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Source: Bangor Daily News, MaineAug.新蒲崗迷你倉 26--BREWER, Maine -- A few weeks ago a large yellow metal used clothing and shoe collection box was placed at Gunn's Sports Shop to benefit Planet Aid, Inc., a nonprofit organization that supports programs in 15 underdeveloped countries, and recently expanded into the Bangor area.The nonprofit's website says it has donated more than $68 million to underdeveloped countries all around the world since its first collection box was put out in Massachusetts in 1997. But some media reports and a British watchdog group question its legitimacy among the world's clothing collections charities due to links to a mysterious Danish cult and an "F" rating by Chicago-based philanthropy watchdog agency CharityWatch, which says it spends too much on administration and not enough on its charitable programs."There is a lot of misinformation out there about us," Tom Meehan, chief financial officer for Planet Aid, said earlier this month from the organization's Holliston, Mass. headquarters.Planet Aid collects clothing donations from more than 16,000 collection boxes all around the country -- 367 in Maine, with 10 new boxes in the Bangor area -- and sells the items in bulk to markets in Eastern Europe and Africa. A portion of the funds pay for long-term community development programs in areas of the world where "the population doesn't really have anything," Meehan said."We help with basic health education, food programs, like our Farmer's Clubs, and offer teacher training," he said. "We do long-term projects. We don't do disaster relief. We try to work with them to make it sustainable. We teach them how to farm, so they can feed themselves."The controversy around the nonprofit centers around its connection to the Danish-based group Tvind that was formed in the early 1970s by schoolteacher Morgens Amdi Pedersen and others, and by 1977 had established The International Humana People to People Movement.Planet Aid is a member of the Humana People to People Federation, the organization's website states.Charity or 'racket'British journalist Mike Durham, who is based in London, said in an email interview with the Bangor Daily News recently that Tvind is a moneymaking global conglomerate masquerading as a humanitarian organization."It's an international 'charity-business' racket, controlled by a money-driven cult," said Durham, who has spent a decade investigating Planet Aid, Tvind and Humana People to People. "This applies to Planet Aid just as much as to all the other parts of this large and weird organization."Durham created a watchdog website, tvindalert.com.Planet Aid spokesman Jonathan Franks, managing founder of Lucid Public Relations, said that much of Durham's reporting is misleading."Not a lot of it is true and not a lot is researched," Franks said of Durham's website.The Danish government tried to prosecute Pedersen and seven others in his inner circle, a group called the Teachers Group, for tax evasion and fraud a decade ago but only one -- Sten Byrner, Tvind's financial director -- was convicted after a three-year trial that ended in 2006, several media sources reported. Byrner received a suspended 1-year jail sentence and the rest, including Pedersen, were acquitted."A very small number" of Teachers Group members are board members for Planet Aid, Franks said.A board of six people, led by Chairman Mikael Norling and President Ester Neltrup, run the organization, according to the Planet Aid website. Franks added later that only about 1 percent of Planet Aid's approximately 350 employees are Teachers Group members."What we tell people is, and it's always hard to understand, the Teachers Group-Tvind group really have nothing to do with the operations of Planet Aid at all," the Planet Aid spokesman said.The Boston Globe reported in 2002 that Neltrup was a Teachers Group member, and that Planet Aid was a spinoff of Tvind, but the nonprofit's spokesman denied the claim, saying, "It's definitely not an offshoot." The Globe report sparked a number of follow up articles in newspapers and magazines and on television news shows wherever the yellow collection boxes showed up, with most focusing on Planet Aid's connection to Peterson and the Teacher's Group or their bad rating with CharityWatch.Planet Aid financesFranks said whenever people ask about where the money raised is spent, he points them to the organization's yearly financial documents which are posted on the Planet Aid website and include the annual IRS reporting form for charities, Form 990.He added that Planet Aid has been audited by the IRS twice in recent years."You don't have to take our word, you can take the government's word for it," Franks said. "If there had been anything wrong with it, it would have been found."He later added, "If any of it was actually true ... the IRS, who is clearly out to find [issues], would have issued a change order. They've issued no change letters, twice."An IRS representative said he could not discuss whether a person, business or nonprofit was audited or the results of any IRS audit for privacy reasons. Planet Aid is registered a 501(c)(3) charity and is exempt from federal and state taxes.Meehan provided the Bangor Daily News with a copy of the 2012 financial audit for Planet Aid issued in June, which shows the nonprofit had a $40.4 million operating budget, up from nearly $37 million for 2011 and in 2012 collected $38.4 million in revenue from clothing sales, up from about $31.4 million in 2011.Federal contracts decreased in value from about $5 million in 2011 to approximately $3.8 million for 2012, and donations stayed about the same at $659,00 for 2011 to $700,264 in 2012.The amount allocated to international aid, according to the audit created by Westborough, Mass.-based accounting firm Alexander, Aronson, Finning and Co., increased from $9.98 million in 2011 to $10.7 million for 2012.The aid issued in 2011 went to training teachers, $3 million; community development for poor youth, $3.2 million; health programs to address disease disorders, including AIDS-HIV, $2 million; and $2 million for agriculture and rural development programs to address nutrition.The auditor said there were similar allocations for 2012.Payroll increased by about $2 million between 2011 and 2012, with $12.3 million paid to Planet Aid employees and executives for 2011 and $14.3 million paid in 2012, the audit shows.The payroll costs of collecting the clothing, which makes up the majority of the wages, also increased by about $2 million, increasing from just under $9.3 million in 2011 to $11.3 million for 2012. General and administrative payroll costs hovered around $3 million for both years.In addition to salaries for the 350 or so employees, Planet Aid also pays contractors -- $381,275 in 2012 and $1.6 million in 2011 -- to empty the boxes and transport the goods to the nearest warehouse. Maine has one warehouse, in Gardiner.Planet Aid spent around $20 million on collecting and reselling the used clothing and shoes in 2011 and $23.3 million in 2012, but classifies the costs as expenses for running a service program -- its "U.S. clothing collection and habitat protection" program -- since reusing clothes cuts down on environmental conditions created when new clothes are manufactured, and because fewer garments end up mini storagen landfills, the Planet Aid website states."By collecting and reusing clothes, we are benefitting the environment," Meehan said.Failing grade from Charity WatchThe accounting practices of Planet Aid are why CharityWatch gave the organization a failing grade. CharityWatch says only a small portion of the funds raised by Planet Aid are distributed to the needy.Meehan responded to their claims by saying that it costs money to run a nonprofit, and added, "we pay our people."CharityWatch, an independent, nonprofit watchdog agency based in Chicago, has been watching and criticizing Planet Aid for years. The watchdog group, formerly known as the American Institute of Philanthropy, gave Planet Aid an "F" rating in their May-June newsletter."This charity consistently reports low overhead and high program spending in its annual financial documents, but a closer analysis by CharityWatch reveals a different picture of how efficiently Planet Aid is operating," a 2012 report on the nonprofit by CharityWatch states. "Planet Aid reports spending 84 percent of its expenses on programs in 2011. CharityWatch's analysis of Planet Aid's 2011 tax form and audited financial statements shows the charity spending only 29 percent of its expenses on programs."The big difference in the figures is that Planet Aid categorizes the collection boxes and other collection costs as service program expenses, along with international training and international aid, and CharityWatch says those expenses should be considered fundraising. CharityWatch's benefit target for nonprofits is to spend 60 percent or more on charitable programs.Planet Aid also writes off an estimated environmental benefit for donated display space -- including the corner of Gunn's parking lot -- and calculates for "contributed use of land" at 1 cent per pound of clothing collected, the audit shows. The value recorded for 2012 was $189,729 and it was $442,767 for 2011."Planet Aid collects and processes 50,000 tons annually of used clothes, shoes and textile in states from Maine to California," the SearchGuide .com review of Planet Aid states. "Collecting unwanted clothes saves landfill space and reusing already manufactured clothing and other textile saves millions of gallons of water and reduces the use of fertilizer and pesticides [in cotton production]."U.S. government supportFranks said the nonprofit has earned the trust of two major supporters in the U.S., one being the U.S. government.The U.S. Department of Agriculture is partnering with Planet Aid to feed and teach schoolchildren in Mozambique about how to plant and raise a school garden, and provide teacher training about incorporating gardening into classroom curriculum under the McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. The USDA program is a three-year, $20 million grant issued to Planet Aid in April 2012."Beginning this year, Planet Aid is providing daily school meals to 60,000 children in Maputo province -- totaling 34 million meals over three years," Sally Klusaritz, a USDA spokeswoman, said this month. "Under this project, Planet Aid will train teachers, improve water and sanitation systems, and develop school gardens."Planet Aid is also partnering with American Soybean Association's World Initiative for Soy in Human Health or WISHH program to help provide nutrition education to 1 million Mozambicans, she said."USDA first provided a grant to Planet Aid in 2004 for a Food for Progress program in Mozambique," the USDA spokeswoman said. "Since then USDA has provided Planet Aid a second grant in Mozambique and one in Malawi. In both countries, Planet Aid is developing agricultural skills through a Farmers Club project, training teachers to work in rural primary schools, and conducting HIV-AIDS education in rural communities."Planet Aid's Food for Progress program in Mozambique also helped support construction of the One World University, to train instructors for rural teacher training colleges, and the project in Malawi has supported the construction of a new teacher training college, Klusaritz said.As part of the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service's regular evaluation process, a compliance review of Planet Aid was conducted this year and and did not identify any irregularities in program implementation, the USDA spokeswoman said.The review included checking participant performance and financial reports against a sampling of receipts from program expenditures, as well as reviewing independent financial audit reports to identify any significant issues or material weaknesses. The grants to Planet Aid include commodities, ocean transportation and cash for administrative expenses, Klusaritz said."It found that Planet Aid was fully compliant with all of the terms and conditions of its agreement with USDA," she said.The United States Agency for International Development also awarded 112.6 metric tons of prepackaged food to Planet Aid in 2012 and 93.8 tons in 2011 that was distributed in Zimbabwe, the audit from Meehan states."The programs are operating exactly the way people are being told," Franks said. "They [the U.S. government] watch the programs very carefully and they seem to be making impacts. The USDA believes in it."People are also doing their own research."In the era of smartphones and the era of Google, they are able to do research and they still make donations," Franks said.The Better Business Bureau is now in the process of reviewing the nonprofit's books to see how they rank against 20 well-established voluntary standards, including the charity's governance, finances, fundraising and donor privacy policies. The BBB will post the report once complete, the site states, adding the organization "does not evaluate the worthiness of a charitable program."Planet Aid did get into trouble in Maine in 2008 because it put out collection boxes but did not have the required state permit to operate as a charity, and ended up paying a $7,500 fine, according to the state's Agency License Management System.Meehan said the mishap was just a rookie mistake."We're only 15 years old and that was part of the learning curve," he said. "That was before I got here, but I believe that we filed it [the permit paperwork] late."The permit issue was rectified in 2008, and a five-year permit was issued and is current until the end of November, the state's license management website states.Mike Merritt, manager of Gunn's in Brewer, said he first noticed the yellow boxes when visiting friends in southern Maine and didn't give it a second thought when approached about putting one in the corner of the parking lot."I was down in Westbrook about three weeks ago and there are several," he said. "The first time they emptied it, they got about nine trash bags out of it."The new yellow boxes in Bangor and Brewer are filling fast, Franks said."They were doing better in Bangor than elsewhere in the country," he said. "The first week there was an insane amount of stuff. One had like 4 tons at one place in Bangor, and they've requested more brochures for tax receipts. It seems like the customers in the Greater Bangor area are fairly happy with them."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) Visit the Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) at .bangordailynews.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage

四川經濟日報宜賓訊（記者 嚴為遠 文/圖）宜賓市強力推進項目投資拉動戰略，迷你倉今年全市將投資900億元以上，增速達20%以上。8月22-23日，宜賓市委書記王銘暉，市委副書記、市長徐進帶領10個區（縣）委書記、區（縣）長和市級相關部門負責人，冒著高溫酷暑，深入到興文、珙縣、高縣和筠連等山區縣工業園區項目建設工地，現場指導、督促項目推進工作，確保全面完成今年項目投資目標。22日，王銘暉一行走進興文縣工業園區內的東和欣金屬包裝車間，邊聽匯報，邊詢問有關項目建設及投產情況。當得知這個總投資2億元的項目涵蓋覆膜鐵、金屬材料加工、配送服務，一期工程已建成投產，二期工程建成後產值將達10億元，其上下游關聯產業都可以招商時，王銘暉十分高興地說：“這是一個產業招商的典型項目，興文找准了區域定位，利用優勢引進企業，還可以帶動上下游產業鏈發展，很好。”王銘暉對興文縣在項目招商、項目建設工作中所取得的成績給予肯定：黨政主要領導親自抓，定位明確，措施到位，準確把握了區域經濟特點，充分利用了自身優勢，招商引資成效明顯。隨後，王銘暉一行深入到珙縣余箐工業園區、高縣福溪工業園區、筠連縣海 特色農產品加工園區現場指導項目建設工作，王銘暉對珙縣、高縣、筠連圍繞產業優勢和資源優勢引進項目，建設一批特色產業，將豐富的資源優勢轉化為經濟優勢的做法給予充分肯定。珙縣依托石英砂資源引進的威力斯浮法玻璃項目正在加快建設中，依托陶瓷土資源引進的歐冠陶瓷項目一期已竣工自存倉產；高縣依托中電福溪電廠優化延伸產業鏈，先後引進中電環境、四川嘉陽、天順建材等企業，構建了“煤—電—建材”產業鏈；筠連依托山區優勢發展茶產業，尤其是醒世茶業致力于基地建設、產品研發、品牌建設和市場營銷，帶動了當地群�增收致富。王銘暉要求企業要進一步拓展思維，把品牌做優、市場做活，打造出具有國際影響力的高端品牌。23日，王銘暉一行走進筠連縣塘壩鄉清溪溝茶文化生態觀光園、鳥巢度假村，考察這裡的鄉村旅遊項目建設。當得知陝西投資人王曉芹來筠連註冊公司，利用筠連獨特的生態資源和旅遊資源，投資開發茶文化生態旅遊項目和生態農業旅遊項目，其中春風村旅遊已初見成效後，王銘暉對利用自然生態資源，開發鄉村旅遊，將茶文化與茶馬古道融合在一起，讓傳統的茶產業轉化為新業態，開發獨具特色的鄉村旅遊，帶動山區農民增收的做法，給予充分肯定。隨後，在筠連召開了宜賓市南部山區縣項目推進工作流動現場會，王銘暉要求全市上下要按照年初制定目標，堅定信心，振奮精神，全力打好八大攻堅戰，全力以赴完成今年目標任務，確保全市經濟止滑穩位，確保經濟總量全省第四。徐進要求，要採取有效措施解決經濟發展中的問題，使宜賓經濟迅速回歸好于全省、好于周邊的發展軌道；要突出抓好技改擴能項目，強力推進交通項目，加快實施城市項目，積極推進水利、能源等重大基礎項目建設，千方百計完成項目投資任務；要全方位招商引資，強化投資促進，增強發展後勁；要進一步優環境、惠民生、保安全，切實為經濟發展保駕護航。迷你倉新蒲崗

Source: Albuquerque Journal, N.儲存倉M.Aug. 25--When a girl from Laguna traveled from her pueblo to attend Albuquerque Indian School back in the '40s, she felt she was robbed of her identity."In five years the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the school had successfully Americanized me (to) the English language and the ways of white-America as it tried to strip me of my own language, my heritage, my culture and my dress," reads the typed journal she has saved since then in a plastic binder.The controversial school, part of a system of 60 schools with approximately 6,200 Indian students created by the federal government to assimilate Native American students, closed in the '80s.But it's about to experience a resurgence when, this coming week -- more than three decades later -- it reopens with about 380 Native American students of a free charter school restarting the learning process in Building 232, the school's only remaining structure.Officials at the Native American Community Academy, which will take over the building near 12th and Indian School on Monday, say that starting afresh on those grounds represents a chance for transformation."There's a horrible history of boarding schools, and Albuquerque Indian School in some parts represents that legacy," said Duta Flying Earth, associate director of NACA, which teaches students grades 6 to 12 and had been housed in trailers at Wilson Middle School near San Pedro and Zuni since it opened in 2006."We could focus on that legacy, or we can flip it to, 'What can we do to move forward?' "Teachers and administrators will get set up Monday morning, and classes for students, all of them Native American with ties to between 40 and 50 pueblos and tribes, will start classes on Wednesday, which marks the beginning of NACA's 40-year lease.Kara Bobroff, NACA's principal, sees positive synergy between the campus's past and future."If you are able to understand those things and take them and do something positive and transformative, that's the best change you can hope to have," she said in an interview Thursday.NACA students will learn American and global indigenous policies, and Navajo, Lakota and Tiwa languages. Every two years, high schoolers will visit their sister urban charter school in Hamilton, New Zealand, to form relationships with Maoris, Bobroff and Flying Earth said.An on-site health facility will offer a dental clinic and pharmacy, and eventually the school will add elementary grades and have dual enrollment classes with the University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico Community College, they said.Some students will be shuttled or bused in from around Albuquerque and others will commute from neighboring pueblos; all will have access to exhibits and historical archives at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center across the street, whose resources will be included in the curriculum, they said.That's different from what was going on at Albuquerque Indian School when it opened in 1881. Like other day and boarding schools established for Indian students by the BIA, "the goal was to eradicate all vestiges of Indian culture," according to an article about the history and culture of the Indian boarding school system on the American Indian Relief Council's website.Students, many forced against their family's wishes to enroll, faced corporal punishment and food restrictions as discipline for running away and other infractions. They couldn't speak their native languages and were forced to convert to Christianity, the article says. Old photos of AIS show students marching around the plaza of the campus in military formation.Building 232 wasn't previously a site where students had classes, Bobroff said. Erected after the school had been around for 50 years in 1931, Building 232 was tw迷你倉沙田 stories high and about 35,700 square feet, one of 48 structures on campus. It was designed by Isleta Pueblo enrollee Joe Padilla, whose students drafted plans and provided labor to build the flooring and foundation. It served as living space for faculty, and its dining room was used for social gatherings like graduations and proms, according to documents.Albuquerque Indian School left the site and relocated for a time to Santa Fe Indian School in the 1980s, when most structures at the Albuquerque site were torn down. Grounds became a haven for vandalism and a refuge for homeless people.Building 232, however, was left standing, because it was continually occupied by the BIA's Southern Pueblo Agency. It was placed on New Mexico's Historic Registry in 1981 and the National Historic Registry a year later.The structure was supposed to be razed in advance of the property being transferred from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the All Pueblos Council, which now is responsible for it, but the Society for the Preservation of American Indian Culture fought to save it, asking in a comment paper dated July 29, 2011, that it not be razed because "demolition of the building is not necessary in order to effectuate the transfer of land.""To many, this building is the last vestige of pride and identity," the Society wrote; "its destruction would be devastating to the pueblo community."Once it was saved, Albuquerque-based Enterprise Builders Corp. won a $2 million bid to renovate Building 232, and got started in December. NACA got funding from state and federal sources to cover part of the project, which will cost about $2.6 million, and the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center's for-profit arm secured additional financing from Bank of America, according to Michael Canfield, CEO of Indian Pueblos Marketing Inc.When Enterprise Builders Corp.'s project superintendant Charles Vigil and his crew of 69 got started, they uncovered some surprise relics: an Albuquerque Tribune issue dated May 19, 1944, coins and tokens from the 1930s, a stack of old photos. They also came across 9-inch by 9-inch tiles -- telltale signs of asbestos -- which were removed along with some lead paint, slowing down the job and making it cost more than expected.Last week the building was getting finishing touches that will continue for a few weeks after it reopens. All of the exterior walls were preserved, but low-bearing walls have been replaced to make larger classrooms, and new electrical wiring brought it up to code. Motion-activated fluorescent lighting, ramps and an elevator have been added, along with new heating, cooling, sprinkler and alarm systems, energy-efficient arched windows, Italian tiles, a three-inch core of insulation and a new overlay of asphalt in the parking lot, all of which looked new and user-friendly on a facility tour last Tuesday."We're jumping through hoops to get it done," Vigil said, adding that some workers are putting in unpaid overtime. "They're helping out, for the kids, which I think is awesome."A ribbon cutting Thursday, involving a spoken blessing, drumming and dancing, as well as an exhibit about Albuquerque Indian School, will bring the AIS NACA transition full circle. The exhibit is based on collected memorabilia, such as the Laguna woman's typed journal opens in October at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and will be up for two years.Said Canfield, whose grandparents years ago taught English and auto mechanics at Albuquerque Indian School: "Bringing NACA in allows us to bring education back on our property, and educate our native kids."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

Source: Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.迷你倉出租Aug. 25--Sam Brannan, the "King of the Gold Rush," is the subject of the next Table Talks series at the Yuba County Library in Marysville.Set at 3 p.m. Friday at the library's Community Room, 303 Second St.Larry G. Harris, descendant of early Sutter county pioneers and a researcher and presenter of local history for the Sutter County Historical Society, will present the program on the man who was the Donald Trump of his day.Call 742-6508 for more information.Yuba CityRepublican chairman is tea party speakerJim Brulte, chairman of the California Republican Party, is the guest speaker at the Sutter Buttes Tea Party Patriots' Labor Day potluck barbecue.Elected chairman of the California GOP in March, he served in the Assembly and state Senate and was the only freshman ever elected leader of his party in both houses of the legislature.The potluck starts at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 2 at the Sutter-Yuba Association of Realtors, 1558 Starr Drive, in Yuba City. Doors open at 5 p.m.Hamburgers, hot dogs, Polish dogs, chips and refreshments will be provided.For reservations, due by Friday, call Mike Geraldo at 308-2094 or Larry Virga at 755-4409.Yuba CitySmart Start class planned Sept. 4The next class in Start Smart, a program for teenage drivers and their parents, is planned at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Yuba-Sutter California Highway Patrol office, 1619 Poole Blvd., Yuba City.The free program, sponsored by the CHP, is an effort to combat the fatality rate involving drivers between the ages of 15 and 20 years. California has the second highest fatality rate in the nation.For reservations, call 674-5141.Live OakLions Club sponsors barbecue bingoHamburgers and hot dogs will be for sale at the barbecue bingo Sept. 6 hosted by the Live Oak Lions Club.Games start at 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m., at the Live Oak Community Building, 10200 O St.The cost is $12 for six cards and $1 for three additional cards.Call Craig Berry at 701-3720 for more information.Yuba CitySquare Dance club starts beginners classGood Vibrations Square Dance Club is starting a new beginners class Sept. 9, with caller Bill Silver from the Sacramento area.The dance is from 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. at 144 Gibson Ave., next to Butchie's Pool, Yuba City. The first lesson is free.Call 671-9298 for more information.Yuba CityCooking classes run through SeptemberFirst Lutheran Church in Yuba City is hosting free cooking classes with nutritious meals on a budget in September.Participants will learn how to plan, prepare and present nutritious, economical and tasty food; get a taste of the prepared dish; and receive a copy of the recipe.Child care is not provided.The free classes start Sept. 14 and continue to Nov. 16 at 850 Cooper Ave. Registration is due by Sept. 6.To register, call 673-8894 or stop by the church office.ColusaArtist迷你倉 featured at Arts Membership GalaThe Colusa County Arts Council is presenting Avenue of the Arts Membership Gala 2013, with several featured artists.The event includes artist Noel Etchepare-Stubblefield of Maxwell, Rosa Valdez of Colusa and photographers Richard Lau of Williams and Sue Graue of Colusa.Festivities for the membership drive are from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at the home of Sheila and Allen Etchepare at 3420 Grover Ave., Colusa.Admission is free for all current arts council members.Annual membership is $30 individual; $40 family; and $100 business/individual donor.Tickets can be purchased at the door or contact the arts council office at 430 Market St., suite C, Colusa. Office hours are 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday to Saturday.For more information, email ccac@frontiernet.com or call 458-2222.OlivehurstCar show announces winning entriesWinners were announced in the Hot Night Cool Cars event held Aug. 17 in Olivehurst.Best of winners included:1920s, Dan Frizzell; '30s, Karl and Cheryl Cozad; '40s, Gary Bryant; '50s Earl Allen; '60s Mike Orr; and '70s Rob Kintz.Bike -- Larry Lancellotti.Paint -- Bobby Castillo.Interior -- Elvin Gorhm.Engine compartment -- Richard Sinnott.Most radical -- Gary Clark.Best of Show -- Glen Lemette.People's Choice -- Floyd Eckman.Oregon HouseGet your tickets for Gun Rights DinnerAdvance tickets are available for the fourth Annual Gun Rights Dinner, hosted by the Yuba County Republican Party.Featuring guest speaker John McGinnis, Sacramento radio talk show host, the event is from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Alcouffe Community Center, 9185 Marysville Road, Oregon House.Tickets are $45 per person or $80 per couple.Also attending the fundraiser event are elected officials and candidates for office and a Yuba County Sheriff Steve Durfor.For tickets, call Diane Reiss, event chairwoman, at 742-4478.Yuba CityProstate cancer screenings are low-costLow-cost prostate cancer screening is scheduled through the Sutter Medical Foundation Urology Department from 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Sept. 11 at 460 Plumas Blvd., in Yuba City.The cost is $15 and includes a physical exam and a blood test called prostate specific antigen for men 50 years of age and older. Appointments are encouraged.For more information. visit sutter medicalfoundation.org or call 749-3310.Yuba CityPet food bank hosting ongoing fundraiserMaggie's Pantry, a nonprofit pet food bank in the Yuba/Sutter/Colusa area, is hosting an ongoing fundraiser featuring Krispy Kreme doughnuts on Saturdays starting at 9 a.m. in front of front of Gaiser Pets, 714 Plumas St., Yuba City.For more information, visit maggiespantry.org or call 743-0500 or 933-6066.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, Calif.) Visit the Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, Calif.) at .appeal-democrat.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存倉

■達人簡介焦博，迷你倉深圳人，電氣工程師。曾留學英國，愛足球，熱愛跟朋友一起分享看球心得。李毅大帝常駐深圳紅鑽，也阻擋不住球迷們想要到英國看一場球賽的癡心。8月，英國的球賽賽季火熱開幕。對於一個執著的資深球迷來說，到曼聯、曼城、阿森納、利物浦、切爾西等知名球會集聚的城市現場看一場球賽，便足以讓人生增添幾分值得銘刻的回憶。本期達人分享會，看球達人焦博將為球迷們分享在曼徹斯特看球的體驗。買曼聯球票先註冊會員“作為一個資深球迷，在老特拉福德球場看一場曼聯的比賽，或看一場阿森納、切爾西的比賽，都是最讓人興奮的事情。這得讓多少國內守在電視機前或者酒吧里徹夜看球的球迷羨慕嫉妒恨啊！”盡管已回國，但提到看球，焦博的興奮勁兒就來了。“以前很多國內的朋友來英國大多數是公幹或者旅行。而自由行的朋友中，大多數是沉迷在英國濃厚的歷史人文經典和情懷里。但感覺現在中國人的生活水平提高，經濟富裕了，很多我深圳的朋友都紛紛開始專程到英國來看球賽”。焦博是曼聯的鐵杆粉絲，說到看球路線，自然首推曼徹斯特。“曼徹斯特有兩家球會，一是曼城，一是曼聯，兩支球隊各有自己的大牌明星，如魯尼、範佩西、吉科斯、大衛·席爾瓦、亞亞圖雷等，也有著自己的熱衷粉絲”。每到賽季，球票是大家最關心的問題。在英國買球票並不像國內的聯賽一樣需要現場購票，“現場一般都是黃牛票，並不能保證一定能買到。”焦博的經驗是，買曼聯的票一般需要先提前申請會員。申請會員的過程很簡單，到官方網站上進行註冊，費用大約在30英鎊，球迷在全世界各地都可以申請。球票分不同檔次，最貴的聯賽球票大概在50英鎊左右，而搶手的冠軍杯球票大概在60英鎊左右，大部分的球票相對便宜，約30英鎊左右。看球人多儘量提前到場球賽日當天，球場交通相對擁擠。所幸整個曼徹斯特城並不大，地下軌道交通和地面公共交通都非常方便。遊客可以坐火車參觀，有軌電車和公交車都可以到達曼聯主場老特拉福德球場。焦博建議遊客乘坐便捷的公交車250和X50，直接從市中心坐到老特拉福德下車，而且價錢便宜，單程大概2.5英鎊，路程在40分鐘左右。“不過由於每次看球的人比較多，所以建議大家提早過去，以避免在公車自存倉擁擠。不過回程時要建議大家選擇X50，雖然人很多，但還是能擠上車。不至於看完晚上的比賽後，大半夜還在路邊吹冷風”。晚上看完球，可以看到有些在公車站旁邊賣漢堡的大嬸，大家可以去嘗試一下國外的街邊小吃，尤其是到快收攤的時候，你會得到意外的驚喜，同樣的價錢可以得到兩倍的東西。住宿方面，由於看球時間較晚，焦博建議遊客住在市中心附近。“曼城最大的火車站piccadilly車站坐落在市中心，在火車站對面有很多價格優惠的青年旅館，如果想住條件好點兒的但又價錢不貴的地方，也有一些三星級的賓館可以選擇。市中心廣場邊上的三星級酒店Britannia Hotel就是不錯的選擇。不過大家千萬不要跟國內的酒店相提並論，因為英國的酒店房間都很小，哪怕是一些高檔酒店也一樣”。相對中餐的豐富和多樣，英國人的食物尤其簡單，炸魚和炸薯條可謂是英國國民傳統美食。如果遊客希望能夠吃到快捷、平價的食物，可以去Nando’s（主營烤雞），Domino’s Pizza（主營披薩），Pizza Co（雞翅和薯條很好吃）。但如果需要有一點氛圍的餐廳，則可以選擇市中心的San Carlos意大利餐廳。“以中國人的胃口來說，這家餐廳的味道不一定多棒，但是有一種正式的感覺。這個餐廳裡面吃飯的人一般都穿著比較正式，進餐需要預訂”。倫敦也是球迷必去之地除了曼徹斯特，倫敦也是球迷“朝聖”必去之地。這個有著阿森納和切爾西兩支輝煌球隊的城市是大多數國人游英國的首選。而在焦博的看球路線中，倫敦的這兩家球會有地鐵直達，最為方便。“切爾西在Fulham Broadway Station下，阿森納在Arsenal Station下就行了。由於倫敦的地鐵很發達，所以建議坐地鐵去球場，既方便又快捷”。他提醒，在票價方面，阿森納的球票要高于切爾西的球票。阿森納也需先申請會員購票，球票一般在90英鎊左右，切爾西的球票則大概在40-50英鎊左右。“但看切爾西的比賽有個很大的好處就是不一定要提前申請會員，球迷可以直接打電話到切爾西的票務中心去買票，然後對方把票郵寄給你，這方便了很多國內去看球的球迷”。圖片說明:; 老特拉福德球場外景。 受訪者供圖迷你倉新蒲崗

Non-lenders are now able to conduct online payments, sell wealth management products and offer loans, fuelling fierce competitionOnline payment services, wealth management products and lending businesses offered by non-bank companies are changing the landscape of the mainland banking sector.迷你倉新蒲崗“It has become very difficult to predict the future of the banking sector,” said Wang Xiaoming, a vice-general manager of personal banking at Bank of China.“New technologies are bringing in sweeping changes to the way people manage their wealth, companies finance their operations and banks do business.”The central government would seek to break the monopoly in the banking sector, former premier Wen Jiabao said early last year. Since then 250 third-party payment licences have been issued, allowing non-bank companies to offer online payment services, issue and accept pre-paid cards, and handle bank card transactions through point-of-sale devices.Thanks to this mushrooming online e-commerce service, an increasing number of payments are being made on platforms operated by internet companies. Transactions made through this third-party non-bank payment system totalled 3.8 trillion yuan (HK$4.8 trillion) in the second quarter of this year, according to market research company Enfodesk.Over the same period, non-cash payments – transactions through banks and non-bank companies – amounted to 388.5 trillion yuan, according to the People’s Bank of China.The 1 per cent market share of non-cash payments commanded by third-party non-bank systems might appear to be tiny, but the share is set to increase substantially, according to sector participants.“With the help of big data and cloud computing, internet finance has enormous room to grow because it lowers information asymmetry (democratising the distribution of information and data) to a minimum,” said Xie Ping, a vice-president of China Investment Corp, the nation’s sovereign wealth fund.Alibaba was among the pioneers of internet finance services with its third-party payment system Alipay, and the mining of transaction data from its business-to-customer and customer-to-customer businesses.That data has now been used by Alipay to establish a credit rating system making use of the ability to access massive data sets (big data), through cloud computing (web-based and accessed hardware, networks, storage, services, and interfaces). Alipay is reportedly ready to launch a consumer loan service soon, but the company declined to comment.The latest expansion of credit services from Alipay follows the launch three迷你倉出租years ago of a loan service to small and micro companies which trade through its e-commerce platforms.At the end of June, it had extended 100 billion yuan in loans and had a non-performing ratio on the portfolio of 0.87 per cent, it said.The growing presence of Alibaba and Alipay in the financing sector posed a “severe challenge” to banks, according to Hong Qi, the president of China Minsheng Banking.The medium-sized bank, which focuses on small companies, had 300 billion yuan of outstanding loans to small and micro companies at the end of last year.Alipay is also the first internet company to offer wealth management products. In June, it launched a service to allow its more than 600 million users to subscribe to the Tianhong mutual fund through their Alipay accounts.The service attracted 2.5 million users and 5.7 billion yuan of investments in 18 days, resulting in Tianhong becoming the fund with the largest number of subscribers on the mainland, Alipay said.Tencent, another leading internet company, recently partnered four fund management firms to enable transactions through its WeChat smart-phone messaging application, which has more than 300 million users globally.To make the competition fiercer, about 1,000 peer-to-peer micro-loan companies across the mainland are matching credit for customers and offering wealth management products. Such lending, which essentially ends banks’ middleman role, lets savers lend directly to pools of individuals.About 30 billion yuan of loans were matched over the system between 2007 and last year, data from the Central University of Finance and Economics showed.“Confronted with the sizzling competition, conservative banks which just maintain the status quo will ultimately fail,” said Jin Lin, an analyst with Orient Securities.Cash businesses, now dominated by traditional finance, including banks and brokerages, would gradually be taken away by internet finance, which had an edge also in credit risk management and actuarial analysis, thanks to big data’s strong analytical ability, Jin said.“The fight for market share among internet finance players will also escalate and it’s difficult to see who’s going to emerge as winners. But while the big players are fighting it out, smaller banks could collaborate with smaller internet companies to benefit both parties,” he said.On Thursday, China Citic Bank announced it would team up with telecommunications company China Unicom to launch a “mobile phone wallet” through which mobile phone users can link their devices with a Citic Bank card to make payments.迷你倉

　　低調神秘的順豐創始人王衛兩年前以堅持不上市的一番言論而著稱，迷你倉出租但今日，他終於還是向資本市場“屈服”。8月20日，獨資發展運營了20年的順豐快遞傳出了已經成功引入機構投資者的消息。隨後順豐快遞方面向《中國經營報》記者證實，公司已與元禾控股、招商局集團、中信資本簽署協議，前三者以總體投資不超過順豐25%的股份，成為了順豐新股東，“若按照正常的工作進度，9月份就能夠走完整個流程”，順豐集團副總裁王立順表示。　　對於外界所傳近百億元的入股總金額，由於涉及保密協議，順豐以及三家機構投資方均不置可否，但順豐方面否認了引入投資者是為上市的猜測。“三家機構投資者是作為戰略投資方進入的，與公司的上市無關，機構方對於我們沒有上市或者業績的要求”，順豐公共事務部總監陳歡告訴記者。　　順豐還透露，此輪融資不會影響順豐原有的投資方向和戰略，新進入資金將更多用于信息系統建設、中轉設備投入、購買飛機等核心資源的投入，而不會大規模投入旗下電商平台順豐優選或者整合其他企業。但不少物流行業人士分析認為，順豐此番引入機構投資者或意在未來的市場拓展和產業融合，機構投資的資源將為順豐的發展提供便利。暫無上市目標　　在順豐副總裁王立順看來，“不逼著上市，是順豐選擇融資方最基本的要求”。　　盡管兩年前順豐創始人王衛在首次接受媒體採訪時堅稱“順豐不會為了錢而上市”，但近年來，隨著EMS、申通、圓通、中通等快遞企業紛紛引入投資者籌謀上市計劃，在激烈的競爭格局下，順豐忽然改變20年來的獨資股權結構引入投資者，自然而然會令外界聯想到順豐也在開始為其上市鋪路。　　對此，順豐方面直接否認了關於其上市的猜想。“機構方對於我們沒有上市或者業績的要求，近年內我們不會有上市的計劃。”陳歡在回復本報記者採訪時明確表示。　　在順豐副總裁王立順看來，“不逼著上市，是順豐選擇融資方最基本的要求。我們看重的是他們（三家機構投資方）對於順豐的發展戰略和現階段情況都很認可，不會逼著上市，不會要求退市，不會急於變現。”除此之外，王立順還認為，“雙方在估值上的認可，也是能夠促使雙方迅速達成協議的重要原因。”　　而針對這筆融資的使用方式，外界則在猜測順豐可能會拓展新的業務方向，包括大力發展2012年順豐剛剛上線的電商平台順豐優選等業務。對此，王立順解釋稱，這筆融資將主要用于拓展順豐現有的核心業務，包括一系列的重資產投入，如順豐信息系統、中轉環節及航空樞紐等，電商業務並不是未來投資的重點。　　“過去中轉場多是我們租來的，”王立順表示，土地集約化的要求令順豐的租金成本越來越高，而自購卻需要大量的資金，“對於這些重資產的掌握，有錢就能發展得快一點，沒錢就要落後了。”除了用于購置土地擴張中轉場和航空樞紐，融資還將用于採購自動化系統和自動化設備。　　順豐方面給本報提供的資料顯示，2012年順豐的營業收入已經超過200億元，截至2013年，順豐旗下已擁有30架全貨機、5000多個營業網點以及150多個一、二級中轉場，順豐的目標是2013年能夠完成30%以上的業績增速，並加大逆向物流、訂單式服務等增值服務的開發，而這一切顯然均需要大量的資金投入。　　雖然目前三方對於此次交易的具體金額均守口如瓶，但還是有小道消息稱，3家機構是以約25倍的市盈率來對順豐進行估值的，因此投資額估計將近100億元，本輪融資結束後，順豐的估值將達到300億元人民幣。但對此，順豐方面表示不予置評迷你倉主導者王衛　　三家投資方表示，合作均是以戰略機構投資者的身份入股，並不改變順豐的戰略方向和品牌主導權。　　三家機構投資方的資本背景足以給外界提供足夠的想象空間。　　資料顯示，投資方之一的元禾控股成立于2001年，其前身是蘇州創業投資集團，核心業務包括我國第一支國家級VC母基金、我國規模最大的天使投資基金和我國首家科技金融超市等；中信資本的股東方則是大名鼎鼎的中投公司、中信泰富、卡塔爾控股公司，這家以另類投資為主打的投資公司業務包括直接投資、房地產基金、結構融資、資產管理及創業投資等等，管理的資金超過40億美元。而招商局則貼有更明顯的國企標簽。　　“元禾控股和中信資本都是行業知名PE，具有很強的募資能力，同時也有一定的地方政商關係和人脈背景，招商局則手中握有大量的碼頭和公路資源，在金融領域也深耕多年，這對順豐未來的市場拓展和產業融合都會提供極大的便利。”一名投資機構人士分析認為，順豐此次對於投資機構的選擇可謂“處心積慮”。　　針對此次入股順豐快遞，三家機構投資方在回復本報記者的查詢中，均不約而同地提及了“長期戰略投資”的初衷。“元禾控股與順豐的合作是建立在認可順豐未來的發展理念和戰略基礎上的，元禾控股期望通過戰略合作，支持順豐按照其既定戰略方針，達成發展目標。”元禾控股方面表示。　　而中信資本董事長兼首席執行官張懿宸將此次入股順豐解讀為“通過資源共享，實現產業與資本的強強聯合”；招商局則更加明確表示，入股順豐切合集團2013年制定的“以供應鏈再造”為突破口的內需戰略。　　此外，三家投資方也同時表示，此次合作均是以戰略機構投資者的身份入股，並不改變順豐目前的戰略方向和品牌主導權。換言之，未來順豐的主導權仍將掌握在創始人王衛的手中。　　“這比較符合王衛的個性”，一家民營快遞企業人士對記者稱，王衛與其領導的順豐對於資本市場頗為警惕，“他不喜歡被資本市場左右”。多年前，王衛就多次拒絕了聯邦快遞、UPS等海外巨頭的收購要求，也拒絕了多家PE入股。產業融合新方向？　　“未來順豐要繼續做強，並堅持其多元化的戰略，顯然不能離開資本的支持。”　　與資本市場“絕緣”並不意味著順豐不求發展。2010年開始，順豐不斷在電商、零售業務領域進行拓展嘗試，開通高端食品網站“順豐優選”，並大力推廣供應鏈配送服務，盡管拓展的成果還不盡如人意，其戰略布局在外人看來還是“霧里看花”，但順豐已被外界貼上“多元化”標簽。　　“在行業競爭日趨激烈的大背景下，未來順豐要繼續做強，並堅持其多元化的戰略，顯然不能離開資本的支持。”有快遞行業人士表示，這應是王衛此番引入資本投資者的初衷，而堅持品牌主導權和戰略方向則是其底線。　　　　另一方面，雖然順豐方面解釋了新進入資本的投資方向，否認了“將用于投資新的業務單元並培育新的業務增長點”的外界猜想，但這並不意味著順豐的旗下業務發展不會出現新的趨勢。　　“網絡的發展催生了快遞行業的繁榮，作為網絡的重要支持，當前快遞行業已向現代化服務業轉型並向產業集中化起步”，快遞行業人士分析認為，未來幾年的市場格局及行業發展將進一步細分，不少新業務可能會持續湧現，不排除三家機構入股順豐有看好未來快遞新業務圖景的可能性。　　事實上，從順豐此番引入的招商局集團而言，其本身就已經擁有豐富的物流資源。順豐副總裁王立順坦言：“股東的進入對於順豐今後的發展會提供有益的補充，形成疊加效應，產業融合是不爭的事實。”儲存倉

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ExhibitionsMobili Da CollezioneFurniture exhibition showcasing masterpieces from 1972 to today by designers such as Mattia Bonetti, Zaha Hadid and others.新蒲崗迷你倉 Aug 26, 10am-6.30pm, Edge Gallery, G/F, 46-48 Village Rd, Happy Valley. Inquiries: 2887 0313. Ends Aug 26FragileWong Fung-chi uses shattered glass to construct sculptures that reflect human fragility. Mon-Sat, 11.30am-7.30pm, (closed on public holidays), Art Beatus Gallery, 50 Peel St, Central. Inquiries: 2522 1138. Ends Aug 28Sight Reading and the Other Short StoriesNicole Wong’s solo show features works, including prints, sound recordings and multimedia pieces, that serve as a visual gateway to our “stream of conscious”. Mon-Sat, 1pm-8pm, Art and Culture Outreach, 1/F Foo Tak Bldg, 365 Hennessy Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2893 4808. Ends Aug 31Interactive Jam with Digital Art ProIn celebration of their 21st anniversary, the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre and LCSD present works by new media artist Hung Keung which incorporate Chinese calligraphy into digital creations. Mon, Wed-Sun, 10am-9pm, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, 7A Kennedy Rd, Central, free. Inquiries: 2521 3008. Ends Oct 31Bruce Lee: Kung Fu. Art. LifeLCSD and the Bruce Lee Foundation team up for an ongoing exhibition devoted to the local martial artist/actor. Mon, Wed-Fri, 10am-6pm, Sat-Sun and public holidays, 10am-7pm, (closed on Tue except public holidays), Hong Kong Heritage Museum, 1 Man Lam Rd, Sha Tin, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2180 8188. Ends Jul 20, 2018Performing ArtsThe Addams FamilyBroadway adaptation of the gothic television series centring on the family’s daughter falling for a boy she wants to keep secret from her mother. Aug 27-31, Sept 1, 3-5, 8pm, Aug 31, 3pm, Macau Cultural Centre, HK$350, HK$480 macauticket.com. Inquiries:macauticket@kongseng.com.moAvenue QAdaptation of the Broadway musical incorporating puppets and live performers. Aug 27-31, 8pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$200-HK$340 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2389 9220Cellistizzimo in Concert 2013Chu Yi-bing conducts the Cellistizzimo orchestra playing Beethoven’s rondo from Symphony No. 7, Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise and others. Aug 27, 8pm, Y-Theatre, 238 Chai Wan Rd, Chai Wan, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2377 9875The Ninth and BeyondMark Hui and Sean Li conduct soloists Jovita Leung, Carol Lin, Christopher Leung, Albert Lim and the Hong Kong Festival Orchestra playing Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Aug 27, 8pm, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$80-HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9286 1892Polygram Forever LiveStandard Chartered welcomes former artists of the fabled record label to come together for a one-off show. Artists performing include Alan Tam Wing-lun, Hacken Lee Hak-kan, Shirley Kwan Suk-yee, Priscilla Chan Wai-han and others. Aug 28, 8pm, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Dr, Wan Chai. Tickets are available through redemption at Standard Chartered. Inquiries: 2886 8868Ne ObliviscarisThe Australian metal band in concert. Aug 28,mini storage8.30pm, Hidden Agenda, 2A Wing Fu Industrial Bldg, 15-17 Tai Yip St, Kwun Tong, HK$150 (advance), HK$180 (door). Inquiries: 9170 6073Tommy Chung & Soul RoomAn evening of blues music with Tommy Chung & Co and Soul Room. Aug 28, 9.30pm, The Wanch, 54 Jaffe Rd, Wan Chai, no cover charge. Inquiries: 2861 1621Brass KnucklesThe Miami trio play electro dance. Aug 28, 10pm, Levels, 2/F On Hing Bldg, 1 On Hing Terrace, Central. Inquiries: 2850 6826HeartsrevolutionThe electro duo of Leyla Safai and Ben Pollock in concert. Aug 29, 8pm, Hidden Agenda, 2A Wing Fu Industrial Bldg, 15-17 Tai Yip St, Kwun Tong, HK$280 (advance), HK$350 (door) ticketflap.com. Inquiries: 2264 1025Sabrina Ng Yee-ningThe local singer performs oldies in English. Aug 29, 8pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$120-HK$230 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123Justin LoThe Chinese-American singer-songwriter in concert. Aug 29, 8.15pm, Hong Kong Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$200-HK$550 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2905 8134CinemaSummer International Film Festival 2013Hong Kong International Film Festival Society presents 21 films, including the following one. Until Aug 27 . Hong Kong Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East; Hong Kong Space Museum, A10 Salisbury Rd, TST; Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$65; UA Langham Place, 8/F-11/F Langham Place, 8 Argyle St, Mong Kok; The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$75 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2970 330021 Ways to Ruin a MarriageComedy about a cynical young scholar who believes she has found the key to destroying a marriage, and the arrival of a man bent on proving her wrong. In Finnish with English subtitles. Aug 26, 7.30pm, Hong Kong Arts Centre9th InDPanda International Short Film FestivalInD Blue presents three short film programmes, including the following two. Ends Sept 9. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$65 cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2572 7202Best Shorts of Golden Harvest Awards 2013 (2)Four shorts, including Before, about the arrival of a therapist working to help a man deal with his dementia. All in Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles. Aug 26, 9.40pm, Broadway CinemathequeGay Shorts 1Eight shorts, including Chaser, about a gay man’s escape from his conservative Jewish family. Films with dialogue all contain English subtitles. Aug 27, 7.40pm, Broadway CinemathequeHKIFF Cine FanThe Hong Kong International Film Festival Society presents films to broaden audience appreciation, including the following one. UA Langham Place, 8/F-11/F Langham Place, 8 Argyle St, Mong Kok; The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$75; HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East; Hong Kong Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$65 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2970 33002001: A Space OdysseyStanley Kubrick’s epic sci-fi film about a series of encounters between humans and advanced machines known as monoliths. Aug 28, 7.30pm, Aug 29, 7.15pm, The Grand Cinemaself storage

Shanghai police have arrested the boss of a private information technology company after he was found to have been involved in creating and spreading online rumors, police sources said yesterday.儲存倉Fu Xuesheng, 47, chairman and legal person of Shanghai LabInfo Technologies Ltd, was suspected of creating the rumors to slander his competitors, police said.Fu f迷你倉沙田bricated a story that the legal person, surnamed Huang, of an interior design and decorating company had bribed a deputy district head in Shanghai, where Huang’s company is located.Huang died accidentally in May. Fu and Huang had previously been involved in a financial dispute, police said. Fu made up the accusation to get revenge, said police. 迷你倉價錢

據新華社廣州8月25日電近幾年，迷你倉沙田一些地方打著推進城鎮化的旗號，紛紛打造新城建設模式。城市建設“貪大求全”之風近年在一些地方愈演愈烈，甚至連一些地級市也提出建設“國際化大都市”規劃。國家發改委城市和小城鎮改革發展中心課題組對遼寧、內蒙古、河北、江蘇、河南、安徽、湖北、湖南、江西、廣東、貴州、陝西等12個省區的調查顯示，12個省會城市，平均一個城市要建4.6個新城新區;144個地級城市，平均每個規劃建設約1.5個新城新區。江蘇某鎮給農民打白條徵地補償“過兩年再給”“新華視點”記者調研發現，當前城市規劃發展中存在三大問題。———定位過高。直轄市提出規劃建設國際大都市、國家中心城市;省會城市提出建設國際化城市、大區域中心城市;一些中型城市也提出建設區域金融中心、教育中心、文化中心，甚至也要在爭建國際化大都市。———速度過快。西南一個縣級市，在建的房地產開發面積達到1000萬平方米，可以提供超過10萬套住房，而目前市區總人口才30萬出頭，消化現有住房的周期就超過15年。———用力過猛。廣東一個縣級市，上級規劃部門一直將其規劃為生態屏障。該市近期卻提出，“不能生態有了經濟沒了”，希望將上級規劃部門核准的旅遊度假開發區容積率提高三倍。江蘇一個鎮，政府財力不足，徵地速度卻不降，直接給農民打白條，言稱徵地補償“過兩年再給”。“拍腦門”決策“拍屁股”走人不久前召開的中共中央政治局會議提出，“積極穩妥推進以人為核心的新型城鎮化。”“迷你倉價錢華視點”記者在多地調研發現，一些地方政府把“以人為核心”變成了“以個別人為決策核心”。記者在西南一個縣級市採訪發現，由當地政府主導，在一座山上規劃建設了一個商業城，320棟數百平方米的民族風格三層小樓排列在蜿蜒的盤山路上，還分了不同區域，有的規劃賣茶、有的規劃賣民族銀飾、有的區域規劃做餐飲，從字母A一直排到J。當地政府負責人表示，政府出全資，希望打造成民族風情文化園，總投資額“八九億元”。一位房地產業內人士表示，這樣“造城”實現難度太大。“三四公里長的盤山商業街，就兩個車道，車多了怎麼辦?這麼遠的山路，沒車的市民怎麼上去?連賣什麼都規劃，有沒有市場?一句話，缺乏前期調研。”記者注意到，這裡幾乎沒有一家商舖開門。當地相關負責人告訴記者，為盤活人氣，政府規定所有政府組織的大型活動都來此舉辦，商戶入駐第一年免租金，且每間房政府還補貼5000元。但他也承認:“平時人很少，一有活動車就堵到市區”。“有些城市領導氣魄很大，幾億元資金投入，其實錢都是納稅人的，花錢有沒有走法定程序?用行政代替市場，可能造成很大的投資風險和資源浪費，也扭曲了城鎮化發展的方向。”廣東省建築設計院原院長何錦超說。一家房地產企業高管向記者介紹，各地對新型城鎮化認識不一，隨意性很強。“原本準備投資某個國家級新區，該區前一任領導表示，要重視風險，吸取教訓，從容開發，我們覺得很對，準備觀望。但下一個領導到任又提出加快建設速度，我們只能趕緊準備參加土地拍賣。”迷你倉

By Zheng Jinran ( China Daily) Tangshan, an important industrial city in China, also boasts a long and splendid tradition of arts and culture, which fuels the local tourism industry.迷你倉Tangshan is a place where traditional arts like shadow theater, Pingju Opera and Laoting drumming continue to thrive.These art forms are known as the "three blossoms" of folk art in eastern Hebei. Shadow theater was named an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2011.Chinese shadow theater is a form of theater in which colorful silhouette figures perform traditional plays against a back-lit cloth screen accompanied by music and singing.The committee officially recognized that shadow theater spreads knowledge, promotes cultural values and entertains the community, especially youth.In addition to the world-famous art of shadow plays, the city has many other folk arts, such as the papercutting techniques of Qian'an and the clay sculptures of Yutian county. These art forms have passed from one generation to another for centuries in the city.Over the course of its long history, the city has been home to many famous cultural figures. The most notable is probably Cao Xueqin (1715-1763), author of A Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the great classics of Chinese literature. He was born in Tangshan in the Qing Dynasty (1儲存倉44 -1911).Eileen Chang (1920-1995), a female writer in modern China famous for romantic novels, is another major figure from the city.In addition to these two titans of Chinese literature, the city also fostered many other prominent intellectuals. One of the most well known is Li Dazhao (1888-1927). He was the first person to spread communism in China and was a cofounder of the Communist Party of China in 1921.Tangshan is located to the north of Beijing, close to northeastern China, where the royal family of the Qing Dynasty originated. Many emperors and members of royal families have been buried in the city at such sites as the Eastern Qing Mausoleum, which has been listed as a World Culture Heritage. The winding Great Wall, also close to the city, has been added to the list as well.The city has become a hot tourist destination thanks to its two cultural heritages, 10 sites under national protection, six national intangible cultural heritages and one national geological park. Thousands of tourists come for the culture and scenic spots annually, making the tourism an important part of local development.Tangshan will pursue for more chances to promote tourism and spread its traditional culture to the whole world. In 2016, the city will host the World Horticultural Exposition, providing a good opportunity to introduce the city to the world.zhengjinran@chinadaily.com.cn迷你倉沙田