作者：伍刚 / By Wu Gang
【伍刚先生为中国广播网副总编，于8月底在结束哈佛大学肯尼迪政府学院的访学工作之后回到北京，9月初回湖北老家探亲。】
上图：在湖北荆州市晶威公馆看日出（伍刚 摄）。
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Category: English
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长江诗草：飞逝的时光雕刻万物 / Flying Times Cut Everything
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Finally, 32-Year-Old Wu Shanliu Makes to Tsinghua University
Beijing, Spet. 4, 2014, — A 32-year-old man who sat 10 National College Entrance Exams since 2000 has finally enrolled in Tsinghua University, one of the top universities in China, the Beijing Times reported on Thursday.
Mr. Wu Shanliu reports to Tsinghua University.
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The First Lantern Festival in Boston Chinatown to be Held on Sept. 6
Boston, Sept. 3, 2014, — The first Lantern Festival in Boston Chinatown will be held this week. The opening ceremony is scheduled at 2:00 PM on Sept. 6 at Rose Kennedy Greenway Chinatown park at the gateway (Cross streets at Beach Street and Surface Road).
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Survey Results: Parents Are Satisfied with NYC Schools
New York City, September 2, 2014, — Today is the first school day for many New York school districts. According to survey results released last month by NYC Dept. of Education, parents in the largest metro area in the country are very satisfied with the public school system.
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MACRO Wins 2014 Mid-America Cup Soccer Tournament
By David Li, bostonese.com
Chicago, August 31, 2014, — MACRO defeated UW-Madison 3:0 this afternoon at Oak Brooks Central Park in the final match of Mid-America Cup soccer tournament. It’s the fourth straight championship for MACRO in the Mid-America Cup, according to organizer Mr. C.M. Lei of Mid America Chinese Recreation Organization (MACRO).
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China to Give Tax Breaks to New Energy Cars
A worker checks a pure electric car at a workshop in Jianghuai Automobile Co., Ltd. in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui province, Aug 19, 2014. China will exempt new energy cars from a 10-percent purchase tax from Sept 1 to the end of 2017. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi).
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University of Utah Links Genetic Mutation to Tibetan High-Altitude Adaptation
August 28, 2014 – In an environment where others struggle to survive, Tibetans thrive in the thin air on the Tibetan Plateau, with an average elevation of 14,800 feet. A University of Utah led discovery that hinged as much on strides in cultural diplomacy as on scientific advancements, is the first to identify a genetic variation, or mutation, that contributes to the adaptation, and to reveal how it works. The research appears online in the journal Nature Genetics on Aug. 17, 2014.
Figure 2 of the research paper on nature.com.
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“We Are Back” — Market Basket Employees Celebrate Historic Victory
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, August 28, 2014, — The parking lot of the Market Basket store in Hudson, Mass. is about half full in the afternoon of August 27. There was a huge sign at the traffic light leading to the shopping plaza on a hill which reads: Market Basket Boycott Over!! Thank you for all you support. Welcome back!!!
A sign at the intersection of route 62 and entrance road to Highland Common in Hudson, Mass. (photo by David Li).
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KTByte Computer Academy Fall Registration Is Now Open
Lexington, Mass., August 26, 2014, –KTByte is a Lexington-based school dedicated to teaching computer science and technologies to students age 9 to 18. It believes early computer education most effectively benefits students throughout their life and career. It recently opened registration for Fall classes.
Picture from a programming class(file photo).
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Tufts Medical Center Receives National Leadership Award from EPA Chief Gina McCarthy
Boston, August 25, 2014, — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy traveled to Boston on Aug. 19 to meet with families and health care workers to discuss the impacts of clean air and President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. At Tufts Medical Center, where the EPA recognized staff with a national leadership award in asthma management earlier this year, Administrator McCarthy met with Barbara Ferrer, Phd, MPH, MEd, Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC); Michael Wagner, MD, President and CEO of Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children; May Chin, RN, Program Manager of the Asthma Prevention and Management Initiative at Tufts Medical Center and others involved in asthma treatment and prevention. She heard from Robenia Chambers, a mom of three and a client of BPHC who shared her story of how working with a community health worker helped her with her asthma and her kids.
(L to R)May Chin, Barbara Ferrer, Kurt Spalding, Gina McCarthy, Nathalie Bazil, Michael Wagner, Margaret Reid, Sherry Dong and Laurita Kaigler-Crawlle pose for a group picture (provided by Julie Jette).
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