By David Li, bostonese.com
Acton, Mass., Feb. 14, 2014, — Today is the Chinese Lantern Festival and also Valentine’s Day. There were a number of celebrations of the Lantern Festival in the greater Boston ares. The Lantern Festival marks the last day of the lunar New Year celebration.
Xiangsheng performance by Alex Ying and Randy Huang (photos by Chun Sun, videos by David Li).
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【波士顿双语网2014年2月12日综合报道】2月8日，近百名华埠活动人士冒着严寒在华人前进会和华埠居民会的支持下举行游行，抗议华埠近年了房租飞涨，许多低收入华人家庭不得不搬出华埠。抗议者日前与市长沃尔什(Marty Walsh)会面，向市长及政府部门官员寻求帮助，希望能够遏制中低收入居民被迫搬离华埠的现状。
餐馆工作人员黄永胜是众多曾经住在华埠的居民之一。失去在华埠的公寓后，他只能搬到距离华埠很远的流浪汉收容所。黄永胜认为华埠是他工作和交流的地方，在这里，他才能养活家人。无奈房租飞涨让他成了流浪汉。
85岁的余仕昂老先生也参加了8日的游行。
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Dr. Andrew W. Lo, a prominent economist, is the Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and director of the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1984. Before joining MIT’s finance faculty in 1988, he taught at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School as the W.P. Carey Assistant Professor of Finance from 1984 to 1987, and as the W.P. Carey Associate Professor of Finance from 1987 to 1988.
Dr. Lo delivers keynote speech at the New England Chinese Professionals Lunar New Year gala on Feb. 1, 2014 (photo by David Li).
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亲爱的Boston Forward新老会员们和朋友们，大家好！
本周五是中国的元宵节和西方的情人节重合的一天，我代表 Boston Forward 向大家致以节日的问候！祝您和家人在新年里身体健康、万事如意！同时也祝愿 Boston Forward 在新年里龙马精神，在促进种族平等和维护少数族裔权益方面取得更多更大的成绩。
在2月1日新英格兰规模最大的中国新年庆祝活动之一：新英格兰华人专业人士嘉年华中，Boston Forward 闪亮登场，不光得到各个专业协会的支持，也有20多位专业人士现场填写登记表加入我们。在此对朱鹏程博士提供的摊位表示真诚的感谢！在晚宴中，Boston Forward得到向来宾们自我介绍的机会，得到了来宾们的掌声鼓励。
Boston Forward 代表在新英格兰专业人士嘉年华晚宴中致词。
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赖振华，2014新英格兰华人专业人士春节联欢晚会总导演
今年我第三年执导新英格兰华人专业人士春节联欢晚会，每年我都希望有不一样的风格。今年的风格主要是增加了观众的参与以及networking。如果说去年的晚会比较偏阳春白雪，今年则增加了很多联欢的元素。
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Dear members and friends of Boston Forward,
As we celebrate the Lantern Festival and Valentine’s Day this Friday, I would like to wish you and your family good health and happiness in the Chinese New Year of the Horse. Hopefully, Boston Forward will achieve more in promoting equality and defending civil rights among underrepresented minorities this year with help and support from all of you.
At the New England Chinese Professionals Lunar New Year Gala, one of the largest Chinese New Year celebrations in this region, on Feb. 1, 2014, Boston Forward made debut appearance as a group. Not only Boston Forward won the support from various professional associations, there were also more than 20 professionals filling in the registration form to join us in the booth. We would like to express our sincere thanks to Dr. Pengcheng Zhu for providing the NeoBioPharma’s booth to Boston Forward during the community forum in the afternoon. At the evening banquet, Boston Forward was given the opportunity to introduce itself to hundreds of the guests.
Miaoruo Wang and Gang Zhao introduce Boston Forward at the Gala (photo by David Li).
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赵钟英，波士顿双语网专栏作家
2月8日去参加了北京天津同乡会的联欢，天气晴朗,心情开畅，见到许多平常不大见到的朋友，兴奋开心。很多人见到我能够健步如飞，不像两年以前我去台湾旅行的时候还要小儿子推了我的轮椅，我现在可以不用拐棍，进进出出上上下下都没有问题。我一年内左右两个膝盖关节都全部换过，吃了四五年的止痛药，已经两年没有碰它们了。
我跟我的骨科医生说，我不会再回来了，因为我没有第三条腿。医生提醒我，还是当心一些，我不要你再回来，为了别的骨头方面的事情来让我头痛。
女士们穿着过年的衣服格外精神（李强 摄）。
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【2月9日星期六，34位名校大学生来到波士顿的Roscommon Extended Care Center做了一天的义工，他们给老人中心带来了许多欢乐！下面是这些中国年轻人的小组日记】
经过万里长途跋涉，我们终于来到期待已久的美国。雪后的美国，如同童话世界，别有一番风味。抵达后的第一天，我们开始了国际义工的活动。
中国大学生们同nursing home工作人员交流（简妮 提供）。
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Washington. D.C., Feb. 11, 2014, — In his State of the Union address, President Obama called on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour, and announced he would issue an Executive Order to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 for the individuals working on new federal service contracts.
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