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僑胞們參觀中央電視塔來自美國舊金山的一位媽媽帶著7歲的女兒專程飛到北京，迷你倉她開心地對工作人員說：“非常感謝《星光大道》提供了這次機會，讓我和女兒能一起來參加《星光大道》節目，觀看升國旗、遊覽故宮，還可以讓沒有來過北京的女兒瞭解北京，瞭解更多中國文化，謝謝！”與這位興高采烈的媽媽一樣，來自美國、加拿大、澳大利亞等地的百名僑胞日前抵京，參加《星光大道》的“百名華僑上星光大道”活動。在節目錄製的前一天，《星光大道》欄目組、央視網工作人員與僑胞們到天安門觀看升旗儀式並遊覽了故宮。遊覽結束後，他們都感慨北京變化之大。《星光大道》作為百姓舞台，已經踏實走到第10個年頭。2013年已推出更接地氣、更聚人氣的“帶爸媽上星光大道”、“百名老人上星光大道”、“百名新人上星光大道”系列圓夢活動。在辭舊迎新之際，欄目組特別推出“百名僑胞上星光大道”活動，通過央視網及微博等多個渠道，最終征集到了近百名僑胞參加2013年12月28日的《星光大道》年度總決賽錄製。來自澳大利亞的僑胞表達了新年心願：“我很幸運，能來北mini storage參加活動。我們當地華人都非常喜歡《星光大道》這個欄目，即使和國內有時差，我們也會一直守到很晚等著節目播出，希望《星光大道》欄目和‘畢姥爺’明年能到澳大利亞舉辦活動，我們一定會都到場支持。”節目錄製當晚，百名僑胞來到現場，看到嘉賓席上有趙本山、林志炫、趙文卓、明道、陳小春、孟庭葦、韓磊、師勝傑、梁宏達、宋小寶以及德高望重的閻肅、李穀一老師後，連連歡呼。更讓僑胞們驚喜的是，《星光大道》2013年度總決賽採用了全新的舞台，全新的賽制，百名僑胞與嘉賓們一起投票，決定選手的去留。每一輪比賽結束，僑胞們認真地按下手中的投票器，選出心目中的選手，共同見證了《星光大道》2013年度總冠軍的誕生。整場節目的演出編排、表演設計、環節銜接、舞美燈光、嘉賓點評等，都顯示了高水準與大場面，驚喜不斷，觀�們掌聲與呼聲不斷。僑胞們紛紛表示節目比想象中更精彩，他們很享受這個美好的夜晚，感謝《星光大道》讓他們在年關將近時回家“過年”，《星光大道》2013年度總決賽將于2014年大年初一當晚播出，屆時一定會和家人一起收看。self storage

Source: Dayton Daily News, OhioJan.迷你倉出租 05--OXFORD, Miss. -- A season that began with a miracle play at the buzzer for the Flyers heads to Atlantic 10 play with another shot to remember.Devin Oliver banked in a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left in overtime to give Dayton an 83-80 victory over Mississippi on Saturday at Tad Smith Coliseum. William Faulkner himself, the Nobel Prize-winning author who lived in Oxford, wouldn't have scripted such an ending. Or maybe he would have. One of his famous works is "The Sound and the Fury." In a way, this shot had both."Oliver for 3," the Comcast Sports announcer said. "Got it! Off the window and in!"This was no mere 3-pointer. If it had been a Harlem Globetrotters game, Oliver might have earned four points. The senior forward from Kalamazoo, Mich., was about 5 feet behind the line."After I shot it, I called (bank shot)," Oliver said, "but not initially. I didn't care if it hit the rim 17 times and went it.""It was the prettiest bank shot I've ever seen," Dayton coach Archie Miller said.Had he shot an airball or fired the shot into the Ole Miss student section behind the basket, this would still have been the best performance by a Flyer this season. He hit 11-of-14 shots, scored 26 points, had seven rebounds, five assists and no turnovers.Of course, years from now, everyone will only remember the last shot, just as most people might forget all of the season-opening game against IPFW, except for the last-second 3 to win the game by Jordan Sibert.Just like that game, a turnover set the Flyers up for the final shot. This time, the Flyers got the ball with 5 seconds left after Ole Miss was called for an illegal screen -- Khari Price took a hard shot from Sebastian Saiz on that screen -- while trying to set up for the final shot.Dayton drew up a play for Vee Sanford, who missed what would have been a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer in the second half."Vee was supposed to come off of me and (Matt) Kavanaugh setting a screen and get it and go down and try to make a play," Oliver said. "Vee got caught going the other way. Heat of the moment, I guess. I saw Dyshawn (Pierre) was kind of stuck. I ran back and got the ball."Oliver split two defenders as he crossed half court. The ball left his hands with 2.1 seconds remaining."I probably could have gotten to the basket," Oliver said. "I felt the pull-up was the shot."Oliver bounced back down the court as Ole Miss in-bounded the ball with 0.3 seconds. Martavious Newby got off a shot from about three-quarters court, but it was off the mark. It would have counted."The thing that's disheartening," Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy said, "is the last two possessions, we didn't get a shot."When the buzzer sounded, the celebration ensued. Price grabbed Oliver first, and then the rest of the Flyers mobbed him and rejoiced in a victory that gives them a 12-3 record heading into Atlantic 10 play. Judging by the Pomeroy ratings, this was Dayton's third-best win of the season. Ole Miss is ranked 78th. Gonzaga is 18th. California is 45th. The Flyers are 42nd.This was redemption for Oliver, who missed a shot in the final seconds against Southern California on Dec. 22 and left enough time on the clock for USC's Pe'Shon Howard to hit the game-winning 3-pointer."I've seen a lot of them at the end not go in for us," Miller said, "so we'll take that and obviously we'll feel good a迷你倉out it. I'm just happy we competed. We did fight. We've got a great group of guys that compete and battle."Of course, even before the shot fell, this was a great game. It featured 12 lead changes and 12 ties. Dayton's biggest lead was six points. Ole Miss once had a five-point lead. Neither of those leads lasted for long.The Flyers (12-3) trailed 80-76 with one minute left in overtime. A jumper by Pierre cut the deficit to two with 55 seconds left.A turnover by Ole Miss led to the next Dayton basket. Sanford took the ball the other way and missed a layup in traffic. He drew three Ole Miss defenders with him, however, and that left Kyle Davis open to grab the rebound and score on a putback, tying the game with 26 seconds left. It was the only shot and basket of the night for the freshman Davis, who played some important stints late in the game guarding Ole Miss star Marshall Henderson.Henderson hit 3-of-9 shots and scored 15 points. He didn't score at all for the first 21 minutes. Mostly, it was Jordan Sibert and Sanford on him then. While Dayton limited Henderson, the Rebel's second-leading scorer, Jarvis Summers, scored 29 points on 9-of-15 shooting."Our attention was really centered on Marshall Henderson," Miller said. "Eliminate the 3. We gave up some baskets due to that, which we knew was going to happen. I thought Jarvis Summers was as good a guard as we've guarded all season. To our kids' credit, when we needed a shot, we found a way."A back-and-forth, thrilling second half featured big plays all over the place. Dayton had its biggest lead, 51-45, with 13 minutes left. Ole Miss had a 61-56 lead with eight minutes to play, but Oliver scored five straight points on back-to-back possessions to tie it with 7:09 left.Henderson stole a pass and hit a 3-pointer with 3:20 left. Again Oliver responded with a 3-pointer on Dayton's next possession, tying the game with 2:55 to go.Oliver scored Dayton's last basket of the second half with 2:06 to play, a wide-open layup off an assist by Sanford. Summers tied the game moments later. Neither team scored in the last 1:50. Oliver forced a jump ball on a shot by Summers with 29 seconds left. Then Sanford missed a 3-pointer at the second-half buzzer.Dayton trailed 31-28 at halftime. Free throws were the big difference in the first half and, really, throughout the game. Ole Miss scored 10 of its first 17 points at the line and finished 28-of-36.The Flyers were 8-of-18 at the line until Pierre hit two free throws with 2:12 left in overtime. They shot exactly 50 percent for the third straight game.Pierre and Scoochie Smith each had 11 points for Dayton. Smith hit 3-of-5 3-pointers.Matt Kavanaugh and Sanford each scored 10. Kavanaugh played 31 minutes and hit 5-of-7 shots. It was another strong game for the senior from Centerville, who just a couple of weeks ago was languishing on the bench.Dayton shot 58 percent from the field in the second half and 48 percent in the game. The Flyers had 20 assists."Twenty assists on 31 made field goals is phenomenal," Kennedy said. ""Their ball movement was as good as I've seen in this building since Florida two years ago."-- NEXT GAMESt. Louis at Dayton, 11 a.m. Saturday, ESPN2, 1290, 96.5Copyright: ___ (c)2014 the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) Visit the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) at .daytondailynews.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage

經濟師跟堪輿學家也許是職場上的「twins」，迷你倉最平算數據、靠觀察，預測未來。之不過，貿發局研究總監關家明卻不以「測得準」自豪，「經濟師的目標不應該是準確預測經濟表現，也請不要相信我的見解」。 這位本地著名經濟師，三十多年來經歷了三次金融風暴，最後得出這個「倒米」結論。2012年初，關家明從渣打「先行引退」，花了14個月踏遍神州，充足電後，去年6月重返職場，出任香港貿易發展局研究總監，繼續以優質研究為己任。 採訪、撰文：江凱妮、陳慧筠 經濟師對市場的影響有多大？偶有大型投資銀行或國際機構調低主要經濟體的經濟增長預測，股市便應聲下跌。假如某機構的預測偏離實際數字，難免令投資者失去信心，聲譽受損。既然經濟師的使命是預測經濟表現，預測不準確是否等於辦事不力？ 預測經濟不能只看績效 關家明對此不敢苟同。「一個停頓的時鐘，每天也會猜中時間兩次！如果以猜中預測為經濟師工作的目標，可以很容易達到，每一個月預測一次，愈接近公布日期，理論上預測數字會愈準確，又或者提出一個較闊的預測範圍，猜中的機會率自然較高。」 「過往有些經濟師每年都預測『明年會出現金融風暴』，結果年復年，到2008年雷曼兄弟倒閉前重申有關看法，之後自稱準確預測金融風暴。我覺得這是mis-sight（錯誤見解）多於foresight（遠見）！」 可是，坊間要衡量一位經濟師的功力，「猜中數據次數」似乎是最直接的指標。關家明不諱言，有些投行仍然以此為經濟師的績效指標，他也曾遇過下屬以為自己的預測較「準確」，便有較大的議價能力，事實上還要考慮其他因素。因此，他不會因為猜中經濟數據而感到自豪。 他憶述，自己還是經濟師初哥時，某個經濟數據為3%，跟他預測的3.3%僅相差0.3個百分點，自然要向上司解釋。「猜中與否存在主觀因素，哪怕預測與實際數字一樣，背後的理據不一，也可以說是估錯，最重要是交代獲得預測數字的方法、原因、假設……以至整個分析的過程。」 「不希望讀者信我的看法」 經濟師的分析代表所屬機構的觀點，得到客戶認同是合理期望，亦很正常。關家明卻連忙說：「我並不希望讀者相信我的看法，更不要以為這是正確的看法，『信晒』就死！」此話把記者嚇了一跳。原來他的宗旨是為客戶提供多一個參考、刺激他們思考，例如投資者作出投資決定前要考慮10個因素，他就給予第11個因素。 過往任職渣打香港時，一名高資產值客戶誤解了他對樓市的預測，結果幾乎傾家蕩產，令他印象深刻。「應該是迷你倉006年，我在一個公開場合說：『香港樓市應該會穩步上升，除非受到一些非常巨大的外圍打擊。』這位客戶幾年後告訴我，當年聽漏了第二句，導致做錯投資決定，還認為我的預測其實很準確。」 這位本港土生土長的經濟師，1978年於中文大學經濟系畢業。關家明自言，學術研究不是自己「那杯茶」，於是沒有朝教學的方向進發，選擇了投身當時本地的經濟金融刊物，集經濟師與記者的身份，負責撰寫深度的分析文章。1987年加入美林證券（現為美銀美林），他沒有博士銜頭，全靠對事物細緻的觀察，不斷累積經驗，在這家曾是全球最大投資銀行打響名堂，一步步晉升至亞洲區首席經濟師。 1987 年10 月全球股災，華爾街首當其衝，美資投行要設法開源節流，當時還未履新的關家明，由於已經簽約，幸免被裁。「雖然至今我還未弄清當時發生什麼事，但覺得那次金融風暴對投行的震盪，比2008年金融海嘯有過之而無不及。當時大老闆曾逐一點算哪部打字機（當年電腦還未普及）沒有人使用，便拿去賣，缺錢的程度不言而喻。」 至十年後的亞洲金融風暴，美林已恢復元氣，位於紐約總部的經濟師團隊，規模大過美國聯儲局；交易員的團隊，數目比紐約證券交易所還要多。當時包括香港在內，多隻亞洲貨幣成為炒家狙擊的對象，有一次關家明到東南亞出差，有幸獲一位副總統接見，本來希望跟對方交換對該國經濟前景的看法，豈料成為對方的出氣袋，甫開始便質問「為何你們（美林）要炒我國貨幣？」關家明惟有向他解釋，經濟研究部與交易部門是分開運作的；再者，交易活動由市場主導，每家投行都有份參與。 經歷海嘯 行頭轉窄 1998年，特區政府與索羅斯對弈，在這場慘烈的官鱷大戰後，關家明加入了金管局，研究範疇擴至全球經濟。從私營金融機構轉投金管局，經濟研究的重點當然有別，這些經驗更為他奠下堅實的基礎。 重投商業銀行，關家明在渣打領導的亞洲經濟研究團隊多達15人，算是相當奢侈，這與渣打重視亞洲新興市場不無關係。可是，經歷金融海嘯的洗禮，關家明坦言：「經濟師的行頭愈來愈窄，過往可能由兩位經濟師負責分析一個國家的經濟，如今一位經濟師要負責幾個國家，畢竟這不是直接搵錢的部門，現在看來，我可能入錯行！」 他指出，有些人以經濟師作為加入投行的踏腳石，然後轉任投資銀行家，薪酬幾級跳，但他謙稱自己並非當「賓架」的材料，只適合安分守己做好經濟研究。關家明大半年前加入貿發局，工作環境不及金融機構刺激，沒那麼講求分秒必爭，但他仍很享受經濟師的工作。 mini storage

Source: The Record, Stockton, Calif.self storageJan. 05--STOCKTON -- The city is accepting applications for positions on several boards and commissions, with a deadline of 5 p.m. on Jan. 31 to file paperwork.Positions are available on the Central Parking District Advisory Board, the Stockton Measure A Citizens' Oversight Committee and the Stockton Port Commission.Four positions are available on the seven-member parking board, which makes recommendations on rules, rates, regulations and development plans in the Central Parking District. Members must own real estate or be the executive officer of a corporation that owns real estate in the district. Meetings are held six times a year. Terms are four years with a limit of two terms.The Measure A committee is迷你倉looking to fill all seven positions. Mayor Anthony Silva and the other six councilmembers each will nominate one member with nominations to be approved by the full council. The Measure A committee will oversee the sales tax approved by voters Nov. 5. Meeting dates and times have not been determined.There is one opening on the Port Commission, which meets twice a month. Members must have lived in the Port District for at least one year.All of the positions are unpaid. Applications are available at .stocktongov.com/bcvacancies, or by contacting the Office of the City Clerk at (209) 937-8459.Copyright: ___ (c)2014 The Record (Stockton, Calif.) Visit The Record (Stockton, Calif.) at .recordnet.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉將軍澳

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Source: Albuquerque Journal, N.迷利倉M.Jan. 05--The copper that's being stripped from underground utilities in a string of damaging recent thefts is apparently not showing up in local recycling yards that follow the rules, although thieves can chop up or modify stolen copper to mask it.The thefts are causing recyclers, business owners and utilities in New Mexico a lot of concern."We want to catch them as bad as everyone else; it's giving us a black eye -- the industry -- but it's very difficult to catch them," said Bill Karr, general manager of Wise Recycling LLC in Albuquerque.The apparent uptick in copper thefts and even vehicle batteries means reputable recyclers are on high alert.The state requires those wanting to sell scrap metals to show identification. "Whenever someone brings in copper and stuff they have to bring an ID, that's a state law and that's been on the books for two or three years," said Brian Witt, owner of Capital Scrap Metals in Santa Fe.Both Witt and Karr said that a couple of things are probably keeping copper thieves away from local recyclers."The copper you are talking about, no, the IDs and stuff are discouraging the big amounts" that thieves might try and recycle, said Witt.Karr in Albuquerque agrees. "It's not showing up in the scrap yards. They are modifying it or taking it out of state is what police have told us." Copper thieves can strip the copper wire down or chop it up into smaller pieces to modify it, he said."These guys know what they are doing. They're smart, and we need to catch them in the act," said Karr. "It's very hard if the modify it ...I met with APD, and they are telling us the same thing. They are not seeing it in the (scrap) yards."Capt. Jerome Sanchez, head of investigations for the Santa Fe Police Department, says it's often difficult to identify stolen copper wiring. There is identifying coding on the insulation, but thieves strip it off.So where is the stolen local copper going?"I think it's people coming from out of town, not from Santa Fe, and taking it to another (scrap) yard somewhere else," he said.For scrap dealers, "It's kind of like the honor system," said Sanchez. "For every 10 people who go in (selling recycling metals) legitimately, there are maybe two who go in illegitimately."Last weekend, thieves stripped 320 feet of copper electrical wiring from a conduit on St. Michael's Drive in Santa Fe, knocking out power to two businesses. An attempted theft at the Santa Fe Children's Museum disrupted their power and knocked it out at a neighboring museum. There were also three copper thefts in Albuquerque the same weekend.In mid-December, Santa Fe's St. John's United Methodist Church, which is close to the museums, reported the theft of 200 feet of copper wire which caused a boiler to cool down to quickly and break. The damages cost the church $80,000."We are started to see an uptick of it (thefts) this last week," said Sanchez. "We are probably going to focus on it now."One national database called ScrapTheftAlert.com, operated by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, helps recyclers know what stolen metals might be coming their way."We get a report from ScrapTheftAlert and it tells us the description, the weight, what it was and what to be on the lookout for," said Karr, "We get a copy of the (driver's) license on eve迷你倉y transaction we do with copper."Karr believes the copper thieves have expertise beyond the average street thief. "These guys have to be pretty knowledgeable; they have got to have some electrical knowledge to not get hurt," he said.The thefts are of high concern to the Public Service Company of New Mexico, which donated $20,000 to CrimeStoppers statewide in November to offer rewards for apprehending copper bandits. In addition to the economic loss, the utility is concerned about the safety of the public or utility workers coming in contact with damaged, energized electrical equipment, said PNM spokeswoman Susan Sponar.Karr is working closely with authorities and is on a committee with PNM representatives to try and do something about the rash of copper thefts. About 165 Albuquerque businesses reported copper thefts to PNM in 2013 and Albuquerque police handled 300 copper thefts, according to Sponar.Getting tougher laws on the books would help, said Karr."It's very frustrating. We need to push for stiffer penalties," he said. "Now it's a misdemeanor. They have got to start charging them (thieves) with the damages to the infrastructure."The laws governing the thefts vary widely from state to state. In South Carolina and West Virginia the thefts are misdemeanors, but in Oklahoma and Hawaii they are felonies and, in Arkansas and Utah copper thieves can be held liable for the damage they cause during thefts.Some states, such as Minnesota, have stringent requirements for those dealing in scrap metals. The law there "requires video surveillance cameras or similar devices positioned to record or photograph a frontal view showing the face of each seller or prospective seller of scrap metal who enters the location," states the National Conference of State Legislatures website. The site outlines regulations for all states. Minnesota's law also requires the scrap dealer to video or photograph the seller's vehicle and vehicle license number.Karr said his company also videos sellers but is not required to. All information gathered from sellers is regularly uploaded into a state database, he said.In addition to verifying a prospective scrap metal seller's ID in New Mexico, state law also requires that dealers keep written records of purchases "of copper or brass material, bronze material, aluminum material in excess of ten pounds; or steel material in excess of one ton" said the State Legislatures website.The ScrapTheft website is a law enforcement tool to warn scrap dealers of thefts throughout the United states and Canada. In addition to the recording of the seller's ID information the organization recommends ways to track financial transactions after a dealer makes a purchase. Those include paying by check for a large transaction or paying by ATM.The organization also suggests refusing certain purchases unless accompanied by a letter of authorization. Those include materials generally sold by businesses but which are brought in by individuals, items used only by utilities or governments and "materials that might not be new but are clearly suspect" such as "20-foot lengths of copper downspouts tied to the top of a 1970 VW Beetle."Copyright: ___ (c)2014 the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) Visit the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) at .abqjournal.com Distributed by MCT Information Services自存倉

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南都訊 日前，self storage中組部發出通知要求各地區各部門，做好領導幹部報告個人有關事項工作，並對這一工作進行抽查核實。目前在東莞，官員個人事項公開尚有一些難度，不過，領導幹部簡歷公開，則是個人事項公開中比較容易達成的。這項簡單的工作東莞做得怎麼樣？南都記者通過梳理髮現，幾套市級領導班子成員已在官方網站公示履歷。鎮街方面僅東坑鎮公開領導履歷，大多數鎮街僅公佈了領導分工情況，個別鎮街甚至連領導名單都未公佈。公開依據政府信息公開包括組織領導 《中華人民共和國政府信息公開條例》規定，為了提高政府工作的透明度，促進依法行政，各級政府需要向社會公開反映本行政機關機構設置、職能、辦事程序等情況的信息，廣東省政府信息公開工作考核辦法也明確提到，政府信息公開範圍包括組織領導、機構人員、制度建設、保障措施等。除了廣東，其他地區也根據《政府信息公開條例》作出相應規定。蘭州市政府去年規定領導簡歷等25類政務信息必須公開，上海市各級政府機構早在2007年，就根據相關規定公開了政府機關的管理職能及其調整、變動情況方面的信息，包括政府機關管理職能、內設機構和直屬單位、主要領導人簡歷、人事任免等。南昌市政府于2008年5月印發的《南昌市政府信息公開規定》，表示行政機關領導的主要簡歷、分工和重要活動及講話，是政府需要公開的重點信息。東莞情況鎮街領導網絡介紹相當碎片化南都記者發現，東莞市領導幹部簡歷在官網上公佈，目前僅停留在市級四套領導班子成員層面。鎮街和市直機構領導成員的簡歷，除個別主動發佈外，基本上都沒有掛在本機構官網上。東莞32個鎮街，僅東坑一鎮，通過官網公佈該鎮領導個人簡歷。該鎮還為領導配備了清晰的照片。其餘31個鎮街當中，道滘、沙田、長安、鳳崗、謝崗等5個鎮街在官網上，完全找不到領導的相關信息，寮步雖然公示了領導分工，卻沒有標注領導任職情況，另有一個鎮街官網能打開主頁面，不能進入二級頁面查詢領導和機構信息。大量鎮街不但無領導名單、職數，更沒有領導分工和簡歷。多數鎮街均是在政務信息公示大項中，再單列一條組織機構介紹，領導分工情況列在其中。即便沒有領導簡歷，有些鎮街官網，就連領導分工情況也掩藏在網站不易覺察的角落。鎮街領導留在網絡上的介紹，相當碎片化，基本上是其發生職務升遷時，組織部門根據程序作一些基本情況公示，比方年齡、籍貫、學歷以及參加工作時間和入黨時間等，工作履歷基本為零。有些鎮街曾經在官網上公佈過領導簡歷。比如虎門鎮，前年下半年，全鎮三套領導班子成員的分工情況、履歷以及照片，在官網上都還能找到，自去年上半年之後，領導履歷信息就從網站上消失了。虎門鎮此前的傳統是，每次黨委、政府和人大換屆後，均會讓鎮內媒體把新當選的班子成員簡歷，刊登在報紙上予以公示。他城對比中山不少鎮街已公示領導履歷同樣作為廣東省內不設區的地級市，中山市不少鎮街除公佈領導分工外，還在官網上公佈領導基本履歷和領導照片，譬如火炬開發區、小欖鎮等。在佛山，順德、禪城、三水等區都在政府網站首頁顯目位置，公佈行政架構以及領導成員名單、簡歷、分工和照片等信息，三水區更是在區政府網站上，將轄區內7個鎮街領導的個人簡歷等信息全部集中公佈。在惠州，各縣區亦都將領導履歷掛在顯要位置。深圳除了區級領導全面公示簡歷外，不少街道官網也公示了領導簡歷。以松崗街道為例，點擊官網首頁左側機構職能後，新網頁即顯示機構領導，打開後便是21位街道領導成員基本信息，包括詳細簡歷、分工和照片等等。觀點全國政協委員、中國人事科學研究院院長吳江：選任制崗位須公開 聘任制崗位看情況領導迷利倉部簡歷是否公開要區別對待，如果是選任制崗位，則必須要對當選者的簡歷進行公開公示，委任制或聘任制幹部則根據不同情況進行公開公示，具體到東莞市的鎮街，鎮長是人大選舉產生，鎮黨委書記由上級黨委任命，因此兩者的履歷都應該予以公示。通常來講，上級在選拔領導幹部時，都會對擬提拔對象的簡歷進行公示，一般都會通過本地黨報進行。這是組織程序上擬任幹部都要經過的基本環節。依法依章公佈領導幹部的履歷很有必要性，能最大限度地滿足群�的知情權。不過，這個知情權所指的領導幹部並非泛指，一般處室的副科長、副處長可以不必公示，若是副鎮長、黨委委員、副書記、鎮長和書記以及更高層級的負責人，則不屬於一般幹部，簡歷應予公示。東莞市政協委員李書浩：目前幹部公示的內容很不全面公開領導幹部簡歷，有利於提高政府的行政透明度。公示的目的既在於讓公�能全面衡量這名幹部，從而使任用幹部的組織程序更加透明化，也更能廣泛地使其接受監督，讓其從方方面面得到群�的認可。但目前一般的幹部公示僅涉及到出生年月及簡單的入黨和參加工作時間表這些內容，把公示變成一種簡歷公佈，內容很不全面，以至於無法讓一名幹部全面接受監督和考評。東莞市政協委員梁聚峰：公開官員簡歷 東莞比內地城市保守全國上下都已經在提官員財產公示了，公開官員簡歷是政府天經地義、勢在必行的事情，而且在政務環境越來越透明的當下，簡歷公開這事哪還需要輿論來推動啊。我們知道在改革開放以來，東莞的經濟體制改革一直走在佛山前面，但近幾年佛山幾輪政治體制改革應該說把東莞遠遠地拋在了後面。就官員簡歷公開這塊，東莞離佛山的差距比較明顯，甚至比很多內地城市還保守。[部分鎮街回應]石碣鎮宣傳文體局負責人：當前的政務環境越來越透明，領導幹部履歷公開是大趨勢，目前市委市政府已經公開領導人履歷，相信接下來各鎮街也會逐步完善。沙田鎮宣傳辦負責人：目前正是港鎮統籌的調整期，很多方面還未調整到位，包括鎮領導的正式分工等等，一旦全部調整好，我們肯定會在官方網站上向群�公佈。鳳崗鎮宣傳文體局負責人：鳳崗網不是嚴格意義上的政府官方網站，應該算是一個綜合性信息門戶。至於領導履歷公開，我們收到上級要求，也會儘快把領導履歷掛上網去，畢竟這是未來的趨勢。虎門鎮官員：虎門鎮兩名鎮領導就官員簡歷公開一事，明確表示讚成，如果有要求公開，作為被公示的對象，他們會配合相關部門做好這塊工作，“我們也不明白，簡歷本身就是透明的，這沒什麼不可以公開的。”32鎮街公示領導履歷情況注：括號後面為公佈網站有分工有簡歷的鎮街僅1個東坑(陽光東坑) 有分工 有簡歷 有照片有分工無簡歷的鎮街2 4個莞城(莞城公�信息網)、南城(東莞.南城)、萬江(東莞.萬江)、東城(東莞.東城)、麻湧(陽光麻湧)、中堂(東莞中堂)、洪梅(東莞.洪梅)、望牛墩(東莞.望牛墩)、石碣(東莞石碣)、高�(高�鎮公�信息網)、石龍(中國石龍信息平台)、石排(石排網)、企石(企石電子政務網)、橋頭(東莞橋頭)、常平(政府公�信息網)、、厚街(東莞厚街)、寮步(寮步政府網)、大朗(大朗鎮政府公�網)、黃江(黃江政府網)、樟木頭(東莞樟木頭)、塘廈(東莞塘廈)、清溪(東莞清溪)、大嶺山(大嶺山政務網)、虎門(虎門太平)無分工無簡歷的鎮街5個道滘(中國道滘)、沙田(鎮政府官網)、長安(歡樂長安)、鳳崗(鳳崗網)、謝崗(東莞謝崗) 官網頁面打不開的鎮街2個茶山(茶山鎮政府信息網)、橫瀝(陽光橫瀝)：通過其他渠道能查到橫瀝鎮領導分工但無簡歷 數據整理/採寫：南都記者 李平南都製圖：林軍明迷你倉

Source: The Philadelphia InquirerJan.迷你倉 05--PHILADELPHIA -- Two of Philadelphia's top reputed mob dons have done their best during the last two months to paint the federal case against them as nothing more than the "cobbled together" result of 13 years of squandered investigatory resources.But if prosecutors have anything to say about it, they won't have a chance to make that argument again.As both sides prepare to make their final pitch to jurors Monday, government lawyers are seeking to bar defense attorneys for Joseph Ligambi and George Borgesi from repeating what they describe as inaccurate and improper claims.In disparaging the government's case against their clients, the defense team has all but asked jurors to "ignore the evidence" and "base [their] verdict on an emotional response" to the plight of the made men, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Frank Labor and John Han said in court filings Thursday. They described the defense claims as an "unabashed and highly improper appeal to juror sympathy."But lawyers for the two mob figures say that prosecutors have simply missed the point of their arguments."Despite 11,000 intercepts, 40 search warrants, and countless hours of visual surveillance over the course of more than a decade, the government has failed to develop a case," defense lawyer Michael F. Myers wrote in court filings Friday. "The point is lack of evidence."The eleventh-hour spat comes amid what has become a frequent defense theme throughout Ligambi's retrial on racketeering conspiracy charges.Prosecutors allege that Ligambi, 74, oversaw the mob's wide-ranging illegal gambling and loan-sharking rackets across the Philadelphia area and that Borgesi, his nephew and purported consigliere, stood by his side. If convicted, both men face potential life sentences.Defense lawyer Edwin Jacobs Jrmini storage has repeatedly depicted Ligambi as the victim of an FBI witch-hunt and derided the charges against him as picayune when compared with the violence-filled cases that brought down the city's previous mob dons."Why are these charges here at all?" he asked during his opening statement to jurors Nov. 7. "The federal government had to charge something to justify the enormous allocation of government time and resources and money."He added: "This case is a misuse of 13 years of investigation [of Ligambi], which cleared us of wrongdoing."For his part, Borgesi, 50, has centered his defense on his prior conviction on racketeering charges. He was sentenced to federal prison in 2000 and has remained behind bars ever since.The government contends he continued to run illegal rackets from prison. But his lawyer, Christopher Warren, has maintained that Borgesi learned his lesson the first time and is no longer criminally involved with his mob brothers."You don't keep getting to lock somebody up again and again for the same thing," he said in November. "He has been trying to get out and back to his family -- that's family with a lowercase F."In filings Thursday, prosecutors insisted that, Warren's portrayal of his client notwithstanding, he is guilty of the charges against him."Nothing could be further from the truth," Myers responded on Borgesi's behalf. "Instead, defense counsel merely explained why a so-called career criminal like Borgesi would 'hang up the towel.' "U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno is expected to issue a ruling before the trial resumes Monday on whether the defense can reprise those arguments.jroebuck@phillynews.com215-925-2649@jeremyrroebuckCopyright: ___ (c)2014 The Philadelphia Inquirer Visit The Philadelphia Inquirer at .philly.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存

Source: The Baltimore SunJan.self storage 05--Mera Rubell -- a 70-year-old formerly penniless Jewish Russian refugee turned Head Start teacher turned hotel mogul turned art collector extraordinaire -- is the kind of person who just naturally acquires an entourage.For example, a recent tour of Baltimore's art scene began quietly at 8:40 a.m. with just one car and six sleepy occupants. Eight hours later, the caravan that pulled up outside the Charles Village home of paper artist Cara Ober had grown to three vehicles containing at least 14 people, including four reporters and photographers.The throng kept growing because Mera, who will permit herself to be addressed by no other name, embarks on off-the-wall adventures that also are lots of fun. On a late October weekend, she's visiting the studios of 37 Baltimore artists who were chosen by lottery from a pool of about 150. The whirlwind tour, which takes place in just 36 hours, was inspired by a similar marathon she conducted of Washington studios in 2009.During her Baltimore visit, Mera was quietly evaluating the artists for inclusion in a group show she was arranging in a prestigious Manhattan gallery -- though the painters and sculptors didn't know that yet. They thought they were being considered for "Select 2014," an exhibit sponsored by the Washington Project for the Arts that opens Feb. 27, and for which Mera is one of eight guest curators.They were indeed being evaluated for the Northern Virginia show. But that wasn't the headline."Shhhh," Mera says. "Don't tell them. It's supposed to be a surprise."(Later, photographer Alessandra Torres would write in an email that upon receiving the phone call informing her that she was among the 19 artists selected for both shows, first she screamed, and then she started laughing. "The entire experience is like an art fairy tale," Torres wrote, "just like the movie version of 'Great Expectations.' ")Not that the artists needed an incentive. They would gladly open their studios at any hour for the Rubells. Mera, her husband, Don, and their two grown children have put together what they describe as one of the largest private holdings of contemporary art in the world.The couple began purchasing art in the mid-1960s when Mera was a Head Start teacher and Don was in medical school. They allocated 25 percent of Mera's then-weekly salary of $100 to buy original art -- and still spend roughly the same proportion of their income on contemporary paintings and sculptures. They were among the earliest collectors of such future superstars as Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman and Richard Prince. Now the Rubell Family Collection is housed in a 45,000-square-foot museum in Miami, and the couple divide their time between Florida and New York.Mera's energy is irresistible. Arms akimbo, she enthuses past all obstacles. The cookies and pastries that artists put out for each 20-minute studio visit are abundant and homemade. They satisfy an appetite the visitors didn't even know they had -- just like the art hanging on the studio walls.Who wouldn't want to tag along?Jane Deering, the owner of a California gallery bearing her name, is along on the tour ... well, just because. "You are magical," she tells Mera. "You know how to put these artists right at ease.""Oh, stop it," Mera replies.Deering may be on to something. There's definitely a whiff of a modern-day fairy godmother about Mera -- though this godmother sports a black Panama hat and pink-rimmed shades. She loves, loves artists and radiates excitement and pleasure when in their company."Wow!" she says after visiting Rachel Rotenberg's Northwest Baltimore studio and marveling at her muscular wood sculptures. "Oh, my God! That was some visit. People have no idea what's going on here in Baltimore."An hour later, she's in Gary Kachadourian's studio across town, admiring his meticulous black-and-white, life-size drawings of humble objects. Kachadourian's posters, which begin at $6 for a sketch of a chicken bone lying on the sidewalk, bear out one of Mera's favorite sayings: "Everyone can afford to own an original work of art."Impulsively, she breaks her own rule."This trip isn't supposed to be about buying," she says. "But I can't resist."Mera opens up her wallet -- and everyone else in the group scrambles to do the same.But no one who has acquired the Rubells' reputation for discernment can afford to be uncritical. When Mera judges that the situation warrants tough love, she dispenses it.For instance, she advises one artist to focus more on refining her vision and less on building an audience. "The journey to become a great artist is long," Mera says, "and it's still ahead of you."But overall, Mera thinks Baltimore's art scene is an undiscovered treasure, and she thinks outsiders should know about it. When Mera gets a strong feeling 迷你倉hat something should be done -- and she has many, many such strong feelings -- she acts. It takes her less than 72 hours after the tour ends to set up the show at Manhattan's Marianne Boesky gallery, which has a reputation for spotting up-and-coming artists on the verge of a breakthrough.Mera knows people who know people. Her conversation includes anecdotes about Barbra Streisand (whom Mera met in a maternity ward as she was delivering her son), the filmmaker John Waters (they had lunch just the other day) and the Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei. Pop icon Andy Warhol was a close family friend.But her greatest affinity isn't with the rich and famous; it's with struggling artists who, like her, have led a vagabond existence. As she tells Rotenberg:"I grew up in a family where you put your belongings in a bundle on a stick."Mera's family fled their native Poland in 1939 after her father came home one day from the front, where he was stationed with the Polish army. Because he was blond and blue-eyed, Mera says, no one knew he was Jewish. Mera's father convinced his wife and nine brothers and sisters that they had to leave the country that very night, before the Nazis crossed the Polish border.He tried to persuade Mera's mother's family to come along. They demurred, reasoning that the Nazis wouldn't hurt mothers with young children."Two of them survived Auschwitz," Mera says. "Three did not."Mera was born in 1943 in Tashkent, the capital city of what is now Uzbekistan, and spent her childhood in refugee camps in Russia and Germany. When she arrived in New York at age 12, she didn't know a word of English.Of necessity, she began spending a lot of time in the library and proved to be a quick study, acquiring not just a fluency in English but an authentic New York accent to go with it. After enrolling in Brooklyn College to study psychology, she says, she began sitting at the same library table as an attractive medical student."For three months, this gorgeous guy sat across from me every day, and never said a word," she says. "Then, one day he asked me if I wanted to take a walk. I did, and the first words out of his mouth were, 'Will you marry me?' "Eventually, she did.The couple collected art steadily while Don became a gynecologist and Mera got into commercial real estate. They raised two children: Jason, who works in the family business, and Jennifer, a New York-based artist whose portrait as a child was sketched by Warhol. Another close -- and famous -- family member was Donald's brother, Steve Rubell, who was best known for co-founding the discotheque Studio 54. Steve left his estate to Don and Mera when he died in 1989 of complications from AIDS.In 1993, the couple transformed a former federal Drug Enforcement Administration warehouse in Miami into an art museum, and a few years later bought their first hotel. A pattern soon emerged: One of the Rubells would a venture into a new city while investigating a building purchase and begin championing the local arts community. Sometimes, as in Miami, it worked the other way around.In Washington, for instance, the couple bought a former Best Western Hotel in 2002 and transformed it into the uber-hip Capital Skyline Hotel. For the past several years, they've been renovating a long-closed high school on the District of Columbia's southwest side into what will become a satellite museum for the Rubell Family Collection.In Baltimore, the Rubells are in the midst of renovating the 85-year-old Lord Baltimore Hotel. Mera has big plans for both the hotel and local art community, and she unveils one of them during an impromptu bull session while visiting Ober's Charles Village studio.Instead of a standard hotel gift shop, the Lord Baltimore may house a small gallery selling original works by local painters, ceramists, sculptors. It will be called "The Anyone Can Afford to Own an Original Work of Art Gift Shop."But why stop there?Someone suggests that the small refrigerators in each of the hotel's 440 rooms could contain original artworks instead of drinks.Everyone laughs, and Mera runs with the idea:"We could put a piece of art inside," she says -- and it seems she's only partly joking. "You could buy it or not buy it. If it disappears from the room after you check out, it goes on your bill."mary.mccauley@baltsun.comIf you go"Baltimore Artists + WPA + Mera Rubell = LOVE" runs from Saturday through Jan. 18 at Marianne Boesky Gallery, 118 E. 64th St., New York. marianneboeskygallery.com or 212- 680-9889.The Washington Project for the Arts' exhibit, "Select 2014," will be on view Feb. 27-March 21 at Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. wpadc.org or 202-234-7103.Copyright: ___ (c)2014 The Baltimore Sun Visit The Baltimore Sun at .baltimoresun.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉將軍澳