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  • Colonial Figure Skating Club Presents Dreams of Gold

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boxborough, Mass., May 8, 2014, — In this quiet town 25 miles northwest of Boston, you don’t expect to see a show that features some of the best young figure skaters in the US. Colonial Figure Skating(CFS) Club, whose elite alumni includes Olympic medalists Nancy Kerrigan, Tiffany Scott and Paul Wylie, held its annual Ice Crystals Show “Dreams of Gold” at Nashoba Olympia Rink in Boxborough on May 3 and 4.
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    2014 National Juvenile Champion Iria Zhao at the show。
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  • Largest Thai Buddhist Temple in the US Topped Off

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, May 10, 2014, — Constructed on 35 acres previously occupied by a farm in Raynham Mass, Thai Buddhist temple Wat Nawamin opened its doors to the public in June 2006. The ground breaking ceremony for the temple building took place on May 5, 2011. Three years later, the grand structure was finally topped off.
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    Design of the new temple building (from Wat Nawamintararachutis Facebook page)
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  • Barry Chang — One of the Last Few Politicians Who Questioned Steve Jobs

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Cupertino, Calif, May 2, 2014, — According to a video released recently, the site of Apple’s new headquarters will be 80% green space with its own native trees. The designers’ goal was to create a building with no net increase in greenhouse gas emissions. The following picture was from a June 2011 meeting when Steve Jobs answered questions about the proposed new Apple headquarters.
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  • Helen Berman of Rutgers University Wins Ben Franklin Award

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, May 1, 2014, — The Bio-IT World Conference handed out the pretigious Ben Franklin Award to Prof. Helen Berman yesterday morning in a plenary session. The winners of the tenth annual Best Practices Awards competition were also announced in the same session at Seaport World Trade Center in South Boston.
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    J.W. Bizzaro, president of Bioinformatics Orgnization, congratulates Ms. Berman (photo by David Li).
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  • For Two Students, Running Boston Marathon Is the Best Lesson

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, April 28, 2014, — For the 36,000 runners of the 118th Boston Marathon, many of them returned to the race to finish it when two bombs interrupted last year’s Boston Marathon, such as Boston College student Yanyi Weng. For first-time runner Boston University graduate student Baiyun Yao, she trained hard for marathon in honor of Lingzi Lu. A beautiful sunny day with low humility certainly helped both of them finish the 26.2 mile course and cross finish line with pride on April 21, Patriots’ Day of 2014.
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    BU Chinese student Baiyun Yao (right) poses for a picture in front of China’s national flag after she finishes the marathon (provided to bostonese.com).
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  • Chinese Americans Are Still Concerned about SCA5 after Supreme Court Ruling

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    San Jose, Calif., April 22, 2014, — The Supreme Court has upheld Michigan’s affirmative action ban today. The Supreme Court ruling stated that Michigan voters had the right to change their state constitution to bar public colleges and universities from using race as a factor in admissions.

    Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette speaks to reporters after arguing the case before the U.S. Supreme Court in October. He’s with XIV Foundation CEO Jennifer Gratz, who was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policy (photo from npr.org).
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  • Meb Keflezighi Wins Boston Marathon as First American Winner in 31 Years

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, April 21, 2014, — It’s a perfect day for Marathon in Boston, and American runner Meb Keflezighi makes it even better as he led all the way to finish line. Keflezighi became the first American winner of the Boston Marathon since 1983 on Patriots’ Day of 2014.
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    Meb Keflezighi crosses the finish line (from Boston Marothon Facebook page).
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  • Key to Solving Marathon Bombings, Chinese Immigrant Danny Featured on CBS Evening News

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Cambridge, Mass., April 19, 2013, — In a recent interview on CBS evening news, 26-year-old Chinese immigrant Danny told his ordeal a year ago when his car was hijacked by Tsarnaev brothers at gun point on April 18, 2013. The gun was likely to be taken from MIT police officer Sean Collier when they allegedly killed officer Collier earlier on that day.
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    Danny talks during CBS interview (from cbsnews.com).
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  • The 17th Harvard China Forum Opens with Entertaining Speech by Kevin Rudd

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Cambridge, Mass., April 19, 2014, — The 17th Harvard China Forum(HCF) opened with a welcome ceremony in the evening of April 18 at Charles Hotel in Harvard Square. About 500 attendees packed the large ballroom to listen to speeches by former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, China Entrepreneurs Forum president Tian Yuan, and Taikang Life Insurance’s Duan Guosheng. The three-day conference is one of the largest China focused conferences in the US.
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    (Front row from left)17th HCF Co-VP Yuechen Zhao, Co-Presidents Helen Shi, Eric Ziyao Wang, Co-VP Sabrina Castenfelt with the organization team (from HCF official Facebook page).
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  • Anniversary of Marathon Bombings Marked in Boston and Nationwide

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, April 15, 2014, — On a rainy and windy day in Boston, ceremonies marking one year anniversary were held in Boston and across the nation. Bombing victims Krystle Campbell, Lingzi Lu, Martin Richard, and MIT police officer Sean Collier were remembered with a moment of silence at around 2:46 PM at a ceremony near the Boston Marathon finish line in front of Boston Public Library.
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    (L to R)Mayors Menino, Walsh, Vice President Biden and Gov. Patrick observe a moment of silence near Boston Marathon finish line on April 15, 2014.
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