Yes! We Can

Barack Obama’s New Hampshire Primary Speech



BARACK OBAMA: Thank you, New Hampshire. I love you back. Thank you. Thank you.

Well, thank you so much. I am still fired up and ready to go. (APPLAUSE)

Thank you. Thank you.

Well, first of all, I want to congratulate Senator Clinton on a hard-fought victory here in New Hampshire.

She did an outstanding job. Give her a big round of applause.

(APPLAUSE)

You know, a few weeks ago, no one imagined that we'd have accomplished what we did here tonight in New Hampshire.

No one could have imagined it.

For most of this campaign, we were far behind. We always knew our climb would be steep. But in record numbers,

you came out, and you spoke up for change.

And with your voices and your votes, you made it clear that at this moment, in this election,

there is something happening in America.

(APPLAUSE)



There is something happening when men and women in Des Moines and Davenport, in Lebanon and Concord,

come out in the snows of January to wait in lines that stretch block after block because they believe in what

this country can be.



There is something happening. There's something happening when Americans who are young in age and in spirit,

who've never participated in politics before, turn out in numbers we have never seen because they know in their

hearts that this time must be different.

There's something happening when people vote not just for party that they belong to, but the hopes that they hold

in common.



And whether we are rich or poor, black or white, Latino or Asian, whether we hail from Iowa or New Hampshire,

Nevada or South Carolina, we are ready to take this country in a fundamentally new direction.

That's what's happening in America right now; change is what's happening in America.

You, all of you who are here tonight, all who put so much heart and soul and work into this campaign,

you can be the new majority who can lead this nation out of a long political darkness.



Democrats, independents and Republicans who are tired of the division and distraction that has clouded

Washington, who know that we can disagree without being disagreeable, who understand that, if we mobilize our

voices to challenge the money and influence that stood in our way and challenge ourselves to reach for

something better, there is no problem we cannot solve, there is no destiny that we cannot fulfill.



Our new American majority can end the outrage of unaffordable, unavailable health care in our time.

We can bring doctors and patients, workers and businesses, Democrats and Republicans together, and we can tell

the drug and insurance industry that, while they get a seat at the table, they don't get to buy every chair,

not this time, not now.

(APPLAUSE)



Our new majority can end the tax breaks for corporations that ship our jobs overseas and put a middle-class

tax cut in the pockets of working Americans who deserve it.



We can stop sending our children to schools with corridors of shame and start putting them on a pathway to

success.



We can stop talking about how great teachers are and start rewarding them for their greatness by giving them

more pay and more support. We can do this with our new majority.



We can harness the ingenuity of farmers and scientists, citizens and entrepreneurs to free this nation from

the tyranny of oil and save our planet from a point of no return.



And when I am president of the United States, we will end this war in Iraq and bring our troops home.

(APPLAUSE)



We will end this war in Iraq. We will bring our troops home. We will finish the job -- we will finish the job

against Al Qaida in Afghanistan. We will care for our veterans. We will restore our moral standing in the world.



And we will never use 9/11 as a way to scare up votes, because it is not a tactic to win an election. It is a

challenge that should unite America and the world against the common threats of the 21st century: terrorism and

nuclear weapons, climate change and poverty, genocide and disease.



All of the candidates in this race share these goals. All of the candidates in this race have good ideas and all

are patriots who serve this country honorably.

(APPLAUSE)



But the reason our campaign has always been different, the reason we began this improbable journey almost a year

ago is because it's not just about what I will do as president. It is also about what you, the people who love

this country, the citizens of the United States of America, can do to change it.



That's what this election is all about.



That's why tonight belongs to you. It belongs to the organizers, and the volunteers, and the staff who believed

in this journey and rallied so many others to join the cause.



We know the battle ahead will be long. But always remember that, no matter what obstacles stand in our way,

nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.



We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics. And they will only grow louder and more dissonant in

the weeks and months to come.



We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation

false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

(APPLAUSE)



For when we have faced down impossible odds, when we've been told we're not ready or that we shouldn't try or

that we can't, generations of Americans have responded with a simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people:



Yes, we can. Yes, we can. Yes, we can.



It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation: Yes, we can.

It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights:



Yes, we can.



It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an

unforgiving wilderness: Yes, we can.



It was the call of workers who organized, women who reached for the ballot, a president who chose the moon as

our new frontier, and a king who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the promised land:



Yes, we can, to justice and equality.



Yes, we can, to opportunity and prosperity. Yes, we can heal this nation. Yes, we can repair this world.



Yes, we can.



And so, tomorrow, as we take the campaign south and west, as we learn that the struggles of the textile workers

in Spartanburg are not so different than the plight of the dishwasher in Las Vegas, that the hopes of the little

girl who goes to the crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets

of L.A., we will remember that there is something happening in America, that we are not as divided as our

politics suggest, that we are one people, we are one nation.



And, together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story, with three words that will ring

from coast to coast, from sea to shining sea: Yes, we can.



Thank you, New Hampshire. Thank you. Thank you.

CASIO PRO TREK, PRW-1500TJ

比起萬寶龍, 我還是比較鍾意這只.



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因為難以起口的原因, 情緒極低的我也平平安安的度過了這一週.(阿彌陀佛...)

本來以為極其平凡的週五夜晚, 也因為牙套妹的 early X'mas gift,

為我低靡的心情又帶來的一片的光彩...


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功能簡介



堅韌太陽能電池(大容量太陽能充電系統)

20個大氣壓防水功能

電波接收功能：自動訊號接收(每天最多6次)/ 手動訊號接收

<日本>接收電波：JJY、頻率：40kHz/60kHz(福島/九州兩發射台對應型號)

<北美地區>接收電波：WWVB、頻率：60kHz

<歐洲地區>接收電波：MSF/ DCF77、頻率：60kHz/ 77.5kHz

*當本地時間設定為能接收到訊號的城市時，接收適合該城市發射台的電波。時差根據選擇的城市自動設定。

數位羅盤：

16方位測量與顯示

測量範圍: 0 ~ 359 °

連續測量(20秒連續自動偵測)

圖形化方向指針

地磁偏角校正、方位校正

氣壓測量：

範圍：260~1,100毫巴

氣壓趨勢圖(過去20小時的趨勢)

氣壓差圖

高度測量 / 相對高度計：

範圍：-700~10,000公尺

高度記憶器：最多記憶24項測量的月日、時間、高度，高度趨勢顯示

溫度計：

範圍：-10~60°C

世界時間：33個城市(29個時區)、夏令時間開關

月球資料：

顯示月齡、月週相

潮汐圖：3階段顯示潮汐動態

1/100秒秒錶：

測量範圍：24小時

附中途時間測量機能

倒數計時器：配備適合對帆船賽進行測時的功能

倒數測量單位：分

倒數上限：60分鐘

復位時間：最長設定5分鐘

設定單位：分

附帶結束響報機能

5組每日鬧鈴

整點報時

電量指示符

節電功能：

處於暗處一段時間後關閉畫面；持續6~7天後，自動電波接收機能及傳感器測量功能亦關閉，以節省電力。

全自動日曆

12/24小時時制切換

耐低溫設計(-10°C)

操作音開關

全自動EL背光照明

在太陽能電池不發電的情況下，充滿電後可連續運作時間：

各功能正常動作時：約5個月

節電狀態下：約20個月

接收電波：

本地時間程式(訊號接收功能對應城市), 接收電波

東京, (香港): 日本標準電波(JJY40/JJY60)

(檀香山), (安克拉治),洛杉磯,丹佛,芝加哥,紐約: 美國標準電波 (WWVB)

倫敦,巴黎,雅典: 英國標準電波(MSF), 德國標準電波(DCF77)



* ()內的城市在環境條件優良時可以接收到電波。

* 不接收電波時，為通常的石英精度(精確度：每月±20秒內)運作。

錶帶材質：硬化鈦/橡膠混合材質

尺寸：56.2 x 50.6 x 13.9 mm

重量：113 g

腳

生物學權威王教授任教於台灣最高學府之研究所,

在某學期的期末考中, 王教授發下了考卷...



此考券讓她為其得意,

畢竟她花了九牛二虎之力,

辛苦的把各種昆蟲的腳放大,

再清楚的貼在考券上,讓學生作答.



課堂上充滿了筆接觸在紙上的摩擦聲,

這讓王教授相當的滿意...



"你們這群草莓族, 總是要給你們一個下馬威..."

王教授想著.



正當她沾沾自喜的同時,

丹尼爾默默的從座位上站了起來,

背包上肩,

把考卷交了出來, 走了.



"這小子..."

正當她納悶著丹尼爾的葫蘆到底在賣什麼藥的時候,

翻開了考卷...





什.麼.都.沒.有





連名字都沒寫...

這下他氣炸了,

一個弓箭步破門而出, 吼著:

"站住! 為什麼交白卷??"



他繼續走著,不理會.



這下王教授火了, 快步追上, 叫著:

"連名字都不寫, 瞧不起我是不是??"



他瞄了她一眼, 繼續走著...



王教授受不了了, 一把把丹尼爾抓住, 歇斯底里的叫著:

"你到底叫什麼名字, 這麼不尊師重道?!"



丹尼爾漂了王教授一眼,

彎下腰,

緩緩的捲起了自己的褲管...











"你說呢?"

內灣

順著3省往南一直走就到了...

好書介紹 - Jupiter's Travels, by Ted Simon

Ted Simon經歷了為期4年, 78,000英哩,

橫跨45國, 跨越高山, 穿越叢林, 打破沙漠及海洋天然界線,

完成了一項千百萬人夢想的旅程...



其中,

不但與貧窮的遊民共同生活, 也與一國之尊共處一屋簷下;

曾經也以牢獄為居, 人間仙境為家;

經歷了民族的戰爭與革命;

同時也從恐懼獲得了睿智, 體會了極致的心靈饗宴, 及了解了真愛的代價.



他也曾經被誤解為一個情報間諜, 一個浪漫的陌生人, 一個神話中的偉人,

甚至被稱之為神...



對Ted Simon 而言, 所有一切的一切也變成了讓他永生難忘的心靈之旅...



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第一次讀到這本書是在大學的時,

我的"機車環遊世界計畫"剛萌芽的時候(聽起來很帥,其實到現在都一點屁頭緒也沒有),

所接觸到的一本書.

很諷刺的, 我的第一本"不小心忘記還給圖書館的" Jupiter's Travels,

在我第一次加拿大機車之旅時,

無情的被從轉速線接頭飆出來的機油給毀了.

之後也一直無緣, 畢竟是有點歷史的老書...



回來之後, 也試著找了X品,

"恩? 沒聽過喔, 你是不是記錯了啊, 有沒有這本書阿..."(到底是誰靠賣書吃飯阿??)



跟PAGE TWO,

"很久沒進了喔, 以後也不會進了..."(千百版本的Jimmy Oliver's cookbook, 進一下會死喔~~)



anyways,



鐵齒的我天生不喜歡在網路上買東西,

好在有在書商坐吃等死, 不務正業的好友小史的加持,

這本書最後終於又回到他溫暖的所在 - 我家馬桶水箱上.(嗯嗯的時侯喜歡看書的人不只我一個吧?)



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後記:

Believe it or not, 在完成了機車環遊世界壯舉的24個年頭之後,

Ted Simon, 在2001年初跨上了他熟悉機車, 以70歲的高齡,

再次展開了為期3年, 跨越48國的冒險旅程...



for more of Ted, please log on to: Jupitalia

平溪.菁桐

暖暖的陽光雖豪邁的灑在臉上,殘酷的冽風卻無情的往我的骨子裡鑽...
這種奇怪極端組合仍然不能打倒我2口玩樂的決心,
任性的打開電門,澎派的排氣浪聲頓時響起...

沿著木柵路轉北深路,
週休2日的車潮真不是蓋的,讓我問候了不少人的媽媽(禮多人不怪嘛~~)





第一站,深坑老街.臭豆腐是一定要的.
祭完五臟廟之後,順著106往平溪前進...

有點像馬英九的站長...

秤斤賣...







有這麼誇張嗎?




牙套妹走Shania Twain "That Don't impress Me Much" 風.

呵呵呵...

MacgGyver

百戰天龍, MacGyver 馬蓋仙

這部當年爆紅的電視影集應該是無人不知,無人不曉吧!!



想當年這個瘋子每週六晚上9:00,

頂著鳳凰城基金會的名號,

帶著一把小刀,

夥同上司"老皮"

入刀山, 下油鍋!!

不外乎的,

就是保護人民安全,

守護世界和平.



馬蓋仙的特色,

就是不論在多艱難的處境之中,

一定會用他那最為神奇的瑞士小刀,

排除一切艱難,圓滿的完成任務.



也因為馬蓋仙,瑞士刀的人氣大升!!

我想每一位6尾7頭的同學一定都人手一把吧...




右上為Victorinox-Craftsman, 左下為Victorinox/Elinox,-Spartan




1974年之後的Spartan




Elinox 的盾牌



帥啊!老皮...

嬉遊大屯山

終於如願的帶著牙套妹去了大屯山.

茉莉漢堡.

wheels in motion...

今天還是傻傻的把地圖掛了上去.

從現在開始,已經沒有辦法逃避真正的去執行了...

第一個感覺,



"就連釘地圖都比光在腦海裡想像的累阿."

呵呵...



寫了封e-mail給以前的同學,

告知我的計畫及希望可以得到他們在資訊上的幫助.

才發現...到底多久都沒連絡了阿??

e-mail addr對不上名字...

名字對不上臉...

到最後, 只好把看的順眼的通通加到收件者...



到底要計畫多久勒??何時可以實現呢?

不知道耶...

不過我一向認為計畫為旅程的媽媽,

而旅程則為旅行的爸爸...



恩...



好難懂...哈哈.



反正,

here it goes,



計畫開始付於現實了...

Boom-De-Yada

The World is Just Awesome!!



Bomm-De-Yada~~~~~~~

Race to Dakar

Race to Dakar


Over View:



In 2006, Charley Boorman competed in the Dakar Rally, arguably the toughest motorcycle race in the world.

The race originated in 1978, a year after racer Thierry Sabine got lost in the desert and decided it would be

a good location for a regular rally. Originally, the rally was from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal,

interrupted by a transfer across the Mediterranean. However, due to politics and other factors,

the course - including its origin and destination - has been varied over the years.

The 2006 Dakar Rally started in Lisbon, Portugal.



The Dakar Rally is organised by ASO who run many spectacular events including the Tour de France.

We were privileged to have had the opportunity of working closely with ASO who were exceptionally supportive

of the 'Race to Dakar' project.



Charley's experience has been captured in a TV series, DVD and book. This unique media project looks into all

aspects of competing in the Dakar including the groundwork for the race through to the bike preparation,

physical training, a practise rally raid and logistics.



The media package also focuses on the highlights of Charley's attempt at the Dakar.

This provides a story that has never been told before, one that stresses how difficult this adventure is on a

personal level and not specifically on which position he finishes in.

This 'lifestyle' approach to the documentary and the fact Charley is a newcomer just as determined as the other

competitors, gives an alternative take on the Dakar, from the privateer angle,

as opposed to the majority of sports coverage which focuses on race results.





Route Map:



PORTUGAL



This year Portugal will be the 24th country the Dakar crosses. The location of Portugal -

a link between Europe and Africa - makes it a natural choice of host for the Dakar start line.

Beginning in Lisbon, the route through Portugal has enough challenges to make sure the rally is testing time

for the competitors from day one.



MOROCCO - MAURITANIA



This stage of the rally initiates the competitors into the strong African heat.

Morocco gives the riders a taste of all the different types of terrain they will face throughout the rally.

The Moroccan desert will push the endurance of the teams as they attempt to combat the scheduled specials.

Mauritania will also throw obstacles of its own at the teams as they try to directly cross through there.



MALI - GUINEA - SENEGAL



Entering Black Africa despite having combated the sand the participants now have new challenges ahead as

they try to overcome navigational difficulties brought about by the numerous changes in direction.

Guinea will add varied landscape to the Rally as competitors will go through areas of dense vegetation and

attempt to cross the numerous fords on the route.



DAKAR



With the feeling of accomplishment mounting as competitors enter Dakar they are treated to a vibrant

illustration of Teranga. The final stage of Lac will lead to eventual triumph for all racers at having

succeeded in completing the infamous Dakar Rally.



for more information, pls go:http://www.racetodakar.com/html/rtd.html

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單車樂活

新世代單車樂活美少女!!

男人的第3個老婆

一個正常的男人,(一定要特別註明,現在不正常的太多了...)

在他那可悲的一生中,不管他有多專情...





至少會有3個老婆!!



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男人的第1個老婆,

不用懷疑,



罵人不須理由,(牙套妹萬歲!!)

打人不需藉口,(牙套妹萬歲!!)

胡鬧沒有盡頭(牙套妹萬萬歲!!)的



太后是也!!!



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男人的第2個老婆,

不用說也知道:



半夜打蠟不辛苦,

奔波找parts不怕苦;

聽見旁人讚嘆聲,

昂首驕傲淚吞肚.



就是男人的車!!!



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男人的第3個老婆,

其實大部分是其他的男人...(?!)



他的技師,

"A good mechanic is a guy's best friend."



早期熱衷classic bike,幾乎到了玩物喪志的地步.

(根據牙套妹的說法,現在還是一樣,幾乎到了強迫症的境界.)



由於自己手賤/強迫症作祟,

讓我的車常常會壞些不該壞的東西,

有些不該有的毛病.



雖說自己並不是一個有技術的專業人士,

老車的零件多半也都停產了.

但是在經驗豐富的技師的操手之中

及零件多的數不清的classic motorcycle savage yard的加持之下,

77年的RD400D也是好好的陪我在Canada跑了幾趟.

YAMAHA RD400 D


話說回到台灣,不死心的購入一台2手雙管雄獅.



SUZUKI SD125



不說也知道,台灣2手車的品質...

哀...



雄獅雖已停產,但是零件庫存倒是挺充足的.(畢竟是瓦斯車的扛壩子!)

在我重金養育下(零件維修比購車價多出高達3倍),

全車原廠零件Overhaul(只剩車架沒換)

老雄獅重生了!! but it wasn't easy...

也讓我深深的了解到台灣技師素養的參差不齊.



螺絲上好是會死嗎?

東西可以不要忘記裝上去嗎?

維修時可以墊塊布嗎?

零件左右對齊有這麼難嗎?

我白色油箱上可以不要有檳榔汁嗎?

我的電鍍排氣管可以不要在地上拖嗎?

可以拆不下來的東西不要用榔頭敲嗎?

修理可以不要倒車嗎?



...



GOD~~~~~



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附記: 歷任的好老婆.



Jim:

好友Brian的叔叔,現任水壩工程師,RD 的前任車主.連chain guard都可以用手工把你打到ㄅㄦ亮,

所有廠牌所有年份所有車種,一手包辦. "胯下"坐擁:Harley Davidson Electra Glide Classic,

72' Honda CB750, ect...





A1 Cycle Salvage Motorcycle Wrecking:



If you happened to be in the neighborhood, and your bike needs a "Discovery Channel"

kind of service, then you are in luck. They got everything, from the rubber on your

shifter, to a total engine rebuild/overhaul,and most importantly, they are really

nice to people even if you are a chink like me.





尚興機車行,蔡老闆次郎:







雖說老闆的哥哥不叫太郎,弟弟也不叫三郎,但是老闆對付武車的功力還是十分的高強,也是少數細心

維修的老師傅.知道我怕保養完車子髒,都會套上"全新"乾淨的手套修車.也曾經跟我呆到半夜就為

了把"SUZUKI"的名牌 "對齊的"貼在油箱上,而被老板娘罵...末代武車國寶級的第一把交椅.





世鼎車業,CPI 北區總代理:







SM 就是在那邊牽的.雖說跟他們合作不久,但是該車業技師服務態度,專業知識一流.

CPI ENDURO SM 250 有名的問題一堆,偏偏又是C/P值最高的一台車.我剛領車的時候也是大問題沒有,

小問題不斷.牽車過去告知病況,技師2話不說拆舊零件,新零件直上,free of charge.

被SM到的SM北部車友有空還是來這邊看看吧,反正有問題經銷商不能解決的還是送來總經銷阿...





孔方機車工作室:







因為當時有一台73' XL250,也想看看台灣到底有哪些越野車/老車的族群而在網路上逛到的.一樣離我家很近,

就算我搬離了復華新村他也搬了新家,還是很近.但是除了最近在網路上問了些問題及在電話中詢問搬新店面

何時開幕之外,我連去都沒去過...呵呵...這就是緣分阿~~~~~本來想說這麼優秀的技師,10幾年來的第一台

新車一定要跟他買!!在網路/雅虎上問了一堆問題,結果~~~他在搬家中~~~哀~~~車買了想找他保養,店面去了

3,4次...結果都沒開...我與好技師的緣分怎麼這麼差阿~~~



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P.S:





愛車強迫症:



如果你有跟我一樣無法忍受車上有一切非自然狀況下而產生的噪音,怪聲,震動,刮痕,指紋,水漬,油漬,零件太緊,

零件太鬆,零件不相對等高等症狀...那就恭喜你啦~~~~





話說我的頭燈罩"好像"有點左右不平均...等下把它拆下來看看...

烏來

因為mountain bike的關係,所以烏來對我並不算陌生.

找了個假日,帶牙套妹享受一下老街以外的烏來...

來這裡紀念照是一定要的啦~~~

然後牙套妹有了外遇...

好啦好啦,你比較可愛啦...(5隻小狗之中最可愛的1隻,咖B)

小有名氣的肉包.(真好吃~~~)

小有名氣的香腸.(so so~~)