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  • Owner of Sky Energy Trvael Agency in Boston Chinatown Indicted

    BOSTON, November 5, 2012 – A Chinatown travel agency owner has been indicted in connection with stealing more than $89,000 from multiple clients in schemes involving U.S. citizenship applications and airline tickets, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today.

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  • 全美华人团体、国会议员赵美心呼吁华人积极投票 / Chinese Americans Are Urged to Vote Today

    亲爱的华人朋友们，

    美国总统大选和国会选举即将举行。美国华人全国委员会，全美中文学校协会，美国华人联合总会，北卡华人联谊会，大费城侨学界社团联席会议，华盛顿华人社区联盟，美国华人专业团体联合会，俄亥俄中国文化中心，华人社团联合总会新泽西分会，科罗拉多美中交流协会，爱荷华州华人协会等全国性的华人主要团体和在关键摇摆州的主要华人团体一同，呼吁美国华人，不分党派分野和政治取向，积极参与和投入到今年的大选中去。
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  • Results and Pictures from IFSM 2012 Boston Supermodel Contest Hosted by Eclipse Mass Media

    By David Li, photos provided by Eclipse Mass Media

    The IFSM 2012 Boston Contest hosted by Eclipse Mass Media (EMM) was successfully held at Royale Nightclub in the evening of Sunday, October 14, 2012.


    		The two major categories of the contest are Runway Model (for contestants 5-foot and 8-inch or taller) and Photo Model for other contestants. After four-rounds of intense competition, the winner of Runway Model: Jaeyoung Lee and winner of Photo Model: Jessica Graf stood on the runway with followers on their hands and big smiles on their faces. They thanked Eclipse Mass Media for providing such a wonderful opportunity to showcase their talents. Everyone in the audience applauded and cheered loudly.
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  • Spared by Hurricane Sandy, Massachusetts Sends Fuel to New York and New Jersey

    Boston – November 5, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick today announced that Massachusetts is helping to enable gasoline shipments to New York and New Jersey as those states and their residents recover from Hurricane Sandy. The announcement comes at the request of New York officials, and will facilitate the distribution of gas supply throughout the region.

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  • Thoughts After Sandy – What Should We Eat in Emergency?

    By Lin Kong, Master of Nutrition Science (from linjoyfulbite.wordpress.com)


    		 How did you go through Sandy in the past two days? Being so lucky that no power outage happened to me on Monday, I just curled up in my coach and watched 3 movies. Obviously I was not prepared at all-no water was stored and I had only 3 cans of bean at home. Although I was lucky enough to be unaffected by the hurricane this time, the absence of coworkers the next day and the sad stories on the news made me think-what should we prepare before the crisis to carry us and our family through?
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  • By Publishing Pictures of Asian Apple Theft Suspects, Main Stream Media Raised Suspicion of Racist Bias

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    In an article titled Malden Man, Others Arrested Stealing Apples published on October 18, 2012 on Malden Patch, names, addresses and pictures of five Asian suspects arrested earlier that week in New Hampshire were made public on patch.com. This report as you may expect immediately received multiple anti-minority and anti-immigrant comments, and some vicious comments had to be removed.
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  • Hurricane Sandy To Cause Huge Economic Losses

    (from cntv.cn)

    The enormous hurricane Sandy has not only caused Wall Street to shut down its main stock and bond markets, but also affected the oil prices in the US. The total economic losses to be caused by the hurricane are expected to amount to between 10 to 20 billion US dollars.

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  • Love at the First Sight, BBOA’s Annual Performance Introduces Beijing Opera to New Fans in Boston

    By David Li, bostonese.com, photos by Bo Yang

    In the evening of October 7, Boston Beijing Opera Association (BBOA) presented its annual performance at Cambridge Family YMCA Theater. About 300 people showed up and cheered and applauded loudly for the wonderful performances one after another.

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  • The Long Piano Duo Concert To Thrill Local Music Fans as Sandy Leaves Town

    Even in the middle of Hurricane Sandy’s strong wind and heavy rain, classic music fans still have something to look forward to. In the evening of Nov. 3, The Long Piano Duo concert will be held at NEC’s Jordan Hall, presented by Foundation For Chinese Performing Arts.

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  • Gov. Patrick Urges Residents to Stay Home on Monday As Hurricane Sandy Moves North

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston – In the afternoon of Sunday, October 28, Governor Patrick held a news conference wearing a Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) uniform. He urged Massachusetts workers, including non-essential state employees to stay home on Monday. Hurricane Sandy has killed 65 people in the Caribbean islands, and is threatening lives and properties along US Eastern seaboard from Virginia to Maine.
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