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i dont believe nany woulkd or ever did say that. idk where you are hearing this crap but i think its from a frank fan or franks lying ass himself. i hate frank so much. was ok with hinm on his season for a while but he is so weak and drama. all he does is talk. If hes so tough go in to an elimation round. I hate San Diego and hope they lose. TEAM BROOKLYN
Ashley,Frank,Derek,Jonna,& Trishelle have yet to go in and i want them all out lol.
but right there it does not say anything about aids or nany. if thats all what u got there then someones jumpin to conclussions. and honestly as long as she didnt say i hope he does of that i am ok with her sayin i hope you die frank,if she said it after the sister comment. cause frank is a low down person who has to hurt everyone and im not feeling any sympathy for him whatsoever
Im sure it will be brought up at the reunion. And if Derek told Frank about here sister shame on him or whomever did open their mouth. but lol it was just a push and they wont kick them off unless its punches cause they know people like Johnny Bananas,Wes,Frank,& a few others love to get under peoples skin too much. Wish CT was there with his season then we would see just how "tough" Zachs supposed to be lol
I love CT.....I have a crush on CT.
But Vinny got kicked off of battle of the exes for ripping a chicks shirt off. That's less violent than Dustin shoving violently Frank. Hey.....if it was cause Vinny had the incident with a chick then Dustin should definitely get kicked off cause Frank's such a bitch. LOL.
Dustin (and trishelle) kicked ass tonight.
I still CANNOT stand that "shell" of a man (and human being).....frank. Great episode tonight though. Dustin was looking so hot in his black undies during the underwater challenge as he always looks hot.
I feel kinda bad that the dysfunctional St. Thomas is finally all out of there. Marie is crazy but Robb, in particular, I feel bad for. He, to me, seems to mean well to everyone he comes into contact with. It will take time for him to grow out of his immaturity but when he does I hope he is someone we all can look up to. He SEEMS like such a good person removed from all the craziness. Plus he is absolutely the hottest redhead I have EVER seen (well, him and jim courier the great tennis player).
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Vinnys was different. Its like sexual harrassment. They already got an incident with Tonya,Evan,& Kenny allegedlly. so they dont want anymore problems like that
its not the same to me if someone says i hope you die but id be offended and pissed if they did say of aids. and i dont believe many words if any from frank
Sexual Harassment? and there are already so many hook ups on RW shows and these challenge shows. And if that's the case, why wasn't Frank saying to Dustin "I'll bet you'd like to get your hands on a guy again.", why wasn't that deemed sexual harassment? Very funny.
Okay, I'm not team Frank but they are really giving him a much worse edit than he should be getting. I know each seasons needs a villain but come on. I too read back that Nany spit on Frank and said some foul things - and let's not forget to mention that she started that whole entire (pointless) fight in the previous episode and now she's a victim of some sort. I kind of felt bad that Marie put the blame on Frank when clearly he wanted her there and it was actually 3 against 1.
i think overall this has been one of the better seasons. im liking that its been a little longer than the past ones, i think this one will be about 12 or 13 episodes when done. im interested to see if the 2 person teams or the 4 person teams will fair better in the final. i do think however that san diego will take the win, i just have a feeling.
The problem with Frank is even if you remove the other people and whatever drama they bring, Frank is still conducting himself as he did in San Diego: causing problems, antagonizing others, really degrading them and being outright rude to others. He's a despicable human being. He is acting no different than how he did on RWSD, and that's the problem and it's too bad cause you think sometimes people mature, but Frank doesn't.
well, it's inconsistent then. If you see how hard Dustin pushed Frank, that was clearly a physical assault. Compared to a blouse being pulled off? Which is more physical and potentially harmful? Also, we saw Marie push what's his lips which then knocked over Sam and obviously caused her harm.
Very inconsistent with what they will kick off someone for.
Great!.....at least you're moving on.
I read from a source on the net (not sure how reliable it was and where I read it exactly) that San Diego did end up ultimately winning. This was something I read like 3 months ago and took it lightly then but now looking at how it's shaping up, perhaps that article I read was accurate cause it sure does look like San Diego will win.
In any case, it's a little annoying cause I can't stand Frank but I would be happy for Zach, Ashley and Sam.
I liked Ryan from Brooklyn. And Scott.
I think that's about all I've liked out of twelve billion seasons... lol...
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Oh he's pretty hot now. I remember he was much smaller too.
^ wow...definitely a 'hotter with age' deal.
Dustin is my Superhero!!! He was AWESOME in last nights challenge!!!!
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Pipeline Whistleblowing: Getting the Ethics Right
It was reported recently that an engineer for TransCanada, Evan Vokes, has now gone public with claims that the pipeline company has been lax in the standards it applies to having its pipelines inspected.
Whistleblowing is among the most complex ethical issues in the world of business. Whistleblowers are people who demonstrate that there is — there must be — a limit to the loyalty of even a dedicated employee. Whistleblowers go outside the boundaries of their organization to report actual or immanent wrongdoing. They often prevent grievous harm, but in doing so they inevitably impugn the character of their organizations, and sometimes of their co-workers. And of course, there's always the worry that the self-appointed whistleblower is actually just a malcontent bent on revenge. But such cases aside, whistleblowers perform an essential public service.
A few points are worth making about the TransCanada case in particular.
The first is that, at least as the story is told by the CBC, Vokes is the perfect whistleblower. He's got the relevant expertise (he's both a welder and an engineer) and he's got a reputation for honesty and integrity. Further, Vokes carried out the whistleblowing properly: he proceeded in perfect ethics-textbook fashion by first making his concerns known to his superiors, and then escalating up chain of command. Only when it became clear that internal channels weren't working did he go outside of the company to bring his concerns to the relevant regulatory agency.
Second, the fact that Vokes felt the need to blow the whistle suggests a failure of leadership within the company. According the the CBC's report, Vokes made his concerns clear all the way up the corporate hierarchy, and everyone "right up to the chief executive officer refused to act on his complaints." A
"It's fine" — just like NASA's space shuttle Challenger
The latest update to this story, of course, is that TransCanada has now temporarily shut down its Keystone pipeline, citing safety concerns.
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This is the prime example of how to report unethical behavior, In you own companies you work with you need to know the proper reporting proceures that are in place and use them.
The question here is : Is whistle blowing an good or bad?
What i feel:- What Vokes has done is ethically correct. He followed the proper channel, which is to approach his manager, seniors and that companies head.
He was dissatisfied with the overall support he received from the company, which is when he decided to go a head with whistleblowing.
I would start with a question as to the need to justify. The need to justify does not arise unless there is a reason to believe it wrong. This opens the conversation as to the reason of whistle blowing.
In the blog Chris acknowledges whistle blowing as a complex ethical choice made by an employee. It might be pushing it a bit too much in branding Vokes as a perfect whistleblower. However he has demonstrated many traits which can justifiably be branded as act of moral whistle blowing. So the question of need to justify, from Vokes perspective, is the reason to believe something as morally right or morally wrong.
Chris has rightly pointed out the position of Vokes and his approach before going public as a whistle blower. Actions and approach of Vokes is very much in line with the theory of complicity (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 2009). This is demonstrated by the facts in the blog that Vokes has moral reasoning to go public as:
His revelations were in line with his area of expertise
He was working voluntarily as an engineer
He believed that TransCanada are doing serious moral wrong
His belief that his non-disclosure might affect the members of public in future
However my point of view changes from here for Vokes as not a model whistle blower. Standard theory of acceptable whistle blowing requires the whistle blower to identify serious harm to public and requires believing that the act of whistle blowing would prevent reasonable harm in future (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 2009). There is evidence indicating that as per governing agency NEB the pipeline "do not represent immediate threats to the safety of people or the environment". Also as a result of Vokes's act the pipeline was shut down temporarily and it resulted in financial loss to the company (CBC News, 2012).
To a certain degree it is also right to say "a limit to loyalty of even a dedicated employee". Again I am with Chris to a larger extent but would still not call Vokes as a perfect whistle blower on scale of loyalty. Vokes's actions are in line with standard theory of acceptable whistle blowing by the facts that:
He exhausted all the internal procedures within TransCanada
Reported potential harm to his immediate superiors and the harm to public
According to Ronald Duska there are many authors to believe that ultimate aim of the company is to make profit and not an emotional relationship where you can expect loyalty. Money is what ties the companies together and not loyalty as a basis of binding (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 2009). This argument is also supported by Kant's categorical imperative that there should be the duty and respect for law, which apparently was done by Vokes. Kant also advocated to make it a universal law to not to use others as means to meet your ends (Wikipedia, 2012). Combining this with the fact that money is what ties the company together then Vokes did the right thing by blowing the whistle and even if he is called as disloyal he is morally justified as he believed TransCanada comprising public safety for their own good.
Strictly from my perspective I would not brand Vokes as loyal or disloyal branding him as a perfect whistle blower. If I place myself in Vokes's shoes I see upon me paradoxes of burden, harm, missing harm and preventing the harm (Davis, 1996). As Vokes I have a strong reason to argue that my obligation was derived from my involvement as an engineer and so to blow the whistle to prevent potential harm. However it is questionable from here if due to my personal belief system I am automatically avoiding the paradoxes of preventing and missing the harm. From a Utilitarian ethics maxim of greatest happiness, Vokes compromised his duty of loyalty to the company and public and his act did not eventually result in greater happiness (Wikipedia, 2012). The evidences that pipeline was found safe at that time of inspection by NEB and that it was temporarily closed. However, later on, such inspections by independent contractors were made compulsory for such businesses increasing the overall cost of operations. Ethicist Sisela Bok and author Norman Bowie considers such act of whistle blowing as an act of disloyalty. Both Bok and Bowie say that such act of disloyalty can be supported only if the greater public good is done (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 2009). But in reality did Vokes act of disloyalty override and do a greater public good?
Chris is right in sayings that "whistle blowers perform an essential public service" however such an act cannot be encouraged as a universal law and would not fit many criteria of virtue ethics. Even though if we follow footsteps of Vokes in terms of his engagement at work and pointing the leadership failure then also the virtue of having insider information can be misused by a whistle blower as an act of revenge or personal greed. The consequences could lead to major economic loss such as financial loss to corporation, job loss of employees, lack of trust within the company, spying and corporate espionage (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 2009). The cost to whistle blow and the cost to the society should both be considered at the same time.
To conclude and keeping Vokes in perspective I would say it is a question about paradox of knowledge. Knowledge for Vokes was what he believed due to his role as an engineer. However it has to be justified that both in future and at present the belief was justified and true in nature. The belief that my current belief cannot be proven wrong in future. This also answers the issue of loyalty as to whether to show if we know anything or not. Hence Vokes fits right in most of the paradoxes but still falls short of being called as a perfect whistle blower referee to stop the game.
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In your blog you say that even the most dedicated that there must be a limit to the amount of loyalty that an employee has towards the business. I would argue that there should be no reason why any employee should have any loyalty to the company they work for. A business exists is to make profit because if they aren't making a profit the business will eventually cease to exist. The only exception where an employee might be loyal is where they have an interest in the business, for example a family business where there is sentimental value or tradition. Loyalty is reciprocal and in my experience is not reciprocated by any business. For example if a business can make more profit or less loss from making some of their employees redundant or firing them they would without a question.
Vokes demonstrates this quite clearly as he has done everything right as he could've just blown the whistle without even going to his superiors. The fact that he has gone up the hierarchy in his company to bring these issues to light and nothing was done about it to me shows how disloyal a company can be. As this is internal whistle blowing it would've been in the best interest of the company to investigate such claims at this point and dealt with it rather than having it go public where claims of substandard pipeline inspections would have a negative impact on the company.
I would also question the ethics of those that did nothing when they were informed by Vokes of these issues. Once Vokes had raised these issues with his superiors it should've been the ethical duty of the company and those that had been informed to make sure that the standards were being met as it would be their responsibility to ensure a safe work place and clean environment. The fact that external whistle blowing was needed in this case reflects badly on all those that were informed and Trans Canada as a company.
In this case I would say that not only did Vokes do everything right but he also had a ethical duty to whistle blow as the standards ensure a safe place to work and would also protect the environment from possible harmful pollutants that may flow through the pipeline. In fact I would say that Vokes has shown loyalty, by going to his superiors first so that they could have a chance to investigate his claims before he went public. Vokes may have loyalty to his fellow work mate but even here I think it would be more a sense of ethical duty in that if the means to a safer work place was to whistle blow then this would increase happiness or decrease suffering overall and is therefore justified.
This is also supported by Ronald Duska's claim that loyalty is an emotional response to another person, whereas the only obligation an employee has to their employer is a contractual one and no loyalty owed. "Duska's claim is that one can have obligations of loyalty to, and expect loyalty from, real people with whom one has personal relationships, such as friends and family."2 An employer (business is not something you can have a personal relationship with and by Duska's claim there would be no loyalty owed.
From the point of the employer they would want to instill as big a sense of loyalty as possible to its employees. As Paul R. Lawrence says "Ideally, we would want one sentiment to be dominant in all employees from top to bottom, namely a complete loyalty to the organizational purpose."1 This would obviously be of benefit to any organization if everyone was committed to the organization purpose as productivity would increase as employees would be willing to work longer, sacrificing their own time for the good of the business, there would also be less turnover in staff which would benefit in retaining the intellectual property that individuals hold in relation to their roles.
In conclusion I would say there is no loyalty between employer and employee as it is merely a contract between two parties and therefore no loyalty exists between them. The only obligations each would have to the other are stipulated within the employment contract.
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What is loyalty in regards to the loyalty a person has for their employer? What does an employer expect in the way of loyalty from its employees? These questions are very complicated as there is not one correct answer for either. The general statement you have made regarding the limit to the amount of loyalty a person has for their employer demonstrated by whistle-blowers is a very one sided view. A whistleblower that has made the attempt to contain the issue internally which is the case within the TransCanada situation, should be viewed as a loyal employee. Considering internal whistle-blowing would normally be a positive thing for a company as it is within their best interests to take an opportunity to find out about and deal with any problems that could cause harm to the company if disclosed (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 2009). The internal whistle-blower should be seen to be protecting the primary business function of profit making as the issue the whistle-blower is most often raising could cause potential harm to the business in many different ways often creating profit loss to occur. The blowing of the whistle internally should be seen to be acting according to the contractual agreement made between both employee and employer as the employee is only fulfilling their work conditions by reporting any issue affecting good work to be produced. Within any contractual agreement made there would be no mention of loyalty and should not be a specific expected, if not given. "It is important to recognize that in any relationship which demands loyalty the relationship works both ways and involves mutual agreement" (Duska, R. F., 1990, p.144) which has not occurred within the TransCanada situation as the employer has shown no loyalty to their employee by ignoring their concerns. The ignorance towards whistle-blowers can be very crutial proven by many situations including the disaster of the Pike River Mine. Internal whistle-blowing had occurred in this particular situation in a very large scale in a very short amount of time (Department of Internal Affairs, 2010). Ignorance of the whistle blowing lead to a massive tragedy of 29 lives being lost. This tragedy could easily have been avoided. The leak of information to an external source would no doubt have done a lot more good than the internal attempt which gives external whistle-blowing a more positive light. Applying Kantian moral theory to the TransCanada situation shows that the agent should take the whistle-blowing to an external source. It could be passed as universal law to speak out about the situation as well as telling the truth which is also respecting people as ends in themselves. The Utilitarian approach would also support external whistle-blowing in the TransCanada situation. Though the company would suffer financial losses and be forced to reduce employees the greater good would be achieved by preventing harm to people living around the pipeline. Not speaking out about the situation would be seen as immoral. Without an ideal relationship reflecting loyalty and loyalty uncovered within the contractual agreement there becomes no obligation to keep the whistle-blowing within the business when unheard. The need to go to the extent of external whistle-blowing shows that the business itself has no loyalty towards their employee as the privacy of the employee becomes jeopardized, the very real possibility of retaliation becomes a threat, as well as the pure fact that the business should never want an employee to suffer through a situation of choosing between honesty and ignorance. Taking all of this into account shows that a whistle-blower attempting to deal with a situation internally is loyal to the employer they work for by trying to protect the business from harm or financial loss. But forced to blow the whistle externally shows loyalty for those possibly affected as the correct actions have not been taken by those in positions to cure the situation. The action becomes a moral action. The only disloyalty being internal or external whistle-blowing is held by the employer. The loyalty limit does not exist for the employee blowing the whistle.
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Let us remember, this scenario entails a loyal member of staff compelled to whistle blowing due to a potential environmental disaster in the making, and a question of a corporations social and moral responsibility being discarded for increased production of the company's primary output; crude oil. TransCanada have placed massive investment in infrastructure into an industry that is a demonstrable hazard. In this article you have focused on 2 key points; from what is publicly known Evan Vokes was a loyal and integral employee, but evidentially felt the expression of safety concerns intrinsic of his ethical duty within the firm overwhelming. This I believe, demonstrates a sense of overriding social responsibility. Secondly Chris, you have suggested that the very fact Mr Vokes felt he needed to go so far as to actually 'whistle blow' to the NEB suggests leadership issues with the firm. While I agree with his position I fear that the leadership may well be in touch with the organizational culture that permeates TransCanada's leadership.
TransCanada's dismissive and blatant disregard for the NEB (National Ethics Board) regulations and Canadian safety regulations indicates a corporate culture of 'by any means'. This behaviour does not appear to be codified, however there appears to an intrinsic understanding that the engineers are to do as they are instructed, even when issues of safety and procedure are raised. In reference to the shuttle challenger the sad fact is this wasn't merely a lack of following correct procedure, it was a failure of existing procedure and conduct which is exactly what appears to have driven Evan Vokes to Whistle-blowing to the Canadian NEB (National Ethics Board). The company may suffer a loss of capital, and TransCanada's stock market value will fall, distributing fault to shareholders. Corporate responsibilities to shareholders can override moral accountability within business culture. This doesn't lessen the burden of social responsibility of providing disclosure with topics of public safety. The corporate conglomerate also attempts to avoid memberships' full moral accountability for relevant topics such as climate change, and social responsibility via joint decisions made by unaccountable senior managers. This removes the membership of senior management from the field of responsibility. Cohen considers the membership organization as a 'permanent self-perpetuating bureaucratic apparatus that constitutes an organization. (Cohen, 1986, p 22). This may suggest that the apparatus's primary objective is self-perpetuation, at any cost. This however fails to consider that corporate sustainability requires companies thinking of the consequences of their business activities. TransCanada have invested heavily in crude oil drilling and distribution, a finite energy source with demonstrable consequences of utility.
Your concern in this blog appears to be a whistle blowing counter argument concerning the detriment of character suffered by the organization, and potentially co-workers, or former co-workers as in this case. This is a valid retort, I believe a corporation can and must be held morally responsible. The topic of corporate accountability requires research of additional criteria that constitute an organization that's morally accountable:
According to French (1984) corporations are considered not so much moral persons, so much as moral actors. Each has the ability to act with intentionality and for moral responsibility. Therefore it suggests that the corporate form of agency bears responsibility for the consequences of its intentions.
David Risser (1978) defines the organizational differentiated roles as labour, and communication. These definitions of acting roles demonstrate the relationship between actions and their moral actors, and their compatibility with organizational goals.
Virginia Held rejects French's position and states corporations are unable to feel shame and lack the emotional capability of the morally accountable person. Held (1986) claims corporations have visions and goals but lack the criteria of an emotional life.
Moral accountability for TransCanada perhaps then calls for the aggregate distribution of moral responsibility across the conglomerate. To be just, this would need to consider lesser degrees of accountability for person(s) outside the field of exchange between the communication and labour action. Aggregate moral liability Zimmerman (1985) claims should not be ascribed on a basis of a members contribution of harm. I disagree with Zimmerman, as leadership is ultimately responsible for driving the decision making process within the organization, the leaders should share more responsibility for the group as part of the duties of leadership.
Organizational loyalty played a crucial part in the time frame in which this incident takes place. Mr Vokes was for all accounts a model employee who performed his duties to specification. Even as he raised the issue he did so through the organizational framework channels only to be arbitrarily dismissed for his integrity. TransCanada have had issues with the keystone pipe more recently, having the local population protesting their presence due to fear of local contamination. In a previously confirmed incidence of big oil misconduct; For a decade, legal activists have been trying to sue Chevron Texaco in Ecuador, for dumping contaminated water in open ponds in that country's rain forest that, they claim, harmed both health and the environment.
'Oiling the wheels' has become a term associated with the high level government organization corruption that takes place in order to exploit the oil riches of A region. Speed boats and Fur Coats (economist.com) traded for access to oil in less democratic nations by unscrupulous agents of big oil. The government of Canada needs to demonstrate integral political leadership and enforce the legal responsibility required of the TransCanada corporate conglomerate. Express concerns should be heard. Whistle blowing should enforced in company policy and therefore not perceived as a detriment to company operations. Whistle blower support policy helps define a sustainable long term strategy, and provides a public service. The compliance with environmental and safety regulations is essential to the long term profitability and value received from the venture that is the Keystone pipeline. This compliance is of great importance considering the foreseeable social, financial, and environmental repercussions.
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Thank you for your inspiring blog, my respond below is a school assignment for a Business Ethics course that I am taking. By posting my comment it is part of the requirements for my assignment. Regards, Pauline.
In your blog post you raised the issue of whether whistleblowing believed to be morally right or wrong. Michael Davies (2004), an American philosopher specialising in professional ethics states that Whistleblowing always comprises a definite or at least acknowledged an objective to prevent something bad that would otherwise occurs. I believed what Vokes has done is ethically correct. 'He followed the proper channels, which is to approach his company's managers and seniors. This is because he was not pleased with the overall care from the company.'
You have rightly pointed out the position of Vokes and his tactic before going public as a whistleblower. The actions and the approach were in line with Davies (2004) "Theory of Complicity". This is clearly shows by the fact that Vokes morally required to reveal what he knew to the public by his disclosures were in line with his area of expertise. He was working voluntary as a welder and an engineer. He believed that the company engaged in a serious moral wrongdoing which he theoretical thought that if he doesn't reveal this it might do a great harm to the company in the foreseeable future.
Michael Davies (2004) concluded that with its "Standard Theory", requiring five criteria in order to be morally justified. In shorts, it states that 'when there is clear evidence of significant, preventable harm to the public and the whistleblower has exhausted all internal avenues to effect' change then the act is morally justified. For example, Voke has exhausted all internal procedures within the company. He also reported potential harm to his immediate managers and the considerable harm to the public.
Davies (2004) concluded this with his "Article of Paradoxes of Whistleblowing". It points out that in the Complicity Theory, the information the whistleblower reveals must derive from his/her work for the company, and it is uncovered as a proper part of his/her job from the evidence with which he/she is entrusted.
Worldwide, whistleblowers are important since they saved millions of lives. This is supported by Vokes ethical duty of blowing the whistle to make sure there is a safe place to work which will increase happiness and decrease harm.
A strong argument for an employee act of disloyal being morally wrong is if it means you're not fulfilling the terms of the contracted employment agreement signed by both parties. For example, if you neglecting your duties in order to seek company wrong doing. The deontologist might say that the rule 'You should neglect your duties' cannot be made universal so the action cannot be morally right. Although a consequentialist still might argue that the harm caused to the company by the employees' neglect is not as significant as the harm caused by the company's wrongdoing to the people so the action of company's disloyal is ethical. Therefore, one has to ask how can a practice that has brought about so much good and prevented so much harm not be ethical.
In your blog post, you also said that "even the most dedicated that there must be a limit to the amount of loyalty that an employee has towards the business." I should argue that there should be no reason an employee should have loyalty to the company.
Other ethical theorists like Ronald Duska (2004) claimed that a person may have a casual relationship but they do not owe any loyalty to these casual encounters. Duska (2004) also believed that the main goal of a business is to make profit, if you do not make a profit your business will soon ceased to end. A relationship that requires loyalty is of give and take which involves faithfulness, honesty, reliability and mutual enrichment. Loyalty requires us to consider the needs of others and not to always act in own self-interest. So, loyalty requires only people with constant relationship in our lives whom we trust them but not just any relationship. Some however see it as an act of disloyalty to the employer who is the means of the employee's livelihood.
Duska (2004) argues in his article of "Whistleblowing and Employee loyalty" that is no obligation to loyalty because a company is not a person, it's an instrument with a specific purpose of making a profit. He defines a loyalty relationship as being one in which there is an emotional relationship and that people bound together in a business are not bound together for mutual fulfilment and support but to provide labour so the business makes a profit. If there can be no loyalty to an entity because there's no emotional relationship, how can one be disloyal? There may be sense of loyalty but an employer will only ever be loyal to their own ends.
I am totally agreed with Duska (2004) I don't believe employees owe their company the stage of loyalty that is often expected by those company. However Duska (2004) forgets that we don't separate those people who work at our company from the company themselves. So, it's the company's obligation to treat employees with great respect. Employees should feel free to raise ethical or other issue without fear of acceptance. -
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Hi Chris, I agree with you "Whistleblowing is among the most complex ethical issues in the world of business". We are hardly to say this ethical practice is good or bad. I would like to break down my opinion.
As you state, "Vokes is the perfect whistleblower". The "Perfect" comes from his background. He is an experienced welder and engineer for many years. Also he is technically proficient, honest and responsible which commenced by his university professor (CBC news 2012). Standard theory of acceptable whistle blowing requires the whistle blower to identify serious harm to public and requires believing that the act of whistle blowing would prevent reasonable harm in future (The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 2014). I will look at the purpose and intention of the whistleblowing. Whistleblowers do call attention to the decision-maker in business and government. They also received the retaliation for their ethical resistance. TransCanada fired Vokes on May 2012. He was 46 years old and it is hard to find the similar job in this industry. Why did he choose to speak out? Sometimes the whistleblower may be wrong in their judgment and their motives are not always pure. In this case, the motive of Vokes to blow the whistle is to save millions of lives (coworkers and people live around pipeline) and environment. But in another hand, his action ruined the reputation of TransCanada and cause serious harm for their business (Financial loss and loss job of employees etc.). The utilitarianism theory is quite approach to this situation. You need to justice which option for action will help produce the greatest happiness and least harm. Vokes spoke out the pipeline issue to pubic did not result in greatest happiness. The TransCanada temporarily shut down the pipeline for inspection at that time. And in the CBC news, the NEB (National Ethics Board) said the deficiencies "do not represent immediate threats to the safety of people or the environment." However there was no significant sign of harm for the public. Was his disloyal been overwritten by the greater public good? I will discuss this question next.
Davis (1996) state that when there is clear evidence of significant, preventable harm to the public, and the whistle blower has exhausted all internal avenues to effect change, then the act is morally justifiable. There is a moral obligation for the whistleblower to help right the wrong doing situation.
Let's go back to the beginningg at his first time identified the pipeline issue. Vokes wrote up a series of emails to a series of project managers to report the major pipeline risk. But the company's management did not act on his complaints right way. He was exhausted with the internal channel which forced him report to the public. He raised up the concern to the management and provide the company an opportunity to investigate and correct the wrongdoing. Vokes did right to blowing the whistle to high management. He stood on the best interest of the company at that point. But I cannot indicate he followed up the internal procedure properly to report this issue. But he took the extra step of involving the regulator when he didn't get the satisfying result. He acted as an internal whistleblower which report to the CEO instead of his immediate supervisor. The internal whistle blowing would normally in positive and usually good for a company, because the activity being disclosed is often harmful to the company.
And I have another question about the "Whistleblowers are people who demonstrate that there is — there must be — a limit to the loyalty of even a dedicated employee" in your blog. What is the obligation of loyalty the employer expect from the employees? Do employees owe employers an obligation of loyalty? Duska (1990) claims that one can have obligations of loyalty to, and expect loyalty from, real people with whom one has personal relationships, such as friends and family. My understanding from here is no loyalty owed between employers and employees as the employer or business is not the object you can have personal relationship with. As the employer, they would obtain an obligation of loyalty with employees. It will bring huge benefit to the company if every employee use their own time to do after hour work, willing to work longer and work more efficiently and productivity etc. But normally there is only a contract between employer and employee. In this case, Vokes shows responsibility to the work and loyalty to other pipeline co-workers. To protect their health and life. At my point of view, he did not owe loyalty to his employer which is TransCanada.
In conclusion, the internal whistleblowing is kind of loyal to the employer as the employee was trying to protect the business from harm, help to avoid any financial loss and save the company reputation. Voke's external whistleblowing is not disloyal to the company as to prevent coworkers live and environment is much more important than company's loss. The utilitarianism theory is to maximize the greatest happiness and least harm. At this point of view, I would say Vokes did the ethical right.


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But I had alot of fun creating the dirt walls and root structures for ALL 6 of the 7' tall Venus man trap plants in the room.
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ON monday our shop is ALL focused on Skulliath and Clownliath for the Darkness.
I think this is the single biggest Actormatronic we have ever done. So lots of R&D to make sure these beasts do their jobs.
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Arcane Brilliance: 4 things I'm going to miss the most in Mists of Pandaria
Every time there's a new expansion, we get some new toys to play with. We tend to focus on these shiny new abilities or revamped mechanic -- and rightly so, as they are often pretty spiffy. But I fear we sometimes forget the casualties. For when Blizzard giveth, it also tends to taketh away. Spells are replaced, redundant talents vanish, and mechanics change, and as a mage, I always feel somehow diminished when I see a blank page in my spellbook -- even if it's a page that used to be occupied by something as useless as Arcane Fortitude or Amplify Magic, those ancient relics of fail.
Mists of Pandaria will be no exception. We're gaining some awesomeness but losing a few things too. And some of those things, I'm really, truly going to miss.
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Themed AV
Feb 9, 2012 12:29 PM, By Cynthia Wisehart
How the role of pro AV in location-based entertainment is changing.
Next month, the Themed Entertainment Association marks its 20th anniversary and its 18th annual Thea awards—celebrated with a gala on March 17 at the Disneyland Hotel. The day before, at the THEA Summit, members of each of the winning project teams will present a case study, detailing the design and installation for a wide range of attractions (and budgets) including a spectacular live show in Singapore that combines enormous animatronics with digital screens, a 4D film in France directed by renowned filmmaker Luc Besson, and a cruise ship restaurant that allows diners to watch their placemat doodles come to life and interact with Disney characters onscreen.
The majority of the Thea award-winning projects incorporate AV systems—some like Disneyland's Star Tours retrofit and the Crane Dance at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore represent AV at its most elaborate. It's a culture of one "upsmanship" that is as old as theme parks themselves. Digital technology has allowed designers at the high end to offer immersive and spectacular experiences. But there is a dual trend in digital technology: on the one hand dramatic edge-blended 3D extravaganzas, on the other, smaller scale and interactive digital technologies, including those that tap into visitors' personal devices. This personal trend affects AV for projects across the budget spectrum, reflecting our digital-savvy culture at large.
The challenge for integrators, says Gene Jeffers, executive director of the TEA, is to understand the many overlapping threads of digital content and experience that make up the modern guest experience—in the themed environment and before and after the visit. It's an increasingly complex web of digital communication that challenges design teams and technical teams to work together to discover what is possible. This is something that themed entertainment professionals have always excelled at—themed environments are by definition one-of-a-kind, and the dialogue between art and technology has always taken place just over the horizon of what has been done before.
"AV has been relevant to themed entertainment from the beginning, since the first 36-projector slideshow," says Jeffers, who was past VP of public affairs and communication for the National Association of Broadcasters and has led the TEA for the past 10 years. He has seen the analog-to-digital revolution play out both in the world of media and of location-based entertainment. He says now the next frontier is mobile.
"Mobile devices are allowing venues or projects to engage with their guest long before they come to the park or the museum, while they're in the park or at the museum, and then after they go home," he says. "That ability to connect with the audience makes the total AV package, from big projectors down to what's being presented on a mobile device, increasingly relevant.
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The bride is the daughter of Billy and Carolyn Brown of Charleston. She is the sister of Ashley Brown of Charleston.
The bridegroom is the son of Carmell and Jeremy Phillips of Benton. He is the brother of Lacy Phillips, Andrew Phillips and Cory Phillips, all of Benton.
Tazz Reid, pastor, officiated the wedding. Nuptial music was provided by Pam Trotter.
The bride was presented in marriage by her father and attended by the bridegroom's sister, Lacy, as maid of honor. Carmell Phillips of Benton and Shannon Gaston of Ocoee were bridesmaids. The bridegroom's father served as his best man. Groomsmen were Steven Phillips and Joey Phillips, both of Benton.
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The median pay package for public university presidents, including deferred compensation and other one-time payments, jumped 5% to $441,392 for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education analysis of 212 presidents at 191 institutions. Meanwhile, the median base salary rose 2% to $373,800.
Four presidents saw their pay cross the $1 million threshold (see table of top ten earners below), up from three in the previous year. In most cases, this was the result of an already high base salary combined with a big bonus and deferred compensation, severance or retirement payments.
Related: Student debt delays spending, saving - and marriage
"There's been a continual trend where we see more presidents crossing that million-dollar mark -- the rich are getting richer," said Jack Stripling, a senior reporter at the Chronicle of Higher Education who works on the annual college compensation report.
Graham Spanier topped this year's list of highest-paid presidents, receiving $2.9 million in total compensation for fiscal 2011-2012. Spanier was fired in 2011 from Pennsylvania State University amid charges that he allegedly mishandled the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal.
His pay package included $1.2 million in deferred compensation, which is a lump sum payment that many universities give presidents after they have been on the job for a specific length of time. It also included a base salary of $350,959, a $1.2 million severance, and $82,557 in payments made to his retirement accounts, the Chronicle reported.
Related: Colleges with biggest bang for the buck
Penn State said that including severance and deferred compensation in Spanier's total pay "skews the results."
"By including deferred compensation Spanier earned over his 16 years as president, which was part of an existing contract, the Chronicle survey obviously is not comparing 'apples to apples' with annual salaries of other presidents," a university spokeswoman said.
But the big pay package may still come as a surprise to some.
"From the point of view of people who look at Dr. Spanier as complicit or disengaged relative to the Sandusky molestation scandal, this is a bitter pill to swallow I'm sure," said Stripling. "It also says something about presidential pay that a lot of compensation is stacked toward the end of a career no matter how a career ends."
Such high compensation for public university presidents appears even worse amid huge state budget cuts and tuition hikes at public universities.
"Boards and presidents are at pains to defend this type of compensation ... and in the grand scheme of a university budget this [pay] is usually a drop in the bucket -- and for better or worse, this is the market rate," Stripling said.
Related: 41% of college grads overqualified for what they do
Plus, many institutions are now drawing on private funding -- like donations -- to pay their presidents rather than relying on public funding, he said.
And while pay is rising among public university presidents, it still doesn't compare to the fat paychecks private college presidents are getting. According to the Chronicle's most recent analysis of 2009 pay of private college presidents, 36 received pay exceeding $1 million and the average base salary was $397,860.


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No objects to the proposed budget means the board will vote on the final 2013-2014 fiscal budget at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at city hall.
The Ad Valorem tax will remain at 40 mills with the division as follows: 24.50 mills will go toward the general fund; 2 mills each will go to the park fund and library funds; and 11.50 mills will go to the bond and interest fund.
The budget is expected to have $20,349,155 in revenues with $22,064,205 in budgeted expenditures.
There are no increases in water, sewer or garbage rates at this time.
Budgeted items include$60,000 for new police cars; $610,506 for the North Street Drainage project funded by $439,000 in STIP funds; and $387,792 Airport Taxiway Extension project.
The bond issue of $1,405,000 that includes: $547,662 for street overlay, repairs and curb and gutter work; $325,000 for new swimming pool; $171,502 local match for North Street Drainage project; $75,000 for replacement of Bear Pen Park pier; $40,686 for building improvements to city hall; $34,500 for larger recycling containers and related equipment; $59,000 for two new dump trucks; $50,000 for ADA sidewalks and ramps; $32,650 for Sewer Treatment Plant equipment; $17,000 for repairs to Amzie Moore Park bathrooms; and $14,000 for repairs to East Side Park bathrooms.


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When you were a newbie, what was the experience like for you? My first impression of JUB was that it was like going to a packed baseball game; there are so many people on this forum. The number could easily be in the hundreds.
When you were a newbie, what was the experience like for you? My first impression of JUB was that it was like going to a packed baseball game; there are so many people on this forum. The number could easily be in the hundreds.
People with a lot of time on their hands. But I stayed
Hi Cotton
I came here for the porn, then found the forum, and Fun&Games!
What did I think about it? Fun.
Thank God, no lesbians.
How wrong was i.
My first impression was that it was a place that I felt like I didn't fit in, as long as I didn't show a picture of me I would be fine because only my personality will show through my posts.
I made friends with a lot of older (in age) members and as I saw them disappear off of JUB I made friends with people through private message. Again I still feel the same impression as I did 9 years ago I don't feel like I fit in. BUT, I still talk to some JUB members through private message and visit a few in Fun & Games.
Got hard the first time and never looked back.
I thought there would be more cool people.
My first impression back in 2006 was of an intimidating bunch of posters who didn't take to new people well and were extremely cliquey.
I originally joined in 2006, posted for a couple of weeks and stopped coming here. I got a reminder email a few months later, one of those form things saying I was missed it reminded me of the site so I popped back and decided to give it another go.
I ended up forming a couple of close postships with some of the posters at the time and stopped worrying about offending people. I've been here ever since if you don't count the self-delete tantrum a year or so ago when my life hit the shit.
When I joined JUB I was pretty fragile, coming out the tag end of a particularly bad real life situation that saw me have a complete breakdown. When I started to wake up after the storm and started to talk to people I found a large group of rather nice people who have an amazing tendency to stop and try and pick you up whether they know you or not.
I've had good times and bad times on here. Friendships formed, friendships lost, laughter, tears, hate and love. As much as I may lament the "good old days" from time to time I wouldn't change being here for anything. My only regret on JUB is it doesn't have an alcohol breath analyser when you self-delete in the middle of a tantrum It's going to take forever to get back to the 11,000 posts I had when I deleted.
JUB is what you make it. There's always someone to get into a barney with, always someone to flirt with and always someone who will reach out to you when you're in trouble. I'll never forget the poster who messaged me in a particularly bad time when I was facing bankruptcy and offered to wire me money from the US. Actually there were several who offered to help during that time.
The term "community" is bandied about a lot and can be quite meaningless, but when a JUBBER hits the floor the truth behind so many of the profiles comes out, even if it's done in PM where no-one else can see.
I was honestly impressed at the range and the variety of forums, topics, threads, etc. Bear in mind that I'd NEVER seen a forum or message board before I saw this place. Before that, I had imagined them to be only one gigantic thread, with everybody posting there. I was very unfamiliar with online social communication when I first came here. Finding JUB was a literal life-changer for me. It's still a great place to be.
It was what I needed in a gay forum and no other spot on the net has replicated it. If it had, I would have never returned.
"As anarchism rears its face,
They are answered by an iron fist..."
Porn, basically.
well, didn't know what to think at first. however, i'll admit that i thought you guys were a bit too serious for me when i started posting. the surprising part is that you guys gave me the benefit of the doubt when i was acting an ass in here and gave me a chance to prove myself. i would like to thank you all for that.
one thing about the closet/you don't have to hurry/it will be bad tomorrow/so brother, don't you worry
I first joined in September 2004 ... and, to be honest, my first impression was 'fucking hell these Americans are totally mental!'
To be fair I was very new to the world-net-inter-wide-web and I hadn't realised how differently Americans and Europeans view the world.
It sent me off in search of an English version of JUB ... but I still haven't found one ... so, 8 years later, I'm still here.
A world bigger than my entity
First impression? PORN....... ....... .......and I was on DIALUP....... .......when the place was still linkmeallover.
SINCE I've had the PLEASURE of meeting YOU in PERSON...
I'm going to be OPENLY candid...
YOU are a GREAT LOOKING guy with an AWESOME personality and INCREDIBLE intellect...
Yet -- YOU are ALWAYS so HARD on yourself...
As the WISE woman said in the INFINITELY famous movie "The Object of my Affection"...
"Chin up young person"...
JUB forum - community . Mainly consisting of and directed at single gay men . I expected to find representatives of an alienated oppressed minority , what I found was a group trying very hard to be accepted and respectable . Not Stonewall street-fighters but members of the Better Business Bureau and would-be Masons . Gay marriage is really the most respectable thing . Progress doubtless . Stonewall was transvestites and street-kids at a bar owned by the Mafia . Not on our street thank you .
Very naughty!
I wanted a place where I could talk about "gay stuff". About fucking guys and getting fucked by guys and what not, without weirding anybody out. This place filled that need.
Porn. But wasn't that much interested. Came back sometimes. Discovered there was a forum. Was deep in depression, read a lot of threads in pretty much all the sub forums, then one day I gathered my courage and made a profile and posted. I was shocked and impressed by the amount of good people here and the interesting things and caring this lot had to offer. Was so helpful to uplift my mood when I was in the dark.
Magna Veritas
Most gay men and most JUB members are urban , more well educated with a higher average income than most . We will not wear eye liner and skin tight leather pants that emphasize your ass but tweeds and loafers . New drag .
Lol, I found this site by looking for gay porn. I thought it would be a cool gay message board to sign up on.
I remember how cool and intelligent the posters were and I felt super intimidated by them. Everyone appeared to be gorgeous and suave.
^ Oh...thank you very much! What's your sign? Come here often?
I thought the posters were hilarious and had similar senses of humor.
Somewhere along the way I lost my humor. Apple Maps says it is between Narnia and Middle Earth.
I first joined JUB when it was still LinkMeAllOver.ca.
I lurked for a long time for the free, quality porn.
Then I became involved in the chats going on...
And the rest is history!
The Three Musketeers... Bashful, Chrisglass, and Ronboy!
I came on and off for a few years for the free porn. Then I found the forum. When I found a post that I wanted to comment on, I had to join up. I don't have any experience with other forums on the internet. I have mixed feelings about the forums, but mostly good feelings. Some of the members intellect and wisdom really surprises me. I like the variety of topics, if I don't have an interest in one topic there are others to delve into.
Feels like a community of easy sloppy seconds guys.
I mean that as a compliment
My first impression was.....Thank God this isn't the gay version of the Baptist Ladies Club.
Ended up on a page in the Show Yourself Off Forum doing a porn search and then noticed that there was a whole backstage area inhabited by lots of incredibly funny and erudite people.
And after they all left....I stayed around anyway.
Seriously, though, I found that it is like dropping in to your favourite bar after work. Which we don't have here in the country.
And then I found that it was like dropping into the local diner for breakfast and shooting the shit with the other members of the village brain trust.
And now on some days, we have lunch together. Or the equivalent of a smoke break during the day.
And why?
Because it takes me out of myself. I can stop thinking about whether we are all having a good day in the office or not...whether the people who inhabit our world of business are behaving like psychotic asshats or deadbeats or whatever....
My partner and I spend 24 hours per day together, so we each need our own time sometimes as well and I get to tell him what the posters (whom he calls 'the girls') are up to today.
At first it struck me as a cliquey kind of place with a lot of inside jokes. I was a little intimidated, but eventually I found some friendly people to interact with. Oddly enough, many of them are no longer here.
Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite to a party. ~Joan Crawford
^ so you created your own inside jokes
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I stumbled across JUB quite by accident.
I was searching for information on a drug, and there happened to be a thread on that drug here on JUB, which Google search picked up. There was so much misinformation posted in that thread that I felt compelled to register a membership here so that I could dispel some of notions that were being posted.
The fact that this is a gay forum, and I happen to be gay, was just a coincidence. I actually did not know that there were gay bulletin boards on the internet, and I found it liberating. A place where you could come and discuss stuff and not get attacked for being a faggot.
Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite to a party. ~Joan Crawford
It felt like an exclusive, old boys club where newbies were not very welcome.
One day I sent a comment to someone about a post of theirs that I really liked. He PMed me back.
A friendship was formed.
Everyone wants to be heard. No one wants to listen.
^ Oh go on, you. *blush*
Same. I pretty much didn't post until I'd read enough to feel like I knew the most frequent posters and stuff because the place does appear very cliquish to someone new.
Which might have contributed to people thinking I was a sock puppet when I showed up and knew some of the names and lingo.
I don't see any cliques in JUB at this point of time. Maybe I am far too deep into the system to see it but I can't think of any.
We don't fit the chart.
Dear new Jubbers, looking for friends and haven't got any standards? Drop me a PM!!!!
I thought it was a great place to meet gays all over the world.


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Psych: The Psych-O-Ween Collection DVD
Price: $9.99
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- Rating: Not Rated
- Number of Discs: 1
- Run Time: 179 Minutes
- Region: 1
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
- Studio: Universal Studios
- DVD Release Date: September 11, 2012
- Audio: ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
- Cast: Dul Hill , James Roday , Corbin Bernsen
- Genre: Comedy
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Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead
Shawn is called to the Natural History Museum when a mummy goes missing and all indications are that it got up and walked out on its own.
Tuesday the 17th
Shawn and Gus are hired by a childhood friend to find a missing camp counselor who disappeared near their old sleep away campgrounds. Upon their arrival, spooky activity abounds and they must uncover if the dark past of the abandoned camp has come back to life.
This Episode Sucks
Lassiter's new relationship with a mysterious and beautiful woman is placed in jeopardy when Shawn and Gus are convinced she is a murderer - the same murderer responsible for the blood-drained body SBPD is investigating.
Heeeeere's Lassie
After Lassiter moves into a new condominium building and strange things start happening to him, he is forced to hire Shawn and Gus to figure out what could be causing the supposed paranormal disturbance.


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I need help payin my rent...im still lookin 4 a job,have 3 kids we are staying in a2bed room apt,,need all the help i can get right now
I have a really problem. My landlord told me if I don't come up with $2500 by the end of the month he is going to throw us out.
we have had a tough time with paying our rent. My husband works but it is not enough to get our rent paid. We have one daughter
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I am in need of help. I'm on disability and can't work. My rent is due on Sept.1 I have gone to every web sites to help me with my rent and either they will only pay if I move into a HUD apartments or they help out only if you are renting a house. I'm in an apartment. I need some help very soon!
I moved back to RI in Feb 09, I moved into a house rented to me by a friend. The rent is $700 per month. He has been very patient in waiting for me to find a job or my unemployment to come in. I received a phone call from the landlord's brother today, he is co owner of this house. I was given a 10 day verbal notice to come up with the money or get out! I am still looking for a job, at this point I will take ANY job. I do have 2 sons that live with me, one is developmentally disabled, waiting to hear from Social Security for him. The other son is looking for employment as well. Things are NOT going well. I dont know what else to do! Someone, anyone, please help!
My boyfriend have been struggling since he got laid off back in December. We have been borrowing money from family and we have borrowed so much money now we are in more debt than I ever would of thought. I am a student and neither one of us is working because no one is hiring. WE are behind on ALL of our bills. Our rent was due the 3rd and we still havent paid it.
My husband and I are struggling so bad. We have been late on our $740.00 rent every month since november 2008 and that's where all our money goes. We are expecting our first baby boy any day now and things have been so stressful...we desperately need help.
i know it's hard but keep your head up it will get better i'am expecting my first boy to well it's our first child in december
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It really makes me wonder how much different this would have been, say, 5 years when Twitter didn't exist. There was no easy way to customers to interact with either company, no real easy way for the companies to bash each other, and the public wasn't fed up to the minute lies. I would have to believe that a deal would have come about a lot easier.
Back in 2004 when Dish went through this, there was no Twitter and Facebook was brand new. That dispute had the channels off the air for all of 2 days.
Seems like social media really blew things out of proportion this time. Hopefully a lesson was learned by both companies.
Or it is bringing pressure to get settled. Two way street. Customers are voicing their frustration either way.
Twitter played no appreciable role in the directv / versus dispute.