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Framing Gillard in pornographic terms is part of a concerted backlash against women in power, argues Dr Helen Pringle
This is an edited extract from an essay by Dr Helen Pringle in Bewitched and Bedevilled: Women Write the Gillard Years, a collection of essays published by Hardie Grant and edited by Samantha Trenoweth. This book, write the publishers, "looks at the reasons Julia Gillard, our first female Prime Minister, was so vehemently attacked, the varied reactions to being a female prime minister, her unfortunate position at the receiving end of a barrage of sexism and misogyny and how much this played a part in her political problems, her public perception and her ultimate undoing".
By Dr Helen Pringle
Picture this: a naked middle-aged woman, her face distorted by a crooked grimace, is sitting with her legs spread wide apart so as to expose her whole body to the world. Her breasts are bare, but her genitals are obscured by two squares, added by the sketcher of the picture as if he wished to avoid accusations of obscenity, while simultaneously humiliating his subject by marking the squares, in a juvenile way, as 1 (her vagina) and 2 (her anus). The caption to this cartoon commands its audience, 'Tick the Right Box!'.
This picture of Anna Bligh, then Labor Premier of Queensland, was sketched on the side of a hire van during the state election campaign in March 2012. The van belonged to Wicked Campers, a global hire company founded in Queensland by John Webb. A photograph of the van was posted on the ausgamers.com site, along with this note to clarify the political issue at stake: 'I am not sure if anyone else has seen this van getting around Brisbane but I just had to share. So people, please remember to tick the correct box, otherwise we could end up in the crapper.'
One comment on the picture read: 'That is an eerily accurate likeness.' Most posters on the ausgamers site laughed at the picture, writing comments on the thread like 'rofl', 'hahaha!!!!!', or 'fucking hilarious though'. Another poster to the thread contributed to the general hilarity by adding a photoshopped picture of a naked Kevin Rudd being spanked by Julia Gillard, with Kristina Keneally looking on, both women wearing black leather and dominatrix boots. The figure of Rudd was posed to suggest he was greatly enjoying his 'pussywhipping'.
The world to which the cartoon Anna Bligh opens her legs is increasingly shaped by such pornographic motifs and themes. The term 'pornography' once referred to artifacts like magazines, books, films and videos — things that were, for the most part, bought masked in special covers and consumed in non-public or intimate spaces. But our public spaces are now increasingly shaped and marked by pornographic traces, through what Linda Williams has called 'on/scenity' — that is, 'the gesture by which a culture brings on to its public arena the very organs, acts, bodies and pleasures that have heretofore been designated ob/scene and kept literally off-scene' ('Porn Studies: Proliferating Pornographies On/Scene: An Introduction' in Porn Studies ed. Linda Williams, 2004). Like many other academics, Williams argues that this appearance of sexual themes and scenarios on the stage of public and political life should be welcomed as indicating a lifting of sexual repression and as heralding a greater openness about sex.
Cartoons like that of Anna Bligh on the Wicked Campers van, however, make such a view of public sex seem simplistic, and suggest instead that pornographic themes and motifs can be effectively used to humiliate women and to shut down their voice in public life. That is, when our culture brings sexual themes on to its public arena, it provides new ways to subordinate women in such spaces. At the same time as women, in increasing numbers, are standing for political roles, 'on/scenity' accentuates the character of politics as 'a man's world', in which women's place remains insecure. Political pornification is striking not only in Australia but also in other countries where women have sought or hold high office. The form taken by derision of Hillary Clinton when she ran for the US Democratic nomination in 2007 is a case in point.
In thinking about how the pornographic is put to work to subordinate women in political life, an analogy with women's entry into male workplaces is helpful. In some industries, like construction, engineering, and mining, the percentage of women workers still hovers around 10% (Women in NSW 2013). Women's entry into such segregated industries is often marked by systematically intimidating, hostile and abusive behaviour towards them, such as name-calling and commands to 'show us your tits', hostile graffiti, or the display and use of pornographic pin-ups (Helen Pringle, 'Pornography: The Harm of Discrimination' OnLine Opinion 10 October 2011). A business that requires employees to work in such 'an unsought sexually permeated work environment' is subjecting them to unlawful discrimination.
Women's equal standing in and enjoyment of political life is corrupted by the acceptance of similar forms of behaviour as those that qualify as discriminatory intimidation in workplaces, even where not legally actionable. When men at work display sexual cartoons or photographs of naked men or women, or call women obscene names and epithets, it is not merely rude, offensive and inappropriate behavior. It is a form of gendered power that creates and sustains a hostile environment that puts women in their (proper) place, the place of inferiority. It is also a sign, to both men and women, that women are not assured of equality of treatment.
The abuse and ridicule targeted at Julia Gillard after she became Prime Minister in June 2010 often took this gendered form. The most extreme exponent of pornographic imagery and themes as a form of political criticism and satire is the cartoonist, Larry Pickering, notorious in the 1970s for his 'Jungle' series and 'Playmates' cartoons, which depicted male politicians with strangely-shaped penises, accompanied by smutty captions. Pickering claims that he came out of retirement specifically to combat Gillard's Prime Ministership. The full range of his post-retirement cartoons was displayed on his website, The Pickering Post, with all designs available to be printed on t-shirts and purchased from his website shop ($38, or $48 with collar).
Pickering's characteristic style of satirizing Gillard was as a cartoon figure with a strap-on dildo. His websites also feature vicious diatribes against Gillard and other women in politics, or women commenting on politics, such as Anne Summers. 'Understand this, Summers, it's obnoxious vermin like you who emboldened Gillard to take the misogynist road,' Pickering ranted after Gillard lost office ('A vile piece of trash called Summers' The Pickering Post, 28 June 2013, ).
Pickering's cartoons remind women in politics, like Julia Gillard, that they are not men, and that women can only play at doing politics. The cartoons make clear that being a woman and being politically competent are out of alignment. They also make clear that a woman who attempts to 'play the game' as if she were a man opens herself to derision. Pickering uses his own pen to discipline such women by showing them as out of place and as thus inviting mocking laughter. The cartoons also function as a sort of 'Virility Monologues', a shout out to men about what is at risk or threatened by powerful women, and a warning to men about what happens when they do not successfully play the man part of the political script.
Men like Pickering who use, or rather wield, such brutal language against women are thereby marked as properly masculine — they have the capacity and power to police the world of politics to ensure that those who enter it know that its structure and its script are defined in male terms. Femininity and democratic competence are made to part ways.
It is crucial to add that Pickering's cartoons of Julia Gillard are pornographic not because their intention is to produce sexual arousal or to incite desire for the subject of the cartoon, as is the traditional understanding of pornography. Rather, to call them pornographic is to draw attention to the way in which they incite a cruel laughter that takes delight in humiliation and that finds subordination funny. In fact, perhaps the most effective form in which sexual hierarchies are policed today is pornographic laughter, which has become the stock in trade of unrepentant discrimination.
Pornographic laughter is also used against those who voice concerns about any kind of demeaning treatment of women, whether in entertainment, advertising or political discourse. That is, the response is that pornography is all just one big joke — and that women, in particular, need to stop taking things so seriously.
Chiding women for lacking a sense of humour in regard to pornography crosses party lines. The self-styled humourist, Ben Pobjie, for example, wrote in the left-wing magazine, The King's Tribune: 'There are many reasons a person might be weird enough to not like pornography. For example, that person may be suffering from nervous hysteria and just need a good finger massage or fire-hose-induced orgasm to set things right' ('Porn. Don't knock it 'til you've tried it' The King's Tribune, 5 January 2012). Complaints about the pornographic depiction of women become the occasion for further mocking laughter and derision.
Images and themes drawn from pornography are increasingly used to belittle women and denigrate their standing through making them figures of fun. This is not entirely new: the cartoons and rape jokes in Playboy and Hustler, for example, have been standard features since the magazines' inception, and were not just 'filler' for the nude pictures. What is new is that the use of the pornography to incite laughter against women has migrated into the heart of political discourse, as a way of humiliating those who do not know their proper place.
It is no longer considered acceptable to bar women from the political world, or to say outright that they do not belong in that world. The primary way to practise exclusion now is through a pornographic laughter at the women who enter the political world. In that world, a woman may still be openly lampooned for being (or being like) a lesbian. A woman may still be ridiculed for having too shrill a voice or for having too manly a voice (in the case of Kerry Chikarovski, for example). A woman may still be derided for being too fat or too thin or for being both at the same time (big bottom and small breasts, say). The infamous menu at the Mal Brough fundraising dinner included 'Julia Gillard Kentucky Fried Quail – Small Breasts, Huge Thighs & A Big Red Box'. The menu was explained away by the restaurant owner as 'an in-house joke', as if it was just a Benny Hill-style prank (Ben Packham, 'Restaurant owner says demeaning menu mocked up as an "in-house joke,"' The Australian 12 June 2013).
The criticism of women in politics in the form of crude and often cruel pornographic derision is always ready to mask itself as 'just a joke'. This peculiar mix of the pornographic and the snigger deploys itself as discrimination, while trying to defuse itself as playful and fun. The use of gender (or racial) stereotypes is often excused in this way, giving the mistaken impression that it can't be discrimination if it is a sleazy joke.
A flourishing deliberative democracy rests on the equal standing and treatment of its members and, as Jeremy Waldron has argued, it also depends on the recognition and assurance of that equality in society's 'signage' (The harm in hate speech, 2012). My concern here is not what the cartoons might cause someone to do after viewing them. The concern is what the cartoons signal or tell us about ourselves — that we live in a world in which the hatred of women is still acceptable, and still able to be openly spoken, and spoken for. Abusive or hostile remarks and jokes about women (made even to their face) are rarely prefaced by the disclaimer, 'I'm not a misogynist but…' Such jokes are rarely introduced by the phrase, 'You can't tell this joke any more, but…' Misogyny still falls within a framework of acceptability and this framework helps to convert the prejudices of individuals into discrimination.
Our world is increasingly shaped by pornographic motifs and themes, as well as by pornographic artifacts like magazines, books, films and videos, and these motifs are no longer quarantined from political culture and public life. The migration of pornographic imagery and discourse from entertainment and commercial arenas into political spaces was accenutuated during Julia Gillard's tenure as prime minister. Images and narratives from journalism, pop culture and especially cartoons placed Gillard in a pornographic frame, a frame signifying not just political opposition to her and her government, but a concerted backlash against women taking positions of power.
The cartoons I discuss do not merely target specific women in politics, like Anna Bligh or Julia Gillard, but assign women more broadly to a place of inferiority in the political order, and reinforce the picture of politics as a man's world for which women are ill-suited and in which they do not fit. Pornography in public is not sexual freedom but same old, same old subordination. And despite the sniggers of its proponents, this is actually not a laughing matter.


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S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) is a supplementary component build into many modern storage devices through which devices monitor, store, and analyze the health of their operation. Statistics are collected (temperature, number of reallocated sectors, seek errors...) which software can use to measure the health of a device, predict possible device failure, and provide notifications on unsafe values.
The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (
smartctl and
smartd) to analyze and monitor storage devices. Install smartmontools from the official repositories.
Detect if device has SMART support
To check if the device has SMART capability (it may be necessary to add
-d ata to specify it is an ATA derived device):
# smartctl -i /dev/<device>
(where <device> is
sda, hda,...). This will give general information about the device, the last two lines will show if it is supported:
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled
If SMART is not enabled, it can be enabled by doing:
# smartctl -s on /dev/<device>
Test the device health
Three type of health tests that can be performed on the device (all are safe to user data):
- Short (the hightest-probability tests of detecting device problems)
- Extended (or Long; a short check with complete disk surface examination)
- Conveyance (identifies if damage incurred during transportation of the device)
To view the device's available tests and the time it will take to perform each test do:
# smartctl -c /dev/<device>
To run the tests do:
# smartctl -t short /dev/<device> # smartctl -t long /dev/<device> # smartctl -t conveyance /dev/<device>
To view the test's overall health status (compiled from all tests):
# smartctl -H /dev/<device>
To view the test's result errors:
# smartctl -l selftest /dev/<device>
To view the test's detailed results:
# smartctl -a /dev/<device>
If no errors are reported the device is likely healthy. If there are a few errors this may or may not indicate a problem and should be investigated further. When a device starts to fail it is recommended to backup the data and replace it.
Monitor devices
Devices can be monitored in the background with use of the smartmontools daemon that will check devices periodically and optionally email any potential problems. To have devices monitored on boot, add
smartd to the daemons array of
The smart daemon can be edited for more exact configuration in
/etc/smartd.conf (the configuration is well commented) otherwise all tests are run on all devices. Or, each device can be specified and all tests run by doing (uuid's and device ID can be used for more exact matching):
#DEVICESCAN /dev/<device> -a
Other options include:
-n standby,qto run diagnostics only when device is spun-up.
- Details about smartd operations can be found in:
Email potential problems
To have an email sent when a failure or new error occurs, use the
-m option:
DEVICESCAN -m email@example.com
To be able to send the email externally (i.e. not to the root mail account) a MTA (Mail Transport Agent) or a MUA (Mail User Agent) will need to be installed and configured. Common MTAs are MSMTP and SSMTP. Common MTUs are sendmail and Postfix.
Once the mail agent is setup the
-M test option can be used to test if an email will be sent (restart the daemon immediately to discover):
DEVICESCAN -m email@example.com -M test
Power management
If you use a computer under control of power management, you should instruct smartd how to handle disks in low power mode. Usually, in response to SMART commands issued by smartd, the disk platters are spun up. So if this option is not used, then a disk which is in a low-power mode may be spun up and put into a higher-power mode when it is periodically polled by smartd.
DEVICESCAN -n standby,15,q
More info on smartmontools wiki.
GUI Applications
- Gsmartcontrol — A GNOME frontend for the smartctl hard disk drive health inspection tool


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Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs)
There are many types and styles of Life Jackets, also called PFDsor Personal Flotation Devices.
Be sure to always read the USCG label on the inside of the PFD for instructions and allowable use requirements for each type of PFD.
Size Does Matter
When selecting a PFD, the proper size is important. Too small may not keep you afloat and too large may come off on impact if you are suddenly thrown into the water. A PFD should be snug around the torso and when lifting on the shoulder straps, should not come past the bottom of the ears. PFDs are sized by weight and chest size and should be tried on before purchasing to assure a proper fit for the person that will be wearing it.
TYPE I (Off-Shore Life Jacket) (22 lbs. buoyancy) Best for open, rough or remote water, where rescue may be slow in coming.
Advantages: Floats you best. Turns most unconscious wearers face-up in water. Highly visible color.
Disadvantages: Bulky
TYPE II (Near-Shore Buoyant Vest) (15.5 ibs. buoyancy) Good for calm, inland water, or where there is good chance of fast rescue.
Advantages: Turns some unconscious wearers face-up in water. Less bulky, more comfortable than Type I PFD. Inexpensive.
Disadvantages: Not for long hours in the water. Will not turn some unconscious wearers face-up in water.
TYPE III (Flotation Aid) (15.5 lbs buoyancy) Good for calm, inland water, or where there is a good chance of fast rescue.
Advantages: Generally the most comfortable Type for continuous wear. Freedom of movement for many active water sports. Available in many styles.
Disadvantages: Wearer may have to tilt head back to avoid going face-down. In rough water, a wearer's face may often be covered by waves. Not for extended survival in rough water.
TYPE IV (Throwable Device) For calm, inland water with heavy boat traffic, where help is always nearby.
Advantages: Can be thrown to someone. Good back-up to wearable PFDs. Some can be used as a seat cushion.
Disadvantages: Not for unconscious persons. Not for nonswimmers or children. Not for many hours in rough water.
TYPE V (Hybrid Device) Required to be worn to be counted as a regulation PFD.
Advantages: Least bulky of all Types. High flotation when inflated. Good for continuous wear.
Disadvantages: May not adequately float some wearers unless partially inflated. Requires active use and care of inflation chamber.
Remember that in Texas:
- Children under 13 years of age in or on vessels under 26 feet must wear a U.S. Coast Guard approved wearable PFD while underway.
- All vessels under 16 feet (including canoes and kayaks) must be equipped with one Type I, II, III or V for each person on board.
- Vessels 16 feet and longer, in addition to the Type I, II, III or V for each person on board, must have one Type IV throwable device which must be readily accessible. Canoes and kayaks over 16 feet are exempt from the Type IV requirement.
- For more complete information, check the The Water Safety Act.


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See [[Router#IPv6|Router]]
See [[Router#IPv6|Router]]
== Tunnel rc.d script ==
== Tunnel rc.d script ==
Revision as of 06:47, 27 August 2013
Hurricane Electric offers a free tunnel broker service that is relatively painless to use under Arch if you wish to add IPv6 connectivity to an IPv4-only host.
These instructions work for SixXS tunnels as well.
Registering for a tunnel
It is not that hard to do. Feel free to fill in the directions here if something seems tricky, but otherwise just go the tunnel broker site and complete the registration.
Setting up SiXxs tunnel
First, you need to have aiccu, radvd and iproute2 installed.
# pacman -S aiccu radvd iproute2
Now edit
/etc/aiccu.conf and fill in your data.
If you have several tunnels, you need to also supplement the tunnel_id option in the file.
The following is an example for a dynamic ayiay tunnel.
username <username> password <password> protocol tic server tic.sixxs.net ipv6_interface sixxs automatic true requiretls true pidfile /var/run/aiccu.pid defaultroute true makebeats true behindnat true
Test the configuration now with:
# systemctl start aiccu
If it works, enable it:
# systemctl enable aiccu
Configuring radvd and LAN side IP of the router: See Router.
Tunnel rc.d script
For this script to work you will need the iproute2 package installed:
# pacman -S iproute2
Try the following init script to start and stop an IPv6 tunnel once you have registered it with HE. I placed this at
/etc/rc.d/6in4-tunnel. Obviously some of the variables up top will need to be filled in.
For DSL users the link_mtu should be set to 1472
#!/bin/bash if_name=he6in4 # "Server IPv4 Address" under "IPv6 Tunnel Endpoints" on HE tunnel details page server_ipv4='' # Your local IP. NOTE: when behind a NAT (even with DMZ), # use an address of your LOCAL machine, NOT the ROUTER one. client_ipv4='' # Your HE-assigned client IP, "Client IPv6 Address" on HE tunnel details page client_ipv6='' link_mtu=1480 tunnel_ttl=255 daemon_name=6in4-tunnel . /etc/rc.conf . /etc/rc.d/functions case "$1" in start) stat_busy "Starting $daemon_name daemon" ifconfig $if_name &>/dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then stat_busy "Interface $if_name already exists" stat_fail exit 1 fi # Note from Lekensteyn: removing "local $client_ipv4" seems to work too! ip tunnel add $if_name mode sit remote $server_ipv4 local $client_ipv4 ttl $tunnel_ttl ip link set $if_name up mtu $link_mtu ip addr add $client_ipv6 dev $if_name ip route add ::/0 dev $if_name # Here is how you would add additional ips....which should be on the eth0 interface # "Routed IPv6 Prefixes" on HE tunnel details page # ip addr add 2001:XXXX:XXXX:beef:beef:beef:beef:1/64 dev eth0 # ip addr add 2001:XXXX:XXXX:beef:beef:beef:beef:2/64 dev eth0 # ip addr add 2001:XXXX:XXXX:beef:beef:beef:beef:3/64 dev eth0 add_daemon $daemon_name stat_done ;; stop) stat_busy "Stopping $daemon_name daemon" ifconfig $if_name &>/dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then stat_busy "Interface $if_name does not exist" stat_fail exit 1 fi ip link set $if_name down ip tunnel del $if_name # Here is how you would del additional ips... if you added them to eth0 interface # ip addr del 2001:XXXX:XXXX:beef:beef:beef:beef:1/64 dev eth0 # ip addr del 2001:XXXX:XXXX:beef:beef:beef:beef:2/64 dev eth0 # ip addr del 2001:XXXX:XXXX:beef:beef:beef:beef:3/64 dev eth0 rm_daemon $daemon_name stat_done ;; *) echo "usage: $0 {start|stop}" esac exit 0
Start tunnel at boot time
Once you have that all setup how you want you will need to add
6in4-tunnel to your
/etc/rc.conf file:
DAEMONS=(... 6in4-tunnel ...)
Using the tunneling with dynamic IPv4 IP
The simplest way of using tunelling with a dynamic IPv4 IP is to set up a cronjob that is going to periodically update your current address.
To do that open
crontab -e and add, in a new line:
*/10 * * * * wget -O /dev/null https://USERNAME:email@example.com/ipv4_end.php?tid=TUNNELID >> /dev/null 2>&1
Which should also make wget quiet and not bothering you with emails about its activity. Please replace USERNAME, PASSWORD and TUNNELID by the details of your account and tunnel. I would recommend running the command on its own first, to check if it works. To do that run:
wget https://USERNAME:email@example.com/ipv4_end.php?tid=TUNNELID


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Two Cameron University faculty members have been elected to state leadership positions in the Oklahoma Association of Developmental Education (OKADE), the state chapter of the National Association for Developmental Education. During the organization's recent annual meeting, Heather King was elected President-Elect, and Elizabeth Grooms was elected to the office of treasurer. Both are instructors in the Department of English and Foreign Languages. In addition, OKADE leadership approved Cameron's request to host OKADE's 2013 annual conference.
King, a veteran of the U.S. Army, holds a Master of Arts in English from National University and a Bachelor of Arts in English with certification in Secondary Education from Augusta State University. She is currently pursuing an Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) degree in Curriculum and Instruction. King joined the Cameron faculty in October 2011. She previously served as a teaching assistant for Ashford University Online and has also taught English and literature at both the junior high and high school levels.
Grooms holds a Master of Arts in Library Science and Audiovisual Education from the University of South Florida and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Stetson University. She was formerly the Testing and Tutoring Coordinator at Cameron University – Duncan. Grooms has also taught English and has served as a school librarian at the high school level.
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Do you need to fill out your Florida Bar Character and Fitness Information? If you aren't taking the Florida bar exam, maybe the character and fitness for another state? Maybe you are looking to get your Certified Legal Intern (CLI) clearance? If so, then do we have good news for you! The Library has put together a LibGuide full of resources to help you find the information required for the Character and Fitness portion of the Florida Bar and the CLI!
Take a look at this handy guide on the Library homepage under Resources and then LibGuides. Once in the Florida Coastal's LibGuides site, look at the Florida Bar Character and Fitness Information LibGuide. It's that easy!


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According to Goethe himself, he was born "on the stroke of twelve" on 28 August 1749. Today the Goethe House and Goethe Museum stand on the site of the house in Grosser Hirschgraben where he was born, which has been faithfully restored.
Also open to the public, the writer's study on the second floor is furnished as it was in his time. This is where Goethe wrote 'Götz von Berlichingen', 'Faust' and 'The Sorrows of Young Werther'. The furniture and fittings in the kitchen, living quarters and reception rooms reflect those typical of a middle-class household in the late baroque period.
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How to Flash Panasonic P50 Idol Stock Firmware using Spreadtrum Upgrade Tool
Want to Install Stock ROM On Panasonic P50 Idol ? If you own a Panasonic P50 Idol smartphone and searching for the Stock Firmware then you are at the right place. Here i will guide you to install official stock Rom on Panasonic P50 Idol smartphone. This guide is simple and easy to follow. We have listed the Official Stock Rom for Panasonic P50 Idol below. Download the required file to either upgrade or downgrade your Panasonic P50 Idol. This guide is followed by the Spreadtrum Upgrade Tool method which is simple and easy. You can just flash firmware on Panasonic P50 Idol using the Spreadtrum Upgrade Tool method. Follow the steps carefully to flash the firmware on Panasonic P50 Idol using the guide.
We ask you to read the steps before doing something wrong. "READ READ READ" Once you are done! Now you can download the Spreadtrum Upgrade Tool , USB Drivers and the stock Rom from the below Pre-Requisite note.
Guide To flash Official Stock ROM On Panasonic P50 Idol
Download the ROM which we have listed in this table below. This guide is helpful to those who are looking to Downgrade or upgrade your Panasonic P50 Idol smartphone. You can anytime flash the stock Rom on Panasonic P50 Idol. This guide is also helpful to unbrick the phone (revert back from death), you can install the Stock Firmware build to revert back to old version also. Also if you feel your Panasonic P50 Idol lag or has any issue, then flash the stock firmware from the list below and save from situation. Stock Firmware doesn't void a warranty on your device.
The Advantage Of Panasonic P50 Idol Stock Firmware:
- Flash Stock To Unbrick your Panasonic P50 Idol
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- Unroot or Fix Bugs on your phone
- To fix the lag or stutter on Panasonic P50 Idol
- By flashing Stock ROM, you can solve software problems.
- Revert back to stock to gain your warranty.
So before jump into the manual upgradation setup, please make sure you have a good amount juice with at least 80% Charge. If not please charge the phone. Backup your phone in case if you need it later. If you brick the device we are not responsible. Do it at your own risk. Remember this guide is to update Stock ROM on Panasonic P50 Idol.
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Flash Panasonic P50 Idol Stock Firmware using Spreadtrum Upgrade Tool:-
- Step 1: Download and Install Android Device USB Driver on your Computer. If in case Spreadtrum Driver is already installed on your computer then SKIP this Step.
- Step 2: After Download Stock Rom (pac) for your Android Device.
- Step 3: Download and extract Spreadtrum Upgrade Tool on your computer. After extracting, you will be able to see the following files:
Step 4: Now, open UpgradeDownload.exe. Step 5: Once Spreadtrum Upgrade Tool is launched, connect your Android Device to the computer (make sure your Android Device is switch off).
Step 6: Once your Android Device Smartphone is connected successfully to the computer, click on the Load Packed Button and add the .pac file (stock rom which comes as .pac). Step 7: Once you have successfully added the Pac file in Spreadtrum Upgrade Tool, click on the Start Downloading button to begin the flashing.
Step 8: During the flashing process your Android Device will restart automatically. Once flashing is completed, you will be able to see the Green Passed Message in Spreadtrum Upgrade Tool.
Step 9: Now you have successfully flashed your Android Device using Spreadtrum Upgrade Tool. Once your Android Device is successfully restarted, Go to Settings > About Phone > Check firmware.
Congratulations, Now you have successfully flashed the stock firmware on your Panasonic P50 Idol using Spreadtrum Upgrade Tool
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China has been luring more Taiwanese in recent years with higher wages, titles and decent housing — and one of its main targets is Academia Sinica, local media reports said.
Academia Sinica's Institute of History and Philology, which has one of the world's largest archives of Chinese historical materials, has suffered a brain drain over the past few years, the reports said.
If this continues, Taiwan's sinology would be marginalized and its authority in the interpretation of history would be "diluted," the Chinese-language United Daily News quoted institute director Huang Chin-shing (黃進興) as saying.
"This is a war of talent," Huang said.
The institute was founded in 1928 by Fu Ssu-nien (傅斯年), a highly respected educator and linguist who was one of Academia Sinica's founders in Guangzhou, China.
Amid the social and political turmoil in 1949, the institute, under Fu's leadership, evacuated its scholars, staff, books and artifacts to Taiwan, which became a key research center of global sinology.
The institute has attracted a large number of researchers given its high academic reputation and abundant historical records, Huang said.
However, when headhunters offer wages of NT$400,000 per month, which is four times the wage of a research fellow at Academia Sinica, it is difficult for the institute to keep its staff, he said.
Over the past five years, seven research fellows had left for better offers, including Lee Hsiao-ti, a distinguished expert on the history of the Qing and Ming dynasties, who was hired by the City University of Hong Kong to head its cultural center, Huang said.
Academia Sinica vice president Wang Fan-sen (王汎森), who served as institute director from 2003 to 2009, said the most urgent thing to do is to keep recruiting and cultivating talent.
To keep them at home, Academia Sinica launched a flexible wage program, under which research fellows are entitled to cash awards in addition to their regular salaries, which start from NT$100,000 per month, Wang said.
Thanks to the program, each researcher can earn an additional NT$70,000 to NT$80,000 per month, he said, while acknowledging that this is still lower than wages in Hong Kong.
When Hu Shih (胡適), a key contributor to Chinese liberalism and language reform who advocated the use of written vernacular Chinese, proposed in 1946 a 10-year program aimed at seeking China's own path in academic research, he thought of establishing 10 first-class universities under state sponsorship, Wang said.
However, Taiwan today has more than 160 universities, each of which rely on subsidies from the Ministry of Education. The resources are diluted, and therefore there is not much left for cultivating talent, Wang said.
Aside from Academia Sinica, universities across the nation have also been affected by the same problem, he added. Still, high wages are not everything to some people. Dentist-turned institute associate research fellow Li Shang-jen (李尚仁) said a more open academic environment is what academic researchers care about the most.
The professors at Oxford and Cambridge universities with whom he is acquainted choose to stay there because they love the academic environment of the schools and their libraries, rather than high wages, Li said.
Although China is rich and has abundant resources, Taiwan has an open society where academics can study issues that may be censored in China given its political environment, he said.


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Night, night, sleep, sleep!
How many of us with lupus could benefit from this little exercise? Come to think of it, who wouldn't benefit from taking stock of their sleeping habits?
This is one of Tylenol PM's latest ad campaigns...and I think it's pretty clever. Here's the ad copy that goes along with the visual image:
"Does sleep have an impact on how you feel during the day? Take our 7-day sleep challenge to find out. Chances are, you'll see that getting enough sleep can help you manage stress, improve your concentration and memory, and may even help lift your mood."
I absolutely agree! And when you add a chronic illness like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis to the mix, you better believe that the correlation between disposition, pain level, and the amount of rest we get becomes ever more apparent.
The idea of using happy faces in this exercise reminds me of one of the tracking systems I mention in my book - loosely adapted from something my mom gave me. I like to call it, "Body Outline."
BODY OUTLINE: Draw the outline of a body, with arms, legs, hands and toes depicted. Each day, take a pen and mark down the spots where you experience instances of swelling, pain, or symptom occurrence. You can probably get away with one drawing per week – using a different color pen or pencil for each day. You'll be creating a very literal picture of how you feel over the course of the week, providing a useful tool to share [with your doctor or others who are helping you manage life with lupus.]
What a handy way to keep track of all of those aches and pains, don't you think? When you hurt every day, all day, it's hard to keep it all straight. By creating an actual picture of the way your disease is affecting you, you'll not only realize once and for all that it's not all in your head (that you have, indeed, been fighting painful and swollen joints not one, not two, but six days in a row), but you'll have created a visual aid that your doctor can't ignore.
Only down side is that you may confirm that an artist, you are not. :(


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Cameron University's Bill W. Burgess, Jr. Business Research Center will examine "What Makes a City Beautiful" during a business forum on Wednesday, April 10. The forum will address urban beautification, which is critical to strengthening the economic vitality of any community. Appearance enhances a community's sense of self, bonds its citizens with pride in their surroundings and is a key factor in attracting and retaining new industries. Mayor Fred L. Fitch of Lawton will present the keynote address. The event will take place at 10 a.m. in the CETES Conference Center and is open to the public at no charge.
Following his address, Mayor Fitch will be joined for a panel discussion by Mayor Gene Brown of Duncan;
Lawton City Council member Dr. Rosemary Bellino, who spearheaded the Lawton Beautiful initiative; Jay Burk, Chairman of the Lawton Enhancement Trust Authority; and Bryan Long, Lawton City Manager.
"The beauty of a community is determined by more than an attractive landscape and well-maintained roads and buildings. Other aspects that impact the quality of life, such as low rates of crime and violence and a healthy environment that encourages wellness are important factors," says Dr. Syed Ahmed, Professor of Business and Director of the Bill W. Burgess Jr. Business Research Center. "This business forum will address all of these issues."
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3. In deployment I added file with remote path StartUp\Documents\ . I see this file in package.
As you can see everything as in https://community.embarcadero.com/article/articles-tutorials/151-ui/927-deploying-and-accessing-local-files-on-ios-and-android and for Android it work but in iOS32( iPhone 4s) and iOS64( iPhone 6) not work !
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Iron Age Shoes boots out Microsoft and SAP
Iron Age Shoes execs chose Oracle E-Business Suite over competing products from Microsoft and SAP. Iron Age wanted to gain more insights into business processes.
When the executives of the 188-year-old footwear retailer Iron Age Shoes decided the time had come to revamp their outdated systems in order to gain better insight into the business, they started down a path that led away from Microsoft, past SAP AG and straight to Oracle E-Business Suite.
The project, which was completed when Oracle E-Business Suite went live in October of last year after nine months of planning, was part of an overall turnaround initiative designed to help the formerly floundering retailer streamline costs, improve performance and ultimately gain a bigger share of the market for safety and work shoes.
Today the firm is making use of Oracle E-Business Suite applications including Financials, Advanced Procurement and Inventory, Warehouse Management and Order Management to make choices about financial management, inventory allocation, merchandising operations and customer relationships, said Drew Farris, CIO of Iron Age Shoes.
Farris said his company is now having an easier time advising commercial customers on buying patterns, safety compliance and costs at its Massachusetts headquarters, a call center in Pennsylvania, a second headquarters in Canada and over 100 store locations.
"We had some incredible challenges trying to just make heads or tails of what was out there for data," said Farris, referring to how the company's IT structure looked before the turnaround project. "It was kind of amazing that it was running at all."
Microsoft, SAP get the boot
Farris and his team evaluated deals from Microsoft Great Plains, their incumbent vendor, which they had been using for general ledger and accounts payable functionality, as well as offerings from German ERP giant SAP before choosing Oracle E-Business Suite.
The CIO said his company passed over Microsoft because that its offering would require that Iron Age place servers and tech support at every location -- a possibility that didn't bode well for the company's goal of centralized management.
"Great Plains just presented so many problems associated with the deployment," Farris said. "And to be perfectly honest, their pricing just wasn't as good as what we thought it should be."
Iron Age ruled out SAP because of high cost and "a lack of focus" of their applications, Farris said.
"[SAP] didn't necessarily have the pieces of functionality or core operational functionality that we had hoped to have and that would have made it worthwhile for us to partner for as much money as their implementation teams were really looking for," Farris said.
Farris said that another problem he had with SAP ERP was how well it "played" with software from third-party vendors and consultants.
"We used offshore resources, we used Canadian resources and we used U.S. resources from a number of different players, and they all played in the same sandbox very well, and that was not something that we were going to be able to have work for us with SAP," he said.
Farris said Iron Age ultimately chose Oracle because it had a lower total cost and was easier to manage. The company now uses E-Business Suite for core operations, Oracle iStore for the firm's Web presence and Oracle Mobile Supply Chain technology.
The biggest challenge
One of the biggest challenges Farris's team encountered during the massive turnaround project concerned the company's decision to move its headquarters from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts.
Farris said the last thing he wanted to do during that phase of the project -- which included moving the firm's server room and reconfiguring and reinstalling the firm's core applications -- was shut down the firm's entire technological infrastructure.
"We were able to use Oracle E-Studio to host our development [and] implementation instances for a period of six months, while we moved our server room and got an infrastructure of our own, and then they simply ported it over," he said.
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Xin! Thanks for sharing. You mentioned Amazon.com but didn't explicitly mention that one of the best ways to get boxes to reuse is to order from them. With larger shipments, there'll sometimes be boxes within boxes, too. Amazon.com has some sort of box-numbering system, and I don't know which codes correspond to which sizes, but I've seen a good range.
Seven Ways to Get Free Shipping Supplies
Once upon a time I sold a lot of stuff on eBay and Amazon, and I always needed envelopes, boxes, and padding. The costs of these shipping supplies could really add up when you mail over a thousand things per year, so I looked into how to cut down my shipping costs. Here are some of the ways you can get your supplies for free and lower your business overhead.
Reuse Packaging - When I receive an online order it always comes with a box. Those boxes can be flattened and used for your own packages. I usually keep a couple boxes around for future use. Bubblewrap lined envelopes are also great and can be reused.
Newspapers - After you finish reading that weekly circular or newspaper, you could use it to stuff your packages for mailing. It is more environmentally friendly than bubble wraps or foam peanuts and could provide adequate protection to your package.
Junk Mail - If you have a reasonably good shredder, junk mail can be processed into filler for a package. As long as the recipient is not able to piece together your personal information, junk mail is a great substitute for foam peanuts.
Dumpsters/Recycling Bins - There are often perfectly good boxes available in dumpsters and recycling bins. They are usually cleaner in the recycling bin so I suggest looking there first.
Local Stores - Last week in downtown San Mateo I saw several shops closing down, and one of them had a lot of boxes they needed to get rid of. If you look around your town and find any dead businesses it is likely they may have unwanted boxes. I think if you ask around you can even get shipping supplies from stores that are not closing down because businesses tend to receive many packages a day and have no need for the extra packaging material.
United States Postal Service - The USPS offers free shipping boxes and envelopes for their Priority Mail or Global Priority Mail service. You can order the packaging online or go to the postal office. The catch here is that you must use the boxes for Priority Mail.
Friends and Family - You can ask your friends and family to save packing materials for you if you do not have enough yourself. You should make an effort to pick the things up, though.
This list is by no means comprehensive and I am sure you can find other ways of obtaining free mailing supplies. With so much online ordering and shipping of goods around the world I think we all need to reuse and recycle our packing materials.
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I do a lot of shipping for my ebay sales too, and this is an excellent list you've assembled. I'm highly in favor of reusing every darn box and puffy envelope that comes into my house. Lots of folks at the office building I work at put their boxes outside their office suites for anyone to grab, and grab I do!
Here's one additional GREAT resource of shipping materials -- the postal service itself. If you ship via regular mail (and these days, cost is a factor so I ship as much as I can regular mail) you can get FREE supplies that you order online and are brought to you free of charge by your mail carrier. Here's a link where you can order exactly what size boxes you want, does it get cooler than that??
Just a reminder that, as you said, you must use USPS shipping materials as they are intended to be used. The Post Office has the right to open packages, and if they figure out you have -say- turned a box inside out to use (even if you pay postage) they'll return it.
I simply wrap the books I send in reused brown paper bags! If I can't find any free bags, I pick up a 99 cent roll of brown paper at the drug store.
Thanks for the tips!
I use that one quite a bit. It gives a fresh surface, and you don't have to come up with a label to cover anything up. Then I don't have to use paper either.
Good post, Xin.
U-haul (www.uhaul.com) has a box exchange message board, where people who have recently completed moves offer up their used boxes. Some people charge but many give away their boxes for free.
Link: http://www.uhaul.com/boards/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=4
Hit the big chain bookstores! They always seem to have a ton of sturdy, perfectly-sized boxes that they're happy to give you if you ask. It works best if you're a regular customer - the manager at my Borders recognized me and basically gave me every box they had, which ended up being more than enough to move.
How do you think Wendys gets all their fries/salads/hamburgers into the store?
In boxes.
I know someone who manages a Wendys, and we did almost our whole move with fry boxes, which are very conveniently sized for that. They also have a variety of other sizes. I imagine going during a slow time and asking could yield a regular pickup rotation - they save the time having someone break them down before putting them in a dumpster.
My mother has done similar things with grocery stores. Egg boxes are the winner for size and sturdiness.
Lest you worry that food boxes would be smelly and soiled, they really aren't. Clean as office supply boxes.
King Soopers has been my best bet historically: they have a ton of extra boxes sitting around in the back and they are very willing to give them away.
of businesses that are good for boxes:
-local print shops, including Kinkos. those paper ream boxes are perfect size for moving. One of my printers also lent me a tape gun so I wouldn't have to buy one.
- ABC liquor stores are good because they have the dividers for fragile things like glasses, wine bottle collections, etc
Excellent post. Just one word of caution - if you get boxes from a dumpster (especially from a grocery store), it could have bugs. Just a word from personal experience...
I'm sure many of us can help ourselves to boxes from work. I've been lucky and I've had access to good supplies of sturdy boxes with handles. Some workplaces might frown upon this, but if it's going in the trash anyway, why not?
Don't forget neighborhood stores such as JC Penney and Kohl's. They get shipments once to twice a week and they don't mind giving boxes away. You will find everything from small to large and everything in between.
An online book store sent me a book sandwiched between two sheets of brown corrugated cardboard, and rubber-cemented together. The "wings" helped prevent damage. I successfully copied the design, with some 77 spray adhesive and old cardboard. You cut the cardboard into two large sheets, then spray on the 77 or brush on rubber cement, and let it dry. Wrap your book in newspaper, and then make the sandwich. Trim edges, add the address, and mail it.
I found that a local furniture store has several dumpsters full of cardboard, styrofoam and other assorted materials that can be used for packing. I called the store and was told to go out back and help myself. The downside is that you may end up making your own boxes since the cardboard tends to be in large sheets.
FYI, if a seller sends me something packaged in newspaper (dirty) or shredded paper (gets all over the house), I will not be ordering from that seller again.
Libraries are another great place to get boxes. Really, anyplace that orders "stuff" - liquor stores, grocery stores, pet stores, copy stores, etc.
Until we get teleportation technology to save our trees, I'm gonna stick with DIY, recycled/reuseable packaging, or anything I find at Costco dumpsters.
One simple way to reuse a box is to "cut" it down to the size you need. Put your stuff in the box. Slice the four corners down to the "top" of your stuff. Fold in flaps (cut shorter if needed). Makes for a smaller box, less padding (as long as it's not needed) & less weight.
Computer paper boxes are very strong, and they are uniform in size. I used the same set for 4 years of college & 2 years of grad school. If you work in an office you can get them. It's best to go to the computer room, where they use the most. And they are clean. The last time I moved I brought home 3 every day for 2 months. My roommate & I were both moving out and both had a lot of stuff. We did great.


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The return of a majority of the Nationals' roster will be huge this week after having lost over a dozen players to Team Canada. Top players such as Brodie Merrill, Geoff Snider and John Grant Jr. will be back for Toronto. Team Canada ran through the entire world championship dominating most of its opponents, but they were clipped by the United States in the title game, 12-10. Toronto and Team Canada head coach Dave Huntley was more than pleased with his team's efforts overseas. "It was the best team I have ever coached," Huntley said. "They practiced at great pace and the effort game in and game out was very consistent. We put ourselves in a position to win in the final game but the US team made a couple of more plays at the end than we did and deserved the win." Looking to this weekend though, the Nationals are hoping the extra games overseas for many of their players will have a positive effect on the squad. Several players had a hot hand over in England including midfielder Garrett Billings who finished with 12 goals in Canada's 5-1 run in the tournament. The Nationals are hoping the scoring streaks of Billings and John Grant Jr., who scored 13 in the tournament, will carry over to their MLL game this weekend. With the gaping void left in the roster by players overseas for Team Canada, Toronto turned to the player pool, inactive lists and the Iroquois national team to fill out its squad last week. Toronto picked up the likes of midfielders Terry Kimener and Anthony Muscarella to help alleviate the loss of so many players. The Nationals also made the best of an unfortunate situation with the Iroquois (who did not travel to the FIL World Championship) and reactivated players such as midfielders Brett Bucktooth and Stephen Hoar and, attackman Delby Powless. However, the team that was patched together throughout the week was not enough to stand up to the first place Cannons, who cruised to an eight goal victory. "I was pleased with the effort the players and staff made under not the best of circumstances," Huntley said of the Nationals' shorthanded effort. The Cannons were without top players as well though, including defending MVP Paul Rabil, attackman Ryan Boyle, and defensemen Kyle Sweeney and Ryan McClay. Three of those four, Rabil, Sweeney and McClay were all named to the World Team by FIL, hardly a small hole to fill for Boston. Luckily for the Cannons though, the MLL leading scorer, attackman Matt Poskay, was not a member of the national team and added five goals to lead the charge against Toronto. With his seven point performance Poskay became the all-time leading goal scorer in Cannons history as well. The Nationals are not technically out of playoff contention yet, but they have to win out if they hope to have a chance. From here on out Toronto is in a must win situation, with only two games remaining in the season. The Nationals close out the season with back to back games against the Long Island Lizards, who are currently in third place at 5-5. Last time the two sides met was in an 11-9 Toronto victory back on June 19 as the Nationals were lead by a hat trick from attackman Corey Small. Even while staring a long offseason in the face, Toronto remains upbeat and eager to make a final run at Championship Weekend. "Win four in a row, we are champs. Lose one and we are done," Huntley said. Toronto will have to watch out for attackman Matt Danowski this weekend as he has made a name for himself as one of the most dangerous players in the league. Danowski currently sits at third in the league in scoring with 37 points, behind only Poskay and Chesapeake's Peet Poillon. The Lizards will also be throwing another pair of dynamic scoring options at Toronto including Danowski's former Duke teammate Zack Greer and attackman Tim Goettelmann. The latter of who is a mere three goals away from becoming the all-time leading goal scorer in Major League Lacrosse history. Goettelmann needs two goals to tie the current record of 247 set by Jessie Hubbard and three to break it. The Nationals head to Hempstead, N.Y. Saturday July 31 to take on the Lizards at James M. Shuart Stadium. The Lizards are looking to join the postseason club as a win clinches a playoff berth for them whereas the Nationals need to win to keep their season alive for at least one more week. Faceoff is set for 7 p.m. The Major League Lacrosse Web site will be running a live chat for the game starting 15 minutes prior to faceoff. The game can be seen live on ESPN3 and Brighthouse in Florida. Fans can catch the game on Cox Sports New Orleans Sunday Aug. 1 at noon and on Universal Sports at 2 p.m. 2010 Major League Lacrosse Championship Weekend presented by Warrior August 21-22, Annapolis, MD For information and tickets go to www.majorleaguelacrosse.com


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I really don't like it when people brag, but we are a little proud of three awards that our publication just won, so please excuse me while I tell you about them.
The American Society of Business Publication Editors is a national association for trade magazines, and Club Industry just won three awards from the group.
Stuart Goldman, our managing editor, won a West Regional Gold Award in the investigative/news analysis category for his September 2009 feature "Lessons Learned." This story focused on the August 2009 shootings at the LA Fitness near Pittsburgh.
I won a West Regional Gold Award in the editor's letter/editorial category for my First Word column. In particular, the award was for the September 2009 column "A Face Offers Comfort in Tragedy" and the December 2009 column "In This Difficult Economy, Truth Hurts."
And Stephanie Bloyd, our former senior associate editor, and I won a National Bronze Award in the humorous department category for our Last Word column. The two submitted entries were the May 2009 column "Locker Rooms Breed Lawlessness" and the December 2009 column "Compromise Is Key to Group Yoga."
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Ah, here for additional supplies for yourself, are you? Well, I can certainly understand the need for additional material... just take a look around if you need any proof.
I'll issue you some additional supplies, but you'll need to give me an appropriate number of commendation signets in exchange. You won't receive any recognition for surrendering the signets in this manner, but you might find something useful that will help keep you alive when battle is finally upon us.
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Well then, it's settled; here are your supplies, <class>. If you wish to do an additional exchange, then I am prepared to authorize it. Just give me the word and I'll make it happen.
Keep up the good work, <name>. We need all the materiel we can muster if we're going to win this thing. If we all do our part, then victory shall be ours for the taking!
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RICHMOND, Va. – VCU Head Coach Jon Riley has released VCU's 2012-2013 Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field schedule. The slate, which features 17 meets, is highlighted by the annual Ram Invite.
"We are very excited about this year's schedule," said Riley. "It gives us a chance to compete against some of the best in the country during the regular season in preparation for our inaugural indoor and outdoor Atlantic 10 Championships."
VCU's first meet is set for Dec. 8, when the Rams travel to Newport News, Va. for the Christopher Newport Invitational.
After a break for the holidays, the indoor slate picks up in January with the Rams running in seven meets. VCU will compete at the George Mason Invitational (Jan. 5), Navy Quad (Jan. 12), Captain's Invite/Multi Events (Jan. 19-20), Penn State Invitational (Jan. 25-26) and the George Mason Patriot Games (Jan. 26).
The Rams' final regular season indoor meets feature the New Balance Invitational and UNC Invitational during the weekend of Feb. 1-2. The Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships, which are held at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, R.I., take place Feb. 16-17.
"The athletes are very excited to have an indoor conference championship," Riley said "Having an indoor championship makes the [indoor] regular season much more important, and we have a goal to win it."
VCU host the annual Ram Invite to kickoff the outdoor season. The meet is held at Sports Backers Stadium on March 16.
The Rams stay close to home for the remainder of March, competing at the Virginia Invitational (March 23), Fred Hardy Invitational (March 29-30 at the University of Richmond) and Raleigh Relays (March 29-30).
The Rams open April with a trip to the Sunshine State. The track and field team participates in the Florida Relays April 4-6 VCU also travels George Mason Invitational (April 13), Vanderbilt Invitational (April 19-20), CNU Captain's Classic/Multi Events (April 20-21) and the Penn Relays (April 25-27).
"I feel we will have an opportunity to qualify some athletes for the Indoor and Outdoor NCAA Track & Field Championships," said Riley. "And that is why we choose to compete at facilities that are considered to have fast tracks, such as Navy, Penn State, Boston, Florida and Vanderbilt."
The Atlantic 10 Track and Field Championship is set for May 4-5 in Charlotte, N.C.


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Time for some quick updates! : )
I am sorry that it took me so long to be back here. The weather here is still very hot and humid, and it is nearly impossible to work on new miniatures. Plus, there are so many things going on these days!
I am going to take a break this weekend and spend a couple days on the hills, and I really hope for some rain to bring a bit of fresh air!
But, just before leaving, let me indroduce my tiny deer fairy. : )
I find deer horns are so cute on dolls (remember my jointed deer boy? ) and there are more enchanted deers coming soon - at least if the weather changes a bit!
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"Why won't you just DIE?!" That's what researchers probably said to strains of seven-million-year-old bacterium discovered in the depths of New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns. They found that these hidden organisms have very similar immunities as bacteria that have developed resistances after decades interactions with modern drugs.
Conducted by a group of researchers from Ontario's McMaster University and Ohio's University of Akron, the study has been published in a new article in the journal PLoS One. It involved researchers travelling far into Lechuguilla Cave — at 209km, the deepest in the continental US — to collect bacteria that has had little, if any, exposure to the outside world. They said that geographic features underground had protected organisms from any contact with antibiotics that water may have transported down under, giving them untarnished samples.
They gathered 93 different bacterium to determine how these foreign bugs stacked up against drugs they've never met. Some even evaded a very new drug called daptomycin. Though their patterns of resistance are not the same, researchers concluded that organisms have been developing these biological firewalls for millions of years. So that a Z-Pak no longer clears up your sinus infection after being prescribed the medicine four times in the last two years is correlated to the number of times you've taken it, but it also has to do with the very nature of bacteria. That means resistances, in some cases, are not just a byproduct of evolution.
The bottom line? You should be careful about what antibiotics you take, and your doctor should be judicious about what he or she prescribes. [PLoS One via The Register]
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Big Retailers Reassess Practices After Bangladesh Building Collapse
Tragedy reportedly claims 500-plus lives, follows deadly garment factory fires.
May 3, 2013 -- Major clothing brands including Walmart, Gap Inc. and jcpenney are deep in discussions about how to respond to renewed cries for safety reforms in Bangladesh following a building collapse that has claimed the lives of more than 500 garment workers.
In addition, Disney this week made public its own plans to pull its licensees and suppliers out of Bangladesh entirely.
"For lots of reasons, this collapse and the enormous death toll has struck a nerve," said Charles Kernaghan, director of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights. "This has hit like a shock to the garment industry. And it's just not going away."
While there remains some uncertainty about exactly which retail brands were producing clothes in the Rana Plaza building in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, a number of major retailers including Gap, Target, and jcpenney met in Germany earlier this week to talk with worker rights groups about steps they can take make immediate improvements to safety conditions there. Two of America's largest companies, Disney and Walmart, have also gone public describing new steps they recently imposed to confront persistent safety issues in Bangladesh.
Disney sent a letter in March telling hundreds of licensees and vendors -- the companies that actually make apparel with Disney characters and logos -- that the company wanted out of Bangladesh and was imposing tough new rules overseas for those involved in production. Walmart said in an email to ABC News that it, too, launched new initiatives last month to address fire concerns.
After 112 workers were killed in a massive Bangladesh factory fire six months ago at the Tazreen factory, Walmart fired a supplier they said had routed orders to the factory involved in the blaze without the retail giant's knowledge.
"We know that continued engagement is critical to ensure that reliable, proactive measures are in place and we are continuing to work with the industry association, suppliers, brands and other interested parties to come to an appropriate resolution on this matter and develop broad-based solutions for the industry," said Megan Murphy, Walmart's senior manager for international corporate affairs.
Monitoring groups have said evidence including photos, "spec sheets" and eyewitness accounts suggest in addition to Walmart , clothes imprinted with Disney logos were also being made at the Tazreen factory.
A spokesperson for Disney, a parent company of ABC News, said they did not do any direct business with Tazreen and the items in question were being produced for Walmart under a Disney license. In a statement posted on the Disney corporate website after the fire, the company said Walmart told them the clothes had been made in a different factory by a 3rd party supplier and were only being stored in the Tazreen factory awaiting shipment when the fire broke out.
Until last week, fires had proven to be the most deadly threat to the low-wage workforce in a country that produces more American clothing than anywhere but China. As ABC News documented in investigative reports airing last year, more than 500 workers died over five years in garment factory fires in Bangladesh, in part because so many factories lack fire escapes, working extinguishers, enclosed stairwells and other basic safety provisions.
The death toll from the building collapse last week could yet surpass that number, though, with most recent estimates indicating that over 500 workers died, and dozens more remain missing. The building, which housed several different garment factories over eight stories, had only been permitted for half that many stories. Workers saw large cracks forming in the building in the days prior to the collapse, but were reportedly forced to continue to work there despite their worries about the structure's integrity.
Documents and garments collected at the scene by monitoring groups, as well as customs data, indicate a number of well known retailers, including Benetton, The Children's Place, and jcpenney, were producing clothing at factories inside the building that collapsed. Benetton has said it was not sourcing from any of the factories there, but a spokesman said the company is still investigating. The Children's Place did not return calls from ABC News. A jcpenney spokeswoman said a small order from one of the factories was traced through a Canadian supplier. Walmart said it did not believe its suppliers were in the factory.
Until now, only PVH, the parent of the Tommy Hilfiger line, has agreed to committing significant money to an independently monitored fire safety system in Bangladesh. But in Germany this week, a number of other companies appeared poised to join the effort. A spokeswoman for Gap Inc., which was not believed to have been producing clothes in the factory that collapsed, said she believes the program will only work if a critical mass gets involved.
"We believe in working toward positive change on the ground in Bangladesh," said Debbie Mesloh of Gap, in a statement emailed to ABC News. "The energy for a meaningful solution is also present. We believe that this can be done."
Georgetown University Business Professor Edward Soule said the tragedy that ensued has almost certainly sent a shockwave into the executive suites of clothing retailers – both out of concern for the lives of those who were sewing their garments, but also out of concern for the reputations of any company that allowed the conditions to persist.
"They know for many of them, their brand integrity is at stake," said Soule, an expert on managerial ethics and corporate social responsibility. "Right now they are saying, 'How do we not have things like building collapse kills 450 and our name in the same headline?'"
Jcpenney had been producing television ads touting the company's persistence in "searching the fashion world to bring you fresh style at stunning prices" -- ads for the Joe Fresh clothing label that was later found in piles at the scene of the collapse. After the collapse, Daphne Avila, a jcpenney spokeswoman, said the factory had never been an active supplier, "but we recently learned that one of the factories did produce Joe Fresh products, a small portion of which was destined for jcpenney."
Avila said jcpenney did not "have visibility into our national brand partners' supplier bases," and that problem prevented the retailer from knowing more about where the clothes were being made. "This is something that we're actively working on," she said.
Soule said the response pinpointed a major problem with the clothing industry that has made it difficult to address the safety issues in Bangladesh – namely, that most clothing companies send out production orders to dozens of unconnected garment factories, often under contract for production of a single design.
"This is a dysfunctional supply chain," Soule said. "Rather than scattering the work around and putting seven cut and sew factories against each other for one product for one season, they would be far better off with a few stronger, ongoing relationships."
That appears to be part of the response from Disney, which is a parent company of ABC News. The company's decision to leave Bangladesh, which was first reported Thursday by The New York Times, appears to be part of an effort to get a better handle on the work being done by its hundreds of licensees and suppliers.
"We have decided to consolidate production of Disney-branded products in a more limited number of Permitted Sourcing Countries and are asking our licensees and vendors to transition the production of Disney-branded goods out of the highest-risk countries," said a March 4 letter to the company's licensees and vendors.
The move means Disney-licensed apparel would not be made in Bangladesh, as well as Belarus, Ecuador, Pakistan and Venezuela.
"These are complicated global issues and there is no 'one size fits all' solution," said Bob Chapek, President, Disney Consumer Products. "Disney is a publicly held company accountable to its shareholders, and after much thought and discussion we felt this was the most responsible way to manage the challenges associated with our supply chain. We are hopeful that these decisions will also promote progress in the most challenged markets."
One Disney official told ABC News that pull-out is not absolute.
"For countries that are more challenged, the path back is Better Work," the official said, explaining that if countries become part of a United Nations-run Better Work program -- which collaborates with governments, unions, factory owners, to insure safer conditions – Disney would permit licensees to return.
Scott Nova, who runs the Worker Rights Consortium, a group that monitors working conditions in garment factories around the world, said he would have preferred to see Disney stay and invest in Bangladesh to make sure the factories are safe.
"But at the same time it's important that the government and factories there understand that there are economic consequences for their failure to act," he said.
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My new concept Melts & Malts is a great new restaurant specializing in grilled sandwiches. I am using all freshly sliced meats and only the freshest ingredients and homemade sauces. We are frying our own chips and using local breads and produce. We also plan to have a local dairy producing delicious ice cream for our shakes and malts. The food gives us a feel of a traditional diner, but we are much cooler and sleeker than this. We have a classic car theme with booths made to look like some of the great cars from the 60's and 70's. With rock-n-roll music playing and dim over-head lighting, you definitely won't feel that you are in a diner.
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Chris Webb acquitted after mental health evaluation
Former Farmington High School principal Christopher Webb, was acquitted of criminal offense charges Wednesday including domestic battery, aggravated cruelty to a dog, refusal to submit to arrest, and offenses committed in the presence of a child.
The order of acquittal references a mental disease or defect. He was acquitted based on a mental health report from the state.
Webb pleaded not guilty to charges in August.
In July, Farmington police arrested Webb, 43 after officers said they found him naked covered in blood while choking a woman. A dead dog, whose throat had been cut, was in the bathtub, police said.
Webb was originally treated at Washington Regional Medical Center then transferred to Vista Health center.
Documents obtained from the Washington County Circuit Court said Webb was wearing a straightjacket when he arrived to the Farmington Police Department. He was later taken to Vista Health for evaluation.


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Billionaires Team Up to Eradicate Polio and More
What's News: Michael Bloomberg announces a donation of $100 million to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to fight polio, John Kerry details a plan for the U.S. to provide direct aid to Syrian rebel fighters and Nook profits fall. Photo: AP
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The loveable Sesame Street monster with an insatiable sweet tooth appears to have grabbed a chunk of Tyra Banks' behind during a taping of her daytime talk show "The Tyra Banks Show."
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This year's 3D Stereo MEDIA event also hosted the inaugural International 3D Society Europe Awards.
Italy/France co-production Calcio Storico has won the main award at this year's 3D Film Mart, which ran Dec 4-5 as part of the 3D Stereo MEDIA in Liège, Belgium.
A documentary about the yearly event in Italy which sees the four historical suburbs of Florence meet up for a football tournament, Calcio Storico is currently in pre-production and will receive a €3,000 prize.
On receiving the award, Michael Caranicolas of Cow Prod thanked 3D Film Mart and its organisers TWIST Cluster, the University of Liège and peacefulfish for the fact that he came to the market "with an idea and we're going home with a film".
20 projects were pitched over the two-day event, with Camera Lucida productions' Leonardo da Vinci and Germany/Norway co-production Richard the Stork also shortlisted for the main award.
Speaking to Screen, Pierre Collin, executive manager of TWIST, said that this year's market exceeded expectations. "Our objective was 60 people," explained Collin. "We are happy this year because we've fulfilled our objectives in terms of audience with more than 100 people registered or attending the market."
Collin was also pleased that this year saw them attract key players of the 3D industry for the jury, such as Anthony Geffen of Atlantic Productions and Sophokles Tasioulis of Red Bull Media House.
2012 marked the second edition of the market and Collin noted that when they started with the idea for a market – the first of its kind in Europe – they had a three-year maturity plan. Next year will see the market focus on the projects themselves, ensuring that the producers are fully prepared potentially with the aid of workshops throughout the year.
"Maybe to give more assistance to the producers who attend the market with their project, to help them to have more assistance on technical things for instance," noted Collin. "We'll organise meetings on the techniques to help them organise their budget properly and of course, we're going to focus on the main thing also: the quality of the stories."
During a gala evening held last night (Dec 6) at the Royal Opera House of Liège, awards were also handed out for the other strands of 3D Stereo MEDIA. These included the 3D Film Festival, with Canadian horror Dead Before Dawn 3D and Sun Lijun's The Legend of Kung Fu Rabbit among the winners, and the AWEX Prize (awarded to a Belgian company particularly active in 3D outside Belgium) which went to Alterface.
This year, the International 3D Society (I3DS) also chose 3D Stereo MEDIA to host its inaugural I3DS-Europe Awards, open to major 3D productions from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Christian Ditter's Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods and Martin Clapp's The Magic Piano were among the main winners in the film categories, each scooping two awards, while best achievement in 3D animation went to nWave's The Little Prince and Sky Italia's The New Adventures of Peter Pan.


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