8 percent of the votes.

nents including Mohammed Riaz Khan who got 4.3 percent.

LEGISLATIVE Legislative District 11 — State Senator Sen. Bob Hasegawa will continue to represent the 11th District in the State Senate.

Bob Hasegawa The lifelong resident of Beacon Hill beat out challenger Dennis Price with 78.8 percent of the votes. Price got 21.1 percent.

Legislative District 1 — State Representative Pos. 1 Kazuaki (Kaz) Sugiyama did not get enough votes (11 percent) to win this seat.

Derek Stanford leads at 49.5 percent.

Legislative District 1 — State Representative Pos. 2 Darshan Rauniyar received 12.4 percent of the votes, and Kyoko Matsumoto Wright captured 10 percent.

Jim Langston leads this race at 39.6 percent.

Legislative District 21 — State Representative Pos. 2 Lillian Ortiz-Self leads this race with 56.6 percent of the votes, beating out her oppo-

Mansky also left footage in, which the North Koreans assumed would end up on the cutting-room floor. At least twice, Zin-mi breaks down in tears. What’s being required of her is simply overwhelming. She is a small girl and she gets scared. The pressure becomes too much.

And while a great deal of the film’s essential tension lies in what you don’t see — what the government officials would not permit you to see, our understanding in the so-called Free World, how restrictive and dangerous North Korea is — the girl’s tears, matter-of-fact, soft sobbing, bring matters to a human scale. She is upset because she can not live up to what her elders want from her.

And in the end, to comfort herself, she begins chanting the catechism that’s been drummed into her.

North Koreans, judging by the film at least, spend most of their public

Cindy Ryu

Mia Su-Ling Gregerson

Sharon Tomiko Santos

Legislative District 32 — State Representative Pos. 1 Voters in the 32nd District chose to re-elect Rep. Cindy Ryu. She beat out her opponents with 73.7 percent of the votes.

Legislative District 33 — State Representative Pos. 2 Mia Su-Ling Gregerson will keep her seat in the 33rd District. She leads the race with 63.6 percent of the vote.

Legislative District 37 — State Representative Pos. 1 Another incumbent, Sharon Tomiko Santos, is keeping her job. Santos got a whopping 91.9 percent of the votes.

Legislative District 43 — State Representative Pos. 1 Dan Shih has 25.9 percent of the votes, behind frontrunner Nicole Macri (49.1 percent).

Another candidate in this race, Sameer Ranade, got 4.6 percent of the votes.

JUDICIAL Supreme Court Justice, Position 1 A primary election is held only for seats with three or more candidates.

Mary Yu is the incumbent Mary Yu for Supreme Court Justice, Position 1. She is being challenged by David DeWolf. This election will appear on the November ballot.

The following incumbents are unopposed: • Dean S. Lum (King County Superior Court, Position 12) • Samuel S. Chung (King County Superior Court, Position 15) • John H. Chun (King County Superior Court, Position 16) • Susan Amini (King County Superior Court, Position 20) • Patrick Oishi (King County Superior Court, Position 24) • Alicia H. Nakata (Chelan Superior Court, Position 3)  Ruth Bayang can be reached at editor@nwasianweekly.com.

life venerating the Kims. Although no Kim is ever seen directly, portraits and huge statues of them sit everywhere, even in private homes. I sat watching the film on a laptop, at a public library, where people could check out the books they wanted, read what they wanted, and do, within reason and library policy, how they pleased. Then they could go out on the streets for much the same.

Sometimes, even in these tense times, we need to count our blessings, on being so far from Zin-mi.  “Under the Sun” plays Aug. 5–11 at the Grand Illusion Cinema, 1403 N.E. 50th St. in Seattle’s University District. For prices and showtimes, visit grandillusioncinema.org.

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Scene from “Under the Sun”

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AUGUST 6 – AUGUST 12, 2016

OLYMPICS from 1

Nathan Adrian

First is swimmer Nathan Adrian. The Cal-Berkeley grad from Bremerton, Wash. will once again be one to watch in the pool.

Adrian won two gold medals and a silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

In August 2012, Adrian returned to Bremerton to a hero’s welcome and even had a street named after him.

In lead-up to his anticipated return to the Olympics, Adrian appeared in ESPN The Magazine’s annual “Body Issue.” The issue photographs athletes in the nude.

Of course, the camera does not reveal everything. Adrian admits in an interview that posing without any clothes for ESPN The Magazine made him more anxious than actually competing.

Adrian’s mother is a native of Hong Kong.

Alexander Massialas

Massialas is the number one ranked male foil fencer in the world. Massialas’ mother is Taiwanese and his father is Greek.

The Stanford University student was the youngest male member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic team. He’ll be one of the favorites to win a medal in male fencing.

Massialas comes from an accomplished fencing family, as his father was a threetime Olympic fencer and his younger sister was the first U.S. fencer to ever win a Youth Olympic Games gold medal.

Not only is Massialas an accomplished fencer, he is studying mechanical engineering and can speak Mandarin.

He attended the Chinese American International School as a child.

Micah Christenson, Kawika Shoji, and Erik Shoji

The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team has three Asian Americans on the squad. Micah Christenson, a native of Hawaii, played for the University of Southern California. He currently plays volleyball for an Italian club. At 6 foot 6, Christenson comes from an athletic family. His father played college basketball at University of Hawaii at Hilo and his mother played volleyball there, too. His sister plays volleyball at Southern Utah University.

Erik and Kawika Shoji are also from Honolulu. The brothers played at Stanford University. Their father coached women’s volleyball and their mother played college basketball at the University of Hawaii.

Erik plays volleyball for a club in Germany, while Kawika plays in Turkey.

In other sports news Manny Pacquiao

Nets deal is very good for Lin, although the Bobcats were a young team on the rise, while Brooklyn is rebuilding. Lin does not want to relive the New York Knick days of “Linsanity,” a return to the area that made him a superstar might evoke the great play he had as a member of the Knicks. Since leaving New York, he has had modest success with the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, and Charlotte Bobcats.

Manny Pacquiao returns to ring in November

Gerek Meinhardt

Meinhardt is also Taiwanese American and the Massialas family knows the Meinhardts. In fact, it was Massialas’ mother that suggested to Meinhardt’s mother that Gerek try fencing.

Meinhardt has an MBA from Notre Dame and works as a consultant at Deloitte.

Lee Kiefer

Another fencer, Lee Kiefer, is ranked third in women’s foil in the world. The Filipino American is the first athlete to ever win seven consecutive individual titles at the Pan American Championships.

Similar to Massialas, fencing is in the family. Her mother was a fencing captain at Duke. She also has a sister and brother that compete.

Kiefer is a senior pre-med major at the University of Notre Dame.

Paige McPherson

An Olympic taekwondo competitor, Paige McPherson is Filipino and African American. She won a bronze medal in London at the 2012 Olympics and looks to hit the medal stand once again. McPherson grew up in Sturgis, S.D., but attended Miami-Dade College and trains in Miami, Fla.

Lia Neal

Lia Neal will be in the pool for Team USA as a swimmer on the 4 by 100-meter freestyle relay team. Neal attends Stanford University and is of African American and Chinese American descent. She is one of two African American swimmers for the United States, a first for the Olympic team.

Jay Litherland

Another swimmer for Team USA, Jay Litherland, will be competing in the 400-meter individual medley. Litherland, a business major at the University of Georgia, has triple citizenship. He’s an American citizen and a citizen of Japan and New Zealand. He can speak Japanese. This will be Litherland’s first Olympic games.

Jeremy Lin

Lin returns to the Big Apple

Jeremy Lin has returned to New York.

However, he is returning to play for the Brooklyn Nets next season. Lin, who played for the Charlotte Bobcats last year,

turned his on-court success into another lucrative contract. Last year, Lin made $2.1 million dollars in Charlotte. He turned that into a contract that will pay him $11.5 million for next season.

This will be the sixth NBA team the 27-year-old has joined in six years. The

Sometimes you can’t get rid of an itch.

Despite announcing his retirement this past spring, Manny Pacquiao intends to return to the ring on Nov. 5. No opponent has been announced, although we know the fight will take place in Las Vegas. It’s no surprise that Pacquiao’s short-lived retirement has ended. Pacquiao ousted Timothy Bradley this past May and looked good. Although it was billed as his last fight, there was rampant speculation that his retirement would not last long. It appears that everyone was correct.

While Pacquiao has stated that he was going to turn his attention to politics, the allure of the ring and a huge payday is hard to turn down.  Jason can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.