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  • Councilor Michelle Wu Calls for Summer of Play in Boston

    Councilor Michelle Wu Calls for Summer of Play in Boston

    Boston, May 25, 2021, — City Councilor At-Large and Candidate for Mayor Michelle Wu, joined by José Massó, Announcer and Producer of WBUR’s ¡Con Salsa!, members of the arts community and residents, called for a summer of play and issued proposals to transform, expand and connect our arts and culture sector to every neighborhood today. She declared that summer 2021 should be a summer of play as part of Boston residents’ healing and reconnection, and also launched an innovative Playstreets proposal to reimagine Boston’s relationship with public space. The Boston Playstreets proposal would emulate Philadelphia’s, closing hundreds of streets with a volunteer supervisor, including food, art and activities for kids, hiring DJs and artists, and plugging in our professional sports teams and private companies to participate.


    Michelle Wu is joined by José Massó (second from right) as well as members of the arts community and residents.
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  • Colonial Pipeline Releases Statement on System Restart Plan

    (Update — Sunday, May 9, 5:10 PM)

    On May 7, Colonial Pipeline Company learned it was the victim of a cybersecurity attack and has since determined that the incident involved ransomware. Quickly after learning of the attack, Colonial proactively took certain systems offline to contain the threat. These actions temporarily halted all pipeline operations and affected some of our IT systems, which we are actively in the process of restoring.

    Leading, third-party cybersecurity experts were also immediately engaged after discovering the issue and launched an investigation into the nature and scope of this incident. We have remained in contact with law enforcement and other federal agencies, including the Department of Energy who is leading the Federal Government response.

    Maintaining the operational security of our pipeline, in addition to safely bringing our systems back online, remain our highest priorities. Over the past 48 hours, Colonial Pipeline personnel have taken additional precautionary measures to help further monitor and protect the safety and security of its pipeline.

    The Colonial Pipeline operations team is developing a system restart plan. While our mainlines (Lines 1, 2, 3 and 4) remain offline, some smaller lateral lines between terminals and delivery points are now operational. We are in the process of restoring service to other laterals and will bring our full system back online only when we believe it is safe to do so, and in full compliance with the approval of all federal regulations.

    At this time, our primary focus continues to be the safe and efficient restoration of service to our pipeline system, while minimizing disruption to our customers and all those who rely on Colonial Pipeline. We appreciate the patience and outpouring of support we have received from others throughout the industry.

  • Jeff Bezos Issues His Final Letter to Shareholders as Amazon CEO

    April 15, 2021

    To our shareowners:

    In Amazon’s 1997 letter to shareholders, our first, I talked about our hope to create an “enduring franchise,” one that would reinvent what it means to serve customers by unlocking the internet’s power. I noted that Amazon had grown from having 158 employees to 614, and that we had surpassed 1.5 million customer accounts. We had just gone public at a split-adjusted stock price of $1.50 per share. I wrote that it was Day 1.

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  • WHO: $1.4 Trillion Lost Every Year to Tobacco Use

    WHO’s new technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration shows countries ways to cut down on over US$1.4 trillion in health expenditures and lost productivity due to tobacco use worldwide.
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  • Tufts Medical Center Opens Vaccine Appointment Website

    March 22, 2021

    Dear community members,

    Due to new vaccine supply we are able to open back up appointment scheduling for COVID vaccinations beginning this afternoon after 3:30pm. Please go to https://www.tuftsmcvaccine.org/ to set up an appointment for vaccination. Please call 617-636-6119. to get assistance in Chinese.

    As a reminder, the Tufts MC vaccination site is located at: 279 Tremont Street, Boston Marriott Hotel.

    Please be reminded, you will not have the option to choose the vaccine you receive. It is based on what is available the day you come in for your appointment. Please see below regarding current eligibility for vaccinations in MA in chart below:

    All Phase 1 who have not yet gotten vaccinated, including first responders and healthcare workers, and those in nursing homes and congregate settings.

    Phase 2, in categories 1-4, including individuals 60+, with at least 1 co-morbidity, frontline workers (including grocery, food, transit, etc.), educators and school staff, childcare workers, etc.

    Please share/distribute the information. We appreciate the opportunity to vaccinate as many community members as possible. We will continue to share updates as we have them.

    As always, please stay safe and healthy,

    Sherry Dong/曾雪清, MPA
    Director, Community Health Improvement Programs
    Tufts Medical Center

  • Boston’s First Annual Lunar New Year Rolling Parade Kicks off on Sunday!

    Boston, Feb. 16, 2021, — Chinese American Citizens Alliance Boston (C.A.C.A. Boston), the Chinese American Heritage Foundation (CAHF) and Chung Wah Academy of New England (Chung Wah) will kick off the 1st Greater Boston Lunar New Year Rolling Parade on Sunday, February 21, 2021. Rain/snow day will be Sunday, February 28, 2021. The participates will assemble at 11:00 along Surface Road (Rose Kennedy Greenway) starting in front of the Lion Gateway in Boston’s Chinatown.

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  • Miss Chinese Boston 2021: Scholarship for Women Program

    Boston, Feb 12, 2021, — The Chinese American Heritage Foundation (CAHF), a 501(c)3, 100% volunteer run nonprofit that strives to identify, preserve, and share historical Chinese American contributions, is proud to sponsor the first ever Miss Chinese Boston 2021: Scholarship for Women Program ⼥⼦獎學⾦: 2021波⼠頓華裔⼩姐.

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  • 贝佐斯将卸任亚马逊CEO / Email from Bezos to Amazonian

    【波士顿双语网2021年2月2日讯】亚马逊公司今天公布财报时宣布，公司创始人贝佐斯（Jeff Bezos ）将于今年第三季度辞去CEO职务，亚马逊云计算服务平台CEO贾西（Andy Jassy）将接任CEO职务，贝佐斯将担任亚马逊董事会的执行主席。

    据悉，贾西自亚马逊创立后大部分时间都在该公司工作。过去近30年来，亚马逊从一个在线书商成长为价值1.7万亿美元的庞然大物，拥有130多万名员工。贾西是服务贝佐斯时间最长、最信任的副手之一。他在2003年担任CEO的 “影子”技术顾问这一重要角色。他撰写了后来成为亚马逊网络服务商业计划的原始文件，并自2006年该部门成立以来一直负责管理该部门。
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  • Joe Biden Inauguration Speech Stresses National Unity

    Chief Justice Roberts, Vice President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice President Pence, distinguished guests, and my fellow Americans.

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  • Letter to MIT Chancellor Calls Arrest of Prof Chen “worst cases of academic racism”

    Boston, Jan. 15, 2021, — FBI agents Prof. Gang Chen of MIT on Jan. 14, 2021, and charged that Prof Chen committed wire fraud, failed to file a foreign bank account report and made a false statement in a tax return. The letter titled “MIT and racism Re: A slippery road” below was written by Prof Yi Rao of Peking University.

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