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Michigan South Asian MARCH 2011 Page 8 Miss Pakistan 2010 Interview: Annie Rupani 1.How does it feel to be crowned Miss Pakistan World 2010 It was completely unexpected. I was still in shock when the MC announced my name, but it feels incredible and I am very excited to make this an unforgettable year as Miss Pakistan World 2010. 2. Tell us a bit about your background. I was born in Austin, Texas and raised in Sugar Land. My parents spent the first part of their lives in Karachi, Pakistan, but moved to the U.S. about thirty years ago. I have two sisters, Natasha and Mona. I am currently studying Religion and Anthropology at Boston University and I will be graduating from university in May of 2011. 3. What is your aim with this title My goal as Miss Pakistan World 2010 is to foremost bring awareness to the world about the country of Pakistan, its qualities and imminent needs. Pakistan is a very beautiful country with some of the world’s highest mountain peaks and a history that traces back to one of the world’s first civilizations. Further, I would like to give other Pakistani women the confidence and motivation to push past the traditional stereotypes, which are holding back the women in our society. I want to prove that a Pakistani woman can be strong and independent and still live within the values of her faith and culture. 4. Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years In the next five years, I hope to have gained experience in the U.S. Foreign Service promoting stronger relations with Pakistan and begin pursuing my graduate studies in Law. Pak Nuke Build-Up Has US Anxious And Worried: NYT Editorial Washington, Feb.22 Pakistan may claim that it would like to have minimum nuclear deterrence, but if American intelligence agency assessments are to be believed, Islamabad could soon have the world’s fifth largest nuclear arsenal, and this development has Washington quite concerned and anxious. According to a New York Times editorial, Pakistan has between 95 and more than 110 deployed nuclear weapons, up from the mid-to-high 70s just two years ago. Even without a fourth reactor, experts say that Pakistan has already manufactured enough fuel for 40 to 100 additional weapons. Only the United States, Russia, France and China are ahead of Pakistan. Washington and Moscow, with thousands of nuclear weapons each, still have the most weapons by far, but at least they are making serious reductions. According to the NYT editorial, Washington and its allies must continue to look for ways to get Pakistan to stop blocking negotiations on a global ban on fissile material production. It says that Washington can threaten to suspend billions of dollars of American aid PAMV is about telling children that consumption of violent content in media can have adverse health impacts. Join the Parent group today. www.PAMV.org info@pamv.org | 248-677-5523 if Islamabad does not restrain its nuclear appetites. But that would hugely complicate efforts in Afghanistan and could destabilize Pakistan. The editorial concludes by saying: “The truth is there is no easy way to stop the buildup, or that of India and China. Slowing and reversing that arms race is essential for regional and global security. Washington must look for points of leverage and make this one of its strategic priorities.” It further state that the ultimate nightmare, of course, is that the extremists will topple Pakistan’s government and get their hands on the nuclear weapons. Now, Watch 3-D Films On Your Cell Phone! Washington, Feb 12: Watching 3-D films on your cell phone would now be possible thanks to researchers who have combined the new mobile radio standard LTE-Advanced with a video coding technique. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, HHI in Berlin, Germany, have come up with a special compression technique for films in especially good high-resolution HD quality. It computes the films down to low data rates while maintaining quality: H.264/ A V C . What the H.246/ A V C video format is to high-definition films, the Multiview Video Coding (MVC) is to 3-D films. Thomas Schierl explained that “MVC is used to pack together the two images needed for the stereoscopic 3-D effect to measurably reduce the film’’s bit rate,” and this technique can be used to reduce the size of 3-D films as much as 40 percent. That means that you can quickly receive excellent quality 3-D films in connection with the new 3G-LTE mobile radio standard. Key is the radio resource management integrated into the LTE system that allows flexible data transmission while including various quality of service classes. Thomas Wirth, another scientist at the HHI, added, “The 2-D and 3-D bit streams divided up by MVC can be prioritized for each user at the air interface to support different services, thus opening up a completely new field for business models.” The new technology would be shown at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Page 9 MARCH 2011 Michigan South Asian FOURTH CONGLOMERATION OF ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURES AND HALL OF FAME AWARDS FOR 2010 By Samir Chopra Dr. Parveen Chopra President of the Asian American Coalition USA recently hosted the Fourth Conglomeration of Asian American Cultures and Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony. A galaxy of dignitaries present included: Honorable Edward P. Mangano – Nassau County Executive; Honorable Supreme Court Justice Daniel Palmieri; New York State Comptroller Thomas Dinapoli; New York City Comptroller Honorable John Liu, Assemblywoman Honorable Grace Meng; Senator Frank Padavan; NYC Councilman Peter Koo; Lawrence Mulvey Nassau County Police Commissioner, Honorable Amrit Rai - Consul General of Nepal, Ambassador and Director General of Taipei His Excellence Andrew J.C. Kao, At the awards gala the AAC representing 14 Asian countries inducted the following leaders of there respective communities to the Hall of Fame: Nassau County Executive Honorable Edward P. Mangano; New York State Supreme Court Justice Honorable Daniel Palmieri, Dr. Panchapakesa Jayaraman (Founder of the Bhartiya Vidhya Bhavan), (Imam Shamsi –Indonesia – Iman of the largest Mosque in New York), John T. Ma, -China (President of U.S.-China Cultural and Economic Council);as well as Dr. Binod P. Shah -Nepal ( President of the America- Nepal Friendship Society); Dr. Ping-Heng Chen -Taiwan (Executive Director of the Taiwan Center Chorus and the Tenafly Singer at Avery Fisher Hall & Lincoln Center) Former New York State Governor Hon. David A. Paterson indicated, “Since its founding, the Coalition also has been committed to increasing the visibility of Asian American communities across this State and Nation by fostering the positive development of Asian culture and identity, and strengthening relations with other communities and countries. In providing a voice for the entire Asian population, you cultivate greater understanding and appreciation of your shared heritage.” New York City Mayor Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg said, “ … I commend AACUSA for ensuring that hardworking people of many different backgrounds have the opportunity to pursue their dreams here in the United States.” United States Senator Charles E. Schumer said, “Since its founding the AAC has dedicated itself to promoting the social, cultural, and entrepreneurial endeavors of the Asian-American community in New York and around the country. Cricket Fever Hits Mass Wedding Ceremony In Gujarat Surat, Feb.21 Nearly eighty-two newly married couples cut a huge cake in the shape of a cricket field in Gujarat on Sunday. Couples who got married at a mass wedding event cut a cake that was in the shape of a cricket field and believe that the wedding would become more memorable, if Indian team brought home the World Cup. “We wish the players of our country to win the World Cup so that our wedding becomes memorable with it,” said a newlywed. Kanji Bhalala, organiser of the event said: “About 82 couples got married in this grand event. All the couples cut the cake together for the success of Indian players in the World Cup. We are happy that mass marriage is an event for wedding, and in this jovial atmosphere also people are enthusiastic and confident for the players of the country. The couples cut the cake to encourage the players.” NZ Earthquake ‘A Warning To North America’ Washington, Feb 23 The terribly destructive New Zealand earthquake that killed dozens and caused heavy damage is a warning to cities up and down the West Coast of North America, according to a researcher. Even though Tuesday’’s 6.3-magnitude earthquake was weaker than last year’’s event, it was much shallower, was situated directly under Christchurch, hit during the lunch hour when more people were exposed to damage, and shook sediments that were prone to ‘liquefaction’, which can magnify the damage done by the ground shaking. The 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the nation last September near the same area killed none. Robert Yeats, a professor of geology at Oregon State University and an international earthquake expert, said that same description matches many major cities and towns in Washington, Oregon, California and British Columbia. “The latest New Zealand earthquake hit an area that wasn’t even known to have a fault prior to last September, it’s one that had not moved in thousands of years. But when you combine the shallow depth, proximity to a major city and soil characteristics, it was capable of immense damage,” said Yeats. “The same characteristics that caused such destruction and so many deaths in Christchurch are similar to those facing Portland, Seattle, parts of the Bay Area and many other West Coast cities and towns,” he said. “And it’s worth keeping in mind that New Zealand has some of the most progressive building codes in the world. They are better prepared for an earthquake like this than many U.S. cities would be,” he added. According to Yeats, the risks from comparatively shallow ‘crustal’ faults are often given less attention compared to the concerns about the major subduction zone earthquake facing the Pacific Northwest in its future, or other major quakes on famous plate boundaries such as the San Andreas Fault. Associated with that is the risk of liquefaction – the characteristic of some soils, particularly sediments deposited over long periods of time, to become saturated with water and quiver like a bowl of gelatin during an earthquake. Such motions can significantly increase building damage and loss of life. Like much of the West Coast, Yeats said, New Zealand sits near a major boundary of the Earth’s great plates – in this case, the junction of the Australia Plate and the Pacific Plate. Despite intensive seismic studies in that nation, no one had yet identified the related fault that devastated Christchurch. “We can learn about earthquakes and help people understand the seismic risks they face But it’s still an inexact science, the exact timing of an earthquake cannot be predicted, and the best thing we can do is prepare for these events before they happen,” said Yeats.
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