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BJ Penn will be fighting Jon Fitch in the main event match of UFC 127 on February 26, 2011 10PM ET at Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia. It will be televised live on Pay-Per-View (PPV). This will be the first meeting of the two fighters with the winner becoming the number one contender to the welterweight title (170 lbs). Penn is a former Welterweight Champion and will be making his second welterweight fight since returning to the weight class from the lightweight (155 lbs) division at UFC 123 in November 2010. At UFC 123, he was victorious against Matt Hughes with a knockout at 0:21 of the first round. It is interesting to note that if Penn wins and becomes the number one welterweight contender that it could set up a possible third fight against the current Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre (GSP) if GSP successfully defends his title at UFC 129 in April. Penn and GSP have some history together with the two previous fights won by GSP and most recently at UFC 94 in January 2009.
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BJ Penn vs. Jon Fitch at UFC 127
SF Bay Area Dinner Meet 2/27/2011
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HalfKorean.com is hosting a casual dinner meet, in cooperation with Tia Legoski of the Amerasian Unity Foundation, on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at Ohgane Restaurant in Oakland, California. Here are the details: Date: Sunday, February 27, 2011 We will have a brief meet in the banquet room of the restaurant before dinner. There is no cost to attend except for what you plan to eat and drink for dinner. You can check out the Ohgane menu to have a general idea of the dinner pricing beforehand. As per our usual agenda, this meeting is for anyone whom is mixed Korean. It doesn’t matter what the percentage is, what the other mix is, how old you are and where you were born/raised. Parents of mixed Koreans are encouraged to attend as well. Other folks (e.g. non-mixed Koreans) are welcome to attend as long as they have a sincere interest in people of mixed Korean descent (or if they are a significant other, etc.). Facebook users can RSVP here: SF Bay Area Dinner Meet 2/27/2011. |
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HalfKorean.com Spotlight: Sonya Tatro / Padma Yoga Dallas
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We just posted a new HalfKorean.com Spotlight on Padma Yoga and owner Sonya Tatro. Padma Yoga is a yoga studio in Dallas, Texas that is owned and operated by Sonya Tatro. They just opened at the beginning of 2011 and is led by an experienced instructor team that includes Sonya herself. If you live in the Dallas area and are interested in yoga, please check out and support Sonya and Padma Yoga. Check out the Spotlight here: |
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Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Nominated for Nickelodeon’s 2011 Kids’ Choice Award
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Cartoon Network’s Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated has been nominated for “Favorite Cartoon” at Nickelodeon’s 2011 Kids’ Choice Awards. The annual event will be hosted by actor/comedian Jack Black and televised live Saturday, April 2 at 8:00PM (PST). The reason we mention the nomination is because Victor Cook is the supervising director of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. Check out more on Victor in our October 2010 feature interview. The competition in the “Favorite Cartoon” category include Disney’s Phineas & Ferb and Nickelodeon’s own The Penguins of Madagascar and SpongeBob SquarePants. Voting begins online March 1st at Nick.com so be sure to cast your vote and support Victor and Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. Good luck to Victor and the Scooby team!
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2011 KBL Ethnic Draft Results
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The Korean Basketball League (KBL) held it’s third Ethnic Draft on January 31, 2011. Unfortunately, none of the available players were chosen by KBL teams this year. The Ethnic Draft was implemented to allow mixed Koreans an opportunity to play in the KBL and not have to be considered a “foreign” (non-Korean) player. The current rule allows for one “Ethnic” player per team. Larry Boyd, Joseph Fontenot, Anthony Gallagher and Adrian Scott were the four available draft applicants in the 2011 Draft. Boyd played basketball at Killeen High School and for Air Force Basketball Intramural leagues (Kunsan Air Force Base), Fontenot at Connors State, Gallagher at Evergreen State and Scott at Texas State and Asian-American Intramural Leagues. Fontenot was the only returning applicant from previous drafts (2010). It had been rumored that former Wake Forest point guard Tony Rutland – himself a former KBL player in 1999 – would participate, but he did not this year. We had just posted our 2009 Ethnic Draft Feature right before this 2011 Draft and had been curious how the third draft would turn out. The initial 2009 Draft had five players selected but the 2010 Draft had only one with both drafts featuring seven applicants each. With no selections made in the 2011 Draft, you would think that the KBL may need to rethink or revise the Ethnic Draft since the number of players selected is going downward each year. It might make sense to just allow the applicants into the regular draft at some point. We have yet to see anything regarding a 2012 Ethnic Draft but we’ll continue to follow the KBL and future draft policies.
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 Pre-Draft (L-R): Fontenot, Gallagher, Boyd, Scott Image courtesy of Jumpball |