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  • New England Chinese Professionals Coming Together for the Lunar New Year Gala as Blizzard Nemo Leaves Town

    By David Li and Na Ma, bostonese.com

    February 10, 2013 is the New Year Day for the Lunar New Year of the snake, when Boston just began to clean up the piles of snow brought by blizzard Nemo. More than 500 Chinese professionals and guests in the New England region still converged on Newtow Marriotte hotel as scheduled, to participate in the Lunar New Year Gala and Community Enrichment Forum. Zhiyong Yang, one of the co-chairs of the event, said people’s enthusiasm melted away the ice and snow.
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    (from third on left)Ling Huang, Boston City Council candidate Michelle Wu, Treasurer Steve Grossman, Jeff Yang and other attendees post for a picture. (photo by Jie Yan of Boston Chinese Photographers Association, BCPA)
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  • Boston Weathers Blizzard of 2013, Cleanup Continues

    Boston, Feb. 11, 2013 — Mayor Thomas M. Menino this afternoon was briefed by his snow team on continued clean-up efforts in the City of Boston. Boston Public Schools will be closed tomorrow and all Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) community centers will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. for parents to bring their children. The Parking Ban and Snow Emergency remain in effect.
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    Boston DPW is working on Charles Street.
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  • 第一届波士顿好声音大赛李龙夺冠 艾克顿中文学校十周年庆周六举行

    【侨报周末特约记者李强波士顿图文报道】农历蛇年大年初一，暴风雪后的牛顿 Marriott 酒店, 第一届波士顿好声音（The Voice of Boston) 如期举行。主持人倪健一开场就对选手和观众踏雪而来支持波士顿好声音表达了谢意，并提出“今天是大年初一，我们要在这里唱响蛇年！”。
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    上图：（前排左起）汪洁、罗洁儿、乔万钧、郑茹、倪健、赵洁，同李龙（后排左四）等参赛选手合影。
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  • Mayor Menino Announces City Preparations for Blizzard of 2013

    Boston, Feb. 7, 2013, — Mayor Thomas M. Menino today called for the City’s Snow Team to execute plans to prepare for a major winter storm that is projected to bring blizzard-like conditions and possible hurricane-force wind gusts to Boston Friday and Saturday. The National Weather Service is advising people not to travel after noon on Friday.
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  • Chinese Deserve Better Overseas Shopping Experience

    (from chinadaily.com.cn)

    BEIJING – As the annual Christmas sales season is underway, shopping centers across the world are once again expecting the patronage of cash-rich Chinese tourists obsessed with quality products ranging from smart phones to lavish lady’s handbags.
    As Americans and Europeans tend to tighten their purse strings, big spending Chinese shoppers topped the tax-free shopping leader board in cities such as London, Paris, and Frankfurt.
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    Ms. Li was arrested at an iPhone store in Nashua.
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  • Boeing Statement on U.S. National Transportation Safety Board 787 Investigation

    SEATTLE, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) welcomes the progress being made in the 787 investigation discussed today by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Washington, D.C. The regulatory and investigative agencies in the U.S. and Japan have dedicated substantial resources to these investigations, and we appreciate their effort and leadership.

    Japan Airlines has a large fleet of Boeing 787s.
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  • Mayor Menino Releases 2013 Economy Report As Boston Leads Recession-Weary Cities in Rebound


    		 Boston, Jan. 25, 2013 -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced the Boston economy has made a full recovery from the Great Recession. New data released by the Boston Redevelopment Authority in its “2013 Economy Report” shows the unemployment rate in Boston has fallen steadily over the last two and a half years. The City is projecting an all-time record for employment in 2012 with 682,000 jobs. The data shows Boston has regained nearly all jobs lost between 2008 and 2010 and new investment from construction topped $3.8 billion, a 10-year high, in fiscal 2012.
    OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA (L-R)Mayor Menino, Gov. Patrick, Roger Crandall and Joe Fallon at groundbreaking of Boston Innovation District on June 22, 2011 in South Boston. (photo credit: David Li, bostonese.com) (more…)

  • Tumblehome Learning Lauches Dr.Tan’s Supergrams Kickstarter Project

    Boston, January 8, 2013, — Tumblehome Learning launches a Kickstarter project called Dr.Tan’s Supergrams, combining an ancient Chinese puzzle, Tangrams, with Augmented Reality.
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  • Joe Kriesberg Gave Talk on Community Development at 2012 ACDC Annual Meeting

    By David Li, bostonese.com

    Boston, Nov. 29, 2012, — At Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC)’s 2012 annual meeting on Nov. 27 in Boston Chinatown, Joe Kriesberg gave a brief talk on the current economical and legal environment for CDCs.

    Joe Kriesberg speaks at 2012 ACDC annual meeting.
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  • How Much Is a Photo of the Iceberg That Sunk Titanic Worth?

    RR Auction of Amherst, N.H. is planning an auction of a photo believed to be that of the huge iceberg that sunk Titanic in 1912. It estimates the value of the photo to be in range of $8,000 to $10,000.

    “Amazing and extremely rare original 9.75 x 8 photo of a uniquely-shaped ‘blueberg’ photographed by the captain of the Leyland Line steamer S. S. Etonian two days before Titanic collided with it,” according to rrauction.com.

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