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【本報訊】據英國《獨立報》23日消息：英國在中東設立一個互聯網監視站，儲存替西方情報機構攔截和處理大量的電纜、電話和網絡通訊，從而監視和獲取從中東經過的海底光纖電纜的數據。中東收集站是英國政府通訊總部（GCHQ）一個價值十億英鎊項目的一部分。該項目又是代號「時代」（Tempora）的監視系統的一部分，該系統的更大目標是攔截全球數據通訊，包括電郵和短訊。接�，資料會根據情報需要被處理，再轉交英國情報機構政府通訊總部，然後與美國國家安全局分享。該站的建立，得到當時的外交大臣文禮彬的批准和授權。中東監視站特別受英國和美國重視，因為該監視站可以讀取經過該地區的海底電纜的信息。在「9．11」後，讀取中東資料已成為美國和英國情報機構的重要部分。美國國家安全局和美國國防部，一直都在致力於加強美英情報機構的合作和技術分享。衛報記者男友握有「致命」密件《獨立報》不願披露該監視站的具體地點，但是有關該中東監視站活動的資料，包含於美國前中情局僱員斯諾登所獲取5萬份的文件中，其中很多文件來自一個「政通─維基」（GC-Wiki）的新蒲崗迷你倉部信息網站，一般都被列為「最高機密」或絕密。英國《衛報》最近數月根據這些文件發表的報道，引起該報與政府的爭吵，政府甚至派專家去監督該報銷毀包含斯諾登文件數據的電腦硬件。與此同時，倫敦大都會警察局宣布說，正在對《衛報》記者格林沃爾德的巴西伴侶戴維．米蘭達電腦中找到的資料，展開恐怖主義活動調查。該警察局說，米蘭達電腦中的資料，經檢查後，都是「高度敏感」的，如果披露出來，可能「會危害人命」。《衛報》主編拉斯布里傑除了銷毀一部含有斯諾登文件副本的電腦外，還同意限制該報對這些文件的報道。政府還要求該報不要發表有關英國電訊公司，包括英國電訊和沃達豐與政府通訊總部合作監視英國大多數互聯網通訊的內情。《衛報》發言人拒絕就是否與政府達成任何協議置評。一名政府高級消息人士說： 「我們與《衛報》達成協議，我們與該報的會談將保密。」但是政府內部有人擔心，格林沃爾德可能會設法公布這些非常具損害性的資料。英國政府擔心的事情之一，是中東監視站內情被披露出來，可能還會披露其地點。格林沃爾德在男友被捕之後曾威脅稱，會公布更多秘密計劃詳情。mini storage

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□海康人壽投資部總監 劉思恩上周光大證券烏龍交易事件，迷你倉新蒲崗引發大家對兩個新生事物的反思，一是量化投資，二是電腦程式化自動交易。這兩個概念常有交集，也常容易引起混淆。廣義地說，人腦進行的大部分投資決策，多少都有量化理由，所以都可以叫量化投資。但狹義的量化投資，一般有以下幾個特點：採用了比較高級的數學和統計學工具、採集的數據極度海量、決策中感性部分少而更多靠固化的數量模型、雖然不保證完全的量化精確，但是有相當大的概率支持，等等。量化投資的相關統計、計算、判斷、反應，往往是人腦無法處理的，所以要借助電腦進行分析、決策和交易。所以量化投資又往往和電腦程式化自動交易聯繫在一起。不過，我對量化交易一直抱比較排斥態度，雖然不是全盤否定，但至少認為量化交易不能和基本面價值分析或純投機博弈那樣，提升到一種獨立的投資理念和策略的高度。而某些證券或基金機構為量化交易創建一個獨立的部門，或作為一種理財產品的唯一盈利模式，我以為是基礎不穩不得長命的，盡管所謂的成熟金融市場如美國也有這樣的現象。按我的理解，歸納目前市面上集中常見的量化投資模式，看看他們背後有沒有理性的理念和邏輯支持。量化輔助技術分析，據說可以克服人性弱點和情緒化影響，靠一些數量化的技術指標的指導，決定買賣時點。但技術分析本身就有偽科學之嫌，再用量化手段輔助，好似電腦算命代替瞎子算命。量化輔助基本面分析。這往往是先設計一個選股模型，其中一般包括了許多財務指標，然後用這個模型在大量的上市公司中選擇。我以為這個手段針對個體不很可靠，但針對群體有一定意義。指數化投資就是一種常見的典型量化投資，主要依據是股本權重，但也可以根據靜態市盈率、市淨率、綜合財務增長指標等等設計。這時，電腦在統計和增加組合分散度這種“低級體力勞動”上顯然幹的比人迷你倉出租好。當投資者對某個新興市場非常看好，但對具體微觀公司又不熟悉時，很值得一試。量化策略套利。最近最多見的是賣空大盤指數，做多和大盤關聯度小的中小板和創業板股票。但這本質仍是人為主觀的價值判斷、熱點判斷、基本面判斷。其實只要這個策略的假設前提不變，普通個人投資者也可以模仿這種策略。比如在2012年可以簡單做空期貨、做多創業板指數，最後盈利估計和那些量化基金差不多。及時尋找無風險或低風險套利。最近很熱的高頻交易、ETF套利等，原理上都可歸為這一類。但是低風險高收益的東西不會長命，就像路邊樹上的甜蘋果肯定不會幸存。時間長了，這種套利機會肯定越來越少，而行業里投入的資源卻越來越多，最後肯定變成低風險低收益，甚至高風險低收益。綜上所述，我認為創造出明顯的低風險高利潤的量化投資，要麼是騙局，要麼局部臨時有效、長期必失效；創造出低風險低利潤的量化投資，經常存在，但往往缺乏包裝成理財服務的業務意義，因為手段簡單成本偏高，委托人做不如自己去做；而主觀判斷部分很少，主要做簡單重複體力勞動的量化交易和電腦輔助交易。當然以上只是一家之言。否定熱門行業的終極意義，本身就是不討巧的。想當年某些知名電視財經節目里，居然還有教人選彩票號碼的節目，堅持多年後終於銷聲匿跡。股票的技術分析解盤，至今也還生命力旺盛，而量化投資作為一種更高級的奇技淫巧，生命力可能會更強些。至於電腦程序輔助交易引起的重大失誤，這是另一個話題。拋開IT和風控等技術問題不談，低級錯誤本身是一種永遠無法被消滅的市場行為。若換人來操作，也會因為腦溢血、拉肚子、頭疼等導致決策或下單出現低級錯誤。金融市場本來就沒有精確答案，也沒有完美的解決方案。只不過，騎馬的年代，交通事故導致缺胳膊少腿，而高鐵飛機時代，一個交通事故就會引發幾百人的死傷。儲存倉

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證券時報記者 陳春雨截止日進入倒計時，mini storage《十萬個冷笑話》劇場版籌集到的�動資金早就超出了100萬預定金額。這筆錢來自于幾千位投資者，平均每人投資近200元。一位叫“果果的老爹”的網友，投資了10萬元。他的回報是什麼：7%的固定年化收益？電影票房分成？這些都不是，他的回報是：一張電影票。這簡直不符合經濟學中“理性人”的定義，但的確在“點名時間”這個網站上發生了。這位投資者有個女兒“果果”，是一位非常漂亮伶俐的小姑娘。抱著“帶女兒來北京參加十萬個冷笑話首映禮”和“以後我也能和別人說我是電影人了”的想法，他成為了該項目首個10萬元贊助商，將享受與主創討論劇情甚至在電影上露面的“特權”，而當他悄無聲息地出現時，項目發起人和他的小伙伴們都驚呆了，因為他一沒設置頭像，二未有其他項目的支持記錄，三是剛剛註冊“點名時間”的新用戶。對了，他的稱謂也不是“投資者”，而是“微贊助商”。在關於互聯網金融的六大分類中，像“點名時間”這樣的網站，被歸類于�籌模式，它建立在一種浪漫的理想主義上：只要你能在這裡找到足夠多志同道合的人為你的創意買單，那麼你的需求就能被滿足，你的夢想就會實現。在這個網站里，對於項目發起人來self storage，一切都是免費的，只要在限定時間內籌集到足夠的金額，沒有完成任務的項目，所有款項都會被悉數退回。而對於贊助商們來說，投資是有回報的，可以是實物，也可以是非實物，但不能涉及資金或股權，這也是其區別傳統公益的主要特徵。在某種程度上，�籌模式是創投的另一種形式，可以歸類于直接融資之下，其走紅也反映出被傳統模式忽略的需求：在創投眼裡，追求的是實實在在的回報率，要麼分紅，要麼上市，要麼市值增加轉手他人，這注定只有大量的用戶或者可批量生產的產品才能入其法眼。但是有一部分需求注定是小�的，比如在Kickstarter上，一個名為Nomiku的團隊為業餘烹飪愛好者提供了用于低溫烹飪的浸入式加熱循環器，募集近58萬美元，成為該項目上最成功的項目之一。對於中國市場來說，更大的優勢在於，龐大的網民數量，可以讓“小�”需求變得大�化。設想一下吧，未來在京東商城購買冰箱，搭配產品中包括一項：冰格自動解凍功能，100元；電飯煲定時煮飯功能，59元；可選擇，可搭配，將會產生多大的消費人群。而對於為找不到好項目的創投來說，�籌網站也可以源源不斷地為其提供項目，當然，誠信問題以及項目後續支持上，也是�籌模式需要面對的問題。迷你倉

【突發、政治中心╱綜合報導】外交部的服務真好！副總統吳敦義的女兒吳子安昨帶兒子出國前往帛琉度假，文件倉但抵達桃園機場時，因兒子護照效期不夠，外交部緊急幫他製作一本新的護照；當時華航班機上150名旅客在機上空等，機組人員擔心班機延遲，有人不耐煩喊：「妳們知道150人都在等妳們嗎？」吳子安才帶著小孩上飛機。有人懷疑這是特權服務，但外交部昨表示，在機場辦護照是正常服務，任何民眾加900元都可辦理，「這不是皇親國戚才享有的特權。」 總統府昨證實此事，吳敦義辦公室昨天深夜表示，吳昨有下鄉行程，並不知道發生此事，若因補辦護照過程中，造成同機旅客時間上有所延誤，副總統辦公室願表達歉意。吳子安為吳敦義獨生女，先生為醫生林泰成。 民罵「根本奇蹟」 機場人員表示，吳子安一行6人於昨天前往桃園國際機場，準備搭乘中華航空CI28班機飛往帛琉度假，卻在抵達桃機第一航廈中華航空報到櫃檯時，發現兒子的護照效期不足半年，華航因此拒絕讓他登機，此時吳子安轉向桃園機場內的外交部緊急聯絡中心求助，當下付了急件費900元，申請重辦兒子的護照，並同時向華存倉表示來得及登機，最後一行人仍趕上班機，但也讓同班機的旅客空等11分鐘。 目擊民眾不滿指出，整架飛機原本已經要起飛了，「還在那邊逛免稅店！」懷疑是大官的親戚才有這種待遇，痛罵：「扯！這種事情在我們平民百姓身上，根本是奇蹟啊！」 但外交部緊急聯絡中心蘇副主任表示，當時吳子安來求助時並不知她的身分，一切依法辦理，當時吳子安表示小孩子暑假要過了，所以帶他們去帛琉玩，6人只有一個人護照效期出問題，希望他們幫忙，蘇副主任表示，只要國人有非常緊急的理由需要重辦護照，都會幫忙，並不是因為特殊身分才有此禮遇。 「便民措施之一」 外交部領務局長陳經銓昨則表示，在機場立即以急件幫民眾更新護照，「是外交部的便民措施之一」。陳經銓說，國人只要可以證明，真的有立即出國的需要，例如是要出國急難救助，或是班機要立即起飛，但護照卻需要更新，外交部都會用最急件幫忙辦理，原本需4天工作天，最快幾個小時就能拿到，且最多只加收900元，「這不是皇親國戚才享有的特權，外交部對有需求的國人都一視同仁，且即使是皇親國戚辦理，外交部也還是一樣收900元。」自存倉

Source: Daily Mail, LondonAug.mini storage 22--FOUR years ago, James Watt spent two exhausting months on a North Sea trawler, catching herring to make ends meet.Today he is excitedly looking forward to his own TV show, airing next month in the US.The transformation is all thanks to the rapid growth of BrewDog, the award- winning brewer he co-founded in 2007 during breaks from fishing.But while some self-made men forge their rags-to-riches story on the back of 6am jogs and wheatgrass smoothies, Watt has done it all while swigging from a bottle of beer.That's par for the course at BrewDog, which has embraced a 'punk' ethos by gleefully cheeking the industry's big players.'Too many people think beer begins with Carling and Stella,' laments the 31-year-old 'Captain' of BrewDog, a name inspired by Watt's sadly deceased chocolate labrador Sweep. 'They don't care what they're making. We want to put flavour and integrity and passion back into people's glasses.'His assault on 'big beer' has even taken physical form. 'We went clay-pigeon shooting with cans of Tennent's, ten-pin bowling with bottles of Budweiser and played golf with cans of Stella . . . that was good fun.'Such stunts are run-of-the-mill for a firm that hired a dwarf to stand outside the Houses of Parliament lobbying, successfully as it turned out, for the right to serve beer in a two-thirds-of-a-pint glass.It has also experimented with making the world's strongest beers, from the 32pc Tactical Nuclear Penguin to 55pc throat-burner The End of History.Esquire magazine's TV arm liked BrewDog's moxie so much it has signed up Watt and co-founder Martin Dickie to present a TV series about craft beer in the US.But 'behind all the anarchy there's a very stable profitable company', insists Watt.From humble beginnings in a small warehouse near Aberdeen, the firm's last set of results showed an impressive pounds sterling 2.5m profit on turnover of pounds sterling 20m.So would BrewDog ever succumb to the allure of a megabucks takeover by the likes of Diageo or SAB Miller?'It would go against everything we believe in. I could think of nothing worse than sitting by and watching a big company destroy everything we've worked so hard for, says Watt. 'We love beer . . . everyone here lives and dies by what's in the glass.'The firm's approach to finance has been equally idiosyncratic. Its 'Equity for Punks' fund-raising scheme offers beer lovers the chance to buy shares at pounds sterling 95 a pop, with a limit on trading until 2015.In return, investors get a 5pc discount in the 12 BrewDog bars, a 20pc discount in its online shop and an invitation to the annual meeting, 'basically just a huge party with beer'.The latest share sale has raised pounds sterling 2.9m on the way to a target of pounds sterling 4m by the end of the year.Including two previous offers, BrewDog has raised nearly pounds sterling 6m from 12,500 investors, many of whom had never oself storagened a share.'Our long-term goal is a public listing, perhaps on AIM,' says Watt. From a standing start, BrewDog sales have grown by an average 167pc over five years, but it still employs just 210 people.Some 60pc of sales come from overseas, while BrewDog bars are soon to open in Stockholm, Sao Paolo, Berlin, Brussels, Tokyo and New Delhi.Attracting international drinkers has proved easier than charming Britons, a fact that brings Watt back to his favourite subject.'This [UK] market is dominated by multi-national, faceless mega-corporations, making the lowest common denominator, homogenised, bland product, spending millions on advertising to convince people that's what good beer is.'By contrast, the craft beer revolution is old news in the US and Scandinavia. But Watt is increasingly optimistic about Britain, where new brewers are springing up every day.'More people will get disillusioned with mass-market beer. We want to accelerate that change.'Major alcohol firms haven't taken kindly to the disdain for their wares that accompanies BrewDog's belief in its own. Watt's advertising stunts, which have involved placing big brewers' logos on BrewDog posters in a rather unflattering light, have triggered angry phone calls.He also fell foul of the Advertising Standards Authority, after using some rather fruity language in BrewDog advertising.T HE intervention left the outwardly placid Scotsman fuming and he later stirred the hornet's nest by deploying a well-known but unprintable epithet to describe the folks at the ASA.'You get beer companies with such misleading ads . . . things like Stella made with only four ingredients. No it's not. Or Carling's ad, made with 100pc barley. No, it's got wheat and rice. These ads are misleading but the ASA chooses to spend it's time on us.'Watt is also unimpressed with the way the Government ditched minimum alcohol pricing. 'Alcohol imposes a cost on society,' he concedes. 'The biggest problem is big beer companies discounting to less than cost price to drive promotions.'So why did David Cameron drop minimum pricing. 'Lobbying by big alcohol companies,' he shrugs.But isn't more upmarket beer something of a luxury in a recession? 'For what it costs, craft beer represents the best quality gourmet, artisanal food product on the planet,' he counters, citing his own Punk IPA.'That beer will have twice as much malt, 35-40pc more hops, it will have taken four times as long to make.'Watt talks beer like a sommelier talks wine. And that's precisely the gospel BrewDog wants to spread.'It's not just so that you can get drunk, fall over, buy a kebab and wake up with a hangover.''Life's too short to drink bad beer.'It's a good motto to raise a glass to. But at 10am, it's too early even for a BrewDog.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Daily Mail (London, ) Visit the Daily Mail (London, ) at .dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

Source: Dayton Daily News, OhioAug.迷你倉價錢 22--BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Clark Co. -- Two days into the school year, traffic and busing issues are causing headaches for parents and administrators at Tecumseh Local Schools.Busing for high school students was eliminated because of levy failures, including a special election request Aug. 6. The busing change has meant more traffic congestion at the combined middle and high school campus on West National Road.Parents have also expressed concern that the buses for K-8 students are overcrowded. Clark County Sheriff's deputies had to intervene Thursday morning when one frustrated parent stood in front of a bus."He observed what he thought was an overcrowded condition on the school bus," said Sgt. Kristopher Shultz. "He retrieved his child from the school bus and halted the bus' progression."A Bethel Township officer took a headcount and determined there were 67 students on the bus. The bus' certification from the Department of Transportation allows for 72 students.New busing rules posted on the district's website acknowledge that most buses will be filled to capacity and that K-8 students will ride buses together this year.Parent Joe Dunn said he heard students were sitting four to a seat with some stud迷你倉庫nts in the aisles."That's a hazard to the kids," he said.He also worried about his 5-year-old daughter starting kindergarten next week with much older students on the bus.Shultz said capacity allows for a maximum of three occupants to a seat."Of course we are talking about children," he said. "They occasionally jump seats."He said if children aren't seated properly, that is a discipline issue to be handled by the bus driver.Superintendent Brad Martin said he reviewed video from the bus in question and found no violations.High School Principal Ivan Gehret acknowledged traffic congestion was an issue during arrival and dismissal."After witnessing the process, the administration, transportation personnel and the sheriff's deputy discussed a few minor changes that we believe will help the flow of traffic into and out of the high school campus," he said in a letter online.Shultz said deputies are asking parents and drivers to be patient. "Usually it takes a little while to get everything ironed out and for people to get used to the new traffic patterns," he said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) Visit the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) at .daytondailynews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存

If Beijing slows down overseas investments, it'll deal a severe blow to emerging marketsAFTER several years of riding high on foreign investment cash and commodity revenue, emerging markets are in for a shock.新蒲崗迷你倉 The shift is already underway. Net capital inflows in emerging markets stood at US$3.9 trillion between 2009 and 2012. Between 2004 and 2012, net capital flows in emerging markets stood at a staggering US$7 trillion, slightly less than half the size of the US economy.The biggest concern today is that the quality of these investments has deteriorated over the last few years. After all, the low-hanging fruit of the earlier years are gone, forcing investors to become more adventurous.The other major development is that China, itself still an emerging economy, has become a major player in investing in emerging markets. It is estimated that as much as 30 per cent of capital inflows in emerging markets in 2012 came from China.If the Chinese slowed down their investments now, that would be a big blow to emerging markets.China's growing role in investing in other emerging markets in recent years was based on several strategic calculations. Prominent among them is the need to guarantee that China's appetite for commodities would be met and that it would not have to compete for the import of such products with other nations. The best way to secure that is to own a stake in or lend to the commodity-producing companies abroad.In contrast, US investors invested abroad in search of yield. They were responding to chronically low interest rates and several rounds of quantitative easing that flooded the US economy with liquidity, while lucrative domestic investment opportunities have been scarce for years now.But these incentives for US and Chinese investors may suddenly reverse. Even in a sluggish economic recovery in the United States, ultra-loose monetary policy will come to an end.The so-called tapering by the US Federal Reserve - the reduction and ultimate termination of its programme of buying assets, such as mortgage-backed securities - will lead to an increase of market interest rates in the US.That will happen even if the policy rates - the federal funds rate - remain unchanged. This changes the incentive for investors to take home their funds abroad, especially as the risk of their investments there has risen over time.At the same time, China might not grow at a greater rate than 7 per cent per year in the medium term, as it is facing multiple problems. These include challenges to its export-driven growth model, its exponentially greater economic base from which it must grow, sluggish global demand and falling competitiveness with the fastest-ageing population mankind has ever seen.The common mantra that China must switch from an investment-driven growth model to a consumption-based growth model is easier said than done.However, this necessary evolution also reduces China's incentive to invest in emerging markets.China is likely to soon start to deploy more of its financial resources at home, for example to recapitalise its banks and bail out highly indebted provincmini storages and municipalities.As if this double blow of slower investments from the US and China was not bad enough, many of the affected emerging markets will also see the price of commodities - their major export products - slump. This is especially true for oil-exporting countries.Having said all of that, the good news is that virtually all emerging markets have largely strengthened their international reserves to protect themselves against such shocks.Yet, important as these buffers are, panicky investors can quickly lead to a rapid depletion of those reserves.That is a particular danger if such behaviour is preceded or accompanied by capital flight (that is domestic investors withdrawing their money and taking it abroad).Major factorsIn looking forward to a world of much slower growth and a significant slowdown of capital flows into emerging markets, it is then important to assess which among them might be most affected.There are three major factors that must be considered in that context. First, how dependent is the country on commodity exports, especially oil? Second, how large a role have capital inflows played in sustaining economic growth in the emerging market economy? And third, how dependent is an emerging-market country on such inflows?The latter two may seem measures of the same thing, but they are not.A country may have a current-account surplus and still benefit from large capital inflows leaving it with a strong balance-of-payments position.By the same token, a country may have a very large current-account deficit (also referred to as the savings/investment gap) and hence depend on foreign savings, meaning large capital inflows.In assessing vulnerability to a combined "sudden stop" of capital inflows and a commodity price shock, the list of potentially vulnerable countries is large for different reasons.Turkey, Romania, Morocco, South Africa and India stand out in this context as being especially vulnerable. They have all run large current-account deficits and hence depend on inflows.Brazil and much of Latin America are also at greater risk. They are vulnerable because of their dependence on exporting commodities and the fact that they have greatly benefited from record capital inflows over the last 10 years.Slow US growth, creeping recession in much of the eurozone and the limits of Abenomics are the key markers to much decelerated global growth scenarios.This has all played out against the backdrop of rapidly ageing populations and mountains of debt that their residents soon will no longer be able to finance.The slowdown of the world's second-largest economy, China - partly correlated to the malaise in the advanced countries and partly a function of the limits of its own model - is likely to cause a reversal of fortune for many emerging markets.These countries have done well for themselves over more than a decade. What lies ahead need not be catastrophic, but it will at a minimum require patience and deft policy management.The writer is the chief economist of The Globalist Research Center. This article first appeared in the online magazine 'The Globalist'self storage

Source: Erie Times-News, Pa.mini storageAug. 22--Gerald Clausen didn't want to talk about politics or traffic congestion when he approached the microphone to address Erie City Council.Instead, the 55-year-old, frequent city bus rider who uses a motorized scooter because of a disability ended his remarks with a simple question."What am I going to do in the winter to get to the bus stops, when there's snow and ice on the sidewalks?"Clausen's question punctuated a public hearing on the Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority's decision to remove buses from State Street between 10th Street and Perry Square.Clausen was one of about 40 people -- many of them disabled -- who attended the meeting called by City Council to voice concerns about the move, which went into effect June 8 and was initiated by Mayor Joe Sinnott.Many EMTA riders and residents have expressed outrage, saying the switch particularly hurts the elderly and disabled and was made without any public notice. City Council scheduled the meeting, and several members said they were also caught by surprise.The panel took no action."EMTA has exceeded the scope of its enumerated powers," said Amy Comperatore, 37, a frequent bus rider who has been vocal in her opposition to the switch. Comperatore wants EMTA, with the city's help, to move buses back onto State Street."I'm asking for the next right thing to be done here," she said.Dennis Solensky, EMTA's executive director, has said Sinnott's administration asked for the changes. Sinnott was out of town and did not attend Wednesday's meeting.In a previous interview, Sinnott said the move was made to reduce congestion on that portion of State Street, and that complaints from downtown businesses were also a factor.Northbouself storaged buses now travel on Peach Street instead of State Street between West 10th Street and North Park Row. Southbound buses now travel on French Street between South Park Row and East 10th Street.Solensky, who attended the meeting, said he has heard only a handful of complaints, and that most people he has heard from applaud the move."My experience, since this has occurred, is that there are 10 people to 20 people coming to me positively about it for every complaint I'm getting," Solensky said. "Those tend not to be the people who show up at public hearings."Local certified public accountant Randy Gehrlein, though, did show up to voice his support for EMTA's changes.Gehrlein, who works in the 900 block of State Street, said that when buses ran on State Street there were frequently large crowds of people loitering both inside and outside his building, and often it was difficult to enter or exit the building "without a confrontation."Gehrlein added that some people urinated in plastic potted plants in his building's lobby, using it as a de-facto public restroom.Since EMTA's switch, Gehrlein said, "these problems have stopped."One business owner spoke against the change. Laurie Eaton, owner of the Floral Gallary, 815 State St, said EMTA and the city should reconsider it.Eaton said her business has dipped roughly 50 percent "on most days.""How long can I stay in downtown Erie with those losses?" Eaton asked. "Somebody needs to take (another) look at this."KEVIN FLOWERS can be reached at 870-1693 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNflowers.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Erie Times-News (Erie, Pa.) Visit the Erie Times-News (Erie, Pa.) at .GoErie.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

I refer to the article (“Central fears”, August 12) by Victor Zheng, Fanny Cheung, and Po-san Wan of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies at Chinese University, summarising a survey done by the institute regarding Hong Kong people’s opinion on the Occupy Central campaign.迷你倉庫The article said the survey found, “an overwhelming 75.7 per cent of people said the campaign would not be able to get the central government to accept the campaigners’ plan, while only 3.7 per cent said it would”.I hope the Occupy Central people read this survey result and understand that most Hong Kong people do not think what they are doing will be of any help in the constitutional reform for the 2017 chief executive election.It is extremely odd in any negotiation that one party would say to the other, unless you agree to what I want, I will sit down on the floor of your office and refuse to leave until you agree.What is even worse in the case of Occupy Central is that up to now they still have not come up with “what they want”, and it does not look likely that they will come up with it any time soon.Only children make threats in negotiations and they never win, but the people involved with the Oc儲存upy Central movement are professors in our universities.If these professors really want to do something to help Hong Kong, they should withdraw their threats now, and concentrate on coming up with a reasonable and workable nomination method for the 2017 election.Jasper Tsang Yok-sing, president of the Legislative Council, appearing on a recent ATV Newsline programme, said: “If not a single pan-democrat candidate will be allowed to run in the 2017 chief executive election by universal suffrage, Hong Kong will be ungovernable afterwards.”I think most reasonable Hong Kong people hold this view.The pro-government and the pan-democrat legislators should start working together to come up with a mutually acceptable method of nomination.The model must not be one which will screen out all pan-democratic candidates.If the two sides cannot reach agreement on the method of nomination for the 2017 election candidates, then any model of nomination method which the government presents to the legislature will not garner the necessary two-thirds vote to get passed.The inevitable result would be that we wouldn’t have universal suffrage for the 2017 chief executive election.Alex Woo, Tsim Sha Tsui新蒲崗迷你倉

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