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Source: Standard-Examiner, Ogden, UtahAug.新蒲崗迷你倉 27--For those of us looking to pinch our pennies, there's some good news and some bad news this week.The good news: Ogden was just named the second-best place in the country for niggards like us.The bad news: Enjoy it while you can, fellow tight-fisted skinflints. Because, odds are, next year Ogden goes back to being just another average city for the miserly. More on that later.The personal finance website Kiplinger.com just released its "10 Best Cities for Cheapskates" rankings, and little ol' Junction City was named first runner-up, behind cheap champ Omaha, Neb.How did the folks at Kiplinger come to this surprising decision? I was going to guess "coin flip," but apparently there's a little more involved in these annual rankings.It's a measure of prosperity and affordability, according to Kiplinger."Low costs plus fat paychecks can add up to big savings in Ogden," proclaims the website.Ah, yes. Those fat paychecks we're so well-known for here in Ogden. I don't know about you, fellow worker bees, but I frequently find myself in complete and utter awe of my fat paycheck. Indeed, I'm almost tempted to label it "morbidly obese."Basically, Kiplinger looked at cities where incomes are above the average and living costs are below it. Ogden's median household income is $62,340, 18.2 percent above the national average. And its cost of living is 10 percent below the rest of the country.Other factors plugged into the equation were the abundance (66) of "nearby" public libraries and museums -- which often offer free or nearly free things to do -- as well as the total number of Dollar General stores within 10 miles of downtown. (Two, in case anyone's keeping score.)It probably didn't hurt that one of our Scrooge-like sisters, Salt Lake City, clocked in at No. 7 on the list.Yes, but what does all this mean? It meansmini storagethat for tightwads like me, Utah is definitely Cheapskate Central.And yet, sadly, the odds are quite high that none of this will last. We know this, because in doing a little research we came across Kiplinger's 2012 list of best places for cheapskates. And the results were rather revealing. Believe it or not, only one city made the list both years.Last year's top spot went to St. Louis, Mo. This year, the Gateway to the West was still there, but it dropped all the way to No. 9. In every other case, cities that made the 2012 list were nowhere to be found in 2013.Seriously? In just one year, nine towns that were rated among the 10 best places for misers -- El Paso, Texas; Springfield, Ill.; Kalamazoo, Mich; Spokane, Wash.; San Antonio, Texas; Eau Claire, Wis.; South Bend, Ind.; Jonesboro, Ark.; and Wichita, Kan. -- effectively dropped off the radar, replaced by nine completely different cheapskate towns? (Omaha, Neb.; Ogden; Des Moines, Iowa; Columbus, Ohio; Raleigh, N.C.; Cincinnati; Salt Lake City; Austin, Texas; Cedar Rapids, Iowa)Curious, to be sure.This can only mean one of two things:1. There really is that much fluctuation from year to year in cost of living and median income among the states.2. Kiplinger simply pulls these rankings out of its assets, and tweaks the weighted factors to spread the love from year to year.Whatever the reason, I fear that 2014 isn't going to be a particularly banner year for us niggards in the Ogden area, as we fall out of the rankings and are replaced by some other seemingly randomly selected city.Hopefully we'll still have our fat paychecks to console us.Contact Mark Saal at 801-625-4272, msaal@standard.net, or follow him on Twitter at @Saalman.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah) Visit the Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah) at .standard.net Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage

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Source: Pioneer Press, St.迷你倉新蒲崗 Paul, Minn.Aug. 27--The board of the St. Paul Port Authority on Tuesday voted to pay $250,000 to the owners of the Minnehaha Business Center, a strip mall, to settle a three-year-old legal dispute over a joint parking lot shared with the Minnehaha Lanes Bowling Alley.Minnehaha Lanes, now demolished, was located on a 4.6-acre site bounded by the Pierce Butler Route, Chatsworth and Milton streets, and Minnehaha Avenue. The strip mall owners had originally sought $2.2 million in the suit, which reached the Minnesota Court of Appeals this year.The bowling alley land, which was redeveloped by the Port 迷你倉出租uthority, is now occupied by the Chatsworth Business Center, which is home to companies recruited by the Port Authority."We put up a fence when we demolished (the bowling alley) to make sure no one got hurt, and the other side felt it inhibited their business capacity," said Tom Collins, a spokesman for the Port Authority. "It's just one of those costs of doing business."Frederick Melo can be reached at 651-228-2172. Follow him at twitter.com/FrederickMelo.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) Visit the Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) at .twincities.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

Tourist dollars, from the Chinese in particular, are helping the Canadian economy chug along.迷你倉價錢 I have been keeping tabs on developments in Canada as I visit relatives there every summer. Canadians have a slow pace of life, and I have noticed very few changes to its cities in my visits over the years. However, as Chinese increasingly go out into the world, even a quiet place like Canada is feeling some impact. My relative told me of a brand-name store that just opened shop in Toronto, and it is crowded all the time. I went to check it out on a weekday afternoon and, sure enough, there was a queue outside. Inside, I saw many mainland customers happily snapping up the products. No wonder shopping malls there are also making public announcements in Putonghua and Cantonese these days. The prices at that store were not particularly low, unlike brand-name products sold at discounts in some stores. My relative said locals cross the border to shop in the United States if they really want good prices. That led me to surmise that the c迷你倉owd I saw at the mall where the shop is located must comprise mostly visitors from China. The Canadian dollar has been firmed up by high oil prices in recent years, but that has put pressure on production costs. The minimum wage there is more than C$10 per hour (HK$73.72) - higher than even US rates. The US government, meanwhile, has been driving down the value of the greenback after the financial tsunami. Coupled with low wages, the US manufacturing sector has been regaining some of its competitiveness. In the absence of immigrants and visitors from China, I suspect the Canadian economic conditions would deteriorate. So Canada is wise to be working hard to strengthen its relationship with China to reduce reliance on its southern neighbor. Big in size and rich in natural resources, and with a relatively small population, Canada has what China wants. Therefore, so long as China keeps up its pace of development, Canada will be receiving benefits from it for a long time to come. Siu Sai-wo is chief editor of Sing Tao Daily 新蒲崗迷你倉

Source: The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa.迷你倉Aug. 26--It isn't the latest action thriller that has Silver Drive-in owner Rick Rosko on the edge of his seat these days.It's that two weeks into a contest aimed at saving some of the nation's drive-ins, Rosko said he has no idea how his Richland Township theater is faring."The response in the area has been great," said Rosko, who has been marketing the contest on Facebook and elsewhere since before it began Aug. 9."But I have no idea if we are in the running or not."The more than 60-year-old theater is one of about 70 across the country, including Portage Township's Bar-Ann and the Palace Garden in Indiana, competing for five high-definition digital projectors that Honda Motor Co. will award as part of its Project Drive-in.Hollywood's movie makers are planning an industrywide switch to digital-only video by the end of the year.The deadline and cost to switch are a double whammy for many drive-ins.It can cost $75,000 or more to switch to digital video and retrofit projector rooms -- a sum that's tough to take on, given that most drive-ins are only open a few months a year.About 360 drive-ins operated when the year opened. The number has since dropped to about 355, according to drive-ins.com More drive-in operators across the country have signaled that their screens will go dark 新蒲崗迷你倉y year's end.Honda's contest website offers participants a chance to vote for their favorite drive-in, contribute to a fund dedicated to help the nation's remaining ones or pledge to visit the outdoor theaters this summer. Voters can also use mobile devices and vote by texting for their favorite drive-in.The campaign could make a difference for many drive-ins, Rosko said."What they're doing is definitely drawing attention to my drive-in," he said Tuesday.His Silver Drive-in Facebook page has gotten more than 100,000 hits in the past few weeks, he said.Those who regularly follow -- or "like" -- the page have surged from 7,000 to 10,057 since early August, the page shows."I'm tickled to see that. It's increased business, too. We're seeing more people at night than we had been earlier this summer," he said."I certainly appreciate that," said Rosko, who hopes to keep his theater going regardless of the contest results. "At the end of the day, when the dust settles, it's going to be a real positive for us no matter what."The contest runs through Sept. 9.David Hurst covers Richland Township for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow him on Twitter @tddavidhurst.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Tribune-Democrat (Johnstown, Pa.) Visit The Tribune-Democrat (Johnstown, Pa.) at .tribune-democrat.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage

Source: Montgomery Advertiser, Ala.新蒲崗迷你倉Aug. 26--Investigators executed 13 search warrants in Alabama and Georgia and rescued 367 dogs in what is believed to be second largest dog fighting raid in U.S. history.The raid was the culmination of a three-year investigation the Auburn Police Department initiated.Agents executed 11 search warrants in Alabama and two in Georgia on Friday, and 11 people named on a federal indictment had been arrested as of Monday.There were three names redacted from the indictment, and U.S. Attorney George Beck said those people had not been arrested yet.Along with the 367 pit bull terriers, agents seized guns, narcotics, drugs used to train and treat the dogs and other evidence of dog fighting, authorities said.Officials said the dog fighting ring stretched from Alabama into Georgia and Texas, displaying the reach that dog fighting operations can have.The FBI, local law enforcement agencies and the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Middle District of Alabama were assistedmini storageby the Humane Society of the United States and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the investigation.In one yard, there were 114 dogs, most of them tethered to heavy chains, with no food or fresh water anywhere around, according to an ASPCA veterinarian.Dog fighting operations often are in isolated areas, said Tim Rickey, vice president of field investigations and response for the ASPCA."It is intentional by the dog fighters," Rickey said. "People are less likely to notice it."Chris Schindler, manager of animal fighting investigations for HSUS, said he expected the operation to have a significant impact on dog fighting in the U.S."I absolutely think this is going send shockwaves through the dog fighting community. It is going to put people on notice," Schindler said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.) Visit the Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.) at .montgomeryadvertiser.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage

By Zhang Yunbi and Wu JiaoBeijing says it hopes Singapore can play a constructive role for peace and stability in the region, as it welcomes the country’s prime minister who has been caught in a media storm recently for his China-related remarks.文件倉Welcoming his Singaporean counterpart, Premier Li Keqiang told Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that China is determined to seek peaceful development.But the country’s will to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity is unswerving, said Li, referring to territorial disputes with some neighboring countries.Lee said in May that “China will calculate that any gains from a non-peaceful approach to territorial disputes will have to be weighed against broader implications for its reputation and standing in the world”.His remarks caused a war of words among Internet users following recent Chinese media reports.Li said in the meeting that China has always called for talks on territorial issues by the parties involved, and any move that may complicate and magnify the situation is “undesirable”.He called on the two countries to cement a political basis for bilateral relations and to gain understanding and support from the two peoples.Lee said Singapore appreciates China’s positive role for regional peace and stability, and it supports relevant parties solving their disputes through peaceful means and negotiations. Singapore will do its part to help encourage cooperation between China and ASEAN, he said.Analysts said Beijing wants to reduce misunderstanding and cement political trust with Singapore in addition to close economic ties.Singapore, though small in size, is a leader in the region’s development.“Singapore weighs heavily in China’s diplomacy in the region because of its political and economic strength and influence. China hopes Singapore will not make an issue out of the South China Sea disputes,” said Jia Duqiang, an expert on South Asia studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.Su Hao, a professor at China Foreign Affairs University, said China and Singapore are interdependent.Singapore has helped China with its economic and administrative management expertise, while China’s rapid growth offers investment opportunities for Singapore.President Xi Jinping also met Lee on Monday and said the biggest challenge facing East Asia is howVisit: Relations interdependentto cope with the impact brought by the international financial crisis and maintaining a robust momentum of growth.“We should focus most of our att存倉ntion on deepening cooperation and common development in the effort to create a peaceful, stable regional situation,” Xi said.Singapore believes China’s development means a great chance for Singapore, ASEAN and the region, and Singapore is willing to play a positive role in the process, Lee told Xi.Beijing has sent a clear signal that the focus of the China-ASEAN relationship lies in economic cooperation rather than the South China Sea issue, which has been highlighted by some members of ASEAN in recent years, said Jia.Landmark bilateral projects include the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park, Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city and Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City.China became Singapore’s third-largest trade partner last year. As the only ASEAN member that has signed a free trade agreement with China, Singapore is a key partner of China within the organization.Lee told Chinese leaders that Singapore is willing to tap into the full potential of economic cooperation, adding that it will focus on sustainable development and economic transformation.Lee also highlighted advancing financial cooperation, as clearing services for the Chinese currency are picking up momentum in Singapore.The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China kicked off its yuan-clearing services in Singapore in May, marking a milestone in Singapore’s development as an offshore yuan hub.Zhang Xiaokang, former Chinese ambassador to Singapore, said Lee’s visit is aimed at upgrading the free trade zone in the future .Lee, on his fourth visit to China, is scheduled to visit Urumqi, Shihezi and Kashgar for an update on local developments in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to the prime minister’s office. He will also visit Liaoning province.Song Yinghui, a researcher on Southeast Asian studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, said the development of the China-Singapore relationship is producing pragmatic significance against the backdrop of the sluggish world economy.“Lee’s visit to western China symbolizes the expansion of bilateral cooperation from the east part of China to the west,” Song said.Contact the writers at zhangyunbi@chinadaily.com.cn and wujiao@chinadaily.com.cnSingapore weighs heavily in China’s diplomacy in the region because of its political and economic strength and influence. China hopes Singapore will not make an issue out of the South China Sea disputes.”JIA DUQIANGEXPERT ON SOUTH ASIA STUDIES AT THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES迷你倉

Eviction order to be served on entire block on Friday unless residents can rally support to force property onto URA redevelopment listResidents of a building in To Kwa Wan are racing against time to avoid eviction from their dangerous tenement by Friday, banking on possible support from the Urban Renewal Authority to redevelop the site.迷你倉Spirits were lifted at the six-storey, 56-year-old block by news that the owner of nearby block No45 was open to redeveloping that building, Kowloon West lawmaker Helena Wong Pik-wan said yesterday.Agreement from that owner would help the residents reach a majority consensus on an overhaul, piling pressure on the authority to step in, Wong said.That might in turn halt the Buildings Department’s attempt to secure a closure order from the courts that would allow it to remove all the balconies, which account for a quarter of each flat’s size and are structurally dangerous.Subdivided cubicles abound on the enclosed balconies and are believed to be a major reason the structures are fast deteriorating, engineers and surveyors say.Wong said redevelopment was the best solution.“Will the building survive if its balconies are sliced off? It’s uncertain,” she said. “The elderly residents paid a lot for the last building renovation. They can’t afford more.”Last week, occupants of all 14 flats at 51 Kai Ming Street, many of which are subdivided, were told 新蒲崗迷你倉n a department notice to move out by Friday, when the closure order is due. The government intends to resettle them in interim housing in Tuen Mun.Yesterday, members of Wong’s Democratic Party were gathering more information, including pictures and videos that showed the poor interiors of neighbouring blocks for the authority’s consideration.They aim to help the residents join the authority’s demand-led redevelopment scheme, under which any site to be rebuilt must measure at least 400 square metres and have the backing of at least two-thirds of the property owners for an overhaul.Wong said preliminary checks showed close to 80 per cent of owners of flats in buildings from 21 to 51 Kai Ming Street wanted a redevelopment.It is understood that the owner of block No45 owns more than one building in the street, which URA advisers have proposed for priority redevelopment.“Another option is that the authority should initiate the redevelopment after assessing the building and social conditions there,” Wong said.Wan Shu-kau is a long-term resident of the street aged in his 70s, and lives at No33. He said redevelopment was long overdue. Wan said he paid about HK$40,000 a few years ago for URA-subsidised renovations that did not fix all the problems.“I would be more than happy with redevelopment,” he said.The department said it might postpone the order to allow more time for relocation.mini storage

Source: Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.新蒲崗迷你倉Aug. 24--Mike MacIntyre had already answered a dozen questions from the media following a mid-August practice when he agreed to spend a little extra time walking and talking with a reporter.The course covered a couple hundred yards through the dirt parking lot outside the Colorado football practice fields, over Boulder Creek, up a steep hill -- all too familiar to any current or former Buff -- to the northeast gates of Folsom Field.The topic of conversation was MacIntyre's plan for rebuilding the proud college football program he now oversees.When asked for the nuts and bolts of his plan for bringing the Buffaloes back from 1-11 laughing stock to Pac-12 Conference title contender, MacIntyre deadpanned, "How long a walk is this?"It's a big job no doubt. It's one that already overwhelmed MacIntyre's two predecessors Jon Embree and Dan Hawkins. It's a challenge some in the college football world believe he was crazy to try to tackle. No winning seasons in seven years. One bowl game in that span. Facilities lagging behind the competition. In-state recruits fleeing the sight of black, silver and gold.If MacIntyre doesn't succeed, the CU program is in real danger of becoming known as a place where coaches go to die. Some might say it already is.So how is he going to fix it all and restore the Colorado brand to the respect it carried throughout the 1990s and early 2000s?"Everybody says it, but it's true," MacIntyre said. "It's setting the culture the way you want it."You've got to get the young men to believe in that and start doing it on a 365-day-a-year basis, 24 hours a day. Once they start doing that and start buying in to everything and caring about each other, then when recruits come and other people start seeing it, they come in as freshmen and they get with the upperclassmen and they understand the culture and it reverberates and the next class comes in and it reverberates. You just keep growing."That's how you ultimately change your program. It's the young men in your program and it's everybody around your program that have hands on those young men to help guide them. Then it's how you practice and your work ethic and your focus. All of that goes hand-in-hand."MacIntyre believes he and his staff are already well down the road toward establishing that culture. He watched numerous members of last year's team depart during the offseason for other programs, other sports or other pursuits all together. Some of them might have been successful if only they stuck with it. Others needed to go and MacIntyre wasn't above cutting ties with them once he believed he had given them every opportunity."I would probably say accountability," wide receivers coach Troy Walters said when asked to name the biggest challenge CU coaches found when they were hired. "When we got here, guys were kind of doing their own things. It wasn't a team, family culture. 'We're in this thing together.' It was guys here and guys there. So I think that is the No. 1 thing we're trying to accomplish is just bringing everyone together and understand this is a team and a family and we're only going to go as far as the team."Support will be pivotalThe assumption is that since MacIntyre was able to turn around San Jose State, he ought to be able to conquer the ghosts haunting CU. The Buffs have won national titles and Heisman Trophies in the past after all.In some ways, MacIntyre feels like he's already ahead of where he was three years ago when he took over at San Jose State and eventually turned a moribund program into a top 25 team with a bowl win.Back in 2010, some around San Jose State were talking about disbanding the football program all together. The Spartans were serving penalties under the NCAA's APR system that included limiting practice time each week.While there might be a few kooks on campus who would like to get rid of the CU athletic department, the Buffs face no threat of being phased out and they are succeeding with APR. In fact, CU leaders have shown they are eager to put a more competitive product on the field by investing in MacIntyre and his staff by doubling the football coaches' salary poolfrom what it was when Embree was coach. They also are beginning the process of raising money for $170 million in facilities improvements. And they hired a new $700,000-a year athletic director to lead the charge in raising that money."A little bit of the difference here is there is more people at this point, eight months into it, concerned and believing that it can be successful," MacIntyre said. "At San Jose State, it was a program that was on lifeline. They were even thinking about dropping. There weren't as many people concerned."... I just feel more of a swell, more support, more passion by more people. Nothing against the other place. It's been done here before in a big-time way. They want to do it again. I think the other thing that is different is they have moved into the Pac-12 and everybody wants to show that the move was beneficial to the university and will help the university."Defensive coordinator Kent Baer spent three seasons with MacIntyre at San Jose State and could have stayed there, maybe even as head coach if he had wanted, as opposed to coming to Boulder.Baer said he has never worked with a coach with a better work ethic than MacIntyre in his four decades in the sport. That, mixed with the tradition and history of CU, was more than enough to convince Baer that he could help MacIntyre resurrect the Colorado program. The blueprint might be different, but he believes they can do here just as they did at San Jose State."Mac knows," Baer said. "He's firm. He's positive and he's demanding. He knows football. He knows offense. He knows defense anmini storage he knows the kicking game. I think the staff that he has hired has done a great job buying into his system. I don't see anybody ever fighting the system. Sometimes you get on a staff and the guys don't get along or they don't totally understand and they want to do it their way no matter what. I think that was a real selling point to me."MacIntyre has the support of his bosses and his assistant coaches, but most important to any rebuilding project is the support of the fans. Ultimately, the voices of people in the seats on Saturday afternoons or nights in Folsom Field are the ones who decide whether a coaching staff is getting the job done.CU fans are all out of patience, but they're going to need to muster up some reserves to allow MacIntyre the time he needs. This is the Pac-12 and not the Western Athletic Conference of the past few years. It's likely going to take him longer to produce an 11-2 season in Boulder against the likes of USC, UCLA, Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State and Washington than it did at San Jose State.Earning that patience with consistent improvement will be key to MacIntyre's success or failure here."I really believe that if he didn't think it could be done, he wouldn't have come," Baer said.The MacIntyre wayDuring his introductory news conference in December, MacIntyre introduced CU fans to his slogan. It was a breath of fresh air after the tenure of each of his predecessors ended with those coaches complaining about all the things they didn't have at CU."No excuses, no regrets," MacIntyre said.The men who work with MacIntyre say he is a detail-oriented grinder who doesn't leave things to chance. But he's not necessarily stuck in his ways or committed to one style of getting the job done. He embraces creative, innovative thinking in a competitive and demanding way."That's one thing good about coach Mac, we spend a long time talking about what we need to do to win the game," offensive line coach Gary Bernardi said. "Do we need to throw the ball 60 times or do we need to run it 70. We spend a long time talking about that from Sunday to Thursday or Friday."Perhaps the most vital part of MacIntyre's plan for rebuilding the Buffs centers around recruiting. Again, it is a part of the game in which MacIntyre attempts to out-work the competition.He cares little about recruiting rankings. Sure, he wants many of the four and five-star players that every other school in the nation is pursuing and he believes he will get his share as Colorado shows improvement.But he built San Jose State into a winner by finding good players that other programs had overlooked. Hawkins and Embree attempted to do the same thing in their stints as head coach in Boulder and both brought some good players to Boulder, but both missed more often or took chances on players with questionable character.Almost every member of MacIntyre's staff evaluates every recruit and they tend to project what each player will become, rather than viewing them simply as the player and the position they are in high school."The one thing I think we do a really good job of is the evaluation of kids in high school," Baer said. "We really don't care who is recruiting them or how many stars they have. That doesn't mean anything to me. It means zero. We look and project and say, 'Wow, we think this guy can be really, really good some day.' Now, you'd love to get some of those five-star guys, but a lot of those guys never pan out."MacIntyre is going to have to find more success doing that here to get the Buffs back on track. The reality is, not many four- and five-star players are interested in a team that is 4-19 the past two years and hasn't been to a bowl game since 2007.When he starts to win some games, it should become easier to land bigger fish through the beauty of the CU campus, the vibrant Boulder community, the quality of education offered and the chance to play in the Pac-12.When those players arrive in Boulder to begin their college careers, they find a support system designed to teach them how to succeed on and off the field."Everything is mapped out," Walters said. "Everything is specific. Everything we do, there is a reason behind it. We don't do anything just to do it. Whether it's a practice period or the practice schedule itself or the whole day's schedule, there is a purpose and a reason. We're very organized and pay attention to detail."Colorado isn't in as deep a hole as San Jose State was when MacIntyre took over because it isn't facing the academic problems the Spartans had three years ago. Another aspect of this rebuilding job that is different is the fact that MacIntyre began the process at San Jose State as a rookie head coach surrounded by coaches with whom he was working with for the first time, including three defensive coaches who were in their first season as full-time college coaches.MacIntyre now has three years of experience as a head coach and he brought most of his staff with him from San Jose State. The familiarity and experience together should help MacIntyre avoid some of the same problems he encountered in bringing the Spartans back from the dead."I will make you proud, I promise you," MacIntyre said to former athletic director Mike Bohn in December. "We will work tirelessly, we will work correctly, and we will work with passion. I think as you get to know me, you will say one thing about Mike MacIntyre, he has passion. You might say some other things, but you are going to say that I have passion."And he has a plan.Contact staff writer Kyle Ringo at ringok@dailycamera.com or twitter.com/kyleringo.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.) Visit the Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.) at .dailycamera.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesself storage

“十一”將至，迷你倉按照慣常，旅遊市場將迎來一年中最熱的黃金旺季。然而與往年相比，新《旅遊法》雖傳聞已久，但要等到“十一”才會正式實施，原本應該熱鬧非凡的旅遊市場到目前仍顯得平靜，有業內人士稱，就連往年此時“你方唱罷我登場”的旅行社廣告都“集體失聲”。據悉，從今年十月一日起，我國《旅遊法》將正式實施，進一步加強旅遊者權益保護，加大治理“零負團費”力度，有專家預測旅遊市場將面臨洗牌，目前各大旅行社都處於觀望狀態。不少業內人士表示，新《旅遊法》出台，對高品質旅行社是一個利好的消息，對旅遊市場的淨化有很大的好處。採訪中各旅行社的負責人一致表示，新法規的實施必然導致旅遊價格上漲。對此多數消費者表示，價格是其次，保證出行的品質與服務才是關鍵，並希望新《旅遊法》能儘快嚴格落實。跨國慶旅遊產品遲遲沒報價眼下距“十一”黃金周還有一個多月時間，往年各大旅行社早在8月底就推出“十一”黃金周旅遊產品的報價，拉開了搶奪客源的大戰。然而，今年的旅遊市場卻因《旅遊法》將于10月1日起實施，跨國慶的各類旅遊產品報價遲遲沒有出爐，各大旅行社出現“集體失聲”的現象，往年熱鬧、密集的銷售廣告是銷聲匿跡還是蓄勢待發？記者從口岸中旅、國旅、康輝等多家旅行社瞭解到，目前市場上的旅遊產品以9月25日前出發的為主，跨國慶長假以及國慶以後的旅遊產品還沒有上市，對於“十一”產品的宣傳仍未正式鋪開，旅遊市場有些異乎尋常的平靜。不少旅行社銷售人員表示，因新《旅遊法》即將實施，公司對於產品價格與行程的制訂仍處於觀望狀態。針對這一現象，深圳市航空國際旅行社企業管理部何嘉表示，目前行業內各大旅行社都在觀望，“十一”產品上線時間較以往有所推後，不會長久“失聲”。“目前旅行社正在對‘十一’上線產品進行制訂與審核，對合同細則進行修改，對內部不合適的地方進行調整，確保產品組成符合新《旅遊法》規定。產品預計將在9月份上線。”此外，他告訴記者，“十一”之前的產品價格沒有大的變動，線路產品與服務組成還是照常。目前行業處於平靜狀態，預測9月中下旬才會引起較大關注。新《旅遊法》實施後，導遊的基本工資和服務也會進一步提高，旅行社內部重新洗牌是否合理直接關係到旅行社的生存。如果說小旅行社專門靠旅遊者強制購物來生存的話，那麼這對於他們來說將會是一個很大的打擊，而對於正規的旅行社則是一個關鍵的觀望期。深圳中國國際旅行社（新景界）相關負責人指出，新《旅遊法》在旅遊團安排的指定購物、自費項目上有了嚴格的規定，令旅行社傳統的“低價團費、高價購物”模式走到了盡頭。對於以低價招客，通過指定購物、縮短行程、安排自費項目等方式盈利的旅行社，其作業模式、盈利模式要作90度的大拐彎。因此“十一”將至，出現許多旅行社產品難產、廣告失聲的現象。採訪中，也有觀點認為，購物拿回扣只是一部分，影響旅行社價格的因素還有景區門票、酒店、機票價格等多方面。現在旅行社之所以不敢出台價格，就是因為不確定因素太多。新《旅遊法》處罰力度空前大記者瞭解到，新《旅遊法》有不少亮點和新變化。尤其針對長期以來社會反映強烈的零負團費、旅遊購物欺詐等問題，都給出了相應對策，其中旅行社組織、接待旅遊者，不得指定具體購物場所，不得安排另行付費旅遊項目，以及在旅行社嚴重違約侵犯旅遊者權益的特定情況下，需要支付旅遊費用1—3倍的賠償金等強制性規定，都讓業內人士驚呼，這樣的規定和處罰力度是空前的。市民胡女士告訴記者，她曾參加過一些特價團，行程中購物點很多，且規定時間定點購物，導致景區遊覽時間受擠壓，甚至有遊客因此與導遊發生糾紛，影響整個團的出行。有關專家表示，以前旅行社的競爭是一種“劣幣驅良幣”的惡性競爭，很多旅行社都以低價招客，再安排指定購物店高價推銷商品，或縮減正常行程，安排遊客參加其它自費項目的二次消費方式來平衡利潤點。《旅遊法》的推出是對這種現象是致命的一擊，文件倉正規旅行社一個很高的發展空間。既解決了旅遊市場存在的突出問題，也明確了經營者、旅遊者的權利、責任和義務，為規範旅遊市場秩序提供了法律依據。新景界負責人表示，《旅遊法》的實施，使得整個旅遊業重新站到了同一起跑線上，一些堅持做品質游的企業因此獲得了一個良好的市場環境。“這是十二屆全國人大常委會通過的一部法律，強制力度將比以往國家旅遊局制定的法律更大，執行效率也將更高，這樣也促使各旅行社優化內部結構，提高服務水平。”何嘉告訴記者，未來他們將對旅遊細則更加明確，對介紹信息的來源審核更加嚴格。“我們對行程介紹的措辭要求將會進一步提高，修飾詞會減少。比如在行程中出現的4A或5A景區，我們都會進一步核實，對景區的介紹都有明確的信息來源，對時間段的安排也會更加細化。”市民表示出游品質是關鍵“我今年本來沒打算出游的，結果現在《旅遊法》很快要出台，以後旅遊價格可能要翻倍，所以我打算若時間合適，想在9月中下旬去境外旅遊。”胡小姐告訴記者。10月1日起實施新《旅遊法》，規定旅行社不能強制購物，旅行社經營成本將明顯上漲，團費漲價是必然趨勢。之所以大幅漲價，是因為在《旅遊法》威懾下，旅行社必須改變盈利模式。有業內人士透露，按原來的遊戲規則，“帶客購物”和“自費加點”是很多旅行社利潤的主要來源，以獲得高額回扣，來“彌補”團費缺口。而《旅遊法》規定旅行社組織不得指定具體購物場所，不得安排另行付費旅遊項目，這讓原先的遊戲徹底“玩不轉”了。“新規出台後，沒有了自費、購物等項目，旅行社既要提升旅遊服務品質，又要保證利潤，就只能上調旅遊費用了。”何嘉表示，具體價格漲多少，最終還要看確切線路的情況而定。對於是否會掀起9月出行熱潮，他表示，還是有部分遊客打算等9月中下旬“十一”產品上線後，再選擇出游。盡管價格上漲，但品質更有保障。新景界相關負責人則認為，雖然取消了“指定購物”，限制了“自費項目”，小費也列入團費中，表面上團費會上漲，但顧客總體的花銷其實是差不多，只是遊客把原來在旅行過程中多花在指定購物店的錢用在了團費上。據瞭解，出境游是“零負團費”的主要發生領域。何嘉告訴記者，價格方面出境旅遊路線會受影響較大。“近兩年出境旅遊火爆，且盈利較高，主要是因為自費購物點較多，來自購物與自費旅遊項目的提成多。”在對消費者的採訪中，絕大多數市民表示，希望新《旅遊法》早點實施並嚴格落實。“雖說旅遊成本價格會提高一些，但只要不強制購物、限制購物時間，多給大家一些自由活動的遊覽時間，我寧願多花點錢，出游的品質有保證才是最重要的。”市民林女士認為，現在越來越多人喜歡自助游，主要是因為跟團游的行程安排太緊密，自由遊覽時間太少，但是自助游前期的準備工作十分複雜繁瑣，令許多人望而卻步。“如果旅行社能夠更科學合理地安排行程，減少不必要的景點路線，讓遊覽時間更充裕，我們會更樂意選擇跟團旅遊。”也有市民建議，雖然取消強制購物，行程中還是應該保留少量特色購物點。“大家出來玩都會想帶點特產回去，禁止強制購物是應該的，但購物點還是要保留一兩個，供有需要的人選購。”市民王先生說。小貼士合同補充條款 旅途注意甄別在簽訂旅遊合同時，應注意仔細閱讀合同中的補充條款，明確旅行社在購物及自費項目等方面的協商條款。在實際旅途過程中，要注意以下5個方面：1.遊客進入景區前，旅行社相關工作人員是否給予安全提示，履行其告知義務。2.所遊覽的景區與入住的酒店信息是否與合同相符，例如若行程中附有酒店內設圖片，旅客需留意酒店的星級、外觀與行程所描述是否一致。3.行程中涉及的自費項目與合同是否相符。行程中景點有無順序變更，若變更，是否與旅客進行協商，並獲得同意。4.導遊或領隊是否存在通過直接或間接暗示收取小費。5.行程中的購物點是否有營業資格，出現偽劣產品能否優先退賠。圖片說明:“十一”起旅行社帶客購物將受處罰。 新華社發存倉

Source: Pittsburgh Post-GazetteAug.自存倉 25--WASHINGTON -- Throngs of weary but determined people chanted, carried signs and marched along the National Mall Saturday to pay tribute to civil rights leaders of the 1960s and to inspire a new generation of activists to take up the reins.The idea was to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech. But to many who marched Saturday, including King's son, this was more of a continuation than a remembrance."This is not the time for nostalgic commemoration, nor is this the time for self-congratulatory celebration," Martin Luther King III said from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where his father delivered his famous speech in 1963. "The task is not done. The journey is not complete. We can do more."The Rev. Al Sharpton, whose National Action Network helped organize Saturday's anniversary march, called on Congress to fix the Voting Rights Act, asked states to repeal voter identification laws and asked courts to strike down the kind of stand-your-ground laws that, he said, allowed a Florida jury to acquit George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin."We must give your young people dreams again," Mr. Sharpton told tens of thousands from across the country who searched for shade, sipped water and fanned themselves while they strained to see and hear speakers whose remarks were shown on several giant screens between the Lincoln and World War II memorials.Eric Holder, the nation's first black attorney general, and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., the only surviving speaker from the 1963 March on Washington, were among the speakers.South Hills native Arlette Travis Dolphin was among Saturday's attendees. She boarded a bus in Charlotte, N.C., at midnight Friday to get to the march on time."I came to honor the memory of Dr. King and the work of our forefathers. The benefits we are enjoying now never would have happened without them," said Ms. Dolphin, 49. "But I'm also here because there is so much more to be done."Her friend Carmen Bray, a McKeesport native who also lives in Charlotte, said she couldn't help but think of the 1963 marchers as her bus made its 400-mile overnight trip.Fifty years ago, black travelers stopping for coffee might have been denied service in a diner en route and probably wouldn't have been able to find a hotel willing to rent a room to African-Americans.That has changed, but other groups still struggle, said Ms. Bray, 40. "A civil right is everybody's right. That belief is something very, very important."Jesse N. Holmes of Washington, D.C., had a much shorter trek to get to the mall, but the journey still took him back 50 years.He was 6 then and remembered his father dressing in a suit and a straw fedora to go to the march that steamy August morning. "I remember clearly him getting dressed for it and opening that front door. He turned to my mother saying, 'Come on. We have to go,' and she wouldn't," he said, explaining that many were afraid the march would become violent.Saturday morning, Mr. Holmes walked out the same front door, donned a similar straw fedora and put on a pasteboard sign with a 1963 photo Ebony magazine ran of his father participating in the original march."I want to honor him," said Mr. Holmes, 56, a stage actor.He also came to help advance the civil rights movement. "I want to see more profound evidence of equal opportunity. ... I still want to see the dream realized. That's why we're here: to reclaim it."Others came to support a plethora of specific causes. Some advocated to keep post offices open or to increase the minimum wage. Others came seeking an end to human trafficking, racial profiling, gun violence and uranium mining.Some said the cacophony of voices diluted the messa迷你倉新蒲崗e, but others said there is room in the national conversation for all voices and that all the varying advocacy groups were united in a common quest to make the world better for all people."It seems everybody here has different causes, but they're all taking a stand and that's what's important," Homewood native Stephonie Rivers said before the march.Around her, some waved the rainbow flags of the gay-rights movement while others chanted "No justice, no peace," and one man held a sign saying "Wipe out poverty."Ms. Rivers noted that with an African-American in the White House, many people think there's no longer a need to fight for equality. She disagrees: Black people are still living in poverty, facing job discrimination, finding impediments to voting and enduring racism, both subtle and overt, she said.Having a black president "does tell our children, 'Yes, you can do anything,' and it does give our children hope, but this fight isn't over," said Ms. Rivers, who now lives in the Poconos.Hundreds of Pennsylvanians made the trip, including Linda Weyandt of Altoona, who also attended the 1963 march.She was 15 then and in town with her father who had business at the Pentagon. Now, 50 years later, unfinished business brought her back."Once I got here [in 1963] and heard what was going on, I had to be there," Ms. Weyandt said. "As a teenage white American, you don't really understand until you go to the South and see outhouses for blacks only and bathrooms for whites only."Ms. Weyandt said those images from family trips to Texas galvanized her interest in the civil rights movement 50 years ago, and the slow progress has kept her interested today and led her to come back for the anniversary march with her grown daughter.She said Saturday's anniversary march had a different energy than the original. "Then there was hope," she said, standing on the National Mall. "Now it's more frustration. We haven't done enough."Monisa Webb, 45, of Beaver Falls arrived with five busloads of Service Employees International Union members. She came for the history of the moment and to honor King's legacy."Martin Luther King gave his life for our rights, and we have to keep fighting so things will get better," she said. "Being a part of this moment is a blessing."DeWitt Walton of United Steelworkers International organized a bus caravan from Pittsburgh.He was just 11 during the original march, but he remembers being inspired by it nonetheless. He first heard about it from a beloved geography and history teacher at Pulaski Middle School in Gary, Ind."He told us if you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem. If you're not here to engage in direct action then you'll always be a second-class citizen," said Mr. Walton, of the Hill District.It's something he has remembered all his life and it's something that was on his mind Saturday. "There was a sense of pride then, a sense of the need to engage, to achieve more," he said before the march.The original march was a powerful moment in U.S. history and "this is an effort to galvanize the effort for the masses of Americans of all ethnicities, all genders and all political persuasions," Mr. Walton said. "It's about making America live up to its commitment to make all Americans equal."The commemoration continues Wednesday, the official anniversary of the Aug. 28, 1963, march. President Barack Obama and former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter will speak on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.Washington Bureau chief Tracie Mauriello: tmauriello@post-gazette.com, 703-996-9292 and on Twitter: @pgPoliTweets.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Visit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at .post-gazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉出租