Boston, May 5, 2014, -— On Sunday, May 11, Music for Food will kick off its first international initiative with a benefit concert for the Child Welfare League Foundation. This is the first concert in the organization’s history to benefit international hunger relief efforts.
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Music for Food Concert to Be Held on Mother’s Day at BU
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Chinese Students Mark Youth Day
(Host of this CCTV report is Raquel Olsson, a Boston University graduate.)
To celebrate China’s annual Youth Day which falls on May 4, a dazzling gala featuring students from around the country was aired on CCTV on Saturday night. Some 1,500 students took part, filling the atmosphere with their energetic songs and dances, all based on the theme “Flowers of May, Our Chinese Dream”.
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Online Education Drives Innovation and Competition in China
(from ecns.cn)Xie Kan, a former TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) tutor at New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc, had never delivered a lesson to more than 200 students.
But in late April he set a personal record by teaching 1,500. And the venue was not your typical classroom but the 31 year-old’s apartment.
Mobile apps for test preparation available for download at 100.com.
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Barry Chang — One of the Last Few Politicians Who Questioned Steve Jobs
By David Li, bostonese.com
Cupertino, Calif, May 2, 2014, — According to a video released recently, the site of Apple’s new headquarters will be 80% green space with its own native trees. The designers’ goal was to create a building with no net increase in greenhouse gas emissions. The following picture was from a June 2011 meeting when Steve Jobs answered questions about the proposed new Apple headquarters.
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Helen Berman of Rutgers University Wins Ben Franklin Award
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, May 1, 2014, — The Bio-IT World Conference handed out the pretigious Ben Franklin Award to Prof. Helen Berman yesterday morning in a plenary session. The winners of the tenth annual Best Practices Awards competition were also announced in the same session at Seaport World Trade Center in South Boston.
J.W. Bizzaro, president of Bioinformatics Orgnization, congratulates Ms. Berman (photo by David Li).
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Nashua Concert Series Ends with Performance by Yang and Olivia Liu
Nashua, N.H., April 30, 2014, — The Nashua Community Concert Association concluded its 2013-2014 season with a concert of classical and Chinese music by Yang and Olivia Liu on April 11. The concert was held at Nashua’s Elm Street Middle School.
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Dong Wenhua and Me, A Performance to Remember
By Franke Presta, Northeastern University
My last performance at the NEU&MIT Spring Festival Gala went very well. After the event, I met with several people who were interested in why I was able to speak and sing in fluent Cantonese. This happens after most of my performances, so I didn’t think much of it. I answered their questions, posed for pictures, and gave out my business cards as I usually do.
On stage with Dong Wenhua performing the Full Moon (photo by Steven Tsou).
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For Two Students, Running Boston Marathon Is the Best Lesson
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, April 28, 2014, — For the 36,000 runners of the 118th Boston Marathon, many of them returned to the race to finish it when two bombs interrupted last year’s Boston Marathon, such as Boston College student Yanyi Weng. For first-time runner Boston University graduate student Baiyun Yao, she trained hard for marathon in honor of Lingzi Lu. A beautiful sunny day with low humility certainly helped both of them finish the 26.2 mile course and cross finish line with pride on April 21, Patriots’ Day of 2014.
BU Chinese student Baiyun Yao (right) poses for a picture in front of China’s national flag after she finishes the marathon (provided to bostonese.com).
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US-CERT Warns Security Vulnerabilities in Popular Applications from MicroSoft, Adobe and Google
April 28, Washington, D.C., — United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) issues multiple warnings about security vulnerabilities in popular software applications from major companies. Please review these warnings below and follow the suggestions to fix the vulnerabilities to ensure your computer and personal information are protected.
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2014 Boston BioForum to Focus on “Biomedical Industry — The Next Decade”
Boston, April 28, 2013, — The 2014 Boston BioForum will be held at the Double Tree Suites (400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02134) on Saturday, May 3, 2014, from 8:30 AM to 9:00 PM.
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