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英國十九歲青年迪安（Ricky Dean）因為腦部受損而沒有記憶力，迷你倉庫他每天醒來都忘掉昨天做過甚麼，不知道自己今天該做甚麼，從刷牙、吃早餐到見朋友，甚至連愛喝那種飲料，都要靠智能手機和家中列出的清單提醒。僅認得四人 不知時間迪安因為心臟主動脈狹窄，出生後腦部缺氧造成永久傷害。父母在他小時候已發現他行為怪異，他在九歲時又確診患有自閉症，並於十一歲獲神經學家證實，他的大腦記憶功能極低。他只記得父母和兩個自小學已交往的好朋友，除此之外，他無法辨認任何人，也無法理解時間的概念。他在自己居住的索默塞特郡湯頓市，也會迷路。他生活上的大小事都要靠手機幫忙記憶，除了用鬧鐘提醒他去做事，手儲存�還有幾個錦囊，教他迷路時該怎麼辦、睡覺前該做甚麼等。靠手機提點應做何事迪安說：「只要我跟�清單去做，我知道我會沒事的。但若出了問題，若我忘了看手機，事情可以是非常困難。」而自從幾年前蘋果iPhone出現後，他已敢於獨自外出。此外，父母為他聘請了私人教師，協助他掌握了英文和數學等較不需要記憶的科目，連同體育、戲劇等，他最近成功考獲GCSE五科及格。他過去三年都在特殊學校修讀土地與環境的相關課程，希望日後能做與動物相關的工作。雖然生活非常困難，父母教迪安樂觀面對。迪安的媽媽說，明白兒子無法獨立生活，但全家人願意一直陪伴他。她說：「我試�不要去想之後到底會如何。」《每日郵報》新蒲崗迷你倉

Source: Standard-Examiner, Ogden, UtahAug.迷你倉 10--A handful of church youths and their leaders last week were the benefactors of $7,000 raised in April, when members of another church stepped up to help them with a yard sale.They used part of the money to serve Native Americans in Wind River, Wyo.The youths and leaders, mostly from Clearfield Community Church, which had experienced a fire last spring just before its annual yard sale, said they were grateful for the experience the resulting event funded.Members of several stakes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at that time not only donated untold numbers of items for the sale, but they also held the event on their property and helped man the event."We didn't use the entire $7,000 on this one trip," said Clearfield Community Church missions leader Laura Phillips.The Sunset resident said the money also will send youths from the church to youth camp and will allow the young people to do other service projects down the road.Last week's trip was the first time the group had visited a 2.2 million-acre Wyoming reservation with two tribes, the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho, that are served annually by YouthWorks, which brings in Christian youth groups each week from around the country to help the residents there."They organize different construction projects," Phillips said. "Normally, the people would have to pay someone to do it."Phillips said the trip also resulted in positive changes for the youths who attended."There is a bond that is created when people are able to come together in acceptance and love," Phillips said. "It not only affects you, but it affects everyone with whom you come into contact."Five youths and three adults from the Clearfield church attended.Alongside them were two youths and one adult leader from First Baptist Church/New Beginnings Christian Church in Ogden.The group also held devotionals and worship services every night with all the youths wh文件倉 were there at that time, including two groups from Minnesota and one from Colorado.They also had time to meet together in their small group, much as a family.Phillips said this small-group time was important in the growth of those who attended."It was amazing how open the kids were to new experiences," she said. "They were able to trust and share with one another."She said people in general want to know that they are not alone in what they are going through."For the kids to be able to open up to one another and relate to one another, it allowed the group see that everyone fights their own battles and everyone has things in life that they struggle with."She said once the members of the group were open to relating to other people, they were able to make connections with others.Nineteen-year-old Paul Rosales, of Clearfield, said he will be forever changed by the experience and listed participants from other areas with whom he quickly became close friends and with whom he is still communicating."It was a spiritual experience I wish everybody could have," he said. "You get closer to God when you serve others."He said the service benefited the participants as much as it did those they served."I thought I was there just to do community service," he said. "I ended up realizing I was broken and I needed to devote my life to God."And he said he saw others grow, too."There was this girl there that thought she was unworthy of God's forgiveness," Rosales said. "By the end of the week, her whole thought process was turned around.""A big goal of the week was to show each person that they are important," Phillips said."They are special not only to leaders and friends but to God."Everyone, no matter their background, is able to be perceived by God. That message itself is very empowering."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah) Visit the Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah) at .standard.net Distributed by MCT Information Services存倉

廣東省衛生廳昨晚確診惠州市51 歲女病人陳冬祝感染H7N9 禽流感，文件倉情�危重，仍於深切治療部留醫。新華社深夜引述衛生廳專家組稱，經研判個案後，認為廣東省內仍有人感染H7N9 禽流感散發風險，不排除有限人傳人的可能。昨日港府的應變工作未有顯著加強，衛生署在口岸未見加派人手防控，包括重點抽查來自惠州的乘客；惠州至香港直通巴士亦沒為乘客探熱或派口罩。台灣昨對廣東省列為黃色警示區，提醒旅客注意安全。明報記者廣州—惠州—香港聯線報道 議員專家倡停輸疫區活雞 立法會議員郭家麒醫生稱，於入境大堂檢測旅客體溫屬例行工作，因應惠州個案確診，敦促衛生署將口岸檢測體溫收窄至惠州來港旅客，他與港大禽流感權威管軼教授認為，食環署應停止疫區輸港活雞。食環署表示，爆出H7N9 的博羅橫河鎮13 公里範圍無供港註冊雞場，衛生署則稱，所有口岸入境大堂都有紅外線體溫熱像儀，若發現有旅客發燒，檢疫人員會覆檢體溫，並增派人手，加強對入境旅客抽檢。 衛署：會增人手加強抽檢 中央社報道，台灣陸委會昨深夜將廣東省列入黃色旅遊警示區，提醒民眾注意旅遊安全及考量是否前往；若必要前往，應加強自我健康照護。 廣東省疾病中心流行病防治研究所長何劍鋒昨在惠州會見記者，女病人陳冬祝仍在廣州醫科大學附屬第一醫院呼吸病研究所治療。陳婦上月27 日感到不適，曾到當地診所求醫，診斷為感冒，其後一直未癒，31 日送往惠州市中心人民醫院，病人樣本對H7N9 呈陽性反應，化驗報告已交中國疾控中心覆核。陳婦是於前晚轉送廣州，由呼吸科專家鍾南山主持會診。 涉事攤檔家禽撲殺病源未明 與陳婦有密切接觸的96 人，其中54 名已解除醫學觀察，42 名仍須繼續觀察。陳婦兒子前晚一度發燒，現已退燒，留院觀察。何劍鋒稱，初診顯示陳婦兒子樣本對H7N9 呈陰性，正進行第二次化驗，其餘人士均無流感症狀，研究所仍觀察其中42 人。 事發後，當局已即場撲殺陳婦攤檔的78 隻家禽，抽樣檢查該市場其他攤檔78個雞、鴨、鵝血清和排泄物樣本，以及化驗25 個環境樣本，未有發現H7 亞型禽流感病毒。現場消息稱，陳婦店的雞隻來自東莞和增城，病毒源頭仍未明朗。 惠州入境者口岸未存倉重點抽查 中新社昨晚7 時半報道該H7N9 個案確診消息，但衛生署昨整天未見顯著加強口岸防控措施。記者昨早上8 時在旺角乘搭往惠州的直通巴，職員表示對惠州禽流感個案不知情，公司亦無指示要求加強防範，包括為乘客探熱或派口罩。沙頭角口岸早上有多輛往來惠州香港的直通巴上落，約50 名乘客包括兒童無一戴口罩。 在沙頭角及羅湖口岸，工作人員如常監視紅外線體溫探測器，但未見有額外人手。記者昨晚8 時乘惠州來港直通巴抵達落馬洲口岸，亦未見入境處人員向返港乘客加強查問，只見日常配置的體溫探測機運作。 港大禽流感權威管軼教授表示，內地很多地方，包括北京及河北省廊坊在6 月及7 月都有個案，有關方面應工在做研究及調查，了解夏季期間禽流感個案數字，找尋病毒源頭，然後再制訂防控政策。食環署未有回覆會否對疫區供港活雞採取相應措施。 香港邊境 內地傳媒昨晚7 時半公布惠州陳姓女病人確診H7N9 禽流感，本報記者昨晚8 時從惠州搭直通巴經深圳灣口岸入境，邊境有例行體溫檢測櫃位，但未見加派人手或抽查由惠州抵港乘客。（余俊亮攝） 內地邊境 目前中港兩地邊境主要用紅外線體溫探測器，就記者所見，香港入境處監測較為嚴格，有七八名工作人員負責監測過境旅客體溫。而在內地邊境（圖）一方，昨上午10 至12 時只有1人監視紅外線探測器，且該人員不時低頭看報及離開櫃�。（鄧宗弘攝） 徒手宰雞 鄰近病人雞檔所在街市的惠州三島批發市場昨日如常營業，但現場人士並無因為鄰近出現H7N9 感染個案而提高防疫意識。不少工人屠宰家禽時，不但無穿防護衣物，甚至手套口罩也沒有，就地徒手宰雞及拔雞毛，市場遍地雞毛，衛生情�欠佳。 患者丈夫 病者丈夫徐錦文（圖）昨兩度探望妻子，他說要籌3 萬元醫藥費醫治妻子，對此感無奈。他獲醫院安排下午5 時探望，較其他重症病人晚兩小時，估計是為避免繁忙時間探病，免造成混亂。（楊德銘攝） 市場消毒 內地部門昨派出人員，到確診H7N9 禽流感女病人陳冬祝的家禽檔所在地惠州市博羅縣墟鎮新市場消毒，身穿防護衣物的人員於女病人的店外噴消毒藥水。有街坊稱，當局並未進入店內消毒，只以高壓水炮清洗大門。（余俊亮攝）自存倉

本報等主辦的“風情沙坪一日游”快樂出發，迷你倉百余名讀者享受快樂之旅昨日，本報讀者在體驗沙坪湘繡的魅力神韻。石禎專 攝 本報訊（記者 張萌）“出來走一走，才知道風景就在家門口！”昨日，長沙氣溫突破40攝氏度，而由開福區政府和長沙晚報社聯合主辦的沙坪風情旅遊節人氣更高，由晚報熱線96333承辦的“風情沙坪一日游”昨日開始發團，搭載著上百名讀者的兩輛大巴穿梭在城北的鄉村，成為一道獨特的風景。遠離電腦，孩子玩泥巴上了癮8時30分許，“風情沙坪一日游”晚報讀者團到達第一站長沙市園林生態園。這裡擁有300余種1000余類珍貴植物，是城北不可多得的“天然氧吧”。“這是一株百年紫藤，紫藤屬豆科……”紫藤樹下，這邊導遊還在介紹，那邊讀者已經拿出手機拍照，準備參加“植物大搜索贏取年票”活動。在園林生態園的七彩陶藝園，5歲半的尹自涵小朋友穿上圍裙，坐在小板凳上開始“大展身手”。她想做一個花瓶，可是“看起來很簡單，怎麼手一放上去就變形啦？”“手要穩住，往上提。”在師傅的耐心指導下，幾經折騰，終於有了雛形。“叔叔可以送我一個嗎？”拿到一個做好的成品泥塑，尹自涵滿足地離開。家門口的山水迷住了出國達人“今天才知道，城北不僅有開福寺，還有鐵爐寺！”在昨日的讀者團中，有不少旅遊達人，他們去過國內外很多地方，但對身邊的山山水水不太熟悉。旅遊達人林美文件倉的子女經常陪她到處旅遊，她已經去過法國、意大利、瑞士等十多個國家，但還是第一次走進離家門口不多遠的沙坪。鐵爐寺、清真寺、星月島婚慶主題公園、民族團結廣場……來到洋溢著民族風情的漢回村，遊客們不時按下手中的快門。在新富豪雲尚莊園摘葡萄、吃豐盛的農家飯，更是讓讀者們覺得僅花198元錢便享受到了超值的一日游套餐，“讓孩子親近大自然，自己也長了不少見識，希望晚報多開發這樣的一日游線路！”讀者李潔帶著外甥女和兒子享受了難得的親情一日游。客串“繡女”，沒拿過針的大男人玩刺繡午休後，讀者團來到最後一站：沙坪湘繡文化廣場。在伊飛湘繡體驗區，男女老少都化身“繡女”，認真地繡起了花。從沒拿過針的小男孩，也有模有樣地穿針引線，一些大男人也不甘示弱，和妻子比起針法。“上次我老公來過一次湘繡博物館，這次是我報的名，拉他來陪我的。”50歲的肖繼榮和老公穿著情侶裝秀恩愛，比針法。另一邊，12歲的小男生蘇柏銘熟練地繡出了葉子，“我在家用針縫過書本。”他自豪地說。令讀者團大開眼界的是，伊飛湘繡作品作為湖湘文化的典型代表曾兩次隨“神九”、“神十”升天並安全返回，為紀念毛主席誕辰120周年而設計的湘繡產品《偉人的夢》，搭載上“神十”游太空；“神九”搭載的“飛天繡”更具浪漫柔情，以盛開的牡丹為圖景，並配有“神女飛天”、“彩雲追月”等雕飾的花梨木座架。存倉

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Source: Pittsburgh Post-GazetteAug.迷你倉出租 10--Fans of Syfy's reality competition "Face Off" would no doubt agree with Steve Tolin's reason for wanting to be a special-effects makeup artist."It doesn't get any cooler than that," said Mr. Tolin, 34, who grew up in Elkins, W.Va., and runs his own shop in Beechview.Mr. Tolin, who arrived here 15 years ago to attend the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, will be a contestant on Season 5 of "Face Off." It premieres Tuesday at 9 p.m. There's a big twist this time around: Eight new faces are joined by eight veterans of seasons past."I've seen every single episode of the show," said Mr. Tolin, who also builds websites. His own is at .tolinfx.com. "Some I've seen two, three, four times, trying to do my homework."Tom Savini School grad Samantha Allen is also among the newbies. Savini grads on the veterans side include Alana Rose Schiro and Eric Zapata, and Tate Steinsiek also attended the Douglas Education Center program in Monessen."It's kind of a stand-alone because it's the first time we're doing this," said "Face Off" host McKenzie Westmore. "I think it's going to be really interesting for the viewers to see some of their old favorites come back and some newcomers that they might fall in love with now for the first time, too."Mr. Tolin has done special effects for the big and small screens, as well as stage productions. On his website, he notes that his "blood work" on a 2007 production of Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre was such a hit, he was hired to re-create it for more than a dozen more productions of the show across the country.He is working on pre-production for a zombie movie and will have some theater work coming up. Building websites is also a creative outlet, Mr. Tolin said."I would say 80 percent of my work happens outside of Pittsburgh. I use Pittsburgh as a base of operations, and whenever movies come through town I will definitely work on them. But it's hard to make a living to support a family with just that amount of [local] work. So I'll travel all over the country and sometimes internationally."His family includes wife Erica Highberg and daughters Violet and Amelia.He said as someone used to working as a crew member on set, being the one followed by cameras was a strange experience."The biggest surprise to me would be how different it is to be a cast member as opposed to being a crew member. In my heart, I'm crew. I don't know if it's like this on all reality shows, but there is very little contact [between cast and crew]."Despite the sometimes gruesome nature of the work on "Face Off," those involved say they are proud it's a show that takes a peek behind the curtain and can be shared by different generations."I think the parents get sucked into the competition aspect of it and then, there you have it, something that people can watch with their children," said Glenn Hetrick, an FX designer and "Face Off"儲存倉judge."They're so grateful for that, and I think that's really the biggest aspect of our show that contributes to its success."Also in reality TV ...--University of Pittsburgh grad Christy Biberich was sent home on "Brother vs. Brother" (HGTV, Sundays) after a teammate refused to allow her to buy a stackable washer/dryer unit for the renovation of a scary laundry room."It is frustrating when you feel you can't do what you know you should do," said Ms. Biberich, who owns her own design firm in Los Angeles.Drew Scott, one of the "Brothers," said it was a tough decision, and he was sorry to see her go. In an online interview, he called her an "awesome competitor."--It did not take long for the Blue teammates on "Capture" (The CW, Tuesdays) to establish themselves as the arrogant team everyone wants to see gone. But Eric Praxedes and Shane Steinman are a wily duo. Even after another team used a "sabotage" reward that caused a siren to sound on the Blues' vests, they STILL eluded the hunters.And just to show how taking the high road is beneath them, the Blue team members came across a stash of food earmarked for everyone and proceeded to stuff their faces. Then they threw the rest of the food into standing water so no one else could eat.The Green team of Aliquippa's Antoine Burton and Kareem Dawson steered clear of the whole mess.--"Breaking Pointe's" Zach Prentice is quickly proving to be one of the most tearful personalities on reality television (The CW, Mondays), but he was all smiles after winning the comic role of Napoleon for Ballet West's "Cinderella." Now, could someone please explain to Zach who Napoleon was?Chartiers Valley graduate Allison DeBona still hints that she might give up dancing, but for now she is thrilled to earn a role in "Cinderella" as the Winter Fairy.--"Farm Kings" (Great American Country, Thursdays) is featuring an episode that brings Miss Pennsylvania contestants to Freedom Farms' market in Butler for a Special Olympics fundraiser. The King family's youngest child, Ben, has Down syndrome. GAC will donate up to $5,000 to Special Olympics for every Get Glue check-in during the episode.--Want to try out for "The Price Is Right"? Then come on down to the Meadows Racetrack & Casino from 2-8 p.m Aug. 22. As a CBS affiliate, KDKA will be interviewing and videotaping contestant hopefuls, two of whom will win free trips to Los Angeles to watch a taping of the show.Once there, one of the two will be guaranteed a bidder's spot on Contestants Row. The show, hosted by Drew Carey, begins its 42nd season this fall. Participants must be legal U.S. residents and at least 18 years old. Official rules are at .priceisright.com.Maria Sciullo: msciullo@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1478 or @MariaSciulloPG.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Visit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at .post-gazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉沙田

Source: The Miami HeraldAug.迷你倉沙田 10--After confessing to killing his wife and posting a photo of the corpse on Facebook, an apparent calm Derek Medina walked into South Miami police station to turn himself in, a video released by authorities late Friday shows.In the 23-second surveillance video, Medina's father can be seen pacing back and forth, his hands deep inside his pockets.The video, released by the Miami-Dade Police Department, shows Medina wearing a gray sleeveless tanktop and blue jeans as he walks up to the counter, to speak to someone at the service window before taking a seat in the police station's lobby.The video does not show what happens next.What Medina wanted he couldn't accomplish by self-publishing books with weighty titles, by hunting ghosts and evil spirits -- or by chronicling his life on 143 different YouTube videos.But in just moments Thursday, with little more than a click, the 31-year-old from South Miami achieved a rancid form of fame.Having just killed his wife, Medina propped her twisted, bloody corpse in front of a camera and posted the photo on Facebook, along with his confession, forever earning the label "Facebook Killer.""Facebook people you'll see me in the news,'' Medina wrote next to the ghoulish photo on his page that remained public for hours Thursday. Then, with no hint of remorse, he confessed to the world that he had shot his 26-year-old wife, Jennifer Alfonso.The social media website, with an estimated 750 million registered users around the world, removed the photograph, but not before it went viral -- and set another example of how social media is increasingly being used as a tool for instant fame and exploitation in an era of eroding privacy.On Friday afternoon, the hulking, tattooed Medina appeared in court in handcuffs via a video link from the Miami-Dade jail.With a pronounced stubble, Medina wore a greenish padded gown for inmates on suicide watch.Two corrections officer flanked Medina as he told a Miami-Dade assistant public defender, "I'm in the process of talking to someone," apparently a reference to hiring a lawyer.Circuit Judge Maria Elena Verde pressed Medina on whom he was referring to, but Medina shook his head, either not hearing or understanding the question. Ultimately, Medina agreed to be represented by the public defender's office.Verde ordered him held without bail.He is being housed in the ninth-floor psychiatric ward of the county jail pending his arraignment in 21 days on charges of first-degree murder.After shooting his wife and posing her, Medina walked into the South Miami police station around noon Thursday and confessed to killing Alfonso at the couple's home at 5555 SW 67th Ave. Alfonso's 10-year-old daughter was upstairs at the time, but was unharmed.Medina said he shot his wife following an argument during which she threatened to leave him. On Facebook, he said his wife was striking him. "I'm not going to stand anymore with the abuse so I did what I did," he wrote.He later told police that he shot her multiple times after she picked up a kitchen knife, then began punching and kicking him.Family and friends on Friday gave contradictory statements迷你倉價錢about the couple's stormy marriage, with each side accusing the other spouse of psychological and physical abuse."They are making my son out to be a monster and it was the other way around,'' said Medina's father, Derek Ian Medina. "She pushed him to the point of insanity.''His family accused Alfonso of using alcohol and drugs and of being an unfit mother."He was scared about her,'' his father said, adding that the mental abuse drove him to the point of using Facebook to express his outrage.But other photographs on his page show the couple -- who shared a love of ghosts and the supernatural -- in happier times: sitting poolside, sharing meals, at a golf tournament with Tiger Woods striding in the background. Others show Medina, who worked parking cars at a posh apartment complex in Coral Gables, in various macho poses, one of them a self-shot photograph in front of a mirror, flexing his tattooed arm.Alfonso's family and friends say that Medina was jealous and controlling and that he pressured her to quit her job at Denny's, where she worked the graveyard shift to support her daughter, Isabella, who was her pride and joy.The couple met in 2010 and married within months before divorcing two years later. They remarried within a few months of the divorce, records show.Alfonso's friend, Amada Cooper, said it was Medina who abused Alfonso, who showed up at work with bruises several times.Alfonso's family declined to talk about the couple's relationship, but disputed what Medina's family said.Rohan Knox, Alfonso's stepfather, said she was not a violent person and he never saw her take drugs or alcohol."Anyone can say anything bad about anybody," Knox said. Family members described Alfonso as a very happy person, "always smiling, always laughing, making jokes." He says the image of Alfonso that comes to his mind is her with her daughter. "She was playing, always playing with her daughter.""She meant a lot to us," Knox said of Alfonso.At the couple's two-bedroom townhouse, neighbors gathered Friday, talking quietly among themselves. Most were afraid to speak publicly. Explained one man who knew Medina: the man "lost his marbles.''The windows to the house were always shuttered, neighbors said, and Medina was an intimidating figure in the middle-class community. The complex, Miller 67, is across the street from a Walgreens at Miller Drive and Ludlam Road.An acquaintance of Medina's described him as "odd'' and prone to violent outbursts. The friend, who would only give his first name, Joe, said he once saw Medina pull a gun on a woman who had accidentally spilled beer on his wife at a rock concert.Joe said Medina's behavior especially disturbed him when they were part of a softball league three years ago."He would stalk us,'' Joe said. "He would hide in bushes and record us.''Miami Herald staff writers David Ovalle, Daniel Ducassi, Glenda Ortega, Max Holscher, Nancy San Martin, Gustavo Solis and el Nuevo Herald writer Maria Perez, as well as Herald researcher Monika Leal contributed to this report.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Miami Herald Visit The Miami Herald at .miamiherald.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉庫

CONFRONTATIONby Mohamed Latiff Mohamedtranslated from Malayby Shafiq SelamatEpigram Books/Paperback/176 pages/ $26.自存倉64/Major bookstores/***1/2Those who know only their own generation remain always children. That maxim is one of several reasons to read Confrontation, an eye-opening tale of life in preindependence Singapore.This book by award-winning local writer Mohamed Latiff Mohamed is set in a world alien to anyone born after 1980. This is the era of squat toilets, open drains and leaky attap-roofed huts, but also a time when neighbours move casually in and out of one another's spaces in a kampung, sharing food and the common burden of poverty.Everyone knows everyone else's business and the lack of privacy also means that individual joys and tragedy, whether a wedding or a death in the family, are celebrated or mourned communally.Adi is a schoolboy in early 1960s Singapore, but avoids books for the more pressing pastimes of climbing the neighbourhood banyan tree to ogle girls or scrounging scrap metal to earn money for a 10-cent movie ticket. Like many others in the kampung, his family lives just above the poverty line and his parents are too busy squabbling about money and their children to take much notice of the political waves sweeping the country.Then the announcement is made that Singapore will join the Malaysian federation of states. Suddenly, Adi becomes conscious of his social status. Once sneered at because he attended a Malay-medium school, he is now envied because he already speaks the new national language. The sky is the limit now, and he can be anything - a policeman, a lawyer, a doctor or an engineer.Confrontation was originally published as Batas Langit in Malay and awarded a consolation prize in the 1999 Malay Literary Award given out by the Malay Language Council of Singapore. The author went on to win the well-known regional prize, the SEA Write Award or Southeast Asian Writers Award, in 2002, as well as take the Singapore Literature Prize three 迷你倉新蒲崗imes, in 2004, 2006 and 2008.The English edition of Confrontation came out this year as part of local publisher Epigram Books' growing list of translations that allows readers in English to appreciate Singaporean literature in other languages.After reading Confrontation, I hope the publisher continues. We need more exposure to such writing that helps us appreciate the variety of perspectives and ethnicities in Singapore.It is easy to forget that Confrontation is a translated work. The language flows smoothly and necessary explanations of Malay terms are well integrated into the text.The book charms immediately with prose in the vein of the idyllic village stories of Indian writer R. K. Narayan, written in the 1940s. Like Narayan, Mohamed Latiff can turn the backbreaking labour of fetching water from a well into a lyrical adventure.Without belabouring points of racial and social harmony, the narrative shows simply and effectively how circumstance and environment forge bonds between people regardless of race or language.The first chapter includes a description of a banyan tree that subtly echoes the entangled lives of the kampung dwellers - joss sticks and Mandarin oranges are stuck between the tree's roots, while a little Malay boy shivers on imagining the spirits that haunt the branches.For non-Malay readers, Confrontation is an engrossing exploration of history from a different perspective, as it makes readers share Adi's dawning awareness of his family's social position and then his heady delight at the notion of a state where everyone will speak his language. Even for readers who know what happened next, the ending of the book comes as a shock, followed by a strong urge to read more from this disarmingly powerful voice.If you like this: Read Frog Under A Coconut Shell by Josephine Chia (2002, Marshall Cavendish, $19.80, Books Kinokuniya). The author's memoir of her impoverished childhood chronicles the joys and pitfalls of communal life in her Potong Pasir kampung.迷你倉出租

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據新華社電 美國網站“拉瓦比特”據信曾為美國“棱鏡”情報監視項目揭秘者愛德華·斯諾登提供加密電子郵件服務，迷你倉庫8日宣佈暫停運營，暗示其原因是拒絕向美國政府提供用戶信息。這家網站的總部位於美國得克薩斯州，所有人洛達爾·利維森8日在網站頁面發表聲明，宣佈“暫停營業”。利維森在聲明中說，他“被迫作出艱難決定，要麼參與侵犯美國民�的犯罪行為，要麼關閉拉瓦比特”。利維森說，他最近6周受“封口令”限制。利儲存森遭“禁言”時間同斯諾登公開“棱鏡”項目揭秘者身份的時間基本吻合。路透社推測，美國政府可能要求拉瓦比特網站提供解密斯諾登和其他用戶電子郵件的方法以及數以十萬計用戶的信息。美國互聯網自由基金會律師庫爾特·奧普薩爾說，美國企業寧願關閉也不遵照政府要求、提供用戶信息的情況“罕見，可能沒有先例”。利維森在聲明中說，企業正準備向法院提起訴訟。他“強烈”建議人們不要把私人信息交給同美國政府有聯繫的企業。新蒲崗迷你倉