Boston, Oct. 24, 2013, — With elections less than two weeks away, Boston City Council district 2 candidate Suzanne Lee has received endorsements from politicians in the city and the state, including three Boston City Councillors.
“I am proud to have earned the endorsements of these Boston leaders. I look forward to working with them to strengthen all of our communities,” Suzanne Lee wrote in an email.
SEIU local 888 endorsed Suzanne Lee earlier this year.
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Concord, Mass. — The Concord Band is pleased that its own tuba player Chi-Sun Chan will be the featured soloist at its Fall Concert, by Request. Dr. Chan, a member of the Band since 2009, has been music director/conductor of the Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association (GBCCA) Chinese Music Ensemble since 2002. He has chosen Capriccio for Tuba and Band by contemporary British composer Rodney Newton who has scored music for British films and TV, and was Music Consultant to the London Film School for 21 years.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Oct. 24, 2013, — For once, you won’t read the name of the suspect. Let’s remember the victim and honor her legacy. Danvers High School math teacher Colleen Ritzer, 24, was brutally murdered on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The Boston Red Sox held a Moment of Silence for Colleen Ritzer at Fenway Park before Game One of the World Series.
Picture of Colleen Ritzer was displayed on the score board at Game one of World Series (from R.I.P. Colleen Ritzer Facebook page).
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Cancer researchers have been limited by current imaging technology in their ability to detect not only structure and function of tumors, but also tumor cell circulation. A technology proposed by Lihong Wang, PhD, at Washington University in St. Louis, may hold the key to reaching this goal.
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Boston, October 22, 2013, –- For the fourth straight year, Tufts Medical Center will host See, Test & Treat®, a free cervical and breast cancer screening program, funded through grants from the CAP Foundation. The program features same day tests results, diagnoses and follow-up care for uninsured and underserved women ages 21 and older. In addition, this year’s program will include free pediatric kidney screenings for children ages five to 18. The program will take place on Saturday, October 26, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm in the OB/GYN clinic on the second floor of Tufts Medical Center’s South Building (860 Washington Street in Boston).
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Boston, Oct. 22, 2013, — Mayor Thomas M. Menino joined leaders from the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Police Department, and City officials to encourage fans to support the Red Sox as they kick off the World Series tomorrow against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Gary Christenson (left), Mayors of Malden, Mass. and Ray Santie, Mayor of Malden, Missouri placed a friendly bet.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Oct. 21, 2013, — Later this week, Ang Lee, Oscar winning director of Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, will visit Boston and appear in a few local events. Local fans of Ang Lee have reserved many of these events weeks ahead, and the best chance you have to meet director Ang Lee maybe the Oct. 26 event at Wellesley College.
The Wedding Banquet, a 1993 Ang Lee movie.
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By David Li, bostonese.com
In a recent episode of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, the host discussed with four kids of the government shutdown in the Kid’s Table segment. When Jimmy Kimmel asked the kids about what to do with the $1.3 trillion U.S. debt to China, one boy replied: “Kill everyone in China.” Jimmy Kimmel commented “that’s an interesting idea,” and went on to discuss more about this idea as if there was nothing wrong with it. The editors and managers of ABC must have felt the same way, and aired these racist and genocidal discussions on air.
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Acton, Mass., Oct. 20, 2013, –Willy Wu of Acton Boxborough Regional High School and Betsy Pu of Lexington High School recently won the first place of the prestigious Lincoln Labs National Education Competition. They are also Kapparate CS03 students, and developed the winning application with Kapparate instructor Ben Pu.
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Cambridge, Mass., October 18, 2013 — The first-ever Taiwan IDEADS Day Boston was held at Cambridge Innovation Center on October 17. Founders of eight start-up teams of Taiwanese origin delivered their pitches for an audience of investors, mentors and members of Boston’s start-up community who packed the conference room.
Taiwan IDEAS Day at Cambridge Innovation Center.
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