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據新華社電 國家互聯網信息辦公室、公安部等多個部門聯合整治網絡謠言，儲存受到廣泛關注，得到社會各界支持，取得明顯成效。同時，社會公�也對整治網絡謠言中的一些問題表示關切，如網絡謠言如何界定？“薛蠻子”被抓是否因為是“大V”？“轉發謠言信息500次”以上是否判刑？網站在治理網絡謠言中應承擔什麼責任？等等。新華社記者就整治網絡謠言熱點問題採訪國家互聯網信息辦網絡新聞協調局負責人。“薛蠻子”被查是因言獲罪？答：系因嫖娼、聚�淫亂等，與其“大V”身份無關記者：最近關於整治網絡謠言的消息很多，能否介紹一下有關情況？答：一段時間以來，多個部門共同採取措施整治網絡謠言，規範網絡秩序，淨化網絡環境，取得了階段性成果。國家互聯網信息辦堅決支持公安機關依法打擊網絡違法犯罪活動，支持依法打擊網絡有組織製造傳播謠言行為。最近查處的多名利用互聯網製造和故意傳播謠言人員，有的是為達到個人目的、非法攫取經濟利益而故意造謠傳謠，如秦志暉(“秦火火”)、楊秀宇(“立二拆四”)，通過微博、貼吧、論壇等，組織策劃並製造傳播謠言、蓄意炒作網絡事件，以此來牟利，被公安機關刑拘。“秦火火”個人製造並傳播的謠言就多達3000余條。有的是通過發佈不實信息進行敲詐勒索，如被批捕的周祿寶，在網上先後發佈攻擊、詆毀有關單位和個人的帖文1.5萬余篇，先後對20余個單位和個人實施敲詐勒索。還有的是為發泄個人私憤而故意造謠誹謗中傷他人，如傅學勝是因為編造傳播“非洲牛郎門”等誹謗謠言而被刑拘。有一些人因為違法犯罪被查處，也可能其在網上有較大影響，有輿論避開其違法犯罪行為，只強調他們是“大V”或網絡名人，甚至造謠說“因言獲罪”，這是誤導。如“薛蠻子”，被依法查處是因為嫖娼、聚�淫亂，以及涉嫌其他違法犯罪行為，和他的“大V”身份無關。“謠言倒逼真相”有無道理？答：這個說法實際是為傳播謠言找借口記者：什麼是網絡謠言？怎麼區分故意造謠和無意傳謠？“謠言倒逼真相”是否有道理？答：謠言是指故意捏造事實，對社會、他人造成危害的虛假信息。通常所稱網絡謠言是指利用信息網絡傳播的謠言。的確，有的網民出于無意傳播了謠言，需要加以區分，但故意傳謠的特徵是明顯的。有的已經被證明是虛假信息，仍然被反複傳播、炒作；有的甚至在傳播中被加工、誇大，給他人或社會造成嚴重危害。“謠言倒逼真相”這個說法實際是為傳播謠言找借口。謠言和真相是兩碼事，不能是非不分。“謠言止於智者”，同樣不能成為容忍謠言的理由，因為不能假定所有人都是“智者”而允許謠言傳播。記者：是不是造謠就要受到刑事追究？答：網上發言也是要負責任的，這是常識。造謠誹謗，傷害了他人或社會，當然要承擔責任。對於不是故意傳播虛假信息的，以批評、教育為主。最高人民法院發言人曾指出，即使檢舉、揭發的部分內容失實，只要不是故意捏造事實誹謗他人的，或者不屬明知是捏造的損害他人名譽的事實而在網上散佈的，就不應以誹謗罪追究刑事責任。謠言轉發500次就要被判刑？答：被轉發500次的對象是特定的誹謗信息，而非其他信息記者：“兩高”出台相關司法解釋，有人說謠言信息轉發達到500次、瀏覽次數達到5000次就可被判刑，這樣理解準確嗎？答：最高人民法院、最高人民檢察院出台《關於辦理利用信息網絡實施誹謗等刑self storage案件適用法律若干問題的解釋》，是依法打擊利用信息網絡實施相關犯罪的現實需要，是保護人民群�合法權益的需要，是維護社會公共秩序的需要，也是依法管網的體現。對於5000次、500次的量化標準，有些媒體的解讀是有偏差的。司法解釋明確規定，“利用信息網絡誹謗他人，同一誹謗信息實際被點擊、瀏覽次數達到5000次以上，或者被轉發次數達到500次以上的，即可認定為刑法第二百四十六條第一款規定的‘情節嚴重’，可構成誹謗罪”。顯然，根據這一規定，被轉發500次的對象是特定的誹謗信息，而不是其他信息。整治網絡謠言是否壓制言論？答：世界上任何一個國家都不允許謠言傳播記者：有網民說整治網絡謠言就是壓制言論，你怎麼看？答：這是錯誤的觀點。打擊網絡謠言有利於保護正當的言論自由。我們的網絡空間不能成為謠言空間。放任謠言傳播，無異自毀網絡。世界上任何一個國家都不允許謠言傳播。自由和秩序是辯證的關係，任何個人的自由必須在法律的範圍內行使，不能無法無天，必須以不妨礙別人的自由為前提，自由不應建立在他人的痛苦之上。記者：有一種說法，網站只提供平台，不應對網絡造謠誹謗等違法行為承擔責任，這樣說對不對？答：當然不對。法律有明確規定，網絡服務提供者知道網絡用戶利用其網絡服務侵害他人民事權益，未採取必要措施的，與該網絡用戶承擔連帶責任。網站作為一個信息平台，應通過完善信息安全保障機制，減少謠言信息傳播的幾率並能夠及時阻止網絡謠言信息的傳播。沒有盡到責任的網站，也會受到追究。打擊網絡謠言會不會是一陣風？答：將繼續支持打擊網上有組織製造傳播謠言行為記者：為淨化網絡環境，下一步的工作重點是什麼？答：近幾個月，我們倡導網站和網民共守法律法規底線、社會主義制度底線、國家利益底線、公民合法權益底線、社會公共秩序底線、道德風尚底線和信息真實性底線等“七條底線”，贏得廣泛支持。我們貫徹落實全國人大常委會《關於加強網絡信息保護的決定》，集中清理涉及公民個人隱私權和名譽權的三類信息；會同全國“掃黃打非”辦、工信部、公安部、文化部等多個部門組織開展淨化暑期網絡環境專項行動，關閉、整頓、處罰近千家違法違規網站；還會同國家食品藥品監管總局等五部門打擊利用互聯網銷售假藥的違法活動。此外，根據舉報線索，依法關閉“人民內參網”等120多家利用負面虛假信息進行敲詐勒索的網站。會同教育部等四部門開展的網絡關愛青少年行動，也已有初步成效。下一步，將繼續支持打擊網上有組織製造傳播謠言行為。同時，將把保護青少年健康成長作為日常工作抓緊抓好。目前，利用負面信息和虛假信息敲詐勒索、收費刪帖等違法行為仍比較嚴重，社會各界反應強烈，我們將會同公安機關、工信部門等依法進行打擊。與打擊網絡謠言一樣，不會是一陣風。 新華社鏈接誹謗信息轉發500次可判刑2013年9月9日，兩高發佈《關於辦理利用信息網絡實施誹謗等刑事案件適用法律若干問題的解釋》，總共10條。根據解釋，網絡空間被定性為公共空間，嚴重擾亂網絡秩序將涉嫌尋釁滋事罪。誹謗信息被點擊、瀏覽次數達5000次以上，或被轉發達到500次以上的，可認定為誹謗罪；誹謗多人、造成惡劣社會影響等七種情況，公安機關可以直接介入；引發群體性事件的，損害國家形象、嚴重危害國家利益等7種情形，將被公訴。迷你倉

■今年的美國艾美獎（EMMY AWARDS）日前落幕，迷你倉NETFLIX成為世上第一家獲得艾美重要獎項的網路影片播放商，顯示網路影片已有資格與傳統電視頻道分庭抗禮，但這樣的結果對於從未掙脫虧損困境的大陸同業來說，卻顯得特別刺眼。在13億人口的基礎上，投資人始終不敢低估大陸的電影與電視劇市場的獲利能力，就連台灣民眾近年來也藉由後宮甄嬛傳感受到大陸電視劇的魅力，但在一個電視劇年產量1.7萬集的市場，一齣電視劇要獲得觀眾青睞的難度，堪比萬中取一的大學聯考。去年產量1.7萬集根據大陸官方的統計，2012年大陸的電視劇總產量高達1.7萬集，躍居全球電視劇第一大國，而超過第二名美國的8,000集。但大陸的電視劇產量實在過於龐大，就算是13億人口的市場在一時之間也難以消化完畢。一名觀眾就算每天收看兩集，在全年無休的狀態下，至少要花上23年才能看完，而大陸全國所有電視頻道一年內能播放的電視劇檔期總數約為8,000集，遠遠追不上電視劇的生產速度。以近來最流行的古裝劇為例，拍攝一部隋唐時代連續劇所要耗費的成本至少數億元人民幣，但拍攝完之後卻未必找得到頻道播放，就算有頻道播放，電視台也可能拖付款項，讓許多電視劇製作公司面臨資金緊張的問題，甚至有部分業者倒閉。在電視劇明顯供過於求的情況下，投資人開始將播放的平台從傳統電視台轉向網路播放市場，因為網路播放沒有時段、頻道、廣告的諸多限制，理論上容納的電視劇與廣告數量遠勝過傳統電視頻道。雖然理想十分美好，但事實卻相當殘酷，相較於電影產業的巨大儲存倉利，大陸所有的網路影片播放平台都處於「燒錢」的狀態，規模最大的土豆優酷從成立以來，從未賺過一毛錢，年度財報始終處於虧損的狀態，第二大業者愛奇藝PPS也是因為有富爸爸百度的支持，才能維持運作。在網路播放業者長期虧損、電視劇數量過多的情況下，美國的網路影片播放商NETFLIX卻以「紙牌屋」（HOUSE OF CARDS）原創電視劇，成功抱走今年的艾美獎，名利雙收，讓仍處於苦海之中的大陸影視同業看到一絲希望。賺不到錢的網路播放平台從家庭郵寄影片起家的NETFLIX自從跨入網路影片播放產業之後，在電視影劇的播放方面始終堅持不公布收視率，這讓許多觀眾對於影片受歡迎的真實程度頗感質疑。NETFLIX表示，該公司的節目沒有廣告，所以無需公布收視率。而該公司的主要收入則來自於3,700萬名的註冊用戶，光是在美國境內的付費用戶就達到2,860萬名，相當於有線電視上HBO的收視戶水準。根據NETFLIX的財報，今年第二季的營收達到10.7億美元，獲利為2,900萬美元，而公司股價今年以來已經上漲約240％，與大陸同業的表現相比有如天壤之別。NETFLIX的成功一直是大陸同業的仿效對象，優酷土豆近來也推出標榜「優酷出品」的原創節目，並參考中央電視台的商業模式，邀請企業贊助並在影片中採取產品置入，大幅降低製作成本，不過目前的主要營收來源仍是以廣告為主。對於NETFLIX付費模式的成功，優酷土豆CEL古永鏘也頗感羨慕，但他表示，大陸市場目前的支付行業尚不成熟且盜版嚴重，付費模式難以發展。迷你倉最平

Source: The Times-News, Twin Falls, IdahoSept.自存倉 28--Even wine-loving foodies might be surprised by south-central Idaho's winery expansions. All six Magic Valley wineries now have tasting rooms open to anyone, and their winemakers are hungry for a spot in your cellar.So make a local tasting tour an all-day adventure: Choose a few wineries and a driver. Leave time to wander the vines or chat with the vintners. Ask for the stories behind the wineries' quirky labels. And come home with new wines to love.That's what tasters who swirl a glass at Hegy's South Hills Vineyard and Winery are doing."They're usually asking me how to get to the next one," owner Frank Hegy said.Now is a perfect time to visit tasting rooms. Early summer is the first of two annual releases for Idaho wineries, so even people familiar with Idaho vintages can find something new.The Idaho Grape Growers and Wine Producers Commission hasn't yet organized a wine tour in south-central Idaho, member Bill Ringert said, because the region has too few wineries, too far apart."We'd love to see it," said Ringert, co-owner of Hammett's Cold Springs Winery.But there's no need to wait for the commission. Magic Valley's wineries are arranged along the Snake River and linked by highways, and our story package today makes a personal tasting tour easy to plan.A note on winery etiquette: If you taste everything and buy nothing, you'll leave a sour taste behind you. Chatting and serving in the tasting room consumes a lot of time for little return, said Dr. Paul Monahan, owner and winemaker at Hagerman's Thousand Springs Winery."It's a little discouraging," Monahan said. "It's a big black hole. There's so many wines out there; the competition, it's really very competitive."But Buhl winemaker James Holesinsky is more bullish on southern Idaho wines: "We're the new hottest area for tastings."Cold Springs WineryWhen to go: The tasting room is open year-round from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, and at other times by appointment; 366-7993. Eight or 10 tasters is all Cold Springs can handle well without special arrangements, co-owner Bill Ringert said; call ahead if you want to bring more.Ringert and his wife live on site, and winemaker Jamie Martin and the vineyard manager are often there, so you have a good chance of catching them for a tasting without an appointment.Find it: Take exit 112 from Interstate 84 to reach 7853 W. Ringert Lane in Hammett; coldspringswinery.com. After a greeting by a friendly dog, you'll stand at the tasting room's granite-topped counter, surrounded by photographs of southern Idaho geology.The room is pretty, but more like an office than anything else; on a warm day, you might opt for the sunflower-lined patio instead. The desert setting has Snake River Canyon rim rock on all sides, and expanses of sagebrush next to the 33 acres of vines.What you'll pay: Tastings are free, except for large groups.In your glass: Cold Springs' reds are merlot, syrah, pinot noir and cabernet sauvignon, and this month Cold Springs released a new blend of cabernet sauvignon, syrah and merlot. (Tempranillo grapes are planted but not in production yet.) Whites are chardonnay, riesling, viognier and pinot gris.Cold Springs' most popular is its Hot Rod Red blend of merlot, syrah and cabernet franc. Last summer Cold Springs rebranded all of its other wines with "-ology" suffixes, but Hot Rod Red kept its name. ("Don't kick a good horse in the teeth," Ringert explains.) Now Hot Rod Red is surrounded by names like Meteor/ology -- that's a pinot gris whose label chatter links it to thunderstorms and global electrical circuits.During a visit to the tasting room, you can sample at least five varieties, occasionally with crackers."During the middle of the week, it's limited to what we have open," Ringert said. "On Saturday and Sunday, we always anticipate that several groups will come through, so we pretty much pour tastings of the entire spread."The experience: Take the 30-second walk from the tasting room into the winery operation and huge cellar to hear an explanation of the wine-making process. Here it's on a larger scale -- and with more impressive equipment -- than at many of south-central Idaho's other wineries.Hegy's South Hills Vineyard and WineryWhen to go: Hegy's offers tastings by appointment from early April until the end of October, then closes for the winter. Call 599-0074.Find it: It's at 3099 E. 3400 N. among Twin Falls farm fields; that's exactly four miles south of Kimberly Road on Eastland Drive, on the southwest corner.The backyard concrete winery has a small bar for tastings, and a pair of upholstered chairs. It's a friendly room -- a little like your buddy's garage -- and far from pretentious. You might find it cluttered with "cheap wine" kitsch and piles of cases. Don't bring along too many friends on cold days; there's room for about 10 inside the building at once.What you'll pay: Tasting is free.In your glass: For retail sale, Hegy's specializes in riesling, so there's just one wine to taste. And there's no food involved. But you'll get personal attention from Frank Hegy, the owner and winemaker.This fall, he hopes to add a cabernet and a chardonnay, from other vineyards' grapes.The experience: The 22-year-old operation is small but you can see it all, including the century-old, 2-ton Italian basket press. Hegy and his helpers do everything from an acre of vine cultivation -- supplemented by purchased grapes and juice -- through labeling, bottling and corking on site.Thousand Springs WineryWhen to go: Tastings are by appointment, year-round; 837-4557 or 420-2198, thousandspringswinery.com.Find it: 18854 U.S. Highway 30 (that's halfway between mile markers 189 and 188) near Hagerman. You'll find the big tasting room and its distinctive spruce-wood bar inside the winery, amid two riverside acres of vines nourished by drip irrigation and fish emulsion fertilizer.Once home to Black Angus, the winery is a converted barn, and its cooling unit is a former chicken coop. Now heavy timbers frame the entrance, and the tasting room is outfitted with antique doors, cabinets of local wood, classy metal fixtures, panels of art glass and Afghan rugs on a rough floor of stained concrete. The result is a destination that would be at home in anybody's wine country.What you'll pay: Tastings are free for small groups, or $5 pemini storage person for groups of 10 or more.In your glass: Thousand Springs has four varietals hand bottled and corked on site, from its own hand-picked grapes and other local grapes: rose, chardonnay, syrah and merlot. Taste as many as you want. Almost always, visitors talk to Dr. Paul Monahan, owner and winemaker. No food here.The experience: "If they're interested, we do a little tour of the winery and show them how everything works," Monahan said. Watch for Hungarian oak barrels, a pretty paver patio near a cattail-lined koi pond, an orchard and a backdrop of Snake River Canyon rock.Snyder WineryWhen to go: Summer tasting hours -- June through September -- are 1-9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 1-5 p.m. on Sundays, or other times by appointment; 543-6938. (When the winery switches to winter hours in October, Sundays will drop out of the regular tasting schedule.)You'll need appointments for wine-making tours and dinner reservations for the restaurant at Snyder Winery, formerly called Blue Rock. But you can just drop in for a wine tasting during restaurant hours -- and order desserts or appetizers, if you like. The tasting room and grounds are spacious; bring as many friends as you want."And spend the whole evening if you like," co-owner Russ Snyder said. The staff doesn't turn the tables during the course of an evening, so feel free to linger.Find it: You'll find this unexpected little gem at 4060 N. 1200 E., in farm country west of Buhl. Restaurant tables on a window-enclosed deck surround a sophisticated tasting room, and you'll find more in the garden. The tasting room is outfitted with leather barrel chairs grouped around a piano and fireplace, on a rug-warmed floor of glowing wood.What you'll pay: It's $5 for three tastes of about an ounce each.In your glass: Snyder Winery has eight wines to choose from, all made on site from its own or other Idaho grapes: riesling, chardonnay, white syrah, merlot, cabernet sauvignon, syrah, cabernet franc and a Big Wood River Red blend of syrah, cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc. Claudia Snyder is co-owner and co-winemaker with her husband; she or a restaurant server will handle the wine talk.Pretzels and crackers are free, or you can order an hors d'oeuvre platter from the restaurant.The experience: Start your visit during daylight, because this winery's grounds are gorgeous. Think fountains, bridges, benches, lamps, lawns, streams, stone walkways, pretty pots, lavish flower beds, a rose garden. The newest addition is a pavilion sheltering patio tables.Holesinsky Organic Vineyard and WineryWhen to go: Tastings are noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, and by appointment on other days; 543-6940 or 420-9887. Even on Saturday and Sunday afternoons it's a good idea to call first, in case the facility has been rented for a wedding reception, class reunion or the like. An appointment for tasting also ensures a one-on-one experience with owner and winemaker James Holesinsky.The tasting room can accommodate about 10 people; there's outdoor seating for 50 in a garden overlooking the Snake River Canyon.Find it: To reach 4477-A Valley Steppe Drive, north of Buhl, watch for the vineyard's big sign on Clear Lakes Road; holesinsky.com.You'll find a low but welcoming building of stucco and brick studded with barrel ends. Inside is a sleek tasting room designed and lighted like a tiny art gallery. You'll stand at a bar of stained concrete. Outside, a weeping willow towers over a wooden deck, a fountain plays in a pond, and a stream intersects the rolling, boulder-strewn lawn.What you'll pay: A $5 tasting fee covers the first flight of five wines. Or pay $20 per person for an experience that includes in-cellar barrel tasting, cheeses paired with individual wines and more attention from the winemaker.In your glass: The first flight consists of Purple Octopus syrah, Fat Men merlot, Della's Ghost riesling, Vortex chardonnay and Pink Unicorn rose.The $20 tasting introduces a variety of private reserve wines. Holesinsky's single-barrel releases include a seven-varietal red blend, a tempranillo, a malbec "and some other surprises," he said. "That's our new thing -- small-lot releases."The experience: During a tasting, you can tour the newly built underground wine cellar and wander the canyon-rim site with its year-round waterfalls.Novice home winemakers interested in learning about harvest can pay a consulting fee to come back in the fall for hands-on experience with Holesinsky.Carmela VineyardsWhen to go: Tastings are seven days a week, year-round: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays. Large groups are fine here.Find it: 1289 W. Madison St. in Glenns Ferry; carmelavineyards.com or 366-2313. You'll stand at the front counter inside a gift shop selling grape-themed T-shirts, candles in wine glasses, Oregon Trail memorabilia and the like.What you'll pay: Five tastes of about an ounce each will cost $5 if you don't buy a bottle of wine, but they're free if you do.In your glass: Most of Carmela's wines are reds, but it lists some sweets and whites, too. Carmela makes all of its wines from Idaho grapes -- both its own and grapes from small southern Idaho vineyards.The newest release is Wine-A-Rita, Carmela's summer wine. It's a $13.99 chardonnay blend that pairs well with chicken. "It has a little bit of a margarita flavor, and we're going to put it over ice with a bit of lime," bookkeeper Yvonne Decker said.For a tasting, you'll choose five wines from the list of 18 -- staff recommends three reds, a white and sweet -- and get crackers with your wine. An employee (perhaps manager Domonique Sykes) will handle the wine talk.The experience: Behind the tree-lined entrance you'll find the most developed and tourist-friendly of south-central Idaho's wineries -- and the least personal.It's a wedding-worthy setting: Landscaped grounds and 30 acres of vineyards (labeled by variety) surround the winery on a slope overlooking the Snake River. A stone chateau houses a restaurant, bar and gift shop, with golf, cabins and an RV park also on the grounds.If you want to tour the wine-making cellars, come between noon and 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, or make an appointment.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho) Visit The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho) at magicvalley.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存

【明報專訊】城規會早前通過把有97 年歷史的二級歷史建築、山頂盧吉道27 號英式住宅改建為精品酒店，文件倉但計劃將令盧吉道車流大增，甚至出現人車爭路，引起居民強烈反對。運輸署稱限車流區議員質疑自由黨昨日舉行居民大會，山頂區議員陳浩濂表示，共接獲163 名市民簽署反對發展計劃。他指出，盧吉道本身屬於郊野公園港島徑的首段，是本港熱門的行山徑，每日有數以千計市民行經， 更獲國際旅遊指南《LonelyPlanet》存倉為亞洲第一城市行山徑，若發展酒店，必定會增加盧吉道的汽車流量，而且盧吉道最窄位置僅有1.7 米闊，非常狹窄，未來將出現人車爭路，對居民及行山人士帶來不便及危險。陳浩濂說，運輸署雖然聲稱會限制酒店的接駁車來往，包括周末、周日及公眾假期會有4至8 小時暫停用車，但他質疑政府實際上難以限制旅客出入次數。他說，中西區區議會下月10 日會討論盧吉道27 號改建酒店事宜，其間會繼續收集市民反對意見，促政府擱置計劃。儲存

Source: The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.迷你倉最平Sept. 28--Every day millions of gallons of fresh drinking water are pumped out of the city of Yuma Main Street Water Treatment Facility and into homes and businesses -- transforming the arid and inhospitable Sonora Desert into a veritable oasis in the sand."How would they survive?" Joel Bocio, Senior Main Street Water Treatment Facility Operator and acting Chief Operator, said about city residents. "You are not going to survive without water. I personally think without water Yuma would not exist" and "absolutely, the quality of life would be down big time."In addition to convenience, city water also provides a much needed public safety service to residents since it is free of parasites, pathogens and chemicals considered to be toxic by the federal government."We are cleaning the water and keeping it safe for the people so they can drink it," Bocio said. "Without us, the water is not safe."Whenever residents turn on their faucets they expect clear, clean water to come pouring out -- all day, every day no matter what. But they may not be aware of what it takes to provide that water, nor of the dedicated service of the 17 full-time city of Yuma employees who work at the Main Street Water Treatment Facility to ensure the water flows freely year-round.While their work goes on behind the scenes without much fanfare, Bocio and the other city employees at the plant are validated every time a faucet is turned on in the city and clean water flows out."It kind of makes me feel proud in a way," he said.While the Main Street facility is capable of producing about 40 million gallons of potable water each day, the equivalent of 10,627,584 gallons of water or the contents of about 16 Olympic sized pools, the plant on average pumps out between 12 and 15 million gallons in a 24-hour period. Most of the water is sent out between 5 and 9 a.m. and again from 5 to 9 p.m. when the demand is highest.Five years ago, the plant was was producing about 30 million gallons of water each day. The dramatic decrease is most likely due to the $74 million Agua Viva Water Treatment Facility at Avenue 9E north of 28th Street coming online in 2009, and a reduced demand in water from the public as a result of the recession.The Main Street Water Treatment Facility has been producing drinking water for the Yuma area since 1892, and is believed by historians to be one of the first water plants west of the Mississippi River to filter water."This plant is old and it is a conventional plant, but it works great," Bocio said. "It is an awesome plant. It is going to be here forever as long as the community wants it."The plant, located on Main Street just north of the San Carlos Hotel, draws in water from a nearby canal west of the Pivot Point Conference Center. Once the water enters the plant, the first step is to introduce elements including Alum.Alum, an acidic astringent, is added to the water so that negatively charged colloidal particles clump together into flocculants, which then settle to the bottom of the water where they can more easily be filtered out prior to further filtration and disinfection of the water.The tiny colloidal particles would otherwise cause the water to be turbid (cloudy) and would be extremely difficult to remove by filtration alone.At this point a small amount of flouride is also added to the water and will remain in the liquid all the way to distribution at homes and businesses throughout the city.Fluoride, which has been added to the city of Yuma water supply originating at the Main Street facility since 2005, has received negative attention from health activists in recent years."The fluoride issue comes up from time to time and seems to be good folly for conspiracy theorists and shady research," said Dave Nash, city of Yuma public affairs coordinator, adding the city of儲存Yuma follows fluoridation guidelines set by the federal government.According Nash, the fluoridation of municipal water in Yuma came about as the result of a citizen initiative sponsored by two local physicians who were able to gather enough signatures to place an initiative on the ballot in 2000 that was approved by a majority of the voting public.Fluoride is now added to the water to bring levels near the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality recommended concentration of 0.7 milligrams per liter (mg/L). The water naturally has about 0.3 to 0.4 mg/L before before treatment at the plant.And despite a public perception that bottled water is healthier than tap water, Bocio emphatically believes tap water is superior."Bottled water is not as regulated" as municipal water, he said. "We are strictly regulated" by federal agencies to a degree bottled water companies are not, he added.In fact, Bocio actually prefers tap water."That's all I drink at the house," he noted. "I take it out of the faucet and I drink it."And like many of the kids who grew up in Yuma and played outside, Bocio drank tap water straight out of the garden hose."Since I was a kid I have been drinking Yuma water and I'm still here" alive and well, he said with a laugh.After the initial addition of alum and other components upon entry into the plant, the water is sent to one of four 10 million gallon basins where much of the sediment settles to the bottom.By the time the water reaches the end of the basin, it is already mostly clear.The sediment is collected periodically and taken to drying beds near the 4th Avenue Bridge to dry.The water is then sent to be filtered in one of 12 open tanks -- pulled by gravity through layers of sand, anthracite, garnet, and larger rocks. The filtration is designed to remove any of the remaining alum and anything toxic from the water.Pete Kivell, a city of Yuma employee working at the plant for about 21 years, can often be found at these tanks watching over the filters to ensure everything is running smoothly. He is aware of the great public need for clean drinking water.The water goes "out to the public every day, so you don't want to mess up," he said. "There is a lot of responsibility. We have a direct impact on public health."After being filtered, the water flows to a clear well where chlorine is added to disinfect the water. It then enters the city pipe distribution system to be used by city residents and businesses. Any excess waste water created in the process is supplied to the East Wetlands Park or recirculated in the plant.The entire process of cleaning the water from start to finish lasts between 8 and 12 hours -- depending on water demand, which is higher in the summer months, Bocio said.Each step in the process is monitored at a master control station by an employee, such as Isaias Valdez, a senior water treatment operator who has worked at the plant for about 5 years."I ensure the plant is running correctly and monitor and control the pressures," Valdez said, adding he also keeps constant watch over a bathtub of goldfish swimming in water passing through the plant to make sure they are still alive. Goldfish are very sensitive. If they begin dying en masse that could mean there is a problem with the water. It is a low-tech yet reliable method, he noted.Valdez and the other employees who work at the master control station also answer calls from city customers at night when representatives at City Hall are unavailable."Once in a while it can get stressful, but we try to remain calm and handle things the best we can," Valdez said. "I like my job. I like serving the public."Chris McDaniel can be reached at 539-6849 or cmdaniel@yumasun.com.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Sun (Yuma, Ariz.) Visit The Sun (Yuma, Ariz.) at .yumasun.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage

self storage 現今互聯網使用普及化，青少年多「機不離手」。香港中華基督教青年會早前向458間中學發出問卷調查，共收回近4000份。調查發現，現時高中生主要在互聯網搜尋娛樂、學術及議事為主。調查稱，本港中學生的求知精神均比其他地方強，反映他們抱獨立思考精神。調查員建議政府可修改資訊與通訊科技的課程，如增加設計手機應用程式或遊戲等課程，吸引更多學生選修該科。mini storage

【記者蔡榮宗/投縣報導】曾任南投縣長的副總統吳敦義，mini storage關心南投地區淹水情形，昨(二十八)日利用返鄉參與萬人健走大會鳴槍後，特地視察貓羅溪河段疏濬及治理工程，由於貓羅溪河床土質不適合建築，填土區難找，導致疏濬進度較慢，目前己找到高鐵彰化站特定區回填，暫時解決填土的問題。吳副總統指出，貓羅溪的土方不能當建材，只要專案簽報就可以無價土方處理，縣政府也要協助找適合填土的地self storage，以利疏濬土方有去處。他並以能者多勞，事在人為八個字送給水利署，要他們將貓羅溪疏濬得不再有洪患，而且要將嚴重淤積的萬大水庫淤砂清運到需要填土的地方。吳瑞濱副署長表示，水利署已將二部十二吋移動式抽水機，放置在南投市公所清潔隊，並由水利署管理，第三河川局將密切與縣府、公所密切聯繫，在豪雨來襲時，第一時間在低窪地區架設抽水機，減輕社區淹水災情；平林橋以下的貓羅溪也要清淤。mini storage

【倪浩倫╱台中報導】台中市擁有許多知名休閒自行車道，文件倉包括后豐、東豐或潭雅神等自行車道，市區則以台中公園為中心，規劃環狀自行車道，太原車站至中興大學的「太原興大園道」，幾乎被綠蔭遮蔽，騎起來相當舒適，不僅是台中市民休閒騎車的必走路線，沿路住宅更是購屋首選。 台中環市區自行車道沿著各綠園道鋪設，全長約7.9公里的「太原興大園道」，是「東光園道」和「興大園道」的合稱，2者以大智公園為銜接點，是各環狀自行車道中最涼爽的路線，加上路面平坦，是許多民眾闔家休閒的熱門場所。 銜接旱溪自行車道 太原興大園道以太原車站為起點，向南出發可經大智公園、二二八紀念碑，最後在中興大學畫下句點，途中可銜接旱溪自行車道，欣賞老街和三級古蹟「樂成宮」。台中市觀光旅遊局行銷科科長曹忠猷表示，過去市區僅有行人和自行車共用的綠園道，交通局在縣市合併後積極規劃環市區自行車道，惟太原興大園道因位於鐵道的東、南側，另一側民眾須穿越各涵洞才能使用。目前東光園道自太原車站至自由路，因鐵路高架化正進行施工，部分自行車道路段受影響。交通工程科股長李朝叡表示，工程一結束便會立即恢復原貌，屆時可望將吸引更多民眾前來使用。 將規劃市區腳踏車 目前太原興大園道沿途僅有中興大學旁有店家提供租車服務。市府正規劃市區腳踏車，預計2015年第3季上路。李朝叡說，將沿著台中車站至朝馬地區的快捷巴士（BRT）行經路線設點，包括各大路口與觀光景點，「該規劃結合市區園道，提升市民日常通勤與休閒的機能。」民眾可憑電子票證上網登錄來使用。忠孝路「親家新匯」新建案專案經理姚昇宏認為，台中市東區相當商業化，所幸有綠園道維持周邊居住品質。樹義街「森林苑」新建案位於樹仁公園第1排，專案經理蘇正雄表示，現在住宅以景觀、公園綠地為貴，環市的綠園道自行車道，可滿足住家附近缺少公園的民眾使用。中信房屋東區太平加盟店經理陳啟信表示，該綠園道美化街廓，提高周邊居住品質，該自行車道沿線成屋釋出少，行情每坪20~25萬元，惟少數區段周邊有廟宇或工廠，價格較低，每坪約17萬元。 A. 十全十美價位(萬元/坪)：總價1980~2800萬元坪數(坪)：地坪35~55、建坪84~95類型：雙併透天連絡電話：(04)2213-6483B.映山水價位(萬元/坪)：總價2860~4000萬元坪數(坪)：地坪37~53、建坪95~132類型：連棟透天連絡電話存倉(04)2391-0308C. 棕梠樹價位(萬元/坪)：每坪29~36萬元坪數(坪)：20~23類型：大樓連絡電話：(04)2229-1099D. 親家新匯價位(萬元/坪)：每坪25~27萬元坪數(坪)：40~45類型：大樓連絡電話：(04)2285-3368E. 侑信敦玥價位(萬元/坪)：總價3600~3680萬元坪數(坪)：地坪33~35、建坪96~102類型：雙併、連棟透天連絡電話：(04)2220-3841F. 擎山價位(萬元/坪)：每坪28~33萬元坪數(坪)：42~77類型：大樓連絡電話：(04)2262-1110G. 寶來花園價位(萬元/坪)：每坪14~15萬元坪數(坪)：26~43類型：大樓連絡電話：(04)2263-3115H. 森林苑價位(萬元/坪)：每坪24~26萬元坪數(坪)：37~57類型：大樓連絡電話：(04)2261-1177資料來源：《蘋果》採訪整理 【台中市(環市)自行車道小檔案】 範圍：北以台中市太原車站為起點,、南以中興大學為終點，西至五權南路、東以東光路為界。全長7.9公里行經區域：台中市北屯區、東區、南區基本資料：台中市太原興大園道分為「東光園道」與「興大園道」，「東光園道」起點為太原車站、終點為大智公園，全長5.1公里。「興大園道」起於大智公園、以中興大學為終點，全長2.8公里。教育部體育署將其列為全台精選自行車道周邊景點：大智公園、東峰公園、健康公園、旱溪老街、樂成宮、祖聖公園、中興大學資料來源：《蘋果》採訪整理 【報你吃】肉圓林 饕客必吃 地址：台中市建成路330號電話：(04)2211-1885營業時間：11:30~22:30台中三寶：太陽餅、雞爪凍、肉圓。這間有33年歷史的肉圓老店，名氣響亮，肉圓先下鍋油炸，撈起擱在旁將油瀝乾，Q彈有嚼勁的外皮，淋上老闆特調醬汁，搭配滿滿的內餡，又香又不油膩，是許多饕客到台中必吃的口袋名單。 【店家開講】留意施工區規劃路線 該自行車路段平坦整齊，沿途美食與觀光景點不少，平日、假日均吸引許多家庭，攜家帶眷一同騎乘。東光園道過去可透過太原車站前往大坑，因施工關係，民眾須注意路線規劃。 【騎士分享】環市區車道標誌不明 相較市區其他路段，這裡的樹又高又濃密，騎乘起來相當涼爽，通勤、休閒功能一次滿足。不過環市區車道的標誌有加強空間，常看到許多外縣市民眾過了中興大學就迷路了。儲存

SingaporeINVESTMENT banks earned a record US$358 million from Singapore deals in the first nine months of this year, up 18 per cent year-on-year from US$302 million, Dealogic data showed.mini storageReal estate was the top industry, accounting for two-fifths of revenues, or US$143 million. This was up 77 per cent.Singapore deals took up about a third of total South-east Asia investment banking revenues of US$1.1 billion year-to-date.Investment banking revenue rose for deals in Thailand and Indonesia, while Malaysia saw the largest fall.South-east Asia revenue as a whole was down 14 per cent from the same period last year, however. This stemmed from declines in debt capital markets and syndicated loans. Equity capital markets (ECM), which include initial public offerings and private share sales, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) revenue, rose to their second-highest year-to-date levels on record.Swiss bank UBS maintained its lead position in the South-east Asia investment banking revenue rankings. Its share of the pie was 8.1 per cent, followed by Credit Suisse at 6.9 per cent and DBS at 4.8 per cent.In ECM activity, UBS was the top bookrunner, having been iself storagevolved in deals valued at US$4.1 billion so far this year. This included the bank's involvement in the US$2.1 billion IPO of a fund controlled by the operator Bangkok's SkyTrain rail system, and the US$1.5 billion share sale of Indonesia's PT Matahari Department Store of which the Government of Singapore Investment Corp and Temasek Holdings were buyers. Meanwhile, UBS was the sole bookrunner in a US$262 million block sale of shares in taxi operator ComfortDelGro by the Singapore Labour Foundation in May.Globally, total investment banking revenue reached US$50.4 billion in the year to Sept 20, said Dealogic, up 7 per cent from a year ago.The Americas accounted for more than 58 per cent, the highest year-to-date share since 1998. The top three banks were JP Morgan, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs.There is a strong pipeline of deals waiting for the right market conditions for the go-ahead, industry players said. Global M&A activity could make a comeback as corporate confidence has improved, Societe Generale said earlier this week. Ernst & Young said initial public offering activity could return in Q4, led by the US and South-east Asia.mini storage

9月24日，mini storage本報記者確認，緊隨阿里、蘇寧，京東、百度在上海嘉定設立小額貸款公司也已獲批。嘉定金融辦人士對本報記者稱，與一般小額貸款公司不同，這兩家互聯網巨頭旗下小額貸款公司，也均網上展業，可跨區經營。公開數據顯示，截至2013年4月30日，阿里小貸開業兩年累放貸金額已達810.23億元！不難看出，互聯網巨頭新設小貸在經營範圍、業務規模，與一般小額貸款公司不是同一體量。互聯網空間無限性、受�廣泛性，在為互聯網金融提供無限可能性的同時，控制不當，其風險相較于傳統金融，也會數倍的放大。然而作為一個全新的事物，互聯網金融的規範，似乎並沒有如行業一樣大步向前。例如，小貸公司目前仍屬地管理，與互聯網空間無限性並不相配對。這並非僅存在於互聯網小貸領域，又例如火熱的P2P行業，各家企業到處跑馬圈地，可至今歸哪個部門監管都未有定論。幸而一些嘗試也在進行，如央行旗下的上海資信牽頭在做互聯網金融徵信平台；網貸之家最近也推出了首個網貸企業評級，與P2P企業交換借口獲取客觀營業數據……借用印第安人諺語“慢一點，讓靈魂跟上來”。對於一哄而上的互聯網金融，規範同樣不可後知後行。@稅楊林：近日，京東、百度成功在上海布局小貸公司，前有阿里、蘇寧，電商頻繁出擊金融業，意在何？媒體大攪動，最終央行能批幾家？規則未定，自律不夠的情況下，我想熱鬧的成分更多。在中國什麼行業都可以一哄而上嗎？讓人看得心驚，聽得害怕！@受才_小肥：是人是鬼都來做小額貸款。他們估計是看好供應鏈金融。給自己的上下游貸款較多。短期內應該不會對個人發放貸款。@信托圈兒：京東做小貸公司還可以理解，百度咋做呢？@vinW：大數據加小額貸，很猛很強大。@鄧建樂-nancy：很期待越來越多的迷你倉型電商平台惠及上下游，大家好才是真的好！@打不死的傑克：高利貸合法化還是融資渠道多樣化？@冬天地東82：政府必將嚴厲打擊電商類網站企圖通過小貸公司入駐金融銀行領域。風險規避不了。@公民林立人：百度小貸�動必須的，互聯網金融才剛開始，大家來做才是大產業呢@Eli_stone_season：各行業都想涉足金融，看來混業和大金融是方向了！@iamoutandlost：小貸公司沒有杠杆可以使用，沒有低成本的資金來源，單靠較高的貸款定價，其效率怎麼和銀行相比？百度的投資者在計算這塊業務的ROE時，是提升了整個公司的ROE還是拉低了整個公司的ROE？@南通上市公司股東：改革是個試驗田，至於試驗結果就要時間檢驗，我想銀行會有辦法狙擊這些小貸公司。@Claire_Chan追求理想人生：【突破自有資金限制是做大關鍵】互聯網公司特別是電商涉足金融，其最大的優勢在於對交易數據的掌控和應用。通過對倉儲、物流的監控它們可以及時瞭解貨物的動向，提供了另外一種風險控制模式。而未來，如果它要做大，小貸公司還是會有一個重要的限制，雖然可以向銀行貸款，但主要還是依靠自有資金。@聽風：阿里和京東搞小貸，有天然優勢，可以根據賣家和供應商的發貨數據，自動發放貸款，準確性高，風險低，會顛覆銀行。看不懂百度如何搞小貸，百度是一個連交易轉化都跟蹤不到的平台，根據什麼發放貸款？難道根據廣告投放？@金羊毛工作坊：阿里巴巴成為BAT互聯網金融的頭羊，京東百度只有追隨成立小貸，媒體公司新浪也不得不作個姿態，成立倉石投資。只不過，京東百度小貸玩法也各有不同，跨區經營，無邊界融匯，概念造得再好，卻都玩不過馬雲的大數據，對於新浪這家媒體公司，基因束縛了轉型，但轉型總比不轉的好。文件倉

Noted intellectual and social advocate Ismail Serageldin believes he has found his calling as director of the historic Library of Alexandria.迷你倉 By Kenneth JamesISMAIL SERAGELDIN'S personal credo is displayed prominently on his website: "Non-violence is my creed ... Engagement, rationality, tolerance, dialogue, learning and understanding are my means ..." That doctrine of engagement has brought him to Singapore, a featured speaker at the second International Summit of the Book. But in a hammer-blow to this avowed man of peace, back home, his native Egypt is wracked by dissension, turmoil and violence in the streets.It is a turn of events that has made him "very sad", Dr Serageldin admits."We decry all the loss of life, we decry the violence. We ask all people to listen to the better angels of their nature and to go back to discussions and, I hope, reconciliation," he tells BT in the course of an engrossing Raffles Conversation that stretches well beyond the allotted one hour.Dr Serageldin is the director of the historic Library of Alexandria, or Bibliotheca Alexandrina. And he points out: "The Library of Alexandria has been, from the beginning of the Revolution till now, protected by the people. It is a building that has no walls, no gates, whose doors are in glass. I regret to say that in the last incidents, we had a few panes of glass broken by stray bullets, and a few policemen have been hurt. But fundamentally the building itself, the Library, has not been attacked by anybody."There's been a wide love and respect because it is a non-partisan institution that still stands for values like openness and dialogue. And we hope that these values will prevail."Those values, he points out, were established an amazing 2,300 years ago, when this great monument to learning and knowledge was first created.The Librarian of Alexandria - a title that stretches back to that period of antiquity - explains: "The Ancient Library of Alexandria was in some ways the greatest adventure of the human intellect in history. The starting point, around 288 BC, was to bring 100 of the greatest minds - poets, mathematicians, geographers, literary figures, historians, et cetera. They were given a space in what was then known as the Musaeum in Latin, which was a temple to the Muses; the Muses being the goddesses of knowledge and arts. They had residential quarters, and space in the temple to discuss among themselves. And to that was attached the botanical gardens - very unusual in those days. Plus a library."And the library grew and grew and grew, and dominated the whole complex. But it was a complex that was part academy, part research centre, part university, a teaching place. Teaching girls, mind you; girls' education flourished in the ancient Library. And it went on to produce an explosion of knowledge unmatched anywhere in the world."The examples flow: "It was there that Aristarchus was the first person to show, in the 3rd century BC, that the earth revolves around the sun, not the other way around; Eratosthenes, my predecessor, the third director of the library, calculated the circumference of the earth to 98.5 per cent accuracy; Herophylus identified the brain as the controlling organ of the body, not the heart as Aristotle had said; and Hipparchus calculated the length of the solar year, 365 1/4 days, to within 6 1/2 minutes."To which I would add the single greatest achievement (over) the term of our full-time resident scholars, Euclid, who wrote Euclidean geometry which was the only scientific text largely unchanged for 2,200 years. And many others who were part of that enormous (legacy)."And the librarian in him cannot resist relating this slice of history:"In the period of Eratosthenes, there was a great poet by the name of Callimachus. My predecessor told him, writing poetry is something you can do in your own time; do something useful, go and write a catalogue for the library."And it was the first time ever that universal knowledge was organised by subject, and then by author within subject, and then alphabetically by author. So Callimachus became the father of library science; or if you like, the father of bibliography - we still write bibliographies the same way as he did then!"His catalogue was 120 volumes long, a huge catalogue for the ancient Library. They were copied, and recopied - and as a result, we know how much we lost (when the Library was destroyed in the 3rd and 4th century)."For example, he mentioned that Euripedes had 106 plays of which only 18 survived. Sophocles had 100 plays of which only seven or eight survived. It's like saying there's this guy William Shakespeare, and we have these two plays here, but we understand he also wrote something called Hamlet, something called Macbeth, something called Othello, and we just don't know where they are."And so when we say we lost a lot, part of the reason we know how much we lost was this catalogue. We librarians owe him a lot, Callimachus."The idea of reviving the ancient library was mooted in 1974 and came to fruition around the turn of this century. Dr Serageldin, then a vice-president of the World Bank, active advocate for socio-economic development and a noted intellectual in his own right, was invited to head, and shape, the ambitious cultural project."That is something you don't turn down," he declares. "I mean, it's a once in a lifetime occasion, to be given the opportunity to take on the task of recapturing the spirit, recreating the Library of Alexandria, in almost exactly the same location. And so I agreed to go there."I resigned all my positions. I was a vice-president of the World Bank, head of the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research), chairman of the Global Water Partnership, head of CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, a microfinance programme). And all my government positions. I resigned all that. This, to recreate the ancient Library of Alexandria, using tools of the 21st century to recapture that spirit."And I'm happy to say, today the new library is much more than a library. This year, we have seven specialised libraries, 14 research centres, 19 museums and art galleries, a planetarium, a huge conference facility. We have the only (mirror) copy of the Internet Archive, a large Informatics centre, our own supercomputer,"And we are very much open, we have a space of freedom. We are non-partisan but we stand for values - of pluralism, freedom of expression, of tolerance, dialogue, learning and understanding."So I'm happy to say, yes, we have the Library of Alexandria, same business, same place."He quips, laughing heartily, "We just had a brief hiatus of 1,600 years, we were kind of closed for repairs!"But you know, in the scale of Egypt, that is not too long. After all, this is a land whose history stretches for almost 7,000 years."What about censorship? He replies: "We have open Internet access in the library, 3,000 computers, 400 of them are available for visitors, which they can use to access anything they want. Th文件倉 only two things that I filter are pornography and gambling sites. But political opinion (sites) et cetera are available."When we opened the Library in 2002, the big issue was the Satanic Verses of Salman Rushdie. (I was asked) 'How can you possibly have a book like Satanic Verses?'. I said, 'Not only can I have it, I do have it. Go and look it up, it's available.'"When I said that, of course (some) Islamists immediately took me to task, 'How can he have such an offensive book', 'You are a responsible person, you yourself are a Muslim', and so on."I said, 'Let's assume you want to rebut it.' 'Yes, I do want to rebut it.' 'Very good. Where would you go to get a copy? You come to me, I'll give you a cubicle, you can sit down, I'll loan you the book, you write your rebuttal. When your rebuttal is published, I will take your rebuttal and put it in the library.'"Unusual life careerHis appointment comes at the apex of what he describes as "a very unusual life career". Graduating with First Class Honours in engineering from Cairo University, he went on to Harvard University for a Master's and PhD in regional planning and economics."I remember telling my professor at that time, 'Everything we're learning in economics is wrong. Development is about human resources'. So I took courses in the School of Education and I wrote my thesis on the contribution of education to development."He joined the World Bank as an economist in education and human resources, and gained international recognition for his mathematical modelling of labour flows in the oil economies, creating "very complex models for the time". Another stint running urban and tourism projects followed.After that, "I went back to my real love, which was development and the problems of the very poor in West Africa. And then I was very focused on gender issues and environmental issues, which was not very fashionable at the time." He eventually managed all the Bank's technical projects in Africa.The World Bank made him vice-president in 1993, offering him a newly created portfolio, 'Environmentally Sustainable Development'.He recalls with a laugh: "I said, it should be Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development. And they said, 'Why not Economic?' I said, 'Because you guys in the World Bank are not likely to forget economics. But you're likely to forget environmental and social. So that's what I want to focus on.'"During this period, he addressed a pet concern, water shortages, famously declaring that "the wars of the next century will be over water". He helped create, and chaired, two international water groups. And "I also was pushing for microfinance with my good friend (Nobel Peace Prize recipient) Muhammad Yunus. We created CGAP (a microfinance programme)."CultureAlso, "I was always concerned with the issue of culture," he says.He explains: "A country is developing, and they have investments in education and in health and roads and energy - how much should they spend on preserving the heritage? Can you quantify that?" Believing that conventional cost-benefit models were "inherently erroneous", he developed models that brought out the advantages of preserving a nation's cultural heritage.Meanwhile, he was also involved with architectural issues, writing several books and sitting on architectural juries.As director of the Library of Alexandria, that commitment to a wide range of interests has not dimmed. He continues to write extensively in areas as diverse as biotechnology, the digital future, Islam, democracy and reform.In a recent monograph, The Shape of Tomorrow, he declares that the very structure of knowledge is transforming in profound ways. And he makes this bold assertion: "I am convinced that the cumulative effect of these transformations is the most profound revolution since the invention of writing."Asked about this extraordinary claim, he says simply, "I stand by that." And then proceeds to explain and defend his thesis with compelling logic.With such a wide-ranging body of work to draw from, the one title he singles out comes as a bit of a surprise.He reveals: "You know, I've (written and edited) 60, 70 books by now. And the one I'm most proud of is a little book that I did on the modernity of Shakespeare. Before it was published, I sent it to the Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka who is himself professor of literature. And he called me up, he said, 'I really like that.' I said, 'If you like it, why don't you write the foreword?' He said, 'OK, I will.' And he wrote a nice foreword to it." He beams with pride.And another comment from left field: "You know, besides my honorary doctorates and medals and so on, another thing I'm really proud of is that I'm a scuba diver - I was a close friend of Jacques Cousteau - (and) I have a coral named after me!"He elaborates: "Tim Wirth (who became president of the UN Foundation) and I launched the International Coral Reef Initiative. I supported other (similar initiatives). Professor (J.E.N) Veron of Australia, in his monumental Corals of the World, named a coral after me - Montastrea Serageldini. So I'm very proud of that, too."And his proudest achievement? It isn't hard to guess. He puts it this way: "It's kind of funny. When I would issue a new book about architecture, people at the Bank asked, 'What's that got to do with your job?' I said, 'Nothing. Who said it has to do something with my job?'"I wrote this book on Shakespeare, and again people asked me, 'What's that got to do with your job?'"And then my friends at architectural juries and seminars would say, 'What are you doing at the World Bank, with all these economists?'"Now finally, with the Library of Alexandria, there is no topic that is outside of my job. Let it be science, history, art, literature, it's part of my job. So now when people ask me, I say, the journey of my life has been a preparation for this magnificent job."Smiling broadly, he concludes, "So the summation of all the best possible jobs is to be a librarian."And Ismail Serageldin, Librarian of Alexandria, leans back and gives a hearty and deeply satisfied laugh.kenjames@sph.com.sgISMAIL SERAGELDINDirector, Library of Alexandria1944 Born in Giza, EgyptEducation1964 BSc Eng'g (First Class Honors) Cairo University1968 MRP (With Distinction) Harvard University1972 PhD Econs Harvard UniversityWorld Bank1972 Joined as Economist in education and human resources1993 Vice-President for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development1998 Vice-President for Special ProgramsFrom 2001 Director, Library of AlexandriaAmbassador, the Alliance of CivilizationsChairman of the Executive Council, World Digital Library (WDL)Other appointments (selected)1994-2000 Chairman, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)1995-2000 Chairman, Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP)1996-2000 Chairman, the Global Water Partnership1998-2000 Chairman, World Commission for Water in the 21st CenturyAwarded 33 honorary doctoratesAuthored/edited more than 60 books and monographs, 200 articles存倉

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