By Aarti Shahani for NPR News, aired on KQED station
When you hear the word outsourcing, you might think of threats to American jobs. To cyber experts, there’s another threat: to our data.
This week, thousands of the industry’s leading minds from around the world are discussing the Internet and security at their annual powwow in San Francisco at RSA Conference. These topics matter more and more to us non-experts, especially as people become the victims of cybercrime.
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Boston, March 21, 2014 — This week Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that Boston will receive $18 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, representing a 2.47% increase from last year’s funding award. The funds will be used to support ongoing and future homeland security initiatives through the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant program.
Military personnel was deployed in Boston on April 15, 2013, after Marathon bombings (bostonese.com file photo).
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Note: This post is part of a series authored by First Lady Michelle Obama to share her visit to China with young people in the U.S. You can read all of the First Lady’s posts at WhiteHouse.gov/First-Lady-China-Trip.
This morning, I had the privilege of visiting Peking University and speaking with Chinese students and American students studying abroad here in China. Peking University was founded more than a hundred years ago, in 1898, and it is one of China’s best-known universities. The American students in the audience today came from a number of different universities, and by studying here in China, they get to experience daily life in this country firsthand, practice their Chinese, and form lifelong friendships with Chinese students.
First Lady Michelle Obama delivers a speech at Peking University (from twitter).
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By Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
This year, the world commemorates the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination for the first time following the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela. This sad reality is also a reminder of his courageous struggle against apartheid and his inspiring victory over the racist forces that had imprisoned him for 27 years.
Mandela speaks at UN General Assembly (file photo).
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By Wu Fang, Research Institute of Systems Biomedicine
Shanghai, March 20, 2014, –A novel natural-product-based inhibitor for the treatment of Parkinson has been identified from the endemic plant in Xishuangbanna as a result of the interdisciplinary cooperation between biology and chemistry, led by Wu Fang research group, from Shanghai Jiaotong University(SJTU) Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, and Zhang Weidong research group, from School of Pharmacy. The findings have been published on the ACS Chemical Biology, a well-known periodical of American Chemical Society (ACS).
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Note: This post is part of a series authored by First Lady Michelle Obama to share her visit to China with young people in the U.S. You can read all of the First Lady’s posts at WhiteHouse.gov/First-Lady-China-Trip.
After a long flight from Washington, D.C. – one that took around 20 hours – my mother, my daughters, and I arrived in Beijing to begin our official visit to China. Our first stop was at the Beijing Normal School, where we were hosted by Madam Peng Liyuan, the First Lady of China.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass., — The American Collegiate Go Association (ACGA), in conjunction with the Ing Foundation, is hosting its second annual Spring Go Expo on March 29 at MIT. Mr. Ing Ming Hao, president of Ing Foundation, will lead a delegation from China to join this year’s Go Expo.
Group picture at first Spring Go Expo at Harvard University in March 2013 (photo by David Li).
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(from ecns.cn)Beijing, March 20, 2014, –After a long journey from Washington, US first lady Michelle Obama landed in Beijing on Thursday evening, starting her long-awaited trip to China with a big smile and a wave.
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Boston, March 19, 2014, — Optima Synchro will host an annual Synchro Show on this Saturday, March 22. Several members of the current and past US National Team: coach Svetlana Malinovskaya, Lindi Schroeder, Caitlin Klauer, Reverie Nedde and Helen Zhou, will be featured at this year’s show. For tickets, please visit: www.optimasynchro.com.
Helen Zhou with her coach Svetlana Malinovskaya.
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Malden, Mass., –The Chinese Culture Connection (CCC) is very proud to announce its Ninth Annual Gala and Fundraising Event. It will be held on Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 6:00 PM at the Hei La Moon Chinese Restaurant, 88 Beach Street, in Boston’s Chinatown.
Mayor Christenson attended Chinese New Year celebration by CCC.
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