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  • NBC Thanksgiving Night Stars: Tom Brady, Psy and Martha Steward

    By David Li, bostonese.com


    		 As a Bostonian, I enjoyed watching Tom Brady and the New England Patriots picking apart New York Jets on NBC Thanksgiving night. Tom Brady tossed 3 touchdown passes, scored one touchdown from one yard out rushing into the end zone himself, and led his team to a 49:19 lopsided victory. The game was never in doubt after the Pats scored 35 points in the 2nd quarter, with offense, defense and the special teams all scoring TDs.
    After local news, the Tonight show started at around 12:35 AM, an hour later than its usual start time. Jay Leno told the audience that Psy was going to perform on the show. By the time Tonight show ended on 1:25 AM, I was amazed at the enthusiastic response Psy got from Tonight show audience, including many military personnel. Many of them seemed to know the dance moves that Psy made famous in his YouTube video Gangnam Style, which got over 700 million views. In the picture, Psy is posing for the camera with the host Jay Leno, actor Bradley Cooper, and actress Natasha Leggero. Psy is dressed in the stage costume of “Gangnam Style.” (more…)

  • Should I Take AP Classes in High School?

    By Victor Yang, Syracuse University

    I am currently an education major at Syracuse University and an alumnus of Lexington High School (LHS). For starters, let me explain the AP situation at Lexington High School. This explanation is based off of what I recall when I attended school there. From what I remember, starting sophomore year LHS would start offering two AP classes. This number then steadily increases each year that the student progress. However, how one gets into an AP class is important. In order to get into an AP class, a student must be recommend by a teacher and this recommendation is usually dependent on the grade the student is receiving in a per-requisite course. For example, if you are going to get a B in Lv1 Earth Science then there is not a great chance you are going to get into AP Biology. This system is implemented so that students who may not be ready for AP classes won’t fill them up.
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  • Welcome Speech of 2012 MIT China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum

    By Xu Zhang, co-president, MIT CHIEF, at MIT CHIEF 2012 annual conference on Nov. 17

    Good morning, our honored speakers, guest, audience, and each of you, welcome. Today is a great moment for us. I would like to thank each of you for your coming and sharing this great moment with us. We are delighted to have all of you here.

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  • Thoughts After Sandy – What Should We Eat in Emergency?

    By Lin Kong, Master of Nutrition Science (from linjoyfulbite.wordpress.com)


    		 How did you go through Sandy in the past two days? Being so lucky that no power outage happened to me on Monday, I just curled up in my coach and watched 3 movies. Obviously I was not prepared at all-no water was stored and I had only 3 cans of bean at home. Although I was lucky enough to be unaffected by the hurricane this time, the absence of coworkers the next day and the sad stories on the news made me think-what should we prepare before the crisis to carry us and our family through?
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  • Caught In the Web Reviewed by a Chinese Language Teacher

    By Serena Li, teacher at Kwong Kow Chinese School

    Caught in the Web is a Chinese movie directed by Chen Kaige, a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. In this July 2012 movie, director Chen tried to combine the passion for Internet among modern Chinese people with his unique storytelling skills. Caught in the Web is the official entry from China to the 85th Academy Awards (2013) for Best Foreign Language Film.

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  • 我的暑假生活 – My summer vacation in Cape Cod

    陈兴楣, 艾克顿中文学校

    A number of fun things happened in 2012’s summer. Vacation at Cape Cod is the most fascinating!

    2012年的暑假发生了很多的趣事， 其中在Cape Cod的度假是最棒的！

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  • A New Yorker’s Perspective: Hospitality Is Taiwan’s Most Impressive Value

    By June Chen, a New Yorker

    During my several visits to Taiwan in recent years, what impressed me most was the people of Taiwan. Because of the advancements in economy, health and education in past decades, the people in Taiwan in general appear outwardly healthy, well-groomed and tastefully dressed, as well as possess such good qualities as politeness, law-abidance and a love of helping others.

    Taipei 101 at night.
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  • Pictures and Poem of Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge by a Painter

    By Sophia Yee, painter

    I took these pictures recently at the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord Mass. it’s a very beautiful place: the sunset, sunrise, birds, wild flowers, ducks, herons and so on.

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  • Eric Kester: That Speech for Fifth Grade Class President

    By Eric Kester, author of That Book About Harvard

    My fellow 5th Grade-icans,

    I am not running for class president because I have a bigger baseball card collection than the other candidates — which I do — but because I am a patriot and I love my class in a totally non-cootie related way. We were once the greatest class in the entire school, and we still are because the principal looks down on us and smiles. He loves our class, I love our class and we are crazy awesome, so keep that in mind while I now explain why we suck so hard.

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  • Finding the Best Light, Pictures of Young Performers from China

    By John Tsou, photographer


    		 I have been taking pictures of performances of local Chinese art and music groups for years. On July 27, 2012, I found myself at Lexington Town Hall Auditorium, taking pictures of talented students performers from China. They were the Chinese Culture Land – Talented Juvenile Troupe, that toured Canada and US in July. Boston was their first stop in the US. The troupe performed spectacular Chinese folk dances and songs, martial arts, and acrobatics among others for local residents.
    Kong Ying performs Peking opera. The young performers were congratulated by Lexington town manager Carl Valente, and applauded loudly by the audience in the packed auditorium. Mr. Valente also mentioned the upcoming 300 year celebration of Lexington's township. More details can be found at： www.lexington300.org. The key of taking good pictures of performers is finding the best angle and shooting at the right moment when the light is on the performer in focus. Please check out some pictures I took on that evening below. [gallery]