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Source: Detroit Free PressAug.自存倉 28--This story originally appeared in Detroit Magazine, the Sunday supplement of the Detroit Free Press. It was written to mark the Mackinac Bridge's 25th anniversary year, appearing on May 23, 1982.Generations dreamed the crossingDoubters shook their heads in scornBrave men vowed that they would build itFrom their faith a bridge was born.-- David B. Steinman, designer of the Mackinac BridgeFirst glimpse of those ivory towers comes just beyond mile 334 on Interstate 75. You are about five miles from the Straits of Mackinac, traveling north through Michigan's Lower Peninsula.The interstate winds some now, cutting through forests of young pine and birch. No doubt you're a bit fidgety: You are about to cross the longest suspension bridge in the world.Steel and concrete will lift you nearly 200 feet above the rushing waters of the four-mile-wide straits, the channel that for centuries has separated Michigan from Michigan. Road signs alert you of the tolls as the bridge looms ever larger until the final instruction: Last exit before bridge. Then there it is before you, its pavement seemingly rising into the horizon. Mighty Mac.You are moving now at 45 miles an hour, the speed limit for the span, and in the distance to the east you can see Mackinac and Bois Blanc islands. To the west, the shore of the Upper Peninsula and the waters of Lake Michigan.You hear the frequent clack-clack, clack-clack, as the car hits expansion joints in the roadbed. Soon the southern shore is a mile behind you, and you haven't yet reached the first of the 552-foot ivory suspension towers.When you finally cross Pier 17, the southern anchorage for the suspension bridge, you are about 110 feet above the straits. You may feel and hear the wind glove your car after it smacks the side of the concrete pier and rushes up and over the roadway.In a second or so, you are across the row of two-foot, interlocking, steel-fingered expansions. If it's January, the fingers are probably fully extended. If it's July, they are joined. In the heat of summer, the suspension cables that hold up the roadway expand and the road sags, pushing the fingers together. But the movement of this gentle giant is so, so, so slight, you could never detect it.Overhead as you pass under the south tower are 3,250 tons of steel that soar 47 stories above the water. Nearly 12 years ago, a Greek freighter, piloted by an American and lost in fog, hit the 180,000-ton concrete pier that supports this tower. There were no serious injuries, though the collision poked a hole in the freighter that was big enough for a semi to drive through.The pier of the $99.8 million bridge received $45,000 worth of bumps and bruises.The center lanes of the 8,614-foot suspension bridge are made of steel gratings that allow wind to pass through. That makes the bridge aerodynamic. Its design was wind-tunnel-tested to sustain winds of more than 620 m.p.h., when 78 m.p.h. winds are the strongest ever recorded in the area.When bridge authorities are forewarned of high winds, they'll pair vehicles towing light trailers or boats with semitrailers, which act as windbreakers. Still, a light boat or camper sometimes is blown over the side.Occasionally (and illegally) aircraft fly under the bridge. Once a B47 pilot leveled his bomber to 100 feet above the straits and roared under. It was his last flight. Military authorities stripped his wings.You pay your $1.50 toll as you arrive in the Upper Peninsula. The five-mile trip takes 10 minutes. Before the bridge opened on Nov. 1, 1957, it would have taken you 45 minutes to ferry from Mackinaw City to St. Ignace.The Mackinac Bridge, which was designed by the late David B. Steinman, turns 25 this year.Steinman, who died at 73 in 1960, was also something of a poet, a romantic, a man who so thought out this 1,024,500-ton superstructure that he selected its color scheme -- ivory and deep green. Steinman's metered lines are the history of this bridge ...Generations dreamed the crossing . . .Oh, how many generations! The experts on such things will tell you that glaciers from thousands of years ago formed the Great Lakes. The record may be less precise on exactly who or what carved the 40-mile-long straits, manicured the shorelines and buried the seeds of evergreens that would be 150 feet tall when men from France first saw them.The Indians told of heroes who wanted to cross the straits. Hiawatha, the Iroquois brave who lived 500 years ago, dreamed, the story goes, of lacing together canoes to bridge the swift current.In 1620, while the Pilgrims were landing at Plymouth Rock, Etienne Brule, a Frenchman, arrived at the St. Mary's River near today's city of Sault Ste. Marie. He was the first white man to walk on Michigan soil, but it isn't known whether he ventured inland and south the 60 miles to the straits.Brule and other Frenchmen were in the New World searching for the Old -- the Orient that had enticed the European adventurers. Many had become certain that there was a shorter route to the land of spices and silk than Marco Polo's eastern land route.One of these New World explorers was Samuel de Champlain, who founded Quebec in 1608. In the early 1630s, Huron Indians told him of a nation that lived by a sea that had an unusual smell. Champlain decided they meant saltwater, and he commissioned colleague Jean Nicolet to find the nation.Nicolet started west from Montreal in 1634, carrying a robe of lustrous fabric festooned with birds and flowers. He meant to put on the robe as a symbol of cheer and brotherhood when he found the mysterious people.Nicolet passed through the Straits of Mackinac that year, the first white man known to have done so. But when he reached the shores of Green Bay in Wisconsin -- his destination -- he found not Orientals, not saltwater, but Winnebago Indians.Later that century, Fr. Pere Marquette founded St. Ignace, on the northern shore of the straits. White explorers weren't interested then in bridges. The Lower Peninsula held no promise of a short route to the Orient. It was a vast pine forest, a hunting ground for the Indian.Military outposts later were built at the Straits because of its strategic location, and these would change hands during decades of wars. Commerce in furs through the Straits flourished well into the 1800s. John Jacob Astor had a fur company on Mackinac Island.Then in 1883 a suspension bridge was opened across the East River in New York, linking Manhattan with Brooklyn. The next year, a shop owner in St. Ignace superimposed a drawing of the Brooklyn Bridge over the Straits in newspaper ads. Why not here? he suggested. Also that year, an editorial in a Traverse City newspaper proposed a bridge or tunnel across the Straits.A few years later, shipping tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt attended the first meeting of the board of the directors of the new Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. "We now have the largest, well-equipped hotel of its kind in the world," he told his colleagues. "Now what we need is a bridge across the Straits."But the dreamers in state government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries thought more in terms of tunnels and causeways, not bridges.By World War I, travelers were paying up to $16 to transport their cars between peninsulas on railroad ferries. The state opened what it hoped would be a more efficient ferry service in 1923, employing a Detroit riverboat to haul cars. In five months, the Ariel carried across 10,000 cars.It was also in 1923 that a 14-year-old boy from Detroit's southwest side left home for a career on the Great Lakes. By 1949, George Lloyd was superintendent of the state's five-ferry Straits fleet. On the day the Mackinac Bridge opened to traffic in 1957, amid all the hoopla, speeches and celebration, Lloyd was in his office, supervising the last run of his ferries.Now 74 and living in Cheboygan, Lloyd says the bridge is a "beautiful structure," but he can't hold back his sea captain's pride. Only once, he recalls, did the ferries stay in port because of weather. "The bridge can't say that."Because of poor visibility brought on by even poorer weather, the bridge has closed five times in 25 years. Three of those times occurred this winter.Doubters shook their heads in scorn . . .The magnitude of bridging the straits with steel is awesome today; how much more awesome it must have been in the 1930s, giving strength to the doubters.Engineers had spanned the Hudson River in New York with the George Washington Bridge in 1931 and San Francisco Bay with the Golden Gate in 1937. But both bridges together would be two miles shy of linking Michigan's peninsulas.The doubters talked much of current, of ice, of winds -- of all the wrath with which nature assaults the Straits. They talked, too, of rock formations, citing obscure geological surveys that suggested the bedrock would not support a bridge."It was fantasy," recalls former Gov. G. Mennen Williams, Michigan's chief of state when the bridge was approved and built."There were outrageous claims that the bottom was not strong, and the ice was too strong and the current, too. I suppose a lot of reaction (against the bridge was) that it was too big to contemplate.Despite a 1928 state feasibility study that said a bridge could be built for $30 million, sentiment against it won. Backers tried again in 1934. The Mackinac Bridge Authority was created to study the idea and issue revenue bonds for construction.The federal government, which was doling out public works dollars to a Depression-weary country, was given Michigan's bridge studies. Again, nay-sayers gathered steam. "We had supposed and hoped," began a 1935 editorial in the Adrian Daily Telegram, "that the preposterous Mackinac bridge idea had been permanently relegated to the dodo cage of political fauna. But we guessed wrong."Washington turned down the request for a federal loan to pay 70 percent of the $35 million the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it would take to build a bridge.The state went ahead anyway and in 1942 built a causeway south from St. Ignace about 4,200 feet into the Straits -- a step previous studies said had to come before a bridge. Then war interrupted. In 1947, 13 years after the Mackinac Bridge Authority had been formed, the Legislature abolished it.That was hardly the last of it, though. "Soapy" Williams, who was the Democratic candidate for governor in 1948, remembers campaigning one day in St. Ignace. He was getting a haircut in a barber shop that had a picture of the Brooklyn Bridge on the wall."And I thought about it," he recalls. "People in the Upper Peninsula felt alienated from the Lower Peninsula. They thought we just didn't care." So, with the bridge in mind, Williams prepared a speech, but before he gave it, he asked a newspaper reporter what he thought he should talk about." 'Tell them you'll build a bridge,' " Williams says the reporter responded. "I pledged if I were elected I would start to build the Mackinac Bridge to link the peninsulas."On Nov. 2, 1948, Williams defeated Republican Gov. Kim Sigler by 160,000 votes.By June 1950, the Mackinac Bridge Authority was back in business. A bridge campaign popped u迷你倉新蒲崗 across the state. Proponents urged sympathizers to send notes to Lansing. Silver dollars with paper pasted to them carried this message: "Write today to Gov. Williams. Holy Mackinaw. Bridge it now."Another campaign, one Williams today asserts was loaded with "political potshots," was waged by the other side. The concern shifted chiefly to money, although there were still doubts the bridge technically could be built.Opponents said traffic would be insufficient to pay off the bonds on schedule and the state would be saddled with "Soapy's folly."In late 1951, the state Highway Department christened a new Straits ferry, the Vacationland, which was a $4.5 million, 360- foot vessel. It could haul a maximum of 150 cars across the Straits in 35 minutes. That didn't help bridge supporters.But Williams, an astute politician, a charmer in capitol corridors, a clever and tactful deal-cutter, got legislative approval for the bridge authority in spring 1952 to sell bonds and build and operate a bridge.He will tell you today that he had loads of help from the members of the authority, who were luminaries in Michigan's civic society.The authority appointed Lawrence Rubin, a 39-year-old transportation expert who grew up on Boston Blvd. in Detroit, as its executive secretary, a position Rubin holds today.He will tell you of those days when friends had to be won, when what seemed like much public apathy had to be turned around, "particularly down below where they didn't give a feeling one way or the other whether the bridge was built."Recalls Williams: "There were all the appeals to bias that you could imagine."Perhaps the strongest was the appeal to the taxpayers' pocketbooks.Once the authority had bridge plans and a pricetag and bonds lined up, it had trouble marketing the bonds. The economy in the early 1950s wasn't favorable. Bond buyers wanted some assurance their investment would be protected.Supporters approached the Legislature again, this time to ask for a guaranteed annual budget of $417,000 to maintain the bridge. That set off a flurry of editorials and no-bridge talk.A "dangerous promotion" scheme, heralded the Adrian Daily Telegram. "Let the public beware!" warned the Montague Observer. "There are a lot of things we'd like to have but cannot because it costs too much," observed the Onaway News. And headlines in Capitol Digest, a Lansing insiders' tabloid that observed the motto "Hew to the line -- let the chips fall where they may," cried that the bond issue was a "bamboozle."That spring the Legislature passed the maintenance subsidy. There would be more challenges, but in the end the authority prevailed. The bonds to pay for the bridge were offered in early 1954. Buyers grabbed them at four percent interest.Brave men vowed that they would build it . . .About 1,200 attended the banquet March 6, 1954, at Sault Ste. Marie to celebrate the soon-to-be-built bridge. They ate roast turkey and French peas and whipped potatoes and heard designing engineer David B. Steinman talk about his structure."It will be the safest, best, most beautiful bridge that money, brains, workmanship and material can build," he said. It will be a bridge that "will contribute to the prosperity and welfare of people for generations to come."He was an authority, this Steinman, a man of nuts and bolts and poetry who envisioned a bridge that would be like a harp, aerodynamic, like a wing across the Straits, wind-tunnel tested to withstand the furies.This visionary led a school of engineering thought that regarded bridges as structures almost molecularly wedded to environment. Others said large bridges needed weight, needed to be so heavy, so solid, that nothing would move them. Steinman said the elements needed to caress the structures -- bridges needed to breathe.On May 8, 1954, in Mackinaw City they broke ground. It was "the biggest two-day wingding in the history of northern Michigan, " wrote Free Press marine reporter Curt Haseltine. There would be parades, fireworks and choirs singing "God Bless America." Then the work began.By the time the bridge was finished 3 years later, more than 1,000 people had worked on it. Five of them had died.Builders first set down massive piers that would support the bridge. They pumped enormous amounts of concrete into huge caissons sunk into the Straits.The towers were erected piece by piece, and once they were done, work started on the approaches to the suspension bridge. A cyclone-fence catwalk was stretched from pier to tower to tower to pier across the Straits; a cable spinner (a large wheel on pulleys) moved above the catwalk, spinning the wire, in 37 strands of 340 wires each, to make the 24-inch-thick suspension cable. Suspenders were hung from the cables, and the steel roadbed was attached to them. The concrete roadway was poured. The bridge was opened.Ed Tollman, 49, who lives in St. Ignace and crosses the bridge three times a week, worked on spinning the cables and attaching the steel road sections to the suspenders."I come out of the Navy and got a job on the bridge," he recalls. He had been a boilermaker on the USS Rowe, a destroyer, and soon found himself 500 feet above water walking along a six-foot-wide cyclone fence catwalk. Heights never bothered him. "The ironworkers in them days were a bunch of hard-nosed people," he says.He remembers spending nearly 48 hours on a pier in the center of the Straits as a November storm assaulted the construction crew, preventing them from being ferried to shore. He loved it."I wished they'd build another one alongside it so I could work on it, too."Ironworkers, says Dave Rees, "are good people. They enjoy life." The 57-year-old Rees, who lives near Pittsburgh, is director of construction procedure for American Bridge, the company that built the bridge. He spent the spring, summer and fall of 1956 in a rented home in St. Ignace -- "one of the greatest years" of his life -- while he worked with Steinman on the bridge.Rees recalls seeing Steinman often at the construction site. "He walked up to the St. Ignace tower on the catwalks (while) the spinning wheels (stretching cable) were going by, and I remember him saying, "What beautiful music.' "Vern Erskine, 58, lives in Moran, about 15 miles north of the bridge. He inspected the work, "to see that all the rivets (there are about six million of them in the bridge) were in tight.""I think the bridge is the greatest thing that's ever happened," he says.The Mackinac Bridge became a bridge in the summer of 1957 when the last drift pin went into place on the last section of Mackinac Bridge steel. "They released that pin, and it just slid right in. It stood right in place," Erskine remembers.Erskine says he remembers something else, too, almost every time he crosses the bridge. On July 6, 1956, two ironworkers fell about 540 feet to their deaths when the catwalk snapped. "You think about those guys, those fellows who fell off the catwalk." Another worker, a diver, died of the bends. One fell into a caisson and was killed. One drowned in a pier cofferdam.At 2 p.m. on Nov. 1, 1957, the Mackinac Bridge was opened. The toll was $3.25 a passenger car.Gov. Williams accommodated press photographers that day by climbing onto a "piece of road equipment with wheels 12 feet high," he recalled. He posed for pictures. Photographers urged him to start the machine and drive it a bit. He did."I put it in reverse and almost went off the bridge."Williams then had the opportunity to be the first official driver to cross the 26,000-foot-long bridge, but he says he didn't have a current driver's license. His wife, Nancy, drove across instead.But the one thing Williams also recalls about opening day was how all those who doubted, all those who wrote against the bridge, all those who teased privately about "Soapy's folly" now clamored to be part of the celebration.Newspapers around Michigan and in many Midwestern cities heralded the event.-- "Fabulous" -- The Grand Rapids Press-- "Great Highway in the Sky" -- The Detroit News-- "Michigan Is One!" -- The Detroit Times, in two-inch-tall letters-- "Colossal" -- The Midland Daily News-- "Our Great State Is United!" -- The Detroit Free PressThe ironworkers, recalled Erskine, had loads of private celebrations in bars around the Straits.From their faith a bridge was born.And so this bridge across the Straits, even more clever than a string of birch-bark canoes, has been carrying passengers between Michigan and Michigan for almost 25 years now.Few today would argue that it was a mistake. The total bond issue will be paid in full in 1986, eight years ahead of schedule.The fare for a passenger car is down to $1.50. By late April, more than 43 million vehicles had crossed Big Mac.Some things that made up life along the Straits before the bridge, of course, are gone. The ferries, for one.During deer season, lines south of the Straits often stretched 15 miles as cars inched north. Gasoline trucks patrolled the shoulder of U.S. 23 and U.S. 27 and U.S. 31 to replenish tanks of cars in line.At the Mackinaw City dock, kids made change selling popcorn to people who waited. Once State Police busted a crap game that literally floated the Straits aboard a ferry.George Lloyd, the proud lakes captain, was given other work by the state. He retired in 1964 from a job raising and lowering a drawbridge in Cheboygan.The ferry Vacationland is somewhere along the Pacific shore of British Columbia. Another ferry was sold for $25,000 and became a potato storage bin.Soapy Williams, who still marvels at the bridge, sits in a paneled office on the 14th floor of the Lafayette Building -- a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.Most of the Mackinac Bridge Authority members who helped build the span are dead.The authority itself will die in about four years when the bonds sold nearly 30 years ago are paid off, explained Charles T. Fisher III, chairman of the authority and president of National Bank of Detroit. The bridge will go to the state, which Fisher assumes "will maintain some kind of toll." Fisher's father, Charles Fisher Jr., was a member of the original bridge authority.Larry Rubin, at 69, still sits in his office in the authority's building alongside the toll booths on the St. Ignace side."I have a feeling there's a piece of me in the bridge," he says. He's had two houses since settling in St. Ignace (with his wife, Olga, and son, David) "both designed so you can see the bridge -- even flat in bed."If the bridge were to be built today, the estimated cost would be $296 million.Next year the Brooklyn Bridge turns 100. Officals in New York have retained the Steinman firm to oversee $150 million in repair costs for that bridge and others across the Hudson and East rivers.The Mackinac Bridge, says bridge engineer Lum Doyle, is in pretty good shape. How long will it stand? Oh, 300 years, ventures Doyle. But, he adds, if it stands 300 years, it'll probably stand 400 years. If that long, probably 500 years.As the man and the poet who designed it once said, "a bridge forever."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Detroit Free Press Visit the Detroit Free Press at .freep.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉出租

早報記者周瑜通訊員陳志華“西湖邊應該增加些人文景觀，mini storage比如斷橋邊可以有白娘子、許仙的雕塑……”上周，杭州西湖風景名勝區管委會開通熱線、網站、微博，請遊客為景區建言。�多建議中，網友“難得糊塗1918”的留言“斷橋邊豎許仙白娘子像”引起熱議。“能不能豎像要考慮很多方面，對西湖景觀要有通盤考慮。”早報記者昨天從景區管委會獲悉，他們會將該建議轉交責任部門，“如果要豎雕像，必須經過專家論證並徵求民意。”在西湖諸多橋樑中，位於白堤東端的斷橋名氣最大。與斷橋有關的傳說很多，最著名的是《白蛇傳》。到現在，還有很多情侶把斷橋作為約會必到之地。“西湖有許多傳說，把這些傳說進一步人文化，用現代藝術手段再現，會給西湖增色不少。”網友“難得糊塗1918”說，西湖邊這麼多雕塑，為什麼沒有白娘子?白娘子的傳說停留在熒幕和舞台上，沒有定格在湖邊有些可惜。對此，景區管委會表示，景區內已有許多雕塑，如self storage堤的蘇東坡像，孤山腳下的秋瑾像等，但在杭州這樣文化底蘊豐厚、人文景觀�多的城市，如果新建城雕作品的“藝術關”把不好，非但難以增色，甚至會起反作用，“即使在題材等方面能夠以歷史傳說、歷史事件、人物或傳統文化為依托，但雕塑數量、與周圍景色是否協調也要經過論證，對景觀要有通盤考慮。”在遊客中，“斷橋邊是否可以豎白娘子像”也形成兩派意見，反對者表示:“每個人心目中的白素貞形象是有差異的，有些美好形象或許藏在心裡更好。”昨天，參與西湖申遺工作並設計“西湖十景”修復方案的浙江省古建築設計研究院院長黃滋在接受早報記者採訪時表示，斷橋現有的空間、景觀都不適宜增加雕像，“而且，傳說人物的形象以誰為藍本很容易引起爭議。”不過，景區管委會表示，他們會將豎像的建議轉交責任部門，責任部門將在組織專家論證、徵求市民遊客意見後反饋給建議人，“要立雕像必須過兩關:既要通過專家論證，也要獲得民意認可。”迷你倉

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Source: The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa.迷你倉Aug. 27--Disrupting the drug trade and making sure law enforcement officers receive adequate funding are two ways the federal government can help cities such as Johnstown handle crime problems, according to U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus, R-Sewickley.Last year, the city saw a spike in burglaries and assaults. Cambria County has 12 pending murder cases. In a recent report, the Johnstown Crime and Violence Commission described heroin trafficking as the "common denominator" for many of the area's crime-related problems with housing, education, law enforcement and rehabilitation.Rothfus discussed the concerns about drug dealing during a meeting with The Tribune-Democrat on Monday."We have got to keep the pressure on the drug trade," said the 12th district congressman. "Drugs destroy lives, simply put."Recently, the Richland Township Police Department, FBI, Drug Enforcement Agency, Cambria County Drug Task Force and state attorney general's office worked together to make one of the area's largest drug busts ever, seizing an estimated $250,000 worth of heroin.Cambria County District Attorney Kelly Callihan warned the raid could lead to an increase in property crime as users compete for a reduced supply of heroin."Drugs is a big problem," said Rothfus. "It was good news on the big drug bust the other day. But, in talking with some of the local officials, they're breaking into homes and the feeling is that maybe some of these are the result of people looking for resources to fund their drug habit. As the district attorney was warning on Friday that, with the drug bust, people should be vigilant. That means they're taking part of the supply offline. Supply and demand works in the underground economy as it does in the overground economy. If there's less supply, the prices are going to go up. People should be vigilant."U.S. Route 219 growthRothfus is one of many dignitaries scheduled to appear at a U.S. Route 219 groundbreaking ceremony today.The event, set for 11 a.m., marks the symbolic beginning of a construction project that will turn the 11-mile stretch of road from Meyersdale to Somerset into a limited-access, four-lane highway. PennDOT?started purchasing property for the expansion back in the 1970s, according to Thomas Prestash, PennDOT Engineering District 9 executive."This has been a long work-in-progress," said Rothfus.Expanding the highway is expected to improve personal and business transportation in the region.Rothfus talked about the Route 219 improvement in context of the larger subject of infrastructure development."We've got to make sure we have our roads, our bridges, our locks, our dams in working order," said Rothfus. "Those are the channels of commerce. Those are how we ship goods around. Those are how people get to and from work. That's how we keep things being productive."In the districtConstituents frequently tell Rothfus about three main concerns."It's jobs, the economy, health care," he said. "I would say those are the big ones. People want to be taking care of their families."In order to figure out more about those concerns and other issues, Rothfus recently mailed out more than 100,000 surveys to district residents."It's good to hear what people are thinking," said Rothfus. He added, "I tell everybody that I'm just the employee. I've got 700,000 bosses and this is a way for me to reach out to the bosses and see what their priorities are."Rothfus said his staff has helped resolve more than 300 issues for constituents and responded to over 40,000 inquiries since he took office in January.In D.C.After almost eight months in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rothfus admits he gets dissatisfied at times with how the political process works."Us freshmen are very frustrated, particularly those of us who come from 新蒲崗迷你倉he private sector," said Rothfus, a member of the Committee on Financial Services. "This is my first elected office. There are quite a few of us there who this is our first elected office. We're used to getting things done in the private sector. Myself, I'm an attorney, and I had clients. You had to deliver for the clients."So far, he has missed only one of 447 roll call votes, according to govtrack.us.He sponsored his first bill in June. The proposed legislation, called the Medicare Beneficiary Preservation Choice Act of 2013, would allow seniors to switch between different Medicare Advantage plans during the first 90 days of any year. The three-month window previously existed before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, created a 45-day period in which subscribers could disenroll from Medicare Advantage, but not actually change plans within the system."It's a very simple fix," Rothfus said.Rothfus expanded upon why he wants to bring back the window, saying "My district, which goes from the Ohio line over to here, we have the highest number of Medicare Advantage participants in the country of any other district, so I'm very concerned with what's happening there."He added, "There's a hostility within Obamacare toward Medicare Advantage plans."Rothfus campaigned heavily against the PPACA during the 2012 election when he defeated former Rep. Mark Critz, D-Johnstown."This health care law is not ready for prime time," said Rothfus. "It's never going to be ready for prime time."MilitaryRothfus wants the United States to maintain what he calls a "robust" defense, but is cautious about the possibility of becoming militarily involved in Egypt or Syria, following lengthy wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."I am very reluctant to commit any boots on the ground," he said. "Our troops are exhausted."When discussing potential threats to the United States, he said, "We cannot let Iran go nuclear."The congressman disagreed with getting involved in the Libyan civil war because he did not feel America had a strategic interest in the conflict.EnergyAs a father of six children, who need to be driven lots of places, Rothfus would like to see the development of cost-effective larger vehicles that run on natural gas.He hopes to see the automobile industry embrace the possibility of using the fuel, which would include the building of fueling stations across the nation."Look at natural gas filling stations, what a great opportunity for some investors," Rothfus said. "There's a lot of money out there sitting on the sidelines, looking for opportunities. There was no federal program to build gasoline pumping stations back in the 1910s and the 1920s. I would certainly look to the private sector to be coming up with a plan to do that."Rothfus thinks development of natural gas could be part of what he calls an "all-of-the-above" energy policy, which he feels needs to include less regulation on the coal industry."You can't take an entire energy asset class, such as coal, offline and not expect that there's going to be a negative consequence," Rothfus said.Honoring Dr. KingRothfus commemorated the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech by offering a few words of his own from the House floor on Friday.He cited King's fight for civil rights as an example of how people of faith have impacted the United States' history."It was a real privilege for me to go stand on the House floor and remind people about this speech and what he was saying," Rothfus said.Dave Sutor is a reporter for The Tribune-Democrat. 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閱 言近兩年，mini storage互聯網金融風生水起，從2012 年互聯網支付市場規模超10萬億元，到今年6月上線的餘額寶，僅僅兩個月銷售量就達到 200 億元，互聯網金融越來越被大家所熟悉。在互聯網金融快速發展的同時，由於監管缺位，以及行業自律不強，這一新興事物暴露出很多問題。以P2P網貸為例，原本利用互聯網撮合兩方借貸，平台只是收取中介費，而現在一些網貸平台開展業務時，已脫離了這一初衷，把業務從線上轉移到線下。更有甚者，為了尋求高收益轉而將平台資金用于企業墊資。正如中國人民銀行副行長徐世傑所言，對於P2P網貸來說，脫離了平台功能變成線下，是偷換概念。（P2P網貸）有兩個底線是不能碰的，或者是不能擊穿的，一是非法吸收公共存款，一是非法集資。互聯網金融應當借助互聯網開放、平等、協作、共享的精神為實體經濟服務，而劍走偏鋒的行為害人害己。在信息互聯時代，與互聯網打交道的企業和個體將越來越多，互聯網金融必將飛速發展，出現更多的形態。可以說，當前通過互聯網、移動互聯網等工具，互聯網支付、P2P網貸、�籌融資使得金融業務中間成本更低，協作性更好，透明度更強。而不碰底線，不能僅僅依靠道德覺悟，互聯網金融的規範發展還需要監管部門的強力介入。首先，互聯網金融要加強網絡信息安全。近期由於黑客攻擊，給有些網貸平台帶來了擠兌現象，這說明對於以技術為支撐的互聯網金融，互聯網安全防護網絡與信息安全體系仍然是非常重要的。對此，一方面，企業要進一步加強技術的投入；另一方面，國家是否可以對互聯網金融制定統一的技術標準，來提高互聯網金融的技術門檻。其次，加強法制建設。目前，我國基於傳統金融制定的金融法律已經不適應互聯網金融的發展，需要進一步完善，例如明確互聯網金融市場准入、資金流動和退出的規則。再次，加強徵信系統建設。可以看出一些網貸平台把線上的信用評估轉移到線下，和目前沒有完善的徵信系統做支撐有很大關係。互聯網金融從業者呼籲網貸平台與央行的徵信系統對接，更便捷地查詢用戶的徵信報告。另外，把更多的個人和個體工商戶納入到國家的徵信數據中，對互聯網金融的發展更有利。互聯網金融企業 “ 生財有道 ”本報記者 郭文鵑三馬聯手賣保險， 阿里發佈餘額寶， 京東宣佈供應鏈融資， �籌網站風生水起， 互聯網金融正在掀起一股浪潮。目前， 互聯網金融基本形成雙向進入的格局。互聯網企業攜帶著數據及電子商務優勢， 深入支付結算和信貸領域； 而傳統金融機構也不甘落後，直接切入電商、 移動支付等非傳統金融領域。可以說， 傳統金融與互聯網金融相互博弈、 相互促進、 共同發展的態勢已基本形成。伴隨互聯網技術創 新層出不窮， 互聯網金融未來將會怎樣成為業界探討較多的話題。經過多年的發展，互聯網行業的發展機會早已經從單純的“鼠標”模式轉變為向傳統行業融合的“鼠標加水泥”模式。其中，互聯網與金融行業的跨界尤其火爆，吸引了大批創業者和互聯網巨頭頻頻出手。在企業融資領域，以“追夢網”、“點名時間”為代表的�籌融資和以“人人貸”和“阿里小貸”為代表的網絡信貸均取得了不俗的成績。以動畫電影《大魚·海棠》在�籌網站“點名時間”上發起融資為例，計劃不到一個月便已募集到資金80 余萬元，獲得2000多名國產動漫愛好者的支持，在籌錢的同時為影片做了很好的宣傳。與理財服務相關，支付寶旗下的“餘額寶”以及微信的“活期寶”更是憑借其“1元起購”的親民價格引來�多平民粉絲，讓近兩年來不夠景氣的基金行業煥發出了新的生機。“餘額寶”在上線一周內，用戶突破百萬，新增數億規模，一度讓與“天弘基金”相關的概念股“金證股份”實現了驚人的“七連漲”。艾瑞咨詢分析師張晶看好互聯網在支付、融資、理財等領域作出的嘗試，她說：“這些都是互聯網技術與金融的碰撞，有利於盤活資金和帶動相關產業發展。”然而，互聯網企業的集中式“殺入”仍然不能排除其中的部分企業有借機“炒作概念”之嫌，為“互聯網金融”泡沫埋下了隱患。應當注意的是，普通的互聯網金融公司不具備像金融機構一樣嚴格self storage合規機制，缺乏風控能力，在放貸及吸儲資 質上缺乏法律依據。另外，傳統金融機構逐漸開始意識到網絡環境對其業務範疇造成了衝擊，銀行、券商紛紛致力于網絡平台的鋪設，甚至利用自身客戶資源，反向切入電商領域，大有和互聯網企業展開正面競爭的勢頭。在今年的互聯網金融實踐應用高層研修會上，宏源證券分析師易歡歡預判，“互聯網金融攪動的這股創業熱潮，到明年年底前會褪色，90%的項目與公司會死掉。”盡管預判還有待時間檢驗，但在激烈的競爭環境下，互聯網企業能否突圍，如何突圍已經成為試圖進入的企業必須思考的問題。大數據成為競爭利器對於目前大多數涉足金融業的互聯網企業來說，最大的優勢在於“低門檻”，最明顯的短板在於“缺乏風險控制”。隨著市場競爭愈演愈烈，越來越多的金融企業會降低身段，屆時“低門檻”優勢將變得不再突出，而真正能夠在短板上發力甚至創新的企業才會獲得更長遠的發展。阿里在金融風控方面獨樹一幟，被業界奉為“大數據金融”的典型。其依托于自身網絡內龐大的客戶數據資源，將系統內交易數據、貨運數據、客戶評價數據、認證信息、貸款記錄和外部海關、電力、稅務等數據進行有機整合，形成了獨特的“阿里”式風控模型。據公開信息顯示，阿里小貸每天處理一萬筆左右貸款，戶均貸款7000 元，壞賬率不足 1%，遠遠低於銀行平均水平。有關專家評價，這種貸款模型的好處不單是大大提高了放貸效率、降低貸款成本。更為關鍵的是它開闢了傳統銀行由於成本因素難以介入的“超小額度貸款”，弱化了金融機構在此類貸款業務中的作用，在法律法規範圍內最大程度完成了對金融領域的滲入。可以說精准的大數據分析以一個全新的視角為互聯網企業進軍金融行業開闢了一條獨特的路徑，手握豐富大數據資源的企業在這條道路上斬獲先機。不少媒體消息顯示，除了阿里、京東等已有動向的大型電商以外，包括微博、微信在內的社交平台以及搜索引擎大鱷百度、360等企業也在進行數據資源的收集整合，蓄勢待發。未來，互聯網所搜集的人脈關係、興趣愛好、生活習慣、成長經歷等海量信息都將變成為個人或企業提供金融服務的重要依據。合作共贏也是生存之道面對競爭，傳統金融行業在互聯網方面的布局也是快馬加鞭。建行有電商平台“善融商務”、交行有“交博匯”等。一時間，幾乎所有國有銀行和大型股份制銀行都紛紛開設了自己的網上商城，試水電商行業。而不久前，招商銀行聯合敦煌網，平安銀行與 eBay 均展開了合作，為互聯網商戶提供小額貸款，直接挑戰“阿里小貸”。平安金融科技董事長吳世雄向記者介紹，雙方推出的“貸貸平安商務卡”是一款無抵押、無擔保的信用貸款，最高額度可達100萬元。eBay按照賣家授權向平安銀行提供商品、交易流水等經營狀況的信息。平安銀行會根據這些信息對商戶的經營狀況和還款能力進行綜合評估，並給予商戶一定的授信額度。與強勢的阿里在小額貸款業務中的一條龍服務相比，面對銀行，eBay與敦煌網等小型電商底氣並不那麼足，在合作中的參與度相對較低。敦煌網創始人、首席執行官王樹彤表示，“對於敦煌網而言，與招行的合作可以為客戶提供更便利和完善的融資服務和銷售體驗。”除了借助銀行服務吸引更多客戶駐紮自己的平台外，業內還十分看好互聯網企業在合作中的數據搜集服務。借助網絡獲取潛在客戶的大數據信息，並通過挖掘數據促進金融服務轉型是當下銀行業應對互聯網挑戰的自救方法。易歡歡認為，“由銀行自己來做電商或者社交網絡並不是高性價比的主意。未來銀行可能更多會採取收購互聯網企業或者購買其數據信息來達到曲線救國的目的，這兩種方式對互聯網企業來說都是重要的生財機遇。”據央行統計， 今年第2季度， 我國共發生電子支付業務62.45億筆， 金額251.02萬億元， 同比分別增長29.41%和24.62%。其中， 移動支付金額2.07萬億元， 同比增長363.92%。題圖： 觀�正在體驗把智能手機連接到刷卡機上進行移動支付。上圖： 山東省濟寧市李營鎮苗木經營戶王緒道通過互聯網銷售70%以上的樹苗。本報記者 譚 辛攝迷你倉

Source: The Monitor, McAllen, TexasAug.mini storage 27--LA JOYA -- School police arrested a 13-year-old boy accused of taking a .22-caliber handgun to school during the first day of classes.Investigators arrested the student from Dr. Javier Saenz Middle School on Monday afternoon after an investigation into a firearm that had been brought to campus, said La Joya ISD police Chief Raul Gonzalez.Police were called Monday afternoon after a parent discovered that his child had a handgun in his possession that had been given to him at school by another student, Gonzalez said."We are investigating where he got the weapon," Gonzalez said.Investigators tracked down the student who had taken the handgun to school, arrested him and took him to the juvenile detention center in Edinburg on unlawful pself storagessession of a firearm charges, he said.Even though the investigation is still in its preliminary stages, Gonzalez believes the gun was not intended to be used in a threatening fashion or against anyone at school."We are looking into the fact that it appears the student who took the gun intended to sell it," he said.School officials are expected to send out a letter to parents informing them of the incident."Students should be taking pens, pencils, paper and book to school, not weapons," Gonzalez said. "This student and anyone else that brings a weapon to school is facing some very serious consequences."iortiz@themonitor.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 The Monitor (McAllen, Texas) Visit The Monitor (McAllen, Texas) at .themonitor.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

Mexican maritime, port authority team meets officials of MPA, six companiesMEXICO is looking to beef up its shipping and maritime capabilities and is aiming for Singapore investments to help it do so.文件倉A Mexican shipping delegation was here yesterday for meetings with six companies and also the Maritime Port Authority (MPA).Speaking to The Business Times, the head of Mexico's maritime and port authority and the delegation, Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa, said his team had met representatives of the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), Keppel Corp, Sembcorp, Jurong Port, Portek International and the Kuok Group to discuss investment opportunities in Mexico's ports and shipyards.Mexico has 117 ports, out of which 16 are large and commercial. Mr Guillermo said he hopes to ink a deal soon with one of the companies to develop container terminals in his country. In Mexico, the authorities act only as landlord for the ports, and award the management of terminals to private operators. "We intend to increase investments in all ports we have and also in our shipyards. In Singapore, you have good operators of ports and also shipyard owners and we want to invite them to invest in Mexico," he said.He singled out PSA as an important glob存倉l port operator and is hopeful that it will follow up on its interest in Mexico; he disclosed PSA officials were in Mexico in April to explore opportunities in one of its ports.In the area of shipyards, Mr Guillermo said he hoped that companies such as Keppel and Portek would want to work with his agency to develop Mexico's many shipyards.The country's new President Enrique Pena Nieto has identified the shipping sector as a key engine for growth in the transformation of Mexico's economy.It has been reported that more than US$3.5 billion in investments is expected to be spent on developing Mexico's ports in the next six years, as it aims to become a key hub for logistics in the region. These plans include doubling their capacity by the end of 2018, when the current administration ends its term. Mr Nieto will be in Singapore on an official visit in October, during which shipping is likely to rank high on his agenda, Mr Guillermo said. He expressed confidence that an agreement could be signed in this area during Mr Nieto's trip. Besides promoting investment opportunities with these companies, Mr Guillermo is also looking to draw from the MPA some lessons on how it has regulated and developed the shipping sector here.迷你倉

Source: Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.迷你倉Aug. 24--Framed newspaper front pages reflecting the Buffs' glory days and winning seasons hang above the cash register at the T-Galaxy shirt shop on University Hill.It sure is symbolic.When the University of Colorado's football team is winning, those cash registers are chirping. When the Buffs are doing poorly -- during last year's 1-11 season, for example -- there's hardly anybody shopping for fan apparel."We know people will spend money if the team wins," said Mike Stallman, general manager and part owner of T-Galaxy, 1121 13th St. "Sales are almost directly connected to wins."So just what is the economic benefit of a good football team?It depends who you ask in this college town -- but many agree that a winning team can give a boost to local shops and restaurants, draw tourism to Boulder and, one national study suggests, lead to an increase in donations and college applications. An economics professor who has studied the impact of sports teams on local economies, though, says college football doesn't have much of an impact on a metropolitan area.But for shops like T-Galaxy, much depends on winning records.For example, when the Buffs are faring well, Stallman said he hires about 30 part-time student employees. This year, though, he's got five on his payroll. Sales last year were 25 percent of what they are in an average year .When it comes to inventory, Stallman needs to be nimble. Should the Buffs be 4-0 by the end of September, for example, Stallman will need to up his T-shirt orders -- and hope licensed vendors can deliver before the season is over.Time of transitionThe Buffs enter the 2013 football season with a change in regime.Head football Coach Mike MacIntyre replaces Jon Embree, who was fired in November after the notorious 1-11 season and going 4-21 in his two years on the job.CU forced Athletic Director Mike Bohn to resign in late May, replacing himwith former Texas Rangers executive Rick George, who, with a $700,000-a-year base contract, is the highest paid administrator ever at the university."The hiring of an athletic director is the most important economic decision in our city," said Mark Heinritz, co-owner of The Sink on University Hill. He and his brother also recently co-founded West Flanders Brewing Company on Pearl Street.When the Buffs are winning, fans are enthusiastic and spend money celebrating after home games."With a losing team, they leave the game early to go home -- if they even show up at all," Heinritz said.The last time the Buffs had a winning season was 2005 under Gary Barnett's helm -- the team went 7-6 that year. In 2004, the Buffs were 8-5. CU's football team won the Big 12 Championship in 2001, beating Texas 39-37.Heinritz suspects that just one winning season is all it will take to re-energize the fan base.George, who is settling in as CU's new athletic director, said he knows some fans are frustrated with the football team. In his new role, he expects the team to improve, the game-day experience to get better -- and he'll be visiting with fans tailgating before games, as well as inviting donors, alumni and former athletes to join him in his box at every game. He also vows to find ways for the Athletic Department to partner with local businesses."I think we're going to have a very good season," George said during an interview last week. "Will it meet everyone's expectations? Probably not. But we're going to get better every year."George's contract holds several bonus potentials, including $50,000 each year if the average attendance at Folsom Field for regular-season football games is at least 50,000. Last year, average attendance was 45,373.Eventually, George said, he's hoping to regularly sell out Folsom, a stadium that seats 53,613.Roaming BuffsFootball also is good for tourism, said Mary Ann Mahoney, executive director of the Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau.The average daily expenditure of an overnight guest in Boulder is $288 -- a figure includes fans who have traveled here for football games, according to Mahoney. That includes money spent on lodging, dining out and at retail shops.CU's entry into the Pac-12 also helps tourism, Mahoney noted, as alumni who are now living in Pac-12 territory, such as Calif新蒲崗迷你倉rnia, are coming out to watch games. And fans from the Pac-12 travel well, coming to Boulder from California, Oregon, Washington and Arizona to cheer their teams.When the Buffs are playing well, not only do the season ticket holders show up, but so do the more casual fans from around the state, Mahoney said."When they are winning, people want to meet up with their friends and go out for a meal afterwards and re-live what a great day it was -- instead of packing up their tailgate and going home," she said.There are no specific studies that measure the economic impact that CU's Athletic Department has on the local economy."Fundamentally, though, when you're supporting the Buffs and the University of Colorado, you're supporting the Boulder economy," said John Tayer, president and CEO of the Boulder Chamber. "It gives us the opportunity to showcase what a wonderful community we have here."Much more generally, though, CU's four-campus system pumped roughly $5.3 billion into the state's economy in 2011, according to an analysis released by the school last year.William Beyers, a professor emeritus of geography at the University of Washington who still teaches, has conducted economic impact studies on everything from high-tech industries to the arts and sports teams.A football team is hardly a "make or break" for economies of metropolitan cities, he said. However, more rural areas with football teams tend to be more dependent on the tourism dollars generated by those teams.Football, he said, has obvious impacts on businesses that depend on fans' spending -- industries that include hotels, restaurants and bars, entertainment and travel."The bottom line is even though the economic impact of football may be small, it's greater than zero and it's part of a diverse portfolio," Beyers said.Measuring financial impact of winsA 2012 study from the University of California at Berkeley found that colleges with winning football teams reaped several benefits that ranged from a jump in donations to an increase in the number of applications from in-state students.The study, titled "The Benefits of College Athletic Success" by Michael Anderson, revealed that a school that improves its season wins by five games could expect alumni athletic donations to increase by $682,000 and applications to increase by 5 percent. In-state enrollment could increase by 3 percent, the acceptance rate might drop by 1.5 percentage points and the incoming 25th percentile SAT scores increase by 9 points.A separate 2009 report found that a $1 million increase in football team expenditures is associated with 6.7 percent increase in football winning percentage -- or 0.8 games.Ryan Chreist, CU's assistant vice chancellor for alumni relations, said there's no doubt that graduates want to cheer on their school, especially when their teams are winning. But he points out that there are 250,000-plus alumni -- and not all of them are paying attention to athletics.While the CU Alumni Association connects with both in-state and out-of-state fans with pre-game events, there are other popular, non-sports events organized throughout the country where graduates live. Chreist points to a networking event for alumni in cities where the Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon" is touring. Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of the Tony Award-winning production, met at CU when they were film students in the early 1990s.CU Admissions Director Kevin MacLennan said nationally televised games have the potential to showcase the Boulder campus to possible out-of-state students. But, he said, there's a number of factors that go into students' decisions about where they'll attend college."The question that we get a lot in admissions is not so much about the records of the team as it is about whether there's a lot of school spirit and are the students and the community members behind the Athletic Department. We're able to say 'Yes' to that.'"Students want to belong to an enthusiastic student body."Contact Camera Staff Writer Brittany Anas at 303-473-1132, anasb@dailycamera.com or twitter.com/brittanyanas.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.) Visit the Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.) at .dailycamera.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage

Source: Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.迷你倉新蒲崗Aug. 25--Jason Cummins realized entering Saturday's races that he'd have to catch a break if he wanted to leave Deer Creek Speedway with the fifth points championship of his career at the track.That break came 14 laps into the final race of a night filled with drama.Cummins entered the USRA Modifieds feature three points behind Medford's Brandon Davis in the season points standings. When Davis jumped to the lead early in the race and began to pull away, it looked like he would roll to a feature victory and a track title.But as Davis went through Turns 3 and 4 on the 14th lap, he spun around and brought out a caution flag. The culprit: a flat left rear tire that couldn't be replaced in time to get him back in the race. The result: Cummins finished second to Rochester's Mike Sorensen in the feature and wrapped up his fourth USRA Modifieds track title at Deer Creek. He also previously won a track championship in the Wissota Midwest Modifieds class."It's unfortunate for Brandon. He's been so good this year," Cummins said. "I honestly didn't know we were that far up in the points ... but you have to get lucky once in a while, too."Sorensen, who started in Row 3, won his 50th career feature at Deer Creek, putting him one victory behind Bob Timm for the most all-time at the track.-- WISSOTA SUPER STOCKS: After four months of racing, the battle for the Wissota Super Stocks track championship at Deer Creek Speedway came down to the final race.Jeff Brauer and Kelly Anderson entered the feature with 495 points. Whoever finished better in the feature would win the championship.And the track title wasn't decided until the final seconds of the final lap of the season.Dan Gullikson breezed to the feature victory, but Brauer and Anderson battled for second place throughout the entire 20-lap race. They were side by side as the white flag flew and they were still side by side coming out of the final turn.Anderson pushed up the track and into the side of Brauer's car, but Brauer hung on for to beat Anderson by a point in the season standings and earn his fourth career track championship at Deer Creek."I was ready for what was going to happen. That's kind of how it goes with Kelly on the last night," Brauer said of the last-lap battle with Anderson.Brauer won his championship on a backup motor. He raced at Mississippi Thunder Speedway in Fountain City, Wis., on Friday, when he thought his engine was getting too hot and he was concerned it might melt. Brauer got home to Rochester at 1 a.m., worked until 5:30 a.m., slept for two hours, then worked to install the backup motor until it was time to leave for Deer Creek on Saturday afternoon.The stressful night and day turned out to be worth it."It's been awhile since I won (a title) outright here," Brauer said. "It feels pretty good."-- WISSOTA MIDWEST MODIFIEDS: In the most bizarre outcome seen on a track title night, Jared Boumeester captured the feature race and the season championship.Dustin Scott had his first career track championship locked up when he won Saturday's feature. He held his title for less than an hour.Fellow Midwest Modified driver Anthony Condit of Austin put in a claim on Scott's motor, meaning Scott had to sell the motor to Condit or give up all of his accumulated track and national Wissota points.After being presented with his options, Scott denied the claim and chose to keep his motor and be hit with a $1,000 fine from Wissota.That cost Scott his feature victory, the track championship and all of his national points.That also handed the feature victory and the track championship to Boumeester, who had initially finished 19 points behind Scott.-- WISSOTA STREET STOCKS: Mike Blowers stood in Victory Lane as the track champion for a second consecutive season. His first comment when asked about his second track title: "I didn't win it."Blowers, from Waseca, did actually win it, finishing four points ahead o迷你倉出租 Danny Richards, 517-513.But Blowers was paying respect to Richards, who led the season points race by three entering the feature. But Richards suffered engine trouble in the feature and finished ninth. That meant Blowers didn't have to push Bernie Adams, who won a feature for the first time in his career.Blowers finished second to Adams, which gave him his second consecutive track title."I had one goal at the beginning of the season, that was to defend that track championship," Blowers said. "When I came in tonight and drew (starting position) at the tail of the pack, I knew I had my work cut out."-- WISSOTA LATE MODELS: Mike Prochnow locked up history when he completed the first lap of the 25-lap feature.By taking a lap under green in the feature, Prochnow secured his fourth consecutive track points championship, the first driver ever to do so at Deer Creek.Prochnow dotted the exclamation point on his season with his seventh top-five finish of the year. He started eighth and finished second, nearly reeling in feature winner Nate Beyenhof, who led from start to finish."It's a great feeling," Prochnow said. "We weren't trying for (the track title), but if it happened, it happened."-- USRA B-MODIFIEDS: Jacob Bless is just 16, but his trophy case is getting as full as many veteran racers'.The teenager from Chatfield finished sixth in Saturday's feature, but it was more than good enough to help him wrap up his second consecutive track championship at Deer Creek.Bleess won three features at the track this season and finished in the top five nine times.He was Deer Creek's youngest track champion last season and he was the most consistent driver in his class again this season.Kylie Kath started on the pole and led all 18 laps to win his first feature of the year at Deer Creek.SATURDAY'S RESULTSUSRA MODIFIEDSFeature-- 1. Mike Sorensen, 2. Jason Cummins, 3. Joel Alberts, 4. Steve Wetzstein, 5. Bob Timm, 6. Todd Scharkey, 7. Josh Angst, 8. Keith Foss, 9. Greg Jensen, 10. Darwyn Karau.Heat winners-- Joel Alberts, Mike Sorensen, Josh Angst.Track champion-- Jason Cummins (New Richland).WISSOTA LATE MODELSFeature-- 1. Nate Beyenhof, 2. Mike Prochnow, 3. Kyle Jumbeck, 4. Robby Bunkelman, 5. Justin Sass, 6. Jerry Bloom, 7. Nick Kramer, 8. Lucas Peterson, 9. Jeff Sayler, 10. Nick Herrick.Heat winners-- Joe Ludemann, Nick Herrick.Track champion-- Mike Prochnow (Menomonie, Wis.).WISSOTA SUPER STOCKSFeature (top 10)-- 1. Dan Gullikson, 2. Jeff Brauer, 3. Kelly Anderson, 4. Tommy Richards, 5. Kevin Hager, 6. Jay Orrichio, 7. Andrew Bleess, 8. Brian Fetting, 9. Brandon Duellman, 10. Ryan Henderson.Heat winners-- Dan Gullikson, Kelly Anderson.Track champion-- Jeff Brauer (Rochester).WISSOTA STREET STOCKSFeature (top 10)-- 1. Bernie Adams, 2. Mike Blowers, 3. Troy Voth, 4. Shaun Mann, 5. Kory Adams, 6. Jim Gustafson, 7. Fred Prudoehl, 8. JR Jones, 9. Danny Richards, 10. Brent Holland.Heat winners-- Danny Hanson, Danny Richards.Track champion-- Mike Blowers (Waseca).WISSOTA MIDWEST MODIFIEDSFeature (top 10)-- 1. Jared Boumeester, 2. Jeff Born, 3. Ryan Wetzstein, 4. Casey Trom, 5. Harlan Morehart, 6. Anthony Condit, 7. Ryan Siegle, 8. Patrick McCarthy Jr., 9. Bonnie Jablonske, 10. Keaton Schaefer.Heat winners-- Anthony Condit, Jason Born.Track champion-- Jared Boumeester (Ellendale).USRA B-MODIFIEDSA Main (top 10)-- 1. Kylie Kath, 2. Dustin Sorensen, 3. Ben Moudry, 4. Mark Motl, 5. Cole Queensland, 6. Jacob Bleess, 7. Shaun Walski, 8. Erik Kanz, 9. Trevor Fecht, 10. Alan Wagner.B Main 1 (top 4 advance to 'A')-- 1. Shaun Walski, 2. Brady Keefe, 3. Kadden Kath, 4. John Warrington.B Main 2 (top 4 advance to 'A') -- 1. Scott Demmer, 2. Michael Wytaske, 3. Taylor Ausrud, 4. Rick Utley.Heat winners-- Mark Motl, Ben Moudry, Trevor Fecht, Derek Clement.Track champion-- Jacob Bleess (Chatfield).Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Post-Bulletin Visit the Post-Bulletin at .postbulletin.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

By Huang Zhiling in Chengduand Hou Liqiang in BeijingExperts have called on netizens to be more cautious in reporting acts of extreme violence after two violent crimes on buses took place within a week, killing seven and injuring more than 20.迷你倉沙田Four people are dead and 11 more in hospitals as of Monday in the aftermath of a multiple stabbing on Sunday in Chengdu, Sichuan province.A man stabbed passengers on a bus and then continued his rampage after getting off in Chengdu.Police said the man may have committed the attacks because of financial problems and the long-term stress of working away from his hometown.Police confirmed that the suspect, surnamed Li, 41, is a native of Jintang, a suburban county under the administration of Chengdu.Li has long worked outside his home county. He left Xichang, the capital of the Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture in Sichuan, where he worked on Thursday evening and returned to his home in Jintang on Saturday. At noon the next day, he arrived in Chengdu.“The man is in discord with his family over economic issues,” said Xiong Dezhuang, an information officer with the city government.Within a week, the country has witnessed two similar incidents in which suspects have stabbed innocent bystanders.On Aug 19, Zhou Jiangbo, a 24-year-old farmer from Huangxian county, Henan province, killed three people and injured 12 on a bus in Anyang.The deceased were a 10-month-old girl and two boys, 10 and 17 years old.The Sunday incident in Chengdu may have been carried out in imitation of the Anyang attack, said Ma Ai, a professor of criminal psychology at China University of Political Science and Law.Report迷你倉價錢ng on acts of extreme violence is a “double-edged sword”, Ma said, explaining that reports may spark copycat attacks by people with psychological problems. But at the same time, the public needs to be kept informed of events.“While acts of extreme violence cause great social pain, the more attention people and media attach to them, the more likely it is that they will be imitated,” Ma said.“The heavy-handed way the public called for a crackdown works in preventing imitations in a way,” Ma said, “but we still don’t have very good methods to prevent them.”The detailed descriptions provided by online social media may encourage copycats, said Ding Junjie, vice-president of the Communication University of China.Some people may feel encouraged by the description of details, combined with a strong heroic tone, Ding said.While Ding supports “enacting a law to advocate civilized dissemination” as one way of dealing with the problem, he said it will be some time before change occurs.“We should try to solve the hidden problems, mainly social conflicts, behind the extreme violence, which come before and are the roots of the imitations,” he said.Lin Bingxian, a researcher at the China University of Political Science and Law, said the country should make mental health knowledge more accessible to citizens, especially juveniles.“If China cannot reach the standards of having one psychiatric consultant for each 1,000 people like developed countries do, we should at least have one consultant for every 10,000 citizens,” he said.Contact the writers at huangzhiling@chinadaily.com.cn and houliqiang@chinadaily.com.cnXinhua contributed to this story.迷你倉

Source: The Lima News, OhioAug.迷你倉 26--BOYS SOCCER CAPSULESThe information was supplied by the coaches. Any school not listed, the information was not provided by the school.WESTERN BUCKEYE LEAGUEBathCOACH: Wes MasonYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 3rd, second term, (5-2, took over in the second half)LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 14-5-1 (6-3 WBL) (regional semifinals)DIVISION: IIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): *MF Michael Carman (Sr.); *MF Bryon Jordan (Sr.); *D Tanner Brenek (Sr.); F Zach Jones (Sr.); *MF Austin Ricker (Jr.); *MF Austin Lauf (Jr.); *F Logan Ambrister (Jr.); MF Kyle Spragg (Jr.); D Tyler Stahr (Jr.); D Shawn Jordan (Soph.); *MF Garrett Norton (Soph.).PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: F Ryan Long (Sr.); MF Brayton VanVorce (Jr.);TEAM OUTLOOK: Bath had quite a trek last year, going all the way to the regionals. Seven starters return, but gone are the dynamic scoring duo Conner Rockhold and Logan Rockhold, who are both playing at Findlay. The entire midfield returns, but new scorers must emerge. Bath will also need to break in a new goalkeeper.CelinaCOACH: Ryan JenkinsYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 5th, 34-27-11LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 4-9-3DIVISION: IIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): MF Ethan Philpot (Sr.); D Eddie Eichler (Jr.); *MF/D Alex Seibel (Sr.); MF Ross Flaute (Jr.); *MF Cole Flaute (Sr.); D Aaron Seibel (Sr.); *D Tucker Laux (Sr.); *MF/F Eric Moeder (Jr.); *MF/F Ryan Hoyng (Jr.); MF/F Isaac Elston (Sr.); *D Cole Loughridge (Sr.); GK Joel Weitz (Jr.).PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: GK/F BradenConn (Soph.); MF/D Cortland Elkin (Jr.); MF/D Hank Thobe (Soph.); MF/F Jarren Casto (Fr.); MF Payton Smalley (Fr.); MF/F Brennen Piper (Fr.).TEAM OUTLOOK: Celina has 12 lettermen back, with six starters, but underclassmen will be competing for several of those spots. How the team jells and forms chemistry will go a long way in determining how the season develops.DefianceCOACH: Eric BurnsYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 2nd, 6-9-1LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 6-9-1 (3-6 WBL)DIVISION: IIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): *F Layne Clellan (Sr.); D Justin Pasterz (Sr.); *D Ricky Sheffel (Jr.); *D Mark Schimizzi (Sr.); MF Warren Wall (Soph.); MF Devin Leitner (Soph.).PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: MF Kodi Detter (Sr.); GK Juan Montez (Jr.); MF Jimmy Bauer (Jr.).TEAM OUTLOOK: The Bulldogs will be young after graduation took nine seniors. The team will strive for communication, especially in the back end and in the midfield.ElidaCOACH: Tom ThomasYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 10th, NALAST YEAR'S RECORD: 6-8-4 (3-4-2 WBL) (district semifinals)DIVISION: IIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): *MF Dalton Reichart (Soph.); *D Nathan Stewart (Soph.); *F Gaerid Littler (Soph.); MF Kyle Finnerty (Soph.); *MF Shawn Ezell (Jr.); *MF Adam Ordel (Jr.); *F Jerod Houston (Jr.); GK Garrett Brinkman (Jr.); MF Chase Watson (Jr.); D Issac Nichols (Jr.); D Ethan Schaefer (Jr.); *D Austin Calvelage (Sr.); *D A.J. Siefker (Sr.); *D Brice Coolidge (Sr.); *MF Riley Overholt (Sr.).TEAM OUTLOOK: Elida is loaded with experience, as it has 10 starters back, including defenders Siefker, Stewart, Calvelage and Coolidge. The midfield is back, as well. There will be a new starter in goal, but Brinkman saw action there last year. It looks promising for the Bulldogs.KentonCOACH: Jamie BartlettYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 13thLAST YEAR'S RECORD: 1-14-1DIVISION: IIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS: MF Cameron Deardorff (Sr.); F Cain Buroker (Sr.); D Danny Warner (Sr.); F Jon Szczerba (Sr.); D Gage Hair (Sr.); MF Mike Hites (Sr.); MF Austin Hurt (Sr.); MF Brandon Hottman (Jr.); GK Will Hoppe (Soph.); D Cody Gillfillan (Sr.); D Tanner King (Sr.).PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: MF Luis Villa (Soph.); D Tyler Weis (Jr.); MF Chris Deardorff (Fr.); F Nic Audette (Soph.); D Scott Bailey (Jr.).TEAM OUTLOOK: Kenton has a strong roster of returning seniors and will look to concentrate on a possession game. The Wildcats are hoping that translates into more quality scoring chances.Ottawa-GlandorfCOACH: Mike WeihrauchYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 17th, 216-56-42LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 19-2 (8-1 WBL) (regional finals)DIVISION: IIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS: F/MF Mitch Niese (Jr.); MF Trevor Ellerbrock (Jr.); MF Adam Schimmoeller (Sr.); GK/MF Brad Nuveman (Sr.); F Isaac Fuetter (Sr.); D Brent Ellerbrock (Jr.); MF Trenton Schroeder (Sr.); D Jonah VonderEmbse (Sr.); MF Brett Compton (Sr.); D Alex Siefker (Sr.).PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: GK Jacob Ellerbrock (Jr.); MF Brandon Hempfling (Jr.); MF Nick Schroeder (Jr.); D John Schroeder (Jr.); D Luke Schaub (Jr.); MF Brad Croy (Jr.); MF Grant Weihrauch (Jr.); D Jaron Siefker (Jr.).TEAM OUTLOOK: The Titans had another successful tournament ride last year. Two of the main cogs from last year, Chewy Kaufman and T.J. Metzger, are both gone. The Titans have a strong midfield and will look to play more possession-type soccer. The Titans have strong goaltending with Nuveman and Ellerbrock. Coach Mike Weihrauch has built a strong program, with plenty of tradition, so expect another run at the WBL pennant.ShawneeCOACH: Dick HagenYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 27, 321-134-58LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 15-4 (WBL co-champions, district finals)DIVISION: IIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): *GK Troy Brinkman (Sr.); *F Andrew Ritchie (Sr.); *MF Trey Brock (Sr.); *MF Austin Brachok (Sr.); *MF Austin Davis (Sr.); *D Evan Bell (Sr.); *F Alex Clark (Sr.); *F Ryan Roberts (Soph.); *D Jake Sevitz (Soph.).PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: D Lance Brown (Jr.); MF Chase Wilder (Jr.); D Jack OConnor (Fr.).TEAM OUTLOOK: Shawnee returns nine starters from a team that shared the WBL title last year. Brock, Brachok and Davis are back in the midfield and Brinkman returns in goal. This is a veteran team, which should once again make a run at the WBL title.Van WertCOACH: George ScottYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: NALAST YEAR'S RECORD: 2-13-1RETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): *Kyle Money (Sr.); *F Joe Lisa (Jr.); *MF Josh Overholt (Jr.); MF Andrew Perry (Soph.); Ritchie Espinoza (Sr.); Sean Miller (Sr.).PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: Elijah Wortman (Sr.); Joey Mooreland (Sr.); Matt Bidlack (Sr.); Brant Henry (Jr.); Eric Yeung (Jr.); Jacob Williamson (Jr.).TEAM OUTLOOK: Only three starters return, so the team will be inexperienced and will focus on defense. The key will be how it passes through the midfield.WapakonetaCOACH: Keith RambinYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 1st yearLAST YEAR'S RECORD: 5-8-4DIVISION: IIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS: D Bailey Hinegartner (Sr.); D Stephen Minor (Sr.); D Seth Holesher (Sr.); MF A.J. Whalie (Sr.); GK Kaleb Miller (Sr.); MF Sam Hinegartner (Jr.); MF Will Hinegartner (Jr.); F Luke Williams (Jr.).TEAM OUTLOOK: First-year coach Keith Rambin takes control of a team with a strong core of veterans. The defense and goalkeeper return. The key will be getting quality scoring chances up front.PUTNAM COUNTY LEAGUEContinentalCOACH: Brian StegbauerYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 3, 20-15-4LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 11-7-2 (district finals)DIVISION: IIIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): D Grant Bradford (Sr.); *D Adam Lawhorn (Sr.); *D Matt Bracken (Sr.); *GK Austin Mansfield (Sr.); *F Dallas Geckle (Sr.); *MF Tyler Rue (Sr.); *F/MF Zach Schwarzman (Jr.); *MF Gabe Williams (Jr.); *MF Caleb Baker (Jr.); *D Joey Swager (Jr.); *F/MF Derek Troyer (Jr.); D Ty Warnement (Soph.).PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: MF Jacob Williams (Fr.).TEAM OUTLOOK: The Pirates have a strong nucleus returning, including all-PCL players Geckle and Schwarzman. Mansfield returns in goal. The Pirates will continue to work on ball movement. They hope they can build on last year's tournament run.Fort Jen新蒲崗迷你倉ingsCOACH: Gregg LuthmanYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 3, 14-19-2LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 7-8-1DIVISION: IIIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): *D-MF Garrett Berelsman (Sr.); D/MF Spencer Day (Sr.); *MF-F Dylan Van Loo (Sr.); *GK Alex Vetter (Sr.); *D Austin Kehres (Jr.); *MF-F Mark Metzger (Jr.); *MF-D Evan Ricker (Jr.); *D Connor Wallenhorst (Jr.); MF Chad Wurst (Jr.); *MF Alex Berelsman (Soph.).TEAM OUTLOOK: A solid nucleus returns for the Musketeers, including goalkeeper Vetter. There's enough experience to put get the Musketeers back to a winning record.KalidaCOACH: Mark CzubikYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 24, 324-80-52LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 11-4-3 (3-1, tied for PCL title) (district semifinals)DIVISION: IIIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): *GK Brent Hovest; *MF/F Adam Langhals; *D Logan Roebke; *MF Ian Ritchey; *D/MF/F Luke Langhals; *D/MF Drew Hovest; *MF Trevor Guisinger; *D/MF/F Devin Kortokrax; *D Andrew Krouse.PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: D Alex VonderEmbse (Soph); D/MF Brandon Verhoff (Soph.).TEAM OUTLOOK: Defense, as usual, will be a Kalida strength. The majority of defenders and midfielders return. But this year coach Czubik feels the Wildcats have the potential to score more goals than usual.OttovilleCOACH: Eric GerkerYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 7, 91-32-5LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 12-4-1 (3-1, tied for the PCL title)DIVISION: IIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS): Alex Horstman; Lucus Maag; Jordan Kelch; Brandt Landin; Austin Honigford; Colin Bendele; Joe Van Oss; Joel Beining; Jared Fanning; Drew Williams; Rudy Wenzlick.PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: Kyle Bendele; Emmit German Connor Kuhlman.TEAM OUTLOOK: Ottoville has a solid core returning and should make a solid run at another PCL title. Passing will be a strength. The team will work on improving its defensive end.REGIONBlufftonCOACH: David FettYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 14, 153-81-35LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 12-4-2DIVISION: IIIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): *D Billie Theisen (Sr.); *D Jonaton Moser (Sr.); *MF Andrew Hoff (Sr.); *MF David Nester (Sr.); *MF Ryan Sprague (Sr.); *F Stephen Tatarkov (Sr.); *F Andrew Demellweek (Sr.); D Tyler Begg (Sr.); D Julian Harnish (Sr.); F Adam Basinger (Jr.); MF Luke Headings (Sr.).PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: D Cole Harlow (Soph.); D Tucker Rortson (Soph.); F Adam Wannamacher (Soph.).TEAM OUTLOOK: Seven starters are back, including three midfielders and two defenders. The Pirates will concentrate on improving their defense. Expectations are high for another winning season.Indian LakeCOACH: Jon ShoffstallYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 6, 29-51-7LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 9-9 (5-6 CBC)DIVISION: IIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): *D Daniel Fry (Sr.); *D Luke Rode (Sr.); *MF Dylan Cline (Sr.); *MF Brandon Gillen (Sr.); *GK Tyler Rode (Jr.); *MF Zach Allison (Jr.); *F Dustin Roby (Jr.); D Cody King (Jr.); D Andrew Crockett (Jr.); *F Connor Davis (Soph.); *MF Michael Mallory (Soph.); GK Elijah Knief (Soph.).PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: D Dalton Faler (Fr.); MF Parker Grothaus (Fr.); MF Cody Beair (Soph.).TEAM OUTLOOK: The team possesses the ball well through the midfield. It will continue to working on finishing at the offensive end.Lima Central CatholicCOACH: Bryan BurkholderYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 9, 65-48-14LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 10-6-2 (district finals)DIVISION: IIIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): *GK Ben Stechschulte (Sr.); *MF Zach Schroeder (Sr.); *MF Troy Hile (Soph.); *MF Matt McNamara (Sr.); *D Ryan Recker (Jr.); *MF Sean Daley (Sr.); *D Joseph Eisele (Soph.); *D Dylan Tippie (Soph.); *MF Bryce Halker (Soph.); *D Connor Abou Jaoude (Jr.); *D Luke Baumgarter (Sr.); *D Luke Buettner (Jr.); *MF Jacob Tabler (Jr.); *D Dylan Niese (Sr.); *D Mitchell Garlock (Soph.); *D Spencer Lake (Sr.); *F (Jacob Williams (Jr.); *GK/D Kyle Smith.PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: F Steve Taflinger (Fr.); MF Cole Odom (FrTEAM OUTLOOK: Nearly the entire team returns, with a total of 18 lettermen, including goalkeeper Stechschulte. The T-Birds strength will be at the defensive end. LCC will work on having the offense jell and finish at the net. There is no league title on the line, so the T-Birds will hope to hit full stride by the tournament.Lima SeniorCOACH: Mitchell MonfortYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 5, 14-70-2LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 3-14DIVISION: IRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS: MF/F Alex Ehora (Jr.); MF Danny Grundisch (Sr.); MF/F Jake Myer (Sr.); D/MF Hunter Vermillion (Jr.); GK Aaron Reed (Sr.); MF/D Taylor Mericle (Jr.); D Levi Quintero (Jr.); D/MF Will Jolliff (Jr.); D Jaydn Weltmer (Soph.).PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: D Antrell Blissett (Fr.); F/MF Nick Schuaf (Fr.); F Luis Mendez (Fr.); MF Donte Gonzalez (Soph.).TEAM OUTLOOK: The Spartans are adjusting from a long-ball game to a possession game. The key will be moving and possessing the ball from the defense through the midfield. Nine veterans return, so the Spartans are ready for their new offensive style.LincolnviewCOACH: Mark McCleeryYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 3, 15-13-5LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 6-7-5DIVISION: IIIRETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): *MF Bryce Campbell (Sr.); *D Dalton Kayser (Sr.); *MF/F Austin Leeth (Jr.); *MF/F Conner McCleery (Sr.); *D Cole Schmersal (Soph.); *D/G Dalton Schmersal (Jr.); *D Wyatt Schmersal (Jr.); *D Tyler Wannemacher (Jr.).TEAM OUTLOOK: The Lancers will concentrate their early-season efforts on possessing and controlling the ball through the midfield. Passing will be a big key, as the team doesn't have the speed as in past years.New KnoxvilleCOACH: Tony HuntYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 2, 17-16-1LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 11-5-1 (district semifinals)RETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): *GK Dean Frankenberg (Sr.); *D Ryan Lageman (Sr.); *MF K.V. Mooney (Sr.); *MF Alex Thompson (Sr.); *F Caleb Yeatts (Sr.); *D Alex Lehman (Soph.) MF Jace Kuck (Soph.).PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: MF Ryan Allen (Jr.).TEAM OUTLOOK: Six starters are back, including goalkeeper Frankenberg, two defenders and three midfields. That should give the Rangers a strong look at the back end. A key will be moving the ball through the midfield and getting quality offensive chances.SpencervilleCOACH: Josh HobbsYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 2nd, 0-15LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 0-15RETURNING LETTERWIN NERS (*=returning starter): *MF Tricia Riley (Sr.); *GK/F Byron Gay (Jr.); *D/GK Cole Ward (Soph.); *F David Wisher (Soph.); *D Billy Sidey (Soph.); *F Austin Rex (Soph.); *D Noah Schwietzer (Soph.); *MF Riley Klaus (Soph.).PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: F Chandler Kahle (Fr.); MF Bailey Croft (Fr.); D Trevor Osting (Fr.); F/MF/D Thad Ringwald (Fr.); F J.T. Thiery (Fr.); D Logan Cheney (Soph.)TEAM OUTLOOK: Riley and Gay lead a list of eight veterans this year. With the experience in the midfield and on defense, the Bearcats are looking to break through in the win column.Temple ChristianCOACH: B.J. McPheronYEARS, RECORD AT SCHOOL: 2, 7-25-2LAST YEAR'S RECORD: 4-11-2RETURNING LETTERWIN NERS: F Taylor Zwiebel (Sr.); MF Israel Whitman (Sr.); MF Joey Hutchinson (Soph.); D Seth Ciminillo (Sr.); D Seth Lugibihl (Jr.); MF Jaden Sweeney (Jr.); F Christian Engle (Soph.); GK Keaton Good (Soph.).PROMISING NEWCOM ERS: MF Seth Hohlbein (Fr.); D/GK D.J. Clay (Fr.); D Rylan Ward (Fr.); MF Judah Whitman (Fr.); D/MF Taran Zwiebel (Fr.).TEAM OUTLOOK: With only 14 on the roster, all the starters should expect to log serious minutes. Eight starters are back, including Good in goal. Three midfielders are back, which should help create offensive opportunities.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Lima News (Lima, Ohio) Visit The Lima News (Lima, Ohio) at .limaohio.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage