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Source: Albuquerque Journal, N.迷你倉M.Sept. 07--The son of a former Santa Fe police detective is suing city government and five city officers over the son's arrest two years ago, alleging officers had no grounds to pull him over for a traffic stop and then charge him with various offenses.The lawsuit doesn't contend that the arrest of Jose Valencia, who was 17 at the time of the traffic stop, is related to the high-profile firing of his father from the Santa Fe Police Department in 2010.But former Det. Jose Valencia said in an interview Friday that the bust of the son was intended as payback against the father."Oh, absolutely, we believe that," the ex-cop said.The former detective says the officers who charged his son in September 2011 thought that he -- the older Valencia -- was in the car they pulled over on Cerrillos Road. "The license plate came back to me," he said.He said he's filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice, alleging that his son's bust was illegal retaliation against a witness.Last year, Valencia Sr. filed a federal court lawsuit alleging wrongful termination from the police department. The son is a witness in the suit, the father said.The suit, which named several officers as defendants, along with the department administration, alleged Det. Valencia was retaliated against for uncovering wrongful acts by other officers, refusing to give in as the police officers' union head during contract negotiations and uncovering overtime fraud within the department.Valencia's firing came after he was accused of agreeing to provide guns to a drug dealer with knowledge the dealer would use the weapons to commit murder. The evidence against him included recordings of conversations between Valencia and the drug dealer captured by the FBI.Valencia, who also was stripped of his law enforcement license for life by the state Law Enforcement Board, maintains he was the victim of an entrapment scheme.Police Chief Ray Rael said Friday he couldn't comment on the younger Valencia's lawsuit, the father's comments about the son's arrest or an internal affairs investigation that Valencia Sr. says cleared the officers involved in the arrest of his son.Former Det. Valencia said he's been threatened by many Santa Fe officers and told he needed to drop his litigation. "If not, they were going to get me or get my family," he said.Son's allegationsThe new suit filed by the younger Valencia in state District Court Thursday maintains that the teen, who was driving a 2003 Chevy Impala wit儲存倉 two friends as passengers, was pulled over by Officer Heinz De Luca although he hadn't committed any traffic violations. De Luca and another officer then grilled the teens about drugs and drug paraphernalia.The suit says Valencia was ordered out of the car for a search without any probable cause and when he "asserted his right to remain in the vehicle" until his father arrived, he was "forcibly removed" from the car.Valencia repeatedly asked why he was being detained and questioned the officers' right to search the car, but was "not using fighting words," and his treatment amounted to a violation of free speech rights, the suit argues.Officers "manhandled" Valencia, "twisting his hands, arms, neck, and back and applying an unreasonable amount of force and pressure to (his) body for an extended period of time," the suit states. Valencia was handcuffed and placed in the back of a patrol car.De Luca charged Valencia with obstructing an officer, resisting arrest, failure to use headlamps while driving at night and possession of a controlled substance.Dash-cam video from De Luca's patrol car "clearly shows" that Valencia had his headlights on, according to the suit."There was no reason to pull him over at all," the younger Valencia's lawyer, Frances Carpenter of Albuquerque, said Friday.Carpenter also said the video backs up the other allegations in the suit about the officers' treatment of the teenaged Valencia and shows he was not resisting the officers.The charges were eventually dismissed in children's court. Carpenter said Valencia was accused of having marijuana that turned out to be Spice, or synthetic marijuana, which she said was not illegal at the time of the arrest.The suit seeks unspecified punitive and compensatory damages from the officers involved and from the city.Complained to SFPDValencia Sr. said he filed a complaint about his son's arrest that led to the internal affairs SFPD probe "once I was able to see the dash-cam video," about four months after the arrest."He (the son) was completely compliant until they started to pull him" when he was still restrained by his seat belt, the father said."They were there to hurt him, if you watch the video," he added."It was an illegal traffic stop," former Det. Valencia said. "They went for me and if it wasn't me, they went after the child."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) Visit the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) at .abqjournal.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉價錢

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For the past few days we have been enjoying cool breezes, blue sky, and clearly defined floating clouds — as if there is not a speck of dirt in the blue firmament above this dirty metropolis.儲存倉Such bliss naturally inclines us to settle into a more charitable frame of mind. For weeks a cricket lurking somewhere among the flowerpots on the balcony of my home has been trilling vigorously at night.To the uninitiated it is a bit monotonous, with little variation, but it has an uncanny soothing effect on me.As John Keats (1795-1821) wrote in “On the Grasshopper and the Cricket,” “The poetry of earth is ceasing never.”We easily forget that we have just survived one of the hottest summers in memory. By August 29 Shanghai had logged 47 hot days (with daily high exceeding 35 degrees), the second most since meteorological record keeping started 140 years ago.Specialists have been arguing about the cause of this unusual heat, and they can argue well into the next winter.Self regulatingA couple of days ago one of my colleagues asked: Do you think there is any link between the historical heat and the abrupt coolness?I could only plead ignorance about the Holy Plan.Although ancient Chinese sage Lao Tzu once remarked that ìHeaven and Earth are ruthless; To them the Ten Thousand Things are but as straw dogs,î when we think of it, few of us survivors of the heat can help being grateful for the fact that the earth had not abandoned us.As we busily fill our leisure time with all kinds of human-made trinkets and toys, we become blind to, or disdainful of, the fair works of nature.Should we venture outside the human-spun cocoon and experience the thrill of pleasures in the sunset, the billows of clouds, or the voice of the insects, we would have ample reasons to lament what man has made of man, or nature.As the title of the book suggests, Toby Tyrrellís ìOn Gaia: A Critical Investigation of the Relationship Between Life and Earthî is a reassessment of James Lovelock ìGaia Hypothesis,î where Gaia (Gaea) is the Greek goddess of the earth.In this hypothesis that is still being modified, Lovelock believes that the entire mass of living and nonliving matter on earth functions together in a complex, interdependent system that can be viewed holistically as a ìliving entity.îIt seems that unconsciously and automatically, life on earth has been conspiring in regulating the global environment in a way that makes life possible.In this book Tyrrell tries to bring the hypothesis ìface to face with modern evidence and undertake a skeptical but hopefully fair-minded evaluation.îAfter citing cases suggesting nature as a mixture of cruelty and kindness, Tyrrell concludes that the ìreal world in its natural state can be a savage place.îHere the author himself remembers that as a teenager he had once seen some dogs catching and eating an iguana in the foothills of the Andes.Good citizenshipWhile that experience could be traumatic for any teenager, I do not think this ìcrueltyî in any way contradicts the Gaian view.The Gaian view of ìcomfortî must be conceived holistically for, seen individually, the life of any individual cannot escape the cycle of pains of birth, ageing, diseases, and death, as the Chinese saying goes.If anything, this ìcrueltyî ó diseases, predation, death ó is exactly part of the plan of Gaia.In another case, Lovelock believes that ìthe stren迷你倉價錢ous and seemingly perverse efforts of salmon and eels to penetrate inland to places distant from the sea would then be seen to have their proper function [to supply freshwater ecosystems and the land surface with scarce phosphorous].îTyrrell observes that ìwhile one can only stand in awe of the breadth of Lovelockís vision, everything we know about the mechanics of natural selection leads us to the judgment that salmon do not travel inland to spawn for reason of good citizenship, in order to help the planetary biota as a whole.îI think that instead of ascribing this fishy behavior to any volition or purpose, the important thing is that however eerie or idiosyncratic they appear to be, such behaviors do contribute to the stability of an ecological system.If ìgood citizenshipî can apply at all, it could be used for every other species except industrialized man, for all the other species live carefully within their assigned niche.The Gaian insight should allow us to have an intimate view of the homo sapiens, rather than any other species.Obviously, increasing human knowledge about the environs in no way turns humans into good citizens.Chuang Tzu once said that ìyour life has a limit but knowledge has none. If you use what is limited to pursue what has no limit, you will be in danger.îThe danger today lies chiefly in our inability to prevent our limited knowledge from being abused at the expense of our environment, or ourselves.Destructive intelligenceArmed with that knowledge, we are laying waste to a sizable portion of tropical forests everyday, and with the depletion of cheap oil, we are marching to the polar regions.When knowledge is not tempered by faith, or awareness of our obligation as stewards of the earth, it can be worse than useless.Our geologists and mechanical engineers have conspired to usher in the age of private car ownership, fueling growth and the release of carbons that had been locked by plants and then buried underground for millions of years in the form of fossil fuels.Apparently we do not need any encouragement in our excesses.ìIs there any worry that we will so damage the planet as to imperil our own survival through oxygen depletion? A frequently raised concern is that by cutting down rain forests such as the Amazon (ìthe lungs of the planetî) will we asphyxiate ourselves? Fortunately the reality is much less alarming,î reassures Tyrrell.His logic goes like this: Even if all plant life dies off, simple calculation shows that it would still take at least 4,400 years to remove all the oxygen, or at least 440 years to remove even one-tenth of the current amount of oxygen in the atmosphere.GDP fanatics can easily conclude that human beings can continue their fun without causing much harm to nature.This view is in clear contrast to Lovelockís view that our earth is becoming sicker due to global warming (ìThe Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth Is Fighting Back ó and How We Can Still Save Humanityî).ìIf we fail to take care of the Earth, it surely will take care of itself by making us no longer welcome,î Lovelock warns.In an interview with the Guardian in 2010, Lovelock concluded that humans are too stupid to prevent climate change from radically impacting our lives over the coming decades.The beauty of Gaian view is that it allows us a view that nature moves in a mysterious way, and this can inspire awe and humility, rather than excite hubris about our intelligence.迷你倉

楚天都市報訊 圖為：新路預留了公交港灣卻未見公交車本報記者黃永進 劉閃 通訊員張鳳華 攝影姚品楚天都市報：我家住新磨山社區沙灣村，迷你倉出租八一路延長線去年建成通車，但不知道什麼原因，一直沒有開通公交車，居民乘公交最近都要走一公里多路，老人小孩出門特別不方便。煩請貴報幫我打聽一下，這裡為何沒有開公交？市民老胡去年8月，八一路延長線建成通車，這條路也成為緩解武昌東西走向交通壓力的第三條主幹道。接到市民胡先生的熱線後，記者實地探訪發現，八一路延長線確實沒有開通公交，延長線上的重要路段——光穀大橋甚至還裝上了3米的限高架，這個高度公交車根本無法通過。現狀:4公里新路未開公交車八一路延長線上的光穀大橋，因湖光山色的美景而有著“武漢第一景觀橋”的美譽。9月3日中午11時，記者驅車從卓刀泉北路到八一路延長線探訪，遠遠就看見上橋入口處豎立2個限高架，高于3米的車輛被禁止通行。駛上光穀大橋後約1公里，位於綠苑山莊的出口前，另一限高架橫在路中間。湊巧的是，記者探訪時，一輛帶噴水裝置的消防車試圖穿過限高架未果，無奈只能慢慢倒行，試圖調頭從原路返回。八一延長線另一端——中國地質大學北門附近，也橫著3米限高架，禁止大型車輛通行。最終，記者驅車4.2公里後，終於在魯磨路與八一路延長線交會處左轉約500米，看到709路、59路等公交站牌。居民：搭公交最近要走1公里住在沙灣村路口的張先生告訴記者，居民出門乘公交非常不方便。“往西要走1.9公里，才能在卓刀泉北路三環公寓附近坐608路等線路；往東要走2.3公里到魯磨路搭乘402路；往北稍微近點，但也要走1公里到八一游泳池附近搭乘515路；往南也要走1.4公里左右到南望山下搭乘709路、5迷你倉路公交車。”張先生說，八一路延長線開通一年多，公交卻沒開進來，這讓他非常不解。“路都通了，開個公交很難嗎？”張先生說，由於沒有公交，年輕人可以開電瓶車出行，但老人只能靠雙腿，“有時搭個公交要走一刻鐘，根本不敢出門”。東湖風景區新磨山社區社區中心工作人員告訴記者，2010年人口普查時，村民有1000多人，加上流動人口接近萬人。而這條橫穿新磨山社區沙灣村的八一路延長線，建成一年未通公交，確實給周邊居民出行帶來不便。不過，探訪途中記者發現，在光穀大橋過後的新磨山社區沙灣村村口處，以及魯磨路與八一路延長線交會處，雙向共有四處公交停泊港灣已經建成，只待公交站牌和公交線路的入駐。既然預留有站點，為何不開通公交呢？部門:客流不足難開新線路八一路延長線要通公交，線上的4個限高架就是最先要清除的“攔路虎”。八一路延長線為何要加裝限高架呢？武漢市城管委橋樑處告訴記者，從去年9月份開始，武漢市中心32座橋樑中，部分橋樑開始陸續裝上限高架。目的是為了阻止超高、超重車輛對橋樑造成破壞，橋樑限高統一為3米。如果說3米限高架限住了普通公交車，那麼能否考慮開通今年武漢市新引進的微循環公交呢？對此，武漢市公交五公司負責人表示，由於八一路延長線通行剛滿一年，還未實地考察，微循環公交因為體積小，機動性靈活，可以考慮作為通行主體。不過，而新開線路則需要武漢市公交辦批復。隨後，記者聯繫了武漢市公交辦。該辦有關負責人表示，東湖風景區內規定嚴格限制新開公交線路，現有的公交線路已經滿足了風景區的各種通行需求。新公交線路的開通需要有客流支撐，未來如果八一路延長線客流充足，將據公交配套設施和客流情況安排線路。不過，目前該線路開通公交尚未列入議事日程。儲存倉

Much-loved children's show Hi-5 is about to get even bigger with plans for merchandising and foreign language spin-offsJedi Lim may be only five years old, but he wields great power.迷你倉It was, after all, a few words from the boy that convinced his Malaysian businessman father Datuk Jared Lim that there was money to be made in acquiring Hi-5.Started in 1999, the Australian children's TV show is a global hit that is seen by more than one million children in 80 countries.It made headlines here last week as its latest season is being filmed in Singapore, the first time the 14-year show is being produced outside of Australia.In his first interview with Life! about the show, Mr Lim, 42, the managing director and founder of Asiasons Group, the Singapore-listed private equity firm that acquired Hi-5 last year, said: "I have been watching Hi-5 with my son since he was born, and it is the only show that he continues to watch now. He has grown out of Wiggles and Barney but not Hi-5, so I knew there may be something quite special here."I asked him what it was about Hi-5 that he liked so much and I remember he said clearly, 'Dad, it's the only show that teaches me how to sing and dance'. That really stuck with me."In July last year, Asiasons bought the show from TV network Nine Network Australia and production group Southern Star Entertainment for an undisclosed sum. It now has full ownership, including production, licensing and merchandising rights.Obviously, Mr Lim and his partners at the firm crunched their numbers and did their research before the acquisition. Asiasons' portfolio includes Chaswood Resources, which owns food and beverage brands such as the T.G.I.F. franchise in Asia, as well as EMS Exhibits, a company that stages exhibitions.Mr Lim said: "The show was already popular, but we felt it had the potential to become even bigger, just that maybe not as much management resources had been given to Hi-5 in the past. That is, of course, understandable because the previous owner was a big entertainment group with many more high- profile programmes than a children's show."Asiasons, he added, felt a lot more could be done to build up the Hi-5 brand, especially in Asia, where polls and surveys by the company found that "a lot of kids are still really passionate about the show".He let on, for example, that whenever the TV series' cast of five Australian members do their annual tour across Asia, where they put on shows in malls and other ticketed live performances, many shows quickly sell out."Even though the show in many Asian countries is aired only on cable TV or seen on home video and is not really profiled heavily on free-to-air channels, the response to the live shows has always been very good across Asia," said Mr Lim, who also has a three-year-old daughter with his property developer wife, Datin Dian Lee, 29, the daughter of Malaysian property tycoon Lee Kim Yew.In fact, Singapore is where the show has become "really huge", he added, which was why Asiasons decided to film Season 14 here. The company could not provide viewership figures, but pointed out that Singapore is Hi-5's most-visited place outside Australia. Every year, the cast comes and puts on shows at least two or three times.Filming began on Aug 12 and is expected to take five weeks."When you're building on a brand, you want to first reward your fans," said Mr Lim. "It would have been cheaper to produce the show in Malaysia, but the point is we should reward our big fans here."It also made sense to film in Singapore as production facilities are in place, he added, and people here speak good English and are well-versed in international programming, which allow them to work well with the show's Australian creative team.Hi-5 Operations is working with home-grown production company Oak3 Films to produce the show.Some lucky viewers have been able to interact with the cast on screen, as certain episodes feature local children, who are usually picked via contest promotions.While there are location shoots at places such as the zoo and Sentosa, most of the filming takes place at Infinite Studios' soundstage facilities at One North @ Mediapolis.The set is bright, multi-coloured and designed to look like a house where each of the five cast members has his or her own room and space. Together, the shape of the five "rooms" look like the Hi-5 hand logo and form a "house", in line with the series' new name, Hi-5 House.The new 25-part season is slated to air in Australia from Oct 15 and in Singapore, from Nov 1 on okto channel and Disney Junior (StarHub TV Channel 311).When Life! visited the set on Thursday, three of the cast members were in the midst of filming a storytelling segment, where one would read aloud a story from a book while the others perform the story in costume.It happened to be a story about a leopard who ran so fast that she lost all her spots. Cast member Lauren Brant, 24, who was dressed in a furry leopard costume, was seen dashing all over the space lined with cardboard trees and grass.Taking a quick breather in between multiple takes, she said with a laugh: "I'm so glad there is air-conditioning in here. I'm sweating like mad."When all five cast members sat down for separate interviews later, all agreed that there is something "special" about the audience here.Cast member Mary Lascaris, 22, said: "The audience here can go from very young to teenagers, and all of them are really enthusiastic about the show. They get into the music and sing and dance along with us. Even the parents get involved and it's just amazing."The June release of Hi-5: Some Kind Of Wonderful, a movie which depicts how the show's three latest cast members were picked, is proof of how popular Hi-5 is here.Tickets to a one-off special screening held at the 602-seat GVMax theatre at Golden Village VivoCity, which also included a meet-and-greet with the cast, sold out within 36 hours. A spokesman for the Hi-5 sales team told Life! parents continued to call in for days asking for additional sessions.Looking ahead, Mr Lim said his company is in talks to spin off foreign-language versions of the show, including in Mandarin, Spanish and Vietnamese."So far, the shows have been dubbed, but that's not very natural for a live performance show," he pointed out.More, too, can be done in terms of merchandising, he noted.When he attended a live Hi-5 show in Australia a few years ago, he recalled there were only "three or four" products on sale."The queue was so long and they didn't sell the merchandise anywhere else, so you had no choice but to line up and the selection was small."By year-end, he promises to launch an online store with a "huge portfolio" of merchandise. These may eventually be sold in retail stores.There are also plans for tie-ups with more Asian brands, on top of the recent partnership with Singapore-based low-cost carrier Scoot - both parties are working on developing apps to entertain children when they fly with the airline.To further boost Hi-5's profile, Asiasons will engage with its fans through social media.Previously, parents would film shaky, grainy videos of their TV screens showing Hi-5 performances and post them on YouTube. Even though the picture quality was poor, the clips would get "millions of views", said Mr Lim.In July last year, his team created an official YouTube channel, named Hi5OfficialTV, with hundreds of high-quality Hi-5 clips. The clips have garnered anything from 2,500 to more than 30,000 hits."Some of these clips are special mish-mashes of other segments, so they are unique. Fans will get to see something totally different that way."His company's multi-pronged approach in beefing up the brand seems to be working. Before the acquisition, Hi-5's official Facebook page had 5,000 "likes". The number has since jumped to more than 163,000."Many kids still love the show even though it's been around for so long, and new audiences for the show keep growing. I believe there is still a lot more that Hi-5 can offer in the coming years," said Mr Lim.Case in point: His son Jedi accidentally walked in on Life!'s interview with Hi-5 cast member Stevie Nicholson, 29, and was visibly excited at spotting his TV idol.Jedi began chatting with Nicholson easily, then casually showed a toy to him, as if they were the best of friends.Just when you thought the kid's confidence stemmed from his father's influence - Mr Lim is boss, after all - Nicholson 儲存aid brightly: "All the kids do this all the time. They come up to us and talk to us as if we're long-time friends because they've seen us on the show and really trust us. We just love these kids and it seems they love us too."yipwy@sph.com.sgLAUREN BRANT, 24Lauren Brant has performed in various shows and commercials from young and got her first lead role as a dancer in a show at the age of 14. Before joining Hi-5 in 2009, she played Beatrice in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and taught a musical theatre course to young children at the Sydney performing arts academy, Brightstars.The singleton professes to being a "big kid myself" and readily sings all the Hi-5 songs along with her nieces and nephews. Dressed in a cheerleader-inspired outfit, she adds: "I also love clothing and fashion and I designed this myself. I design half of the costumes that I wear for the show."Since you are into fashion, have you considered expanding in that department?Actually, I'm working on a line of children's clothing and I hope to launch it by the end of this year. I'm so excited.Doing a children's show and singing and dancing all the time - is it difficult for people to take you seriously?Well, we do go on stage and do silly stuff, but people also do realise that it's very hard work to be a cast member of Hi-5. I think we've actually gained respect from many people for being a part of it because first, you need a lot of confidence to do that and, second, we can pull it off. I think they also know that we're not really shy or afraid to do anything, so they respect us for that.What have you been up to in your spare time in Singapore?I discovered floating yoga, which is where you do yoga in a hanging hammock and it has been so much fun. I also love the traditional and heritage aspects of Singapore, so I walk around a lot to look at old buildings and roads. I love shopping, too, of course, but not in malls. I prefer the boutiques in Haji Lane and I always find something new and fascinating at the markets in Bugis Street.STEVIE NICHOLSON, 29Of the current cast, this spirited blond has been with Hi-5 the longest - since 2007. A former tennis coach and tennis journalist with an Australian magazine, Stevie Nicholson, who is single, says he joined Hi-5 as he had always wanted to work with children.The bachelor studied Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, as well as music theatre at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.Do you miss tennis?I used to want to be a tennis player and I sometimes still harbour the wish. But you know, I love my job at Hi-5.Every time I see those kids and how happy and curious they are, it reminds me why I'm still doing this after so many years.How much longer do you think you will stay with Hi-5?For as long as it excites me and, up to now, it still does. Spending time with the kids and getting the chance to travel and do charity work with Hi-5 - it's the best thing ever.What do you like about filming in Singapore?I like how Singapore is such a cultural hub. You can walk for three minutes and almost feel like you're in a different country, from Little India to Haji Lane and so on. It's been really great.You have been with the cast the longest. Do kids recognise you on the street?Yes, they do, and in Singapore, kids and parents will come up every now and then and ask for photos. But they're all extremely polite and it's just very sweet.How would you like to be remembered?As a merchant of fun.DAYEN ZHENG, 23This bubbly lass was born in South Korea but moved to Australia with her parents at the age of five. Dayen Zheng, whose parents run restaurants in Queensland, is a trained ballerina and holds an advanced level certification from the Royal Academy of Dance.The singleton joined Hi-5 in the middle of last year and is "loving every minute" of the experience so far. Proud of being the only Asian on the show, she says: "Hi-5 goes worldwide and is popular in Asia, so as the only member who is Asian now, I think I bring that special sense of unity to the group. I stand for a very universal reputation of the group, which is great."Why did you want to join Hi-5?I was a full-time ballerina before this and I grew up always wanting to dance. I was also doing a bit of singing and acting on the side. I love being around children and Hi-5 just happens to be a job that has all of these elements. I used to want to start my own performing arts school and teach children to dance. Hi-5 is another avenue to do that same sort of thing.What do you bring to the table that is different?I'm the clown, so everyone loves to laugh with me and at me. And being the only Asian, I represent somthing more universal, especially for our audience in Asia.How do your parents feel about your job?They have been the most supportive people of all. They did not have the opportunity to do whatever they wanted, so they made sure they could give me that. I'm an only child and I'm very close to my family. I am doing what I love and they are proud of me. They still can't believe all this is happening.MARY LASCARIS, 22The brunette, who is said to bear a resemblance to Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway, joined Hi-5 in January this year.Mary Lascaris, who is single, says Hi-5 is "especially meaningful" to her as she used to sing its songs to her leukaemia-stricken god-sister in the latter's baby years."Hi-5 songs were the only thing that would calm her down enough to take her medication, so I learnt many of the Hi-5 songs so I could sing them to her whenever I babysat," she recalls with a smile. Her god-sister is now nine years old.Formerly a performer at Universal Studios Japan, she has no issues with having to film Hi-5 in Singapore, away from her family in Melbourne. "I love trying new things and seeing new places and Singapore has been really wonderful so far. Everyone is so nice and helpful. It's easy to get around too."Performing with Hi-5 requires a lot of energy. Where do you get all that energy from?I was born with energy. Growing up, I was always jumping around and singing and dancing all over the place. In school, I used to get bruises on my knees because I would keep shuffling and tapping my feet under the table and my knees kept hitting the table. I just can't sit still for long.Does it ever get exhausting though?Well, you try to keep things fun all the time and it's no problem. Even offscreen, I'm having so much fun with the camera guys here. They love to sing pop classics from the 1980s and 1990s. One time, the power in the studio went out and I started singing I've Got The Power, and everyone just started to laugh and dance.What's the best thing about being a part of Hi-5?It's the fact that we can always remind others to stay positive and be happy. It's fun to dress in so much colour, sing, dance and concentrate on the good things. Like, let's have fun, let's go say hello to the sun and just remember the simple things in life that make us happy.AINSLEY MELHAM, 21The youngest of the lot, dark-haired Ainsley Melham is a skilled tap dancer and can also play the guitar and the piano.Armed with a bachelor's degree in music theatre from the prestigious Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts - the same school that produced stars such as Hugh Jackman and Frances O'Connor - the singleton joined Hi-5 upon graduation early this year.Why did you want to join Hi-5?I watched the show when I was young and I've always wanted to go into something to do with music and dance, so Hi-5 was the perfect place to do that.I hope to do more mash-ups of Hi-5 tunes as well as more vocal arrangements - I just love music.Who are your musical influences?I love jazz music, mostly because it's what my father used to listen to. Like really old-style jazz, Frank Sinatra and the classic, beautiful stuff.Any embarrassing moments with Hi-5 so far?I had a cute one. Well, it was sort of cute. There was a young kid who took her sister up on stage, but she was only a little baby. And I was like, "Hey, champion, how are you?", and her sister looked at me squarely and said, "It's a girl."What's the best thing about being a part of Hi-5?It's when we're meeting the kids and you see the realisation in their eyes as to who they're looking at.For them to watch TV and then see Hi-5 in person, and then realise we're actually people and this big - their eyes go wide, like, "Oh wow".To see them so overcome with joy, that's just wonderful.新蒲崗迷你倉

學者及傳媒人士指出，自存倉評論文章作者真誠相信手頭資料，抱有立場而寫作評論，本案裁決有如要求作者「做埋記者�份」，憂日後傳媒評論更見謹慎，影響新聞自由。浸會大學新聞系助理教授杜耀明閱畢判辭後，指社論作者獲自家報社的記者提供資料，記者亦有追問受訪者，有否需要如判辭所指，要參閱其他報章報道，杜認為即使「睇完亦可以要求更多（求證），最終都係睇佢（作者）信邊個記者多�」。杜認為社論作者根據所知事實撰寫評論、提出問題，若他人有不同意見，可以撰文反駁和澄清；假如要求作者執行合理步驟求證自己相信的事實，是過分引伸案例訂下的要求。「如要求評論者做埋記者」判辭認為《明報》在社論末段交代另文刊載貝與記者的對話並不足夠，杜則認為屬吹毛求疵，他指社迷你倉新蒲崗末段的提示正為引導讀者閱覽相關報道，幫助理解事件，「否則點解加呢句」，報章亦不會把所有資料「一站式」寫在同一文章。杜認為，判辭似在指導傳媒日後應如何避免「出事」，恐牴觸新聞自由，擔憂判辭帶來寒蟬效應，其他傳媒處理社評和評論文章時，為達要求而過分謹慎，收窄評論空間，「不利表達意見和促進交流」。記協主席岑倚蘭亦指出，每家報社都有社論小組，各有不同風格與立場，基於自家記者的事實資料撰寫評論， 「就算閱遍各報章的報道，亦只會作參考」，且各報章報道同一新聞，取向未必完全相同。樹仁大學新聞與傳播學系主任梁天偉則指出，《明報》社論質疑貝涉及疑似打假波事件，相比早前香港電視主席王維基指《信報》訪問曲解其意的案件，《明報》一案性質更嚴重。迷你倉出租

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Source: The Roanoke Times, Va.mini storageSept. 06--The driver of a New River Valley Senior Services van that crashed Tuesday on Virginia 8 near Riner, sending six disabled passengers to the hospital, had a reported blood-alcohol content of 0.17 percent -- which is twice the legal limit in Virginia. He has also been charged with having an open container in the vehicle.Paul Fontaine, 65, of Floyd will no longer be a driver for the non profit organization that provides transportation and nutritional services to area seniors and disabled individuals, director Gary Heinline said.Tuesday's wreck, which occurred near the intersection with Carysbrook Road, was reported to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office at 3:22 p.m. The van, which was headed toward Floyd, ran off the right side of the road and down a small embankment before striking a tree.A total of six passengers were in the van, and all were taken to Carilion New River Valley Medical Center. Riner Volunteer Rescue Squad Lt. Jessica Roop has said the passengers had injuries that didn't appear to be life-threatening.Heinline said the passengers were disabled individuals of varying ages, and were all wearing seat belts at the time of the crash. Five of them have been released from the hospital, and the sixth was expected to be released Thursday."After a very trying week, this is wonderful news," Heinline said, adding that the organization's main concern has been with the passengers and their families.New River Valley Senior Services, which is based in Pulaski, operates 35 vehicles, including 13-passenger vans, minivself storagens and lift-supported vehicles, according to its website.Heinline said that Fontaine has been a paid driver with the organization for nine years and had "worked most days doing medical transports and filling in for other drivers in the Floyd area." The van that wrecked was traveling from Radford to Floyd, which is a daily route that New River Valley Senior Services provides. The passengers were being taken to and from work, Heinline said."We have a very, very good driving record with all of our drivers," Heinline said. "It's the type of thing you hope never happens. It did, but thank goodness for seat belts and all the safety equipment we have in the vehicles now. The outcome could have been a lot worse."Fontaine was given a field sobriety test at the scene.According to the criminal complaint in Fontaine's case file, a deputy noticed "an odor of alcoholic beverage coming from" Fontaine, who was "very unsteady" on his feet. The deputy administered a series of field tests, which Fontaine "performed unsatisfactory." Fontaine was then arrested and charged with driving under the influence.A Breathalyzer test was conducted at the county magistrate's office at 5:32 p.m., and Fontaine's blood-alcohol content was recorded as 0.17 percent, according to his case file.Fontaine was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and released Wednesday on a $5,000 secured bond.His arraignment is scheduled for Sept. 13.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, Va.) Visit The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, Va.) at .roanoke.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

Source: The Blade, Toledo, OhioSept.自存倉 06--Suspected human remains were found Thursday in a computer box, stored in a detached garage on the property where missing toddler Elaina Steinfurth was last seen about three months ago."We have received a box that appears to contain human remains," said Dr. James Patrick, Lucas County Coroner.UPDATE:Dr. Diane Scala-Barnett, a deputy coroner, went to 704 Federal St. in East Toledo after police notified the coroner's office about a discovery in the garage."She felt that initially that's what it appears to be," Mr. Patrick said of Dr.. Barnett's findings.An autopsy is scheduled for today. Toledo police also have scheduled a news conference at 10:30 a.m.Elaina was 18 months old when she last was seen in June at the Federal Street home owned by the family of her mother's estranged boyfriend.The girl's mother, Angela Steinfurth, stayed overnight in the home the night of June 1 with her two daughters and then-boyfriend Steven King II, 23. The girls' father, Terry Steinfurth II, 25, went to Federal Street at about 2 p.m. on June 2 to pick up the girls, but was only given their 4-year-old daughter, Kylee.Mrs. Steinfurth, 25, who is estranged from, but still legally married to Mr. Steinfurth, said she didn't know where the toddler was, police have reported.Mrs. Steinfurth and Mr. King remain in the Lucas County jail charged with obstructing justice for allegedly lying to police during the ongoing investigation. Police have said that until they find Elaina or her remains, they consider the case to be a missing persons investigation. In Lucas County Common Pleas Court last month, Brad Smith, an assistant county prosecutor, referred to the investigation as a homicide.Before Thursday's search, the Federal Street home had been searched by Toledo police officers and federal agents numerous times, at least once with cadaver dogs, since the girl was reported missing.During one search in June, a cadaver dog alerted to the garage, but it's not clear if that part of the property was searched.The King family said the detached garage, behind the two-story home, is rarely used. Above where cars would be parked is a small loft used for storing Christmas decorations.Mr. King's mother, Julie King, sat on a neighbor's front steps Thursday evening, watching the swarm of people who gathered at the default search party headquarters at Leonard and Federal streets mill about under the watchful eyes of more than a dozen police officers.Mrs. King said she had not talked to her son Thursday and said her son's attorney, Pete Rost, advised the family not to comment. Mrs. King did say police searched her home four times.8c042a39-2557-4630-9f7e-9cddbe5832daMr. Rost said his client was in court Thursday for a previously scheduled pretrial hearing before Judge Ruth Ann Franks. The hearing confirmed a Sept. 16 trial date set earlier. After the hearing, Mr. King returned to jail, his attorney said.Mr. Rost would not provide additional details. Jane Roman, attorney for Mrs. Steinfurth, did not return calls for comment."It's pending and still in the investigative stage. I can't comment on that," he said.Jeff Lingo, chief of the criminal division for the Lucas County Prosecutor's Office, declined to comment when asked if prosecutors had struck a deal with Mr. King or if he led investigators to the suspected remains.As of about 7 p.m. Thursday, Mr. King was being questioned by Toledo police investigators.Mr. King spent several hours at the downtown Safety Building talking to detectives. The second-floor investigative services bureau was on lockdown Thursday evening, which is a common practice when detectives are talking to victims, witnesses, or suspects in sensitive or high-profile cases.It wasn't until just before 9 p.m. that Mr. King was returned to the jail. A reporter from The Blade waiting near the jail shouted to Mr. King twice, but did not get a response.Sgt. Joe Heffernan, the department's spokesman, did not return calls Thursday seeking comment. He did, however, send out a news release at 5:20 p.m. announcing that at 3:16 p.m. officers executed a search warrant at the Federal Street home based on "new information regarding the Elaina Steinfurth case."Lorie Kaczmarek said she noticed officers near her Prentice Street home at about 4 p.m., stretching yellow police tape from the corner of Prentice and Leonard streets down the block to 646 Prentice. The police line would have kept anyone from peering into backyards, including into the Kings' backyard, where their detached garage is.Ms. Kaczmarek said officers told her they didn't know why they were on scene; officers left at about 5 p.m., though迷你倉新蒲崗the police tape remained. Ms. Kaczmarek took down the tape herself.She said she hadn't seen officers around the East Toledo neighborhood since about June, once search efforts slowed. "I hope they find her," Ms. Kaczmarek said.Police were called back after a large fight broke out just after 5 p.m. What prompted the fight was not immediately clear.The brawl consisted mostly of young men and women screaming and exchanging punches.A videographer from WTVG-TV, Channel 13, stepped into the brawl and tried to calm the crowd. At least one woman had to be restrained by a man who grabbed the back of her dark gray T-shirt as she tried to lunge at another woman.Mr. Steinfurth and his father, Terry Steinfurth, Sr., arrived at Leonard and Federal streets as the fight was in progress. The two rushed across Leonard Street to the brawl; they appeared to want to defuse the situation.The fight only broke up when officers intervened, although several women continued to yell at each other, shouting "an eye for an eye."After the fight, police put up another yellow tape barrier.Mrs. Steinfurth's stepfather, Richard Schiewe, pointed to the cordoned-off area and said the same should have been done to the Federal Street home, not allowing anyone in or out until there was a resolution in the case.He had heard reports that a box with human remains was taken from the scene, but called the neighborhood gossip "speculation.""I do hope it's her," he said. "That way we can all get peace."The younger Mr. Steinfurth, who was visibly upset, said, "I don't want to talk to anyone right now."Three police cruisers were on the scene late Thursday, although the police tape was removed from the area.The missing toddler case has received national attention, with family members from both sides appearing on CNN's Nancy Grace.Offscreen, much drama surrounded the families and the investigation.Right away, police began searching in garbage cans, vacant houses, in and around the Maumee River. Investigators seemed to double their search on the water after Mrs. Steinfurth reported to police that she found a "freshly used" diaper -- the same size and brand as Elaina's -- in a wooded area along the river.An FBI dive team came to Toledo to search the river -- which was also searched by members of the Toledo Fire Department's dive team -- using high-tech equipment attempting to locate the girl.Special Agent Vicki Anderson, a spokesman from the Cleveland FBI office, did not know if the bureau was involved in the search Thursday.She declined to comment on recent developments and referred all questions to local police.Police followed numerous leads -- even ones that seemed far-fetched, including reports from two psychics that suggested the toddler's body was in a Jerusalem Township field crying, "Mommy."In July, a fisherman snagged hair on his line, prompting an outcry for divers to search the river again.Police sent the hair sample to a lab for testing, which determined that the hair was human, but because of its condition, could not be tested for DNA.At one point, a woman who claimed to be Mrs. Steinfurth's cellmate in the jail said that Mrs. Steinfurth confided in her that she and Mr. King threw the toddler's body, wrapped in a blanket, into the river.Volunteers from around northwest Ohio and parts of Michigan met regularly in East Toledo to search various fields for any clues that might lead them to Elaina.Risa Smith, founder of the Michigan nonprofit group Justice for Nevaeh, which formed after a 5-year-old Monroe girl was kidnapped and killed, helped organize searches, sweeps of the river, and twice-weekly vigils for Elaina.She said Thursday that volunteers were motivated to help because the case involved a missing child and they wanted "to hold out hope." Lately, supporters continued their steady vigils but slowed search efforts, focusing instead on trying to entice someone to spill information about the case."We made the new poster geared at getting to someone's conscious and making them talk," Ms. Smith said.She said she went to the Federal Street site Thursday. Others gathered there were full of "disbelief and anger and questions," Ms. Smith said.Like others, she was waiting for the coroner to confirm the identity of the remains. Until then, there's "a little bit of hope," she said."I think we're headed down the path of justice," Ms. Smith said.Blade writers Mark Zaborney, Nolan Rosenkrans, and Vanessa McCray contributed to this report.Contact Taylor Dungjen at , or 419-724-6054, or on Twitter .Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Blade (Toledo, Ohio) Visit The Blade (Toledo, Ohio) at .toledoblade.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉出租

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Source: The Beaumont Enterprise, TexasSept.儲存 06--Most Jefferson County homeowners have only two months to challenge any errors in new federal maps that could significantly increase their flood insurance. That's not a lot of time, and most homeowners are not experts on this specialized issue.Officials with the country government and the local drainage districts are, however. They should be available to help county residents navigate this challenge. That's especially important because any appeal must be accompanied by data showing the maps to be "scientificall新蒲崗迷你倉 incorrect."The maps can be viewed at the county's engineering office at the courthouse or online at maps.riskmaps6.com/TX/JeffersonJefferson County Emergency Management Coordinator Greg Fountain said most of the changes on the map aren't drastic. That's reassuring.But if your flood insurance bill just doubled or tripled without good reason, it's a major problem for you.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, Texas) Visit the Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, Texas) at .beaumontenterprise.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage

Source: Milwaukee Journal SentinelSept.新蒲崗迷你倉 06--GREEN BAY -- There is a statistic for almost everything in football, but how can you measure a man's hunger? Determination? Tenacity?Toughness?You cannot.You have to see it, and really in Johnny Jolly's case, you had to look for it.The defensive end made his improbable return to the NFL just 95 days for Green Bay Packers minicamp. He couldn't even participate in a full practice after his three-year punitive absence from football. He just started with team drills and even those left him gulping air, streaks of perspiration running down his temples. His sometimes hunched posture gave away his fatigue. He was carrying around too much weight. His cardio stamina was gone.But his eyes were in it. They were alert. They were on fire.He was fighting.As Green Bay finalizes its last preparations for the rematch with the San Francisco 49ers, the defensive Packers are over the moon to have their Johnny Jolly back, the one they knew in 2009, who set the club record for swatting down 11 passes, but also the one known for chasing after players half his size and twice his speed."Johnny is tough, he's a tough player," said nose tackle Ryan Pickett. "He's not dirty, he's not going to do anything like that, but he's like a street fighter. He's going to go hard and fight, every down. No matter what, you know you're going to get that from Johnny."I love it, man, because it's contagious. You just love going into a game with a guy like that. He will do whatever it takes to win. And then he'll expect that from everyone around him."It's not the team alone that welcomes him back. If the Packers won't admit their lack of toughness in their 579-yard, 45-point surrender to the 49ers in the playoffs, others seem eager to look for a little grit from the men in green and gold in the season opener at Candlestick this time around."Johnny Jolly brings the toughness back," former safety LeRoy Butler said in his video with JSOnline this week. "You play the Seattles and the San Franciscos of the world, the Giants -- although they were terrible in the secondary, but their front four traditionally have been good. If Johnny Jolly can add some toughness back to this defense, they'll be good."Leaner now, with obvious stamina, and his performances improving with each preseason game, this tough-guy image is still a little hard to believe in talking to Jolly when he's away from that environment. He's soft-spoken, careful of what he says, sensitive about some topics. And who will blame him? The last time he played was the 2009 season and even then the first codeine charges hung over him. He fretted it would affect his teammates.But he kept making mini storageistakes and he lost the next three years, the prime years really, of his NFL career, suspended for violating the drug policy. He's been humbled in court and locked behind bars. There's no way he isn't a changed man."It made me hungrier," said Jolly, quietly.Think back to 2009, his best season. He was described as a hard charger. He led the defensive line with 835 snaps (78.9%) and was third in tackles per snap. Jolly also had four turnover-producing plays, the most then by a defensive lineman since Aaron Kampman had four in '06.He was well-liked, too, joking with his teammates that his great athleticism translated to being the best basketball player in the locker room.Now that he's back, it's a lot to ask the 30-year-old to be the answer to the Packers' lack of toughness. And so no one in Green Bay will go that far. But they will not hesitate to acknowledge that Jolly can be a catalyst for what they hope is an improved defense."He does bring an intensity -- I don't know about nastiness," said left defensive end C.J. Wilson. He is the starter, with Pickett and B.J. Raji, and Jolly is his backup. "Johnny is a good guy, on and off the field, despite his past. I'm just excited to have him as a teammate because he's got a lot of energy every day. I would say he's a great leader, a vocal leader. I look for great things for him this year."Jolly has been very grateful for his teammates who went to bat for him and implored general manager Ted Thompson to bring him back. Maybe his constant aggression is a combination result of regret over time missed and a debt he'd like to pay. Or maybe it's just him."I really don't have a definition for it," said Jolly. "I'm going to play how I play -- with a lot of passion. I'll be tough, physical. I'm just a passionate player, I love the game. I love doing it. Hopefully I can do this for 10 more years. I'm going to go as hard as I can every chance I get."A lot of players mentally rehearse a positive image of what they want to be successful. And so Jolly will give this game a great deal of thought, a vision of him making a tackle for loss, an image of him rejecting a pass. And that will take care of any nerves in his first game since Jan. 10, 2010."Of course," said Jolly. "The night before the game, you think about stuff like that, you picture stuff like that. I will probably get a little edgy feeling before the game, as always. It's game time. When the ball is snapped, it's on. There's no time for butterflies. You get that out of your system. It's big boy ball."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Visit the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel at .jsonline.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage