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Neil F ®
29 Mar 2012 12:46:11am
Police Investigating Themselves....WHAT?
I have to agree with correspondent, Robby on this one! After the episode on Adam Salter's shooting death and the Police cover-up with the hurt and suffering caused to his family, in particular, his fater, Adrian, it should be absolutely IMPERITIVE that the Police be investigated by an outside authority, like the ICAC. And the Police shall have no right of reply in this matter. Have we learned nothing from the bad old days of Bjelke-Petersen in Qld? The rancid corruption that ran through that state's Police has not been eradicated, and the stigma is still with them, even after all these years! They will NEVER live it down. Our NSW Police still as a similar culture and the Salter shooting shows the culture continues to thrive. So NO! The Police in ALL Australia's states and territories must not be allowed to self-investigate. This is a jub for the ICAC or its equivalent in other states and territories.
27 Mar 2012 11:11:05pm
two recent Four Corners programs
Two BBC programs on Four Corners in a row. We already only have Four Corners from February to November so shouldn't funding be adequate to allow the vast majority of programs to be produced in-house. Are funds being diverted away from the program? Programs like Four Corners are the ABC's core business and what differentiates the network from the commercial ones. Disappointing!
27 Mar 2012 7:54:53pm
What we've lost
Beautiful countryside transformed into a noisy concrete city in the space of a few years - and not a single person mentioned this loss of the natural world around them.
This episode was truly and deeply depressing.
Ian Bryce ®
26 Mar 2012 9:56:07pm
China's growth this century requires 867 planets
Four Corners says this century belongs to China, and the continued growth "is a game plan with no end in sight". Lets examine that. The human population passed the carrying capacity on one earth in about 2000. Continuing economic growth (ie resource usage) at China's 7% pa for this century, as foreseen by Four Corners, will multiply resource usage and pollution by 868 – requiring 867 additional planets! Perhaps this is why China has such an ambitious space program. But even conquering all rocky planets in the solar system (3 more) and converting them to earth-like habitats will only provide for 15 years growth. Unless we stop population growth and economic growth now, civilization is doomed.
20 Mar 2012 4:51:44pm
Egyptian revolutionaries
These brave souls fell for it hook line and sinker, whilst The Muslim Brotherhood sat back waiting to take power.
The chant was for freedom and they have ended up with less now. Women will be in the back seat or as the young fundamentalist said, living on different floors to service the bull man in charge.
Some countries are not ready for "democracy" as they are not mature enough to understand what it means. Religion has no place in democracy, whether it be Christianity or Islam. One cannot form policies on the beliefs of a select group of its citizens.
Mubarak might be seen as the better option, unfortunately.
20 Mar 2012 3:54:10pm
Police Investigating Police
As it stands, there is no evidence to indicated Police investigating Police has any INTEGRITY whatsoever. Because the Ombubsmans Office can only oversight the information supplied by Police but has no authority to initiate or carry out any any independant euquiries enquiries, Police can delete or alter the information to protect the Police Officer under investigation. The fact that a Complainant is unable to view the end result of an alleged Police investiagation allows Police to alter the situation to indicate the Complainant was at fault. Police investigating Police allows them to indicate the Police acted strictly within the law which in some cases is far fromthe truth.
I had an experience where Police fabricated the evidence when supplying information in relation to the issue of a Court Attendance Notice. The Constable failed to attend Court and was subsequently supported by his senior officer.
The extent to which Police will go was evident via the coaching given to the two Police involved in the death of Adam Salter. At no time did the Police give any consideration to the feelings or welfare of Adams's family.
LovingCitizen ®
17 Mar 2012 6:16:24pm
Closing Ranks - The Salters
The story of the Salter family, and make no mistake this is story is about the Salter family, really touched my heart. As a mother, as someone who has experienced mental illness, as a tax payer and as a citizen of our fine country the conduct and subsequent cover up by the NSW police from the beginning to the end of this story is appalling... The fact that a Government institution can enter a private citizen's home at their requested time of need and make arbitrary decision as to who lives and dies and walk away with a commendation is sickening.
Taking a balanced view, those police officers were a victim of just absolutely shocking management. Documentation indicates that 41% of critical police calls will be to people with a mental illness. Yet they are in the process of 'developing' an amazing 24hr course on how to deal with such situations. Read: 5 hour course that hopefully lets those tax payed officers off to an early brew on Friday afternoon.
Adrian Salter is a wonderful human being who stands as testimony to everything that is decent about humanity. All he wants is an apology and recognition that things could have been handled better when it came to the NSW police shooting of his son Adam. The way he has behaved and reported on the incident reflects the description of friends and family of Adam at his best. He doesn't want to sue the NSW police for their appalling handling of a critical situation, he just wants acknowledgment that it was appalling in an effort that it doesn't happen again. Yet our police force, that we as taxpayers pay for, can't even make an apology for what was obviously a tragic and regrettable mistake.
Who can have faith that the NSW police will learn anything and improve the world that we live in. You are either part of the problem or part of the solution. I guess the NSW police have decided to remain part of the problem. Where is the visionary leadership? Sadly, nowhere. And in the face of numerous independent accounts that contradict the NSW police force's version of events. Decidedly non-transparent and unaccountable. This is what we are paying for and voting for people.
15 Mar 2012 9:30:19am
Sri Lanka's Killing Fields
I am requesting you to show the Channel4's followup documentary on the Sri Lanka's Killing Fields which you aired last year. ABC had stood for the journalistic integrity and and despite lot of opposition aired this documentary last time and I am hoping that they will do the same this time as well.
14 Mar 2012 11:21:19pm
Salter episode
Firstly I would like to offer my condolences to the SALTER family, this is a terrible tragedy. I am a serving Police officer in NSW. During the course of my career like most Police I have been frequently required to respond to jobs involving mentally ill persons. I have received some training over the years in relation to reponding to mentally ill persons, but the level of training received would be more akin to that of a basic St John's first aid course. Police are not trained mental health care professionals, the reality is that Police can never be trained to this level. Responding to these type of jobs occurs many hundreds of times each day all over NSW. Sometimes mentally ill persons are extremely violent sometimes they are quite the opposite and are very compliant - the issue for Police and anyone who deals with mentally ill people is there un- predictability, this is where the danger lies. A person who is mentally ill often cannot be reasoned with. In these instances some type of force is required. This is an unfortunate realilty. The type of force used by Police is determined by many variables including experience of the officer and a degree of luck. Given the many variables associated with responding to mentally ill persons, it would be impossible to teach or train Police how to best respond to them all. Contrary to the views of some, the vast majority of Police want to get the best outcome for all concerned - using lethal force in any instance is always the last resort. In the vast majority of Police responses - things are resolved peacefully without harm to the individual, or to members of the public or the Police. This is something that was not addressed in the documentary. I have also read with particular interest the call by many people for Police not to investigate Police in relation to critical incidents (particularly where Police have used lethal force). The reality is that no other agency in NSW has the investigative capacity to conduct matters where someone is killed. Deaths in NSW are reviewed by the NSW Coroner but are investigated by the Police. It would be prohibitively costly and inefficient to duplicate these resources in another government agency just for police critical incidents. But what we do have already are several external oversight who scrutinise Police conduct. These are bodies (outside of the judiciary itself) who can independently review all aspects of any Police investigation, this includes the NSW Ombudsman and the Police Integrity Commission (which has its own investigative capacity and is very well resourced). PIC also has a range of powers unseen in any other state in Australia, including coercive powers to compel Police to answer questions in its special hearings - there is no right to silence for Police hear like normal citizens. Any suggestion of Police cover ups etc, will be ventilated usually in a very public way through PIC processes. This is a tragedy but all issues need to be considered here.
14 Mar 2012 12:35:27am
I think it a terribly sad and tragic situation for all involved. I also think it quite sad that the focus is on the Police Officer's involved for failing to act appropriately. I think all too often, we as a society focus on what comes at the tragic end. Perhaps the story's focus should be on just how Mr Salter ended up in that kitchen stabbing himself in the chest and the throat. How many stops were there along the way where he may have received the required treatment to prevent anyone being in the kitchen of the Salter family home that day? That is where our anger and focus should sit. Not with split second decisions made in the heat of such a highly volatile situation.
13 Mar 2012 10:25:50pm
The Ice Age
Is it possible for an update on this story?
I have recently moved into a block of units and this drug has taken over. I'm actually in fear for my safety. Guests and friends are uneasy and my Girlfriend is refusing to visit. This is powerful stuff and your reporting concludes that.
Giles1964 ®
13 Mar 2012 1:24:43pm
Tragic Death of a young man Salter Family
Brillant programme! Well done 4 Corners. Such an important issue and demonstrates clearly the probelms police have in dealing with mentally ill patients. How could the NSW Police not apologise to the Salter family. Perhaps Barry O'farrell might do something if he's got the guts? This programme has restored my faith in the 4 four corners cutting edge journalism.
sliabh ®
13 Mar 2012 11:18:49am
Dicing with Debt
Totally agree with Nora's comments. It seems to me that the average Irish taxpayer is being made to foot the bill for the debts of the disgraceful Anglo Irish Bank in particular, and its Chairman Sean Fitzpatrick. He should be charged with fraud and put in jail like Bernie Madoff. But meanwhile, imagining paying a mortgage on a property that's now worth a fraction of what you are paying back. Its seems to me the efforts of the ECB to contain the problem are only making it worse. The bond holders should be made to share the pain.
13 Mar 2012 8:03:42am
Dicing with debt
The ECB is punishing Ireland for paying its taxes and trying to pay back debt incurred in its name. The ECB rewards Greece for not paying taxes, introducing austerity measures or paying back debt. The bondholders for Ireland's debt (ie, the irrationally exuberant German, French and US speculators) should be made to bear the consequences of their own actions and stop blaming others for their folly.
The only difference between Greece and Ireland is the way the ECB treats both countries. Perhaps the Irish should follow the Greek example and burn a few banks, maybe then the ECB will recognise the similarities between the two countries.
eddietla ®
13 Mar 2012 12:01:21am
After watching 4 Corners tonight,I've become even more interested in the 'Occupy Movement'.
12 Mar 2012 11:58:26pm
Dicing with Debt
Wow how many times do we here this story. The numerous conflict of interest issues highlighted seems to be the norm in our so called capitalist society.
How crazy business can gamble and run a muck and it is called capitalism and market forces. When it all goes to shit then those very businesses WANT socialistic help from the tax payer. Why is no one held accountable for such blatent corruption throughout the world.
Look around people this is what is happening right here in Australia every day, a few are milking the country for short term gain at the expense of the future of your children. Remember we have all the resoruces of the world in vast quantities with a tiny population of 22 milion people yet all our services are diminishing and taxes are high, where is all the money going???
Neil F ®
12 Mar 2012 6:06:39pm
After watching the episode on Adam Salter, I can only suspect that the officer who fired the fatal bullet knew well that she was holding a gun rather than a taser, but yelled "taser, taser" to cover her real intention to shoot. Four Corners' "Moonlight State" ep from 1989, FitzGerald Inquiry Umpteen dozen reports, suggestions on co-ordinating all types of services, etc., etc. What has it all amounted to? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! As evidenced by the edition of 5-3-2012, and the worst part is... it never will!
Neil F ®
12 Mar 2012 5:47:16pm
Why So Late With Videotape?
I just looked at the Four Corners 50th Anniversary website and it showed in one component that the show switched from film to videotape during the 1980s yet videotape has been around, and in use by Australia's commercial stations since the 1960s. What took the ABC so long to "cotton on" to this new method of video recording and playback, with all its clear advantage of instantaneous record and play over waiting for processing of film and having to synchroninse the audio and video content before broadcast? The ABC were certainly slow off the mark in technological advancement!
Krys ®
12 Mar 2012 4:24:40pm
To Adrian Salter
Thank you for telling your families story about what happened to your son Adam (who sounded like someone i would have loved to have known). You gave such a good and fair account of the events that terrible day.
I was so moved by the story I just felt the need to contact you. I am a mental health clinician (on a crisis team) and regularly deal with WA police officers. I have (as do many of my colleagues) serious concerns about the skills and training of a significant number of police officers we deal with. I have been in at least two serious situations where the Police's presence has escalated the situation rather than improved everyones safety! I have found this rather alarming and surprising as i have previously held police in higher regard, as i suspect you may have done. Of course there are many skilled officers out there, but of concern, as your sons death has shown, when mistakes are made, the Police don't seem to be able to face them and learn.
In my experience Police officers have a very poor understanding of mental illness and how to relate to people who are unwell-this needs more than a days training.
I can only imagine the Police's response and ensuing investigations has added extra pain for you. And for the officers involved, fabricating the events to cover this must also have come at great cost to them. This could have been avoided as you so rightly pointed out, by just facing the truth and admitted to the tragic mistake.
I really hope you do get an apology and RIP Adam.
Regards, Krys
11 Mar 2012 1:16:36am
The Four Corners show on unmarried mothers
I watch this show and what amases me is the victorian attitude and the lack of humanity Australian were back in the 40/50/60s. I would like to see a program on the other side of the unmarried mothers who kept their babies and the suffering they were exposed to. My mother was one and she was bascially ostracised by society in Brisbane in those days. She suffered greatly from the stigma and the attitude of society in those days. She has 3 mental breakdowns and al she wanted to do was to loce her son and do the best for him.We have come a long way since then but we as society still have rid ourselves of prejudices and bias to become a good humantarian society.
10 Mar 2012 11:47:07pm
Adam Slater
If this man was treated for Psychosis, you would expect a 1st admission for 6 weeks, but he only got a minimum 3 weeks. He didn't get any follow-up. His care shouldn't have been with a GP, and the Patient and family were totally non-compliant with care, and their explanations and excuses for his lack of care don't stand up. This is a Health matter and should be investigated by the HCCC instead of picking on the Police, and a racist attack at that....The Government attack on the Journalists must be correct but I think neither the Government nor 4 Corners thought it would apply to their favourites the ABC. Please report all material to the HCCC as is your obligation.
10 Mar 2012 10:23:15pm
Closing ranks
To Adrian Salter. What happened to you and to your son is totally umacceptable. You are reluctant to press charges and you may have your reasons - I have heard stories of the Police force vindictiveness. If I were you I would press charges.On principle, even though they can be expensive in more ways than one. We are however dealing with lies and cover ups by the very force (the Police), who are paid by the taxpayers to protect citizens and to uphold/enforce the law. Is this force fit to perform its duties? Is it an organization training and employing professionals? They don't deserve your kindnrss and understanding. And too many have died as a result of police incompetence already. And they continue to get away with it.
Robert Blackwell
10 Mar 2012 10:06:49pm
Cosing Ranks Programme
My father was a Police Officer in Sth.East Q.L.D for thirty years. He came from the "Old School"when they didn't wear firearms. He's now Eighty five & in a Old Peoples Home. When he viewed The Tyler Cassidy Story he was disgusted.
In his day having three other Officers with you & being confronted by a fifteen year old who is trying to bluff you with a couple of knives. They would have over powered him with Batons at the risk of a few cuts!. With Adam Slater the two Officers were plain stupid & gutless. Some Cops just hide behind they guns. American TV Cop Show culture is most likely top of their viewing list.
re Salter
10 Mar 2012 9:39:03pm
re: Salter
We have just watched this report on the ABC internet. Mr. Salter we are very sorry for loss. However we believe the Police officer did the right thing given the circumstances at the time. The coroner may have his own report but it's natural and expected that there will always be minor discrepancies in major incidents such as this. Our support goes to everyone involved in this but particularly the police officer who shot him. The support she received in the video from her collegues was excellent and is what Police should be expected to receive in investigations like this.
10 Mar 2012 9:23:27pm
Tonight program Closing Ranks
Congratulation to the Four Corners program, brilliant reporting. Quentin McDermott and Morgan Ramsay have done a fantastic job. As for the N.S.W Police, shame once again, how many times they have been exposed of abusing the uniform and act inhumanly? What should be done for the Police Commissionaire to stand up and be accountable? As for the Adams family, I offer my condolences to their tragic loss, especially to his remarkable father.
Kind Regards
Zoran Velev
10 Mar 2012 8:26:02pm
Salter family
Adam's father called 000 to save his son.Police involvement resulted in one off them killing him.The police made dreadful mistakes all the way. Leaving the knife in close proximity to Adam. Slow response by the junior officer which enabled Adam to harm himself again and then the fatal shooting caused by the policewoman mistakenly taking out the wrong weapon. These actions were witnessed by unbiased paramedics with no self interest. These tragic mistakes ,while devastating were not intentional. what shocks me is that the following cover-up was intentional. The police acted dishonorably throughout the investigation and were finally caught out by the coroner. The public can understand fatal mistakes. We however cannot understand the inability of police to admit to those mistakes and in a perverse sense of justice award these officers for a job well done. What an insult to the
Salter family and to the Australian population.
10 Mar 2012 3:52:51pm
Adam Salter Closing Ranks
Adrian Salter and his family deserve an apology to help them find some sort of closure. It's obvious that the police officer thought she was pulling out her Taser but instead pulled out her Gun (because the Tasers the police use are shaped to look like Guns).
I cried listening to Adrian Salter talk about how he was treated after Adam was shot. To be taken to a different hospital than Adam, overhearing gossipy nurses talking about him then to be stripped naked only to be given a hospital gown and having to sit in the police station from 9am-6pm, all the while wondering what had happened to his son…. this poor man was treated inhumanely by the police and the nurses. All this went on because the Police went in to damage control and were trying to get their stories straight.
I thought these kinds of cover-ups by Police only happened in America… can't believe it's happened here in Australia! I don't see why the Police can't just come out with the truth, admit they were wrong and apologise to the Salter family. Obviously they're scared of looking foolish and getting a slap on the wrist from the Government… they'd look BETTER if they told the truth. Keeping up this charade is just adding insult to injury, it's never too late to tell the truth and apologise, especially when they're the ones responsible for the loss of a Son, a Brother, a Grandson, a friend.
My thoughts are with the Salter family, I hope they get the apology they deserve. Thanks to Four Corners for showing the Salter family's story and giving them a voice.
Rest in peace Adam.
heart of the matter
10 Mar 2012 2:47:15am
Adam Salter - WA's Mental Health Bill
Let Adam's death not be in vain. The issue of mental health is all encompassing and challenges each one of us. The public reaction is a testament to how much needs to be done and how little we know about the mentally ill. The tragedy lies not only in the failure of the Police Dept. to handle the case with skill and later with integrity, but also highlights the lack of structure by providers, and support for carers. The report is timely in its broadcast with a new Mental Health Bill being drafted in WA. We hope the Department will look at the problem holistically and will prove enduring in its efforts to avert another occurrence like the Salter tragedy. We hope in its conclusions:-
-it calls for a greater awareness and education in the community of those who are suffering from mental illness.
-family and carers are at the heart of the matter during decisions undertaken at the onset, during and post-treatment of the illness.
- staff whose work involves contact (i.e. transport orders personnel, Ambulance, Police etc.) have training on the nature of the illness and the response procedures to various anomalies.
- Inter-linking departments (Corrective Services, Police, Hospitals, Prisons etc.) through a dedicated database network to provide timely, effective and comprehensive review of cases.
- Mandatory sentencing (at police discretion) for those who assault police officers on call-outs to be withdrawn. The Government is urged to consider that this responsibility is in the hands of the courts.
- Prisons not considered as an alternative "Safe-house" due to lack of hospital bed availability. There is an over-representation of mentally ill persons in prisons with around 80% on remand.
- Accountability – where there is a breach, a panel independent of those who control the service provision, to hold an inquiry.
- The provision of interpreters where there is an episode which seeks out service providers. Awareness of cultural sensitivities, which may be seen as abnormal in one culture may be perfectly normal in another. Without specific legislative provisions, both victims and carers would be left vulnerable.
- All states in Australia to be brought in line where Practitioners must be required to undertake legal training in their duties and obligations under the Mental Health Act before they obtain registration as a psychiatrist to practise.
There are other issues too complex and many in number which requires the will, courage and determination of those in whom power is vested; to make a discernable difference to this marginalised folk who require more of our attention and sympathy. We hope the family is comforted by our response and that the outcome of their experience will awake the conscience of those who can make a difference.
10 Mar 2012 12:06:12am
Salter death
Almost all suicides and mass shootings are preceded by the taking of psychotropic drugs with dangerous side effects including making a person feel like killing himself or others. So why not save lives and stop this mess?
09 Mar 2012 5:38:35pm
closing ranks
There has been some interesting suggestions made by fellow viewers, shoot to mame? too much tv for you! Why were the police there? Because the ambos would have called them, as they do to all medical emergencies where someone is armed or violent.
take the knife away, you say. Adam was in the most dangerous room in a house - the kitchen. Too many knives/weapons in a kitchen.
The real failure in this story is the mental health system. Had the police peacefully resolved this scenario, Adam may have stepped in front of a train on his next attempt.
how do mental health institutions allow schedule patients unescorted leave? They then fax a missing patient form to the police and then discharge them from their system. Not good enough.
Believe me. The police would be more than happy to never be called to mental health jobs ever again. just call the ambos or mental health teams to disarm troubled souls.
eleanore ®
09 Mar 2012 3:28:49pm
Adam and Adrian
From reading the facts,theories and opinions presented to the public on this ghastly tragedy, my belief is that the state of mind of the sergeant who fired the gun is the crucial factor for investigation.
My guess is that this sergeant acted on irrational impulse, out of fear,confusion and the will to take control of the situation.
My empathy is 100per cent with the victim Adam and his valiant father Adrian who became in a split second the grievous victims.
Why didn't the ambos and police at the scene combine their intelligence to physically restrain Adam when he was in danger of using the knife again and then allow Adrian, with his father's love, to tend to Adam.
Magic Bullet
08 Mar 2012 6:28:06pm
Magic Bullet
It was stated that the deceased was killed by a single bullet that penetrated his heart. However, during the re-enactment the Sergeant turned the reenactor around, so that his back was facing the sergeant, the sergeant then said she fired a round that struck here and points to the right shoulder blade of the reenactor.
If the reenactor was facing the sergeant, then that would be in the area of the heart, however, with his back turned the victim's heart is on the other side.
How could a bullet turn 180 degrees and penetrate the victims heart if it struck the right shoulder blade as the sergeant said?
Docent ®
08 Mar 2012 4:49:09pm
The Bigger Picture
The views of a grieving father and a Psychiatrist are expert when considering an ill person who is calmly in need of support. When that person's status changes to a knife-wielding maniac requiring the intervention of emergency services, then the views of those professionals become paramount because they are the people who know best how to deal with such life-threatening situations. Are Police such lesser humans that we expose them to harm on our behalf then criticise their defensive actions? Police are people with potentially grieving families too. This volatile sequence could have produced other deaths. Let us not delude ourselves into thinking otherwise. Only one person was inside Adam Salter's head during his crisis and only he was determining who next would be injured by his weapon. Lethal car pursuits by Police are in more urgent need of scrutiny than this case.
08 Mar 2012 12:36:14pm
Adam Salter Closing Ranks
Congratulations Four Corners for highlighting this issue, and also to Adam's father Adrian for speaking so eloquantly about what happened to his son.
My husband suffers from a mental illness, and we too have had negative dealing from NSW police during a psychiatric crisis. As as result, my husband was punched repeatedly by an attending sargeant, and like Adam's father, I was separated from the immediate area - although in my case I was physically manhandled and pushed in the chest by the officer involved. The NSW police say that so far 700 members have been trained in dealing with mental health patients - 700 in a force of how many? How lucky for the families of those who get the 10% of officers the police intend to train by 2015. Is mental health training part of police training procedure with new recruits? One would certainly hope so. However, the other thing this episode highlighted is the lack of a public mental health system that has the ability and the structure to help people once a crisis has subsided. Like Adam, my husband spent some time at Concord and was released into the public mental health system. Like Adam, he fell by the wayside. It wasn't until we were able to afford private health insurance and my husband was able to access private care including a stay in a private facility that his mental illness has been treated with success.
08 Mar 2012 11:22:05am
Adam Salter
Dear Mr O'Farrell
RE: NSW Police Serious Incident Internal Investigation Process
My wife and I watched Tuesdays Four Corners program relating to the police shooting of a thirty seven year old mental illness sufferer Adam Salter and were horrified by it. It was a heart rending recount of an episode that was traumatic for all involved including the police personnel.
Whilst it is perhaps problematic to draw conclusions based on a journalistic investigation, it would appear that a terrible mistake occurred. The bigger issue is however the nature of the police investigation of their own actions that led to the police resolutely defending their actions.
The various copies of interview and investigation video material presumably accessed by Four Corners through Freedom of Information left a very nasty taste in ones mouth. It looked like a deeply flawed process where the leading of witnesses was accepted without thought. We were appalled by the apparent deficiency of process all embedded in a story that was heartbreaking in the extreme.
We have enough difficulty maintaining the integrity reputation of the police force without further compromising them with a process like that. Common sense says that the investigation of serious incidents of this type should be undertaken independently for a multitude of reasons.
Please take early action to establish a body independent of the police force that can be used to investigate incidents of this type. We need it to ensure proper investigation of incidents of this type, we also need it to boost community trust. We know there are lots of good police doing great work; we need to ensure the environment they work in is supported by processes that build community trust in them rather than tearing it down.
08 Mar 2012 8:37:50am
Adam Salter
Carers have knowledge and understanding of mental illness and are very underestimated by community, professionals and the police. I am a long time carer of my daughter who has schizoaffective disorder and I have had to disfuse a situation where police were called to an incident with my daughter where she wasn't at any fault - a neighbour misunderstood her and the situation escalated from there. I applaud four corners for the programme and Adrian Salter for speaking up for his beloved son. I would be devastated if the police shot my daughter after her and I working together and such a long journery to get her from a very sick person to wellness and being employed. People suffering severe mental illness are so misunderstood and I believe the police should be made to have compulsory education about the behaviours of people with severe mental illness, instead of pushing their buttons and making them more agitated , have some compassion, knowledge and skills to difuse situations.
Jeremy Holcombe
08 Mar 2012 7:28:54am
To greg1976
Re your post"....The intention of Police is never to kill, it is just sad that it is generally a consequence of firing a bullet into someone's torso is that the person dies."
Sir, I suggest that saying you do not intend to kill a person whilst shooting them in the torso with a hollow point projectile fired from a Glock 9mm is like saying I don't intend to win this lottery but I am going to buy all the tickets anyway.
07 Mar 2012 8:39:23pm
Well Done 4 Corners
Firstly to Adrian Salter I offer my sincere condolences and at the same time praise your ability to convey your honest responses and thoughts, your dignity and your obvious love for Adam.
When you said in your interview that when Adam seemed to calm down you decided not to push the issue and insist Adam attend hospital. Your decision I believe is understandable as the situation can often calm down as quickly as it flared up.
I was very disappointed in serving Police Officer (greg1976) who tried to defend the Police Officers poor behavior by blaming you for not insisting Adam go to hospital, he like me was not there and should not comment.
The Ambulance Paramedics should also be commended for there honesty in reporting this tragic event, I'm sure that would not be easy.
In comments read; the shooting of Adam Salter was referred to as a "mistake" a mistake is when you spell a word incorrectly, not aiming a gun and taking another's life.
Generally speaking I know the NSW Police do a great job, not one I would wish to take on. However the cover up was an absolute disgrace, why now can't they just say they stuffed up and are sorry!
Adrian Salter didn't seem to be a litigious person nor vindictive for that matter.
Police investigating Police has never been a good idea, and Professor Hickie's comments are well taken, there needs to be a lot more done for those with mental health problems and Government is not without blame in this tragic killing.
Again to Adrian Salter and Family s my sincere condolences.
07 Mar 2012 3:57:19pm
Salter shooting
While the shooting of Adam Salter is a tragic outcome to all concerned, the direction of the program was one of a free hit at the cops. Until you have walked in the shoes, dont be so easy to criticise. Policing is a complex occupation and if we were to be trained to the highest standard for every possible scenario we may encounter, we would be in endless training and never there when you need us. You dont call your doctor when someone is breaking into your house. You dont report that you have been sexually assaulted to your mechanic. When your child is having a mental health episode or not taking their medication for their mental health, take them to a Hospital. Ring your mental health carer.
What your story did not state is that mental health is rife in society and it is a medical issue, not a law enforcement issue. Why did your program not focus on the failings of the mental health infrasctruture to address his health issues. Why are mental health institutions unaccountable for their decisions??
I feel for Mr Salter, but he must understand that for two police turning up to a stabbing incident, they would have to treat Mr Salter as a suspect. Believe it or not, people stab other people more often than they stab themselves in the chest and throat. Particularly in domestic situations.
As for the two ambos, well its very easy to be critical of the police, but I am sure they were glad the cops were there and would have retreated once the knife was seized. Police are forever being called to assist ambos in any job in which a knife is mentioned.
Finally, the police currently have themselves, the ombusman, the police integrity commission, ICAC and the judicial system to account to. How many do the fellow viewers have?? Clearly the coroner recommended no charges or else the coronial hearing would have been suspended pending the judicial outcome. Why wasnt that explained to viewers. Biased reporting. As for the hippie anti police expert, I dont think we need to embrace anything from Northern Ireland thanks very much.
The police officer chose a tactical option in this incident and tragically it cost Adam his life. Again, if the coroner believed it to be unjustified he/she would have referred the matter to the courts. Its not hard to believe that 40% of people shot by police have a mental health issue. Sane people dont arm themselves with weapons and want to harm themselves or others. Is it just me or is that just common sense.
Good one ABC, another insightful attack on the cops using your 20/20 hindsight vision. Cop it sweet and the Wilcannia riots come flooding back to mind. You wonder why you are black listed.
Nina Ditterich
07 Mar 2012 12:36:22pm
Adam Salter
Adam's story is so very tragic. I think four corners did a great job giving his Dad and his family a voice. I think the police officer concerned has made a terrible mistake and I wonder (police cover up or not) if she will be able to live with it.
What is clear to me is that the system failed Adam long before the police officer did. Our mental health system needs more resources, more investment and discerning leadership - as it is, the police and ambulance service will continue to face dangerous situations that perhaps could be avoided.
GP's need more time to spend with patients and they need less pressure to assess someone's mental state in 10 minutes. They also need a mental health system that properly supports the patient beyond the GP appointment.
I hope that Adam's very sad passing will alert others to introduce immediate and effective positive changes to our mental health system, that will prevent any other stories like his. We do not have time to lose!
I really feel for Adrian, Adam's dad...he was doing all he could to look after his son - I hope that one day he hears the apology that he needs to hear. Thank you Adrian for having the courage to tell your story.
07 Mar 2012 12:24:06pm
Adam Salter
Having worked closely with Adam in Perth I would use these words to describe him: Thoughtful Clever Gentle Intelligent
I had no idea any of this happened so when I saw this report last night I was shocked and appalled. He deserved so much more in his time of need, as did his family.
I don't pretend to understand but knowing Adam I can only think what he did to himself was a selfless act if anything he was protecting others.
What happened was tragedy upon tragedy including what was clearly a mistake on the part of a police officer. Nothing can change that, however allowing this charade to go on is inexcusable. Putting jobs and careers ahead of Adam and his family in their time of need is repulsive behaviour.
Everyone involved in covering this up needs to be held accountable.
My sincere condolences to the Salters.
07 Mar 2012 10:23:54am
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I watched this program and understood completely the pain that Adrian Salter and his family go through every day. I think that the police did cover up what happened and should be made accountable for this. "We are sorry" is an easy thing to say.
On a different side of things to this story, obviously there is not enough funding to be spent on mental health.
Dont you think the Government could forget about building big hotels for tourists and put it to use on important issues, like mental health, so the police can be aware and know what to do if a situation like this surfaces again.
07 Mar 2012 9:24:31am
If a gun can be pulled in accident instead of a taser, could a taser be pulled instead of a gun in a critical situation?
What is the design of the belt, holsters, shape of the handles that such a mistake could occur. Does the weight of the items on the belt cause it to move so that the gun holster sits in the position where the taser is usually located?
Video cameras on guns.
In a recent case where a police officer was accused of harassment of a lady who did not wish to remove her face covering, the video completely exonerated the officer. It seems that there was no video attached to gun use. Cameras are so very tiny now, it may be possible to have new issue guns with cameras or have some other forms of triggering a video when a gun is drawn from the holster.
07 Mar 2012 9:12:47am
re Rick R dynamic Risk assessment
My deep condolences to the wonderful family and father. My thanks to the female police officer for her many years of policing work. My support to her as well.
I fully support the suggestion of dynamic risk assessment - but a psychiatric dynamic risk assessment. - a generalist dynamic risk assessment was in place - but may not have been the optimal model for dealing with a person with mental illness..
What information do police need when they are called out to a person with psychiatric illness? How should it be presented for quick review in an emergency situtation?
What information is needed for police to support a person who is discharged from a hospital but may be at risk of having police attend. Should it be possible for the person to elect to have information placed on a police record that gives their history as to whether they have been violent, used drugs etc. Information that the police indicate is relevant to managing a situation. Obviously the information would be prepared in consultation with the person and they and relatives would have a right to enter dissenting comments if they disagreed with the psychiatrist's opinion. The information should be so succinct it could fit in a business card. If the person so chose, they could give a copy to carers and friends
I am not suggesting that this card estimate the potential for dangerous behaviours. That would be problematic especially in terms of human rights. I am suggesting that behaviour that has been substantiated by evidence is recorded for police information. In a form that can be read or spoken in a matter of seconds.
Further that this information is restricted so it can only be accessed in emergency situations.
Whatever the means of psychiatric dynamic risl assessment is chosen, I suggest that a system of information that is authoritative and can be read or spoken in a few seconds be considered.
pantherslair75 ®
07 Mar 2012 6:41:05am
Closing Ranks
In America they use the motto: "To Serve and to Protect" but judging by what this program revealed, the Police seem: "To Serve and To Protect" THEIR OWN, rather than the people they are PAID TO SERVE AND TO PROTECT!
Well done 4Corners yet again for naming, shaming and exposing this on NATIONAL TELEVISION for ALL to see! The public outrage that will be generated from this, will result in a push for change, SERIOUS CHANGE and about bloody time too!!
07 Mar 2012 1:44:35am
Closing Ranks - Salter Family
Thank you very much to Four Corners for this story and to the Salter family for your courage and your sharing. Your story helps so many people who work very hard to improve the things in this area. It was very difficult to watch this story because we also live with a family member who has a mental illness and we have been through many police call outs and miraculously we have come through them. The last one was perhaps the worst and the outcome could have so easily been tragic. The Police fortunately called in the Tactical Response Group who we believe are more skilled and used tasers. A dreadful experience for any family to go through. The issues are complex and I believe that many times people are at risk of being in this situation as the result of inadeqaute treatment and support by a dreadfully inadequate mental health system. Many people show signs of requiring support long before these situations eventuate and there is no adequate treatment or support available. It just isn't there. You meet angels along the way that help in dire situations but they are few and far between and don't make up for the long and hard road that families travel trying to do the best for their loved ones. We will NEVER call the police again because in WA we now have mandatory sentencing laws. Many other families in WA feel the same way. Another story that is complicated but frightening also. So thank you again to both the Salter family and Four Corners for discussing such a difficult subject. It's very much appreciated by my family. A heartfelt thank you.
07 Mar 2012 12:40:03am
"Closing Ranks".....re Adam Salter
"Police investigating police" is a practice that will continue to fail to unearth the truth of matters...and merely protect (many) police officers who have acted unprofessionally and/or criminally.
Marleyrose ®
06 Mar 2012 9:29:59pm
Adam salter
To Adrian Salter
I am but a nobody in your life I have neither met you or paths never crossed, after watching Four Corners last night the impact that it left on me I cannot describe, I do no I cried my self to sleep at what happened to you on that dreadful day and cannot even imagine what it would have been like to live it, you held your head high at every word and breath you took and your eyes spoke so many truths I hung on to your every word as if you were sitting next to me telling your story I witnessed so much love and compassion you held for your son that brought me to tears from the very start you are by far the most wonderful caring man and father I have yet to see on a program such as this your strength and courage will stay with me and help me understand mental illness to the capacity you have had to endure, To you and your family thank you for letting me get to no you and our path's did cross last night, at the end of the program when you described Adams contributions to life my heart absolutely broke because it is true to every word, Adam did pay his taxes he was an outstanding member to society, god bless Adrian your voice has been heard by thousands and Adams side was told through you, protective and nurtured to the end
Judith Dean
06 Mar 2012 8:46:13pm
Thank you Adrian Salter
Like Adam, I too have experienced psychotic episodes and now work with others who have.
I am greatly appreciative to Adrian for his involvement with Four Corners last night. Adrian's eloquent account of who Adam was as a person clearly reflected his respect and pride in his son. He also took great care to highlight that despite experiencing a mental illness, Adam contributed significantly to society. This is something rarely mentioned by the media especially when looking at psychosis.
Thanks so much to you to Adrian and also to Four Corners for airing this important aspect of the story!
In regards to the police, it is beyond comprehension why they do not seek advise and support from those experienced managing people in crisis - there are no shootings in Psychiatric Hospitals as far as I know!
SomeOneWhoCares ®
06 Mar 2012 8:37:40pm
and they say dont shoot the messenger?
Interestingly, one thing that stood out to me regarding the events that unfolded as told by Adams father, Adrian, was how he initially discovered his son was no longer alive. Overhearing a conversation between nursing staff whilst being treated for shock? I found that beyond poor form and utterly disgraceful - and, to be honest, for me - surprising? have the medical industry become so conditioned they have become indifferent to suffering? THAT should never have happened. But then, none of it should have....all very, very sad.
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Drake pulled out all the stops for his 2010 debut album Thank Me Later with production Kanye West and Swizz Beatz and features from Jay-Z, Alicia Keys and T.I., but for his sophomore LP, Take Care, Drizzy scaled things back in order to make a bigger impact. Instead of pooling together his resources and using his hitmaking influence, Drake went back to basics, choosing to record the entire album in Toronto with friend and engineer/producer Noah "40" Shebib, the studio wiz who helped Drake cook up his 2009 breakout tape, So Far Gone.
"I can't sit there and tell you that anybody made any conscious decisions to the extent of, 'Oh, we're gonna make this feel of an album,' " 40 told MTV News in December from Take Care studios in Toronto. "We really just make records and cut music until someone says, 'That's it: You can't make any more music; you gotta stop.' "
The result was a cohesive and emotional 18-track ride, with two bonus tracks for iTunes. The MC revealed to MTV News that the narrative that drives his latest LP was inspired by "Houstatlantavegas," a So Far Gone track produced by 40. "I really didn't start working with Drake production-wise until So Far Gone," Shebib said. "As far as Drake and music and the people around him, he really controls that, and he picks all those records, and my goal is to facilitate that."
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And facilitate he did. 40 either produced or co-produced 15 of the 20 total Take Care tracks. One song in particular, the Lil Wayne- and Andre 3000-assisted "The Real Her," started with a reverse piano loop that the beatsmith had given to Drake a year before they began working on the album. It might have seemed insignificant at the time, but Drake eventually came back with a song idea off of that one sample.
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I ask become I've come off finishing a deadline and I'm feeling a little drained. I deal with deadlines every month, but not one that is so close to what I really want to do.
I've cleaned, I've moved furniture around, done the food shopping, been to the comic shop, watched JOHN CARTER again, but now I need to throw myself back into work again.
I have two deadlines coming up, finishing an issue of VOODOO for DC (I oversee the art production of the issue as agent for Sami Basri and Jessica Kholinne of STELLAR Labs for DC Comics) and there is getting everything sorted for San Diego Comicon.
At San Diego I'll be unveiling a lot more art and details for the new anthology title I am doing with Stellar Labs and my own company, ATOMEKA PRESS, called "A1". This is going to be a monthly comic with three strips in, CARPE DIEM, ODYSSEY and WEIRDING WILLOWS. All strips will be ongoing and appearing most months. When any of the strips takes a break we're thinking about letting someone from DeviantART do a short story for those issues. I'll let you know how that shapes up as we get closer to the release date.
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Truth is, this is the first time in a long, long time, I've actually been able to focus on this much of my own ideas and concepts. I'm so used to working on other peoples projects that spending this much time on my own kinda makes me feel guilty. Like I should be doing something else.
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I've been searching everywhere on the internet for a solution to this but could not find one single good answer.
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My problem is whenever I attempt to open one of my Videos in Windows Media Player (they're all AVI format), I get varying results, but none of them good.
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C-FIRE Deputy Director R.J. Lehmann interviews Independent Institute Research Director Alexander T. Tabarrok about his new book, Launching the Innovation Renaissance: A New Path to Bring Smart Ideas to Market Fast.
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Usually teams that win championships tend to bring the band back together. In the case of the Baltimore Ravens, that means paying Joe Flacco more than any quarterback has ever been paid and saying "whatever" to the older guys like Ed Reed and …
The Ravens asked veteran wide receiver Anquan Boldin to accept a $2 million pay cut of his $6 million base salary, according to league sources with knowledge of the situation.
In what remains a fluid situation, Boldin has declined.
Depending on whether this financial dispute is resolved, it could lead to his release.
One source stated early Saturday morning, "Unless something dramatic happens, it's an absolute done deal that Anquan will be released."
A year ago, the San Francisco 49ers signed Mario Manningham, who enjoyed his best 2011 regular season game against the Niners in 2011 and scored the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter for the New York Giants against the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game a couple months later. If signing Manningham was an example of "if you can't beat 'em, sign 'em," would would it mean to add Boldin?
Boldin's career numbers against the 49ers (15 games, including Super Bowl XLVII): 90 rec, 1,159 yd and 8 TD
You can't forget that Super Bowl, even though you want to. Six catches, 104 yards and a score. But the catch most of us will remember until we're drinking Ensure out of straws was that play where Joe Flacco ran to the left. He kept running, with Ahmad Brooks and NaVorro Bowman in pursuit. He flung the ball up in a way that bordered on arrogance, and Boldin came down with it over Carlos Rogers.
Boldin didn't just torch the 49ers in the playoffs, he had his way with everybody. He caught 22 balls for 360 yards and four touchdowns in four games. He is listed at 6-1, but plays like he's 6-5. Now it looks like he's on the market, and he's jilted.
Some team is going to give Boldin the love (and money) he seeks. Should that team be the 49ers? Let's answer some specific questions first before we answer that one.
Do the 49ers need another "possession receiver"?
Boldin has fumbled once in the past three years, and that fumble occurred in 2010. So … how is that a bad thing? Oh, wait. Fans are referring to the whole thing about not being able to catch 70-yard bombs with regularity.
Nobody does that. Mike Wallace is supposedly a guy who stretches the field, and he's been paid as such. And he was terrible last year (don't let the numbers fool you, he was not a good receiver in 2012).
Michael Crabtree is the only so-called possession receiver currently on the 49ers. Guys who catch passes, convert first downs and get into the end zone can't be discounted because they aren't ridiculously fast or don't have nicknames based off Transformers characters. Next question.
Won't Boldin want at least $6 million?
Absolutely. And some team will probably offer that to him. But Boldin is already incredibly rich. This is about respect, and he very well might be willing to get creative on the contract front if it means pissing off the team that took him for granted after he was an integral part of a Super Bowl run. That could mean he signs with a team like the Pittsburgh Steelers, but he saw the 49ers … and their quarterback. NFL stars LOVE Colin Kaepernick. He's a recruiting tool like no other for receivers. The way Michael Irvin talks about him, he's probably mainlining HGH in hopes of making a comeback to play with Kaep. Wide receivers play video games too, and Kaepernick is a real life Madden superhero.
But who's going deep?
The 49ers still have Kyle Williams and A.J. Jenkins (I'm not giving up yet, even though I kinda buried Jenkins after the season). They can draft at least one speedy big-play guy, throw in a little Vernon Davis and there you go.
Who else is available?
Ruthless Sports Guy broke it down nicely. The top available options include "possession" guys like Wes Welker and Danny Amendola, along with Wallace and Greg Jennings (who seemed like a lesser version of himself in 2012). While Danario Alexander seems like a smart bargain buy, there are a lot of NFL teams with employees who know a lot more than we do who also know good Alexander is.
Aren't you forgetting about the salary cap?
I wish I could, because with every NFL team making crazy profits a cap on player salries is ridiculous. But the 49ers already shedded $8.5 million when they traded Alex Smith, and if they aren't happy with Manningham's knee ligaments they can drop about $4 million by cutting him as well. That brings us to our last question:
Would you rather have Manningham, or spend $2 million more on Boldin?


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to XL seniors.....
can u highlight the placement of PMIR batch separately....
the highest pay, avg pay, comps recruiting....the job profiles etc.....
it ll be of great help to all.....
PMIR ppl have the same number of electives ...but they have the option of doing PM or IR
(more info on it from a PMIR student...moi a BM student )
Congratulations Juniors...welcome to XLRI!
About the fee structure, joining date, formalities, procedures etc... just relax right now. You guys will recieve a welcome kit containg all relevent info sometime next month.
there r 120 seats in BM....in our batch we hav arnd 60% of the junta who hav some exp...
u never know what the interviewers r looking for....so better not worry abt those things...just prepare for the PI and give it ur best shot....do brush up ur final yr subjects before the interview...all the best
answers to some of ur queries:
dinup,having_identity_crisis,jatinbakshi, dce621, cat_as_trophe - Could you please let me know the kind of interview questions that are asked for the next stage?
The questions can range from anything from your acads to GK to your essay to carrer plans etc. The interviewer can ask pretty much anything under the sun....so dont expect a FAQ list:P.
It is a good idea to brush up your general and business awareness. Freshers should prepare well for acads...you should have reasonable command over atleast 3-4 subjects.
My interview was a bit towards stress... one of interviewer was looking all dissatisfied and irritated with my answers. However, the trick lies in keeping your cool during interview and giving genuine answers.
I suggest not to give "prepared answers" to questions like why MBA, career plans etc...do some soul searching n give honest answers. Trust me, interviewers will know when u bluff.
aravind_rn: Can i tell them i am really interested in finance so that i can take the interview to my strengthness
There is no harm in mentioning abt ur interest in fin but then be prepared for questions on the subject + fin GK.
nitin_n: How many seats are available in GMP?; How much is interaction with BM & PM&IR; ppl?
I'm not sure about the exact number of seats but it is arnd 35-40. XL is a nice small campus so there is a lot of opportunity for interaction with BM and PMIR students...GMP students stay in the same hostel..eat in the same mess etc.
crack_cat_2005: hi is any reservation in xlri for jharkhand resident ??
Not tht i know of.
juranamo: i wud like to know if the percentile matters at this stage!! from wat i've seen so far think i'm the fresher with the least overall percentile to have made it to BM.. Plz lemme know if i'm on par with the rest or not!
You'll get conflicting opinions on this qs ...
acc to me percentile doesn't matter at this stage if you perform well in the interview. I know lots of ppl here who had low XAT percentiles.
Keep the qs. flowing:)
Hey junta,
Congrats to all those who made it to the XL interview stage. You guys can shoot ur questions(in the xquizzette thread) n we'll try to reply asap.
N those who dint make it this yr., trust me its just a matter of those two hours. This in no way speaks abt ur potential.
Ace it guys! Waiting to meet a lot of u@ XL in june.
Hey ppl,
So XAT is finally here.
Hope to see a lot of you@XL soon.
HEY XLRs ,
can you let me know what is the percentage of ppl with work ex in your batch...does XL give a lotta importance to Work ex
Thanks and ATB


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October 1, 2012
Eric & Angie Machado
This was a coming of age victory for Sean Mannion and the Oregon State Beaver offense. While the defense had been the dominating force during the first two games, against the Wildcats, it was the offense's turn to shine.
It was a career performance for Mannion who was 29-45 for 433 yards, three touchdowns and ZERO interceptions. Perhaps most impressive, however, was his calm under pressure in leading the Beavers down the field on the final drive to clinch the victory.
Storm Woods also had a career game as well as the Wildcats had trouble stopping the Beavers run attack. Woods rushed for 161 yards and also added four receptions and 42 yards to his total. He ran strong and showed excellent patience and vision.
At receiver, Markus Wheaton and Brandin Cooks are proving to be a tremendous one-two punch. Defenses have to respect their speed and both made some big grabs in the desert.
My game ball though goes to the offensive line. The transformation that this group has gone through during the off-season has been remarkable. Without their solid blocking, the rest of the offense would not have been successful. This unit is coming together more each week and the accomplishments of the offense are a correlation to that hard work in the trenches.
It was great to see the offense have a break-out type game when it was needed. In what turned into a wild shoot-out type game in the second half, the Beaver offense went toe-to-toe with the vaunted Rich Rod, no huddle spread.
This is the guy that invented the QB read option! But while the pro style offense isn't as flashy as the spread, when it works, it is almost unstoppable. And it was humming for the most part on Saturday night.
While some of this is attributable to Arizona's young and suspect defense, Mannion and company were very sharp.
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Chuck Connors was an athlete his entire life. He played sandlot ball as a youngster in Brooklyn and his big dream was playing for his home town team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. He did eventually achieve this dream but his sports career took a lot of turns. At the same time he was playing baseball, he played basketball and he was one of the first players in the NBA.
Chuck played basketball for two teams: the Rochester Royals and the Boston Celtics. He was one of the original Celtics at the formation of the NBA. Chuck is one of only of 12 athletes to play both professional baseball and basketball.
Chuck on NBA Encyclopedia
Chuck's baseball career ran from 1940 - 1952 and he played for both minor/farm and major league teams such as the Newport Dodgers and the Norfork Tars in 1941,
the Newport News Dodgers in 1946 and the Mobile Bears in 1947. After that he moved to the Majors. He did play for the Dodgers' organization, the Montreal Royals for several years, a short stint with the Brooklyn Dodgers, his childhood dream; the Chicago Cubs and then back to the minors. He played for the Chicago Cubs for one season and ended his career with the Pacific Coast League Los Angeles Angels until he retired in 1953. Los Angeles was the perfect stepping stone to his next career as an actor. Even during his military service (1942-1945) Chuck played both basketball and baseball on weekends. During the winter of 1949 Chuck played baseball on the American Team in Cuba and was chosen for the All Star team.
Chuck's baseball career wasn't without some injury. In 1940, Chuck broke a finger and only played a few games because of it. In 1948, he was hit in the mouth with a ball and needed 5 stitches. Then in 1949, he was hit in the head, knocked unconscious and had to be carried off the field. In March 1952, he hurt his right hand and in April he tore muscles in his left shoulder. In July of the same year, Chuck injured his right shoulder in a play at 3rd base. When Chuck announced he would retire from baseball in February 1953, he stated that his back muscles that were badly injured in 1952 hadn't completely healed.
Those injuries didn't stop Chuck from loving baseball. While filming the movie Geronimo, a baseball game was organized to raise money for a children's charity in Mexico. The Apaches played in their costumes as did their opponents, the U.S. Cavalry. Chuck played hard even for a charity game, he cut his knee open sliding into base and had to have stitches.
The Chuck Connors Invitational Golf Tournaments raised thousands of dollars for charities for over 15 years. The Tournaments were held at the Indian Canyons Golf Resort, formerly known as Palm Springs National, located in Palm Springs, California. The generous donations received from these events and his personal appearances, went to charities that were very close to his heart, including Angel View Crippled Children's Foundation, United Way and to officers that were wounded in the line of duty.
Among the many celebrities that participated in the tournaments over the years include, former President Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Stewart, Frank Sinatra, David Janssen, O.J. Simpson, Jim Brown, Lou Rawls, Dean Martin, Arnold Palmer, Jackie Gleason, Joey Bishop, Danny Thomas, Robert Wagner, Magic Johnson, Richard Long, Bill Bixby, Robert Stack and many others.


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Pros Holdings Inc. Stock Downgraded (PRO)
TheStreet) -- Pros Holdings (NYSE: PRO) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from buy to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and impressive record of earnings per share growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including weak operating cash flow and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself. Highlights from the ratings report include:NEW YORK (
-- Written by a member of TheStreet Ratings Staff
- The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 11.6%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 26.2%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
- PRO has no debt to speak of therefore resulting in a debt-to-equity ratio of zero, which we consider to be a relatively favorable sign. Along with this, the company maintains a quick ratio of 2.56, which clearly demonstrates the ability to cover short-term cash needs.
- The gross profit margin for PROS HOLDINGS INC is currently very high, coming in at 72.30%. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Despite the strong results of the gross profit margin, PRO's net profit margin of 4.40% significantly trails the industry average.
- After a year of stock price fluctuations, the net result is that PRO's price has not changed very much. Although its weak earnings growth may have played a role in this flat result, don't lose sight of the fact that the performance of the overall market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, was essentially similar. Looking ahead, other than the push or pull of the broad market, we do not see anything in the company's numbers that may help reverse the decline experienced over the past 12 months. Despite the past decline, the stock is still selling for more than most others in its industry.
- Net operating cash flow has decreased to $3.42 million or 42.27% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.
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Another air controller fired for sleeping on job
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says a third air traffic controller has been fired for napping on the job.
An email from the agency says the controller assigned to Boeing Field in Seattle was fired Monday for sleeping on duty on April 11 and Jan. 6.
The FAA has been beset recently with a series of incidents involving air controllers. Since March, five incidents of sleeping on the job have surfaced, along with one of an air controller watching a DVD movie while on the overnight shift and an aborted landing of a plane with first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of the vice president, on board.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made the rounds of news shows last week to assure travelers that safety is the department's highest priority.
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Always looking for an excuse to party with her pals, Taylor Swift threw a star-studded baby shower for her good friend Jaime King on Sunday (June 14).
It's going to be a wild and crazy fall television season, and "Scream Queens" just offered up a taste of what's to come.
Going beyond the call of duty, Emma Roberts showed up for an overnight shoot on the set of "Nerve" in New York City early Thursday morning (April 16).
The "American Horror Story" starlet wore a snazzy green glittery dress as she filmed scenes while riding on the back of a fancy motorcycle
Always happy to help a good cause, Sarah Hyland showed up at the Sofitel Hotel in Beverly Hills on Tuesday night (March 3).
The "Modern Family" babe looked fabulous in a hot pink party dress as she joined fellow stars Emma Roberts and Jenna Ushkowitz for the Inaugural Kindred Foundation For Adoption fundraising event.
She's always on the go, and on Wednesday (February 11) Kylie Jenner scurried inside LAX International Airport to catch an outbound flight.
The "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" stunner looked to be in a bit of a rush as she jumped out of her chauffeured SUV and raced to her gate, sporting an olive green bomber jacket.
Adding another gorgeous magazine cover to her credit, Emma Roberts is featured on the front of Heroine magazine for February 2015.
The lovely "We're the Millers" actress was paired with her constant costar James Franco, who made sure he asked her all kinds of awkward questions during the interview.
Stepping out for a round of retail therapy, Emma Roberts showed up at the Fred Segal store in West Hollywood on Monday (December 29). The "American Horror Story" starlet looked stylish in a white pea coat overtop a black and white striped top with black skinnies and Dicker Calkskin Velvet Leather Booties as she fueled up her SUV and drove off with her purchases.
Coming up in the New Year, Emma will star in a new Ryan Murphy series called "Scream Queens," and she can't wait for fans to see it.
Having spent the holidays on the east coast with her family, Emma Roberts caught a plane to LAX International Airport on Sunday (December 28). The "Adult World" actress hid behind a pair of oversized sunglasses and a striped hat as she scurried through the crowd.
In career news, Emma is working with Ryan Murphy on a new project called "Scream Queens" in addition to her duties on "American Horror Story."


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Parsons, KS -- State and federal officials announced today that the joint federal/state Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) opened in Parsons to assist residents of Crawford, Labette and Neosho counties affected by the severe storms and tornadoes April 19th and 20th, will be closed Sundays beginning this weekend.
The DRC will remain open between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday until further notice.
The DRC, located in the basement of the Parsons Municipal Building at 112 South 17th Street, is designed to provide more detailed program information to people who have already applied for assistance by calling the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) toll-free registration number: 1-800-462-9029 (TTY 1-800-462-7585).
"Anyone still needing assistance, especially temporary, short term housing, or is interested in using a travel trailer for temporary housing purposes, should visit the DRC," said FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Louis Botta. "Our intent is to help people get back to a sense of normalcy as quickly as possible."
In addition, those people who have registered and have additional questions or need to update any information that may have changed, for instance, telephone numbers or addresses where individuals can be contacted, are encouraged to call FEMA's toll-free Helpline number: 1-800-525-0321 (TTY 1-800-462-7585).


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Learning Language Arts Through Literature uses an integrated approach to language arts. As students read fine literature and work with excellent models of writing, they learn grammar, vocabulary, writing, reading, spelling, penmanship, and thinking skills in context. I reviewed two books, the Purple Book for grade five and the Green Book for grades seven or eight. Each level includes a teacher book and a student activity book. The student book is optional, but without it, you would need to hand copy the student's material because the answers are in the margins of the teacher's book. In addition, the student activity books contain optional enrichment activities that are not found in the teacher books. These activities include puzzles and other thinking and reasoning activities that are both fun and stimulating. Regular assessments and review exercises are included in both books to help you monitor your child's progress. In addition to the teacher book, student book, and reading books, you will need paper (writing and drawing), pencils (regular and colored), a notebook, a dictionary, a thesaurus, and access to encyclopedias and other reference materials.
The Purple Book is for the average fifth grader. It is broken down into thirty-six weeklong lessons, plus four book studies. Each weekly lesson contains material for five school days. Each day's work is clearly presented and requires little to no preparation. Allowing a week for each book study adds up to a total of forty weeks of lessons—a rather full school year. You may decide to spread the book studies over several weeks while continuing the weekly lessons.
The bulk of the book is made up of weeklong units called Everyday Words. Each of these units begins with a passage to copy or take from dictation. Using that passage, students work on related grammar, spelling, and composition skills. The passages used in the Purple Book come from the following sources:
None of these books is required reading for the course, except The Trumpet of the Swan, which is also included as a book study.
Each of the four book studies follows a similar format. First, a little "spark" helps interest children in the book. For example, before reading The Trumpet of the Swan, ask your child how he would communicate if he were unable to speak.
Next, a summary of the entire book is provided so that parents don't have to read the book to be able to discuss it with their children. Then, students define five vocabulary words and either use them in a sentence of their own or fill in the blanks of the five sentences that are provided. Now it is time for the child to read the book. Discussion questions are provided to help you discuss the book with your child as he reads. Finally, three of the book studies provide follow-up activities, such as sequencing a series of events or making a family tree. The books are presented in this order:
In addition to Everyday Words units and the book studies, three other units are included in the Purple Book: oral presentations, a poetry unit, and a speech-making unit. The six-week oral presentations unit is broken into two sub-units focusing on tall tales (four weeks) and folk tales (two weeks). Students will give several oral presentations, including a choral reading presentation, and will write a tall tale, a summary report, and a character sketch. During the two-week poetry unit, students will read, analyze, and create poetry. Students spend two weeks during the speech-making unit studying different kinds of speeches and then writing and presenting their own.
The Tan Book is for sixth grade. This book is similar in format to the previous Purple Book. The book studies in this edition are:
The dictations passages used in the Tan Book come from the following sources:
Beyond the benefits of dictation, these passages are used in the further study of grammar concepts, reading and comprehension skills, vocabulary, spelling, creative writing, activates, and games. "How to Conduct Personal Research" and "The Research Essay" are both covered at this level as well as similes and metaphors, root words and suffix studies.
The Green Book is for seventh or eighth grade. This book comprises thirty-six lessons, each conveniently broken down into five daily assignments that require little to no preparation. Thirteen lessons are Everyday Words units. These units are scattered throughout the book for variety. Twelve of the Everyday Words units are dictation lessons that review all the parts of speech and teach diagramming, which shows how those parts fit together. The final Everyday Words lesson is a review of previous material. The passages used in the Everyday Words lessons come from the following books:
None of these books is required reading for the course, although your student may enjoy reading them just for pleasure, especially after having been exposed to them through the lessons.
A poetry unit lasts six weeks. Students memorize, recite, analyze, and write their own poems. A three-week short story unit helps students to identify the elements of a good story and then to write one of their own. A four-week research unit breaks report writing down into manageable steps: choosing a topic, taking notes, outlining, first draft, revising, final draft, and bibliography.
Finally, three book studies provide ten additional weeks of work. Students will read and discuss the following books:
Students will complete many interesting writing assignments and other activities as they complete each book study. While studying Star of Light, students write character sketches, compare and contrast religions, practice mapmaking, and work on narration. During Adam and His Kin, students will conduct research, write a report, and draw graphs. Finally, students will practice written narration while they learn to understand and enjoy Shakespeare as they read Much Ado About Nothing.
Learning Language Arts Through Literature is a breath of fresh air after years of pulling together unrelated materials for reading, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and composition. This year, I have three children doing three different levels of Learning Language Arts Through Literature. My children are writing more than they ever have before, and they seem to enjoy the variety of assignments. The books are easy to follow for both student and teacher. My only complaint regarding layout is that the student book is difficult to write in. The pages are not perforated for easy removal, and the book is thick and difficult to handle. Also, my children often need more room to write than is provided, so I encourage them to write on binder paper when necessary.
Two difficulties I have encountered using LLATL have involved teaching spelling and juggling several different levels. Spelling is taught in a natural way, using words from the student's own writing and dictation assignments, with some minor attention given to the more useful spelling rules and word families. My natural speller is doing fine with the LLATL approach to spelling, but my struggling spellers need more direct spelling attention than LLATL offers. Of course, that is the beauty of homeschooling—I can tailor my approach to each child.
The other difficulty I have encountered involves juggling multiple levels of LLATL. If you are feeling overwhelmed in your homeschooling, you might consider combining children who are one to two years apart in age or grade level to simplify your life. Samples and placement tests are available online to help you decide where to begin: http://www.commonsensepress.com/covers.htm.
Overall, I am extremely satisfied with Learning Language Arts Through Literature. It has breathed new life into our tired old routine and inspired me to put into practice the excellent recommendations of my favorite homeschool author, Ruth Beechick. In fact, the greatest benefit of the program may be to you, the homeschooling parent, as you learn to break away from traditional language textbooks to follow a more natural course of study using good literature and meaningful writing projects.


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Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto; Lyric Pieces
1 CD / Simax / 1995-11-10Works: Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Lyric Pieces (8), Book 1, Op. 12; Album Leaf, lyric piece for piano, Op. 12/7; Melody, lyric piece for piano, Op. 38/3; Elegy, lyric piece for pia...
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