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...Yu added that volunteering at the portal has enabled her to form a connection with parts of the Allston community, which she said she was surprised to find was “immensely diverse...
...Yu ’11, a mentor in the program, said she spends about three hours a week volunteering. One session with a mentee, she said, led from talking about electromagnetism to discussing binary numbers. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...Long Yu has come a long way since the day in 1976 when he accidentally killed a duck. The duck was going to die anyway, but not until it had been properly fattened up in the breeding factory where Long, then 12, was required to work in the waning days of China's Cultural Revolution. The ducks were force-fed through a tube operated by a foot-pedal - a single pump per meal. One day Long got careless and accidentally pumped twice. End of duck...
...Yu Jing, a 32-year-old single mother who works at a state-owned oil company, also applauded Obama's victory. "I remember Obama's promise to withdraw the troops from Iraq, and I think it's about time," she said. "Why? It's all about the economy. Without the war, I'm hoping the economic situation will improve, and believe it or not, we are not beyond the influence of the U.S. economy. We have not been paid for four months...
...calming, metrical scenes and restrained, spare dialogue. “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers” follows a Chinese father, Mr. Shi (played by Henry O), who moves to America to help his grown daughter, Yilan, cope with a recent divorce. But Yilan, played by Feihong Yu, chafes under her father’s constant gaze. She resents his imposition and practice of the Chinese traditions that she has kept out of her apartment. Mr. Shi, fresh off the airplane, steps into a world unaffected by 9/11, where everyone he meets is friendly, kind, and eager to make...