麻大孔子學院慶十一推電影週辦孔子學院日

麻州大學孔子學院將於九月廿七日舉辦一整日的“孔子學院日”慶祝活動，並與劍橋中國文化中心合作，推出“電影週”，為大波士頓僑學界的慶祝中華人民共和國建國35週年助陣。            麻州大學孔子學院的美方，中方院長，孫柏鳳和劉成運表示，這段日子是三喜臨門，既是孔子學院成立十週年，中國建國65週年，中美建交35週年，還是麻州大學建校五十週年。為隆重慶祝，他們安排有一系列節目。

九月廿七日下午二點起，在麻州大學波士頓分校校園中心A禮堂（Campus Center, Ballroom A)，中國駐紐約總領事館孫國祥大使，麻州大學副校長Winston Langley及夏宗國將出席致辭，該校將放映“孔子”電影。

慶祝活動中的“電影週“部分，將分別在劍橋中文學校大廳，麻州大學波士頓分校孔子學院內舉行。麻大的開幕式將在九月廿七日下午兩點半，在該校的學生中心三樓舉行。放映的七部影片新舊兼顧，包括“建國大業”，“紈酷青春”，“海洋天堂”，“十二生肖”，“風雲2“，”孔子“，”三叉口，梅蘭芳“等。

            麻州大學波士頓分校孔子學院在九月廿七日還將參加在波士頓市府廣場前舉行的升旗典禮，以及文藝展演等慶祝十一活動。將從早上十一點起，擺攤展示，十二點升旗儀式，之後為文藝表演節目。包括舞獅，腰鼓舞，健身舞，大合唱等。演出團體將包括劍橋中國文化中心，天使舞蹈團，鄉土舞蹈團，大波士頓中華文化協會健身腰鼓隊。現場還將有書法示範，剪紙，打中國結，蘇州刺繡，景德鎮瓷器展示，中醫針灸示範等。

          查詢詳情可恰孫柏鳳857-205-2423，或劉成運 617-505-8101。

圖片說明：

            劍橋中文學校校長陶凱日前在籌備會議中報告電影週情況。（菊子攝）

白禮頓樓耆英戶外遊

中華耆英會白禮頓樓日前舉辦本年度的首次戶外活動，七十多名老人家搭巴士，到阿森納公園享受陽光，欣賞白雲綠地，與新朋舊友歡哥暢舞，歡度一日。

            其中來自廣東台山，抵美已七十多年，現年九十八歲的李婆婆，更是高興非常，臉上漾滿了笑。

            當天的活動由馮婉芬，李正銀主持，一曲大合唱“當我們同在一起”，把所有老人家的心情都帶得輕鬆起來。
            中華耆英會白禮頓樓主任梅麗梨稱讚耆英響應戶外活動後，馮李兩名司儀就開始帶節目，由歌唱班的樂趙玲瑜等人獻唱“甜密密”，“康定情歌”，“你是我的陽光”，接著玩互動節目。

            其他的表演，包括徐勤傑主持的翁秀玲唱歌，羅予禮，陳新金，楊志賢，李惠珍，關如意，黃彩卿組成的舞蹈班跳豐收舞，楊遠清獨唱“美麗的草原我的家”，以及老人家們跳交誼舞，猜謎語，練平衡運動等。

圖片說明：

            中華耆英會白禮頓樓老人家們在阿森納公園合影，（圖由中華耆英會提供）

            耆英會舞蹈班跳豐收舞。（圖由中華耆英會提供）

紐英崙昭倫公所將推選美東副總長

左起，紐英崙昭倫公所副主席兼英文書記謝如鍵，主席許楊威，中文書記談家權，總務謝中之等人前往西雅圖，出席全美昭倫公所第廿一屆懇親代表大會。

在這為期三日，有三百多人出席的會議中，他們重申昭倫公所是由「談、譚、許、謝」後裔組成的宗親會。由於談家權是唯一「談」姓出席宗親，成為大會中的「談大哥」。

在全美昭倫大會中，宗親們決定把紐英崙昭倫公所劃為包括康州，羅德島州，麻州，佛蒙特州，新罕布夏州，緬因州等共六州的美國東北區，可選送一名代表，擔任昭倫副總長。

謝中之指出，在全美各地的昭倫公所中，加拿大溫哥華的昭倫親義公所比較特別，由談譚許謝阮的五姓宗親組成，現任主席為阮少玲，這次共有三十多人參加全美懇親大會。他透露，根據阮少玲的說明，加拿大的阮姓和昭倫结義，組成了昭倫親義公所，所以加拿大沒有阮氏公所。（圖由謝忠之提供）

2015 BOSTON MARATHON QUALIFIER ACCEPTANCES

2015 BOSTON MARATHON QUALIFIER ACCEPTANCES

Notification to applicants begins Wednesday, September 24

BOSTON – The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today continued its notification to applicants of their acceptance into the 2015 Boston Marathon®. In preparation for the 2015 Boston Marathon, the B.A.A. implemented the same registration process for qualified runners as it used in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Marathons, allowing the fastest qualifiers to register first. The 119th Boston Marathon will be held on Monday, April 20, 2015 and will mark the 30th consecutive year that the event will have John Hancock Financial as its principal sponsor.

In cooperation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the eight cities and towns along the Boston Marathon route, the B.A.A. has set the field size for the 2015 Boston Marathon at 30,000 official entrants. More than 80% of the field will be comprised of athletes who have met the qualifying standards. The balance will consist of invitational entrants, many of whom run for local charitable organizations. Since 1989, between the B.A.A.’s Official Charity Program and principal sponsor John Hancock Financial’s Non-Profit Bib Program for the Boston Marathon, more than $200 million has been raised for charity. 

Registration for runners who met the B.A.A.’s Qualifying Standards for the 2015 Boston Marathon began on Monday, September 8 at 10:00 a.m. ET using a “rolling admission” schedule and continued through Saturday, September 13 at 10:00 p.m. ET. Registration re-opened on Monday, September 15 at 10:00 a.m. and application submissions were received through Wednesday, September 17 at 5:00 p.m. ET.

·         25,493 applications were received during the registration period for qualifiers.

·         23,546 Qualified applicants have been accepted to date or are in the process of being accepted, pending verification of their qualifying performance.

·         1,947 applicants were unable to be accepted due to the large number of eligible qualifiers who submitted an application for entry combined with field size limitations.

·         Details of the B.A.A.’s registration process for Qualifiers can be found on the following web page:http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/participant-information/athlete-registration.aspx

During the first week of registration, when the fastest of all Qualifiers submitted their application for entry:

·         4,093 Qualifiers accepted met their qualifying time by 20 minutes, 00 seconds or faster.

·         6,490 Qualifiers accepted met their qualifying time by 10 minutes, 00 seconds or faster.

·         6,160 Qualifiers accepted met their qualifying time by 05 minutes, 00 seconds or faster.

During the second week of registration, 6,447 Qualifiers were accepted. These were Qualifiers who were one minute, two seconds (1:02) or faster than the Qualifying time for their age group and gender. (Last year, for the 2014 Boston Marathon, Qualifiers who were one minute, 38 seconds or faster than the Qualifying time for their age group and gender were accepted.)

In addition, 356 Qualifiers who have an active streak of ten or more consecutive Boston Marathon completed also entered during a pre-registration period in August and have been accepted. In the coming months, qualified elite athletes and athletes with disabilities will be added to the field.

Those who submitted a verified qualifying performance that was 1 minute, 02 seconds or faster than the qualifying standard for their age and gender have been accepted into the race. Qualifying performances for the 2015 Boston Marathon must have been run between September 14, 2013 and September 17, 2014.  Notices via email to those accepted will be issued by the B.A.A. beginning today.

The names of those runners who have been accepted will be posted on the “Entrants” page of the B.A.A.’s web site:http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/participant-information/entrants.aspx

Some of those entrants who ultimately will be accepted will not be notified of their acceptance or have their name appear because validation of qualifying performances is ongoing. The amount of time to verify the performance of qualifiers can vary from race to race.

“We never like to tell anyone who has worked so hard to qualify for the Boston Marathon that there is not space for them in the field,” said Tom Grilk, B.A.A. Executive Director. “Many of us know personally how difficult it is to meet those standards.  But we also need to limit the field size for the race in order to provide the best and safest possible experience for those for whom we do have space.  We run over most of the same roads that were used in the first marathon in 1897, and that requires us to achieve the best balance that we can between inclusion and quality.”

Notices to those who submitted an application for entry but who were not accepted were also issued today.

2015 BOSTON MARATHON : Men’s Qualifying Standards and Accepted Times*

AGE GROUP	QUALIFYING STANDARD	QUALIFICATION TIMES ACCEPTED (faster than and including)
18-34	3hrs 05min 00sec	3hrs 03min 58sec
35-39	3hrs 10min 00sec	3hrs 08min 58sec
40-44	3hrs 15min 00sec	3hrs 13min 58sec
45-49	3hrs 25min 00sec	3hrs 23min 58sec
50-54	3hrs 30min 00sec	3hrs 28min 58sec
55-59	3hrs 40min 00sec	3hrs 38min 58sec
60-64	3hrs 55min 00sec	3hrs 53min 58sec
65-69	4hrs 10min 00sec	4hrs 08min 58sec
70-74	4hrs 25min 00sec	4hrs 23min 58sec
75-79	4hrs 40min 00sec	4hrs 38min 58sec
80 and older	4hrs 55min 00sec	4hrs 53min 58sec

2015 BOSTON MARATHON : Women’s Qualifying Standards and Accepted Times*

AGE GROUP	QUALIFYING STANDARD	QUALIFICATION TIMES ACCEPTED (faster than and including)
18-34	3hrs 35min 00sec	3hrs 33min 58sec
35-39	3hrs 40min 00sec	3hrs 38min 58sec
40-44	3hrs 45min 00sec	3hrs 43min 58sec
45-49	3hrs 55min 00sec	3hrs 53min 58sec
50-54	4hrs 00min 00sec	3hrs 58min 58sec
55-59	4hrs 10min 00sec	4hrs 08min 58sec
60-64	4hrs 25min 00sec	4hrs 23min 58sec
65-69	4hrs 40min 00sec	4hrs 38min 58sec
70-74	4hrs 55min 00sec	4hrs 53min 58sec
75-79	5hrs 10min 00sec	5hrs 08min 58sec
80 and older	5hrs 25min 00sec	5hrs 25min 58sec

* Potential, qualified entrants for the 2015 Boston Marathon must have met the designated time standard that corresponds with their age group and gender in a certified marathon on or after September 14, 2013 and prior to having submitted an entry application. Proof of qualification must accompany each athlete's application, and participants are required to be 18 years or older on race day.

Qualifying performances achieved on or after Saturday, September 13, 2014 will be valid for 2016 Boston Marathon registration submissions. The registration dates for that year’s race have not yet been established.


ATHLETES WITH DISABILITIES - QUALIFYING TIMES & REGISTRATION DATES

Registration for Athletes with Disabilities will occur on a "rolling admission" schedule, beginning with the fastest qualifiers on Wednesday, October 8 at 10:00 a.m. ET. For more information, please visit: http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/participant-information/qualifying/athletes-with-disabilities.aspx

ABOUT THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (B.A.A.)

Established in 1887, the Boston Athletic Association is a non-profit organization with a mission of promoting a healthy lifestyle through sports, especially running. The B.A.A.’s Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual marathon, and the organization manages other local events and supports comprehensive charity, youth, and year-round running programs. Since 1986, the principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon has been John Hancock Financial. The Boston Marathon is part of the World Marathon Majors, along with the international marathons in Tokyo , London , Berlin , Chicago , and New York City . More than 60,000 runners will participate in B.A.A. events in 2014. The 119th Boston Marathon will be held on Monday, April 20, 2015. For more information on the B.A.A., please visit www.baa.org.