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一個艷陽高照的周末上午，存倉女兒一家帶我們去不遠的一個公園，看那裡舉行的「排骨節」。我們聽到這個名字感到很新奇，在中國從未聽說過有這種「節」，也引起很大興趣。這個公園，實際上是一片偌大的草坪，有許多高大的樹木，中間有條條林蔭小徑，我們常到這裡來散步。而今天，這裡完全變了樣，一點都看不出是我們常來散步的公園了。許多志願者在指揮�停車，我們尋找�入口，只見裡面搭�一排排的白色帳篷，走進去一看，每個帳篷裡都擺滿各種藝術品，生活用品，動畫片中的小動物做成大個兒的毛絨玩具，一個挨一個地懸掛在帳篷之上。此時，入園的人越來越多，我們只是走馬觀花地走出這個區域。這時出現在眼前的是一個遊樂場，裡面有各種類似慣性列車模樣的空中遊戲設施，許多兒童在上面尖叫�玩耍。我想，不是說「排骨節」嗎？怎麼不見製作排骨的攤位呢？正想�，我們走進了另一個區域，遠遠就聞到炸烤排骨的香味，頓時我的肚子咕嚕嚕地叫起來，引起強烈的食慾。眼前看到，前面是一溜高高豎起的招牌，招牌下面是一個個臨時搭起的店舖，店舖前面是一個個攤位，都在炸�或烤�鮮嫩的排骨。每個攤位前面都有一張桌子，桌子上擺放�許多該店曾經得過的獎杯、獎牌和獎狀。人們在每個攤位前排起長短不一的隊，等待購買剛剛做熟的排骨。女婿選了一個最長的隊排在後面，大概人們都認為這裡的排骨最好吃吧？等在旁邊的我們，發現後面大片樹蔭下，整齊地擺放�一排排白色長條桌椅，買到排骨的人都在那裡用餐。我們也走到裡面找了一排空桌坐下等候。這時來了三個志願者，往我們的桌子灑上消毒水，用抹布擦得乾乾淨淨。女婿也買完排骨，端�幾個大餐盒過來，打開一看，不僅有紅色鮮嫩迷你倉排骨，還有大塊烤雞。外孫女隨後也端來一個大盤子，上面是一個切成花朵形狀、炸成焦黃的洋�，盛開的「花朵」中間放�一盒奶油調料，像花心中的花蕊。這種新奇的做法實在惹人喜愛，我的先生立即拿出相機將它拍照下來。我們全家在這個環境優美、涼爽宜人、又熱鬧喧嘩的地方，吃了一頓香嫩可口的午餐。視肉為最愛的我的先生就更是酒足飯飽，滿足而歸。這使我們自然而然想到北京我們住家附近的龍潭湖公園，每年春節期間都舉辦盛大的廟會，看到的多倫多公園中的排骨節感到真像北京的廟會，只不過規模小得多。所不同的、令我們感嘆的是，多倫多「廟會」熱鬧而有秩序，人多而不擁擠，飲食區配有大片乾淨衛生的桌椅，為遊客用餐提供方便。這一切讓遊客感到悠閒自在，舒適溫馨。北京的廟會盛大熱鬧，內容豐富，除設有全國各地的飲食小吃、土特產品、生活用品、書畫音像等眾多攤位外，還有來自全國各地的富有民族特色的文藝和體育表演、各種娛樂遊戲等等，讓大人孩子們玩兒個痛快。所不足的是人多擁擠，顯得雜亂無序。公園雖大，但也無處設置那麼多桌椅供那麼多遊客用餐，人們只能人擠�人，站在攤位周圍，吃�新疆的羊肉串，北京的灌腸，天津的大麻花，廣西的炒米粉……中國人對此種場面都習以為常，不管天多冷，人多擠，照去不誤。當然，人口多少是一個原因。加拿大全國人口才三千多萬，而中國一個北京就有兩千多萬，其中四五百萬是外地人，儘管春節期間北京有多個公園舉辦大規模廟會，但沒有一處能像多倫多排骨節那樣讓人悠閒自得。記得我們十幾年前剛搬到現住址不久，去過一次龍潭公園廟會，我和先生剛一入園就被擠進人流，人夾�人艱難前行，從此我們再也不想去湊那個熱鬧了。自存倉

新任伊拉克駐美國大使盧克曼·費里帶著一項艱巨的任務去到華盛頓：請美國再向伊拉克提供價值100億美元的新武器。面對或憤怒或充滿疑慮的美國議員，迷你倉非典型性外交官費里提出一項交易：你給我武器，我就幫你攔截飛經伊拉克領空的伊朗戰機。在美國華盛頓的使館區，一間空曠但裝飾華麗的接待間里，新任伊拉克駐美國大使盧克曼·費里(Lukm anFaily)正在促成一次慈善活動，那可是個相當艱巨的任務：他指出，伊拉克對美國來說仍然是一個良好的投資選擇，美國應該更多地參與其中。費里是在最近發表在《華爾街日報》的一篇評論中提出上述觀點的。在這篇題為《開創美國—伊拉克關係的新時代》的文章中，費里寫道：“雖然大多數美國人可能認為，伊拉克人靠美國養活，但真相是，伊拉克人欣賞美國人已經做過的事情，而且正在尋求更多的美國參與———並非更多鮮血和財富的犧牲，而是更多的外交、政治、貿易、投資和經濟合作伙伴關係。”這種伙伴關係屬於費里的職權範圍，對於伊拉克外交官來說，是第二重要的事宜———僅排在與伊朗的關係之後。與他的前任不同，費里似乎不會是一個典型的外交官———那種典型的外交官，通常最習慣于出現在華盛頓使館區環城快道的某個雞尾酒會上，穿梭于人群中往來交際。這位47歲的技術專家表現得非常友好，但同時又有點不安，他似乎敏銳地意識到，美國外交政策精英們對伊拉克的態度惡化了，在這種氛圍下，任何錯誤的評論都可能導致國際事件。面相和藹、講話輕聲細語的費里，其成年後大部分時間都生活在英國，任職于各種各樣的信息技術公司，並致力于推動薩達姆·侯賽因下台。在伊拉克外交機構的官方網站上，有一篇盧克曼·費里的個人簡介。那不是一篇常規格式的人物簡歷，其開篇就給予了他不尋常的評價：“伊拉克新任駐美國大使盧克曼·費里代表了正在崛起的一代———專業人士、商界領袖和公民活動家們紛紛返鄉，致力于在故土創建一種自由市場民主。”根據上述人物簡介，費里1966年出生于伊拉克首都巴格達，能講一口流利的英語、阿拉伯語和庫爾德語。他與Lam eis結婚，育有4個兒子。1988年，費里畢業于英國曼徹斯特城市大學，取得數學和計算機科學學士學位，之後繼續深造，取得了工商管理學碩士學位(M B A )和工商計算研究生學歷。費里在英國生活了20多年，任職于一些跨國公司的信息技術部門。在英國生活的最後10年中，他曾在兩大美國公司C eridanCentrefile和電子數據系統公司(目前屬於惠普公司)擔任高管職務。費里涉及政治領域，也是從在英國生活和工作期間就開始了。當時他是大型伊拉克流亡者社區內的活躍領導者，並擔任了幾個伊拉克人N G O組織的受托人。他還在反對薩達姆政權、推動伊拉克民主與法治方面發揮了積極作用。2003年美國攻打伊拉克之後，費里返回巴格達，任職于伊拉克外交部。從2010年6月至2013年5月間，他曾擔任伊拉克駐日本大使。如今，他成為了伊拉克駐美國大使。這篇官方人物簡介指出，“費里先生在外交、商業組織管理、信息技術和公民活動方面具備豐富的經驗，並熟悉盎格魯-美利堅的傳統和體制，而他在華盛頓的新角色，也是伊拉克外交的重中之重。”因此，毫無意外地，費里上任第一周就走進美國國會山大廳，試圖說服那些持懷疑態度的美國議員們去相信，伊拉克真正需要的是更多的武器。而極端分子的行為則使費里的觀點看起來更加可信。六月份，激進組織沖進伊拉克阿布格萊布監獄，放出了大約500名武裝分子，華盛頓震驚于“基地”組織居然可以成功實施這樣一個複雜的攻擊行動。多年來逮捕危險激進分子的努力———其中很多是被美國士兵抓獲的———在一天之內都化為烏有。“‘基地’組織想要恢複他們的存在，”費里告訴《新聞周刊》記者，“我們在各條戰線上與他們的鬥爭真的是異常艱難。”除了“基地”組織在伊拉克的暴力回潮，鄰國敘利亞正在進行的殘酷內戰同時也在威脅著伊拉克的脆弱和平———基於以上所有原因，伊拉克政府堅持認為，美國政府應當提供價值100億美元的新武器。但是在華盛頓，往已經十分混亂的地區輸送更多武器被視為增加風險。此外，還有部分國會議員感到憤怒，他們相信伊拉克政府故意默許伊朗通過伊拉克領空空運軍用物資和其他各種物品到敘利亞，以幫助敘利亞總統儲存倉沙爾·阿薩德政權。“不論是情報人員還是偵測設備獲取的情報都能證明，這些武器輸送飛越了伊拉克領空。”參議員約翰·麥凱恩告訴《新聞周刊》。因此，數月以來，奧巴馬政府一直試圖說服伊拉克阻止飛越其領空的、從伊朗飛往敘利亞的飛機———美國認為這一空中走廊使敘利亞政府軍維持了對反對派的軍事優勢。雖然美國官員強調，伊朗的空中援助為敘利亞阿薩德政權提供了一個關鍵的生命線，但伊拉克官員說他們無法阻止伊朗的軍用飛機：伊拉克的空防力量太弱了。如今，最為新任伊拉克駐美國大使費里提出了一個解決外交僵局的辦法：幫助我就是幫助你。費里首先代表伊拉克政府否認了“默許”這一指控。“我們不希望被用來作為一個空中走廊，”他說。此外，他認為，如果美國政府想要伊拉克政府阻止這種武器運輸，就必須向伊拉克提供其需要的武器。在上個月的一次採訪中，費里聲稱，他忙於試圖說服美國官員，如果他們同意加強伊拉克的空防系統，那麼將有助于增強伊拉克阻止伊朗運輸武器的能力。“我們並未完全控制我們的領空，因為我們沒有到位的綜合空防系統，這就是我為什麼要和美國國會、國務院以及五角大樓談話的原因。因為我們已經請求給予總價值為100億美元的一套綜合空防系統外加阿帕奇直升機。”費里在接受採訪時說，“這對美國有利。”伊朗和伊拉克這兩個都是什葉派占主導地位的鄰國之間的關係，近年來已經引起美國部分政策制定者越來越多的關注。盡管美國每年都向伊拉克政府提供數十億美元的援助，但民族衝突、經濟問題和兩伊之間的地區聯繫等等都使得伊拉克總理馬利基成為一個不可預知的(美國)盟友。而有關敘利亞的事宜，即使美國國務卿約翰·克里付出最大努力，也沒有產生任何結果。“我向(馬利基)總理解釋得非常清楚，那些飛越伊拉克領空的伊朗飛機實際上在幫助維持敘利亞總統阿薩德及其政權。”克里在談及他與馬利基的對話時說。(伊朗飛機)飛越領空事宜左右著美國和伊拉克之間的政府對話，而伊拉克人渴望把關注焦點轉向他們自己的安全而非發生在敘利亞的悲劇。“除了那些，他們沒什麼可談的，”費里說，“對於我們來說，這是一個令人費解的局面。”對於伊拉克官員會提出這樣的交易，美國方面絲毫也不感到意外，即使是美國軍事專家也承認，費里有一點說得沒錯：即使伊拉克想阻止伊朗的武器運輸，他們也沒這個能力。伊拉克空軍由一些偵察機和輕型運輸機組成，它沒有任何固定翼機型的防守反擊空中力量。目前，已經有一項協議是美國要為伊拉克提供F-16戰鬥機，但還尚未交付。“伊拉克的立場是，在技術上來說，他們沒有綜合空防系統、沒有固定翼戰鬥機、沒有攻擊直升機去有效攔截過境的伊朗飛機，”戰爭研究學院資深分析師克里斯·哈默說。費里非常急於向美國官員闡述他的計劃。上個月，這位精力充沛的外交官向美國總統奧巴馬呈遞了國書，並請求會晤美國國防部長哈格爾。“假如不著手繼續這個，那麼對美國政府來說可沒有任何好處。”他說。然而，對於美國政府來說，這些武器應當被看做(未來對伊拉克政府的)一種獎勵。畢竟，目前伊拉克政府在敘利亞衝突上(對美國的)忠誠度尚不分明，而且其自身的獨裁傾向引人關注。因此，對美國來說，是否同意這樣的交易，問題依然在於伊拉克政府未來將如何利用其新建立的空中力量，這些武器裝備是否會被用于阻止伊朗的空中運輸？此外，伊拉克庫爾德地區領導人巴爾扎尼一再表示，擔憂馬利基政府會把這些空中力量用于對付庫爾德人。所有這些因素都使得F-16戰機的交付充滿了不確定性。但是費里強調，伊拉克政府將盡其所能地與奧巴馬政府進行任何形式的合作。“我們已經要求伊朗不要使用我們的領空作為空中走廊，我們不希望伊拉克成為向敘利亞輸送武器的空中走廊，”費里說，“但我們沒有能力阻止它。”原作：Josh R ogin原載：《新聞周刊》網址：http：//w w w.thedailybeast.com/n e w sw e e k/20 13/0 7/31/b ag h dad- s-ma n - in sid e - th e - b e ltw a y- ira q - s-n e w - a mb a s s a d o r- to - th e - u - s -lukm an-faily .htm l編譯：林徵道迷你倉沙田

　　51區，自存倉位於美國內華達州南部林肯郡，距離拉斯韋加斯市中心約130公里。這裡一直被認為是美國秘密研製飛行器的地方。而由於1947年“羅斯威爾飛碟墜毀”疑雲，這裡也被冠以“美國地外生物研究中心”的名號。與不明飛行物有關的一切，似乎都被美國政府“隱藏”在這裡。不過，盡管已在猜測、幻想、乃至電影中存在了數十年，但美國政府從來沒有承認“51區”的存在，直到2013年。　　“擅入者有生命危險”　　喬納森·特雷是喬治·華盛頓大學公共利益法教授，2013年6月的一天，當他在翻看一份中情局新解密的文檔時，一個詞讓他幾乎從椅子上蹦了起來，“51區！”　　這份文檔，是喬治·華盛頓大學獲得的關於美國U-2偵察機的解密文檔。在長達408頁的文檔中，雖然多處被塗黑，但在19頁上卻赫然出現了此前美國政府諱莫如深的“51區”字樣。在文檔中，首次解釋了51區用途——它是一處極為重要的秘密軍事基地，由國防部負責管理，肩負著推動軍事科技發展的重任。　　51區位於美國內華達州南部的一個沙漠盆地中，占地大約155平方公里。在衛星地圖上，51區最為醒目的標誌是數條呈田字形的青色飛機跑道。據稱，其中一條世界最長，長達7093米。離51區不遠的地方是內華達試驗場，它是美國能源部測試核武器的地方。　　在51區附近，隨處可見紅色的禁止標誌——“禁止拍照”、“禁止進入”，甚至“已被授權使用致命武器”，這些標誌隨時告訴接近者，這裡是高度機密的所在——擅入者有生命危險。當地人說，任何的不速之客都將遭遇直升機及武裝衛隊的驅逐。據悉，只有擁有極高安全級別、且受到軍方最高層或情報機構高層邀請的人才有可能進入軍事基地。在造訪51區前，所有人必須要進行具有嚴格的法律效力的保密宣誓。　　媒體和遊客們能看到的，只是51區森嚴的大門和紅色的禁止標誌，或者只能從衛星地圖上窺見其大概的建築輪廓，至於其內部到底有什麼設施，極少有消息透露出來。　　不過，還是有好奇的遊客在深夜不辭辛勞，登上51區以東40余公里的提卡布峰頂，用望遠鏡觀察基地。曾有人在蹲點數小時後，發現51區機場的燈會突然亮起，一架飛行器從停機棚中滑到跑道上，須臾，飛機加速起飛，當輪子剛剛離開跑道，整個機場的燈光立刻熄滅，整個基地再次歸於死寂。　　被掩蓋的飛行器研發　　小約翰·格林伍德是美國歷史頻道《UFO獵人》的編劇。至今為止，他已經連續17年根據美國“信息自由法案”，要求美國中央情報局、聯邦調查局等機構將大量文檔解密。之後再將這些解密文件上傳到網上。他所解密的文件中，就包含有“51區”。　　如今，雖然中情局解密文檔承認了51區作為軍事基地的存在，但對格林伍德來說，51區依然是一個神秘的地方。他對新京報記者說，關於51區是否存在和其用途的傳言已經流傳了相當長的時間。　　“沒有人說這個地方存在過，許多年前，通過蘇聯方面的間諜衛星監控和照片，我們才知道51區的確存在。即便我們知道51區的位置，但是我們無法靠近它，沙漠中全副武裝的守衛讓我們無法靠近那個地方。直到許多年後，官方文件中才證實51區的確存在。”　　2001年，格林伍德收到美國能源部的一份解密文檔，在這份文檔中，他第一次看到了“51區”的字樣，他說：“它真的存在！雖然他們給我的文檔只有一頁，但上邊記載著美國能源部為何運營這樣的一個機構。”　　這份時間為1958年6月25日的記錄文檔顯示，51區存在已有至少90年的歷史。　　“35年前，據美國公共土地法案，這個占地38400英畝的地區被命名為51區，不再用于公共用途，收歸美國能源部下屬原子能委員會管轄。但由於能源部並不參與其活動，所以51區從未在能源部的內華達試驗場地圖上出現。”這份文檔說。文檔還說明，“現在這塊土地已經劃歸國防部空軍基地，其空域不對民航和公�開放。”　　能源部並不參與51區的活動，是因為在1958年以前，這裡據傳主要進行飛行器的秘密研究。　　格林伍德說，將一個秘密項目置於與之風馬牛不相及的另一個部門的管理之中，就很少有人會想到從能源部和原子能委員會下手去調查51區。　　只是研發了U-2偵察機？　　2004年，格林伍德又從美國國家偵察局(NRO)處獲得了另一份關於51區的文檔，這份文檔建立于1962年，上邊記載，曾有U-2偵察機在51區上空飛過並且觀察過該區域。　　記錄顯示，“約翰·帕拉戈斯基(身份不明)和我(身份不明)曾討論派遣U-2偵察機採集51區的圖像，不需要具體的目標，就是整體看一下它們在從事什麼活動。”　　這時候的51區，已經被懷疑是一處由美國國防部牽頭，各部門秘密協作進行飛行軍事技術研究的尖端基地。　　為了遮掩事實，美國宇航局的前身，“國家航空咨詢委員會”不得不編造各種故事，對外界解釋為什麼會有飛機在一個從未正式存在的軍事基地飛進飛出。　　而實際上，U-2偵察機就誕生在這裡。　　喬治·華盛頓大學獲得的解密檔案顯示，U-2偵察機的研發中心就在51區，在這裡研發出的飛行器，在獲得批准後，會移交給其他軍事基地進行正式測試或服役。　　從1955年起至上世紀80年代末，美國多個軍事、情報部門在51區進行研發活動。但是，除了政府高層人物和具有最高安全級別的秘密項目承包者之外，很少有人確鑿無疑地知道51區的存在。但是，各種猜測從來沒有中斷過。　　如今，雖然5迷你倉新蒲崗區才剛剛被正式承認，但早就亮相全球各地空域的U-2高空偵察機顯然已經佐證了其作為飛行器研發基地的存在。相對於U-2偵察機，人們更為關心的謎團是——除了U-2，51區還研究什麼？或者，研究U-2，是不是一個更大的障眼法？　　- 懸疑　　51區僱員證實外星人存在？　　“這個被沙漠所隔離的地方可以讓軍方執行所有他們想低調進行，而不擔心被外界發現的項目。盡管我們終於知道這個地方是‘真實存在’的，但我保證，我們現在所知道的，還不及這個地方曾進行、現在仍在進行的秘密的百分之一。”　　——美國歷史頻道《UFO獵人》編劇小約翰·格林伍德　　喬治·華盛頓大學獲得的解密檔案顯示，在開展U-2項目後，該地區收到的有關UFO的目擊情報呈現明顯上升趨勢。但檔案中給出的解釋是，因為研發的新飛行器大多造型奇特，加上特殊的天氣原因，使人誤認為是UFO。事實真的如此嗎？　　對於51區是美國政府研究地外生命中心的傳言，格林伍德說，51區真正的作用仍未被揭曉。　　對此，必須提及的一個人是鮑勃·拉澤爾，他是一名自稱曾在51區工作過的僱員。　　格林伍德說，拉澤爾稱，在51區里，美軍正從外星人科技中進行“逆向工程學研究”來發展人類科技，甚至還隱藏著軍方最黑暗的機密，包括藏匿外星人的飛船。　　早在1989年，鮑勃·拉澤爾就公開在一檔新聞調查類節目上露面，向公�揭開51區的“謎團”。　　拉澤爾稱，從科學家到安保人員，數萬名曾在51區工作過的人都簽署了保密協議，而他是唯一一個打破了保密協定的人。據拉澤爾稱，自己曾在洛斯阿拉莫斯核試驗室里從事放射性微粒的探測工作，在匈牙利籍核物理學家愛德華·泰勒博士的推薦下，他參與到了51區的工作。工作地點位於51區地下基地。　　拉澤爾稱，抵達51區的第一天，他就意識到自己可能進入了某個神秘的研究機構。下了飛機，在一段土路上行駛了約半個小時後，拉澤爾被帶到了一個神秘的飛機庫區，這裡距離51區的馬夫幹湖很近。隨後，拉澤爾接受安全檢查，並被要求簽署了2份文件，一份是同意有關部門監聽自己的家庭電話，另一份是表示自願放棄美國憲法賦予自己的權利。　　隨後，拉澤爾稱，有人帶他來到一架飛碟前，並告訴他的職責就是逆向開發它的反重力推進系統。拉澤爾稱，在S4地下基地中一共有9架飛碟。有人拿給他一份說明書，上面顯示這些飛碟來自另一個星球。拉澤爾稱，自己還看到了一些類似外星人的照片，他認為這些大概就是外星飛船的飛行員。　　拉澤爾還稱，他曾在1989年3月的一天，無意中見到在2個白色制服的男子中間，有一個個頭矮小，但腦袋碩大的灰色外星人，但隨後衛兵阻止他，不讓他窺探。這一情況也成為了後世描繪外星人長相的重要推定之一。　　經過痛苦的掙扎，拉澤爾最終沒能堅守住51區的保密協定，將自己的所見所聞告訴了自己的妻子、好友和另一個UFO研究專家、里爾噴氣式飛機發明人之子約翰·李爾。拉澤爾約他們一起前去親眼看看51區正在發生的事情。　　幾個人帶著高倍望遠鏡和攝像機登上51區附近的山頂。據數人稱，在那裡等了很久以後，山谷內終於有了一絲動靜。一個閃閃發光的飛碟從山谷間騰空而起，擋住了51區的視線。　　此後，拉澤爾一行多次來到同一地點進行觀測。但他們第三次前往觀測時，被51區的衛兵發現並且扣留，接受盤問之後，拉澤爾一行獲釋放。　　第二天，拉澤爾稱，當他按時準備搭乘飛機去51區上班時，他的上司馬里亞尼早已在那裡等候，馬里亞尼告訴拉澤爾，他不用再去上班了。隨後，拉澤爾被公司解僱，並被警告如再次出現在51區附近，將立刻以間諜罪逮捕。　　節目播出後，拉澤爾的言論引發了極大的爭議，洛斯阿拉莫斯核試驗室說從未僱傭過名為拉澤爾的員工，而拉澤爾則表示，政府將他存在的信息“全部都抹掉”了。而當時有媒體記者調查發現，洛斯阿拉莫斯核試驗室的通訊錄中的確有拉澤爾的名字和電話。　　“拉澤爾說的是真的嗎？目前沒有人能夠證明這些，但是這種說法讓51區變成個充滿秘密和謎團的地方。”格林伍德對新京報記者說。　　“還有更多未解之謎”　　沒有人證實拉澤爾的證言，但有關51區秘密的猜測，卻越來越多。　　有人稱，美國政府在51區建有一座巨大的地下設施，來進行研究外星人和逆向工程的活動。但又有人稱：之前在51區進行的最為機密的工作已經在1990年代轉移到猶他州的試驗場了，現在在51區進行的秘密活動只不過是轉移公�視線而已。　　還有猜測認為，1947年羅斯威爾事件中墜毀的“UFO”和其他來自外星的材料就被儲藏在51區，政府與外星人談判的代理人“黑衣人”據說也駐紮在那裡。　　格林伍德說，他並不知道51區是否有外星人，或者存在他們所擁有的科技，但他說，“如果外星人及其科技的確存在，且軍方也掌握了相關的證據和技術的話，我認為，沒有任何一個地方比51區更適合來藏匿他們了。”　　格林伍德說，他認為，51區里掌控著美國最高級別的科技，可能是武器方面、飛行器方面或者其他各方面的混雜。　　“這個被沙漠所隔離的地方可以讓軍方執行所有他們想低調進行，而不擔心被外界發現的項目。盡管我們終於知道這個地方是‘真實存在’的，但我保證，我們現在所知道的，還不及這個地方曾進行、現在仍在進行的秘密的百分之一。”　　B04-B05版採寫/新京報記者 韓旭陽標簽：拉澤爾 美國 格林伍德 能源部 喬治·華盛頓迷你倉出租

周夢清 周星彤 郝麗偉 史 晶《 人民日報海外版 》（ 2013年08月24日 第 08 版）微信對陣易信近日，迷你倉價錢中國電信和網易共同宣佈合資成立浙江翼信科技有限公司，並發佈新一代移動即時通訊社交產品“易信”。當天，易信1.0版本正式登陸各大手機應用商店供用戶下載使用。易信一登場，便掀起軒然大波，業界紛紛猜測，易信能否成為微信的真正對手，占據移動及時通訊（Instant Massage，縮寫為IM）市場的一席之地。中國移動即時通訊發展史中，�多移動產品更迭替換，隨著易信的誕生，互聯網公司與運營商的融合之舉，給移動IM市場注入了新的血液。各產品輪番受檢驗IM市場總是戰國時代3年前，如果大街上有人沖著手機喊話，你一定覺得很傻；如今，微信“喊話”已經成為一種人們習以為常的聯繫方式；5年前，我們經常收到飛信的集體短信通知；10年前，畢業寫通訊錄，QQ是必填的一欄；隨著移動即時通訊產品的發展，我們的即時通訊習慣也隨著時間不斷改變。如今，電信運營商與互聯網公司聯合“出擊”，移動IM產品的家族中又增加了易信這個“小伙伴”。作為中國移動IM的“萌芽”，最初，中國移動與騰訊合作推出了短信版移動QQ，使我們在移動場景下依然能實時溝通。雖然只是傳統PC端IM的延伸，它的出現卻培養並滿足了用戶新的行為習慣，證明瞭移動IM市場存在和發展的可能。與其類似的還有微軟推出的移動MSN。“短信不要錢”的概念讓人們逐漸接受了飛信、超信、靈信、“天翼Live”等。電信大佬們不甘示弱，紛紛“試水”移動IM市場，以維護自身在移動產業鏈中的領導地位。移動IM產品在基礎通訊基礎上，增值服務也在逐漸增加。作為市場的龍頭老大，微信通過精確的把握用戶需求點，集社會化網絡、資訊、娛樂、位置服務、搜索、電子商務等為一體，在移動IM市場的發展一時呈勢不可擋之態。與其功能類似的軟件還有Kik Messenger、米聊、Talkbox等。如今，電信運營商和互聯網強勢聯手推出易信，中國移動IM發展仍在推進。對此，南京易訊通CEO、互聯網分析師于斌認為，隨著�多的移動IM產品的更迭替換，中國移動IM產品正在逐漸走向成熟。對於移動IM產品的成功因素，互聯網觀察者洪波認為主要有兩點：一是時機，二是產品。“搶佔先機很重要，微信就是在智能手機發展時期搶佔了時機，時機一旦錯過，之後就要付出更多的努力趕超；其次，通信類產品本身也很重要，尤其是功能方面，必須要吸引批量用戶，符合群體需求，才能存活。”易信大幅讓利優惠高調參戰難掩自身缺陷作為移動IM市場的新生兒，易信的勢頭可謂“來勢洶洶”，發佈後不到24小時便沖上應用商店社交類免費榜第一。為了爭奪移動IM市場的一席之地，易信一出場便使出了“殺手�”，高舉起“免費”的大旗，在“免費短信”功能外，“註冊即送300M流量”、“活躍用戶送60M流量”、“易信定向流量減免”等優惠政策層出不窮，賺足了消費者的關注。易信的另一大特色迷你倉庫是跨網互通，無論是中國電信還是中國移動、中國聯通的用戶都可以免費註冊並使用易信，同樣，易信用戶也可以免費向所有運營商用戶發送免費短信，還可以向固定電話發送免費留言。“界面清新，語音清晰，不臃腫，還有免費短信和語音留言哦。親們，趕快來試試易信吧！” 重慶大學大四學生侯思宇，看見網易新聞後，便在手機上下載了易信客戶端，做了第一批吃螃蟹的人。喜歡，便是侯思宇對於“易信”的所有評價。“易信刪去了一些我並不需要的功能，比如搖一搖、漂流瓶、遊戲等，不臃腫了，讓我第一次用就很喜歡，因為我只需要一個和朋友、家人交流的軟件。”網易CEO丁磊在易信產品發佈會上也絲毫不“吝嗇”對易信的讚美：易信使用了獨有的降噪和傳送技術，語音質量非常清晰，同時易信是一個能實現短信、通話與互聯網IM服務互轉的平台，用戶可以通過易信發送短信，還可以發送語音留言到對方的手機、固定電話，這全是免費的。但是，在易信發佈後，一些缺陷的出現被逐漸發現。“語音留言有延時和收不到的情況，聊天表情雖然豐富，但質量不高。”侯思宇在體驗中就有這樣的感受。同為體驗者，騰訊產品經理包比認為：“易信對陌生人交友的功能開發不夠，完全放棄基於位置服務的陌生人交友，相當于把自己的產品定位完全陷進了熟圈子，這個是限制其發展的一個硬傷。”易信能否挑戰微信，也成為大家最為關注的問題。對此，洪波在接受本報採訪時表示，就目前來看，微信已具有4億多用戶，幾乎所有智能手機用戶的好友關係都在微信上，微信已成為市場的支配者。運營商攜手互聯網雙劍合璧意在一統江湖作為運營商與互聯網公司聯合推出的“混血兒”產品，業界認為，易信標誌著電信運營商和互聯網公司在移動即時通訊領域實現真正“破冰”。運營商和互聯網公司“抱團”競爭的優勢也是顯而易見的。艾瑞咨詢公司分析師劉大龍認為，電信運營商的資源是易信的一大優勢，而與網易的合作正好可以填補電信在互聯網經驗上的“短板”。在OTT模式（Over The Top，意為互聯網公司越過運營商，發展基於開放互聯網的各種視頻和數據服務業務）的衝擊下，國內電信運營商也邁出了與互聯網公司聯手進軍移動互聯網領域的步伐。微信沃卡、易信的相繼推出，正是國內電信運營商與互聯網公司合作的探索，預示著電信運營商與互聯網公司之間開始從博弈走向探索融合。對於本次合作，中國電信總經理楊傑表示，“與網易成立合資公司推出易信，是中國電信戰略轉型的重要一步，是主動求變、擁抱移動互聯網時代的戰略選擇。”丁磊則認為，目前國內移動IM市場發展程度還不夠，遠沒有飽和，競爭不充分，用戶和市場都需要更多的選擇，新一代年輕群體，更需要新潮與個性化的溝通方式，這是易信的機會。正是由於移動IM市場這塊“蛋糕”的發展潛力，吸引了�多的搶奪者。“競爭最後的受益者往往是用戶。”電子商務觀察者、萬擎咨詢CEO魯振旺認為：“一毛一條的短信，在移動互聯網的衝擊下，隨著移動IM的出現，已經逐漸打破這種通信費用的壟斷。”儲存

Source: The Eagle, Bryan, TexasAug.迷你倉庫 23--Police arrested an 18-year-old Sugar Land man after finding him asleep at the wheel while at a McDonald's drive-through.He was charged with his first DWI -- a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine up to $2,000.As the start of fall classes approaches, police expect to make more alcohol-related arrests for various reasons, including the fact that students will be getting away from their parents, the lack of public transportation in the area and the increase in business at Northgate, College Station Police Sgt. Jason Summers said.So far this year, College Station police have made almost 250 DWI arrests. That's on pace to reach the 2012 figure of 464 DWI arrests.The incident at the McDonald's on George Bush Drive didn't result in injuries, but the driver showed signs of intoxication, according to the police report.Officers arrived at the scene around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday to find that a firefighter had placed the car in park and turned it off while the driver slept with his foot on the brake, according to the arrest report.The driver, seemingly unaware that his car had been shut off, tried to turn the vehicle off when the officer made contact with him, police said.He was taken to the Brazos County Jail and was released Wednesday after posting $3,000 bail.According to the Texas Department of Transportation, the total cost of a first-time DWI can be close to $17,000 once court costs, bail, impoundment, attorney fees, license reinstatement fees, alcohol education classes, damages and m儲存dical fees are taken into account.Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Alcohol Awareness Program, through a TxDOT grant, and Texas A&M Student Life put together alcohol educational programs for students that include discussions on what constitutes one drink, factors that affect blood alcohol content, alcohol poisoning and more.But despite all the information available, TxDOT reported 7,096 car crashes in Texas last year involving college-aged drivers under the influence, which resulted in more than 2,100 serious injuries and 231 deaths.In College Station, Bobbi Brooks, program manager for AgriLife Alcohol Awareness Program Watch UR BAC, recommends people get a free ride from CARPOOL, a student-run organization offering rides Thursday through Saturday from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. during the fall and spring semesters or call a cab, which "is still cheaper than a first-time DWI."TxDOT is also testing a new app that uses Facebook events to help people find sober drivers for a ride. The P.A.S.S (Person Appointed to Stay Sober) app will be tested at the University of North Texas, Midwestern State University and the University of Texas at Brownsville."It starts with the people doing the drinking," Summers said. "Anybody, it doesn't matter if you're an incoming freshman or 100 years old and living in College Station all your life ... you've got to make a plan, before you go out and partake in drinking, to have a sober ride."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Eagle (Bryan, Texas) Visit The Eagle (Bryan, Texas) at .theeagle.com Distributed by MCT Information Services新蒲崗迷你倉

Source: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif.self storageAug. 22--The Dodgers and Boston Red Sox will meet today as first-place teams, exactly how the general managers and owners of both teams drew it up when they engineered the most expensive trade in baseball history on Aug. 25, 2012.Nearly a year later, both franchises can trace their change in fortunes to the day when nine players and more than a quarter-million dollars in contracts changed hands."People looked at it as 'Wow!'" Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said. "It had a lot of surprise from coast to coast, really."The precarious process of trading players in August -- seeing the superstars pass unclaimed through waivers, pitcher Josh Beckett making an exception on his no-trade clause -- would make a Rube Goldberg machine jealous. That it worked so well for both the Red Sox and Dodgers is making 28 other major-league teams jealous.It was a trade few teams could afford to make. But for the Dodgers, who could gain more than $7 billion out of a regional network deal signed with Time Warner in January, money might have been the least risky aspect of the trade.The biggest risk was the players they acquired at the cost of young talent.There was veteran utilityman Nick Punto, a fun-loving Orange County kid at heart despite his age (34) and .200 batting average at the time of the trade; Beckett, a former phenom flamethrower whose support among Sox fans was wearing out faster than his right arm; Carl Crawford, a fleet-footed left fielder who couldn't stay healthy in the prime of his career; and Adrian Gonzalez, the soft-spoken slugger who came closest to a sure thing for the Dodgers.What each had in common one year ago was overshadowed by what they didn't have: the collective capacity to alter the fate of a struggling franchise."We were all pretty happy to be coming this way to a pennant race," Gonzalez said. "You know where Boston was at. We came to a really good situation."On the morning of the trade, the Red Sox were 60-66. The Dodgers were 68-58. Punto, Beckett and Gonzalez -- Crawford was relaxing at his home in Houston, having undergone elbow surgery two days before -- took a celebratory picture on their chartered flight out of Boston. Punto published it on Twitter for the world to see.They were free, united in purpose, and smiling broadly."That," Punto said, "was genuine."?Colletti wouldn't allow himself to envision the moment back in April 2012, when he took the idea of acquiring Gonzalez to Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington. Gonzalez was the Dodgers' primary target all along, going back to the first baseman's tenure in San Diego from 2006-10.But Cherington wasn't interested in dealing Gonzalez, who led the Sox in RBIs (117) and batting average (.338) in 2011. A couple weeks into the new season, "El Titan" was doing everything except hitting home runs out of Fenway Park. Colletti and Cherington touched base again in July, but Gonzalez's stock was only rising further then; he hit .372 for the month.By mid-August the Red Sox were falling out of contention and Cherington was willing to deal. While the framework of the trade was coming together -- the Dodgers would have to acquire an unpopular Beckett and an injured Crawford -- it was getting expensive.So with Dodgers president Stan Kasten in Denver for the quarterly owners' meeting, he met with Red Sox principal owner John Henry and team president Larry Lucchino to discuss the financial aspect of the deal, a "middle step" in the process. The Red Sox would agree to pay $3.9 million of Gonzalez's salary each year through 2015.Colletti knew what he would be getting in Gonzalez, having crossed paths often when Gonzalez was a Padre. He consulted with Dodgers manager Don Mattingly about the other players, particularly Crawford, whom Mattingly saw often when he was a coach with the Yankees and Crawford was playing in Tampa Bay."It happens all the time during the trade deadline," Mattingly said. "You're talking about numerous guys, different teams -- 'what do you think about this guy, what do you think about that guy, we're looking at this.' They don't tell you everything they're doing, they just ask you about different guys so you have an idea that something could be going on. Then either it happens or it doesn't."?When word of the trade first leaked, Gonzalez wasn't listening."At this point in my career I don't listen to anything," he said. "The rumors were ... just because we all went through waivers and were claimed by the Dodgers."Not Punto. He was listening intently beginning Aug. 24, when the possible trade was suddenly the talk of Boston."I got to the ballpark around 2 like I normally do, and the trade rumors happened really quick," he said. "From 2 o'clock to 10 o'clock at night, that all went pretty quick. Everybody was just kind of sitting on eggshells wondering if it was going to happen. And we had a game to play."Gonzalez was pulled from the Red Sox迷你倉lineup moments before first pitch. Punto didn't play, either. Boston beat Kansas City 4-3.Crawford was taking it all in from his couch in Houston. He was watching SportsCenter with his mother, brother, and a few other family members when he first saw his name lumped in the trade."I was just hoping that it wasn't a joke," Crawford said. "I was like, man, I need this to be true."?There was one hangup on the Dodgers' end. First baseman James Loney and minor leaguers Ivan DeJesus and Allen Webster all cleared waivers, while minor-league outfielder Jerry Sands and pitcher Rubby De La Rosa were claimed by other teams.But the deal didn't fall through. De La Rosa and Sands became "players to be named later" and the trade was submitted to the league. When it became official Aug. 25, Colletti finally allowed himself to breathe."I try to prepare myself, and our staff tries to prepare itself, for every inevitability knowing that we don't know what's around the next corner, whether it's on the field or off the field," he said. "We try to do the best we can with whatever scenario we're faced with."He called Crawford to deliver the news. It wasn't a joke."You know, with the ($142 million) contract, I didn't think I could ever get out" of Boston, Crawford said. "I thought I was going to be stuck there for seven years."?Gonzalez does not wear his emotions on his sleeve, but even he couldn't deny the joy of his new surroundings.He hit a home run in his first at-bat as a Dodger the night of Aug. 25, the high point of an 8-2 win over Miami at the end of a long day. Gonzalez had a mechanical flaw in his swing at the time and didn't hit another home run for 26 games, but the smashing debut was an appropriate metaphor. Off the field, he hooked up with Padres Contra El Cancer (Spanish for "fathers against cancer"), a nonprofit organization based in Toluca Lake, and has donated his time and money to other local charities since.To him, Los Angeles feels more like home than Boston."It's the stuff you can do outside of showing up to the ballpark," said Gonzalez, whose childhood was split between San Diego and Tijuana. "Being able to eat good Mexican, being around Mexicans, Mexican-Americans -- that's my culture."His numbers (16 home runs, 77 RBIs, .298 batting average) are more good than great, but Gonzalez has been healthy and consistent since Opening Day, something few Dodgers can claim. Gonzalez has batted third or fourth in every game, and has a chance to become the Dodgers' best first baseman since Steve Garvey.Crawford and Punto have been pleasant surprises. Crawford's elbow hasn't been an issue at the plate or in left field. He is still close enough to his prime at age 32 to be an effective leadoff hitter, with a .350 on-base percentage and 11 steals in 15 attempts.Punto's infectious hustle has led to 11 infield hits, including four on bunts. His defensive versatility (Punto plays three of the four infield positions) and ability to switch-hit make him an attractive option off the bench. Only five Dodgers have appeared in more games.Beckett is the lone disappointment this year, having pitched only eight games before being sidelined with a nerve issue that required thoracic outlet surgery in July.?On the other end of the trade, Loney left Boston as a free agent to sign with Tampa Bay. Sands and DeJesus left in a trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates. De La Rosa and Webster have appeared in 11 games with the Red Sox this year, but at 24 and 23 years old, respectively, it's too soon to say what kind of an impact each will have in Boston.More important to the Red Sox was the money they saved. They re-signed David Ortiz and Jacoby Ellsbury, and lured Shane Victorino, Ryan Dempster and Mike Napoli as free agents.Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, who will be part of ESPN's broadcast team at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, said without the trade the Red Sox wouldn't be as financially flexible and able to develop their prospects."Boston found somebody willing to take all that -- that was the perfect storm," Schilling said.The Boston Globe wrote last year that the trade, for the Red Sox, was about "realizing that building a baseball team is more important than building a brand."For the Dodgers, it was about both."It worked out for where we were as a franchise and what we were trying to do in the short term," Kasten said, "to provide us the foundation of credibility we needed with our fanbase, and to give us time to build in the long term.""I think it showed everybody that this ownership group was real," Colletti added. "Its desire to win and to put as good a club on the field as possible as quick as possible showed not only with that trade, but that was the exclamation point to the earlier deals."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, Calif.) Visit the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, Calif.) at .dailybulletin.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉

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Source: The Roanoke Times, Va.self storageAug. 23--One night more than a year ago, Garrett Thompson was in his garage when he heard a loud thump outside.His house in the King's Crest subdivision in Roanoke County is in a safe area without a lot of commotion, so he took a flashlight and went to investigate the noise. About 20 feet in front him stood a 400-pound black bear, rummaging through his garbage like it was an all-you-can-eat buffet.Thompson nervously shined the light at the confused creature as they looked at each other. Then he screamed, but it was the bear that ended up running away."He's a massive bear, but he's afraid of anything," he said.This wasn't the first time Thompson was visited by a furry nighttime guest, and it wasn't the last. For Thompson and many of his neighbors near Hanging Rock, black bear visits come with the mortgage. Every summer the animals arrive in droves. Sometimes it's more than one. Sometimes it's the same bear returning year after year for a late-night feast. Many of the bears seem to have memorized the nights before trash pickup, when hundreds of county residents unknowingly serve up a bear potluck at the ends of their driveways. In the morning, when trash litters their yards, the annoyance sets in.By far the largest complaint about black bears logged to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is related the animals' continual rifling of residents' trash cans. Though it's hard to gauge, the complaints may have hit a peak this year in Roanoke County, an area with a high black bear population."It has been a busy summer. I can't put a number on it yet, but it seems to be a busier year than usual," said Jim Bowman, a biologist with the state game department who handles complaints from Roanoke County.As residential communities have grown in Roanoke County, so has the black bear population, leading to an increase in encounters over the past few years.Complaints about bears in trash have been persistent enough this year that Roanoke County accepted a $10,000 grant from the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to spend on bear-proof garbage cans. The bins will be made available, for a fee, to county residents who have grown tired of ursine encounters.The cost will likely be about $125 per household, and the bins could be available this fall, according to General Services Director Anne Marie Green.Green estimated that during bear season, her office gets two to three calls a week from residents about trash can break-ins. She said the bears seem to be making a comeback as humans encroach on their habitat. She said she hopes the new trash bins will help quell the complaints.The grant for the bins is the first of its kind in Virginia. Jaime Sajecki, leader of the game department's Black Bear Project, said they wanted to test of the success of the trash cans in Roanoke County because the area presents a unique challenge."The county itself is surrounded by a great bear habitat," she said.Since 2007, she has worked with the county on its black bear issues. Last year, made aware of the high number of bear encounters, officials from the state and the county met and the idea for the trash bins was born.Sajecki said that from 2001 to 2009 the black bear population grew about 9 percent statewide. Since 2009, a branch of the game department has been studying parts of Roanoke County to see if the population is continuing to increase. The study will take several years to yield results.Many people, including Sajecki, have the impression that the population has grown.According to Bowman, many of t迷你倉e complaints from Roanoke County come from communities along the lower slopes of Fort Lewis Mountain and the Interstate 81 corridor."We have received numerous calls from different residents primarily in the Glenvar vicinity this summer, while complaints last year were much more prevalent from residential communities closer to Hanging Rock and also south of Roanoke city," he said.Complaints also come in every year from more rural communities, such as those near Catawba, he said.Bowman concurred that Roanoke County residents' chief black bear complaint is the mess they make of trash bins. However, the complaints come so often and through so many channels that there is no comprehensive list recording the numbers.Not everyone complains about their beastly neighbors.Roanoke County resident Heather Alvarez lives in a two-story home nestled near woodlands in the Hanging Rock area, where she enjoys the peace and quiet of living away from the city. She lived in Miami for 30 years before coming to Roanoke County, and the first time she saw a bear stroll through her yard to get to her bird feeder it scared her to death. But after five years of routine bear visits every summer, she came to enjoy their company. Now she is a self-described black bear afficionado with bear trinkets and decor all over her house."I don't know what everyone is afraid of. Yes, they are a nuisance when they get in the trash," Alvarez said. "But we built into their backyard."Alvarez, who said she is interested in getting one of the new trash cans, said part of the reason her family moved to rural Virginia was to be around more nature and less concrete.The bears, deer and other wildlife that trek through her property are, she feels, unique to her home.Linda Watts, who has lived in the Bennett Springs area since 1998, has seen dozens of bears sniffing around her front porch over the years. Every summer, she and her husband go into "bear mode" and begin putting their trash in a shed and putting away the bird feeder, which Watts calls "bear popcorn."Watts said she is glad the county is taking steps to help keep the bears out of the neighborhood."If you've ever picked up trash and if you've got the money, [the trash bins] are a good investment," she said.Sajecki said the grant for bear-proof trash containers is more than just an effort to control litter.If bears don't think there is food, then they will stay away. This decreases other kinds of bear issues, like property damage.Black bears are not known for hurting people. Bowman said that if you see a black bear, the best thing to do is yell; they will usually run. Cats and dogs can even scare them off .Bowman said bears come to associate homes with feeding, and that it's best to break their habits early, while they still fear people.It is illegal to feed bears, and people can be cited if they have something on their property that repeatedly attracts bears and they do nothing about it.However, bears will continue to trek through residential neighborhoods for chow as long as anyone leaves garbage unattended, which is why the county and DGIF are pushing the trash can pilot program."I have interest in it, but the reality is I will bring the garbage in the garage," said Thompson, the King's Crest resident. "I don't feed the bears, but I don't mind having them. That is why I moved out to the county -- close enough to town, but to be near the wildlife."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, Va.) Visit The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, Va.) at .roanoke.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉

Source: The Lima News, OhioAug.新蒲崗迷你倉 22--VAN WERT -- After joining other county officials in receiving an honor as the first county in Ohio to be certified a connected community, Commissioner Stan Owens said going through the process was a no-brainer."We see this as a means of potentially promoting economic development," Owens said.On top of that, working with Connect Ohio to assess Van Wert County's strengths and weaknesses in connecting to the Internet and the availability of services and information, Owens said the whole process was free other than local officials spending time on the imitative."We're trying to find ways to save money and cut cost. We see some definite potential here," Owens said.As an example of putting technology to use, Owens said Van Wert has switched to video arraignments. Instead of hauling defendants from the jail to court for what amounts to a short but required hearing, it's done by video from the jail to the court, Owens said.While the majority of the 29,000 residents of Van Wert County have access to the Internet in one way or another, the overall goal is to improve services, which includes access and higher speeds, among many of the possibilities, officials said.The assessment process required Van Wert County to achieve a certain score, digital literacy, amd access to public computer centers. They also identified people most likely to struggle to have access to the Internet, said Jeff Beebe of Connect Ohio.The group also idenmini storageified the infrastructure for technology, assets and resources as well as establish goals such as a redundant infrastructure network so if one line should go down a household or business still would be connected through a second line or another means.Van Wert County has 18 broadband providers and 187 business-related websites. The county also has centers that employers can send their workers to for training on the Internet or software.Connect Ohio Executive Director Stu Johnson said one of the big goals is to provide quality Internet connection service to people at an affordable price. There's a growing demand for high-speed download capability and better service."The demand is there. It's never ending," Johnson said. "Broadband is no more different infrastructure than roads and sewers."As an example, Johnson said ways that seemed unimaginable are being used to connect to the Internet, such as wristwatches and glasses."There's no end. It's not build it and they will come. The demand is here now," he said.Johnson said major providers are investing billions in Internet infrastructure knowing the future is limitless."It will be directed to communities that get it. Communities that understand it. Communities that embrace it. This report tells the rest of the world that Van Wert is ready to play," Johnson said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Lima News (Lima, Ohio) Visit The Lima News (Lima, Ohio) at .limaohio.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage

Source: Daily News, Los AngelesAug.迷你倉庫 22--MONROVIA -- The Los Angeles County Fire Department reports that an overturned casino-bound bus injured 50 people about 10 a.m. on the eastbound 210 Freeway just west of Irwindale Avenue.The department lists 39 minor injuries and 11 delayed injuries, which means people who are disoriented or unable to walk, according to a fire department dispatcher. Fifty people were on the bus, according to California Highway Patrol. Medical helicopters airlifted nine people, but the extent of their injuries is unknown.The cause of the crash also remains unclear, but investigators have shifted their focus to gathering evidence now that all of the injured passengers have left the scene, according to Rick Quintero, a California Highway Patrol spokesperson."Initially the primary focus is on the injured parties," Quintero said. "Now it is just a matter of gathering the evidence on the scene as well as turning over that charter bus and opening up those lanes."The westbound lanes have since reopened completely and the eastbound carpool lane is now moving again, according to Saul Gomez, a CHP public information officer."It all depends on how much evidence we have to gather, once we get that information, we'll try to open as many lanes as possible," Gomez said. He expected the lane to remain at least partially closed for several hours.Early reports indicate a semi-truck became involved either indirectly or directly in the accident, according to Gomez. The driver stopped to help after the bus tipped over, Gomez said.The bus tipped over after going into an embankment off the right shoulder of the eastbound 210 Freeway."Any time you head toward an embankment, the likely hood of tipping is pretty great," Gomez said.Stopped drivers exited their cars and crossed barriers to see what h儲存ppened, but were ordered back in their cars by police."We were crossing the concrete line (on the freeway) and walking to see what was going on, so the cop came by and told everyone to get back in their cars," said Adrian Canto, who was stuck on the 210 Freeway just west of the Irwindale exit. The Pasadena resident had been on the freeway for more than an hour by 11 a.m."There was like a total of 5 helicopters that showed up, now literally a police motorcycle just went by us," he said. "A couple of those have been going by but they haven't told us anything."The overturned charter bus operated by Da Zhen Travel Agency was en route to San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino, according to travel consultant Anna Zhang.Da Zhen Travel Agency, based out of Monterey Park, operates charter buses for tours, said Zhang when reached by phone Thursday. A bus schedule from the casino shows 14 Da Zhen Travel buses traveling daily from Hacienda Heights, Monterey Park, Rosemead and San Gabriel to the casino.The company had a "Satisfactory" safety rating from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in September of 2010, but exceeded the FMCSA intervention threshold based on roadside data, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation website. A safety report from the Department of Transportation shows that the company is authorized to carry passengers, traveling 598,399 miles in 2011. Da Zhen was the subject of 30 vehicle inspections and 36 driver inspections over the past 24 months and had not been in any reported crashes, the report shows. The company has a current $5,000,000 insurance policy through New York Marine and General Insurance Co. in New York.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Daily News (Los Angeles) Visit the Daily News (Los Angeles) at .dailynews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services新蒲崗迷你倉

By Shi Jing in Shanghai ( China Daily) Trading of shares in company scheduled to resume on Friday To nobody's surprise, Xu Minghao, president of the beleaguered China Everbright Securities Co Ltd, which roiled the nation's stock market last week with an erroneous 7.迷你倉出租2 billion yuan ($1.17 billion) in buy orders, resigned on Thursday, leaving regulators with piles of questions to address.In a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Everbright Securities said its board of directors accepted Xu's resignation, four days after regulators announced a probe into the company.Chairman Yuan Changqing was named acting president."Xu's resignation was not a surprise because the incident caused a major market controversy," said Wang Jianhui, chief economist at Southwest Securities Co Ltd.Trading of Everbright shares was suspended on Thursday afternoon and is scheduled to resume on Friday.Xu joined Shanghai's research institute of structural reform in 1988. He began working at the Bank of Communications Ltd in 1991. He became secretary of the board of directors of Everbright Securities in 2000 and became a director in September 2002.He assumed the position of president in 2005.A source at Everbright Securities, who asked for anonymity for legal reasons, said the head of the compliance and risk control department will eventually take charge of the strategic investment department, which was ordered by the authorities to suspend operations from Aug 19 to Nov 18.The market appeared to have regained its composure after the Everbright incident.The Shanghai Composite Index eased a meager 0.28 percent to 2,067.12 on Thursday.Media 儲存倉eports speculated that the China Securities Regulatory Commission had completed its investigation of the Everbright problem on Wednesday and would release a report within a week.The incident benefited the shares of companies involved in Internet security.Shenzhen-listed ZTE Corp jumped 5.45 percent in the morning, eventually closing 0.95 percent higher at 17.03 yuan.Langchao Electronic Information Industry Co Ltd, which fell on Wednesday, gained about 3 percent in the morning.Shanghai Mecrtsoft Technology Co Ltd, which supplied the trading system used at Everbright that's been implicated in the error, re-activated its website after a shutdown of almost a week. It said in a statement that it was "business as usual".Design flaws in the Mecrtsoft trading system were said to have erroneously sent the buy order that touched off a mad scramble, pushing the benchmark Shanghai index up a whopping 5.6 percent in two minutes in morning trade, with the trading volume 80 percent above the 30-day average.Everbright said in statement on Aug 16 that the error could have led to a trading loss of 194 million yuan.The figure may change, the brokerage said two days later. The ultimate trading loss from the error could reach 400 million yuan, Paddy Ran, a Citigroup Inc analyst, wrote in a note last week.A spokesman for the CSRC said on Wednesday night that the agency will scrutinize the security problems brought out by the program trading system.While dealing with the Everbright incident, the commission will also investigate the trading systems used by other securities companies to avoid similar incidents.shijing@chinadaily.com.cn迷你倉沙田

Source: The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.新蒲崗迷你倉Aug. 22--For a victim of sexual assault, the attack is traumatic enough, but the process of reporting it to the proper authorities and gathering evidence for prosecution can be just as scary, advocates say.That's where the volunteer advocates at Rape Crisis and Sexual Assault Services comes in."Everybody who goes to the emergency room -- the nurse, the investigator -- they all sort of have an agenda. They need to get the information in case they want to prosecute," said Crisis Specialist Charlotte Murton. "Our advocates are there to inform the patient what their rights are, what their options are and everything."If a victim chooses to have evidence collected, the advocate explains the process so the victim knows what to expect. The process can include having a pelvic exam, having hairs taken and having any orifice swabbed that was involved in the assault."Our goal is to make it the least traumatic experience in the emergency room that we can, because we know having to tell your story, having to come and have the forensic collection done, is traumatic," she said.The organization was founded in 1975 and joined University Hospital in 1985. In Richmond and Columbia counties, about 75 volunteers man the crisis hotline 24 hours a day and more are needed."This is something they can do when they're at home. They don't have to come (to the center) or to the hospital and sit and wait," Murton said.Calls to the hotline are routed to the volunteers who are on call. Volunteers are required to be on call for 24 hours a month in eight- or 12-hour shifts. Then, if an emergency room visit is needed, they have to be able to be at hospital within 30 minutes. (Volunteers respond to all of the area hospitals, including the Veterans Administration and Eisenhower Army Medical Center.)Anyone can call the hotline, whether an incident happened two minutes ago or two decades ago. If the victim decides an emergency room visit is necessary, the volunteer will meet them there. Sometimes, the volunteer is just there to listen."Our volunteers are responsible for making sure the person that makes the call gets to a better place so they can make it through the night until they can get to an emergency room, or go see a physician, or whatever they need to do," said Volunteer Coordinator Leah Klein.Aja White has been volunteering with the center for 10 months. She said she likes not getting calls, because it means there are people out there who are not getting raped."But I do like coming in and helping people the best way I can," she said. "Just trying to guide them through the process and being that advocate."Dannielle Pope has also been a volunteer for 10 months, but she has a different perspectivemini storage Every phone call that does come in is another assault that has been reported. She feels that increased awareness of sexual assault is causing more people to feel comfortable coming forward to report it."So with reporting it, which is exactly what we want, we need advocates to handle that caseload, to be able to give people what they deserve," she said. "We want every single person to be able to do that. There's only so much staff and so many volunteers."Danny Yuk is one of only five male volunteers in the two-county area. He has been a volunteer advocate for six months and said most of the cases he's dealt with have been assaults on children. But he said while the perception may be that a female victim would be more comfortable with a female advocate, he has not found that to be true."I'll ask them beforehand, 'Would you like to speak with a female advocate,'" he said.Often they'll say no, he said."They're always willing to get some help," he said.Murton said there have always been a few male volunteers, but the victims don't usually care who comes to advocate for them. They're just happy someone is there."I've had people tell me before, 'I don't care who came in. All I know is someone got out of bed and came in here to care for me,'" she said.Male volunteers are usually paired with a female volunteer when responding to an adult female victim, Murton said.It does take a special person to volunteer for Rape Crisis and Sexual Assault Services, because not everyone has the ability to separate the victim from what has happened to them."We can't change what happened. We can't go back in time and do anything about that, but we can do something about today's visit and what we do in the emergency room from here on out," Murton said.New volunteers are required to go through an intensive 25-hour training that includes presentations from the district attorney's office, the Richmond and Columbia county sheriff's offices, and counselors from Georgia Regents University."It has to be (intensive), because what our volunteer advocates do is so important, and they're working with people at a very vulnerable time," Klein said. "It's important that they have that intensive training so that they know how to treat people with respect, and so that they know the protocols and what to do when somebody's assaulted."The next training session will be held Sept. 19-23 at University Hospital. Attendance at all dates is required.For more information about becoming a volunteer advocate, call Klein at (706) 774-2746 or e-mail her at volunteerrcsas@uh.org.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, Ga.) Visit The Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, Ga.) at chronicle.augusta.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage