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薛蠻子嫖娼被抓引出輿論圍繞網絡大V的爭論。如何看網絡大V，新蒲崗迷你倉如何看某個具體大V，輿論的態度在這之前就莫衷一是。不得不說，大V是中國突然冒出來的現象，這在中國輿論場上還是頭一遭。過去沒有人能夠不通過間接輿論渠道，直接對著成百上千萬受�隨時做直播式發言，就連毛澤東，也得通過人民日報社論，通過電視廣播發表“最高指示”。如今的大V們大多未曾進入過社會主流話語體系，他們過去的話語權很小。他們有著各種各樣的身份，通過各種方式成為大V。大學者中幾乎沒有大V。不少大V活躍在輿論場上有各種各樣的目的，他們一些人發言並非總是出于公德心。大V也有私利，這可以理解。但問題是，對突然而來的巨大話語權，一部分大V沒有能力hold住它們。一方面有的大V把推高個人影響力放在高于一切的位置，在這個過程中並不在意對公共利益的實際維護。為了突出個人的“高尚”，他們很願意把公權力作為反襯的靶子。另外互聯網上的萬眾跟隨會讓他們有點暈，從而高估自己的力量，以及這種力量的穩定性。網上曾有報道，薛蠻子遇到保安不讓進門，不停說自己有近千萬粉絲。粉絲多也是一種“身價”，它應轉化成某種現實中的特權，甚至政治特權，有些大V流露出這樣的認識或期待。很多大V都相信自己“代表民意”，而且代表意識形態領域的未來，代表正義和正確。他們認為自己是改革的真正動力，甚至是最關鍵的動力。政府如果親近他們，聽他們的建議和要求，這樣的政府就是“好的”，是“改革派”。反之政府如果不理睬他們，或者對他們的極端發言有所管理，那麼政府就是“壞的”，是“保守派”。大V登上輿論舞台是mini storage交網絡的產物，也是最近幾年的事情，而且他們當中的一部分人不斷發生潮起潮落的新舊洗牌。這進一步增加了大V在社會責任感方面的問題，大V的真實公益心不足同他們在輿論場巨大影響力的反差逐漸變得嚴峻。薛蠻子不能代表大V群體，但毋庸置疑，他又是一個很典型的大V。他的新浪微博粉絲數在時政性個人微博中位居前列，平時一副公益、正義的面孔，把公權力持久當成靶子，要求在中國推行西方式政治制度，幾乎支持每一起社會群體事件。但連環嫖娼暴露了他令人吃驚的真實私德。他在微博上出名除了能滿足表現欲，還為他的投資活動營造了影響力。他的美國國籍或許助長了他的各種出位。大V是互聯網2.0技術推出的一批輿論新秀，他們來源於時勢的塑造，也必將經歷時勢的進一步洗禮。話語權也是一種特殊公權力，政治話語權尤其是十分敏感的公權力。我們已從政府官員那裡看到公權力不僅是權，也是掌權者的風險。擁有了政治話語權的大V必須有能力hold住它，決不可玩兒戲、濫用它。一些大V不理解為什麼他們的“言論自由”會這麼“麻煩”，我們希望這只是他們在不斷磨練和洗禮中能夠最終治癒的幼稚。互聯網、特別是微博開創了輿論多元化的全新局面，它的確為中國改革帶來一些意外的推動。保持互聯網輿論場的建設性既是互聯網自身，也是中國全社會面臨的重大考驗。大V們有機會在這個過程中扮演搶眼的角色，這是一種幸運。在互聯網仍在發展，一些核心問題尚且模糊不清的時候，大V們應致力于真正用公共利益指導自己的網上行為，用國家和人民的根本利益做座右銘。這樣他們就不會做錯，也避免把網上輿論朝錯誤的方向引。▲self storage

Source: The Roanoke Times, Va.迷你倉價錢Aug. 30--GLADE HILL -- Nestled on the side of Webster Road in Glade Hill sits a replica of the TARDIS, a spacecraft/phone booth from the popular British television series, "Doctor Who."The show's lead character is the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space with his companion in the TARDIS, which is modeled after a 1960s British police box.On a recent Sunday evening, nearly 50 people from the Roanoke area took a trip to visit Franklin County's TARDIS."It's legit," said Kristina Smith of Glade Hill . "It's not something you would expect to see in Franklin County."The TARDIS maker is Dante Colie, 44, who greeted the visitors dressed as the Tenth Doctor -- he wore a blue and gray pinstripe suit, Chuck Taylors, and a wavy dark brown wig over his natural blond hair. He's a fairly new fan of the show, and found his favorite Doctor to be Scottish actor David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor. The Twelfth Doctor -- actor Peter Capaldi -- was just named with much fanfare earlier this month. The show also celebrates its 50th anniversary in November.That Sunday evening, Colie told his visitors about the unveiling of his TARDIS, which weighs 650 pounds and cost about $2,500.He and a friend wheeled it out to the yard late one night and the next day, someone called the police to say someone had stolen a phone booth, Colie recounted.The police had started interviewing neighbors when one officer remembered where he'd seen it before -- it was the spaceship from "Doctor Who."Colie recalled, "She [the neighbor] said, well, I don't know about that, but it wasn't there when I went to bed last night."Everyone laughed.Building K.I.T.T.Though it took Colie about a month to build the TARDIS, it was only a side project.His life's work of 18 years is building components to convert Pontiac Firebird Trans Am cars into replicas of the talking car, K.I.T.T., from the 1980s "Knight Rider" television series .He designs custom electronic fiberglass dashboards and bumpers, which he sells to fans all over the world."The 'Knight Rider' community is huge," he said. A complete K.I.T.T. (which stands for Knight Industries Two Thousand) replica car costs $55,000."I melted when I saw that car for the first time," Colie said. He was 12 and living in Burnt Chimney when he first saw the series starring David Hasselhoff. "I mean, the show inspired me."He remembers seeing an ad on the back of a magazine for a Knight Rider replica. "I didn't have any money. I had to make it," he said.He did his best converting his 1982 Pontiac Trans Am into K.I.T.T. by building his first dashboard in ninth grade.He said he struggled in high school and was homeless in his 20s, often crashing on a friend's couch while he worked in the heating and air conditioning field."Every dime I made went back into that car," Colie said. "I spent all summer trying to build fiberglass and all winter on e迷你倉ectronics."The car was finally finished around 1993, he said, and was put on display for three months at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke.The work was still just a hobby; Colie had jobs as a salesman for a vacuum cleaner company and later as a prosthetics technician.After getting his first computer in 1998, he became active in the online "Knight Rider" replica message boards and posted a photo of his car.That's when his business started and orders began rolling in for parts."You never know what that moment is meant to be," he said. "It could be a moment to change your life."Now his home -- and office for his company Advanced Designs in Automotive Technology -- stays busy, and not just on K.I.T.T. cars. Inside sits a half-finished R2-D2 from "Star Wars" and a working digital timer he designed, just like the one used in the late-'90s sci-fi TV series "Sliders."Longtime customer Scott Rice calls Colie a perfectionist. "He's just so creative in his ability to do things with his hands," Rice said.He met Colie in 2001 at a car show and told him, "I don't want what these people have. I want better."A couple of years later Rice was winning national awards for his replica car, built with Colie parts. Rice said his K.I.T.T. car is now used by Universal Studios for promotional tours. "For his part, he couldn't have done a better job," Rice said.Helping othersAt one point, Colie and an ex-girlfriend tried to start a Knight Foundation nonprofit to help give people second chances. The organization didn't make it off the ground, but Colie didn't give up on trying to help people."One person can make a difference," he said. "I want to help people out. That's my goal."For several years he's mentored teens, including John Trout, who grew up in the same neighborhood. Trout worked in Colie's shop when the business was first getting off the ground. He said Colie took a risk by going for such a unique and specialized field."He did it. I think it's a testament to being a little bold and following your interests," Trout said. "His interests are only matched by his desire to help other people."Trout has since graduated from college and now lives in Rochester, N.Y. and works in the alternative energy field. Colie joked, "I live through him vicariously."Colie said he might not have gone to college or had children, but he tries to inspire creativity and imagination in anyone he meets, especially those who are trying to figure out what to do with their lives.He says he hopes people see that dreams are obtainable, even if you "fall on your face.""You just have to want it bad enough," he said. "If you can't afford it, you can build it."For more information on Colie's "Knight Rider" conversion business, go to .adiautotech.com.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, Va.) Visit The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, Va.) at .roanoke.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存

高管特區2011年夏天，迷你倉北京春雨天下軟件有限公司成立，代表中國在線醫療從web端到移動端的開始。談及自己的創業選擇，春雨天下首席執行官張銳坦陳：“大勢所趨，移動互聯網發展機會很好，我判斷很可能是10年以來最好的機會。”中國移動互聯網第三方咨詢機構艾媒咨詢發佈的數據顯示，2012年中國移動醫療市場規模達到18.6億元（人民幣，下同，3.87億新元）。預計到2017年底，這一市場的規模將達到125.3億元。張銳獨到的市場直覺，為春雨的發展贏得了先機。他認為移動醫療的價值是幫助人們管理人生最重要的資產：健康。春雨主打產品是“自查＋問診”的遠程健康咨詢手機應用軟件。自查指的是春雨數據庫為用戶提供健康答案，供用戶參考；問診則是用戶向醫生提問，問題將被實時推送到醫生手機，由醫生在手機上完成回複。此外，用戶可以根據自己對時效性的需求，從免費到50元的價格中，選擇不同的支付費用。張銳形容這是一個智力淘寶，平台上賣的是醫生或者健康工作者的智力。兩年來春雨迅速茁壯成長，目前已經擁有超過1000萬用戶。張銳：我們是合格的醫生創辦春雨天下之前，張銳最為人所知的身份是資深媒體人。他畢業于中國人民大學新聞學院，曾先後在《新聞調查》、《京華時報》、網易新聞中心任職。在移動互聯網行業，張銳是半路出家。主持開發網易新聞客戶端，給了張銳與移動互聯網“親密接觸”的機會。他說，“我在網易做了六年，前三年做內容，後三年做產品，我覺得做產品可實現的空間和價值更高。”對於春雨產品與其他問診型app的差別，張銳稱：“我們是合格的醫生，他們是不負責的醫生。那些app不是試圖在線上解決你的問題，最終目的是要把你引到線下去看病。”他介紹，春雨的醫生團隊有很高的進入門檻，級別要達到主任或副主任醫生以上，具備五年以上的臨床經驗，或是博士以上學歷。春雨產品的定位是“醫院院牆之外的輕型問診”，創新性利用醫生碎片化時間為用戶解答問題。與基於個人電腦端的問診服務不同的是，移動端可自存倉綁定手機號來確保醫生賬戶的真實性，具有更高的安全性，手機消息推送則方便了醫生和用戶的交流，實現了問診的即時性和便捷性。因為中國醫生的執照只在醫院內使用才是合法的，有人質疑遠程醫療App的合法性。張銳笑著否定了這個說法，“中國現在醫療問題的核心是醫療資源分配不均，所以國家鼓勵醫生多點執業。而問診行為和輕問診、咨詢之間最重要的界限是，醫生開不開處方。春雨完全沒有給用戶開處方，所以嚴格上講算不上是一個問診行為。”崇尚“自由”的領導者能把自己的想法最大發揮出來，實現自身價值最大化，對張銳來說是個很大的誘惑。他最讚賞穀歌（Google）精神，認為互聯網行業和傳統行業最不同的精神特質就是自由和免費，代表了新的生產力方向。張銳期望春雨像穀歌一樣，開發能為人類創造價值的工具，而不是單純為盈利而存在。9月底即將上線的“希波克拉底”計劃就是張銳實現自己豪情的一個嘗試。據他介紹，“希波克拉底”計劃是基於春雨平台上已有的大量真實數據，把對用戶有價值的東西，通過數據分析提煉出來，使用戶能夠簡單調用。這個數據庫還是完全免費的張銳說：“邊際成本為零的東西都應該免費。只要我們做的足夠好，有人願意用，我們就完全免費的提供。”盈利是“接下來要做的事情”談到春雨現存的阻礙，張銳說了兩個字：“時間”。“我們在做一個沒有人做過的事情，面對的是一個放量的市場，不是一個存量的市場。公司未來要實現財務順利運轉，要能等到用戶健康和付費習慣養成的那一天。公司的財務要能夠支撐到春暖花開的一天。這就是一個很現實的問題。”張銳說：“春雨到現在也沒盈利，這是我們接下來要做的事情。”未來春雨嘗試贏利模式的第一步是會員制度，每個月用戶交會員費後可以不限次數提問。此外，春雨還計劃與小型企業合作，推行企業會員制度。春雨的定位也將擴大，從“醫生智力平台”轉變為“泛健康人士智力平台”，引入健身教練、心理師、營養師等泛健康工作者，開設自己的工作室，春雨提供技術、商業平台的支持。（中新社專稿）迷你倉新蒲崗

Source: Pittsburgh Post-GazetteAug.迷你倉新蒲崗 30--Two men were held for trial today on charges that they stormed a "party bus" that stopped in Sheraden this spring and fatally shot a man who got off.James Lawrence, 21, of East Hills, and Michael Lyons, 22, of Homewood, face charges of homicide, conspiracy and a gun violation in the March 30 shooting death of Steven Lee, 21, of McKees Rocks.Pittsburgh homicide detectives wrote in a criminal complaint that Clarrissa Clark, 19, Summer Kerley, 29, both of Sheraden, and Samantha Powe, 30, of Garfield, boarded the bus in the South Side and began arguing with people on board.While they were on the bus, Ms. Powe called someone and said, "You need to come over and smoke these people," according to the complaint."These people" were Mr. Lee and his sister, according to the complaint.Ms. Clark was also on the phone and asked the driver to stop in Sheraden, at which point Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Lyons and a third man arrived, police have said.Police said Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Lyons got on the bus, where Mr. Lawrence pointed a gun at Mr. Lee's sis迷你倉出租er and escorted her off. Mr. Lyons stood outside the bus and Mr. Lee also made his way off the bus, police have said.Then, detectives wrote, Ms. Clark told Mr. Lyons and Mr. Lawrence "Spank them. I want those two" and they opened fire, fatally shooting Mr. Lee.Mr. Lee's sister was not injured.Ms. Clark and Ms. Kerley were arrested Thursday in Ohio Thursday on charges that they solicited the killing.Ms. Powe was found shot to death on a dead-end street in Homewood last month. Charges have not been filed in that case.Mr. Lawrence has also been charged with killing Tiona Jackson, a 28-year-old nurse and mother of six, outside Red's Bar in Beltzhoover Feb. 28.Robert Carey Jr., the attorney representing Mr. Lawrence in the Sheraden shooting death, declined to comment, aside from saying he looked forward to challenging the charges at trial.The attorney representing Mr. Lyons could not immediately be reached for comment.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Visit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at .post-gazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

■本報記者陳瓊珂實習生杜笑“月收入兩三萬元，迷你倉住200多平米的房子，屋外綠草如茵空氣清新，擁有高質量的教育醫療保障……靠著過硬的電氣焊手藝，濟南一個村莊的25個年輕人到澳大利亞打工，並拿到了綠卡。”近日，一則“山東數十電焊工移民澳‘打洋工’”的新聞令不少人對移民海外充滿憧憬，而各色海外移民的廣告詞也鋪天蓋地，令人心動。然而，不少懷揣著移民夢的人卻遭遇陷阱，不僅搭進去真金白銀打水漂，最後還美夢破碎。其中，不僅可能遭遇“黑中介”的問題，還有申請人自身資質的問題 ，甚至移民目的國政策也可能突然生變……辦美國綠卡辦來島國簽証 兩年前，一心想移民美國的小琪認識了王堯。王堯自稱自己20多年前就移民美國，在美國的人脈很廣。談及幫忙辦理移民，王堯滿口應承，“雖然投資移民和技術移民都比較麻煩，我還是有辦法的。我先給你辦一個赴美打工的簽証，再想辦法轉成移民。”心中甚喜的小琪奉上4萬元，便開始了長久的等待。去年初，王堯交給小琪一本護照，可是簽証屬馬紹爾群島共和國非移民簽証，有效期至次年3月。為何不是美國的?“馬紹爾群島是美國邊上的一個島，是美國投資的，你從那裡去美國也方便的。”王堯的話並未打消小琪的疑慮，她堅持要求辦理赴美簽証。原本底氣十足的王堯卻坦言，“弄不出來的，人家要擔保的。”小琪於是將王堯訴至法院，要求退還4萬元費用。法院認為，根據相關收條及交付護照等事實，認定雙方形成委托合同關係。現王堯未能完成委托事項，4萬元手續費用理應返還。“我國和移民的目的國對出入境中介機構及移民代理人有一定的資質要求。但一些無資質的黑中介缺乏信譽和專業能力，在收取委托人大額錢款後，因長時間未能辦出移民簽証而引發糾紛。”上海一中院劉江法官在梳理了該院近期辦理的多起涉移民糾紛後表示，一些移民黑中介的存在，也是導致移民糾紛的重要原因。“留學捷徑先移民，綠卡留美名校錄取高十倍!”李翰通過街頭散發的小廣告找到永傑咨詢公司，表示自己要移民到新加坡。李翰表示，自己是本科學歷，之前並無在新加坡學習或工作的經歷。工作人員聲稱，“你的條件不符合技術移民，即便是投資移民，也需要碩士學歷及在該國開設公司。”見李翰犯難，工作人員拍胸脯表示，這些難題他們都有途徑“解決”，有些材料他們可以幫忙“製作”。急於移民的李翰陸陸續續交去80萬現金，終於獲得了新加坡的臨時身份證。然而，就在他前往新加坡遞交材料、參加永久居民面試時得知，原來按照新加坡法律，他完全符合技術移民的申請條件，而投資移民也根本不需要碩士學歷。憤怒的李翰訴至法院，要求解除與永傑公司的協議，並要求永傑退還他之前預付的80萬元。經法院調解，他拿回了65萬元。上海市因私出入境服務行業協會秘書長黃惟鈞表示，中國移民行業採取資格准入制度，2002年起公安部門在全國範圍內頒發了一批因私出入境特許經營許可證，對移民行業進行監管。所有獲頒許可證的移民公司都須按規定繳付一定的押金，以更好地保障申請者的利益。“為了最大限度地保護您的合法權益不受侵犯，請您在簽約時查驗中介機構的經營許可證與營業執照，與擁有合法資質的本市中介機構簽約。”在上海因私出入境服務行業協會的官網首頁，一行“移民有風險，簽約需謹慎”的大字來回滾動，提醒申請人與具有合法資質的中介機構簽約。沒有雅思成績導致移民泡湯“在收取首期費用後，一直不為我辦理相關手續，後來又說因移民政策變化而無法辦理移民。”去年2月，家住閔行區的小駿將一家移民中介公司告上法庭，要求他們返還中介費8000元。2009年12月，小駿與一家移民中介儲存訂《申請澳大利亞移民委托書》，委托服務費2.5萬元，分三次付清。合同簽訂後，小駿向中介繳納 首期中介服務費8000元。2010年3月，小駿的職業評估報告通過，但他沒有按約繳納第二期費用，也沒有提供英語成績。後來，他的移民之旅以失敗告終。中介公司認為，“一直到2010 年5月，小駿一直沒有參加雅思考試，沒有英語成績，不符合移民條件，導致合同無法繼續履行。”“辦理技術移民，理應知曉需按移民所在國的語言要求提供相關語言成績證明，卻未參加雅思考試，應當承擔相應不利後果。”法院認為，根據合同約定，小駿的英語成績未達移民要求屬不予退款情形，因此他的退款訴請難以支持。一些移民目的國規定，申請人在申請期間內，不得有刑事犯罪記錄、需通過體檢、英語成績需符合移民要求，還需通過移民局的工作背景調查等，移民委托合同上往往也明確委托人需達到上述要求。劉江法官表示，在該院審理的移民糾紛案中，申請人自身條件不符合移民目的國的條件，是導致移民失敗的一項重要原因。實際上，移民政策也在改變。因為申請者太多，2010年，加拿大投資移民政策修改了8次，美國投資移民政策修改了2次，澳洲和新加坡各修改了1次。這些國家都是中國人移民熱門國家，而政策修改的核心內容之一，就是提高門檻。加拿大作為世界上最受歡迎的移民國家之一，其投資移民政策相對穩定，然而，加拿大要求申請人的個人資產已經從原來的80萬元加幣(約520萬元人民幣)提高到160萬加幣(約1040萬元人民幣)，全額投資客由40萬元加幣，提高到80萬元加幣。“辦理移民申請需要一定的周期，一旦申辦期間移民目的國的移民政策發生變化，就可能會導致移民失敗。”劉江法官說。吹噓“100%會成功”不靠譜與早些年投資移民的主力軍都是富人相比，近年來，中國的中產階層逐漸成為投資移民的主體。由於材料繁雜、文件處理專業性強，幾乎所有申請人都要在移民中介公司的協助下完成申請。“目前上海正規的因私出入境中介機構只有56家”，黃惟鈞秘書長介紹，按照公安部出入境管理局發佈的名單，全國共有791家正規移民中介機構。他提醒，“有些黑中介並沒獲得特許經營許可證，而是採用掛靠或承包經營的方式營業。在簽訂協議之前，申請人最好核對一下中介的特許經營許可證的名稱與企業營業執照的名稱是否一致。”不少中介公司從成立到消失，甚至不足兩年。而辦理移民業務一般都需要一定的周期，以加拿大魁省投資移民為例，從遞交移民申請到成功通過的大致時間為18 到30個月，一旦公司消失，申請人的權利很難得到保障。黃惟鈞說，“儘量選擇那些成立越早、存續時間越長的中介機構，更有保障。”“100%保證成功”、“不成功100%退款”，在網上有一些移民廣告誇下海口，還有一些中介公司吹噓自己與政府部門關係如何緊密，甚至暗示申請人“不符合標準，也可以包裝”。對於這些中介公司，尤其要長個心眼，避免掉進陷阱，因為一旦進入移民局“黑名單”，移民之路便基本結束了。而實際上，移民成功與否，決定權根本不在於中介公司。在一中院審理的部分案件中，記者還注意到，有一些委托人往往選擇通過熟人介紹辦理海外移民手續，雙方沒有簽訂書面委托合同。由於雙方對費用總額及支付方式、移民不成功哪些費用可以退還委托人等事項約定不明，導致各執一詞，不僅數十萬元的資金難以追回，好朋友最後也翻臉成了“冤家”。劉江法官指出，如果不簽書面合同，一旦發生糾紛，很難證明付款緣由，款項難以追回，“如果只是籠統口頭約定，未明確約定辦妥時間和相關手續、辦理進程、所需資料等，也易埋下隱患。”新蒲崗迷你倉

Source: Bangor Daily News, MaineAug.儲存 30--PORTLAND, Maine -- The classic canvas tote has symbolized Maine for decades. But in the last few years, another bag is starting to dominate.Sea Bags, made of recycled sail and nautical line, are crafted in Portland by a team of seamstresses and designers. The popular accessory, sold by J. Crew, Tommy Bahama and Sperry Top-Sider, is suddenly everywhere.To keep up with demand for these satchels, branded with original sail markings as well as lobster claws, anchors and assorted nautical imprints, owners Hannah Kubiak and Beth Shissler are charting a course for success.This fall, the company is tripling its manufacturing footprint and expects to increase hiring by 20 percent within the next year. Above their headquarters on Custom House Wharf, they have added 2,700 square feet of space for production and are working feverishly on their spring 2014 line."The goal is to keep our jobs here in Maine, to grow our company in Maine and to do it sustainability," said Shissler, who grew up in Topsham and left a successful career in semiconductor sales to join Sea Bags in 2006.With 30 employees and a projection to expand to almost 50 in the near future, they are well on their way."This will allow us significant growth," said Shissler, who was Sea Bags' first wholesale customer years ago. "We are looking at extensive but sustainable growth."Last year Sea Bags produced and sold 42,000 items -- from totes to wine bags to iPad covers. The most popular tote, emblazoned with a navy blue anchor, retails for $130. They are fashioned out of old sails made of wax canvas, cotton canvas, polyester and high-tech Kevlar and mylar.In the early days, people donated sails, but now that Kubiak's brainchild has launched scores of knockoffs, they are hard to come by."In the beginning, people said, 'Oh look at these girls, they are struggling. I've got some old sails, I'll just drop them off,'" said Kubiak. "Those days are long gone."Now they trade bags for sails and employ a full-time sail acquisition manager who scours the Eastern Seaboard, West Coast and abroad for material.With the new space, Sea Bags will enlarge its shipping department, retail space and open up overseas channels.In the 14 years the company has been in business, its furthest shipment was Saudi Arabia. This week, Shissler was working on setting up a distribution chain in Australia.Despite their success (or perhaps because of it), Kubiak and Shissler say keeping their product made in Maine is top priority. Sea Bags hires local stitchers, most of whom sew in the wharf retail shop for all to see, while a few work from home."We've become somewhat of a destination. When people come to Maine, they'll come in and say, 'I want a bag with the number eight on it and we'll say, 'come back in two hours,'" said Shissler, who is passionate about cut-and-sew coming back to the U.S."We've lost an amazing skill set in the state of Maine, and these are all highly educated seamstresses. I believe there is a lot more of this that can happen in Maine," said Shissler during a recent tour of the production floor click-clacking with activity. "The textile industry goes way back in Maine and so much of the business has gone offshore."Se新蒲崗迷你倉 Bags' determination to stay on the working waterfront is a choice. As is using U.S. materials -- from North Carolina thread to rope from Massachusetts.Shissler said it would be more efficient to move from the creaky wharf to a true manufacturing space but the authenticity that consumers crave would be lost.At travel boutique Daytrip Society in Kennebunkport, Sea Bags is a top seller year after year because of the Maine allure. "People come back multiple times and say, 'This is the gift I give, this is the Maine gift,'" said co-owner Jessica Jenkins. "They have a reputation now."And a longevity that parallels L.L. Bean but "has more cache because of the recycled sails. It's crossed over from being the beach bag for the local Mainers to a trend where the college girl wants to bring it back to school," she said. "It's the ocean, it's the sea, it's sailing and you get to carry it. It's the whole romance of Maine."The company that was born and branded on the wharf has no plans to end that romance. And that's good for the economy.Locally owned and operated businesses typically keep their dollars here, says Jeff Levine, Portland's director of planning and urban development."They will hire locally, and the money doesn't tend to leave the city," he said.While food manufacturing is thriving in Portland, traditional manufacturers, such as those stitching bags by hand, "tend to want a big facility," said Levine. "We are always happy when a local business is successful and expands. It shows that money is being re-circulated."Kubiak, who started Sea Bags in a cramped space with two sewing machines, marvels at her growth. In 1999, she was selling 100 bags a year and didn't know how to scale her business.Her reasoning was, "why should I make more bags and get less money for them?" she recalled.Shissler, whose mother ran a gift shop on Isle au Haut, was her first wholesale customer.Armed with an MBA from Boston University, Shissler knew Sea Bags was the right product at the right time.She took Kubiak out to lunch and impressed her with her business prowess."She was the missing ingredient to keep Sea Bags on a straight and narrow path in order to build. I was at a certain position where I couldn't take it any farther," said Kubiak, who started the business at 25. "I didn't have the drive to do it or the experience."But, according to Shissler, she had "talent with a good idea and good product."Sea Bags' wall of fame illustrates their success -- a red sail duffle made for Puma, the first bag sold to J. Crew; the bag featured in O, The Oprah Magazine; the women's Olympic sailing team satchel."We've worked hard to take the cyclicality out of our business," said Shissler. "Before we were considered a summertime product and now we work to make sure we are busy all year long."Besides the accolades and famous people clutching Sea Bags from The Hamptons to Harpswell, success for these women means keeping those machines humming."We've never really measured our success in units." said Shissler. "Success for us is making payroll every week."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) Visit the Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) at .bangordailynews.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage

Source: Pittsburgh Post-GazetteAug.迷你倉 30--Legionella, the shifty bacterium that causes Legionnaires' disease, is tough to find and even tougher to destroy once it colonizes inside hotel, nursing homes or hospital plumbing systems.It can remain dormant for years, waiting for a dip in disinfectants or ideal water temperatures to emerge and infect people with an aggressive form of pneumonia. The water-borne bacterium thrives in biofilm (slime) and is best transmitted in the aerosol mists of showers and hot tubs.The elusive characteristics of Legionella were tragically apparent in the 2011-12 outbreak in the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, with up to six deaths and 16 veterans infected at the University Drive facility in Oakland.Identifying, reporting and resolving the outbreak has become the goal of congressional hearings and federal bills to require veterans hospitals -- as required of other hospitals -- to report infections to local, state and federal health departments.Ali Sonel, chief of staff for VA Pittsburgh, said the strain of Legionella that caused the outbreak was the same strain that caused an outbreak in the 1980s at the University Drive hospital. VA hospital officials found the strain in a remote area of plumbing but thought it too distant to cause the recent outbreak. Further investigation revealed it to be the source of the infections."What we have in the facility is Legionella that never entirely goes away," Dr. Sonel said.He made his comments Thursday during an educational session at the United Cerebral Palsy building in Swissvale, sponsored by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and Allegheny County Health Department. About 80 representatives, mostly from healthcare organizations, attended the session to learn ways to test, monitor and eradicate Legionella in building plumbing, only to learn that goal remains elusive.Standards and strategies are lacking, with evidence that infections continue rising nationwide.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cites an incidence rate of more than 1 case per 100,000 in the U.S. -- more than double the rate of 10 years ago, with the incidence rising annually.Jim Lando, acting director of the county health department's office of epidemiology and biostatistics, said confirme儲存 cases in Allegheny County have fluctuated, from a recent low of 54 last year to 118 in 2008. To date this year, 71 cases have been reported, with the five-year total approaching 500. The number of Legionella deaths is unknown, he said.Legionella concentrations form in stagnant water or dead-end areas of plumbing. While the focal concern is public buildings, due to the potential for major outbreaks, Legionella can exist in any plumbing system, including homes. The bacterium thrives in water temperatures of 77 to 108 degrees Fahrenheit.Along with shock chlorination, VA Pittsburgh is using a heat-and-flush method in which water is heated to 140 degrees before being flushed through the plumbing, with the goal of maintaining at least 124 degrees as it courses throughout water pipes. Other methods involve the use of monochlorination, chlorine dioxide and copper and silver ionization. Officials agree that each method has advantages and disadvantages, but none is guaranteed to work.Legionnaires' disease and the bacterium got their names from the 1976 outbreak in which 221 cases resulted from an American Legion Convention in Philadelphia, with 34 deaths. The source of Legionella eventually was traced to the hotel's rooftop water cooling tank.The Jewish Healthcare Foundation convened the educational session to discuss a regional strategy against Legionnaires' disease with a goal of prevention in the wake of the VA Pittsburgh outbreak.Allegheny County has standards to report and control Legionella, but state or national standards don't yet exist for plumbing systems. Guidelines for analyzing systems to monitor Legionella levels in heating and cooling systems are in the works."This is a meeting this community should be having," said Karen Wolk Feinstein, president and CEO of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. "This is another infection that has a life of its own and therefore, it is likely to require a solution of its own."We are obligated to stop what we are doing and figure out how to stop the loss of life from Legionnaires' disease," she said.David Templeton: dtempleton@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1578.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Visit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at .post-gazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services新蒲崗迷你倉

金管會主委曾銘宗出席壽險公會活動時，self storage完整闡述六大政策新方向，其中尤以布局亞洲、透過金檢遏止殺價競爭最受業者歡迎。以中國人壽為主的保險業者表示，開放保險業投資大陸跨領域的「保險相關事業」，是當務之急；三商銀等公股行庫高層則認為，殺價搶聯貸的惡性競爭行為，早就該好好管一管。曾銘宗鼓勵金融業擴大亞洲布局的理由是，亞洲對全球國內生產毛額（GDP）的貢獻占比，會從目前31%增至2050年逾50%，包括台灣、中國大陸、印尼、印度都快速成長。中壽總經理郭瑜玲表示，布局亞洲，如果只允許對外投資產險與壽險公司，比較狹隘，若能擴及「保險相關事業」，會迷你倉較好的效益。中壽提出希望允許投資大陸地區的「保險相關事業」，是整體保險業都適用。建議金管會循序漸進開放，考慮開放國內保險公司投資大陸的資產管理公司，其類似國內的投信與投顧業。至於曾銘宗點到的遏止惡性殺價競爭，大型行庫主管說，每家銀行內部都會依資金成本訂定利率，建議金管會除「道德勸說」，不妨進一步檢視業者開出的放款利率，與內部自訂辦法是否吻合，抑制不合理殺價競爭。行庫主管表示，星港兩地的主管機關為維持金融穩定，都會針對放款利率訂出規範。台灣在低利「削價競爭」影響下，導致台灣金融業不論是股東權益報酬率、資產報酬率世界排名長期「吊車尾」。文件倉

2013年8月28日，迷你倉出租聯想智能手機與新華社新華國際在京順利結盟，簽署了戰略合作備忘錄。這是聯想成功向PC+轉型的又一大動作：暨與國家級媒體達成戰略合作，在跨領域品牌合作的歷史上寫下濃重的一筆。代表聯想智能手機簽署合作協議的聯想集團副總裁、聯想MIDH中國業務部總經理馮幸表示，無論是聯想“國產手機第一品牌”的身份，還是新華社“中國國家通訊社”的地位，聯想與新華國際雙方開展合作勢將共迷你倉拓展品牌影響力，取得共贏的效果。據瞭解，通過此次戰略合作，聯想智能手機與新華國際將進行線上線下的深度品牌合作，聯想將為新華國際提供新媒體展示平台及新聞報道的技術支持，而新華國際也同樣成為了聯想智能手機的國際化高端平台，雙方共同建設“新華國際-聯想智能手機”新媒體展示中心。另外，聯想智能手機與新華國際雙方還將通過聯合策劃，參與國內外有影響力的大型活動，打造世界性的專題調研與信息服務。儲存倉

以往經濟版的副刊專欄，儲存內容都是以投資理財為主。但財經的世界又豈止是投資理財這麼局限。商業世界多姿多采，由下周開始，明報的經濟版便會請了幾名商業界的名人，為我們寫專欄，分享一下他們在商業社會中的所見所聞。明報經濟版的新聞版面，有時亦會為大家發掘一些金融市場或樓市以外的話題。例如早前我們報道，在零售市道放緩之下，今年月餅仍然熱賣。單是半島酒店，一年賣月餅的收入便超過一億元，又解構一下原來賣月餅的毛利率可以高達七八成。結果從網上點擊率來看，這類有關市道的商業新聞，相當受讀者歡迎。這證明大家除了關心自己的「荷包」之外，其實也有興趣知道這個商業社會最新發展如何。經濟版暫時聯絡上為我們寫專欄新蒲崗迷你倉名人，包括有來自基金界的、旅遊業的、公共事業的、亦有專攻公司法及證券法的律師。不同行業的名人，以不同的角度去看這個商業社會，必定可以為大家提供天天新鮮的角度。其實有時不用專業的分析員預測，從生活上大家也可以見微知著。快餐店重點推銷每餐33元的套餐，愈來愈多酒樓在午市要推出價錢低至8.8 元的特價點心，就知道雖然目前樓價高企、經濟增長仍有3.3％，但香港市民的消費力已悄悄地下降。經濟版邀請同是商界、但涉及不同範疇的人士為我們寫專欄，就是希望透過他們的見識及人際網絡，能為大家提供更多新鮮滾熱辣的東西，讓大家從拉闊財經的角度，去掌握商業世界的脈搏。editorial@mingpao.commini storage

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