- Dec 19 Thu 2013 09:22
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Rustic food and craft brews make holiday dinner shine
Source: Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.迷你倉Dec. 18--W ith only a week left before Christmas, it's easy to get stressed as well as excited about Christmas dinner.This year, perhaps it's time to try a more casual approach -- a little less white tablecloth and more gastropub. You don't have to go too rustic. But try dishes such as short ribs or lamb shanks that don't require quite as much precision and attention as a perfectly timed standing rib roast or immaculately seared seafood.And what to drink with the more forgiving, but flavorific food, crack open a beer or three.You are living in the Napa Valley of brews after all. That means that local chefs and brewers have done some of the thinking for you when it comes to pairing."To me, beer is every bit as complex as wine, in most cases more so," says Ian Clark, owner, chef and brewer at Bru Handbuilt Ales and Eat. "It really kind of demands a complex food to be paired with it as well."And you don't have to stop there. You can also use some of those complex and interesting brews in your cooking.Clark likes to use his Citrum IPA, which is brewed with lemon zest and juniper to prepare seafood. It forms the steaming liquid and broth for his wood-cooked mussels, which are served over smoked pasta. The IPA also serves as a poaching liquid for shrimp.Clark brines chicken and turkey in beer and also uses it as a basting liquid. He adds it to stock to make soups.Tony Hessel, executive chef at West Flanders Brewing Co., also makes extensive use of beer brines. The restaurant's chicken wings, for example, are brined in West Flanders' Belgian-style Angry Monk. Perhaps one of the more interesting brined dishes on the menu is the coffee-brined chicken. Although the coffee, a single-origin Mexican from Conscious Coffees gets menu billing, another important element of the brine is beer, either in the form of Lionheart Stout or Woodshed Smoked Porter. As you might expect, those are also the best pairings for the chicken dish, which Hessel says can also be made with duck or turkey.While a rich country pate that Hessel makes doesn't contain beer, it does have a pairing: the restaurant and brewery's Trippel Lutz.One dish that doesn't seem very beer-centric is salad. But Clark makes a Winter Caesar with roasted kale, a Parmesan crisp and preserved lemon that, like the seafood, pairs marvelously with Bru's Citrum IPA.Hessel, who spent decades at The Med, before joining West Flanders, dresses a pomegranate and orange salad with a vinaigrette that adds sour ale to the vinegar. Like the pate, that salad is paired with the Trippel Lutz.As the work of these chefs and brewers food demonstrate, making beer an integral part of Christmas dinner isn't any less sophisticated or flavorful than the typical fare. And the approach has something to appeal to everyone at the table."Nowadays, saying you don't like beer is like saying you don't like color," says Darin McGregor, national marketing director for Avery Brewing. "There are so many varieties. It's super approachable and diverse."But also a little less formal, which might be just the idea to raise a glass to this year.Winter Caesar Salad4 ounces kale (tossed with olive oil, salt and pepper and charred under the broiler)1 ounce Parmesan, shredded (placed in a circle on parchment and baked at 350 until golden and cracker-like2 ounces dressing (recipe below)2 slices of preserved lemon (recipe below)A few slices of quick pickled onions (recipe below)Salt and pepper to tasteDirections: Toss the warm, charred kale with 1 ounces dressing and salt and pepper to taste. Place the dressed greens in the center of the plate. Drizzle the remaining dressing around the plate. Place a few slices of quick pickled onions and preserved lemons on top of the greens and the Parmesan cracker on top. Add fresh cracked black pepper and serve.Makes one large salad.Tip: Pair with Bru's Citrum IPA, which is brewed with lemon zest and juniper berries.Source: Ian Clark, BruCaesar Dressing3 lemons charred and juiced1 anchovy1 egg yolk1 cup olive oilSalt and pepper to tasteDirections: Place juice, egg yolk and anchovy in the blender. Puree and slowly add olive oil until emulsified. Season with salt and pepper.Source: Ian Clark, BruQuick Pickled Onions2 red onions sliced11/2 cups red wine vinegar1/2 cup water1 cup sugar1 cinnamon stick2 cloves5 peppercornsLarge pinch of saltDirections: Bring everything bmini storaget the onions to a boil. Let cool slightly and pour over the sliced onions. Let cool before using.Source: Ian Clark, BruPreserved Lemons2 lemons, sliced thick1/2 cup sugar1/2 cup waterSalt to tasteDirections: Slice lemons thick and blanch 3 times in boiling water with a pinch of salt. Once blanched, combine lemons, water and sugar and slowly cook down until liquid is thick. Cool before use.Source: Ian Clark, BruCoffee-Brined Chicken1 quart cold-pressed Conscious Coffees (single origin Mexican)1 quart Lion Heart Stout (or Woodshed Smoked Porter2 quarts water2 bay leaves1 tablespoon black peppercorns1/2 cup kosher salt1/4 ounce fresh thyme2 Wisdom Farms' whole chickens, 31/2 pounds eachDirections: Wrap bay leaf, peppercorns, and thyme in cheesecloth. Heat water and salt in a pot to a quick boil. Turn off and add cheesecloth sachet.Place in a 5 gallon bucket and add cold coffee and stout. Cool completely.Add chickens, making sure there is plenty of space between chickens and brine. Refrigerate and brine for 48 hours.In a smoker or grill smoke chicken lightly for 1/2 hour using applewood or cherry smoking chipsTo roast: Heat oven to 350. You can either cut the chicken into pieces or leave whole. If you leave whole place 1/4 ounce of thyme in the cavity of each and roast for 45 minutes until done.Note: You can substitute duck or turkey for the chickenTip: Pair this dish with West Flanders' Woodshed Smoked Porter or Lionheart StoutSource: Tony Hessel, West Flanders Brewing Co.Chicken Liver Pate1 pound chicken livers, well-trimmed1/4 pound onion, thinly sliced1 tablespoon garlic chopped1 each bay leaf1 teaspoon fresh thyme1 teaspoon losher salt1/4 teaspoon curing salt1 cup water1/2 pound unsalted butter, at room temperature1 tablespoon Cognac or sherry1/8 teaspoon white pepperDirections: In a medium saucepan, combine the chicken livers, onion, garlic, bay leaf, thyme and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Add the water and bring to a simmer. Cover, reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, until the livers are barely pink inside, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and let stand, covered, for 5 minutes.Discard the bay leaf. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the livers, onion and garlic to a food processor; process until coarsely pureed. With the machine on, add the butter, 2 tablespoons at a time, until incorporated. Add the Cognac, season with salt and pepper and process until completely smooth. Scrape the pat? into 2 or 3 large ramekins. Cover the pat? with a thin layer of melted butter, in mason jar and refrigerate for up to 1 week.Serve with cornichons, pickled onions, both sweet and spicy mustard and bread or crackers.Tip: Pair with West Flanders' Trippel LutzSource: Tony Hessel, West Flanders Brewing Co.Sour Beer Raspberry Vinaigrette1/2 cup sour beer (see note)1 pint fresh raspberries1/4 cup red wine vinegar1 each bay leaf1 tablespoon agave1 tablespoon Dijon mustard11/2 cups canola oil1 orange, juiced and zest chopped fineDirections: Macerate raspberries with sour beer, red wine vinegar, raspberries and bay leaf for 1 week.Pulverize the raspberries and strain through a fine sieve.Add agave and mustard to the vinegar and whisk well. Slowly whisk in canola oil until completely emulsified.Season with salt, pepper, orange zest and juice. Jar and refrigerate.Note: (Sour beer is a beer style characterized by an intentionally acidic, tart and sourtaste. In theory any style of beer may be soured, but in practice the most common styles that are soured are Belgian lambics, gueuzes, and Flanders red ale (although not the ale of West Flanders in Boulder).Source: Tony Hessel, West Flanders Brewing Co.Orange-Pomegranate Salad with Pine Nuts and Chevre1 ounce arugula1/2 ounce frisee2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds1 orange, cut into supremes (peeled segments)1 tablespoon pine nuts, toasted and tossed with salt, pepper and nutmeg1 ounce Avalanche Cheese Co. chevre3/4 ounce sour beer vinaigrette (see recipe)Salt and pepper to tasteDirections: Toss all ingredients together except vinaigrette and salt and pepper.Slowly drizzle in vinaigrette to desired dressing. Season with salt and pepper.Makes 1 serving.Tip: Pair the salad with Trippel LutzSource: Tony Hessel, West Flanders Brewing Co.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.) Visit the Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.) at .dailycamera.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存
- Dec 19 Thu 2013 09:15
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珠海版
2013年第34期/總第35期[專家解讀]珠海謀發展可“左右逢源”暨南大學產業經濟研究院副院長、研究員、博士生導師顧乃華則認為,自存倉珠海出口澳門總值占比不高,和澳門的人口、面積有關;其次也和珠海自身的產業結構有關,珠海出口的終端消費品要適合澳門需求才行。因此,雙方應通過產業對接的模式,來增強合作。例如,旅遊業無論從空間還是載體上,都有非常好的前景。珠海橫琴開發的旅遊業,和澳門的博彩業相迷你倉益彰,可將珠澳游打包成品牌,再比如文化、會展業方面,雙方也有合作空間。未來港珠澳大橋建成後,香港的金融、信息、管理要素輸入到珠海,珠澳合作的空間是否受影響?對此,認為珠海是港澳與內地合作的通道、載體,三方合作的對接點多、容量大,這並非衝突。而珠海在優化自身產業定位時,可以“左右逢源”謀發展。說明:當年排名是針對珠海主要出口國家和地區進行的,包括出口香港、美國、歐盟、日本、澳門和台灣。mini storage
- Dec 19 Thu 2013 09:10
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全國版) - (香港萬麗海景酒店不但是酒店,還是個舞台
南都訊 記者陳堅盈 香港萬麗海景酒店,迷你倉以“酒店中的酒店”為概念而全新裝修的行政樓層客房及行政酒廊專為有品位的商務旅客而設。全新的行政樓層於今年11月11日正式開幕,行政樓層住客可于40樓的行政酒廊感受到前所未有的個性化體驗。住客可在這私人空間辦理入住和退房手續,每日享用豐富的免費早餐,全日供應的各式飲料,黃昏雞尾酒和小吃,以及欣賞令人嘆為觀止的維多利亞港景致與俯瞰香港的天際線。其它額外服務包括免費熨一套西裝,于入住時提供皮鞋擦拭服務,及使用行政樓層會議室兩小時與配有上網服務的多媒體工作站。在海景客房更設有望遠鏡,讓住客飽覽維港兩岸美景。值得推薦體驗的還有酒店的特設項目,比如萬麗酒店特意為具創意,時尚及愛好發現新事物的客人提供嶄新的娛樂平台,包括“萬麗導航員”以及“生活原音”項目,確保客人每趟旅程都是難忘及拓寬self storage野之旅。特別推薦一:生活原音生活原音是萬麗酒店享負盛名的娛樂項目。在世界各地的萬麗酒店中,為新晉音樂人提供演出平台,讓他們于酒店賓客及當地居民面前一展才藝。萬麗位於紐約、波士頓、達拉斯、香港、倫敦和巴黎等全球主要旅遊熱點20多間指定酒店會定期帶領賓客近距離欣賞當地新晉藝人的現場表演,打造與別不同的探索體驗。過往曾參與“生活原音”的藝人包括RobinT hicke、T hieveryCorporation、Bruno M ars、Robyn、N eon T rees等等。特別推薦二:萬麗導航員萬麗導航員為萬麗品牌殷勤的時尚生活禮賓服務。以鼓勵當今時尚生活型的商務旅客探索酒店以及目的地所隱藏的瑰寶為宗旨。無論住客在何地,為何身在此地,總會發現一些當地美妙新穎的事物。萬麗導航員會力圖讓住客的旅程添上大開眼界的新發現。迷利倉
- Dec 19 Thu 2013 09:01
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港人聖誕遊東南亞意欲降
【香港商報訊】香港研究協會昨日公布一項關於市民聖誕消費的意見調查顯示,mini storage港人聖誕計劃到東南亞外遊的人數減少;但計劃赴歐美的受訪者卻由7%跳升至14%,成為各地最大升幅。 聖誕節是傳統的消費旺季,根據調查,七成二受訪者表示今年會「留港度過」;表示「出外旅遊」的則佔一成三,這結果與去年同類調查相若。但在出外旅遊中,計劃前往東南亞的受訪者卻由去年的24%,跌至18%。 香港研究協會分析稱,泰國、菲律賓、馬來西亞迷你倉地都是港人熱門外遊勝地,但近期泰國政局動蕩,菲律賓也受人質事件陰霾的影響,導致港人到東南亞外遊的意欲下降。 與此同時,計劃在聖誕遊歐美的受訪者卻由7%跳升至14%,成為各地最大升幅。香港研究協會相信,這可能與早前報道指今年前往歐美的平價機票增加有關。 在留港消費方面,表示會增加消費的受訪者輕微上升2%。雖然升幅輕微,協會認為,結果反映市民聖誕消費意欲微升,整體偏屬正面,預期今年本地聖誕消費市場將有所增長。文件倉
- Dec 19 Thu 2013 08:54
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全國版) - (國內首起比特幣詐騙案損失超2000萬 專家稱病毒危害或更甚
對於紅紅火火的比特幣,mini storage高回報和高風險一直都是兩個最主要的話題,而在高回報的神話在不斷上演的同時,高風險的威脅也已經呈現出來。近日,曾經引起廣泛關注的國內首起比特幣交易平台詐騙案件目前已被浙江省東陽市公安局偵破,那到底比特幣詐騙案是如何發生的?比特幣還有哪些風險存在?詐騙損失或超2000萬據相關資料顯示,在今年的10月22日,因對比特幣行情較為看好,浙江東陽人喬某利用第三方支付工具向網上的比特幣交易平台GBL公司充值9萬元用來買賣比特幣。10月26日,喬某發現比特幣交易平台GBL公司無法正常交易,也無法聯繫到相關工作人員,隨後報警求助,隨後警方發現,比特幣交易平台GBL公司涉及多起類似的詐騙案件。按照媒體的不完全統計,受害者約500人,而損失金額或將超過2000萬元。在這起涉及比特幣的詐騙案發生後,警方很快確定了GBL交易平台管理人員身份,並及時實施了追捕。三名涉案嫌疑人被抓獲。GBL比特幣交易平台為何會吸引如此多的人“扎堆”呢?據業內人士介紹,GBL比特幣交易平台與大多數比特幣交易網站不同的是,其採用的是帶10倍杠杆的期貨交易模式。用戶可以向GBL提供的第三方賬戶里匯入人民幣或者直接向GBL的比特幣賬戶里存入比特幣進行交易,既可以做空也可以做多。由於比特幣目前的市值變化巨大,也導致了10倍杠杆帶來了巨大的套利空間和虧損可能。病毒危害更甚詐騙騙局對於比特幣交易平台詐騙案具體詳情警方仍在調查中,但是這起詐騙案已經引起了公�的注意。但是在不少互聯網安全領域專家看來,依靠“龐氏騙局”模式的詐騙其危害性遠不及各種針對性的比特幣病毒來得“凶猛”。近日,金山毒霸安全中心就捕獲若干個專門盜竊比特幣錢包的電腦病毒。據介紹儲存該類型病毒會自動搜索硬盤上的比特幣錢包文件,找到後立刻通過電子郵件將錢包發到犯罪分子的郵箱。犯罪分子通過郵件拿到比特幣錢包文件之後,只需要把別人的比特幣錢包文件放到自己電腦上相同的路徑,經過替換舊文件和同步成功之後,就可以進行比特幣交易。資料顯示,金山毒霸安全中心在今年5月份就曾捕獲過利用中毒電腦挖礦(注:生產比特幣類似于采礦)的僵屍網絡,最近捕獲到直接盜竊比特幣的病毒也有數百個之多。與此同時,360安全中心也截獲一類遠控型比特幣大盜木馬,該木馬則通過遠程指令查找和轉移受害者電腦上的比特幣錢包。360安全專家石曉虹博士表示,根據近期出現的比特幣大盜木馬樣本分析,黑客通過社交網絡找到比特幣挖礦者,將其作為精准攻擊目標,再利用綑綁在挖礦程序里的遠程控件,隨時監控受害者挖礦機里的Wallet。dat文件,不限時間不限次數隨時提取錢包里的比特幣,給投資者造成的損失也是不可估量的。■小貼士使用比特幣時要警惕360安全專家石曉虹博士提醒廣大比特幣投資者與其他比特幣玩家交流時,要警惕陌生程序和不明鏈接,運行程序時最好先掃描查殺再運行。除此之外,比特幣玩家可利用360殺毒的“比特幣保險櫃”攔截可疑程序,確保電子錢包處於安全環境。金山毒霸安全專家提醒比特幣炒家要特別注意電腦安全,不要輕易下載和運行不明軟件,處理QQ消息、電子郵件時,均需要特別注意陌生程序和網址鏈接,防止比特幣大盜給自己造成嚴重經濟損失。瑞星安全專家提醒廣大用戶,由於比特幣具有不記名、不依賴發行機構等特性,一些賭球、黑市交易等網絡違法行為也開始大量使用比特幣作為付款方式。該類活動不但風險巨大,而且違反國家相關法律,網民應儘量遠離。南方日報記者 葉丹實習生 王蕾迷你倉
- Dec 19 Thu 2013 08:48
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北京國資入主民營影視公司
□本報記者 姚軒傑12月18日,文件倉曾投資拍攝並成功運作《畫皮》、《葉問1》系列等多部大片的原盛世華銳電影投資管理有限公司在北京舉行更名儀式,正式宣佈由北京市國資公司注資,在原有基礎上組建了國盛影業(北京)有限公司。今年8月,北京市國有資產經營有限責任公司完成對原北京盛世華銳電影公司的投資,成為其控股股東,並在原有基礎上組建了全新的“國盛影業(北京)有限公司”。今後幾年中,國盛影業將發展為由投資制片公司、宣傳發行公司、後期製作公司、票務公司、演藝經紀公司和院線管理公司構成完善產業鏈的大型影視娛樂傳媒集團。北京市國有資產經營有限責任公司是北京市國資委系統文創產業的旗艦企業,目前在文創產業的資產總額近70億元,年營業收入超過10存倉元,已初步形成集奧運場館、大型活動、演出經紀、體育賽事、廣告會展、票務銷售、旅遊休閒、文化產業園區于一體的文創產業群。北京盛世華銳電影投資管理有限公司是中國領先的民營電影集團公司,曾投資拍攝電影《畫皮》、《葉問》、《錦衣衛》等,2012年被評為中國年度16家電影金牌機構之一。近年來,中國電影產業高速發展,吸引社會各路資金紛紛入市。據北京國資公司總裁直軍介紹,斥資購買盛世華銳公司股權,設立國資公司控股的影視產業集團,在擴大和完善國有企業產業布局的同時,也使民營公司在原有優勢的基礎上集合資本的力量迅速發展壯大。高軍說,新集團成立後,明年還將連續推出《3D冰封俠》、《3D樓蘭》、《密室之不可逃脫》等電影大片,電影產量有望整體翻番。儲存
- Dec 19 Thu 2013 08:41
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券商評級
臥龍電氣(600580)評級:買入評級機構:群益證券2013年三季度公司完成了香港臥龍的資產注入工作,迷你倉尖沙咀電機產業成為公司主要收入來源。公司前三季度盈利能力明顯改善,香港臥龍注入成就電機龍頭。我們預計香港臥龍2013年∼2015年將分別貢獻淨利潤1.47億元、2.12億元、2.65 億元。展望未來,ATB與公司電機業務具有技術、渠道、成本三重協同效應,電機產業可以期待;變壓器受牽引變盈利向好、輸變電減虧因素走出低谷;蓄電池也隨著下游投資好轉迎來恢複式增長。綜合來看,公司已經進入業績反轉時期。預計公司2013年、2014年實現每股收益0.29元、0.45元,考量公司業績回暖,當前動態估值有提升空間,維持“買入”建議。中國國旅(601888)評級:買入評級機構:中銀國際公司股價近期回調主要受三亞離島免稅“一市一店”、跨境通等因素影響。長遠來看,我們認為“一市一店”明確了中免在三亞市場的壟斷性,實為利好。首先,“跨境通”本質上並非免稅,尤其在香化等領域行郵稅很高,相對三亞離島免稅無價格優勢,替代效應甚微;其次,三亞離島免稅是配套海南打造國際旅遊島順應而生,難以大範圍推開;即使未來在其他區域部分放開,對於三亞離島免稅景氣度影響也有限,主要原因在於目前貢獻營收較大的香化、精品等並非一次性排他消費,而是基於三亞旅遊的衍生消費。基於謹慎性原則,我們考慮 2014 mini storage淡季大東海到海棠灣店面切換帶來的客流影響,下調 2013年∼2015 年盈利預測至 1.39元、1.53元和1.91元,但公司2014年∼2016 年淨利潤年均復合增長率接近30%,後續可能的股權激勵、免稅政策放寬、購買以及提貨方式優化等催化劑有望放大業績彈性。當前市盈率已處歷史低位,建議“買入”。主要風險:三亞旅遊景氣度出現斷崖式下滑;海棠灣項目建設以及營運低於預期。中材國際(600970)評級:推薦評級機構:中投證券公司今年新簽訂單形勢良好,從上半年連續的印尼大單到四季度的西非訂單,海外訂單全面複蘇,同時國內訂單與去年基本持平。我們預計全年新簽訂單將有25%增長(300億元左右),其中海外訂單將超 200億元(50%增長,創近三年新高)。公司在手訂單估計超600億元,且今年新簽訂單執行效率較高。公司預收款自二季度末開始維持100億元,預付賬款也大幅增長,表明公司訂單執行和開工進度正在恢複。收購Hazemag的協同效應將在明年逐步顯現。此外,通過兩次訴訟案件,公司已經通過法律途徑將鋼貿損失減少到最小,而之前也已充分計提了資產減值準備,因此我們預計目前股價已經消化事件影響。預計公司2013年∼2015 年每股收益為0.81元、0.92元、1.03元。維持“推薦”評級。 風險提示:鋼貿事件再次計提資產減值損失風險、新簽訂單執行慢于預期。(朱雪蓮 整理)迷你倉
- Dec 19 Thu 2013 08:35
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尋找香港 靚紅葉
宜家有路姆西,迷你倉將軍澳中國有勁能樣,玩笑道出社會怨氣,背後亦揭露出內地譯名引��中港文化差異。除�欣賞廣東話可愛,大家亦不妨張眼細看香港景色,聖誕新年將近未必要外旅先睇到靚景。好似睇紅葉𠵱家去日韓就遲晒大到,其實留在香港亦有楓香紅葉之景等你觀賞。心態先決影相影景同時亦係影心情,所以有好心情唔使去外國,�香港其實都有好多靚景。去大棠影紅葉就未免太遠,我多數上山頂或寶雲道,剛剛買�部A7加支Leica 50mm 1.4就夠晒輕便。除�影人用變焦,𠵱家都慣�用定焦鏡影景。香港楓樹名為楓香唔講唔知,香港楓樹實名為楓香樹,屬金縷梅科植物,並不屬於楓樹�一種。細看之下佢有好多不同之處,楓香葉多數為三裂葉,加拿大楓葉及其他楓屬品種多為五裂至七裂。不過無論楓樹還是楓香,�天氣變冷時葉綠素因為溫度降低而分解,留低黃色�胡蘿蔔素同紅色、由澱粉分解出��花青素,因而呈紅黃色。天氣愈凍同海拔愈高紅葉就更紅,�香港賞紅葉最佳時間為12月底至2月,而日、韓兩個熱門賞紅地則多在10至12月初盛放,聖誕賞紅算係本地�一個特別節目。賞紅首選地:大棠香港楓香樹為原生品種,市區之地亦可找到佢�蹤影,不過賞紅首選場仍然屬元朗大棠,一來位處郊外景色怡人,二來大棠楓香出名後愈種愈多,有紅葉盛放之勢。乘搭公共交通工具可於大棠山道路口下車,沿車路直上,途經大棠渡假村、大欖郊野公園燒烤場、大自然教育徑等分岔口,全部無需理會,行約1小時左右可達楓香之處。起初為較矮幼樹,再前行10多分鐘會見到涼亭同最茂盛�楓香高樹群,此為最後一批楓香樹,志在賞紅而非行山之人可欣賞完日落景色後調頭離開。交通港鐵巴士K66 可於朗屏西鐵站上車,在大棠山道落車,車程大約45分鐘,車費為$3.8。小巴 可於紅棉圍上車(元朗千色廣場附近),在大棠山道落車,車程大約30分鐘,車費$4.5。 私家車可停泊於大欖郊野公園燒烤場附近停車場。大機紅葉拍攝攻略今次搵�Hudson Ng同我�一齊影紅葉,先講�用換鏡DC�拍攝心得。影紅葉其實唔使太多「架生」,如非要校timer,其實可以慳番唔使拎腳架。反而係鏡頭最好帶齊wide鏡、zoom鏡,前者影人後者影紅葉特寫,影時最好逆光拍攝,咁樣紅葉�色水先出到。攝影位1:山坡矮樹群大棠楓香先矮後高,途中有個小斜坡可讓人企上,有足夠空間低炒影人加wide shot。紅葉林中光圈:f/2.8快門:1/400sISO:400焦距:24mm浪漫剪影光圈:f/10快門:1/200sISO:100焦距:35mm逆光留白光圈:f/4快門:1/160sISO:400焦距:200mm地上枯葉光圈:f/4快門:1/200sISO:400焦距:70mm攝影位2:終點高樹入到樹林深處就係最多人駐足影相�高樹,想影高樹連人有�難搞,倒不如長zoom影特寫更有詩意。Camera Choice小巧Full FrameSony A7去大棠睇紅葉大大話話都要行1個鐘,梗係愈輕愈好!Full Frame無反換鏡機Sony A7當然係好選擇。最近Sony�《Play Memories》app更推出免費雲端服務,可以用完整解像度上載相片。影完即刻用手機、電腦睇相之餘亦唔怕影爆咭。Spec.2,470萬像素.Full Frame格式.1,920×1,080(60fps)拍片.126.9×94.4×48.2mm.416g售價:$14,490(連SEL28-70鏡頭)查詢:Sony(2345 2966) 升級特價Olympus PEN E-P5推出約半年,趁聖誕更大減$2,000,套裝價為$9,990,唔使$10,000就玩到五軸防震、1/8,000秒速快門。套裝跟一支M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 17mm f/1.8鏡頭及VF-4外置電子觀景器,玩開中價M4/3用家可考慮升級。Spec.1,720萬像素.M43格式.1,920×1,080(60fps)拍片.122×69×37mm.330g 售價:$9,990(連17mm f/1.8鏡頭)查詢:Olympus(2376 2150) 入門單反Canon 100D入門級用家可考慮Canon 100D,雖然係單反機,但輕巧體積拍得住無反,機能以入門級來說甚為不俗,I迷你倉尖沙咀O推至1,600都用得。最近推出白色新殼,外形別致。Spec.1,850萬像素.APS-C格式.1,920×1,080(30fps)拍片.117×91×69mm.380g售價:$5,780(連18-56mm鏡頭)查詢:Canon(3191 2333)攝影師Hudson Ng:「愛用長焦距」紅葉比較雜亂,要拎一、兩朵葉特寫主體先至有構圖,所以比較喜歡用長焦距zoom埋去。攝影技巧除�逆光拍攝,亦可嘗試將色溫調得較暖,例如7,300K。暫時睇今年紅葉仲未紅晒,過多一、兩星期左右會係最佳賞紅拍攝時機。細機賞紅隨拍用大機影特寫、wide shot要換鏡,掛住望相機而無暇欣賞紅葉美景,咁就未免本末倒置喇!如果本住賞紅至上、攝影為次�心態理應用輕巧DC隨拍。𠵱家咭片細DC畫質大有改進、焦距亦夠長夠天涯,一機應付晒所有拍攝需要。過曝更好光圈:f/5快門:1/150sISO:400焦距:28mm柔肌filter光圈:f/5.6快門:1/160sISO:640焦距:100mm長焦散景光圈:f/4快門:1/180ISO:500焦距:85mm心思設計光圈:f/11快門:1/180ISO:800焦距:35mmCamera Choice一機走天涯Olympus STYLUS1細機長zoom王,鏡頭提供28-300mm等效10.7倍變焦,加埋f2.8恆定大光圈。不過售價拍得住買部換鏡機,適合決心一機走天涯唔買鏡�用家使用。Spec.1,200萬像素.1/1.7" CMOS.1,920×1,080(30fps)拍片.28-300mm焦距.f2.8光圈.116.2×87×56.5mm.402g售價:$6,480查詢:Olympus(2376 2150) 輕巧好zoomFujifilm XQ-1雖然話要zoom影紅葉,但楓香樹都係3、40米高,相機100mm左右已好夠zoom。XQ1機身輕巧,卻有25-100mm實用焦距,加上Fujifilm X系獨有�鮮豔色彩,係旅行外攝好選擇。Spec.1,200萬像素.2/3"CMOS.1,920×1,080(30fps)拍片.25-100mm焦距.f1.8-4.9光圈.100×58.5×33.3mm.87g售價:$3,580查詢:Fujifilm(2406 3223) 美白添加Casio EXILIM EX-ZR1200唔單只有24-300mm天涯焦距,亦有女生至愛�12級美白、美顏功能。同時內置相機支架,自拍唔使再求人,最�女生使用。Spec.1,679萬像素.1/2.3" CMOS.1,920×1,080(30fps)拍片.24-300mm焦距.f3.0-5.9光圈.107.5×61.5×36.7mm.216g售價:$3,380查詢:捷成(2926 2300)手機後製紅葉唔係每款紅葉都係咁紅咁靚,細看之下好多都又乾又黑又蟲蛀,少不了要後期加工。貪方便想用手機執相,可試試呢個名為《Snapseed》�app。免費之餘亦可做到局部tune色校果,可以執紅塊葉、執淡個天,使用方法亦頗直接,新手都搞得掂。手機略影紅葉app其實市區都能見楓香樹蹤影,例如香港動植物公園、九龍寨城公園都設有紅葉路。最後推介3款最新手機攝影app,等大家冇相機在手都可用手機拍下紅葉略影。金句王《Rhonna Designs》修圖功能多多,亦可題字,最正係有多款靚靚sticker,其中「Insta Goals」一類內藏多款金句,唔拍用錯英文寫錯字,誠意推介畀各位𡃁模名人使用。透明外框《完美印象》《完美印象》可幫相片加一個半透明layer,更能設定前景透明度、顏色等選項,兩層相片疊出創意,唔只玩filter咁簡單。自製小人國《Juxtaposer》可以將兩張相改變大細合成,仲有十分方便�擦擦筆工具。佢可以勾出人物,將人物影像退出�,縮小再放於楓樹上就可製作小人相片。大棠以外紅葉之選中文大學未圓湖交通:港鐵大學站A出口下車。香港動植物公園交通:金鐘站太古廣場巴士站,乘搭23、40號巴士於植物公園站下車。城門水塘交通:在荃灣兆和街乘搭82號小巴,於城門水塘總站下車。青衣公園交通:在青衣港鐵站青衣城出口沿天橋即達。mini storage
- Dec 19 Thu 2013 08:29
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往昔戲鼓地 皎皎臥虹出
迷你倉 epaper.gmw.cn/gmrb/images/2013-12/19/05/2013121905_pdf.pdf...董 城 《 光明日報 》( 2013年12月19日 05 版)複建後的天橋 本報通訊員 楊益攝“酒旗戲鼓天橋市,多少遊人不憶家”。從民國初年開始,天橋...迷你倉樂器
- Dec 18 Wed 2013 11:03
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headphone weekly
Headphone AmpDaredHPA-55L很多品牌都喜歡用金屬殼製造手提耳擴,存倉貪它感覺夠高級,機殼又夠硬淨,一向以生產膽機為主的Dared最近作出新嘗試,推出了一部手提耳擴HPA-55L,特別用到木殼製造,看起來有種復古味,在冬天帶出街更不會像金屬殼般冰冷,而耳擴裡面就未用到真空管,採用全電晶體線路設計,在使用16 ohm阻抗的耳機時輸出可高達 300mW x2,本機更設平衡耳擴輸出,用到四組放大器,輸出功率可高達1,000mW x2 ,數字上非常誇張,不過現在這種4-pin平衡插頭仍未流行,要玩平衡就要改裝耳機線了。為了支持這樣強勁的放大線路,機內用到一粒3,500mAh的電池,令耳擴可連續使用12小時。用AK120連接HPA-55L,插上入耳式耳機Westone W40之後會聽到極輕微的底噪,以一部有這樣大輸出的手提耳擴來說這個水平是可以接受的,播放謝安琪〈我們都被忘了〉24bit/96kHz FLAC,從開頭的行雷聲及曲中的低音結他聲可聽到低音變得更加豐厚,女聲滑溜,高音鋼琴聲依然保持鏗鏘,整體立體感亦有所加強。之後用Sennheiser Momentum頭戴式耳機再聽,HPA-55L配這對針對流動用途設計的耳機一樣有心有力,讓耳機發揮出應有的分析力及深沉的低音,如果不是配本身已經有強勁低音的耳機,相信音色稍暖的HPA-55L夾機都沒有甚麼難度。SPEC•耳擴輸出功率:300mW x2 (非平衡、16 Ohm) / 1,000mW x2 (平衡、16 Ohm)•輸入端子:3.5mm jack•輸出端子:3.5mm headphone(非平衡)、4-pin 3.5mm headphone(平衡)•續航時間:12小時聯興 2728 8745 $2,400配件新品聖誕買AK120送你特別版耳機玩得高階DAP的用家很多都已經有自己心愛的耳機,因此這些機款通常都不會附送耳機,今個聖誕,儲存理就為AK120推出了優惠套裝,凡購買一部AK120,即送AKR01入耳式耳機一對,這款耳機是Final Audio Heaven IV的特別版,針對AK100及AK120重新調音,帶來迫真音效。除了AK120,AK100的定價亦已經降至$4,680,更加抵玩。ECT 3188 0767升級支援24bit/192kHzCowon Z2Cowon今年雖然未見有驚人大作推出,不過現有型號如Z2、X9仍然是好聲之選,最近Z2推出了新firmware Vx.41,升級之後將支援24bit/192kHz的FLAC及WAV檔案,我們試過用它播放24bit/192kHz的FLAC,播放流暢度沒有任何問題,而且可以正常顯示歌曲資訊及封面,大家會否對這部機再次提起興趣呢?$1,890(8GB)$2,190(16GB)$2,590(32GB)BDigibrave 2595 2800每周筆記玩耳機已有接近廿年經驗,由幾十蚊到過萬元的耳塞大耳牛都好有心得,認為有時玩平機加配件改聲,好玩過追貴款!行家講�:手機高音質要靠藍牙?高階智能手機及平板電腦都著重高效能及靚屏幕,為大家帶來更佳的視覺效果,如果你常用手機睇片,有靚畫面之餘當然會希望有更好的音效,不過手機要做到乾淨又大力的耳機輸出似乎不容易,外置耳擴又嫌不夠方便,還有甚麼方法可以提升音質呢?Sony最近在日本推出的新款Walkman M500,它用到與中階機F880同級的S-Master MX數碼放大線路,擁有與F880同等的音質,更內置可傳送無損CD音樂的apt-X藍牙傳輸功能,連接手機當作無線耳擴使用,有著更強大的輸出,音質應該會有所進步,最重要的是這部入門定位的Walkman採用棒形機身,可輕鬆地夾在衣服上,想用最方便的方法為手機音效升級,這部M500似乎值得期待。Text: BiLy / Photo: 峰 / Art: edyue / Editor: 劉達仁迷你倉
- Dec 18 Wed 2013 10:52
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“失靈”的手機
mini storage epaper.ynet.com/html/2013-12/18/content_30762.htm?div=-1...◎李靜 小時候,家里三個孩子的生活都是依靠父親每天走街串巷磨刀來維持。那年,我考上了大學。當我把剛收到的錄取通知書拿給父親...迷你倉
- Dec 18 Wed 2013 10:43
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Allegheny Health Network becomes client of Epic Systems Corp.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-GazetteDec.存倉 17--Allegheny Health Network has begun a multiyear hardware and software upgrade that eventually will link all of the network's hospitals, physician clinics and outpatient centers on a single IT platform.In so doing, AHN has become the newest client of Wisconsin-based clinical software giant Epic Systems Corp., today the top dog in the hospital information technology realm.The fully integrated health records system -- the first of its kind in Western Pennsylvania, according to the hospital network -- has the potential to improve the network's efficiency, quality, cost of care, as well as the patient experience, hospital officials say.And when a health system has been losing money and patients for so long, as has been case with AHN's West Penn Allegheny Health System, there's plenty of room for improvement, said Elizabeth Allen, interim chief financial officer for the network.The computer system upgrade was quickly identified as one of "a handful of big areas where there are opportunities for improvement," she said. The hardware and server installation is already underway.AHN finds itself in good company -- Cleveland Clinic, New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center, Yale School of Medicine, the University of Chicago Medical Center, Partners Healthcare in Boston and Kaiser Permanente have all purchased Epic software and hardware over the last 10 years. Many of those hospitals have opted to gut and replace decades' worth of contractor-installed and self-developed legacy systems in favor of a single Epic system.As a result, Epic has quietly and quickly emerged the top rival for Cerner Corp., Allscripts and Meditech.Its reputation has grown as health systems have abandoned the practice of installing "best-in-breed" systems -- the best billing software, the best electronic medical record system, the best inpatient workflow software -- and forcing them to communicate with each other. Instead, health systems are now keen on interoperability, and Epic delivers that in a "seamless" package. It was the first health IT firm to figure out how to do so, giving it an instant leg up on its competitors.It's "the holy grail of what organizations are trying to do," said Kyle Murphy, an editor with HealthIT Analytics. Much like Apple or Google, Epic has its own band of devotees and fan boys, including clinicians as well as executive-suite types who have been sweet-talked by Epic's media-shy founder and CEO, Judy Faulkner.Epic's system needs a lot of on-site hardware and infrastructure, and as a result is more expensive to install than competitors' systems, but that hasn't deterred high-profile clients from buying whole-system products from Epic, which reported $1.5 billion in revenues in 2012, up 25 percent from 2011."It's very costly," Mr. Murphy said. But "it's top of the line ... the Duesenberg" of health IT systems. Highmark is lending Allegheny Health Network $178 million to pay Epic to replace existing systems.And those systems are varied. AHN was built over two years through a series of shotgun marriages -- West Penn Allegheny Health System is the hub of the new system, and it has been joined by Jefferson Regional Medical Center and Erie's St. Vincent hospital, plus various primary care practices and specialty clinics that have been picked up along the way.Each often has its own clinical, inpatient, outpatient and revenue-cycle systems, which have been cobbled together and forced to "talk" with each other in order to share data. (UPMC, for example, uses Cerner for inpatient data manag儲存ment, as well as Epic for ambulatory care.)"Every time you have to create an interface [between systems and providers], it becomes a barrier," said Tony Farah, chief medical officer for West Penn.If a specialist wants to track down a patient's medical records from a primary care doctor elsewhere in the system, phone calls are made, charts are exchanged. Prescriptions are issued via one system, bills are sent out via another, scheduling on another, radiology on yet another.It's less efficient than it could and should be, Dr. Farah said."As much as we can, we are trying to establish a system that allows us to have all this at our fingertips," he said.Streamlining how health professionals communicate, schedule patients and make orders is "just some of the basic blocking and tackling" that is common at other hospitals, but has been missing at WPAHS, said Patricia Liebman, chief operating officer at AHN."It's been an organization that just hasn't had the disciplined leadership" over the last several years, making such big-picture projects harder to carry out.In charge of the implementation of this project is AHN's chief information officer, Jacqueline Dailey. She, like Ms. Allen, said the health system's historical woes create an opportunity to start fresh."We're a little bit behind on this. But it really is a huge advantage for us," she said. Being late to the game means a lot of the kinks have been worked out, and best practices have been established, at other hospital systems, Ms. Dailey said.Professionals at AHN will have input as to the final look and function of the system. Already, working groups of nurses, physicians, pharmacists and others are meeting, or will be soon doing so, to discuss the new system, Ms. Dailey said. Higher-level design sessions start in January."It is so important for everybody to be on the same page," she said. The goal is a final product that "rethinks the way we work as a health system, [around] our patient," a system that removes health care from its separate silos and better aligns among the dozens of health professionals who might treat a patient over the course of a year, or even during a single hospital stay.Those health professionals are often familiar with Epic, which was initially best known for its ambulatory -- that is, outpatient -- software suite. "The doctors bring the patients," explained Kent Gale, chair of KLAS Enterprises LLC, an industry research firm.Once Epic developed the rest of its product lines -- inpatient, revenue cycle, and so on -- it already had built-in credibility with doctors and was an easy sell at large hospital systems, Mr. Gale said. "They all kind of started with an area of strength," but Epic was "the only vendor that really [had] all the pieces," he said.Eventually, AHN's Epic health records system will be able to communicate with the health information exchange being developed by Highmark and Orion Health, an exchange that will distribute patient data to physicians and hospitals statewide. (Orion replaces Verizon Enterprise Solutions, which was originally tapped to build Highmark's data exchange in 2012.)AHN's hospitals and clinics will receive the Epic technology over several years. The first to have it fully installed will be Highmark's Wexford Medical Mall, which is now under construction and is scheduled to open in autumn 2014.___Bill Toland: btoland@post-gazette.com or 412-263-2625.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Visit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at .post-gazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉