Friday, August 24, 2012

岩士唐遭褫奪環法單車賽7冠 棄藥檢上訴避聆訊 稱我受夠了

岩士唐遭褫奪環法7冠 棄藥檢上訴避聆訊 稱「我受夠了」
明報 
8/25/2012

【明報專訊】擁有7屆環法單車賽冠軍頭銜和奧運銅牌的美國單車名將岩士唐周四宣布,不再為持續逾10年的禁藥指控抗爭,指摘提控的美國反禁藥機構(USADA)設法懲罰他,拒絕在不公平的情况下求清白。USADA隨即宣布,褫奪岩士唐的所有環法賽冠軍頭銜,並罰其終身停賽,又批評岩士唐的行徑是不擇手段求勝的例子。

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下月將迎來41歲生辰的岩士唐(Lance Armstrong),自1992年展開職業單車手生涯,曾於1996年因患癌退役,及後在1998年復出,1999至2005年間更連奪7屆環法單車賽冠軍,成近代體壇傳奇。惟USADA多次質疑岩士唐曾注射紅血球生成素(EPO)、睾丸素等禁藥,並違法輸血以提升表現,更帶頭慫恿隊友服用禁藥,今年6月正式對他提出起訴。

機構引述其前隊友等10名證人,指證岩士唐違規,但岩士唐強烈否認指控,並入稟美國聯邦法院,指控USADA對禁藥案的審訊「片面不公」,違反美國憲法賦予人民合法接受審判的權利,要求中止審訊,惟法院最終於周一駁回案件,為USADA展開繼續調查禁藥事件鋪路。

隊友指證違規 拒受查稱無辜
堅稱無辜的岩士唐周四突發表聲明,決定不再上訴。他在聲明中稱:「每個人一生中都會面臨某個時刻,必須說『我受夠了』。對我而言,現在正是這時刻。」他表示,應付禁藥指控令他的家庭及旗下癌症基金會的工作深受困擾,希望結束這場鬧劇,今後不再回應禁藥問題,全心投入癌症基金會的工作。

岩士唐表示,這並非承認服用禁藥,強調自己曾通過數以百計藥檢均未有違規,但機構進行「違憲的獵巫行動」,旨在利用權力奪去他的榮譽,用盡方法懲罰他,並非希望尋求真相,不合理亦不公平,決定拒絕接受USADA調查。

USADA隨即宣布,褫奪岩士唐自1998年8月1日起獲得的所有獎項,包括7屆環法單車賽冠軍頭銜、2000年悉尼奧運單車計時賽銅牌等,並終身禁止其參與單車競賽活動,如參賽、擔任教練等。USADA行政總裁泰格特(Travis Tygart)表示,對體壇而言這是個「悲傷的日子」,他認為岩士唐展示出「不擇手段求勝」的文化如何取代公平、安全及誠實的比賽,必須消除這種風氣。

被批「不擇手段求勝」 終身禁賽
世界反禁藥機構(WADA)主席費依(John Fahey)表示,岩士唐不再就禁藥指控上訴的決定,只會被視作默認犯錯,並對他拒絕接受公開聆訊感到失望。

Voyager family returns after more than four years learning at sea


Voyager family returns after more than four years learning at sea
MaryAnnBenitez 
Thursday, December 10, 2009

After four and half years sailing a catamaran halfway around the world, a family of four are back in Hong Kong.

Former Cable News reporter, Cam Highfield, her British husband Arni, a retired marine police officer, and their daughters Molly and Nancy docked her yesterday after a once-in-a-lifetime voyage that took them to 20 countries.

Molly, 11, blogged: "Wow! This is really, um ... how can I describe it? Well, it feels great being back in Hong Kong, but it also feels a bit unfamiliar. But it's good to be home."

Arni Highfield said the voyage allowed them to go to "places and meet people together as a family."

They plan to stay put in Hong Kong for a while, living in their catamaran, Jade, and see if they can get used to being back in home port.

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Cam, a Hong Kong-Chinese, who home-schooled their daughters, said it was not much different from regular school except that they did not have classmates.

Their journey took them through the South Pacific, then back to the northern hemisphere up through Guam and Micronesia, Japan and South Korea.

The voyage fulfilled Arni's dream of traveling the world in a yacht.

"It was Arni - otherwise Mr Highfield - who started having the idea of traveling the world on a yacht," Cam said of her husband's dream.

According to the family website, Arni Highfield joined the merchant navy in England, at 16.

He later became a marine police officer in Hong Kong.

As he approached retirement, finally, he edged was closer to his dream, by reading a mountains of yachting magazines.

Then he joined the Hebe Haven Yacht Club in Hong Kong and acquired Paloma, his first sailing yacht, a 22-foot Sonata.

Later, the family bought Rafiki, a 40-foot yacht. As retirement loomed, Highfield decided to buy a new catamaran from the United States, a Manta 42-footer.

The family sailed out of Hong Kong on the QEII to England, a perk of Highfield's civil service retirement package.

From England, the family flew to Florida to fetch Jade, their catamaran. In May 2005, they set sail from Florida.

"We've been to more than 20 countries in our 4-year voyage," Cam Highfield wrote in a recent magazine article.

"Some of the most fascinating were the wild animals of the Galapagos, the people in the Cook Islands and Guam, and the culture in Vanuatu."

NGO takes up case of prodigy's schooling


NGO takes up case of prodigy's schooling
South China Morning Post
By Dennis Chong
2011-09-27

Hong Kong Unison to complain about education department's inability to find suitable establishment for gifted Indian student, citing discrimination A long-running wrangle over an ethnic Indian boy took a new turn yesterday when an NGO said it would file a complaint with the equal opportunity watchdog against the Education Bureau for failing to find a proper school for the pupil.

Hong Kong Unison said it would lodge its complaint with the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) on behalf of Arjun Singh. This comes after Unison's threat last month to take the government to court for failing to provide equal education opportunities for ethnic minorities.

Singh, 12, a member of the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education, has been schooled at home for the past two years because his parents said they could not find a school to satisfy his special learning needs. Singh has an IQ of 120 to 129 - which is near the benchmark of 130 for prodigies - according to a cognitive test he took using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.

Several schools refused his parents' demand to admit Singh into a more advanced class; he would have entered Secondary One in the new academic year.

Unison executive director Fermi Wong Wai-fun said she would submit a racial discrimination complaint to the EOC. She criticised the Education Bureau for failing to find a proper school for Singh and showing indifference to the pupil when he sought help. "This would not happen if
he was not Indian," she said.

Unison is also collecting support from 100 families in its bid to sue the government for failing to offer ethnic minorities a chance to integrate into Hong Kong society through the education system. It says local schools have failed to provide quality Chinese-language education to ethnic minorities, hindering their chances to climb the social ladder.

Human rights lawyer Chong Yiu-kwong said it would be hard to prove Singh (pictured) had been the object of racial discrimination, because he sought a gifted education in English.

Inequality arising from language barriers would be a form of indirect discrimination that was difficult to substantiate, he said.

EOC chairman Lam Woon-kwong said recently that Singh's parents had played a role in their son's predicament, deciding to withdraw him from school in 2009. "If they can afford it, there are many types of English schools in Hong Kong," he said.

But it was odd that the Education Bureau had failed to find a proper school for the boy in two years.
"It is strange that a 12-year-old could be staying at home without having to go to school," he said. "If the problem lay with the schools, the Education Bureau should have helped him find one."

An Education Bureau spokeswoman said it had tried to help Singh find a school since 2009, when they first learned of his case. The bureau would not say how many pupils are
homeschooled in Hong Kong.

http://easss.com/edu/home

Child prodigy Arjun Singh left out on a limb

Child prodigy left out on a limb
Dennis Chong
Sep 15, 2011
South China Morning Post 

Arjun Singh aspires to be Hong Kong's youngest ethnic Indian to enter university. But the 12-year-old does not even have a secondary school to go to.

The physics prodigy has spent endless hours in the past two years on a whiteboard at his home to memorise formulae and practise university entrance exam questions.

He recently received four As and a B in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education, equivalent to Hong Kong's now defunct Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination.

He is one of the very few pupils allowed to study at home under Hong Kong's compulsory education laws.

"I have no peers. I would like to have an association with people of the same age," Singh said. "I have a flexible schedule. I can study on Sunday and play on weekdays."

In 2009, then a fifth-grader, he withdrew from an international school which refused to upgrade him.

Since then, according to his mother Anita Singh, he has not been able to find a school, either because the schools said they did not have the resources to take him or they only taught in Chinese.

"Hong Kong does not have enough facilities to cater for the needs of gifted children," she said.

In Hong Kong, there are more than 10,000 gifted children based on international criteria that define prodigies as the top 2 per cent of the pupil population.

But many schools may not be equipped to treat these pupils with care, according to Fred Lam Yun-fu of the Hong Kong Association of Parents of Gifted Children.

"In elite schools, these children can be allowed to learn separately. But smaller schools may have problems in dealing with them," Lam said.

One teacher at an Islamic school said schools for ethnic minorities faced constraints. "If there are four or five students, they can go to split classes, but usually there is just one," he said.

Stephen Tommis, executive director of the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education, said: "A lot of schools need to take the concept of gifted education on board and understand the needs of gifted learners. We are recommending that every school should have a gifted education manager. We are working with the government."

The government currently provides guidelines for school heads to provide "accelerated learning" for talented children.

In response to Singh's case, the Education Bureau said the authorities encouraged and supported schools to cater for the needs of their gifted students through a school-based approach.

Anita Singh said the government should better train local teachers to cater for the needs of ethnic minorities. "It's not just my son. I suspect there are many who are not recognised and their talent wasted. They may become the worst kids at schools," she said.

Her son, who is studying for examinations that would gain him admission to a United States university, said there were many who could not fit in.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

公共溫泉落化學藥劑尿素酶和酚酞指示劑 小便即紅 化學手段捉缺德客


溫泉落藥 小便即紅 化學手段捉缺德客
明報 – 2012年8月22日星期三

【明報專訊】夏日泳池爆棚,日前深圳驗出6家泳池尿素含量超標。對此,有網友爆料稱有公共溫泉使出奇招,在池水中放入遇尿變色的化學藥劑,令顧客「一尿即紅」,以此阻止在池內暗自方便者。

《南方都市報》報道,在深圳日前的公共泳池檢測中,有14個泳池水質不合格,其中6個尿素超標。泳池工作人員指,由於暑假來臨,更多孩童到泳池玩耍,因而池內小便的現象增多,他們已經貼出告示牌,勸喻市民注意維護水質。

而近日一名網友則留言稱,自己有一次浸溫泉時突然內急,於是「將整個身子埋入水中開閘放水」,誰知水裏竟然騰起一汩汩紅色液體,「嚇壞了,以為我尿血了?」就在此時,保安迅速衝了進來把該網友拖出水面,指其在水中小便,要罰款800元人民幣。

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網友「尿血」驚魂 即罰800

前日,記者就此事查詢了深圳某溫泉部,工作人員稱,下藥在溫泉行業並非普遍現象。工作人員表示,溫泉早晚都會清潔消毒,而且池水都是循環的,更表示光顧的客人都是高素質人群,「一般不會做這種事情」,不用下藥來防。

但是,溫泉部門經理亦指出,要使溫泉水遇到尿變成紅色十分簡單。溫泉水和尿中的尿酸度不一樣,裏面所含氯的成分也不同,放一點藥進去,遇到尿,確實能使水變顏色。

添加物質應無害
據了解,尿液之所以遇水即變成紅色,有可能是水中放入了尿素酶和酚酞指示劑的效果

尿素酶首先令尿液分解,釋放出游離氨;由於游離氨為鹼性,遇上可以檢測物質酸鹼性的酚酞,就會呈現紅色。由於生成物有不停擴散和遇熱分解的特點,紅色在形成之後,很快就會散去。無論是接觸或是不小心食用,這兩種化學物一般都對人體無害;但由於尿素酶屬大豆製品酚則在海藻或化石產品中提出,因此亦存在引起敏感體質人群不適的可能性。

另外,所使用藥物的純度也可能有影響:國家對化學用品的純度有分級,若使用的化學物質為純度較低的工業品,長期接觸有致癌的危險。

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Faith Dickey Stuntwoman's Walk Between Trucks Explained

Volvo Trucks - The Ballerina Stunt
World record-holding highliner Faith Dickey battles in the wind to cross the line between two speeding trucks. Will she make it before the trucks reach the tunnel that lies behind the next bend? 
The stunt was set up to show the precise handling of the new Volvo FH. Filmed on an unopened highway in Croatia in cooperation with Hollywood stunt director Peter Pedrero (James Bond, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean.) Directed by Academy Award nominee Henry Alex Rubin. Music by J. Ralph / The Rumor Mill.



STUNTWOMAN'S WALK BETWEEN TRUCKS EXPLAINED
Faith Dickey walked on a rope between two speeding trucks. How did she manage it? 
http://q.gs/1gh01

The physics of crazy slackline walk between trucks at 80 mph
Woman's feat is a YouTube sensation; here is what is involved in the daring stunt 
http://q.gs/1ggzh


美國女特技人貨車間
走繩索完成壯舉 

Monday, August 20, 2012

警方查獲毒品 含笑半步癲 常被用于迷奸女性

警方查獲毒品“含笑半步癲” 常被用于迷奸女性
2012-08-20 sina

這玩意兒真有!

據媒體報道,台灣龍潭警方17日凌晨查獲葉姓男子吸食新興毒品“含笑半步癲”。警方表示,“含笑半步癲”在電影《唐伯虎點秋香》中,被周星馳形容是天下劇毒,其真實版為迷奸藥,常見于夜店。

警方指出,真實版的“含笑半步癲”是最近一年來才在台灣出現的迷奸毒品。這種毒品可迅速溶于水中,當被加入飲料服用後,會產生嚴重幻想、幻聽、無法控制意識的行為,常被不肖歹徒用于夜店迷奸女性。

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警方表示,“含笑半步癲”是將K粉及搖頭丸混合研磨成粉末,再摻入衝泡咖啡粉,制成速溶包,加入水、飲料、酒類服用後,使用者先會變得很high,接著出現幻想、幻聽,之後會變得癱軟無力。鐘和


臺版“含笑半步癲”為新毒品 常被用於迷姦女性
2012年08月20日
中國新聞網  

 據台灣《聯合報》報道,台灣桃園縣龍潭警方16日淩晨查獲葉姓男子吸食新興毒品“含笑半步癲”;警方表示,“含笑半步癲”在電影“唐伯虎點秋香”片中,被周星馳KUSO形容是天下劇毒,真實版為迷姦藥,常見於夜店。

  警方指出,電影裏只要吃了“含笑半步癲”,一走半步路或是面露笑容,就會全身爆炸而死,這只是戲裏的說法。真實版的“含笑半步癲”是最近一年來才出現的迷姦毒品。懷疑藥頭特意引用電影中臺詞做噱頭,吸引年輕人購買。

  這種毒品可迅速溶于水中,加入飲料服用後,會有嚴重幻想、幻聽、無法控制意識的脫序行為,常被不肖歹徒用於夜店迷姦女性,沒有防備的女性喝下後,會昏迷失去意識就像屍體一樣,再帶到賓館性侵,這種手法俗稱“撿屍”。

  警方表示,“含笑半步癲”是將K他命及搖頭丸混合研磨成粉末,再摻入沖泡咖啡粉,製成隨身包,加入水、飲料、酒類服用後,使用者先會變得很high,接著出現幻想、幻聽,之後會變得癱軟無力。
  其實這已經不是第一款出自周星馳電影中的藥品,雜貨店就有在販賣同樣名為“含笑半步癲”的太妃糖。

  龍潭分局中興派出所長羅文繡17日淩晨巡邏時,見精神恍惚的葉姓男子(41歲)走在路上,上前盤查,發現他身上有大量的肝病處方用藥與搖頭丸、K他命,及十包“含笑半步癲”,將葉帶回。

  葉在偵訊時,雙眼無神,喃喃自語,四肢還會不斷的無意識擺動。葉的友人表示,葉原有個幸福家庭,妻子是留學德國的音樂教授,因葉長年酗酒,導致肝硬化,又遲遲等不到肝臟捐贈,才自暴自棄。

最後忍者日本忍術大師川上仁一停收徒 500年秘技恐失傳


最後忍者停收徒 500年秘技恐失傳
明報 – 2012年8月20日星期一

【明報專訊】被公認為「最後忍者」的日本忍術大師川上仁一,在時代洪流面前說了一句「忍者不適合現代社會」後,決定不再收徒,傳承至他已第21代的甲賀家伴流門派可能成為絕唱。

原為工程師、現年63歲的川上仁一為忍者流派甲賀家伴流門派第21代掌門人。他6歲起學習忍術,未滿19歲已繼承師父衣鉢,但說到開班授徒,還只是10年前的事。川上仁一是日本公認的唯一仍在世的忍術大師,他自忖﹕「我想我被稱為『最後一個忍者』,大概是因為沒有其他人像我這樣,全套修習了由大師直接傳承、有500年的傳統忍術」。

須學飛簷走壁 忍痛捱餓
川上仁一依稀記得6歲時拜師學藝的事,師父石田正藏是一個僧人打份的高手。他要接受體能和意志訓練,亦需學習氣象、心理和化學等知識。「我稱忍術為全面的求生技能,源於間諜技能和野戰技巧。為了訓練集中力,我會盯着燭光,直至感到我已在燭光中。我亦會訓練聽覺,要能聽到細針掉地的聲音。」飛簷走壁、製作炸藥和煙霧彈、忍痛、捱餓捱冷也是必修課。

說到忍術的精髓,川上仁一說忍者取勝之道在於攻敵不備而非硬碰。「若能捕捉對手鬆懈一刻,便能從對方眼皮底下溜走」。

「忍者已不適合現代社會」
在現代社會保留傳統殊非易事。川上仁一說﹕「不少忍術傳統靠口耳相傳,過程中流失的已無從得知。在現今世代,很多忍術也難以驗證,例如我們雖有製毒指引,但卻不能試驗以毒殺人……忍者已不適合現代社會。」他現於三重大學研習忍者歷史和做相關研究工作。

威爾斯親王醫院產房笑氣氧化亞氮濃度超標12倍


威院產房笑氣超標12倍
星島日報 
8/21/2012


Nitrous Oxide, laughing gas
http://q.gs/1gKGS


(綜合報道)(星島日報報道)威爾斯親王醫院繼月初被揭四宗遺留紗布於產婦陰道的醫療事故,昨再爆出產房內用作鎮痛、俗稱「笑氣」的氧化亞氮濃度超標,四十二名員工接觸笑氣值最高超標十二倍,已有五名員工要求檢查,院方即時於候產室及產房停用笑氣,待加裝抽氣裝置及調校通風系統。

有麻醉科醫生表示,長期大量吸入笑氣,可能導致貧血及增加自然流產風險。

  醫院管理局昨晚發出通告,指威院今年六月初接獲婦產科醫護人員表示工作時感到倦怠及頭痛,院方於六月中聯同醫管局總辦事處員工康健組,在7E候產室及6EF產房進行初步環境評估。

四十八名員工於七月底進行個人樣本收集監察,發現四十二人的笑氣接觸值超出勞工處制定的職業衞生標準(百萬分之五十),超標程度由輕微至十二倍不等。現時有五名員工要求檢查,並未有任何異常報告,亦無人需要休假。

  產房即時停用笑氣

  院方即時於候產室及產房停用笑氣,改用分娩球、電動止痛機等其他方法為產婦止痛,加裝抽氣裝置及調校通風系統改善空氣流通,並於日內與器材供應商研究改善面罩與氣喉接駁的牢固度。待完成所有改善措施後,職業安全健康組會再次進行測試,再考慮分階段恢復使用笑氣。

  醫管局發言人表示,非常重視及關注今次事件,會在其他公立醫院的產房量度笑氣濃度,確保產房的抽氣系統運作效能,現時初步檢視各產房情況,暫時未收到其他相類同報告。現時會繼續密切跟進事件,並成立一個專家小組研究及建議跟進範疇。

  婦科醫生靳嘉仁表示,笑氣有機會在孕婦吸入笑氣的口罩中漏出,令產房積聚大量笑氣導致員工及家屬出現作嘔作悶或覺得疲累的徵狀,但懷孕不足十二周的孕婦,若吸入濃度過高的笑氣,更有機會導致流產。中文大學麻醉及深切治療學系名譽臨牀副教授陳健昌表示,研究指長期吸入濃度約百分之七十的笑氣,將引致貧血及增加流產機會。

  會沉在房間底部
  中大婦產科教授梁德揚表示,笑氣透過氣喉傳到孕婦面罩,孕婦可能因痛楚而郁動,笑氣被外泄令整間房間的笑氣增加

他續指,笑氣較空氣重,因此會沉在房間底部,可能需要更好的抽風系統從底部抽氣。他表示,現時醫院的通風系統符合標準,不算是一個漏洞,「以往都沒有想過會有那麼多人生仔,由一年五千個,升到一年六千至七千個不等。」

  昨晚於威院醫院大堂、六樓產房均無貼出有關停用笑氣相關通告,不少到場作產前護理孕婦亦全不知情。在產房等候女兒生產的伍女士坦言擔心,「會否對我女兒分孕有影響?但現在才知道,已來不及轉院了!」

谷開來免死 薄熙來堪虞 死緩兩年 棄上訴送北京服刑


谷開來免死 薄熙來堪虞 死緩兩年 棄上訴送北京服刑
明報
8/21/2012

【明報專訊】前中共中央政治局委員、重慶市委書記薄熙來的妻子谷開來毒殺英國商人海伍德(Neil Heywood)案,昨在安徽合肥中級法院一審宣判,谷開來故意殺人罪成,判處死刑,緩刑兩年。法院判辭指出,海伍德曾發出威脅言詞「激化雙方矛盾」,谷作案時有精神障礙,被捕後舉報他人違紀違法,又當庭認罪悔罪,因此緩期執行死刑。谷開來放棄上訴,將被送往北京服刑。分析認為,谷被判死緩,儘管留下一命,但這個屬於較重的刑罰,既令外間預期其夫薄熙來將受嚴審,也是令薄熙來無法翻身的手段。

谷開來案本月9日在合肥中院審理,谷開來與被控協助她殺人的薄家勤務人員張曉軍均當庭認罪。谷開來昨身穿深色套裝,由兩名女警押入法庭;張曉軍穿淺色便裝。現場百多名旁聽者,有谷家親友、死者家屬律師、英國駐華使館官員等。上午9時,審判長胡權明宣讀刑事判決書。

判決認定,谷開來及其子薄某某(薄瓜瓜)與死者海伍德因經濟利益發生矛盾,海伍德在電郵中用言詞威脅,谷開來認為海伍德已威脅到其子人身安全,決意將他殺害。谷開來安排張曉軍邀約並陪同海伍德到重慶,親到海伍德入住酒店房間與其飲酒,趁其醉酒口渴,將氰化物(俗稱山埃)倒入海伍德口中,致其中毒死亡。

指谷有精神障礙 控制力弱
法院指谷開來及張曉軍的行為,均已構成故意殺人罪,谷是主犯,論罪應判死刑,但法院說出4條輕判理由:一、海伍德對薄瓜瓜使用威脅言辭,令雙方矛盾激化;二、司法鑑定表明,谷開來有完全刑事責任能力,但患有精神障礙,對這次的行為性質和後果辨認能力完整,控制能力削弱;三、谷開來被捕後提供他人違紀違法線索,為有關案件查處起到積極作用;四、谷開來當庭認罪悔罪。因此判處死刑,可不立即執行。

張曉軍判囚9年
張曉軍受谷開來指使,是從犯,但如實招供,當庭認罪悔罪,輕判9年。聞判後,谷、張二人皆表示不上訴。

中央電視台昨以長達6分鐘的片段報道該則新聞,又播出谷開來庭上講話原聲,她說:「我感到這個判決是公正的,它全面體現了我們法庭對於法律的特別尊重,對於現實的特別尊重,特別是對於生命的特別尊重。」這是案發至今,谷開來首次在公眾面前開腔。開審時,因谷開來面容肥胖,與過往清瘦形象有別,曾有質疑受審者是「替身」。

谷﹕判決公正 尊重生命
美國《華盛頓郵報》昨引述消息稱,谷開來和張曉軍很快會送往北京服刑。當局在宣判前通知谷家,若不上訴,20天內就可與谷開來會面。報道並包括部分薄瓜瓜此前提交給法庭但不獲採納的證辭內容,包括薄瓜瓜稱近幾年都未見過海伍德,也未與海伍德參與過任何事情;又澄清母親和海伍德關係的傳聞,指「那些傳聞都是不真實的」。

英﹕盼符人權不採死刑
英國駐華使館昨在網站發表聲明,歡迎中方調查和判決,聲明稱,「我們對中國政府一貫明確表示,我們希望看到此次審判符合國際人權標準,同時不採取死刑」。海伍德家人委託的律師賀正生離開法庭時,不肯評論判決是否公正。
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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Apps開發員搶手 月薪勝大學生

Apps開發員搶手 月薪勝大學生
經濟日報 
8/20/2012

香港專業教育學院(沙田)電子及資訊工程系講師鄭文輝表示,Apps開發員未來5年的需求續升。



【經濟日報專訊】首屆中學文憑試聯招日前放榜,未能升讀大學的年輕人並非世界末日,本報綜合應用程式開發、配藥員、檢測認證及環保工程四大好景行業,年輕人只要修讀相關課程,同樣有前途。

http://ramsss.com/hk/jobs

其中受惠平板電腦、智能手機大熱,Apps開發員薪酬愈搶愈高,高級文憑畢業生月薪有1.2萬元;另隨着人口老化,配藥員亦供不應求,投身公立醫院起薪點連津貼可逾1.7萬元,高於不少大學畢業生。

應用程式Apps近年呈現爆炸性增長,有地產商計劃向住戶送一部iPod,內藏兩個Apps,包括控制室內智能家電,及連接大廈門口的閉路電視,取代以往的電話開門技術,同時可即時監察訪客樣貌,加強保安。

板腦手機帶挈 起薪最少1.2萬
香港專業教育學院(沙田)電子及資訊工程系講師鄭文輝稱,不論是市場推廣、4As廣告公司及IT公司,均要撰寫Android及iPhone程式的人才,其院校高級文憑畢業生甚搶手,起薪點介乎1.2萬至1.5萬元。而根據聯校就業資料庫(JIJIS)今年5月資料,大學畢業生平均薪酬約逾1.2萬元。

曾有IT公司向鄭表示,在求職網站刊登招聘廣告,卻苦無求職者上門;亦有應屆畢業生見工遇上「長氣」僱主,面試2、3小時不斷盛讚自己公司,為求畢業生加盟。

鄭文輝又指,有畢業生一年內被挖角兩次,現時人工高達1.8萬元,高過不少大學生。加上微軟推出Windows 8,鄭相信有潛力成為另一操作平台,料未來5年的需求繼續上升,人才不愁無出路。

90後創手機租借公司 聘60人
科技再次成為年輕人的致富創業夢,夢想成為下一個Facebook創辦人朱克伯格。只有20歲的郭頌賢今年4月創辦本港首間智能手機租借公司,針對海外遊客,以日租88元提供免費撥打國際長途電話及流動數據任用服務,出租智能手機內存多個應用程式,亦有不同酒店、水療及食肆餐廳優惠資訊,進行Mobile Marketing營銷。

他表示,隨着智能手機及平板電腦普及,未來旅遊與流動化會結合新媒體(New Media)和社交網絡,作為最龐大的推廣平台,加速市場對數碼營銷人才需求。

現時該公司聘有約60人,約三分之一並非大學畢業生。郭頌賢強調,在聘請員工時學歷並非首要考慮,態度誠懇、能掌握多變的社交及多媒體發展趨勢更為重要。負責數碼市場推廣的員工起薪點為1萬元,晉升部門主管為3.5萬元以上。

THE PARENT RAP - Funny parenting song from Bluefish TV

THE PARENT RAP - Funny parenting song from Bluefish TV Parenting rap from Bluefish TV's parenting series: It Starts at Home with Matt Chandler & Gary Thomas.

19市反日 深圳最激 見日本車即砸 促政府出兵釣魚島


19市反日 深圳最激 見日本車即砸 促政府出兵釣島
明報 
8/20/2012

深圳大批示威者沿途破壞、掀翻日本私家車泄憤,警員在旁勸解。

【明報專訊】中日釣魚島領土爭議愈演愈烈,日本右翼分子和政客昨早組團登上釣島,激發中國至少19個城市的民眾上街舉行反日示威,其中深圳情况最為激烈,爆發了近年最大規模的反日遊行,上萬民眾在福田和羅湖遊行6小時,全程10多公里。民眾拉起反日標語,火燒日本國旗,破壞日系警車和私家車,大叫反日和聲援香港登島勇士口號,有民眾質疑中國政府對日軟弱,要求出兵釣島。

深圳的反日民眾上午9時起陸續在華強北商業街集合,不少人手持自製的反日標語,亦有民眾帶國旗前來參加。在火燒一面日本國旗後,遊行在9時半開始,在數面國旗的開路下,反日人士沿深圳大道、和平路、嘉賓路等商業鬧市遊行,途中不斷有市民加入。

暴曬又大雨 無阻遊行
遊行民眾高呼「小日本滾出釣魚島」,「中國領土不容犯」以及「抵制日貨」等口號,聲如雷動,途中亦高呼口號聲援香港保釣勇士,遊行隊伍並一度向羅湖火車站進發,但被警方勸阻,並由警察引導返回華強北路,全程6小時。雖然經過中午的暴曬到午後的大雨,但大多數遊行人士仍堅持行完全程。

當局在沿途佈置逾千警察,並由警察在前面開路和組成人牆疏導交通,在深南大道中信廣場的百貨公司吉之島,則有大批持盾牌的防暴特警列隊戒備,以防衝擊;沿途主要的政府建築物,亦有重兵把守。警用直升機全程在上空監控,下午警方一度要求民眾散去被拒,爆發警民衝突。遊行隊伍最後返回華強北路,在4時前散去。現場消息指有10多人被警方帶走。

廣西人特赴深圳參加
有民眾一家大小都出來支持保釣,深圳市民鄭先生一早帶年僅4歲的兒子到來集合,雖然太陽很猛,但他希望兒子可以感受到愛國熱情,他指自己的祖父就是被侵華日軍殺害的,自己一家人很應該出來表達聲音。來自廣西北海的陳先生則說,有500名北海同鄉參加了這次遊行,他本人更是昨晚才從廣西趕來深圳,「因為這樣的機會太難得了」。

遊行中,有華強北的商家打出「維護領土主權,不做縮頭烏龜,政府擔起責任,保衛南海,保衛釣魚島」標語,要求出兵釣魚島。其中一名商戶稱,中國政府對日本太過軟弱,在釣魚島問題上一直退讓,現在是應該強硬的時候了。

山東3市各千人示威
除了深圳和香港,廣州、北京、上海、成都、杭州等17個內地城市,昨均有規模不一的民眾聚集遊行,抗議日本右翼分子登上釣魚島。其中廣州約900名市民聚集在日本駐穗總領事館門口靜坐。在北京,昨早9時起陸續有民眾到日本駐華大使館門前,舉着「還我釣魚島」、「日本認罪」等標語,這是日本大使館前連續第5天的抗議行動。山東省則有最多城市舉行反日示威,包括濟南、青島及臨沂等市均有數以千計民眾參加,而且以在校大學生為主力。

日本駐華大使丹羽宇一郎昨與中國副外長傅瑩通電話,就中國多個城市爆發反日遊行,部分地區出現了焚燒日本國旗及打砸日本料理店的情况,「深感遺憾」,要求中方採取充分措施防止對在華日本人及日企造成影響。傅瑩表示將依法提供保護。

針對近期釣島問題,中國人民大學東亞研究中心主任黃大慧表示,今次民間「保釣」是好事,但行動應該有度,不能被民族主義輿論所綁架,導致局面失控。