■芬蘭北部大城奧盧作為諾基亞研發重鎮曾風光一時,迷你倉旺角但隨諾基亞手機丟掉江山而黯淡,不過在諾基亞重整旗鼓及前員工興創業潮之下,奧盧又重現生機。■DESPITE THE GLOOM, THE BUDS OF A RECOVERY ARE VISIBLE IN OULU, ONCE A KEY NOKIA R & D SITE.芬蘭北部最大城奧盧(OULU)曾是手機大廠諾基亞(NOKIA)的研發大本營,但在這家昔日全球手機龍頭營運走下坡後,奧盧這個芬蘭北部經濟工業重鎮也跟著黯然失色。不過如今這裡成為微軟資料中心熱門預定地,不少前諾基亞員工也在此創業另起爐灶,讓奧盧露出復甦曙光。諾基亞在全球智慧手機市場卡位失敗,被蘋果IPHONE及谷歌ANDROID手機打得落花流水,銷售下滑和裁員等負面消息接踵而至,這個手機巨人終究還是倒下,去年9月宣布將手機事業賣給軟體巨擘微軟。諾基亞及其網路事業在奧盧基地雇用的員工數一度多達5,000人,但現在不到一半。去年夏天奧盧的失業率突破16%,是自1990年代初芬蘭金融危機以來首見。恢復活力的奧盧如今似乎出現轉機,微軟今年接手諾基亞手機業務後,打算投資2.5億美元在芬蘭成立雲端資料中心,奧盧便是屬意的預定地之一。美國無線晶片製造商博通(BROADCOM)也可望扮演奧盧就業市場的救世主,博通有意收購日本瑞薩電子在芬蘭的無線數據機業務。瑞薩原本打算資遣在奧盧的所有員工,他們當中大多是瑞薩2010年買下諾基亞數據機事業時接收過來的前諾基亞人。諾基亞分拆手機業務後全力主攻無線網路電信事業,去年8月收購德國西mini storage子全數持股取得完全經營權的諾基亞解決方案暨網路公司(NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS,NSN),將占諾基亞整體營收的9成,其在奧盧的2,300名員工不但全數保留,甚至出現擴充人力的聲音。奧盧恢復活力多少歸功於芬蘭的高教育水平,讓這個人口540萬的國家維持一定的競爭力。芬蘭學生屢屢在國際能力測驗中名列前茅,經濟合作發展組織(OECD)去年10月公布的測試結果顯示,芬蘭成人的讀寫與算術能力僅次於日本人,排名第二。奧盧更是科研人才的匯集地,此地智慧財產權的登記數超越首都赫爾辛基。前諾基亞人舊地重生曾為諾基亞資深主管的雷帕拉(PASI LEIPALA),現任HALTIAN執行長,這家專門設計電子和軟體產品的公司是奧盧最成功的新創事業例子之一,2012年HALTIAN旗下的員工數屈指可數,如今已擴編到70人。雷帕拉說:「奧盧最棒的地方就是人才濟濟,輕而易舉就能網羅到頂尖人才。」因公司人力調整被迫離職的前「諾基亞人」逐漸站穩腳步,紛紛自行創業開創事業第二春,他們的老東家倒是在這方面助一臂之力,諾基亞推動名為「諾基亞之橋」(NOKIA’S BRIDGE)的計畫,旨在提供資金協助離職員工創業。此外來自芬蘭國家技術創新局(TEKES)的政府基金,也給懷抱成立科技新創公司夢想的諾基亞人圓夢機會。前諾基亞員工基維斯托(KARI KIVISTO)自創SPEKTIKOR公司生產心率監測器,他表示奧盧會另闢蹊徑走出景氣低谷,就如同19世紀瀝青業沒落後,奧盧依然能重現生機。他說:「我們再次看到峰迴路轉的改變,我們會破繭重生。」迷你倉
- 1月 05 週日 201415:34
TV搖搖樂新春版升級上線
信息來源於四川新聞網 / Cited from .newssc.org/電視機屏幕右上角出現一個漢字,迷你倉搖一搖自己的手機,手機屏幕馬上出現16個備選漢字,而你只需要對照電視屏幕上的漢字點擊手機,選中正確的那個漢字後,金幣就會從天滾滾而降……昨日,記者體驗了由CDTV-2官方出品的TV搖搖樂新春升級版後真心感到,趣味性大大增加了。據瞭解,TV搖搖樂新春升級版今天上線。在這個版本中,保留了廣受搖迷歡迎的互動遊戲“搖文件倉幣”,還配合全新漢字益智節目《一字千金》推出了一種電視手機雙屏互動遊戲“猜漢字”,每天18點到23點,CDTV-2屏幕右上角上都會不定時出現漢字,而用戶只需要要搖動手機,再在手機上點擊相應的漢字,就會獲得金幣;而且如果用時短,還會獲得更多的金幣,最高可達1000枚。此外,TV搖搖樂還新設了全新的互動社區“爆料就送金幣”。TV搖搖樂下載:1、發送短信116至10669588116;2、掃描上面的二維碼。(邱峻峰)存倉
- 1月 05 週日 201415:25
12306網站回應“購票驗證碼”“假身份證囤票”問題稱 更換新版驗證碼降低識別難度
新華社北京1月4日電(記者齊中熙)春運火車票開始售賣以來,迷你倉12306購票網站持續受到社會關注。有旅客反映網站不穩定、網站購票驗證碼看不清、“黃牛”用假身份證囤票等。記者為此採訪了12306網站。根據12306網站提供的數據,自2014年鐵路春運售票工作開始以來,12306網站運行基本正常。截至2014年1月3日24時,鐵路部門已累計售出春運火車票8616.8萬張,其中通過12306網站售出3937.6萬張,通過中國鐵路12306手機客戶端售出309.9萬張。針對有部分網民和媒體反映的12306網站購票驗證碼問題,12306技術人員表示,2014年鐵路春運售票工作開始後,個別互聯網公司以搶票瀏覽器、搶票插件等形式,對12306網站的驗證碼進行自動識別,進而達到插隊購票的目的。這種行為嚴重擾亂了互聯網購票秩序,影響了購票的公平和12306網站的安全。為了維護公平的售票秩序和廣大旅客的切身利益,保證12306網站運行安全,12306網站採取了相應的技術措施,將靜態驗證碼更換為動態驗證碼,有效地遏制了對驗證碼的自動識別行為,但同時也增加了旅客識別驗證碼的難度。近日,根據部分網民和旅客的建議,12306網站對驗證碼方案進行了調整優化,將動態驗證碼更換為增加了底紋或干擾線的新版靜態驗證碼,既降低了旅客的識別難度,同時也保持了對自動識別軟件的有效防控。12306網站指出,即便如此,相對於最初的mini storage證碼,新版靜態驗證碼對旅客的購票體驗仍有一定影響。這是12306網站為了維護廣大旅客購票的公正性不得已而採取的措施,希望廣大旅客給予理解。12306網站呼籲個別互聯網公司停止對驗證碼的自動識別行為,對繼續干擾正常購票秩序、影響12306網站安全的行為,12306網站將被迫採取進一步的技術措施。同時,也提醒廣大旅客慎用搶票瀏覽器和搶票插件,以免耽誤出行。針對近日有媒體報道,部分黃牛用虛假身份證號直接購票囤票,找到買家後退票回購轉賣的現象,12306網站負責人指出,12306網站實行購票實名制,旅客購票應填寫有效的乘車人身份信息,如使用假身份證號購買車票,在車站窗口、鐵路客票代售點、自動售取票機等均不能辦理換票、退票手續;對通過12306網站退回的車票,12306網站均採取計算機隨機處理的方式進行處理,系統會根據距離車票開車時間的遠近,在確保每一張車票都有充足時間再次售出的前提下,自動隨機地將退回的車票再次放出,供旅客購買。鐵路部門提醒廣大旅客,今後10天左右的時間是春運售票的最高峰期,旅客購票應使用本人有效身份證件,通過正規渠道和到正規售票場所購票,特別注意不向他人泄露身份信息,不從票販手中購票,以免上當受騙,對各種形式的倒票行為,可向鐵路警方舉報,對實名舉報並經查證屬實立案的,鐵路警方將給予舉報人100至500元的獎勵。春運期間,請廣大旅客注意“票、證、人”的一致性,以免耽誤旅行。self storage
- 1月 05 週日 201415:15
Albany NY
Source: Times Union, Albany, N.存倉Y.Jan. 04--COLONIE -- Andy Breen, the Battery Man, cometh with a fresh delivery of cold, cranking amps.The current stretch of subfreezing weather has been sucking the juice out of old, weak batteries and killing them off for good.Motorists waiting at auto repair shops to replace dead batteries were happy to see Breen roll up in his bright green Interstate Batteries truck to replenish parts stockrooms with gleaming 40-pound cubes of raw power."Unfortunately, I can't give people a jump on the side of the road, but I tell them I'm bringing new batteries and direct them to the nearest repair shop," said Breen, a driver for Interstate Batteries for 18 years. He covers a territory from Glens Falls to Selkirk and Amsterdam to Greenwich, Washington County.On Friday, when temperatures hovered in the single digits and dipped well below zero overnight, many motorists awakened to that sickening sound of a staccato click-click-click coming from their frigid dashboards. It's the last gasp of a dead battery.As of midafternoon, AAA Hudson Valley had received 452 auto-related emergency calls, about 300 of them requesting a jump-start for a dead battery, said spokeswoman Nancy McMahon. AAA's entire fleet of emergency trucks and additional contract vehicles were extremely busy Friday providing roadside assistance across the Capital Region, she added.A jump-start is usually a final warning for procrastinators and a sign that the battery should be replaced immediately, Breen said.Weakened batteries that respond to a jump-start typically won't hold a full charge and will fail to re-start in temperatures this cold, he said."A lot of people know they need a new battery, but they put it off and then when it gets this cold their car won't start," said Adam Dion, manager of the Firestone auto care store on Wolf Road in Colonie.He put in his order for a stack of new batteries that Breen wheeled into the stockroom with a hand truck. His mechanics had installed seven new batteries in the past couple days.Those who don't replace weak batteries after being informed often compound the problem by tacking on a tow truck charge to the cost of a new battery, Dion noted.David Bogdan, an apprentice studying auto mechanics at Hudson Valley Community College, replaced a battery in Steve Correll's 2006 Ford Fusion at Firestone on Friday. Correll was told in September when he brought the car to Firestone for an oil change that his battery should be replaced.His battery's 590-amp c儲存pacity had drained to a paltry 245 amps, a diagnostic test showed, which explained why the car groaned and took several tries to start the last few mornings."I put off replacing the battery, but I decided I better get a new one today so I don't get stranded somewhere in the freezing cold," said Correll, of Albany, who works for the state Department of Taxation and Finance."In the automotive business, we like this kind of weather," said Kyle Benecasa, manager of the Sears Auto Center at Colonie Center. Most motorists got a jump-start and managed to drive their vehicle in, although about 20 percent arrived by tow truck and faced a much higher bill, he said.Benecasa's shop was doing a brisk business in DieHard batteries, the Sears brand, which range from $90 for an entry-level to $229 for the top-end platinum series. The installation fee is $19.99.He recommended having a battery installed by trained professionals because improper installation can lead to serious consequences for a vehicle's electrical system.At Firestone, a new Interstate battery ranges from $114 to $250 and the installation fee is $15. "It seems simple enough, just a couple bolts, but you can really mess things up if you don't install it right," Dion said. He has seen do-it-yourselfers gone awry electrocute themselves and burn out entire computerized electrical systems, which can cost thousands to replace.The brutally cold weather is also causing headaches for motorists who need replacement wiper blades and a tire top-off after low tire pressure sets off a dashboard diagnostic light.In addition, he's been getting 30 or 40 people a day coming in with the low tire pressure light on in recent days, said Dion, who typically inflates tires as a courtesy free of charge. "Within reason," he added.The cold snap also has spelled trouble for old antifreeze that had lost its potency, resulting in radiator hoses splitting or creating radiator leaks due to freeze-ups.The lesson of battery-killing cold was driven home for Dion. His mother called him Thursday to say her car wouldn't start. It was dead in her driveway. He drove up to Clifton Park that night in a snowstorm and installed a new Interstate battery.The car engine turned right over on the first crank and roared to life.A dutiful son's work was done.pgrondahl@timesunion.com, 518-454-5623, @PaulGrondahlCopyright: ___ (c)2014 the Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) Visit the Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) at .timesunion.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉
- 1月 05 週日 201415:05
走香港百岳 山中拾趣
�嚓,self storage捲片,攝影師兼藝術家尹子聰至今仍堅持使用菲林相機,在黑房�把郊野風光印到相紙上。10年前的黑白全幅照片,部份已成山林遺照。那些年沒迪士尼樂園、昂坪360,龍鼓灘堆填區也不像今天高,也想不到有朝一日要守護大浪西灣和郊野公園!二字頭變三字頭,去年12月重踏2003年的足�,走遍香港134座山頭,為郊野變遷存照留檔。於19天�比毅行者更瘋狂地追趕時間,眼觀大山大水以外,山中之物,再小,也可能蘊藏�一個個山野傳奇,令他駐足。 記者:邵超 攝影:陳盛臣、周旭文、部份照片由受訪者提供 人在尹子聰的攝影工作室中,射燈射在一幅貼滿134個橙色圓形貼紙的香港全境地圖上,每張貼紙,代表他上月攀過的山。相隔10年,他又花了19天,重訪港九新界及大嶼山等百岳,每到山巔的標高處,便拍一張照片,分別的是,第一次環港之旅,客觀地記錄東南西北四個方位的景觀,這次的照片大部份是「鬆郁矇」且抽象,偏向被譽為「攝影界哲學家」的日本攝影大師杉本博司的風格,「這次用的是數百元的Holga相機,它只有單一曝光值及快門,須符合條件才能拍到美麗的照片。但其實我明知結果不會完美,我想強調的是,過程比結果重要。」郊遊的樂趣,並非金錢可以衡量,魯連城知道的話,便不會以人工湖和豪宅,在大浪西灣與愛惜郊野的人心中,狠狠劃下一道傷疤,「東灣是最美的。」我們熟悉的大浪西灣,其實是由西灣、鹹田、大灣和東灣四個連綿的天然海灘組成,東灣原始的風光震撼了當年還是中二生的他。 當老大練就責任感 都說藝術家不食人間煙火,尹子聰並非天生以藝術家為業,性情並不嚴肅,反而是大孩子一個,兒子三歲時,便帶他爬獅子山,任何一塊石頭也比小豆丁大,需要手腳並用爬過,實為非常爸爸。他出身並不富貴,有一姐一妹,父母皆是公務員,官不高,退休後咬長糧讓這個兒子少了包袱,可以安心地當藝術家。對山野的狂熱,自小育成,尹子聰從未讓母親少操心,「那時是香港航空青年團團員,真槍實彈射擊,又可以坐上軍用飛機飛行,多威風!」玩得太瘋了,母親勒令停止,但野孩子總有辦法去瘋,尹子聰得意地說:「哼!就一個人去行山,其實更危險!」中學生獨個兒行山是奇聞,男校的同學們看�看�,都跟�他行山,當了老大,反而練就了責任感,「每次行山,我守隊尾,讓體能較佳的同學當前鋒。」這次行山計劃的支援隊一員,便是相識逾廿年的老同學。高中時到英國留學,幾乎不用交學費,都道是公務員的福利多好,笑他是港英餘孽,他衷心說:「無英國就無我!」學費省了,但攝影器材和沖曬花光了他的零用錢,省吃儉用,數年間在英國只爬過一次山,那時的夢想,是當戰地攝影師,「Robert Capa英國威爾斯大學紀實攝影最著名,只有面試不設筆試,每位教授都是現役攝影名師或曾經名迷你倉一時的大師級,學生都自發去拍拍拍。」認清戰地攝影師的光明與黑暗面,學成歸來念頭一轉,職業一欄從此寫上攝影師與藝術家,創立「黑點」。 滿山藝術家 少年時期早已踏遍香港群山,2003年忽發奇想,�近瘋狂的行山計劃,於見慣野豬的他,只是時間控制的問題罷了,「下一個十年,還想延續這個計劃。」尹子聰與山林十年之約,有份藝術家的堅持。但山野藝術家不止他一個,這天隨他登山尋訪隱於林的晨運樂園和天梯,鐵通時而與木板交互搭配出不同款式的椅子,時而變成高低槓的支架,那份毅力與創意,比他更甚。晨運客理應不該非法建築,我在法律與人情之間迷惑,容我不透露路線。在追趕�時間攀過百岳的過程中,尹子聰總會在晨運樂園歇息,「一切都是有機地發生的,晨運客需要一個可以歇息的地方,撿拾廢建材搭了椅子、種了樹,環境很宜人。」一樹一椅,居民經年累月打造�他們的秘密花園,「建得那麼美,他們又會在這兒丟垃圾!」尹子聰很喜歡看垃圾,垃圾�有大千世界,他以行山杖指�一個罐裝飲料罐,頃刻化身成驗屍官,「這個是十多廿年前的包裝,應該不是行山人士留下,這�昔日可能是個聚落,是村民留下的垃圾。」簡單如餅乾與飯盒,便能辨出是行山人士還是附近地盤工友隨手丟棄的垃圾。 若說晨運樂園是山中常見的風景,但眼前通往山巔的天梯,工程之巨,是歷年所見之最,「粗略估計,這條居民自建的天梯長度就有500多米!」都說晨運客�虎藏龍,眼前每級樓梯都費心地斧鑿,再以深插地下的鐵通支撐�一塊長板,「是建築廢料!每一塊膠板或廢料都是不同的,你可以想像到山下有地盆施工中,或是商場裝修,又或是某間村屋丟了舊木門。」一塊一故事,把廢物循環再用,好歹是功德無量,有時還是抒懷的壁報板。瞥見一兩塊板上寫�「CY無恥無能」,不禁大笑,尹子聰說:「近來在不同山頭也看到這個人的墨寶,看得出他很憤怒。」中國自古詩人墨客總愛在郊野賦詩或題字,金庸在《書劍恩仇錄》中就諷刺乾隆到處吟詩題字是「唐突勝景,作踐山水。」憤怒君在板上題字,用字簡潔,罵得痛快,倒勝過乾隆了。其實未有唐突勝景、熱愛山野的詩人也有一個,那天燈柱貼有字�熟悉的白紙。尹子聰10年前有緣見過這名署名D.C.的老人,「他特別以A4紙打印,然後費心地張貼,幾乎每條山徑,甚至意想不到的地方,也看到他的墨寶。」紙上留詩一則,以公諸同好,到白紙隨時日黃了、缺了角,行山人士心中仍然記得那份躍然紙上的狂熱。 下一個10年,相信尹子聰黑白照片�傳來的那份狂熱,依然很燙! 2003年全幅照片 2013年Holga作品 尹子聰《後都市化》登山攝影計劃講座(1月6日) 詳情:.hktraveler.com/apply/onlineForm.aspx?tId=TL_0000037迷你倉將軍澳
- 1月 05 週日 201414:55
甘肅機場集團連跨“百萬級”台階 2013年旅客吞吐量突破650萬人次大關
本報蘭州訊(記者牛彥君通訊員施睿章周軍培)2013年12月31日23時30分,迷你倉伴隨著2013年度最後一架航班在中川機場平穩降落,甘肅機場集團順利實現又一個航空安全年。回望過去的一年,甘肅機場集團旅客吞吐量突破650萬人次大關,該集團也實現了連續三年“百萬級”跨越增長。對於甘肅民航業而言,2013年是一個喜悅的“豐收年”:在5月30日召開的中國機場發展大會上,甘肅機場集團被評為“最具發展潛力機場集團”;而上半年甘肅機場集團的運輸起降架次、旅客吞吐量增幅在全國各大機場集團排名第一;11月18日,蘭州中川機場年旅客吞吐量突破500萬人次大關,正式邁入全國大型運輸機場行列;12月19日,蘭州航空口岸擴大對外國籍飛機開放正式通過了國家驗收;中川機場、慶陽機場的擴建工作正在緊鑼密鼓地進行、敦煌機場擴建前期工作已全面鋪開……甘肅機場集團下轄蘭州中川機場、敦煌機場、嘉峪關機場、慶陽機場、金昌機場、張掖機場六個機場。2013年,該集團以“加密骨幹航點、更換大機型、與旅客吞吐量排名前50位的機場通航、增加過夜飛機、串通完善支線網絡、鞏固地區國際航班”為重點,積極加大航空市場開發力度,密切聯繫各航空公司,努力引進航線、增加航班,集團安全生產和經營均創歷史最好成績,mini storage中運輸生產增幅處於全國領先位置。截至2013年12月31日,甘肅機場集團共完成運輸起降6.4萬架次、旅客吞吐量653萬人次、貨郵吞吐量4.3萬噸,同比分別增長26%、25%、17%以上。三大運輸生產指標均創同期歷史最高紀錄。其中,運輸起降架次、旅客吞吐量同比增幅均位居民航西北地區第一,該增長幅度在全國也處於較高水平。2013年,是甘肅機場集團新開航線、加密航線、恢複航線最多的一年,共計執 行航線70多條,通航城市達到60多個,現有國內外運營航空公司23家。蘭州機場新開常州、夏河等航線;敦煌機場新開西寧、大連、成都、吐魯番航線;張掖機場新開了廣州航線;嘉峪關機場新開重慶、銀川、昆明、廣州、金昌航線。在整體運輸生產快速增長的同時,A330、B767寬體客機定期執飛蘭州至北京、蘭州至成都,有效加密了這些骨幹航線。國際、地區航線開闢也取得新進展,開通蘭州-泰國航線,加密蘭州-台北航線,恢複蘭州-首爾航班,期間共運送旅客9萬多人次,同比增長178%。回顧近三年來甘肅機場集團的旅客吞吐量,在2011年突破400萬,達到429萬人次,並就此開始連續實現“百萬級”跨越增長;2012年突破500萬,達到523萬人次;2013年突破600萬,一舉達到了653萬人次。儲存
- 1月 05 週日 201413:45
Banker's bizarre journey culminates with capture
Source: The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionJan.迷你倉 04--On New Year's Eve three years ago, Aubrey Lee Price was hailed as the savior of a troubled small-town bank.Two years later, on yet another New Year's Eve, a court declared him dead. By then, his bank had failed. He lost perhaps $25 million of his investors' money, including, apparently, his parents'. And his disappearance the previous June set off an international manhunt and made national headlines.This New Year's Eve, the indicted banker was found -- alive -- in an unlikely traffic stop in coastal Georgia. His dinged-up truck held a propane tank, a sleeping bag and fake IDs. Days later, in another twist, authorities in Florida said Price, who was once a minister, is suspected of growing more than 200 marijuana plants.It's a far fall for the 47-year-old Price, and those three New Year's eves are like chapters in a bizarre financial thriller that seems to have no end.Still to be discovered is where he spent the last 18 months and how much of the missing millions will ever be returned to battered investors.Rick Smith, 63, retired early from Lockheed Martin in 2007 on Price's advice. But now the Dallas, Ga., man said he and his wife have gotten part-time jobs and sold a boat and RV to make up for losses investing with Price. They don't know whether they'll see their missing money again."It helps a whole lot just knowing where he is," Smith said. "Maybe he'll pay for what he did."But Price's reappearance raises issues, such as what happens to the nearly $2 million in life insurance payouts meant for jilted investors after he was declared dead -- at his wife's request -- by a Florida court.Also to be sorted out: Who is the real Price? The hapless investor who got in over his head, as he portrays himself in a rambling confession letter, or the cruel manipulator who let family and friends believe he had killed himself by throwing himself off a Florida ferry?The same man who defrauded those who trusted him and deceived clients -- as described in a letter Price purportedly sent before he disappeared in June 2012 -- also painstakingly indexed where he had property and assets so that his alleged victims could recoup some of their lost funds. He even suggested strategies for clients to get tax relief for monetary gains that never really existed."Most of what he wrote in that letter was true," said Kenneth Murena, the lead attorney for the court-appointed receiver. The receiver's job is to preserve as much money as possible and return it to Price's investors.Price's life on the lam ended Tuesday when he was arrested after a traffic stop near Brunswick for having windows that were too dark. He eventually identified himself as one of the FBI's Most Wanted fugitives. He told a federal probation officer he was homeless and lived as a migrant worker.Local and federal authorities have said little about what Price had with him at the time, but an Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter observed a pair of blue jeans, pliers, a notebook and a propane tank in the cab of his 2001 Dodge Ram pickup, and a sleeping bag and gas can in the bed.Glynn County Sheriff E. Neal Jump said federal officials executed search warrants for the truck and a computer in the vehicle.Florida sheriff's officials on Thursday listed Price as a suspect in a marijuana grow house on rented property near the city of Ocala. There, a man believed to be Price was known as Jason, and neighbors described him as a helpful person who drank beer with them in the front yard.Though there has been heavy speculation Price might have squirreled away millions of dollars in investor and bank cash when he first vanished in South Florida in 2012, Murena said his team's forensic evaluation shows that the money Price mismanaged was poorly invested, not pilfered."I can only imagine there was hope that he did have a lot of money," he said. "I don't think that was the case."Price's once-respected investing business ended in a yearlong frenzy of panicked stock trades. How it began and where it went wrong is more hazy.In his confession letter, Price said the fraud he committed started small and quickly compounded. Murena said there are falsified returns dating to 2009, but he suspects the fraud began in 2008 -- well before Price got involved in small-town banking.Price, who previously worked for Banc of America Investment Services, among others, started putting money into two funds -- PFG and PFGBI -- eventually funneling in $50 million from investors. Some went into real estate in Florida, Georgia and South America, including corn and sugar cane farms in Venezuela. Price also made an investment in radio towers in Guatemala.He also made a big bet on a small Georgia bank: Montgomery Bank & Trust, a more than 80-year-old institution in the tiny town of Ailey, 170 miles souself storageheast of downtown Atlanta.'FOOLISH AND HASTY'In December 2010, Price and his investors put up $10 million to buy a majority stake in the troubled bank. Locals in Ailey chipped in another $4 million. Price was hailed for his bold move. Georgia had suffered more bank failures than any other state, and Price's bet was a rare dose of optimism.But eight months after the initial investment, Price wrote, he "should have just called it like it was."The bank's position was worse than he had anticipated, he said, with loans more deeply troubled than he had realized. Price was losing money, but instead of disclosing the problem, he falsified earnings reports as he tried to buy time to bolster the bank, according to the letter.Instead, he made it worse. The anxiety about continued losses, he said, "made my decisions more irrational, foolish and hasty.""I never once had in my mind, heart or being to engross and make myself better off or to take, steal or benefit from other people's money," he wrote.In all, the convoluted fraud Price is alleged to have committed involved 150 investors and about $50 million between the bank and Price's investment companies. Investors, as a whole, got only half their money back, mainly as false profits in Price's scheme, Murena said. Old investors were paid as new ones were added, he said. The receiver, Melanie Damian, found the other $25 million had been lost to bad investments.Most of the losses were tied to money Price pulled out of the bank and day traded away -- making constant, rapid trades before the stock market closed -- to try to recoup the money he was losing, Murena said. Instead, Price lost all of it in the course of a year."It's astounding," Murena said. "He just seems like someone who was desperate."In his letter, Price repeatedly said that he intended to make restitution to his clients."I know I have lost all integrity, but if for some reason, God spared my life, I know I have a moral, spiritual and ethical obligation to return funds to clients and I would work til my death on this one thing that integrity might be restored," he wrote. "I feel a deep sense of obligation to make things up and to make things right."An FBI spokesman said he could not comment on whether he expects Price's cooperation. But Murena is betting Price will."His being alive should help us," he said. "I suspect he is going to provide key testimony."RECOVERING FUNDSSo far, the receiver has collected nearly $3 million from the sale of property, some loan proceeds and life insurance claims. Of the total, $1.75 million came from three life insurance policies that Price had changed specifically so that payouts would be funneled primarily to his investors.The fact that Price was declared dead, though he is not, is "somewhat of a unique circumstance," Murena said.There is some case law that supports the receiver not returning the life insurance money, despite Price being found alive, Murena said. Even so, the future of that money is at issue.Two ongoing lawsuits could garner $4 million each, Murena said. One is against three former insiders of the failed bank -- former CEO Trae E. Dorough, one-time chairman and well-connected lobbyist Pete Robinson and CFO Dee Ann McDaniel -- whom the receiver accused of hiding the poor condition of the bank's loan portfolio before Price and his clients invested. Another is against a homebuilder that borrowed $2.77 million from one of Price's funds.An attorney for the bank directors and officers declined to comment, and a representative of KM Homes couldn't be reached.Damian, the receiver, filed a preliminary plan to distribute $800,000 to the hardest-hit victims, but it isn't clear if Price's capture will affect it.Price's actions hurt a lot of people -- including, apparently, the indicted man's father, who Price said invested in the bank.The younger Price wrote in the purported confession letter that his father, Jim, never had access to bank or investment accounts, had no reason to ask about them and lost his entire investment.Still, there are some people who believe Price when he writes that he never meant harm."There are a lot of people who believe he didn't intend to commit fraud, that he just got in over his head, and scrambled and panicked," Murena said.Then, there are those who just want to see Price brought to justice.Smith, the Dallas retiree and one of Price's investors, said he wants to see the adviser stand trial. Smith traveled to Venezuela with Price to do mission work and considered him a friend.If Price had come clean to clients early on about his troubles, Smith said, "I believe we would have worked with him."Copyright: ___ (c)2014 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Ga.) Visit The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Ga.) at .ajc.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷利倉
- 1月 04 週六 201412:20
終轉站
終於一天你們來到這個境地,文件倉一個終點站,或是,中轉站。當年開始這趟旅程的時候,你們手上都拿�一個小小的行李包。那個包包新新的,沒有一點瑕疵,就像你們兩個的心,青澀的,除了對方和對這個旅途的無限期待,還有那些因為愛而來的精力,什麼多餘的東西也沒有。沿途你們愈來愈相愛,為旅途準備的也更多。記得那次溫存嗎?你們抱�大家,在大家的體溫�面,什麼都沒有說,就算手�還沒有指環,但心�卻不約而同地做了一個決定,你們決定要用生命環抱�對方的心,這個為對方許下的承諾,比一紙婚書還堅定。決定做了,接下來是生活上的默契,行李也漸漸多了。一天一天、一年一年,那些對方喜歡的,不喜歡的,你們都瞭如指掌。生活下去,儲下來的所存倉大小東西,你們都不忘放進行李箱�,那個行李箱,是你們整個旅程的見證。終於一天你們來到這個境地,一個終點站,或是,中轉站。行李箱不再新了,�面的東西多,箱子的疤痕和污垢也多。不知道是你還是他,突然看見旅程有另一個出口,提�的箱子從「幸福的準備」變成「成長的枷鎖」。也許不是箱子真的那麼重,只是你的心已經不再想將箱子提起。你覺得這趟旅程應該完結了,你再沒有提起箱子的力氣和心機。從來旅程當中最重要的都不是行李,而是心態。無論這是終點站還是中轉站,要丟下的都不一定是這個旅伴,而是旅途當中留下的垃圾。相處總有困難時,成長也不一定殘忍,放下行李箱,好好再認識眼前人,旅途,其實還可以繼續精采。林二汶逢周二四六刊出儲存
- 1月 04 週六 201412:13
Baby boom for reality TV stars
Source: Philadelphia Daily NewsJan.迷你倉出租 03--GASP. THAT'S the sound of Temporary Tattle taking a deep inhale. She's held her breath a whole month, awaiting Life & Style's release of exclusive photos of weeks-old twinsies Kaia and Kane, the latest members of Club Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann.Mommy Zolciak is a onetime "Real Housewife of Atlanta" and star of the Bravo spin-off "Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding." She is currently being sued by former castmate Kandi Burruss for profits made from their, er, hit single, "Don't Be Tardy for the Party."Daddy Biermann plays defensive end for the out-of-the-playoffs Falcons.The new issue of the weekly gossip mag features a photo of the newborns reclining upon what appears to be white fur. Kane sports fleecy white footie bottoms and a matching cap, and appears to be eating the right arm of sister Kaia, who rocks a requisite pink tutu, lacy ankle socks and coordinating bathing cap adorned with a pink scrubby.The magazine spread also features a shot of Biermann in his jammies, and one of mom-of-six (six!) Zolciak, in a plunging white satin robe, sans signature blonde wig, proudly displaying the twins.Kaia and Kane join big brothers Kash, 17 months, KJ, 2, and half-sisters Ariana, 12, and Brielle, 16.Zolciak said she's stopping at six. Let's hope so, lest the family is forced to bestow nearly normal "K" names such as Kourtney and Khloe and Kyle upon additional offspring.Baby bulletinIt's a wee Dahlia for Gail Simmons of "Top Chef" and husband Jeremy Abrams. The couple welcomed their first child to the world Sunday, which means the little one will pretty much never have school on her birthday.December was quite the year for reality TV babies . . . Rachel Zoe and Rodger Berman added Kaius Jagger (a boy) to their brood. Big brother Skylar is 2.Baby watchObviously, there's some kind of procreation competition among reality TV stars."Survivor" alums Amber and Rob Mariano announced they're expecting a fourth child, via tweeted sonogram.Former Playboy bunny and current reality TV personality Kendra Wilkinson, three months pregnant with baby No. 2, is fearing the worst."I'm already getting these thick love handles," griped the mother-of-one and wife of former Bird Hank Baskett to In Touch.Forget your run-of-the-mill mate迷你倉nal worries, about, you know, your unborn child's, um, health, or future in general. Wilkinson's worried most about what counts: Mommy's looks.Wedding watchPhilly's own Eve announced she's getting hitched to British designer, motor rally founder and former race-car driver Maximillion Cooper. He put a ring on it on Christmas in Scotland.The rapper, actress, Grammy winner and fashion designer formerly known as Eve Jeffers waited a week to share the good news with family and friends.She chose New Year's Eve to make the news public.This is Eve's first marriage and the second for Cooper, who has four kids, ages 4 to 10, with his first wife.No date set yet, according to her Twitter feed.Bikini watchDemi Moore appeared on a beach in Mexico in a small black bikini. The 51-year-old looked predictably awesome.Wonder of wonders, former "Real Housewife of New York" and current talk-show host Bethenny Frankel, also donned a wee two-piece to hit the beach at Miami's Mondrian Hotel. Joining her was hunky mystery-for-a-gossip-minute-man Michael A. "Mac" Cerussi III, a financial-services dude.Frankel is divorced from Jason Hoppy, with whom she's been in a long custody battle over their 3-year-old Bryn.Other recently revealed petite bikini wearers this holiday season included AnnaLynne McCord of "90210" and Katie Holmes. The Internet seems to care. So maybe you do, too.The hardest word"Transformers" and "Nymphomaniac" actor Shia LaBeouf hired a skywriter team to create a 5-mile-long "sorry" for writer Daniel Clowes. LaBeouf has admitted to plagiarizing Clowes' work for a short film he made and no one watched.The sky-high apology followed several days of LaBeouf's Tweeted regrets. Trouble is, the actor had the message written over Los Angeles. Clowes lives in San Francisco.And, in more trouble, LaBeouf's mea culpa seems like mucho B.S., since he's been telling various sources that in this day and age, all work is fair game for cribbing, when you're making "art."Tell that to the people who made the movies he's been in.- Daily News wire services contributed to this report.Twitter: @LaMcCutchHoward Gensler has the day off.Copyright: ___ (c)2014 Philadelphia Daily News Visit the Philadelphia Daily News at .philly.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage
- 1月 04 週六 201412:06
武漢今年增開5條國際直飛航線
本報訊(記者韓瑋 通訊員劉銳 屈曉妮)昨日,自存倉在首屆武漢國際國內航線航班商務洽談會上,天河機場宣佈今年再開5條國際航線:直飛美國塞班、印尼巴厘島、菲律賓卡里波、馬來西亞亞庇,此外還將實現直飛澳洲墨爾本。在此前武漢已能直飛歐洲、亞洲、美洲後,首次實現覆蓋4大洲。天河機場市場部負責人介紹,這5條國際航線均為直達,其中武漢-亞庇航班每天一班,其他的大多是每周1到3班。目前,武漢天河機場國際及地區客運航線達25條,其中國際航線17條,主要飛往巴黎、舊金山、新加坡、吉隆坡、首爾、濟州島、釜山、曼穀、清邁、普吉島、福岡、靜岡、金邊、暹粒,地區航線8條,飛往香港、澳門、台北、台中、澎湖、高雄、花蓮、台南。加上今年新開的5條,國際及地區航線將達到30條。據悉,飛巴厘島定于本月24日開通,塞班本月27日開通,墨爾本預計在下半年開通。天河機場稱,還將爭取加密武漢-巴黎航線,並儘快讓目前武漢-上海-舊金山航線實現直飛。對此,東航武漢公司負責人介紹,由於目前武漢赴美旅客不足,且美國駐漢總領事館2014年年底才在漢開辦簽証業務,受此限制,預計要等到明年4月實現直航,那時能提供客流支撐。數據顯示,2013年,武漢機場旅客吞吐量達1570萬人次,增速達12.3%。同年,國際及地區客流量突破百萬人次,同比增長59%,居中部第一。相關新聞>>>做大入境旅遊市場我市申報144小時過境免簽昨日獲悉,為做大入境旅遊市場,武漢正積極申報144小時過境免簽,如果得以實現,外國人過境武漢無需簽証,可在武漢及湖北境內旅遊、購迷你倉出租,從事商務6天。“過境免簽”是指外籍人士從一國經轉某國前往第三國,不必申請過境國簽証即可過境,並可在短暫時間內停留。目前,國務院已批准北京、上海、廣州、成都、重慶、沈陽和昆明口岸對部分國家持有第三國簽証和機票的外國人實行“72小時過境免簽”政策。72小時內,他們可在這些城市遊玩、購物、住宿、從事商務活動等。實施這一政策後,這些城市接待海外旅客數量急劇增加,拉動旅遊產業發展十分明顯。天河機場人士介紹,從目前武漢的國際和地區航線來看,已經具備了過境免簽的前提條件。目前武漢已實現直飛4大洲,這些航線在中部均具有唯一性。武漢要做大入境旅遊市場,增強對外籍人士吸引力,因此申請144小時過境免簽,較其他城市72小時過境免簽更具吸引力。不過,南航湖北公司高層人士也提出,如果武漢要申報144小時過境免簽,配套措施也要同步跟進,比如說,是否能做到24小時通關,通關手續是否便利,吃住行是否到位,以及這6天的旅遊項目是否有落地安排。(記者韓瑋)現有國際及地區航線國際航線17條主要飛往巴 黎舊金山新加坡吉隆坡首 爾濟州島釜 山曼 穀清 邁普吉島福 岡靜 岡金 邊暹 粒地區航線8條飛往香 港澳 門台 北台 中澎 湖高 雄花 蓮台 南今年計劃新開航線航線航空公司時間班次武漢-塞班島活力航空1月27日開通每5天1班武漢-巴厘島快捷航空1月24日開通每周3班武漢-卡里波宿霧航空日期未定每2周3班武漢-墨爾本國航預計今年下半年每周2班武漢-亞庇亞航預計今年下半年每天1班製圖/方磊迷你倉
