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名师制小提琴 价值3千万
联合晚报 (2005-03-15)

　　（香港讯）音色历久仍悠扬悦耳、价值动辄数百万元的古董小提琴，不再是只可远望的藏品。

　　香港历来展出价值最高、古董提琴数目最多的“香港提琴展览”昨日开幕，由今天至本周五向公众展出的34个古董小提琴，总值2亿5700多万（港元，下同，约5397万新元）。全场最昂贵的一个，价值3510万港元（约737万新元）。紫乐轩主席黄敏基昨日表示，此琴已经有268年历史，在Guarneri造琴功力最炉火纯青的黄金时代所制。

　　另一个价值连城的小提琴，由Antonio　Stradivari于1727年所制，时值2900多万元（约609万新元），琴声娇滴柔和，不少科学家、琴造大师即使依样葫芦的照造，也造不出一个有相同音质的好琴
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My son William is good in violin. He passed performance examination one year after grade eight exam. He might get one of the best violin to performance good music.
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台湾研究：太极拳确可养生
新明日报 (2005-03-15)

　　（综合电）台湾一项研究发现，太极拳确实有养生和益寿的功效。老年人打太极可加强心脏功能、增进血管弹性，进而延缓老化速度，并降低中风和罹患心血管疾病的风险。

　　台湾阳明大学针对40名身体条件相近、年龄在55岁至60岁间的老人进行研究，发现打太极拳的20人心跳速率较快，且可由脉搏波的测量看出，他们的血液流量较多、血管扩张速度较快。

　　他指出，打太极拳的老人心跳速率较快，且血液流量较多，代表他们的心脏功能强，血管扩张速度快，代表血管弹性好。

　　吕万安说，综合来看，心脏功能强、血管弹性好可使细胞正常代谢，减缓老化速度；还能让循环系统运作更加顺利，血管不易硬化，也降低中风和罹患心血管疾病的机会
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Use it if it is useful. Be sure to get the 'right dose, right amount, correct duration'
~~~~~~ for additional treatment for cancer:
CNN) -- Dr. Bill Fair does yoga, takes herbal supplements and meditates -- all to treat his colon cancer.

It's a sign of the times: He's a traditional Western physician, a urologist, who is using Eastern therapies.

"People are being attracted to the advantages of some of these complementary techniques and are using them more and more, and physicians are just beginning to catch up," Fair says.

Another sign of the times: Two major cancer research organizations, the American Cancer Society and the American Society of Clinical Oncology, are for the first time holding a special meeting solely on the topics of alternative and complementary medicine.
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