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　　中新社北京1月1日電　題：中國“資深定制族”的2014年：拒絕“標簽”　追求個性　　　　中新社記者　魏晞　　2013年年末，迷你倉將軍澳中國知名導演馮小剛的賀歲片《私人訂制》票房大賣。而在中國人的現實生活，“量身定制”、“私人定制”也不再僅僅是幻想話題或電影主題，而正逐漸變為許多人的一種生活方式，而且，其中很大一部分並無奢華的標簽。　　“除了運氣、學歷和工資，現在什麼都能定制了”，對來自南京、31歲的李琦子來說，至少2014年最開始的三天，她已經“定制”好了。　　李琦子新年的第一個計劃是帶著父母到北京“跨年”。來過北京多次的琦子希望既能“遠離長城故宮頤和園連軸轉”的旅行團，又不用過多麻煩北京的親戚朋友。她找到了一家叫“假日陽光環球”的定制旅遊網站，為一家三口兒定制了“完全個人口味”的北京新年三日游：第一天晚上，在國家大劇院觀看台北新劇團的京劇《弄臣》，票價只要80元人民幣一張；第二天，包車直奔北京郊區的南山滑雪場，感受南方少有的大雪場，晚上準備去鼓樓的“嘻哈包袱鋪”聽相聲；第三天，全家上“格格府”品嘗官府菜，然後心滿意足地�程回南京。　　這只是李琦子新年的第一個“定制”項目，“今年年中，還計劃定制一次新加坡醫療旅遊。新加坡醫療水平在亞洲排名第一，在度假村一樣的醫院里做一次全面體檢，還能順道購物和享受當地美食，何樂而不為”。　　盡管很難有準確的定義，但像李琦子這樣的“資深定制族”，已經成為中國一個頗成規模的群體，也促使更多提供傳統服務的公司加速向“網絡定制”轉型。　　“定制旅遊在中國還是個新興概念，但已經進入快倉發展階段”，凱撒旅遊副總裁魏靈表示，極地游、熱帶雨林游，甚至以療養健身、修身養性為主的避世靜修、醫療之旅等，成為當前熱門的定制旅遊項目，而且發展速度頗有點讓人“猝不及防”。　　擔任過首屆北京國際私人定制文化暨設計博覽會組委會秘書長的曹學文認為，消費、服務領域的“私人定制”可被視為“所有製造業的前沿技術”，對中國未來高附加值產業發展會有促進作用。　　美國喬治華盛頓大學2000年發佈的一份新興科技預測報告中，就把“通過網絡的大量定制”列為改變未來生活的十大科技之一。在中國，將個性定制與互聯網聯繫起來的網上個性定制業務，近幾年才較為頻繁地出現，並隨著定制族的不斷壯大延伸到各種領域。　　“很多中國人的定制，是從一本印著自己和家人照片的日曆開始的。”北京一所大學導演專業的研究生李洲對記者表示，他自己也是從定制一本日曆逐漸變成了“資深定制族”。　　李洲正在使用的手機就是定制的。在一家叫“青橙定制手機”的網站，李洲為手機前後的黑色外殼挑選配色，再加上五英寸的顯示屏和前後攝像頭，還在後蓋上用鐳射刻了個繁複的王冠圖案和自己的簽名，全部費用不到2000元。　　“現在沒必要去買流水線生產出來的標準化東西”，李洲說，拒絕“標簽化”、追求個性是他身邊很多人共同的想法。2014年，從T恤衫、筆記本、書包到送給朋友的小禮物，他都準備在網上定制。　　李洲還向記者推薦網絡劇《宅男星球》，一部有好萊塢制片人“主持”打造的“中國定制”電視劇。“誰能忽略中國這個龐大的‘私人定制’市場呢”，李洲說，“我們不希望和誰攀比，只希望與別人不同。”（完）24小時迷你倉

Source: Chicago TribuneDec.儲存 31--State officials said Monday they expect the online system for submitting applications for concealed carry permits to be fully operational when it opens to gun owners Sunday.The website was in beta testing in the days leading up to the launch, said Illinois State Police Col. Marc Maton, who oversaw the project.State police also are working on a paper application process that they hope to have completed by July.The permitting program was "built from the ground up under a six-month time frame," Maton said at a news conference previewing the online application system. "Our task has been monumental, but our primary goal was to meet the requirements of the statute by having an online application process in place."Gun owners who want to apply for a concealed carry permit online will find the application portal on the State Police website.Applicants who are Illinois residents must have a firearm owner's identification card, 16 hours of concealed carry training, electronic copies of training certificates, a driver's license or state identification card, a recent photo, fingerprints and 10 years worth of address history handy to complete the application. The process will requ迷你倉re applicants to obtain an Illinois digital ID -- which will allow them to sign the application electronically -- and pay a fee of at least $150.Officials already are processing applications from about 900 firearms instructors who were allowed to apply early as part of the testing process.The application -- portions of which require use of the software platform Java -- can be completed in less than 10 minutes, "if all the technical requirements have been met," Illinois State Police Lt. Matt Davis said. "The application has been purposely designed to be simple and intuitive."Once an application has been submitted, local law enforcement officials will have the opportunity to object, Maton said.State police anticipate receiving about 300,000 to 400,000 applications, based on the experiences of other states and the number of FOID cardholders in Illinois.As of Monday there were about 2,200 applications in stages of near completion and 10,000 people had obtained the digital ID that is required as part of the application process.kgeiger@tribune.comTwitter @kimgeigerCopyright: ___ (c)2013 the Chicago Tribune Visit the Chicago Tribune at .chicagotribune.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage

iOS Jailbreak被混入了一個可玩盜版，mini storage甚至可綁架手機系統的「太極助手」，使本來應該會引人注目的Jailbreak新聞更令人關注。踏入聖誕新年假期，外國及甚至本地的科技新聞按例會一遍冷清，所以Jailbreak這個話題理應會成為2013年底最矚目的「收爐之作」。「未到結局總不要太早下定論」，話剛說完就即刻應驗，網上「evleaks」消息傳來，Nokia會推出Android手機系列，即時的反應是，究竟是M記收購了N記的「M&N」出Android手機，還是被人買去了M部門的N記會出Android Phone？一時間，真的搞不清楚，但隱隱約約還是覺得兩種可能的機會率都很微。不過，無論單料有幾流，這段新聞在網上都已經被人Like爆！更Like爆的，好戲在後頭，國內文化部發通告，嚴厲指出BattleField 4（內地稱戰地4）的遊戲含有危害國家安全的內容，是文化侵略，下令網上所有伺服器都要於24小時內刪除所有有關這遊戲的下載、攻略、更新及任何關於它的新聞訊息。這個Like爆的消息是本文截稿時《PCM》網頁上近日得到最多Like的一段新聞，至於Like是否真的等於Like，廣大的讀者應該最清楚了。《PCM》高級編輯黃冠朝kenneth.wong@singtaonewscorp.comHow we test?在單項產品測試中，有關產品整體平均分達8分或以上，而「表現」及「價值」均達到 9迷你倉或以上，將可獲「Editor's Choice」評級。在單項產品測試中，有關產品整體平均分達8分或以上，而「表現」一項達到 9分或以上，將可獲「Best Performance」評級。在單項產品測試中，有關產品整體平均分達8分或以上，而「價值」一項達到 9分或以上，將可獲「Best Value」評級。免責聲明除特別標註外，本刊所刊載的產品及 / 或服務之測試報告，乃基於商戶送測產品樣本及 / 或服務在該測試的表現，僅供參考，並不代表在市場上的該款產品及 / 或服務有同樣表現。亦不構成或不得詮釋為對該產品及 / 或服務之推薦或保證。出版：電腦廣場出版有限公司主編：電腦廣場編輯委員會編輯部電話：2798 2545傳真：2750 9278電郵：pcmarket@singtaonewscorp.com版權所有．翻印必究 廣告部客戶服務熱�：3181 3888 / 3181 3838傳真：2795 1541電郵：pcm_ad@singtaonewscorp.com地址：香港筲箕灣東旺道3號星島新聞集團大廈3樓承印：凸版印刷（香港）有限公司地址：香港新界元朗工業�福宏街一號凸版印刷中心星島新聞集團刊物PCM Online.pcmarket.com.hkfacebook.facebook.com/pcmarkettwittertwitter.com/pcmarketweibo.com/pcmarket文件倉

【香港商報訊】台灣中央流行疫情指揮中心昨晚確認第二例H7N9流感病例，迷你倉一名赴台旅遊的大陸江蘇省常州市86歲男性，確診感染H7N9，目前仍在加護病房急救中。與其同行、同住一房的兩名女兒在台灣照顧病患，均未出現症狀。 環島趴趴走接觸者眾 疾管署署長張峰義表示，這名陸客是在12月17日入境台灣旅遊，19日開始出現食慾不振，23日胸悶，24日上午到醫院急診就醫，當天就因兩側肺炎使用呼吸器入住加護病房，經醫師投予克流感，並通報疾管署採檢送驗，檢驗結果昨日確定。 值得注意的是，這名陸客在台灣旅遊mini storage間，幾乎環島趴趴走，曾到過桃園縣、台北市、新北市、台中市、嘉義市、高雄市、台東縣、花蓮縣等地著名景點，包括南投、太魯閣等，旅途中並無發燒或咳嗽症狀。 傳染性小已報 WHO 疾管署副署長周志浩強調，目前分析病毒的傳染力不高，傳染的可能性很小，接觸者不必過度恐慌。但他兩名女兒仍需持續追蹤觀察14天。 周志浩強調，指揮中心已通報世界衛生組織及通知大陸與港澳聯繫窗口，且即日起，除廣東省及浙江省外，也將江蘇省的旅遊疫情提升為第二級：警示，提醒計劃前往疫區的民眾，務必保持良好衛生習慣，避免接觸禽鳥。儲存

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Source: Quay County Sun, Tucumcari, N.self storageM.Dec. 30--The top story of 2013 began with a surprise vote on Sept. 26 to fire a city manager and has escalated into a recall election scheduled for Thursday against two of the three city commissioners who voted to oust the city's chief executive.A proposed racetrack-casino, the wreckage of the Sands Dorsey Building and the Ute Lake project continue to develop without resolution. The introduction of a major entertainment event, Rockabilly on the Route, took advantage of new nostalgia for Tucumcari's well-preserved memories of Route 66 and the 1950s.On again, off again: On Sept. 26, Tucumcari City Commissioners Jimmy Sandoval, Ernie Dominguez and Dora Salinas-McTigue voted to dismiss City Manager Doug Powers. Commissioners Robert Lumpkin and Mayor Amiel Curnutt voted against the move.At a meeting two weeks later, however, the commission voted to reinstate Powers, with Dominguez as the swing vote.After the vote, recall petitions circulated against Sandoval and Salinas-McTigue. The petitions soon gathered enough valid signatures to warrant a recall election.Petitions were circulated to recall all five of Tucumcari's city commissioners. Petitions against Curnutt and Lumpkin, however, were not turned in for evaluation, but the petition to recall Dominguez did receive enough signatures to require a recall.Sandoval and Salinas McTigue's recall petitions were approved in time to call an election that would not be held within 60 days of a general election, but Dominguez's petition was not qualified in time to allow a special election, according to City Clerk Angelica Gray.Issues that led to the vote to fire Powers continued to surface. Salinas McTigue said she based her vote on inaction involving the city's sewage treatment plant and early closure of the first cell of the city's new garbage landfill facility.Sandoval's vote, he said, was based on the city's failure to act quickly as the Tucumcari Memorial Park Cemetery fell into disrepair, lack of growth in the city and the city's apparent refusal to award bids to local businesses on some projects. Sandoval also cited a lack of action for improvements at the city's public library and lack of action on the Sands Dorsey building.In recent weeks, the city has hired a new manager for the sewage treatment plant and has prepared a new cell for the landfill. Salinas-McTigue said that allowing other cities to use the landfill was a mistake. Powers and other commissioners believe revenue from other cities is helping to fund the landfill's expansion and will continue to defray the cost of operating the facility.The city's top priority in capital outlay requests is a new garbage compactor that will reduce the volume of trash deposited into the landfill.Two alternative plans for the Sands Dorsey building's disposal, at an estimated cost of about $500,000, have been presented as well. City officials continue to comply with requirements of the state environmental department's solid waste division.The new plans involve making disposal of the building part of larger projects. One would be a private-sector project; the other, a public use development, such as a central Fire Department facility.Powers has also reported progress on cleaning up the cemetery.Betting on it: City officials and residents have renewed hopes the city will host a racetrack-casino after litigation came to an unsuccessful close mid-year for a failed Raton racino. This hope, however, has hit another snag.The New Mexico Racing Commission has raised a question about whether the state should license a sixth racetrack-casino at all. While horse owners and trainers advocate a sixth license, the racing commission has yet to conduct public sessions involving racetrack and casino owners, who are expected to opposed a sixth license.The New Mexico Supreme Court denied Raton's La Mesa racetrack-casino's final appeal on May 19. The appeal disputed the state Court of Appeals' decision in March upholding the racing commission's nullification of La Mesa's racing license in 2010.The commission had awarded La Mesa the license in June 2009 over other competitors, including Quay County, but the La Mesa facility was never completed.With La Mesa now out of the way, many competitors for the sixth license, if it is authorized, have surfaced.Potential competitors in Clovis, Lordsburg and Hobbs have expressed interest in the sixth license, along with a second investor based in Raton.The Tucumcari racino would be built by Coronado Partners, Inc., headed by Albuquerque auto dealer Don Chalmers.Drowning in controversy: Competing interests are also at the heart of controversies centered on Ute Reservoir.Quay County interests benefit from recreation on Ute Lake, while Curry and Roosevelt county cities, ranches and farms see Ute Lake as a source of much-needed water as their groundwater sources shrink.While the northern and southern regions debate Ute Lake water use, the first phase of a 20-year, $550-million pipeline project designed to transport Ute Lake water to the Curry and Roosevelt counties is under construction. This is a 50-foot-wide, 90-foot-deep intake structure designed eventually to draw Ute Lake water into the southbound pipeline. As the vertical shaft of the intake structure nears completion, construction focuses on a horizontal pipeline that will direct water from the lake into the vertical shaft.Quay County interests are still trying to stop the project before it can begin siphoning water from Ute Lake to boost dwindling supplies to communities such as Clovis and Portales, acting through the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority.The Village of Logan has lost bids for injunctions to stop the project in both state and federal courts. The village has appealed a federal district court February denial of an injunction to the 10th Court of Appeals in Denver and is still awaiting the result of that appeal.The village has also asked the appellate court to halt construction while the appeal is processed, but the court has not ruled on that issue, either.Thomas Hnasko, lead attorney for Logan in the appeal, said the village has been talking about conditions for negotiating a settlement with the authority even though the case is pending in the court of appeals.The village's request for injunction alleges the authority violated the National Environmental Protection Act by not completing an Environmental Impact Study (EIS), Hnasko said.Hnasko said the authority submitted only an Environmental Assessment that does not analyze the full impact should the intake structure pump out the entire 24,000 acre feet of water it is capable of removing from the lake. He said regulations from the Bureau of Reclamation also require an EIS for any major water project in the state.Quay interests fear removing that water could reduce the lake level below the level required to maintain boating and fishing activity on the lake.The pipeline project would eventually pump water from the Ute Reservoir to ENMWUA member communities of Clovis, Portales, Elida, Texico, Grady, Melrose and Curry and Roosevelt counties.The construction in 2013 has included several controlled blasts, all but one of which occurred onshore in the vertical shaft. An offshore blast on Aug. 16, however, apparently killed about 900 fish. In November, the New Mexico Dept.of Game and Fish said that the underwater blast had no permanent impact on fish populations in the reservoir, but lake visitors reported dead catfish floating on the lake's surface about two weeks after the underwater explosion.The offshore blast created a shelf on which an intake screen and controls will be mounted for the intake's horizontal pipeline.Besides the court appeals, another Ute Lake question that remains open is whether another study of the lake's capacity to meet both water and recreational needs should be conducted.The last study, called the Whipple Report after its author John J. Whipple, completed in 1994, concluded the lake could support both uses. Quay County interests claim the study does not include the effects of the region's 13-year drought, which some claim is the longest, most damaging drought in the region's history.The Ute Reservoir Water Commission, which ultimately makes such decisions, has decided against another study, saying the 1994 covers contingencies like the current drought.Quay County interests, however, are seeking a way to finance another study on their own.Lingering droughts: The debate over Ute Reservoir has been intensified by the region's 13th year of drought.A three-day drenching of the area in September provided some relief.The deluge swelled tiny Pajarito Creek into a major river-size torrent and added several feet, representing thousands of acre feet to the elevation levels of both Conchas and Ute lakes.The level of Conchas Lake rose nine feet in a little less than a week, from 4,164 feet above sea level to 4,173 feet, according to Valerie Mavis, chief natural resources specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From July to mid-September, the lake level increased almost 20 feet, Mavis said.At Ute Lake State Park, the water level on Sept. 9 was 3,773 feet above sea level. The level on Monday was 3,777 feet, a rise of almost 4 feet, according to Beth Wojahn of the New Mexico State Parks Department.The raised elevation of Conchas Lake prompted the Arch Hurley Conservancy District to authorize its first allocation of water to irrigation customers in three years, but not until next year, provided the lake's level remains above the level needed to allow the allocations.Increased rain during the year also replenished grass at area ranches and halted reductions in cattle herds on county ranches.In early September, The cattle population in Quay County was 31,244, up a little from the first quarter of the year bu迷利倉 substantially lower than it was last year.In June, the last time the assessor's office recorded cattle herd sizes, there were about 24 percent fewer cows than at the same time two years ago, according to Quay County Assessor Janie Hoffman.The cattle count in the first quarter of this year was 31,123. That is 21 head lower than the current number, assessor's information shows.Between 2009 and the first quarter of 2013, Quay County ranches reduced their cattle herds by more than one third, according to assessor's data. Hoffman said the drought had caused steep drops in the size of local ranch herds.From the 2009 level of 46,844 head, the first-quarter 2013 cattle count shrunk by 33.5 percent. About two-thirds of that reduction occurred between the first quarter of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013.Legal maneuvering: The case of 15-year-old accused murderer Tony Day lingered because of legal maneuvering in 2013.The trial was delayed twice in 2013 and a new trial date has not been set.Day is accused of the double murder of his adoptive mother Sue Day and her daughter Sherry Folts on Nov. 26, 2012,In August, the court granted a joint motion from Defense Attorney Jeffrey Buckels and 10th Judicial District Attorney Tim Rose to hold a hearing to determine how well Day would respond to behavioral health treatment before the murder trial, contrary to the order of proceedings in New Mexico statute.Day's adoptive father Mike Day wants Tony tried as an adult and to face adult consequences. The elder Day said he and other family members would like to know before the trial whether Tony will be subject to adult sentencing.Buckels said knowing in advance how Day would be sentenced would have a great effect on how the defense would proceed.In October, however, the state Children, Youth and Families filed a motion to intervene in the case in hopes of changing the order of proceedings back to trial first, amenability to treatment proceeding later. CYFD's lawyers contend that to do otherwise would violate the law.CYFD's request was rejected by the court in December.Closing up shop: TeamBuilders Counseling Services, founded in Tucumcari, announced in late July it was shutting its doors after being named among 15 behavioral health providers in the state accused of overcharging state Medicaid programs for behavioral health services.In a controversial move, the New Mexico Human Services Department abruptly froze Medicaid payments to the 15 providers in early July after an audit apparently found millions of dollars in overcharges and inconsistencies in billing by these agencies. HSD did not divulge details, saying the matter was under investigation, and turned the findings immediately over to the state Attorney General's office for further investigation.The state contracted with five Arizona behavioral health providers to replace the in-state behavioral health services. Since Aug. 19, Teambuilders' former operations have been run by Turquoise Life and Wellness, a subsidiary of Lifewell Behavioral Health, based in the Phoenix, Ariz., area.In fiscal year 2013, Teambuilders served 147 clients in Quay County, 849 individuals (children and adults) from Curry County, and 253 from Roosevelt County, according to TeamBuilders CEO Shannon Freedle.Children at risk: Quay County was ranked worst in the state for risks to child well-being in a study done by Kids Count, a national child welfare research program sponsored by the Anna E. Casey Foundation.Compounding this bad news, Quay County Health Council Coordinator Alida Brown said, is New Mexico's rating of last among the 50 states in measures of child well-being.Among the statistics Brown cited are these:-- 25 percent of Quay County residents live below the federal poverty level.-- 31 percent of Quay County children under age 18 -- nearly one in three -- live in poverty.-- 49 percent of Quay County's children under age 5 live in poverty (compared with 33 percent in New Mexico and 26 percent in the U.S.).-- 11.4 percent of births are low birth weight.-- Infant deaths before 1 year are 9.2 per 1,000 in Quay County compared with 5.5 per 1,000 in New mexico and 6.75 per thousand nationwide.-- Births to girls age 15-17: 58 per 1,000 compared with 33 per 1,000 in New Mexico and 20 per 1,000 in the U.S.-- Little or no pre-natal care: average 46.7 percent (2005-2011), compared with 36.5 percent in New Mexico.Quay's teen birth rate ranked the county third in the state. Quay County ranked fifth in the state in babies born pre-term with 14.5 percent of babies from 2008-2010.The county's low birth weight rate placed it fourth in state. Its infant mortality rate from 2002 to 2011, 11.2 per 1,000 live births, ranked it second among the state's counties. Its 2010 child abuse victim rate of 45.2 per 1,000 ranked the county second in the state.Quay's standing qualified the county to be a target zone for a CYFD initiative to bring home visitation programs to areas where child well-being risks are high and available services are low.In July, a home visitation program was established at the Presbyterian Medical Services clinic in Tucumcari. In early September, the home visitation program, aimed at expecting parents and caregivers of children up to age 3, was working with 13 families and had 17 families referred in its first month of operation, Lola McVey, program director and parent educator, said.New man in town: After a search that started in January, Mesalands Community College hired a new president, Thomas Newsom,in July, to take the college's helm in August.Newsom's salary for a two-year contract is $156,00 per year.Newsom was director of the Art Institute of Dallas. He replaced Mildred Lovato who was fired as the college's president in 2012. The college's board of directors has never stated a cause for Lovato's dismissal.Newsom said he is seeking opportunities for new dual-enrollment opportunities by which high school students earn both college and high school credit for classes taken while students are in high school.He said he was also looking for new opportunities in wind energy, using the North American Wind Energy Training and Resource Center on campus.In addition, Newsom said the college is also looking into possible partnerships with numerous universities across the state in order to provide local high school graduates more cost-effective opportunities to complete their general education courses at Mesalands before they enroll at four-year colleges.Kicks on Route 66: For two days in June it was the '50s all over again in Tucumcari for 600 out-of-towners who joined locals for Rockabilly on the Route.The nostalgia-saturated event featured rockabilly music, new and old, and events like tire burnouts, a 1950's fashion and beauty contest, and a vintage car show, among other events. The main attraction was Wanda Jackson, who achieved rockabilly music fame even before Elvis Presley gained stardom. Jackson, now in her 70s, matched the high energy of the other rockabilly acts featuring a new generation of musicians riding a wave of rockabilly nostalgia, combined with a 1950s revival, among young adults.Despite the event's success, a recommendation from the city's Lodger's Tax Advisory Board to provide $5,950 in lodger's tax funds to promoting a Rockabilly on the Route event in 2014 was stranded for nearly two months as the Tucumcari City Commission wrangled over this and other funding requests recommended by the lodger's tax board.In the end, however, the commission granted $10,000 to promote next year's Rockabilly event.It was a very good year:-- The Logan High School Lady Longhorns basketball team won the State Championship among Class 1-A schools with a 58-51 victory over the Melrose Lady Buffaloes on March 19.-- More than 400 Tucumcari High School graduates returned for Tucumcari High School's class reunion in early August. The Class of 1983 was in charge of the event.-- Dewayne Juarez, manager of the Love's Travel Stop in Tucumcari, made good on his vow to kiss a pig after employees doubled their donations to the Children's Miracle Network.-- State Rep. Dennis Roch (R-Logan) was named superintendent of Logan Schools, replacing Johnnie Cain, who became superintendent of Portales Schools. Roch took his new job on Aug. 19.-- Tim Abbott of Midland, Texas, became the interim intercollegiate rodeo coach at Mesalands Community College for the 2013 season in August. Staci Stanbrough of Capitan was named Abbott's assistant and serves on Mesalands' Animal Science faculty.-- Tom Dominguez, who had been Quay County's agricultural extension agent for New Mexico State University for the past six years, left his post on Aug. 30. His replacement has not been hired. Dominguez now holds a comparable position in Alamogordo.-- A group of about 30 forward-looking individuals gathered for Empowering the Land, an event that encouraged exploring new ways of thinking about farming, manufacturing and doing business to benefit local economies. One of the key words in the weekend event was "sustainability," the idea that production should be designed to sustain itself by making minimal use of resources and by recycling as much as possible. The Greater Tucumcari Economic Development Corporation hosted the event, which was organized by local citizens, including Hockaday and Marie Nava, a Tucumcari area farmer.-- A small kitten got more than it bargained for in October when its dash for shelter led to a death-defying, 90-foot plunge down the vertical shaft for the Ute Lake Intake Structure. The kitten survived the tumble apparently unharmed and found a new owner, who named her Petty, after the composer of the rock tune "Free Fallin'."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Quay County Sun (Tucumcari, N.M.) Visit the Quay County Sun (Tucumcari, N.M.) at .qcsunonline.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

本報訊 據新浪科技2013年12月31日消息，mini storage德國《明鏡》周刊曝光的一份文檔顯示，美國國家安全局(以下簡稱“NSA”)的間諜軟件已成功攻破了蘋果公司的所有產品。The Daily Dot網站最先報道稱：“NSA一個名為DROPOUTJEEP的項目幫助該機構攔截短消息，獲取聯繫人列表，使用基站數據定位手機，甚至激活手機的麥克風和攝像頭。儲存據被曝光的文檔，NSA表示，在向iOS設備植入間諜軟件的操作中，成功率為100%。文檔顯示，NSA需要實際獲得設備，隨後才能安裝間諜軟件。通過將在線購買的設備首先發貨至某個特定地點，NSA能做到這一點。不過，一個遠程安裝的版本也在開發中。”在一段視頻中，爆料這條新聞的記者譴責蘋果公司與NSA合作，允許NSA針對iPhone展開間諜活動。迷你倉

（吉隆坡31日訊）馬來西亞伊斯蘭消費人協會促一家提供互聯網服務的公司，迷你倉就無理收費一事於週四作出合理解釋，否則將要求貿消部介入，並向有關公司採取法律行動。伊斯蘭消費人協會拿督納辛佐漢說，多名消費人向消協投訴，指有關公司所提供的互聯網服務配套完全無法操控，而且在終止服務後，又被繼續徵收費用。他於週二在記者會上說，有關公司在促銷其網絡服務配套時，聲稱是“全馬最快速互聯網服務”，同時強調該配套的通訊接系統收良好。“可是，部份消費人在使用該配套後，投訴與所闡述的內容不符。”不繳費列黑名單“有消費人在發覺配套與真實情況不符後，撥電到有關公司的服務中心投訴，並要求終止服務合約，得到的答覆卻是必須付清網絡欠費才能終止合約。”納辛佐漢說，一些地區的消費人甚至無法接收有關公司的互聯網訊號，無法提供良好服務卻還追討收費，這對消費迷你倉將軍澳來說很不公平。他指出，有關公司在追討收費不果後，竟向信貸服務情報私人有限公司（CTOS）把消費人列入黑名單，導致他們在向銀行借貸時出現問題。“我們已向馬來西亞通訊與多媒體委員會反映這些個案，他們宣稱已於日前發函給有關公司，並將於1月2日給予正面答覆。”與此同時，使用相關互聯網服務配套後感到不滿的吉宗尼說，他是於3年前使用有關公司的配套，每月的費用為199令吉，而讓他感到不滿的是，上網速度往往在超過一半使用的額數時就急速變慢。他說，他向有關公司作出反映，並要求轉換較便宜的配套，卻被告知因已簽下兩年合約，因此必須於期限內繳付199令吉的費用。他表示他過後就不再使用有關服務，同時不再繳費。“我過後在面子書上開啟一個投訴該公司的部落格，讓網友能夠分享類似的遭遇；目前共有1萬8000個追隨者（followers）。”;倉

電訊盈科（0008）旗下香港電訊（6823）早前宣布，迷你倉將軍澳將收購CSLNW的全部已發行股本，共涉資約188.67億元。為增加獲批准的機會，公司同時承諾，若政府擬收回2×10MHz 3G頻譜，可於2016年頻譜牌照期滿後按要求交還政府外，還會額外將2×5MHz 3G頻譜交還政府，且不參與重拍3G頻譜。此次收購有利市場整合，減少競爭，對數碼通（0315）、和電（0215）等電訊亦有利。收購在成本及資本支出方面均有顯著協同效應，亦利好香港電訊。電訊行業前景變明朗收購消息消除行業的不明朗因素。香港電訊的舉動意味�市場競爭減少，更符合市場效益，其他電訊商購得頻譜的機會增加，電訊行業的前景變得明朗。通訊事務管理局為引入新競爭者，上月中決定把4大電訊商持有，並於2016年到期的3G頻譜的三分一倉作公開重新拍賣。市場普遍認為拍賣勢令電訊市場出現「洗牌效應」，若有新競爭者加入，電訊商便不敢輕言加價。若香港電訊成功收購CSL，流動網絡商的數目將由現時的5家減至4家，市場競爭因而減少，甚至產生市場協調行為。收購成本料較競投低對香港電訊而言，收購CSL比競投頻譜更加明朗，收購有數可計，成本應比競投低。在競投出現的不明朗因素下，例如市場普遍預期中移動（0941）旗下的中移動香港將極力在2016年競投3G頻譜，競投者數目及出價難以估計。此外，收購最大的得益是，電盈系在流動電訊市場的佔有率將升至31%，收益亦將提升至佔市場的29%，亦可補足香港電訊本身3G頻譜較弱的弱點。合併後市佔率增加有利營運協同效益。因此，此次收購對香港電訊來說亦有利。■太平金控•太平証券（香港）研究部主管 陳羨明24小時迷你倉

Source: The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.迷你倉C.Dec. 31--EMERALD ISLE -- After a year of transition, the Town of Emerald Isle is moving forward with plans to facilitate the construction of a new ocean fishing pier in the town.The Emerald Isle Board of Commissioners heard an update on the pier project at its December meeting and authorized a grant agreement for the transfer of $726,000 of N.C. Waterfront Access and Marine Industry Fund grant money to the town for site improvements at the Eastern Ocean Regional Access, which will be the site of the new pier.The transfer of the grant money was part of the formal termination of the town's partnership with N.C. Aquariums in a process that began in January 2013 after the N.C. Aquariums announced it would have to dissolve the partnership in light of changes in the state budget.The town agreed at that time to pursue a new ocean fishing pier as a town-only project.With the transfer of the WAMI grant funds to the town, it is moving forward with the site improvements as initially planned.The funds will be used to construct the 160-vehicle parking lot and make improvements for stormwater management at the site. The grant agreement gives a deadline for completion by May 31, 2015. Town Manager Frank Rush said his goal is to have a recommendation on a comini storagestruction contract to the board by August or September so that construction work can follow during the off-season for tourism.Bogue Inlet Pier in Emerald Isle is one of only two remaining ocean fishing piers along Bogue Banks, which once had seven such piers."The town has previously asserted that an ocean fishing pier is important to Emerald Isle's heritage, the tourism industry and our property owners' quality of life over the long term," Rush said at the December meeting.The plan for the town-owned pier is for one with concrete pilings to withstand storm damage.With the WAMI funds now in place and site improvements moving forward, Rush said he will be working on developing a specific financing plan for the construction of the pier structure, which comes with an estimated $10 million cost.Rush said the construction of a pier house will follow but won't likely be on the same scale as the one envisioned during the partnership with the N.C. Aquariums. He said the town is anticipating one that would be about 1,000 to 2,000 square feet.Contact Daily News reporter Jannette Pippin at 910-382-2557 or jannette.pippin@jdnews.com.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Daily News (Jacksonville, N.C.) Visit The Daily News (Jacksonville, N.C.) at .jdnews.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage