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Source: Montgomery Advertiser, Ala.mini storageAug. 20--On the first day of school for many Alabama children, the Southern Poverty Law Center took aim at one of the most controversial measures to come out of the Alabama Legislature's 2013 regular session.The SPLC filed suit in federal court Monday morning to enjoin implementation of the Alabama Accountability Act, saying it does not extend its benefits equally to all students in schools designated as failing.The suit, filed on behalf of eight Black Belt elementary and middle school students, ages 5 to 14, says that the plaintiffs cannot afford private school tuition, even with the tax credits and scholarships extended under the law.The suit also says that even if they could afford it, there are no participating private schools available in the area, nor is transportation available to other schools.In many cases the nearest private schools to the plaintiffs are not participating in the Alabama Accountability Act, or are so far away some families would have to travel up to 120 miles a day to and from school, the suit contends.Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, said at a press conference Monday that the law created "two classes of students" in the state. By diverting money from the Education Trust Fund to tax credits or scholarships, Cohen said, the effect of the law would be to make schools listed as failing worse."It will siphon away millions of dollars from public schools and not help the failing ones," he said. "It will make the failing ones worse than they are today."The suit names Gov. Robert Bentley, State Schools Superintendent Tommy Bice, Revenue Commissioner Julie Magee and Comptroller Thomas White as defendants.In a statement released Monday afternoon, Bentley did not comment directly on the allegations in the lawsuit, but also stressed provisions in the legislation which allow schools to apply for waivers from certain laws governing schools."We have Torchbearer Schools that are doing very well," Bentley said in the statement. "These schools are not wealthy. But they have developed the ideas and approaches that are needed to help their students overcome challenges and succeed."The governor's statement did not mention the tax credits or scholarship-granting organizations in the law. Bentley pushed for a two-year delay on the tax credits in the last Legislative session, a delay that was rejected by lawmakers. The lawsuit does not address the law's flexibility components.Supporters of the law have said it will foster competition and give students a chance to escape failing schools. Sen. Del Marsh, R-Anniston, who was the driving force behind the tax credit portion of the law, said in a statement that it "made no sense" toself storagechallenge the law on the grounds that it limited options."This is more of the same from those who would rather maintain the status quo," said the statement from Marsh, who is not a defendant in the lawsuit. "We will continue working to make sure students and parents in failing schools have options to receive a quality education."Nearly 40 percent of the schools designated as failing are in the Black Belt, according to the suit. In the complaint, the suit cites numerous instances of poor supplies and inadequate textbooks in the schools.One plaintiff said they were unable to take textbooks home from the Camden School of Arts and Technology in Wilcox County. Another said a teacher held up a microscope to demonstrate the instrument to students at Russell County Middle School; the students were not allowed to use it.Mariah Russaw, a Barbour County resident whose 12-year-old grandson, a student at Barbour County Middle School, is a plaintiff in the lawsuit, said at the press conference that she wanted her grandson to get "the best possible education he could get."The closest non-failing school is 19 miles from his home, which would require Russaw, his guardian, to travel 76 miles each day, according to the complaint. Russaw, the complaint says, has Bell's palsy and had until recently made ends meet through disability payments, which have been discontinued."I want every child that's in a failing school to be able to finish school and get the opportunity I didn't get, to get an education for themselves," she said. "My grandson needs to stay where he is, because I don't have the transportation to get him to another school."Additional FactsABOUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY ACT? It passed in February amid chaotic scenes in the Alabama Senate and was later amended.? The law creates a definition of a "failing school" as one that has been in the bottom 6 percent of reading and math scores for three of the preceding six years through 2017; after that, schools will be evaluated on a grading system under development by the Alabama Department of Education.? Students in a failing school can opt to transfer to a non-failing school in their own district if they so choose, or one outside their district if the outside district agrees to accept transfers.? Families of the students can also apply for a tax credit, worth over $3,500 a year, applicable to the cost of private school tuition. Students who qualify would also be able to apply for scholarships from groups called scholarship-granting organizations to assist with tuition.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.) Visit the Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.) at .montgomeryadvertiser.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

（檳城 大山腳）檳州首席部長林冠英說，迷你倉價錢一張好的攝影作品，甚至可以改寫一個國家的命運，因此攝影是非常重要的領域。他說，檳州是一個充滿歷史的州屬，各類形式的攝影作品，可以成為考察史料，攝影作品也可以協助宣傳檳州的景點。他說，如今人人都可以拍照，手機一舉起來就可以拍照，然而要指出有內涵的照片卻不容易。“好的照片可以反映人文的特點，一個人的形象，以及一個社區及國家的生活面貌。林冠英昨日（19日）出席威省市政局攝影比賽頒獎禮及開齋節開放門戶活動時，這麼說。來瞭解改革事訪檳遊客破紀錄林冠英說，今年的開齋節假期，檳州可能已破了以前的遊客人數紀錄，許多遊客都紛紛到來檳州看看檳州的改革。他說迷你倉庫為了讓遊客和人民有更好的設備，市政局必須增加公共設施，譬如為有需要的人士提供更先進的社區禮堂，好讓他們舉辦活動。“清潔是州政府無法妥協的議題，我要提醒市議員，不要試圖為那些骯髒的餐飲店求情，州政府支持關閉那些衛生條件差的餐飲店，如果因此而失去支持率，也在所不惜。麥慕娜：設古蹟工作隊“帶領市局邁向藝術境界”威省市政局主席麥慕娜說，威省攝影比賽於2012年舉行時，只有42張作品參賽，今年卻有高達500張作品參賽。她說，威省市政局已成立一個旅遊及古蹟工作隊，在不影響市政局日常操作的情況下，帶領市政局邁向更高的文化與藝術境界。今年的攝影比賽冠軍是秦佩玲、亞軍黃湞璇及季軍莫哈末阿茲哈。;儲存

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8月9日《環球》雜誌以“外國人最愛的中國10個城市，文件倉有你家沒有？”為題發佈微博，列舉外國人最愛的中國十城市，其中珠海占據榜首。@大刀王老一：在一定程度上是成立的，因為是海濱旅遊城市，有條件的人都想來這裡快樂。@鹹魚包大人：上榜的都是旅遊城市，實際上這個榜單應是外國人最喜愛的旅遊地。珠海得益于近澳門，當然其本身的度假環境就是國內前列的。點評：早在瑞士舉行的“2005歐中旅遊論壇”，珠海就榮列歐洲人最喜愛的中國十大城市之首。珠海的美麗和宜居在國外已受到認可，珠海可以利用這張名片，搭建更多針對外國人的生活交流平台，縮小文化差異，吸引更多的國外遊客前來珠海旅遊、度假，打造具有特色的國際化城市。

A key figure in the republican revolution, Yeung Ku-wan's story of heroism lay buried for more than 100 years after his murder.儲存倉 But his family's relentless campaign may finally give the Hongkonger his due, writes Stuart Heaver.The drama that has unfolded since spy-cum-whistle blower Edward Snowden arrived in Hong Kong in June continues to create shock waves around the world. It's a story that has all the ingredients of a best-selling espionage novel.The Snowden affair is, in fact, reminiscent of an even more sensational story involving a political outcast pursued by the secret agents of a superpower. Set at the turn of the 20th century, when Hong Kong was a hotbed of revolution, insurrection and intrigue, this is the tale of a high-profile revolutionary leader who was assassinated on the streets of our city and then air-brushed out of the history books.The assassination was brought to life on the big screen by director Teddy Chen Tak-sum in the 2009 award-winning blockbuster Bodyguards and Assassins. The movie's opening scene - set on a sunny day in Gage Street, Central - sees a teacher descend iron steps from the first floor of a colonnaded building, surrounded by attentive Chinese students. As he talks to them of democracy, a gunshot rings out and a bullet pierces the teacher's forehead, spraying blood onto the faces of his shocked companions. Panic ensues as the camera zooms in on the sinister face of the assassin, still peering down the barrel of his bolt-action rifle on a nearby rooftop.This is the murder of Yeung Ku-wan, the leader of the Xing Zhong Hui (Revive China Society), and the date is January 10, 1901.Despite playing a leading role in the early days of China's republican revolution, which was largely orchestrated from Hong Kong, and being immortalised by popular cinema, Yeung has faded into the background in comparison with Sun Yat-sen, the "father of the nation", when it comes to the story of the long struggle towards the formation of the Chinese republic in 1911.A flick through the Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography reveals that "Yeung Ku-wan is considered a hero of China's republican revolution, not least because he gave his life for it". It also tells us that Yeung formed the Furen Wenshe (Literary Society for the Promotion of Benevolence) in Hong Kong in 1892 with close friend Tse Tsan-tai, who would become one of the founders of the South China Morning Post.Initially, the society campaigned for modern reforms in China but quickly developed into a secret organisation focused on fundraising for and organising armed insurrections. Its members plotted to overthrow what they saw as an obsolete and corrupt Qing dynasty and replace it with a modern democratic republic. Yeung became a close ally of Sun after Furen Wenshe was merged, in 1895, with the Revive China Society - which Sun had founded - at the latter's request.Born in Dongguan, Guangdong province, to parents who were natives of Haicheng, Fujian province, Yeung came to Hong Kong as a boy and graduated from St Paul's College. After a short time working at the naval dockyard, where he lost three fingers in an industrial accident, he developed close connections with the local Chinese business elite as an influential comprador for leading shipping companies such as Sassoon & Company.His experiences in Hong Kong aroused his political instincts and he began to develop a fierce nationalism.Hero of the revolution and one of the most influential Hongkongers in Chinese history though he may have been, for more than 100 years after his death there was little mention of Yeung, in his home city or anywhere else. There were no streets named after him, no statue and no obvious legacy - just an unmarked grave in the shady upper levels of the cemetery in Happy Valley, with only the tombs of British servicemen and swarms of mosquitoes for company.In 2011, after a long campaign by historians and family members, a modest marble plinth was erected next to Yeung's grave - which had been left unmarked at his own request, to deter Qing vandals - telling the story of his life and his role in history. One of those campaigning family members was Yeung's great-nephew, Albert Yeung Hing-on, an erudite and softly spoken scholar of Chinese literature who lives in Hong Kong and spent more than 10 years researching a book about the life of his relative."My father maintained a detailed family history," says Yeung. Referring to evidence contained in his book, He explains his theory that his great-uncle has been deliberately sidelined in the official history of the republic. He points out that when Sun and Yeung Ku-wan merged their organisations, it was the latter who was appointed chairman of the influential new group."Dr Sun was not in Hong Kong, so he had no power, no money and no connections - it was Yeung Ku-wan who had the local influence. Yeung was also five years his senior," says Albert Yeung.You can visit the small park in Pak Tse Lane in Central where Yeung Ku-wan's secret society was formed. A memorial has now been installed there - complementing an existing one nearby, at the site of his assassination; both are part of the Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail. The covered alleyway leading to the park from Gage Street, with its stained walls and strewn rubbish sacks, is easily overlooked but it would still make a great location for a clandestine political rendezvous some 120 years later. It was here that the plotting would have taken place for the 1895 uprising - the first of the revolutionary campaign - and Albert Yeung shows me a group photograph of the Furen Wenshe. The caption on it, which clearly shows the date as 1890, contradicts the history books, which state the organisation was formed two years later."So there were maybe three years of planning, networking and sourcing munitions before Sun even met Yeung Ku-wan [in 1894]," says Albert Yeung.The 1895 armed uprising planned for Canton (Guangzhou) by the two revolutionaries ended in a shambles with Sun's closest friend, Lu Hao-tung, being captured and tortured to death. Significantly, though, it meant the word "revolution" was being whispered for the first time in relation to Qing-dynasty China. It also resulted in both leaders becoming wanted men with a price on their heads.A diplomatic crisis erupted as a furious China accused London of what we might now call "harbouring terrorists" in Hong Kong and, rather than wait around for an extradition order, both leaders left town.Sun and Yeung were reunited in Japan in 1898, where they both lived in exile. The official history records that Sun took over as head of the movement after a major falling out with his former ally, who then fades into the background.Albert Yeung disputes this account, however, and points to the significance of a group photograph taken in Yokohama in 1898: the two young迷你倉沙田revolutionaries, both in Western attire, are pictured together with influential Japanese. Yeung Ku-wan sits in a prominent position in the front row while Sun is at the back. Albert Yeung makes the astonishing claim that years after his great-uncle's death, the leader of republican China, Chiang Kai-shek, tried to obtain the picture."Chiang Kai-shek's second wife claimed that her husband offered a huge sum to obtain this photo as he feared it would degrade the status of Sun Yat-sen," he says.He also denies there was ever a rift or falling out between the two men. Albert Yeung relates his father's account that, when they were both in Japan, Yeung Ku-wan asked Sun, who had a medical background, to supervise the birth of his youngest daughter and that years later, in February 1923, when Sun returned here to address the University of Hong Kong, he contacted Yeung's wife and asked her to visit him."They remained firm friends throughout," says Albert Yeung.Indeed, far from fading into the background, Yeung has found evidence that his great-uncle was instrumental in the more sustained but ultimately futile second uprising, in 1900, which was again orchestrated from Hong Kong. The signed confession of revolutionary Shi Jianru, who was beheaded for his attempted assassination of the governor general of Guangdong, directly implicated Yeung Ku-wan in the plot."Sun left after the 1900 uprising but Yeung was more reluctant, having a wife and four children and having already spent years in exile," says Albert Yeung.Yeung Ku-wan stayed in Hong Kong with his family, teaching English in Gage Street, presumably with half the assassins of southern China (sponsored by the Qing secret service) searching for him.He paid for that decision with his life. He was gunned down in the first-floor classroom at his Gage Street home - not exactly how it was portrayed in Chen's movie. He tried to protect himself with an English dictionary while reaching for his own pistol but was wounded and died in hospital the next day. Strangely, the official police report for 1901 is restricted to 2? lines - and mistakenly gives Yeung's age as 84 - even though there were only four murders in the city that year."My father always said it was a personal vendetta, not a political assassination," says Albert Yeung.The memorial near the site of Yeung Ku-wan's murder - just south of Gage Street, in an alleyway adjoining Aberdeen Street - comprises a simple red plaque that has been upstaged by colourful graffiti nearby.The recent inclusion of Yeung's story on the heritage trail and the new memorial for the Furen Wenshe are largely due to the work of historian Joseph Ting Sun-pao, who was chief curator of the Hong Kong Museum of History and oversaw the establishment of the Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum before his retirement in December 2006.Ting retains a boyish enthusiasm for his favourite subject and still finds time to teach history at Chinese University, be a member of the Antiquities Advisory Board and conduct his own independent research into the Chinese revolution. If anyone can make sense of the family theories and the reason for Yeung's century of invisibility, he can."The reason Yeung Ku-wan is low profile is very political," he says, with a slightly mischievous smile, explaining that a clue could be found many years later in post-revolution China. When Chiang took over leadership of the ruling Kuomintang party following Sun's death, in 1925, he badly needed credibility, so portrayed himself as the true and legitimate successor."If Sun Yat-sen became a saint, then Chiang Kai-shek could be at least half a saint," says Ting, "so he deliberately played down the importance of any associates of Dr Sun in the official party history."So could this support Albert Yeung's claim that Chiang tried to pur-chase the Yokohama photograph in order to airbrush his great-uncle out of history?"At first I was very doubtful about this," says Ting, "but the claim was indeed made in a book written by Chiang Kai-shek's second wife."Ting also located evidence in Taiwan that revealed that once the Chinese republic had been established, Tse and some of Yeung Ku-wan's other colleagues made a formal request for his body to be removed from Hong Kong to its rightful place in the revolutionary cemetery in Guangzhou. Ting found official documents that showed the request was eventually refused on the grounds that the revolutionary's "stance against the Qing had wavered" during the 1900 uprising."From this point, when Yeung Ku-wan is accused of betraying the republic, he was successfully marginalised," says Ting.So is Albert Yeung justified in claiming that his great-uncle had a much more significant role in the early stages of the revolution than the history books would have us believe?"All the funds came through Yeung Ku-wan and he had all the connections," says Ting. "I agree that [he] had a more important role in the very early days of the revolution than Sun Yat-sen, who was [then] just a young medical graduate."It seems, then, that it was Yeung and not Sun who initiated the republican revolution and instigated the first uprisings against the Qing. Even today, the faintest of possibilities that the true father of the Chinese revolution might have been a Hongkonger is sensitive territory, but Ting has one more shock in store.When asked about why Yeung did not flee Hong Kong after the 1900 uprising, when his life was clearly in danger, his answer is unexpected."I think he was British," says Ting. "Otherwise he would not have been buried in the cemetery in Happy Valley."It is known that the colonial authorities had issued Yeung with a firearm for his own protection and he enjoyed a close relationship with the British, but Ting believes he must also have been made a British subject, perhaps even a citizen.That the founder and originator of the Chinese republican revolution might have been a Brit seems fantastical, but Ting just maintains a fixed smile and says nothing further.Much like the Snowden case, the assassination of Yeung Ku-wan was the biggest news story of its day. Albert Yeung was told by someone whose grandfather attended the funeral that it was like "the death of Bruce Lee"; though given the diplomatic sensitivity, "there was only a small column in the newspaper", says Ting.Yeung stresses he is not trying to undermine the important role of Sun as the "father of the Republic" but would just like to see recognition of his great-uncle's legacy in those early days of the revolution."Yeung [Ku-wan] is very important because he presented the Hong Kong spirit to find the truth and take action," he says.Clearly neither China nor Britain had much incentive for promoting Yeung as a hero of the revolution. How welcome it is that the true story of this influential player can be better understood at last. At least in Hong Kong.迷你倉價錢

Source: St.迷你倉沙田 Louis Post-DispatchAug. 19--The Pittsburgh Pirates have lost seven of their last nine games. They have exhausted their relief corps with three extra-inning games in the last six outings.Their lead over the second-place Cardinals has eroded to a single game. The third-place Cincinnati Reds have climbed 2 1/2 games behind the National League Central leaders.The Pirates aren't folding under pressure, as in years previous, but they are wobbling down the stretch. They battled the Diamondbacks for 16 innings Sunday . . . but finally lost to 4-2, after National League MVP candidate Andrew McCutchen failed to deny Adam Eaton his game-winning double.McCutchen dove for the ball and just failed to make the catch. Arizona scored two runs as a result and that was that.This defeat epitomized the recent Pirate frustrations. "The pitchers went out there and did their jobs," McCutchen told reporters afterward. "The offense, we didn't do ours."The Pirates left the bases loaded in the bottom of the 12th, when Russell Martin flied out to end the inning. The Diamondbacks retired them in order in the 13th, 14th and 15th innings.With Pittsburgh out of position players, pitcher Kris Johnson hit for himself with two runners on and two out in the bottom of the 16th inning. He struck out to end the game.Tribune-Review columnist Dejan Kovacevic argued that Pittsburgh GM Neal Huntington must locate an impact hitter on the waiver wire. He wrote:The Pirates' problem can't be isolated as a failure to cash in scoring chances, and not just because advanced analysis powerfully supports that being clutch in baseball is simply doing what you'd normally do rather than some innate skill.No, the problem is that they don't hit much, period. They're 25th in the majors in runs.I'll repeat this figure for anyone who might have missed it in the Sunday column: The Pirates are 63-17 when they score three or more runs.Which apparently was asking too much of this lineup over 16 innings, 53 at-bats that yielded only nine hits -- one for extra bases! -- as well as the requisite 18 strikeouts.They don't hit much, period.And I'll repeat this, too, only it's been found in this space all summer: That must change.PHIL CUZZI STRIKES AGAIN!Tipsheet dares you to identify an umpire worse than Phil Cuzzi. The former replacement ump was at it again Sunday in Wrigley Field, calling a strike on a phantom Donnie Murphy swing and then ejecting Cubs manager Dale Sveum for arguing. Cubs pitcher James Russell also got tossed for chirping at the hapless Cuzzi from the dugout."It wasn't questionable. It was easily the worst check swing call I've ever seen," Sveum told reporters after the Cubs fell to the Cardinals 6-1. "That's why the other umpires are there. To give him help. He said he thought he got it right."Major League Baseball must have guaranteed Cuzzi a lifetime job for his earlier role as a strikebreaker. There can be no other explanation for his continuing employment.AS THE A-ROD TURNSYankees slugger Alex Rodriguez is quite the newsmaker. He is to ESPN what Lindsay Lohan used to be to TMZ -- the story always waiting to happen, for better and (usually) worse.The other players implicated in the Biogenesis investigation accepted their MLB suspensions and bowed out as gracefully. Rodriguez filed an appeal and played on.This decision has earned him ridicule from fans, scorn from opponents and an uncomfortable relationship with his bosses.Here was A-Rod's Sunday:-- Before New York and Boston played, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman chatted with reporters about his interaction -- or lack thereof -- with Rodriguez. "I'm not comfortable talking to Alex about this because we feel we are in a litigious environment," Cashman told reporters during an informal chat with the media before Sunday night's game between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. "Hello and goodbye, that's about it. I'm not comfortable talking to him anymore. I don't want to be distorted."-- ESPN reported that Rodriguez paid for Biogenesis operation Tony Bosch's attorney. Later, A-Rod's people made a wire transfer for nearly $50,000 that Bosch's attorney refused to accept. Notes ESPN: "The second transfer, described by one of Rodriguez's former attorneys as a mistake, is part of Major League Baseball's evidence that the New York Yankees' third baseman attempted to tamper with the league's Biogenesis investigation, several sources said."-- Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster came out throwing against Rodriguez, perhaps in response to allegations that A-Rod tried to rat out other big leaguers during the Biogenesis investigation. Dempster missed wit迷你倉價錢 a fastball behind his leg, but then nailed him squarely in the ribs with another fastball in the same second-inning at bat. Red Sox fans egged on Dempster by chanting "You're a cheater!" when A-Rod stepped in. Home-plate umpire Brian O'Nora warned both benches against further shenanigans, but this edict did not satisfy Yankees manager Joe Girardi -- whose angry words and wild gesticulations earned him an ejection.-- Proving he still has the flair for drama, Rodriguez smacked a sixth-inning homer to fuel a Yankee comeback. A-Rod moved within 11 homers of Willie Mays for fourth place on the all-time homer list and the $6 million bonus Cashman would have to reluctantly pay him as his reward, per A-Rod's epic contract.Wouldn't it be crazy if Rodriguez rallied the aging, injury-battered Yankees into the wild card play-in game?ESPN.com's Wallace Matthews offered this take:Now it can be revealed: There is a vast, baseball-wide conspiracy against Alex Rodriguez, and it includes the commissioner of baseball, the front office of the New York Yankees and players like Ryan Dempster.They are conspiring, however improbably, to turn A-Rod into a sympathetic figure, and however unwittingly -- at least in the case of Dempster and whoever else takes it into his own hands to mete out the punishment that baseball's collective bargaining agreement has deferred -- to bring the Yankees together at just the wrong time for the rest of the American League.QUIPS 'R USHere is what some of America's leading sports pundits have been writing:Buster Olney, ESPN.com: "When the Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun accepted his 65-game suspension in an agreement under the drug-testing agreement, there was a strong, angry reaction from other players. Some of that may be because of phone calls Braun made in the days leading up to the decision of his appeal, in February 2012. According to sources, Braun called veteran players around baseball privately at that time to lobby for their support. In the calls -- confirmed by three sources -- Braun told other players that in the preparation for his appeal, some information had become known about the collector of his urine sample, Dino Laurenzi Jr., including that he was a Cubs fan -- with the implication he might work against Braun, who played for a division rival of the Cubs. Braun, who is Jewish, also told the players that he had been told the collector was an anti-Semite . . . After his victory was announced, Braun referred obtusely to Laurenzi Jr. in the statement he made to reporters, in which he raised questions about his positive test."Mike Tanier, Sports on Earth: "On the television schedule, Jets-Jaguars looked like it would be as bad as Sharknado on Saturday night. It turned out to be as good as Sharknado: goofy and sloppy for the most part, but also fun and weirdly compelling. To extend the metaphor, Mark Sanchez was Tara Reid, while Blaine Gabbert was John Heard, the veteran character actor who delivered a delightful performance for the first quarter, then suddenly died. Quentin Coples was the sharknado."Scott Miller, CBSSports.com: "This just in -- the Dodgers have l-l-l. ... Ahem, let's try that again. They've lossss. ... Wait. What? Really. Sunday in Philadelphia. Their 10-game winning streak came to an end, 3-2. The word is 'lost.' Until Ryne Sandberg wrangled his first victory as a major-league manager, last time a team reeled off 42 wins in a span of 50 games, it was just months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The Cardinals did it during one scorching span in the summer of 1942. Only two clubs in history have compiled better records over a 50-game span than the Dodgers' 42-8 through Sunday's loss t the Phillies: The 1906 Tinker to Evers to Chance Cubs and the 1912 New York Giants of John McGraw and Fred "Bonehead" Merkle. It is easier to buy Grumpy Cat on the New York Times best-seller list than what the Dodgers have accomplished since June 22, when their 30-42 mark was tied for the fourth-worst record in the majors."MEGAPHONE"I am really happy for him. He has done the work every step of the way to get there. He did not cut any corners and didn't hop on with a buddy at the big league level. He really wanted to learn how to be a manager. He wanted to manage in the minor leagues, and watching his growth every year was kind of fun to watch develop."Cubs second baseman Darwin Barney, after the Phillies promoted former Cubs star and minor league manager Ryne Sandberg to their manager post.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Visit the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at .stltoday.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉庫

For 30-year-old Li Ye, life has been full of ups and downs, but he’s managed to turn himself into one of the legendary barbecue sellers in Shanghai, if not all of China.迷你倉Li established Shanghai Xianyouji E-Commerce Co in 2008, combining barbecue and the Internet in a one-stop service. Online, the company sells semi-finished barbecue product ingredients, including meat, seafood, vegetable and sauces. It also offers barbecue stoves and tools, charcoal, disposable dishware and beverages. It also provides suggestions for BBQ parties and events.Born into a wealthy family in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, in 1983, Li had a cushy life in front of him. His family operated a famous club that included a restaurant and a spa center. Li got pocket money of at least 5,000 yuan (US$806) a month. However, in 2003, his parents went bankrupt and he was forced to drop out of school.“It was like falling from a great height all of a sudden,” he says.Li worked wherever a job was available. He carried drinking water containers to dormitories, sold tickets at cinemas. While he was eking out about 300 yuan a month, his parents went into crabs and fish farming, only to be devastated by the SARS epidemic and flooding.“We managed to support ourselves,” he says. “The whole family was reduced to living on only 500 yuan during one stretch of the toughest time.”Li says he always liked barbecued food and the idea of turning his taste into a business came one day when he happened to pass barbecue stalls on the street. He got a job with one of them, cleaning tables and learning the finer points of grilling meat.In 2003, Li turned a second-hand tricycle into a barbecue vehicle and started selling barbecued meat from a stall named Zhuangyuan (No. 1 scholar) near a university campus.It was his first bucket of gold, earning Li 1,700 yuan a month. In 2005, he sat for the university entrance examination and was admitted t文件倉 the Shanghai Publishing and Printing College; he worked part-time at an e-commerce company.Li became a serious businessman in 2008, investing about 500,000 yuan in an online supermarket website. But he gave that up when business difficulties arose. He then registered the Yesbbq brand later that year and established a new firm.Business was slow at the start. Li waited three months before receiving his first order, which came from the city of Kunshan in Jiangsu Province. It was worth only 220 yuan, but it was a start. By 2011, sales reached more than 1 million yuan, climbing to 2.8 million yuan last year.At the time, his dream is to dispel the image of Chinese barbecue as unhealthy, unsanitary and down-market and to make Yesbbq the most famous brand of its kind in China. “Starting up my own business was always my dream,” Li says. He has a five-year plan to achieve those goals.Li has hired female college students to cook barbecues in order to promote a cleaner image. He has also plans to start a three-month training course for those who want to learn to grill meat that is both tasty and nutritious. “Barbecue is like a lifestyle,” Li says.He is now designing an app game related to barbecues, where players can convert virtual grilling meat into the real McCoy at one of his shops. His online platform also provides weather forecasts and pointers on ideal spots for barbecues, including GPS navigation to the sites.Li describes himself as a typical person born after 1980. “I dare to dream wildly, and I keep creating fun ideas,” Li says. “The success of the post-1980s is based on continuous striving and struggling to create something from nothing.”His goal is 5 billion yuan in sales in five years, with a well-honed distribution system backing up sales. He says he plans to open 10 stores in Shanghai and Beijing.“Dreams are big, but you need to walk step by step,” he says. 存倉

Source: Star-News, Wilmington, N.自存倉C.Aug. 19--They're looking as ubiquitous as fast-food joints in Wilmington's retail landscape.Mattress stores have been springing up around town in growing numbers.Many attribute the jump to an improving housing market and others to the ready supply of college students circulating in and out of apartments yearly. Consumer habits have changed as well and mattress innovations are helping to drive the sector higher, experts say.Those factors have made Wilmington strong enough to attract national mattress retailers that have opened up alongside local chains and individual stores.The big guysTake Mattress Firm. the publicly traded, nationwide company with 1,200 stores. It now has three Wilmington outlets. The latest one opened July 12 at 3803 Oleander Drive and a fourth may be one the way, said Brad Southern, manager at the Oleander store."There's a lot of competition in this town," Southern said.Apparently so, with more than 15 mattress specialty stores in addition to traditional furniture stores that have been selling mattresses for years.Something must be working at Southern's store, because in 30 minutes one recent weekday morning two people came into the store and bought three mattresses.Local forcesThough Mattress Firm is a national powerhouse -- one local competitor called them the Walmart of retail mattress companies -- Wilmington is home base for Mattress Capital, which has four stores in Wilmington -- including its newest in the Porters Neck area.Then, among others, there's A Goodnight Sleepstore (four locations in the Wilmington area), plus All American Mattress & Furniture, Beds Plus (two locations), Mattress Warehouse, Cape Fear Bedding, Fred's Beds, America's Mattress, Port City Mattress and Wilmington Furniture Mattress Co., the latter owned by Mattress Capital.How can all these outlets succeed in this market?The housing market is coming back and, therefore, bedding is too, said Kirk Englebright, owner of the Mattress Capital -- also in Raleigh and Durham -- as well as Mattress Center in western North Carolina.Erin Hooks, an owner at Wilmington Furniture & Mattress Co., which will soon open a second store at 4622 Oleander Drive, agrees that the rising housing market has boosted sales.Housing's influence"Growth (in the mattress business) is directly correlated with housing starts," said Karin Mahoney, spokeswoman for the International Sleep Products Association trade group. She added that many of the mattress makers are in North Carolina and the Southeast.Mattresses are the fastest growing section of the furniture business, said Herbie Walton, owner of Ashley Furniture, 5309 Carolina Beach Road, adding that Ashley is a big player in the business.U.S. mattress sales are up 8.7 percent year over year, said Jerry Epperson, 迷你倉新蒲崗urniture analyst for Mann, Armistead & Epperson, a Richmond-based investment banker that specializes in the mattress sector. "It's a relatively fast growth category."Walton pointed to variety as a market driver."Now there are so many innovations in mattresses -- gel, memory foam, latex, hybrids," he said. "It's top of mind."The college marketStronger housing is a sign of general economic strength in a market, but college towns typically have a strong economy, Mahoney said."This is a college town so we are always selling to the students," Hooks said.Englebright said the company works with local apartment complexes and coordinates dates with them to offer mattress deals to students as they move in. It does the same in the Triangle, he said."We go out on the site when people are moving," Englebright said. "We'll set up a tent at the complex, have a few sales associates, have a display where people can look at them, sit on them right there."They did it on a rainy Thursday in front of the clubhouse at the Campus Walk apartments near the campus of the University of North Carolina Wilmington.Beyond the housing and college markets, more fundamental changes have happened in the marketplace."People are increasingly conscious of the health benefits of ... getting a good night's sleep," Epperson said."The technologies have advanced," he said, with customers sometimes paying $2,500, perhaps $5,000 for a mattress."Now specialty stores sell more than furniture stores," Epperson said.EconomicsThe economics is a puzzle to one local veteran commercial real estate broker."How they can get fantastic locations in smaller buildings and outsell these furniture stores, which should be able to blister them on overhead -- I don't get it," said Hansen Matthews, a partner in Maus Warwick Matthews in Wilmington."When drugstores started leaving their traditional place right beside grocery stores in suburban strip centers and started going out on outparcels and corners -- good sites -- their rents skyrocketed but their sales per square foot went through the roof. The increase in sales more than offset their rent," Matthews said. "I imagine the same thing is at play in the mattress store."Some outlets are unlikely to survive.Epperson said there may be some consolidation, though small, local chains may feel it first because the big guys have a competitive advantage.In the meantime, mattress sales are being buoyed by the trends."It's a function of technical advances and consumer awareness," Epperson said. "People are buying every seven or eight years rather than every 15 to 20 years."Wayne Faulkner: 343-2329On Twitter: @bizniznewsCopyright: ___ (c)2013 the Star-News (Wilmington, N.C.) Visit the Star-News (Wilmington, N.C.) at .starnewsonline.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉出租

8月底，迷你倉庫北京第一個、也是唯一的一個“渣土資源再利用處置示範項目”，就要拆遷了。作為“北京渣土資源再利用處置協會”的會長，楊凱有些無奈，因為從現在起，他的“渣土夢”要重新找地方去做了。這個“示範基地”就在京西的石景山區劉娘府村。2011年，北京為了城市擴建，拆除了50個村莊，劉娘府是其中之一。當時，已經是“協會”會長的楊凱想，拆遷時出的那麼多建築渣土，能不能就地制成可以重複利用的建材？這樣一來，不僅渣土實現了廢物利用，運輸過程中的超載、遺撒、揚塵問題也都可以避免了。楊凱的命不錯。當時的區領導非常贊同他的想法，他們也希望石景山的這次拆遷能就此樹立一個資源再利用的示範，如果這個示範點成功了，以後渣土的資源化利用就可以推廣下去。於是，市市政市容委、石景山區政府、石景山國土分局和土儲分中心，幾個部門的領導一碰頭，劉娘府的這塊地，就批給了楊凱牽頭的渣土再利用項目，至少在土地被徵用前，原本要運走、填埋的渣土，可以在這裡“變身”環保建材了。8月，正是北京最熱的季節，占地300余畝的劉娘府“示範基地”里，像飛機、坦克一樣龐大的重型機器，還像以前一樣臥在那裡；已經從渣土再生為建材的骨料，堆成了一座座小山；幾輛嶄新的渣土車停在工棚中……因為面臨土地徵用，就要拆遷，基地里的荒草已經隨處可見。一切都顯得很清寂，只有楊凱，在盛夏的大太陽下，仍舊有忙不完的事。而這種狀態，是楊凱進入渣土行當之後一直以來的常態。用“寶馬4S店”換來的渣土生意1998年，楊凱離開當時的國家內貿部。因為之前在汽車這一行當中的業緣，他很快就開了一家一類的汽車修理廠。2002年，忙碌中的楊凱意外地發現，來修理的車里，有很多是渣土車，而且修理的頻率很密。一問才知道，當時的北京城正在飛速擴建，每天產出的渣土讓運輸車忙不過來。為了多掙錢，司機們都會自己改裝之後超載，以求多拉快跑，車輛的耗損也自然很大，修理廠就成了渣土車離不開的地方。很有經濟頭腦的楊凱馬上注意到了這一點。但是，比經濟頭腦還要敏感的，是他的守法意識。可能是中央部委里工作多年養成的習慣，用他的話說，一直都是政府的人。他首先意識到，看似家常的超載，其實是違法的，因為國家有法律規定：渣土車總質量應該是25噸（含自重），而很多的運輸車超載高達70噸。這樣的野蠻裝運帶來的是，遺撒揚塵加劇汙染，超載損毀路面，運行過程中對行人以及其他車輛更是個潛在危險……這種人們習以為常的狀況，其實已經不是簡單的違規了，而是犯法！於是，楊凱的第一反應是研製發明瞭一種不能超載的渣土專利車。車上專門設計了全密閉苫蓋裝置，為的是避免運輸過程中暴土揚塵、泄漏遺撒。但是，就和楊凱之後遇到的諸多挫折一樣，這個創意少有捧場者。現在，楊凱說到這裡也覺得自己很傻很天真：拉渣土的都是為了養家糊口，誰會為了環保，為了不破壞路面而買個不掙錢的車？這些標誌著楊凱夢想的專利產品，至今還停放在他的“示範基地”，每年為維持這一專利，還要向專利管理部門交近萬元管理費……楊凱進入渣土行業的第一次試水就此擱淺了。剛剛邁入現代化大都市的北京，像一個代謝旺盛的年輕生命，一天能產生的建築渣土量，接近一個景山的體積。這還是有案可查的，那些偷偷遺撒在荒涼地方的還不包括在這裡。按照目前情況，我國的渣土主要採取填埋的方式處理。這種“看上去很美”的“粉飾”方式，卻給環境汙染留下了隱患。建築垃圾石膏中泛出的硫化氫，廢紙板、木材分解出的揮發性有機酸……都是北京大氣汙染甚至飲用水汙染的原因之一。因為自然資源的日趨減少，“變廢為寶”正在成為發達國家的共同趨勢。在日本、韓國，建築垃圾的再利用都達到95%，以色列在垃圾填埋場上建成了世界最大的都市公園。而北京每年產生的建築垃圾中，回收利用的還不到5%，其餘都以填埋的方式進行處理。為此，我國每年為填埋渣土而廢掉的土地高達一萬多畝。這些信息、數據都是楊凱在修理渣土車的過程中，逐漸積累起來的。由這兒，他開始動了大心思：能不能索性把這些渣土做資源化處置？讓它們重複利用起來，上述問題不就全部迎刃而解了嗎？為此，從2004年到2011年，作為連續三屆的老政協委員，楊凱光是“渣土資源化利用”的提案，就提交了十幾個。其實，以楊凱在汽車修理行當的多年經歷，到起意渣土時，他已經可以拿下寶馬、奔馳4S店的資質。這樣一個店，一年的利潤是2000多萬，而且遠比渣土行當要輕鬆、體面。但是，楊凱沒怎麼猶豫地就捨棄了前者，一頭扎進了渣土行兒。可能同樣是國家機關多年培養出的一種觀念——只有和國家利益綁定在一起的行當，才能幹得久遠，才能被國家支持……輸給了不公平競爭的3000萬投資為了調研發達國家渣土的處置情況，楊凱每次出國都要專門為了渣土四處轉轉。在美國，他看到一類超市，專門賣渣土再利用而生產的建材，各種形狀都有，顧客可以按自己的需求組合。一旦這些磚、瓦的形狀你不喜歡了，或者你家想改個樣子，原來的磚瓦可以重新回收，再造，再做成新的形狀。如此原料的循環反複使用，始終都不會消耗自然資源。楊凱發現，美國人可以持槍，持槍殺人的現象時有發生，但是他們很少破壞環境，對資源的珍惜是這個國家共同的意識。美國人喜歡中國的日用品，因為那些都是高消耗的東西。如果他們自己生產，是要消耗資源的。很多資源是不可再生的。這一點，美國人比中國人會算賬。他們在想方設法地節約自己國家的資源。事實上，這種渣土再利用的技術在中國、在“北京渣土資源再利用處置協會”所轄的企業中，已經非常成熟。楊凱辦公室的後面，有個展廳，那裡展示著各種用渣土再造的建材，因為“出身”渣土，因為要環保，所以沒有修飾過度的精緻，粗糙中卻顯得非常粗獷、大氣。楊凱早就給這些建材找到了使用的方向：市政設施，水務工程、公園花壇園林建設，馬路牙子、隔離墩，人行步道地磚……總之，只要不是民�自己花大價錢買的房子，都可以用這種渣土再生的建材。而這，都是要政府掏錢的。如果換成這種再生建材，政府為此每年可以少花數十億的市政投入！由渣土派生出來的車輛超載、道路損壞、霧霾中的可吸入顆粒物……也都會因為這種智慧含量極高的消納辦法，而明顯減儲存甚至杜絕。無論是理論還是實踐，關於渣土的再利用，似乎都已經到了可以大幹一場的時候。楊凱為此投資了3000多萬，購置了多台能“咬碎”鋼筋水泥的重型機械，能將這些原材料再加工成建材的生產線，也在劉娘府“示範基地”搭建了起來，為此招來的百余名員工也齊聚麾下。他甚至連這種建材生產出來之後的使用方案，都做成了精美的幻燈片：這些渣土再造的各種形狀的建材，可以一對一地拼接組成一塊大面積的磚牆，像孩子的拼插玩具一樣，嚴絲合縫地可以直接鋪設到護城河的堤壩上，不僅看上去很美，而且這種整體架構也避免了因為一塊塊建材的脫離而導致的重複修繕……但是，和當初設計“環保渣土車”一樣，楊凱又天真了。他沒有想到，這樣費勁地拉來渣土，粉碎、加工之後生成出的建材，一塊要賠兩角錢！如果加上銷售的流通環節，賣一塊要賠三角錢！原因很簡單，和他競爭市場的，是那些幾乎沒有成本或者是低成本的挖土燒磚者。中國建築用的磚，過去主要就是用土燒制，現在很多地方仍舊如此，畢竟對土地的管理，特別是農村地區並不嚴格。很多人找座山，只需給當地的農民一點錢，就開始挖了，用低價挖出的土，制成價格不菲的建材，其中收益可想而知。 每次談到這裡，楊凱都憤憤不平。他不平的還不只是自己的環保建材賣不出去，更多的是，那些人賺錢的過程，是在攫取甚至耗竭自然資源！土地和煤礦一樣，都是公共資源。更重要的是，這是不能再生的資源。挖一點兒少一點兒，土挖走了，植被被破壞，水土流失，氣候都會因此改變。個別人的一己之利，卻會影響到一個地區、幾代人的福祉。日前結束的“庫布其國際沙漠論壇”上，參會的中國人民大學教授給出了一組令人驚訝的資源數據：中國國內物質消費總量在2008年就已是美國的4倍，金屬礦和工業礦物的耗費比例數年內翻了一番，城市用水25年間增加了8倍……這位學者因此給出了一個結論：中國人目前尚且缺乏“變廢為寶”的能力。雖然我國的法律專門有“破壞資源罪”這一項，但之前一般只見諸對林木的盜伐，對礦產的盜取，土地在人們心中，至今還是個廉價資源。在楊凱眼裡，這種盜取資源就應該是大罪。即便只是挖土，不是盜伐珍貴樹種，也是大罪。楊凱說，這在某種意義上，甚至可以稱為是“反人類罪”。因為這影響的是人類共同的生態。但是，很遺憾，現在情況是，山還在被挖著，土地還在被蠶食著。與此相對，想通過渣土資源重複利用，把這些自然資源解救下來的楊凱，顯然是在孤軍奮戰，勢單力薄。有國運才有商機的“賠本買賣”出于對環保的重視，按照現有規定，為了鼓勵國企參與資源再利用，國家對國企在這一方面的補貼，可達投資的三分之一，而且可以通過土地劃撥的形式，幫助國企解決資源處置所需的土地。而這些，楊凱都是沾不上光的，包括他按照規範生產出的環保建材，同樣沒有政策傾斜，同樣要與那些可以肆意降低成本以牟利的挖土燒磚者一樣，接受市場規律這個看似公平實則無序的“考驗”。從渣土的運輸，到建材的製造，暫且不說那些中間不可能節省的環節，光是為了安全生產，工人不出工傷這一項，各種保險的投入就是楊凱省不下來的。他是協會的會長，更是被政府多年工作培育、塑造出來的，無論是社會身份還是自身素養，都使他不可能像見利忘義的不法商販一樣，一旦工人出了工傷，斷了胳膊折了腿，賠幾千元錢了事。他像一個很規矩的秀才，遇到了毫無章法的兵，這種競爭的態勢之下，劉娘府的“示範點”和那些花大價錢買來的機器設備，始終沒能規模化生產起來。楊凱身上，具備他們那一代的共同特質，在物質生活上幾乎毫無講究，對自己的生活非常隨意，用他愛人的話說，特好糊弄，再忙再累，白天大太陽底下曬了一天，晚上回家，有點兒剩飯就打發了，只要能讓他趴在電腦上沒完沒了地寫他的渣土、渣土、渣土……他就知足。為此，旁人沒少給他潑冷水：你寫得這麼多，這麼細，給誰看？！誰又會認真看？但是任何人都攔不住。楊凱也承認，他自己就像拿到了最喜歡玩具的孩子一樣，自己已經和渣土“玩”出了“境界”，一個人開始了“渣土資源化”的“攻堅戰”。在劉娘府的工地上，經常汗流浹背的楊凱，看上去和幹體力活兒的民工沒什麼兩樣。回到辦公室，打開電腦，他又很像一個肩負了科研任務的嚴謹學者。這兩種反差極大的身份，楊凱一個也離不開。他需要充分瞭解實際操作中的困難，才能對渣土處理一步步地進行技術性完善。不僅如此，國家為治理環境而不斷推出的大政方針，就像楊凱夢想的一個個“助燃劑”、“催化劑”，使他在每次對項目計劃的修改中，一遍遍將自己的“渣土夢”美麗起來，清晰起來。他身邊的人都知道，那些被一次次修改的計劃、規範，是楊凱自己的“心靈雞湯”。他就是在這樣一次次的理性思考中，振奮而且堅定的。他覺得只要是和國家大政方針符合的事情，早晚會得到國家支持。在別人眼中始終像是夢的“渣土資源化”事業，楊凱用他自己的全部情感，甚至是身家性命當了真！從楊凱入行渣土到現在的這麼多年來，一邊是環境治理的大環境、大背景越發有利，一邊是令人擔憂的環境現狀不斷逼上門來。7月，在貴陽召開了“生態文明國際論壇”，楊凱激動不已，他幾乎要買機票馬上飛過去。他激動的是，這個會議，連總書記習近平都發了賀信，可見國家多麼重視！而自己多年關於渣土的想法，居然和中央的現政如此合拍！包括展會上的很多環保產品，與楊凱之前的設計不謀而合。會議之後沒多久，有媒體報出：“北京六環路因為車輛超載而現危橋，提前11年大修”，“五年來，北京入境旅遊人數第一次降低，主因是空氣汙染”。這些與建築垃圾運輸、處置脫不了幹系的消息，再次讓楊凱坐不住了。他覺得，他一定要把這麼多年對渣土再利用的設想和精密計劃講給每個領導、專家聽。從當初走進渣土這個行業，到現在可以信心滿滿地“誇下海口”，對整個城市的渣土“大包大攬”，楊凱用了六七年時間。這期間，對整個行業的精密梳理，對國際渣土處理行業的密切跟蹤，楊凱已經徹底變成了“渣土楊”。而這些，也使他成了渣土行當中舉足輕重的人。就在“劉娘府示範基地”馬上要騰拆的同時，市政管委要求“渣土協會”對五環內的渣土資源化處置做個方案，近期就要聽取匯報……面對這一切，楊凱更沒有理由不再躍躍欲試了。新蒲崗迷你倉

蘇州太倉，迷你倉庫二十年前我對它就有過一面之交。當時我出差到蘇州，順便去看望在太倉工作的大學同學，也順便瀏覽了這個城市。感覺這個位於長江入海口的港口城市沒有多少讓人留戀的景象，更沒有多少值得去遊覽的景點。　二十年後，當班上同學們謀劃入學三十年搞一次聚會活動時，太倉的同學大沈聞訊打來電話，熱情相邀同學們到太倉一遊，費用由他負責。早就聽說大沈現在是太倉一家外資企業的財務總監，年薪在六位數，還有不菲的消費基金，這區區數萬元旅遊費對他來說算不了什麼。只是太倉有什麼可吸引眼球的景點呢？大沈在電話裡說，來吧，太倉現在變化很大，到這裡看看就知道了，保證你們不虛此行。　從家鄉到太倉也就200公里左右，早晨5點半出發，從高速走旅遊大巴兩個多小時就到了。用過早餐，大沈便領我們先參觀太倉港。太倉港我略有所聞，知道它古稱劉家港，曾有「天下第一碼頭」、「六國碼頭」美譽，是明代著名航海家鄭和七下西洋的起錨地。然由於同處長江入海口南岸的上海港的崛起，太倉港因此一度沉寂。二十年前我到太倉時曾慕名來過這裡，那時的太倉港集疏運不成體系，基礎設施也不完善，從港口下車，沿著一條臨時便道進入碼頭工地，只見江堤外蘆葦荒草隨風飄蕩，野兔飛鳥不時出沒，進江入海的船隻三三兩兩地駛向遠方，使人頓生一種惆悵……二十年過去，太倉港發生了翻天覆地的變化，到處都是喜人的繁忙景象：巨大的岸吊、龍門吊沿江排開，色彩鮮艷的集裝箱和木材、雜貨堆積如山，運輸車輛往來穿梭，人氣升騰。 大沈說，太倉市從九十年代初就確立了「以港興市」的發展戰略，現在這片希望的熱土正日益顯示出她獨特的魅力。從1993年建成投運第一個貨運碼頭起，1998年建成投運了第一個集裝箱碼頭，2001年開通了第一條集裝箱班輪航線，到2012年集裝箱吞吐量已超過400萬標箱，貨物吞吐量超過了1.2億噸。現在太倉港已開通內外貿航線90多條，建成大小泊位60多個，其中萬噸級以上泊位就有30多個。全球前20強班輪公司已全部在太倉港開展業務。這一連串數字折射的是太倉港跨入了高速發展的時代，邁上了一個新的台階。現在的太倉港已成為長江集裝箱運輸第一大港，長江沿線進口鐵礦石第一大港，全國海運木材進口第一大港。繁榮的物流貿易還吸引了世界500強、央企爭相落戶港口經濟區。崛起了一批以石油化工、高檔造紙、金屬加工、電力能源等在全國具有較強競爭力的臨江產業集群。從而使港口經濟成為太倉經濟總量的半壁江山，成為引領太倉提速發展的強大引擎。　如果說太倉港是太倉經濟高速發展科學發展的一個縮影，那金倉湖則是太倉經濟生態發展和諧發展的一個見證。是日下午，我們驅車前往金倉湖。金倉儲存是太倉撤縣建市後新建的濕地公園，公園總面積6平方公里，園內河塘密佈，周邊大小河流縱橫交錯，是一個難得的濕地區域。金倉湖給我們的感覺有點特別，它不像太湖、西湖那樣自然而然形成的天然湖，也不像玄武湖、昆明湖那樣純粹的人工湖，而是一個集旅遊、休閒、綠色人居及新農村建設於一體免費開放的綜合生態園。生態園以金倉湖為核心，分為濕地生態保育區、濕地體驗區、金倉湖遊覽區、濕地農業觀光區、休閒度假區五個區域。金倉湖水面超過1000畝，湖面寬闊，波光粼粼；湖畔的疏朗草坪總面積多達10多萬平方米，碧綠的草坪、成片的喬木林疏朗有致，更有曲折的木棧道、別致的木平台將草坪和湖光島色聯成一體，讓人心曠神怡。縱觀金倉湖，北岸線植物豐富，郊野氛圍濃厚；南部120萬平方米的濕地公園自成一派，大量的植被、水景，形成了太倉城區與沙溪鎮接壤處獨特的綠色景觀，成為人們緩解壓力、放鬆心情、回歸自然的好去處。　 更迷人的是金倉湖西岸線的赤足公園，它是園內的標誌景觀，也是目前國內首家唯一一家倡導赤足運動的體驗式公園。我們從一個裝飾得如同原始森林一般的小門進入，脫下腳上的鞋子，體驗赤腳走路的樂趣，讓平日裡被鞋子束縛的雙腳獲得徹底的解放，其實，赤腳行走不僅能更加親近大自然，還是一種健身運動，因為腳是非常敏感的部位，腳底上有超過7000個神經末梢和26塊骨骼，赤腳行走就是一種反射按摩，刺激穴位，會讓你感覺人體舒適、精力充沛。赤足公園裡設有浮橋、吊橋、戲水溪流、樹屋等設施，我們赤著腳盡享水鄉風情田園樂趣，走困了，便在百花音樂噴泉前，聆聽美妙音樂，感想金倉湖的真諦。　金倉湖因地制宜變廢為寶，不愧是保護生態環境，創建一流水利風景區的傑出典範。金倉湖原先只是高速公路集中取土時留下的一塊廢坑。是單純將廢坑整理為湖，還是以改造廢坑為契機，帶動周邊新農村生態建設，改善區域生態環境，這是考驗太倉一班人的才略、謀略和器略。讓人欣慰的是太倉市委區委市政府果斷決定實施金倉湖生態項目建設，建設前提是保護大面積水體、林地、自然景觀、生物資源和鄉土文化。在建設中綜合考慮了生態保護、休閒娛樂、市民健身和吳地文化等多方因素，農戶動遷、新農村建設、土地整理、戰略水庫各個方面也都得到了有機結合，形成了人水和諧的局面。如今的金倉湖，已成為一個以水為主、生態平衡、環境優美、景觀豐富、動植物多樣、文化濃郁，集綠地、林地、濕地三合一、城市農村一體化的郊野風景區。其佈局巧妙、創意新穎的建設模式讓人讚歎不已。　太倉可書寫的篇章很多，太倉讓人稱羨的地方也很多，由於逗留時間和篇幅有限，我只擷取了這兩朵美麗的浪花，以引起人們更多更美麗的發現。新蒲崗迷你倉

380億元再造阿房宮？本報駐陝記者 韓宏陝西省西鹹新區灃東新城管委會與北京首創集團聯手投資380億元，新蒲崗迷你倉再造一個新“阿房宮”的消息，近期被媒體傳得沸沸揚揚。而就在兩個月前，位於阿房宮遺址正南方近300米處的累計投資兩億元建成、運營了13年的“錦繡阿房宮景區”被整體拆除。一拆一建，引發人們紛紛質疑：拆掉舊的“阿房宮”，耗費巨資重複建設一個是否值得？新建或再造的“阿房宮”會否又是一個燒錢的“人造政績工程”？更有人懷疑：如此巨資打造新“阿房宮”，恐怕又是借保護開發遺址之名，行房地產開發之實……8月16日，當事方西鹹新區灃東新城管委會就此回復本報：媒體關於“380億元重建、再造阿房宮”屬誤讀，目前西安沒有任何重建阿房宮的計劃，也沒有一家企業投資類似的項目；380億元是建設“首創阿房宮人文旅遊產業基地”的計劃累計投資，並非用于重建或再造“阿房宮”，也不是用于規劃中的“阿房宮國家考古遺址公園”。耗費巨資堆砌假古董？有媒體報道：今年6月7日，西鹹新區灃東新城管委會和北京首都創業集團簽訂合作協議，計劃投資380億元，打造一個新的“阿房宮”。北京首創集團首先將投資30億元改造占地2.3平方公里的“阿房宮國家考古遺址公園”，使之成為西鹹新區標誌性區域；然後以“阿房宮國家考古遺址公園”為核心，打造占地面積為12.5平方公里的“首創阿房宮人文旅遊產業基地”，產業基地首期投資20億元，總體投資規模將高達380億元。消息刊發後，輿論嘩然——“西安380億元再造阿房宮？！”“擺的是文化的面子，要的卻是經濟的裡子。”有評論指出，“文化+旅遊+城市”幾乎成為國內許多城市發展旅遊經濟的範本。一些地方借口保護開發文化遺址，實際上是“項莊舞劍，意在沛公”，大興土木不是為保護文化遺址，而是希望靠開發遺址抬升周邊的地價。沒有人能算清，全國各地這些年來究竟建了多少“假古董”和“人造景點”，枉費了多少錢財。數百億元建新的“阿房宮”，有沒有“行房地產開發”之嫌？380億元，相當于西安市近一年的地方收入。380億元建“阿房宮”之舉備受詬病之處在於，開發是以大手筆、大規模的投資做支撐，以文化來運作土地，從而提升周邊的經濟價值。人們擔心，它會成為又一個有名無實的“文化政績工程”，看起來氣派輝煌，“燒”了很多錢，卻極可能是一個華而不實的“文化泡沫”。“絕不能讓380億元砸成‘大土坑’，更不能讓380億元打了水漂。一旦官方盲目形成決策，那是對歷史和子孫後代犯罪。”學者郭喜林認為，西安的城區建設，尤其是具有城市地標性的仿古建築建設，必須堅持寧可忍痛割愛，也不能製造城市的瘡疤。如此巨大投資，應當經過問效于民、問計于專家學者的充分科學論證。專家提醒，阿房宮項目提出要打造西安國際一流的文化旅遊產業基地，必須對它進行經濟效益評估和風險評估；要有新意，避免再次失敗。近年來，打著文化旅遊、保護遺址等名號，大肆建設“形象工程”的事件屢屢發生，這種現象應得到有效遏制。有網友指出，杜牧《阿房宮賦》中華麗的辭藻背後，是古代知識分子憂國憂民的情懷。阿房宮，是暴政、罔顧民生的一面鏡子，一本反面教材，而地方政府再造山寨版的“阿房宮”，豈不是遺忘歷史的教訓？官方回應無重建計劃西鹹新區灃東新城管委會就此回應稱：媒體關於“380億元重建、再造阿房宮”的報道屬誤讀，目前西安沒有任何重建“阿房宮”的計劃，也沒有一家企業投資類似的項目。根據《國際古跡遺址保護理事會章程》和《國家文物保護法》的有關規定，對於國家級大遺址必須實施現狀保護。任何重建、複建的方案都不可能獲得國家文物局的支持和批准，重建或複建國家級大遺址的說法也有悖于文物保護的基本常識。“所謂的380億元投資，不是用于‘重建或再造阿房宮景區’，也不是用于規劃中的‘阿房宮國家考古遺址公園’，而是一個名為‘首創阿房宮人文旅遊產業基地’的計劃累計投資，並非一次性投資380億元。”8月16日，西鹹新區灃東新城管委會阿房宮遺址保護管理辦公室常務副主任李軍告訴記者。據介紹，該基地位於阿房宮遺址保護規劃的建設控制地帶之外，並不在阿房宮遺址保護區之內，與阿房宮遺址本體和國家文物局批准的阿房宮考古遺址公園地理位置相去甚遠，完全是兩回事，而且該基地內沒有一個與“重建阿房宮”相關的項目。此外，“首創阿房宮人文旅遊產業基地”與已拆除的“錦繡阿房宮景區”亦相隔近兩公里，不存在拆舊蓋新的問題。李軍說，根據北京首創集團與灃東集團（系西鹹新區灃東新城管委會下屬國有公司）簽訂的共同投資框架協議，計劃在阿房宮考古遺址公園建設控制地帶外側，合作建設“首創阿房宮人文旅遊產業基地”，主要發展文化創意產業、現代服務業和人文旅遊，將建設博物館、藝術中心、會議中心、文化交流中心等文化旅遊類項目。雙方計劃共同組成20億元的產業基地引導基金，計劃用5年時間吸引社會投資380億元，用于項目建設。他說，去年11月30日，《阿房宮遺址保護規劃》經國家文物局正式批復。目前，西鹹新區灃東新城正mini storage照該《保護規劃》開展工作，遺址保護分為三部分：首先，將2.3平方公里的核心保護區建設成國家級的考古遺址公園，來保護880畝的遺址本體。其次，2.3平方公里的核心保護區外擴400米，設立建設控制區，在此範圍之內對建設的高度、密度、內容嚴格規範，所有規劃和建設項目設計方案必須報國家文物局審批。第三，建設控制區周邊再外擴約5平方公里，規劃建設秦文化特色的人文旅遊區。“首創阿房宮人文旅遊產業基地”位於人文旅遊區的東側，占地面積約占人文旅遊區的六分之一，約1000畝，而非外界誤傳的12.5平方公里。李軍解釋說，阿房宮人文旅遊板塊規劃面積12.5平方公里，其中遺址保護區為2.3平方公里，周邊建設控制區和形象景觀區約為10.2平方公里。阿房宮考古遺址公園後年建成阿房宮，是秦始皇在渭河以南的皇家園林上林苑新建的朝宮，與秦都咸陽隔渭河相望，宮殿建築群規模宏大。它與萬里長城、秦始皇陵、秦直道並稱為“秦始皇的四大工程”。據《史記·秦始皇本紀》記載，秦始皇三十五年（公元前212年），秦始皇認為都城咸陽人太多，而先王的皇宮又太狹小，不足以展現他君臨天下的威儀，於是下令在上林苑中建造規模更大的“朝宮”，為此徵用了70萬囚徒。計劃先建主體建築前殿“阿房”（皇帝與朝臣議政的大殿），等整座朝宮建成後再命名。《史記》記載的前殿“東西五百步，南北五十丈，上可坐萬人，下可建五丈旗”。阿房宮還沒有建成時，公元前210年秦始皇駕崩了，囚徒們被調去建造秦陵，阿房宮工程因此停工7個月。秦二世胡亥即位後，繼續修建，但秦末農民起義爆發又被迫停工。公元前210年，項羽、劉邦等進入咸陽，秦朝滅亡。公元前207年，趙高作亂，逼迫秦二世自殺，阿房宮便成了“超大型爛尾樓”，實際施工時間只有3年左右。800年後，唐代大詩人杜牧的《阿房宮賦》鋪陳了阿房宮的宏偉、瑰麗和雄奇：“覆壓三百余里，隔離天日……”近年來，由中國社科院考古研究所和西安市文物保護考古所組成的阿房宮考古工作隊，對西安市西郊135平方公里範圍進行踏勘後確定：阿房宮前殿遺址就是阿房宮遺址，而且前殿沒有建成，只留下了一個巨大的夯土台基，東西長1270米、南北寬426米，現存最高處高出秦代地面12米以上。考古隊還大膽推斷：西楚霸王項羽燒的“秦宮室”是秦咸陽宮，沒燒阿房宮。“整個遺址占地達54萬平方米，面積約880畝，相當于90個標準足球場的面積。它比占地69萬平方米的北京故宮只小1／5左右，比天安門廣場還要大。”考古隊測量數據表明，將黃土一層層夯築，這個夯土台基共需黃土650萬平方米，而且夯築前還要經過篩子篩，然後倒入鍋里炒熟。上世紀90年代，聯合國科教文組織考察後認定，阿房宮前殿遺址是世界上最大的宮殿基址，是世界上規模最為宏大的夯土建築台基，在世界古建築中名列第一，屬於世界奇跡和著名遺址之列。站在阿房宮遺址高高的夯土台基遠望，它的西南，是周文王都城“豐京”與周武王都城“鎬京”的“周豐鎬遺址”；東北是“漢長安城遺址”；東面就是“唐大明宮遺址”。這四個遺址，是古都西安“周、秦、漢、唐”四個鼎盛朝代的代表，都是國家級的大遺址。李軍告訴記者，阿房宮遺址是名列全國100處重點保護的國家級大遺址，但由於地處西安市城鄉結合部，聚駕莊、趙家堡和大、小古城村等5個村莊約7000多村民占據著遺址2／3的地面，村民的生活、開墾對遺址造成一定程度的破壞，遺址之上還分佈著200多座現代墓葬。阿房宮前殿遺址東西原長1270米，現存地面的長度只剩下1119米，其餘的111米已被這些村子漸漸蠶食。“我們把這7000多村民遷走，建遺址公園，不僅可以創造好的保護環境，還能讓考古工作持續進行，否則都壓在村莊底下，再過40年夯土就被挖光了。”據悉，《阿房宮遺址保護規劃》將阿房宮保護區分為保護範圍、建設控制地帶和景觀協調區三級。遺址保護區範圍內禁止建設任何新建築物、構築物，禁止進行生產、生活建設行為；禁止有損遺址保護的爆破、鑽探、采砂、取土、挖坑、燒磚等各類生產和生活活動；建築控制地帶，一類建築控制地帶構築物限高8米，二類建控地帶構築物限高18米。西安市文物局局長鄭育林說，“除了保護區，建設控制地帶和景觀協調區，未來將打造為城市景觀台和城市中央森林公園，實現文化遺產保護與城市現代化建設的和諧共生。”根據規劃，將以阿房宮遺址的文物保護為核心，分期實施展示工程，並建設阿房宮國家級考古遺址公園，用高科技的聲、光、電手段展示唐朝詩人杜牧筆下的《阿房宮賦》中描繪的“天下第一宮”奇觀，打造西安城市中央森林公園，建成又一個國家級旅遊目的地。全方位展示秦文化及秦代歷史風貌的阿房宮國家考古遺址公園，將于2015年7月1日建成開園，免費對遊客開放。左圖：原斥資2億建成，運營了13年的人造景區“錦繡阿房宮”一景。 （除署名外，均資料照片）上圖：已被拆除的“錦繡阿房宮”景區一片瓦礫。 本報記者 韓宏攝清代畫家袁耀根據唐代詩人杜牧《阿房宮賦》想象畫出的阿房宮。self storage