Boston, September 23, 2013, –This past weekend, Michelle Wu, candidate for Boston City Council At-Large, campaigned in Dorchester, Roxbury, Roslindale, Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, the South End, Beacon Hill, Mission Hill, Allston-Brighton, and West Roxbury in advance of the preliminary election on Tuesday, September 24.
Michelle Wu rallying supporters at the get-out-the-vote Canvass Kickoff in Jamaica Plain.
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Michelle Wu Campaigned in Ten City Neighborhoods in Get-out-the-vote Weekend
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Boston Prepares for Tomorrow’s Preliminary Municipal Election
Sept. 23, 2013, –Today, the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Boston released plans for tomorrow’s 2013 Preliminary Municipal Election.
Specimen Ballot – (Chinese) City Council District 2, 3, 6, 7 & 9.
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Chinatown Stands for Connolly, Celebrates August Moon
By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Sept. 18, 2013, — At noon time on September 15, the main intersection of Boston Chinatown was packed with dozens of supporters of John Connolly, candidate for Boston Mayor. The streets were busy with shoppers as they were preparing for the August Moon Festival, which falls on Sept. 19 for 2013. It was also a perfect Autumn day for dinners.
Supporters of John Connolly take a group picture. (photo by David Li)
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Two Events at Harvard–A Busy Day for NECINA
By David Li, bostonese.com
Cambridge, Mass. — On September 21, 2013, New England Chinese Information & Networking Association (NECINA) will host two events from 8:15 AM until 4:00 PM. The first one is Global e-Commerce Conference in the morning, and the second one is NECINA Entrepreneurship@Suzhou Info Seminar in the afternoon, both at Hall E of Harvard University Science Center.
IEEE president and CEO Peter Staecker (right) at 2012 NECINA annual meeting (photo by David Li).
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Understanding Digital Learning Opportunities at MIT
By MIT OpenCourseWare News and Information
Confused about the many digital learning opportunities from MIT? You’re not alone. Luckily, with the launch of the new MITx course 2.03x Dynamics and the near simultaneous publication of the new OCW Scholar course 2.003SC Engineering Dynamics, along with the long-available MIT OCW publication of 2.003 Modeling Dynamics and Control I, we have a great opportunity to better understand the spectrum of digital learning opportunities now available from MIT. These are not exactly the same course in each case (2.03 is a new generation of curriculum replacing 2.003 in the residential program), but they are close enough for purposes of illustration:
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Twelve Years after 9-11, Memories Linger
By Luyuan Zhang, bostonese.com
New York City, September 12, 2013, — “It was almost unbelievable. We had a view, but because we were too far, there was no sound.” Christina Aguilar, a New Yorker who has been working in Manhattan since 1989, said, “So it was almost that you could not believe what you were looking at, because it was sunny. The weather was nice.”
Flowers were laid for a NYC firefighter who died 12 years ago. (Photo by Luyuan Zhang)
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The Legends of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
I. The Lady – Chang Er
The time of this story is around 2170 B.C. The earth once had ten suns circling over it, each took its turn to illuminate to the earth. But one day all ten suns appeared together, scorching the earth with their heat. The earth was saved by a strong and tyrannical archer Hou Yi. He succeeded in shooting down nine of the suns. One day, Hou Yi stole the elixir of life from a goddess. However his beautiful wife Chang Er drank the elixir of life in order to save the people from her husband’s tyrannical rule. After drinking it, she found herself floating and flew to the moon. Hou Yi loved his divinely beautiful wife so much, he didn’t shoot down the moon.Note: Chang’e 1 Lunar orbiter was launched to the moon on October 24, 2007. The Chang’e moon satellite, named after Chang Er, will take 3-D images of the moon surface for yearlong. This is the groundwork for the next Lunar Lander (Chang’e 2) project in 2012 , Lunar Sample Return (Chang’e 3) in 2017 and Chinese astronaut on the moon project.
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“35 Top Innovators Under the Age of 35” Focus on Internet, Mobile and Life Sciences
Cambridge, Mass. — MIT Technology Review recently released its annual list of “35 Top Innovators Under the Age of 35.” Innovators and inventors from Internet, mobile tech and life sciences dominated the list.
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Painted B&W Photos Make A Big Comeback in China
(from ecns.cn)
Lots of Chinese people will be familiar with artificially coloured images, with many people owning family photos like these from generations past. The technique was deemed outdated. But now, with the likes of Instagram and other filtering or post-produced photos on trend, it.s back with a bang.
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Venerable Guangquan from Lingyin Temple Takes Podium at Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 4, 2013, –Lingyin Abbot Venerable Guangquan accompanied by more than 30 monks, guests of China Buddhism Association, arrived in the United States for cultural exchange with local Buddhist communities. There he gave a talk entitled “Buddhist Art and World Peace” at Harvard University Science Center, making him the first Lingyin venerable that promotes Buddhist culture at a podium of an American university. Lingyin is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in China and has a history of more than 1600 years.
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