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  • Reflections on an Active Retirement

    By Yu-Chi Ho, written in 2001, updated in 2007 ( from blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-1565-3498.html )

    Four years ago, much to the surprise of my dean, I told him that I planned to retire in 2001 after 40 years on the faculty of Harvard University (Note added 2007. Currently in the US there is no mandatory retirement age for university professor. This has in fact becoming somewhat of a problem since many tenured faculty chooses to stay on rather than retire. Thus, they block openings and advancement for younger faculties). Since then I have prepared my self for this transition, reflected on my life, and finally gone through the experience. Collected below are some insights that I learned from others, discovered for myself, and emotions that I experienced before, during, and after the transition. They are offered as amusement, free advice (probably worth the same), and my own catharsis.
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  • Winners of Talent Contest of New England Youths Compete for Grand Prize at Banquet of NAWA of Mass.

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, July 5, 2013, –The Seventh Anniversary Celebrating Banquet of National Asian Women’s Association (NAWA) of Massachusetts was held at Quincy China Pearl Restaurant in the evening of June 30, 2013. About 300 guests attended this banquet, including state Rep. Tackey Chan and Hung Goon, a representative for Malden Mayor Gary Christensen. First place winners of the inaugural Talent Contest of New England Youths competed for $300 cash prize.
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    Ms. Van Amanda Le with contest winners Jeff Zhou (left) and Hayley Ye (right), photo by Eadwn Huang.
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  • CCBA-NE Holds First-ever Art Show by Art Class Students

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, July 3, 2013, — Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England (CCBA-NE) art class for children held an art show in the afternoon of June 29 at the meeting room of CCBA. The art show is a celebration of ending of the first-ever art class at CCBA-NE with about 40 students, their parents and CCBA-NE staff.
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  • 2013 NECINA & SAPA-NE Summer Outing and Partner Events

    NECINA & SAPA-NE Summer Outing – Martha’s Vineyard Ferry and Biking Tour

     

    NECINA & SAPA-NE Summer Outing  
    – Martha’s Vineyard Biking Tour

    Register now for a wonderful summer trip!


    		 It's time for a summer trip! This time we picked Martha's Vineyard, the favorite family vacation destination for many people including the current and past US Presidents. Come join NECINA and SAPA-NE, for our members and friends, we are arranging a Summer Outing Day Trip with a biking tour there on Saturday, August 3, 2013. Enjoy Oak Bluff, one of the 6 stylish towns along with sunshine, breeze and sunny beach on this Cape Cod island with friends and family. To save your time and money, we negotiated group discounts, did the leg work, and arranged air-conditioned Coach buses* to pick you up from Burlington Mall and Walpole Mall to the Ferry terminal on August 3.
    Now you can forget about the headache of finding the place, driving and parking your car in an unfamiliar places.  Instead, let's have a fun games in the bus, meeting friends and have a fun memoriable summer trip together! When: Saturday, August 3,  2013 6:00am to 7:00 pm Where: Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluff
    *Bus Pick Up Time and Locations Bus One: 6:00 am, leaving from Burlington Mall/Nordstrom Store Parking Lot, Burlington, MA 7:00 pm, leaving from Woods Hole Ferry Terminal Bus Two: 6:30 am, leaving from Walpole Mall/Barnes & Noble Parking Lot, Walpole, MA 7:00 pm, leaving from Woods Hole Ferry Terminal
    Note: If you are driving to Woods Hole Ferry Terminal by yourself, please arrive at 8:30am to get on the 9am Ferry.
    Activities:
    Biking, shopping around, sightseeing and watching people jumping off the 'Jaws' bridge on Martha's Vineyard  - Networking with professionals including doctors, lawyers, scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs.
    Ticket Package: 1. Bus and Ferry: $45/Adult $35/Child 2. Bus, Ferry and One-Person Bike: Adult: Early Bird $60/Adult before July 28, $80/Adult after July 28 Child: Early Bird $50/Child before July 28; $80/person after July 28 3. Bus, Ferry and Bike Two-People Bike: $70/Adult Sign-up: Please register by July 28th to secure seats.
    Register here >> - Space is limited. Last year it was a sold-out event!  The organizing committee reserves the right to terminate the registration earlier if maximum capacity is filled. Contact:  If you have any questions, please send the email to event@necina.org, or contact   Jackie Yang: jackie.yang@necina.org  Connie Dai: connie.dai@necina.org  Gwen Ren: gwen.ren@necina.org     1. Safety is your responsibility, event organizers will not be held liable for any personal injuries or property damages.
    [Partner Event] IBM® Social Business 201 - Intro to Product Features & Integrated Solutions
    IBM® Social Business 201  
    Intro to Product Features & Integrated Solutions
    Date: July 23, 2013, Tuesday
    Time: 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
    Location: @IBMWaltham, 404 Wyman St, Waltham MA 02451, P.781.895.1334 Register Now
    "Overview of product features and integration points for building your own solution"
    The goal of IBM® #Social #Business 201 - Intro to Product features and Integrated Solutions is to stimulate strategic thinking around social business and to showcase cutting edge IBM tools that will ensure you and your customers remain at the forefront of this innovative approach to business. The time for social business is now. We invite you to team up with IBM on this journey to provide exceptional Social solutions by offering an introduction to the core Social business products. See an overview of product features and an overview of the integration points for building your own solution.
    [Partner Event] NAAAP 2013 Career Success Conference
    2013 Career Success Conf: Strategies for Communicating Effectively
    Registration at Eventbrite

    Date: Saturday, July 20, 2013

    Location: Arsenal Park, 485 Arsenal St, Watertown, MA

      NAAAP Boston will present the 2013 Career Success Conference: Strategies for Communicating Effectively on July 20 at Liberty Mutual. This full day conference features a panel discussion, two in-depth workshops, and opportunities for networking during breakfast and lunch time, and will be a "can't miss" leadership and career learning opportunity for Asian professionals.

  • Welcome Speech at 2013 GBAAYSO Summer Concert in Lexington

    By Oldat Lai, Asian Cultura Center Greater Boston Asian American Youth Symphony Orchestra (GBAAYSO)

    Welcome to our summer concert 2013. This is Oldat Lai, executive director of the orchestra.

    Community outreach performance is a crucial part of our orchestra. During the past two and half years, our orchestra members have performed more than 65 repertories, in many greater Boston areas.
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    Oldat Lai (left) hands out award to George Li and Claire Huang.
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  • The 15th SAPA-NE Annual Conference Focuses on Scientific Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship

    By David Li and Dongyu Chen, bostonese.com

    The 2013 annual conference of Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association New England (SAPA-NE) was successfully held on May 25 at MIT. The day-long event attracted close to 500 attendees. It started with lectures at the Wang Auditorium at the Sloan School, and ended with a banquet at the Walker Memorial Morse Hall just a few blocks away in MIT campus. Board members of SAPA-NE also shared a birthday cake to celebrate SAPA-NE’s 15th birthday at end of the banquet.
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    SAPA-NE president Dr. Liqiang Tou (left) and president-elect Dr. Qingcong Lin (right) handed out awards at the evening banquet.
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  • HXGNY Hosts First Go Expo Showcasing the Surrounding Game

    By Dachun Yao, HXGNY

    This Sunday (06/09/13) afternoon, our beloved GO teacher Ms. Jie Tang (US North East GO tournament 5D Champion) held the Greater New York GO EXPO in Huaxia Chinese School Greater New York (HXGNY) with great success.
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    HXGNY students enjoy playing Go at the expo. (photos by Liang Wang and Chun Sun)
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  • Inaugural Ceremony of Chinese University Alumni Alliance To Be Held on June 8 in New York City

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    New York City, June 1, 2013, — Starting from early 1980s, tens of thousands graduates from Chinese Universities started to pursue graduate studies abroad with China’s Open Door policy. American universities were often their top choices. Many of them stayed in the US after gaining master’s and doctoral degrees, and became scientists, professors, engineers and entrepreneurs.
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  • NAAAP Boston Awards Scholarships as Boston Marks One Month Anniversary of the Marathon Bombings

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, May 16, 2013, — The National Association of Asian American Professionals Boston chapter (NAAAP Boston) awarded Dan Minh Chu, Tuan Ho and Kasey Shen of the 2013 NAAAP Boston Future Leader Award. The three exceptional students received a total of $15,000 of scholarships at NAAAP Boston’s Scholarship Gala on May 15 at Hilton Boston Back Bay. The event was coincided with the one month anniversary of Boston bombings that happened just blocks away from the hotel. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper was broadcasting live at the nearby Boston Bombing makeshift memorial when the award ceremony took place.
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    (Front row L to R)Tuan Ho, Kasey Shen and Dan Chu show off their awards with staff of NAAAP Boston.
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  • Q & A with Andrew Conning on China Education Policy

    By China Education Symposium

    Andrew Conning is a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Graduate Student Associate of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. His research examines the structures of reasoning with which individuals across cultures make sense of international and interethnic issues. He is spending 2012-13 conducting research in China as a Fulbright scholar and Harvard Traveling Fellow.
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