Newton, Mass., Feb. 26, 2015, — This week, Chyten Educational Services (www.chyten.com) became the first company in the country to offer a NEW SAT vs. ACT Comparison Test. It debuted this week to 145 students in Montclair, NJ. The test, created by Neil Chyten and the development team at Chyten in Newton, Mass, becomes the nation’s first test of its kind. According to Chyten, not only is it first but it is also entirely accurate.
Chyten students taking the new SAT vs. ACT comparison test (provided to bostonese.com).
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Chyten Debuts First-in-the-Nation New SAT vs. ACT Comparison Test
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Chinatown Main Street Celebrates 20th Anniversary, Hosts Chinese New Year Cultural Village
By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Boston, Feb. 20, 2015, — Chinatown Main Street (CMS) 20th Anniversary fundraising gala was recently held in Boston Chinatown. Over $30,000 donation was raised during the banquet and about 300 guests enjoyed an evening of fine dining and performances by local dance and Kung Fu groups.
(from left)Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz and CMS President Tony Yee cut the 20th anniversary cake(photo by Victor Chen).
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RJ Grey Team Wins Exeter Math Club Competition
By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Acton, Mass., Feb. 10, 2015, — Snow keeps falling and good news keeps coming for Acton Boxborough students. Team Acton RJ Grey excelled at the Exeter Math Club Competition (EMCC) held recently in Exeter, N.H., and won the team championship.
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2015 Chinese New Year Gala Features Star-studded Lineup
By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Boston, Feb. 10, 2015, — The New England Chinese Professionals 2015 Chinese New Year Gala is co-organized by 16 New England Chinese-American professional associations. It will be held on Feb 21 from 1:00 -11:00 PM at Boston Marriott in Newton, Mass. The cultural performances in the evening feature some of the best performers in music, dance and arts locally and internationally.
Boston Kongfu group led by International Kung Fu star Xiaoyi Chen.
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Tufts Medical Center Honored at Kwong Kow Chinese School Fundraising Gala
By Menglei Han, bostonese.com
Boston, Feb. 3, 2015, — Kwong Kow Chinese School(KKCS) held a fundraising dinner party at the Empire Garden Restaurant in Boston Chinatown recently. The theme of the party is “Heritage, Innovation, and Responsibility.” Nearly 500 people attended the party and donated. KKCS collected about $180,000 for their future development. Boston City Councilor-At-Large Michelle Wu, a volunteer at KKCS years ago, congratulated the achievements by the its teachers and students.
Theresa Tsoi gives Make the Difference award to Michael Wagner, CEO of Tufts Medical Center (photo by Menglei Han).
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Malcolm Butler’s Cinderella Story Makes Patriots Champions Again
Boston, Feb. 3, 2015, — Tom Brady took home the MVP, but it was former West Alabama All-American Malcolm Butler who made the play that clinched the New England Patriots win in Super Bowl XLIX. Brady agreed to give the Chevy truck awarded to him with the MVP prize to Butler during this morning’s interview on WEEI sports radio.
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Blackstone’s Schwarzman on Collaboration with China
By “Dr. Tea”, CEO of Mylovetea Company
Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 2, 2015, — Stephen Allen Schwarzman, chairman and CEO of the Blackstone Group, visited Harvard University and gave his speech at the Science Center on his company and their collaboration with China, especially the Anbang Group. The personal fortune of Mr. Schwarzman is estimated to be $10.8 billion and ranked at 122nd on the World’s Billionaires List by Forbes.
Mr. Schwarzman graduated from Yale and don’t known much about the Harvard campus. I gave him a tour. He joked he was not smart enough to get into Harvard and he went to Yale when he was 18. He contacted Harvard Dean of Admission and yet the Dean said Yale was pretty good too. Stephen said, later on, the Dean felt regretful for not enrolling him to Harvard though. Also, he felt more excited to run a company than a school. However, he said: “never stop learning!”
“Dr. Tea”(left) with Mr. Schwarzman.
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Edelman and Butler Go to Disney and Victory Parade on Feb. 4 in Boston
Boston, Feb. 1, 2015, — Visitors to Disneyland were treated to a victory parade of Super Bowl champions Julien Edelman and Malcolm Butler today. The New England Patriots defeated Seattle Seahawks last night at Super Bowl XILV in Glenndale, AZ. Quarterback Tom Brady threw four touchdown passes in the come-from-behind victory, and won the Super Bowl MVP award.
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Celebrating Chinese New Year at Cary Memorial Library
By Beatrice Lee, bostonese.com columnist
In the morning of Jan. 24, I was debating whether I wanted to go to Chinese American Association of Lexington’s (CAAL) Chinese New Year celebration or not. The ride decided for me as I could not change the time. I’m glad that I did. I probably was among the very first ones getting there. They were still trying to set up the place.
(from left)Peter Lee, Weidong Wang, Melanie Lin and Hua Wang of CAAL pose for a picture.
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IBM May Begin Largest Layoffs in History
By Victor Chen, bostonese.com
Boston, Jan. 24, 2014, –In his column Next Week’s Bloodbath At IBM Won’t Fix The Real Problem in forbes.com, long-time silicon valley journalist Robert X. Cringley said he learned about the Project Chrome, the largest “transformation” in IBM’s 103-year history around Christmas time. He suggested that over 26% of over 400,000 IBM employees worldwide could be notified the layoffs starting the week of January 26.
China Press’ report of IBM’s Centennial Celebration in June 2011(file photo).
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