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　　《台股前瞻》台股８月１６日收盤在７９２５點，self storage累計上周上漲６８﹒８６點，漲幅０﹒８８％，台股連跌四周後出現反彈，指數由８２６５點高點以來已下跌逾４００點，並接近年線７７９７點位置，短線雖有反彈機會，但需留意一旦有效跌破年線將出現中長期趨勢的轉變，這邊指的可能是由於美聯儲局ＱＥ政策的轉變造成資金行情的結束。上周周成交量３７９６﹒７３億新台幣，較前周３９６４﹒８６億新台幣減少４﹒２４％，成交量縮，醞釀短線止跌的機會。漲幅前三名分別為水泥２﹒９７％、光電２﹒６８％以及其他電子類股１﹒６９％，跌幅前三名分別為食品類股下跌４﹒８％、資訊服務類股跌幅３﹒３％、橡膠類股跌幅２﹒７９％。　　從籌碼面觀察，三大法人上周合計賣超１６１﹒７億新台幣，其中外資賣超１３９﹒３億新台幣，投信買超１４﹒４億新台幣，自營商則賣超３６﹒８億新台幣，官股券商維持逢低買進的策略，近１０個交易日買超台股７２﹒１億新台幣，形成外資與官股券商對作的情形。＊指數出現跌勢加速現象＊　　上周歐元區公布第二季ＧＤＰ，年增率－０﹒７％但季增率０﹒３％，終結連六季衰退，進入景氣復甦的階段，歐股表現相對強勁，然而市場關注焦點仍在聯儲局ＱＥ政策何時退場，上周美國公布的初領失業金人數大幅下降至３２萬人，四周平均也降至３３﹒２萬人，創２００８年以來新低，失業率緩步下降，再加上Ｃ迷你倉Ｉ年增率回到２％，顯示聯儲局在９月份起縮減購債規模的機率愈來愈高，觀察美國１０年期公債殖利率再度突破新高至２﹒７６％，債市空頭走勢再起，資金行情結束的可能性也大幅提高，由外資在新興市場撤出的動作可看出端倪。本周美國無重大經濟數據公布，然而市場聚焦８月２２日登場的傑克森洞全球央行總裁會議，本次會議柏南克將破例不出席，而由聯儲局副主席葉倫代為出席，雖然葉倫不會發表演說，不過在全球經濟情勢牽一髮動全身的情形之下，包括歐元區央行總裁及日本、中國央行行長的發言都將引發市場關注。　　從技術面來看，台股跌穿季線８１１０點之後，指數出現跌勢加速的現象，上周雖出現反彈，但整體趨勢仍不利多頭，年線７７９７點一旦有效跌穿將出現中長期趨勢的逆轉，因此官股券商在７８００點附近奉命護盤的機率相當高，不過由於外資轉買為賣，期貨空方部位居高不下，因此本周在期貨結算前壓低的機率仍高，下檔支撐觀察前低７６６３點，上檔反壓則由８０００點逐步下移至７９５０點，預估本周指數高低點在７６６３∼７９５０點之間。《台灣工銀證亞洲（香港）》　　　＊本文只供參考之用，並不構成要約、招攬或邀請、誘使、任何不論種類或形式之申述或　　　　訂立任何建議及推薦，讀者務請運用個人獨立思考能力自行作出投資決定，如因相關建　　　　議招致損失，概與台灣工銀證亞洲（香港）、編者及作者無涉。文件倉

招商銀行（3968）上周五公布中期業績，self storage為內銀股業績期拉開序幕。上周內銀股一度顯著上揚，除憧憬中央進一步「放水」谷經濟外，也由於內銀無特別壞消息，有資金泊入短炒業績。長�而言，四大行仍是穩健之選；中小行則要精挑，呆壞帳比率較低的，可逢低收集�中長�，博大翻身。記者 郭慧儀內銀股公布業績前夕有追捧，上周隨大市上揚。凱基證券研究部主管鄺民彬表示，經過上周反彈，內銀股現處本月高位，再升空間不多，不過，若�指回落，則內銀股可能再受投資者追捧。　　投資銀行預期，國有銀行純利增長10%至15%，中小銀行約14%至18%，第二季度盈利增長略遜第一季度，主要是由於淨利息收入下降。第一隻派成績表的內銀股招行，中期盈升12.39%，達262.71億元人民幣，增幅稍遜於市場的平均預期；招行淨息差收窄0.15個百分點至2.72厘，淨利息收益率2.89%，減少0.14個百分點。截至今年6月底止，招行一級資本充足率跌至8%，資本充足率10.72%，反映資金壓力上升。　　證券分析員稱，其他內銀股業績亦難有大驚喜，內銀股動力主要來自市場憧憬中央進一步「放水」，類似早前出現的拆息風暴應該不會重演。看內銀半年業績，有三大重點：一、淨邊際息差　　上半年淨邊際息差收窄，特別是第二季度，收窄較明顯，大和資本大中華金融機構研究主管胡月明表示，第二季度大部分貸款到期，重新訂定利率，首季重訂利率貸款約70%，次季達90%，令息差收窄。此外，6月份同業市場資金緊絀，也令部分銀行息差受壓。拆息風暴四大行有利　　瑞銀預期，內銀次季淨邊際息差較首季下跌4點子，由2.6%下滑至2.56%。美銀美林稱，大銀行淨邊際息差較中小銀行穩定，如民生銀行（1988），由於同業市場業務比例大，次季淨邊際息差料按季收窄16點子，農業銀行（1288）淨邊際息差估計按季收窄5至10點子。　　6月份上海銀行同業拆息有幾天忽然急升，證券分析員指，已反映在第二季業績內。整體而言應不會有太大影響，因大幅飆升的，僅是隔夜息及一天同業拆息，而升上13厘高位僅1天，除非銀行剛好在那一刻拆入，即使如此，因為只是很短期的息率，所以銀行實際付上的利息不多。　　瑞信則表示，6月的拆息風暴，對工行（1398）、建行（939）、農行及重農行（3618）有利，因其存款有盈餘，對其他銀行不利，但估計這在第三季度業績會較明顯。二、呆壞帳　　地方債及表外貸款一直是市場憂慮的焦點，不過證券分析員估計，次季以至上半年，內銀呆壞帳比率保持穩定，美銀美林認為，雖然宏觀經濟放緩，但次季呆壞帳比率將平穩，原因是大部分銀行提高了覆蓋率，2013年首季信貸成本為59點子，高於去年同期的51點子，農行貸款覆蓋率首季高達4.31%，為內銀股中最高，因此信貸成本次季反而有下調空間，有望從首季的90點子，下降至60點子。有分析員稱，呆壞帳總額或有增加，呆壞帳比率則估迷你倉平穩。　　瑞銀則估計呆壞帳及有關比率將按季上升，原因是宏觀經濟疲弱，估計次季信貸成本為53點子，高於去年同期的45點子，上半年呆壞帳總額也將增加。三、收費收入　　上半年收費收入谷底回升，瑞銀表示，信用卡、理財產品收費，為收費收入主要來源，不過建行收費收入增幅，可能因去年同期基數高而增幅稍遜。　　證券分析員稱，內銀收費收入首季增長強勁，主要來自理財產品銷售迅速增長、貿易相關費用及貴金屬買賣收入增加，第二季度當局打擊虛假貿易，銀行貿易相關收費收入增長將較首季疲弱，不過，去年次季當局打擊銀行收費，令去年同期收費收入大減，因此，今年上半年整體收費收入增長，由於基數低，料錄得不俗升幅。端視利率市場化改革　　展望下半年，利率市場化將是市場焦點。當局推行金融改革，利率自由化已是必定推行的措施，上半年內地取消貸款利率下限，所幸的是低息搶貸款情況並無出現，因內地貸款需求甚大。大和資本胡月明說，整體而言，大部分新做貸款，利率均上調，下調的約10%至15%，而下調利率的貸款，多是基準利率的90%至85%，所以整體貸款利率，並無顯著下調。　　中國銀監及中國銀行協會曾作出估計，若利率全面市場化，內地銀行盈利將大跌五成，�豐證券引述中銀監稱，若在未來10年內，利率全面自由化，銀行淨邊際息差，將由現在的2.4%，大幅下降至0.7%至1.2%，收窄120至170點子。中國銀行協會稱，假設2013年淨邊際息差受壓、呆壞帳穩定及收費收入增加，2013年全年內地銀行淨利息收入按年增長放緩至10%，純利增長放緩至8%，不過，這包括非上市銀行的業績。撤存息上限真正挑戰　　銀行的真正挑戰，在於取消存款利率上限，胡月明表示，上半年市場估計當局將把存款利率上限調高10%至20%，最終沒有實行，足見當局在放寬存款利率上限方面十分審慎，未有足夠準備前，當局不會貿然推行。她估計，下半年當局料集中推行存款保險制，存款保障制度確立後，才會逐步推行存款利率市場化，若參考香港銀行的情況，推行存保制，對大銀行盈利的影響為1%至1.4%，中小銀行的影響為1.5%至2.5%。　　金融體系改革，會否造成銀行業大洗牌？例如存保制推行，會否有利中小銀行吸收存款，從而打破大銀行壟斷優勢？星展唯高達中港銀行分析員李灝澐表示，小型銀行爭取存款的空間增加，但資金成本也因而上升，一旦經濟逆轉，壞帳風險大。分析員及基金經理仍較偏向大銀行，胡月明表示，大型銀行較為穩健，小型銀行中，該行較偏好民生銀行。黃國英：揀龍頭�中�　　豐盛金融資產管理董事黃國英認為，短�內銀股上升空間不大，上周升勢已反映利好因素，市場對內銀期望升高，現在反而是沽售的時候。中�而言，他認為仍以大銀行為佳，中小銀行以往過分進取，現在監管收緊，這類銀行將受到規管，不利增長，不過，以投資的角度而言，小銀行股價波幅大，可在較短時間獲利，不過現水平買內銀嫌稍高。文件倉

Source: Dayton Daily News, OhioAug.儲存倉 18--For storing and moving goods, the Dayton area is increasingly seen as the place to be.Montgomery County and other area government leaders last week approved various measures to lure a new $90 million distribution center to a site near Dayton International Airport.If San Francisco-based developer Prologis builds the 1.8-million-square-foot center in Union, it would join Collective Brands, Honda, Syncreon, Caterpillar Logistics, Carter Express and others that have brought big warehousing and distribution centers in the area. The client for whom Prologis works has not been publicly identified, but the site would employ 1,000 people, say those guiding the project.The prospect of Prologis, a distribution and logistics industry leader, building such a large hub reinforces the area's image as a strong, logical location for such centers, local development officials said.Observers like Jeffrey Berman, group news editor of Logistics Management magazine and website, agree. Dayton is on the radar of logistics site selectors, given its access to two major interstates and proximity to 60 percent of the U.S. population within a day's drive, he said."It is, I think, viewed as a city you need to be in, you need to have a presence in," said Berman, who works in the Boston area.Berman cites relatively light traffic, a ready workforce, plenty of trucking and transportation firms and Ohio's 13 "intermodal" railroad terminals -- terminals which serve not only trains but trucks -- as reasons for logistics decision-makers to choose Dayton.Those assets "make cities like Dayton more important," he said.Just having CAT Logistics and the interest of Prologis -- owner, operator and developer of $46 billion in industrial real estate -- impresses Berman. "They (Prologis) would never move there unless there was a really good reason."Dan Gilmore, the Springboro-based president and editor-in-chief of Supply Chain Digest e-magazine and website, says Ohio has long been well positioned for distribution projects. Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Erlanger, Ky., and other sites have historically proven to be prominent distribution points. Now, the Dayton area is sharing in that success, he said."They must be doing something right to attract these kinds of companies over the last few years," Gilmore said of Dayton and Montgomery County.While manufacturing isn't as prevalent in the region as it once was, logistics seems to have filled at least part of the void. Much of that started in 2006 and 2007, when Collective Brands searched for a site for its 600,000-square-foot Eastern Distribution Center to move Payless ShoeSource goods. In May 2007, the company announced that the center would be built in Brookville.That experience was a formative one, said Joe Tuss, Montgomery County administrator. It provided a template local leaders returned to in attracting and developing other projects."We really got some insight into how that (site selection) decision-making worked after it was all over," Tuss said. "We were able to do a pretty good post-mortem to understand why we were successful and where our competitors were.""It was a huge education," he said.Each succeeding project strengthens that education, said Erik Collins, Montgomery County development director. "You need to refine each project," he said. "We look at things we need to do to bolster our efforts, to be stronger for that next opportunity. And we've done that.""With the Payless facility, I think people start to notice that," said Dan Foley, Montgomery County commissioner. "They say, 'Hey, that's a major company that picked the Dayton region for a reason.'"The projects have proliferated. In June 2007, Honda opened its $89 million Midwestern Consolidation Center in Troy, with 500,000 square feet of warehousing space and nearly 50,000 square feet of office space.In December 2007, ground was broken in Trotwood for a 375,000-square-foot distribution site for Detroit-based James Group International, to facilitate exporting of General Motors parts. Syncreon later acquired that facility.By late 2007 and into 200迷你倉沙田, Montgomery County commissioners and development leaders had identified logistics as a key economic pillar, Tuss said.Then, in 2009, after nearly two years of behind-the-scenes work, talk of an especially big project became public: Caterpillar Logistics was looking at land off Hoke Road in Clayton just south of Interstate 70 for a 1.6 million-square-foot distribution hub.Now, announcements about big distribution and other kinds of projects seem to come up almost regularly: Abbot Laboratories in Tipp City, White Castle and Carter Express in Vandalia, Ferguson Enterprises in Celina earlier this summer. Those aren't accidents, local leaders said."Success builds on success," Foley said.It's not enough to have the right infrastructure or "good bones," Foley said. The Montgomery County Jobs Center essentially became a "hiring agent" for companies like Collective Brands and, most recently, the Meijer Distribution Center in Tipp City, he said. The center helps find, screen and train candidates for jobs openings at those and other sites."Workforce is always an issue," Tuss said.Rob Anderson, Vandalia city manager, said it takes a team of people who can answer an array of questions for companies: Organizing utilities, meeting workforce needs, having the right location and more."If we could not get over those first two hurdles, of logistics and the workforce, then we wouldn't have been able to start with Carter (Express)," Anderson said.Recruiting and attraction efforts aimed at other companies have become more organized in the past 18 months. In the spring of 2012, municipalities and agencies, including the Montgomery County Transportation Improvement District (TID), began approving an intergovernmental pact meant to lure new distribution businesses to the region.Pact members also sought county ED/GE (Entrepreneurial Development/Government Equity) funds to buy data and analysis from PIERS, a Newark, N.J.-based freight industry organization with access to wide shipping data, including more than 5,000 bills of lading records annually. The idea is to find out who might need use of Dayton's assets.And in April 2013, Montgomery County TID trustees voted to hire a company -- York, Pa.-based St. Onge Co., a supply chain consultant -- to help market and guide Dayton-area distribution and logistics prospects. Local leaders expect shortly a St. Onge report on companies that may be interested in Dayton."We have to try to go out and look at real data to figure out whose door we should be knocking on next," Foley said.Said Collins: "We'll have some good data, and it will be objective data based on multiple sources that they (St. Onge) tap into to make recommendations for their clients."Still, it takes more than data. County leaders and representatives of the Dayton Development Coalition regularly meet face-to-face with site selection committees and recruiters. Those meetings happen in Chicago, Atlanta, the East Coast and elsewhere.That work may be "quiet," but it's about raising Dayton's profile, Tuss said."There's a lot more going on behind the scenes than you might realize," he said.Those local relationships -- county and city governments working with the coalition -- can make an impression on site selectors, assuring them that the Dayton region is united in pursuing a project, said Scott Koorndyk, the coalition's chief operations office."We're very fortunate in this region to have the kinds of relationships that we have," Koorndyk said.Tuss, Foley and others reject the notion that the area is perhaps becoming too dependent on distribution centers. They cite the county and the coalition's development priorities, which touch on aerospace, downtown, manufacturing, materials and other areas."We have more eggs in more baskets," Foley said.In the meantime, new distribution jobs should be welcomed, Gilmore said."There is room for many, many many more distribution projects to locate in the Dayton area," he said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) Visit the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) at .daytondailynews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉價錢

Source: Tulsa World, Okla.self storageAug. 18--Champions and critics of Janet Barresi give dramatically differing accounts of the state's superintendent of schools.Those in her inner circle say she's misunderstood, that she's fighting for change because she truly cares about children. But those on the outside say they're treated as adversaries and that she's simply not interested in finding common ground.In more than a dozen interviews with educators, friends, lawmakers and other constituents, one thing they all agree on is why this first-time public official has fast become one of the most controversial figures in all of Oklahoma politics -- it's not just what she's trying to accomplish, but how.Barresi declined to be interviewed for this story. Her spokeswoman at the Oklahoma State Department of Education said she is unhappy with the coverage she has received in the Tulsa World."We appreciate the offer. I just don't think we want to do that at this juncture," said Sherry Fair.Former Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys, who returned to the private sector after an unsuccessful primary bid for the U.S. Senate, helped raise funds for Barresi's 2010 campaign and has known her since their children became friends in middle school.He laughed out loud when asked why he thinks Barresi has been so controversial."That's really her nature -- Janet has always been controversial," Humphreys said. "I have known Janet a long time. She is more worried about getting done what she thinks needs to be done than about whether people like her or not."Humphreys knows more about public education than most politicians whose professions are outside the field because of his eight years of service on the Putnam City school board, followed by his oversight of a massive taxpayer investment in Oklahoma City schools, called MAPS for Kids.Although he admits to disagreeing with Barresi's "style" on occasion, Humphreys said he's glad she's willing to pay the political price for shaking up public education."I think the educational establishment needs to partner with and embrace people who care and people who want change and not view them as threats. People who want change need to be more collaborative in how they approach it and realize people on the inside are not evil," he said. "If we are ever going to change education, we are going to have to change it from the inside."Political entranceBarresi represented a sea change for the Oklahoma State Department of Education after Democrat Sandy Garret announced she wouldn't run again after 20 years in office.The former dentist and school speech pathologist would go on to win the financial backing of many of the richest, most powerful individuals in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, according to campaign finance records. In a statewide election against State Sen. Susan Paddack, a Democrat and former educator from Ada, Barresi took 56 percent of the vote.But Barresi's first foray into the politics of public education actually occurred more than a decade earlier, when she led a group of parents who were unsatisfied with school climates and low test scores at middle schools in northwest Oklahoma City.After three months of debate with district administrators and school board members, they established a new school for their children called Independence Middle School. It was converted into one of the state's first charter schools after Oklahoma enacted the Charter School Act in 2000.Barresi later founded Harding Charter Preparatory High School in Oklahoma City.Former Secretary of Education Floyd Coppedge, a career educator who served in Gov. Frank Keating's Cabinet for eight years, said he was drawn to Barresi as a potential change agent because of her experience with those two successful charter schools."I have always liked Janet. I thought she did excellent work with the charter school movement, and she has good evidence that deregulating schools via a charter approach accomplishes a lot of good," Coppedge said. "It frees teachers to be more creative and innovative with their teaching, and you still set high expectations. I don't know why she varied from that so quickly, and I wish she hadn't."In his view, the controversy Barresi has seen in office is backlash against government's increasing "micromanagement of schools.""The role of a state Department of Education, as well as the federal Department of Education, is to provide resources and support," Coppedge said. "I don't think the schools are a place for controversy. I think they are a place for collaboration, and that means a lot of listening has to take place."Glenna Voegel taught at Independence for 14 years, beginning the year it was founded through her retirement last year.She said Barresi helped hand-select her for the school's first faculty, and she went on to personally tutor Barresi's twin sons for all three years they were in school there."The first three years she was there as president of the board, and she was very supportive of the teachers and excellent to work with because she listened to us. She really did," Voegel said.As an example, Voegel offered that as the leader of the school's governing board, Barresi helped teachers by holding students and parents accountable for serious discipline and academic problems."They confronted them with, do you really want to stay at this school because you signed this code of conduct and you're not following through with this," she said. "They could be released or not asked back the next year. She did back up the teachers. Also, there were several of us who had been in the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System for quite a few years and didn't want to lose out on that and do what she was talking about going into a 401(k). We objected to that, and she honored our wishes."Voegel said it may seem impossible to do on a statewide scale, but she thinks Barresi needs to reconnect with those roots if she wants to help classroom teachers."It's the same way for principals. The longer you're away from the classroom, it almost becomes like a fantasy of what things are like," Voegel said. "She's got a hard job. If she was able to do what she did when she was at our school, everybody would love her."At odds with educatorsFreda Deskin, founder and chief executive officer at ASTEC Charter School, another of the state's first charters, said advocating for higher quality and school choice doesn't have to be done at the expense of educators."I believe a lot of the controversy comes from a lack of dialogue and devaluing people who have spent their lives in education," Deskin said. "We are disenfranchising the great teachers and great administrators who are out there."She also argues that it is a misnomer to describe Oklahoma's charter schools as "deregulated" because except for collective bargaining rights for their teachers, they have most of the same requirements as traditional public schools, such as standardized testing and extensive documentation."I think it's very unfair to say educators don't want change and accountability because everyone I know is for accountability and reform," Deskin said. "Like those folks, I do not believe you make important changes by getting people a drink of water with a fire hose. There are no winners when everyone starts taking sides."Tulsa Superintendent Keith Ballard said he reached out to Barresi repeatedly after she took office but was rebuffed."I started out trying to be friends with Janet Barresi. I said while I may not agree with everything you have advocated for, I think we have common ground and I want to work with you to understand what you're doing," he said. "But if she doesn't think of something or it doesn't fit her Chiefs for Change model, she isn't interested in it."He was referring to Barresi's membership in a Jeb Bush foundation-sponsored group of state schools chiefs, all of whom are pursuing a similar agenda of education policy changes.Ballard said the response was particularly confounding because of the sweeping, difficult reforms Tulsa Public Schools has been engaged in. Those include an overhaul of alternative education programs and a voluntary consolidation called Project Schoolhouse that shuttered 14 schools and restarted a low-performing elementary school and high school.But more notable, Ballard said, was the creation of a cutting-edge, high-stakes evaluation system for teachers and school leaders, which was aided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and financed by some of the same big-name Tulsa donors who contributed to Barresi's campaign."I think my record on change and reform is really clear. The year before we started the Teacher Leader evaluation, we only exited four ineffective teachers, but since then we have exited more than 200," Ballard said. "If I had approached the Project Schoolhouse efficiency initiative in the manner with which she has tried to cram things down the throats of professional educators, it would have been a disaster."He added, "I truly believe Janet Barresi is anti-public education, and I really didn't believe that at first. I also no longer believe her to be an honest or truthful person."The working relationship with the state superintendent described by Tracy McDaniel, founding principal at KIPP Reach College Preparatory School, could not be more different.McDaniel, of the Oklahoma City school in the same charter network as KIPP Tulsa College Preparatory, said Barresi seeks him out for input regularly because he's too busy to attend any of her advisory council meetings."I'm a supporter of he迷你倉s, but I knew she would have difficulty," he said. "We're probably in the bottom (in national rankings) of most categories -- per-pupil expenditures, standards. The sad part is no one knows that here. We are so far behind, and now we are trying to get ready for Common Core standards. We have a Common Core mentality with sports, but not education. They would crucify (OU football coach) Bob Stoops, as well as (OSU football coach Mike) Gundy, if they had low expectations."McDaniel also said he freely disagrees with and questions Barresi about certain decisions."She's definitely misunderstood, but I'm not going to say I agree with every decision Janet makes," he said. "I don't agree with her decision to pull out of (a consortium of other states developing new standardized tests). I haven't talked to her about that yet, but when I do, I will say, 'Explain to me why we did what we did.' "Other Republicans' reflectionsState Rep. Todd Thomsen, the majority whip, said he has experienced a "total lack of respect for legislators with an opposing view or a question about anything" on Barresi's agenda."A very small percentage of people at the Capitol are controlling the education agenda, and there is no attempt to change anything to reflect Oklahoma's specific needs," said the Ada Republican. "I can't help but wonder, are we being pushed into a national agenda? Because there is an overriding urgency to do everything on a schedule, and any push-back or modification is trampled."Still, he said, Barresi is only one "catalyst" for change at the Capitol and as such shouldn't bear the brunt of all of the controversy on her own."When we as a party took over completely, we basically did every single thing all at once. I think it was a poor implementation strategy," Thomsen said. "I would probably get criticized for this, but we've never actually seen the hard data to prove that any of the reforms actually work, and we're asking every school to do the same thing."Thomsen said he has never before witnessed the level of statewide consensus on any one issue as currently exists about standardized testing's negative effects on students' education and teacher morale."As an old football player, I think of things in sports terms," said Thomsen, who played for the University of Oklahoma from 1985-1988. "You want to see a coach that gets long-term results because people work really hard for them? It's a coach that coaches out of optimism, of appreciation, of respect, and as a teammate. The leadership style that has been implemented is one that is motivation by fear. We do it in the name of 'reform,' but that's our fancy way of justifying that we use a stick to try to improve education."State Rep. Lee Denney, R-Cushing, works regularly with Barresi on budget requests for common education and was a co-author of legislation based on one of Barresi's campaign platform issues -- replacing old school accountability scores with annual report cards with an A-F letter grade for every school in the state.An intense fight over the method for calculating those grades dominated news headlines throughout the fall of 2012. Eventually, the bill's co-authors, Denney and Sen. Clark Jolley, R-Edmond, got involved to legislate changes to those grade calculations.At a time when improvement in Oklahoma's public schools is badly needed, educators have been disenfranchised, Denney said."I've worked with her just fine because I've been brought to the table. I think she's got some good ideas, but she's trying to implement change too fast. Also, when you try to ram the battleship for change and you don't try to bring people along with you, you have problems," Denney said. "Certainly, she has demonstrated her style of leading is this way because this is how she has led for three years."Election season loomingBarresi has already announced her candidacy for re-election, but with three straight years of controversy and at least a handful of potential opponents exploring a challenge, she is in for a fight for voters before next year's elections.Luanne Dillard, a registered nurse in Wynnewood who is among 200 or so members of a Facebook group of Barresi supporters, said she voted for Barresi in 2010 because she liked her charter school background and a friend of hers who attended college with Barresi spoke highly of her intelligence and work ethic."I thought we would have more opportunity for some kind of change with Dr. Barresi," Dillard said. "I am not a fan of the Common Core standards from what I know about them, and it was a surprise and a disappointment to see her support that. I, as a conservative, like keeping control more local. I will have to see who is running this next election. I'm not too sure right now."Tulsan Brian Hunt, executive director of a parent and child advocacy group called Stand for Children-Oklahoma, said a poll his organization conducted in June to gauge the attitudes of Oklahoma voters on education issues found "that Oklahomans don't believe expectations for teachers and students are clear, and they are highly dissatisfied with the state of public education.""It's clear there's been a breakdown in communication between the state superintendent and the people affected most by key decisions coming out of the state department. This is troubling," Hunt said."We're willing to work with anyone who understands the value of giving everyone a seat at the table when implementing reforms that must reach classrooms and help students."Timeline of biggest controversies-- Jan. 2011 -- At first state Board of Education meeting, members appointed by former Democratic Gov. Brad Henry refuse Barresi's proposed hires of three top advisers. Some cite concerns about an Oklahoma City nonprofit group already paying the salaries of Barresi's picks for chief of staff and communications manager, while another questions hiring of a pregnant woman.-- April 2011 -- Oklahoma Legislature strips state board of power over education department but lets it retain control over public schools. Governor will be allowed to replace seven-member board.-- May 2011 -- Gov. Mary Fallin signs into law two of Barresi's primary campaign issues -- mandatory retention of third-graders not reading at grade level beginning in 2014 and replacement of school scoring system with A-F report cards. Also, Attorney General Scott Pruitt issues opinion that Barresi broke the law when she hired two aides without board approval and arranged to have them paid through private entity.-- July 2011 -- Districts begin threatening lawsuit to regain $34 million for state-mandated health benefits for teachers. Within two months, Barresi and Fallin announce commitment to fund benefits.-- Dec. 2011 -- State's Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Commission votes 13-5 to make Tulsa Public Schools' new teacher evaluation Oklahoma's statewide model over two national vendor models. Barresi among dissenters. State board decides to let districts choose and nearly 500 select Tulsa model.-- Jan. 2012 -- Tulsa lawmaker says Barresi targeting Hale High School for possible state takeover.-- March 2012 -- State's focus shifts from takeover at Hale to "turnaround partnership" at McLain High School for Science and Technology.-- July 2012 -- Two state board members, joined by school leaders, question department for reserving a record amount of state aid -- and twice the legal minimum -- for anticipated growth, namely at virtual and charter schools.-- Oct. 2012 -- Coalition of 300-plus superintendents decries state's school report card calculation methods. State board initially votes to delay release of grades, but later in the month approves department's original calculations. Also, state auditor accuses department of spending funds from unauthorized account for expenses at 2011 summer conference.-- Dec. 2012 -- Department responds to state audit by saying it is changing its conference funding practices.-- Jan. 2013 -- Policy experts at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University criticize state's methods in A-F report card system. Also, Barresi calls on Legislature to dedicate lottery money to school technology but gets no response.-- Feb. 2013 -- Barresi tells parents that university policy experts renounced their criticism of report card system, but experts say that never happened. Also, Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group says Oklahoma is one of six states in which former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's education foundation is writing and editing education laws and regulations in ways that could benefit its private funders.-- April 2013 -- Computer servers of Oklahoma's new testing vendor crash, interrupting testtaking throughout state.-- July 2013 -- Barresi announces Oklahoma won't use new tests from consortium of 20- plus states for new Common Core curriculum standards; state will develop its own new tests. Also, educators question department's handling of testing debacle and why contract was renewed without public discussion of problems.State Superintendent Janet BarresiBefore her election in 2010, Barresi, 61, worked as a dentist. Her first career was as a speech pathologist in Harrah and Norman schools. She also helped found Independence Charter Middle School and Harding Charter Preparatory High School in Oklahoma City. She is the widowed mother of two adult sons.Andrea Eger 918-581-8470andrea.eger@tulsaworld.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) 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Source: Albuquerque Journal, N.mini storageM.Aug. 18--As she heads toward an evaluation by the Santa Fe Community College board on Monday, SFCC President Ana "Cha" Guzman says she's "been caught between and betwixt" as she tries to take the school to another level.Guzman has been under fire from some associated with the school, to the point that the governing board approved hiring a private investigator to check out some of the complaints.In an interview Friday, Guzman, a native of Cuba who came to Santa Fe in 2012 after 11 years at the helm of Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas, noted that her two predecessors at SFCC were promoted from within the SFCC ranks."When you've worked together for a long, long time, you really become a family," she said. "I had entered a new family. I had to make sure people understand that I valued everybody in the family, but that changes had to be made if we want to go to the next step."She also said: "I think that everyone understands that when a new leader comes onto the scene, people who have been at the institution a long time don't want to see change. But the board entrusted me in taking the college to the next step."She said she's cut administrative costs and positions to free up $600,000 for eight additional faculty and technician spots. She said only 37 percent of classes had been taught by full-time faculty.Guzman also said her reorganization was not intended to suggest anyone was incompetent. "The changes were made because we need to free up some money" and because administrative costs were too high, Guzman said."I understand how hard it was for them," she added.List of concernsLast spring, the school's faculty senate presented a letter to the board that said there was a "high level of dissatisfaction" among staff members.The letter outlined a list of concerns, including that there was a lack of input from key stakeholders, a sense among staff of being undervalued, confusing processes for hiring deans and department chairs, a lack of a formal review process available to offer feedback to administrators, and a belief that the implementation of a strategic plan and academic reorganization was happening too fast.In response, Guzman announced the formation of an Academic Quality Improvement Council to address those concerns. But because it was near the end of the school year, Guzman said the council wouldn't be formed until school resumed in the fall.In a letter dated July 31, the staff senate sent a letter to Guzman expressing many of the same concerns.The letter states that it intended to facilitate discussions about some of the concerns employees have."This discussion is not about being for or against the president or any other individual," the letter read. "The focus here is on issues and actions."The letter praised Guzman for putting student success and completion at the forefront of the college's agenda, her initiating the Center of Academic Traditions -- a one-credit first-year student success course -- and her efforts to address challenging budget issues. It then goes on to outline a number of concerns staff has pertaining to quality process and conditions of employment.The letter states that the staff has several concerns over employment security, valuing all employees, and incentives and benefits.The letter notes that staffing assignments are at the discretion of the college, but says that "Nonetheless, the reassignment of the deans to faculty status with a commensurate reduction in pay without any form of due process, while technically in compliance with policy, was unprecedented. Staff members are concerned that this suggests that any employee could, without warning or voice, be reassigned to a lower position and subject to a significant decrease in salary in the course of reorganization."The staff senatself storage letter also says an attempt to move approximately 30 employees from regular employment status to at-will status, meaning they would serve at the pleasure of the president, was unprecedented.Though the governing board tabled the issue, the letter states that staff members are still concerned that something similar could happen at any time and that the rationale for making changes wouldn't be fully communicated.The senate letter also raised concerns over statements made by Guzman that staff was less important than faculty for student success."Although the statements may not have been intended to be derogatory, they have been interpreted by many members of the staff as such and have had a negative impact on morale," states the letter.Clearing her nameIn an effort to reduce administrative costs, Guzman created a retirement incentive program under which 47 employees have left, a figure that has provoked some concern among the SFCC community about turnover.Guzman says it's not an early retirement program -- those already eligible for retirement can receive a buyout of $2,000 per year of service, up to a maximum of $20,000.Documents obtained by the Journal show the incentive payments have totalled $892,000 so far. But Guzman said longer-term salary savings from the program are being used for a veterans resource center, a center for academic transitions (aimed at helping students graduate, transfer to four-year colleges or find jobs) and other "direct services to students."In explaining the retirement incentives, Guzman initially said that, in general, community colleges "retain employees for way too long" and that SFCC had a lot of staffers who'd been eligible to retire for years but had not done so. Asked to elaborate, she said it wasn't that employees stayed too long, but that community colleges provided great teaching jobs without some of the requirements imposed on four-year college professors and "in general people stay and stay until there are incentives to retire."Guzman maintained that it was her idea for a private investigator to be hired, after board member Linda Siegle began receiving calls complaining about Guzman. With an investigation, Guzman said, Siegle "would be able to see that in fact, one, it was very few people at the college that were making the complaints and, two, it was orchestrated by some people who may have been angry at me for requiring them to do their job.""I just felt it would be helpful for everybody to kind of see that in fact a lot of employees are very supportive of me because they feel we are moving forward and serving the students." Guzman said.She said SFCC has improved its graduation rate, which has been the second-worst in the state, and enrollment is up about 6 percent compared to this time last year. The school has about 6,500 students.But Siegle said it was the governing board that first discussed the idea of an investigator and brought it to Guzman. Siegle said Guzman supported the probe "to clear her name." The school is paying $60 an hour for the probe, with an estimated cost of $3,600.Guzman said what the investigator is looking into is her interactions with others at the school. Siegle said she has received "a lot of complaints about issues."The board will discuss the private investigator's report and the results of Guzman's evaluation during a board retreat on Monday. The board meets for its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday. Among the agenda items are an update on the board retreat, reports from the faculty and staff senates, as well as student government, the faculty salary schedule and approval of the strategic plan.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) Visit the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) at .abqjournal.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

Dee Poon is flying high.儲存 The managing director and chief brand officer of local shirt label Pye is celebrating her latest coup: becoming the official designer of Cathay Pacific’s First Class Sleep Suit, which launched last month.“Cathay Pacific is, in many ways, Hong Kong’s face to the world. I talk about Pye harnessing the interesting or positive things happening here, and this is a good way to share our message,” says Poon, who beat six other designers to secure the contract.Poon launched Pye in 2012 with the mission to create Asia’s first men’s shirting specialist.Since then, the brand has opened five boutiques in Greater China, and has become a favourite with stylish men who appreciate the quality organic cotton sourced from Xinjiang.Pye also has an integrated operation, and this came in handy with this project.“Initially, I looked at every pair of pyjamas out there. It’s not uncommon for a cotton house to do pyjamas, so we even developed the fabric. It looks elegant, but it’s also soft and comfortable,” Poon says.Style was just as important as comfort. The pyjama top has a double-sided collar based on the Zhongshan Zhuang mandarin collar popularised by Sun Yat-sen. It can be worn up for a mo新蒲崗迷你倉e traditional look, or down in a classic Western pyjama style – something Poon says gives an “East-meets-West twist”.Poon loved the style so much she developed a similar one in jersey for the brand’s autumn-winter ready-to-wear collection.High fliers will also appreciate the fact that the sleep suit is made from organic cotton. It comes in six contemporary colours which range from blue to grey, and the colour will change each month.Matching slippers and an eye mask complete the set, although Poon’s favourite item is the packaging: a signature Pye tote bag.“It’s a tote, so it’s similar to a shopping bag. Whenever I get on planes, I always have a lot of stuff that I’ve bought, and I don’t know where to put it.“This bag is perfect, because it is lightweight, and you can fit your essentials in it. Plus it’s reuseable,” she says.Now the Cathay Pacific collaboration is finished, Poon is looking forward to working on other exciting projects.She is also dressing the Hong Kong Virtuosi Ensemble, a string ensemble which is dedicated to readying young musicians for live performances.“We’re idealistic, and we want to change the world and share our aspirations with people to make a better tomorrow,” Poon says.mini storage

今年導遊考試題型變化大，迷你倉錄取率驟降，蕭維相慶幸自己聽前輩的話，好好把書看完，才能過關。導遊考試錄取率從往年的30至50%，降到今年的13.66%。蕭維相說，自己沒有補習，全靠一個字「勤」，考前20天，他把自己關在屋內，什麼也不做，就只是念書。蕭維相說，許多考生靠練習考古題準備考試，但是如果題型一變，就全亂了陣腳，只能猜答案，因此，光練考古題是不夠的。蕭維相沒補習，他說，身邊有一些韓國朋友，中文不好，選擇上補習班來準備公職考試。但他認為，若找到適合自文件倉的方法，就算不補習，也有機會錄取。蕭維相分享他備考的方式，就是認認真真、老老實實地把《導遊實務一》、《導遊實務二》、《觀光資源概要》從頭看到尾。他說，剛開始擔心自己記不來這麼多，但盡量抱持輕鬆的心情，把「課本」當「小說」念。蕭維相說，自己大學之前都在韓國，這次準備導遊考試，也讓自己更了解台灣的歷史跟人文，「準備過程覺得很有趣，好像重新把台灣認識一遍的感覺。」蕭維相認為，未來導遊考試只會越來越難，考生除認真K書，了解導遊領隊相關實務經驗，也會很有幫助。存倉

　【本報記者曹起熊鹿港報導】鹿港桂花巷藝術村深具特色，迷你倉又富含藝術氣息，近年已成為遊客到鹿港旅遊的重要景點，也開始吸引到世界各地藝術家的關注。此次申請案中首次出現多位來自台灣以外的優秀藝術家申請進駐，期待能與在地藝術家互動並激發出嶄新的藝術思潮。多位來自不同藝術領域藝文界佼佼者積極爭取至此駐村，競爭相當激烈。　鎮長黃振彥表示，桂花巷藝術村在清治時期是主要的貿易河道，沿岸種滿桂花飄香，日據時代在此興建日式宿舍群，原已閒置荒廢，後經整修重建成目前樣貌。因相當具有歷史意義與特色，國內文件倉少見，是重要的文化資產，加上鹿港遊客眾多，藝術家駐村相對提高，因此審慎規劃將藝術村推向國際，吸引更多世界級藝術家來申請進駐。　鎮長黃振彥表示，因此次申請的藝術家素質很好，頗受專家學者好評，為避免遺珠之憾，並讓民眾可欣賞到更多元的藝術，將立刻重新規劃藝術村其餘空間，讓藝術村今年可有12位藝術家進駐。本屆藝術家的駐村日期由今年9月1日起至明年2月底止。入選名單為：廖迎晰、何劍、A7958當代藝術、房耀忠、鹿江書畫工作室、施竣雄、蘇施麗花、鹿藝會、鄧漢聰、財團法人鹿江文化藝術基金會。存倉

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