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Group setting up $100m fund to invest in new-media businessesSINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) has said its full-year net profit fell 25 per cent to $431 million, mainly due to the adoption of a different accounting policy.儲存倉With the establishment of the SPH Reit, the group changed its accounting policy for investment properties from cost to a fair-value basis.As a result, SPH posted a fair-value gain of $111.4 million from its investment properties for the year ended Aug 31, down 43.9 per cent from the year before.Operating revenue for the year edged down 2.6 per cent to $1.24 billion.The media and property firm has proposed a final dividend of 15 cents a share, comprising a normal dividend of eight cents and a special dividend of seven cents.Together with the interim dividend of seven cents and special dividend of 18 cents announced earlier in the financial year, the total dividend payout is a record 40 cents.Revenue for the newspaper and magazine business fell 3.9 per cent to $991.2 million as both advertising and circulation revenue fell.Rental income at its retail properties, however, rose 3.5 per cent to $198.1 million, mainly due to higher rental rates at Paragon.SPH has a 70 per cent stake in SPH Reit, which owns Paragon and Clementi Mall.Full-year earnings per share slipped to 27 cents from 36 cents previously, while net asset value per share as at Aug 31 eased to $2.19 from $2.28 a year earlier.Faced with a challenging environment of changing media consumption trends, SPH chie迷你倉最平 executive Alan Chan said the company is studying new growth opportunities while exploring ways to reinvigorate its core media business.For example, the company has identified a list of cost-saving initiatives, such as making changes to its work flow to better utilise its printing presses.This series of projects, when implemented over the next year or so, is targeted at delivering $19 million in savings every year, Mr Chan said.SPH is also setting up a $100 million new-media fund to invest in media-related businesses.Up to now, the firm has mostly focused on major investments, such as ST701 and regional media websites "where we go in big and try to occupy the space", said Mr Chan.The new-media fund is targeted at taking smaller stakes, he said, which means that there will be smaller investments in different new media organisations. Mr Chan added that in the process, these technologies can be used to enhance SPH's existing business. "These investments will play a critical role to support our aspiration to be the leading multimedia company in Asia," he said.The firm's move to offer digital subscriptions for some of its newspapers has also helped to boost overall circulation.Total average daily circulation for The Straits Times has risen 15 per cent over the past year to 449,200, mainly due to an increase in digital subscriptions.SPH shares closed one cent lower at $4.12.The results were released after the market closed. SPH Reit shares rose half a cent to 97.5 cents.yasminey@sph.com.sg迷你倉

Source: Ventura County Star, Calif.儲存Oct. 11--It was one of the most memorable games in Cal Lutheran football history.Two years ago, CLU staged a dramatic comeback under the lights to beat Redlands 28-24 in the first game ever played in William Rolland Stadium.CLU trailed 24-0 at halftime before scoring 28 unanswered points in the second half. The Kingsmen capped the rally with a 98-yard drive for the game-winning touchdown with 16 seconds remaining.The rivals will return to the scene Saturday night with many of the same elements in play.Kickoff is slated for 7:05 p.m. and CLU will once again be wearing its special black jerseys."It is a fun rivalry to be a part of and it seems like everything is magnified a little bit in these games," CLU head coach Ben McEnroe said. "The guys are hitting each other a little bit harder and playing a little bit faster. I have a lot of memories over the years coaching and playing in these games, and it's a big deal in that regard."CLU's great escape against Redlands was the closest the Kingsmen have come to having their 28-game Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference winning streak snapped.Both teams recorded their first wins of the season last weekend to open SCIAC play. Redlands (1-2, 1-0) beat Occidental 38-21 while CLU (1-2, 1-0) routed Pomona-Pitzer 42-7."The big thing for us was just getting some self-confidence back," McEnroe said. "There is a little bit more swagger and more energy after you win. It's kind of like a shot in the arm."CLU and Redlands introduced an added incentive to the rivalry last year by playing for the Smudge Pot. The trophy celebrates the citrus industries in Ventura and San Bernardino counties.Following last year's victory, CLU brought the Smudge Pot back to campus and painted imini storage in the university colors."We haven't put a lot of emphasis on that this week, to be honest with you," McEnroe said. "We set it down by the exit so everybody can see it on the way out of the building. But right now we are staying focused on us and trying not to have a lot of clutter in our head."Although McEnroe wants to see the same end result as two years ago, he would prefer it happen without the inauspicious beginning."I think the big thing is to harness the energy in a positive manner," McEnroe said. "Like any other source of energy, it can be destructive. But there are ways to harness it and I think we learned that from two years ago when we came out wide-eyed looking up at the lights and the huge crowd and freaked out."Redlands (1-2, 1-0 SCIAC) at Cal Lutheran (1-2, 1-0)WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, 7:05 p.m., William Rolland StadiumSeries history: CLU leads 23-18.LAST YEAR: CLU defeated Redlands 45-35.GAME FACTS: CLU expects its run defense to be tested. Redlands rushed for 424 yards in a victory over Occidental. RBs Bobby Brown and Curtis Tanquary have both run for 198 yards this season. Junior QB Kevin Russell, who started against Occidental, has completed 16 of 25 passes for 183 yards. Junior LB Michael Tootle leads the Redlands defense with 28 total tackles. CLU Sr. RB Wayne Chapman is averaging 115.7 yards per game and 7.2 yards per carry. CLU senior QB Cameron Deen has completed 44 of 77 passes for 520 yards and four touchdowns. CLU senior RB Ryan Zirbel and senior DB Derrick Romo will return after missing last week's game with injuries. CLU has won five straight in the series.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Ventura County Star (Camarillo, Calif.) Visit Ventura County Star (Camarillo, Calif.) at .vcstar.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage

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【陳�蔚╱台北報導】客運需求續旺，迷你倉航空公司9月營收較去年同期維持成長態勢，華航董事長孫洪祥昨表示，今年來各客運航線需求都有成長，隨年底前兩岸、日本增加新航班，第4季營收將較去年同期明顯成長，在油價穩定前提下，力拼全年獲利。 華航昨公告9月營收114.69億元，雖因走出客運旺季，月減11.98%，不過仍較去年同期成長2.63%。孫洪祥昨於台北對飛愛媛包機首航記者會後分析，主因為貨運仍持續衰退，不過已可看出衰退幅度變小，有助於第4季業績成長。 日航線載客率逾8成 尤其單就客運部分來看，在各航線需求持續熱絡帶動下，客運營收表現都仍維持在旺季水準。以日本航線為例，孫洪祥表示，雖已走出暑假傳統旺季，不過預估至年底前，平均載客率都仍在80%以上。看準近年日本旅遊深度及廣度日益強化趨勢，華航也趁勢介入，繼上半年增闢台北對飛高松航線後，台北對飛愛媛包機航線也於昨日首航。孫洪祥分析，日圓貶值，推升今年以來國人赴日旅遊持續攀升，也帶動許多新興景點，以這次的愛媛縣松山市為例，為日本四國地區第1大城市，雖為日本3大古泉之一，且是日本文豪夏目漱石作品中的場景，但過去到訪過的台灣旅客不多。 華航闢台文件倉對飛愛媛 這也帶動此次新闢台北對飛愛媛包機航線，相當受到市場歡迎，來回共4個班次都已全數客滿，表現優於原先預期。看好日本旅遊市場將持續暢旺，孫洪祥也透露，年底前，全新A330新機加入營運後，將投入飛航大阪，屆時大阪航班將由每周17班，增加至27班，今年光是日本班次，就成長近50%。除日本航線，孫洪祥表示，包括兩岸航線以及台南飛香港航線等，年底前也都陸續有新闢及增班的計劃，「若加上貨運市場逐漸好轉，第4季表現不會太差。」長榮航（2618）昨亦公告9月營收102.68億元，較去年同期成長6.02%，累計前9月營收904.94億元，年增2.35%。 長榮航營收年增6% 長榮航主管分析，今年以來除日本航線需求熱絡，美國線在免美簽等效益帶動下，今年以來更常出現供不應求的情況，除暑假期間載客率高達95%，目前平均載客率，也都維持在約80%，表現相當好。至於復航（6702）由於沒有貨運拖累，在持續拓增國際航線效益下，今年以來營收成長更為明顯，9月營收10.56億元，年增高達34.73%，累計前9月營收92.36億元，較去年同期成長23.03%。復航主管同樣看好，客運市場將持續旺到年底。存倉

Source: Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.儲存Oct. 10--Legendary Boulder-born astronaut Scott Carpenter -- who in 1962 became the second American to orbit the Earth and the first person to explore both the heights of space and depths of the ocean -- died Thursday in Denver with his wife at his side. He was 88.Along with John Glenn, who flew three months before him, Carpenter was one of the last two survivors of the original Mercury 7 astronauts for the fledgling U.S. space program. He lived in Vail until a few weeks ago, when he suffered a stroke that put him in Swedish Medical Center and, eventually, The Denver Hospice at Lowry."On Sunday, we watched the Broncos-Dallas game and he was very verbal," his daughter Candy Carpenter said Thursday.But he took a turn for the worse the next day and never recovered.Candy Carpenter, 57, said her father died peacefully at 5:30 a.m. of complications from the stroke with his wife, Patty Barrett, by his side."He wanted to be the best pilot, he wanted to be the best navigator, he wanted to be the best father, he wanted to be the best diver," Candy Carpenter said. "He wanted to be the best at everything."She said he also came from an era when astronauts regularly put their lives on the line testing out new equipment and new technologies in situations and conditions humans had never before faced."That was one of the things he was most proud of was to be able to go to space and prove or disprove all those fears," she said. "He loved machines."Gordon Page, founder of the Spirit of Flight Center in Erie, credits Carpenter with setting the stage for the hundreds of astronauts who would come after him. He was part of a select group of early space explorers who likely didn't fully recognize just how much their bravery and determination would push forward an industry that now plays an instrumental role in both Boulder County and Colorado as a whole, Page said."I see him as the starting point -- look at all the jobs and technological advances that just these few guys played a role in producing," Page said. "It was a unique point in American history that allowed people to break records and go further than ever before without a lot of red tape and budget issues."'Willingly give my life'Carpenter, who was born in Boulder on May 1, 1925, as Malcolm Scott Carpenter (he hated his first name and didn't use it), began to look skyward for inspiration at a very young age."The big influence for my father as a 5-year-old was seeing Lowry Air Force Base being built and Stapleton Airport being built," daughter Kris Stoever said Thursday. "It was the first time he saw an airplane overhead."His maternal grandparents raisedCarpenter after his mother became ill with tuberculosis and his parents split up. Stoever said her father loved climbing the Flatirons and pastured a horse, named Lady Luck, at the base of Flagstaff Mountain."Boulder formed my father," she said.And he was recognized by the city. A park at 30th Street and Arapahoe Avenue was after the astronaut, while Boulder's Aurora 7 Elementary took its name from Carpenter's Mercury capsule. Scott Carpenter Park was rededicated last year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his space flight.Carpenter graduated from Boulder High in 1943 and went on to the University of Colorado, but only attended one semester before joining the Navy's V-12a training program, designed to help train pilots during World War II.He returned to CU to study aeronautical engineering, but, in 1949, rejoined the Navy and continued his pilot training -- one course short of finishing his bachelor's degree.On April 9, 1959, after a decade in the Navy, the newly formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that Carpenter was one of seven chosen to be part of its first astronaut group, which came to be known as the Mercury 7.The launch into space on the morning of May 24, 1962, was nerve-racking for the Navy pilot."You're looking out at a totally black sky, seeing an altimeter reading of 90,000 feet and realize you are going straight up. And the thought crossed my mind: 'What am I doing?'" Carpentersaid 49 years later in a joint lecture with Glenn at the Smithsonian Institution.For Carpenter, the momentary fear was worth it, he said in 2011: "The view of Mother Earth and the weightlessness is an addictive combination of senses."For the veteran Navy officer, flying in space or diving to the ocean floor was more than a calling. In 1959, soon after being chosen one of NASA's pioneering seven astronauts, Carpenter wrote about his hopes, concluding: "This is something I would willingly give my life for."Three months later, Carpenter was launched into space from Cape Canaveral, Fla., and completed three orbits around Earth in his space capsule, the Aurora 7, which he named after the celestial event. It was just a coincidence, Carpenter said, that he grew up on the corner of Aurora Avenue and Seventh Street in Boulder.His four hours, 39 minutes and 32 seconds of weightlessness were "the nicest thing that ever happened to me," Carpenter told a NASA historian. "The zero-g sensation and the visual sensation of spaceflight are transcending experiences and I wish everybody could have them."His trip led to many discoveries about spacecraft navigation and space itself, such as that space offers almost no resistance, which he found out by trailing a balloon. Carpenter said astronauts in the Mercury program found most of their motivation from the space race with the Russians. When he completed his orbit of the Earth, he said he thought: "Hooray, we're tied with the Soviets," who had completed two manned orbits at that time.'We may have... lost an astronaut'But things started to go wrong on re-entry. He was low on fuel and a key instrument that tells the pilot which way the capsule is pointing malfunctioned, forcing Carpenter to manually take over control of the landing. NASA's Mission Control then announced that he would overshoot his landing zone by more than 200 miles and, worse, they had lost contact with him.Talking to a suddenly solemn nation, CBS newsman Walter Cronkite told the audience: "We may have ... lost an astronaut."At a time when astronauts achieved fame on par with rock stars, folks across the country sat glued to their TV smini storagereens, anxiously awaiting the outcome of Carpenter's mission. Dave Klaus, a professor in aerospace engineering sciences at CU, said the routine nature of space travel today and the assurances people take from that simply didn't exist then."There was a lot of unknowns and a lot of uncertainty at that time," Klaus said.But Carpenter survived the landing that day.Always cool under pressure -- his heart rate never went above 105 during the flight -- he oriented himself by simply peering out the space capsule's window. The Navy found him in the Caribbean, floating in his life raft with his feet propped up. He offered up some of his space rations.Carpenter's perceived nonchalance didn't sit well some with NASA officials, particularly flight director Chris Kraft. The two feuded about it from then on.Kraft accused Carpenter of being distracted and behind schedule, as well as making poor decisions. He blamed Carpenter for the low fuel.On his website, Carpenter acknowledged that he didn't shut off a switch at the right time, doubling fuel loss. Still, in his 2003 memoir, he wrote: "I think the data shows that the machine failed."From deep space to deep seasCarpenter never did go back in space, but his explorations continued. In 1965, he spent 30 days under the ocean off the coast of California as part of the Navy's SeaLab II program. Once again the motivation was both fear and curiosity."I wanted, No. 1, to learn about it (the ocean), but No. 2, I wanted to get rid of what was an unreasoned fear of the deep water," Carpenter told the NASA historian.Inspired by Jacques Cousteau, Carpenter worked with the Navy to bring some of NASA's training and technology to the sea floor. A broken arm kept him out of the first SeaLab, but he made the second in 1965. The 57-by-12-foot habitat was lowered to a depth of 205 feet off San Diego. A bottlenose dolphin named Tuffy ferried supplies from the surface to the aquanauts below."SeaLab was an apartment, but it was very crowded. Ten men lived inside. We worked very hard. We slept very little," he recalled in a 1969 interview. Years later, he said he actually preferred his experience on the ocean floor to his time in space."In the overall scheme of things, it's the underdog in terms of funding and public interest," he said. "They're both very important explorations. One is much more glorious than the other. Both have tremendous potential."After another stint at NASA in the mid-1960s, helping develop the Apollo lunar lander, Carpenter returned to the SeaLab program as director of aquanaut operations for SeaLab III.He retired from the Navy in 1969, founded his company Sea Sciences Inc., worked closely with Cousteau and dove in most of the world's oceans, including under the ice in the Arctic.When the 77-year-old Glenn returned to orbit in 1998 aboard space shuttle Discovery, Carpenter radioed: "Good luck, have a safe flight and ... once again, Godspeed, John Glenn."His influence felt at CUAt CU, Carpenter will be primarily remembered for his legacy in space.Klaus said there have been 20 astronauts affiliated in some way with CU, including Kalpana Chawla, who was killed in the Columbia accident in 2003, and Ellison Onizuka, who died in the Challenger accident in 1986."He was the first of a long string of astronauts that came out of CU," he said. "He was a living legend."Klaus remembers Carpenter making a visit to CU about 10 years ago, where a number of aerospace engineering students put on a presentation for him. Carpenter told Klaus that he was fascinated with the latest advancements in space travel technology and materials and would welcome the chance to start all over again learning about the field."He was excited to see the next generation coming up," Klaus said.CU-Boulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano said Thursday that Carpenter will be "sorely missed.""In his two-decades-long career as a Naval aviator, astronaut and aquanaut, Scott Carpenter brought honor and distinction to CU-Boulder while embodying the adventurous spirit of our nation," DiStefano said. "Our space program, and all space and ocean researchers everywhere, owe him a debt of gratitude."Although Carpenter was one course requirement short of graduating with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering when he left CU in 1949, the university awarded him his degree in 1962 following the successful Aurora 7 flight.When presenting the degree to Carpenter, then-CU President Quigg Newton noted that "his subsequent training as an astronaut has more than made up for his deficiency in the subject of heat transfer."Stoever, who co-wrote with her father the book "For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut," said there's no doubt her father's time at CU helped boost the school's aeronautical engineering reputation."Being a Project Mercury astronaut gave CU a lot of cachet," she said.Great father, great teacherBut at the heart of it all, Stoever said, Carpenter was a man, a father and a great teacher."He was unusual in his generation for being gentle, kind and patient," she said. "He loved explaining how to do things the right way."Candy Carpenter said her father, who married four times and had eight children, shone in areas much more grounded than space travel. He wrote two novels: "The Steel Albatross" and "Deep Flight." And he absolutely loved music.Candy Carpenter said she'll always remember her father singing and playing guitar. When she had to be flown by rescue helicopter from her home in Big Elk Meadows in Larimer County during last month's floods, Carpenter said besides grabbing her dog, she made sure to bring with her the Gretsch guitar her father bought with Glenn in New York City in 1957.His children all picked up the instrument, Candy Carpenter said, and she went on to become a guitar teacher in Longmont."And that was because he played guitar," she said. "He was a fabulous teacher, had a great sense of humor and was handsome as the Devil."The Associated Press contributed to this reportContact Camera Staff Writer John Aguilar at 303-473-1389, aguilarj@dailycamera.com or twitter.com/abuvthefold.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.) Visit the Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.) at .dailycamera.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage

　　小市民遇上金融糾紛一時氣難平，儲存未必硬要跟金融機構對簿公堂。作為兩者「和事老」的金融糾紛調解中心（FDRC），成立1年多已處理數十宗糾紛，成功率達8成。　　該中心董事局主席鄭若驊指，爭議定必發生，只在乎如何解決，強調調解費用較訴訟便宜，料本港對調解需求將有增無減。　　消委會今年首8個月收到563宗關於金融機構的投訴，較去年同期升3成，最多投訴跟收費有關，但跟投資相關的投訴並不受理。　　FDRC董事局主席鄭若驊是首批於本港受訓的調解員，她稱90年代建築業出現不少爭議，為免每次都要對簿公堂，香港國際仲裁中心開設首個課程，培訓港調解員。本身是大律師的她笑言，未讀調解課程前，不相信調解對解決爭議有幫助，她抱�疑惑的態度上堂，終認同調解的重要性，多年後更成為FDRC董事局主席。計算得失 從中調停　　調解員被形容為「和事老」，不會於爭議雙方面前作判決，反而引導雙方思考得失，尋求平衡點。　　投訴人黃先生跟某金融機構就支票兌現問題出現爭議，決定進行調解。在會議上，調解員問黃先生若將案件付諸訴訟，對其工作及財政有何影響，以及尋求專家協助所需的費用；另一方面，調解員亦�銀行考慮，處理個案所需的時間，及對銀行與客戶關係的影響等，最終雙方重新考慮調解方案。　　FDRC於去年中成立，由港府、金管局及mini storage監會合資5,500萬元，作為中心首3年的營運經費，之後成本將由金融界承擔。截至今年6月，中心收到逾千宗投訴，有36宗曾進行調解，成功率達8成。　　FDRC主要處理市民及金融機構之間的糾紛，金管局及證監會認可的逾1,900間金融機構（不包括保險公司）為旗下調解計劃會員，必須派員出席會議。限最高申索50萬元　　該中心設定最高申索金額為50萬元，大部分調解個案介乎10萬至50萬元。鄭若驊指出，有人為進行調解主動將申索金額調低至50萬元。有關僱傭、知悉損失超過12個月、跟金錢損失無關的個案均不受理。　　調解員會先向爭議雙方收集資料，並進行單獨會面，繼而進行一次性4小時的調解會議。若達成共識，申索人可於60日內決定是否接受方案；若調解失敗，雙方可選擇上訴到法庭，或於60日內申請仲裁。　　FDRC只提供一次性4小時的調解服務，申索人的收費介乎1,000至2,000元，須得調解員同意才可延長調解時間。　　中心行政總裁詹少弘曾於新西蘭人權組織進行調解工作，發現調解設時限有助雙方達成共識。而有研究發現，調解平均需時3.5小時，故FDRC設定4小時。　　由於FDRC專責處理金融糾紛，故旗下調解員必須具備金融知識，該中心會提供培訓。目前FDRC旗下有55名註冊調解員，多數是律師、醫生或金融從業員等。self storage

Source: Portland Press Herald, MaineOct.mini storage 10--The Natural Resources Council of Maine on Thursday released a report showing that Maine's Department of Environmental Protection possesses documents that reveal that an open-pit mine at Bald Mountain in Aroostoock County is likely to pollute rivers, lakes and streams with sulfuric acid runoff and arsenic pollution. These documents have not been made public and have been withheld from state legislators.The state has proposed new open-pit mining regulations, but for a major rule change such as this, members of the Board of Environmental Protection, along with the full Legislature, must approve any regulatory modifications, said Nick Bennett, staff scientist with NRCM.The council's report comes just one week before the Board of Environmental Protection is set to hold a public hearing on proposed draft rules developed over the last 18 months by the DEP and its mining industry consultant North Jackson Co. of Marquette, Mich. The rules change was required under 2012 mining legislation pushed by J.D. Irving Ltd., of New Brunswick, which has proposed mining at Bald Mountain.The BEP hearing will be held Thursday, Oct. 17, at 9 a.m. at the Augusta Civic Center.Opponents of the proposed revisions, including environmental advocates, mining experts and engineering specialists, have questioned whose interests are being served by the new rules -- the public trust and environmental protection or Irving's plans.The NRCM report, "Bald Mountain Mining Risks: Hidden from the Public," draws on studies done by consultants for two mining companies that in the 1980s and 1990s pursued DEP permits for open-pit mining at Bald Mountain, said Bennett.The documents, secured by environmental risk manager Lindsay Newland Bowker of Science & Research in the Public Interest in Stonington and NRCM in Augusta through Freedom of Access Act (FOAA) requests, include repeated warnings that an open-pit mine at Bald Mountain would be very risky. Both mining companies -- Boliden and Black Hawk -- abandoned their mining plans largely because of the potential environmental risks and difficulties with mining operations at the Bald Mountain ore deposit."There's a lot of opposition and concern," said Bennett. "This is a really dangerous site. And once groundwater contamination starts, it's incredibly difficult to control."Heather Parent, policy director for DEP, said the NRCM report included "flat out lies and misrepresentations."DEP technical staff have been involved in every step of the rule-making process, she said."They helped us recraft the law to make it more protective," she said.Canada-based J.D. Irving Ltd. has expressed interest in open-pit mining at Bald Mountain and has been instrumental in having Maine's mining regulations revised and streamlined, or relaxed, to enable quicker approval of proposals to extract metals from sites around the state. Irving has described the Bald Mountain project as having a 500-acre footprint with a 100-acre open pit, valued by some estimates at billions of dollars and offering the prospect of as many as 700 direct and indirect jobs for the economically strapped northern Maine economy. Earlier job projections by other mining companies estimated the number of jobs would run between 75 and 130 positions.Technical experts for DEP and the two mining companies have repeatedly concluded that an open-pit mine at Bald Mountian would by extremely difficult, risky and costly because of high concentrations of sulfur and arsenic at the site, said Bennett.When exposed to air and water, the sulfur forms sulfuric acid, known as acid mine drainage (AMD). Sulfuric acid is a toxic component in car batteries, fertilizers, wastewater treatment and oil refininself storage -- and is one of the most widely used industrial manufacturing chemicals. In the mining process, the acid leaches out metals -- including arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury, copper and zinc -- that occur naturally in the rock and causes them to seep into groundwater, rivers and lakes, Bennett said. Many of these heavy metals are extremely toxic to fish and other aquatic organisms, he said."The history of mining in Maine and across the country has been bad," Bennett said. The environmental risks at Bald Mountain and other sites in Maine should prompt more vigorous monitoring and regulations, not less, he said. "But DEP never let its technical folks to testify on this issue. Essentially they never spoke out to the Legislature."We don't want weakened rules to pass," Bennett said. "We'd like strict mining rules." He said NRCM endorses a return to the regulatory process outlined in LD 1302, which last spring passed in the House but failed by three votes in the Senate. The council has consistently backed rules that would require more responsibility for mining companies for any extraction operations -- and any resulting environmental damage that might occur.Bennett said the employment projections are "highly suspect" and that Irving has refused to to make public the analysis that resulted in estimates of several hundred jobs."Mining companies are notorious for underestimating environmental risks and overpromising jobs, and that's what we're seeing here in Maine with Irving's promotion of a mine at Bald Mountain," said Bennett. "Our report shows that DEP is fully aware that an open-pit mine at Bald Mountian could have huge environmental impacts, with relatively small and short-lived economic returns, yet DEP has failed to share this informtaion with lawmakers and the public."Newland Bowker, who has devoted nearly all her time for two years to closely study the Maine mining statute, rules, history and mining operations, said "the jobs simply are not there."Some of the internal DEP documents secured by NRCM were developed for the Swedish mining firm Boliden Resources, whose consultants found that an open-pit mine at Bald Mountain would likely never be able to meet water quality standards due to the likelihood that acid mine drainage would pollute surrounding waters.In the mid-1990s, Boliden sold its mineral rights to Black Hawk Mining Inc., which began the permitting process with DEP for a much smaller open-pit mine. Documents in DEP's files show that DEP's technical staff at that time believed that even this smaller mine would cause unacceptable risks to groundwater because of high arsenic levels.The NRCM report also includes assessments from the geologist who discovered the Bald Mountain ore deposit and has said that an open-pit mine at Bald Mountain would cause major environmental problems.Bowker said she has no conviction that BEP will change course following next week's public hearing."I'm not expecting a miracle here," she said. But she said a return to previous recommendations for rule changes that failed to gain approval from the full Legislature last spring would be insufficient protection. "It just is not a fix," she said.Bowker said the proposed rules set for public hearing are "pure jibberish" and that the state needed to get authentic and substantial help from a fully qualified mining expert to make sure environmental concerns would be met."It's not fair to ask people to comment on a rule that makes no sense," said Bowker.The full NRCM report and background materials are available at .nrcm.org.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine) Visit the Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine) at .pressherald.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage

【本報訊】貿促局主席張祖榮表示，迷你倉最平非常高興今年有更多葡語系國家企業來澳參加貿博會，認為這顯示了他們對澳門這個平台有信心。他又提到橫琴粵澳產業園區項目申請期到月底結束，呼籲有意申請者及早申請。第十八屆澳門國際貿易投資展覽會(MIF)將於下週四至日假威尼斯人會展舉行，主辦單位貿促局昨日舉行傳媒午宴，闡述展會最新消息及籌備情況。貿促局主席張祖榮表示，今年MIF共設立超過一千九百個展位，比去年增長百分之五點六，預計海內外最少有四千六百人來澳參加。而四天展期內，將舉辦逾五十場高層次論壇、專題會議、產品及服務對接酒會，以及項目推介會等活動。張又指出今年來澳參展的葡萄牙企業及「葡萄迷你倉館」展區均比去年增加一倍，他們對此非常高興和滿意，認為這是好現象，顯示了葡萄牙企業對澳門作為葡語系國家的平台很有信心，又謂來澳參展的葡語系國家企業主要以銷售酒類及食品類為主。此外，他提醒今年是「中國 一 葡語國家經貿合作論壇(澳門)部長級會議」在本澳召開十周年紀念，在十一月初將會舉行中葡論壇，與MIF展期比較接近，相信兩者互有影響，期望能吸引更多海外企業來澳參展。張亦透露「橫琴粵澳產業園」項目至昨日共收到三宗申請，主要涉及科技及食物領域，查詢則錄得六十餘宗。而橫琴和珠海方面也會在今屆MIF內分別進行宣傳及舉行酒會，他提醒有意申請者應在十月三十一日下午五點半前遞交申請。儲存

過去包含Kuva望高樓、部落接待屋與Vurel月光舞台被視為部落宗教活動、公共集會空間與大型活動集會空間，存倉除原地上建築物外，較少有遊憩空間。在後續擴充型計畫中，部落提出「peytatalag－an部落接待屋及意象串連計畫」，希望藉由公部門經費，改善部落接待空間，利用既有空間增加遊憩設施，將接待屋改造為接待空間，利用小小的空間引領遊客認識西拉雅族，體驗以部落經濟作物竹子搭建的草寮，了解西拉雅傳統工法，並展示部落文化地圖、文創農特產品等，讓遊客樂活漫步於西拉雅部落。部落燈塔──景觀導覽指標部落面積廣闊，其中還包含新化國家植物園。初次進入部落的遊客皆有在錯綜複雜的山林小道迷路的經驗，因此由部落文化協會提出部落導覽指標計畫，期望藉由部落景觀導覽指標打造新亮點，可指引遊客方便前往景點，同時也吸引遊客探索部落祕密景點。景點導覽指標除了標示景點位置外，指標上還標明西拉雅語，達到寓教於樂的效果；指標材質採用當地素材柚木，並以僱工購料方式，邀請部落年輕人一同參與設計，部落工班打造屬於口埤及九層嶺一帶獨一無二的西拉雅指標。陸海空指揮部──生態教室部落位於丘陵地帶，又有野溪穿越，陸、海、空生態資源豐富。部落長老對於生活空間內的生態傳統知識豐富，中壯年也有生態攝影家記錄部落生態環境，但目前生態導覽除了需要專業導覽解說員外，遊客還需要一點運氣才有機會觀察到部落的「原住民」（部落生態資源）。口埤及九層嶺一帶的部落，期望打造部落生態教室，對欲前往這一帶進行生態觀光的遊客，可先於此空間介紹部落生態，並進行行前教育，提升遊客素質，也保護在地生態避免遭受遊客的打擾與破壞。部落生態教室以生態工法方式建置，維持周圍自然景觀，同時也成為遊客休憩空間。自己動手築夢歷經半年多的播種、灌溉，我們看見了部落的發芽。記得部落長老曾無意間迸出一句話：「總不能一直開會什麼都沒產出吧！」。幾週後，在部落訪查的過程中，驚覺部落的小改變，部落的主要幹道旁站立了新的指示牌，部落也因為遊客的預約，開始組織平台開會討論。口埤及九層嶺一帶，過去隱沒在台南新化區的林場中，如今已開始動手築夢、逐夢。歷經10個月的計畫期程，陪伴部落一路成長，從原來被動的參與態度到現在主動參與部落的活動過程；也因為深化部落的在地性，喚醒部落參與社區營造、凝聚共識，啟動部落的凝聚力。親近西拉雅綠旅行口埤教會因從事部落社區關懷工作做出口碑，紛紛吸引許多宗教團體前來取經。口埤教會近年來接待許多參與宣教團體，因緣際會下，在2013年1月18日至19日，恰巧有一個台北團隊向口埤教會報名參加宣教之旅，由台灣神學院老師帶領7位學生前來拜訪，牧師提出這個機會，讓部落嘗試性規畫此次活動遊程。在2次的部落會議及2次的輔導會議中，部落族人從行程安排、餐飲服務、接待家庭至接待工作的共同協調與討論，完成這項活動，並將此活動命名為「親近西拉雅綠旅行」。2天1夜的活動，部落安排訪視獨居老人、宣教、西拉雅講古、宗教對話等主題，並在活動最後安排座談，分享雙向對話。每個主題背後都是部落的用心與目標──成為幸福的西拉雅部落，透過學習使「親切、合一、簡樸、關懷、複合」成為社區價值觀，從空間的美學、幸福的感動、專業的態度、細活的品味，分享人與人、人與自然、人與大地之間的共榮共生。口埤位處於丘陵地帶，在高低起伏的山林中，吸引許多近郊登山客前來健行，也因為口埤教會的關係，吸引許多宣教團體前來旅遊，近幾個月更是與新化社區營造單位異業結盟，串聯地方觀光行程，間接提升口埤及九層嶺一帶部落的觀光知名度。凋零的刺桐花重生2012年的聖誕節，西拉雅國家風景管理處帶給西拉雅部儲存（口埤、扁擔崎、九層嶺地區）最大的佳音，派來一群專業又熱誠的天使──台灣原住民族學院促進會及靜宜大學觀光事業學系的計畫團隊（由趙芝良教授領導）。這個團隊幾乎是每個星期都在部落中穿梭、拜訪、探索、挖掘在地寶物，喚醒族人參與部落營造、凝聚共識，透過文化傳承以改造體質，讓口埤、扁擔崎、九層嶺地區成為西拉雅部落新亮點。如果說，你想像中的西拉雅部落久未聞年輕人的慷慨激昂，只有老人踽踽獨行或深鎖宅院內，那麼現在的台南西拉雅部落口埤、扁擔崎將顛覆你的印象，這是因為原促會及靜宜大學的計畫團隊現身部落中，向口埤教會闡述其翻開山林地圖時的悸動及對西拉雅部落未來願景的期待，那份令人動容的專注、喜悅與投入，至今仍令族人內心澎湃，也在此時為部落灑下了水分及養分，讓凋零的刺桐花有機會重生。西拉雅文化觀光培力輔導課程，讓部落將在地人文地景活化及精緻化，引導並啟發注入新活力，耆老從敘述胭脂坡古道故事中，重拾孩童記憶，娓娓道來，裡頭人物栩栩如生，也道出他們過去的成就與現在的尊嚴。部落社區導覽的新亮點扁擔崎是舊部落的核心，也是出外人心靈的故鄉，從二叔的自然農法菜園（二叔的菜園）經顏家花園，再穿越水淐祕境，美麗的山林、生物多樣化宛如置身世外桃源，循山路小徑，舊部落的土角厝呈現眼前，經由社區導覽點亮西拉雅部落。這次計畫特別邀請虎尾科技大學顏宏旭教授，與新故鄉文教基金會執行長孫崇傑老師等專業團隊，規劃自然生態教室及訓練生態解說員，讓訪客能親近部落，聽山林之聲。1.自然素材取自當地而從鄭老師課程的解說與實作，才知道原來部落的桃花心木是多麼的寶貝！不論是枝葉、枯果或乾梗，這些自然素材其實就是珍貴的創作材料，藝術品也是獨一無二的DIY產品。竹子和部落的食衣住行等生活息息相關，竹藝創作課程教我們學習製作部落門牌，以竹製材料加上母語文字，讓人品味西拉雅部落人文特色。2.國寶級生態園區溪谷探索讓族人深入認識，在部落中，生態景觀竟宛如是一座國寶級的生態園區，其中筆筒樹、觀音座蓮蕨、貝殼化石、木化石、板岩等地質地形，隨著歷史演進，活生生守護著這一片西拉雅綠色森林。3.望高樓瞭望守護部落入口處的望高樓瞭望、守護著這個部落，原促會、靜宜大學計畫團隊與部落行動小組成員攜手在望高樓下規劃部落接待屋，讓族人及訪客在這裡體驗古早竹製草寮、文化地圖、文創農特產，樂活漫步於西拉雅部落。4.感動來自心動隨著文化觀光培力輔導課程接近尾聲，最後1堂課由靜宜大學鄧教授指導DIY美食──製作牛軋糖拌手禮，族人踴躍參與，整個教室擠得水泄不通，學員紛紛請求再增加課程。這，就是原促會及靜宜大學計畫團隊的魅力，用心投入為部落注入活水，從開始零零落落的參與到最後以數倍的人潮湧入爭相學習，其中的改變令人感動！正因為計畫團隊帶來的優良師資及專業課程，深深吸引且打動族人的心，感動來自心動，不僅找回尊嚴，也看到Siraya（西拉雅）將幸福出發。西拉雅部落願景因這個計畫，促使原促會、靜宜大學計畫團隊及部落能緊緊結合，共同描繪部落願景──讓人們愉悅地品味西拉雅生活。我們的目標就是要成為幸福的西拉雅部落。透過學習使「親切、合一、儉樸、關懷、複合」成為社區價值觀，從空間的美學、幸福的感動、專業的態度、細活的品味，分享人與人、人與自然、人與大地之間的共榮共生。特別感謝西拉雅國家風景管理處提供這個計畫，讓長期處於邊緣化的部落，能有機會展露自然山林之美、歷史語言之悅耳，並培養青年團隊之認同感與責任感，進而深化其在地行動，讓Siraya展翅，幸福出發。（作者分別為靜宜大學觀光事業學系副教授、靜宜大學觀光事業學系碩士、靜宜大學觀光事業學系碩士）迷你倉

信息來源於四川新聞網 / Cited from .newssc.org/內江文物古跡�多，自存倉其中有一處鮮為人知的國寶??“大隱于市”的翔龍山摩崖造像。國慶大假期間，因其特殊地理位置和罕見藝術價值，吸引了�多遊客前往。2013年5月3日，翔龍山摩崖造像被列為全國重點文物保護單位。與內江其他國寶不同的是，它位於內江城市核心區，繁華城區臨街處，可謂 “大隱于市”，市民足不出城便可一睹國寶風采。據該市市中區文管所所長萬立新介紹，翔龍山摩崖造像始于唐、盛于宋、延至明清。在翔龍山長206米、寬9米高的崖壁上，現存造像61龕，大小造像368尊，其中，唐代阿彌陀佛坐佛高4米，刀法簡練，刻技精湛；千手觀音造像高8米，造型端莊，氣勢恢宏；佛教故事圖有大小造像150尊，人物各異迷你倉造型精緻，栩栩如生，代表了各歷史時期雕刻造型藝術風格，具有重要的藝術價值。最為難得的是，內江兩大歷史名人“穿越時空”在此“相聚”??國畫大師張大千重書的“名相大儒”趙貞吉的詩碑。據記載，明代禮部尚書趙貞吉曾作詩：“一聲何處牧歌來，萬戶千門此處開。識得此中真實義，不知那地有安排”。1921年，張大千被兄張善 I從日本“押”回內江與曾正蓉成親，並應資聖寺住持果真之請，書寫趙貞吉詩並雕刻于石碑。這座書詩碑高154厘米、寬82厘米，風格沿于魏體，書體飄逸瀟灑，是目前全國僅存的張大千青年時期的墨跡。萬立新介紹，翔龍山摩崖造像升格為“國寶”後，內江加大了保護力度，並將其編入“國保”單位保護規劃，以期打造川南民居風格的“石刻藝術陳列館”。陳志強 本報記者 張明海 整理mini storage

【本報消息】一連四天的“綠色新加坡環保體驗之旅”昨結束行程返澳，文件倉代表團團長何敬麟總結行程，認為考察成功。從新加坡經驗所得，整個國家及地區的生態環境、旅遊、文創產業等發展的優劣，體現在對環保的重視程度。成員將把此行學到環保公共設施的設計管理、營運理念帶回澳門，作為推動環保公共建設多元發展的參考。考察活動由環保產業協會、工商聯會組織，本月七至十日到訪新加坡中總，參觀零能耗建築、濱海灣花園、邱德拔醫院等環保公共建設，學習該國環保科技應用，並與當地設施管理人員交換環保心得，以及加強彼此的經貿往來。近年新加坡政府把實施推廣“綠色建築”作為重要國策，大力推行綠色建築標誌認證計劃，通過政策鼓勵、立法管制、市場推動、宣傳教育等多種方式，全面推廣節能、環保的綠色建築，取得了顯著成效。綠色建築規範的強制推行，使素有“花園城市”美稱的新加坡，在亞洲生活品質最佳城市和亞洲最綠色城市的調研評價中名列前茅。何敬麟表示，新加坡綠色環保建築技術及成就獲世界各國一致公認，此次考察當地零能耗存倉築感受甚深。澳門未必要一步到位實踐零能耗，可從減排入手逐步推行，可幸是政府近年積極研究利用天然能源及可再生能源。在評估小城現實條件下，舊城區受先天所限難推行，或可利用工廠大廈、跨工區工廈等充裕空間與位置優越性，嘗試加入不同類型的節能設備，測試效能，作為將來廣泛利用的先行者。此行到訪的新加坡環保廣告製作公司，其環保燈飾設計廣受政府青睞。他認為，澳門既定位為旅遊休閒城市，不時談適度多元，要更好推廣本地旅遊元素，抓好節慶裝飾設計相當重要，當局須重新審視應繼續由民署負責，還是仿效新加坡般由旅遊局掌管。特區政府既然支持文創發展，須改變思維，重新定位，或可協助業界提升節慶裝飾的設計、策劃與美化水平，再透過公開招標，提升節慶裝飾層次與格調，帶動產業發展，又能推廣本澳旅業。何敬麟稱，本澳的五幅填海新地中，大部分會用作公共空間，未來離島亦將建造新的綜合醫院，須做好充分準備。為讓小城未來有更長遠的發展，代表團將把此行見聞帶回澳門，並撰寫總結報告向當局及企業反映，研究可借鏡之處。儲存

BeijingEx-head of troupe jailedA former director of the Central Ethnic Minorities Performing Troupe was jailed for 10? years by the Beijing No1 Intermediate People’s Court on Wednesday for embezzlement and taking bribes, The Beijing News reports.迷你倉 Bei Yujie, 57, was charged with accepting 300,000 yuan (HK$380,000) in bribes from a Zhejiang company that won a contract to build a stage for the troupe, and gifts worth 10,000 yuan from a manager of the company at his son’s wedding. Bei said he would appeal against the sentence.Mum sues son over visitsA man agreed to take his 77-year-old mother home and look after her during mediation in court in Beijing’s Fengtai district, after the woman had sued her son for never visiting her, even when she was sick, The Beijing News reports. Last month the man was ordered by another court to give his mother 600 yuan a month, but she said she wanted to “see him every day”.ChongqingHornets leave woman deadA woman in her 70s in Wushan county died on the way to hospital after trying to save her four-year-old granddaughter from being stung by hundreds of hornets last week, the Chongqing Evening News reports. The woman untied her coat to wrap it around the girl and crouched down on the ground for 20 minutes before villagers managed to drive away the insects. The girl was in critical condition.Outward investment planOutbound investment from Chongqing is expected to rise 15 per cent annually to US$6 billion by 2017, according to the municipality’s investment blueprint, the Chongqing Daily reports. The investment plan is the first of its kind among mainland provinces and municipalities. By the end of last year there were 255 Chongqing-based enterprises investing a combined US$4.4 billion overseas.GuangdongMentally ill girls molestedFifteen girls with mental illness have been sexually harassed in the Nanhai district of Foshan over the past two years, the Yangcheng Evening News reports. Local prosecutors said most of the victims were under 20 years old, with the youngest aged 11. The offenders were migrant workers in their 40s and 50s who raped or molested the girls and offered them 100 yuan or let them play with their mobile phones.Mum held for killing sonA 20-year-old woman in Guangzhou was arrested for killing her three-month-old son in July, the New Express reports. The woman told police she used a hammer to hit the boy’s head after becoming paranoid about his crying. She threw the body into a river near her home and told her family the boy was missing.HenanSevere drought hits cropsMore than half the province has been ravaged by severe drought due to a 60 per cent drop in average rainfall in the last month, the Henan Daily reports. Provincial meteorological authorities said that wheat planting would be affected and that there was a high risk of forest fire.Concern over mentally illDoctors at health centres in Zhengzhou are struggling to identify mentally ill people after a circular from the Ministry of Health said there were at least two “seriously mentally disabled” people for every 1,000 people in the city, the Southern Metropolis Daily reports. Doctors were instructed at the end of last year to identify the two in every 1,000 suffering from mental illness, but experts said the medics should focus on providing community-based rehabilitation services for current patients, rather than screening for nemini storage ones.JiangsuMan takes knife to lenderA man had to be restrained by police after chopping another man to death on a street in Xiangshui county on Tuesday, the Modern Express reports. He allegedly used an axe to cut the victim’s hand and neck multiple times. He told police that he had been under pressure to pay the victim money he owed him.Jail for ‘gutter oil’ makersThe Intermediate People’s Court of Lianyungang has sentenced 16 people to jail, with terms ranging from one year to life, for making and selling so-called “gutter oil” between 2011 and last year, Chinanews.com reports. A total of 117 oil manufacturers and stores in Anhui , Sichuan , Chongqing and Beijing were involved in the case. The oil was sold for a total of 60 million yuan, the court heard.JilinGirl, 12, raped at homeA 38-year-old man in Changchun was arrested for raping a 12-year-old primary school girl twice at her home in January, the City Evening News reports. They got to know each other chatting online, where the man posed as a 17-year-old boy and convinced her to tell him the name of her school and the address of her home. He molested her once near the school.Bus for bride on big dayMost grooms in China prefer the latest in luxury when it comes to choosing transport for their wedding day, but one 29-year-old in Changchun chose a more lowly form of transport for the occasion on Tuesday when he picked up his beloved with a procession of buses, the New Culture Daily reports. In his motorcade were another three buses driven by his bus-driver colleagues. The company that supplied the vehicles said they provided them because the groom’s choice of transport demonstrated he loved his job.ShandongArrests over sex disputeA pimp and one of his customers were taken away by Heze police last week after the customer called police to complain that the pimp and two prostitutes he introduced him to were cheating him, the Qilu Evening News reports. The man considered the two women ugly and asked the agent to send someone else to serve him, but the women refused to leave, saying the man should pay them. A fight broke out, but a friend of the man intervened and gave the women 2,000 yuan to let him go. The man then reported the incident to police.Apology over posterA 61-year-old man in Pingyuan county made an apology on a local television programme to his former primary school teacher for a “big-character poster” he made criticising him 45 years ago during the Cultural Revolution, Iqilu.com reports. The man said he then hated the teacher because he once threatened to beat him up. The poster led to the teacher later being dismissed by the school. “Big-character posters” were popular during the tumultuous period that ran from 1967 to 1976.ShanghaiNude woman at landmarksPolice are investigating the source of several photos showing a young woman naked late at night at landmarks around the city, such as The Bund and Xintiandi, the Shanghai Morning Post reports. The photo have been widely circulated on the internet.Dispute over car damagePolice in Jiading district are investigating a dispute between property owners and their property management company over who should be responsible for damage to 69 cars that were inundated with water in an underground garage for more than 50 hours, the Jiefang Daily reports. Residents said the water reached as high as two metres on Tuesday morning.儲存