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Big Brother is delving inappropriately into the private lives of Irish citizens, the Data Protection commissioner has found.
Commissioner Billy Hawkes, in a report of his annual audit published on Monday, said there has been a "disturbing failure of governance" in some public bodies in relation to their use of personal information stored on state databases.
He said a "worrying degree" of inappropriate access to personal data by state employees was detected as a result of an investigation by him.
One state agency, the Gardai, used their PULSE computer records system to snoop on celebrities and sports stars.
There were extensive instances of "inappropriate access" by Gardai using the system to view the records of public figures in cases where they are listed as victims and witnesses.
The commissioner's audit found that one high profile individual had records accessed 80 times; another person's name was searched 50 times; and a well-known inter-county GAA player was among those searched inappropriately.
There were PULSE accesses of three "high profile media personalities." These, as well as the information on the GAA player, appeared to bear no relation to official police business.
The issue was raised as a matter of urgency with senior Garda management.
The commissioner said sharing of data could bring benefits in terms of efficient delivery of public services.
"But it must be done in a way that respects the rights of individuals to have their personal data treated with care and not accessed or used without good reason," he added.
He said his office has to operate to an extremely high standard because other data protection authorities were monitoring what was being done.


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A lot of the ire within the Debian community about the release cycle decision seems to stem from a "Ubuntu vs. Debian" mentality that only works to the detriment of both projects. In an email to the debian-project mailing list, Shuttleworth detailed why coordinating releases between not only Debian and Ubuntu, but also upstream and other distributions, can only work to better the Linux ecosystem.
"We're already seeing a growing trend towards cadence in free software, which I think is a wonderful move," Shuttleworth writes in the email, "Here, we are talking about elevating that to something that the world has never seen in proprietary software (and never will) - an entire industry collaborating. Collaboration is the primary tool we have in our battle with proprietary software, we should take the opportunities that present themselves to make that collaboration easier and more effective."
In order to meet the upcoming December freeze, Shuttleworth is willing to commit several Ubuntu developers to the Debian project. "If the Debian community is willing to consider a December freeze, then Ubuntu (and Canonical) will commit resources to help Debian meet that goal," he writes, "It means we'll get less done in Ubuntu, but the benefits of having a schedule which could attract many other distributions would outweigh that." He believes other distributions will join the December freeze. He added that if the December freeze is not possible, he's also willing to disrupt Ubuntu's release cycle to make it all work better - but he won't commit to both developers and a change in cycle.
He closes his long email by adding: "This is a good faith offer of help and support in order to reach a tough but noble and achievable goal. It won't be easy, the first time or the next, but it will kickstart a process that will bring dividends to Debian, and to the whole broader ecosystem. Ask upstreams what they think, and whether they would want to participate, and you'll hear a very positive response."
I think this is indeed a golden opportunity for the Linux world to show that by being open, they can collaborate openly to make not only the lives of users easier, but also of distributors and upstream developers. A release cadence is a great idea that fits the Linux world well, and will improve the experience for all involved.

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I agree with Doug, that the crux of the WS-A issue is "whether or not WSA will allow other specs to define new 'special' non-addressable URIs." I believe that if this point were to be used effectively as an extensibility point it would have to be architected better. We put this extensibility point in at the last minute without adequate consideration of its consequences. Anish's isAnon proposal attempts to architect the point better, at least in the domain of anonymous-like behavior. I can imagine extending that mechanism to an "isSpecial" functionality for general-purpose special URIs (e.g. synonyms for 'none'). Either of these solutions would naturally fall within the Core, suggesting a new version of WS-A which is an impractical solution. The practical solution is to remove the misleading suggestion in 5.2.1 that this extensibility point actually can be used safely. The core of this issue remains, of course, an WS-RM one - namely, can the desired "polling" functionality (if desired!) be achieved without intruding into the WS-A layer, without bending or limiting WS-A in ways that might not compose well with other uses of WS-A, and whether it fully leverages the capabilities of WS-A to address messages to the appropriate destinations. I think this WG can play a role in providing such advice, though that has been slowed considerably IMO by the lack of clearly documented use cases and a model for how the current polling solution is intended to work. ________________________________ From: email@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Bob Freund Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 3:05 PM To: Doug Davis Cc: [WS-A]; firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: RE: What problem are we trying to solve? Doug, The list is what I heard from the folks on the call. It is intended to provoke discussion and possibly correction. The question of priority is if the exposition is the correct description of the problem to be solved. There was also discussion of a potential errata that would remove 5.2.1 which I did not include in my summary. For now, I would be content to have a well characterized definition of the problem so that it might be bounded. Several folks have expressed reservations about synonyms for anonymous. If it is intended that anonymous identify a specific resource (such as the backchannel). It then would make as much sense as defining a synonym for www.cnn.com<http://www.cnn.com/>. More than that, some folks have said that this synonym overloads replyTo and defines semantics associated with a definition of this uri that only RM will understand. Do you disagree with the exposition? Does the RM redefined URI convey identifying or parametric information or does it not? Thanks -bob ________________________________ From: Doug Davis [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 5:11 PM To: Bob Freund Cc: [WS-A]; email@example.com Subject: Re: What problem are we trying to solve? Bob, A couple of points: - A4 - if I'm reading your text right, I believe you're saying that other specs can define their own replyTo header. And this is true. However, this means that WSA is extensible by allowing people to avoid WSA. Funny :-) - Despite all of the talk around CR33, the issue is not about transmitting identifying information. Nor is it about whether or not identifying information should be placed in the URI or in some Reference Parameter/Property. The issue around CR33 is whether or not WSA will allow other specs to define new 'special' non-addressable URIs and allow them to be used in the wsa:ReplyTo/FaultTo. That's it. It doesn't matter what the semantics of those URIs are, it doesn't matter how people are going to use them - its much simpler than that. Can other specs do exactly what WSA did and define new URIs? Any discussion about whether or not a spec made the right choice to do that is not relevant. WSA needs to answer the very simple question from a more abstract point of view and once that answer is found then I think everything else will fall into place. So, does the WSA WG think that no other spec, for all time, will ever need to define a new special non-addressable URI that may be used in ReplyTo/FaultTo? (like ws-rm or ws-discovery did) thanks, -Doug "Bob Freund" <firstname.lastname@example.com> Sent by: firstname.lastname@example.com 10/03/2006 09:01 AM To "[WS-A]" <email@example.com> cc Subject What problem are we trying to solve? This is a list of the results, as I heard them, of our discussion on 2006-10-02 related to our response to CR33 Exposition: It seems that the desire inferred by the issue is that an endpoint would like to transmit identifying information (or perhaps some other parametric information) in a one way message, and that one way message is intended to be used to "open the backchannel" upon which may be transmitted information that is determined in part by the identifying or parametric information transmitted in the originating message. In the specific use case presented, the issue originator proposes that this identifying or parametric information be passed in the replyTo uri as a special form of "anonymous". CR33 states that the WS-Addressing WSDL binding CR document would create interoperability issues with their implementation since it does not permit a form of anonymous other than the literal "anonymous" to be represented in WSDL. In the WS-Addressing Teleconference of 2006-10-02, there was a brainstorming session intended to clarify exactly what problem the WS-Addressing working group was trying to solve related to its resolution of CR33 since several proposals related to a direct response to CR33 have failed as yet to gain consensus. Alternatives mentioned: (please feel free to come up with more if you have a better idea) A1) During the progress of the WS-Addressing working group, a feature known as Reference Properties was removed from the original submission. If this were to be added back, then this could be used to convey such identifying or parametric information. This would imply changes to both rec level specifications as well as the WSDL binding. It is not clear if these might be "breaking changes". A2) The WS-Addressing specifications include a feature known as Reference Parameters which are created by the epr minter which are considered to be "opaque" to all but the minter. Outside of the WS-Addressing "layer" there may be no such constraint. Reference Parameters might be used to convey this identifying or parametric information. Note that there is not general agreement that WS-Addressing is a "layer" or if it is a set of kit parts which may be used at any layer. This might imply a clarifying change to WS-Addressing specifications. A3) WS-Addressing includes a feature known as "From" which contains a uri. There are no behavioral constraints imposed by "From" and potentially anything that might be represented as a uri might be conveyed. This might imply a clarifying change to WS-Addressing specifications. A4) WS-Addressing defined a limited set of special URLs which mean specific things to WS-Addressing when used in replyTo. These are "anonymous" and "none". If the behavior specified by WS-Addressing is not desired, then the authors of other specifications might specify their own forms of replyTo semantics appropriate to their application without WS-Addressing implications. This would imply that CR33 be closed with no action. A5) It was suggested that there is wide latitude in what might be contained in a SOAP header and the authors might be able to use such a means to convey the desired identifying or parametric information. This would imply that CR33 be closed with no action. A6) WS-Addressing Core and SOAP binding are fine as-is, but we just need to fix the WSDL binding or perhaps come up with a WSDL cum policy related change. For proposals related to this alternative, please refer to the issue list. For the purposes of this thread please identify in the subject line the alternative A[1-n] referenced or "exposition" if you feel the problem statement needs improvement. Thanks -bobReceived on Tuesday, 3 October 2006 22:36:01 UTC
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Iunno, the whole "non magical magical girl" part seems kinda redundant. Isn't there some easier way to imply it?
Like say, 普通の魔法少女 or 工業の魔法少女?Not sure if it would work, or be understood, but using the same logic you could even simply end up with 工業少女 (technical girl).
If you think about it, Batman is considered a "superhero" even though he has no superpowers as such because it's not so much the powers which we define a superhero with but more the ideals. (think green lantern etc as well). OTOH the whole "magical" part is rather inseperable from MGs in culture from what I've seen so your best bet would probably simply be to explain things clearly.
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being weak with grammar myself, I'd like others to correct my grammar if I made a mistake, so really sorryyy I really mean no offense , but as I recall, potential forms express a state of being and goes with が
alternatively, it can be "魔法が使えない魔法少女" (Magical Girl who can't use magic). and it may sound somewhat interesting for a title of the story, but weird as a way to call a person. if you want a title of the story, you can even use "とある魔法が使えない魔法少女" (A Certain Magical Girl who can't use magic).
and like what Seitsuki said, unless you provide more information as to what you're trying to accomplish, it's hard to give any suggestion.
are you trying to think of a cool-sounding name or character title? the way you want the name to try to fit the heroine's appearance seems to be a weak reason to have 'mahou' attached. a random suggestion perhaps:
現代魔法少女 (modern magical girl) - say for example, if her technological based weapons are so sleek that it appears like magic to others, and that's why she also dresses up as a magical girl.
if I have a say in this, I think a character title should embody more than just appearance.
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BTW, this is a permitted fan-fic take-off of a producer's video-novel starring the same character (Kanako Kuruso/Stardust Avenger Meruru) but he hasn't gone into depth with the name thing as I. (I'm a deep Kanako fan!)
|2011-09-15, 12:41
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If you just want a cool name, I'm not too sure how important the 'magical girl' component is. But I'm guessing you want to emphasize on both "technology" and "magical"? Or is the fact that she is a shoujo (young girl) is important as well?
actually, not knowing the exact setting and details really make it hard to exercise our creativity.
other random names I can think of (some terms are self-made):
テクノ魔法少女 (tekuno mahou shoujo) (Techno-Magical Girl)
新テクノ魔法少女 (shin tekuno mahou shoujo) (New Techno-Magical Girl)
科学の魔法少女 (kagaku no mahou shoujo) (Magical Girl of Science)
テクノ魔法使い (tekuno mahou tsukai) (Techno-Magic User/Practicioner)
テクノ魔導士 / テクノ魔術師 (tekuno madoushi / tekuno majutsushi) (Techno Mage / Sorceress / Magician)
ガゼット魔術師 (gajetto majutsushi) (Gadget Magician)
現代魔学少女 (gendai magaku mahou shoujo) (Girl of Modern Magical Arts)
ok, it's pretty much endless.
and, perhaps, it's not that "Non-Magical Magical Girl" doesn't click in Japanese, it's just that at my level, I can't think of anything that doesn't need a verb conjugate.
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|2011-10-05, 23:42
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I was wondering if anyone can translate this pic for me, I am pretty sure its a comparison to a real and bootleg anime figure, I am pretty sure it is in Chinese, Thanks
|2011-11-22, 16:10
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I was wondering... Can anyone please write this into japanese please?
"The mayor wants to see you. Go to his house"
"The Demon Queen is after the princess. Go to the kingdom and protect her before she gets her."
thank you very much in advance ^^
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|2011-11-22, 21:26
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I'm making a RPG, and I'm having troubles with these sentences
first, one child is telling the protagonist that he should visit the Mayor because he has a message for her.
second, the mayor informs the heroes about the mission.
the RPG is similar to "Dragon Quest" saga
I hope you can help me, thanks in advance ^^
|2011-11-22, 22:10
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Why are only these lines in Japanese? What language is the rest of the RPG written in? What word are you using for "mayor", 村長? Is the demon queen 魔女王 or 悪魔の女王 or what? And by "kingdom" do you mean like a walled castle or a nation?
... is the best I can come up with. Excuse my terrible dialogue writing skills.
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To add to Raiga's questions above, I'll be blunt:
If anyone wants an English to Japanese translation, you won't get anything decent without giving us toooons of information on characters, scenes, your meaning, nuance and emotion for any lines (perhaps)
English is literal.
Japanese is contextual.
Most days than not, it's like mixing oil and water, so please give more info than just the lines or what it's aimed for. It'll make the lives of those who wanna help easier.
(Short of growing up bilingual)
This is also aimed at future requests from anyone
|2011-11-24, 21:03
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Can someone tell me if this is correct Farsi? And if so, how to say it phoenetically? If not, a better translation?
Thank you to anyone who does this!
|2011-11-29, 18:22
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ganbarou, is the same as in your sig
"Keep up your spirit"
Keep fighting
Don't give up!
You can do it!
Hang in there!
etc, etc
We don't have a literal translation for this word, so it depends on the context to find the closest English we can get to it.
This refers to the march 11th quake, the kanji after I dare say are place names which break all kanji rulles as to how it read...
Stay strong, Japan!
Don't give up, East Matsushima!
Keep going, Matsushima Base!
(Stay strong)
For March 11th 2011 and for the future.
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It is easy to think of art as a luxury. It enriches our minds and lives, and it allows us to express ourselves to the fullest, yet it is not essential to brute survival. We value it, but beyond all measure. Art is priceless.
It is easy to think of art as a luxury. It enriches our minds and lives, and it allows us to express ourselves to the fullest, yet it is not essential to brute survival. We value it, but beyond all measure. Art is priceless.
Perhaps these are reasons that assessments of economic activity often simply overlook the art world.
Consider, though, a few cold calculations: Americans spend about $14.5 billion a year on the performing arts alone — everything from opera, dance and symphony concerts to circuses, magic acts and Las Vegas shows — a 2011 study by the National Endowment for the Arts found.
And according to data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, a branch of the Commerce Department, in 2009, the performing arts, together with museums and sports activities (the bureau has traditionally grouped these into one sector), contributed $70.9 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product. In that same year, the motion-picture and sound-recording industries added $59.8 billion, and publishing contributed $147.7 billion.
In other words, art does have a dollar value — it's just one that analysts haven't fully added up. So it is welcome news that the bureau will now measure the creative sector's specific effects on the macroeconomy. Thanks to a new partnership with the National Endowment, bureau researchers will make hard measurements of how much artistic and cultural activities contribute to GDP.
Drawing from all good sources of data, governmental and private, BEA researchers will assess the number of people working in the performing arts, at museums, in book publishing, at architectural firms — every nook of the creative world. They will dig into the details on how much each part of the art world is growing or contracting, and how they all contribute to the economies of individual states.
For instance, a preliminary study has found that performing arts contribute more value to states with large and diverse economies than to smaller states. In California, Colorado, Georgia, Texas and New Jersey, every additional dollar generated by the performing-arts industry adds $1.25 or more to gross state product. In Wyoming and South Dakota, in contrast, each dollar contributes only about 86 cents. That's because in the less-populated states, many things need to be imported from elsewhere — lighting, sound equipment, scenery, curtains — for the show to go on.
Even if the effect is greater in more populous places, artistic efforts consistently stimulate the local economy. This lends some evidence to the discussion about whether innovation and new ideas can contribute to economic growth at least as much as the investment of additional capital does. Such debates will be enriched by the new and better data to come.
No doubt economists and scholars of all kinds will find many other ways to puzzle over the numbers as they come in. It's safe to assume that, in general, the hard data will demonstrate that art is a bigger economic player than we thought.
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Ash trees grow along the Pigeon River in Steuben County.
Ash is an important part of the ecology of both rural and urban northeastern forests. Its loss will negatively affect the well-being of both terrestrial and aquatic plants and animals.
Green ash, which commonly grows along bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, and streams, and in floodplains, serves as habitat for several species of wildlife, particularly birds, and, in Indiana, endangered species of bats and snakes. White ash prefers upland slopes and ravines, and black ash favors areas near rivers and streams, and along bogs. Ash trees in these areas produce shade that cools the water, improving the habitat for fish and insects.
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3/9/2009: Connecting The Dots In The Sealed Lawsut; Obama Conspiracy To Defraud The System:
As the trail of life becomes the interstate highway of courtroom trials for our beloved leader, Barack Obama, it is perhaps time to weave the fabric of Baracks Muslim, Kenyan, Indonesian, Hawaiian serape to explain just what he is hiding by hiring his platoon of lawyers. Lets connect the dots, so to speak from the information we already know. This might be what is behind the Berg sealed lawsuit.
What is taking place is indeed conspiracy as in the sense a violation of the RICO Act. This involves the state of Hawaii and Occidental College, if not Columbia of New York and Harvard.
What requires explanation in this is a generation of crime in supplanting the United States for money. It is as simple as that in local government policy being fed huge sums of money at the behest of Ford Foundation incorporating globalist policy into American culture. Barack Obama is simply the tip of this iceberg which he desperately must conceal, along with all these other benefactors or beyond embarrassment, people will go to prison.
The first task in need of explanation is why would Hawaii aid a known illegal of British birth in illegally obtaining a fake birth certificate? The answer is in 1961 the American public had not yet been herded by Teddy Kennedy and socialists into providing welfare benefits to illegals. Hawaii had a large population of illegals who were slave labor, but were a huge burden to the system in poverty and crime.
The Hawaiian answer, as it was a Democratic state and still is was to start registering all those foreign kids by the thousands. The purpose being to tap into all those federal hundreds of millions then which would profit the state. See all of those poverty programs flowed funds into the pockets of the retailers as the golden goose pipeline. If one makes citizens out of illegals, then Hawaii converts a debt into their asset in obtaining more funds and growing the socialist system which empowers Democratic liberals.
The fact is there are hundreds of thousands of Barack Obamas registered in Hawaii. Do you think even a Republican governor sitting on this explosive mess wants any of this coming out? An entire state sold out the United States for filthy lucre, because they were importing Asian slave labor. That does not make a great headline, nor, did they probably ever expect a money train welfare illegal would somehow get hisself installed as President which would expose the entire Hawaiian fraud, and you know very well that all of those records would have to be gone through and verified so an Obama repeat would not occur, in all 50 states.
Talk about a nightmare huh? The nightmare would be the removal of Obama under Quo Warrantus which is being attempted now and 49 other states suing Hawaii for the money it would cost to check all of their records over the Hawaiian fraud.
Hawaii has always been a corrupt enclave like Rhode Island. Hawaii was the conduit in the Clinton years to get Chinese communists a stake in the United States Stock Market, to which Hawaii had the first meltdown in this scheme in costing their investors a fortune and ruining their banks.That is why Hawaii is in collusion with Barack Obama. They were involved in massive welfare fraud and do not want this coming out.
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Sanitation Dept. Turns 75!
Guest Column John J. Doherty, Sanitation Commissioner
New York City, the nation's crown jewel, is celebrating the diamond anniversary of its Department of San-itation! And although some would argue that this gem is a diamond in the rough, without New York's Strongest, the Big Apple would have never become "Capital of the World."
It was December 1, 1929, and just as the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) was being born from its predecessor — the 48-year old Department of Street Cleaning — New York City and the rest of the nation were living one of their most turbulent years ever. A few weeks earlier, the New York Stock Exchange had crashed and the city, coming from a period of great prosperity, suddenly found itself facing an unprecedented economic depression.
In the years that followed, as the Great Depression deepened and many New Yorkers searched in vain for jobs, the DSNY offered steady employment to its nearly 15,000 street sweepers, drivers, locomotive engineers and wheelwrights, just to mention a few Department job titles. Other early titles included veterinarian and harness maker, both needed to attend to the needs of the DSNY's horses for its horse-drawn vehicles. Both horse-drawn and en-gine-powered vehicles coexisted until 1933, when the entire fleet was motorized.
Back then as it is now, the job of a Sanitation Worker was tough, demand-ing and, at times, dangerous. In fact, no decade has gone by without its share of Sanitation casualties.
During its first decade, the DSNY operated over 2,500 pieces of automotive equipment, purchased its first snow blower, cleared snow from city streets in record time – Sanitation Workers were already pros at this — acquired its first mechanical brooms and created the toughest applicant physical test in the city. By 1934, with a ban on dumping garbage at sea, the DSNY had to turn to other methods of disposal, operating 22 incinerators and 89 landfills across the five boroughs. It is interesting to note that at the time, New Yorkers were firmly in favor of incinerators… as long as they weren't built in their neighborhoods. And to think that the expression NIMBY hadn't even been coined yet!
But at the DSNY, all was not about work. The Department also boasted a glee club, a full marching band that participated in over 180 performances a year, as well as a baseball team that played benefit games at Yankee Stadi-um. More recently, the DSNY Emerald Society Pipes and Drums were born and have garnered many honors, including trophies won at the Saint Patrick's Day Parade up Fifth Avenue.
While the DSNY was growing, the city and the country saw the construction of the Empire State Building, the end of prohibition, the Lindbergh kidnapping, the presidency of FDR, the opening of the Apollo Theater and the release of Gone with the Wind. An international economic crisis and a world war are like bookends to this difficult era that began with the Great Depression and ended with the attack on Pearl Harbor and our country entering World War II. And just like other Americans, Sanitation employees joined the army and fought with great valor.
In the decades that followed, Ame-ricans lived through the Korean and Vietnam wars; the birth of the cold war, the space program and the
Frisbee; the signing of the Civil Rights Acts; the Beatles' rise to fame; the opening of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge; the assassination of President Kennedy, his brother Robert and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; and the introduction of the personal computer. Concurrently, the DSNY operated landfills, among them the now closed Fresh Kills — the world's largest landfill — as well as several incinerators and marine transfer stations; added a large number of compactor trucks to its fleet; adopted long-range solid waste management plans; and saw its workforce unionized. At one point the Department's budget even surpassed the cost of running the U.N!
In 1986, DSNY hired its first women Sanitation Workers and recycling started. By then, the DSNY operated only two landfills, while waste volume had increased 21 percent since 1965.
In 2001, the World Trade Center Towers were destroyed by a terrorist attack. As the city tried to deal with its shock and grief, Sanitation Workers joined recovery operations on Ground Zero. In the months that followed, hundreds of DSNY workers toiled tirelessly in the tough and arduous WTC recovery work at both Ground Zero and on Staten Island.
Today, the Department has a total workforce of more than 9,500 uniformed and civilian employees, and operates 2,000 collection trucks, 450 mechanical brooms, 350 salt spreaders, 280 front-end loaders and another 2,360 support vehicles, many of which are linked to headquarters by global positioning satellite technology. Technological advances aside, what makes the DSNY work is its workforce, the men and women of Sanitation, who day in and day out put their hearts in their jobs and give it their all. In fact, for many of us Sanitation is a way of life and the place where we will spend most of our lives — in my case, over 40 years and counting!
Sanitation's efforts to keep the city clean through partnerships with the community have borne fruit and today the city is the cleanest it's been in over three decades! And yet, we're not satisfied and keep pushing ourselves and our brooms to make New York an even cleaner place.
New York City and the Department of Sanitation…We've come a long way. We've grown together, our fates intertwined. We've had our share of difficulties, but we've always conquered them, emerging stronger than before.
So it's only fitting that on the occasion of our Diamond Anniversary we ask all New Yorkers to join in and help us blow out our 75 candles.


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Johnny Manziel has yet to take a single snap in an NFL game, but that hasn't stopped fans from clamoring for his jersey.
Manziel, also known as "Johnny Football" -- a registered trademark -- has the bestselling jersey in the league, according to www.nflshop.com.
Manziel wears No. 2 for the Cleveland Browns.
Manziel, the former star quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner out of Texas A&M University, was taken by Cleveland with the 22nd pick in the NFL Draft in May.
Manziel's jersey is followed in sales by Seattle Seahawks -- and Super Bowl-winning -- quarterback Russell Wilson (No. 2), San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (No. 3) and Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (No. 4).
Of course, this is not the first time a college star QB entering the NFL turned out monster jersey sales.
In 2010, Tim Tebow, the Denver Broncos first-round selection, also a Heisman Trophy winner out of the University of Florida, had the bestselling jersey among NFL players before he ever took a snap in a pro game. Tebow does not currently play in the league.
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KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) Zaccheus Mason scored 14 points, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked four shots to help Chattanooga pull away for an easy 65-51 win over Chattanooga on Saturday.
Gee McGhee finished with 12 points for the Mocs (2-4), who snapped a four-game losing streak. Ronrico White and Drazen Zlovaric each had 10 points.
Chattanooga outrebounded the Owls 43-22. The Mocs also totaled 14 offensive rebounds, extending their streak to six games for grabbing 12 or more offensive boards.
Chattanooga closed the first half with a 10-0 run led by Zlovaric's four points to claim a 38-21 lead at halftime. The Mocs took a 20-point lead when Farad Cobb knocked down a 3-pointer with 8:26 left in the second half.
Kennesaw State cut the Mocs' advantage down to 59-51 on Jordan Montgomery's two free throws with 1:37 remaining. But Chattanooga held the Owls (1-6) scoreless the rest of the way for the victory.


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Carson Tak has made history as the first known modern-era sail-powered passenger service captain/entrepreneur. In his home waters of British Columbia's Georgia Strait in the Salish Sea, Carson provides travelers an alternative to the subsidized ferry that some call The Noise Boat. Besides noiselessy harnessing the wind as much as possible, his sloop Windswept beats the ferry service in some cases by offering direct voyages, so that a passenger does not have to take three ferries to make a destination.
Additionally, he offers rides to unserved islands and the mainland.
Such a life as Carson Tak's is enviable. However, what he's doing for a living is more than just float and gloat. He raises awareness on the world's oil crisis every time he hoists his sails, and on land as well as sea he participates in sustainable economics: utilizing and promoting the gift economy.
Simple living is not so simple, to the uninitiated and unimaginative. Sailing the Salish Sea (the name of his venture) is not something anyone can replicate anywhere -- at least at this point while subsidized oil is still relatively cheap. As such, today the middle-aged, debt-ridden person with a high cost of living would "never" embark on creating a sail-powered transport service.
Carson is 21 years old and a life-long sailor, with experience as a school teacher among the Acadians. Somehow he learned to just have to work two days a week in order to pay rent, thanks largely to work-trades. He has few expenses, and avails himself of part-time opportunities such as tutoring a friend's son for pay.
Here is Carson's regular run, established in the middle of spring 2010:
On his 30-foot Pearson sloop, the Windswept, Carson sails up to six passengers per load between Vancouver Island's French Creek marina and Lasqueti Island's False Bay dock each Tuesday. (That's the day during summer that the regular ferry does not run.) The distance covered is 9 nautical miles, and usually takes two to three hours. The time depends on the wind, although the Windswept has a 9.9 horsepower outboard engine running on gasoline. On other days of the week Carson could be sailing elsewhere (e.g., ferrying folks to and from a music festival).
Passengers are encouraged to in effect take extra time, if necessary, to rely as much as possible on the wind, so as to use no petroleum. So a customer/crew member of Sailing the Salish Sea can be the decider. On the acquisitions list is a set of 11-foot oars as a non-petroleum auxiliary form of power and means of maneuvering. Although rowing takes up valuable cockpit room, on calm days passengers can be on the foredeck.
An example of a special run, by demand only, has been to sail to Hornby Island 15 nautical miles from Lasqueti. Two WOOFERS, or Workers on Organic Farms (a travelers network), took their bicycles on Carson's Windswept in order to avoid having to take three motorized ferry rides to the same place. This is an example of a niche market for an enterprising sailboat captain.
Reactions from the public and friends have been extremely positive for Sailing the Salish Sea. "They are my best advertising." Carson relies upon word-of-mouth and the Lasqueti Island website that posts his availability and plans on a message board.
The essence of Carson's passenger service, and of the time-honored, once universal gift economy, is that one can "pay for" the ride or give compensation in a variety of ways. It comes down to the crew's being friends aboard with a common purpose, unlike a commercial operation requiring paperwork and separating captain/owner from the public. Responsibility is shared. Many passengers are repeats, and
what they have to offer is known, evolving and adjustable.
Some are agile sailors, which helps Carson manage the voyage more easily, for example to make the pancakes in the galley. At other times Carson is happy to teach knots and boat maintenance, and have passengers steer.
What it comes down to is this: for passage you can either make a donation or do a work trade separate from the voyage. For example, Carson's garden is large and needs work, so he accepts gardening volunteers. A painter who sailed "for free" is doing a portrait of Carson. The captain is expecting three pies from another passenger. Carson himself does work trade with his landlady (who sews sails) to help cover his modest rent.
Culture Change asked Carson: How and why did the sail transport idea come to you?
CT: In high school in a geography class we covered alternative energy, such as wind power generators. But I thought the idea of taking the energy first to a lead acid battery, etc. was inefficient. I wondered why we weren't discussing taking the wind directly. I had sailed since I was five years old.
I was inspired by Sail Transport Network that I found online, and read Dmitry Orlov's "The New Age of Sail" which impressed me. On the East Coast I read the book Sailing Back in Time, by Maria Coffey and Dag Goering, and learned of Allen Farrel who built traditional sailboats such as the junk China Cloud which had a yulah sculling oar.
CC: What voyages for Sailing the Salish Sea that you have made that stand out in your mind the most?
CT: I helped a woman move, filling the Windswept to the brim at French Creek, and sailed all the way to Lasqeti without the motor. Another trip involved taking the Lasqueti Marching Band, drum and all, over to Vancouver Island. A few days ago I sailed a friend over to the island of Texada to a part of the island where there's no dock. [The island is 50 km (30 mi.) long with only 1100 residents.] If the weather were choppy he could swim from a point close to the shore. But he got into a kayak that was tethered to the Windswept, and when he got to shore and disembarked I was able to just pull the kayak back and be on my way.
What are your long range plans for Sailing the Salish Sea?
I could sail regularly from Lasqueti to the Sunshine Coast's Secret Cove on the mainland. For our island this would be "the fast alternative" because otherwise three ferries would be required. At this point sailing there would be demand-only. At Secret Cove there's a ferry to Vancouver (the city) which can't be reached by road due to the mountains on the coast.
A multi-hull (catamaran or trimaran) could outrun a motor ferry. Carrying people on a multihull has more potential than cargo because of the weight.
There's dangerous ship traffic near Vancouver, but a sail passenger service could work. My costs would be higher, but the wealthier people of Vancouver could afford it. And the operation could make BC world renowned for a sail transport service for the islands.
Long term, this project is more viable by the day. The French Creek Ferry's actual subsidized cost is $30 per passenger ticket, but the price is $8. If I got $30, I could do much more including pay myself. At this point I'm just covering the boat cost.
CC:How might you improve or expand your operation?
I would like to get new sails, fully battened. This would lessen the luffing in light winds. WIth full battens the sails last longer and reef nicer. This is what junk rigs have.
Sailing the Salish Sea is a pilot project, an example of what I and others can do in future here and elsewhere. I could get a grant, a loan, or an investor for expansion. There's potential for Sail Transport Network having other runs. But right now there's a limit to going mainstream in this region due to small population.
CC:And your more immediate plans?
I don't know what will happen with this project, but I am sailing the route next year. We shall see how much of the winter time I can work. For the comfort of my crew I usually stay home when it blows more than 25 knots.
In high winds it's good to have an experienced sailor among the passengers on board to help. The current across the strait is only a half knot. In winter, one half to one third of the days are bad weather. For speed, the wind is better during the winter than in summer, and The Noise Boat is less frequent in winter. The entrance to French Creek is tight, and you need to motor in because someone can be coming at you around a blind curve.
How do you see future higher oil costs affecting Sailing the Salish Sea?
Before oil prices go way up we have to have the systems in place. Sail Transport Network is a dampener on the fall. It will make a transition easier and more pleasant in a more-expensive-oil world. While there is still relatively cheap oil, and while there is a surplus of money and resources, if people can create alternatives now it will be an easier time later. There won't be a wealth of resources later.
CC:I'm sure the conversations on a relaxing, beautiful sailboat ride run the whole gamut.
On our voyages we talk about oil, climate change, food self-sufficiency, and more. We talk about the BP disaster in the Gulf. Deep water offshore oil drilling is a perfect example of desperation for less desirable sources -- same with tar sands -- and how these sources are extremely dangerous. The Gulf gusher could affect me, it the well keeps gushing, ecologically and causing me to become a vegan due to toxified fish.
CC: How does Sailing the Salish Sea fit in with the lifestyle and community of Lasqueti?
On Lasqueti the gift economy is a prevalent practice, such as with the "honor system" used at unattended roadside stands. There's produce including chicken eggs. The island has about a 10-20% level of food self-sufficiency. We could do more, but sailing some food over from Vancouver, for example, would take away from that island's self-sufficiency.
But I've brought buckets of fish guts from French Creek to fertilize my garden. The fish processing plant there can supply a lot more, so I've been thinking of towing a small barge behind the Windswept. This would be a sustainable soil amendment, an alternative to manure in plastic bags.
CC:Just over ten years ago when I was getting ready to try to launch Sail Transport Network, I first thought of not freight but passenger service, and now you're doing it.
I'm sure in the next five years I'll be one of many.
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Contact Sailing the Salish Sea via email: ctak127 "at" hotmail.com. Lasqueti Island website with message board:
Example posting:
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Sailing the Salish Sea
I will be sailing to Vancouver this coming Friday July 16th (the weekend of the Vancouver folk festival) and will return on Sunday the 18th. I will be leaving False bay in the early morning and it will take 8- 12 hours to reach False Creek. I will be departing from Horseshoe Bay Sunday evening and stopping on Keats Island, reaching False Bay on Monday afternoon. If you are interested in coming call 8804. Space is limited- the return trip is already almost full.
Hope to sail with you.
Sailing the Salish Sea
I will be sailing to Vancouver this coming Friday July 16th (the weekend of the Vancouver folk festival) and will return on Sunday the 18th. I will be leaving False bay in the early morning and it will take 8- 12 hours to reach False Creek. I will be departing from Horseshoe Bay Sunday evening and stopping on Keats Island, reaching False Bay on Monday afternoon. If you are interested in coming call 8804. Space is limited- the return trip is already almost full.
Hope to sail with you.
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The following drivers are charged with driving while impaired. A registration of .08 or higher on the Intox EC/IR II results in the automatic 30-day revocation of a driver�s license.
-- Edgar Manuel Flores, 38, of Regent Park Lane, Burlington, was charged Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, by the Burlington Police Department with driving while impaired, unsealed wine or liquor in passenger area, and resisting a public officer.
According to warrants, Flores was stopped on North Mebane Street near Audrey Lane in Burlington and refused a breath test. Warrants state he delayed Officer M.P. Cook by hitting his own head against the plastic shield in the backseat of the patrol car and attempting to kick out the right rear passenger window.
Bond was set at $1,500.
-- Shenna Renea Freeze, 27, of Oakley Street, Graham, was charged Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, by the Graham Police Department with driving while impaired, driving left of center and two counts of misdemeanor child abuse.
According to warrants, Freeze was stopped on East Harden Street near Woody Drive in Graham. She refused a breath test. Warrants also state Freeze drove on a state road while impaired by alcohol with her two children, both under the age of 16. Bond was set at $3,500.
-- Olivia Elaine Martin, 52, of Harris Street, Graham, was charged Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, by the N.C. Highway Patrol with driving while impaired and failure to heed light or siren.
According to warrants, Martin was stopped on N.C. 54 near Interstate 40/85 in Graham. She blew a .13. Bond was set at $500.
-- Ryan Collins Bennett, 30, of Stonecrest Drive, Burlington, was charged Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, by the N.C. Highway Patrol with driving while impaired and failure to maintain lane control.
According to warrants, Bennett was stopped near Rural Retreat Road in Burlington and refused a breath test. Warrants state Bennette was detained and observed for an hour and 33 minutes at the Alamance County Jail, then released with a written promise to appear.
-- Clifton Troy Nelson, 45, of Stoney Creek School Road, Reidsville, was charged Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, by the Alamance County Sheriff�s Office with driving while impaired.
According to warrants, Nelson was stopped on Riverview Drive at Melrose Drive near Burlington. He refused a breath test. Bond was set at $1,000.


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my dear friend Dawn at http://dschondog.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/blessed-by-a-brother/ has given me this award...
How fun!
Now I get to nominate 6 others!
( By the way this idea began with http://huldals.blogspot.com/ and has taken a few turns since it's beginning... as it is a "creative blog award" it doesn't surprise me in the least that it has taken creative changes. Make it fun and beautiful, personal and intimate, whimsical and surprising, in any which way you like and I give the thumbs up to any creativity that follows it on!) check out other kreativ blogger award winners on the web to see where it has gone.
One of the ongoing ideas with it is that the receiver must post 10 facts about themselves that are potentially unknown by all of us who will be reading :) This is to encourage a little bit of cyberspace community and is meant to be fun! As I am quite an open book this will be hard for me to find anything others don't know...
Actually, as I sit here, everything I want to write... I think you all know...but then maybe some of you don't!
I will try again....
1.I love babies, more than anything... maybe some of you didn't know this... I think sometimes it is hard not to see :)
I had three marvelous pregnancies and have three of the most precious children in the world (a mom can say so) and I have three of the most gorgeous and loving granchildren ( I think a gramma can say so)
I have also had 9 miscarriages and the sorrow a mother carries through all of these losses. The tears don't ever go away completely, though faith reminds me that hope in a big God will bring us united in His love on that day when we are all changed, and when we see Him like He is. It will be a grand reunion!
2.I love the colour 'Blue' !
It is the colour of the sky when my heart is light and joyous...
It is colour of my favourite lakes, cool and refreshing on a hot summer's day...
It is the colour of my husband's eyes, and my childrens', one of my Blue dog's eyes, my own...and though I love the mystery of hazel eyes, the sparkle of dark brown eyes, the character of two tone, and the uniqueness of indian red.... for me "blue" eyes have always been gentle in my life, caring and giving... My adopted dad had blue eyes.
I can't remember the colour of my adoptive mom's eyes... she died when I was eight and no matter how much I try to see her loving face, what I see most clearly are her arms around me and her bosom as she would hold me tight...
3.I think family ties run deeper than blood....
My first dad didn't stick around; he had his pleasure and then he left. My mom's husband wouldn't have me. I know she cried when she gave me up. I think I remember that... I feel it deeply and I love her so much. I pray often for both those men. My dad and mom that took me home and loved me, gave me and my other two adopted brothers, their lives. We were everything to them. It was not a Christian home, but God lived there. His love was evident there and I know someone somewhere was praying. Years later I found the name of the Catholic Christian woman who said she would dedicate herself in prayer to my brother when he was babtized as a baby... perhaps it was her prayers that brought Jesus near. I always loved Jesus, if that is possible, in some way I always knew him. As people shared about Him I hungered for more and I recieved him as my Lord and Savioiur at an early age thanks to my dear friend's mother... along my life people have shown me the way of the gospel more plainly; how thankful I am for that gift to me, yet, somewhere, somehow I remember Him always present in my life. Immanuel, God with us; a father to the Fatherless. That first week without a father was never really without a Father...
4. Hand (love) knitted socks, mitts, and sweaters are "home" to me. As a child my adopted mom taught me to knit slippers when I was six and my brother was eight. ( my other brother, like a twin to me, had been removed from our family when we were both three with no explanation to Randy or me... something that created a deep chasm in our hearts)
When my mom died and I missed her so, I didn't match up the feeling I felt seeing friends wear their homeknitted items until much later when at 11 my new sister (dad remarried and my new mom had a 19 year old son in the Navy and a 21 year old daughter finishing as an RN), she knit matching blue sweaters for Randy and me one Christmas! It was like having Mommy Tootsie back and brought such healing to my heart.
I always found hand (love) knitted items for my children from special grannies that just had to knit, and stockings at Christmas are often filled with such!
5. I daydream... lots!
Working on a farm there is so much brainless work... I love brainless work because then I can daydream. This is mostly my prayer closet and it offers wonderful intimate times with my Lord.
6. I love 'people watching'. If I had my way I would carry a sketch book everywhere and draw everyone... even at church... especially at everyday tasks, or at the beach, or a cafe, even more especially at a wedding or kid's party or a zoo! To catch the intimate, the sarcasm, the quaint, the very heart of the moment... I am saving for a very wonderful camera that will help me take these moments back home to draw in the company of my 'reading' glasses... a new need in my life that makes many old pleasures more difficult.
7. I love taking exciting risks as long as they are definitely not going to be life threatening... I pray a lot that these exciting adventures always will end 'well' ! My husband is in no way a risk taker so life is very straightforward and constant with him (sometimes a good thing too)... but then my kids come home and my adreneline runs on the 'fun' end :) I do 'love' it!
8. I talk... alot...
I don't mean to ... but there is always so much to share. God is always so very very good!
I usually try to talk so as to stir up memories or ideas in others... I love to hear how others see things; I love to learn, and I glean so much just by hearing others share.... but if they won't, watch out, because I will!
I am trying and sometimes succeeding to just hang out with people and be the wall flower that simply is there to bless in a very quiet fashion. Being busy at ladies' tea in my home each Thursday, serving the others, is a great opportunity and I find having two ears and one mouth has great benefits.
9.I love apples. When I paint a picture of the forbidden tree I notice I always put apples on it... not because others have done so, but because there is nothing more scrumpcious to me than those memories as a young girl, of filling my boxes in apple harvest season with juicy, cool, dripping golden delicious apples; I did this with my new stepmom in the cool of the summer mornings, one of the first love memories I have of a very difficult relationship. A sweet memory I love to hold fast to. I can imagine how tempting this fruit might have been to Adam and Eve so long ago.
10. I love to swim naked...(oops)
I try to do this alone or with friends in the dark of night ... I don't do it to be seen, but to feel... there is nothing like the touch of water all over, to glide like a dolphin, deep and smooth and then to just float and find the fetal position and remember the womb... Sometimes I want to just know what it was like for God to think of me before my members were formed or I was even conceived, like the psalmist says...
1 You have searched me, LORD,
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you, LORD, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a] God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you. ~Pslam 139
I haven't skinny dipped since I was a teenager... but the feeling has never left me
Now to nominate others for the
1.My eldest daughter who threw abandon out the window and has settled in South Africa... Shoshanna is one of my three great risk takers. Every day is a 'Kreativ' experience for her as she progresses on the adoption of all the children God has for her... http://addingjoyandlaughter.blogspot.com/
Her insight is precious and though the miles keep us apart, her blog brings her and her babas close.
2.Karen at http://piecesofcontentment.blogspot.com/
This Australian friend is artist supreme with her camera... her eye is beautiful and I am always inspired and encouraged as I visit her blog.
3.Debbie at http://iftodaywehear.wordpress.com is the author of 'Simple Poems' and very profoundly and simply teaches great lessons from God's living Word. I am always fed here. Her spirit is true, compassionate and compelling. Trust in the true and living God!
4.This is an amazing blog encouraging a reaching out to the least of these, as Jesus might put it.... if you have done it to the least of these, you have done it to Me... this is my daughter's favourite blog and my heart is with her on it.
5.http://slobberdogblog.blogspot.com/ This is a remarkable sharing of a set of twins, the sons of Thea Jarvis the 'mama Thea' of The Love of Christ Ministries in South Africa (tlc.org.za) where my daughters and son and myself have volunteered over the past half dozen years. Outstanding boys, never in trouble (oops) and not afraid to share everything with those who read along; laugh with them, cry with them... maybe they will post an update on their very busy lives.
6.http://aseedinspired.com "T" is exceptional! She captures moments and shares them beautifully. She is a writer, artist, amazing mom... walk with her as she shares: you will be blessed!
7. One of the most creative blogs because it brings in so many participants is Pioneer Woman Photography | with Ree Drummond ~ http://thepioneerwoman.com/photography
This is a fun space even in her photography of food category ... yum yum
Krista is a fine young lady who travels the world and shares the simple beauty as she goes. Presently she is settling in a new homeland/Australia ... I first met this young lady when she was just a little mite and in the dreaming stage...
Andrea has already been nominated for herhttp://theartoflifeistogetthemessage.blogspot.com
................so I will give her a second mention here because she is so very 'Kreativ'
inspirational... beauty packed!
10. As Aimee at http://onbecomingesther.wordpress.com says, You are blessed to be a blessing!
This fine lady of the Lord has teachings that will lead and heal, minister to and bless, admonish and encourage.
I call that 'Kreativ"
11. a very favourite blog of many and for me an in everyway inspirational is AnnVoskamp, the author of One Thousand Gifts; her blog http://www.aholyexperience.com/ is "so" very creative in everyway possible.... won't you join the community of believers who are counting their God gifts, their grace gifts, recording their gratitudes....
As you can see I was "Kreativ' and went over the guidlines...
Tomorrow if I did it again, I would have to add more! So for today, many blessings as we go forth in the image of the One who "Kreated" us ....being made in His image, how can we not be 'Kreativ'
Rest in His Grace,
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Travel from Hurghada to a Bedouin village on a desert quad bike safari. In the village, enjoy a camel ride, and share tea and Shisha with the locals. Watch the sun set from a sand dune.
- Ride a quad bike 28 miles (45 kilometers) to a Bedouin village
- Watch the sunset and then enjoy a dinner.
- Visit a Bedouin village to meet a tribe and learn about its way of life
Spend an afternoon and evening in the desert with a 5-hour quad bike safari and visit to a Bedouin village, departing from Hurghada, Enjoy the extreme ride across the desert to a Bedouin village, located 28 miles (45 kilometers) away. Upon arriving, relax and get to know the residents over tea. You will then head off on a camel ride across the desert, before taking part in Shisha with the villagers.
After watching the sun set from a sand dune, enjoy a ride the quad bike back to the quad center, and from there, transfer back to your hotel.
Pick up from hotel & return by A/C vehicle.
Quad bike ride.
Camel ride in the desert.
Desert safari tour guide.
Any extras not mentioned.
Food and drinks
When you in Hurghada send us your room number to send you back the trip start time


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Postby itchy-feet » Mon May 07, 2012 5:16 pm
Thanks guys!
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Postby il padrone » Mon May 07, 2012 9:57 pm
Using suspension vs rigid forks becomes a bit of an issue regarding loading a front rack though.
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Postby itchy-feet » Tue May 08, 2012 10:01 am
It comes well equipped with racks and mud guards etc. Seems like a lot of people take this one all over the globe. Also, made in Australia. Bonus!
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Postby il padrone » Tue May 08, 2012 10:32 am
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Re: All-round touring bike
Postby elStado » Tue May 08, 2012 5:07 pm
itchy-feet wrote:It comes well equipped with racks and mud guards etc. Seems like a lot of people take this one all over the globe. Also, made in Australia. Bonus!
The VWR is a fantastic bike and may potentially be suitable, however as IP mentioned it is more designed for on-road touring with the occasional rough patch. I've ridden it through soft gravel and grass with a full load and it handles fine with the stock 35mm tyres however this was only for a few hundred metres. I would not want to be doing this for any more than a short stint. I also recall some other forum members who own a VWR (cavebear2 maybe?) who did a tour around outback WA somewhere along extended stretches of corrugated, dusty roads with few issues. It's a pretty tough bike and with wider tyres should be fairly capable to handle rough roads, just don't expect it to be a MTB.
I own a VWR, just bought the latest STI model a few weeks ago. There's a review of it in my blog (see link in my sig) and discussion of it here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50053 (look on the first page and there's a link to cavebear2's tour I mentioned before).
Also note that the VWR is NOT made in Australia, it's made in Taiwan to Vivente/Gemini's exact specification. It is however designed, tested, backed and sold by an Australian company.
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Postby il padrone » Tue May 08, 2012 7:13 pm
Regarding 700C availability, it is not so much the wheels that are the problem, though they will be hard to find. However you are more likely to wear out your tyres on a world expedition and, apart from USA, Canada, Europe and Australasia, 700C tyres are almost unheard of. 26" tyres are generally available in most countries (and readily available in the developed world as well). Don't know why, but that is the way it is.
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Re: All-round touring bike
Postby Meditator » Tue May 08, 2012 10:49 pm
Talk to the guys at thorntree.lonelyplanet.com there's lots people there who've cycled all over the world. They will be able to give you pretty good advice on bikes. Of course it doesn't matter hugely in the end. So long as it holds together and is fairly comfortable. But if you've got the money, by all means get the best thing you can afford. I think there are quite a lot of good brands. The Trailblazer book by Stephen Lord on cycle touring has a good discussion about bikes in the front of it. Its a book worth buying as well.
I've got a mountain bike. I'd take it anywhere. But i don't have so much money so i have to take what i can afford and put up with stuff. Someone i met on the road leaving from australia got a bike sent over from uk all in pieces and put it together himself. it had the rolhoff hubs and so on and so forth. He was going away for 8 years in his mind. So far he's been away for about 3 i think, two at least. I think the bikes holding up.
If i had they money and intended on doing a lot of touring over all sorts of roads, i would consider it worth my while buying one of the more expensive name brands bikes such as thorn. People always manage to get around the problem of not being able to get parts locally. Whatever part it is. Let's say its tyres. If you need a new one, you get someone to send it to you. Otherwise you go with whatever you find locally or you take a spare one along with you if you intend doing a very long tour.
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Re: All-round touring bike
Postby WestcoastPete » Wed May 09, 2012 12:33 pm
I got my bike from Saint Kilda Cycles. It was a demo model expedition bike with all the fruit that I picked up for a good price. It'd be great for a trip like Ben's in Morocco, and it's been great for me on a short trip to Southern WA on paved roads, fitted with Schwalbe Marathon Supremes. Interestingly though, I'm considering leaving this bike at home for my next trip, which is my first multi month tour, mostly on paved roads in the USA. The main reason is that I prefer riding my commuting bike; the touring bike just doesn't feel as nice.
The Saint Kilda Cycles bike is a based on a Charge Duster frame. The owner of the shop is a frame builder and can build a frame from scratch, but it is often easier to modify an existing frameset with the necessary braze ons for racks/Rohloff/bidons. I've been slowly putting together a similar bike but for much less money based on a used On One Inbred frame that I picked up on this forum (they're excellent value new). I've also picked up the running gear and wheels through here, but bought a new Surly Troll fork which has midfork braze ons and is disk or cantilever brake compatible. The biggest advantage of the On One Inbred is that the rear disk caliper is positioned inside the rear triangle, making it much easier to fit a rear rack. The Surly Troll fork is better suited to racks as well, with the outer surface of the braze ons further outboard, meaning that you need less spacers to fit the rack. (My expedition bike requires about a 30mm spacer on both the front and rear rack - this is a weak point and worries me a bit, but I've tested it on rough ground with heavy loads and it's held up. I'd be sure to carry extra bolts with me on tour though, and I think that the On One and Surly options would be inherently stronger).
To summarize, I would suggest a bike built around a 26" mountain bike frame, or the Surly LHT or similar, would provide you with a reliable bike for both on and offroad conditions.
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Re: All-round touring bike
Postby rifraf » Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:06 am
WestcoastPete wrote:
To summarize, I would suggest a bike built around a 26" mountain bike frame, or the Surly LHT or similar, would provide you with a reliable bike for both on and offroad conditions.
To add to Petes summary;
Both the Surly Ogre and Troll have received some good feedback as tourers with good off road capabilities.
They both have fantastic abilities to take any sort of drive train and most types of pannier racks as well as being capable
of utilising either/both v-brakes/disks. Both are designed to be used with or without front suspension.
I'm currently tempted by building up one of these bikes myself.
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