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12th Atlanta Asian Film Festival Date: Oct 7-22, 2016 Venues: GSU-GPC Dunwoody, UWG, LeFont Sandy Springs Ticket: $8 adult /All Access $25 For more info: www.atlaff.org Laotian American Society (LAS) Annual Gala Date: Dec 10, 2016 Time: 5:00 pm - 12:00 midnight Venue: Signature Ballroom, 80 Horizon Drive, Suwanee GA 30024 Admission: $65 adult / $650 table For more info: www.lasga.org
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METRO ASIAN NEWS Sam Olens Named President of Kennesaw State University Atlanta, October 12, 2016 — The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia officially announced Sam Olens as the president of Kennesaw State University (KSU). Olens will assume his new position on November 1, 2016. Olens joins the University System from his current role as Attorney General for the State of Georgia.
12th Atlanta Asian Film Festival kicks off two weeks of award winning films Atlanta, October 17, 2016 -- The Atlanta Asian Film Festival holds its annual premiere night kick off at Mercer University Atlanta. Among the invited guests are community leaders and consulates representatives. Honorable Steven Tai, Director General of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Atlanta, was the guest of honor for the evening. Ms. Lani Wong, Chair of National Association of Chinese Americans presented the festival sponsor’s remark. “We have been supporting AAFF since its debut 12 years ago -- proud that the festival has continue to showcase cultural and film talents from different parts of Asia. NACA is proud to support the festival’s mission,” said Lani Wong in her brief remarks.
The evening features trailers from the festival and Asian Pacific cuisines from several metro Atlanta restaurants including Ba Bellies, Fumi Sushi & Hibachi, and Chin Chin Chinese Restaurant. This year’s festival showcase feature films from China, India, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Laos. The festival organization presented Mr. Fred Bounds of GSU Perimeter COllege Dunwoody with a “Distinguished Service Award” for his dedication and his volunteer work with AAFF. Atlanta Asian Film Festival is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization. For more information, visit AAFF website: http://atlaff.org
“Sam Olens’ two decades of public service and outstanding leadership qualities make him the right person to lead Kennesaw State University at the right time,” said Board of Regents Chair Kessel Stelling, Jr. “While Sam has successfully led a large workforce and managed a substantial operating budget, he also has a passion for KSU and public higher education.” University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby said, “Sam Olens is a proven consensus builder, and he will bring this important quality to Kennesaw State’s campus to partner with faculty and staff to the benefit of students. With Sam’s background and experience, he understands how KSU and the community can best work together for the longterm good of the institution.” “I am honored to have the opportunity to serve as president of Kennesaw State University,” said Olens. “I pledge to work in partnership with the Kennesaw State campus community to focus our efforts on advancing our academic mission. Working with students, faculty and staff, together, we will continue to make KSU a leading university.” Olens has served as the Attorney General for the State of Georgia since first elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Prior to serving as Attorney General, Olens was chairman of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, serving from August 2002 through March 2010. He previously
served as a Cobb County Commissioner from 1999 through June 2002. Olens also served as chairman of the Atlanta Regional Commission from December 2004 through 2009. Olens is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including: the 2015 Charles L. Weltner Freedom of Information Award, the 2013 Emory Law School Distinguished Alumni Award, the 2008 Tom Bradley Leadership Award by the National Association of Regional Councils and the 2007 “Excellence in Public Service Award” by the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute. Georgia Trend magazine named him their 2016 Georgian of the Year. In 2011, the Cobb Chamber of Commerce honored Olens for his dedication to community and philanthropic service by naming their annual community service award the “Sam Olens Business Community Service Award.” Olens is a friend and supporter of several Asian American community events in Georgia. He regularly attends events organized by the Korean American Friendship Society, National Association of Chinese Americans, and several other multicultural organizations. Olens earned his juris doctor from the Emory University School of Law and a bachelor’s and master’s in international affairs at American University in Washington, D.C. He and his wife, Lisa, have two children and reside in Cobb County.
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TAIWAN A Flourishing Democracy in Asia On Oct. 10, 2016, the Republic of China (Taiwan) celebrates its 105th anniversary, an important event for Asia’s first republic and one heralding the dawn of a new era characterized by innovation, reform and the building of a more progressive, caring society. The election of President Tsai Ing-wen as the ROC’s first female head of state in January, as well as the third transition of power in May, signals the maturing of the nation’s hard-earned democracy—one in which the efforts of the citizenry to safeguard freedom, protect human rights and uphold the rule of law are recognized worldwide. Central to this process is Tsai’s “Steadfast Diplomacy.” Based on the principle of mutual assistance for mutual benefits, the initiative paves the way for Taiwan to work with all like-minded countries and territories in playing a more significant role in the international community and making greater contributions.
This approach is important as momentum builds for Tsai’s New Southbound Policy, which aims to deepen Taiwan’s trade and cultural links with Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states, South Asian countries, Australia and New Zealand, and ensure all segments of society can share in long-term prosperity. The policy also helps the nation quickly adjust to changing global conditions and the trend toward regional economic integration. As the ROC further strengthens its robust economy and vibrant democracy—proud achievements in Asia—it will continue making the nation’s culture, lifestyle and social diversity a global benchmark. Toiling for a better tomorrow is a worthy goal on Double Tenth National Day.
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FEATURE Trump attacks, Clinton lies low as last debate nears Washington DC, OCT 18, 2016 — Donald Trump fired off an erratic new broadside at Hillary Clinton on Sunday, making more explosive claims that American media and a conspiracy to commit voter fraud are rigging the presidential election against him. Amid the latest Twitter blasts from the Republican White House nominee, his running mate Mike Pence sought to lower tensions by insisting his camp would accept defeat if that’s what voters decide on November 8.
Dead voters In another tweet, he suggested — without offering evidence — that voter fraud will be a problem on election day. “The election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing Crooked Hillary – but also at many polling places – SAD,” he said. Top Trump advisor Rudy Giuliani told CNN on Sunday that Democratic districts are known for counting the votes of dead people.
Two polls out on Sunday — and carried out in time to gauge voter reaction to the slew of sexual misconduct allegations against Trump that emerged last week — puts Clinton ahead.
“You want me to (say) that I think the election in Philadelphia and Chicago is going to be fair? I would have to be a moron to say that,” he said.
But they did so by vastly different numbers: an ABC News/Washington Post survey had Clinton four points ahead while an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll put her margin at 11 points.
“I’ve found very few situations where Republicans cheat. They don’t control the inner cities the way Democrats do. Maybe if Republicans controlled the inner cities, they’d do as much cheating as Democrats do,” Giuliani said.
Trump, in a long stream of tweets on Sunday, said repeatedly that US media are rigging the election by hammering away at what he calls fabricated accounts of him making unwanted sexual advances on women.
Trump has been insisting for months that the election is rigged — and has repeated the charge like a mantra since Clinton started to pull away in the polls a few weeks ago.
Trump has denied those allegations, which burst into the race last week in a steady, damaging stream. “Polls close, but can you believe I lost large numbers of women voters based on made up events THAT NEVER HAPPENED. Media rigging election!” Trump wrote.
“He is swinging at every phantom of his own imagination because he knows he’s losing,” Clinton’s running mate Tim Kaine told ABC on Sunday. Trump’s assertions have been criticized as dangerous as it seems to raise the prospect of his supporters lashing out if he loses. After the first debate Trump said he would respect the election result. But he backtracked in an interview with the New York Times last month, saying,
“We’re going to see what happens.” Pence tried to put the issue to rest Sunday, telling CBS News, “We will absolutely accept the results of the election.” Pence was asked about a Trump supporter who told a newspaper he planned to go to polling places and make voters “a little bit nervous.” Pence said he did not condone such behavior. “I don’t think any American should ever attempt to make any other American nervous in the exercise of their, of their franchise to vote,” he said, adding that those concerned about voter fraud should volunteer at their local polling stations. ‘Handed me’ the election The nation’s top elected Republican, House Speaker Paul Ryan, who has declared that he would no longer “defend” the party’s nominee, rebuked Trump over his comments questioning the validity of the election process. “Our democracy relies on confidence in election results, and the speaker is fully confident the states will carry out this election with integrity,” his spokeswoman AshLee Strong said in a statement. Trump lashed out at Ryan on Sunday evening, saying “The Democrats have a corrupt political machine pushing crooked Hillary Clinton. We have Paul Ryan, always fighting the Republican nominee!”
how to win (including failed run four years ago), must start focusing on the budget, military, vets etc.” As Trump and Clinton prepare for their third and last debate on Wednesday, Clinton is lying low, with the apparent strategy of letting Trump self-destruct. But these are also delicate times for Clinton. As sexual misconduct claims against Trump dominate the campaign, is it hard for Clinton to speak out because she stayed beside her husband Bill even as he was mired in the Monica Lewinsky and other sex scandals, humiliating her on his way to being impeached. But there is no question the race is shifting in her favor. The CBS News Battleground Tracker Poll out Sunday found that, because of a surge in support for Clinton among women, she now leads by six points in a dozen crucial swing states. Underscoring the campaign’s divisiveness, a Republican Party office in the southern state of North Carolina was firebombed overnight Sunday, with the message “Nazi Republicans leave town or else” sprayed on an adjacent building. No one was hurt in the attack. Trump even took time Sunday to target late night comedy show “Saturday Night Live,” which has parodied him mercilessly in recent weeks. He called the show “boring and unfunny” and said the actor who plays him — Alec Baldwin — “stinks.” “Media rigging election!” he added.
“Paul Ryan, a man who doesn’t know
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BUSINESS ASIA China’s Alibaba buys stake in Spielberg firm
Beijing, October 10, 2016 – Chinese internet billionaire Jack Ma has joined forces with cinema legend Steven Spielberg to produce and distribute films, they announced, the latest major tie-up between China and Hollywood. Alibaba Pictures, a unit of Ma’s sprawling e-commerce conglomerate, said it had taken a minority stake in Spielberg’s Amblin Partners, a film creation company that includes DreamWorks studios. The deal will see the companies co-finance and co-produce movies for Chinese and international audiences, Alibaba said on its corporate website. Alibaba Pictures will also have a seat on the board of Amblin. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. At a press conference in Beijing on Sunday, Spielberg — who shot his 1987 movie “Empire of the Sun” in Shanghai — said the partnership will allow him to “bring more China to America and bring more America to China”, according to the Alibaba statement. jackmaAlibaba chief Jack Ma said that while the US and China “may have cultural differences”, the company will focus on human stories and serve as a bridge between the two countries. The partnership will give Spielberg’s company access to Alibaba’s online ecosystem and films will be distributed through streaming platforms such as the group’s Youtube-like Youku Toudu. The deal is the latest in a wave of Chinese money flowing to Hollywood, with real estate developer turned media conglomerate Wanda buying Jurassic World creator Legendary Entertainment for $3.5 billion earlier this year.
Foreign film companies are heavily restricted from entering China’s booming market, with an opaque review process and government caps limiting the number of non-Chinese movies that can be shown. To get around restrictions, Hollywood studios have sought partnerships with local companies. In an interview posted on the company website Alibaba Pictures president Zhang Wei said the tie-up was “not just a financial investment” and that the company chose Amblin over other Hollywood partners because their early conversations did not focus only on funding. “There’s a lot of hot money from China floating around Hollywood right now, and we’ve had quite a few people approaching us wanting a partnership,” she said. “Oftentimes people see us as a source of capital and as a way into China.” The partnership follows an announcement by Wanda last month to invest in movies produced by Sony Pictures, its first deal with one of Hollywood’s so-called “Big Six” studios, after it snapped up the US movie theatre chain AMC in 2012 for $2.6 billion. Wanda’s Hollywood ambitions have raised eyebrows in the US, with lawmakers suggesting that company chairman Wang Jianlin has close ties to the Chinese government and may be seeking to exert “propaganda controls on American media”, trade magazine Variety reported.
Once rivals, Honda, Yamaha Motor announce scooter tie-up Tokyo, October 5, 2016 — Japan’s Honda Motor Co Ltd and Yamaha Motor Co Ltd on Wednesday said they were joining forces to develop scooters for the domestic market, burying the hatchet on a decades-old rivalry and consolidating production in response to a shrinking motorcycle market. Honda, the world’s largest motorcycle brand by sales, said it would start producing Yamaha’s 50-cc engine scooter models for the domestic market at its plant in southern Japan by the end of 2018, based on the manufacturing platform for Honda’s small scooter models. The two companies said that pooling resources would be a way to mitigate increasing costs to develop new scooter technologies and keep pace with ever-tightening emissions regulations in the face of falling domestic scooter sales. “The slowdown in the scooter market seen in the past few years has made business in the sector very difficult for both companies, so partnering will have merits,” Honda operating officer Shinji Aoyama told reporters. Both companies said they would continue to market scooters separately, and that the partnership was limited to Japan. By far the largest market for both companies is Asia ex-Japan, where a growing demand for scooters from an expanding middle class has created their biggest battleground. Yamaha managing executive officer Katsuaki Watanabe said having Honda manufacture Yamaha models on contract would likely be more cost efficient than Yamaha’s current arrangement of producing the vehicles in Taiwan and exporting them back home.
The two companies said they would also jointly update their respective delivery scooter models, which Honda may also manufacture for Yamaha, while also considering collaboration on electric scooter projects. The partnership stands in contrast to a bitter rivalry between Honda, the top seller of scooters in Japan, and second-ranked Yamaha which dates back to around 1980, when both companies released dozens of motorcycle models and competed over distribution and pricing to increase market share. “There’s absolutely no bad feeling or ill will left over from that period,” Yamaha’s Watanabe said. Since then, overall domestic sales of motorcycles and scooters have fallen sharply due to a slump in demand from a rapidly growing elderly population and falling interest in vehicle ownership among younger consumers particularly in the past few years. Sales fell 10.6 percent to 373,000 motorcycles in the year ended March 2015, their second year of decline and a drop from the 1.2 million motorbikes sold in 1995. Motorcycles are a key part of both companies’ product line-ups, although domestic sales contribute little to global revenue.
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Apple to set up R&D center in Shenzhen, bolster China ties Hong Kong, October 12, 2016 — Apple Inc. will set up a research and development center in China’s manufacturing metropolis Shenzhen, the U.S. tech giant said on Wednesday, as the firm looks to spur growth in the world’s second largest economy amid growing competition. The Shenzhen hub follows a similar plan for a center in Beijing, and comes as Apple is looking to bounce back in China, where local rivals like Huawei Technologies, OPPO and Vivo have been taking market share from its flagship iPhone. Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook announced the plan during a meeting with senior officials from the southern Chinese city where he is attending a nation-wide innovation event, the Shenzhen Economic Daily reported. “We are excited to be opening a new Research and Development center here next year so our engineering team can work even more closely and collaboratively with our manufacturing partners,” Cupertino-based Apple spokesman Josh Rosenstock said in emailed comments. “The Shenzhen center, along with the Beijing center, is also aimed at strengthening relationships with local
partners and universities as we work to support talent development across the country,” he said. The Shenzhen Economic Daily, citing Cook, said Apple was keen to attract talented software developers in the city, which remains an important center for manufacturing Apple products. It added Terry Gou, founder and chief executive of Apple’s major supplier Foxconn, also attended the meeting. In August Cook unveiled plans for a Beijing-based R&D facility, its first in China, and promised to invest more in China during a visit to the country. – Reuters
ZTO Express eyes largest Chinese company U.S. IPO since Alibaba New York, Oct 15, 2016 — Logistics company ZTO Express has set terms for what could be the largest U.S. initial public offering this year and also the biggest by a Chinese company after the $25 billion IPO of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd in 2014. ZTO’s IPO later this month, which could raise as much as $1.5 billion, is the latest example of a Chinese company seeking to capitalize on its growth prospects to lure Western investors, while also avoiding the red tape associated with launching IPOs in mainland China. China is the world’s largest express delivery market, with 21 billion parcels delivered in 2015, according to market research firm iResearch, cited in the IPO prospectus of ZTO. This is approximately 1.5 times the total parcel volume of the United States. ZTO said in a regulatory filing on Friday that it expected to sell 72.1 million American depositary shares in the range of $16.50 to $18.50. Sources close to ZTO told Thomson Reuters publication IFR earlier this year the company was eyeing a U.S. listing for a faster completion and to make it easier for existing shareholders to monetizes their stakes.
A consortium of investors including Hillhouse Capital Management Ltd of Hong Kong and private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC invested in the company in 2015. Founded in 2002, ZTO is a major player in China’s quickly expanding e-commerce market. It delivers parcels for Alibaba and JD.com Inc (JD.O), among others. ZTO delivered roughly 14 percent of all parcels in China last year, according to its IPO prospectus. Sales of ZTO jumped to RMB 6.1 billion ($915.8 million) in 2015, up from RMB 3.9 billion in 2014. Its net income was RMB 1.3 billion ($200.4 million). It has roughly 7,700 network partners and 74 sorting hubs. ZTO will use the proceeds from its offering to buy more trucks, expand capacity through the purchase of land, facilities and equipment and for other general corporate purposes. ZTO intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker ZTO. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc are the lead IPO underwriters.
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ART
Tibet’s thangkas find new fans across China Beijing, Oct 17, 2016 — Her eyes riveted to the canvas, Wulan meticulously applies colour to an image of the Buddha, using pigments made of crushed pearls, turquoise and agate. The 34-year-old is one of dozens of students at a school in Lhasa learning the medieval Tibetan art of “thangka” — minutely detailed paintings depicting Buddhist deities or symbols, usually on cotton canvas or silk scrolls. But she is not Tibetan. Ethnically Mongol, she moved 2,500km to embark on seven years of studies. Beijing’s forces took over Tibet in 1951 and the Communist government reviles the exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, but the region’s traditional religious art is now increasingly being embraced by outsiders — including from China’s Han ethnic majority — as both buyers and producers. “Thangkas are captivating a growing number of people,” said Wulan. “Traditional cultures are more and more recognised in China, which wasn’t always the case in the past, during the economic boom.” In their heyday centuries ago thangkas had patrons and practitioners in Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet and northern India, and in 2009, Unesco added them to its list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, calling them “an integral part of the artistic life of people” on the Tibetan plateau.
pencil, wield delicate paintbrushes and apply pigment to canvas. Turbulent priest The revival comes after a turbulent past — the Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule and the ravages of Mao’s Cultural Revolution laid waste religious tradition and iconography as zealous Red Guards — including Tibetans — sought to destroy the “Four Olds”: customs, culture, habits and ideas. “Beyond the destruction of artworks and monasteries ransacked, looted or burned, a lot of the expertise was lost. Many teachers disappeared or were in prison and could not train young people,” said Amy Heller, a Tibetologist and art historian based in Switzerland. “Even after the Cultural Revolution, it was difficult. “The censorship had been such for 10 years that people were reluctant to bring out their thangkas, for fear of being denounced.” Many Tibetans accuse Beijing of wanting to dilute their culture and the Dalai Lama says Tibet is the victim of “cultural genocide”. Beijing considers the Himalayan region an integral part of its territory — a view disputed by the Tibetan government in exile and some scholars — and retorts that it ended serfdom and brought development.
Now there are more than 100 apprentices — including some Han Chinese, the country’s overwhelming ethnic majority — at Wulan’s Danba Raodan school, who get free tuition in return for helping their teachers with their paintings.
The issue can find its way into art. In 2014, Chinese tycoon Liu Yiqian paid a record US$45 million for a 15th-century thangka tapestry believed to have been a gift from a Chinese emperor to a Tibetan Buddhist leader.
The students spend 10 hours every day learning how to trace figures in
At the time, Liu said: “If you look at it from the perspective of politics and
diplomacy in ancient China it is... of great importance, because 600 years ago Tibet was a part of China already.” Spiritual hole Once only made by artisans attached to Buddhist temples and monasteries and painstakingly produced according to strict rules, the creation of thangkas is now open to anyone passionate about the art. The vast majority of the Danba Raodan students are still Tibetans, but when it opened its doors in 1980 there were only 20 thangka painters in Lhasa, said its director Tenzin Phuntsok, who inherited it from his father. “Today, there are a thousand. “And nationally, about 10,000,” he said. Each painting requires between one month to three years of work, depending on its size and complexity. And while thangkas were traditionally offered to monasteries or sold to Tibetan families, the art has now secured a new, lucrative audience — Chinese collectors. “They come from the big cities of Beijing and Shanghai, and are becoming more numerous,” said Tenzin Phuntsok. As interest grows, prices have soared, rising 10 per cent a year according to the specialist Tiantangwu gallery in Beijing.
“The thangka of a novice teacher is already worth several thousand euros,” added the director, whose own works sell for nearly 200,000 yuan. The older generation of painters “do not necessarily welcome this commercialisation”, acknowledged the 31-year-old, but said: “As a young person I find it inevitable. The main thing is to find a balance between the tradition and the market.” Some specialists warn of wider risks. After decades of frantic economic growth and materialism, “Chinese sense a need to fill a spiritual hole with religion”, said Wang Jingyi, professor of art at Taiwan Normal University in Taipei and market analyst. “And they are drawn to Tibetan Buddhism, which has more colourful art than what you find elsewhere in China.” But Chinese collectors’ “frenzy” for thangkas was “not necessarily beneficial for relations between Han and Tibetans”, he added, as Han-owned galleries sometimes reaped huge profits from the works of Tibetan painters. “Ultimately, these are religious items,” he said. “If they are too commercialised, they will lose their religious identity.”
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Atlanta Asian Film Festival ~ Premiere Night Oct 14, 2016 Mercer University Atlanta
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Taiwan’s Double Tenth Celebration Oct 5, 2016 Sheraton Atlanta
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Surf, suds and stock tips: Millennials find place at Stocktoberfest San Diego, Oct 17, 2016 — Actress Rachel Fox was just 15 when she made her first, and worst, stock market trade using money she had earned on Desperate Housewives. “Never again. That was a one-time thing,” Fox said about the underperforming penny stock. “You gotta think long term.” The actress, best known for playing the troubled stepdaughter Kayla Huntington on the hit ABC television show from 2006 to 2008, was one of dozens of millennials who turned up at “Stocktoberfest” at San Diego’s landmark Hotel del Coronado this weekend to give and get investment advice. The weekend-long event run by online site StockTwits attracts a number of younger investors, who between presentations on fintech, fundamentals and the future of finance are known to don wet suits for a quick surf or party on the beach with beers.
At only 20, however, Fox was too young to be served alcohol. Instead, she spent her time drinking bottled water, refreshing her Twitter feed to monitor stock prices and googling unfamiliar financial terms that came up in conversation about the bond market and company debt. Invited to speak on a panel with portfolio manager and former Yahoo Finance host Jeff Macke, Fox talked about Starbucks, Pokemon and Snapchat. The actress, who also writes a blog called “Fox on Stocks”, argued that investors — young and old — needed to harness social and digital content to make better financial decisions. Being the “resident millennial” at Stocktoberfest didn’t bother Fox one bit. “It gives me leverage,” she said.
“I have people coming up to me and asking: ‘What’s the millennial secret?’” Patrick Dunuwila, however, was at least one millennial at Stocktoberfest happier to get advice than give it. Dunuwila, 23, said he manages US$3 million of his family and friends’ money. During the keynote address of the conference, he thought he was off to good start when he opened up the StockTwits mobile app and made two trades that earned him a quick US$300. Then, in a networking session between panels, he said he was “torn apart” by Lee Munson, a former Wall Street stockbroker turned author and founder of Portfolio Wealth Advisors. “He told me I need to be more aggressive with asking people for money. Get up there and say ‘I’m 23, I’m hungry’,” Dunuwila said.
“You walk away from that, your ego gets slashed, but I needed to hear it.” Munson, 41, said the harsh advice he gave Dunuwila was advice he had wish he had received when he was 23. “I spent my whole life in New York not knowing that I needed to be aggressive early,” said Munson. “You come to a place like Stocktoberfest where you’ve got all the freaks and all the freedom to just talk. That’s what I was doing with Patrick.” Later, Dunuwila said thanks by buying Munson a tequila at the hotel bar after midnight. Fox, on the other hand, had already headed home to work on a new investment app. — Reuters
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Daughter of US Olympic sprinter Gay fatally shot I’m exhausted, admits slumping Djokovic Shanghai, Oct 15, 2016 — Novak Djokovic admitted he was worn out from his dominance of the tennis circuit over the past two seasons after his nosedive in form grew steeper today. The world number one said he was exhausted and emotional after a brilliant run in which he has snared six of his 12 Grand Slam wins, including four in a row up to June’s French Open. He was speaking after a 6-4, 6-4 defeat to 19th-ranked Roberto Bautista in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters, a tournament he won for the third time last year. Since grabbing his first French Open title, Djokovic won in Toronto and reached the US Open final but he was also an early casualty at Wimbledon and the Olympics. “In terms of results it was up and down, but there are definitely things that I need to regain from the emotional, mental point of view,” Djokovic said. “So I guess I’m focusing on that more. It’s a transition somewhere in between, maybe just exhausted by the amount of matches I have had in the last 15 to 20 months. “Maybe all in all that’s the cause of me feeling this way. But... I had to
experience this sooner or later. I knew I could not go on playing at the highest level for so many years all the time.” Djokovic, who skipped his China Open title defence last week with an elbow problem, arrived in Shanghai insisting that mental equilibrium was now his focus, rather than trophies. But he departed with neither after a bad-tempered defeat to Bautista in which he smashed his racquet, tore his shirt and lashed out at the chair umpire. Djokovic has admitted he’s dealing with “private issues” in recent months and in Shanghai, he hinted that his coaching tie-up with Boris Becker may be at an end. The question now is how quickly Djokovic can recover, and whether he can return to the levels that made him peerless in the game. “I guess this is one of those days. You know, things go in an opposite direction than you want them, but again, it’s a lesson,” the 29-year-old said. “Every day is a lesson. You learn from these kind of days and matches more than when you’re winning.”
Washington DC, Oct 17, 2016 — The teen daughter of former US Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay was fatally shot early yesterday, police said. Police say 15-year-old Trinity Gay, a star high school runner herself, was struck by a bullet during a shootout at about 4am in the parking lot of the Cook Out restaurant and pronounced dead at University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital. Witnesses told police gunfire was exchanged between a gray Dodge Charger and a dark-coloured sports car with tinted windows. Authorities found the Dodge and detained two people for questioning as they continue to search for the other vehicle. Messages of support came to Tyson Gay and his family from the athletics world. “Sending our thoughts and prayers to TysonLGay and his loved ones as they mourn the tragic and senseless loss of his daughter, Trinity,” USA Track and Field tweeted. “Condolences to Tyson Gay and his family... 15-year-old girl dies after shooting at Lexington restaurant,” tweeted former Olympic sprint rival Ato Boldon from Trinidad and Tobago. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper, Trinity Gay was a sophomore sprint star at Lafayette High School, where her father once ran. She was a fourth-generation
sprinter who placed fourth in last year’s girls 100m state final. “Our hearts are broken this morning over the loss of Trinity to this tragic and senseless act of violence,” Fayette County School Superintendent Manny Caulk said in a statement to the newspaper. Tyson Gay is the fastest sprinter in history not to have an Olympic medal after a career nagged by doping disqualifications. The 2007 world 100- and 200-meter champion and four-time US 100m champion suffered a hamstring injury at the 2008 Olympic trials and did not medal at Beijing. At the 2012 London Olympics, Gay was on the US 4x100 relay that finished second to Usain Bolt-led Jamaica but the Americans were stripped of the medal in 2014 based on a positive test by Gay in May of 2013 that he blamed on an unnamed third party. Gay served his suspension and returned to run again two months ago at the Rio Olympics where the Americans ran third in the 4x100 relay behind Jamaica and Japan, only to be disqualified because of a faulty exchange between teammates Justin Gatlin and Mike Rodgers.
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Mourinho promises Rooney ‘respect he deserves’ London, Oct 17, 2016 — Wayne Rooney will get the “respect he deserves” when the 30-year-old forward returns to Manchester United, manager Jose Mourinho has insisted.
“I think at Man United he feels at home, at Man United he feels the respect he deserves. Not at Anfield, obviously, but he knows that here he is respected.”
The dropped England captain returned to Old Trafford earlier in the week following an international break when he was booed by home fans during a 2-0 World Cup qualifying win over Malta at Wembley.
Mourinho was involved in several high-profile clashes with Liverpool when manager of Chelsea.
Days later Rooney, England’s alltime record scorer, was left out of the subsequent goalless draw away to Slovenia by interim national manager Gareth Southgate. Rooney could well be left on the bench again by Portuguese boss Mourinho when United face bitter rivals Liverpool at Anfield today. And while Rooney could well receive a rough reception in Liverpool, Mourinho has assured the striker, who launched his career with Liverpool’s city rivals Everton, of a warm welcome back at Old Trafford. “He was not booed by Man United fans,” Mourinho said. “To be honest, the last match when he went to the warm-up I was feeling Old Trafford was behind him and immediately supporting him during the warm-up before he came on against Stoke.
But the rivalry between northwest sides United and Liverpool, English football’s two most successful clubs, stretches back decades. “For me, to play Liverpool is to play against a big club,” added Mourinho, whose career has also seen him manage Spanish giants Real Madrid and Italy’s Inter Milan. “In Madrid I wanted to play against Barcelona, against Atletico, against Valencia,” he explained. “In Inter I wanted to play against Milan, against Juventus, against Roma. In Chelsea I wanted to play against Man United, Liverpool, Arsenal, all the big clubs in the country. “Now in Man United it’s the same. I love to play against the big opponents and Liverpool is a big opponent.”
Serena Williams withdraws from WTA Finals Singapore, Oct 17, 2016 — US superstar Serena Williams has withdrawn from the elite WTA Finals in Singapore today, saying she’s still working to recover from the shoulder troubles that hindered her in 2016. The WTA announced Williams’ withdrawal from the event that starts on October 23 on their Twitter feed, posting a video of Williams herself explaining the decision. “Hey everyone in Singapore,” Williams said. “I’m really, really bummed that I won’t be able to come compete this year. “It’s been a really tough year for me just dealing so much with these shoulder injuries. “My doctor insists that I stay home and heal it every single day.”
The 22-time Grand Slam champion pulled out of two tournaments in China after being knocked out of the semi-finals of the US Open. That defeat saw Williams’ 186-week reign atop the world rankings end as Germany’s Angelique Kerber reached the summit and captured the Flushing Meadows title into the bargain. Williams claimed just one Grand Slam title in 2016, at Wimbledon. After that, shoulder troubles hampered her in Rio where her hopes of a fifth Olympic gold medal were crushed in the third round.
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HEALTH Colds, fatigue, stress? Vitamin C is a friend in need Paris, Oct 11 — Whether you’re stressed, tired, overworked or exposed to other factors like smoking, pollution, certain medications or endurance sports, your vitamin C intake may not be sufficient for your lifestyle and needs. As autumn arrives, Florence Hanczyk — a homeopathy doctor in Paris, France, specialising in chrono nutrition — advises taking vitamin C combined with other vitamins and minerals (E,A, zinc, selenium) to make it less toxic for the body. She also recommends sticking to a daily intake of 500 milligrams unless you have a particularly active lifestyle. What are the signs of vitamin C deficiency? Vitamin C is an essential vitamin that the body gets from food and from dietary supplements. Unlike certain animals, the human body cannot make on its own vitamin C. Smokers, for example, have a greater need for vitamin C, and should make sure they’re getting enough every day. Moreover, an acidifying diet of the “steak-fries-coffee-cigarettes” kind inevitably leads to vitamin C deficiency, which can cause
South America and widely available in tablet form. It’s important to check a product’s composition and avoid those that contain additives and sweeteners, as they can disrupt sleep. Synthetic vitamin C is much cheaper to produce than natural vitamins, making it more affordable to buy.
fatigue, increased risk of infection and poor sleep. Being tired for no reason, having cold after cold from autumn to spring, gums that bleed when brushing teeth, skin that marks easily with bruises at the slightest bump, and allergies that flare up intensely and more frequently, can all be warning signs of vitamin C deficiency. What’s the best kind of vitamin C to take? Synthetic or natural? A 2013 study found no significant difference in terms of absorption between so-called “synthetic” vitamin C and natural forms of vitamin C such as acerola — a small red fruit native to
Why are vitamin C supplements needed on top of dietary intake? It all depends on your needs. A diet including plenty of fresh, seasonal fruit (oranges, kiwis, lemons, guavas, blackcurrants) and vegetables can be sufficient for some people but not for others. Freshly harvested, ripe and seasonal fruit isn’t always readily available. Nutrient levels are highest when fruit is ripe, but they drop with storage time. On the other hand, anyone who is stressed, overworked, lives in a city or a polluted environment, is a smoker or lives with smokers, or who takes certain medications or exercises regularly — particularly endurance sports — will
have vitamin C requirements that exceed their intake. What’s the right dosage? It is better to be cautious with vitamin C and avoid taking the vitamin alone in high doses for prolonged periods of time. This antioxidant vitamin can become harmful in the presence of other antioxidants, due to complex biochemical mechanisms. It’s best to look for a supplement that combines vitamin C with vitamins E, A, zinc and selenium, always in moderate doses for a regular treatment, with a maximum 500 milligrams per day for sedentary lifestyles or one gram per day for keen exercisers. It is the combination of these vitamins and minerals that will ensure the desired effect. For a shock treatment, when you have a cold for example, try taking two grams of vitamin C three times a day for a short period of time (between one and three days) then drop back to between 500 and 1,000 milligrams.
Physical strain, emotional upset can trigger heart attack Intense physical exertion or extreme emotional upset can each trigger a heart attack, and the risk may be highest if the two are combined, according to a new study. “Our study is the largest study exploring this issue, and unlike previous studies we included people from many different countries and ethnicities,” said lead author Andrew Smyth of the Population Health Research Institute at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The association between the triggers and the onset of heart attack was similar across all locations, he added. The researchers used data from
more than 12,000 cases of first heart attack in 52 countries, recorded in the INTERHEART study. After the heart attack, study staff asked patients if they had been engaged in heavy physical exertion or were angry or emotionally upset in the hour leading up to the heart attack and in the same hour on the previous day. Almost 14 percent said they had been engaged in heavy physical exertion and 14 percent said they were angry or emotionally upset in the hour leading up to the heart attack. Being angry or physically strained roughly doubled the heart attack risk. If the two factors were combined, heart
attack was about three times as likely, as reported in Circulation. The researchers didn’t explicitly define “upset” or “exertion” for patients, who decided this for themselves, Smyth told Reuters Health by email. In terms of heart attack triggers, there was no difference between those with and without diabetes or high blood pressure, he said. “It’s useful to know that either getting angry to an extreme or exercising to an extreme could potentially be harmful especially for middle aged people with cardiac risk factors,” said psychologist Barry Jacobs, director of
behavioral sciences at the Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency Program in Springfield, Pennsylvania, and spokesperson for the American Heart Association, who was not part of the new study. “One of the weaknesses of the study is that it doesn’t define what an extreme physical exertion experience would be or an extreme anger experience,” Jacobs told Reuters Health by phone. Everyone can benefit from keeping their tempers in check, and when angry, it’s not a good idea to throw yourself into extreme physical exercise, he said.
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Taiwan calls for renewed talks with China Thai King Bhumibol, world’s longest-reigning monarch, dies Bangkok, October 13, 2016 — Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej has passed away, according to a statement from the palace. The palace announced that King Bhumibol, aged 88, passed away at 3.52 pm Thursday. He was the world’s longest-reigning monarch, and was on the throne since 1946, a total of 70 years. Thailand’s national legislative assembly will meet at 9:00 pm and members have been asked to wear black ties. Earlier in the day, hundreds of people gathered at a Bangkok hospital where the King was being treated. Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chanocha cancelled an evening engagement on Thursday as well as his attendance at a summit in Goa, India, on Sunday without giving a reason. On Wednesday, the palace issued a statement saying that the king’s health had “overall not yet stabilized” and that
he was on a ventilator and battling a new infection. He had gone into an unstable condition after receiving haemodialysis treatment. All four of the king’s children, including Thai crown prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, visited the hospital on Thursday and Wednesday. The king is seen as a unifying figure in Thailand. His health, which is watched closely, is a sensitive subject. In addition to this, strict lese-majeste laws mean public discussion of his health and any succession plans are punishable by jail terms. As speculation of the king’s ill-health spread, the Thai government urged jittery stock investors to ignore rumors fearing a declining stock market.
Taipei, Oct 10, 2016 — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen today called for a resumption of talks with China and pledged that “anything” can be on the table for discussion. Relations with Beijing have deteriorated under Taiwan’s first female president, whose China-sceptic Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) took office in May after a landslide victory over the Kuomintang party (KMT). Tsai has refused to accept the concept of “one China”, prompting Beijing to cut off all official communication with the island’s new government. China sees self-ruling Taiwan as part of its territory requiring reunification. tsi-taiwanIn a speech marking Taiwan’s National Day, Tsai urged both sides to “set aside the baggage of history and engage in positive dialogue”. “The two sides of the strait should sit down and talk as soon as possible. Anything can be included for discussion,” Tsai said. While Tsai said she did not want Taiwan and China to go down “the old path of confrontation”, her government would not “bow to pressure” from Beijing. “Leaders on both sides should jointly show wisdom and flexibility and a calm
attitude to resolve the existing differences between the two sides,” Tsai said. Taipei has accused Beijing of pressuring a number of countries, including Armenia and Kenya, to deport Taiwanese fraud suspects to China rather than their home territory. Taiwan has also blamed China for blocking it from attending international events, including a major United Nations aviation meeting in Canada last month and a series of forums in semi-autonomous Hong Kong. “This is our fundamental attitude towards maintaining the status quo and it is based on the collective hope for peace across the Taiwan Strait,” Tsai said. Relations between Taipei and Beijing improved under the previous China-friendly KMT government, but left many Taiwanese fearing the island’s sovereignty was under threat. Scores of anti-China protesters rallied outside today’s ceremony demanding Tsai reject the “one China” idea. Pro-China demonstrators called for Tsai to step down and one man was removed by police after he kept shouting during the president’s speech.
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As Thais mourn king, black clothing booms Bangkok, October 15, 2016 — Thailand’s government has warned of a national shortage of black clothing, which is flying off shelves as a distraught nation mourns beloved late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The commerce ministry also said it would work with manufacturers to ensure a stable supply of mourning wear while threatening stiff punishments for price-gouging by merchants. Thailand has been plunged into grief by the death on Thursday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who reigned as a deeply revered god-like figure for 70 years. A range of public activities have been cancelled and television programming and nightlife has been ordered to tone it down for the next month out of respect. The directives have raised some concern that the economy would suffer, but sales of black clothing, at least, are booming. The commerce ministry’s director-general of internal trade Nuntawan Sakuntanaga has called on consumers to put off purchases of mourning wear until manufacturers can catch up with demand.
“The supply of black shirts may be low for a few days but garment manufacturers have insisted that there will not be a shortage, while they will quote prices as normal,” she said, according to The Nation. Since the king’s death, black clothing was being sold at double the normal price in some cases, Nuntawan said. Price-gougers could face fines of up to 140,000 baht ($3,900) and seven years in jail, she added. Bhumibol was the only king most Thais have ever known, a father figure with an image of moral rectitude whose loss has profoundly touched millions in the country. On Friday tens of thousands of his grieving subjects, many holding aloft portraits of the king, lined the route of a motorcade that bore his body to the royal palace in Bangkok from the hospital were he died at the age of 88.
Japan PM Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine for war dead Tokyo, October 17, 2016 — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Monday to mark the annual autumn festival at the shrine, which is seen in China and the two Koreas as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism. Past visits by Japanese leaders to Yasukuni have outraged Beijing and Seoul because it honors 14 Japanese leaders convicted by an Allied tribunal as war criminals, along with war dead. Abe has only visited the shrine in person once, in December 2013, since becoming premier the previous year. Keen to improve ties with China and South Korea, strained by territorial disputes, Abe has instead opted to send ritual offerings on several occasions, including on Monday, a spokeswoman for Yasukuni said. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Yasukuni enshrined war criminals. “We resolutely oppose this wrong move by a Japa-
nese government dignitary,” Hua told a daily news briefing in Beijing. Attention is focused on whether Defence Minister Tomomi Inada, who has been accused by China of recklessly misrepresenting wartime history, will visit or make an offering at the shrine. As of Monday morning, she had yet to do either, the spokeswoman added. On the previous occasion for high-profile Yasukuni visits, the Aug. 15 anniversary of Japan’s World War Two surrender, the newly appointed Inada was visiting troops in Djibouti and unable to go to the shrine.
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TRAVEL to commemorate Table Mountain’s inauguration as one of the world’s New Seven Wonders of Nature in 2012. Strike a pose, smile and you’ll have an Instagram-worthy portrait in no time at all. Aside from the panoramic views, also take a closer look at the flora around you. The Table Mountain National Park is home to some endangered plant species such as the Silvertree (Leucadendron argenteum) found nowhere else in the world. Many of the flowers here are part of the fynbos, a shrubland vegetation native to the Western Cape of South Africa.
From Table Mountain to the Cape of Good Hope Cape Town, Oct 9, 2016 — From the mountain to the sea, that’s the promise of the Mother City, an affectionate nickname for Cape Town, the oldest town in South Africa.
thus named (nor actually take a decent photograph). Secondly, the snaking queues for the cable car ride means you’d be spending most of your time with hundreds of other tourists.
In the north of the Cape Peninsula is the iconic Table Mountain, thus named because of its unusually wide and flat apex. Towards the south, the Cape of Good Hope looms, marking the point where a ship traveling the African coastline begins to head more eastward than southward.
An alternative idea is to drive up the neighboring Signal Hill, just 10 or so minutes away. The flat-topped hill is also known as the Lion’s Rump because when you view it together with Lion’s Head, another mountain peak, it forms a structure resembling a lion or sphinx. Signal Hill is thus named because of the guns that were used to communicate weather warnings to ships and also to let the public know when a ship was in trouble along the coast.
By car, the journey from one end to the other takes only one and a half hours. Along the way, you’d enjoy dramatically changing views, from the coast of Camps Bay in the north when exiting the city to the shrubland of the Table Mountain National Park in the south as you approach the Cape of Good Hope. Begin with Table Mountain as it’s likely closer to where you’re staying (i.e. in the city centre). Most visitors will head directly to the aerial cableway, which is the fastest way to the summit of the mountain. The drawback is twofold: First, when you’re that close, you don’t have a decent view of why the mountain is
From this unparalleled vantage point, you’d not only get a spectacular view of Table Mountain in all its “table top” splendour but also enjoy outstanding vistas of the city centre and Table Bay, a natural bay on the Atlantic Ocean. Quite often there will be paragliders taking off from one of the gentler slopes; you might be tempted to join them! Not sure how to pose for the perfect shot with Table Mountain in the background? There is actually a gigantic yellow picture frame that was installed
You will discover more fynbos as you travel farther south along the Cape Peninsula; indeed the park isn’t a continuous area but also includes other areas further away from Table Mountain such as the Cape of Good Hope. As you drive along the long, well-sealed road to Cape Point, yours might be the only vehicle as the horizon stretches for miles. A few cyclists pass you by but that’s it. The solitude is utterly beautiful. When you reach Cape Point, you’ll park your car by the side of the road and walk the rest of the way to the lighthouse. Pay attention to the shrubbery next to you as you stroll and you
may spot some of the local wildlife such as lizards basking in the sun or a tortoise crawling into the bushes. There are two rocky capes at this southern part of the peninsula: Cape Point, at the south-east corner, has the higher peak and the lighthouse; the Cape of Good Hope is found lower, on the south-west side. The Cape Point lighthouse, in particular, offers great views. Here you can also find a pole measuring the distances of various cities around the world, such as New York and Rio de Janeiro, from Cape Point. Colonies of cormorants and other seabirds nest in the raw edges of the cliffs. The horizon seems to be perpetually cloud-covered. If you’re lucky, you may observe whales in the waters. There is a decidedly wild atmosphere here. For hiking enthusiasts, both of Cape Town’s foremost landmarks make for solid trails. The terrain can change dramatically as you trek — as will the flora, fauna and views — so you’ll never get bored. Whether it’s a half-day hike (only for the physically fit) up Table Mountain or exploring the cliffs from Cape Point to the very edge of the Cape of Good Hope, the experience is unforgettable.