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專業藥師正在檢測枸杞品質。本報訊（記者 鄧丹丹） 近日，新蒲崗迷你倉央視曝光了市場上部分枸杞產品存在染色、硫磺熏蒸等不良現象，引起不少汕頭市民的關注與擔憂。記者近日走訪市場發現，枸杞價格參差不齊差距大，而不少市民則表示不懂如何判斷是否物有所值。此外，記者隨機調查時未發現染色枸杞。走訪——銷量增兩成價格不一記者走訪市場瞭解到，隨著天氣轉涼，各類滋補保健品逐漸迎來銷售旺季，其中，由於枸杞具有補肝腎、益精血、明目等功效而備受市民青睞，銷量逐漸增加。一家藥店工作人員表示，近段時間枸杞銷量增加2成左右。記者隨機在藥店、大型超市、街邊小店等場所選購了不同包裝、不同生產廠家、不同價位的枸杞，發現其價格差別巨大。其中，一款包裝顯示產地為寧夏的120克甲級枸杞，售價為9.9元，而另一款同樣原料來自寧夏的包裝精美的“特級”枸杞，重量為130克，售價為21.5元。此外，記者還選購一袋由某藥店自行裝袋的散裝枸杞，250克的枸杞售價為18.5元，而另一家超市銷售的散裝枸杞150克左右售價約13元。醫生——枸杞分等級個頭大越貴這些價格參差不齊的枸杞究竟品質如何呢？記者隨後請專業藥師現場進行辨識。市中醫醫院的郝藥師告訴記者，通常枸杞分為特級、一級、二級、三級等多個級別，級別不同產品價格也不同。不過，由於缺乏硬性的評級標準，廠家可能出現自行標注等級的現象。一般而言mini storage個頭越大的枸杞價格越高，顏色暗紅且無爛點的枸杞較好。隨後，郝藥師還仔細查看了記者選購的枸杞樣品。他告訴記者，給枸杞染色也需要一定的工序和成本，市面上中低價位的枸杞被染色可能性不大，而且染色枸杞遇水後會很快脫色，而記者提供的樣品並沒有異常脫色現象，因此確定這些枸杞均未經過染色處理。不過，因為極少量的硫磺殘留不容易被聞出，尚無法百分之百確定這些枸杞樣品是否經過硫磺熏蒸。如果硫磺含量在國家規定範圍內也並不影響食用安全。他建議市民最好購買正規廠家出品的枸杞，食用枸杞前最好用清水沖洗一下。◎ 教你一招一聞二看三泡識別“毒枸杞”到底該如何辨別枸杞是否經過硫磺熏蒸或染色呢？專家支招：“一聞、二看、三泡”法就能快速揪出“有毒”枸杞，而有刺鼻味道、顏色鮮紅、光澤度過高的枸杞最好別買。市中醫醫院藥劑科的楊鮀光主任介紹說，在購買枸杞時可以先聞一聞氣味，如果有著刺鼻氣味，這種枸杞則可能存在硫磺含量超標的情況；另外，市民可通過觀看色澤判斷枸杞好壞，通常正常曬幹的枸杞呈暗紅色，如果枸杞顏色過於鮮紅，或者表皮過於光亮，最好別買。如果懷疑枸杞經過染色處理，還可以通過浸泡的方式加以識別。因為通常染色過的枸杞經水浸泡後很快脫色，水的顏色會紅中帶紫，而沒有染色的枸杞浸泡後通常顏色慢慢自然滲出，其色紅偏淺褐色，類似于茶水的顏色，而且水質清亮透徹。本報記者 鄧丹丹self storage

Source: Kuwait TimesSept.新蒲崗迷你倉 07--How powerful is media in our life today? Is media responsible for all wars and conflicts or do we owe the media for the way we think and act today? Why is media more powerful than leaders today? The Middle East is an easy target for conflicts. We are a moving time-bomb filled with contradictions between the richest and the poorest. There are those who start their day with caviar on the table and those who can't afford a piece of bread.There are those who spend millions on their birthday parties and weddings and millions of young men who can't even afford the idea because they can barely afford their daily meal. There are some who think life is heaven on earth and only meant to indulge their own lusts and there are others who kill innocent people thinking that they will go to heaven because of their acts. The Middle East is just a name and not middle or moderate. It is a land of ups and downs and filled with extremists. Is media solely responsible for the collapse and rise and fall of the Middle East? Media and education have spoiled the lives of many youth through misunderstanding and misusing their stance. Media shapes and reshapes our ideas and life's decisions. I know that some would say that politicians and the world is responsible for what happens in our life and media is just a tool because it is people who take decisions which could make our life better or worse. But who controls media? It's obviously us and not aliens from outer space! For instance, it was the media which fueled the idea of Arab Spring and made people rebel against the leaders. It was the media that made people stanmini storage up for millions of hungry people and unemployed youth. It triggered hatred for the leaders and paved the way for them to either end up in jail or die.Think of Libya. Think of Egypt falling into the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood. Think of Iraq and Syria and the endless list. I think for many years, we have missed the basic point that we need to blame education in the Arab world for failing us in building a new generation by promoting technology and science. We need scientists and not murderers. Education in the Middle East has no future plans for the youth and no vision to perceive the future. It 's lef t at the mercy of conservatives, governments, and religious people who take the decisions.During Saddam Hussein's rule, education didn't mention a single negative word against him or his ruling and judgments. This is why many intellectuals and scientists left Iraq and moved to the West, seeking peace of mind and a better life. The West benefited from them, but did we? We tend to blame the satellite TV channels but not the school book in the hands of the youth. No one calls for a rebel in the education system. Why not? It is a stronger tool than the media to filter the news we hear and see, which might be fake or photo-shopped. We need to rethink our ideas and the only way ahead is through a better education that matches our needs better. The would save the Middle East from more conflicts and maybe help us realize that not every news story is a call for war.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Kuwait Times (Safat, Kuwait) Visit the Kuwait Times (Safat, Kuwait) at .kuwaittimes.net/ Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage

Source: Pioneer Press, St.迷你倉 Paul, Minn.Sept. 07--A St. Paul police officer was driving up to 70 mph on Grand Avenue, heading to assist fellow officers, when she collided with another car last year.The driver in the other car, which had pulled in front of the squad car, was knocked unconscious and critically injured in the crash. After an internal affairs investigation, St. Paul's police chief issued a 15-day suspension to the officer and ordered her to go through "retraining in police driving protocols," according to her discipline letter.In St. Paul, the police department's Accident Review Board deemed 48 squad car accidents last year "preventable" out of a total of 84. That was the highest number of accidents since at least 2008. On average, there were 36 preventable accidents each year between 2008 and 2011, a Pioneer Press analysis found.Each day, police officers make decisions that balance the need to respond quickly to emergencies with the risks to others on the roads. St. Paul police spokesman Sgt. Paul Paulos said officers usually do so without incident -- "99.9 percent of the time, we get from point A to point B safely," he said.That was not the case in Minneapolis in May, when an officer was heading to a deadly shooting with his squad car's lights and siren on. He went through a red light at 16 to 17 mph, and a motorcyclist, Ivan Romero Olivares, struck the rear of the squad car, according to Minneapolis police. Olivares, 24, was killed.On Aug. 21, a 101-year-old pedestrian died after being injured when a St. Paul police squad car backed into her. The officer had responded to a complaint about a juvenile and was slowly backing up when her Ford Explorer SUV hit Roza Sakhina on Aug. 16, police have said. Both that case and the Minneapolis one remain under investigation.In the St. Paul police statistics about squad car accidents, not all crashes resulted in injuries, and some accidents were minor, such as a squad car scraping a fire hydrant or garbage can, Paulos said."Any timeyou see somewhat of an increase (in the number of accidents), it raises a question, but at the same time, our chief is very proactive in looking at how to solve issues, get the officers the best training out there and make everyone as safe as possible," Paulos said.'UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS'In the squad car accident that ended in serious injury on Grand Avenue last year, officer Jennifer Mink told the police department she was trying to provide backup to officers who were stopping a vehicle wanted in a gun-pointing incident, though no police radio transmissions indicated the officers needed help, according to the internal affairs review, which was among public information released by police at the Pioneer Press' request. The department also released video from Mink's squad car that shows the officer's driving behavior before the crash and the accident.During the internal affairs investigation, a sergeant questioned Mink about the speed she was traveling and why she wasn't aware that other officers were providing backup.The sergeant wrote in an internal affairs report: "I asked Officer Mink why she was not able to hear squads responding on the (police) radio as she responded. ... Officer Mink did not have an answer. I asked if maybe the reason she could not hear the (police) radio was because her stereo was on. Officer Mink said no and that it was because she was focused on driving."Mink drove up to 87 mph while responding to the call, the police investigation found. The speed limit at the accident site on Grand Avenue near the Ayd Mill Road exit ramp was 30 mph, though police responding to emergencies are not bound to the posted speed limit.State law says officers have "the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of persons using the street." Prosecutors reviewed the accident involving Mink and found no basis to file criminal charges against her.But Police Chief Thomas Smith suspended Mink for violating department policy, including driving vehicles with "reasonable care."He wrote in Mink's discipline letter: "As a police officer you have a responsibility for the public's safety. This includes making sound decisions and operating an emergency vehicle in accordance with department regulations and training with due regard for the safety of other persons and vehicles operating on the same streets. Your actions in this instance were unsafe and dangerous to others and yourself."CAR PULLS INTO LANEPolice reports and a report about the internal affairs investigation give the following account of what happened in last year's squad car crash:It was Jan. 30, 2012, when Mink was on patrol in a marked cruiser and heading to a call. She was driving south on Snelling Avenue, in the area of Highland Parkway, when she heard over the police radio an officer requesting assistance on another call -- stopping a vehicle involved in an earlier gun-pointing incident.Mink told the police department she recalled reading an alert, which said that "if that car was located to use caution because there could be guns in the car," a police report said.Though Mink said she knew she wasn't near the suspect car (she was 2.4 miles away when the car was stopped near Lexington Parkway and Concordia Avenue), she noted that the call came during a shift change and said "she believed there was an inadequate number of squads responding, because of the nature of the call," according to the report in the internal affairs investigation.Mink turned on her emergency lights and siren and made a U-turn to head north on Snelling Avenue. Mink was alternating different siren sounds along with the squad's air horn, reports said.She went east on Grand Avenue and, near Kowalski's Market, the officer said, she saw a silver car on Ayd Mill Road halt at the stop sign and then slowly pull onto Grand Ave儲存倉ue. The Toyota Camry stopped in the middle of Grand Avenue. Mink said she made eye contact with the driver.Mink said she applied her brakes mildly to moderately because she thought the car was going to continue crossing her lane and turn left onto Grand Avenue, but the car didn't move."Officer Mink also indicated seeing a vehicle to her left and wasn't sure if the silver car would have been able to turn onto W/B Grand because of the vehicle that had pulled over," a police report said. "She (Mink) then said she tried to turn her steering wheel to the right to try to go around the car to the right but when the car stopped she crashed." The accident happened about 4:40 p.m.Lidia Pavitova, then 28 and a River Falls, Wis., resident, was knocked unconscious from the impact; St. Paul firefighters had to extricate her from the car.A letter dated April 2012 said that as far as the Ramsey County attorney's office knew at the time, Pavitova was still in Regions Hospital's intensive-care unit. At that point, she'd been put into "a medically-induced coma while doctors waited for swelling to go down to do further assessment and treatment," the letter said.More recently, Pavitova's sister said in a message that her sister is doing well and improving every day, but otherwise didn't respond to Pioneer Press requests for comment.Neither Mink nor the St. Paul police union's president responded to requests seeking comment.NO 'RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR ... SAFETY'Mink told the department that she hadn't looked at her speed while driving because "her attention was focused on the road," a police report said. Mink had reduced her speed as she approached intersections and sped up in between, "reaching speeds of 60, 65, 70, 75, with the top speed of 87 mph," the internal affairs summary said.An internal affairs sergeant questioned Mink about whether "87 mph was a reasonable speed to respond to the traffic stop that possibly had weapons in the vehicle," the internal affairs report said. "Officer Mink said yes." She added that "she needed to get there as quick as she could in case something 'really really bad happened.' "Before the accident, when Mink began braking, she was traveling between 64 and 70 mph, according to the collision analysis and reconstruction report. The maximum speed the squad car "could have been traveling and had sufficient time to perceive, respond, and brake to stop" within the approximately 178 feet between it and the Camry was 44 mph, the investigation said.The Ramsey County attorney's office and Minneapolis city attorney's office, which reviewed the case to avoid a potential conflict of interest for their St. Paul counterparts, declined to file charges.The county attorney's office memo declining charges said "65-70 miles per hour in a 30 mph zone is very fast; however, one cannot ignore the fact that this officer was responding to a serious call using appropriate lights and emergency sounds. Her driving as a whole looked appropriate under the circumstances."The city attorney's memo said Mink's decision to exceed the speed limit "falls within the statutory exception for the use of an emergency vehicle and is not inherently criminal in nature solely because of the tragic consequences of this case. Rather, the proper standard for review is whether Officer Mink exhibited a reckless disregard for the safety of others." The letter concluded, "the evidence does not suggest a reckless disregard for the safety of others by Officer Mink."MORE TRAINING ORDEREDMink, who joined the St. Paul Police Department academy as a police trainee in October 2009 and became an officer in January 2010, had not been disciplined before this case. Her personnel file noted nine thank-you notes for her work.Five days of Mink's 15-day suspension are to be held in abeyance for one year, and the discipline is to be reduced on paper to a 10-day suspension after one year if "there are no same or similar actions," Chief Smith's December letter said.Smith wrote in the letter that Mink had to go through "retraining in police driving protocols."All peace officers in Minnesota are required to complete an eight-hour course in emergency-vehicle operations and police pursuits every five years.The St. Paul Police Department puts its officers through the training every three years, Paulos said. In addition to driving on a closed course, St. Paul added an online component to training this year for all officers. The mandatory computerized training showed officers various driving scenarios that they had to respond to, and they had to pass a written test after each unit of the training, Paulos said.The department added this additional training because, Paulos said, "We're always seeking new ways to train and how to operate our squad cars during emergency situations."Last year, during an arbitration hearing for another officer disciplined for a squad car crash, the union representing St. Paul police officers "submitted evidence purportedly showing that Chief Smith had become concerned with the number of recent costly accidents and had instructed the ARB (Accident Review Board) chair and senior command staff to come up with ideas to reduce the number of accidents and injuries," according to an arbitrator's ruling on the union grievance over the officer's discipline.But Smith testified during the arbitration hearing "that he did not direct the ARB chair to make an example of" the officer in that case "in order to further this objective," the ruling said.MaryJo Webster contributed to this report.Mara H. Gottfried can be reached at 651-228-5262. Follow her at twitter.com/MaraGottfried or twitter.com/ppUsualSuspects.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) Visit the Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) at .twincities.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉價錢

自建網站冒充記者敲詐勒索，mini storage4犯罪團伙在7省27市縣作案120余起 “今日焦點網”等11個網站被查處據新華社北京9月7日電 （記者鄒偉 史競男）公安部7日通報，在公安部統一部署下，江蘇警方近日在徐州成功偵破一起自建網站冒充記者敲詐勒索系列案件，打掉以仲偉、樊宇肖、鞠俊等人為首的4個犯罪團伙，抓獲犯罪嫌疑人16名，查破涉及7個省27個市縣的網絡敲詐勒索案件120余起，涉案金額300余萬元。個別不法分子私自建立、用來實施敲詐勒索的“今日焦點網”等11個網站被依法查處。據介紹，2011年5月以來，江蘇省徐州市經濟開發區多家單位接到“今日焦點網”“社會焦點網”等網站發來的傳真信件或自稱網站記者編輯打來的電話，稱採寫了該單位存在違法違規行為的負面新聞，要求出錢擺平。一些被敲詐單位多以花錢消災的方式解決事情。掌握相關案件線索後，江蘇省公安廳部署徐州市公安機關成立專案組開展工作。經縝密偵查，一個以仲偉、竇玉剛為首的自建網站假冒記者、瘋狂實施敲詐勒索活動的犯罪團伙浮出水面。警方查明，犯罪嫌疑人仲偉，男，45歲，江蘇金湖人，中專文化。2010年以來，仲偉相繼註冊“今日焦點網”“社會焦點網”“社會網”“時代焦點網”“今日視點網”“現代焦點網”6家網站，自任網站負責人。此後，仲偉伙同他人，通過這些所謂新聞維權網站，假冒記者身份，對政府、企業和個人實施敲詐勒索，在江蘇、安徽、山東、河北、貴州、山西等地作案60余起，涉案金額200余萬元。犯罪嫌疑人竇玉剛，男，48歲，江蘇徐州市人。在仲偉團伙中，竇玉剛承擔了主要爆料人的角色。2011年以來，竇利用在政府宣傳部門工作的職務self storage便，多次向仲偉爆料供其實施敲詐勒索，並以中間協調人的身份出面“擺平”，瓜分敲詐勒索所得。偵辦仲偉團伙案件時，徐州警方順藤摸瓜，又分別破獲以樊宇肖（女，43歲，江蘇南京人，自稱中國地方新聞網江蘇頻道負責人）、鞠俊（男，32歲，江蘇南京人，自稱某電視台外派江蘇攝製組負責人）等人為首的3個利用網絡敲詐勒索犯罪團伙。經初步審查，這4個團伙有時單獨作案，有時交叉結伙，相互提供線索實施敲詐勒索，分別形成了爆料人爆料或網上搜尋負面新聞、槍手加工材料、網絡推手炒作、網站管理者發帖刪帖、幕後策劃者實施敲詐勒索的犯罪鏈條。4個團伙均是利用自建或租用的網站，假冒記者身份，先在網站發帖或將擬發的帖文傳真給被敲詐對象，以要求核稿為名施加壓力，實施敲詐勒索犯罪。得手後，再進行刪帖或承諾不予“報道”，有的還會在其網站進行所謂正面宣傳。為掩人耳目，有的犯罪嫌疑人在勒索錢財時還以所謂“贊助費”“廣告費”等形式給受害方開具票據。辦案民警介紹，這些犯罪團伙為了更有效地向被敲詐對象施壓，刻意虛構“顯赫身份”，顯示自己“來頭不小、能量很大”，把自建網站冠以“中國”“社會”和“焦點”“熱點”等名稱，吹噓“中國最富價值、最具影響力的互聯網平台”，並且還是“黨政部門決策參考及瞭解社情民意的重要途徑和渠道”。此外，他們還偽造大量“新聞工作證”，並在名片和核稿函印上網站由全國人大、中紀委等中央部門主辦的字樣，嚇唬被敲詐對象要將情況報送中央有關部門、抄送中央新聞單位。被敲詐對象不明所以，往往懷著花錢消災的心理讓其屢屢得逞。公安部有關負責人表示，針對此類網絡敲詐勒索行為，公安機關將依法嚴厲打擊，決不手軟。迷你倉

Source: Pittsburgh Post-GazetteSept.迷你倉新蒲崗 07--It is easy to see why people in the neighborhood call it "The Castle." The large stone three-story, Spanish Mission-style house appears to be holding court as it sits upon a well-landscaped corner lot in Highland Park.The house at 5421 Baywood St. (MLS No. 965132) is a beautiful example of the housing stock in the city's East End. On the market for $374,900, this four-bedroom property is listed with Ryan Edmondson of Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services (412-521-2222 or .pittsburghmoves.com). An open house is scheduled today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.The roof parapet sets the Mission tone for the exterior of the house while Craftsman-style details carry through the interior. Working in partnership with East Liberty Development Inc., owner Gary D'Orso has taken care to preserve the best of the house while updating with top finishes and products. The house, which once contained six apartments, has a brand-new asphalt shingle roof."A number of developers have been renovating on this street, [bringing it] back to what it once was a few decades ago," Mr. Edmondson said.Many older homes in the area are being converted back from multi-units to single-family homes, bringing new life into the area. Turning back time, Mr. D'Orso took big steps in changing the layout of the house from the first floor to the attic."This was once a bathroom," he said, standing in the open first-floor living space between the living and kitchen areas. It's hard to imagine that now.The rooms are all very spacious. The living room measures 25 by 13 feet, the kitchen 12 by 11 feet and the dining room 20 by 15 feet. Rich oak flooring has erased where walls used to be.One of two decorative fireplaces in the house is the focal point of the living room. The floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace and chimney reaches up to dark beams stretching across the ceiling. Rich wood paneling frames a trio of tall windows in both the living and the dining areas."All the windows in the house are new Pella windows, double paned," Mr. D'Orso said.During the renovation, the walls were fully insulated; something the original builders would never had envisioned in 1906.The second fireplace is a complete contrast to the first. Located in the 12- by 5-foot entry hall, the original tile fireplace is almost genteel in comparison.The house has been completely rewired and has new electrical panels. Mr. D'Orso installed Craftsman-style lighting throughout, holding true to the spirit of the home's style.French doors between the living room and the kitchen lead to the fenced-in backyard and the detached garage with room for two compact cars.The kitchen is where modern convenience meets traditional style. There are white Kraftmaid cabinets and new Bosch appliances including stove, microwave, refrigerator and dishwasher and quartz countertops."I have never gotten more 'wows' than I have taking people through this house," Mr. Edmondson said. "People always gasp when they walk in."The 15- by 14-foot master bathroom is one room that always gets more than a few gasps. One of three full bathrooms in the house, it is meant to be an experience. The glass-enclosed shower, double-sink vanity with quartz countertop and separate water closet for the toilet are just icing on the cake compared with the bath迷你倉出租ub. Not an ordinary tub, this large slipper tub comes with temperature control, built-in music systems and is surrounded by windows on one side. It almost seems a shame to put up curtains.The other two full bathrooms feature shower tub combinations with tile surrounds, single vanities with quartz tops and ceramic tile floors. The first-floor powder room is completely paneled in dark wood with a quartz-topped vanity.There are three bedrooms on the second floor, measuring 15 by 12 feet, 12 by 12 feet and 12 by 8 feet."A really cool feature is that there is a separate side entrance that goes all the way to the third floor," explained Mr. Edmondson. "There's a door on the first floor that you could lock to make it a separate unit."Like many older homes in the area, there are stairs, once used by servants, leading to the third floor that are independent from the stairs leading to the second floor.Taking both the attic area and the third floor living area, Mr. D'Orso has transformed the area into its own apartment giving the new owner plenty of options from an in-law suite, an entertainment area or a rental property. With a space plumbed for a kitchen area and separate bedroom and bath, Mr. Edmondson figures the third floor could rent for $1,000 per month. The property is zoned for multi-family occupancy.Mr. D'Orso installed a two-zoned system that includes two brand-new gas furnaces and two electric air conditioning units. The first floor and part of the second floor are handled by one unit while the remaining part of the second floor and third floor are handled by another.Shopping is close-at-hand with the expansion of the Penn Circle retail area, the Target store along with new hotels, restaurants and retail outlets opening along Penn and Highland.The property has a 2013 county assessed value of $32,700 (2.county.allegheny.pa.us/RealEstate/Default.aspx). Over the past three years, eight properties have sold on Baywood Street for prices ranging from $20,000 in March 2013 to $316,000 in April 2012 (.realstats.net).SALES SNAPSHOT1ST WARD/DOWNTOWN-BLUFF20122013SALES1827MEDIAN PRICE$250,000$306,000HIGHEST PRICE$480,000$660,0002ND WARD/DOWNTOWN-STRIP20122013SALES4776MEDIAN PRICE$235,000$290,000HIGHEST PRICE$2,070,000$2,700,0003RD WARD/HILL DISTRICT20122013SALES2139MEDIAN PRICE$66,500$80,300HIGHEST PRICE$268,000$239,0004TH WARD/OAKLAND20122013SALES143157MEDIAN PRICE$97,000$105,000HIGHEST PRICE$740,000$825,0005TH WARD/HILL-SCHENLEY HEIGHTS20122013SALES3866MEDIAN PRICE$51,200$24,000HIGHEST PRICE$277,000$375,0006TH WARD/STRIP-POLISH HILL20122013SALES7397MEDIAN PRICE$72,000$82,900HIGHEST PRICE$400,000$425,0007TH WARD/SHADYSIDE20122013SALES162231MEDIAN PRICE$250,000$248,000HIGHEST PRICE$2,056,000$1,700,0008TH WARD/BLOOMFIELD20122013SALES86113MEDIAN PRICE$108,000$124,900HIGHEST PRICE$395,000$415,0009TH WARD/LAWRENCEVILLE20122013SALES114175MEDIAN PRICE$93,000$100,000HIGHEST PRICE$306,419$370,13010TH WARD/MORNINGSIDE20122013SALES212248MEDIAN PRICE$60,000$61,299HIGHEST PRICE$330,000$950,00011TH WARD/HIGHLAND PARK20122013SALES130193MEDIAN PRICE$139,000$123,500HIGHEST PRICE$784,500$620,000Lizabeth Gray: lgray@post-gazette.com.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Visit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at .post-gazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

- Charity Celebrity Gala September 19, 2013.迷你倉 Celebrating the legendary Platinum recording artist Freda Payne's Birthday, Awards Dinner and Fashion Show.- Hosted by Vivica A. Fox and honoring Actor Charlie Sheen, Workout Guru Richard Simmons, Grammy nominated musician Howard McCrary and Performances by A-List Musicians.HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Experience the First Annual "Legends Beyond" Music & Moguls Gala taking place in the heart of Tinseltown on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at a spectacular private estate located in the lavish hills, high above Sunset Strip. "Legends Beyond" First Annual Gala will donate fifty percent of the proceeds to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure? Los Angeles County Affiliate. This prestigious event hosted by Vivica A. Fox will honor platinum recording artist and international Jazz vocalist Freda Payne, multi-talented Charlie Sheen, workout guru Richard Simmons and the Grammy nominated Howard McCrary have joined the fight against this disease. The First Annual "Legends Beyond" also celebrates the birthday of legendary Jazz vocalist Freda Payne as well as the anticipated release of her newest jazz album from Mack Avenue Record label.The circa 1920s vintage glamour theme evening includes a Star Studded Red Carpet, premium cocktail hour, silent auction, live musical performances from the past and present. Howard McCrary and Freda Payne will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award and Charlie Sheen will receive a philanthropic Humanitarian Award.Executive Chef Charles Eugene of Spicy Charlie's located in Studio City, California will provide exquisite cuisine for the evening; a Celebrity Fashion Show presented by Designers to the stars "M" for Mthemovement, Jonathan A. Logan and newbie Bentlee Wear.INVITED CELEBRITY GUESTS: David Foster, Nicole Kidman, Slash, Carmen Electra, Brian McKnight, Sisqo, Won G, Ross Bagley, Antwon Tanner, Shaka Smith, Talon Reid, Sophia Strauss, Victoria Strauss, Caitlin O'Connor, Katrina Parker, Jane Seymour, Cheryl Burke, Johnny Wright, Jamie Foxx, Wayne Brady, Toni Braxton, The Whispers, Kevin Hart, Kathy Hilton, Paris Hilton, Priscilla Presley, Rodney Peete, Holly Robinson Peete, Levar Burton, Smokey Robinson, Natalie Cole, Lionel Richie, Quinc儲存 Jones, Berry Gordy Jr....and many more.About Susan G. Komen? Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Suzy, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer. Today, Susan G. Komen? works to end breast cancer in the U.S. and throughout the world by investing more than $750 million in breast cancer research and $1.5 billion in community outreach programs over the past 30 years; providing funding to help low-income and uninsured women get screened and get treatment; advocating for cancer research and outreach programs; and working globally in more than 30 countries. Komen Los Angeles County is working to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in the local community. Through events like the Komen LA County Race for the Cure?, the Los Angeles County Affiliate has invested more than $10 million in community breast health programs. Up to 75 percent of net proceeds generated by the Affiliate stays in Los Angeles County. The remaining funds are invested in breast cancer research, as part of the national Susan G. Komen Grants Program. For more information, call 310-575-3011 or visit .komenLAcounty.org [.komenlacounty.org/].About Legends Beyond: Legends Beyond, LLC is a full-service entertainment marketing agency and will conceptualize, coordinate, and implement all production elements. We will utilize our extensive expertise in event production, while leveraging industry and vendor relationships to ensure a seamless, turn-key event. We also specialize in branding, public relations, and non-traditional communications -- fusing brands together to produce exciting and measurable results, helping clients introduce new products to tastemakers and influencers.For more information and sponsorship: Brandon Pope - 404-437-4134, Courtney Manlove - 406-207-1911, Kimberly L. Ogletree - 213-761-5266 or corporate@legendsbeyond.com [mailto:corporate@legendsbeyond.com] 855-643-7484.For Tickets: .legendsbeyond.com [.legendsbeyond.com/] or 855-643-7464For press/media and talent credentials: Lawrence Phillips - 310-619-8048, Dianna Liner - 832-458-4259 or corporate@legendsbeyond.com [mailto:corporate@legendsbeyond.com]RELATED LINKS .legendsbeyond.com [.legendsbeyond.com/]Lawrence Phillips Legends BeyondWeb site: .legendsbeyond.com/新蒲崗迷你倉

Source: Greeley Tribune, Colo.文件倉Sept. 07--Greeley Central's football team had an all-around great Friday night at District 6 Stadium.The Wildcats got their first win of the season, won their home opener and won their Homecoming game with a big 62-0 nonconference win against Adams City.It's an early Homecoming, coach Mike Heatherly said, but it was the best timing for Central's schedule since the Wildcats have only four home games this season."Anytime you can win in front of the home crowd and put some points up like we did and play defense like we did, that's exciting -- exciting for our kids and our program," Heatherly said. "So (it's a) step in the right direction, a lot of work to be done but we're happy where we're at right now tonight."We're gonna go to work (today) ... but it was a great victory for our crowd and our school. We've taken a few lumps the past couple years so it was good to play well in front of the home crowd, that was nice."Greeley Central (1-1) scored just six points against Green Mountain last week, but the Wildcats ran up the score, literally, on Friday, scoring eight of its nine touchdowns on rushing plays.Senior running back Travis Lechman led the way with 103 yards on 11 carries for two touchdowns in the first quarter. Senior back Brandon Gallegos followed closely with 100 rushing yards on 10 carries and also scored two TDs."I was just happy the team was doing really well and we all executed," Lechman said. "I'm just really happy everyone was doing good, (did) their job and did great. ... Everyone was ready to come in for this game and everyone was all excited."Junior quarterback Zach Koch looked ready, finishing 3 of 3 with 53 yards and ran in two touchdowns himself, each from the 1-yard line. He shared time with senior quarterback, Brady Guyette, who was 2 of 4 with 32 yards.Koch said it felt great to get a big win and just give Central's running backs the ball as much as he could."We have a lot of running backs and we try to get our playmakers the ball as best we can," he said, "and that was our running backs tonight. We felt like we could exploit their defense, running up the middle and pounding it down on third (down)."The Wildcats had six third- or fourth-down conversions against Adams City and rushed at least 10 times in each of the first three quarters."We thought we could run the ball, we knew that coming in," Heatherly said. "We just thought we would find out; we had a couple ideas, couple schemes in mind that we thought might work well and they did."We were able to run the ball inside and force them to pack it inside a little bit and then had some timely passes and sweep plays where we could get to the perimeter," he added. "Things just worked out well, just kinda what we thought."Senior wide receiver James Desmond contributed with a three-yard TD run in the second quarter and sophomore back Kody Drake sco存倉ed a two-yarder in the fourth. On defense, sophomore defensive back Riley Ortegon returned a 24-yard interception for a touchdown with about four minutes left in the game.Adams City couldn't get anything to go its way, finishing 4 of 12 with 13 passing yards and had 19 carries for just 27 yards. The Eagles' two quarterbacks combined for three interceptions and the offense lost two fumbles."Our goal was to stop their running back, that kid was pretty good," Heatherly said. "We thought we did a pretty good job on him and forced them to throw the ball and we didn't feel like they could beat us throwing."The Wildcats weren't perfect, though; they had five penalties costing them 50 yards. But other than that, Heatherly said Central kept its mistakes to a minimum."We're big about focusing and finishing," he said. "We had a few penalties that we weren't happy about and just some lackadaisical things. That's just always something; you always coach for the next game. You might get away with something tonight that will just kill ya the next week, so you're always looking for those things. But we kept our mistakes to a minimum."Heatherly said the players and coaches will be able to enjoy the win, but not for too long."As coaches, you very rarely get to do that," he said. "It's Homecoming; we'll look at film in the morning and that'll be part of what we do, but they'll (the players) have their Homecoming dance (today) and enjoy that and then Monday, back to work."ACHS 0 0 0 0 -- 0GCHS 21 21 6 14 -- 62First quarterGCHS -- Brandon Gallegos 6 run (Juan Delacruz kick), 9:05. Drive: 4 plays, 21 yards, 1:56.GCHS -- Travis Lechman 7 run (Delacruz kick), 5:02. Drive: 5 plays, 48 yards, 1:48.GCHS -- Lechman 2 run (Delacruz kick), :44. Drive: 8 plays, 49 yards, 2:22.Second quarterGCHS --Zach Koch 1 run (Delacruz kick), 8:12. Drive: 6 plays, 52 yards, 1:59.GCHS -- Koch 1 run (Delacruz kick), 3:43. Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 2:03.GCHS -- James Desmond 3 run (Delacruz kick), :05. Drive: 5 plays, 40 yards, 1:57.Third quarterGCHS -- Gallegos 23 run (run failed), 7:55. Drive: 6 plays, 60 yards, 3:54.Fourth quarterGCHS --Kody Drake 2 run (Delacruz kick), 8:25. Drive: 4 plays, 14 yards, 2:25.GCHS --Riley Ortegon 24 INT (Delacruz kick), 4:30. Drive: 1 play, 24 yards, :05.Team statisticsACHS GCHSFirst downs 2 18Rushes-yards 19-27 39-270Passing 13 85Comp-Att-Int 4-12-3 5-7-0Sacked-yards lost 3-16 0-0Punts-Avg. 4-37.25 0-0Fumbles-lost 2-2 2-1Penalties-yards 5-63 5-50Individual leadersRushing -- ACHS, Noor Shongolo 10-37. GCHS, Travis Lechman 11-103 (2 TD), Brandon Gallegos 10-100 (2 TD).Passing -- ACHS, Matt Jacobs 3-7-2-11. GCHS, Zach Koch 3-3-0-53.Receiving -- GCHS, James Desmond 2-42, Shaun Boyle 2-16.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Greeley Tribune (Greeley, Colo.) Visit the Greeley Tribune (Greeley, Colo.) at .greeleytribune.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

Source: The Baltimore SunSept.迷你倉價錢 07--Melissa Otterbein has never thought of herself as a world-class athlete, just someone who was persistent and worked hard in attaining her goals.At Towson University, where she was a member of the swimming team, Otterbein made the Colonial Athletic Association championships twice in her four years.Otterbein, who grew up outside Philadelphia and has remained in Baltimore after graduating four years ago, has another goal that appears a little more challenging. She is trying to get the Tour de France to hold a race for women.When Otterbein, 26, competes Sunday in the 70.3 Triathlon World Championships in Las Vegas -- an event consisting of a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile run -- she will inscribe her singlet with the same words she did when she qualified for the event this summer in Boulder, Colo."Until We All Can Race" it will read.Otterbein's biceps will marked with the letters "TDF."The inspiration first came when Otterbein read an article on ESPN.com in which Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme casually dismissed a proposal made public by British Labor Party deputy secretary Harriet Harman to have the iconic bicycle race include a separate event for women.That led to a petition signed by more than 70,000 supporting Harmon's proposal.Prudhomme was described as rejecting the proposal "with a wave of the hand."Otterbein was incensed."When I read that, I thought, 'How can a man with the wave of his hand prevent women from competing internationally?" Otterbein said recently. "I was very encouraged to see that I wasn't the only woman to feel that way. I was excited to see their activism. That's when it hit me that I could dedicate the race that I'm training for to women participating in the Tour de France."In addition to the petition they helped write, former Ironman world champion Chrissie Wellington of Great Britian and Kathryn Bertine, a former professional ice skater turned triathlete, have put together a documentary, "Half The Road," depicting the inequality between the sexes in the world of professional cycling."One of the things they shared in the trailer [was that] professional male cyclists have a mandated minium salary of $29,000. Women have no mandanted pay and often earn less than $11,000, which is below the poverty line," Otterbein said.Otterbein is trying to get the word out locally about the Change.org petition through her affiliation with the Baltimore Area Triathlon Club, which she joined in February 2012. She posted a link to the petition and the documentary on Facebook.Otterbein said a number of spectators and competitors at the 70.3-mile triathlon in Boulder asked her, "What race are you talking about?" when they saw what was written on her singlet. Others, mostly women, said, "I like your shirt." Otterbein used their interest to motivate her."It was encouraging to hear that while I was biking all those miles," she recalled.It resulted in Otterbein finishing 12th in her age group (25-29) in her first attempt at an Ironman triathlon. While only the top three finishers are guaranteed spots in the 70.3 Ironman World Championships, a volunteer at the Boulder event told her she should hang around the awards ceremony in case some who qualified didn't show up to claim their spots in Las Vegas.Only one claimed a spot, giving Otterbein a place in Sunday's event in Nevada."I kind of look back and think that opportunties don't always come for the most blessed but for those who are ready and looking -- certainly looking," she said.Otterbein, who competed in her first迷你倉sprint triathlon (typically a half-mile swim, 16-mile bike ride and 5-kilometer run) before starting at Towson, credits two members of the local triathlon club, Linda Anders and Sheryl Savage, for guiding her through the grueling training sessions required to run and swim and bike the longer distances."Having that companionship has been very inspiring," Otterbein said.Despite a 20-year gap in their ages, Otterbein's cause has had the same effect on Anders. The mother of two young girls, ages 9 and 6, Anders said she was watching this year's Tour de France when one of her daughters asked if Anders ever considered competing herself.When Anders explained that the event was only open to men, they were dumbfounded."They were shocked that women weren't invited to it, they were like, 'Whaaaat?'" Anders said Friday.When Anders later saw Otterbein's Facebook post about the Tour de France flap, she pointed out to her children that "this is a very good friend of mine and she's protesting the very thing that we were speaking about. It just really hit home."Otterbein said the idea of competing in a 70.3 Ironman has been "an ongoing journey ... something kept tugging at my heart."Savage, the president of the Baltimore Area Triathlon Club, said Otterbein has gone from being a complete novice to a fairly high competitive level in a short time."We would go for 40-, 50-, 60-mile rides and Melissa would show up with a smile, one bottle of water and no nutrition," Savage recalled Friday. "We would get two or 2 ½ hours into a ride and we'll turn around and say 'Where's Melissa?' She bonked six miles back because she just didn't have the education and training."Savage, who played softball at Bucknell and who earlier this year competed in a 140.6-mile Ironman event in Idaho, said she and others in the club spent time educating Otterbein about what she needed to do regarding her training and nutrition."It's amazing to see how far she's come in the last six to eight months," Savage said. "She comes prepared, she knows her bicycle mechanics and now she's riding with our fast pack of riders."Another inspiration for Otterbein is a little more personal. Her older sister Lauren has Down Syndrome and has been competing in Special Olympics events for the past 15 years. After returning from Las Vegas, Otterbein plans to cheer on her sister at a soccer tournament in Harrisburg, Pa., later in the month."She's been a very strong inspiration. She is just so enthusiastic about cheering you on," Otterbein said. "She will call me up sometimes and just say, 'I'm excited to watch you race.'"Currently working as an assistant at a Baltimore AIDS and HIV clinic, Otterbein said she has taken a couple graduate school classes in public health, with a particular interest in "utilizing sport for development, learning about organizations that use sport to promote social justice, peace advocacy in international communities, including refugee camps."In one class, she wrote a paper on how volunteers at the camps will "use sport to promote health education, for refugee students to stay in school, simulations of peace-building."Regardless of what she does in Las Vegas, Otterbein believes that she is moving forward -- both personally and for female triathletes in general."It's a sport where woman feel there's momentum now that there can be some real changes," she said. "I do feel like we're just beginning to hit the surface."don.markus@baltsun.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 The Baltimore Sun Visit The Baltimore Sun at .baltimoresun.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存

During the country's ongoing flagship trade and investment fair, investors from China and abroad are urging the nation to speed up financial globalization.迷你倉價錢"The US dollar will continue to disappear in the world," said international investment guru Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests Inc, at the 11th Capital Forum, titled "Financial Globalization in China and the Overview of Global Investment: A Dialogue with Jim Rogers"."The only currency I can see that is on the rise and can replace the US dollar some day is the renminbi." The Saturday forum is a prelude to the 17th China International Fair for Investment and Trade, which is held in Xiamen, Fujian province, from Sept 8 to 11. The annual fair, also called CIFIT, is considered to be China's largest and best event for investment promotion."China has a large trade surplus and a very large population," Rogers said."The US dollar is a troubled currency. I buy more renminbi when I can because I am very optimistic about the future of your currency." He added that China should "globalize the renminbi in the next 20 minutes rather than the next 20 years" and make the currency convertible to pave the way for financial globalization.Chen Jinghe, chairman of Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd and also vice-chairman of the China Gold Association, said: "In the past decades, we exported our manufactured products all over the world. And now, we eagerly anticipate financial globalization in China, or to put it simply, renminbi globalization."This will advance the opening of China's capital market, which is a deeper level of opening-up." Though the process of renminbi globalization is accompanied by risks, China has the capability to carry out renminbi globalization in light of the country's huge foreign exchange reserves and abundant private capital, Chen said."Renminbi globalization will have a very profound influence on Chi迷你倉ese enterprises, which are revving up to go abroad," Chen said."China will face severe problems in terms of economic growth if the country is unable to build up a group of highly internationalized enterprises in the next decade." China's economic growth slowed to its lowest rate in 13 years in 2012, when GDP growth dropped to 7.8 percent. Growth dipped to 7.7 percent in the January-March period and slowed further to 7.5 percent in the second quarter. Recent economic data suggested that the growth is bottoming out in the world's second-largest economy.The State Council, or the cabinet, headed by Premier Li Keqiang, approved the Shanghai free trade zone in late August, including an offshore renminbi center, which will help the city experiment with full convertibility of renminbi and morph it into a global financial hub.Rogers added that China will have problems along the way, but that is just a correction in the long term, and investors should get more involved in China."The center of the world is moving from the United States to Asia. While the US is now the largest debt state in the world, the largest creditors are in Asia, including the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The countries in the West are going deeper and deeper into debt," Rogers said."I expect the renminbi will go much higher in the next 10 years," Rogers added.Daniel Healy, chief executive officer of Civitas Capital Group, a US company specializing in investment emigration and wealth management, said that the Chinese market for investment emigration in the US is "rising dramatically and China's financial globalization will ease some restrictions, making business easier".Tina Hou, managing director of Civitas, added that "China's financial market is maturing and as the Chinese market opens up, we will gain more through bring more outstanding financial products into Chinese market".lijiabao@chinadaily.com.cn儲存

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“學大教育”的課程不便宜，mini storage家長提供的一份協議顯示，小學六年級的補習費就要3.5萬元。新快報記者 畢志毅/攝　　新快報連續報道“學大教育”亂象，家長十分關注，不斷向本報投訴。　　家長陳女士稱，其兒子在“學大教育”補習半年，但效果甚微。今年小升初的兒子因是體育特長生，沒有參加升學考試就被一家重點初中錄取。然而，“學大教育”竟將孩子的姓名和錄取學校等信息，貼在“成績榜”上當廣告，以此來吸引其他家長。陳女士表示，“學大教育”並未徵得其同意，屬於虛假宣傳，“這樣的行為已對孩子的心理造成不良影響”。家長們要求“學大教育”公開道歉。　　記者將上述家長的要求轉達給“學大教育”，其廣州總部的相關負責人表示，該公司希望能直接和家長溝通，拒絕了公開道歉的要求。該負責人還堅稱，公佈學生成績榜是激勵學生的“內部行為”，如果學生家長需要投訴，可以到公司解決。　　■新快報記者 張若然 王呂斌 陳海生 實習生 朱冠權　　當街張榜是“內部展出”？　　在前期採訪中，新快報記者發現多家“學大教育”學習中心，將學生個人姓名、錄取學校等隱私信息，張榜于當街的玻璃櫥窗，任何人都可以隨意查看。而當有路人駐足查看時，“學大教育”工作人員則主動上前介紹，並指著榜單宣稱其師資力量雄厚。　　前日下午，記者來到“學大教育”廣州總部採訪，其天河學習中心總監詹先生辯稱，“學大教育”自己印製傳發的宣傳單、在報紙和網站上做的宣傳才是“廣告”。他表示，張貼在校區內部的成績榜，主要是起鼓勵和表揚學生、表彰老師的作用，並不是對外宣傳的手段。　　當記者指出，當街公開展示成績榜，是否也是一種廣告宣傳手段時，詹先生稱，成績榜都是張貼在各學習中心內部，不屬於對外宣傳所用的廣告。“如果（成績榜）是廣告的話，一定要通過有關部門審核，所以我們也認為不是廣告。”　　而對於記者提出是否會向學員公開道歉時，詹先生打斷問話說：“如果有什麼問題，家長可以向‘學大’投訴，有意見的家長可以來學校，我們會表示歉意。”　　道歉反而要家長上門？　　隨後，記者聯繫了多位被“公佈”成績的學生家長，多人表示“學大教育”這種說法完全不負責任，是在對自己的違規廣告行為做狡辯。　　“他們公佈我家孩子成績前，沒有跟我說，現在居然還要我上門，他們才會道歉，self storage直就是強盜邏輯。”家長張先生說，受限于平時工作忙的關係，不可能專門抽時間去接受道歉。而家長李先生則表示，“學大教育”竟要求家長上門才道歉，明顯缺乏誠意，“那些不知道情況的家長就不用向他們道歉了？‘學大’應該公開道歉以示誠意”。　　至於“學大教育”在公佈學生成績時，出現的一些失實情況，上述負責人詹先生表示，小升初考試比較特別，可能某一個孩子考上了多所學校，需要到9月1日才能最終落實，所以有時會在成績榜的刊登上出現問題。　　“我們的學生肯定是考上了學校，我們才會公佈。”詹先生說，“學大教育”主要是在考試結束後，通過電話、短信等形式，直接向學生家長詢問其報考的學校，整個過程中並不需要與家長簽署協議。　　被申請退款老師減績效　　對於有家長反映“退費難”等問題，詹先生表示，按照“學大教育”與學員簽署的合同，接到家長退款申請後，“學大教育”必須在7至40天內退費，不可能存在工作人員卡住學生家長不退的情況。　　詹先生解釋，“學大教育”的教務系統和財務系統是分開管理的，退款由班主任進行操作，先由家長提交書面申請並辦理手續，班主任將申請遞交給財務部門再進行執行，最後通過銀行卡劃賬退還。“申請的日期是不能更改的，所以不存在班主任不讓退款的情況。”　　“如果是因為老師問題而退款的，老師的績效會受到一定影響。”詹先生承認，在退款問題上，教師有可能會造成部分經濟損失。但其始終表示，“學大教育”的師資都是正規的，從事教學的都有教師資格證，教師也是公開招聘的，畢業班的教師還需有一定教學經驗，只有助教崗位才會讓應屆畢業生參與。　　同時，詹先生強調，“學大教育”與家長簽有合同，並有客戶投訴渠道，家長如有投訴問題，可直接與總部聯繫。　　對此，記者轉達了�多家長要求“學大教育”公開道歉的要求，詹先生明確表示希望直接和家長溝通，拒絕公開道歉。　　家長說　　“他們公佈我家孩子成績前，沒有跟我說，現在居然還要我上門，他們才會道歉，簡直就是強盜邏輯。”　　　　　　“那些不知道情況的家長就不用向他們道歉了？‘學大’應該公開道歉以示誠意。”　　　　　　“兒子在‘學大’補習過確實沒錯，但他是按照體育特長生特招進中學的，‘學大’卻把這個算成他們的功勞。”　　　　張若然、王呂斌、 陳海生、朱冠權迷你倉

Source: Tulsa World, Okla.mini storageSept. 06--A Tulsa Public Schools bus driver is under police investigation after a Thursday afternoon dispute with the principal at Key Elementary School.Witnesses told police that the bus driver, whose name was not released because he was not arrested, pushed Key Principal Doug Howard down the steps of a school bus about 3 p.m."The principal was concerned that the behavior of the bus driver did not seem to be appropriate," said Tulsa Public Schools Campus Police Chief Gary Rudick. "He felt like the bus driver was not performing his duties properly, so he felt it was necessary to evacuate the bus."The bus driver took exception to that and wanted to call his supervisor first, and theself storageprincipal was pushed back out that door," he said.Rudick said students on board the bus used the emergency exit door on the back of the bus to evacuate, and teachers outside helped them. Another Tulsa Public Schools bus was dispatched to transport those children home.School officials will send a letter about the incident to parents Friday, and police will forward their reports for review by the Tulsa County District Attorney's Office, Rudick said.He added that an ambulance was called, but the principal opted to be checked out instead at a nonemergency clinic.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) Visit Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) at .tulsaworld.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

　　【本報訊】 9月6日，儲存倉“山海相約 攜手黔行”大型主題採訪活動啟動儀式在貴州省貴陽市舉行，活動目標是承前啟後，繼往開來前瞻泛珠的未來合作。　　活動邀請泛珠九省區期刊及香港、澳門主流媒體參加，包括廣東《南方》雜誌、廣西《當代廣西》雜誌、福建《海峽通訊》雜誌、湖南《新湘評論》雜誌、海南《今日海南》雜誌、貴州《當代貴州》雜誌、雲南《黨的生活》雜誌、四川《黨的建設》雜誌、香港《經濟導報》雜誌、澳門《新華澳報》等。　　貴州省委常委，省委宣傳部部長喻紅秋出席啟動迷你倉價錢式並講話。喻紅秋代表貴州省委、省政府向參加此次活動的媒體表示熱烈歡迎，感謝大家長期以來對貴州的關注、關心和支持，並簡要介紹了泛珠三角區域合作與發展論壇暨經貿洽談會、中國（貴州）國際酒類博覽會在貴陽召開的重要意義。希望大家在採訪調研中，多感受貴州的風土人情，多關注貴州秀美的自然風光，多體驗多姿多彩的原生態文化。啟動儀式後，採訪團分別赴遵義市、黔東南州進行採訪調研。　　隨後，相關媒體還將參加在貴州省貴陽市舉行的第九屆泛珠大會和第三屆中國（貴州）國際酒類博覽會。迷你倉

- THE GOLDBERGS airs Tuesdays at 9 p.迷你倉出租m. ET/PT beginning Sept. 24 on CTV -To Tweet This Release: bit.ly/17do2uK"The family-friendly single-camera comedy has been generating great buzz...." - The Hollywood Reporter"I love THE GOLDBERGS! This super '80s-tastic sitcom did what most this season couldn't: It actually made me laugh." - The Huffington PostTORONTO, Sept. 6, 2013 /CNW/ - CTV welcomes a new family to the neighbourhood, THE GOLDBERGS, beginning today on CTV.ca. CTV announced today that the highly anticipated new comedy is now receiving an exclusive advance digital preview of the series premiere, before it joins CTV's incredible new Tuesday night lineup later this month. A loving but somewhat outlandish family, The Goldbergs are direct from the '80s - a time before parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies."The digital preview is a great way to generate even more buzz for one of the most talked-about new comedies this fall," said Mike Cosentino, Senior Vice-President, Programming, CTV Networks. "THE GOLDBERGS is a hilarious addition to CTV's new blockbuster Tuesday night lineup."?? THE GOLDBERGS airs regularly on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV, immediately following this year's most-anticipated new series, MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Both series are part of CTV's blockbuster Tuesday night lineup, also featuring family comedy TROPHY WIFE at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT and PERSON OF INTEREST at 10 p.m. ET/PT, all beginning Tuesday, Sept. 24 on CTV.**Media Note** Photography for THE GOLDBERGS is available online at BellMediaPR.ca. Watch the exclusive advance digital screening HERE.For geeky 11-year old Adam Goldberg (Sean Giambrone), the '80s were his wonder years - and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy his family had to offer. Mom Beverly (Wendi McLendon-Covey) is a classic "smother" - an overbearing, overprotective matriarch who rules this brood with 100% authority and zero sense of boundaries. Dad Murray (Jeff Garlin) is a gruff, hot-temp迷你倉red father who is learning how to parent without screaming after a recent health scare... and having little luck. Sister Erica (Hayley Orrantia) is 17, hot, terrifying, and not one to mess with. Barry (Troy Gentile) is 16, a grade-A spaz with a classic middle child syndrome. Adam is the youngest, a camera-wielding future director who's crushing on an older woman, 15-year-old Zoe. Rounding out the family is beloved grandfather Al "Pops" Solomon (George Segal), the wild man of the clan and a shameless Don Juan who's schooling Adam in the ways of love.New episodes of THE GOLDBERGS will also be available the day following its television broadcast across CTV's digital platforms, including CTV.ca, the CTV App, the CTV Mobile channel on Bell Mobile TV, and through video on demand partners such as Bell Fibe TV.THE GOLDBERGS was written and executive-produced by Adam F. Goldberg (Breaking In, Fanboys) and also executive-produced by Doug Robinson and Seth Gordon. The pilot was directed by Seth Gordon (Identity Thief, Horrible Bosses). THE GOLDBERGS is from Adam Sandler's production company, Happy Madison, and is produced by Sony Pictures Television.About CTV CTV is Canada's #1 private broadcaster. Featuring a wide range of quality news, sports, information, and entertainment programming, CTV has been Canada's most-watched television network for the past 12 years in a row. CTV is a division of Bell Media, Canada's premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio and digital. Bell Media is owned by BCE Inc. , Canada's largest communications company. More information about CTV can be found on the network's website at ctv.ca.SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: Twitter:? @CTV_Television Wendi McLendon-Covey - @wendimclendonco Hayley Orrantia - @hayleyorrantia Jeff Garlin - @jeffgarlin Troy Gentile - @RealTroyGentileFacebook: https://.facebook.com/ctvCTVCONTACT: Jacqui VanSickle, Bell Media, 416.384.5091or jacqueline.vansickle@bellmedia.caJim Quan, Bell Media, 416.384.5311 or jim.quan@bellmedia.ca儲存倉

Source: Tulsa World, Okla.迷你倉Sept. 06--Crying is normal for babies, and they should never be shaken, no matter how frustrated a person gets.Oklahoma State Department of Health officials hope people will remember that when they see a purple cap on a baby.The Health Department is looking for volunteers to knit or crochet the purple caps, which will be distributed to newborns at 34 hospitals in November and December as part of the CLICK for Babies project.Ann Benson, administrative program manager for child and adolescent health at the state Health Department, said babies can cry for hours, and that that is normal."It doesn't always mean something is wrong," she said.The cap distribution campaign is part of a program called the Period of PURPLE Crying, with each letter in purple standing for a word or phrase."P" is for peak of crying, which usually occurs at about two months."U" is for unexpected, as crying can come and go, and parents may not know why."R" is for resists soothing, a reminder that babies can keep crying no matter what you do.The second "P" is for painlike face. Babies might look like they are in pain when they are not."L" is for long-lasting, because crying can last for five or more hours a day."E" is for evening, when babies are most likely to cry.If the baby has fever or is showing other symptoms of illness, the crying can indicate a problem that needs to be addressed.Benson said volunteers can choose any pattern and any shade of purple for the caps, as long as they use baby-soft yarn.Anything attached to the cap should be secured tightly so it doesn't become a choking hazard, she said.Shaking a baby can文件倉cause bleeding that can create pressure and cut off oxygen to the brain. Shaking is particularly dangerous for babies because their brains are smaller and have more room to move around in their skulls and, because their brain matter is softer, can break apart easily.Also, their neck muscles are less developed, said Keri Lyons, director of the Never Shake a Baby program at the Parent Child Center of Tulsa, which is helping with the cap distribution."They're just more susceptible to injury because of the way their anatomy is," she said, adding that shaking a baby for two to three seconds can cause severe injury.The Parent Child Center goes to five participating Tulsa hospitals year-round to educate parents about babies' crying habits and pass out a DVD that can be shared with other caregivers, Lyons said."It's basically to help them understand what's going on and deal with it," she said.Last year, the center's employees visited with 13,000 people and during November and December distributed about 1,200 purple caps, she said.Their goal is to collect at least 1,500 caps this year, Lyons said.Between 2001 and 2010 in Oklahoma, 93 babies -- including 11 in Tulsa -- died from shaking. They ranged in age from 1 month to 3 years.How you can helpMail purple caps for babies to:Parent Child Center of Tulsa1421 S. Boston Ave.Tulsa, OK 74119Oklahoma Child Death Review Board111 N. Lee Ave., Suite 500Oklahoma City, OK 73103Shannon Muchmore 918-581-8378shannon.muchmore@tulsaworld.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) Visit Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) at .tulsaworld.com Distributed by MCT Information Services存倉

BT Weekend susses out three new shops selling bread and pastry that will surely raise the bar for all existing bakeries hereLive by bread aloneArtisan Boulangerie Compagnie118 Killiney Road #01-01Tel: 6444 8130Hours: 8am-10pm dailyIF Eran Mayer had his way, Singaporeans would visit their neighbourhood bakeries three times a day, just to pick up fresh loaves of bread and pastries for breakfast, lunch or dinner.迷你倉Acknowledging that it may take a few months or maybe a few years, "it is my aim to see each household in Singapore with a loaf of fresh, preservative-free bread in the middle of their table all the time," says the 41-year-old, adding cheekily: "We're going to throw the rice cooker out."Mr Mayer is the head baker at week-old Artisan Boulangerie Compagnie (ABC), a smartly done up French bakery along Killiney Road owned by The Zest Group, an F&B company that also invests in brands such as Twelve Cupcakes here.But Mr Mayer isn't just pushing for the brazen consumption of carbohydrates, rather, a finer appreciation of the craftsmanship that goes into bread making.Which is why at ABC, a long chef's table of sorts is the first thing you see when you step into the 1,800 sq ft dine-in space. It is possibly the best seat in the house - as from there you can take in unhindered views of the sprawling 2,500 sq ft kitchen that cost them $700,000 to fit out, and Mr Mayer within it, sniffing at baguettes coming fresh out of the oven or waxing lyrical about letting the breads sing their song (his poetic way of referring to the subtle cracking sounds made by the baguette crust as it cools)."Bakers usually do their work at night, so that when people come into the bakery in the morning, all they see is a wall of beautiful pastry," he says. "Our idea is to expose the magic, to let people see the ovens, the handwork, and the creative process that goes into our breads."And Mr Mayer is a bread and butter geek if we ever met one: he eagerly launches into a discussion on the finers points of butter from Normandy versus butter from Charentes-Poitou (the former is where the butter he currently uses is from; the latter, where he would like to import his favourite butter from); and only flour imported from Minoterie Viron, a small family-run flour mill in Chartres, west of Paris, is used in the kitchens of ABC. Everything is mixed in-house, pre-mixes are strictly forbidden.So ABC's baguettes may not all turn out uniformly shaped, but that's the whole point. From the uneven folds in each flaky layer of his rich, buttery croissants, to the scarification atop each baguette - or what Mr Mayer calls the "baker's signature" - he says: "I like when you see the hand of the artisan in our breads, it reminds you that it is made by a human, not a machine."It's no mean feat, considering that Mr Mayer's kitchen team of 18 has to churn out more than 50 different items (including more than 15 types of breads) that are sold at the 75-seater each day - but that's the only way Mr Mayer knows how to do it.Born to a German family in Israel, Mr Mayer spent most of his 20-year baking career working in artisan bakeries across France, and has even taken home top honours in annual baguette competitions in the country.Unlike other bakery chains that bank on flying in consulting French chefs to perform quality checks only from time to time, Mr Mayer is here to stay, and so is the bakery's consistency, he says. He uprooted his homemaker wife and two daughters, aged three and nine, to Singapore in June, and now lives just a few paces from the bakery.In homage to his new neighbourhood - chosen largely for its promixity to residents, whom he hopes to convert to regulars - he christened his signature bake the Killiney loaf ($18 for a 1kg loaf, also available in 500g). Made from on a personal recipe he's been perfecting for the last 25 years, the loaf is a hefty, rustic chunk that resembles a leg of parma ham, but slices open to reveal a bouyant and slightly moist centre.Other creations from the expansive range include pastries such as zesty orange brioches and lemon tarts to start your mornings with, to hearty rye grain and cereal-studded dark bread, and raisin-filled muesli loaves. Prices generally range from $2 to $10.Savoury food items such as salads, toasted sandwiches, quiches and pies, and cheese and charcuterie platters showcasing the home-made breads are available for lunch too, while a weekend brunch menu will be rolled out in a fortnight. Plans for a second outlet in Great World City by year-end are also underway."The whole idea is to create a happy place, where our bakery becomes an extension of people's homes," adds Mr Mayer.By Debbie Yongdebyong@sph.com.sgIn full bloomAnthesis86 Robertson Quay #01-01Tel: 6737 9873Hours: 8.30am-5.30pm dailyAFTER two attempts at holding down what her father deemed "a proper job" in the banking industry, Melanie Ng, 29, found herself trading it all in again to return to her first love - food.The latest project for the former Goldman Sachs banker: Anthesis, a month-old 1,7000 sq ft cafe tucked within a gorgeously restored warehouse along Robertson Quay.There is a sense of deja vu for Ms Ng, who similarly gave up a banking role in Morgan Stanley in 2009 to co-found dessert chain 1-Caramel in Handy Road with the One Rochester Group (she has since sold her shares back to the group)."I thought it'd be easier the second time, but it isn't," laughs Ms Ng, whose older sister Severine, 36, is also a business partner.Instead of just focusing on pastries (the lemon tart儲存is a must) and desserts, Anthesis - which refers to the period when a flower is in full bloom - offers freshly baked breads, hot food and a range of gourmet teas, coffee and craft beers.Though Ms Ng herself has been a hobbyist baker since her undergraduate days in Sydney, she roped in veteran baker Gan Eng Ling, 50, to run things on a more commercial scale. He churns out innovative creations such as oatmeal carrot loaves and spinach and parmesan brioches, on top of usual bakes such as mini baguettes and walnut breads, on a daily basis. Pastry prices start from $2.50 for a macaron, while breads cost upwards of $2.80 for a short baguette.The food menu is designed to showcase the cafe's homemade breads, so you get bread platters, eggs on toast, soups and salads and brunch staples such as eggs benedict, pancakes, and a banana split French toast stack ($16) made with slices of brioche and drizzled with maple syrup, caramelised banana and fresh strawberry slices. For something a little more unconventional, go for the tuna tataki sandwich ($18), lightly seared pepper-crusted slabs of tuna perched on a sourdough toast and coiffed with alfalfa sprouts and avocado. All the sandwiches on offer can be made from your choice of bread ranging from wholemeal, sourdough, ciabatta, baguette or a more premium selection of multigrain, olive focaccia, herb, dark rye, pumpkin seed or walnut bread.The house coffee, meanwhile, is a blend of Brazilian, Sumatran and Guatemalan beans specially customised by a local coffee roaster, while teas are from American organic tea specialist, The Art of Tea.Ms Ng and her team are currently working on a dinner menu to be launched early next month to cater to the area's laidback and largely residential evening crowd."We chose this spot in Robertson Quay because it's very relaxed, you don't feel like you're in Singapore - even though you're right in the heart of the city," says Ms Ng, of the 70-seater loft-like space, with 25 alfresco seats by the edge of the Singapore River.When operations stabilise, Ms Ng also plans to wholesale her breads to other independent cafes."People are more health conscious these days, and the best way to ensure your breads are organic and preservative-free is to do it yourself," explains Ms Ng.By Debbie YongA first for Lady MLady M ConfectionsMarina Square Shopping Mall,6 Raffles Boulevard, #02-103Opens Sep 8Hours: 10am - 10pm daily. Last orders at 9.30pmTHEY say that sometimes it's not what you know but who you know. That was, indeed, how ViJay Pillai came to open acclaimed New York cake brand, Lady M's first offshore outpost in Singapore.Scheduled to open to the public tomorrow, the 56-seater Lady M Singapore is only the chain's fifth store; it has three other outlets in New York, and one in Los Angeles. The brand originated in New York's Upper East Side in 2001, and quickly grew to become a cult hit in Manhattan with long queues for its signature layered crepe cakes.Lady M was founded by Kumi Romaniszyn and her son Ken - both family friends of Mr Pillai, 27, who will serve as their Singapore director. He also runs Caerus Holdings, an F&B group that manages restaurants in Malaysia and Singapore and a wine distribution business in India and the Maldives.According to Mr Pillai, the two parties only decided to embark on this joint-venture together some time last year, even though Lady M Confections has been around for over a decade. One reason he took his time was that he wanted to be able to maintain the quality of the brand, which depends a lot on getting the right ingredients. "Getting the cream and the flour was the hardest part. Making the cakes is purely about ingredients and technique," he states.Their signature mille crepe cakes, for instance, are made up of 20 layers of thin crepes, with a cream filling between each layer. Each cake has to be handmade over a period of 10 hours, from the time the batter is mixed to the time it is placed on a cake stand. Since it is such a long process, their team of six bakers in the central kitchen can only make about 30 cakes a day, and a total of about 200 cakes if you include other flavours and pastries, says Mr Pillai. "Our biggest worry now is to be able to meet the demand," he adds.The upside of the joint venture, however, is that he has some help from the New York branch. One of Lady M's founding chefs is relocating to Singapore, and will stay on to develop new flavours incorporating local accents.Meanwhile, customers can expect an initial selection of eight of the brand's core cakes, such as the signature mille crepe, the green tea mille, strawberry shortcake and berry tart, along with individual pastries such as the Mont Blanc and chocolate eclairs. More items will be gradually added to match the full selection currently available in the US. Tarts will average $9 per slice, while the signaure mille crepe cakes will go for $7 per slice and $40 to $65 for 6-inch and 9-inch cakes respectively.A second, more intimate 900 sq ft outlet in One Fullerton will open in October, and will be positioned as a slightly more intimate, late-night dessert bar.Despite the Marina Square Singapore flagship being twice the size of Lady M's original New York outlet at 2,000 sq ft, Pillai says he hopes to adhere to the same concept of keeping the focus on the cakes.As such, the decor of the Singapore store will be kept to barren white walls on purpose. "The idea is to let the cakes stand out the most, and become the focus of the whole store," he says.By Rachel Loirachloi@sph.com.sg新蒲崗迷你倉

Source: Dayton Daily News, OhioSept.迷你倉 06--While crime trends are mixed this year in the area's largest suburbs, crime rates in the city of Dayton have declined in seven of the eight major categories compared to last year.Through the first eight months of 2013, violent crime in Dayton -- homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault -- is down 7 percent from last year, according to police statistics. Property crime -- residential burglary, arson and two types of theft -- is down 12 percent.Dayton's three largest suburbs -- Kettering, Beavercreek and Huber Heights -- have much lower overall rates of crime than Dayton. Kettering's violent crime rate is up slightly this year, to 29 incidents through July, but that is dwarfed by Dayton's 821 incidents through August.Property crime trends are up this year in Kettering and Beavercreek, with burglary, larceny and car theft numbers up according to police in both cities. Huber Heights' comparatively low homicide and rape numbers numbers also have risen this year.An apples-to-apples comparison of crime statistics between cities is difficult, because of different incident reporting systems and ways the cities categorize crimes.Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl said his city's success in lowering crime rates is not limited to this year. Tracking a three-year trend, Dayton's 821 violent crimes through August this year marks a 20 percent decline from the 1,026 that happened in the first eight months of 2010. Property crime is down 15.5 percent in that span.The Dayton trend follows national statistics reported. Violent crime fell for the fifth year in a row, dropping 4.5 percent (for every 100,000 people), according to FBI's statistics released for 2011, the most recent available. Property crime fell for the ninth year in a row by 1.3 percent, according to the FBI.If you ask Biehl, Dayton Mayor Gary Leitzell, community leaders and Dayton's police union, you'll get a variety of reasons for the drop in crime here."The biggest change for us ... was the restructuring we went through early in 2011," Biehl said, referring to a move to decentralize property crime detectives. "It created a true synergy between patrol officers who are out in the community 24/7, the detectives who have to do follow-up investigation on unsolved crimes, and crime prevention officers who respond to emerging crime patterns and implement prevention strategies. It got them all talking and working together."Dayton Fraternal Order of Police President Mike Galbraith disagreed on the value of the restructuring, but he raised two other issues that echoed Biehl's reasoning.The first was Dayton's ability to hire police officers again after a multi-year, lawsuit-induced hiring freeze. Dayton's first two classes totaling 43 new officers have hit the streets -- one last year and one this year -- and a third class is in the police academy. Galbraith's other idea dealt with collaboration with other agencies."I think a lot of it has to do with local agencies teaming up with federal agencies, and working together and taking major criminals in Dayton off the street," Galbraith said. "We've removed several individuals who were responsible for homicides and drug trafficking儲存倉 and a lot of them are doing federal prison time."Property crime is the biggest concern in Kettering, and Police Chief James O'Dell said the city's numbers rose this year due in part to the work of some"career criminals" who have since been arrested. O'Dell said Kettering's arrest numbers are also up this year, and case clearance rates are well above national averages."The best measure is our residents' perception of safety," O'Dell said. "Our 2012 Citizen Satisfaction Survey tells us that people feel safe in their neighborhoods."Kevin Jones, president of the Fair River Oaks Priority Board, said the declining crime numbers in Dayton sound fairly accurate based on what he's seen in northwest Dayton, but he wonders how much crime isn't reported at all, as people worry about their own safety and choose not to get involved.That worry dovetails with one of Biehl's main concerns."To this day, despite improvements in technology, interviewing techniques and forensics, the most important factor in whether police solve a crime or not is whether citizens will tell them who did it," he said. "And that's all based on relationships. How do they feel about the police officers that serve in their community? Do they know them? Do they like them? Do they trust them?"Jones said that's a mixed bag citywide, but is a success in the Phoenix Project area near Good Samaritan hospital, where hospital funding helps pay for focused policing by Dayton officers."They have assigned officers, and their whole responsibility is this community," Jones said. "They take ownership. It's not their job that they go to everyday, it's their neighborhood. They sound like the gang players, because they become territorial. And I see that starting to improve in some other neighborhoods, too, as officers take ownership."Leitzell said Dayton still has an unfair perception problem, arguing that law-abiding citizens are very unlikely to become crime victims in the city."When you're city-specific (about crime), people are afraid to come to all of Dayton," Leitzell said. "If you're neighborhood-specific ... what that does for the citizens, is they can identify that certain neighborhoods need help."Leitzell also focused on the need for a better relationship between police and city residents."I think we're getting there," Leitzell said. "There's still a big divide, which is why we have the community-police relations group that Commissioner Williams put together. That was long overdue, and they're realizing there's a dialogue that has to be held. Certain cultures don't trust the police, and they may be justified in doing so, so it's up to our police department to reach out and be willing to help solve some of the problems."Biehl said those who point to a population decline as the reason for Dayton's crime decline have their numbers wrong. Dayton's violent crime rate has dropped 20 percent in three years, while Dayton's population declined less than 15 percent all of last decade, and actually increased in 2011 according to Census estimates.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: The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.迷你倉Sept. 06--The apparently random East Minnehaha home invasion that led to the death of an inebriated intruder last summer was "the strangest case I've ever worked," said Clark County Sheriff's Office Detective Lindsay Schultz.The makers of "Panic 911" found it strange, too. Last month, a crew from the A&E Network thriller show, which analyzes and dramatizes actual 911 calls, turned a sheriff's office conference room into a television studio while interviewing Schultz and K-9 deputy Brian Ellithorpe about the case."It was a unique experience. I'm not used to doing stuff like this," said Schultz, who worked as a patrol officer for five years before moving up to detective with the Major Crimes Unit. Her own crime investigation interviews have been known to grow "long and stressful and tiresome," she said -- but nothing like her own interrogation by a TV crew. That lasted for four long hours and was minutely detailed, she said. "It was a little bit fun and incredibly stressful," she said.It was also quarterbacked from afar. The interviewer who sat opposite Schultz was in constant electronic contact with a producer back at the home studio; that producer monitored the interview and prompted the interviewer, in real time, about what details to pursue."They really knew the case. I was impressed with their accuracy and research. They were very, very well prepared," Schultz said. Also, she added, the A&E crew was "very sensitive to the family."That family, Robert and Janice Blakemore, decided not to participate, and a different name is being substituted for theirs in the show. But儲存the couple didn't have a problem with the sheriff's office participating, Schultz said.What happened, according to news reports and Schultz's recollection, was this: Early on the morning of Aug. 25, 2012, a 42-year-old man named Chris Billings, of Kansas City, Mo., was visiting Vancouver friends. The friends found Billings to be "out of control," Schultz said, and sent him packing in the direction of a state trooper they noticed making a traffic stop. The trooper was busy and called for backup, but in the meantime, Billings stumbled farther down the street, smashed through a fence and let himself in the open back door of the Blakemore home on Northeast 54th Avenue.When Billings broke through their locked bedroom door, Robert Blakemore shot and killed him. Police showed up moments later. Blakemore was not charged with a crime."They are some of the nicest people I have ever met. This thing was so random," said Schultz.Schultz said she was not a fan of "Panic 911." "I never even heard of it. But I watched an episode the other day. It's not a bad show," she said."It was interesting. I think they are looking to show how situations begin" -- and the sketchy nature of the information that dispatchers and police must go on, she said. "I guess I'm used to that stuff."The episode of "Panic 911" is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. Thursday on A&E.------Bits 'n' Pieces appears Fridays and Saturdays. If you have a story you'd like to share, email bits@columbian.com.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) Visit The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) at .columbian.com Distributed by MCT Information Services新蒲崗迷你倉

Source: Detroit Free PressSept.存倉 06--By now, you've long known that Ariel Castro, the monster from Cleveland who held three young women captive for the better part of 10 years, committed suicide in an Ohio jail cell.Castro used the bedsheets in his prison cell to hang himself just one month into his life-plus-1,000-years' sentence, ending his own suffering.The news has been tugging at me for days -- the same way the initial stories about Castro's house of horrors did back in May.My mind keeps going back to a picture of Amanda Berry, who managed to escape from her prison through sheer determination, screaming through the door for help for herself, the two other women he held captive, and for the little girl she bore to Castro in that awful house on Seymour Street.I keep thinking about that 6-year-old child, and what Berry must be telling her now about her father, now that he's dead, now that he took the easy way out.What does that little girl remember of Castro, and how will the narrative play out for her as she grows up? This little girl shared a room with her mom with a Pocahontas poster on the wall, and knew only of life in a place where there were boards over the windows, chains, and locks on every door. Will Berry tell her that her father was a beast of a man with no compassion?Footage of an FBI interview with Castro in the hours after his arrest emerged this morning. In it, Castro speaks about how he used Berry's cell phone in 2003 to call her mother and tell her she was still alive."I think I said something, that I have her daughter, and that she's OK and that she's my wife now -- something like that, probably not the exact words," he says on the video. He 迷你倉old investigators he hung up before Berry's mother, Louwana Miller, could engage him in conversation.Miller never stopped looking for her daughter, who was taken on the eve of her 17th birthday while walking home from her job at Burger King. Miller died in 2006, still heartbroken. Perhaps she kept on looking and never gave up hope because of that single phone call. We'll never know.Castro also told investigators in the video footage that it was the little girl he had with Berry who persuaded him to leave a bedroom door unlocked that day in May when Berry was able to get to the front of the house; it was just enough to have her cries heard for the first time in a decade.Courage is all I can think about. In the face of a violent man who tortured and beat her mother, this little girl talked Castro into making what would become his biggest mistake.Yet in the end, cowardice is all that Castro had in him.-- Related story: Cleveland kidnapping victim Michelle Knight: 'I spent 11 years in hell'Though he stole years of their lives, none of the women he tortured advocated that Castro should be put to death. No, that would be too kind for a man who starved them, who beat them, who raped them. After all he did to them, Castro could manage only 30 days in prison, life in far better conditions than he offered them.Now that he's gone, we can only pray that his daughter draws from the incredible legacy of strength and love of her mother and late grandmother, and that she won't remember the cruelty or the cowardice of the man who fathered her.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Detroit Free Press Visit the Detroit Free Press at .freep.com Distributed by MCT Information Services自存倉

Source: Tulsa World, Okla.迷你倉Sept. 06--Federal officials have given Oklahoma a one-year extension of the popular Insure Oklahoma program, extending coverage to a group of the poorest residents in jeopardy of losing health care on Dec. 31.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has approved a one-year extension of Insure Oklahoma, officials told the Tulsa World on Friday.Gov. Mary Fallin discussed the extension during a 10:30 a.m. press conference, saying the agreement "is a big win for Oklahoma and the tens of thousands of adults and children who currently buy health insurance through Insure Oklahoma.""These Oklahomans and their families can now rest easy knowing that they won't lose their insurance on Jan. 1," she said.Insure Oklahoma subsidizes private health insurance for nearly 30,000 low-income workers. It was created in 2005 after state voters approved an increase in tobacco taxes to fund health-care improvements.The program uses $50 million a year in state tobacco tax revenue, federal Medicaid money and employer contributions to subsidize private health insurance. It covers low-income individuals and employees whose employers take part in the program.The Obama administration told Oklahoma this spring it would not renew the Medicaid waiver authorizing federal funds in the program because Insure Oklahoma did not meet requirements of the Affordable Care Act.The Department of Health and Human Services objected to the cap on the number of Insure Oklahoma participants. Without a waiver extension, Insure Oklahoma was to expire at the end of the year.Because Fallin rejected an expansion of Medicaid that accompanied the Affordable Care Act, thousands of the poorest Oklahomans -- those making about $12,000 a year or less -- would have been ineligible for subsidies to purchase insurance under the new law.Insure Oklahoma currently covers individuals and employees at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, just under $24,000 per year. Income requirements for those covered by Insure Oklahoma through their employers will not change under the extended program.The extension allows people with incomes between 100 and 200 percent of the poverty level to be covered through the Affordable Care Act. The law allows individuals to shop for coverage through insurance "exchanges," websites where consumers can compare costs and details of vari儲存倉us plans.Under this agreement, however, the state will not be able to recoup as much money in federal reimbursement as states that accepted the Medicaid expansion. A Supreme Court decision that upheld the Affordable Care Act made acceptance of the Medicaid expansion voluntary.A report by the nonprofit Urban Institute found in the 25 states that rejected the Medicaid expansion, nearly 7 million adults under age 65 will be ineligible for coverage.Medicaid is a program in which states and the federal government provide health care for children, people with disabilities and pregnant women. Most adults who do not fall into those categories do not qualify for the program and the expansion was intended to cover them in all 50 states.Federal officials are not giving up hope that Fallin will change her mind and accept the expanded Medicaid funds.Emma Sandoe, a spokeswoman for Health and Human Services, said in an email to the Tulsa World: "We look forward to working with Oklahoma and all other states in bringing a flexible, state-based approach to Medicaid coverage expansion and encourage the state to explore these options."We encourage all states to adopt the Medicaid funding made possible by the Affordable Care Act, which provides 100 percent federal funding for three years and never falls below 90 percent federal funding for people newly eligible for Medicaid," Sandoe said.Fallin has said accepting the expansion would cost the state too much and that federal officials could change terms of the expansion in the future.Democratic lawmakers had urged Fallin to consider legislation dealing with Insure Oklahoma during a special session that began this week. Fallin said she would not expand the session to deal with subjects other than tort reform.Oklahoma has nearly 700,000 uninsured residents, ranking behind only four other states in number of uninsured. Enrollment under the Affordable Care Act is scheduled to begin Oct. 1 and continue for six months. Coverage is to start Jan. 1.Under the law's "individual mandate," Americans are required to have insurance or pay a fine, unless they fall into several narrow exempt categories. The fine for individuals is $95 the first year and escalates to $695 in 2016.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) Visit Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) at .tulsaworld.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉價錢