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  • Reflections on an Active Retirement

    By Yu-Chi Ho, written in 2001, updated in 2007 ( from blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-1565-3498.html )

    Four years ago, much to the surprise of my dean, I told him that I planned to retire in 2001 after 40 years on the faculty of Harvard University (Note added 2007. Currently in the US there is no mandatory retirement age for university professor. This has in fact becoming somewhat of a problem since many tenured faculty chooses to stay on rather than retire. Thus, they block openings and advancement for younger faculties). Since then I have prepared my self for this transition, reflected on my life, and finally gone through the experience. Collected below are some insights that I learned from others, discovered for myself, and emotions that I experienced before, during, and after the transition. They are offered as amusement, free advice (probably worth the same), and my own catharsis.
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  • White House Report Highlights the Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform

    White House Report: The Economic Benefits of Fixing Our Broken Immigration System

     “So if we’re truly committed to strengthening our middle class and providing more ladders of opportunity to those who are willing to work hard to make it into the middle class, we’ve got to fix the system. We have to make sure that every business and every worker in America is playing by the same set of rules. We have to bring this shadow economy into the light so that everybody is held accountable — businesses for who they hire, and immigrants for getting on the right side of the law. That’s common sense. And that’s why we need comprehensive immigration reform.”

     – President Barack Obama, January 29, 2013

    Washington, D.C., July 10, 2013, — America has always been a nation of immigrants, and throughout the nation’s history, immigrants from around the globe have kept our workforce vibrant, our businesses on the cutting edge, and helped to build the greatest economic engine in the world. However, America’s immigration system is broken and has not kept pace with changing times. Today, too many employers game the system by hiring undocumented workers and there are 11 million people living and working in the shadow economy. Neither is good for the economy or the country. It is time to fix our broken immigration system.
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  • President Obama to Award 2012 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal

    WASHINGTON, DC – On Wednesday, July 10, 2013 President Obama will award the 2012 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal in the East Room.  The First Lady will also attend.
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  • NAAAP Boston to Host Career Success Conference on July 20

    The National Association of Asian American Professionals Boston chapter (NAAAP Boston) is proud to announce our 2013 Career Success Conference: Strategies for Communicating Effectively is open for registration. It will be held on Saturday, July 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Liberty Mutual Insurance at 175 Berkeley Street.
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    Picture from NAAAP Boston career development workshop for women at end of 2012.
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  • Official Asiana Statement from OZ214 Incident Press Conference

    We at Asiana Airlines would like express our utmost sympathy and regret for the distress experienced by the passengers of OZ flight 214 and their families as a result of this accident. We apologize most deeply.
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    San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee press conference.
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  • Diaoyu Islands: “Stolen” Territory since 1895

    There are solid reasons for China to claim ownership of the Diaoyu Islands.

    The islands have been under the jurisdiction of China’s navy as islands affiliated with Taiwan since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The Ming and Qing dynasties of China exercised sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands and their affiliated islands, and officially included them in maps.
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    A group of Hong Kong residences protest in front of Japanese Consulate in Hong Kong on July 6, 2013.
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  • Winners of Talent Contest of New England Youths Compete for Grand Prize at Banquet of NAWA of Mass.

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, July 5, 2013, –The Seventh Anniversary Celebrating Banquet of National Asian Women’s Association (NAWA) of Massachusetts was held at Quincy China Pearl Restaurant in the evening of June 30, 2013. About 300 guests attended this banquet, including state Rep. Tackey Chan and Hung Goon, a representative for Malden Mayor Gary Christensen. First place winners of the inaugural Talent Contest of New England Youths competed for $300 cash prize.
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    Ms. Van Amanda Le with contest winners Jeff Zhou (left) and Hayley Ye (right), photo by Eadwn Huang.
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  • Mayor Menino Reminds Residents to Take Precautions as Heat Wave Continues

    Boston, July 5, 2013, —With temperatures expected above 90 degrees through the weekend, community centers, pools, and parks all open to keep people cool. BCYF cooling centers open at 1 p.m. today; extended weekend hours
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  • May Peace and Tranquility Return to Xinjiang–Four Years after the July 5 Massacre

    BEIJING, July 5 (Xinhua) — Four years after the traumatic July 5 riots, many people in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region still live in fear of outbreaks of deadly violence.

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  • CCBA-NE Holds First-ever Art Show by Art Class Students

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, July 3, 2013, — Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England (CCBA-NE) art class for children held an art show in the afternoon of June 29 at the meeting room of CCBA. The art show is a celebration of ending of the first-ever art class at CCBA-NE with about 40 students, their parents and CCBA-NE staff.
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