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據新華社多倫多7月29日電從29日開始，新蒲崗迷你倉加拿大15個重要海外簽証中心的簽証官停止簽証業務，包括在中國北京、上海和香港的簽証中心。這意味著加拿大職業外交人員協會為向聯邦政府爭取“同工同酬”待遇而發起的罷工行動進一步升級。預計此舉將給加拿大旅遊業、接收國際學生的教育機構造成嚴重影響。據加拿大職業外交人員協會說，參加罷工的加拿大海外簽証中心還分佈在倫敦、巴黎、墨西哥城、開羅、新德里、聖保羅、莫斯科等世界大城市。其中北京、新德里和墨西哥城的簽証中心從6月份就已經開始罷工。這次大規模罷工行動涉及屬於該協會會員的約150名外交人員，他們每周要處理一兩萬份簽証申請。

　　“大江大湖”是武漢的標誌，迷你倉而山也是武漢重要的自然景觀。如何讓市民親近山體，修復“受傷”山體？昨天，武漢市政協常委專題協商“山體保護”建議案。據悉，我市將在三年內，投10億修復54座破損山體。　　龜山將變身武漢“城市陽台”　　“煙雨莽蒼蒼，龜蛇鎖大江”，東臨長江的龜山將成為武漢的“城市陽台”。昨天，市園林局副局長余鳳生介紹，自2011年以來，市園林局對龜山景觀和基礎設施進行改造。通過前期查閱龜山、月湖的歷史文獻和相關規劃資料，市園林局製作了龜山城市陽台規劃設計方案，將其打造成為武漢市民和外地遊客賞玩的標誌性景觀。屆時，市民可登上龜山“城市陽台”，俯瞰兩江四岸和黃鶴樓。　　此外，龜山北區也被納入《黃鶴樓文化旅遊區發展規劃》。黃鶴樓文化旅遊區將展現“龜蛇鎖大江、黃鶴攬勝”的景觀，成為旅遊觀光、生態遊憩、文化休閒等多功能的城中型文化旅遊區。　　3年投10億元修復山體　　6月，市人大鎖定了我市的基本生態控制線，最終劃定我市1566平方公里的生態底線區，保文件倉總面積為137平方公里的山體。　　市園林局調研數據顯示，武漢主城區現有山體58座，其中42座山體植被狀態較好，11座山體“受傷”，部分山形被嚴重破壞。另據不完全統計，三環至外環沿線的229座山，輕度破壞的占11%，嚴重破壞的占15%。　　據瞭解，山體修復每畝平均投入約8萬元。我市從今年起，將投入10億元，用三年時間修復54座破損山體，修復面積1.28萬畝。今年將完成21座山體的修復。驗收合格後，修復山體的單位可獲每畝1萬元的獎勵。　　今年起不再新增采礦項目　　除修復山體外，我市還將加強對礦山的管理。目前，全市經國土規劃部門許可仍在生產的采石采礦企業有34家。2015年以前，我市將關停“三線、三區”可視範圍內的12家采石場，可視範圍外的逐步關停。今年上半年已關停6家。　　此外，我市對原《采礦許可證》已到期的，不再辦理延續手續。自今年起，國土規劃部門將不再新增探礦、采礦項目。(記者 王雪 通訊員 阮鵬 實習生 吳文越)標簽：山體 龜山 武漢 園林局 修復存倉

香港文匯報訊（記者 陳錦燕）政府致力開闢土地，迷你倉沙田新推出的洪水橋新發展區項目，可提供約6萬個單位，預計可容納21.8萬人。香港建造商會昨日發表聲明，歡迎及支持計劃，認為新發展區的規劃和落實，有利於本港經濟發展及滿足港人對房屋的需求，又期望政府能繼續與社會各界保持溝通，讓各界能共同參與規劃。利經濟發展 紓房屋需求　政府近日發表的洪水橋新發展區「初步發展大綱圖」，受到社會各界關注。香港建造商會表示，樂見政府開展計劃。而在政府規劃中，新發展區將會提供6萬個新住宅單位，令該社區的人口由現時4.3萬人，增至21.8萬人，該會認為新發展區有助紓緩人口增長帶來的房屋需求。　同時，新發展區迷你倉價錢會預留62公頃土地作物流用途，10公頃則會提供予資訊科技及電訊業，而計劃中的西鐵洪水橋站一帶，將會設置購物中心、酒店和辦公室等用地，鄰近天水圍的地區亦會發展為零售及商業地帶。該會認為，政府能善用現有和計劃中的鐵路和策略性公路的優勢，有利促進本港經濟長遠發展。涉多方利益 冀廣納意見　「初步發展大綱圖」中又鼓勵興建綠色建築，及把新生新村的鷺鳥林劃為「綠化地帶」以便保育。該會歡迎政府在綠色交通、環保建築和土地規劃上保護環境，促使新發展區可持續發展。因規劃涉及複雜問題和多方利益，香港建造商會期望政府繼續廣泛諮詢公眾意見，同時藉此帶動社會充分及理性討論，為新發展區吸納更多有用的意見。迷你倉庫

美國紐約這個充斥著摩天大樓的鋼筋叢林中，迷你倉出租仰望天空似乎成了一種奢侈。為滿足人們親近自然的願望，一些高端酒店開始推出“城市露營”服務——在酒店陽台上搭建帳篷，讓客人在漫天星光和城市燈火中度過浪漫一夜。新賣點法新社7月29日引述奢侈酒店集團AKA工作人員伊蘭娜·弗里德曼的話報道：“發現這一賣點（城市露營）後，我們認為它會令顧客感興趣，能給他們提供一生只有一次的機會，這種體驗他們在其他地方無法獲得。所以我們迅速把這一想法變成現實。”在AKA位於中央公園的酒店中，顧客可以享受到五星級的“室外臥室”——帳篷搭建在17樓露台，配備一張舒適的大床。顧客們可以在那裡享受燭光晚餐、壁爐、浪漫小吃並欣賞紐約這座不夜城的絢爛夜景。服務一經推出就受到熱烈歡迎。不僅吸引了來自巴西、澳大利亞、阿拉伯聯合酋長國等地的外國客人，就連本地人也禁不住來一嘗新鮮。印象深一位名叫珍妮弗·塞梅特爾的客人說：“這次（城市露營）體驗讓我再也不想去傳統的露營了。”荷蘭客人傑夫·瓊貝克現年42歲，在阿菲尼亞花園酒店首次體驗城儲存倉露營。他不但欣賞到了上東區的夜景，還品嘗了冰鎮白葡萄酒，並在燭光搖曳的大床上美美地睡了一覺。“在紐約，這太不可思議了，”瓊貝克說，“通常來講，這裡的空間很封閉。因此，住在外面的帳篷里感覺特別美好。”不過，要想享受這種美好感覺可不便宜。若想在AKA位於中央公園的酒店體驗一把城市露營，每晚需要支付1995美元。阿菲尼亞花園酒店的收費根據季節不同，價格從每晚309美元到700美元不等。有原因受汙染、城市強光和各色摩天大樓的“干擾”，城市露營時，人們看到更多的或許不是星光，而是各色建築及城市的燈火。但這並不妨礙人們的熱情，特別是經歷了2011年的嚴冬後。“我們的客人不願意待在狹小的室內，這會令他們心情煩躁，”阿菲尼亞花園酒店市場部經理蘇珊娜·拉莫斯說，“特別是那場瘋狂的暴風雪過後，他們急切盼望一種溫暖的、充滿夏日氣息的戶外生活感受。”談起城市露營受歡迎的原因，旅遊業內人士邁克爾·盧翁戈認為，“9·11”恐怖襲擊發生後，對美國人來說，“開始更加珍惜所擁有的東西”。荊晶（新華社供本報特稿）迷你倉沙田

世界旅遊組織第六屆絲綢之路國際大會暨第三屆敦煌行·絲綢之路國際旅遊節即將于8月1日在敦煌市拉開帷幕。屆時，自存倉將有來自29個絲綢之路沿線國家和聯合國世界旅遊組織部分會員國、世界銀行、亞洲開發銀行、國際金融公司、聯合國貿易和發展組織、聯合國教科文組織、亞太旅遊協會的嘉賓以及國際媒體、國內旅遊業界及相關省區政府、部門代表300人共同出席此次盛會。節會規格之高，規模之大在甘肅尚屬首次。世界旅遊組織絲綢之路國際大會是聯合國世界旅遊組織為強化“絲綢之路”沿線國家緊密合作，提升“絲綢之路”旅遊品牌影響力，實現絲綢之路旅遊項目的國際合作和可持續發展而倡議召開的旅遊業界國際性會議。至目前，已不定期舉辦過 5屆，其中第一屆、第四屆及第五屆絲綢之路國際大會分別于1994年、2002年、201 0年在烏茲別克斯坦舉辦，第二屆于1996年在伊朗伊斯蘭共和國舉辦，第三屆于199 8年在格魯吉亞舉辦。緣起2012年8月，我省舉辦第二屆敦煌行·絲綢之路國際旅遊節開幕式期間，國家旅遊局協助我省邀請到了聯合國世界旅遊組織、世界旅遊業理事會、亞太旅遊組織以及德國、法國、加拿大等10多個國家和地區的旅遊機構官員、旅行商以及媒體記者100余人。甘肅省豐富的旅遊資源、線路產品給海外代表留下了深刻的印象。參會的聯合國世界旅遊組織亞太部主任徐京認為，甘肅具有世界旅遊市場中的頂級資 源，有些資源全球無可比擬，他表示將作為甘肅的義務宣傳員向世界積極宣傳甘肅旅遊。徐京回總部後積極向世界旅遊組織推薦將世界旅遊組織第六屆絲綢之路國際大會舉辦地放在甘肅省敦煌市，支持甘肅旅遊走向世界。2012年9月，省政府主要領導、相關領導借參加首屆澳門“世界旅遊經濟論壇”之際，又與世界旅遊組織秘書長塔勒布·瑞法、國家旅遊局局長邵琪偉，就2013 年在我省舉辦第六屆絲綢之路國際大會進行了積極具體的溝通對接，並達成了共識，初步確定2013年由甘肅省承辦世界旅遊組織第六屆絲綢之路國際大會。落戶根據省政府、國家旅遊局和世界旅遊組織達成的共識，省政府於今年5月初向國務院上報了舉辦世界旅遊組織第六屆絲綢之路國際大會的請示，2013年5月13日至15日，省政府相關領導帶領省旅遊局和省外辦負責人赴京向外交部、國際旅遊局匯報大會籌備情況，協調相關審批事宜。外交部于6月4日回函，轉達了國務院同意在我省舉辦第六屆絲綢之路國際大會的意見。世界旅遊組織第六屆絲綢之路國際大會原定于6月17日—19日在我省敦煌市召開，經過多次與世界旅遊組織、國家旅遊局溝通協調，世界旅遊組織最終同意將第六屆絲綢之路國際大會調整至8月1日與第三屆敦煌行·絲綢之路國際旅遊節開幕式同時在敦煌舉行。這樣，既避免官員及嘉賓的重複邀請，踐行厲行節儉，又可以使兩項重大活動相互烘托促進，擴大影響，放大效應。願景在積極爭取承辦第六屆絲綢之路國際大會的過程中，我省早已意識到絲綢之路國際大會是國際旅遊業界高規格且具有廣泛影響力的國際性旅遊大會，舉辦此項大會對於提高會議承辦地在國際旅遊業界的知名度，促進甘肅旅遊業以及經濟社會發展，配合和支持我省華夏文明傳承創新區建設具有重要和深遠的意義。甘肅將通過舉辦世界旅遊組織第六屆絲綢之路國際大會，深入挖掘絲綢之路歷史文化，加強絲綢之路沿線國家的合作交往，共同打造絲綢之路世界級精品旅遊線路，進一步展示甘肅對外開放的國際形象，促進我省由旅遊資源大省向旅遊資源強省邁進，促進甘肅旅遊業可持續發展，進而促進我省經濟社會轉型跨越發展。同時更好地利用世界旅遊組織這一廣闊平台，借助其影響廣泛的宣傳媒介，在國際旅遊業界有效宣傳甘肅旅遊，進一步提升甘肅“精品絲路、絢麗甘肅”的甘肅旅遊國際新形象。行動也就在爭取舉辦權的同時，各項籌備工作也已全面鋪開。組委會成立了，開幕式文藝演出開始排練了，交通保障方案確定了，配套餐飲文化活動敲定了，志願者們正在抓緊培訓……隨著節會進入倒計時狀態，一項項工作也逐漸走向了縱深。人員就位，預案到位，所有人不敢有絲毫懈怠，都在以飽滿的精神等待著中外來賓的檢閱。為了把本屆大會辦成精彩、成功、務實的旅遊盛會，組委會特別在活動設置上花了很多心思。第六屆絲綢之路國際大會的主要活動有：大會開幕式、新聞發佈會、主旨演講大會、5場次分項討論會議、省委、省政府主要領導與世界旅遊組織要員及國家旅遊局等部委高層會談、大型文藝演出、世界旅遊組織與全聯旅遊交流簽署相關協議、甘肅絲綢之路旅遊產品推介會及旅遊合作洽談、旅遊項目簽約、嘉賓旅遊線路考察、總結儀式等十幾項活動。整個活動安排節奏緊湊，內容豐富多樣，又極具國際性。屆時，將有30多位國際國內知名專家、官員將圍繞“構建新的絲綢 之路旅遊線路”主題發表重要演講，探討國際絲綢之路旅遊品牌打造和線路重振等重大問題，必將對包括我省、我國在內的絲綢之路沿線國家和地區旅遊經濟發展產生重要影響。如今，我們有理由相信這將是一次國際旅遊盛會，必將在甘肅旅遊史上留下濃墨重彩的一筆。8月1日，敦煌，我們一同期待!世界旅遊組織第六屆絲綢之路國際旅遊大會暨第三屆敦煌行·絲綢之路國際旅游節門票優惠景區一覽表地區蘭州嘉峪關市白銀天水武威張掖平涼景點蘭州榆中興隆山永登吐魯溝森林公園紫軒葡萄酒莊園嘉峪關新城魏晉墓景泰黃河石林天水麥積山景區天水伏羲廟天水南郭寺武威雷台景區武威文廟武威涼州白塔寺肅南馬蹄寺景區平涼崆峒山景區涇川大雲寺·王母宮崇信龍泉寺景區地區酒泉慶陽定西隴南臨夏甘南景點敦煌鳴沙山月牙泉景區慶城周祖陵慶陽北石窟寺漳縣貴清山·遮陽山景區定西李家龍宮旅遊景區武都萬象洞成縣《西狹迷你倉新蒲崗》景區康縣陽壩景區永靖黃河三峽景區和政松鳴岩景區卓尼大峽溝景區臨潭冶力關景區臨潭蓮花山景區遊客持“敦煌卡”在今年8月1日至12月31日期間到所列景區遊覽，享受門票6折優惠。“一會一節”全景掃描與以往的節會相比，此次我省舉辦的“一會一節”有哪些亮點?一是突出節會國際性。參加世界旅遊組織第六屆絲綢之路國際大會的外賓包括聯合國世界旅遊組織、世界旅遊業理事會、亞太旅遊組織、絲綢之路沿線國家等29個國家和地區及國際組織旅遊機構官員及國際媒體記者約100人，他們同時還都將出席敦煌行節會開幕式，使得參加節會的外賓總人數和規格大大超過往屆。為此，組委會在節會籌備過程中也突出了國際語言、國際化的方式來辦節會。在接待、景點佈置、賓館佈置及路牌、標識、公共設施等方面都將體現國際化。二是注重節會合作開放性。在這次大會上，絲綢之路沿線國家官員、專家共商構建新的絲綢之路大計。對處在絲綢之路黃金路段的甘肅來說，這是一次與絲綢之路沿線國家和地區構建旅遊聯盟、締結合作伙伴關係、提升品牌競爭力的難得機遇，必將促使甘肅的絲綢之路旅遊產品融入到世界絲綢之路的大品牌、大市場中。這次大會期間，將舉辦甘肅絲綢之路旅遊產品推介會和旅遊合作洽談，向境內外推介甘肅旅遊精品線路和景區，一定會推動甘肅旅遊與絲綢之路國家旅遊合作邁出實質性步伐。三是注重節會實效性。舉辦節會的主要目標就是推介甘肅旅遊，帶動旅遊的快速增長。組委會預期本屆節會將吸引1600萬以上游客來甘肅旅遊觀光，實現旅遊收入115億元。為了進一步突出節會實效，省旅遊局從年初開始就組織省內大景區、旅遊公司積極與境內外旅遊企業、戰略投資者開展旅遊洽談與合作，截至目前，組委會已經征集到了74個項目，總投資額406.6億元。其中有20個總投資額350多億元的項目要在節會現場簽約。四是突出辦會節儉性。第六屆絲綢之路國際大會原定于6月在敦煌舉行。第三屆敦煌行·絲綢之路國際旅遊節開幕式原定于8月1日在張掖開幕。按照中央八項規 定要求，經過相關部門就節會舉辦時間與世界旅遊組織、國家旅遊局的多次銜接，最後確定把一會一節都放在8月1日在敦煌開幕。同時舉辦，既可以邀請同一批貴賓 參加會議，同時大大節約了開支。此外，這次節會組委會已明確規定，不發放紀念品、禮品，嚴格控制賓客邀請範圍，嚴格貫徹中央八項規定和省委省政府雙十條規定，體現了“務實、高效、節儉”的辦會原則。我省在舉辦“一會一節”活動過程中，如何實現與華夏文明傳承創新區建設相融合?此次舉辦“一會一節”本身就是建設華夏文明傳承創新區的重要舉措。�所周知，甘肅是華夏文明的重要發祥地和古代東西方文明交流的重要通道，擁有豐富而獨特的歷史、文化和旅遊資源。我省建設華夏文明傳承創新區規劃的一帶三區十三板塊布局中，絲綢之路是貫穿這一規劃的主線，文化與旅遊深度融合、節慶賽事會展是其中兩個重要板塊內容，成功舉辦絲綢之路國際大會和敦煌行·絲綢之路國際旅遊節是彰顯傳承華夏文明的重要載體。絲綢之路大會主題與華夏文明傳承創新結合緊密。絲綢之路國際大會的主題是“構建新的絲綢之路旅遊線路”。而絲綢之路在甘肅有1600多公里，占絲綢之路全長的四分之一。因此會議的研討成果對絲綢之路沿線國家共同開發絲綢之路黃金旅遊線路必將產生極大的推動作用。旅遊節43項活動與華夏文明傳承創新區建設結合緊密。今年的第三屆敦煌行·絲綢之路國際旅遊節分項活動有43項，涉及高端論壇、學術研討、精品劇目演出、民族風情表演、書畫攝影大賽、文化遺產展演等33項文化類活動，可謂是一場異彩紛呈的文化大餐。節會開幕式《朝聖敦煌》大型文藝演出，形式主要有敦煌歌舞、戲曲、雜技、器樂等，整台劇目也緊扣甘肅華夏文明傳承的主題。線路考察突出敦煌文化。本次節會組委會在安排嘉賓考察線路時，也充分考慮了敦煌在絲綢之路上的特殊地位，安排了敦煌最具代表性的考察線路，讓與會代表在敦煌感受華夏之魂、藝術之體。通過舉辦大會，甘肅如何推進與世界旅遊組織及絲綢之路沿線國家的合作?世界旅遊組織能夠將第六屆絲綢之路國際大會安排在敦煌市舉辦，就是對甘肅旅遊業發展的關心和支持，也開�了我省與世界旅遊組織及絲綢之路沿線國家的友誼之路、合作之路。通過舉辦絲綢之路國際大會，我省將借助世界旅遊組織及絲綢之路國際大會的影響力，將世界目光聚焦到甘肅，聚焦到敦煌，有效宣傳甘肅旅遊，積極推介甘肅旅遊，進一步提升“精品絲路、絢麗甘肅”的整體旅遊形象和甘肅對外開放的國際形象，促進甘肅省旅遊業跨越發展。通過舉辦絲綢之路國際大會，甘肅將與絲綢之路沿線國家建立聯繫，廣交朋友，深化交流，擴大合作，共同打造絲綢之路世界級精品旅遊線路，推動世界絲綢之路旅遊快速發展。良好的開端是成功的一半。今後，在大家的共同努力下，甘肅與世界旅遊組織及絲綢之路沿線國家合作交流的“新絲綢之路”必將越走越寬廣。節會期間，為了吸引更多的遊客來甘肅旅遊，我省有哪些優惠政策?前兩屆“敦煌行·絲綢之路國際旅遊節”發行的優惠門票“敦煌卡”，在全面完成節會確定的目標任務，激活全省旅遊市場方面發揮了積極的作用。今年為了繼續增強節會的吸引力，激發海內外遊客參與節會的熱情，積極營造節會氛圍，讓利於遊客、吸引更多的人來甘肅旅遊，我們從全省旅遊景區中精選28家作為節會活動重點推介景區，由景區所在地政府作出優惠承諾，省上統一印製1000萬張“敦煌卡”，已經通過《讀者》雜誌、郵資明信片等渠道向海內外客源市場贈送。目前“敦煌卡”已發行，遊客持“敦煌卡”在2013年8月1日至12月31日期間到所列景區遊覽，可享受門票6折優惠。迷你倉出租

信息來源於四川新聞網 / Cited from .newssc.org/汛期出游，迷你倉沙田注意安全。盛夏，汛期，暴雨，洪水，安全隱患不可忽視。據最新氣象預報，初步預計7月31日?8月初我省又將有一次明顯降水天氣過程。今年自入汛以來，我省天氣比較異常，汛期開始時間早，降雨強度大，發生次數多，間隔時間短，降雨持續時間長，波及範圍廣。特別是從7月初開始，出現了多輪強降雨，加上隨之引發的泥石流、山體滑坡等次生災害，給我省多個景區造成嚴重影響，導致部分通往景區的道路損毀，出現遊客滯留的情況。汛期旅遊安全成為全省旅遊界關注的焦點。夏季是我省的旅遊旺季，同時也是極端天氣和次生災害的多發期。如何在汛期玩得開心又安全，“一查二問三看四聽”，有利於你夏季汛期安全出游。□本報記者 陽帆圖片均為資料圖片：查看目的地天氣和道路交通狀況7月29日，成都市交委發佈路況，由於都汶高速連山村大橋路段再次發生泥石流，道路中斷。目前，都汶高速放行小型車輛，請駕駛員朋友有序通行，服從現場交警指揮。7月28日7時50分，四川省氣象台發佈暴雨藍色預警：未來24小時我省7市的部分地方將有暴雨，局部地方有大暴雨，並伴有雷電。受季風和地理地貌的影響，夏季我省炎熱多雨，天氣變化大，易發生氣象災害。加之山地面積大，很多道路依山而建，容易發生泥石流、塌方等次生災害，易造成道路中斷和阻塞。多變的氣候，複雜的交通狀況，遊客出行前務必瞭解目的地的天氣狀況，同時關注沿線道路的安全情況，瞭解暴雨與泥石流的發生範圍，避開前往受威脅的地段，若有塌方、泥石流發生，則選擇繞道或更改目的地。出行貼士：出行前及出游過程中，收看、收聽電視、廣播以及官方微博等媒體，關注實時天氣、道路狀況。：問景區是否安全，是否正常營業7月17日?18日，為在強降雨中保護遊客生命及財產的安全，市場多地發佈“逐客令”，要求景區、農家樂等暫停營業，組織遊客儘快撤離。16日，成都市旅遊迷你倉價錢對龍門山旅遊區6市縣農家樂進行逐戶清空；峨眉山景區管委會發佈封山令，景區于17日至18日暫停營業；德陽市旅遊局下發通知，要求處於危險區域的沿山和山區農家樂暫停接待遊客；西嶺雪山景區發佈通告，景區17日?20日暫停營業。在旅遊旺季關閉景區，暫停營業，放棄經濟上的收入，這是我省旅遊系統對遊客財產生命安全的保障與尊重。隨著持續強降雨的結束，天氣好轉，暫停營業的景區及配套設施逐步恢複營業，重新開門迎客。出行貼士：前往旅遊目的地前，可撥打當地旅遊部門的電話，咨詢目的地景區和相關配套系統是否安全，是否正常營業。：看災害發生前的前兆，提前預判7月21日，西藏通麥天險路上，一北京男子在騎行中遭遇山體滑坡，被落石擊中頭部，在送醫過程中不治身亡。暑期入藏騎行的人漸多，國道318迎來最熱鬧的季節，這條被譽為中國最美的國道上，雨季經常有山體滑坡。年輕生命的消逝給更多人敲響了汛期出游的警鐘。四川省山地救援隊專業人士介紹，遊客在出游途中可以根據岩石掉塊、泉水變渾、水流泥沙增多等情況，對災害進行提前預判，避免遇到山洪、泥石流，甚至雷暴等災害。出行貼士：根據周邊自然環境變化，提前預判災害發生與否，決定是否前往。：聽從指揮，切莫擅自行動在7月10日至11日的強降雨中，汶川至成都的國道213線和都汶高速多處阻斷，千余名遊客滯留汶川縣，萬余名遊客滯留茂縣。全省旅遊系統及時�動旅遊應急預案，迅速展開旅遊防汛減災工作，對滯留遊客進行安撫、安置。7月15日16時，在省旅遊局和各相關市州政府以及相關部門的努力下，因暴雨受阻的34258名遊客全部安全疏散轉移。遊客在出游過程中因遭遇突發災害，可能會出現滯留的情況。四川省山地救援隊專業人士建議，在旅遊中遇到滯留，遊客在撤離過程中應聽從當地政府和有關部門指揮，不要擅自行動。出行貼士：旅途中遇到滯留及時向當地相關部門報告，在等待救援中保持通訊暢通，在撤離時聽從指揮，切莫擅自行動。迷你倉庫

【特訊】中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區（2013年7月30日）- 銀河娛樂集團（下稱「銀娛」）呈獻贊助的「2013澳門銀河娛樂世界女排大獎賽」將於周五起，迷你倉庫一連三日盛大舉行。中國女排運動員在教練郎平帶領下中午抵達澳門，並下榻賽事的指定酒店「銀河酒店?」。為了迎接一眾國家隊球員，銀娛舉行了簡單而隆重的歡迎儀式，除了讓球員感受到賓至如歸的款待，亦有機會讓「澳門銀河?」的旅客近距離欣賞各球員的風彩。中國女排球員於周二中午由澳門國際機場乘坐專車抵達「澳門銀河」，她們一踏進渡假城便隨即受到熱烈歡迎，銀娛更派出多名親善大使獻花，藉此送上支持和鼓勵。銀娛總裁兼首席營運總監萬卓祺先生、「澳門銀河」副營運總裁韓德霆先生、「澳門銀河」非博彩營運高級副總裁麥佩欣女士及銀娛公共關係副總裁林志成先生等管理層出席歡迎儀式，並與一眾球員拍照留念。在場的市民和旅客見到國家隊球員齊集於渡假城大堂，都表現得非常興奮，並紛紛表示熱切期待她們在大賽中的精彩表現。 儲存年連續第三年成為賽事指定酒店的「銀河酒店」，將繼續為參與賽事的每位球員提供最優越的款待。「銀河酒店」不但為身材高挑的女排球員將床舖延長至八呎，更提供多款不同質料的枕頭供選擇，讓她們在完成訓練和比賽後能在最舒適的環境休息。在餐飲方面，酒店亦按照不同球隊的飲食習慣，為她們提供最適合的餐飲，務求讓球員能攝取充足的營養以應付緊湊的賽事。「2013澳門銀河娛樂世界女排大獎賽」澳門站將是郎平重新執掌國家隊後的首個國際大賽，郎平抵達「銀河酒店」時表示：「這次是我自2007年後首次到澳門，真的很高興。由於球隊只集訓了一個星期，所以今次賽事我們會以賽代練，為今年接踵而來的賽事做好準備。」「2013澳門銀河娛樂世界女排大獎賽」將於周五揭開戰幔，中國女排將會率先迎戰保加利亞，第二天賽事與古巴對壘，周日的對手則是荷蘭。有關賽事的最新情況，可瀏覽澳門體育發展局網頁.sport.gov.mo 或登入銀娛網頁.galaxyentertainment.com。新蒲崗迷你倉

Source: The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.迷你倉庫July 29--Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler delivered her baby earlier this month, and doctors are considering the baby to likely be the first to survive a diagnosis previously considered fatal.Herrera Beutler and her husband, Daniel Beutler, welcomed their daughter, Abigail Rose Beutler, at 3:13 a.m. July 15 at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland. Abigail weighed 2 pounds 12 ounces at birth.While in utero, Abigail was diagnosed with Potter's Syndrome, a condition associated with a deficiency in amniotic fluid often caused by a baby's prenatal kidney failure. In Abigail's case, absence of the kidneys resulted in a complete absence of amniotic fluid in the womb, which is critical to lung development, according to a news release from Herrera Beutler's office.Babies born with the condition typically suffer from severely underdeveloped lungs and are unable to breathe once outside of the womb.Multiple doctors told Herrera Beutler and her husband that, based on medical evidence, Abigail's condition was incompatible with life and if she survived to term, she would be unable to breathe and live only moments after birth."The options we were offered were termination or 'expectant management,' that is, waiting for her to die," Herrera Beutler said in a Facebook announcement. "Instead, we chose to pray earnestly for a miracle."Delivered pre-term at 28-weeks gestation -- full term pregnancy is 38 to 40 weeks -- Abigail is believed to be the first baby on record with the condition to breathe sustainably on her own, according to the news release.Herrera Beutler, 34, received the diagnosis during her second trimester of pregnancy. Upon learning the news, she and her husband found a team of specialized physicians at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. There, Herrera Beutler underwent serial amnioinfusion, a relatively uncommon treatment in which a saline solution is injected into the womb in the place of amniotic fluid."Through the outreach of a parent who had faced a similar situation, we found a group of courageous and hopeful doctors at Johns Hopkins who were willing to try a simple, but unproven treatment by amnioinfusion," Herrera Beutler and her husband said in the news release."Every week for five weeks, doctors injected saline into the womb to give Abigail's lungs a chance to develop. With each infusion we watched via ultrasound as Abigail responded to the fluid by moving, swallowing and 'practice breathing.' The initial lack of fluid in the womb caused pressure on her head and chest, but over the course of the treatment we were able to watch them reform to their proper size and shape. Her feet, which were clubbed in early ultrasounds, straightened," they said. "There was no way to know if this treatment would be effective or to track lung development, but with hearts full of hope, we put our trust in the Lord and continued to p儲存ay for a miracle."After the fifth infusion, Herrera Beutler went into pre-term labor while at home in Washington. Abigail was delivered four days later with fully developed lungs, according to the news release.Without functioning kidneys, Abigail was still critically at risk, however, and required immediate peritoneal dialysis under intensive care. At 16 hours old, Abigail was transported to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. She had surgery the next day and began dialysis immediately after, according to the news release."The first doctors we encountered told us that dialysis or transplant were not possible," Herrera Beutler and her husband said. "No local hospital was prepared to perform the procedure necessary -- peritoneal dialysis -- on a baby so small. Johns Hopkins was willing, but too far to transport. After a day of searching, we found a team at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital who were 'happy to have her.'""Despite Abigail's prematurity, small size and life-threatening disease, she is doing well," said Dr. Louis Halamek, neonatologist at Packard Children's and professor of neonatal and developmental medicine at the Stanford School of Medicine. "Together with our colleagues in pediatric nephrology, we are cautiously optimistic about her future.""This case is unprecedented," said Dr. Jessica Bienstock, a professor of maternal-fetal medicine in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who led the Hopkins team that performed the serial amnioinfusions. "It would be premature to say bilateral renal agenesis should always be treated using serial amnioinfusion, but this suggests it can be part of the conversation when that is the diagnosis. Hopefully science will evolve to the point where we will be able to save babies with this defect. But so far this is just one isolated case whose ultimate outcome is still unknown."Abigail is currently active, stable and breathing on her own at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Abigail will require ongoing dialysis and an eventual transplant."We are grateful to the doctors and nurses in Baltimore, Vancouver, Portland and California who, like us, were not willing to accept the fatal diagnosis, but were willing to fight for the impossible," Herrera Beutler and her husband said. "We are grateful to the thousands who joined us in praying for a miracle. But most of all, we are grateful to God for hearing those prayers."For more information on Abigail's specific case, to access photos of the family at Packard Children's or to see full statements from Herrera Beutler and Buetler, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, visit .crosbyvolmer.com/jhbeutler.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: Milwaukee Journal SentinelJuly 29--I've been around these parts long enough to have covered or seen Robin Yount's 3,000 hit, a couple of Packers Super Bowl titles, a handful of Rose Bowls, the Bucks' run within a game of the NBA Finals, two Brewers playoffs, Final Four appearances by Marquette and Wisconsin, the Mark Chmura trial and the divisive summer of Favre.儲存倉A whole lot of sporting history has gone down in Wisconsin these last two decades, memorable, infamous and otherwise, but nothing has quite matched the pathos, the outrage, national impact and the historical significance of the rise and fall of Ryan Braun.Even with the passage of eight days to let some of the raw emotion subside, I'm still astounded at how strange, sad and precedent-setting Braun's case continues to be.After spending a weekend with the Brewers in Denver, I came away convinced that Braun confided his secret to none of his teammates. That suspicion was reflected in the measured, insightful words of Zack Greinke, who said the closer Braun got to anyone, the more he used them.It also became apparent that Braun's farewell address to his teammates a week ago Monday included no emotion, no apology, no explanation, just a see-ya next spring.How could that be? If there was ever a time for contrition, that would have been it. But again, Braun again chose arrogance over humility.What I saw during the first road trip after Braun's suspension was a hurt, saddened and betrayed clubhouse.Everyone thought they knew Braun when, in truth, no one knew the guy.Supposedly Braun's best friend, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, had some insight into his restaurant partner. But Braun fooled him like he fooled everyone else. By the time Rodgers offered his candid and admirable words, he had to get in the back of a long line people Braun had cunningly misled.His owner, general manager, manager, teammates and fans believed him. At first I believed him. We迷你倉沙田were all played for suckers. Even then, the backlash against Braun would not have been as severe had he not thrown innocents under the bus during his sanctimonious, convincing spring training speech last year.No one wants to be made the fool, which leads us to the other remarkable, unprecedented byproduct of the Braun scandal.Never, at least in my memory, have other players so viciously turned on one of their own. MLB's rank-and-file's harsh criticism of Braun has been more widespread, pointed, severe and judgmental toward a peer than at maybe any other in baseball history.That, of course, is very good for Bud Selig's game. By making Braun an outcast, they have circled the wagons around the commissioner's get-tough drug policy. Finally, thanks in part to Braun, there is something approaching consensus on performance-enhancing drugs from the players and the union. That advancement alone makes the Braun story one of the biggest to ever come out of Wisconsin.Taking another positive from this lamentable tale, it was good to see how Rodgers freely and sincerely spoke his mind without being controlled by public-relations people.I had expected a PR guy to announce that Rodgers would only take football-related questions at the risk of ending his first training-camp interview. Instead, his comments on what seems to be his former pal were heartfelt and genuine and human, standing in stark contrast to Braun's cold and heartless words.Goodness knows Braun's high-powered Hollywood handlers have botched this situation, but maybe they, too, felt betrayed by their client.Could there have been one person Braun confided in during the last year and a half? To maybe say that, "Hey, I had these nagging injuries and we were in a pennant race"?If not, this story gets even weirder.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Visit the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel at .jsonline.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉價錢

Source: Pittsburgh Post-GazetteJuly 29--The death of a Delmont man in November 2011, after contracting Legionnaires' disease that was initially dismissed by the federal Centers of Disease Control and Prevention as not being part of the Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs outbreak, may have begun there after all, according to interviews and documents obtained by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.mini storageMost significantly, a spokesman at Forbes Regional Hospital said in a statement that the hospital is convinced that Frank "Sonny" Calcagno, 85, a Navy veteran who died Nov. 23, 2011, at Forbes, did not contract Legionnaires' there, as the CDC and the Pittsburgh VA believed."When looking at the full picture surrounding the case over time, however, including Forbes water test results and the lack of any other legionella cases, it is clear that this patient was not exposed to legionella at Forbes," spokesman Dan Laurent wrote in an email.The only other place Calcagno stayed in the weeks before he was diagnosed with the disease at Forbes was at the Pittsburgh VA.If that is the case, that would make Calcagno the sixth veteran to die shortly after contracting the disease during the VA outbreak in 2011 and 2012. After a 2-month-long investigation, the CDC in February determined that 22 men were sickened and five of them died during the outbreak at the Pittsburgh VA.But it found that another 11 veterans -- including Calcagno -- who had been patients at the Pittsburgh VA and had Legionnaires' at some point, contracted the waterborne disease outside of the Pittsburgh VA.The Pittsburgh VA's chief of staff, Ali Sonel, said the VA relied on the CDC's investigation -- which also involved staff from the Allegheny County Health Department and the Pennsylvania Department of Health -- in determining where all of the identified patients contracted Legionnaires'. He referred questions on that issue to the CDC.A CDC spokeswoman, Alison Patti, said officials at the CDC were too busy with other projects to comment this week.Calcagno's daughter, Debbie Balawejder, 58, of Monroeville, wasn't surprised to hear others say now that her dad contracted Legionnaires' at the Pittsburgh VA.She recalled that last November, after the Pittsburgh VA publicly revealed that it was dealing with an outbreak, "I was watching the news and when I heard about these people at the Pittsburgh VA dying from it, I turned to my husband and said, 'I know that's where he got it.' "Calcagno's longtime girlfriend, Becky Krezan, 75, who lived with him for the past 30 years, said no one at Forbes ever bothered to say where they thought Calcagno was infected.Calcagno's case appears to have been inadvertently dismissed as not being part of Pittsburgh VA outbreak because of a simple mistaken date.During a review of Calcagno's case, the CDC investigators determined that the date of "onset" -- that is, when he first began showing symptoms of Legionnaires' -- was on Nov. 5, 2011, according to the case review documents obtained by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from the VA through a Freedom of Information Act request.To determine the earliest possible date that a patient might have first contracted the disease, the CDC typically counts backward from the onset date by a full 10 days. But for this investigation, the CDC used a wider response time of 14 days.Counting back from Nov. 5 put the earliest possible date of infection on Oct. 22 -- the second full day that Calcagno was a patient at Forbes.But in another portion of the case review, the CDC investigator wrote that he was "admitted to Forbes Regional 10/21/2011 and + on 11/5/2011." That positive sign refers to Calcagno testing positive for Legionnaires' on that date.It would be unusual for a patient to show the first onset oself storage symptoms, be diagnosed, tested and have a test result come back the same day.The CDC's own list of the 32 possible Pittsburgh VA Legionnaires' cases shows that the time between onset and diagnosis -- which is typically the day a test result is returned -- can be as much as 10 days.Forbes would not provide a date that they believe Calcagno first began showing symptoms.His family says he began having a cough in the last days at the Pittsburgh VA, and it worsened after he got to Forbes on Oct. 20. (The Pittsburgh VA says he was admitted to Forbes on Oct. 21 but the family says he was admitted on Oct. 20, the same day he left the Pittsburgh VA because he had been having health problems. He had been at the VA since Aug. 28 -- during the beginning of the worst parts of the outbreak of Legionnaire's disease.)Sometime at about the end of his first week at Forbes, Mrs. Balawejder said she noticed her father's cough getting worse and that he had developed a fever, and she asked the doctors and nurses about it and was told: "Oh, that's just from his pneumonia."Legionnaires' is a potentially lethal form of pneumonia that is caused by the bacterium Legionella. It is transmitted by water, typically when a patient inhales the infected water into their lungs while showering or bathing.For younger, healthier people who contract it, Legionnaires' typically is not fatal. But for older, immune compromised patients like Calcagno, the CDC estimates that the percentage who die after contracting it can be as high as 30 percent -- which is about the percentage of Pittsburgh VA patients who died after contracting it there in 2011 and 2012.Experts say, however, that if the correct antibiotics are given to patients soon after infection, the disease can be cured, even in immune-compromised patients.Forbes says that Calcagno received antibiotics after being diagnosed with Legionnaires' and was in recovery when other issues worsened.But part of Mrs. Balawejder's and Ms. Krezan's anger is that they said they were never told that Calcagno had contracted Legionnaires' until a week before he died.Her father's doctor at Forbes, Palaniappan Muthappan, merely mentioned it one day as if Mrs. Balawejder had known for a while."I told him, 'No one told us that.' And he said, 'Well, it's on the chart,' like it had been there a long time," Mrs. Balawejder said. "Well, I don't read the chart."Her father had a series of other physical problems -- heart and liver problems, as well as thrush in his mouth and throat that made eating and drinking difficult -- that also contributed to his death.Before he entered the Pittsburgh VA on Aug. 28, 2011, because he had been feeling delirious from the anti-anxiety drugs, "he was fine," Mrs. Balawejder said."He was still driving himself, still paying his bills on his own, still working at Shop n' Save," she said, referring to his full-time job bagging groceries and stocking shelves at the Holiday Park grocery store.The Pittsburgh VA doctors helped treat some of his underlying problems, including fluid in his lungs, during a seven-week stay there.He made so much progress that near the end of his nearly two-month stay at the VA, Mrs. Balawejder said his doctor told her: "Your dad has at least five good years left in him."That was before he contracted the Legionnaires'.After he died, Dr. Muthappan ruled that the immediate cause of his death was respiratory failure, with underlying causes of pneumonia aspiration and renal failure. There is no mention of Legionnaires' on the death certificate.Sean D. Hamill: shamill@post-gazette.com or 412-263-2579.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Visit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at .post-gazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

Source: The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.迷你倉沙田July 29--In the next year, the state of Washington expects to have more than 600,000 newly insured residents.A significant portion -- about 330,000 people -- will receive medical coverage through the state's expanded Medicaid program.The Washington State Health Care Authority, which oversees the state's Medicaid programs, began work three years ago to implement the expanded program offered through President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act.One year ago, expanded Medicaid was still considered a dream, said Manning Pellanda of the Health Care Authority."And now that we're less than three months out until we start, our vision is becoming a reality," he said.In Clark County, where about 60,000 residents are on Medicaid, that reality means an estimated 28,600 new Medicaid clients. It also means new concerns about the program's sustainability, the local physician workforce and the state's method of enrolling clients.As local physicians, medical groups and health plan administrators try to prepare for the patient surge, they're left with a number of unknowns."It's like building an airplane in the air," said Dr. Alfred Seekamp, chief medical officer for The Vancouver Clinic. "You don't know how it'll turn out, but you'll do your best."Expanding eligibilityUnder expanded Medicaid, people ages 19 to 65 making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level will be eligible for benefits.For a single person, that's just under $16,000 per year. For a family of four, it's about $33,000 per year."This will be a big change," Pellanda said. "It's a positive change."The way people apply for Medicaid has also changed.Washington residents will apply for Medicaid benefits using the state's online health insurance marketplace, Washington Healthplanfinder. Open enrollment begins Oct. 1, but coverage won't go into effect until Jan. 1.Residents will go to the website and input their basic demographic information. From there, the system will connect to a new federal hub that stores information from the Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security. The system will also draw information from state offices, such as the Washington State Employment Security Department, which handles unemployment claims.That information will verify the person's citizenship (only U.S. citizens are eligible for Medicaid) and household income. The results will be displayed on the screen for the consumer to approve. Once the applicant clicks "OK," he or she will be added to Medicaid, Pellanda said."Instead of 45 days for an eligibility decision, you will find out in probably 45 minutes if you're eligible for Medicaid, which is fantastic," he said. "There's no waiting. There's no pending eligibility."Since the system relies on data that could be outdated, such as annual income tax returns, applicants have the opportunity to edit the information gathered through the data match to reflect their current circumstances, Pellanda said.If the person reports income below 138 percent of the poverty level, he or she will be declared eligible for Medicaid, he said.The state will run additional data searches afterward and will conduct random audits of about 20 percent of the total Medicaid population to ensure people aren't misrepresenting their circumstances, Pellanda said."Our data from many years experience is when you're thinking of people trying to fraud to get coverage, in the Medicaid world, we don't find that as a very large number," he said.Auto enrollment?New Medicaid clients will automatically be enrolled with a plan in their region. In Clark County, clients will be assigned to either Molina Healthcare of Washington or Community Health Plan of Washington, which contracts with Vancouver-based Columbia United Providers.Auto enrollment raises concerns for many in Clark County.If Clark County residents are assigned to a plan without a robust network of providers and specialists, they'll struggle to get access to care and will likely end up back in the emergency department, said Tom Sanchez, director of clinical operations at The Vancouver Clinic. Clients can request to be switched to a different plan, but the requests take time to work through the state department and result in delays in care, he said."That's happening now, and it'll continue to happen," Sanchez said.In the last year, health care providers and Columbia United Providers officials say Molina -- which only last year began managing Medicaid clients in Clark County -- hasn't signed up enough specialists to meet patients' needs. As a result, many patients are requesting to be switched to the Community Health Plan/Columbia United Providers plan.Molina Healthcare issued a statement saying it has been preparing for Medicaid expansion in Clark County and across the country since the Affordable Care Act was passed and is open to working with additional providers."In addition to expanding our network of providers, we are adding member services representatives to help members find primary care and specialty physicians as well as other social services they need to access health care and to stay healthy," the statement said.The Health Care Authority regularly evaluates network adequacy and is currently evaluating the Clark County plans, said Preston Cody, HCA deputy director. Based on his initial review, Cody said he's pleased with the results."Provider networks are growing," he said of the plans. "Their capacity continues to be able to serve Clark County."A small percentage of plan switching always occurs, and Cody said he hasn't noticed an unusual increase in Clark County. However, the state will continue to monitor plan adequacy, Cody said.Preparing for the 迷你倉價錢nfluxLocal officials believe many of the people who will be added to the state's Medicaid rolls are receiving medical care now, even though they're uninsured.Physicians are serving the uninsured at free clinics, in the emergency department of hospitals and in their own offices when insured patients lose medical coverage, said Ann Wheelock, Columbia United providers chief executive officer."I think it might not be the train wreck people think it will be," Wheelock said of the expansion. "These people are already getting some care."But it's unclear how many of those patients and other new Medicaid clients will be assigned to -- or will request to be switched to -- the Columbia United Providers plan. As such, providers who contract with Columbia, such as The Vancouver Clinic, don't know what to expect come Jan. 1.But Duane Lucas-Roberts, Vancouver Clinic's chief executive officer, thinks the clinic can handle an increased patient load.The Vancouver Clinic has more than 1 million visits to its medical offices each year. With 200,000 people seeking care at the clinic annually, even an additional 10,000 people would only be a 5 percent increase, Lucas-Roberts said."We think we have the capacity," he said.Still, the clinic has taken steps to prepare for the influx.Throughout the last year, The Vancouver Clinic has implemented several initiatives aimed at improving patient access, and by the end of the year, the clinic hopes to have hired an additional 10 to 15 physicians.Sea Mar Community Health Centers -- which provides medical, dental and behavioral health care to the insured and uninsured -- is also taking steps to prepare for more patients, said Mark Carlson, Vancouver Medical Clinic manager.Sea Mar is further developing its care teams by assigning case managers to people with chronic illnesses and hiring trained peer advocates -- many of whom have or have had their own chronic illnesses -- to work with patients, Carlson said.In addition, the clinic is recruiting more physicians and specialists. The clinic is hiring its own specialists since accessing specialty care in Clark County has been a challenge, Carlson said.Primary care concernsCarlson fears the expansion will exacerbate the specialty care access problems. Wheelock believes the access problem is bigger than just specialists."I think there's a big primary care access problem with all of health care reform," Wheelock said.The state Office of Financial Management issued a research brief in June 2012 about the availability of primary care physicians to serve the expanded Medicaid population. Nearly all urban areas in the state have enough capacity, according to the report.The one exception: Clark County.The researchers suspect a portion of new Clark County Medicaid patients will seek primary care in Portland. They based that conclusion on unpublished hospital discharge data that showed 19 percent of hospital stays by Clark County residents in 2010 occurred in Oregon hospitals.That won't likely happen, Wheelock said."We have for years tried to work with Portland providers," Wheelock said. "They've got Oregon Medicaid patients and no-pay patients and Medicare patients to take care of. They're not interested in caring for Washington's Medicaid patients."The state hopes increasing the Medicaid reimbursement rates will give providers incentive to take on more clients.Through the Affordable Care Act, the state is increasing rates for family practice, internal medicine and pediatric physicians.The reimbursement for a new adult patient's office visit will increase from $57.56 to $114.21. Reimbursement for an established adult patient's office visit will increase from $38.63 to $76.86.The higher rates went into effect this month, but the reimbursement is retroactive to Jan. 1. The federal funding for the enhanced rates expires Dec. 31, 2014.Wheelock questions what will happen once that federal funding is gone."If we're banking on federal money to save the day, I think we all need to be realistic," she said.Medicaid sustainabilityThe uncertainty surrounding reimbursement rates is only one concern local officials have about the future of the program. Many are also concerned about the sustainability of the state Medicaid program."Costs are going through the roof," Wheelock said. "This (expansion) is going to add pressure."Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government will pay 100 percent of the cost to cover the newly eligible Medicaid enrollees for the first three years. After that, the federal contribution is scheduled to decline to 90 percent by 2020 and remain at that level.But many are skeptical the federal government will continue funding the program at those levels. Add in the state budget concerns, and the picture grows murkier."Somewhere there's going to be a point where all of this crashes," Wheelock said. "I think we're heading over a cliff."Moving forwardDespite the uncertainties, Wheelock is confident local providers will pull together and do their best to accommodate patients come Jan. 1."I think Clark County is probably as well-prepared as any other county in the state," she said.At the state level, the Health Care Authority is committed to make the new Medicaid program successful, Pellanda said."We do not want to see this fail in any way," he said. "And we will do whatever it takes to ensure the citizens of this state have access to care through the system we have put in place over the last three years."Marissa Harshman: 360-735-4546; twitter.com/col_health; facebook.com/reporterharshman; marissa.harshman@columbian.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) 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　　俗人如你和我，mini storage才不會選擇在事業稍為有點得意之時，走去流浪，還要一走 7 年；但已 60 歲，剛於本年香港書展到訪的台灣散文家舒國治，年輕時就是如此。俗人一概重視的，如房子有沒有空調？口袋是否放了智能手機？於他皆不要緊。近年日本流行的「斷捨離」生活哲學，早幾十年前他就自然地踐行。　　一、財富以千元新台幣計：人稱「舒哥」的舒國治已年屆 60，以一身粗衣麻布出席今屆香港書展，予人兩袖清風的感覺，好像隨時可以行山看海去。講座主持人介紹他出場時，借用了他朋友的話，就是他的財富是以千元新台幣來計算的。他對物質的輕視，近年常被人傳頌，甚至成為人們推銷他的噱頭（就正如這篇文章一樣）。怪不得他也在講座上說，可能有人真為了這個才來，想要知道「怎麼你只有幾千塊錢在褲頭�」，但其實講座題目是「我是如何寫東西的」。　　二、添冰箱等如添麻煩：雖然講座題目是「我是如何寫東西的」，可由於主持人在開始時強調他家�沒有電視機、空調和電腦，從前甚至連冰箱也沒有，所以舒國治也稍為解釋了一陣子。他說，我們人生已經有很多麻煩事，添了冰箱，就等如添了更多麻煩事。因為你要去填滿冰箱的內容，把吃剩的飯菜、買回來的牛奶，統統放進去後，就像是留待日後解決的煩惱，「台灣人有種很捧的想法，以為把東西冰了就不會變壞，所以有些人的冰箱�連 20 年前的東西也有。」但是憂患皆自婚姻始，兩年前婚後的舒國治也讓代表�煩惱的冰箱進駐家中，因為老婆要煮飯。　　三、低科技工作方式：至於電腦，他家�真的沒有。甚麼倉頡、速成、九方、併音，他都不會用，仍堅持用筆寫稿。你以為他是出土文物嗎？那就大錯特錯了，台灣仍然有不少作家也是這樣子創作的，例如朱天心。但是家�連電腦也沒有的，還真沒幾個。近年他每天作息較有規律，中午除了睡午覺外，還會工作兩、三個小時，當他要處理編務或是回覆電郵時，便須編輯在旁，一起在電腦前工作。這麼「低科技」的生活和工作方式，對年輕人來說實在有點不能想像。如果年輕的你想跟舒國治一樣成為作家的話，那麼他給你的「低科技」寄語是：「不要在地下鐵看手機，因為這不會幫助寫作。」　　四、流浪是放下的過程：舒國治於 1980 年憑�短篇小說《村人遇難記》摘下時報文學獎，更被收入詹宏志所編的《六十九年短篇小說選》中。當大家都以為他是台灣文壇的後起之秀時，他卻去了美國做背包客，流浪了整整 7 年，期間甚少發表文學作品。後來他在散文《流浪的藝術》中談到，流浪就是一種棄掉你原以為最重要的東西的過程，「流浪的最大好處是，丟開那些他平日認為最重要的東西。好比說，他的賺錢能耐，他的社會佔有度，他的侃侃而談（或訓話習慣），他的聰慧、迷人、或顧盼自雄；還有，他的自卑感。最不願意流浪的人，或許是最不願意放掉東西的人。」　　五、以鏢師自嘲只寫散文：他本來的志向是寫小說，但後來發現最大的障礙是自己愛想些亂七八糟的事情，並不能為可能發展的故事去延伸�索。到後來他去了美國，更加把自己從文學創作歷程中抽離。歲月為他做了篩選，剩下來的self storage是他從生活中提煉散文的功力，「後來還能寫，但已經不能做名門正派，只能夠在鏢局�當保鏢，不能夠在真正的高手�頭去混了，因為少林寺方丈看到我都不理我。但保鏢也不能當一輩子，差不多到了時候，鏢局遣散了，便可能到哪個地方教教拳……」舒國治出名愛看武俠小說，曾寫過《讀金庸偶得》一書，故以鏢師自嘲現在只能寫散文。　　六、白話文言語法交融：台灣著名詩人楊牧曾讚譽《村人遇難記》中的語言風格，指舒國治應用白話和文言技巧的能力不同凡響，令兩種語法交融。這種文白夾雜的風格一直延續至舒國治的散文中，成為其重要特色之一。原來他年輕時已特意經營這種風格，看了很多與文學不相干的書，只為鑽研老一輩是如何同時運用文言和白話，然後從中挑了他可以學習的，丟了不合用的。台灣導演楊德昌的爸爸從前是中央印製廠的副廠長，曾印過鈔票，為了到學校去演講，所以編了一套教材。與楊德昌相熟的舒國治就曾拜讀過這套書，只為看那種文言化的白話。　　七、沒錢也可享受好食物：照理說談吃和旅行，應該是鼓吹消費的，所以也就有《阿叻遊世界》這樣的節目，以烤鴨皮夾�魚子醬來吃。但舒國治就是反其道而行之。關於旅行，他談的是走路，走累了，也不介意坐在路邊，令到褲後臀部的位置都是白花花的。關於吃，他的大前提是就算沒錢，也可以享受好的食物，正如過好的生活也不須花很多錢，所以也就有了《窮中談吃》。「太過美食的那些題材，我不會特別去碰，好像是告訴人家你比較懂得怎麼抽雪茄，或是比較懂得怎樣去選紅酒，到過哪些好的酒莊。我絕對不講這些，因為不能通過我的操守，好像大家都很窮，但是你卻告訴人家你跑了很多國家，吃過魚翅鮑魚。一來我不太吃這些東西，二來更不宜宣揚這些東西。」他說。　　八、「晃蕩」幾十年：看到這�，你可能不禁要問，舒國治是怎樣活過來的？他年輕時也不太上班，大部分人為事業前途和 30 歲前的第一桶金而苦惱之際，他卻從未為此擔憂。不是因為他家�特別有錢，或是他這個人多麼反社會和憤世嫉俗，正正因為他沒錢，也不太情願去用穩定的工作來換取薪金，然後自然地便活成一種他稱之為「晃蕩」的狀態。他曾經在一個訪問中說︰「我跟全世界在路上無家可歸的人一樣，逃避使人進入流浪。但並不是逃避一個確切的事態，像是逃兵、逃婚、逃債。一定是有件事要人一定要去做，然而你逃避，你不做，然後演變成晃蕩。天下之大，那我到底是要做甚麼？這個狀態，稱之為晃蕩。」一晃幾十年過去，重要的是，他活得很好喔！﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏﹏哲學經典研讀　　西方哲學超過 2,500 年歷史，漫長的發展過程中，孕育了不少偉大的思想家，笛卡兒、霍布思、休謨、洛克、密爾等等，各自探索宇宙人生的道理。香港中文大學哲學系博士趙子明及香港大學哲學博士溫信傳，將會介紹西方哲學史上幾個重要的發展階段，以及當中的代表人物。　日期：8 月 6 至 27 日（逢星期二晚）7:30 pm - 9:30 pm　地點：創 Bookcafe（中環域多利皇后街 9 號中商大廈 2 樓）　查詢：2138 7809迷你倉

“軟硬兼施”管住垃圾短信 海外運營商如何治理垃圾短信媒體不斷曝光，迷你倉出租用戶不斷投訴，運營商不斷打擊，但是垃圾短信現象不但沒有得到根治，反而有愈演愈烈之趨勢……本刊近日對垃圾短信泛濫現象進行連續報道，在讀者中引起共鳴。本周我們繼續追蹤這一話題，看看在海外發達國家和地區的政府和運營商，是如何從強化立法監管及行業自律、普及消費者教育等各種渠道入手，解決垃圾短信這一頑疾的。 ——編者2012年3月，美國無線運營商AT&T發起了一項訴訟，指控垃圾短信發送者使用了14個電話號碼，向AT&T與其他運營商的付費用戶發送了2000多萬條非法短信和呼叫。按理說，這2000多萬條短信，也為AT&T帶來了不少收入，為何還要起訴呢？這是因為，對於AT&T、Verizon等美國無線運營商而言，來自垃圾短信的利潤是個“燙手山芋”，一是由於美國人的法律意識比較強，有投訴的習慣；二是由於有些用戶的資費套餐中，接收短信也要付費，有的每條高達20美分，用戶當然要頻頻投訴。而用戶通過運營商客服電話投訴垃圾短信時，運營商需要為每個投訴電話支出較高的成本，有時甚至高達5∼50美元。2011年，美國的垃圾短信數量增加了45%，引發用戶憤慨，而運營商和用戶一樣都是受害者，運營商起訴垃圾短信發送者的行為時有發生。事實上，垃圾短信泛濫是世界各國的難題，各國在治理過程中也有過經驗和教訓。我國亦可放眼世界，廣泛借鑒。在已出台有關垃圾短信法律的國家中，對於色情、暴力、詐騙短信採取了堅決打擊不縱容的態度，對這部分短信發送者將入刑入罪，但是對於商業廣告短信卻持有條件的寬容態度。總結起來，大致分為以下幾個方面。立法教育 教會用戶自我保護目前，我國對個人信息保護還沒有明確的法律規定，公�對自己信息保護意識的淡漠，也是造成垃圾短信泛濫的重要原因。縱觀國外的相關法律法規，在處置垃圾短信問題時，無不先推行個人信息保護法，首先對電話用戶以及電子郵件用戶進行教育，增強公�的法制觀念和自我保護意識。用戶不僅在甄別垃圾短信上具有絕對的主動權，並且還負有舉報的義務。在美國，2003年6月，美國聯邦貿易委員會設立“全美不接受電話推銷名單”，當年12月，美國聯邦政府通過首部全國性反垃圾郵件法案。該法案規定，電話和手機用戶可以通過熱線或政府網站，將自己的電話號碼免費列入“全美不接受電話推銷名單”中，之後即可合法避免垃圾廣告信息的騷擾。在新加坡，民�可在政府建立的“禁止呼叫名單”上註冊，任何機構或個人不得向已在名單上註冊的民�發送垃圾信息。在我國香港，特區政府先後制定了《非應邀電子訊息條例》、《非應邀電子訊息規例》。這些規章制度一方面制約垃圾短信發送者，另一方面也對公�提出了要求，包括：如不想再收到發送人發出的商業電子信息，應向發送人發出取消接收要求；如不想接收所有發送人的商業電子信息（已獲得同意而發送的信息除外），應在拒收信息登記冊加入自己的傳真和電話號碼；如發送人不遵照取消接收要求或拒收訊息登記冊，應向電訊管理局舉報違反個案，等等。明晰責任 加大對違法的懲處在個人信息保護法案完善後，許多國家在治理垃圾短信時就有了明確依據，在相關立法中不僅明晰了相關主體的責任和義務，還對違法行為確定了高額罰款、獲刑入罪等明確的處罰手段。值得注意的是，由於法律健全，許多國家對治理垃圾短信有明確的執法主體。例如新加坡政府專門成立個人信息保護署負責處理垃圾短信相關事宜。美國聯邦貿易委員會消費者權益保護局有一支特別隊伍，來對手機事務相關的問題展開調查，並受理有關垃圾短信的投訴。英國設立了電話信息服務標準監察委員會、最高通話費管委會等，專門對利用手機信息進行非法活動的公司和個人進行監控。德國政府和監察部門成立了“聯邦手機短信處理中心”，負責處理有關違規者及解答普通用戶的問題。對於電信運營商，出于對通信自由和通信秘密的保護，大多數國家並不允許基礎運營商過濾垃圾短信。但是，在印度，政府要求運營商每年提交關於阻止垃圾短信傳播的正式書面報告，允許運營商採用關鍵詞屏蔽過濾垃圾短信，並要求運營商禁止大規模群發、取消垃圾短信發送者的手機入網資格。對於商家，大多數國家都允許發送短信廣告，但是對其行為有嚴格限制。一般而言，法律都明確發送廣告必須得到接收者許可，在儲存倉送時間上也有規定。例如德國2003年通過的《聯邦反垃圾郵件法案》規定，向用戶推銷商品和服務的廣告短信必須徵得手機用戶的書面同意，而且每天21時至次日8時發送的廣告需要再次徵得用戶同意。獲得用戶同意的廣告商在發佈手機短信廣告時，必須注明“廣告”字樣和發送者的單位及電話等。英國、韓國的法規也與此類似。另外，多數國家的相關法律還明確了對垃圾短信發送方的處罰力度，使法律具有威懾力。德國對於濫發垃圾短信者，會處以最高5萬歐元的罰款，如果發送色情等非正常信息，均被視為違法行為，將追究刑事責任；英國法律將兜售產品的垃圾信息視為一種犯罪行為，一旦違規，散播者在地方法庭最高可能被罰款5000英鎊，在有陪審團出席的法庭，罰款額度沒有限制；韓國情報通信部規定，如果手機用戶不願意接收該信息，所產生的電話費將通過080免費電話告知並由廣告發送者承擔，同時對於濫發垃圾短信的個人可處以最高8500美元的罰款；日本2000年制定和頒佈的《關於特別商務交易的法律》、《特定電子郵件法》規定，一旦用戶拒絕接收短信，則禁止再次發送，否則將以妨礙電子郵件通信罪論處；新加坡即將實施的個人信息保護法案甚至規定，一旦發現違反法案行為，個人信息保護署有權處以最高100萬新元的處罰，其中，向名單中的號碼每發一條垃圾短信或打一次電話，可能面臨最高1萬新元（約合人民幣5.14萬元）罰款。實名登記 易于追查發送源頭為了防止犯罪分子利用手機發送短信進行詐騙或進行其他違法活動，美國、韓國、日本、新加坡等國家都實行了手機實名制，一旦發現發送垃圾短信等違法行為，就能很快找到發送源頭。美國用戶跟電信運營商簽合同時都要填社會安全號。韓國採取機號一體手機號碼入網登記制。日本2000年就規定新入網的預付費手機用戶要向運營商提供真實的個人信息，移動運營商將手機送到申請書所記載的住所，取得姓名確認後方能獲得，針對已經入網的用戶，呼籲提供其住所、姓名等個人信息。此外，協議規定預付費手機用戶應根據法律配合警察等司法機關提供必要的信息。新加坡從2005年起，在國內各賣場與通訊行普及身份證掃描辨識系統，強制預付卡消費者登記個人基本資料。研發技術 通信行業主動出擊上文提到，垃圾短信對美國運營商造成了大量的成本損耗。因此，在美國無線通信和互聯網協會的組織下，美國無線運營商也展開協作，斥資數十億美元研發新的反垃圾軟件，這甚至捧熱了反垃圾短信軟件市場。在其他國家，也不乏運營商努力引入新技術新設備，讓用戶主動屏蔽垃圾短信的例子。日本運營商曾引入新設備，讓用戶可以自動屏蔽那些一天內發送量超過200次的短信，用戶還能在手機自行設定拒收的號碼；韓國也改進手機功能，在手機上設置短信拒收菜單；英國沃達豐公司發明瞭自動報告的方法，即系統一旦檢測出垃圾短信，手機會自動向電信運營商和監察部門發送免費的報告。這些措施，都使用戶自身的權益保護意識增強，並起到了積極的作用。轉換思路 探索可行商業模式縱觀國外對垃圾短信的法律規定，可以發現一個重要的共性，就是監管者將甄別垃圾短信、處置垃圾短信的主動權交到了用戶手里，如果用戶對垃圾短信一概拒之，就可將手機號報給監管機構備案；如果用戶願意有選擇性地接收自己覺得有用的信息，那麼發送人也必須先徵求用戶同意，否則視為違法。其實，細究這些規定，可以發現，無論是哪個國家，都不是所有用戶都完全拒收垃圾短信。實際上，許多所謂“垃圾短信”就是一種廣告，和電視廣告、報紙廣告、電梯廣告等並沒有實質的不同，只是傳播途徑有所差異。那麼，是否可以轉換思路，將用戶深惡痛絕的“垃圾短信”變成“有用信息”呢？正如有的運營商將公用電話改造成免費電話亭，只不過用戶在撥打電話前必須先收聽一段廣告一樣，對於垃圾短信也可以採取同樣的思路。在一些國家，運營商或者商業短信發送方與手機用戶簽訂協定，用戶接到商業廣告短信後，就能免除一部分通信資費，或者能獲得一定的免費通話時長，在這種商業模式中，用戶成了廣告短信的利益受惠者，自然就不會對其不滿和投訴了。總而言之，垃圾短信治理要靠立法部門、公安部門、工商部門、通信監管部門、運營商乃至用戶的配合。對垃圾短信中的違法信息應予以堅決打擊，但對其中的商業信息可以轉換思路，因勢利導，由一味圍堵變成疏通，或有望實現多贏。迷你倉沙田

國會的報告指出，迷你倉新蒲崗澳洲民眾購買電腦軟硬體與下載數位內容所支付的費用，比其他國家高約50%，例如微軟產品的價格平均高出66%，原因可歸咎於澳洲地處偏遠與稅制差異。國會建議廢除嚴格的平行進口限制，同時修法以保障消費者權利。

Source: Chicago TribuneJuly 29--If you could've chosen any morning for a 2-mile run along the sparsely shaded path beside these railroad tracks, this one wouldn't have been it.迷你倉It was only about 9:30, but the sun was already smothering everybody who stepped outside into the thick 90-degree heat.Herschel Gilbert, celebrating his 20th birthday, wasn't deterred. In a deep blue T-shirt that kept turning darker with sweat, Gilbert led three other young men on a jog north to the gas station, then back down the narrow trail to the parking lot where they had started. When they finished, Gilbert and the others dropped to the blacktop for a quick round of push-ups.At 5-foot-10 and a muscular 192 pounds -- he has since dropped to 184 -- Gilbert looked every bit the part of the Navy sailor he was training to become. He already peppered his speech with "Yes, sir" and could rattle off the Sailor's Creed as easily as he'd recite the alphabet.But when Gilbert first walked into the recruiter's office last December here in northwest suburban Crystal Lake, he had taken on the form of his occupation at the time: pizza delivery man. A trim football player during his days at Prairie Ridge High School, Gilbert ballooned to more than 250 pounds after graduation, making him much too large to enlist."Everybody knows about the freshman 15," Gilbert said. "I had the freshman 60."Americans' love of cheesy fries and aversion to exercise are both well documented. But while everyone has heard about the effect of high-calorie living on health care costs and kids' waistlines, scholars and former military leaders say the obesity epidemic also poses real -- but too often overlooked -- problems for national security.Gilbert, who this week heads to basic training at North Chicago's Naval Station Great Lakes, dropped more than 60 pounds by replacing the pizza with twice-daily workouts to meet the Navy's body-size requirements.Gilbert's story is exceptional in that he lost so much weight so quickly, but he's hardly alone in showing up to a recruiter's office with dozens of excess pounds. Almost a quarter of applicants to the military are turned away because they're too heavy, statistics show, and about three-quarters of young Americans aren't eligible to serve because of their weight or some other factor.Longtime standardIn 1887, with the Civil War still a relatively recent memory, the military introduced a chart prescribing an acceptable range of weights for various heights. The main goal was to weed out those who were too scrawny or sickly to serve.Today, recruiters face the opposite problem. Thousands of otherwise qualified young men and women are turned away -- or never bother turning up at all -- because they're too chunky."There are a lot more kids that come in just heavier," said Senior Chief Petty Officer Travis Elliott, who oversees six Chicago-area Navy recruiting stations. "It's one of those prevalent things that you see, and we just try to combat it as best as we can."In Gilbert's case, "combating it" meant an encouraging talk with his recruiter, information about potential workout partners and an invitation to check back weekly and use the recruiting station's scale. To enlist, he needed to either fall within an acceptable weight range or body-fat percentage range. The specific metrics differ slightly between the branches of service.By the end of February, Gilbert was still heavier than the 191 pounds allowed for future sailors of his height, but he was eligible to enlist because his percentage of body fat had dropped below the maximum level. He has since met the weight threshold, as well.There's a misconception, military officials say, that any 18-year-old with two legs and a high school diploma can join the service. In fact, recruits must pass a criminal history check, score well on a standardized academic test, not have certain chronic medical issues and meet the body-size requirements.Most young Americans, studies show, fall short of at least one of those standards. For now, enough people want to join the military that each branch is meeting its recruiting goals. But scholars warn that a rapid troop mobilization -- like those seen throughout U.S. history when the country prepares for war -- could result in too few qualified recruits. That's cause for concern, said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Norman Seip."From a national security standpoint, you can have the best equipment in the world," Seip said, "but if you don't have the people to operate it, you just have a bunch of great static displays."Seip is part of a group of retired military leaders called Mission: Readiness. The organization, which publishes reports lamenting the number of ineligible young people, argues that government intervention to make school lunches healthier would help broaden the field of potential enlistees and make the country safer."By the time a young man or young woman shows up, 17 or 18 years old, if they've been living that unheal文件倉hy lifestyle, they're not going to turn it around in a month," Seip said. "We've got to put our resources against that epidemic."The weight restrictions are about much more than looking good in uniform. Command Sgt. Maj. Louis Barnum, who helps lead Chicago-area Army recruitment, said the rules are an important part of embracing a lifestyle of physical fitness that can save lives in a war zone."Having to shoot, move and communicate under fire, or having to carry our fallen off the battlefield, you've got to be in shape," said Barnum, who served two tours in Iraq. "When you're in life-and-death situations, you don't want someone slowing down."But having too few recruits isn't just an abstract concept: There's recent precedent. Just before the recession, with two Middle East wars raging and a stable private sector, the Army increased enlistment bonuses as it struggled to meet recruitment goals."There (were) a lot of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan, and people weren't particularly eager to sign up. And the economy hadn't tanked, so people had other options," said John Cawley, a Cornell University researcher who co-authored an article in the journal Health Economics about the implications of rising obesity on recruitment.Enlistment numbers have since stabilized, but Cawley cautions that obesity rates could make speedy mobilizations a plus-sized challenge."You can't say it's currently crippling the U.S. military -- that's not true," Cawley said. "But it's a serious problem, and if we get in a situation that we have to rapidly expand the size of the military, then it's going to be a really seriously binding constraint."Military weight maximums have ticked upward as the American waistline has expanded, but further loosening of standards (and belts) could come at a cost. A 2004 study showed that almost 80 percent of recruits who initially flunked their weight test didn't complete their first term of enlistment. That comes at a significant expense to American taxpayers, who must then pay thousands of dollars to train another recruit.In 1991, the Army introduced a maximum body-fat percentage for people who couldn't meet the height-to-weight standards. Cawley and his co-author write that the adjustment provided an option for very muscular, in-shape young people to join. Those changes, one of several adjustments to the weight standards over the years, are a testament to how much American bodies have changed since the introduction of body-size standards.Recruiters are limited in what they can and will do to help prospective service members struggling with their weight. Barnum said recruiters are cautious not to give medical advice or prescribe a diet. If someone wants to shed fat, it's up to them to consult a medical professional and follow a responsible diet and workout plan."Our job is to find qualified applicants," said one Navy recruiter, Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Rose. "It isn't so much to make qualified applicants."But that doesn't mean they write off everyone with pounds to lose. Rose was Gilbert's recruiter, and he said it was clear from their first conversation that the young pizza courier had the makings of a sailor."It was very evident that his interest was very sincere," Rose said. "He had nothing holding him back from joining the Navy except his weight. I hate seeing just one thing be a factor like that. Especially, in regards to fitness, it is something that can be corrected over time, healthily."That's the strategy Ethan Mueller, 18, employed as he worked to conform his 6-foot, 230-pound frame to Navy standards. In June, he met the body-fat percentage standards. He said he now weighs 200 pounds, a pound below the maximum for his height.Mueller attributes much of his weight loss to two things: cutting rocky road ice cream out of his diet and performing more manual labor on the Wisconsin dairy farm where he lives. He's scheduled to start basic training in North Chicago in September.Gilbert, who no longer delivers pizza, can empathize with the challenges of losing weight. After graduating from high school, he earned a basic medic certification from the City Colleges of Chicago with an eye on being a paramedic. But he had also replaced regular workouts with late-night meals of ramen noodles, mac and cheese, and assorted junk."I love cheeseburgers just as much as the next guy," he said.When he decided to enlist, he cut out the fattening meals and began working out. The pounds started dropping at a remarkable clip."I knew that I definitely needed to be in shape," Gilbert said. "I knew I was slacking a lot after high school and that really took a toll."I was just really motivated to kind of see where this would take me. So far, it's been a great ride."And that ride is just beginning. On Wednesday, Gilbert starts boot camp.mitsmith@tribune.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 the Chicago Tribune Visit the Chicago Tribune at .chicagotribune.com Distributed by MCT Information Services存倉

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科技網站MacRumors發現，迷你倉新蒲崗蘋果公司(Apple Inc.)高級副總裁曼斯菲爾德(Bob Mansfield)，突然從Apple官方網站的管理層名單中消失。Apple發言人昨日證實，曼斯菲爾德已經退出公司管理層。他為甚麼要辭職？Apple拒絕透露是次人事變動的原因，其實他去年已經申請辭職，但獲高薪挽留，去年年薪高達8,550萬美元（約6.67億港元），位列標迷你倉出租成分企業管理層中的亞軍。任職十四年期間，他有何功績？曼斯菲爾德主理Apple產品硬件研發，除專責改良無線通訊技術，還統一產品的處理器。另他在開發「招牌作」iPad外，也增強軟件、硬件及設計部門之間的合作。對於此事，市場有甚麼關注點？市場觀望Apple能否招得曼斯菲爾德一樣的猛將，創造突破性的新產品，重拾增長動力，以及其正在研製、據稱集iPhone等產品於智能手錶。儲存倉

Source: La Crosse Tribune, Wis.迷你倉庫July 29--Jeffrey Lepsch's wife testified today that he isn't capable of executing two men and that he appeared normal hours after authorities believe he did.Angie Lepsch told jurors she found her husband at her in-law's La Crescent, Minn., home on Sept. 15 about 2 1/2 hours after the killings at May's Photo in downtown La Crosse."Did he appear to be excited?" Assistant State Public Defender Tom Huh asked."No," she said."Stressed?""No.""How did he appear?""Same as he always did.""Do you think Jeff is capable of murdering two people?"No."Four days of testimony in Lepsch's trial for killing store owner Paul Petras, 56, and his 19-year-old son A.J. Petras wrapped today with about an hour from the defense's only two witnesses, Lepsch's wife and mother.Neither explained what his attorney told jurors in his opening statement -- that Lepsch is "a thief and not a killer" who somehow ended up with 27 cameras, lenses and other merchandise worth about $17,000 stolen from the now shuttered store.Investigators found most of the items during an Oct. 10 raid at Lepsch's house in Dakota, Minn., and his van and searched his computer to find that he sold every other item online, according to testimony in La Crosse County Circuit Court.Angie Lepsch told jurors that her husband "bought and sold things on the Internet" to help support the family of five trying to survive on a preschool teacher's salary.A back injury sidelined him儲存for many jobs, so he absorbed most of the household work, Angie Lepsch said. She described him as a "very loving and affectionate" husband of 18 years who cared for animals and didn't miss the children's sporting events."Has he ever exhibited any kinds of violence?" Huh asked."No. Never," she said.At the time of the killings, the couple was behind on their mortgage and electric bill and had just $350 between two bank accounts, La Crosse police Lt. Matt Malott."As of Sept. 15 did he have enough money to buy $17,000 worth of equipment?" District Attorney Tim Gruenke asked."No," Malott said.Lepsch also was facing a $53,000 judgment levied against him from an 2003 felony theft case where he stole merchandise from the Ace Hardware distribution center in the town of Campbell over a 3 1/2 -year span while working in loss prevention.Angie Lepsch admitted on cross-examination that she didn't know about the theft until his arrest. She wasn't aware that he stored the stole merchandise from Ace at their home or that he was selling it online.She also testified she believed her husband owned just one camera and one or two lenses."You agree that he was able to keep a lot of things from you, correct?" Gruenke asked."Yes."Stay with .lacrossetribune.com for more from the trial.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, Wis.) Visit the La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, Wis.) at .lacrossetribune.com Distributed by MCT Information Services新蒲崗迷你倉

Source: Bangkok Post, ThailandJuly 30--The Agriculture Ministry cut its growth forecast for Thailand's agricultural sector from 4% to a range of 1.自存倉5% to 2.5% after only a slight expansion in the first half of the year.After the sector expanded by only 0.4% in the first six months, the ministry blamed the drop on the severe drought that hit widespread plantations from late last year until May, said ministry spokesman Apichart Jongskul.Early mortality syndrome (EMS), which ravaged Thai shrimp farming for several months and cut production by over 40%, was the main reason behind the drop in the fisheries sector.Other fisheries products were affected by the drought, causing the fisheries sector to contract by 7.1% year-on-year.Operators estimated revenue losses of 16 billion baht from falling shrimp shipments in the first half, a year-on-year decrease of about 30%.The export situation is expected to continue to decline due to the weak global ec迷你倉新蒲崗nomy, with the Thai Shrimp Association braced for a 40% fall in shipments this year.Crops were the only strong sector in the first half, with a 1.9% expansion from last year thanks to higher production of rice, cassava, oil palm, rubber, durian and mangosteen, said Mr Apichart.Besides proper irrigation that promotes rice output, the state's rice-pledging scheme has encouraged farmers to expand production and push the crop sector towards growth of 3.3% to 4.3%.The livestock sector also performed well, especially pigs, thanks to the reduced impact of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome.High demand for chicken meat in Europe and Japan will help shipments to rise by 5% this year. As of May, Thailand exported 219,000 tonnes of chicken products, up 4.7% year-on-year.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) Visit the Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) at .bangkokpost.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉出租