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Source: Albuquerque Journal, N.迷你倉M.Sept. 22--There's nothing new about scam artists using the Affordable Care Act as a ruse to con you into divulging sensitive personal or financial information.That's been going on ever since Congress passed the landmark health-care law in the spring of 2010.But consumer advocates are warning that it's only going to get worse now that millions of uninsured Americans and small businesses can begin enrolling Oct. 1 for health-care coverage through their federal-or state-run health insurance exchanges."We definitely do expect to see an increase ... I fully anticipate there will be scammers out there to take advantage of the situation," says Rebecca Branch, deputy director of the New Mexico Consumer Protection Division in the Attorney General's Office.Consider these reports from around the country:In Maryland, consumers are receiving phone calls claiming that they must verify their Medicare ID and Social Security numbers in conjunction with the new law. They don't have to do any such thing.In Florida and New York, scammers are going door to door in search of individuals who don't have health insurance, then pressuring them into signing up for insurance coverage under the threat of imprisonment. While the law does contain penalties for those who don't buy insurance, spending time behind bars isn't one of them.And fake health exchanges have sprung up in other states to lure unsuspecting individuals into buying bogus health insurance or divulging sensitive personal information.Unfortunately, scammers have two things on their side: the complexity of the law and the public's general lack of knowledge about it and its numerous provisions.To that second point, an August poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that roughly half of all Americans (51 percent) don't understand how the law will affect them and their families -- pretty much the same finding as when the law first was enacted three years ago.Perhaps more troubling, nearly the same percentage of those polled (44 percent) couldn't say with any certainty whether the law still was on the books. Thirty-one percent didn't know, 8 percent thought it had been repealed by Congress and 5 percent thought it had been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.This lack of clarity gives scammers the upper hand when trying to trick you into divulging information so they can steal your identity, charge purchases to your credit cards, open bank accounts in your name and other assorted mischief.To combat that advantage, the New Mexico Health Insurance儲存Exchange recently entered into a $7 million contract with a Milwaukee-based public relations firm to educate the public on how the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges are expected to work.The money was part of an $18.6 million federal grant that's intended to fund outreach, education and marketing efforts in collaboration with businesses, health-care providers, nonprofit organizations, schools and universities, and others.The hope is that the more people know about how the law will work, the less susceptible they will be to anyone trying to take advantage of them."The point is to get the information out there so people do know the answers to the questions," Branch says.In the meantime, here are some tips from the Better Business Bureau in case you find yourself on the receiving end of one of these health-care law scams:HANG UP : The more you talk, the better the odds of the caller convincing you to say something you will later regret.NEVER DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION : That includes your date of birth and your bank account, credit-card and Social Security numbers.DON'T DEPEND ON CALLER ID : Sophisticated scam operations are able to display a bogus company name or number on your caller ID screen.BE INFORMED : The more you know, the less likely you will be tricked into giving out sensitive information. The U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' website -- HealthCare.gov -- is a good place to start.SEEK HELP : If you are conned into giving out personal information, immediately contact your bank, credit-card providers and the three major credit bureaus -- Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.WARN OTHERS : Older family members are prime targets for health care-related scams, so caution them to be on their guard against these fraudulent calls or emails.One final thing to keep in mind, courtesy of the Federal Trade Commission: If someone who claims to be with the government calls and says they need you to confirm or disclose personal information, it's no doubt a scam. The government already has that information.Nick Pappas is assistant business editor at the Albuquerque Journal. Contact him at npappas@abqjournal.com, 505-823-3847 or on Twitter at @nickpapp if you are aware of what sounds like a scam. To report a scam to law enforcement, contact the New Mexico Consumer Protection Division toll-free at 1-800-678-1508.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

Source: The Miami HeraldSept.存倉 22--Open interactive map in new window >>A boom interrupted history class and sent sixth-graders screaming and scrambling for the door. D'Angelo Marte tried to run, too, but his left leg wouldn't budge, rendered useless by a .380-caliber bullet that tore through his knee while he sat at his desk.As he limped to the front of the classroom, police say an 11-year-old student fled with a loaded gun and water bottle filled with alcohol in his book bag. Another removed his blue Redland Middle School uniform shirt, which a third classmate applied to the wound to stop blood from pooling onto D'Angelo's Nike Air Force sneakers."At first, I thought I was dreaming," D'Angelo, now 13 and recovered from the May 24 shooting, said in an interview. "I didn't think I'd ever get shot."While jarring, the chaotic scene in Room M211 is the exception, not the rule. School shootings remain uncommon, and local schools officials insist the campus is the safest place for any student.But the incident -- followed one week later by the discovery of a special needs fifth-grader with a loaded Smith & Wesson at a K-8 center in Doral -- brought a close to a South Florida school year marred by the fatal November shooting of a 13-year-old girl aboard a private school bus in South Dade. It raised questions about local gun prevention measures and added to calls for increased campus security heard around the nation in the wake of a gunman's rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn."One gun is too many," said Cindy Eveld, D'Angelo's grandmother and guardian. "They need to do something more."But how much of a threat do guns really pose to South Florida schools?For three months, the Miami Herald collected and reviewed -- for the first time -- hundreds of police reports compiled by the school districts' police departments that documented the presence and investigation of guns over the past four years, beginning with the 2009 school year. Among the findings:--In all, more than 70 firearms were confiscated by police from inside Miami-Dade and Broward schools, on campuses and in school safe zones during school hours or functions. Close to two dozen weapons were snared in Broward; the rest in Miami-Dade, including three that police say were quietly intercepted during the first week of the current school year. Most were brought by students.--A majority of the 600-plus schools in Miami-Dade and Broward reported no problems at all with firearms either during or after school hours. In Miami-Dade, which also responded to 33 gun incidents that didn't result in confiscations, only one in four schools reported a weapons incident to police.--Two dozen guns, about 40 percent of the guns found in Miami-Dade, were reported at two middle schools -- Charles R. Drew and Carol City -- and four high schools -- Miami Carol City, Miami Central, Miami Northwestern and Norland. These six schools were the only in the county to have at least four incidents in which authorities took firearms into custody. But none experienced a school-related shooting.--In Broward, police reports available showed that only Plantation Middle, JP Taravella High and the Hallandale Adult Community Center dealt with more than one gun confiscation. Reports, however, weren't nearly as comprehensive as Miami-Dade, which district Police Chief David Golt attributed to the fact that Broward polices its schools by subsidizing school resource officers at other departments, which don't always forward reports to his office. Only about half the gun incidents reported by the district were available through the district's police office, and the reports available documented only incidents that ended in confiscations.The issue is frustrating for Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who has made youth safety a pillar of his administration and called a news conference Friday -- 10 days after sitting down with the Herald for this report -- to talk about violent crime and efforts the district is taking to keep schools safe.After last year's Newtown tragedy, the Miami-Dade school district announced it would begin training teachers to spot signs of mental illness among students. Carvalho also joined with county Mayor Carlos Gimenez to encourage collaboration between all local police departments and other community organizations, both in reaction to school emergencies and elsewhere in the community.This year, the Miami-Dade School Board, like Broward, agreed to pay for more officers to bolster police presence at schools. Police are also launching a gun education forum in elementary schools, and annouced Friday that they're doubling up on random metal detector searches. Carvalho said he's also pursuing legislation in Tallahassee to place more penalties on parents who don't properly secure their guns, because he believes many students are getting their firearms at home -- though police reports show guns are also sometimes stolen or found on the way to school."One gun in schools is too many," Carvalho said.But he also says media and political fixation on fail-safe ways to ward off hypothetical gunmen or prevent the encroachment of guns ignores that students are safer in class than out, evidence that current prevention measures are working."Last year was a violent year in Miami-Dade, but not particularly in our schools," he said. "It's outside of our schools."In Broward, which spends $6 million to staff schools with municipal police officers and sheriff's deputies, Chief Golt said they are always reviewing security measures, though never in a reactive way."I don't have a problem with it being kept in the limelight. School safety is that critical," he said. "But people need to understand children are very safe in our schools each day."In fact, South Florida students are less likely to carry a weapon on school grounds than their peers across the country, according to a bi-annual study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2011, the latest study available, students in Miami-Dade and Broward reported carrying guns and bringing weapons to school at a lower rate than the national average. Data provided to the Florida Department of Education by school districts, which are required by law to document gun-related incidents, also show that Miami-Dade and Broward counties reported fewer guns between 2009 and 2012 than Palm Beach and Hillsborough counties.Dade schools police chief Ian Moffett credits mentorship, active policing, counseling and other prevention methods. One of the most important deterrents, he said, is gun education and relationships with students, who often don't adhere to the no-snitching code that frustrates so many police investigations."There's far more information coming out of schools than coming out of the community because of the code of silence," Moffett said. "When I was a school resource officer, the vast majority of the time I got my tips from students and prevented that stuff from getting to campus. It's the things outside school that cause a person to bring that gun or knife to campus."Reports show that schools police go out to homes and into communities in response to tips from parents, other agencies and social media to try and catch guns before they get to campus. But guns do still make it into classrooms and schoolyards, sometim迷你倉s randomly in restrooms or, in one case, a donated golf bag. And when that happens, principals, teachers and students become responsible for finding and reporting the weapons.Latoya Thomas, for instance, was teaching seventh-grade science at Madison Middle in 2009 when she noticed her students were passing around a backpack. She thought someone had a pet, because students had been sneaking rabbits and snakes into class."I had a really good rapport with that class. I was like another mother. And the kids in my class warned me, "Don't look in the book bag,' " said Thomas, 34. "After, I thought what could have happened? The kids were like, "We knew about it, all along.' "About one year later, American Senior High teacher Bello Jean-Baptiste overheard two seniors talking about bringing a gun to school, so he wrote a referral to administration. Police found a loaded .22-caliber, double-action H&R Sportsman revolver on the student, who told them he was trying to sell the gun for money. He also had 109 bullets.Jean-Baptiste said the discovery was disconcerting. But he said worries about students with guns are overblown."It was just an unfortunate incident," said Jean-Baptiste, 57. "It's not like there's a culture that kids bring guns to classes."But as last year's shootings show, one undiscovered or unreported gun can have frightening consequences. And sometimes, the safety net breaks down when guns go unreported or tips aren't followed up properly.That's what Amanda Collette's parents alleged in a lawsuit settled by the Broward School Board after their daughter was shot dead at age 15 in Fort Lauderdale's Dillard High by another student in 2008. And last year, police say the students who shot D'Angelo Marte and Lourdes "Jina" Guzman-DeJesus had both shown their guns to classmates before the firearms went off. Criminal charges were filed in both cases.Lourdes' mother, Ady DeJesus, says her daughter's shooting is proof that schools need better security measures. Jina, a Palm Glades Preparatory Academy student, was fatally shot in the neck by another student while riding to their charter schools aboard a private school bus that was also transporting her younger sister to school. Witnesses told police in depositions that the shooter, Jordyn Howe, 15, brought his stepfather's gun to Somerset Academy Silver Palms for as long as two months. Some said he let other students see or play with the gun on the bus, including Jina, though her mother doubts that's true.After Jordyn's most recent court hearing last month on a manslaughter charge, a trembling DeJesus said Silver Palms, which as a charter isn't policed or operated by the school district, failed her family, which she is struggling to hold together. She takes Jina's younger sister to therapy each week in Broward County and drives her to school because she can't bear to put her back on a bus."My daughter wasn't supposed to die that day," she said. "I'm not going to stop until I know the schools have metal detectors. I think they should even have see-through book bags."The issue of school safety continues to hold traction among some state lawmakers, including Sen. Dwight Bullard, a Coral Reef Senior High teacher and Democrat who wants to tax gun sales to establish a gun safety fund that he'd like to see further preventative measures, like counseling. His Senate colleague, Eleanor Sobel, D-Hollywood, believes voters should be allowed to establish special taxing districts to fund additional school resource officers at elementary schools, where gun reports are rare but fears of intruders run high.In the House, Rep. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, intends to resurrect a bill to allow for trained and armed employees at elementary schools in order to ward off attackers while waiting for police to respond."My goal is just to ensure our kids are safe, and right now, in my opinion, they're not," Steube said.But the school boards in Miami-Dade and Broward haven't been receptive to most legislative proposals, the sum of which led only to a $1 million boost to school safety funding this past session to pay for a security survey. Carvalho called ideas like Steube's "experimental." The Broward School Board objected to Sobel's proposal, which Superintendent Robert Runcie likened to "killing a fly with a sledgehammer."Schools officials believe they're better off making their own decisions about gun prevention.For instance, the random wand searches that Miami-Dade brought back in January of 2012 have proven to cut down on the percentage of students toting weapons to schools, according to a recent Georgia State University study that focused on Miami-Dade and Broward schools. On the other hand, some research has found inadequate evidence to support daily weapons searches and entryway metal detectors. And the National Association of School Psychologists this year questioned whether schools are harming learning environments by increasing security regardless of need."If you walk into a place that looks like a prison then I would argue students are likely to behave in accordance with the culture that's been created," said, Shaun Harper, an associate professor at the Penn Graduate School of Education.Harper is publishing a study this month on factors of success among high-achieving African-American and Hispanic students in high-minority high schools. He said most of the 325 students interviewed talked about the importance of feeling safe and trusted in their schools -- most of which lacked metal detectors in a city where the New York Civil Liberties Union says 100,000 students are searched for weapons before entering class.It's one reason Carvalho says he won't endorse metal detectors in schools like Miami Central, Miami Northwestern and Miami Carol City, where the number of gun incidents were highest. He said he'd rather expand access and hours at schools in rough neighborhoods, like Overtown's Booker T. Washington Senior High, which students have repeatedly called a safe haven.There's also an issue with the configuration of Florida's schools, which in some cases have dozens of access points. Both districts say they're working to create single entry points to schools.Carvalho, however, doesn't argue that schools can't be safer. Rather, he says efforts are better focused on cutting down community violence, securing firearms in the home, and shielding kids from the gunplay that resulted in 81 homicides of kids 18 and younger in Miami-Dade between 2009 and 2012 -- all but two of them outside school settings."I am reasonably frustrated over the fact that schools compared to the rest of the community are far safer places," he said. "But when something traumatic happens, it's often seen as a failure of the school rather than a failure of the community that allows for this pervasive violence to occur. To task teachers and principals and even school board police with this absolute responsibility of prevention while at the same time having the community back away from its share of responsibility is not a fair position."He added: "The question I ask is, what are we as a community doing to reduce the levels of community violence so that it doesn't invade our schools?"Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Miami Herald Visit The Miami Herald at .miamiherald.com Distributed by MCT Information Services自存倉

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Source: The Eagle, Bryan, TexasSept.self storage 22--Other than too many penalties, 10th-ranked Texas A&M showed no hangover effects from last week's Alabama loss, rolling to a 42-13 victory over Southern Methodist on Saturday night at Kyle Field.Johnny Manziel and a solid defensive effort allowed A&M to move forward from the 49-42 loss to the top-ranked Crimson Tide, giving the partisan crowd of 86,542 enough reason to celebrate and move forward, too.The Aggies (3-1) showed some signs of mental wear coming off the biggest game in Kyle Field history with 13 penalties for 114 yards, and they also had a turnover and failed to convert three extra points. But the rest of the time they overwhelmed the Mustangs (1-2), who for a second straight season couldn't contain A&M's elusive quarterback.Manziel completed 14 of 21 passes for 244 yards and a touchdown. He added 102 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries without getting caught behind the line of scrimmage, constantly leaving Mustangs in his wake tackling air."We tried everything against Manziel," SMU head coach June Jones said. "He is an amazing player. You blitz him, and he is accurate with the ball. You rush three, and he can scramble around. He is a great college football player, and he is in the perfect system."It wasn't much different a year ago when Manziel had his first big game at A&M, leading the Aggies to a 48-3 victory over SMU coming off a 20-17 loss to Florida. He had six touchdowns and 418 total yards in only three quarters, starting his run to becoming the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. He took a big step toward a second Heisman last week despite the loss, finishing with 562 total yards and five touchdowns.This time against SMU he needed less than three quarters, playing only the first possession of the second half to give A&M a 39-6 lead.Manziel took A&M 78 yards in eight plays with running back Ben Malena scoring from the SMU 1-yard line. The huge lead allowed Manziel to don a visor and enjoy the rest of the game, especially the defensive effort.A&M bounced back from allowing 568 yards against Alabama with its best effort of the season. The Aggies forced three turnovers, including a 12-yard fumble return for a touchdown by junior Deshazor Everett who moved from cornerback to safety. True freshman Darian Claiborne, making his first start at weakside linebacker, combined with Everett for 12 tackles.A&M allowed 434 yards, but the Mustangs ran 84 plays with only two going for more than 19 yards."We looked pretty fast out there tonight, and at times we looked extremely fast," A&M defensive coordinator Mark Snyder said.The Aggies used a 4-2-5 alignment to combat SMU's five-receiver sets, and their ability to tackle in space slowed down the Mustangs' pass-oriented spread offense, which could convert only 5 of 16 third downs."You have to have a good team effort to not expose missed tackles," A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin said.Besides Everett and Claiborne, A&M had five other players with at least five tackles led by senior cornerback Tramain Jacobs' 10. A&M also forced SMU senior quarterback Garrett Gilbert into his first interception of the season in 172 attempts. Midway through the fourth quarter with SMU facing third-and-goal at A&M's 8, A&M junior linebacker Tommy Sanders intercepted a pass. He fumbled the ball, but A&M true freshman end Daeshon Hall picked it up and returned it 39 yards.A&M sacked Gilbert only once but had four hurries and knocked down nine passes as Gilbert finished 37 of 62 passing for 310 yards."We're still a work in progress for sur迷你倉," Snyder said. "But if we keep seeing improvement every week, I think we'll be just fine."A&M wasn't able to keep SMU out of the end zone as Gilbert and Keenan Holman teamed up on a 31-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter to finish the scoring. Holman had 10 catches for 133 yards.A&M's top receiving target was junior Malcome Kennedy who had six catches for 83 yards and a score. The Aggies rushed for a season-high 265 yards with senior running back Ben Malena getting 71 yards and two TDs on 13 carries.It was a quick second half after A&M took a 32-6 halftime lead.The first half, which took almost two hours, ended with SMU's Chase Hover kicking a 47-yard field goal on the final play. The Mustangs covered 61 yards on nine plays, making good use of the last 65 seconds.A&M dominated the rest of a sloppy first half as the teams combined for 21 penalties for 161 yards.The Aggies missed a chance to open the game with three touchdowns on three possessions when SMU's Hayden Greenbaum intercepted a pass that deflected off the hands of a diving Mike Evans, ending an eight-play, 31-yard drive after a successful onside kick.SMU got a 42-yard field goal after the turnover, going 66 yards in 11 plays to cut A&M's lead to 14-3.A&M answered with 18 points, finding the end zone easier than the point after. Aggie kickers missed three straight PATs, two by Taylor Bertolet and the third by Josh Lambo when holder Drew Kaser had trouble with the snap to give SMU time to block the kick.Kennedy, coming off a three-touchdown game, had a 16-yard score to make it 20-3 with 10 minutes, 29 seconds left in the half. A&M opened the 11-play, 74-yard drive with five straight rushes for 38 yards.A&M took advantage of a sack by senior linebacker Nate Askew and a 30-yard punt return by De'Vante Harris to make it 26-3. Manziel capped the four-play, 49-yard drive with a 7-yard run.Everett made it 32-3 with his fumble return. He got help from A&M safety Toney Hurd Jr. who knocked the ball from SMU receiver Jeremiah Gaines after a 3-yard gain.The Aggies couldn't stand prosperity, taking points off the board on their next possession.Sumlin opted to go for it after sophomore running back Tra Carson was stopped for no gain on third-and-1 from the SMU 5. But a false start on sophomore center Mike Matthews -- his fourth penalty of the half -- forced A&M to try a 27-yard field goal that Lambo hit. SMU, though, was offsides so A&M went for it again but a botched snap led to a 4-yard loss. SMU answered with its half-ending, field-goal drive.Lambo bounced back to hit a 40-yarder with 6 seconds left in the third quarter for A&M's final points which capped a seven-play, 75-yard drive led by junior quarterback Matt Joeckel who then gave way to true freshman Kenny Hill in the fourth quarter.A&M won the game's toss and surprisingly declined because of a miscommunication, Sumlin said. Gilbert completed six passes on SMU's first possession but the Mustangs had to punt because a 17-yard completion to Holman was wiped out by an illegal formation penalty.The Aggies took advantage of a 24-yard punt, needing only five plays to cover 52 yards, never facing a third down with Malena going the final 3 yards.A&M had to convert only one third down the next time it had the ball, a 46-yard reception by Evans, part of a seven-play, 80-yard drive capped by Manziel's 7-yard run with 5:49 left in the first quarter to make it 14-0.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Eagle (Bryan, Texas) Visit The Eagle (Bryan, Texas) at .theeagle.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉

【專訪】潮服零售商包浩斯（483）的老闆黃銳林，迷你倉七個月前毅然把一頭留了20年的披肩長髮剪掉，刮淨鬍鬚，由「頹廢look」變回行政人員模樣。他不是失戀，亦沒有找風水佬指點迷津，他是想身體力行告訴大家：過往功業不值得留戀，沒有甚麼不可以捨棄。他希望在55歲之年，仍能推倒重來，冒險改革：「時代唔同�，我唔想做下一間柯達、Nokia。今時今日做零售如果唔改革，只會被慢慢陰乾。」記者：吳綺慧近年快速時裝（Fast Fashion）與網購盛行，兩者同樣是以反應快、操作靈活取勝，起貨時間最快可達15至20日。反觀傳統零售商，六個月前就要已預定好下一季的貨品，競爭力「輸一大截」。設計至上架縮至一個月原本已經跌入「comfort zone」的黃銳林，面對新時代轉變，或可選擇「隻眼開、隻眼閉」。但前年Bauhaus（包浩斯）業績欠佳，發佈會上記者質疑他為何跑輸同業，黃銳林屬性情中人，即起身鞠躬道歉。這事件燃起了他要全面改革的決心。「我冇理由咁衰仔�？我一係就退休，唔好�到搞搞震，尸位素餐；如果唔係，我就有責任搞返好佢。我想畀個機會自己，我唔想下年又走出來道歉。」為求變，黃銳林先裁掉三分之一員工，把他認為難以推動的人「請走」，然後�手改革，把製作流程推倒重來，將自家品牌產品lead time（由設計至上架銷售的過程）由以往的半年，縮短至平均一至兩個月。黃銳林指，要轉型至更貼近快速文件倉裝模式，最困難是要解決物料供應環節，因香港公司規模太細，採購上難如國際品牌般具有規模效益：「如等到你想設計一件豹紋衫時、才再去落order織布的話，就已經太遲喇，所以平時要先鎖定一些物料供應。但點樣可儲定原料、又唔浪費，有一定難度。」黃銳林坦言現時供應鏈改革仍處學習階段，難與國際品牌比擬。公司另一改革方向，是希望把以往模糊了品牌定位修正，尋回自己優勢。如其自家品牌Salad，去年就由賣衫，改為主力賣手袋。「衫真係太多競爭喇！反而手袋�環境最差的時候，幾千蚊一個都仲賣得幾好，先發現原來市場有需求，是以往忽略�。」主攻手袋銷售額倍升去年Bauhaus首個電視廣告，選擇用來宣傳手袋。黃銳林笑言廣告「充滿了計算」，把芝娃娃小狗放進手袋中拍攝：「�女客人唔記得個袋，都記得隻狗，入來舖頭說要搵『狗仔袋』。」現時Salad的手袋及小皮件種類，已由以往20、30項，增至現時逾200項，銷售額按年急升逾倍，佔Salad的銷售比重由去年不多於20%，提升至現時的60%。創業至今22年，黃銳林形容自己曾一度失去了「�團火」：「只想穩陣，每年只識睇住個銷售數字做人。黑、啡色皮褸最好賣？咁下年都做返呢�款啦！慢慢就每季都得幾個款，成盤貨都係『舊�』。」黃銳林希望，今次改革除了可幫Bauhaus重新上路外，亦可找回自己當年創業的「勇氣和任性」：「真正做返多�自己真心鍾意、相信的事物。」 存倉

“第十二屆世界華商大會的召開對於本土企業來說，儲存倉最重要的意義就是為下一步發展尋找商機。”日前成都最知名的IT賣場龍頭企業，新尚集團、成都數碼廣場董事長唐立新在接受本報記者採訪時表示，“成都GDP增速大大高于全國平均水平，成都具有很大的發展潛力，這應該也是世界華商大會與成都一拍即合的重要原因。”他同時表示，本土企業更應該把握此次機會，通過本屆華商大會，拓寬視野找到發展商機，開闢新的市場。IT賣場成功複制到全國各地1963年生的唐立新是四川成都本地人，畢業于重慶大學計算機及自動化系，研究生學歷。11年前，他在成都IT賣場聚集地科技一條街上開設了成都數碼廣場，誰也沒有想到，歷經短短11年的發展後，這個原本以經營IT產品為主業的賣場，在掌門人唐立新的帶領下成為集房地產開發、電子電器銷售、IT產品銷售、電子商務、軟件及遊戲開發等業務為一體的大型集團企業——新尚集團。成都數碼廣場更是在全國3000多家IT數碼電子賣場中脫穎而出，在國家信產部和中國電子商會舉行的全國電子賣場星級評選中榮獲了全國五星級賣場第一名的殊榮。而他本人因為突出的創業成就，不僅擔任新尚集團董事長兼總裁、新尚集團下屬企業成都數碼廣場董事長、上海新尚數碼廣場董事長、成都新尚置業集團有限公司董事長等一系列職務，更擔任四川省電子商會會長、成都市軟件協會會長；四川大學兼職教授。“立足成都，也當放眼世界，這次華商大會在成都召開就給本地企業提供了這樣的機會！”唐立新對國內市場非常關注，從爭雄西南到揮師東進上海灘，他用創新的經營理念將他的IT賣場成功複制到全國各地。“看好的地方和項目，我都會進行一些投資。”唐立新說，創辦的新尚集團在成都、上海、重慶、昆明、貴陽、鄭州等15個城市有投資業務和分公司，主要包括IT賣場、IT銷售、軟件開發、電子商務、房迷你倉產開發等多個領域；特別是在IT連鎖賣場行業，新尚集團處於全國領導地位，IT連鎖賣場的年銷售總額達到165億元。尋找商機實施走出去的戰略時至今日，成都數碼廣場已經成為四川零售業最具代表性的企業，並且正在進軍全國市場。唐立新表示，“憑借豐富的IT賣場運作經驗，以及強大的資源整合能力，積極地發展商業連鎖平台，我們致力于打造中國最優秀的IT連鎖賣場品牌。”他透露，目前新尚集團在上海、北京、成都、鄭州、重慶、昆明、貴陽等10多個城市設有分公司和大型賣場，同時也是唯一在上海擁有價值5億元自有物業賣場的四川零售企業。集團旗下經營的成都數碼廣場被譽為“全國十大專業電腦賣場”，是新尚集團經營管理的集購物、休閒、教育、娛樂、餐飲為一體的4C（電腦、網絡、通訊、數碼家電）大型專業賣場，總面積達八萬多平方米，商場經營範圍共十層。開業11年以來，已經成為西南地區最具影響力的IT專業賣場。然而，唐立新依然不滿足，他依然在四處尋找商機實施走出去的戰略。據記者瞭解，繼上海店和內江店開業後，唐立新又增開了鄭州、南京、南昌、貴陽、西昌、達州6個城市的連鎖IT賣場。同時，在鄭州一個1200畝的地產項目已經開始運作。另外，他還特地花費了1000多萬元對成都數碼廣場進行升級，打造西南地區第一個五星級數碼賣場。他透露，最近還有一個大動作是參與到了溫江新城的規劃建設中。為了企業的發展考慮，新尚集團每年都會組織員工去美國、歐洲等發達國家和地區進行考察，從而提升員工的眼界和團隊凝聚力。與此同時，每年企業都招收幾十名大學生和研究生，公司本科和研究生占員工總數95%以上。公司會為每個員工制定職業生涯規劃，制定有競爭力的薪資標準，讓他們能在公司施展才華，實現自己的夢想。另外，唐立新也在謀劃上市，讓員工也成為財富的擁有者。本報記者 吳紀濤 文/圖迷你倉最平

Source: St.self storage Louis Post-DispatchSept. 21--JEFFERSON CITY --Across the country, states are featuring celebrities, quirky songs and football game-day ads to promote the Oct. 1 debut of the online health insurance exchanges.Minnesota's multimillion-dollar campaign, for example, stars Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox in zany situations in which the lumberjack unexpectedly needs medical attention -- and health insurance.It's been much quieter in Missouri.A coalition of health care providers, community groups and faith-based organizations will try to get the word out this fall to the more than 800,000 uninsured Missourians.Their message: "Using the Missouri Health Insurance Marketplace is Easy!" declares a glossy handout prepared for the Cover Missouri coalition.The decidedly low-profile campaign here stems from state voters' overwhelming passage last year of a law barring the governor from setting up an insurance exchange without legislative or voter approval. As a result of that vote, Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon has adopted a hands-off stance on the divisive issue and the federal government will operate Missouri's online marketplace.Despite the lack of catchy slogans, people are starting to pay attention, said Stephene Moore, regional director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services office in Kansas City. She and her staff have been talking to groups about the federal Affordable Care Act since Congress passed the landmark law three years ago."A lot of the time I joke with people, 'How many of you waited to do your taxes or your Christmas shopping?' People tend to wait" until the last minute, she said.Officials are stressing that the enrollment period runs through March and that there's plenty of time to figure out the various health plans, which have yet to be unveiled in Missouri or Illinois."It's not a sprint on Oct. 1," said Mike Claffey, who works in the Illinois governor's office and is the state's spokesman on the health care issue. "It's a longer race to the finish line."Beginning next year, most people will owe a penalty if they don't have insurance through a job-sponsored plan, another private plan or a public plan such as Medicaid or Medicare.That's the crux of the individual mandate, the keystone of the Affordable Care Act. The mandate aims to create a broad pool of insured people -- especially healthy people ages 18 to 34 who need less care.That group is dubbed the "young invincibles" because they tend to think they won't get sick. In Missouri and Illinois, an estimated 25 percent of young adults are uninsured."Obviously, with this new system, you want a lot of people in the system, to help subsidize the cost impact with everybody carrying insurance," said David Smith, a lobbyist for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri, which plans to sell insurance in the Missouri exchange."At the end of the day, you've got the healthy population that's going to subsidize the unhealthy population," Smith said.Once the exchange opens, Missourians who are uninsured or lack affordable coverage at work can go to the website, healthcare.gov, to compare health plans and buy one, often with a federal subsidy.The process is slightly different in Illinois, which is partnering with the federal government to set up an exchange. Illinois will have its own "landing page," where people can start the application process. That website has not yet been announced but can be found on Oct. 1 by going to the main state page, .illinois.gov.The landing page will ask Illinois consumers to type in basic data such as income and family size. Based on that information, they will be directed either to a site to apply for Medicaid, the public program for the poor, or to the federally run marketplace to buy private insurance.Illinois expanded Medicaid to cover an additional 200,000 people next year, as the federal law envisioned.Missouri's Republican-controlled Legislature rejected the Medicaid expansion, leaving an estimated 226,525 people below the poverty line in a coverage gap, without subsidized insurance. Legislators may re-examine the eligibility issue next year as part of a bill revamping the program to make it more cost-efficient.In the meantime, health care advocates are encouraging uninsured consumers to set up accounts on the healthcare.gov website and learn the basics about shopping for insurance. There are application checklists, insurance cost calculators, live chats and links galore on the site.but what will it cost?What's still missing is the most important detail: price.Neither the Illinois nor the Missouri exchange has released how much the plans will cost. Officials will say only that the premiums and other details will be posted on or by Oct. 1.How much one-on-one assistance will be available to help consumers sort out the options depends on the type of exchange a state is using. The bottom line: Missouri is getting much less federal money for such efforts than Illinois.The Affordable Care Act earmarked a large pool of money for states that set up their own exchanges or partnered with the federal government on outreach.Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are building their own exchanges. Seven states -- including Illinois -- are partnering with the federal government.Illinois received $115 million for outreach and marketing. About $33 million of the money went to St. Louis-based FleishmanHillard to design an advertising campaign, whic迷你倉 has not been unveiled.More than $36 million went to community groups in Illinois that will help people enroll.By contrast, Missouri -- one of 27 states that ceded control of its exchange to the federal government -- received $4.74 million for outreach. Most of that money went to community health centers to hire 59 insurance counselors.To bolster those efforts, the Missouri Foundation for Health, a St. Louis-based nonprofit agency, provided $5 million in grants to community organizations that will hire counselors. Once the exchange is running, you can find the locations of the counselors listed at .covermissouri.org.Even so, the foundation says counselors will be hard-pressed to handle the workload."We're going to need volunteers in Missouri," said Ryan Barker, the foundation's vice president for health policy.The foundation is spending $1.8 million on marketing, and $1.7 million of that went to FleishmanHillard to shape a public relations campaign. It will rev up after the enrollment period begins.In addition to the FleishmanHillard campaign, Missourians also will see some targeted radio and digital ads for the exchange this fall under a contract that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services signed with the public relations firm Weber Shandwick."It certainly is hard when there are still outstanding questions" about what the plans will cost, said Cynthia McCafferty of FleishmanHillard. "Right now, we can't answer questions about, what are the costs of the plans. Certainly there are challenges but there are always challenges, so you just work with it."The biggest challenge: Polls have found that most people remain wary of the 2010 health care law. A June Gallup poll found 52 percent of respondents surveyed nationally disapproved of it. On Friday, the U.S. House voted to defund the law.SUBSIDIES, PENALTIESAgainst that backdrop, supporters say their best weapon is broader public understanding of the complex law.The plans on the exchange will offer at least 10 essential benefits, including doctor visits, prescription drugs and hospitalization.They will be grouped in four tiers -- bronze, silver, gold and platinum -- that vary based on cost. For example, with a bronze plan, a consumer will pay a lower monthly premium but a higher share of the costs when care is received.Bronze plans will pay about 60 percent of the costs after premiums. At the other end of the scale, platinum will pay 90 percent of costs."Consumers are going to have a pretty wide array of choices to buy the coverage that fits their budget," said Nanette Foster Reilly, a senior official in the regional office of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Kansas City.Most people who use the exchange are likely to be eligible for tax credits that will cover a considerable share of the cost for monthly premiums.The credits will go to people who make between 100 percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty level -- for example, between $23,550 and $94,200 for a family of four.To see if they're eligible for subsidies, consumers will plug in an estimate of their 2014 income, which will be cross-checked through a federal data hub linked to the IRS, Homeland Security and other agencies.The verification will occur "in near-real time," said Foster Reilly. If there are discrepancies that can't be resolved, the consumer will get a list of items to check, she said.Applicants also will automatically be screened for eligibility for Medicaid. If their income is below the state's threshold, the exchange is supposed to electronically send the applicant's information to the Medicaid portal.Though Missouri didn't expand Medicaid, many children are already eligible but not enrolled. When their parents use the exchange, the state has estimated that an additional 24,617 children will wind up on the Medicaid rolls.The enrollment period for the exchange runs through March 31. Coverage will begin as soon as Jan. 1 for those who enroll by Dec. 15."There's been a lot of emphasis on Oct. 1 as the launch date," said Claffey, the spokesman for the Illinois exchange. "We are emphasizing that it's really a 2 1/2 -month enrollment period if you're looking for coverage on Jan. 1."The penalty for not having coverage starts out fairly low -- $95 per adult and $47.50 per child, or 1 percent of family income, whichever is greater -- with the fees growing in subsequent years.Some people will be exempted from the penalty. For example, there's no fine if your family income is below the threshold for filing a tax return -- $10,000 per person or $20,000 for a couple -- or if you would have been eligible for the expanded Medicaid program but you live in a state such as Missouri that did not adopt the expansion.One section of the exchange will be geared to small businesses. The goal of the Small Business Health Options program, or SHOP exchange, is to give smaller employers the same kind of volume discounts that large employers enjoy, reducing the impact on rates that one worker with high medical costs can cause.While officials say the exchange will be ready on time, the software was still being tested this month, so no one is certain how smoothly it will run until it launches."I'm waiting to see them flip the switch," said Smith, the insurance lobbyist.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Visit the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at .stltoday.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉

ADOBE SYSTEMS執行長納拉研（SHANTANU NARAYEN）帶領公司進行大幅度的轉型，自存倉同時拓展事業範圍，讓業務重心從主流的盒裝軟體走向雲端服務，即便面對外界的質疑和批評，仍然勇往直前。安靜低調 競爭力十足納拉研2007年12月接任ADOBE執行長以來，便領導公司進行一連串的改革。納拉研的同事表示，他雖然安靜低調，不過競爭力十足。ADOBE與蘋果為長期的合作夥伴，但蘋果前執行長賈伯斯卻拒絕ADOBE的FLASH進入IPHONE和IPAD，並在2010年引爆一場口水戰，讓ADOBE登上媒體版面。回憶此事，個性溫和沈穩的納拉研表示，「賈伯斯是一個富有遠見的人，但我們在某些業務上意見不同。」被問到今日ADOBE與蘋果的關係時，納拉研表示，雙方仍就少數產品進行合作，但是「互動已經不如以往熱絡。」和賈伯斯一樣 洞析趨勢納拉研也和賈伯斯一樣，在技術引領潮流之前，就已洞析市場趨勢。當攝影師還依賴軟片照像，且數位像機還不普及時，納拉研與友人共同創立網路數位影像分享軟體公司PICTRA。納拉研執掌兵符後公司運勢快速走下坡，上任15個月內股價便重挫60％，暴跌至6年新低的17美元。這項危機促使納拉研加速改造公司，今日的ADOBE幾乎看不到1980年代時期桌上排版先驅的影子。2012年ADOBE新的行銷業務成為外界目光焦點，該部門營收成長16％至11億美元，占公司總營收的四分之一強。名為「ADOBE行銷雲端」的產品協助廣告客戶追蹤衡量數位廣告活動。行銷業務源自於2009年以18億美元收購網路分析軟體業者OMNITURE，該交易遠超出ADOBE的傳統業務範圍之外，納拉研說服董事會收購OMNITURE是必要之舉。宣布停止銷售盒裝迷你倉體今年ADOBE有更多的變革而且充滿爭議，該公司最新的盒裝軟體CREATIVE SUITE在去年5月上市，1年就為ADOBE帶來約20億美元營收。該公司宣布停止銷售盒裝軟體，遭抨擊是自斷財源。然而納拉研清楚明白，由強項展開改革好過從弱點開始。ADOBE的核心產品現在都採訂閱制，該公司稱其為「創意雲端」（CREATIVECLOUD），包含PHOTOSHOP、ILLUSTRATOR、INDESIGN和DREAMWEAVER等知名軟體。納拉研表示，「ADOBE的桌面軟體在業界有口皆碑，這的確令人高興，但我們不能一直在原地踏步。」轉型營收銳減 堅持信心即便公司轉型將讓ADOBE今年的營收減少7億美元，每股盈餘恐減少1.2美元，但納拉研仍不退縮，他表示，「我的內心沒有疑慮，這是追求大環境創新的正確道路。」納拉研表示，訂閱制可讓公司進行或大或小的更新，而且能及時向客戶發布。訂閱收入可望在2016年前取代零售盒裝軟體收入，直接面對消費者的銷售模式，將比傳統的模式獲利更高。ADOBE的前執行長奇真（BRUCE CHIZEN）表示，「納拉研所做的都是對客戶有益的事，我們也只能硬著頭皮勇往直前，並且找到穩定營收的方法。」不過奇真打趣道，「我很高興我不是做這項決定的人。」華爾街以行動支持轉型華爾街也以行動支持ADOBE，過去2年來該公司的股價飛漲101％，直近期的46美元。ADOBE的董事會成員羅森史維格（DAN ROSENSWEIG）表示，在矽谷高階領導人中，納拉研並未得到應有的讚譽。他將納拉研和EBAY執行長唐納修（JOHN DONAHOE）歸為同一類，都是在公司強盛卻需要新方向的時候進入公司，「他們創造出矽谷史上最傑出的企業轉型。」迷你倉

9月20日，迷你倉第三屆“相約長沙最美鄉村”活動走進長沙縣 梨，與數萬市民、遊客一起逛陶公廟會、趕鄉村大集、參觀農產品加工企業，零距離感受水鄉古鎮的歲月巨變。 朗 木現場表演的《劉海砍樵》引來觀�一片叫好。登行臨湘山，在巍峨古剎、軒昂棟宇間觸摸千年歲月的厚重沉毅，品讀歷史古鎮的文化之美；樂游“開心農場”，在碧壟綿延、果蔬清香里採摘農家之趣，感受現代鄉村的產業之美；逛場陶公廟廟會，在熙攘人群、繁興百藝中當回趕集人，拾獲市井民俗的傳承之美。前日，“相約長沙最美鄉村”活動走進長沙縣 梨，與數萬市民一起逛古鎮、游水鄉、趕大集，市民們看不夠贊不完：“這就是我們心中的最美！”古韻如畫博友一路發帖贊古鎮“呀，真像一幅淡雅脫俗的水墨畫！”從長沙中心城區行車30分鐘，就到達了街道。沿路行進，一棟棟白牆黛瓦、灰簷木窗的民居小樓躍入眼簾，古韻悠長、清雅質樸，如同一幅徐徐展開的水墨畫軸，吸引著讀者們迫不及待就要下車，步行當回“畫中人”。從仿古長街中穿行而過，千年古鎮這幅畫軸中最濃墨重彩的一筆——陶公廟便近在眼前。“據史書記載，晉太尉陶侃之孫陶淡與其侄結廬臨湘山，後來叔侄偕隱于此。士民仰其清名盛德，故立此廟祀之。”街道工作人員的敘史，讓千年古剎倍添厚重，更吸引著市民們不覺加快腳步。即便穿越了千多年風雨，陶公廟依然巍峨軒昂，遠觀飛簷四挑、近看飛閣流丹，而其所在的臨湘山狀如仰天獅子，山畔更有瀏陽河碧波環繞，引得市民趕緊拿起手機拍個不停。登石級、穿山門、觀正殿，作家謝浮名不禁感嘆山水俊美，更感慨如同經歷一次“穿越”：“歷史的光影在這裡有了落腳點，千年歲月也變得具象起來。”而位於廟內的古戲台，則讓湖南教育報刊社編審黃耀紅圍著轉個不停：“長沙第一戲樓早有耳聞，沒料到其建築特色、文化底蘊同樣出眾。”細細品讀了戲樓上所雕戲文和對聯後，黃耀紅贊聲不斷。觸摸800歲古樟，感受歲月滄桑與生命堅強；行步詩詞長廊，品讀湖南“詩詞之鄉”的文化魅力，時不時還冒出幾句詩文作為應和……自然人文風情接踵入懷，市民代表們的微博也一條接一條，“發再多也說不盡她的美，還是實地一游最愜意。”一位市民更向其粉絲發出邀約。廟會歡騰趕大集人頭攢動萬人聚在長沙城區里，你或許已難見這樣的場景：熙熙攘攘的集市上，老鄉們擺開的攤點一個緊挨一個，耳中有熱騰吆喝，眼裡是龍獅齊舞，在街角一轉身，你或許還能撞見一個捏糖人的民俗小攤，安靜展示著手藝。“哇，好紅火的廟會！”剛感受完自然人文的靜美，市民們就一頭撞入了陶公廟廟會的熱鬧里。由於陰曆正月十三與八月十七是陶公叔侄的生日，因而每到這兩個吉日，陶公廟都要舉行聲勢浩大的廟會。“兩位陶公過生日，人頭攢動萬人聚，陶公廟里唱大戲，有獅子、有龍燈，地花鼓配蚌殼精……”77歲的當地老人杜強國，曾用這樣一段《梨情趣》描繪出廟會的熱鬧，中秋小長假前來遊玩的市民團，也幸運趕上了趟。糖油粑粑、龍脂豬血，特色美食香氣襲人；服飾攤點、日用百貨，穿用玩樣樣皆有。廟會上的攤點包羅萬象，還有老鄉帶著自家產的物品前來，一個小背簍背在身，走走逛逛，賣物趕集兩不誤。不過最新鮮的當屬那些個民俗小攤：幾塊彩色的糖面，拿捏兩下就成了喜羊羊、孫悟空；一把�亮的小勺，在大理石板上飛舞，麥芽糖便變成了栩栩如生的飛禽走獸……這些平時難得一見的傳統手藝，不僅讓市民們看得挪不開步，更忍不住伸手學做一把。“一年兩次的大集當然得全家出動，我們8點不到就來啦！”當地居民謝純糧一家忍不住向記者曬起“成果”：老父母趕著去香火旺盛的陶公廟還願，孩子的玩具、老婆的新衣在集市上都得到滿足，至於自己，“想吃的要買的都搞定了，說不定過兩天這裡還有羅漢舞、龍獅舞看，到時再來逛！”產業蝶變“開心農場”內品田園食味“千年古鎮”之美，不僅美在自然美在人文，近年來依托區位優勢實現經濟轉型升級，當地蝶變為產業新區，走進工廠車間、步入田間菜園，撲面而來的產業新景、生態之美同樣讓市民沉醉。一排排藤架綿延舒展，黃色、紫色的花朵下藏著絲瓜、扁豆等鮮嫩菜蔬；一頃頃青翠菜田整齊排列，上海青、小白菜長勢喜人。一走進金晨蔬菜基地，平日里沒少在QQ菜園里“偷菜”的市民便歡呼起來，卷起褲腳走進菜地瓜棚，親手摘下的小黃瓜隨手在衣服上擦擦就塞進了嘴中，“好甜”的贊聲此起彼伏。當得知這處現實版的“開心農場”種植蔬菜3186余畝，直接帶動2000余戶農戶增收，是當地發展綠色生態產業的一塊“樣本田”時，大伙紛紛豎起大拇指。迷你倉前提起該街道，人們立刻會想起“全國汽配之鄉”，80余家汽配企業在此聚集，其中不乏廣汽菲亞特、德國大�、北汽福田等業內大腕。如今，依托一個個產業基地，街道已從單一的汽車零配件產業步入工程機械和汽車零配件、電子科技、生物醫藥、農產品加工等多元發展之路。“平時沒少買好韻味的調料，如今親眼見證了安全食品如何誕生，更覺放心！”走進好韻味的生產車間，在家常和鍋碗瓢盆打交道的市民羅彩雲，和其他幾位“煮婦”看得格外認真，目睹一桶桶用菜籽壓榨出的原油，經過濾、脫皂、脫酸等系列流程變成一級食用油，羅彩雲連稱“不虛此行”。“鶴鹿竟相依，仰晉代風流，處處煙波新歲月”，一路賞景一路感悟，陶公廟內的這句詩聯或許最能代表市民心聲：古鎮之美，穿越魏晉古風，美在當代。美麗明天三大規劃構建“生態夢”“根據‘老區造型提品質、新區造景建新城、整體造城融一體’的發展思路，我們將廣泛汲取國內先進的設計理念和設計手段，高起點、高層次、高水平進行改造！”昨日， 梨街道黨工委書記蔡逸表示，未來，將通過水環境治理、老鎮區提質改造、機場高速以南新城區建設，著力打造“活力、誠信、生態、文化、和諧”的新街道。水環境綜合治理將探索“變水患為水福，變防汛為看景”治理模式，計劃投入8億元，完成瀏陽河防洪工程，治澇工程，水質保障工程、生態修復及生態景觀工程。以“點”帶“線”，打造具有獨特風貌的水系網絡和濱水空間，充分發揮生態廊道的邊際效應，營造集生態、休閒、娛樂為一體的生態公園綜合體。老鎮區提質改造在已經完成道路建設的情況下，將�動梨江港商業街建設，以水鄉、廊橋、婚慶為元素，重塑梨江八景；�動老街的立面改造、管線下地、道路提質。將老街打造成特色古街商區，集特色小吃、酒樓、手工藝品、創意設計等於一體，能讓遊客享受特色商業街區帶來的消費和服務。機場高速以南新城區建設將堅持走“創新驅動、綠色低碳、高端切入、開放合作”的新型工業化道路，實現產業從2產業轉向2.5產業及3產業，形成以旅遊和現代服務業、總部經濟等戰略性產業為主導，以居民基本生活配套服務業為補充的綜合產業體系。美麗心情62歲“騎士”：環湘最後一站到古鎮“是最美鄉村讓我們來到這裡！”在活動現場，記者邂逅一群平均年齡超過50歲的“叔叔阿姨自行車隊”，他們騎著山地自行車，不時停下來和美景合照，那份活力讓人頗為羨慕。這些“騎士”是長沙兩家自行車俱樂部的成員，62歲的李世華在隊伍中的資歷最深，在過去的19天里，他完成了環湘騎行的壯舉，韶山、湘潭、邵陽、懷化、常德，都留下了他車轍駛過的痕跡。“前幾天才從岳陽回來，一聽說在這裡有‘相約長沙最美鄉村’活動，特意增加了這一站。”李世華告訴記者，接下來他將繼續騎行到江西萍鄉，而這也意味著他將騎行湖南的最後一站留在了這裡。“風光秀麗、底蘊深厚，民風淳樸，這一次不虛此行，以後我還會常來！”李世華邊說邊向記者做出一個“V”的手勢。美麗文化九曲瀏陽河這裡彎形最美作為“千年古鎮”，有著深厚的文化積澱。九曲瀏陽河，九十九道彎，該街道正好處於其中弧度最大、彎形最美的第七道彎上。臨湘山上，矗立著已有1500餘年的陶公廟，這裡是江南最早的道教宮觀，經過歷史的滄桑洗禮，傳承著當地不變的人文特質。廟中古樓兩邊有一副對聯：“世事何須認真境過追維成夢幻，人生莫以為戲眼前法戒當箴規。”戲台後面，還有一副對聯：“凡是莫當前看戲何如聽戲好，為人須顧後上台終有下台時。”個中哲理，令人深省。特別值得一提的是，其“古樓”二字即由光緒皇帝之師翁同龢親書。廟內共21副楹聯和20多塊匾，皆為名人所著。除了古廟文化，在當地，還有捏糖人、糖油粑粑、臭豆腐、龍脂豬血與藝術剪紙等傳統的美食與手工藝文化。其中，捏糖人已有600多年的歷史，是深受孩子們歡迎的傳統美食工藝之一。糖油粑粑、臭豆腐是長沙傳統名小吃，龍脂豬血俗稱“麻油豬血”，料雖簡單，吃起來卻香脆辛辣，遊客不可錯過。美麗感言作家帥兵：梨江、瀏陽河、陶公廟，一個個名字在陽光下閃耀。千年古鎮，現在有了一顆奔騰的心。作家羅彩霞：我回去要將這次古鎮之行寫成隨筆，也許以後還可以收錄成書。作家黃耀紅：長沙第一戲樓早有耳聞，沒料到其建築特色、文化底蘊同樣出眾。作家周缶工：甜甜蜜蜜的糖油粑粑，在黑鐵鍋里翻滾。兒時的味道，更適合小情侶一人一個對著吃。作家何仁：活動結束，我已變成非洲人。一同回家的還有特色食品和有機蔬菜，當然更有當地人的好客以及晚報工作人員的熱情，謝謝你們！儲存倉

黃帝陵位於黃陵縣縣城北面，迷你倉有「華夏第一陵」美稱，由軒轅廟和黃帝陵兩部分組成，軒轅廟在橋山山麓，黃帝陵則在橋山之巔。景區入口在印台山下，印台山在橋山之南，其形如印，傳說黃帝為鎮壓為害一方的惡虎和惡龍，曾在此埋下了玉璽大印，故稱印台山。 進入景區，是一座寬闊的不對稱半圓型廣場，總面積一萬平方米，地面用5000塊秦嶺天然河卵石鋪砌，遠望猶如一條栩栩如生的魚龍，象徵中華民族五千年的悠久歷史。 廣場北邊是蜿蜒的沮河，沮河古稱「姬水」，軒轅黃帝因「長於姬水」而姓姬，傳說這條河原名「祖河」，當黃帝被召要「御龍飛升」回天宮時，群臣先民依依不捨，眼淚從橋山之巔淌流下來，流入了「祖河」。 儲存倉石質台階九五之尊 橋山與印台山之間的一段沮河，因在印台山下，又稱為「印池」，寓意為黃帝用印之水。印池上橫跨一座通往北岸軒轅廟的軒轅橋，軒轅橋為仿灞河古礅樑橋，橋體全部採用花崗岩，由121根石梁鋪砌而成。 軒轅橋北端即橋北廣場，與軒轅廟的龍尾道相連接，面積1584平方米，地面用花崗岩鋪砌。廣場上聳立四根高4.8米的花崗岩望柱，是黃帝陵廟前區標誌之一。軒轅廟廟前的龍尾道，共設95級石質台階，經五個踏步組逐級登高，寓意黃帝「九五之尊」，至高無上。 軒轅廟廟門位於廟軸線上，為仿漢風格的石質建築，4.8米高的18根柱子為花崗岩整條石。廟門台基比廟前廣場高出2.72米。 作者：老古迷你倉