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Source: Odessa American, TexasAug.迷你倉沙田 11--Dean McCann looked for three years before he finally found a home.During that time, the 49-year-old Army veteran was living in a townhouse worrying about rising rent prices. While many have noted the difficulty in finding temporary housing, McCann said he wasn't having an easy time finding a permanent home either."Because of the oil boom, the house prices just started sky rocketing," the Odessa native said in a phone interview. "What we were going to do was wait for the house prices to go down, but just browsing over years, they didn't."Knowing there wasn't much he could do, McCann said he filled out a packet with Veterans United Home Loans and sent it to realtor Steve Oliver. The next day, McCann said Oliver showed him a three bedroom, two bathroom house that also included a two-car garage and an enclosed patio on the northeast side of Odessa."As luck would have it, that's the one we bought," McCann said, adding his mortgage is only $100 more than the rent he was paying for the town home.The City of Odessa, which city officials have estimated to have a population of around 140,000, is experiencing one of the biggest booms in the town's history. As droves of people continue to come into the area for work, the area is starting to see an increase in building permits for single family homesA single family home is described as a household that houses a single family.In June, city documents stated 75 new residential housing permits, up from 41 in June 2012. In May, the city had 67 new permits, 41 in April, and 58 in March. Since the beginning of the year, the city has a total of 337 new permits.The six month total surpassed was equal with the total number of housing permits issued in 2011 and, if the pace holds up, will surpass the 524 residential building permits issued during 2012."We're definitely seeing that (a growing housing) trend," Assistant City Manager for the City of Odessa Michael Marrero said.According to documents provided by the Odessa Development Corporation, the average home value in Odessa in 2012 was $119,362.With several new subdivisions in the works, Marrero said national residential building companies like D. R. Horton have taken noticed of the area and have permitted to build several homes in the area. City records state the company currently has 61 building permits for new residential buildings.Other construction companies, like Betenbough Ho迷你倉價錢es and Permian Homes LLC, are also listed as having several permits in Odessa.Most of the newer homes are currently scheduled to be built in the northern and eastern parts of Odessa, which Marrero said is currently part of the city's plan for expansion."I think with the continuing growth of the oil industry ... I think there's going to be a greater demand for residential areas."State Demographer Lloyd B. Potter said in a previous Odessa American story migration patterns that involve work usually see single men come into area, not looking for permanent housing. However, he added, married men, who usually come into the area alone, will bring their families with them at a later time and start looking.Gayle Hirsch, president of the Odessa Board of Realtors, said in the past few months, she has seen an increase in the number of people looking to buy homes. However, Hirsch added, it's sometimes hard to put people into homes."A lot of the people coming in from the oilfield and don't have the credit to buy a home," Hirsch said. "We also have a lot of people coming in that you can consider white collar ... and it's easier for them to buy a $250,000 home than someone looking at $100,000 or less."On average, Hirsch said, a buyer needs a credit score of about 640 and about three open lines of credit that they haven't defaulted on. Some of the examples she used were cell phone bills, paying rent on time, credit cards."A lot of these kids will take out a lot of credit cards in college and not pay them and that will drop your score," Hirsch said.Working as a field superintendent for an oil company in Midland, Eric Copley said he and his family were originally from Carlsbad, N.M., and were looking in the area for "six to eight months" while looking for a home.In that time frame, Copley said he and his wife looked at about 20 homes before buying a five bedroom home in Gardendale. The hardest part of his search, he added, was finding something that fit what he and his wife were looking for."Yeah, it took a while for us to find what we were looking for," Copley said. "There were all sorts of available homes, but we were looking for a certain acres."--Contact Nathaniel Miller on twitter at @OAgovernment, on Facebook at OA Nathaniel Miller or call 432-333-7769Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) Visit the Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) at .oaoa.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉庫

In the move towards greater gender diversity, how we get there is as important as getting there.文件倉 By MAK YUEN TEENIN AN upcoming report on board diversity in nine Asia-Pacific economies, Singapore does not fare well when it comes to gender representation.With female directors forming just 6.8 per cent of the board members, Singapore ranks behind Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, China and Hong Kong.This study, a collaboration between Korn/Ferry International and myself, is an update of a 2011 study and added two other economies - Japan and South Korea. It is based on the largest 100 domestic listed companies in each of these economies. Singapore only ranks ahead of three economies where gender inequality in society is widely recognised - India (5.8 per cent), South Korea (2.4 per cent) and Japan (2 per cent).There is a problem of boards not adequately tapping into the pool of potential female director candidates, and missing out on better diversity of viewpoints, skills and experience.When we consider that women make up 29 per cent of chief financial officers of companies listed on the Singapore Exchange, the high proportion of women in many professions and industry sectors, and that female graduates have outnumbered male university graduates in many disciplines, including accounting and business, since at least the mid-1990s, it is not just a leaking talent pipeline we are talking about in Singapore. The pipeline to the board has burst as far as women are concerned.Clearly, something needs to be done, but what? There is a great temptation to focus only on the numbers (the symptoms), but not enough on the causes. In addressing the lack of gender diversity, how we get there is just as important as getting there.This brings me to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek article which caught my attention a few months ago on a long flight to New York. In this article, a female director who currently sits on the boards of some of the most "blue chip" of US companies, shared advice on how women can get onto boards. She recounted how she got her first break.She was 28 and vice-president of sales at a small vendor to cable companies. She decided she wanted to get elected onto the board of a national association, so she called up all 2,000 members to get them to vote for her. She got elected on her second try. At that time, she was "at least three management levels down" from everyone else on the board. She started writing a newsletter and "befriended all the CEOs". That helped her get business for her company, but she also got to know people who recommended her onto boards that they served on. She also got her first CEO job through her board connec存倉ions, having served on boards with many of those who recruited her to be CEO.As I reflected on this director's experience in getting onto boards, it reminded me of the advice that I have heard or read given to women seeking to be directors - "go and network", "trumpet your achievements", "make yourself known".Then I started getting worried that in the great desire to reach an important destination - having better gender diversity on boards - women fall into the same trap as many men by repeating what they have done - getting onto boards purely through connections.By her own admission, the woman in that article was "at least three management levels down from everyone else" on the first board she was elected onto. While a board needs a diversity of viewpoints, experiences and backgrounds, and not every board member needs or should be a CEO or ex-CEO, it does need people who are appropriately qualified to be able to make a difference. Her experience actually shows the flawed process which many boards use to recruit directors, where networking is such an essential part of it.I also wondered whether her keenness to get onto boards means that she would be too afraid to offend others by disagreeing with the CEO or fellow board members. Can shereally be independent if she is so keen to get onto boards through networking?An important reason why many boards are in a bad state today is because they have the wrong people, recruited through flawed search and nomination processes. There is too much reliance on an old boys' network and too many "Superman" directors who keep getting onto more boards because of mistaken impressions that they are the real deal.There is clearly a need to improve the search and nomination processes of boards through much greater pressure exerted by regulators, investors and other stakeholders. Better means to identify "board ready" female candidates and to develop more female board candidates are important. Setting targets or getting companies to do so can ensure that we stay on the right track towards improving gender diversity.What we want is to have the poor (mostly male) directors shunted off boards and replaced by better directors, including the most qualified women candidates. This does not mean that they must have served on a listed company board before (this has never disqualified men when they joined the first board). What we do not want is an old boys' network becoming a golden girls' network, and "Superman" directors being replaced by those dressed up in "Wonder Woman" costumes.The writer is an associate professor in the NUS Business School and chairs the judging panel for the Investor Relations Award自存倉

Source: Alaska Journal of Commerce, AnchorageAug.迷你倉價錢 08--Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. announced its second quarter results Aug. 1, posting a strong performance including increased revenue and progress toward debt reduction.The telecom's second quarter revenue was $97.7 million, up $7.7 million, or 8.6 percent, compared to the second quarter of 2012.Alaska Communications also continued its debt reduction program, and is on track to complete $100 million in debt reductions this year, with $30.4 million paid off in long-term debt through the end of the second quarter, and an additional $65 million payment coming in July from the closing of the Alaska Wireless Network transaction, which provided ACS with certain cash payments from General Communication Inc., or GCI.ACS and GCI closed on AWN, which merges the companies' infrastructure, after receiving federal regulatory approval in July. AWN began operating July 23.Overall, ACS President and CEO Anand Vadapalli said he was pleased with the company's performance."Our results for the quarter were stellar," Vadapalli said.At the end of the second quarter, the company's net debt was $509.9 million, down from $546.8 million at the end of the second quarter of 2012.The telecom also offered investors guidance on its expected revenue for the rest of 2013 for the first time this year during its Aug. 1 investor call."Now that the Alaska Wireless Network has closed, we'll also provide a longer term view of our business," Vadapalli said during the Aug. 1 call.For 2013, the company expects revenue in the range of $340 to $350 million for the full year.That's based on the known $188.7 million in revenue for the first half of the year, plus the telecom's expectations for the second half. Business and wholesale revenue are expected to decline slightly as backhaul moves to AWN, and wireless roaming will also move to AWN, changing that figure. Consumer and wireless service revenue is expected to hold steady. Access line revenue should increase, according to the telecom, while CETC will likely decrease about 10 percent due to rule changes.The company expects adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or EBITDA, of about $105 million to $110 million, capital spending of about $50 million, cash interest expense of about $35 million, free cash flow of about $20 million to $25 million, and net debt at the end of the year of about $420 million to $430 million.The growth in revenue this quarter was driven largely by a $6.1 million increase in roaming revenue.Aside from the growth in roaming reve迷你倉庫ue, Alaska Communications saw the strongest growth in business and wholesale revenue, up $2.2 million or 8.7 percent compared to the same quarter in 2012, and wireless revenue, up $5.4 million or 15.8 percent.Wireless subscribers were up 328 compared to the prior quarter, and both business and consumer broadband connections increased compared to the prior quarter as well.The telecom also saw a decrease in its cost of service and sales. That metric was down $2.9 million to $37.2 million, largely because the cost of devices and accessories was down $4.9 million compared to the same quarter of 2012.Labor costs were up, however, driving an overall increase in the cost of selling, general and administrative costs of $1.9 million, or 7.5 percent, compared to the second quarter of 2012.Some metrics continued to fall, such as consumer access lines, which was down to 52,438 compared to 54,037 in the prior quarter, and business access lines decreased slightly from 80,770 in the first quarter to 80,517 in the second.EBITDA was up 32.9 percent year-over-year, at $33.9 million for the second quarter compared to $25.5 million for the second quarter of 2012, and cash interest expense and free cash flow were also up year-over-year.Capital spending, however, was down. AWN is also expected to strengthen the Alaska Communications cash flow. The company will receive preferential distributions of $50 million for the first two years, and then a diminishing amount, and eventually just a share inline with its one-third ownership share of AWN.Of the $100 million the company received at closing, it used $65 million to pay down debt, another chunk is going to costs, and the company expected to have about $20 million to $25 million in liquidity. Alaska Communications was still deciding how to best use that money during its investor call.That is expected to mitigate other losses in cash flow, such as declines in high cost support, according to the telecom.Alaska Communications also announced build out plans with its quarterly results. It will work on a fiber-to-node build to improve broadband capabilities. That work will start in Anchorage, with a primary initial benefit to business customers.Alaska Communications stock has been on the rise, closing at $2.55 Aug. 1, and $3.15 Aug. 2 after its earnings report.More recently, the price Aug. 7 was $3.41, just off its 52-week high of $3.61.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Alaska Journal of Commerce (Anchorage, Alaska) Visit the Alaska Journal of Commerce (Anchorage, Alaska) at .alaskajournal.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存

Source: Odessa American, TexasAug.迷你倉價錢 11--Last weekend, another family mourned the death of their beloved child -- another young person lost their life on the treacherous streets and highways in the Permian Basin.A rollover accident in the 8600 block of Highway 191 claimed the life of 20-year-old Dustin Wiginton when his Chevrolet Blazer collided with a Dodge Avenger and rolled several times landing in the eastbound lane of 191.Sunday in a Facebook post, his obviously heartsick father, Ricky Wiginton, asked if anyone remembered when people "used to drive with respect for other drivers around here." He pleaded with everyone to please people be careful, your life depends on it, my son Dustin was taken in a car accident on 191 Friday night..."Ricky is one of many parents, family members and friends who have lost loved ones on area roadways and tragically, the death toll continues to climb.I can say, Ricky, while people used to drive with a bit more courtesy in Odessa, the roads have always been a bit dicey. But the roads were not lined with folks trying to text or get somewhere in a hurry, or with as many 18-wheelers as is the case today. Back in the day, the fatal, tragic accidents almost always had to do with speeding.Remember the slogan "Drive Friendly?" Well, that's not the case around here anymore. Gene Powell, public information officer at the Texas Department of Transportation, wants to revive that mantra."We are seeing more wrecks and fatalities and it is about driving patiently and respectfully," he said.He's right, and he added that we are seeing plates from all 50 states down here and not everyone is used to our traffic patterns."It's not to say it's outsiders -- it's everybody," Gene said.He told me recently that they are installing wire cable barriers along I-20 from west Odessa to Loop 250 in Midland and this should be strong enough to stop an 18-wheeler from crossing the median. Well I'm putting in my request for another barrier along 191.But here's a scary thought. We need to be aware of what the folks driving around us are doing. Case in point, I heard a report the other day from someone who was driving down a busy highway and this person witnessed a girl with her feet on the dash, the steering wheel between her knees and what? A cell phone was in her hands. A fatal wreck waiting to happen.Ten years ago, we respected other drivers, Gene observed."Today, you can expect the worst from everyone around you," Gene said.Five years ago it was safe to come out of the H-E-B pa迷你倉庫king lot. Today it's not. So take alternate routes or "the roads less traveled." It may take a little more time, but what's time when you are making the road safer for everyone.As for the Wiginton family, our hearts reach out to them and the many other families who have tragically lost loved ones. And so did many, many others via Facebook posts."So very sorry for your loss. You are right. People now days are either super careless and don't pay attention because of their phones or they have such a huge sense of entitlement that they feel that they own their spot on the road and will run you off the road instead of be courteous and share the road," Shannon Krugman posted."My prayer is that Dustin's death be a learning experience for the many careless drivers in the area, and that people see how easily one lapse in judgment could take someone's child from this earth. God bless you in this time of hurt and prayers for your family and a change in this community!" wrote Stephanie Niemann Tibbets."I moved back here to be with the grand kids and my aging father after being in San Antonio for 21 years," posted Angela Fenton Ayers. "Thought coming back to West TX would be a good break from the traffic in San Antonio...yeah right. Have been rear ended and run off the road. Ran off the road on 191 when someone changed lanes, went across the center median into oncoming traffic lost control of the car on rocks skidded back across the direction I was going and ended up on the service road. Don't know how I kept the car upright. The lady did turn around and came to see that I was ok. I'm so sorry for your loss. God's peace to you and your family."Michelle Alexander Snell posted: " I cannot imagine the depths of your pain but I've had 4 friends who've lost their sons so I've seen the pain. I only hope you can find a tiny bit of comfort in the memories and stories you share about Dustin. ..Nothing is that important to be speeding like a fiend to get somewhere unless it's a real emergency."And finally, Dustin's father, who is a local truck driver, pleaded with drivers to slow down."I see every day people doing things and driving like there is no tomorrow, please let's change the way we think behind the wheel."Come on, folks, we can do this.Contact Celinda Hawkins on twitter @OAciti, on Facebook at OA Celinda Hawkins or call 432-333-7779.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) Visit the Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) at .oaoa.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存

Source: The Baltimore SunAug.新蒲崗迷你倉 10--Whether the Carroll County commissioners meet to discuss zoning, the budget or other local issues, they start the same way -- with prayer.Commissioners take turns offering the prayer, often invoking God or Jesus. All five commissioners stand, as do any audience members who choose to, and then the lawmakers go ahead with their business."Prayer adds a certain sort of reverence to what we're about to do," says Douglas Howard, president of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners.That view is not unusual in the Baltimore area. Three counties open meetings with a lawmaker's prayer, and the Baltimore City Council begins with the words of local clergy. But a lawsuit scheduled to reach the Supreme Court this fall could affect the ways such prayers are made.The high court will review a ruling that a town near Rochester, N.Y., had violated the First Amendment ban on "establishment of religion." For years, the Greece town supervisor had invited a local minister to deliver an opening prayer at the council's monthly meeting. Members of the public attending the meeting were encouraged to join in the prayers.Two residents, one Jewish and one an atheist, complained for several years that the prayers were offensive and inappropriate. Until they sued in 2008, only Christians had been invited to lead the prayers.Seen through the eyes of a "reasonable observer," the town's prayer policy "must be viewed as an endorsement of ... a Christian viewpoint," the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said in ruling against the town. The Supreme Court agreed in May to hear the town's appeal.The case has led to an unusual agreement between the Obama administration and congressional Republicans that town councils should be allowed to open their meetings with a Christian prayer.Lawyers for the administration and two groups of lawmakers from the House and Senate, nearly all Republicans, separately made that argument in briefs to the Supreme Court last week. The high court should relax the constitutional limits on religious invocations at government meetings, they said.The American Civil Liberties Union disagrees and plans to file a brief supporting the plaintiffs in the New York case, said Daniel Mach, director of the group's Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief."The [Obama] administration brief takes a cramped view of religious liberty," Mach said. "It ignores the basic idea that government should never play favorites with faith. It suggests the town's practice in Greece was OK, notwithstanding [the] clear alignment of the local government with the majority faith. It suggests that government-sponsored sectarian prayer inflicts no harm."Mach said he hopes the Supreme Court affirms a lower court's decision that governments can offer prayer in public meetings, as long as it doesn't align the government with any one faith.Baltimore-area localities take a range of approaches to prayer at public meetings -- including no prayer at all, a moment of silence and spoken prayers offered by lawmakers or ministers. Baltimore County, for example, opens with a moment of silence. Anne Arundel and Harford, like Carroll, usually have invocations from lawmakers.But the prayer issue has sparked at least one lawsuit locally -- and a personal protest by an Annapolis alderman.Carroll County established its current practice in December, when the county altered its form of government -- opting to elect its commissioners by district -- and created a set of governing principles.Howard said the first thing he noticed about the outgoing commissioners was that they "didn't even say the Pledge of Allegiance, so I added that right away."Another commissioner suggested an opening prayer as another principle. "Everyone agreed, and we adopted that, too," Howard said, adding, "Prayer is a way of seeking guidance and wisdom."The Republican said the fact that prayers have tended to include Christian language should not be considered exclusionary because no one pressures the commissioners to pray in any particular way."If there were a Muslim commissioner, or an atheist, they could pray however they wished, or not pray at all, or invoke a moment of silence," he said. "After all, I wouldn't want anyone to tell me how to pray. It's a matter of free choice."Neil Ridgely of Finksburg has challenged that view. He's one of two plaintiffs who sued the county over the issue in May. The county has asked U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles Jr. to dismiss the lawsuit; he has not yet ruled.Ridgely, who attends most of the meetings, says that for several months, every commissioner has chosen a prayer that favors Christianity above other faiths, a fact he considers a violation of First Amendment freedoms."Believe me, we have Jewish people, we have Muslims, we have plenty of atheists in Carroll Cmini storageunty, and that pattern excludes them. It's offensive to me," he said.In Anne Arundel, both the County Council and the Annapolis city council open meetings with invocations offered by members. Most keep their remarks pretty general, though God is often mentioned.John Grasso, vice chairman of the County Council, said he prefers that colleagues keep comments short and sweet, "wishing the best for the meeting to go well."Grasso, a Glen Burnie Republican, supports prayer at meetings -- and in schools. But he said that doesn't mean everyone has to be subjected to a full sermon where "you feel like you're sitting in church."The County Council's invocation dates back at least to the 1960s, said Amy Tate, the council's legislative counsel. While the invocation was once the Lord's Prayer, at some point it was changed, and now council members offer their own thoughts, she said.There is one time a clergy member prays before the Anne Arundel County Council: at the beginning of the annual budget session.In Annapolis, when Alderman Jared Littmann's turn for the invocation came up in May, he made a point to say that he wouldn't lead a public prayer. Instead, he implored fellow aldermen to treat each other well and do their best to serve city residents. He posted a copy of his remarks on Facebook, where he drew a mix of supportive and critical comments.Littmann, who is Jewish, said he has no problem with people who are religious or who use religion as part of their support for an issue. But he draws the line at having a prayer as a formal part of a government meeting."It's not a matter of whether you are one religion or another. Some people, including myself, are uncomfortable in including religion in government proceedings," said Littmann, a Democrat.When his colleagues pray, Littmann stands quietly. He's not sure what he'll do for his next turn to give the invocation, but is considering asking people in the council chambers to shake hands with those around them "in the spirit of collegiality."The Harford County Council also has prayers offered by members, said Councilman Chad Shrodes, a Republican who represents the northern part of the county.Some council members change their prayer each time; others repeat the same prayer. Some opt to bring a clergy member from their district.When it's his turn, Shrodes tailors his prayer to any pertinent or pressing events in the community or the nation. He usually begins with "our heavenly father," which he hopes is "broad enough not to exclude anyone.""In any case, I've never heard any complaints," he said.Shrodes said Council President Billy Boniface, a Republican, always opens with the Serenity Prayer: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference."In Baltimore, City Council members recommend clergy members from their districts to give an invocation. The clergy are encouraged to be inclusive of people of all faiths, said Lester Davis, spokesman for President Bernard C. "Jack" Young, a Democrat."No one will get up and say specifically Jesus Christ. They're supposed to be speaking for all faiths and even nonbelievers," Davis said.Other localities shy away from prayer altogether.The Baltimore County Council starts meetings with a moment of "silent meditation."There are no prayers at any other public meetings in the county, either, spokeswoman Ellen Kobler said. "We recognize there's a lot of diversity in our county."Howard County Council meetings don't have a prayer at all, said Sheila Tolliver, the council's administrator. She said that's been the case at least since 1992, when she started working for the council.In Cecil County, the prayer issue sparked a recent debate.The county changed its form of government in December, and as the newly elected body set out to define regulations and procedures, Republican Councilwoman Diana Broomell brought up the idea of opening meetings with a prayer.The proposal sparked sharp and immediate debate, as well as strongly worded letters in the Cecil Whig. The council discussed the matter over a course of weeks before voting in May for a moment of silence rather than a prayer.County Council President Robert Hodge, a Republican, noted that Cecil residents hold a variety of religious beliefs."We know that some people strongly support Christian prayer in public meetings and that some people oppose it just as strongly," he said. "We just didn't want to get into that debate or wade into any court battle or court fight, in my opinion."Tribune news services and Baltimore Sun reporter Alison Knezevich contributed to this article.pwood@baltsun.comjonathan.pitts@baltsun.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 The Baltimore Sun Visit The Baltimore Sun at .baltimoresun.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage

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Latest exercise vastly different from previous sessions to engage the peopleThe Government was just one participant in the national conversation, said Our Singapore Conversation (OSC) committee members and chairman Heng Swee Keat, as they pointed to efforts to reach out to Singaporeans from all walks of life.迷你倉新蒲崗This made the process remarkably different from past engagement exercises, with marginalised voices being drawn out, and diverse groups coming together.Of the 47,000 who attended OSC dialogues, 4,000 went to sessions organised by community associations and voluntary welfare organisations, and participants included taxi drivers, the families of prisoners and the disabled.For theatre practitioner and committee member Kuo Jian Hong, 46, the inclusion of "people and voices in places that are not obvious" was important.Another committee member, Singapore Management University law professor Mahdev Mohan, 34, said that the format of small group discussion, as opposed to a townhall style where people face a policymaker, put people at ease and allowed them to speak freely.Ministers were only peripherally involved in the sessions.If they were present, they roved from group to group and listened in on discussions.Entrepreneur Stanley Chia, 26, said that "in townhalls, only a few vocal ones stand up and ask questions". "So it was radically different in that sense."That the OSC became the place where scientists met artists, or the young and the old interacted, impressed Singapore Muslim Women's Association board member Noorul Fatha As'art, 35."We tend to be (in) silos in our respective communities," she said, adding that the OSC has taught "respectful disagreement".Mr Heng, who is also Education Minister, said he hopes that the habit of deep and respectful conversation迷你倉出租continues.At a press conference last Tuesday to mark the end of the national conversation and the launch of its newsletter, Reflections, he also repeatedly urged Singaporeans to refrain from judging the exercise by how much impact it had on policymaking.It did not want to imitate previous engagement exercises like 2003's Remaking Singapore, he said.That concluded with a list of policy recommendations like the five-day work week.This time, the committee has distilled five core aspirations from the extensive discussions, and these will guide policymaking in future (see graphic).Mr Heng added that rather than discrete pieces of legislation, the OSC's policy imprint has been broad and intangible, shaping the real-time drift of policymaking.For example, a pilot of five Ministry of Education kindergartens, designed for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, was announced in February after OSC sessions showed him "how children from low-income family have difficulties in catching up".The Reflections newsletter has taken pains to illustrate this, with two timelines running parallel to each other.One marks the milestones of the OSC process, which comprised more than 660 dialogues; the other lays out policy changes that have occurred through the year as a result, such as new Housing Board flats for singles, and the free off-peak MRT travel pilot."Policymaking is not something where you stop mid-stream and say, well, since we are going to have the conversation, nothing gets done and therefore let's finish the conversation, then let's debate what should be done," Mr Heng said. "It is an ongoing, iterative process."Some 60,000 copies of Reflections will be distributed to the public.The newsletter is also available online at .oursgconversation.sg/reflectionsrchang@sph.com.sg儲存倉

本報記者 沈則瑾8月7日、8日，mini storage上海中心氣象台都在上午發佈高溫紅色預警。空調耗電量大幅攀升，城市用電負荷屢創新高，商場、酒店和展館里的人卻不見少，涼爽舒適的環境讓人流連。記者連續兩天穿行在大街小巷，調查公共建築是否按要求的夏季室內空調溫度設置不得低於26℃。雖然帶著溫度計，但其實從體感就能感覺到這一標準執行得相當不錯——室外熱浪滾滾，一天中最熱的時段里想將溫度打得低於26℃怕也很難。記者于中午12點前後趕到南京西路上緊挨著的高檔購物中心梅龍鎮廣場、中信泰富廣場和�隆廣場，以及附近的久光百貨。梅龍鎮中庭正在舉辦夏季日本商品展，吃飯的白領順道進去逛逛，人多溫度高，中庭溫度一度近30℃，直到過了飯點人少了很多，室溫才降至27.5℃。將自然光引入建築設計中，是另外3家購物中心的共同點，這樣的設計據說能使建築造型展現迷人魅力，節約照明和空調用電，增加人的舒適感，但正午時分陽光從空中直瀉而下，雖有白色帷幔遮擋，中庭里溫度還是在27.0℃上下，沒有往常高檔商廈里的陣陣“寒意”。這幾家購物中心是上海著名世界品牌集聚地，公共空間溫度雖然“達標”，可自行調節空調溫度的�多品牌專賣店卻自行其是，客人很少，溫度很低，且品牌知名度越高，溫度越低，在店內站一小會兒就想離開，溫度計的溫度也很快降至22℃、23℃，與櫥窗里陳列的秋裝一起讓人瞬間“穿越”到深秋。記者還先後來到人民廣場旁的來福士廣場、陸家嘴的正大廣場和國金中心，定位於年輕人時尚地標的來福士室溫約在28.0℃，人流量極大。正大廣場也是如此，幾部垂直電梯前都排著長隊，但因為空間寬敞，27℃上下依然體感舒適。與地鐵站在地下相連的國金中心將走出地鐵的人直接引入淡黃色大理石通道，十分涼爽。國金中心地下一樓有個影城，一位年輕姑娘想看電影，而一起來的母親卻說“裡面一定很冷的，不要看了走啦走啦”，邊說邊有點誇張地雙手交叉抱在胸前。記者來到集常年展示、短期展覽和辦公為一體的上海世貿商城，這裡溫度控制在26℃，運營副總陳暉告訴記者，大樓所有公共空間均實行實時溫度監測和即時自動調節，實施了外窗貼隔熱膜和中央self storage調冰蓄冷控制系統等措施，在整體降低建築物內部溫度的同時，達到了錯峰用電節約能源的目的。印象中，五星級酒店常將溫度調到很低，但無論是到虹橋開發區的揚子江萬麗大酒店還是到陸家嘴的金茂大廈採訪，記者都並不覺得空調溫度調得特別低。記者從上海市旅遊局瞭解到，上海三星級以上飯店節能目標都層層分解落實，完成情況納入員工績效考核範疇，今年單位建築面積能耗要降低1.4%，能耗增量要控制在3萬噸標準煤左右。據統計，今年一季度三星級以上飯店能源消費量為10.1萬噸標準煤，同比下降7.74%；單位面積能耗為0.014噸標煤/M2，同比下降7.71%。記者在下午時間走進陸家嘴金融城各家銀行發現，同是高大敞亮的一樓大堂，一些將自然光引入建築設計的銀行透過玻璃幕牆射進來的陽光依然灼人，局部溫度很高，盡管所有的門都緊閉，但還是只有走到大樓深處才覺涼爽。8月7日，上海最高氣溫達40.8℃，為有氣象記錄以來最高，8日也達40.2℃，與氣溫同創歷史新高的是用電負荷。來自上海市電力公司的數據顯示，7日和8日，上海全市用電負荷分別為2940萬千瓦和2920萬千瓦，其中8日用電負荷令今夏上海第9次刷新紀錄，如果繼續攀升，高峰時段可能將對部分地區的部分非居民用戶�動有序用電預案。空調負荷占上海電網總負荷的30%左右，電力公司工作人員告訴記者，相關研究和實驗表明，空調在製冷時，設定溫度每提高1℃可省電6%至8%。但在嚴格執行公共建築空調溫度控制標準時，還存在諸多難點，電力部門只能積極提倡和建議節能，不能強制控制用戶室內溫度。兩天的採訪讓記者感到，在極炎熱天氣中的公共建築節能情況，並不能完全反映日常的控制標準執行情況。但近年來，上海層層抓節能減排的工作機制和社會環境已經形成，只是新建建築在設計時還需在節能減排上多花些心思，既有建築如何進一步節能改造，也還有許多潛力可挖。上海世博會上出現過的“零能耗”建築不止一棟，採用其中一些成熟技術、讓合理用能成為常態，在技術上並不困難，關鍵在於是否想做好節能減排這篇大文章。希望今夏極端高溫對上海的“烤”驗，讓節能減排工作取得新進展。迷你倉

地處賀蘭山旁、黃河上游的寧夏，mini storage包含了沙漠、草原、山地、森林、濕地等多層次特色鮮明的景色，自然風光成為寧夏發展生態旅遊業的優勢。根據寧夏統計局的公開資料，2012年全區接待國內外遊客達1340.89萬人次，比上年增長14.6%，實現旅遊總收入103.39億元，增長22.8%。自從去年寧夏內陸開放型經濟試驗區、銀川綜合保稅區獲批後，寧夏希望對外開放能以生態旅遊破題。今年8月，寧夏通過了《關於加強黃河銀川段兩岸生態保護的決定》，將以黃河河道為軸，對兩岸總面積約314平方公里的自然生態景觀實行分級保護。一級保護區重點保護黃河河流、灘塗、湖泊、濕地、植被、林木、野生鳥類、魚類等生態系統和生物多樣性；二級保護區重點保護農田、溝渠道路、林網林帶、經果林、湖泊、濕地、野生動物棲息地。 5月，寧夏被環境保護部確定為開展全國重點生態功能區環境保護和管理工作首批3個試點省區之一，確定推廣一批防沙治沙、水土保持、水源地保護、生態修復和汙染治理等項目和技術，實施生態環境保護與治理項目建設。 4self storage，寧夏旅遊局與中國旅遊研究院簽署了 《寧夏建設特色鮮明的國際旅遊目的地規劃委托合同》，將全區旅遊業按照銀川、中衛、固原三個組團進行規劃，並邀請國內高水平的專家用國際化視野和觀念對重點景區進行規劃。除了依靠自然風光，寧夏還希望借助底蘊深厚回族文化吸引更多國際遊客。寧夏已經建成了中華回鄉文化園和世界穆斯林城，開通了銀川至迪拜的航線，還將建設世界穆斯林民俗村、世界穆斯林文化博覽園、世界穆斯林歷史博物館等多項旅遊設施。據悉，在今年的2013中阿博覽會期間舉辦的“世界穆斯林旅行商大會”，將相繼上演豐富多彩的寧夏旅遊推薦活動，如“旅遊市長帶你游”，“全國穆斯林旅遊商品設計大賽入圍作品展”，“中國穆斯林旅遊洽談會”以及“穆斯林兄弟游寧夏”等。而在“中國—阿拉伯國家文化藝術展示周”上，通過中國—阿拉伯國家優秀劇目展演和國際民間藝術展演等活動將全面推動中阿之間的文化交流。寧夏希望借助融合了回族文化、西夏文化、沙漠文化、黃河文化以及絲路文化的生態旅遊，能進一步推動寧夏的對外開放。 （向北）迷你倉

（吉隆坡9日訊）貨柜箱對你而言，迷你倉沙田是否只有裝載貨物的功能而已呢？其實不然。在工程師的巧思及鍥而不捨下，全馬首間貨柜箱酒店“誕生”了！坐落於吉隆坡市中心德利瑪路（Jalan Delima）的首間雙層貨柜箱酒店耗資100萬令吉，共有16間房。除了貨柜箱，該酒店也有不少房間是以工程用的水泥管改建而成。概念源自貨車房屋貨柜箱酒店已於7月杪竣工，並迎來住客。特別的貨柜箱酒店設計概念源自於流動式的貨車房屋。酒店的創辦人呂俊鋒表示，貨柜箱酒店也能打造成隆市的一個特徵及旅遊景點之一，讓更多感興趣的遊客入住，成為我國與各國遊客的聯繫。呂俊鋒：為隆上班族而設呂俊鋒（30歲，工程師）在受訪時透露，由於吉隆坡寸土如金，加上許多在隆市中心的上班族都是在市中心以外的地區租房子，因此他便在2年前興起了建設貨柜箱酒店的念頭。他說，貨柜箱酒店的對象主要是在隆市中心的上班族，因為不僅費用較為便宜，上班族更可避免塞車及節省交通費，一舉三得。他說，貨柜箱酒店不僅環保，建造期限也非常快，大約2個星期便能完工。目前已有一名日本籍遊客入住。父親支持實現計劃呂俊鋒透露，該酒店的計劃得來不易，當初提出建設貨柜箱酒店的概念時，身邊的人都因“無法想像”而不太看好及支持。惟身為建築師的父親對他的創意及新穎的概念大表贊同，讓他有了一股堅持實現計劃的力量。他坦言，雖然在建築行業已擁有7年多的建築經驗，但卻對發展商的工作領域一無所迷你倉價錢，造成他在開始實行貨柜箱酒店計劃期間經常碰釘子。“對我而言，最大的困難莫過於尋找合適的地段以及獲得吉隆坡市政局的批准。”他表示，他曾向市政局提呈建議3次但都被拒絕。為了獲得市政局的批准，他不惜在市政局待上一整天，只為可以巧遇吉隆坡市長。“可是隨著日子越拖越久，我也倍感壓力，甚至覺得這個概念是行不通的。所幸我一直獲得家人的支持，而沒有放棄該項計劃。”無論如何，該計劃最終成功啟動。呂俊鋒透露，他也已與市政局簽署9年的合約，打算擴展在隆市的貨柜箱酒店計劃。除了隆市，他也計劃在馬六甲及檳城打造更多的貨柜箱箱酒店。從概念到竣工身體力行完成夢想“這是屬於我個人的首個結晶品，從概念的產生直到貨柜箱酒店的竣工，過程中完全是自己一步一步的去完成。”呂俊鋒指出，該項計劃能夠順利完成，要特別感謝其未婚妻林秀穎、爸爸呂子良及弟弟呂偉立。“我非常感謝爸爸用心的栽培我，讓我成為工程師，對社會也能有所貢獻。如今總算有些許成績及能夠給他們一個交代，並希望他們能夠引以為傲。”貨柜箱酒店分3格局貨柜箱酒店主要分成3種格局，包括戶外（Outgoing）、探險（Adventure）及傳統（Conservative）。戶外模式是以雙層單人床的形式呈現，共有8個床位，內附浴室，費用為每人每晚56令吉；探險模式是以雙人床的洞穴方式呈現，外用浴室，費用為每晚84令吉；而傳統模式內附雙人床及浴室，每晚收費140令吉。;迷你倉庫

Source: The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionAug.迷你倉價錢 10--A DeKalb County police officer responding to a call early Saturday morning was killed in a single-car accident, according to DeKalb Police.Around 2:45 a.m. Saturday Officer Ivorie Klusmann's police vehicle left the road near the intersection of DeKalb Medical Parkway and Heritage Park Trail and struck a tree. Klusmann was pronounced dead at the scene, according to DeKalb spokeswoman Mekka Parish.Officials said some time around 2 a.m. Klusmann had pulled over a driver during a traffic stop near Snapfinger Woods Drive. The officer took the driver's information and went back to his patrol car, when the suspect fled the scene.Kl迷你倉庫smann pursued the driver for a short distance until the chase was called off. A short time later another police officer in the area notified dispatchers that he spotted the suspect driver. Klusmann was on his way to that location when the accident occurred.The 31-year-old father of two children has been with the DeKalb County Police Department since October of last year and worked in the East Precinct. He graduated from the police academy in April.The incident is still under investigation.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Ga.) Visit The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Ga.) at .ajc.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存

【本報國際組報道】美國中央情報局（CIA）前僱員斯諾登洩密風波，迷你倉價錢繼續困擾美國。美國總統奧巴馬日內與家人度假，度假前他約見了包括美國蘋果電腦行政總裁庫克在內的多間科技公司高層和民間領袖，商討政府的監控通訊計劃，會面內容圍繞在保護國家安全的同時，如何能夠更好地保障私隱。輿論反對此次度假奧巴馬將在日內與家人赴麻省度假，由於美國正備受恐襲威脅、洩密風波等困擾，輿論普遍認為奧巴馬此時此刻選擇度假並不合適。奧巴馬在美國時間周四於華盛頓會晤希臘總理薩馬拉斯時，拒絕回應記者關於斯諾登的提問，僅表示將會召開記者會，屆時才提問會比較合適。美國傳媒報道，奧巴馬在當天已經約見了多間科技公司高層和民間領袖，包括美國蘋果電腦行政總裁庫克、美國電話電報行政總裁斯蒂芬森等人，商討政府的監控通訊計劃。報道又謂，奧巴馬在周二亦曾經與美國資訊科技工業協會、美國公民自由聯盟等組織的代表會晤。報道引述官迷你倉庫稱，有關會議主要是討論在數碼時代，保護美國國家安全的同時，如何能更有效地保障私隱。Lavabit電郵公司倒閉另外，斯諾登一直使用的加密電郵服務公司Lavabit，周四突然關閉。公司創辦人萊文森（Levison）發表聲明，稱要在參與對美國人民傷害的行為，或關閉經營了將近10年的Lavabit中作出艱難的決定，而他最後選擇了後者。他在聲明中沒有進一步解釋關閉網站的原因，但稱自己受到限制無法提供更多的細節，暗示是受到美國政府的壓力而關閉網站，又謂「這個經驗告訴我一個非常重要的教訓，未經國會或強大的司法程序保護，我建議任何人不要把私人數據放在與美國政府連接的網站上」。中國避免與美衝突至於中國官媒《環球時報》昨發表評論，稱斯諾登落戶俄羅斯，中國也是贏家，因為俄羅斯接收斯諾登，站到對美鬥爭的最前線，同時中國作為俄羅斯的全面戰略協作夥伴，不用與美國有正面衝突，是符合中國的利益。儲存