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Source: Odessa American, TexasAug.新蒲崗迷你倉 25--The sawdust hits your nostrils with a bite that feels good and strange simultaneously, like a prickling of Novocain settling in.Michael Stevens' workshop is authentic to his needs and idiosyncrasies, "in pursuit of perfection," Stevens said on a recent summer morning. Some days he will work late into the night until it turns over into morning, but he makes sure to spend quality time with his love, Alice.The process starts with a solid block of wood. And Stevens, the cowboy craftsman of Alpine, renovates the raw form into a masterpiece of an electric guitar.The workshop is set against the sweeping, rolling hills of Alpine's vast landscape. His horse, Buddy Guy, wanders around the 40 acres where he and wife Alice live and play. The shop is all custom, just like his guitars, with doors found in the nooks and crannies leading, for example, to a painting room with ventilation or to a room with vintage pieces like electric banjos and ukeles hanging on the walls. It's about 2,000-square-feet of music-making materials."I wanted to add a fire pole," Stevens said. The message in his cornflower blue eyes matched a small smile. He's a striking cowboy: handsome, tall, strong.To those who know guitars, he's a living legend.Stevens might never tell you he's rubbed elbows with some of the greatest guitarists, musicians, producers and artists around."But that's just Michael," his friends say.From his admirers: He's a Texas gem. An American treasure. His mind comes up with pieces unlike any other -- anywhere. If a sample of Stevens' DNA was needed, look no further than his guitar workshop.FROM '60s BERKELEY to '90s ALPINEIn the height of the hippie movement of the late 1960s, Stevens was in the middle of it in the California Bay Area. Fate matched Larry Jameson up with Stevens in Berkeley, so the story goes."We were dating the same woman. He got the girl and I got a job," Stevens said.Jameson started a guitar repair shop in Oakland. The pair, both with art school backgrounds, opened up Guitar Resurrection. Jameson taught Stevens "what a guitar really was and I taught him how to do it faster with power tools and jigs." Stevens would later design his LJ model in Jameson's honor.He left the craft for a few years to try showing horses (another life love) only to return to Guitar Resurrection in Austin in 1978. There, Stevens created Christopher Cross' double neck guitar, along with work for Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan, Albert King, Otis Rush, Hubert Sumlin, Lonnie Mack, Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel and George Thorogood. Junior Brown's double-neck slide "guit-steel" guitar has gained widespread fame.In 1986, Stevens' work got Fender's attention and they moved him to California as a founder and senior design engineer of Fender Custom Shop where Eric Clapton's model Strat, Robert Cray's guitar and Waylon Jennings' Tele were conceived. He was the first person in Fender's history to sign the guitar. He landed in Alpine in 1990 and opened up a workshop about a year later.Stevens showed off some of the wood varieties, from maples to rosewood to mahogany to ebony to Limba/Korina, a light natural wood. Each has a different weight and feel. Guitars are in every stage of production in his workshop. He shows off the curved cutout on the back of a polished blonde version."I was the first one to carve out the leg space so a guitarist can sit on a stool," Stevens said. "No one was doing it."To Stevens, it made so much sense, and for his collectors, it did, too.Where Stevens does most of his detail work, the humidity is between 42 and 45 percent to keep the wood moist. He doesn't carve from one solid piece, but does the body and a neck, which is always custom depending on the player, doing so "ensures it's pristine that way," Stevens said.Stevens digs the "Pinky" finish he's done over the years, he said while showing off one example of the pink polyester flake that he tried in his spray booth in the shop."It's a pretty outrageous rock n' roll machine," Stevens said.HIS GUITARS 'BRING OUT SONGS IN YOU'"Have you ever seen a Pablo Picasso line drawing up close?" customer and friend Matte Henderson said last week. He called from the Boston area -- Stevens has a far reach."You know a human being did that ... Point zero, zero one percent of human beings can do that. That's Michael," he said.Henderson, a musician who builds guitar tracks for a living, met Stevens around 1990. Stevens has built him 10 to 11 custom seven-string electric guitars during their two-decade long friendship.In the age of computers and building by CAD, where anyone can farm out designs, Henderson said, Stevens is constructing each one by hand."It's about the soil, the spirit, the sweat and love and brilliance," he said.Stevens, originally from Ohio (he recently attended his 50th high school reunion), sticks primarily to building electric guitars, basses and mandolins. He starts with the wood block and does every step from carving, sanding, painting, detailing and making sure the thing plays -- and plays well. His guitars, talked about oft on luthier online forums and at collector shows, are known for being easy to tune -- and they stay in tune, beyond their melodious sound and beauty.His models -- the LJ, Les Plank, Classic, Neo Classic, Fetish, Mandolin, Slant Guitar (several choices) and Guit-Steel -- start around $6,000 and can go up in price three times that, pretty easily depending on a collector or musician's specifications. He ships guitars all over the world.On the West Coast, a Hollywood producer and guitar collector Doug Forbes calls his guitars "functional art." He owns 37 now and splits time mini storageetween Los Angeles and Nashville. With a handmade guitar like his Stevens model, it's an emotional connection."You feel it when you pick up a guitar and know it's well-made. It brings out songs in you," Forbes said."There's something in that guitar that's going to play. It resides in the instrument; it's well-crafted and well-made by a true artisan, there's something special there. You play notes you didn't know you knew how to play. I don't mean to get sort of spiritual, but it's true," he said.With Stevens' popularity coupled with his meticulousness, making guitars doesn't come cheap, and he doesn't work on a quick turnaround.Sten Juhl's friendship with Stevens dates back to the 1970s. Stevens built Juhl an "SJ" model about 15 years ago. He told him, "What do you want it to be? What do you have running around in your head? Do whatever you want to do," Juhl said from Dallas about the "Sten Juhl" model.Stevens built him a beauty."He's an exquisite builder. No one will deny that," Juhl said. And he's a big deal in Japan, especially the Stevens' basses, Juhl said."It's the name you want. Like for women's clothing, there are names that really stand out, that are really high-end pieces. The high-end piece of guitars -- Michael is that name," Juhl said.Nobody ever remembers a late delivery, but they remember a bad one, Henderson quoted from the movie "How to Get Ahead in Advertising." His last order was on a three-year timeline. Back orders are more than 25 guitars deep. But to Henderson, it's easily forgivable."You know what happens when you get that box and open up that case? Your mind is blown. You can't believe a human being made this," Henderson said."This dude is out of control," he added.KIND HEART, STRAIGHT SHOOTERKeeping Stevens' friends happy takes several dozen eggs."I love making omelets for everyone," he said.Stevens takes the "handmade" to other aspects of his life; he and friends constructed his two-story workshop. He reciprocated with his omelet tradition. Each person picks out their ingredients that are diced and sliced. Stevens makes each omelet -- seemingly for hours -- one by one. Meticulous. Scrupulous. With precision.They camped out on his 40 acres in tents and teepees to help it come together, then pause to eat and play some music. Each year Stevens plays at the annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering at Sul Ross State University. Stevens plays his dirges and was the president for 10 years and vice president, too, to reach 16 years on the committee."He's like John Wayne. He's a truly unique character. One of my favorite people in the world," Forbes said, describing him as an honest, straightforward, modest and "really damn good."He and Alice have been together some 40 years. She runs a nursery in Alpine, but is also a photographer and former location manager for screen productions. He and Alice don't have children of their own but have witnessed the births of the Perkins family, their dear neighbors. Stevens told the tender story of older brother Sam at about 5 years old hanging out with Stevens while little sister Natalie was keeping their mom in labor for a while."He asked me to make his new baby sister a birthday cake. He goes, 'It's her birthday, right?' Thinking the first day of life is her birthday. So we did it. We made her a cake," Stevens said, laughing about the memory.Luthiers who invest in a Stevens Guitar know his word to be his bond, Forbes said. The cowboy way of life, "that's a real value thing for him. He's a real man," Stevens said. He fits in at the Four Seasons in New York City or working on the land in Alpine. Stevens is a sophisticated fellow, Forbes said. "He is one of the geniuses in the wilderness."Henderson's comparison typified descriptions by others."Even if Michael was a bus driver, he would be the absolute best bus driver ever," he said.LIVING LEGEND KEEPS ON ROLLINGFor Junior Brown's slide guitar it all came out on a piece of paper to begin with, Stevens said."I have a lot of fun inventing mechanisms," he said. "The initial concept is always fun. There's a lot of labor getting to the end. I like that part of it."Forbes says his guitars are museum worthy."They're far beyond compare," he said.Just last week he stood in a Los Angeles guitar shop, requesting a repair on his Stevens Guitar."The guy knew Michael right away and kind of freaked. 'I better do a good job.' He's definitely a legend among luthiers and guitarists," Forbes said. That reaction is all too-common.For all the work Stevens does, he could hire a bunch of little elves."Then I'd have to deal with little elf wives and elf families and all of their problems. Instead it's just me and the ground," he said recently by phone.At his shop in June, Stevens, who likes to tell stories, kept it terse for a change."There's always work to do until I'm dead."Henderson, on the East Coast, said the large, diverse crew of guitar players he hangs out with all have the same feelings."They're blown by what he does," he said. "The attention to detail, the quality transcends genres musically."Hunter S. Thompson wrote in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," that "There he is. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production," Henderson said, inserting another quote from pop culture."Michael is one of a kind, not intended for mass production," he said.Perhaps, also, he's too rare to die.--Contact Lindsay Weaver on twitter at @OAschools, on Facebook at OA Lindsay Weaver or call 432-333-7781.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) Visit the Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) at .oaoa.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage

Source: The Palm Beach Post, Fla.迷你倉沙田Aug. 25--MIAMI GARDENS -- If Saturday night's dress rehearsal was any indication, the Dolphins head into the regular season far from a finished product.Miami's starting defense, expected to be the team's strength this season, gave up just 26 rushing yards and 51 passing yards in the Dolphins' 17-16 loss to Tampa Bay. The Dolphins were winning 13-10 at halftime when the starters were pulled.But Miami's offense had its ups and downs. Quarterback Ryan Tannehill went 17-for-27 for 150 yards and a touchdown but was clearly missing tight end Dustin Keller, who was lost for the season after tearing three knee ligaments against Houston in the previous exhibition game.Charles Clay, starting in Keller's place, was targeted six times but had just one reception for 5 yards.Clay was frusturated after the game and he said he has a lot to work on but wouldn't go into specifics."I've just got to go back to the drawing board, watch the film and get it all corrected," Clay said. "I won't get into particulars. I'll just leave it at that."Brandon Gibson, Miami's slot receiver, had five receptions for 43 yards and a touchdown but dropped another potential TD pass in the end zone. Gibson was already expected to be a key part of Miami's offense, but without Keller he will be Tannehill's main target in the middle.Gibson said "it felt good" to be targeted so much but he felt he could have played a lot better."Coverages dictate a lot of where the ball's thrown and I just wanted to make sure i was in the right spot, even though I kind of played a (bad) half," Gibson said.Tannehill finished with a 90.0 quarterback rating.If Tannehill or Miami's passing game struggle at all this season, the team will have to turn to a questionable running game, although a clear-cut starter might have emerged Saturday.Running back Lamar Miller probably clinched the starting job with eight carries for 35 yards and 4.4 yards per carry. But it wasn't a great performance for Miller, who picked up 20 of his 35 yards on his first carry.Miller twice was stuffed in the red zone on Miami's opening drive. The Dolphins were forced to kick a field goal, wasting a 17-play drive that also included a fourth-down conversion from Tampa Bay's 12-yard line on a 7-yard Brian Hartline reception."We have to be able --迷你倉價錢when we get a first and goal inside the 10-yard line -- to punch it in and get a touchdown," coach Joe Philbin said.Daniel Thomas, competing with Miller at running back, averaged 0.4 yards per carry with seven rushes for 3 yards. Thomas had two receptions for 12 yards.The Dolphins dominated time of possession in the first half but had a couple of special-teams breakdowns that kept the game close.After Caleb Sturgis hit a 22-yard field goal on the opening drive, the Dolphins forced Tampa Bay to punt on its first drive. But Miami muffed the punt after cornerback Nolan Carroll was engaged with a Bucs defender and hit his own teammate, Dolphins punt returner Marcus Thigpen.Thigpen them fumbled on another punt return early in the second quarter."Very frustrating," Philbin said. "We had a good week of preparation, special teams included. It's disappointing that we would give the ball away twice."The Dolphins trailed 10-3 midway through the second quarter when Gibson couldn't hold on to a 5-yard pass from Tannehill in the end zone and the Dolphins had to kick another field goal. Sturgis made a 23-yarder, and Miami cut the lead to 10-6.Miami finally scored a touchdown at the end of the second quarter when, after the Dolphins' Derrick Shelby recovered a fumble in Bucs territory, Tannehill hit Gibson in the middle for a 4-yard TD. Miami's starters exited the game with the team leading 13-10.Gibson led the team in receptions and Hartline was next with four catches for 40 yards. Mike Wallace had three receptions for 31 yards.The Dolphins took out most of their offensive starters at halftime and let third-string quarterback Pat Devlin, and not backup Matt Moore, play the second half.The Dolphins are deciding whether to keep just two quarterbacks on their roster. Devlin went 12-of-21 for 114 yards with one interception.Miami has 84 players on its roster and has to trim it to 75 by 4 p.m. Tuesday. The Dolphins then have to cut the roster to 53 by 6 p.m. Sept. 1.Miami will play its final preseason game Thursday night against New Orleans at Sun Life Stadium, though the starters will likely sit or play limited time.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Fla.) Visit The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Fla.) at .palmbeachpost.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

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Source: Vindicator, Youngstown, OhioAug.自存倉 25--WARREN -- They might have only built a couple of motorcycles so far, but Warren-based upstarts Sledgehammer Bobbers already have made a reputation for themselves.The early success has helped the company hook themselves a whale of a new client.The team has been tasked with building a tribute motorcycle in honor of Evel Knievel by Knievel's family that will be sold at auction, said Sledgehammer Bobbers owner David Cook.Cook and his team are connected to the Knievel family through George Sedlak, who painted the images on Knievel's motorcycles and helmets for his jumps."We [Cook and Sedlak] really hit it off, and I told him it would be an honor to build a Knievel tribute bike," Cook said.Sedlak then spoke to the Knievel family, finally leading to Cook speaking with Kelly Knievel about the motorcycle.When the commemorative bike is finished, it will be displayed at motorcycle shows around the country and internationally, and then sold at a major auction of Knievel memorabilia in 2015, Kelly Knievel said in a release about the agreement.Sledgehammer Bobbers, at 160 Clifton Drive NE, Warren, has only been building motorcycles for two years, but started well in the industry by winning the Easyriders Bike Show in Columbus."It's the largest bike show in the world," Cook said.Getting into the business of building motorcycles is tough, he said."The people in this industry know instantly if you're for real or if you're fake," Cook said.The idea for the business came after Cook spent 28 days in the Cleveland Clinic for a heart procedure, he said."I had worked and made a lot of money. I had a lot of toys, but none of that material stuff mattered," Cook said. He had formally worked as a financial adviser for Merrill Lynch.After leaving the hospital, Cook got together with lifelong friend Dennis Markle, with whom he had worked in Markle's father's auto shop and built motorcycles when they were younger.For Cook, building projects started at age 8, when he took an old bicycle frame and built his own 10-speed, he said.Markle and Cook then added George Beharry III as head machinist. "George is the best machinist," Cook said.Markle knows how to do things with detailing that no one else can do, Cook said. "I wouldn't trust anyone else with my bikes," he said.Markle said he's been with Cook since the beginning and knew that if anyone could make this business work, it was Cook."I thought he [Cook] was nuts," Beharry said about his reaction to the idea of the business.B迷你倉新蒲崗fore joining the shop, Cook said he had been self-employed, running a couple of vehicle-repair shops.Beharry said his previous career had been working as a machinist in the area at various companies, including GM.Cook said that Knievel had always been a hero of his."When I was 10, I built my own ramp, and there was a picture of me in the Niles Times jumping six flaming trash cans," Cook said.Knievel was one of those people whoSFlbcould bring everyone together, he said."The goal for the Knievel bike is to tell his life story," Cook said. "We don't want to build a replica bike or a jump bike."The motorcycle built in honor of Knievel will include a number of his personal items, including two rings and other items donated by the family, Cook said."We're going to build something that is going to blow people away," he said. "I told [Kelly Knievel] that when we get done, he may not want to sell this one."The goal of the company isn't to sell a lot of motorcycles or make as much money as possible, Cook said."Each bike we make, we want to be one of a kind. We don't want them to be replicated," he said. "I don't think they can be because our designs are here [pointing to his head]. I don't design on paper."Everything is designed as part of a vision, and sometimes that vision changes as things move forward, Cook said."When we were building the first bike, it was with Biketown [Harley-Davidson in Austintown]," Cook said. Every time Cook would decide that a part he had ordered did not fit his vision, it was returned to the Biketown store, which charges a restocking fee for returned parts. "They said I had the largest restocking fee in Biketown history," he said.Markle said his role sometimes is to help with design and drawing to help Cook bring his vision to reality.He'll sometimes sketch Cook's idea so Cook and Beharry can see the same vision."This business is about passion," Cook said. "We're not looking to be a dealership. I don't want to sell a specific product line."The goal for the company in the next five years is to be considered one of the five best motorcycle-building shops in the world, he said.All three men spoke of how their faith led them into the business, and how they credit God with their success."This whole journey has been a blessing. It's all God," Cook said. 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9月，迷你倉小學生們又要開學了。對於那些即將幼升小、小升初的孩子們來說，現在他們將要奔赴的新校園應該已經落定。家長們為自己的子女能進入理想的中小學各顯神通的努力也勝負已分。在大城市，每年都在進行的擇校競爭中有一種特殊的擇校方式並不被外界所瞭解，它就是“共建”。尤其在北京，中央各部委機關單位、大型央企等往往都和很多“牛校”之間存在共建合作關係，那些“牛校”提供一定的招生名額，而共建單位則會用各種不同的利益作為交換。由於只有具備一定權力和地位的機構才會有資格和“牛校”共建，因此相比單純的擇校費現象，其顯得更加不公平，更加階層化。而多年的教育改革歷程中，由於自身利益所在，共建現象一直沒有進入改革決策者的視野，且愈發泛濫，內中模式使人眼花繚亂，甚至這些共建單位內部的競爭也日趨激烈。作為官本位傳統的產物，中小學共建現象不應一直游離在教育改革範疇之外。一線調查北京共建招生：“權貴”刮分名校名額　　好不容易搞定孩子幼升小，張中華（化名）就馬不停蹄地開始搬家了，從北京朝陽區東四環100多平方米的大房子搬到西城區月壇附近50平方米的老舊二居室。　　並非喬遷之喜，這是張中華剛剛租來的“新家”，離孩子即將入讀的小學——北京中古友誼小學只有一條街相隔。　　“生活質量急劇下降，未來至少6年，我們一家都將在這個房子里生活。”8月20日晚，望著剛剛租來的“家”，張中華不禁感嘆。　　不過和很多家長相比，他應該是非常幸運的。張中華是某國有銀行的中層幹部，不用到處托關係、花大價錢，他的孩子剛剛通過單位與學校達成的共建關係，相對順利地考取了令多少孩子羨慕的“牛校”。中古友誼小學是西城區一所重點小學。在北京，西城區集中了諸多優質教育資源。　　據《中國經營報》記者瞭解，除了他所在的這家銀行，和這所學校有共建關係的還有國家發改委、外交部、港澳辦、國家統計局等中央級單位。而像中古友誼小學這樣與多個部委單位共建的模式，在北京的名校中普遍存在。　　“共建實際上是一種特權，主要在幼升小、小升初階段，可以說，因為信息不透明，共建從教改以來幾乎沒有受到衝擊。”教育觀察家、清華園教育集團副總聞風向記者坦言，近幾年，從東城、西城、海澱三個擇校熱門區的情況看，通過共建這個渠道入學的學生比例幾乎占到當年全部入學人數的10%。爭取名額　　所謂中小學“共建”，是指政府機關和企事業單位為滿足員工子女入學，通過單位贊助錢或物的方式，與知名中小學建立“共建”關係，獲取入學名額，使雙方“互惠互利”。　　“名額越來越少了，今年我們單位差不多只有一半員工的孩子能夠通過共建被錄取。”張中華所在的銀行是一家大型國有銀行，與7所小學有共建關係，其中6所在西城，包括黃城根小學、實　　驗二小、奮鬥小學、中古友誼小學、復興門外一小、宏廟小學，另一所為海澱區的海澱實驗小學。　　在很多家長眼裡，黃城根小學、實驗二小、中古友誼小學都是“牛校”，尤其是實驗二小，是多少家長削尖了腦袋也未必能擠得進去的名校。　　和張中華所在的單位一樣，在西城區最繁華路段的金融街上，不少銀行、證券公司等金融機構都有共建學校。　　由於幼升小適齡兒童的增加，張中華所在單位今年需要升小學的職工子女有80多人，但是7所學校提供的共建名額只有不到40個，這意味著，共建名額的競爭是非常激烈的。　　“前幾年共建名額基本能滿足需要，差不多的都能被錄取。”張中華說，名額緊張一方面是因為適齡兒童激增，另一方面是共建校壓縮了名額。　　今年春節後，張中華單位的工會就開始通知員工報名。“為了保險，7所學校我們都報了名。”　　實際上，在正式到工會處報名前，張中華和妻子糾結了很久：是劃片就近入學，還是走共建？張中華和妻子的戶口一個在西城，一個在朝陽，但無論哪一個，片內學校都不是重點。而且今年北京市要求幼升小報名採用網絡信息採集，在一個區審核通過後，就不能在其他區報名。　　“有共建這個渠道，家長都希望孩子能有更好的機會。”於是，張中華和妻子毅然放棄了劃片入學。“這意味著要冒很大風險，如果共建不成，劃片的機會也沒有了。”　　從今年5月20日去第一所學校考試開始，張中華一家就進入了“全力應戰”狀態。考試一個接一個，落榜的“噩耗”也接踵而至。“差不多每10天就會接到一個落榜通知，那段時間我和愛人都特別焦慮，甚至開始懷疑孩子的能力。”張中華說。　　考試主要是單位內部的競爭，在他看來，錄取與否孩子的成績很關鍵，和家長的職務關係並不大。“和我同一個級別的同事家孩子最後去了黃城根小學，說明不是職務越高，錄取的學校越好，競爭還是很公平的。”張中華說。　　有了第一個學校的失敗教訓，張中華和妻子開始用心做準備，提前輔導。直到7月初，孩子終於被中古友誼小學錄取。幾日前，他將3萬元共建費交到單位工會處，工會開具了收據，他和妻子懸著的一顆心才終於落地。　　今年中古友誼小學在他所在的單位共招收了3名學生，張中華覺得自己特別幸運。不過，為了方便接送孩子，他也做出了一個迫不得已的決定：在小學附近租了一套學區房。　　8月20日，張中華用一天時間把家從朝陽區東四環100多平方米的三居室搬到了西城區月壇附近的50平方米的老舊二居室內。　　“生活質量急劇下降，未來至少6年，我們一家都將在這個房子里生活。為了孩子，沒有辦法。”張中華感慨萬千，以前100多平方米的三居室租金也就4000多元，而這套小太多的學區房房租卻高達5000多元。　　8月29日，孩子就要開學了，也許還面臨著分班。回首這大半年的幼升小經歷，張中華覺得特別“曲折”“辛苦”。“在家門口上學當然好，為了這個學校，現在舉家搬遷，生活質量下降，值不值得現在還不好說，但有共建這個機會還是不願意放棄。”利益共謀　　和張中華的感受一樣，今年以來，很多家長在各大教育論壇中抱怨，今年單位共建校給的名額有所減少。　　不過聞風告訴記者，實際上名額減少的是大共建，小共建仍然沒有壓縮。所謂小共建，就是一些強勢單位與學校共建，沒有名額限制，基本上可以100%錄取。比如國務院所屬部委、解放軍四總部，以及央企里的壟斷企業。而一些弱勢單位，因為共建校給的名額較少，往往需要通過考試來進行篩選，這也叫大共建。　　在北京，國家部委與知名中小學共建有著不短的歷史，以外交部為例，其共建單位有史家胡同小學、北京二中、中古友誼小學等諸多名校。其中，外交部從1997年開始與北京二中共建，至今已有16年曆史。北京二中是北京高中示範校，堪稱東城區最好的中學，今年3月，英國足球明星大衛·貝克漢姆曾訪問該校。　　2007年4月，時任外交部部長的李肇星就曾在外交部與北京二中聯合舉辦的“共建杯”乒乓球比賽中稱，“感謝二中多年來為外交部員工解決子女入學問題做出的貢獻”。　　北京二中官方數據顯示，僅截至2007年，共建10年中，從二中畢業的外交部子弟就多達千余人。而共建多年來，外交部在物力、財力多方面也給予北京二中不少支持，“促進了學校辦學條件的改善和教育教學工作的提升”。　　與外交部共建的另一所名校是史家胡同小學，這也是家長們公認的共建“牛校”之一。　　此前有媒體報道稱，包自存倉外交部、中石油、中石化、北京外企服務有限公司(FESCO)等在內的6個部委、近10個大公司參與史家胡同小學共建。　　不過，據史家胡同小學一位教師透露，因為名額有限，“小學生入學很難，也很嚴，很多方面都在關注共建問題，每年到招生的時候，我們校長都很頭疼，一個共建單位也就兩三個、三五個名額，即使是外交部，也不能都收。”該老師坦言。　　能與學校建立共建的，還不只國家部委、大型壟斷企業。　　專家們表示，要想清楚地瞭解整個北京名校的共建情況是很困難的。一些知名學校的共建單位少則幾個，多則十幾個，而一些強勢的國家機關，一般也與多個名校共建。　　比如，記者從學校和共建單位知情人士處瞭解到，北京四中的共建單位有北大醫院、總參等，實驗二小有新華社、中國銀行等，黃城根小學有北大醫院、解放軍出版社等。　　北京府學小學是東城區的一所重點小學。該校一位老師告訴記者，協和醫院、部分北京市委市府部門都是該校的共建單位，且都要考試，共建費7萬~10萬元不等。不過這筆錢並不直接交給學校，而是由區教委設立捐資助學辦公室。　　該老師坦言，學校每年招收新生大約400人，但片內學生就300多，所以實際上，擇校、共建生的比例並不多。不過她表示，由於今年東城區要求不允許收共建生，所以學校今年沒有共建生名額。　　“共建使得校長既是商人、外交家，又是教育工作者，校長是一個多面人物。”聞風說。多位老師告訴記者，有些共建名額的確定不是校長一個人說了算的。　　上述府學小學的老師向記者坦言，走共建的難度很大。“直接找校長也是肯定不行的，如果你認識學校的上級主管部門的領導，興許可以。我任教幾十年了，我孩子的孩子要在我們學校上學，校長都做不了主。”　　雖然共建費數額根據學校之間的差別有所不同，但是共建單位給予學校的回報並不都是共建費。　　育才學校是北京高中示範校，是一所多建制學校。據記者瞭解，其共建單位包括空一所、友誼醫院等單位。　　每年，學校會給每個單位1~2個共建名額，如果共建單位的學生超過名額，學校就會組織考試，進行篩選。不過該校一位老師告訴記者，近兩年共建學校並不收取共建費，而是共建單位通過捐贈機房、教學設備、裝修裝飾等方式與學校共建。　　一位業內專家還向記者透露，對部分共建學校來說，獲得政策上的便利或許是更高層面的利益交換。這位人士向記者透露，一般的學校引進一名外地教師，解決戶口和編制是很難的。“但是有的名校就可以解決，這就是權力機構給予的政策。想拿到政策，這不是一般的共建單位能夠做到的。”　　而對學校所在區的政府部門來說，共建也是一個有誘惑力的選擇。政府為了引進雄厚的外國資金，在引進大的財團、金融機構入駐本區時，也會考慮對方提出的共建要求。比如位於西城區金融街的一些大型金融機構就與區內重點小學有共建關係。一筆糊塗賬　　共建生的規模有多大？近幾年，媒體關於這個話題有不少報道，但實際的狀況一直沒有確鑿的數據可參考。　　記者聯繫了多家重點小學的校長，提出採訪要求，但都被拒絕。　　“我估計，連教委官方也沒有這個數據，除了收取共建費的賬戶，但賬戶也不是共建的全部，還有一些是通過私下交易的。”一直關注學校共建的中國教育科學研究院研究員儲朝暉表示。　　2012年，二十一世紀教育研究院發佈的一份《北京市“小升初”擇校熱的治理：路在何方？》報告中披露：“以北京八中為例，共建生占錄取學生比例的17%。2011年北京八中共招10個班，每班40人共計400人，其中招收共建生70人。”　　對此，聞風表示這個數字與他自己的實際調研也是吻合的。“近幾年，從東城、西城、海澱三個擇校熱門區的情況看，通過共建這個渠道入學的學生比例幾乎占到當年全部入學人數的10%。”　　“東城、西城、海澱是北京教育資源最豐富的三個區，海澱區區重點都有共建，而在東城、西城，普通小學也有共建，只是普通小學共建的單位有些不是太強勢。”聞風說，比如學校附近的有些交通隊、街道辦事處會和學校共建，但這和史家小學、實驗二小的共建是沒法比的。　　聞風表示，據他估計，僅在西城，包括大的金融機構在內的副部級以上單位大約有200家與學校有共建關係。　　“前幾年，名校對共建生的錄取比例是很高的，隨著入學人數的增加，從2011年開始共建生的錄取比例逐漸降低。為了能將共建生通過看似公平的方式選拔出來，共建生一般都要到共建的目標學校進行考試，根據考試成績擇優錄取。”聞風表示，2012年共建生錄取比例由於人數的攀升下降較快，競爭變得較為激烈。　　有經歷過共建的家長坦言，如果單位適齡孩子大大多于共建名額，則會通過面試排序、職級排序等方法進行單位內部分配。　　一般情況下，幾乎很少有單位共建名額用不完的。因此，如果能夠拿一個共建名額，往往意味著你很可能可以獨佔這個名額，面試也就是一個過場，如果不夠硬，那你就需要參加一系列單位內部的排序。　　在各區、各學校招生政策越來越嚴苛的今天，共建正成為一條“綠色通道”。“共建的複雜性比想象中複雜得多。條子生、關係生走的是共建，還是彈性共建，根本沒有辦法弄清楚，太複雜了。”聞風說。　　一位業內人士透露，雖然絕大部分單位的共建名額都不夠用，但有個別單位會將用不完的名額因為各種不同原因轉給部分培訓機構。共建生的利益鏈條得以繼續延伸。　　有媒體曾報道，部分共建單位，每年需要向共建校投入的資金達上千萬元。針對這個數字，記者在採訪中並未得到證實。但對通過共建渠道成功進入名校讀書的家長來說，投入值不值得還是個未知數。　　“我覺得，只要能給職工帶來福利，領導就願意去做這個事。單位投多少錢，那是單位的事，為孩子值不值得，還要看6年以後孩子的成長情況。每個月5000多元的房租，還要交共建費，如果孩子還是沒有學出來，那肯定不值得。”張中華說。　　隨著共建越來越隱秘，操作越來越彈性，聞風認為，共建現象的愈演愈烈使擇校更加隱蔽。“共建是不透明的、彈性的。”同時，共建，尤其是小共建，降低了入學難度，招致一些家長的不滿。　　“共建實際上是一種特權的延伸，對社會誠信體系是個考驗，共建、寫條子、走後門，違反了社會的誠信體系。”聞風說，更重要的是，好學校中，普通家庭的孩子越來越少，長此以往，將導致部分重點小學嚴重的階層固化。“像死水潭一樣。但是孩子成長的環境應該是一個多元化的環境，這才是一個正常的社會結構。”　　在聞風看來，北京小學校的校際差距沒有那麼大，上重點小學與今後是否能進重點中學沒有必然關係。　　雖然拿到了令很多人羨慕的名校“橄欖枝”，但張中華對共建現象並不完全贊同。　　“共建與單位的實力有關，是一種隱性福利。但如果所有學校的教學質量、師資水平差不多，我費這勁幹嘛呀？離家近的學校多好啊！”張中華認為，共建會加劇教育不公，但這種不公平的背後是教育資源分配本身就不公平，所以不可能帶來教育公平。　　“解決教育公平，要首先解決教育資源均衡。另外，應取消重點校、示範校的評比。”張中華說，“這相當于把學校分成三六九等，那麼有錢有勢的肯定要去一等啊，沒錢沒勢的孩子只能去末等學校。那麼還談何公平啊？”張中華認為。　　本報記者郝成對本文亦有貢獻迷你倉新蒲崗

微博傳來詩人紀弦先生7月22日在美國逝世的噩耗，mini storage終年—百零—歲。中國現代作家中，巴金、蘇雪林、章克標等位都是活過百歲才謝世的。施蟄存九十九歲做了百歲大壽，然而未能真正跨過百歲大關。紀弦和他們—樣，“壽比南山”了。紀弦是1930年代的現代派詩人，與戴望舒、施蟄存等位相比，算小弟弟。1934年5月，他以詩《給音樂家》在以提倡現代詩著稱的《現代》第五卷第—期上首次亮相，雖然他自己後來認為寫得“很壞”。次年12月，他第二本詩集《行過之生命》出版，也是請施蟄存作的跋。1934到1945年間是紀弦新詩創作的第—個噴發期(第二個噴發期則要到他去了台灣以後)，《火災的城》《愛雲的奇人》《夏天》《三十前集》等詩集都是在這—時期問世的，當時他使用的筆名是路易士。毋庸諱言，紀弦與左翼文學不相干，甚至對立，再加淪陷時期說不清道不明的複雜關係，1949年以後，其人其詩長期在中國大陸文壇消失也就不難理解。不過，有—事或可—提。他1936年與韓北屏合作主編《詩志》，共出三期，戴望舒、歐外鷗、徐遲、金克木、南星、侯汝華、番草、禾金、吳奔星、李白鳳等現代派詩人雲集。韓北屏後來成為左翼知名作家，“文革”中慘死。1994年1月間，我與詩人通過—次信，當時為何事向他請教，已不復記憶。好在他的複信尚在，照錄如下:子善先生:(一)你從香港文學社弄到的我的地址沒錯，不過我的英文名字不對，下回通信，請照信封左上角寫就行了。我本名“路逾”，英文名Yu(逾)Lu(路)。美國人都把姓放在後面。(二)藍棣之選編並序的《紀弦詩選》去年三月北京“友誼”出版，據說銷路甚佳，現已售缺。不知藍兄有沒有送你一本?請多指教。藍兄選詩，完全客觀公正，只憑“藝術尺度”，不問“意識形態”，這一點，最令人欽佩。而他寫的序文，尤其高明，他真是我的一位知音與知己。而你既是他的好友，我也要把你列入我的“忘年之交”名單中了。願常通信，增進瞭解。(三)我的詩集《晚景》，由台北“爾雅出版社”出版;另一新書《半島之歌》，由台北“現代詩社”出版。“現代詩社”負責主編與發行的詩人鴻鴻，多才多藝，我很喜歡他。你可以寫信給他，請他為你買到這兩本詩集寄你。他的地址如下:(略)祝福你們全家過一個愉快的春節!弟紀弦上言94年1月3日我當時去信竟把詩人英文大名錯寫成“紀弦”，他self storage中作了詳細說明。信中提到的藍棣之兄上世紀八十年代研究中國現代詩頗有成就。1986年5月，藍兄編選的《現代派詩選》由北京人民文學出版社出版，書中選入路易士也即紀弦的《火災的城》《烏鴉》《幻像》等八首詩，這是暌隔三十七年之後，紀弦其人其詩重返大陸文壇。青年路易士很喜歡在詩中討論“二十世紀”，用詩句吟誦“二十世紀”的“人生”、“風雨”和“狂熱”，最有代表性的則是《跋涉》(收入《三十前集》)—詩中的兩句:二十世紀的旋風使我迷惑，明日之夢也朦朧。藍兄在《現代派詩選·前言》中引用了這兩句詩，認為路易士“詩論明確地與左翼文學取對立的立場，他要創作‘超越了時間的限制的具有�久性與廣域性的純文學’”。七年之後的1993年3月，中國友誼出版公司又出版了藍兄編選的《紀弦詩選》，這是1949年以後紀弦首次在大陸出版新詩選。這個選本對紀弦不同歷史時期詩作的評價客觀、全面和充分，因此，詩人在致我信中表示“藍兄選我的詩，完全客觀公正，只憑‘藝術尺度’，不問‘意識形態’，這—點，最令人欽佩”。如何評價紀弦的詩，尤其是他前期的詩，自可見仁見智，但有兩位論者的看法不可忽視。—位是現代詩的鼓吹者施蟄存。他1935年11月為《行過之生命》所作的跋中認為詩人的詩“不適用溫雅蘊藉的辭藻，不必組織過詩意，在—切的日常生活中，心有所感，意有所觸，情有所激，就寫成他的詩了”。他坦陳“我最喜歡易士的《脫襪吟》”，因為“同樣的—個小小的感想，詩人寫來就是詩，革命家寫來就是標語”。《脫襪吟》全詩如下:何其臭的襪子，何其臭的腳!這是流浪人的襪子，流浪人的腳。沒有家的，也沒有親人的。家呀，親人呀，何其生疏的東西呀!另—位是女作家張愛玲。她自己只寫過—首詩，也很少談詩，但在1944年8月寫的《詩與胡說》中以大部分篇幅討論路易士的詩，認為“路易士的最好的句子全是—樣的潔淨，凄清，用色吝惜，有如墨竹。眼界小，然而沒有時間性，地方性，所以是世界的、永久的”。除了張愛玲文中推崇的《傍晚的家》《窗下吟》《二月之窗》等詩外，我覺得還有—首現代派況味的《戀人之目》也不可錯過，雖然只有短短四句，很可能是詩人漫長—生中最短的詩:戀人之目:黑而且美。十一月，獅子座的流星雨。紀弦是中國大陸現代派詩的繼承者、台灣現代派詩的開拓者，可惜我後來未能再與詩人通信。迷你倉

■儘管數據顯示拉斯維加斯遊客回流，迷你倉沙田已走出上一波的景氣衰退，但分析師直言，賭城已不復見昔日的璀璨榮景。■MANY ANALYSTS CONCLUDE THAT LAS VEGAS IS ENTERING A LESS PROSPEROUS ERA.上一波經濟衰退不但重創美國，也重創賭城拉斯維加斯的風華，當時每6個人中即有1個人失去工作、房價幾乎腰斬、建案停擺，觀光客的消費金額也以驚人的速度銳減。近日，拉斯維加斯復甦的春天似乎來臨：就業情況已逐漸好轉、房價不斷攀升，人潮也回流。去年賭城遊客人數刷新紀錄。若你想要看看美國已自此波衰退復甦的證據，只要去看看拉斯維加斯大道（LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD）絡繹不絕的人潮即可知道。博弈不再一枝獨秀儘管氣溫高達華氏110度（約攝氏43度），身為賭城經濟動脈的拉斯維加斯大道，依舊遊客如織。不過，經濟學家卻憂心拉斯維加斯的復甦情況外強中乾。2012年拉斯維加斯的遊客人數突破3,970萬人，締造新高，然而據拉斯維加斯會場及旅遊機關資料顯示，每位遊客在賭城的消費額為1,021美元，低於2007年1,318美元。2007年遊客人數達3,920萬人。分析師認為，這個向來極盡奢華的城市，現況似乎不如從前璀璨。拉斯維加斯2012年賭博和娛樂的總收入達153億美元，較2007年略減5億美元。內華達大學拉斯維加斯校區博弈研究中心主任史瓦茲（ＤAVID G.SCHWARTZ）表示，「你看拉斯維加斯大道和市中心都人潮洶迷你倉價錢，但人們的消費額就是不如從前。」賭城的經濟結構自十年前開始變化，博弈不再是獨一的消費主流，新一代的年輕觀光客對賭博的興趣較少，反之熱中流連於高級夜店和俱樂部，他們願意掏出大把鈔票花費在演唱會、音樂秀、高級餐廳、精品店等。內華達大學拉斯維加斯校區商業與經濟研究中心主任布朗（STEPHEN BROWN）指出，「博弈消費下滑的幅度，高過於整體遊客消費的幅度。遊客可能會買泳衣去參加白天俱樂部的活動，然後再添購晚宴服去夜店狂歡，這是很大的成長商機。」夜生活比豪賭更吸引人人們來到拉斯維加斯，賭博不再是唯一目的，而是眾多娛樂選項的其中一項。在1984年，賭博收入占拉斯維加斯大道收入的59％，但去年，賭博占的比率銳減至36％。據博弈研究中心統計，拉斯維加斯所屬的克拉克郡，去年賭博收入達94億美元，雖然優於前年水準，卻遠低於2007年創造的108億美元巔峰。據凱斯席勒房價指數顯示，今年拉斯維加斯都會區的房價上漲15.3％，但仍較2007年低了56％。去年就業機會增長2.6％，優於全美的1.7％，但仍遠不及2001∼2007年3.7％的平均成長率。許多分析師表示，賭城的輝煌背後仍有許多潛在危機，例如過熱的房市有可能走向泡沫化，一些大型賭場經營者如米高梅（MGM）和凱撒宮（CAESARS PALACE），都背負沉重債務壓力。拉斯維加斯向來總能推陳出新、吸引新的客源上門，然而近來在賭城興起的夜店熱潮，卻令賭城官員憂心這只是短期榮景，害怕未來恐將浮現「夜店泡沫化」。迷你倉

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台灣人愛吃豬肉，self storage每人年平均大約吃掉30公斤的豬肉，根據美國農業部估計，這個數字排名世界第三。台灣人吃豬可以從頭吃到尾，從內吃到外，而且原模原樣的，管它鼻子、耳朵、尾巴照樣大口咬下，就連鮮血都不浪費。有一回，我跟著養豬專家參觀屠宰場，濃濃的血腥味讓我到隔天都食不下嚥，而那位專家朋友卻跟我說，這種場面他看多了，對胃口一點影響都沒有。「不過啊，」接下來是重點「看到體液鼻涕什麼的一起流混進去，你就會知道為什麼我是打死不吃豬血的！」有臉不吃 食肉禁忌大不同除了豬血之外，也有不少人堅持不吃看得到眼睛或是臉的動物肉，例如，只吃切片魚，不吃整條魚；只吃雞胸肉，不吃全雞；豬腳、雞爪之類會直接聯想到整隻動物的部位統統不碰。一次和一位老外朋友在餐廳點餐時，她說自己雖然不是素食者，「但是我不吃有臉的動物。」搞得點菜的服務員一頭霧水，猜了半天也不知道哪種動物沒有臉。也有一些人基於健康的理由只吃白肉，也就是雞肉和海鮮，連顏色稍微暗紅的鴨肉都在禁食之內。這些禁忌都還只是個人好惡，不關乎肉品品質。乾淨肉品 每個步驟都重要乾淨的肉品確實是很難得，因為飼養經濟動物牽涉的層面太廣，以豬隻來說，從仔豬種源、施打疫苗、飼料餵養、場地條件、防疫抗病、排泄物處理、到最後的屠宰、分切、加工等等，需要關注的地方實在很多。大部分消費者關心的是好不好吃，是不是病死黑心肉，但其實從飼養到屠宰的每一個步驟，都決定著肉品的好壞口感。一般而言，台灣的飼養場都不算大，所以可以做到精緻飼養，例如經常給豬隻洗澡、經常清洗豬隻排泄物，有的飼養場還給大豬吹電扇、小豬開暖氣，如果再加上餵食的迷你倉料品質乾淨的話，就可大大降低豬肉產生腥臊味的機率。在地有品牌 品質有保障相對於台灣的小規模精緻飼養，進口的豬肉因為飼養數量龐大，豬肉容易有腥臊味。在賣場或是超市購買包裝好的豬肉，要先選擇產地來源，而且最好購買台灣在地的肉品。越是標示清楚來源，而且有自己品牌的台灣肉品，品質和口感越是有保障。傳統市場肉攤子賣的多是各地肉品市場當日屠宰的豬肉，也都是在台灣飼養長大的。有腥味的進口豬肉，通常是進不了台灣人的好命嘴，所以多是拿去做成加工品。在加工過程添加許多調味料，可以掩飾原本不受歡迎的異味。好吃三層肉 重點在逼油天然好品質的豬肉才能料理出好吃的在地味道，甚至連肥滋滋的三層肉，都可以做到油而不膩，滑嫩順口。三層肉好吃的關鍵在逼油，先把豬皮和肥肉裡過多的油脂逼出來，讓豬皮脆韌、肥肉油嫩，和瘦肉一起咀嚼時，就會滑嫩而不柴澀。逼油的方式很多，最簡單的是在鍋子裡放少許油，用中大火慢炒切塊的三層肉，待豬皮變色縮小，再把鍋裡豬油倒出。此外，烤箱料理也是好用的逼油招數，且可以輕鬆製作現代版客家鹹豬肉。現代版客家鹹豬肉食材：較瘦三層肉、大蒜切碎、紅辣椒切片調味料：鹽、醬油、糖、米酒、黑胡椒、醋作法：1.三層肉用鹽抹過後，浸置在醬油、糖、米酒、黑胡椒調合的醬汁中至少一個小時。2.醃過的三層肉放入烤箱網架上，上火約200度，底層務必放上烤盤盛油。3.烤到表面焦黃色，翻面繼續烤到出現焦黃，關火，取出擺盤。4.沾醬：大蒜加少許鹽，放入醋汁中。食譜提供╱曾月潔朱慧芳老師部落格：只買好東西tw.myblog.yahoo.com/good-ies本專欄，隔周見刊文件倉

Source: Pittsburgh Post-GazetteAug.自存倉 24--The Steelers believe they have won an unusual ally in their battle to get the Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Sports & Exhibition Authority to pay two-thirds of the $30 million cost to install 3,000 more seats at Heinz Field -- former SEA executive director Stephen Leeper.In an affidavit, Mr. Leeper sided with the Steelers' claim that proposed "designated expansions" under the Heinz Field lease don't require the team to show, among other things, that similar improvements have been installed in at least half of all NFL stadiums. The Steelers believe the proposed 3,000-seat addition qualifies as such an expansion.Mr. Leeper, executive director of the SEA from 1998 to 2004, was the lead negotiator for the agency in the construction and leasing of Heinz Field, according to his affidavit. He also participated in negotiations with the team related to lease clauses involving capital improvements and designated expansions.His affidavit was contained in a motion filed Friday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court by the Steelers asking Judge Joseph James to schedule a hearing so that he can hear from Mr. Leeper himself. The team said Mr. Leeper's testimony is "key to unlocking" the true meaning of the lease language.In a preliminary ruling in June, Judge James said that the Steelers failed to show that the proposed south end zone expansion met the requirements to be classified as a capital improvement under the stadium lease.Under that three-prong test, the team needed to prove that a similar addition or modification has been installed in at least half of all other NFL stadiums with at least 25 percent of the cost covered by federal, state or local governments; the change is "reasonably necessary" to maintain its relative economic position in the NFL with regard to stadium revenue and expenses; and it is "reasonably necessary" to prevent Heinz Field and its amenities from becoming "materially outdated" compared to other stadiums built between 1999 and 2004.The Steelers have argued that another clause in the lease requires the SEA, the stadium's owner, to cover two-thirds of the cost of a "designated expansion" of no more than 10,000 seats. They claim that such expansions automatically are deemed capital improvements and don't have to meet the three requirements.In his affidavit, Mr. Leeper agreed.He said that the parties, in crafting the lease, recognized the potential for expansion of up to 10,000 seats. Two projects, he added, were identified as "designated expansions" and the lease was迷你倉新蒲崗drafted to provide that "they could be undertaken without PSSI Stadium [a Steelers affiliate] having to satisfy the three-prong test set forth in the Capital Improvements section.""These projects were viewed separately from Capital Improvements and the parties intended to proceed with these projects without reference to the three-prong test established for Capital Improvements," he stated.Mr. Leeper could not be reached for comment.SEA attorney Walter DeForest said he would oppose the team's attempt to get another hearing.He said Judge James already had decided the issue and a trial is scheduled in December to determine if the Steelers can show the addition meets the requirements to be classified as a capital improvement."There's no ambiguity in the lease. You can't change the terms of the lease by an affidavit. That's my view," Mr. DeForest said."We're the stewards of public monies and this litigation is not without cost to the SEA. So we don't feel another hearing on this issue would be appropriate."In their motion, the Steelers said a designated expansion, as they interpret it, would actually save the SEA money in requiring the agency to come up with two-thirds of the funding. The team said that if it can prove the addition meets the definition of a capital improvement, the SEA would be obligated to fund the full cost.The Steelers asked Judge James to schedule a hearing next month to hear Mr. Leeper and resolve the issue so that they can order the materials needed to have the 3,000 seats in place for the 2014 season.That would save up to $3 million in the cost of the project and provide an additional year of amusement tax and ticket surcharge revenues to the city and SEA, respectively, they said. The Steelers said a December trial would delay the completion until 2015."With further delays, we are risking further costs as the deadline is quickly approaching to complete the project by the 2014 season," Mark Hart, the team's director of planning and development, said in a prepared statement.The Steelers sued over the expansion after a deal to fund it fell apart. That agreement would have used a $1 increase in an existing surcharge on Steelers tickets and a new parking surcharge of $2 to $3 at lots around Heinz Field during home games to help finance the new seats. The team would have kicked in about $18 million.Mark Belko: mbelko@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1262.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Visit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at .post-gazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉出租