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Earlier today, I wrote of the Skipton clamper and the strongarm tactics employed by firms on ordinary citizens who were potential customers in the area.
Now before I go any further, a warning – this post breaks the netiquette of minimizing linking to one's own site. The posts linked to are so long that it would have extended this post to impossible lengths to have copied and pasted all the material. Thus the links appear below. Feel free to skip this post altogether if you're offended by that. I seriously don't give a damn about visits but do care about the things actually said in those posts and the comments below them.
There's another issue to this clamping business and that's the utter callousness of people in this country these days, opting for the Draconian solution first, often without any understanding of the circumstances. Just as with the parachutee problem, the culpable ones are the higher-ups. The man in that picture was hired for those qualities and the firm advertised itself for its ruthlessness, which local firms availed themselves of.
So local firms knew what they were doing to potential customers.
There's a mix here of the British penchant for the Draconian solution, an attitude which has always existed – look at the miner's strikes – and the issue of the people behind Draconian solutions. In the case of those strikes, it was two strongwilled lots of people locked in a Power struggle against each other and the public suffering. The union leaders were the ones who called out the workers, the firms were unyielding on pay and conditions and the future of the industry was largely Thatcher's doing.
Let's not get into that old issue as such here but the attitude does need looking at – it's always been there in this country afflicted by a strangely compliant mindset which is, at the same time, quite happy to call for the Draconian solution in Letters to he Editor, i.e. at a safe distance. There's the skit about the couple at a restaurant table who are bitterly complaining to each other about the food, the waiter comes past and asks how everything is. "Fine, thank you."
There are also people high up who are exploiting that and as society disintegrates, as in the way people treat one another and withdraw into their shells, so it is accompanied by the Skipton clamper mindset which can only see its own self and no implications further down the track – in that case ultimate lack of custom for businesses in the area. The firms will say custom will still come – people have no choice. They need to buy to survive.
This is so far at odds with the Christian model which has been abandoned in schools and at home and shows the latter to have been a pretty clever and well thought out solution on how to run a society. Even in the 60s, when the unrest was getting up a head of steam, there was still a relative feeling of safety and freely going about one's business. Not today. Whereas once you'd get a rebuke or warning, now you're arrested and thrown in jail, even for your opinions:
Off to jail in cuffs, student who tweeted abuse about heart failure footballer
The Mail ran a poll on that and a small majority approved of him being led away and sent to prison for his opinions. That's horrifying, this almost casual way we'll approve the rough handling of others who oppose us or who are simply not us. Wherever is the Niemoelian sense in people that what we approve done to those people over there will eventually come back on us?
Where's the "do unto others"? Doesn't exist any more because kids don't even know about it. They're educationally and morally ignorant, except for some primal drive for decency inside which falls away when their own interests are threatened. In a nutshell, that is a descent to the bestial, reflected in the Eminesque art and architecture around us. It's a childishness, an infantilization, which many bloggers have noted. It's been induced and the ones who have allowed it, made policy which will produce it and sat back, wringing hands and faux-bemoaning it later are the PTB.
One particular place these animals are is in local councils. It must be apparent to even the thickest sheeple that the councils are a problem. Raking off millions to invest in Iceland, they increasingly bump up council taxes to pay for inanities and lesser services and hit the residents for even having a rubbish bin slightly out of place. Someone has got into those councils and has added a harder edge to interfacing with the public.
Someone like Common Purpose.
Our favourite "lead beyond authority" global socialists are masters of the carrot – groupthink, plus subterfuge and illegality – and the stick – strongarm tactics and prosecution. That wheelclamping in Skipton is well known by the councils, themselves inhabiting regions run by the global socialists, e.g. Yorkshire Forward, e.g. the South-West.
If you look at that last link and read the blurb on Simon Moore, then look at the post on Groupthink link above and many other pundits' work on CP's tactics in their "leadership beyond authority" programme, at taxpayer expense, then multiply that by every local business association, every council, every regional development organization in this country – you will gain an idea of just how riddled with this cancer our country has become. This is the horror of Tavistock revisited. Just ask Geoff Mulgan:
Common Purpose and Demos link.
With its purposes now subsumed into Common Purpose, the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations in London was funded into existence in 1946 with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
They're into anything which moves, e.g. the Media Standards Trust [old news but worth looking at again]:
The Media Standards Trust adjudicates on reports and complaints about media bias.
Look at the list of trustees. Sir David Bell (Chairman, Financial Times Group) is also Common Purpose, -( link below). Robert Peston is also Common Purpose, but he wouldn't want you to know;) The best part is that they share premises with Common Purpose, same rooms, and Common Purpose provides their IT functions.
Represented are, Anthony Salz (Executive Vice Chairman, NM Rothschild) , and Charles Manby (Goldman Sachs) , and best of all, Deputy Chair Julia Middleton (CEO, Common Purpose) .
Orphans of Liberty runs post after post on how the insanity is playing out across the nation and indeed the world. This lot are into everything going, even the hacking scandal. They have officers/graduates in every council in England.
They are ostensibly "there to help", always immediately available with advice to the local authority, ready to step in and run projects, as in the following [H/T Tim Gaunt via Ian Sumage @CPNorthEast] from the Miliband years:
Among the successful applicants are:- Common Purpose is a project involving a number of independent and maintained schools working with public sector organisations and other local and national businesses in Newcastle upon Tyne to contribute to the teaching of citizenship as part of the school curriculum and to help raise standards in Key Skills. The "Your Turn" programme for 13-14 year olds will give pupils a practical overview of citizenship and an understanding of the decision making process in their city. A series of workshop days will be held on different themes such as Local & National Government decision making, Crime & Justice, Wealth Creation, Education, Housing & Health and the Arts.
We've seen the type of "citizenship" or communitarianism peddled by Common Purpose already, many times over. Here's an innocuous sounding release:
This year, the group has been set the challenge of figuring out what healthcare reforms would make heart surgery possible for only $1,000 USD.
Good stuff eh? Altruistic projects with only the good of the community at heart. Except, as Ken Craggs points out about one of the leader/participants:
Seema Malhotra @commonpurpose is Director of the Fabian Womens Network & former Chair of the Fabian Society.
[Or was at that time] Altruism? Community spirit?
These people are organized, they have the resources of the taxpayer supporting them and the taxpayer is blithely unaware of just who these people are and by what philosophy/ideology they're operating. "We are legion." They are everywhere, up and down the country. Even among the people you deal with every day you may have a Common Purpose graduate on your hands. If it's a key position holder you need to approve something, odds are that it will be one of this legion.
And you gaze at society and see baffling PCist inanities and Draconian solutions and wonder why. That's a key reason why. I wish I had a pound for every time someone has said: "I had no idea," "I thought they were a philanthropic organization running leadership courses."
Even co-author at my site, JD, doesn't get the whole story. On the clampers post he responded: "Ah yes, privatise everything, better and more efficient services ….. what could possibly go wrong?" Now of course there's much to the privatization issue and how it was done but what is missing in that response is the role of the PTB behind it, about CP and its inordinate influence in microaffairs of state, in localism. Witterings from Witney is all for localism, a la Hannan/Carswell's The Plan but what is not mentioned is that CP already has the local communitarianism tied up.
These "people" have it just as tied up as the Americans were tied up in the 50s to 80s [see Jenner and Quigley]. And part of this is fearmongering. A paedophile here, a gunman conveniently appearing there and people are running about half-hysterically, willing to accept any State solution to allay their fears. Meanwhile, the actually fearful thing – the cancer of Common Purpose, spreads around the body politic without even being detected.
That's where we are and combined with the EU tactics, we're caught in a giant scissors movement or to switch metaphors, a sheepdogging and coralling.
And almost no one sees it.


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With this ever-changing world that we live in, from high-rise apartments built to thrill to the restored lofts of downtown, sometimes it's hard to find much-needed storage space. Especially when it comes to organizing larger items like bicycles. Despite the considerable advantages many residential areas have made in facilitating bicycling, the traditional mode of transportation can tend to get lost in the shuffle of household disorganization. Luckily, as modern technology has developed, so have the options for bicycle storage- making it easier to find and enjoy a daily cycling holiday any day of the week.
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Morenci: The American Legion's state commander for Michigan will serve as the Memorial Day speaker in Morenci.
Michael Williams, a 35-year Legion member from Eaton Rapids, will address the audience Monday morning at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Williams has served in several state and local Legion posts and is a former captain of the Eaton Rapids Fire Department.
Williams is a Vietnam veteran, serving with the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.
Morenci's Memorial Day services will begin at 10 a.m. in Wakefield Park at the veterans' monument. After a brief service at the park, a parade will travel to the old cemetery on North Street and on to Oak Grove Cemetery for the main service.
Veterans are encouraged to meet at the park and ride in the parade.
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Paul Scheer is among the many famous faces heading to Modern Family this season.
The League star will guest-star in an upcoming episode as a Costco manager, TVGuide.cmo has confirmed. As first reported by The Hollywood Reporter, he'll interact with Claire (Julie Bowen) and Gloria (Sofia Vergara).
Exclusive: Shelley Long returning to Modern Family
"Fact: I auditioned for Lily but they said I was too tall," Scheer tweeted Wednesday.
Scheer, whose credits also include NTSF:SD:SUV and Happy Endings, joins previously announced guest stars Matthew Broderick, Wendi McLendon-Coven and Shelley Long.
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There are as many stories of childhood in this room as there are people. Each story should be heard—by adult peers, but also by the children who are growing up around us. Each story should be honored, both as the grounding of your individual life, and as a source of guidance as we, now responsible adults, reflect on our roles as spiritual shapers of the children of today. It is from our stories, from our lived experience, from our dreams and hurts and hopes, our endurance, that we know what we know. It is by these meanings, values, loves, that everything of worth is handed on.
We reflect today on the religious life of childhood, and I will offer three strands from the tapestry of my particular story:
- the strand of my private spiritual experiences;
- the strand of a strong net of home and church, supporting and rein forcing one another; and
- the strand of the larger culture which affected the role home and church played in my life.
The fields and forest were my playground as they have been for generations of children, and still are for a lucky few. I can remember moments of lying in a meadow, with grass and wild flowers tall above me, vast sky overhead, insects buzzing and brushing by me—moments of near dissolution into the earth, the sky , the grasses, of feeling that the boundary between me and the meadow was a permeable boundary , not clearly defmed by the layer of skin on my body, but a gentle merging of me into it, it into me. I think it is appropriate to name such moments as mystical moments, interludes of feeling a transcendent sense of oneness with something larger than myself.
Did you have such moments as a child—in meadows, on riverbanks, or beaches or mountain tops? For me they were moments of total peace and contentment. They probably didn't come often or last long, but they were potent. Perhaps for you such moments didn't occur out of doors, but rather in the contentment and safety of a particular lap in a particular rocking chair with a particular song hummed around you, or 4 before ranks of candles, or surrounded by incense, or music—organ, or choir, or orchestra.
Such childhood experiences have been researched and documented by Edward Robinson in his work The Original Vision. In interviews with adult after adult, Robinson heard women and men recalling religious, spiritual experiences from their early years, experiences which were accompanied by a profound sense of certainty , of connection, of hope and meaning, although articulation of just what that meaning was often seemed elusive.
In one of my favorite passages from his work a woman says, "1 remember sitting in my mother's lap at the age of 5, while she affectionately explained that the idea of a God was a very nice and poetic way of explaining things, but just like a fairy tale. I felt embarrassed at what seemed abysmal blindness and ignorance and felt sorry for her." [p 69]
What were such moments for you? What were your original visions? What did you know deep in your heart to be true, spiritually true? Until I read Robinson's book my memories of those "meadow moments" from my childhood had slipped from my consciousness, but hearing the stories of others brought them back to me with certainty and vividness. "...hearing the stories of others..." Listen to this poem from Shel Silverstein:
Once I spoke the language of the flowers,
Once I understood each word the caterpillar said,
Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,
And shared a conversation with the housefly in my bed.
Once I heard and answered all the questions of the crickets,
And joined the crying of each falling, dying flake of snow,
Once I spoke the language of the flowers...
How did it go? How did it go?
We know, with childhood's certainty, we know—and then we forget. Our Unitarian Universalist faith has deep roots in the Transcendentalist movement of the early nineteenth century, a movement which affirmed that each person can have direct experiences and knowledge of the divine, of the sacred, without any mediation, without the intercession of savior or preacher. Each has the potential for immediate, personal understanding of divinity.Those Transcendentalists, Emerson and Thoreau, William Ellery Channing, Bronson Alcott and Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, among others, had a particular philosophy of childhood which held that infants and young children were more closely connected with divinity, having just arrived from the hand of God. Children's vision, they claimed, was fuller and clearer, but that clarity faded as they grew and their minds and hearts became cluttered and confused with the things of this world. Although I would not frame my own convictions in quite this way, I believe that there is a time when we know with childhood's certainty, we know—and then we forget.
When I was a child, the church of my village was literally across the street from my home. I saw it from my living room window, played on its steps, heard its bell every Sunday morning, and freely came and went through its doors throughout the week. Its smells, its light, its people are deeply embedded within me. As in Alice Walker's poem (earlier reading), when I was three feet high, there were 'bosoms for leanin.' I love that image of strength and stability and nurture—and for me it was reality.
This was a community church, attended by almost all the churchgoing folks of the village. The social, spiritual, and business lives of those people were intertwined in an organic way which I took for granted, and now see as rare. My religious life as a child was also organic, integrated into all my living. The church was no small part of that integrated spirituality, its messages and meanings reflected and reinforced in the fields, woods and streams, and in the trustworthy care of family and of community.
It was a rich and nourishing spiritual life. The snowfalls were pristine and magical and the swamps teemed with life. The church celebrated a "wonder-filled" response to such mysteries. Of course there were hornets and snakes as well as bluebirds. There were bullies and shadows and polio and scarlet fever. There was treacherous ice on which my mother fell and for a short time lay bleeding and unconscious and for the first time I knew that my parents were not invulnerable, and that I could not be sure they would always be there for me. I was shaken, but at some deeper level felt assurance that there was a larger net of safety and care that would cradle me. This was the Universalist message of my church, but it was also the reality I experienced, and trusted.
When I was a child, there wasn't much on Sunday mornings to compete with going to church. There were no soccer games, no malls, no television programming. There was a Sunday paper, thick with comics, there were cows to be milked, and, for the moms, a Sunday dinner to prepare, but not much else laid claim on the day. Except for these minimal tasks, work came to a halt. Entertainment and recreation were largely homegrown affairs, so there was no external pull away from family and community.
It was easy to go to church. There was nothing to deter one, except sloth. It was what most people did on Sunday mornings. There was even a certain peer pressure to go to church, or at least send your children to Sunday school. It was easy to go to church. But that was then and this is now. Now, making time and place in our lives for the sacred is an uphill struggle. Religious community now is viewed as an optional kind of "add-on"' to be dabbled in when it is convenient, to put on the list of resolutions in seasons of new beginning—like intentions to diet and to keep one's desk free of clutter. It is to be fit into one's weekend, if there isn't too much else going on—if there are no house guests or sports playoffs; if the laundry and bills are caught up, and the leaves are raked and the garden is in and the ski season hasn't started yet. It is not assumed and easy. It is not, in our collective cultural consciousness, a high priority.
We are a secular culture. Whatever our personal, private convictions may be, publicly, collectively, we honor technology and human achievement. We invest in material goods, and value the dollar above all else. We may nod politely to the spiritual life, but do not really allow any room for the transcendent to be weighed seriously in our shared journey of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. For any individual or family to place a valuing of the spirit, and of religious community high in their priorities they must swim upstream against a current of materialistic secularism.
Let me offer an example. Consider, if you will, the powers to which we turn for healing. We know that spiritual well-being—hope, faith, inner peace—all contribute to physical well-being. It has been well documented that people who are devout, who are clear in their faith, people who are meaningfully connected to religious communities, who are actively engaged in prayer or meditation, recover more quickly and fully from serious illnesses and injuries. We know that the surest way to health is with a blend of medical, social, and spiritual attention. We know this with scientific survey, but to this knowing we pay only lip service.
There have been many cases over the years in which parents who are Christian Scientists have been challenged for neglecting to secure medical attention for their children. Parents have been sued, penalized, vilified, even imprisoned for placing all their hopes for healing in prayer and in faith. But the reverse never, ever occurs. It simply never happens that parents who secure adequate medical attention for their children are publicly challenged or criticized for withholding from those children the healing powers of faith or prayer or religious community.
It strains the limits of our imagination to conjure up such a scenario, to imagine that parents who take their children for regular checkups, see that they are up to date on their inoculations, consult a doctor if fever persists or injury occurs, but fail to give these children a grounding in religious faith might be called to account if a child were to fall gravely or even terminally ill. Imagine a lawsuit against parents who fail to pray with or for their children, who fail to feed their spirits as well as their bodies. In the village of my childhood there was at least one doctor who would sometimes say to the minister of the tiny church, "I have done all I can for this person. Now it is up to you."
In my years as a minister, I have never had a doctor say the same to me. Such is the world in which we and our children live. In clinics and laboratories and cyberspace we have lodged our faith—and it is not sufficient. It is not easy to go to church, to make religious community a priority, yet in this secularized, pressurized world, we all—children and adults—are even more in need of sacred times and places, gathered communities of the spirits. It is not easy to live in a centered, holistic, spiritually sound way.
Extended families have often extended themselves across the continent and beyond. Neighborhoods in which doors are left unlocked.and everyone knows everyone else are nearly a figment now of nostalgia. Our time is a time of pervasive mistrust and of isolation, when we encounter mostly strangers. We and our children desperately need communities of trust, support, stability , nurture, but perversely our culture pulls us away—from such community.
When I was a child I experienced these three: moments of spiritual knowing; an interconnected nurturing community of family and church; and a culture that supported the feeding of my spirit. So much has changed, yet so much remains the same. Children still feel moments of intense compassion and empathy, of heightened and delightful sensory awareness, of healing and renewal, of creativity , even of magic. This is a given of our human nature. Whether they pause to savor such moments, to name and nurture them, to call them spiritual and to evoke a response of gratitude, this is up to us. Whether they learn to be intentional in using such insights to guide their behavior is up to us.
In some ways this may be the easiest part of the challenge of nurturing children's spiritual lives, because this is within our personal control. We need to talk with our children about matters of the spirit, about God, about what it means to embody the holy within yourself. We need to tell our spiritual stories and to hear theirs, to validate and empower their experiences, their stories by our hearing, our honoring.
These may not be easy conversations because many of us have not done the work of putting our own thoughts and feelings into language, of crafting, articulating, naming that which we feel in our hearts to be true. This is a hard piece of work, but a piece that can be supported by sharing in a community such as this where such conversations are encouraged and valued. It is hard to talk with our children about matters of the spirit also because these are intimate matters. As in discussions of sexuality we may feel embarrassed, vulnerable. These are matters of great tenderness and fragility , but they are matters that become stronger and clearer as they are articulated and shared.
But the larger matters of community and culture are even harder. Over these we have less control, yet we cannot simply abdicate because what is at stake is too precious. It is the souls of children, children who have a right to feel 'at home in the world,' to have the security of bosoms to lean into, to have the support of a tradition which can offer words, images, symbols to give definition to those yearnings and bondings, those affirmations they experience with such intensity .They have a right to feel an encompassing love which births them and then holds them in a cushion of care throughout life and into death. The family is primary in providing this cushion of love, but it is not really enough. Something larger is needed—something to be there when mom slips on the ice and lies unconscious.
We must become countercultural, gathering our determination, and gathering together in community to resist the mighty forces of secularism. We must be creative in motivating and supporting families in their connections with religious community , and in shaping ways for these families to link the meanings of this community with their larger social context. In our segmented, disconnected, chaotic culture where there is so much loneliness in the midst of crowds, and so much hope and faith that is unsupported and unreflected, spiritual communities can make a profound difference in the lives of children, and in the lives of parents who will always remain the primary religious educators.
In Africa there is a tribe that counts a child's birthday from the day it first appears as a thought in the mother's mind. She sits out in the forest listening for the child's song. When it comes to her, she returns to the tribe to find the man she wants to be the child's father. She teaches him the child's song, so that as they make love, they can sing it and invite the child to join them. The mother sings the child's song to it while it is in the womb. She teaches the song to the tribal midwives so that they can sing the child's song to it when it is born. The whole village learns the child's song so that when it is hurt, it can be held and enfolded in its song. Even in death, the villager is cradled and cared for by their song.
How rich and safe our whole world might be if every child could feel so honored, so worthy, so cared for!
When I was a child—but now I am grown. I cannot simply put aside my childish things for they are a part of me forever and ever. They are within me, but I must add to these childish things, the adult responsibility for shaping the religious nurture of children of today. What a gift and a privilege that is. What a gift and a privilege is before us. Let us be intentional and collaborative in carrying forth this work.


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Academic freedom. Public service. Equal opportunity. Excellence.
Rubén Jose King-Shaw, Jr., '83, says his family shares these values with the ILR School and Cornell University. "So, why wouldn't we want to do something big for a place we love so much?"
He delivered those remarks Thursday at the dedication of the newly-named Patricia G. and Rubén Jose King-Shaw, Jr. Hall.
Patricia, daughters Alexandra "Lexi" '15 and Angelica, family, friends, members of the ILR and Cornell communities, and university dignitaries gathered for the celebration at the Garden Avenue entrance of King-Shaw Hall. The building houses the ILR conference center.
Rubén said it was important to support ILR now in this way because the school's teaching, research and outreach focus on the most critical issues of the day.
"The world needs leaders, and ILR trains leaders. The world is concerned about creating jobs and resolving conflict, and ILR addresses these things."
President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes, who also spoke at the event, said this was a "very special day, important in the history of ILR and the greater history of Cornell."
Rhodes met the King-Shaws when the couple first started to get involved in alumni activities and "began their formative partnership with Cornell." He said what's most remarkable is not just their "generosity of resources, but of their time and engagement."
Harry Katz, ILR's Kenneth F. Kahn Dean, said that the naming of King-Shaw Hall is fitting because of the parallels that exist between the activities that take place in the building and in the lives of Rubén and Patricia.
"No building is as multifaceted as this one, and I can't think of two people who are as multifaceted as they are. The conference center is a classroom and a place where our students learn, and education is at the center of their lives."
"What a wonderful building to be named for Rubén and Patricia King-Shaw," he added.
As Rubén reflected on how they hope this gift will continue to advance Cornell's "any person, any study" mission, he shared his thanks with "our grandparents and all the people who came before us who made our lives possible."
"We believe in the future," Rubén said. "I'm happy that our name will now be tied forever to Cornell and ILR, not just for this generation, but for generations to come."
Rhodes also had thanks of his own to share with the King-Shaws.
"We thank you so much for renewing ILR with your generosity, your commitment, but most of all, your love."


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I will always think of my wedding day when I see these, my bridesmaids & myself carried big bundles of light and dark pink peonies. Speaking of weddings, did you know Jeremiah & I celebrate 5 years this month?! It's surreal to me that we've been married 5 years, together for 6. How does this happen so quickly? I can't say that I'm sad however, I am still so grateful to be married to this man.
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so sweet! congrats!ReplyDelete
Oh, I just love peones. Beauty.ReplyDelete
Happy anniversary
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Congratulations! It's our five year this year too : )ReplyDelete
These photos are so lovely! Congrats on your anniversary!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJune 02, 2012
Congrats on the 5th Year! Very lovely blog and shop, I'm really in love with your necklaces! Have a wonderfull weekend!ReplyDelete
Me too...had a June wedding and the entire venue was peonies! Love them so much. My husband I will celebrate 13 years married 18 together....wow, crazy. Happy Anniversary.ReplyDelete
Congratulations! My husband and I just celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary a few days ago (but we've been together since high school so that makes a total of 23 years). I had pale pink peonies in my bouquet. Love those beauties.ReplyDelete
What a lovely pick for your wedding! Congratulations. I just saw my parents holding hands hopping over beach waves today and it gave me much confidence that true love can last forever. They have been married 30+ years!!ReplyDelete
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Happy anniversary. The flowers are beautiful!ReplyDelete
wunderschön! happy anniversary and keep up your wonderful, inspiring work on this blog. greetings from germany!ReplyDelete
I adore peonies. They are so pretty and add the perfect pop of color. The perfect flower to celebrate the perfect day - such as a wedding day. Congrats on 5!ReplyDelete
Happy anniversary! I have also a bunch of peonies in full bloom on my table:)ReplyDelete
what a lovely post. and such pretty flowers xoxoReplyDelete
So beautiful! Congrats!ReplyDelete
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text: The premier of Gulf Surf Radio is scheduled for Sunday, August 22 at 10:00PM Central. The show will end at 10:30PM www.blogtalkradio.com/gulfsurfradio Gulf Surf Radio is the first internet radio talk show that is dedicated to surfing the Gulf coast. In this first episode, we will have: Surf News Recap of AWG Event in Galveston (by Billy Blues) Guest will be a Surfrider Chairman from the Florida Coast - Topic - Current effects on Florida's Gulf Coast from the BP Oil Spill... Hear about it from someone who surfs there everyday. Listener Call-ins Listeners can call in at (347) 884-8777 Please join us and feel free to call in and ask questions, relay information, or just to say Hi.


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Each year it seems like we learn more and more about how big of a deal climate change is. And starting today, representatives from close to 100 different countries will meet in Yokohama, Japan as part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and complete a summary to share with world leaders on just how bad the problem might become.
As the AP writes: "The big risks and overall effects of global warming are far more immediate and local than scientists once thought. It's not just about melting ice, threatened animals and plants. It's about the human problems of hunger, disease, drought, flooding, refugees and war, becoming worse."
The panel has addressed a few key areas that provide definite cause for concern. These include:
- An increase in global violence. We may not see the world dissolve into wars, but existing threats could be exacerbated by an additional element of instability caused by rising temperatures.
- Food prices may soar, and "hotspots of hunger" may appear in cities.
- The amount of available water will shrink with every degree of warming, which could affect nearly one third of the world's population.
- There is an increased possibility for injury and illness related to heat waves, fires, and diseases that spread through food and water.
- And perhaps most interestingly for Catholics to take note of: Climate change may contribute to the gap between the rich and poor – the poor could get poorer.
You may not consider yourself an activist against – or even a believer in – climate change. But do you consider yourself to be against violence that can come from unrest, and supportive of peace? Do you believe that no one should go hungry, and that water is a human right? What about protecting your health and the health of your community? Do you believe that the rich shouldn't get richer while the poor continue to fall on increasingly harder times?
If so, it might be time to add climate change to the list of issues to pay attention to. Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist from Texas Tech University, says that these new potential threats may be contributing to a change in attitude from the belief that the primary reason to take note of climate change is an environmental one.
"We care about it because it's going to affect nearly every aspect of human life on this planet," she says.
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The University area was once a cow pasture and rural byways, with University of North Carolina at Charlotte (chartered in 1960) plunked in the middle. Today, the UNCC area spans several miles and with the new light rail extension going from UNCC to downtown Charlotte the area has become one of the fastest growing parts of Charlotte. University area als supports the Wells Fargo processing center campus, IBM and other companies as part of the Research Park. The area is surrounded by a wide variety of housing options ranging from golf course communities like Highland Creek and SkyBrook to large apartment communities centered around the University itself and the light rail stops heading into downtown.
Recently the shopping has been growing in this dynamic area as well, starting with the addition of IKEA in 2009, and Furniture Row just to mention a few.


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Workshop on Applications, Products and Services of Web-based Support Systems
October 13, 2003, Halifax, Canada
In conjunction with
2003 IEEE/WIC International Conference on Web Intelligence
The Web provides a new medium for storing, presenting, gathering,
sharing, processing and using information. The impacts of the Web
can be felt in almost all aspects of life. Web Intelligence is a
sub-field of computer science that tries to meet the challenges
and take advantages of the opportunities offered by the Web. The
workshop aims to a particular field of Web Intelligence by
providing a forum for the discussion and exchange of ideas and
information by researchers, students, and professionals on the
issues and challenges brought on by the Web technology for various
support systems. One of our goals is to find out how applications
and adaptations of existing methodologies on the Web platform
benefit our decision-makings and various activities.
Some suggested topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to:
Web-based Decision Support Systems
Web-based Information Retrieval Support Systems
Web-based Multimedia Systems
Web-based Groupware System
Web-based Knowledge Management System
Web-based Educational System
Web-based Research Support Systems
Web-based Business Support Systems
Web-based Financial and Economic Systems
Web-based Internet Banking System
Web-based Applications
Web-based Negotiation Support Systems
XML and Semi-structured Data Management on the Web
Web Information Management
Web Information Retrieval
Web Mining and Farming
CASE tools and software for developing web-based applications
User-interface design issues for web-based applications
Visualizations of web-based systems
Systems Analysis and Design methods for web-based applications
Security issues related to web-based applications
Web-based Systems Development
Important Dates:
August 22, 2003 Deadline for submission of papers
September 6, 2003 Notification of acceptance
(1 week prior to Early Registration deadline)
September 26, 2003 Final copy due
October 13, 2003 Conference
Submitted papers should be formatted in the style of IEEE-Computer
Society Format:
The page limit for the final version is 12 pages. We only accept
electronic submissions. Please send your manuscripts in PDF format
to the program chairs:
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University of Regina Saint Mary's University
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The onsite proceedings of the workshop will be published by WI 2003.
We may have a post-workshop special issue on a journal or an edited
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Definitely giving this a go. Not sure how I'm going to handle all the wires and pipes yet, guess I'll find out soon enough!
Nice!I want to try my skills with this. So i started to working on some of this panels and here is a first screenshot. The humpbacked panel (lowpoly):
Btw its uses only a 512x512 normal map at the moment.
From the looks of it he box modeled it optimized it by hand and beveled the edges, pretty nicely done too.
I started off with a poly plane and two cubes- one horizontal, one vertical (for verts to snap to), and extruded, split and snapped the plane to the shape I wanted. Plus some bevel. I do love my bevel
Wow, definitely not the way I would have done it, definitely unique, I'll have to try it that way, do you use maya or 3ds max?


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He tells me that I need to have another card with me in my party hat and another where I look like a PTA mom. All the bloggers get trading cards made up and then we all collect each others cards and the fun we could all have from this is endless!
I told him that I would throw it out there and let the people come to their own conclusions. And then he said, " You would really put this on your blog?" And so I told him, "But of course, they have all learned to expect this kind of behaviour from me."


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The City of Guilds
In the largest metropolis of a city-covered plane, perspectives will clash and laws will be tested. From the depths under the city to its lofty spires above, Ravnica's citizens eke out an existence even as all around them ancient guilds vie for control and power.
City of Guilds is set in an exotic new location in the Multiverse and will introduce a new storyline, striking creatures, and innovative game mechanics. Ravnica features 306 black-bordered cards, available in standard and foil versions.
Gold cards are back! Players are expecting and looking forward to their return.
Ravnica's guild system enhances a player's ability to play multicolored decks. Rather than focusing on the five colors of Magic, Ravnica features a guild dynamic that rewards players for using color pairs. Each guild has its own flavor, identity, characters and mechanics.
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HAVE YOU BEEN EFFECTED BY A LAYOFF OR DOWNSIZING?Expect the best, plan on going back to work very quickly, while being prepared in case of an extended unemployment.
While your main focus is getting back to work, don't lose site of protecting what is potentially your biggest asset: your 401k / 403b.
This seminar will help you understand your options and make decisions to stretch your assets.
Downsized within the last 30 days? There may be some timely decisions to make regarding health care and life insurance. Some pension plans are also timely.
Downsized for more than 30 days ago? Make an assessment of where you stand financially, and where to go from here, keeping into account your personal situation.
In this seminar you will learn…
· Options for health care and Cobra.
· Differences between your group vs individual life insurance.
· How your severance pay is taxed.
· Which pension option is best for you? (lump sum versus annuity) if applicable.
· What you should do with your 401k / 403b? (leave it or roll to an IRA).
· Taxation of withdrawals from a 401k / 403b and IRA if you have made one.
· How to design a portfolio to minimize the downside risk.
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S. M. Mohi-Us Sunnat
Firefox OS, Webmaker, MDN, l10n, Community, FSA
I am a CSE student of BRAC University of Bangladesh. I live in Dhaka, Bangladesh. I am the Lead of BRACU Firefox Club, Dhaka, Bangladesh. I am contributing on Webmaker and Firefox OS app developing, MDN, l10n. I just love coding. My favorite languages are HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Python. Community building is another Habit. I am the co-host, event management lead and one of the mentor of the 1st App days of Bangladesh. I was also mentor of the second App days. Have traveled almost 10 universities to teach FirefoxOS app developing and Webmaker. Want to go ahead with Mozilla and open source.
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Sunnat is one of our awesome Firefox OS app developer. He is a localizer too.
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In the wake of Real Salt Lake star Javier Morales' tour-de-force performance against the Earthquakes on Saturday, delivering two goals and setting up RSL's third, it was easy to say that RSL's midfield thoroughly outplayed San Jose's.
But the Quakes' Arturo Alvarez -- one-fourth of that same midfield group -- would beg to differ.
"I wouldn't say that," Alvarez said after RSL's 3-0 victory. "Goals beat us today. Obviously, they kept better possession in the midfield than us, but I think it was a pretty even game. Throughout the whole game, we created some chances. We didn't take advantage of it, and that kind of hurt us in the end."
RSL took advantage of giveaways in the central third. One such turnover led to a string of five RSL passes, ending in Morales' stunning, 35-yard goal in the 14th minute.
"In the first half, they were keeping the ball pretty well," Alvarez said. "We've got to learn from that and got to learn to break teams down."
[inline_node:3568]Alvarez put together the Earthquakes' best chance in the 60th minute, making a one-on-three run almost to the endline before firing a shot that RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando pushed into the left post. The rebound came to André Luiz, but his left-footed shot was well high of the mark.
San Jose coach Frank Yallop said after the match that André Luiz, who underwent arthroscopic surgery four weeks ago, "is not 100 percent yet." Since one of the tenets of this season was to use the Earthquakes' health and depth to avoid playing guys who were dinged up or out of form, why use him
"In the [exhibition] game against Portland [on March 20], he looked better than he did tonight," Yallop said. "He'd been training well. Maybe got a clip on the knee in the first half, maybe he was a little sore. He didn't do badly, but just wasn't himself."
Would Eduardo have helped?
Three players -- Joey Gjertsen, Ike Opara and Javier Robles -- debuted as Quakes on Saturday. But fans were left waiting for what was arguably San Jose's biggest acquisition of the offseason: Brazilian forward Eduardo.
The former FC Basel striker has been slowed by a sore hip, and didn't return from Brazil until Friday after dealing with visa and personal issues.
Would Eduardo have made a difference against RSL? It's impossible to say with certainty. Cornell Glen created some chances but was twice wide of the mark in dangerous situations. Ryan Johnson got loose behind the defense but his one dribble gave Rimando enough time to storm out and block the shot.
"A healthy Eduardo is good," Yallop said. "Now he's back, his visa stuff's sorted out, so he'll have a good two weeks of practice and we'll see if he figures in the game in Chicago."
Opara: Debut is mixed
Opara's first MLS appearance was a mixed bag. He took some knocks, such as the elbow he suffered while trying unsuccessfully to head clear a long RSL pass in the 27th minute. The ball wound up falling under control of Morales, setting him up to make the pass that led to Fabián Espíndola's goal, which gave RSL a commanding 2-0 lead.
But there were also signs of why the Earthquakes made Opara the No. 3 overall selection in the 2010 SuperDraft, flashing the catch-up speed that made him an All-American at Wake Forest to track down second-half substitute Álvaro Saborío on multiple occasions.
"The first 10 minutes, you're just trying to get your feet wet, trying to settle down," the 21-year-old said. "I had one bad ball, but from there I was a lot smarter with the balls I was playing, being safer. For me, I got better as the game went along."
Opara said the speed of the game wasn't so different from NCAA play, but the number of potential threats a center must keep in mind was somewhat daunting.
"You're trying to track second runners from midfield and you've got to keep track of the forwards," Opara said. "There's just so much going on around you when you're in the back, so you've got to communicate with the guys in front of you and the guys next to you. So that's the big key, more than anything."
Real Salt Lake Loss in the Rearview Mirror
In the wake of Real Salt Lake star Javier Morales' tour-de-force performance against the Earthquakes on Saturday, delivering two goals and setting up RSL's third, it was easy to say that RSL's midfield thoroughly outplayed San Jose's.


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Wanderlust on two wheels.
This is what the world looks like from the saddle of the new K 1600 GT: on the move, gaining impressions, experiencing new things while on a relaxed yet dynamic pleasure ride. Its 6-cylinder in-line engine is already considered an icon with its power delivery and running smoothness, and now it offers you even more dynamics and touring comfort. Thanks to wind and weather protection equipment, this bike is always ready for long distance touring when you are. With the K 1600 GT, you not only see a great deal, you yourself are also a great sight to behold. Indeed, you leave quite an impression regardless of whether you are at a standstill or on the move.
Dynamics for the eye as well: the design.
The dynamics and comfort characteristics of the K 1600 GT are also reflected in the design: The Duolever front suspension, the xenon headlight with optional Adaptive Headlights, the powerful 6-cylinder engine and the frame make the high-quality overall image really stand out. The front and side views are athletic and sharp to ensure a sporty, streamlined appearance. The 6-in-2 muffler reflects the potential of the 6-cylinder engine both visually and acoustically. The remarkable appearance of the K 1600 GT is supported by the high-quality paint finish: from exclusively discreet to sportily dynamic. You decide what suits you.
First-class six-pack: the technology.
The equipment that comes on the standard K 1600 GT model is already considered the highest quality and leaves nothing more to wish for: ABS Pro, which ensures safe braking even when leaning, the innovative xenon headlight and the multi-controller just to name a few, and the newest addition to standard production: the dynamic ESA. The chassis recognizes changes in road conditions and riding style and controls the damping action in milliseconds based on feedback from the lean-angle sensor and control units. In doing so, it ensures the best damper settings in various riding situations. Even when leaning into turns, superior damping comfort and stability is achieved. The legendary in-line six-cylinder engine turns every ride into pure enjoyment. Thanks to extremely smooth acceleration and power delivery, its dynamic performance is unmatched. 160 hp (118 kW) and 129 lb-ft of maximum torque provide effortless thrust. The smallest movement of the throttle results in an immediate response while providing the superior control and handling of a thoroughbred.
Do you want some more? The optional equipment.
Numerous options like the adaptive headlight, keyless ride or central locking at the touch of a button provide an even more comfortable, safe and relaxed ride. Thanks to Reverse Assist, maneuvering out of parking spaces is effortless, even on an incline. The Shift Assist Pro offers dynamic up- and down shifting without the use of the clutch. With the optional topcase, tank bag and touring cases to complement the generous standard stowage, there are several storing possibilities for everything you want to take with you. Regardless of whether it's on a long journey, a short trip or your daily route through town, the K 1600 GT keeps its promise when it comes to its sporty appearance and high-quality equipment. This is where dynamics and comfort complement each other to ensure pure riding pleasure.
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Lido, Point Lookout residents split on firehouse plan
Residents of the barrier island communities of Point Lookout and Lido Beach are split over a plan to reconstruct their local fire district's buildings, and the concerns will come to a head in a Tuesday bond vote.
The Lido and Point Lookout Fire District proposal would use a $7-million bond -- up for a vote Tuesday -- to expand its Main and Lido firehouses by nearly 8,000 combined square feet and demolish the 82-year-old Ye Olde Firehouse.
Fire district officials and supporters of the proposal say the bond is necessary because the Main and Lido buildings were damaged during superstorm Sandy and are in need of modernization.
But opponents say the price tag is too high, and that they don't want to lose Ye Olde Firehouse, which was built by fire department members during the Depression.
Liz Murdy, president of the Lido Beach Civic Association, said the replacement of the firehouses is a public safety issue and worth the money.
"They've done so much, and they really need the facilities to be updated so we can have the services we residents need," Murdy said.
But Point Lookout resident Richard Zampella said he balks at the price tag, which is $7.5 million between the bond and district reserves. He also said tearing down Ye Olde Firehouse -- which fire district officials say is outmoded and too expensive to upgrade -- would sacrifice too much history.
"There are certain individuals within the community who feel violated" by the plan to tear down the old firehouse, Zampella said.
The 23-year bond would add $165.48 per year to the property tax bill of a home with a market value of $600,000, district officials have said.
The district's buildings are all more than 45 years old, district Commissioner Andy Richter said. They are too small to accommodate modern fire equipment and have mechanical and electrical deficiencies, he said.
The district wants to replace Ye Olde Firehouse with a 1,900-square-foot command center, which would be part of the bond, Richter said. Modernizing the old firehouse would likely cost $4 million, which would limit the district's ability to upgrade the Main and Lido firehouses, he said.
Richter said he is hopeful the bond will pass. The district held two open houses last month in which residents greeted the proposal with a mix of support and skepticism.
"We just want them to come out and vote and make an informed decision," Richter said. "That's all we're hoping for."
The election is open to residents of the Lido and Point Lookout Fire District, which covers the hamlets of Lido Beach and Point Lookout. Voting will take place at Lido Firehouse and Main Firehouse, both located on Lido Boulevard, from 4 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday.


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- 1 Introduction
- 2 Getting started
- 3 ROMs
- 4 Utilities/Tools
- 5 Links
- 6 Model Specific Details
With the confluence of increasingly powerful hand-held devices and a relatively open software platform such as Android, more and more people are becoming curious about the possibilities of tinkering with these devices. With this curiosity comes inquiry, and this inquiry leads to exploration. However, while the resources to accomplish many exciting tasks are readily available, it is more than a trivial task to find answers for the questions those tasks elicit. Often finding the right question to ask is the real challenge.
This Wiki is intended to provide clarity to those who are just starting with Android, specifically the Samsung Vibrant. The resources gathered here, however, should also be valuable to seasoned users.
This is the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant (SGH-T959) for T-Mobile. Not to be confused with the international variant (GT-I9000), Samsung Galaxy S 4G (SGH-T959V), Bell Vibrant (GT-I9000M), or any other variant for other carriers.
Getting started
So you want to tinker with the Vibrant...
Initially approaching the topic of customization for the Vibrant (or any Android powered phone, for that matter) is daunting for the simple fact that it can be difficult to determine where to start. Most users that have explored this topic have learned that "rooting" is the first step.
What is rooting?
Simply put, "rooting" is what enables you, the user, to make changes to the Android system that would normally be locked safely away.
Linux, the operating system on which Android is based, has a strict access structure that restricts all users from making significant changes to operating system. The only avenue by which system changes can be made is be entering a privileged mode called "root", or "super-user".
In Android environments, this privileged mode is inaccessible by default. The only way to make system changes is to use a special program called "Superuser" to mediate those actions. The process of "rooting" involves exploiting a security flaw in the OS to load the "Superuser" program onto the phone. As a result, the specific "rooting" process is typically different from phone to phone. The good news: super-smart, super-persistent Android hackers have found a way to root nearly every Android phone out there today.
Rooting Methods
Rooting a device has been easier than the past. Download the following ZIP and flash it in Clockwork Recovery.
Superuser v3.0.7: http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip
Binary v126.96.36.199: http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/su-bin-184.108.40.206-efghi-signed.zip
SuperSU gives you extra stability, functionality, or a replacement for Superuser. Must have ROOTED device to install. DO NOT UNINSTALL SUPERUSER AFTER! IT IS NECESSARY OR SUPERSU WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY.
SuperSU: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
How To Flash a ROM
This is a generic guide that should work with all Vibrant ROMs that have been packaged into a flashable zip for use with Clockwork Recovery. Please read all information in the initial post of each ROM release thread in case there are additional instructions from the dev specific to that ROM.
Step 1: Root your phone.
Step 2: Go to the Market and download ROM Manager or the apk at http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager (in case if you don't have Google Apps installed).
Step 3: Open ROM Manager and select Flash ClockworkMod Recovery. Select Samsung Vibrant (MTD).
Step 4: Find a ROM of your choosing that says it can be flashed via Clockwork Recovery. This file will be a .zip file. If it is a .pit or .tar file, you will need to flash via Odin (which is explained in another section of this Wiki).
Step 5: Download the ROM of your choice, making sure that it is put onto the internal SD card NOT the external. Also, DO NOT rename the file.
Step 6: Reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery. There are several ways to do this: click Reboot into Recovery in ROM Manager or power off your phone and use the 3 button combo (power and volume up & down). If you initially go into stock recovery (a screen with blue lettering, an exclamation point and only 4 options) don't panic. Simply select "reinstall packages" using the volume rocker and then the power button once your selection is highlighted. Sometimes you will have to select "reinstall packages" twice.
Step 7: When you see green letters, you are in Clockwork Recovery. Select "install zip from sd card" and then "choose zip from sd card." Find the ROM .zip file that you downloaded in Step 5 and put on your internal SD. Select it.
Step 8: Let the install do its thing. Wait until it says the installation is complete.
Step 9: Go back to the main Clockwork Recovery menu and select "reboot system now."
Step 10: Enjoy your new custom ROM.
Check the Guides section of this Wiki for more detailed information, including how to backup your data before flashing a new ROM.
Custom Roms
(See Custom ROMs)
At some point or another, any Vibrant user who delves into modding/hacking/improving their device will find themselves needing a it more than a just their phone, pc and interface cable. Below are a few utilities to assist with access to parts of the Vibrant unaccessible otherwise.
ADB (Android Debug Bridge) is a small command-line utility for PC's (Windows and Linux) included as part of the Android Software Development Kit (Android SDK). It's not particularly complicated, but it does provide an external path to allow manipulation of the Android hardware, making it indispensable. From the command line, it's possible to reboot and enter recovery mode, push files onto the phone's memory, and allow or shell access to the phone. For those people who have hardware locked phones that wont allow entry to recovery mode using the phone's hardware buttons, ADB is often the easiest means of getting into recovery.
In order to use ADB, the correct USB drivers must be installed. See the drivers section for links.
ADB Guidance:
There are many resources explaining the many uses of ADB. Google's website on ADB is quite informative, but may be overkill for some folks looking to do very simple tasks. An XDA user, Nephron has put together a how-to page with details on setting everything up.
Basic ADB Commands: Run from the Windows/Linux/Mac command line.
adb devices Used initially upon connecting the phone to computer. This will start the ADB server if it is not started and return a unique identifier for th attached phone. This will provide confirmation that the phone is connected and ready to receive commands from ADB.
adb reboot recovery This will send a command to the attached device to reboot into recovery mode.
adb shell Access of the Android shell of the connected phone is one using this command.
adb kill-server Used to stop the ADB server (if having trouble getting ADB to recognize the device)
adb start-server Often used in conjunction with the 'kill-server'.
Getting ADB
ADB is most readily available as part of the Android SDK available from Google's Android site directly: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
- Windows USB drivers for Vibrant: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
- Generic ADB drivers: http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
Flashing Utilities
- Odin: http://goo-inside.me/tools/odin1.85.zip
- Heimdall: http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
- Samsung Vibrant Bible: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111
- [GUIDE] FIX AND RESCUE YOUR VIBRICK!: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
- GUIDE - TIPS - TRICKS http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458&highlight=wiki
- An even easier, straight-forward NOOB guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
- Three ways to get into download mode: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=854924
- Unlock phone on Stock Android for Vibrant: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=854417&highlight=unlock
- How to partition your external SD card: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746865
- [TUT]Heimdall-restoring kernel(video): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858687
Unlocking your phone
- Zipfile to unlock phone: http://perso.numericable.fr/helroz/Perso/repair_nv_data.zip
- Step by Step instructions how to unlock your phone by helroz: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822008&highlight=unlock&page=11
Adding a Front Facing Camera to your Vibrant
- How to add a FFC to your Vibrant by siirial : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804146
ROM Information
- [Poll] Which one is your favorite custom 2.2 ROM and why? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850556
- ROM Reviews: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9487660#post9487660
- almyz125 ROM Reviews: http://vibrantromreview.blogspot.com/
External Links
- Complete Teardown of a i9000 Samsung Galaxy S (Very similar to Samsung Vibrant) http://www.squidoo.com/disassembly-of-samsung-galaxy-s
- How to Guides for doing things in Ubuntu OS (Requires you running Ubuntu on your computer) http://www.xxthe3dmanxx.com/guides.html
Model Specific Details
Original Cellphone Carrier
Vibrant T-Mobile
Compatible Cellphone Carrier
Wind Mobile (Canada) ATT (1900 UMTS) Mobilicity (Canada)
Quad Band Voice GSM:
850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Quad Band Data GSM/GPRS/EDGE/2G:
850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Tri Band Data 3G/HSDPA:
1700/1900/2100 MHz
Internal SD
Included External SD
Other Features:
- 4 Soft buttons
- TV-Out
- No Front Facing Camera (however there is a hardware mod to add one)


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State of Union: Obama to take on economic anxiety
WASHINGTON -- Eager to command center stage in a year dominated by Republican infighting, President Barack Obama is polishing a State of the Union address that will go to the heart of Americans' economic anxiety and try to sway voters to give him four more years.
He will speak tonight to a nation worried about daily struggles and unhappy with his handling of the economy.
Obama's 9 p.m. EST address before a politically divided Congress will be built around ideas meant to appeal to a squeezed middle class. He is expected to urge higher taxes on the wealthy, propose ways to make college more affordable, offer new steps to tackle a debilitating housing crisis and try to help U.S. manufacturers expand hiring.
Designed as a way for a president to update the nation and recommend ideas to Congress, the State of the Union address has become more than that, especially during that one window when the address falls during the re-election year of an incumbent. It is televised theater -- and Obama's biggest, best chance so far to offer a vision for a second term.
He will frame the campaign to come as a fight for fairness for those who are struggling to keep a job, a home or college savings and losing faith in how the county works.
The speech will be principally about the economy, featuring the themes of manufacturing, clean energy, education and American values.
No matter whom Obama faces in November, the election is likely to be driven by the economy, and determined by which candidate wins voters' trust on how to fix it. More people than not disapprove of Obama's handling of the economy.
The overarching political goal is to give voters a contrast between his vision of a government that tries to level the playing field and those office-seekers who, in his view, would leave people on their own. Without naming them, Obama has in his sights those after his job, including Republicans Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.
The presidential campaign sets an unmistakable context for the speech, right down to the nation's income gap between haves and have-nots.
Obama will speak a few hours after Romney, a former governor and businessman whose wealth is in the hundreds of millions of dollars, will release tax records for 2010 and 2011.
The lines of argument between Obama and his rivals are already stark, with America's economic insecurity and the role of government at the center.
The president has offered signals about his speech, telling campaign supporters he wants an economy "that works for everyone, not just a wealthy few." Gingrich, on the other hand, calls Obama "the most effective food stamp president in history."
Romney says Obama "wants to turn America into a European-style entitlement society."
Obama's tone will be highly scrutinized given that his address falls smack in the middle of a fierce and frenzied Republican presidential nomination process. He will make bipartisan overtures to lawmakers but will leave little doubt he will act without opponents when it's necessary and possible, an approach his aides say has let him stay on offense.
The public is more concerned about domestic troubles over foreign policy than at other any time in the past 15 years, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center.
Some 81 percent want Obama to focus his speech on domestic affairs, not foreign ones; just five years ago, the view was evenly split.
On the day before Obama's speech, his campaign released a short Web ad showing monthly job losses during the end of the Bush administration and the beginning of the Obama administration, with positive job growth for nearly two Obama years. Republicans assail him as failing to achieve a lot more.
House Speaker John Boehner, responding to reports of Obama's speech themes, said it was a rehash of unhelpful policies. "It's pathetic," he said.
Obama will offer economic proposals for this year, despite long odds against getting the help he would need from Republicans.
Presidential spokesman Jay Carney said Monday that Obama is not conceding the next 10 months to "campaigning alone" when people need economic help. On the goals of helping people get a fair shot, Carney said: "There's ample room within those boundaries for bipartisan cooperation and for getting this done."
For three days following his speech, Obama will promote his ideas in five states key to his re-election bid: Iowa, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and Michigan. He speaks on Friday about college affordability at the University of Michigan.
Meanwhile, the Republican race is suddenly a race again, given Gingrich's resounding win in the South Carolina primary over the weekend. Romney, who appeared the strong front-runner coming into that primary, is now focusing on Gingrich more than Obama as the GOP contest unfolds in Florida.
Vice President Joe Biden, in an interview with radio host Ryan Seacrest, said Monday there is no ideological difference between any of the Republicans seeking to challenge Obama. He said the campaign will offer the clearest choice in which direction to take the country since the era of the Great Depression.
Polling shows Americans are divided about Obama's overall job approval but unsatisfied with his handling of the economy.


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Jason Frasor, Adam Lind say club lacks leadership; Blue Jays down Twins
John Farrell was asked Tuesday, the penultimate day of the MLB regular season, what his team's greatest off-season need was?
"Same as a year ago, starting pitching," the Toronto Blue Jays manager replied without hesitation before his team went out and downed the Minnesota Twins 4-3.
In the Jays clubhouse, though, the players with the longest tenure had a different opinion.
They wanted experience and they wanted leadership, two assets that the Jays of 2012 so clearly lacked.
Jason Frasor is 35 and the right-handed reliever has played virtually his entire big-league career in Toronto. He arrived in 2004 and stayed with the Jays until he was traded to the Chicago White Sox on July 27 of 2011.
Last January, the Jays re-acquired him.
A free agent, Frasor doesn't figure to be in the Jays' plans going forward and he was asked if he thought general manager Alex Anthopoulos needed to make major changes this off-season.
"I think he has to," Frasor, who holds the Jays record for pitching appearances, replied. "I think he has to make some major decisions because this wasn't a good mix this year. It didn't work out obviously."
What do you mean not a good mix?
"Too many young guys, too many young guys," Frasor said. "We need some veteran leadership. How you go about finding it is tough to figure out, especially when you're pulling in guys from other organizations and stuff.
"If I was back with the Blue Jays, I'd like there to be some older guys. Guys who carry themselves a little more professionally. It makes for a better team out there. The sloppiness off the field carries over to the field."
Among position players, Adam Lind, 29, has the most tenure as he has been with the Jays since being called up in 2006.
The first baseman/designated hitter has had a difficult season as he struggled at the plate, was sent to the minors for a lengthy stint, was put on waivers and, in the 33 games he has played since being recalled, has responded by hitting .305 with three homers and 18 runs batted in.
Still, it wouldn't be a shock if he was traded this off-season.
Like all the players and coaches, Lind went through an exit interview and said he found it to be positive and a good time to express his opinions on what's needed for the team to move forward.
"They spoke to me of what they expected and what they're going to expect and I expressed my mind a little bit about ways we can be a better team through leadership and communication," Lind said. "It's a two-way street and it was all very positive."
What the Jays don't have on this team is a veteran everyday player who is willing to take on a vocal leadership role.
"I've only been in this clubhouse so I can't speak for other teams, but we don't have anyone like that in this clubhouse," Lind said. "I think it's one thing to be liked and another thing to be respected, and I think for a staff respect is more important than being liked. It's all a learning process and we all learned a lot about who we are."
How hard is it for a player in this day and age to be a stand-up clubhouse sheriff?
"I'm not really the biggest … I'll have 5 1/2 years of service time," Lind replied. "That's still an arbitration player. So I'm not a 10-, 11-year veteran that's been in three or four clubhouses, that doesn't really care what a young kid thinks. I'm such a nice guy that I want people to like me.
"There's some things that I'd speak out about but I don't feel like I'm in that position to do so yet.
"We've gotten young, have a lot of talented players. Veteran players who are good are expensive and we'll see if we go after them."
Lind isn't alone in waiting on that call.
Both Frasor and Lind were asked if they expected to be back.
"That's a big assumption," Lind said with a laugh. "Who knows. I really don't know.
"Obviously Alex isn't scared of doing anything and he's going to do what he thinks is best for this ball club. I really hope I get to be a part of that. But I've done as well as I could, I've played as hard as I could for this team this year and I hope they see that, that I'm a wanted commodity in this clubhouse and time will tell."
Frasor's return is more of a longshot.
"I don't know. Alex doesn't say much as far as that," he said. "He likes to wait until the World Series is over, so he's a hard guy to read. We'll see. I don't know. But would I come back? Of course I'd come back.
"But I'll play for anybody. If I learned anything from my two months with the White Sox last year it's that there is a life beyond Toronto as far as playing."


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