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  • The March on Washington Is Remembered 50 Years Later

    3:07 P.M. EDT, August 28, 2013

    THE PRESIDENT: To the King family, who have sacrificed and inspired so much; to President Clinton; President Carter; Vice President Biden and Jill; fellow Americans.

    Five decades ago today, Americans came to this honored place to lay claim to a promise made at our founding: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
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  • Thank-you Letter from Chinese Students Presented to Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, August 27, 2013 — Ms. Xiuli Shi and Mr. Lee Libbey from Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology (IMUST) in Baotou city, China presented Commissioner Ed Davis with a Thank-you letter signed by hundreds of students at Boston Police headquarters this morning. Commissioner Davis accepted the Thank-you letter on behalf of all law enforcement personnel who were involved in the Boston Marathon bombings and its aftermath.

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  • Mayor Menino Launches Renew Boston Solarize as First E+ Home Opens

    Boston, August 27, 2013, — Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced the launch of Renew Boston Solarize, a three-month campaign to make solar panels more affordable and accessible for Boston homeowners and small businesses. Mayor Menino, who had solar panels installed on his home in Hyde Park last year, has set a goal of 150 new residential-scale solar power installations in Boston, representing a 50 percent increase from last year’s campaign.
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  • Fudan Overtakes PKU as China’s Best University in a Recent Ranking

    SHANGHAI, China (AFP) –- US universities dominate the top 20 in global annual rankings released by a Chinese organisation Thursday, with Harvard once again in top spot.
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    Commencement Exercises are held at Harvard University on May 30, 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. US universities dominate the top 20 in global annual rankings released by a Chinese organisation Thursday, with Harvard once again in top spot. (Getty Images/AFP/File)
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  • Oaklee Sidwell Remembered for Her Loving Spirit

    (Southern Utah girl Oaklee Sidwell passed away after a wind gust picked up the backyard trampoline she was sitting on and sent it flying more than 150 feet.)

    By Sidwell Family

    Our sweet Oaklee Lynn Sidwell, 9, left us on August 14, 2013 in Salt Lake City, after a tragic accident. She was surrounded by all of her loving family as she went back into the arms of her Heavenly Father. She was born July 11, 2004 in Panguitch to Tracy and Desiree Griffin Sidwell, the sister of Tyler and Jordan Sidwell.
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  • Dr. Tso-Cheng Chang, a Pioneer in Organic Farming

    Tso-Cheng Chang is a small-scale farmer in Amherst, Massachusetts. His popular restaurant, Amherst Chinese Food, attracts people from all over the Pioneer Valley to its fresh, organic, delicious Chinese food. Dr. Chang is a strong believer in soil re-mineralization; he has been using rock dust on his organic farm since 1995 in his determined quest to eliminate the need for pesticides and to grow nutrient-dense food. At this point, his soil has become so rich that he has not felt the need to add rock dust in the last few years.
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    Dr. Chang at Amherst Chinese Food.
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  • China’s Trial of the Century — Bo Xilai Stands Trial for Bribery, Embezzlement

    (from cntv.cn)

    Jinan, China, August 22, 2013, — The trial of Bo Xilai has opened at the Jinan Intermediate People’s Court in East China’s Shandong province.
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  • Book Review: The Smartest Kids in the World

    By Stand for Children

    The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way is a gripping new book by Amanda Ripley addressing the question, ‘what exactly is happening in classrooms in the countries that out-perform the U.S. academically?’ Ripley investigates this question by spending time where the action is: in classrooms abroad, specifically in Poland, South Korea, and Finland.  Her “informants” are American high school students who chose to study in those countries, and foreign students who come to the U.S. to study.
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    The Smartest Kids in the World is a page turner. Ripley’s characters are fascinating, her writing style is accessible, and her observations are fresh. There’s no hint of tired education talking points or polarizing rhetoric. Ripley lets facts and first hand observations guide her conclusions, not the other way around.
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  • Aerosmith Cancels Debut Performance in China Due to Poor Ticket Sales

    (from china.org.cn)

    Legendary rock band Aerosmith have been forced to cancel their Shanghai and Taipei gigs due to a local promoter’s inability to meet contractual obligations.

    “It is with sincere regret that Aerosmith has announced that it must cancel two previously scheduled festival gigs,” the band wrote in a statement on their official website. The two gigs were originally scheduled on Aug. 21 in Shanghai and Aug. 24 in Taipei.
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    Poster for the cancelled concert in Shanghai.
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  • Invitation to Nanjing Biotechnology and Creative Pharmaceutical Industry Promotion Seminar

    Dear members and friends,

    We would like to bring your attention to “China Nanjing Biotechnology and Creative Pharmaceutical Industry (Boston) Promotion Seminar”.

    Yang Weize making theme speech at Nanjing 321 plan promotion conference in Cambridge, Mass. in May 2012.
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