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美國國務院周五發出全球旅遊警告，儲存倉呼籲前往中東及北非的美國人提高警覺，指「基地」恐怖組織可能於八月發動恐襲。美國國務院周四已宣布中東地區多間領事館和大使館將於周日閉閉。美國傳媒報道，關閉的領事館和大使館至少有十四間。 中東14領使館關閉美國國務院一名匿名官員強調，恐襲威脅是「可信和嚴重」，以美國海外機構為目標，但沒有透露可能遭襲擊的地點和發動時間。不過，美國哥倫迷你倉沙田亞廣播公司（CBS）報道，需要關閉的美國領事館和大使館至少有十四間，駐在巴林、埃及、以色列、沙特、利比亞、伊拉克、科威特和孟加拉等地。在回教世界，許多公司和機構星期日都照常辦公。去年，美國國務院曾向派駐回教世界的美國大使館和領事館發出警告，指收到情報可能有人趁「九一一」紀念日發動襲擊。加上美國本土今年曾發生波士頓馬拉松恐襲，故美國加倍關注本土和海關機構保安。 綜合報道迷你倉價錢

政助辭職添陳茂波下台壓力、張震遠遭入稟追債四千萬、馮永祥擲三百億大堡礁開賭場成本港報章的頭條新聞。《明報》報道，文件倉繼發展局長陳茂波後，發展局政治助理何建宗被揭發曾經在新界東北古洞北發展區持有農地，雖然他已於去年上任前一個月，將農地權益轉給其母梁麗玲，但有別於拒絕辭職及道歉的陳茂波，何建宗昨以沒向特首梁振英報告此事為由，即日辭去政治助理一職，並在記者會上向市民鞠躬道歉。會上何建宗多番拒評陳茂波應否辭職，只說：「今日講返我辭職的事比較恰當。」《蘋果日報》報道，發展局政治助理何建宗被揭發家族公司在新界古洞持有兩萬呎地皮未有申報，何建宗一日內閃電辭職，並成為梁振英政府中，首位為個人過失鞠躬道歉的官員。政府披露何建宗不但無申報古洞地皮，連特首及局長也從未獲知會；何有違問責官員守則，更可能觸犯公職人員行為失當罪。立法會議員涂謹申表示，與堅拒認錯的陳茂波比較，何辭職是對問責制起碼的尊重。《星島日報》、《南華早報》亦是以何建宗辭職為頭條。《信報》報道，是非不絕的行政會議前成員及市區重建局前主席張震遠，以及由他全資擁有的新效控股有限公司，被一名上市公司董事入稟高等法院，追討4000萬元貸款連利息。今次是繼香港存倉品交易所兩個月前被數碼港追討逾700萬元欠租後，再有張震遠旗下公司被追數。《新報》報道，已故的「股壇教父」馮景禧次子、被監管機構視為「股壇壞孩子」的馮永祥，繼2008年金融海嘯後淡出禹銘投資的業務及2009年芳心錯投快意節能後，再度出山，擬斥近300億港元，染指澳洲昆士蘭大堡礁賭場及酒店項目，搖身一變成為賭業大亨。有澳洲媒體更形容，這位本港大亨所投資興建的巨型賭場度假村的大膽計劃獲政府加快審批，形同取得第一場勝利，與澳門、新加坡搶奪內地的豪客。《文匯報》報道，英美監控蛇鼠一窩！英國《衛報》前日引述美國中情局前職員斯諾登泄露的文件，指美國國家安全局（NSA）自2009年開始的3年內，向英國政府通訊總部（GCHQ）秘密注資1億英鎊（約12億港元），換取對方監控所得資料。消息指，文件反映英國在情報收集方面太依賴美國，事件將令英方非常尷尬。《經濟日報》報道，中國經濟未穩，投資者都傾向增加投資海外比重。歐洲盈利增長穩健的和黃（00013）業績勝預期，同時獲六大券商調升目標價。昨日資金湧入搶高股價，不單創20月單日最高升幅，更以28億元成最活躍股份，成交為過去5個交易日平均的5倍，動力澎湃。（即時新聞）自存倉

An autopsy on a watermelon vendor in Hunan who clashed violently with city patrols has concluded he died from a ruptured brain blood vessel, caused by external force, Xinhua has quoted local police as saying.迷你倉庫But the seller, Deng Zhengjia , also suffered from a pre-existing vascular malformation in his brain that was the result of a congenital disease, the autopsy report said. It gave no further details about the “external force”.Deng and his wife were selling watermelons at a scenic spot in Linwu, a county under Chenzhou , early on July 17, when they were approached by a patrol of urban management officers, known as chengguan, who are responsible for clamping down on illegal street vendors.Eight officers beat Deng, 56, and his wife, while one of them hit Deng’s head with a metal weight, The Beijing News has quoted a witness as saying. An ambulance arrived, but Deng was already dead.The autopsy report said the multiple injures Deng suffered to his head, shoulders, neck, back, waist and arms were “relatively minor” and “non-fatal”.Xinhua also quoted Yao Xiaoxi, a chief neurologist at the No 1 People’s Hospital in Chenzhou, 儲存s saying that given the vascular malformation, the rupture could have happened on its own.The doctor’s comments were attacked in internet postings, as a possible attempt by local authorities to shift the blame.“This means he always had this disease of vascular malformation and he would have died anyway?” one blogger wrote.The reliability of autopsy reports have come under question recently after several cases in which dissidents or activists died in suspicious circumstances while in custody.Deng’s autopsy was performed by Chenzhou police authorities and pathologists from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, the same agency that handled the autopsies for Li Wangyang and Xue Jinbo , who both died in suspicious circumstances involving the authorities.Yuan Yulai, a lawyer with Zhejiang Zhixing law firm, said authorities were failing to address underlying social problems and instead treated the cases as isolated incidents. “The authorities are dying to keep up the pretence at all costs,” Yuan said. “But as civil rights awareness continues to grow among the public, confrontations between authority and the public will intensify.”新蒲崗迷你倉

李靜穎[ 從秘而不宣到公開募資，self storage再到開出誘人的條件來做足噱頭吸引LP，一些PE正在採取迂迴的方式踩著紅線“野蠻生長” ] “現在很多機構都在募資環節打擦邊球，利用另類的營銷渠道來找錢。”告訴《第一財經日報》這番話的是某PE機構的合伙人，他所在的機構近日正在�動新一期人民幣基金的募集，令人意外的是，該基金的募資說明書被直接掛在了某理財產品的網站上。通過“非公開方式向特定機構或個人募集資金”一直是PE業內既定的遊戲規則，根據國家發改委辦公廳《關於進一步規範試點地區股權投資企業發展和備案管理工作的通知》（下稱“通知”）規定，股權投資企業的資本只能以私募方式向具有風險識別和承受能力的特定對象募集，不得通過媒體發佈公告，在社區張貼佈告，向社會散發傳單，向不特定公�發送手機短信或通過舉辦研討會、講座以及其他變相公開方式直接或者間接向不特定對象推介。然而，當募資越發成為GP（一般合伙人）們心中的痛時，這種曾經明確的界定正在慢慢被打破。據清科研究中心統計，2013年上半年中國LP（有限合伙人）市場的投資機構及個人共完成了對121只VC/PE基金的投資，新募集完成的基金總額達到78.25億美元，較去年同期金額下降了57.6%。從秘而不宣到公開募資，再到開出誘人的條件來做足噱頭吸引LP，一些PE正在採取迂迴的方式踩著紅線“野蠻生長”。私募成公募一位研究私募股權投資基金的律師金源（化名）告訴記者，由於現在募資市場行情差，機構募資壓力巨大，原本私募路演渠道的效果已被證明越來越差。“一些被逼急的機構現在走得更膽大了，比如用一種公開的非規範的做法來募資，在他們看來，與其坐等關門大吉，不如搏一搏，闖闖試試看。”他說。然而，在上述理財產品網站上，記者找到了文章開頭提及的基金的募集說明，只是在網站上該基金的募集被改頭換面成為某資產管理計劃，記者撥通了網站留下的咨詢電話，客服明確回複，關於該資產管理計劃確實是屬於PE範疇，但當記者問及私募產品為什麼能在互聯網上以廣告形式來售賣，上述客服只是表示，這是該產品的一個不同的營銷渠道而已。當記者就此行為向文章開頭提及的PE機構合伙人求證時，這位合伙人並沒有否認這種做法的非正規性。但他表示，即便如此也很難讓人抓到把柄。“只要不是我們官方網站上或是經過我們機構授權出現在公�場合的募資內容，那麼可以很容易地把責任推給第三方，比如有潛在投資者泄露了募資內容，將其發佈在其他平台上，我們是不能控制的。”他說。金源告訴記者，目前這種現象在小機構身上發生得比較普遍，且做法比較隱蔽，不太容易被發現，但如果被監管部門發現或是遭舉報的話，該基金的公開募集行為會被叫停，情節嚴重的還會受到處罰。而這種冒險的做法究竟會有多大的成效，金源對此表示質疑。“私募是個小�的投資市場，其投資門檻高，且風險性也極高，其以公開方式做募迷你倉不一定有效果，如果互聯網投放不能達到目標客戶，而只是向一般人做廣告的話是無任何營銷意義的。”他指出。漢坤律師事務所提供給記者的一份關於人民幣私募股權投資基金設立的相關文件中提到，一般正規的募集應是基金髮起人在確定基金的投資策略後，形成一份給潛在投資人的書面私募路演簡冊或是更為具體的私募說明書，概要地介紹投資團隊的履歷背景、過往業績、基金的投資策略、方式、流程、法律架構和最核心條款。基金髮起人可通過自己的人際網絡或市場上專業的募資顧問等方式尋找到潛在投資人，以此來從中遴選有真正興趣的投資者簽署認購意向書。募資手段層出不窮其實，在募資環節的不規範遠不止于此。記者拿到的一份募資說明書上寫著，項目資金投放間隙如有短暫資金閑置，將用于經法律法規允許的現金管理類或其他高流動性、低風險性投資。對此金源提出疑問：“何為高流動性、低風險性的投資？這種說法本身有問題，太含糊其辭了，容易誤導潛在投資者。”他表示，一般投資基金的使用有一定的限制，必須符合投資基金管理規定，閑置資金只能做一些保守型的投資，且範圍非常有限，諸如股票之類高風險的投資都是明令禁止的。一位業內的投資人卻向記者直言，這種把閑置資金另做他用的做法在行業內並不少見，甚至已成為行業的慣例。據他透露，內部收益率（IRR）指標往往是衡量一個基金優質與否的關鍵。對基金來講，最重要的就是儘快把錢投放出去，然後放大收益的效應。但在目前大環境趨緊再加上競爭加劇導致投資難度增加，使得部分機構不敢輕易出手投項目，而如果把資金長期放置在托管銀行內，顯然是沒有收益的，再加上本身基金的存續期有限，不允許資金長期閑置，故有不少機構會動腦筋把錢挪用到其他的投資行為上。此外，上述通知還提及，不得向投資者承諾確保收回投資本金或獲得固定回報。但在上述募集說明書中有提及該基金的預期年化收益率為25%。根據金源的分析，這類的字眼對潛在投資者只是一種討巧的暗示，無法寫入最終的認購協議中，即便寫入也無法律效力，一旦承諾給付固定回報即可能涉嫌非法集資。但據記者瞭解，其實不少機構都有向潛在投資者承諾固定回報率。某位人民幣基金的合伙人在私下告訴記者，其實在基金路演時，基金髮起人都會或明或暗地向潛在投資者承諾投資回報，一般在5倍左右，有些只是口頭承諾，但有些機構甚至會寫進書面協議，這個就會涉嫌到違規操作。金源直言，一些投資機構之所以“頂風作案”的一個根本原因在於原本固定的圈子生意已越來越難以為繼。“募資這件事其實對於機構而言一般是有固定的LP圈子的，但在退出渠道不暢時，如果投資機構之前的基金無法順利得以解套，LP不能從中獲利，那麼LP顯然對於接下來新基金的參與積極性也會大打折扣。而一旦無法確保後續的資金供給，投資機構就會面臨最直白的生存問題，所以他們才會想到跳出這個圈子來找錢，但其實很難。” getty圖文件倉

Source: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.迷你倉庫Aug. 01--As we waited for our lunch at Beth's Bakery & Cafe, I read the takeout brochure and learned the building was built in 1847 as a chapel, spent about 50 years as a hardware store and was even used briefly, in the 1940s, as a USO hall.The restaurant still exudes that sense of a long past, with antique dolls and furniture tucked into every nook and cranny, including the shelf that cuts across the eatery's peaked ceiling over the front door. The feeling is of a big, airy space made cozy with antiques and the huge porch out front. There are also touches of the Cape's oldest town: free maps and brochures of local attractions, as well as photographs for sale.You order at the counter and receive a number to put on the table so the waitress can find you with the food. It was not much of a challenge since it was quiet when we dropped in for a late lunch, but a necessity, our waitress said, if you want to get your meal during busy times.Beth's Bakery & Cafe was formerly Beth's Special Teas Bakery & Cafe, and tea is still a strong point. I had a delicious iced raspberry blend, made with leaf tea and tasting of fresh raspberries. My friend chose a cup of hot tea, brewed to a rich amber color and fragrant with steam. Good tea, well-made like this, is an occasion -- a reminder of just how bland a generic, dunked bag can be.The menu is small, but adequate, three or four soups and twice that many sandwiches written on a white board, a daily quiche and panini, as well as a couple of salads, including the nice quaint choice of a stuffed tomato.We each decided to have the half-sandwich and cup of soup, which came with a small bag of chips for $7.95 the day we were there, although the online menu lists the combo at $8.99.My friend ordered haddock chowder with a crab salad sandwich (an additional $1, but well ,worth i儲存.) The chowder was thin in consistency, but rich and aromatic, filled with bite-size pieces of fish and potatoes.He especially enjoyed the crab salad, which had soft, feathery crabmeat and celery in a salad just moistened with mayonnaise so the flavor of the dressing didn't overwhelm the delicate crab.For soup, I chose the gazpacho. The cold tomato soup with bits of crispy cucumber, pepper and onion had a little more zip than I expected, but it was well balanced so it tasted refreshing and full-bodied, not overly spicy.My half-sandwich of egg salad came on bread sliced from loaves the folks at Beth's recently started baking there. It was good but mild, not very different from an egg salad sandwich you would make at home.There is no menu for the desserts because they are there, arranged in glass cases, all yours for the looking at -- from muffins and scones to little peanut butter and Oreo confections that looked like heaven but were probably cupcakes. We were sharing, and settled on an individual-sized carrot cake. It looked great, but was a bit disappointing because the cake was dry and the frosting, while delicous, was too sweet and light for carrot cake. Traditional cream cheese frosting would have offered that balance of sweet and tart, which complements the not-so-sweet, dense carrot cake.We had coffee with dessert: my friend's espresso was fine but my cappucino had way too much milk in the espresso-milk blend. When I asked about adding a shot of espresso, our server said it could not be done because that was the way "the machine makes it."I would lunch at Beth's again, but I'd try something else from the dessert case (check it out on the website) and stick with tea.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, Mass.) Visit the Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, Mass.) at .capecodonline.com Distributed by MCT Information Services新蒲崗迷你倉

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各位股東：內蒙古銀行股份有限公司(以下簡稱“本行”)第二屆董事會、監事會任期即將屆滿，迷你倉價錢為了做好董事會、監事會換屆選舉準備工作，根據《中華人民共和國公司法》等法律法規、《內蒙古銀行股份有限公司章程》(以下簡稱“《章程》”)以及本行關於董事、監事選任程序和標準的規定，本行現面向全體股東公開征集第三屆董事會董事候選人和第三屆監事會監事候選人。現將有關事項公告如下：一、第三屆董事會和監事會構成(一)董事會構成根據本行《章程》第六十六、九十一條規定，本行第三屆董事會由15名董事組成，包括股東董事、高級管理層董事、獨立董事三類。(二)監事會構成根據本行《章程》第一百二十九、一百四十七條規定，第三屆監事會由9名監事組成，其中股東監事3名(2名法人股東，1名個人股東)，外部監事2名，職工監事4名。二、征集董事和監事候選人的範圍(一)征集董事候選人的範圍第三屆董事會所有董事候選人。(二)征集監事候選人的範圍第三屆監事會中應由股東選舉產生的股東監事、外部監事候選人。根據法律規定，職工監事由本行全體職工民主選舉產生，不屬於本次征集範圍。三、推薦董事和監事候選人的股東資格及注意事項(一)推薦資格單獨持有或合併持有本行股份總數百分之三以上的股東，可以推薦上述第二條所列範圍內的董事、監事候選人。(二)注意事項具有推薦資格的股東推薦的董事、監事候選人數不應多于應選人數。同一股東不得同時推薦董事和監事候選人。四、推薦程序股東可登陸本行網站(.BOIMC.COM.CN)查閱董事、監事選任標準。擬推薦董事、監事候選人的股東，均需按照規定填寫《推薦人情況介紹》、《第三屆董事候選人股東推薦函》或《第三屆監事候選人股東推薦函》、《被推薦董事候選人簡歷》或《被推薦監事候選人簡歷》，並于2013年8月31日前將上述表格及本次公告要求的其他推薦資料提交本行。逾期本行將不再接受。五、資格初審根據本行《章程》第四十九條第二項的規定，本行董事會薪酬與提名委員會、監事會提名委員會負責就股東推薦的人選是否符合本行董事、監事任職資格標準進行初步審查，並在此基礎上提出董事、監事候選人建議名單，提交董事會、監事會審議確定。六、備查資料擬推薦董事、監事候選人的股東可登陸內蒙古銀行股份有限公司網站(.BOI MC.COM.CN)查詢、下載如下資料：1.內蒙古銀行股份有限公司章程；2.董事選任程序和標準；3.監事選任程序和標準；4.推薦人情況介紹；(格式及內容見附件1) 5.第三屆董事候選人股東推薦函；(格式及內容見附件2) 6.被推薦董事候選人簡歷；(格式及內容見附件3) 7.第三屆監事候選人股東推薦函；(格式及內容見附件4) 8.被推薦監事候選人簡歷。(格式及內容見附件5)七、其他要求股東推薦資料應包括以下內容：1.《推薦人情況介紹》；(本行網站下載) 2.《第三屆董事候選人股東推薦函》或《第三屆監事候選人股東推薦函》；(本行網站下載)3.《被推薦董事候選人簡歷》或《被推薦監事候選人簡歷》；(本行網站下載) 4.推薦人股權資格證明；5.被推薦人身份證明；6.被推薦人學歷、學位、職稱證書、證明迷你倉庫第4項至第6項證明資料可提供複印件。法人股東需在每份資料上加蓋單位公章，個人股東需要在每份資料上簽名。八、聯繫人及聯繫方式賈宇峰：電話0471-5180012、18686099065傳真0471-5180012電子郵箱jiayf@b oimc.com聯繫地址呼和浩特市賽罕區騰飛南路33號內蒙古銀行大廈A座2005室郵編0 10010寶海清：電話0471-5180036、13314887877傳真0471-5180036電子郵箱baohq7 5@sina.com聯繫地址呼和浩特市賽罕區騰飛南路33號內蒙古銀行大廈A座1810室郵編010010特此公告附件：1.推薦人情況介紹2.第三屆董事候選人股東推薦函3.被推薦董事候選人簡歷 4.第三屆監事候選人股東推薦函5.被推薦監事候選人簡歷內蒙古銀行股份有限公司2013年8月1日附件1推薦人情況介紹推薦人：(蓋章、簽名)日期：附件2第三屆董事候選人股東推薦函內蒙古銀行股份有限公司：現向貴行推薦先生/女士為內蒙古銀行第三屆董事會董事候選人。推薦人在此承諾，向貴行提供的被推薦人簡歷內容及相關證明資料真實、準確、完整，不存在任何虛假陳述、遺漏或誤導成分。推薦人(蓋章、簽名)：法定代表人(簽名)：日期：附件3被推薦董事候選人簡歷 附件4第三屆監事候選人股東推薦函內蒙古銀行股份有限公司：現向貴行推薦先生/女士為內蒙古銀行第三屆監事會監事候選人。推薦人在此承諾，向貴行提供的被推薦人簡歷內容及相關證明資料真實、準確、完整，不存在任何虛假陳述、遺漏或誤導成分。推薦人(蓋章、簽名)：法定代表人(簽名)：日期：附件5被推薦監事候選人簡歷 姓名性別民族出生日期政治面貌畢業院校學歷學位職稱經濟/金融/法律/財務工作年限學習經歷工作經歷及職務其他情況說明注：1.在每一問題後填寫：是或否。2.推薦獨立董事候選人回答第4問。1、是否熟悉商業銀行經營管理相關的法律法規?2、是否能夠閱讀、理解、分析商業銀行的信貸統計報表和財務報表?3、是否存在法律、法規及本行《章程》規定的禁止擔任董事的情形?4、擬任獨立董事的候選人是否符合法律、法規及本行《章程》有關獨立性的規定條件?姓名性別民族出生日期政治面貌畢業院校學歷學位職稱經濟/金融/法律/財務工作年限學習經歷工作經歷及職務其他情況說明注：1.在每一問題後填寫：是或否。2.推薦外部監事候選人回答第4問。1、是否熟悉商業銀行經營管理相關的法律法規?2、是否能夠閱讀、理解、分析商業銀行的信貸統計報表和財務報表?3、是否存在法律、法規及本行《章程》規定的禁止擔任董事的情形?4、擬任外部監事的候選人是否符合法律、法規及本行《章程》有關獨立性的規定條件?推薦人名稱(或姓名)法定代表人(法人股東填寫)身份證號住所推薦人類別(在選項後劃√)單獨推薦人持有股份數聯合推薦人持股比例股東編號(股權證裡面第1頁左上)股權證號(股權證背面左下)被推薦人姓名被推薦人現單位及職務被推薦人擬任(在選項後劃√)股東董事高級管理層董事獨立董事法人股東監事個人股東監事外部監事聯繫人聯繫電話通訊地址郵編傳真電子郵箱08儲存

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Source: Tulsa World, Okla.迷你倉價錢Aug. 01--A hearing Wednesday afternoon in South Carolina finalized Baby Veronica's adoption and determined how she will transition from her father's home to her adoptive parents home.Lawyer James Fletcher Thompson said Wednesday that the adoption was now complete and a plan was in place to transfer the almost-4-year-old child from the custody of her father.The hearing proceeded as scheduled despite a last-minute lawsuit requesting an injunction.A Cherokee Nation-appointed attorney filed the civil lawsuit in South Carolina's federal district court on behalf of Baby Veronica alleging her rights have been violated by the court's decision to not allow a hearing of her best interests before Wednesday's hearing on the terms of her transition.Lori Alvino McGill, an attorney for the birth mother, said the lawsuit's requested injunction on the transition hearing was denied Wednesday afternoon.After the World spoke with McGill, who was not in court Wednesday, the judge imposed a gag order on all parties barring them from making any details of Wednesday's proceedings public.The hearing ended about an hour and a half after it began.The lawsuit filing and press release announcing the lawsuit came as the legal parties representing her biological father, Dusten Brown, and her adoptive parents, Matt and Melanie Capobianco, entered the South Carolina family court on Wednesday.Richard Guest, a staff attorney for the Native American Rights Fund, said Oklahoma attorney Angel Smith, who filed the lawsuit on Veronica's behalf, was appointed by the Cherokee Nation last week and is representing Veronica as a Cherokee citizen.Smith could not be reached immediately for comment.Guest said Smith was appointed in anticipation of future litigation returning to Oklahoma and Cherokee Nation courts.Chrissi Nimmo, Cherokee Nation assistant attorney general, backed the call for a best-interest hearing saying Brown is the best father for Veronica."This decision was made without a hearing to determine what is in Veronica's current best interests and comes almost two years after the same family court found that Dusten Brown was a fit, loving parent ... Every parent in America should be terrified," Nimmo said.The Cherokee Nation, in Nimmo's statement, pledged to continue to support Brown.Four months after she was born, Brown agreed to give custody to the birth mother, who -- unbeknown to him, he maintains -- had put Veronica up for adoption.The Capobiancos raised Veronica from birth but lost custody when she was 2 years old.With help from the Cherokee Nation, Brown won custody in December 2011. But a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month sent the case back to South Carolina.McGill said another best-interest hearing would be redundant after the case was already argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court."The complaint filed against Judge (Daniel E迷你倉庫) Martin (Jr.) ... is nothing more than an unfortunate publicity stunt," McGill said. "This case can't be re-litigated in a different forum just because Mr. Brown and his supporters refuse to accept the result."The lawsuit came with a letter of support from a broad group of civil rights organizations, tribes, state officials and others. The letter is supported by the office of Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, New Mexico Attorney General Gary K. King, the Child Welfare League of America, Cherokee Nation Chief Bill John Baker and others.The lawsuit complains on one count of due process violation and one count of violating the Indian Child Welfare Act."As a matter of law, the actions of the state courts of South Carolina have deprived the plaintiff (Veronica) of a meaningful opportunity to be heard on the matter of her current best interests before being transferred from her father to an adoptive couple," according to the lawsuit.Though Wednesday's hearing was closed to the media and the judge imposed a gag order on the parties involved, a transition plan submitted to the court detailed a transition between the two families.The plan calls for a transition period of a week, when Veronica will be weaned away from Brown slowly -- starting with play dates for the adoptive couple before phasing toward play dates with Brown and then the adoptive parents returning with Veronica to South Carolina.The Associated Press contributed to this story.Action since Supreme Court rulingSince June 25, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the adoptive parents in the Baby Veronica case, the following court actions have been filed.July 9Cherokee Nation District Court officials confirm Dusten Brown's mother and father, Tommy and Alice Brown, had filed for adoption of Veronica -- in line with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissenting opinion.July 17Cherokee Nation courts name several of Dusten Brown's family members as joint guardians, giving them the power to make legal and medical decisions for Veronica and complicating the issue for South Carolina courts.July 24Christy Maldonado, Veronica's birth mother, files lawsuit with several other woman who have given children up for adoption to declare part of the Indian Child Welfare Act unconstitutional.July 26Dusten Brown files petition with U.S. Supreme Court to review the case and require South Carolina courts to hold a best-interest hearing for Veronica.WednesdayPrior to a hearing on transition details for Veronica, a Cherokee Nation attorney appointed to Veronica files a federal lawsuit in South Carolina seeking to temporarily stop the hearing and hold a best-interest hearing. It was denied.Jarrel Wade 918-581-8367jarrel.wade@tulsaworld.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) Visit Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) at .tulsaworld.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存

E-books, surging to the fore in publishing globally, are finding slow going establishing a foothold in Hong Kong.迷你倉出租 The local publishing industry, however, is working hard to change that, with some delightfully intriguing innovations. Li Yao reports. Some people never lose their childhood dreams. For people such as these, the magical world still awaits behind the cover of every story book. Keith Li is one of those people reinvigorating the art of reading, nearly abandoned by today’s children, by merging almost forgotten storybook dreams with modern technology to bring the children’s storybook back to life. There’re no doubts about what kids stand to lose by not reading. Liz Jackson, associate professor at the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong, cautions that reading remains crucial to learning for kids, because it encourages critical thinking and increases understanding of different viewpoints. There’s plenty of academic research to support Jackson’s arguments that reading fosters academic excellence in kids, teaches them mastery of language, speech and communication, develops the ability to visualize, and contributes to self-discipline and logic. Jackson welcomes the evolution of apps oriented toward entertaining and educating kids, which is envisaged as holding enormous potential for educators, through interactive textbook supplements. She sees a great future for smartphone and tablet apps for education and research. She uses her e-book reader to pore over historical and contemporary works. Li, co-founder of Innopage, an e-publishing company, has produced 40 animated children’s e-books over the last two years, many of them imported and written in English or Spanish. Still, there’s one that holds pride of place for the publishers, a story from ancient China. The e-book retells in colorful, animated imagery the story of Hua Mulan, a woman who became a legendary general of ancient China. In the original Chinese poem, the Ballad of Mulan, the young woman disguises herself as a man, and joins the army in the stead of her elderly father, who had grown frail. During her 12-year career as a soldier, Mulan won renown, but refused to accept a public appointment, finding her own reward in retirement to her hometown. As the e-book opens, before her loom, sits Mulan, delicate-looking in her pink robe. She is seen immersed in thought, unhappy. The reader soon discovers the reason by opening the scroll bearing an imperial seal that has arrived at the family home, and now sits before her. The imperial edict serves notice that Mulan’s aged father has been conscripted by the army. Mulan’s reflections lead her to steely resolve, to take her father’s place, and fight the enemies of her country as a soldier. Readers witness something of the life she must have led. With a touch of the screen, a soldier shoots arrows. A horn sounds. A troop of cavalry gallops onto an ancient street. Her soldiering days at an end, Mulan returns home, clad in armor, her hair, coiled like a man’s. The door to her dressing room opens then closes, before Mulan re-emerges in her pink robe, her hair falling over her shoulders. “The original poem is too difficult for children to digest or recite,” says Li. “The e-book is easier and more attractive to children, with visual, audio, and interactive elements,” Li adds. There’s another delightful scene — from the children’s classic Puss in Boots, where the clever cat challenges the story’s villain, a terrible ogre, to transform himself. The fatal encounter plays out through animation as the ogre suddenly becomes a ferocious lion, then a tiny mouse. In a split second, Puss in Boots pounces and gobbles up the mouse. The ogre is no more. Children’s e-books are getting more like games, Li concluded. Mature readers equally are drawn to the digital imagery and interactive discoveries presented in e-books. “Back to the Stars” is a modern interpretation of Antoine de Saint Exupery’s renowned story “the Little Prince”. It recalls childhood’s adventures through an examination of the mysterious world of grown-ups. The e-book is illustrated by Chocolate Rain, a Hong Kong design company. There is a melodious soundtrack, befittingly melancholic, composed and performed by singer-songwriter, Chet Lam. Li pointed to one passage, “I walked away carrying the weight of his sadness. There are moments you just know it’s the last goodbye.” In the accompanying illustration, the Little Prince is seen dressed in white, eyebrows knitted in a frown of sorr儲存倉w. Preparing to take leave of Earth, he watches as his new friend, the pilot, flies his red airplane over the horizon and out of sight. The Little Prince pokes his sad countenance from a transparent suitcase as the plane disappears. The suitcase contains opened envelopes, two clocks, three black coat hangers, and a plush rabbit that can be projected out of the suitcase when the reader touches the screen. “People can see them, one by one, falling to the ground. The animation responds to their weights. It better communicates the feeling of emotional baggage, represented through the metaphor of the suitcase,” Li said. E-galleries From the digital world has emerged technology capable of reproductions such as never have been seen before, from fashion catalogues to fine art. tMG is a startup e-bookstore in Hong Kong that has created an online gallery for illustrators. It’s a big breakthrough for illustrators who have had a devil of a time for years, finding places to showcase their works. Sindy Lau, a Hong Kong illustrator, joined the e-gallery and posted her award-winning illustration depicting a stray cat as it adapts to changes wrought by urban development. Lau’s inspiration came on a day back in 2006, when she stood on Lee Tung Street — “Wedding card street” of a nearly forgotten era when family-run print shops churned out wedding invitations, greeting cards and Chinese lunar calendars in old Wan Chai. “Wedding card street” went under the wrecker’s ball that year, to make way for re-development. There were protests but nobody listened. Into the spotlight of Lau’s imagination entered the image of a strange, stray cat — shaped like a flashlight, with disproportionately broad head, able to illuminate and gauge every changing aspect of its neighborhood environment — its straight, thin body taut, its four legs and swaying tail represented by steel bars. In the e-gallery, viewers see only segments of the illustration, illuminated in a blurry, yellow light, like the beam projected from a flashlight. Viewers illuminate different sections of the image on the touch screen by re-directing the flashlight beam. tMG’s e-gallery offers an iPad app that showcases the artists’ bio and (scanned) works. Readers may purchase full-sized copies, printed using advanced digital techniques. Sometimes the originals are available for sale. Dozens of illustrators from Hong Kong and Taiwan have joined the e-gallery. An indelible archive When William Tang Tat-chi, 55, the well-known fashion designer, lost his mother last year, he and his elder sister set out to preserve the legacy their mother left behind. Brother and sister gathered all the recipes for home-made meals, desserts and snacks, assembled them in a book that opens a window onto a nostalgic glimpse of the disappearing culture and traditions of the indigenous people of the New Territories. Tang grew up in a powerful family that owned acres and acres of farmland in the New Territories. He saw Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai new towns, subway stations, hospitals, parking lots, and factories rise and erase what had been his favorite hangout places to go swimming, admire unblocked mountain views, and taste fresh fruits, vegetables and seafood. Past traditions got lost with rapid urban encroachment. Tang said he missed the close-knit neighborhoods of the good old days. “When my mother was preparing traditional dishes, she always made enough to share with neighbors, especially the seniors who lived alone. My mother believed well-off families ought to help the underprivileged,” Tang said. There was something else about this latest book for Tang. It was his first book published both in hard copy and as an e-book. Tang had taken note that e-books were gaining in popularity among young people. In keeping with the changing times, the book’s digital version can be purchased from the online bookstore launched by Tang’s publisher, Sino United Publishing Ltd, on July 17. Simon Man, the company’s marketing director for electronic publishing, said Tang has unique access to indigenous people’s daily lives and has a rich collection of photos and interview materials to make more engaging e-books for his future volumes. “One friend said that in a few years, this book could become a reference about New Territories’ history,” Tang said. By rediscovering homemade recipes, “I hope native snacks will take over the popularity of French maracons and Danish butter cookies in Hong Kong households.” Contact the writer at liyao@chinadaily.com.cn 迷你倉沙田