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A very early start 15-year-old tech entrepreneur wins 1st place in start-up competition, develops products that make contributions

TRAVEL Exploring Jaipur » P. 9

Huskies receive warm welcome in Hangzhou…

Photo by Eugene Hsu

…from no other than Jack Ma

Christopher Lee presented with award.

By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly Christopher Lee is a Lakeside High sophomore.

He has always had a weak stomach and has actually

Jack Ma receives a souvenir Huskies jersey.

contracted campylobacteriosis, an infection from drinking bad water before.

He had been in many situations where he {see LEE cont’d on page 15}

Keiko Matsui returns!

Seattle welcomes the award-winning pianist and composer

Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma met the team members from the University of Washington Huskies on Nov. 11.

The Huskies will be playing against the University of Texas on Nov. 14 in China. Ma escorted the team on a brief tour.

The team brought him a souvenir from Seattle, where one of Alibaba’s offices is located. Ma was presented with a Huskies jersey.

Hopefully he will be sporting it at the game!

For more information, see related article on page 7.

Educator Lisa Zhao offers business insight

Lisa Zhao with students.

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly

Recent performance at Yoshi’s in Oakland.

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Japanese jazz pianist and composer Keiko Matsui has traveled all over the world with her music, and recorded her latest CD/DVD set at the Ex Theater in

Tokyo’s Roppongi district. But she told me that Seattle is actually her favorite place to play.

“Seattle is my favorite city,” she continues. “Always, I spend more time after or before the show in {see MATSUI cont’d on page 16}

Lisa Zhao knows how to talk business. Her students listen.

She is Professor, Management, and Lawrence K. Johnson Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship at Seattle University’s

Albers School of Business and Economics. She has an extensive background in teaching business at the academic level. A sample of her teaching areas includes entrepreneurship essentials and business plan development. {see ZHAO cont’d on page 12}

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NATION Homeless in Hawaii » P. 4

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COMMENTARY Huckabee’s racist tweet » P. 11

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■ names in the news Ex-TV anchor Wing awarded public relations society honor

From left: Diane Narasaki, Executive Director of ACRS; Derek Wing; and Jay Weisberger, new PRSA Puget Sound Chapter President. (Photo courtesy Amy Boyd.)

engagement, capacity building and organizational leadership and she worked extensively with property owners, businesses and community members to build successful and thriving commercial districts.

She earned a Master’s in Public Administration with an emphasis on Urban and Jessa Timmer Regional Policy and Planning from Grand Valley State University in Michigan, and is passionate about working with community organizations interested in urban revitalization, historic preservation and protecting and promoting cultural integrity. 

MG2 Foundation gives $105K for Susan G. Komen Fund

Jessa Timmer will be new CIDBIA Executive Director Jerry Lee (third from left) and MG2 staff members present Susan G. Komen Foundation with check.

Jerry Lee, MG2 Foundation Executive Director, and Foundation employees presented the Susan G. Komen Fund for the Cure with a donation of $105,000 from their golf tournament for October Breast Cancer awareness

■ community news

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UNIQLO arrives in Seattle

Line-up for the opening

UNIQLO hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 6 to celebrate the opening of their first store in Seattle at Bellevue Square. The store is 16,000 square feet of retail space that will house the brand’s full assortment of men’s, women’s, and children’s collections. Attendees included Brian Surratt, City of Seattle Office of Economic Development Director; Gina Martinez Todd, Seattle Seahawks Corporate Partnerships; Jermaine Kearse, Seattle Seahawks Wide Receiver; Kemper Freeman, Kemper Development Company; Larry Meyer, UNIQLO USA Vice Chairman; Lynne Robinson, Bellevue City Councilmember; and Consul General Masahiro Omura. The event featured a traditional taiko drum performance.

“We’re very excited that UNIQLO has decided to open its first Pacific Northwest

Joe McDermott visits ID

Joe McDermott (far right) speaks with community members.

On Oct. 22, King County Council member Joe McDermott visited three historic buildings located in the International District. The Bing Kung Association Building, Louisa Hotel and West Kong Yick Building have each applied for the Building for Culture: Saving Landmarks capital funding initiative.

The King County Council will take action on the final recommendations from the 4Culture Board of Directors at a public meeting on Monday, Nov. 16 at 1:30 p.m. 

Derek Wing received the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Puget Sound Chapter’s 2015 Hugh Smith Community Service Award for his media and public relations work as a former ACRS board member. He received the award at the PRSA Annual meeting Oct. 27.

He is the first Asian American recipient in the award’s nearly 20-year history. Wing also formerly anchored television news in Seattle. 

The Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Association (CIDBIA) announced Jessa Timmer as its new Executive Director. Timmer comes to the CIDBIA with experience working on business development at Neighborhood Ventures, a community business organization, and the State of Michigan’s Main Street program. She has an extensive background in community

month at the Power of Promise Luncheon at the Sheraton hotel Oct. 28. 

store here, adding a growing international business presence to our already-booming retail sector. Welcome UNIQLO!” said Bellevue Mayor Claudia Balducci.

UNIQLO strongly believes in being active in the communities in which it operates. Before the opening, UNIQLO announced a partnership with the Seattle Seahawks. UNIQLO and the Seattle Seahawks will activate a youth mentorship program in the greater Seattle area throughout the season. UNIQLO has also partnered with Treedom, an organization that is committed to reversing the effects of deforestation in Cameroon, Africa.

UNIQLO opened its first store in Japan in 1984, and now has more than 1,600 stores worldwide. In the United States, UNIQLO currently has 47 stores. 

Send your exciting news to editor@nwasianweekly.com.

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■ TOP CONTRIBUTORS

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Elsie Taniguchi Ming-Ming Spreading love in response Tung-Edelman to war-time internment experience Key role in helping local chapter of Chinese American Citizens Alliance

By Yiqin Weng Northwest Asian Weekly

Elsie Taniguchi, a 79-year-old Japanese American, describes herself as a volunteer.

She has been the president of the Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) for 17 years. Taniguchi and her colleagues in JACL are now focusing on a subcommittee called “Camp Harmony Committee” to tell the next generation what happened in the incarceration camps in 1942.

Bill Tashima, the past president of the Seattle JACL, has known Taniguchi for a long time. In his eyes, Taniguchi is a big part of other organizations as well.

“She is also active in [the] culture center and UW Alumni Association,” said Tashima. “She does ukulele playing, hula dancing and Obon Odori. I always see her in different activities.”

But Taniguchi didn’t always have a choice about doing what she loves.

Taniguchi was among the 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans who were interned by President Roosevelt and his Executive Order 9066, which sent people to 10 camps located in the United States in the 1940s.

Taniguchi, who was 5 years old, and her entire family were sent to the Washington State Fairgrounds for four months and then to Minidoka, Idaho, for three years.

By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly

Elsie Taniguchi

“The hardest thing for a 5-year-old child [sic] is to get up at the middle of the night, and walk in the dark and mud, use a communal facility, and then walk back,” said Taniguchi. “We were fed expired K-rations which the army no longer needed.

Finally the government came in with health department [sic] because there was so much gastroenteritis and dysentery. They {see TANIGUCHI cont’d on page 15}

Ming-Ming Tung-Edelman

The Asian Weekly is proud to recognize both Ming-Ming Tung-Edelman and Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) as top contributors.

Tung-Edelman masters and manages an unusual variety of tasks.

She is a pharmacologist at the busy Polyclinic in Seattle, where she deals with anything related to pharmacology and

prescriptions. She is also avidly interested in working with young children with her company Mimibug. But, this summer, she was mostly busy with something else.

She was one of the prime (if not main) organizers of the 53rd Biennial Convention held Aug. 6-9 – an impressive responsibility.

CACA was founded in 1895 by a group of Chinese Americans in San Francisco. Since its inception, the alliance has played a role in many civil rights milestones – including the Magnuson Act, which repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, and supporting the Civil Rights Act of 1965. CACA has now grown to 18 chapters across the country with a national board of representatives.

And the Seattle chapter, the youngest chapter, is spearheaded by Tung-Edelman.

“CACA is a united voice for Chinese Americans to protect our civil rights and interests,” said Tung-Edelman.

“We have been lobbying in D.C. every year – topics ranging from immigration reform, historical preservation, more Asian judicial nominations, and a Medal of Honor to be granted to the late Kirk Lee.” {see TUNG-EDELMAN cont’d on page 15}

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■ national news

Homelessness in Hawaii defies image of paradise

HONOLULU (AP) — Two days before the city planned to dismantle her sidewalk home, Kionina Kaneso had no idea where she and her daughter and grandchildren would sleep.

A full-time fast-food worker, Kaneso had bad experiences at shelters before and was hesitant to live in another, ending up instead in one of the nation’s largest homeless encampments for two years. Desperate, she decided to try to get into a shelter.

Kaneso, a daughter and a granddaughter made the long walk to one shelter from their camp in a neighborhood between downtown Honolulu’s high-rises, the swaying palm trees of a beachfront park and the glittering tourist mecca of Waikiki.

A shelter worker helped several people from the camp find a spot inside to live.

She wasn’t as lucky: There was no more space for families.

“Where can I go?” Kaneso asked.

Homelessness in Hawaii has grown in recent years, leaving the state with 487 homeless per 100,000 people, the nation’s highest rate per capita, ahead of New York and Nevada, according to federal statistics.

Since 2010, the increase has come even

AP Photo

By Cathy Bussewitz Associated Press

as the national rate has fallen during the economic recovery. The increase, driven by years of rising costs in the island chain, low wages and limited land, thrust the image of people sleeping on beaches alongside the state’s famed one of a relaxing tropical paradise.

Officials have tried to solve the problem, which is centered on Oahu, the most populated island. They’ve offered homeless services, banned sitting and lying on Waikiki’s sidewalks and proposed using shipping containers as temporary housing.

Gov. David Ige’s declaration of a state of emergency on homelessness underscored the depth of the crisis: • While there are shelters and programs to help the homeless, there are far fewer

Toyota invests $1b in artificial intelligence in US

Toyota President Akio Toyoda

By Yuri Kageyama AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. is investing $1 billion in a research company it’s setting up in Silicon Valley to develop artificial intelligence and robotics, underlining the Japanese automaker’s determination to lead in futuristic cars that drive themselves and apply the technology to other areas of daily life.

Toyota President Akio Toyoda said the

company will start operating beginning January 2016, with 200 employees at a Silicon Valley facility near Stanford University. A second facility will be established near Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.

The investment, which will be spread over five years, comes on top of $50 million Toyota announced earlier for artificial intelligence research at Stanford and MIT. {see TOYOTA cont’d on page 13}

empty beds than are needed — about 550 on any given night in Oahu, where an estimated 4,900 of the 7,620 homeless people live, according to service providers.

• The state needs 27,000 affordable rental units by 2020, but lawmakers set aside enough money for 800 units this year.

Maintaining the existing public housing could cost $800 million over the next decade, according to state estimates.

• Statewide, 10,000 people wait five years or more to get into state-run public housing, and the waiting list for Section 8 rent assistance in private housing was so long, they closed the list for about a decade.

• The state’s population of unsheltered families ballooned 46 percent from 2014 to 2015, said Scott Morishige, state coordinator

on homelessness. He said changes in public housing policy and mental health services contributed to the rise.

A survey by service providers of Kaneso’s encampment in August found that 42 percent of the nearly 300 people were families.

After being told there was no space for her family, Kaneso went through with the application anyway, hoping a slot would open up. Her daughter, Kifency Kinney, 24, had to apply separately because she is an adult.

This didn’t make sense to Kaneso, who says children stay with their parents long past age 18 back home, the Pacific island state of Chuuk in Micronesia.

“What’s she gonna do? She doesn’t have a job,” Kaneso told the shelter worker.

On the way back to their tent, Kaneso and her daughter pushed shopping carts full of laundry they did while waiting at the shelter.

Keioleen Helly, 3, pushed a stroller with the laundry detergent.

Soon, they ran into outreach workers who told them about how buses would take the camp’s residents to shelters.

Kaneso and her daughter then began packing baby oil, a football, chips and {see HOMELESSNESS cont’d on page 12}

KING COUNTY INVITATION TO BID Project: South Treatment Plant Duty Pump and Peaking Pump Variable Frequency Drives Upgrade, C00942C15 Sealed Bid Time/Date: 1:30p.m., December 3, 2015 Location Due: King County Procurement & Contract Services Section, Contracts Counter, 3rd Floor, 401 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104 Engineer’s Estimate: $4,100,000 to $5,000,000 Scope of Work: The work includes, but is not limited to: Peaking pump VFD refurbishment; Duty pump VFD refurbishment; Duty pump motors rewind, medium voltage power cable replacement; and ETS Building lighting upgrade.

Work site: South Treatment Plant, 1200 Monster Rd, Renton, WA. Contact Information: Ruth Williamson, 206-263-9333, Relay: 711, Fax: 206296-7675, or ruth.williamson@kingcounty.gov. A bidder may be asked to put a question in writing. No verbal answers by any County personnel or its agents and consultants will be binding on the County.

Pre-Bid / Site Tour: November 19, 2015, 9:00 a.m., Black River Conference Room, Administration Building, South Treatment Plant, 1200 Monster Rd, Renton, WA. A site tour will be conducted immediately following the conference. Hardhats and safety boots are recommended for site tour.

Subcontracting Opportunities: GE Drive Internal Components; Motor Rewind Apprenticeship Requirements: No minimum Apprentice Utilization Requirement.

SCS Utilization Requirements. No minimum SCS Utilization Requirement.

Bid Bond: Not less than five percent (5%) of the Total Bid Price.

Bid Documents Electronic copies of the plans, specifications, reference documents, and any addenda for this solicitation are available on the King County Procurement website shown below. Printed documents may also be ordered by contacting United Reprographics at 206-382-1177. Copies of documents are not available for purchase from King County, but are available for review 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. M thru F. at the Contracts Counter: Chinook Bldg, 3rd Floor, 401 Fifth Avenue Seattle, WA 98104.

To receive email notifications of addenda or other important information concerning this solicitation, you must register to be a planholder under the “Solicitations” tab at the following internet link: Website: http://www.kingcounty.gov/procurement/solicitations This information is available in alternate formats for individuals with disabilities upon advance request by calling 206-263-9400, TTY Relay: 711.

Notes: Bids received after Sealed Bid Time will not be considered. Bidders accept all risks of late delivery, regardless of fault. King County is not responsible for any costs incurred in response to this Invitation to Bid.

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■ WORLD NEWS

NOVEMBER 14 – NOVEMBER 20, 2015

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Analysis: Historic meeting symbolic for Taiwan-China relations

SINGAPORE (AP) — Many thought it might never happen: The presidents of China and Taiwan — inheritors to the Communist and Nationalist regimes that fought a civil war and remained bitter rivals for decades — coming together as equals for talks.

While it isn’t yet clear what the impact will be, or whether and when it will happen again, on a rainy Saturday in Singapore the possibility of a fundamental shift in relations between the feuding neighbors suddenly seemed possible.

China’s Xi Jinping and Taiwan’s Ma Ying-jeou didn’t produce any concrete achievements or even issue a joint statement after their hour-long discussions at an upscale hotel.

But no one was really expecting them to. Both men, the scions of senior figures in their respective parties, underscored the importance of their meeting as a sign of how far the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have moved since the days they lobbed shells at each other and resolutely refused to negotiate or compromise.

“We are sitting together today to prevent the historical tragedy from repeating itself, prevent the fruits from peaceful development of cross-Strait ties from being lost again, enable compatriots across the Strait to continue to create a peaceful life, and enable our next generations to share a bright future,” Xi said in opening remarks.

Xinhua/Lan Hongguang

By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press

Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Ma Ying-jeou during their meeting at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, Nov. 7, 2015.

The meeting was the first between the leaders since China and Taiwan split amid the still-unresolved civil war in 1949.

Although overwhelmingly symbolic, the meeting wasn’t entirely without substance. Ma said he raised a number of sensitive issues, especially Taiwan’s desire to escape the fetters of China-imposed diplomatic isolation and its extreme unease over the growing arsenal of missiles located just across the 100-mile-wide Taiwan Strait. Xi offered pleasant-sounding but bland responses and made no promises.

The two also discussed setting up a hotline between their Cabinet-level agencies entrusted with overseeing relations, as well as a long-mooted proposal to set up representative offices on each other’s territory.

Ma again expressed Taiwan’s desire to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Xi repeated China’s promise to consider Taiwan’s request “in an appropriate manner,” pointing to China’s insistence that Taiwan do so only under a name that implies it is part of China.

Also remarkable was Xi’s agreement to hold the meeting on neutral territory and without flags or other trappings of Chinese nationalism. The two even dropped their official titles to refer to each as “Mr. Xi” and “Mr. Ma.” “From the mainland perspective, Xi Jinping’s decision to meet with Ma demonstrates that he is willing to take some degree of risk in order to change the dynamics of the relationship,” said Mary E. Gallagher, a political scientist who studies China at the University of Michigan. “Xi’s move further solidifies his image as a strong and confident leader.”

Ma, six months before leaving office, appeared to hope that the meeting would help his legacy despite the considerable political risk for the Nationalists in upcoming elections.

Ma “wants to drive home the point that cooperation with the mainland is possible and that it is better for Taiwan’s residents than the alternative,” Columbia University China expert {see TAIWAN & CHINA cont’d on page 15}

Myanmar icon Suu Kyi casts first-ever ballot

By Aye Aye Win Associated Press

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Though championed worldwide as a pro-democracy icon, there is something Aung San Suu Kyi was unable to do until Sunday: vote.

The 70-year-old smiled but said nothing to waiting reporters as she cast her ballot at a polling station near the lakeside villa that served as her prison when the country was under dictatorship.

Nyan Win, a spokesman for Suu Kyi’s

opposition National League for Democracy party, confirmed that it was a first for “The Lady.’’

Suu Kyi is Myanmar’s most popular politician and, if the elections are credible, the NLD is widely expected to win the largest number of seats in parliament.

Though that could pave the way for an NLD presidency, it won’t be Suu Kyi. A clause in the constitution, clearly penned with her in mind, bars her from the top job.

Suu Kyi, who spent 15 on-again-off-again years under house arrest, was locked up

during the last openly contested vote in 1990.

The NLD won by a landslide, but a shocked army refused to recognize the results.

In 2010, when the junta agreed to hold elections that put in place today’s nominally civilian government, Suu Kyi’s party boycotted the election, saying the election laws were unfair. Again she was under house arrest.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s last opportunity to vote would have been in a 2012 by-election, but there was no election in her township, Bahan. 

Aung San Suu Kyi

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Regulators: Ride the Ducks unlikely to resume before 2016

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — It’s unlikely that Seattle’s Ride the Ducks tour vehicles will be back on the streets before next year. That’s the word from state regulators.

Ride the Ducks was shut down after one of its amphibious vehicles collided with a tour bus on the Aurora Bridge on Sept. 24. The crash killed five North Seattle College students.

According to a Seattle Times story, the state Utilities and Transportation Commission said during a hearing Tuesday that the final report on the company’s safety practices won’t be delivered until mid-December, followed by an expected hearing.

The end-of-year holidays means a hearing on the suspension of the company’s operations wouldn’t likely be held before January.

The commission is investigating the crash and has alleged that the company broke federal safety laws and state rules.

They claimed that at least one of the vehicles operated in an unsafe manner.

A lawyer for the company had hoped that some of the smaller Duck vehicles could return to service this month.

The National Transportation Safety Board is also investigating the crash. 

■ national news

Mystery persists following murder of family in N.Y.

By Michael Hill Associated Press

GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (AP) — A couple originally from China and their two elementary school-age boys were found fatally stabbed and bludgeoned in their modest suburban home just over a year ago.

Investigators since then have run into language barriers, cultural differences and the logistical challenge of a quadruple murder case with tendrils running

through Manhattan’s Chinatown and possibly beyond. They’ve looked at an eerily similar family slaying in Mississippi and have reached out across the nation and the globe.

The investigation remains wide open.

“There’s nothing that we’re not looking at,” New York state police Senior Investigator John Camp said recently. “We’re trying {see MYSTERY MURDER cont’d on page 14}

Bae’s N.K. ordeal to be told in book

SEATTLE (AP) — Kenneth Bae, a U.S. citizen who was detained in North Korea for two years before his release last November, plans to tell his story in a book.

The W Publishing Group, an imprint of the Christian publishing firm Thomas Nelson, says “Not Forgotten: The True Story of My Imprisonment in North Korea” will be released next spring.

Bae, a Christian missionary and pastor, has family in the Seattle area and moved to China in 2006. He began leading tours to North Korea in 2010. He was arrested in 2012 while leading a tour group to a special economic zone and was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for alleged antigovernment activities.

Bae suffered medical issues in detention. He was freed along with one other American detainee after a secret mission to the reclusive Communist country by James Clapper, the top U.S. intelligence official. 

KING COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ADVERTISEMENT King County is requesting Proposals from qualified firms interested in providing Predesign Studies, Final Design, and Construction Support Services for South Base Bus Wash and Vacuum Replacement.

The Request for Proposals, all addenda and current document holder’s list are available at http://www. kingcounty.gov/procurement. The County will not mail, ship or fax RFPs and addenda.

Interested firms must register with the County at time of download and ensure that a valid contact email address is given. Notification of addenda will be sent to the registered email address. Failure to register will result in the Proposer not being notified of any addenda, which may result in rejection of the proposal.

The estimated total price of this contract is $800,000.

The estimated price of Phase I of this contract is $187,000. The total estimated price of all remaining phases is $613,000. The period of performance for Phase I is estimated to be 7 months. The period of performance of all remaining phases is estimated to be 2 years.

Contract Title: South Base Bus Wash and Vacuum Replacement Number: E00392E15 Proposals due: December 4, 2015 Time: 12:00 p.m.

Pre-proposal Meeting: November 17, 2015 Time: 10:30 a.m.

Location: 401 5th Ave 3rd Floor Conference Room “Bidding Room” Seattle WA 98104 SUMMARY OF WORK: Provide design and engineering services for the replacement of the new bus washers and vacuums in two existing bays at South Base, replace other equipments at the facility, and evaluate standardization options for bus wash and vacuum systems at Metro’s other five bases.

SUBCONSULTANT OPPORTUNITIES: Provided for informational purposes only, following are subconsulting opportunities that may be available on this Contract: Electrical Engineering, Architectural Consulting, Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental Consulting, Cost Estimating, Project Controls, Structural Engineering and Civil Engineering.

SCS UTILIZATION REQUIREMENTS: The Consultant shall ensure that at least 6% of the Contract Price for all Work, as amended, shall be performed by King County Certified SCS Firms over the life of the Contract. Evaluation points for meeting and/or exceeding the SCS utilization requirements will be provided to each proposer responding to this requirement. King County will not evaluate the proposal and will not execute a contract with a Proposer who does not commit to meet at least the SCS utilization requirement as stated above.

QUESTIONS: Questions concerning this solicitation should be directed to Mary Lee, Contract Specialist via email at mary.lee@kingcounty.gov or via telephone at 206-263-9381, TTY Relay: 711. The Proposer may be requested to submit the question in writing. No verbal answers by County personnel will be binding on the County.

This information is available in alternate formats for individuals with disabilities upon advance request by calling 206-263-9400, TTY Relay: 711.

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■ sports

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The Layup Drill

New haircut, new experiences, and a last fight

Jeremy Lin with new hairstyle

Ichiro Suzuki

Manny Pacquiao

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly

disappoint, as he put on a great performance for the fans.

In an interview, Lin said that when he makes trips to China (something he does several times a year for business), he has a personal bodyguard with him at all times. When he makes an appearance in China, he has a team of security.

Basketball is popular in China. One could point to Yao Ming playing in the NBA in the early 2000s. The NBA has four offices in China with 140 employees.

In addition to his new team, Lin has a new hairdo – tall Mohawk. He must use a lot of hairspray and gel when he’s on the court. Off the court, photos show that without the hairspray and gel, his haircut resembles more of a “bowl cut.”

be the first time that any U.S. college or professional sports team has played a regular season game in the country. The “Pac-12 China Game” is part of the Pac-12 Conference’s global initiative to expand its footprint. As a member of the conference, the Huskies will be the first team to play in the game.

In preparation for the game, the Huskies players have taken language classes as well as learning about the culture and commerce of the country. The educational and cultural opportunity for this trip outweigh the actual game. University of Washington professor Shawn Wong and former Washington governor and ambassador to China Gary Locke have aided the Husky players in getting ready for the trip.

Aside from the game, both teams will visit cultural sites in China as well as the headquarters for Chinese

Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill. In this month’s edition, learn about the Huskies heading to China, the rebirth of Jeremy Lin in Charlotte, Ichiro returning for at least one more season, and Manny Pacquiao’s last fight.

New team, new ’do for Lin

Since it is November, the NBA is back and Jeremy Lin is on a new team. Lin signed a new deal with the Charlotte Hornets as he headed east after a brief stint with the Lakers.

Things started off sort of rocky, as he was not allowed to enter the arena for a practice because security did not know he actually played on the team. With his Hornet teammates, Lin played the Los Angeles Clippers in an exhibition game last month in China. Even though Linsanity has died down in America, the popularity for Lin is still high. Lin did not

Huskies head to China

The University of Washington men’s basketball team is starting its season 5,700 miles away from Seattle as it plays the University of Texas Longhorns in China. It will

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■ AT THE MOVIES

East Side Sushi

By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly

Impactful food film hits Seattle theaters

We live in a time when films like the recently released “Burnt” and “Chef” (2014) project the glory of chefs and the culinary profession to the yelping masses, but “East Side Sushi” is not that. Protagonist Juana is a single mother struggling to support her daughter with menial jobs as a gym custodian and helping her widowed father operate a fruit stand in their native Oakland, Calif. While closing up the fruit stand for her father, she is robbed at gunpoint and, shortly thereafter, she stumbles upon a “Help Wanted” sign at Osaka Sushi in downtown Oakland.

Juana is hired as a dishwasher and prep cook at Osaka Sushi, but it’s the magic behind the sushi bar that draws her in. She observes, fumbles, and struggles to push through the boundaries that prevent her from becoming a sushi chef. For one, Juana is not the Gordon Ramsey-inspired archetype with a brigade that follows her lead. Instead, Juana is a Latina single mother trying to prove herself to a stern set of Japanese sushi chefs who do not accept women behind the sushi bar. She must prove that she is worthy despite little knowledge of the cuisine and an apparent inability to handle chopsticks.

After demonstrating impressive knife skills, sushi chef Aki eventually shows Juana how to handle fish. Juana begins preparing basic rolls for the restaurant on its busy days, even creating some of the restaurant’s most popular rolls. Despite her growing passion to excel in sushi making, Juana faces doubt not only from Osaka’s sushi chefs, but from her father, who pushes her to work with more familiar food at a taqueria.

Restaurant owner Mr. Yoshida discovers Juana’s new role at the restaurant and forbids her from handling fish, saying, “You want to be a sushi chef? You go try another restaurant, not here. It is not a job for you.”

The film questions the struggle to maintain traditions or authenticity, which tugs on the perception of who could and should be cooking our food. East Side Sushi is shot in urban Oakland, but its diversity and the conflicts that arise in the film is a much needed, more accurate portrayal of subtle conflicts that arise in a diversifying restaurant scene

not unlike Seattle where Chinese restaurants staff Latino cooks, Koreans own Cajun restaurants, and American chefs embrace Korean food.

East Side Sushi is director Anthony Lucero’s first feature debut. Lucero’s previous film work includes creating visual effects on blockbusters like “Iron Man”, “Star Wars Episode II”, and “Pirates of the Caribbean”. But East Side draws from Lucero’s background as a documentary filmmaker, blending bittersweet slice-of-life developments between Juana and her family with a behind-the-scenes look at sushi-making that blends the food porn-dusted struggles and charming feel-good themes of “Ramen Girl” (2008) and Real Women Have Curves (2002).

More important, “East Side Sushi” is far removed from its foodie film counterparts. But perhaps for that reason, the film is relevant as it speaks to a wider audience, anyone who has been told for any reason, “This is not the place for you.”  “East Side Sushi” opens in Seattle on Nov. 13 at Sundance Cinemas and on Nov. 14 at Ark Lodge Cinema.

Tiffany Ran can be reached at info@nwasianweekly. com.

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Scenes from Jaipur India

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Street scene, heart of Jaipur.

Fruit seller.

At a Hindu temple just outside of Jaipur.

Friendly city-goers.

Late night barber shop.

Jaipur residents celebrate the burning of Ravana during the Dussehra Festival, which symbolizes triumph of good over evil.

At the Hindu temple, just outside of Jaipur.

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Jafar Panahi’s “Taxi”

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly If Jafar Panahi’s new movie comes off less than perfect—or even if it seems perfect—one must consider the circumstances. The Iranian director’s own government banned him from making films for 20 years.

In a statement issued earlier this year, Panahi replied that “Nothing can prevent me from making films since when being pushed to the ultimate corners I connect with my inner-self and, in such private spaces, despite all limitations, the necessity to create becomes even more of an urge.”

Panahi’s gone in and out of prison at the whim of his government. He shot one post-ban film, “This Is Not A Film,” in his own building, and a second, “Closed Curtain,” in a secluded house. For “Taxi” he brazenly waves his defiance at the authorities in various ways.

He takes on the job of a taxi driver in Tehran. We can’t be sure, however, if the scenarios enacted in his cab—and captured, mostly, by dashboard-mounted cameras—all happen spontaneously. Some of his passengers seem to recognize him as a notorious person, although most of those congratulate him.

Certain stories seem simply too pat or too outlandish.

Over 80 minutes, Panahi stumbles over violence, digital bootlegging, young people, old people, middle-age people, people going every which way.

(The filmmaker isn’t a very good taxi driver, by the way.

This works as a layer of the film’s humor. He often doesn’t know the way to important city landmarks; he gives up on fares and ushers them into other taxis; he refuses to take money; and he runs personal errands in the middle of his shift.)

It’s hard to talk about the film without talking too much about what happens in it, and I would like most of that to remain a surprise. But the filmmaker-turned-driver finds

a wide variety of fares, with a wide variety of moods and expectations. The film may be more fiction than documentary, but it moves with liveliness and echoes the messiness of real life.

Philosophical discussions arise in unlikely places—what Iranian film should be, what film itself should be. The government’s opposition to what it terms “sordid realism” emerges as a key theme, with a nod and a wink to the audience that Panahi is engaging in exactly this “sordid realism” with his outlaw movie. He labors to show society as it exists out on the streets, not what the authorities want the world to see.

Allusions to Panahi’s other films also crop up, like “The White Balloon” goldfish figure. Bits of dialogue from “Crimson Gold” go by.

Women are still not allowed, in many cases, to attend

sports events in Iran, and can be arrested and detained indefinitely for trying to sneak in—addressed in a “Taxi” conversation and in depth over the director’s feature film “Offside.” And like “The Mirror,” a young girl emerges, a pre-teen who seems to know much more than many of the adults around her.

The cameras don’t move much—although they move more than one might expect—and many mysteries remain by the film’s end. The director doesn’t list his cast because he doesn’t want them to get in his kind of trouble.

I left “Taxi” wondering how much was fiction, and wondering over the stiffness of certain encounters. Then again, on the bus ride to downtown, I ran into an old neighbor of mine and spent the ride catching up with her. An unlikely scenario is not an impossible one. And anything that happens, however unlikely, feeds into the textures of life.  “Jafar Panhai’s Taxi,” aka “Taxi,” plays November 13th through November 19th. For prices and show times, visit http://www.nwfilmforum.org/live/page/calendar/3678.

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Who knew a touch could do so much? It can, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

According to WHO, more than 150,000 newborns die every year across China. This has prompted a WHO campaign on Weibo (somewhat similar to China’s version of Twitter).

The campaign, called “First Embrace” and launched by WHO’s Regional Office for the Western Pacific, is aimed at reducing the mortality rate of newborns by stressing the importance of touch during the first 24 hours of life.

The campaign emphasizes the “First Embrace” – the skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby immediately after birth.

“As many as two-thirds of the deaths could be prevented using simple, low-cost interventions, including the First

Embrace,” said Dr Bernhard Schwartländer, WHO Representative in China.

Hopefully, the campaign will be a success. It seems like a win-win for both child and mother. It is a campaign that should be embraced.

--------And speaking of campaigns that should be embraced, don’t forget the Sleepless in Seattle “Big Give” event coming up. Here are some details: • Saturday, Nov. 21, 2-9 p.m. based out of University Christian Church, 4731 15th Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 • 250 people traveling in 55 teams all around the county • 4,000 sleeping bags to be distributed to people in need • 4,000 winter care packages (socks, gloves, hats, food) to be distributed

• 500 tents, 200 jakpaks (jacket/tent outfits), 200 relief beds (portable inflatable mattresses) to be distributed How can you get involved? Anyone who would like to support Sleepless in Seattle’s efforts can volunteer on neighborhood teams. These teams will routinely meet, serve, and befriend homeless people in their own neighborhoods. People can also make a donation to support ongoing efforts. Money goes directly to goods that serve those in need. The volunteer sign-up link and donation page can be found at sleeplessinseattle.org.

Whether through a first embrace when parenting or passing out sleeping bags, there are many ways to affect and touch lives. 

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Mike Huckabee tweets racist anti-Asian joke

By Jenn Fang For Northwest Asian Weekly

Several of the candidates for the GOP nomination took the opportunity of the Democratic Party’s first presidential primary debate of the season to live-tweet. And, by live-tweet, I mean troll. In stark contrast to the nuanced policy debate taking place on stage in Las Vegas where candidates were searching for respectful differences in opinions and strategies, Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee spent the majority of Oct. 13 composing 140-character insults and ad hominem attacks. Although Trump declared that no former mayor of Baltimore should ever be president, it was Huckabee who made waves with a tweet referencing the racist stereotype that Asians are untrustworthy and barbaric eaters of dogmeat.

Less than five minutes after declaring that American racism is overblown (“America

has a sin problem, not a skin problem,” he tweeted), Huckabee wrote: I trust @BernieSanders with my tax dollars like I trust a North Korean chef with my labrador! #DemDebate Not okay, Mike. Not okay.

Too often, the West tries to export our specific sensibilities on the culinary

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habits of other global cultures. We express disgust that any culture might eat meat we would have trouble seeing as a protein source; meanwhile, we express similar outrage that in parts of the world, beef (a meat we regularly consume) is considered sacred. Huckabee’s tweet invokes Western disgust at the notion of dog meat consumption, without exploring how this disgust is Orientalist and culturally imperialist.

But more important: While it is true that some East Asian cultures historically and currently might include dog meat on their menus, Huckabee missteps not because he references this culinary practice but because his tweet associates the eating of dog meat with barbarism and theft. He jokes that an Asian chef would slaughter any dog in sight regardless of the animal’s status as a pet. He suggests that Asian cultures where dog meat is a traditional dish are not currently troubled by the ethical quandaries of its preparation. In

fact, the dog meat industry in Asia is limited — few Chinese or Korean citizens say they have eaten dog meat more than once, and there is a growing movement to regulate or ban the practice out of sanitary and moral concerns — and consumption is predominantly limited only to animals bred specifically for food.

Huckabee’s tweet is about the stereotype of Asians eating dogs, but the punchline is that Asians lack the internal moral compass that would also guide us away from stealing another person’s pet and butchering it for food.

This tweet is racist not just because it associates Asians with the practice of eating dogs, but because it jokes that Asians are so unscrupulous that we cannot be trusted.

Two hours after posting that original tweet, Huckabee doubled down. He mocked and dismissed charges of racism with the pointed accusation that his accusers are trying to defend a “brutal dictatorship”. 

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{HOMELESSNESS cont’d from page 4} clothes into boxes and plastic bins, and called a friend with a truck to help them get their belongings to a storage unit.

She had one more day to figure out what to do with everything that didn’t fit into the truck, and where her family would go.

Kaneso’s encampment, known as Kakaako, wasn’t the only one in Hawaii. Hundreds of people live in another one on western Oahu that has existed for more than a decade. A strip of waterfront tent sites with the best view is known as “the Hilton.”

Connie “Tita” Hokoana, who has lived in the encampment for seven years, sat on a lava rock as waves splashed over her body.

“This is a multi-million-dollar view, and it’s free,” said Hokoana, who had set out a bunch of foraged wild kiawe beans to dry, planning to make tea or peanut butter bars to sell for extra cash.

“I choose to live like this,” she said.

Few, however, come to Hawaii imagining living in a makeshift tent.

Kaneso arrived in 2004 and worked odd jobs as a dishwasher and assemblyline worker to pay for her son’s flight to Hawaii so he could get medical treatment for a heart condition.

Kaneso is among the many Micronesians who moved to Hawaii in recent years as part of an agreement their nations have with the U.S. government that allows them to work and live in the country. They come for medical care, education and job opportunities.

The pressure on homeless services has caused some resentment.

The state doesn’t have a breakdown by race of the overall homeless population, but data on homeless-shelter use show that 30 percent were Hawaiian or partHawaiian; 27 percent Micronesian, Marshallese or other Pacific Islanders; and 26 percent white.

On Kaneso’s block, most of her neighbors were Chuukese, drawn together by language and a desire to look out for each other. They shared blankets and food and loaned each other money.

Farther down the street, an American Samoan father with diabetes ran a shop out of his tent, using the cash to buy fuel for a generator. On another, a Native Hawaiian ex-convict and airport shuttle driver organized a dishwashing station.

Micronesians say they face language barriers and discrimination. “It’s both blatant and subtle,” said Kandhi Elieisar, consul general for the Federated States of Micronesia, who said he faced prejudice when he looked for an apartment in Hawaii.

Native Hawaiians, some of whom see the U.S. government as an occupier since a group of mainlanders overthrew the queen and took over their land, have long grappled with challenges of their own, from high incarceration rates to health disparities.

To some, the influx of other Pacific Islanders using services adds insult to injury.

“Everything’s pretty much getting stripped away from us,” said Deja-Lynn Rombawa-Quarles, a Native Hawaiian who lived in the Kakaako encampment and worked at an after-school program.

Rombawa-Quarles kept a worn copy of King Kamehameha’s “law of the splintered paddle,” which states that Hawaiians are allowed to lie down by the road. She said Native Hawaiians should be helped first “because we really are suffering.”

“There’s no aloha anymore in Hawaii,” she said.

As homeless numbers rose in the 2000s, Ala Moana Beach Park, not far from Waikiki, became crowded.

The city tried to create a temporary safe zone in 2006 where the homeless could camp legally, but more complaints ensued, so it ended up closing the park every night. Many of the homeless moved into hotel garages and walkways near Waikiki Beach.

Then the city banned sitting and lying down on sidewalks, a move backed by the Hyatt Regency, Hilton Worldwide and other major resorts, which generate much of Waikiki’s $6.8 billion in annual tourism revenue, nearly half of all visitor spending in Hawaii.

The hotels saw fewer homeless people, who then moved into other neighborhoods, prompting more complaints.

Honolulu spends $15,000 a week to sweep away the camps.

During the sweeps, families lost possessions like the wood they use to build their structures or furniture and clothes. Kaneso’s family, for example, lost food, propane stoves and her grandchildren’s toys in a raid last year.

Meanwhile, the Public Housing Authority has been cracking down on

people living in its units with friends or family who were not on the lease, said Connie Mitchell, director of the Institute for Human Services, the state’s largest homeless services provider.

With no place else to go, many ended up on the street.

Kaneso, who lived with a sister in public housing but left because she didn’t want to get her in trouble, has been on a waiting list for Section 8 assistance since 2006, and found out she made it to the top 250 last year.

In September, after violent incidents raised the profile of Kaneso’s encampment, city and state officials began gradually clearing tents again, this time giving plenty of warning and hoping people would voluntarily leave.

Kaneso had left a shelter for the streets after workers during one stay threw away her belongings, including her birth certificate and passport, while she was out visiting her son.

As evening fell the day before the sweep, Kaneso, despite her worries, laughed as a cousin stopped by with rice to share.

“I love my house,” Kaneso said wistfully, before settling down to the sounds of neighbors’ hip hop music and occasional shouts.

On the morning of the sweep, crews began clearing sidewalks as a city bus waited to take willing people to shelters.

Keioleen played on a pink Disney Magic scooter while Chuukese families gathered at picnic tables in a nearby park under the trees, bringing shopping carts and strollers laden with suitcases and plastic bags. Suddenly, sprinklers turned on, sending them scrambling with their belongings. Officials said they couldn’t stay there.

Kaneso relied on strangers to move her belongings to storage, and then, after hours of uncertainty, she and her family got into a shelter. But she didn’t want to stay there for long; shelter rules prevented her from cooking for her family, and it was challenging for her extended family to visit to provide childcare for her grandchildren while she was at work.

But the alternatives were scant. She’s one of thousands of people on the public housing waiting list.

“What is the use for us, to keep telling us to wait this long?” Kaneso asked. 

{ZHAO cont’d from page 1} She discussed business issues regarding the Asian American community with the Northwest Asian Weekly.

Trends regarding business and the Asian American community

According to Zhao, the 2010 U.S. Census found that Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group to live in an integrated neighborhood and have an inter-racial marriage. Many Asian Americans have attained a high level of success in their education and career. She notes that entrepreneurs of Asian descent are making significant contributions to all segments of the U.S. economy. For example, notable entrepreneurs from different spectrums of industry include Yahoo founder Jerry Young and clothing retailer Forever 21 founder Do Won Chang.

Diversity and business

Zhao considers diversity as an opportunity. Asian Americans are a very diversified group. While many are high achievers, many others are firstgeneration immigrants who struggle to overcome language barriers and cultural gaps. They see business ownership as the important path to achieve economic and social integration. She stresses it is important that first-generation immigrants apply their international knowledge to the United States, adding to broader engagement.

She notes data showing that self-employed Asian Americans are disproportionally high in lowskill and labor-intensive businesses such as food and personal services – what she referred to as “lifestyle” businesses (restaurants, grocery stores, beauty services, etc.).

Zhao encourages her students to respond to opportunities through innovative business solutions. Students are immersed in the community by providing assistance to local entrepreneurs and playing leadership roles in community projects, such as the Yesler Terrace Food Cart Pod (a food cart pod that will provide grant opportunities for people in need to reach their entrepreneurial and culinary goals).

“We also expose students to a broader international community through collaborations with universities in other countries,” she noted.

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When asked what advice she would offer those who want to start out on their own, she offers: “First, follow your passion. Second, leverage what you have and who you know. Last but not the least, seek help from the local community.”

She emphasizes this last point – the importance of getting support and developing associations with your community.  Staff can be reached at info@nwasianweekly. com.

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Rat — While it is worthwhile to wait for an ideal time to do some things, others are best done as soon as you can get to them.

Dragon — If the choices are substantially different, then it may be to your benefit to sift through the options for the best ones.

Monkey — As much as you would like to care for someone else, you must first take steps to ensure that you are in good health as well.

Ox — If you know in advance that you cannot deliver as early as someone else wants, then do not make any representations that you will.

Snake — A little messiness isn’t going to do much harm. In fact, your efforts to tidy up too early might be for naught.

Rooster — Transform a crowded space by removing a large item. By clearing what you don’t need, you will make space for the things that matter.

Tiger — A rare treat should not be indulged too frequently. By doing so, you may lose some of what makes it truly special.

Horse — Something that you once took for granted is now much more valuable to you as it isn’t as readily available.

Dog — Do you find yourself giving advice that you aren’t necessarily heeding? What rings true for another could also apply to you as well.

Rabbit — If the choices are substantially different, then it may be to your benefit to sift through the options for the best ones.

Goat — A slight change of pace could make all the difference in the outcome. Don’t underestimate the power of small shifts.

Pig — Checking in once in a while is a good way to ensure that you don’t miss a beat or get left behind when it counts.

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 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.

{TOYOTA cont’d from page 4} Toyota said its interest extends beyond autonomous driving, which is starting to be offered by some automakers and being promised by almost all of them. The technology points to a new industry for everyday use, delivering a safer lifestyle overall, the company said.

Toyota has already shown an R2-D2-like robot designed to help the elderly, the sick and people in wheelchairs by picking up and carrying objects. The automaker has also shown human-shaped entertainment robots that can carry on conversations and play musical instruments. As the world’s top auto manufacturer, Toyota already uses sophisticated robotic arms and computers in auto production, including doing paint jobs and screwing in parts.

To drive home the message that the automaker’s vision is more than about just cars, company president Toyoda appeared at a Tokyo hotel with high-profile robotics expert Gill Pratt, who will head the new organization called Toyota Research Institute Inc.

Pratt was formerly a program manager at the U.S. military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. He joined Toyota as a technical adviser when it set up its AI research effort at Stanford and MIT. Pratt said the company’s goals are to support older people in their homes with robotics, make cars free of accidents and use AI to allow all people to drive regardless of their ability.

He gave three examples from his personal life that motivate him to develop robotics and related technology: When he was a child, seeing a boy on a bicycle killed by a car; telling his 83-year-old father he could no longer drive; and sending his father to a nursing home when he was 84 years old.

Pratt, who grew up on Japanese robot animation and dreamed of one day building such robots, said he chose Toyota over other jobs because it was “so focused on social good.”

He said coming up with a car as smart as a human being will take a long time. But that also meant the competition had just begun and no one was ahead significantly, he said.

The new company will be hiring researchers and engineers, according to Toyota. Wooing talent is crucial because not only

are automakers such as General Motors, Tesla and Nissan competing on autonomous driving, but outsiders are as well including Google, Apple and Uber.

Toyota, which has gone through troubled times with massive recalls and the 2011 tsunami in northeastern Japan, has the cash these days to invest in the future.

The company recently kept its profit forecast for the fiscal year through March 2016 unchanged at 2.25 trillion yen ($18.5 billion) as profit rose on cost cuts and the benefits of a weak yen. The maker of the Prius hybrid and Camry sedan is on track to sell about 10 million vehicles around the world this year.

Company chief Toyoda, ranked by Forbes in this year’s “powerful people” list as the most powerful Japanese, said he looks forward to working with Pratt because they share a vision.

“The goal is to do away with the tragedy of car accidents,” he told reporters. 

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{MYSTERY MURDER cont’d from page 6} to see: Is it human trafficking? Is it money laundering? Is it gang-related? We’re basically leaving no leaf unturned.”

Police were called to the small home on a busy commercial road on Oct. 8, 2014, by a 911 caller. Inside were the bodies of Jin Chen, 39, his wife, Hai Yan Li, 38, and their sons, 10-year-old Anthony and 7-year-old Eddy.

Police later said the victims were stabbed and attacked with a hammer.

The couple came from the Fujian province of China years ago and their children were born in the United States, said Eddie Chiu, senior adviser of Chinatown’s Lin Sing Association, which helped relatives with funeral and travel arrangements.

The family settled into a tidy suburb adjacent to Albany, N.Y., where Chen worked part-time at a Chinese takeout restaurant less than a mile down the road. But details about his professional life remain murky. Police would not comment on media reports that he was involved in the EVENTS-FESTIVALS PROMOTE YOUR REGIONAL EVENT for only pennies. Reach 2.7 million readers in newspapers statewide for $275 classified or $1,350 display ad. Call this newspaper or (360) 515-0974 for details.

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Camp said investigators were moving in multiple directions and traveling to Chinatown, where the victims had family connections.

It has not been easy.

Detectives have repeatedly run into language barriers and many interviews are conducted with translators on loan from the FBI. Police say they are simply not getting the volume of tips they would normally get for such a heinous, high-profile crime even as the district attorney promised immunity from immigration charges to reluctant witnesses.

It’s likely that the brutal nature of the killings combined with the immigration status of some potential sources is deterring cooperation with police. Chiu said cooperation can be hard to come by in Chinatown.

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And they have talked to police in D’Iberville, Mississippi, north of Biloxi, where there was a separate, unsolved murder of a Chinese family. The 2011 Mississippi case involves the fatal stabbing of a couple who owned a Chinese restaurant and the wife’s sister.

While there are similarities, police have not found a connection between the New York and Mississippi murders.

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{TUNG-EDELMAN cont’d from page 3} Tung-Edelman proposed that Seattle’s natural beauty, civically engaged residents, and large thriving Asian community would appeal to the national audience. The proposal worked. Seattle was picked for the convention.

Tung-Edelman said Jerry Lee encouraged her all along to get the convention held in Seattle. Lee was the honorary chair of the 53rd Biennial National Convention. He also hosted a lunch at Anthony’s for the delegates on Aug. 6. This was a real honor for the city because Seattle is the “newbie” chapter.

Tung-Edelman said she worked on the bid two years ago and had been working to organize the convention. More than 140 Chinese delegates came from all over the United States.

“It’s interesting to meet fourth- generation Chinese Americans who speak with a Texas accent, coming in with cowboy hats and boots.” She found it inspiring to meet Chinese Americans with diverse backgrounds from all over the country. The convention’s theme {TANIGUCHI cont’d from page 3} discovered that we were being fed canned food that had been expired. They changed this situation. But till this day I cannot face something like sausage or Spam.”

Choichi Shimizu, who was in the same camp with Taniguchi, was one year younger than her. His family had a farm before they were sent to the incarceration camp. Shimizu published a book called “Cho’s Story: From the Eyes of a Nisei Son” to record his experience during and after World War II. In Shimizu’s memory, life after leaving the camp was hard for him.

“As a third-grader in 1942, I didn’t feel that we were living in a harsh environment in the camp,” said Shimizu. “The worst thing for me was after the war – we couldn’t find a place to live because our farm was taken away. I was bullied by school kids.

I used to get into a lot of trouble because I was still considered as an enemy. I was in a shell because I didn’t want to face the world.”

Shimizu spent about two and half years in low-income housing. He didn’t break out of his shell until he entered college.

Taniguchi’s family had a farm before they were sent to the camp, but they were luckier than others.

“We were blessed because our Caucasian friends said that they would try to keep the farm going when we were asked to go to the camp,” Taniguchi said. “They hired a family that needed a job but had no place

was “Inspiration, Integration, Interaction.”

The highlights of the convention included a tour of the Chinatown International District and the Wing Luke Asian Museum, organized by community advocate Bettie Luke.

Workshops on researching railway workers’ lives and historic preservation were conducted.

Tung-Edelman said there are a lot of railway workers’ descendants in the Unites States. The convention addressed the 150th anniversary of railroad building in the United States. A section on mental health was taught at the Asian Counseling and Referral Service.

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includes designers for product and packaging as well as the keychain.

Lee also has another app in the Apple App Store called IntelliAmplifier. He developed it two years ago when he was in middle school. But he started building apps when he was 12.

People who are hard-of-hearing can use the app to amplify sounds around them. He said that the app is used in conjunction with any pair of earphones that do not have built-in microphones. The app costs 99 cents and 100 percent of the proceeds go to Hamomi Children’s Centre.

In the near future, Lee has plans to return to Nairobi and continue teaching the students and teachers more about technology, as well as introduce IntelliH20.

“I really love technology – technology is my first love.

I really enjoy helping people who are less fortunate than I am, not for the resume or money, but so that I can help people who are less fortunate,” he said.  For more information about IntelliH20, visit myintellih20. com.

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{TAIWAN & CHINA cont’d from page 5} Andrew Nathan wrote on the Asia Society blog ChinaFile.

Though opposed by some in Taiwan, the meeting drew huge attention and overwhelmingly favorable response in China and across the Chinese-speaking world, as well as in Washington D.C. The biggest obstacle to future talks could be Taiwan’s ferociously democratic system — new elections for the presidency and legislature are scheduled for January.

The main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, which advocates Taiwan’s formal independence from China, is favored to win one or both elections, and its presidential candidate Tsai Ingwen has refused to endorse the so-called “92 Consensus,” under which China has

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to live. That family lived in our home and reaped the harvest. Three years later, when we came back, they gave our home and farm back. Many people had no place to come back to because their lands were taken by others who were glad that the Japanese were incarcerated.”

Taniguchi said she felt lucky to survive.

Now she is trying to educate the next generation not to make the same mistake by telling them her own story.

“We live in a country where the president would admit that it is a mistake,” said Taniguchi. “He apologized for the United States. He said that was unconstitutional.

I’m grateful to be able to share the story with the students. We tell the students that we share the story with them because they are future leaders. So if a similar situation happens and they are a senator or the President of the United States, would they consider that whether you should incacerate the Japanese?”

There is no hate in Taniguchi’s mind. She says she feels blessed.

Tashima uses one word to describe Taniguchi.

“Love,” said Tashima. “She expresses love for everything.” 

allowed negotiations between the sides to proceed.

That consensus states that Taiwan and the mainland are part of a single Chinese nation, although each side interprets that according to their own constitutions.

The Chinese side made a particular point of stating that there could be no future meetings between the leaders without the Taiwan side affirming the principle.

“The big question going forward is whether this meeting will change how Taiwanese view the mainland. Will this meeting improve the chance of further rapprochement under the next administration, which is almost surely to be under the DPP?” Gallagher said. 

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questioned the purity of drinking water, so he decided to do something about it for his own health. And he won first place in Social Venture Partner’s (SVP) Fast Pitch startup competition for his creation.

“I wish I had something portable that I could carry around, connect to my phone, and test the water purity.

And that’s how the concept was formed,” he explained.

Lee created the IntelliH20 app during his spring break in April but didn’t revisit it until the summer when he applied and got into the Fast Pitch program. SVP Fast Pitch is a business pitch competition for innovative non-profit and for-profit social impact entrepreneurs – organizations that are solving today’s important social problems and making a positive impact in the Greater Puget Sound area.

He heard about the program through one of his classmates’ older brothers who had won previously.

As a big Apple fan, Lee’s five-minute presentation at Fast Pitch was inspired by old keynote speeches from Steve Jobs and Tim Cook.

This wasn’t Lee’s first win. He also entered the Youth Apps Challenge by the Technology Alliance and won.

“I’ve always been really interested in technology. My

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love for building stuff with Legos translated into my love for building apps,” he said.

When Lee isn’t working on his latest app, the 15-yearold plays the saxophone, likes to design websites, makes movies with the green screen and special effects, and is currently learning French.

Travel has been one of his passions since he was very young. He’s visited Africa several times for service work through Hamomi Children’s Centre, where he taught children in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. He taught the kids how to use computers and Microsoft programs like PowerPoint.

“My goal was to teach them digital literacy and to be able to put my product on the shelves. I’m hoping to raise enough money to help the underprivileged in Africa,” he said.

Lee’s father works in technology, but most of what the Lakeside High sophomore learned about tech was from watching videos on YouTube.

He said that he would spend some of his grant money on the patent for the app and hardware. In fact, several manufacturers have already contacted Lee to help finish the product.

Lee couldn’t have done it without his team, which

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{SPORTS cont’d from page 7}

Ichiro returns as milestone looms

As baseball ended with the Kansas City Royals wining the World Series, former Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki is returning for a 16th year in the major leagues at the age of 42.

Ichiro is nearing the milestone of 3,000 hits in the major leagues.

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The teams will get a day-long educational program about the country’s e-commerce industry and consumer buying habits, which will be among the things that the players will learn.

Recently, Alibaba created a sports division and the Husky game will be streamed through its various platforms.

The teams play Friday night (here in the United States, morning in China) on Nov. 13 in Shanghai at the Mercedes Benz Arena. It will be televised on ESPN.

Jack Ma escorts Huskies team members in China.

The Miami Marlins have picked up Ichiro for another year. The Marlins like him so much that they allowed him to pitch on the last day of the season.

Although Ichiro’s natural

{MATSUI cont’d from page 1}

Seattle. Because of the food, the flowers, everything is wonderful for me. I’ve been performing for many years at Jazz Alley, every few years, so I have many loyal fans, some of whom come from other places.”

Asked about her favorite restaurant in Seattle, she chuckles, “I go to the Pike Place Market a lot. I love seafood.”

A Tokyo native, Matsui began piano lessons at age 5, studying classical, but soon moved on to pop and jazz influences such as Chick Corea and Stevie Wonder. After a stretch in the Japanese fusion group Cosmos, she went solo.

She has 24 albums in the United States, she relates. She put together the set list for “Live In Tokyo” from her back catalog, showcasing some tunes from 2013’s “Soul Quest.” She was born with perfect pitch, and she allows that it can be annoying, hearing the musical notes in every sound around her. Still, “Natural sound makes me think about the notes. That happens a lot. Weird pitches can get me really thinking weird. But it is great to hear or think that way. I can compose without writing out on the music sheets.”

Her band lineup for this time around includes drummer Dave Karasony, bassist Rico Belled, guitarist J.P. Murao, and saxophonist Tommy Proulx. Asked what directions her music has taken in recent years, she muses: I have been touring more than before. My experiences and my thoughts reflect each album. Each album has a different story, a different intonation. But still, for me, melody is very important. I try to compose strong melody. I feel that [with] music we feel a connection, and can reach across borders. Those feelings. I hope that this album can reach many people.”  Keiko Matsui plays Thursday, November 12th through Sunday, November 15th, at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Avenue in Seattle. For ticket prices, show times, and more information, visit https://www.jazzalley.com.

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position is the outfield, he has always wanted to pitch. Ichiro has an 88 mph fast ball and a nice slider. He pitched one inning, giving up one run and two hits.

Still, it was a dream come true for

the future Hall of Famer.

Pacquiao says April is last fight

Another athlete that is nearing the end of his career is Manny

Pacquiao. After his loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. last May, which set records for attendance gate revenue and pay-per-view buys, Pacquiao took time off to heal an injured shoulder. In late October, he announced that he would fight one more time in April 2016 and focus on his political career.

Pacquiao is seeking a senate seat and his retirement likely means that he will devote all his time to politics.

In boxing, announcing a retirement does not necessarily stick. However, the 36-year-old Pacquiao has lost a step as with all aging boxers. He no longer is the dynamic, knockout artist that he once was. If he does retire, he will leave a great legacy and much adoration from Filipino fans.  Jason Cruz can be reached at info@nwasianweekly.com.