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  • YES 8.0 and Marketing Workshop, A Busy Month at NECINA

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, October, 17, 2013, –On Saturday, October 19 (9AM-5PM), the kickoff session of New England Chinese Information and Networking Association (NECINA) Marketing Workshop will be held at Cambridge Innovation Center at One Broadway in Cambridge. A couple weeks earlier, the Youth Entrepreneurship Service (YES) 8.0 had kick off session at the same building, with over 30 students in attendance.
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    (From left) Ru Zheng, president of NECINA, Sergio Ferreira and Jason Yung at YES 8.0 kickoff session.
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  • CCBA Receives $5000 Check from Chinatown Main Street

    Boston, Sept. 30, 2013, — During last Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) bi-monthly board meeting, Chinatown Main Street (CMS) President Tony M. Yee and Executive Director Courtney Ho-Ha presented a check of $5000 to CCBA President Rick Wong and Executive Officers, and CCBA became the community partner of the Chinatown Streets cleaning program.
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    (L to R) English Secretary Simon Chan, Treasurer Philip Huang, CMS President Tony M. Yee, CMS Exec Dir. Courtney Ho-Ha, CCBA President Rick Wong, Auditor Levelin Chan, and Chinese Secretary Larry Young
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  • China Pearl First to Offer English Training to Staff in Chinatown

    Boston, MA, Sept. 25, 2013 –China Pearl became the first Chinese restaurant in Boston to invest in the language skills of its employees on June 5, introducing an English language program for its predominantly Chinese-speaking staff.
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    China Peal Workplace Ed Class – Workplace Education ESL teacher, Kenny Yim, teaching the staff English(photo provided by AACA).
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  • Flushing International Business Expo Showcases Small Businesses

    By Luyuan Zhang, bostonese.com

    Flushing, N.Y., August 30, 2013, –The Phoenix ballroom became bustling after the opening remarks. U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and LinaMei.com held an international business expo on the second floor of LaGuardia Sheraton East Hotel this Friday. The expo attracted exhibitors from about 30 businesses, as well as more than a dozen of non-profit organizations and government agencies.
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    Lina Mei holding a poster at the Expo. (photos by Luyuan Zhang)
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  • NAAAP Boston to Host Second Leadership Forum on Sept. 14

    From NAAAP Boston

    The National Association of Asian American Professionals Boston chapter (NAAAP Boston) will hold its Second Annual Leadership Forum on Saturday, September 14, from 12:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Hilton Back Bay at 40 Dalton Street.
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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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  • 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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  • Two Killed in UPS Airbus A300 Cargo Jet Crash

    (from chinadaily.com.cn)

    UPS declined immediate comment on reports that the A300 involved in the crash had a record of previous mechanical and structural issues, some of which caused emergencies to be declared during flight.
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    The wreckage of a UPS Airbus A300 cargo plane which crashed near the airport in Birmingham, Alabama on August 14, 2013, is pictured in this City of Birmingham handout photo. [Photo/Agencies]
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  • Nanjing — The City Where June Chang’s Entrepreneurial Dream Comes True

    By David Li, translated by Shuzhi Zhang

    Recently, I had an interview with Dr. June Chang at her home in Acton, Mass. just before she was leaving for Nanjing, China. Ms. Chang founded an online event management website eventdove.com three years ago in Nanjing. Before that, Ms. Chang founded Hyzing LLC in 2009, and now has about a dozen developers in its Nanjing office.
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    Ms. Chang shows eventdove.com in her home office in Acton.
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  • P&G/Gillette Donates Land to Artists For Humanity

    BOSTON, July 30, 2013 –- Artists For Humanity (AFH), an organization that provides under-resourced youth with the keys to self-sufficiency through paid employment in the arts, today announced a land gift from its neighbor and partner Gillette/Procter & Gamble. This generous donation will enable AFH, currently among the largest employers of teens in Boston’s creative economy, to expand its current facility in South Boston’s Innovation District and significantly increase highly-sought positions in its youth employment programs.
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    Patrice Louvet, Group President of Gillette at P&G, Mayor Thomas Menino, and Susan Rodgerson, Artists for Humanity (AFH) Founding Executive, pose with the signed deed for Gillette/P&G’s land gift to AFH on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 in South Boston, Mass. (all photos by Aynsley Floyd/Invision for Gillette/AP Images)
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