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Going to the Final Fantasy concert at SF Symphony tonight! The excitement! =)
July 18th, 2009
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Going to the Final Fantasy concert at SF Symphony tonight! The excitement! =)
excitedJune 25th, 2009
RIP Michael Jackson.
Still in shock and disbelief. He was so much part of my childhood. He was great then.
His music still is and will always be.
Still in shock and disbelief. He was so much part of my childhood. He was great then.
His music still is and will always be.
sadJanuary 12th, 2009
June 17th, 2008
No higher death risk in long-term coffee drinking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long-term coffee drinking does not appear to increase a person's risk of early death and may cut a person's chances of dying from heart disease, according to a study published on Monday.
Previous studies have given a mixed picture of health effects from coffee, finding a variety of benefits and some drawbacks from the popular drink. The new study looked at people who drank caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee.
Researchers led by Esther Lopez-Garcia of Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in Spain followed 84,214 U.S. women from 1980 to 2004 and 41,736 U.S. men from 1986 to 2004.
They found that regular coffee drinking -- up to six cups a day -- was not associated with increased deaths among the study's middle-aged participants. In fact, the coffee drinkers, particularly the women, experienced a small decline in death rates from heart disease.
The study found no association between coffee consumption and cancer deaths.
"Our study indicates that coffee consumption does not have a detrimental effect," Lopez-Garcia, whose research appears in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, said in a telephone interview. "It seems like long-term coffee consumption may have some beneficial effects."
There has been a debate among scientists about the health effects of drinking coffee, which typically contains the stimulant caffeine and a number of other important compounds.
The people who took part in the research completed questionnaires on how frequently they drank coffee, other diet habits, smoking and medical conditions. The researchers then studied the mortality risk over the period of the study among people with different coffee-drinking habits.
The study found that women who reported drinking two to three cups of caffeinated coffee per day had a 25 percent lower risk of death from heart disease than women who did not drink coffee. The researchers saw a smaller decreased risk for men but it was not statistically significant.
Drinking decaffeinated coffee was associated with a small reduction in overall mortality risk, the researchers said.
The people in the study had no history of cardiovascular disease or cancer when they entered it. The women were nurses and the men doctors, dentists and other health professionals.
Some studies have indicated coffee is a great source of antioxidants, substances that may protect against the effects of molecules called free radicals that can damage cells and may play a role in heart disease, cancer and other ailments.
Recent studies have offered a mixed picture on the health effects of coffee.
A study that came out in January found that pregnant women who drink two or more cups of coffee a day had twice the risk of miscarriage as those who avoid caffeine. Another study appearing in January found that drinking caffeinated coffee lowered a woman's risk of ovarian cancer.
(Editing by Julie Steenhuysen and Bill Trott)
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Yay.!
Well not like I care anyways...I have pretty much become a coffee drinker ever since I started my internship last year. I blame my supervisor!
In other news, I just got back from my trip to Los Angeles. I really really really loved the sun and the warmer weather there. I might apply for the grad school in UCLA after working for at least a year in San Fran..that's the plan for now!
amusedFebruary 14th, 2008
Well I just watched the trailer for the new Indiana Jones movie.
It only looks like an OKAY film actually...but omg the music..brings back so many memories..
It only looks like an OKAY film actually...but omg the music..brings back so many memories..
July 15th, 2007
sleepyJuly 1st, 2007
April 9th, 2007
Where the Hell is Matt.
A pretty amazing video.
The famous Treadmills Dancing video..I can't believe I never saw it till today.
It's very very original.
Life is very busy. Hence the lack of updating.
nostalgicFebruary 27th, 2007
S.F. Asian Paper's Column On Blacks Condemned
(CBS 5 / AP) SAN FRANCISCO Asian-American leaders are condemning a column titled "Why I Hate Blacks," which was published in a weekly newspaper that calls itself "The Voice of Asian America."
In the piece, which appeared in the Feb. 23 edition of San Francisco-based AsianWeek, contributor Kenneth Eng lists reasons why he supports discrimination against blacks.
The column was the third written by Eng, who has described himself as an "Asian Supremacist" despite having written a previous column titled "Why I Hate Asians." Another previous column was titled "Proof That Whites Inherently Hate Us."
Leaders at the Asian American Justice Center, Chinese for Affirmative Action, Coalition for Asian Pacific Americans and other groups are circulating a petition denouncing the latest piece as "irresponsible journalism, blatantly racist, replete with stereotypes, and deeply hurtful to African Americans."
"It certainly does not speak for the vast majority of Asian Americans," Stewart Kwoh, who heads the Asian Pacific American Legal Center in Los Angeles, said Tuesday. "This kind of inflammatory (column) really can hurt and damage relations with the broader African-American community."
The petition calls on AsianWeek to cut ties with Eng, issue an apology, print an editorial refuting the column, and fire or demote the editors who published it.
"Something like this should never have been printed," said Vincent Eng, deputy director of the Asian American Justice Center in Washington, who is not related to the columnist. "Deliberate action needs to be taken to make sure this type of hate speech doesn't continue."
AsianWeek, with a circulation of 48,505, issued a statement apologizing for "any harm or hurt this has caused the African American community."
The newspaper plans to hold a news conference with NAACP leaders in San Francisco on Wednesday to discuss how the Asian-American and black communities "can be different and yet get along and work together," said Ted Fang, the paper's editor-at-large.
"The newspaper is sorry that this got published, and I am personally sorry that this got published," Fang told The Associated Press. "The views in that opinion piece do not in any way reflect the views of AsianWeek."
The paper plans to review its policies to "understand how this happened and make sure it doesn't happen again," Fang said, calling the decision to publish Eng's piece a "mistake."
Fang's family publishes AsianWeek, along with a local newspaper called the Independent, and owned the San Francisco Examiner between 2000 and 2004.
Eng, 22, is a graduate of New York University, according to a biography on a Web site promoting his science fiction writing.
A telephone listing for Eng, who writes from New York, could not immediately be located.
Supervisor Sophia Maxwell, one of the city's top black officials, said she doesn't believe Eng's column will hurt relations between blacks and Asian Americans in San Francisco. She has co-sponsored a city resolution condemning the article and AsianWeek's decision to publish it.
"I think most African Americans who are level-headed and not looking for an excuse will understand that this person is very unfortunate," said Maxwell, who represents a district with large black and Asian-American populations. "This man clearly is very ignorant of African-American history and his own history, and he's very angry. If he has hatred for me, he probably has it for himself, his mother, and everybody else."
Mayor Gavin Newsom issued a statement on the column Tuesday evening.
"I am deeply concerned, both for the opinions expressed in the column and the fact that these opinions were published in a local newspaper," Newsom said in the statement. "Both actions demand explanation and accountability."
(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report. )
http://cbs5.com/local/local_story_05817
(CBS 5 / AP) SAN FRANCISCO Asian-American leaders are condemning a column titled "Why I Hate Blacks," which was published in a weekly newspaper that calls itself "The Voice of Asian America."
In the piece, which appeared in the Feb. 23 edition of San Francisco-based AsianWeek, contributor Kenneth Eng lists reasons why he supports discrimination against blacks.
The column was the third written by Eng, who has described himself as an "Asian Supremacist" despite having written a previous column titled "Why I Hate Asians." Another previous column was titled "Proof That Whites Inherently Hate Us."
Leaders at the Asian American Justice Center, Chinese for Affirmative Action, Coalition for Asian Pacific Americans and other groups are circulating a petition denouncing the latest piece as "irresponsible journalism, blatantly racist, replete with stereotypes, and deeply hurtful to African Americans."
"It certainly does not speak for the vast majority of Asian Americans," Stewart Kwoh, who heads the Asian Pacific American Legal Center in Los Angeles, said Tuesday. "This kind of inflammatory (column) really can hurt and damage relations with the broader African-American community."
The petition calls on AsianWeek to cut ties with Eng, issue an apology, print an editorial refuting the column, and fire or demote the editors who published it.
"Something like this should never have been printed," said Vincent Eng, deputy director of the Asian American Justice Center in Washington, who is not related to the columnist. "Deliberate action needs to be taken to make sure this type of hate speech doesn't continue."
AsianWeek, with a circulation of 48,505, issued a statement apologizing for "any harm or hurt this has caused the African American community."
The newspaper plans to hold a news conference with NAACP leaders in San Francisco on Wednesday to discuss how the Asian-American and black communities "can be different and yet get along and work together," said Ted Fang, the paper's editor-at-large.
"The newspaper is sorry that this got published, and I am personally sorry that this got published," Fang told The Associated Press. "The views in that opinion piece do not in any way reflect the views of AsianWeek."
The paper plans to review its policies to "understand how this happened and make sure it doesn't happen again," Fang said, calling the decision to publish Eng's piece a "mistake."
Fang's family publishes AsianWeek, along with a local newspaper called the Independent, and owned the San Francisco Examiner between 2000 and 2004.
Eng, 22, is a graduate of New York University, according to a biography on a Web site promoting his science fiction writing.
A telephone listing for Eng, who writes from New York, could not immediately be located.
Supervisor Sophia Maxwell, one of the city's top black officials, said she doesn't believe Eng's column will hurt relations between blacks and Asian Americans in San Francisco. She has co-sponsored a city resolution condemning the article and AsianWeek's decision to publish it.
"I think most African Americans who are level-headed and not looking for an excuse will understand that this person is very unfortunate," said Maxwell, who represents a district with large black and Asian-American populations. "This man clearly is very ignorant of African-American history and his own history, and he's very angry. If he has hatred for me, he probably has it for himself, his mother, and everybody else."
Mayor Gavin Newsom issued a statement on the column Tuesday evening.
"I am deeply concerned, both for the opinions expressed in the column and the fact that these opinions were published in a local newspaper," Newsom said in the statement. "Both actions demand explanation and accountability."
(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report. )
http://cbs5.com/local/local_story_05817
February 13th, 2007
Hm what Valentine's Day?
Each one of us got a candy today in class from two of our classmates.
I've been too busy lately to even pay attention about any of this...
So to celebrate this "sweet" occasion...
So lonely...Mr. lonely~~~(this kid is simply too adorable)
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
Oh boy am I getting older or what..maybe I do need a valentine soon? =3
Each one of us got a candy today in class from two of our classmates.
I've been too busy lately to even pay attention about any of this...
So to celebrate this "sweet" occasion...
So lonely...Mr. lonely~~~(this kid is simply too adorable)
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
Oh boy am I getting older or what..maybe I do need a valentine soon? =3
