Jack Ma (马云) is Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group, a family of highly successful Internet-based businesses. He is the first mainland Chinese entrepreneur to appear on the cover of Forbes Magazine and ranks as one of the world’s billionaires. His last name Ma means horse in Chineae.
In a recent speech, Jack Ma gave 30 advices for people. Let’s share his wisdom just before the Year of Horse arrives on Jan. 31, 2014.
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【波士顿华人双语网讯】由哈佛大学中国学生学者联合会 (HCSSA)打造的常春藤盟校春晚历来是波士顿地区水准最高的春晚之一。今年得到包括世界最重要的手鼓(Tabla)演奏者Sandeep Das，蜚声国际的大提琴演奏家及作曲家Mike Block，以及“中国第一吹”、2012年香港最佳艺术家得主、著名管乐演奏家郭雅志等明星助阵，更是令人期待。
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Official White House Response To
Investigate Jimmy Kimmel Kid’s Table Government Shutdown Show on ABC Network
Thank you for your petition. Your petition requested an apology from those involved, and to “cut the show”.
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【波士顿双语网记者李强2014年1月9日报道】你不能预知你获得全国冠军后，你的教练会如何反应。麻州花滑名将赵婉悦（Iris Zhao）昨天在波士顿一举夺得2014全美花滑锦标赛少年组冠军。“无法用语言来表达我今天多么骄傲。美国少年冠军！多么了不起的一天！一个了不起的姑娘，她的光辉照亮了整个滑冰场，”赵婉悦的教练克里斯汀·威尔（Kristen Weir）在脸书上写道。威尔教练还更新了她的脸书头像，用的就是下面这张照片。
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By David Li, bostonese.com
Boston, Jan. 9, 2014, — You just cannot predict how your coach would react after you won the national championship. “There are no words to express how proud I am of Iris today. US Juvenile Champion! Such a tremendous day with a wonderful girl who’s light filled the building today:)” wrote Kristen Weir, professional figure skating coach at Colonial Figure Skating Club on Facebook. She also changed her Facebook profile picture to the one below.
Iris Zhao is sandwiched by coaches Kristen Weir and Amy Allen for a picture after winning the championship (from Facebook).
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孔学君医师, 编译自 Medpage Today 12/24/2013
1. 今年三月，好莱坞明星朱莉(Angelina Jolie)在她母亲死于乳腺癌，自己查出BRCA1 后，决定了做预防性双侧乳房切除术，她的这一举动引起肿瘤界讨论。一方面，由于这一基因突变所导致的乳腺癌占所有乳腺癌的5-10%；另一方面，携带这种基因突变者一生中得乳癌的风险在80-90%， 得卵巢癌的风险是40-50%。专家认为，不是每个妇女都需要这项检查， 但是每位妇女都应和自己的医生讨论，建议具有风险因子的妇女做这项检查，比如诊断时年龄较轻，具有明显的家族史，尤其是黑人及Ashkenazi犹太人。
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【波士頓華人雙語網記者李強報導】大波士頓區中華文化協會（GBCCA）藝文小集日前在文協大廳舉行2013年終聚餐，40多位會員不少都帶著各自的拿手好菜前來參加聚餐。新老會員們在一起分享美食、看節目，氣氛非常溫馨。
上圖：新會長姜琴（中）在聚餐間致辭。
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Following the announcement on his desire to buy The New York Times last week, Chinese billionaire Chen Guangbiao again drew media’s attention by announcing his plan to spend over US$1 million on two severely burned and disfigured Falun Gong self-immolators for their medical treatment.
Held in a hotel in Manhattan, New York, the press conference kicked off by Chen singing a song composed by himself. Chen then proceeded to share his point of views on life and wealth, followed by the real announcements of the press conference today.
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【波士顿华人双语网记者李强图文报道】牛顿中文学校及大波士顿地区华人元旦联欢晚会12月31日在伍本镇的中华艺协演出厅举行。近300名观众欢聚一堂、辞旧迎新，观赏了19个精彩的节目。演员们色彩斑斓的中国民族服饰在波士顿的寒冬提前带给华人朋友们春天的色彩。
上图：粉墨艺术团舞蹈表演。
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Boston, January 8, 2014 –- Governor Deval Patrick today launched the next phase of the Mass HIway Health Information Exchange, joining health care leaders at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) to demonstrate the innovative new tools that will allow providers for the first time to locate, request and retrieve medical records from other participating healthcare providers across the Commonwealth on a secure, interconnected system with a click of a button.
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