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23 Jul 2012 10:54:58pm
Surely American citizens are entitled to question expenditure on persuits of questionable value as well as guage the attitudes of their government/military first hand. Ron Pauls views bare relevance.
Certainly, the US is, thankfully, our big brother militarily but it appears big-brother is seeking means to corner our own Julian Assauge whom our soverign government must serve, honour and protect by all available means as one expects.
Richard McMahon
23 Jul 2012 10:23:18pm
julian assange
Wow! That 4 Corners was about as balanced as a see-saw with an obese giant on one end and a new born baby on the other. Another national broadcaster political statement on behalf of the "Julian's Not Guilty - He's Just A Naughty Little Boy" movement featuring all the usual suspects - is his lawyer on an ABC retainer?
Utopianow ®
23 Jul 2012 10:21:28pm
Roxon NOT able to speak eeh? HOLIDAYS??....LIES??
An Australian in very serious peril and apparently "Roxon" is on "holidays"....can't speak 4Cnrs....Oh HOLIDAYS eeh?
....I note however, she had time to be on the ABC Q&A program tonight...I wonder if she had a nice time in Green room...
LIES??? LIES LIES...??....and as for US Ambassador Jeff Bleich?...Jeez...what has the wonderful USA become?....no wonder USA has 50 mass shootings in a matter of months...BEWARE OZ fools!!
A glorious previous US diplomat, Thomas Jefferson, will be rollin the grave....SHAME ON OBAMA....
Utopianow ®
23 Jul 2012 10:06:31pm
Assange - easily extradited from Britain..REPLY
Absolute rubbish....if they try to Extradite him from UK...it will be a MONSTER political issue for which will reflect badly on UK "poodle" Govts. credibility...
..this is a huge issue which goes to questions about us being lied to re Iraq WMD's & invasion...and "mistakes" which have caused approx. 1 Million deaths (Lancet)... (and about 6,000 deaths of our own allied troops & about 50,000 casualties of our own) ....and $2 Trillion dollars going south....
AND in addition to all this killing of innocent people these "mistakes" are STILL going on......the persecutors are barking up COMPLETELY the wrong tree...
The Iceland MP said it all....
23 Jul 2012 10:03:58pm
Julian Assange
Thank you 4 Corners for doing such an informed, honest, truly investigative piece on this highly complex issue.
I have lost faith in the government, media and some social commentators on this dreadful predicament Julian Assange finds himself in.
There is so much at stake here besides the setup of an innocent man in Sweden. Our democracy, sovereignty, Freedom of Information, Free Speech and more are under serious threat.
The government must protect our Australian values, way of life, citizens and stand up to the U.S. when they are clearly out of order.
Our society globally is sliding in territory I never thought I would see in my life time. It is obvious we are politically sliding towards Fascism.
We need Julian Assange and Wikileaks so ordinary people around the globe can understand what is happening in their name. We can not tolerate human rights abuses, war crimes, lack of respect for laws we have had for many years which we have come to rely on to protect us from tyranny.
Thank you, thank you..for your integrity and principled investigative approach ..long live the ABC and 4 Corners..what would we do without you? At least you are still trying to tell the truth to the Australian public.
23 Jul 2012 10:01:47pm
Julian Assauge
Althought 4 corners didn't I'd like to recommend one petition site appealing to the Eucadorian Government for his asylum/sancturay - gopetition.com.
Richard McMahon
23 Jul 2012 9:46:10pm
julian assange & wikileaks
As usual, the yanks are hypocritical & lying! What the hell are they scared of? Wikileaks shows to the world the truth about the ordinariness of their people & the uselessness of their nasty organizations. FREE BRADLEY MANNING, STOP THE TORTURE. LEAVE ASSANGE ALONE! Get the hell out of other peoples countries. America, you have destroyed too many countries.YANKEE GO HOME!!! Bunch of liars - the natives were right - yanks speak with forked tongues.
23 Jul 2012 9:45:12pm
Julian Assange
Just finished watching Kerry O'Brian saying that Nicola Roxon was not available for comment because she is in holidays and minutes later she appears live on Q&A.
23 Jul 2012 9:43:33pm
Appallingly one sided Julian Assange story
So much for 4 Corners much vaunted reputation for being fair. This piece failed to present the actual complaints from the two women with any genuineness. The records of interview with these women have been published, including detailed account of various strategies including holding down one women's arms so she was unable to reach condoms, while trying to force her legs open and insert his penis. There is no reference to sleep rape - where one woman who insisted on condom use woke up to find Assange inside her without a condom. There is reference to the distress of one woman at the police station and it was claimed her distress was on learning Assange would be subject to an arrest warrant for these acts. An equally credible explanation is she was upset because like many people she did not know that these acts, if they happened as alleged, constituted sexual crimes on her. Nothing was said about Assange and his supporters claiming these women were CIA honey traps. There was no discussion about the ethics surrounding men who engage in elaborate strategems to deliberately sabotage or evade using condoms in the era of AIDS. No past lovers of Assange were asked if he had a penchant for evading the use of condoms. A string of events were stitched together to make it appear these women were making these events up. Nothing was said about their efforts to get Assange to take an AIDS test to reassure them his lack of condom had not endangered their lives. Or the fact that they say if he had cooperated and had this test, they would not have needed to go and speak to the police.
The show was nothing less than an appalling joke when it came to addressing or fairly analysing the sexual allegations in Sweden. It was a full on character assassination of the women who made the complaints, with suggestive re-enactments of one of them meeting Assange wearing short shorts, tanned glowing legs, blonde hair swinging to her bum and filmed walking in this outfit, purposefully towards meeting him. A more deliberately loaded, biased re-enactment I have yet to see. The Ecudorean ambassador states allegations of entering a women while she is asleep and unable to consent and/or restraining her arms so she cannnot grab a condom while prising her legs open is "laughable." The ABC have, through this biased program, essentially said the same thing.
23 Jul 2012 9:41:48pm
GoAus treatment of Julian Asange
As an Australian with more than a decade's International Service, I am deeply embarrassed with the treatment of Asange by the Attorney-General and her Department, and by our Prime Minister. What ever has happened to Our "Fair go" and Transparency, or are we simply seeing further "untruthfullness".
Utopianow ®
23 Jul 2012 9:33:53pm
Julian Assange
What a brilliant program...Best ever....Huge congratulations to 4 Corners and ABC ...a VERY, VERY important program...all credit to producers!!.
If you don't want totalitarianism at home GIVE SOME MONEY for Julian Assanges defence....and tell everyone you know about this outrageous corruption of "politicians" & "Justice".
The US will NEVER silence this now..NEVER....they will only make Assange a bigger hero for Oz & "Govt accountability" & genuine Justice...
About time Canberra poodles drew a line with USA....
ken saloz
23 Jul 2012 8:36:34pm
Assange - easily extradited from Britain.
Firstly if the US wanted to extradite Assange they could easily extradite from Britain which has a much closer relationship with the US than Sweden.
Assange has said he "gets immense pleasure in hurting the American Government" and he "wants to bring it down." This the very government that is actually safeguarding his freedoms and indeed that of the rest of the free world.
What Assange actually wants' is to destroy the government of the country that has ensured that Assange grow up in a free country defended by his hated US Military.
How can we allow these anarchist / socialists who have hacked into American defence systems and U.S.Embassies to undermine our one and only worthwhile ally the United States, which is almost alone in defending us against Islamic terrorists, nuclear armed rogue states and and an ever growing belligerent Communist China?
How can we allow these criminal hackers to determine our foreign policy and undermine and expose informants and other U.S.and allied secrets which help to keep our freedoms safe or put allied troops and others in harms way by selecting what classified documents "they" can release to expose to our enemies what "they" might consider would be injustices?
The toy Australian Defence Force of 57,000 can not fight it's way out of the proverbial paper bag.Our navy is in shambles and our 25,000 man army cannot field a measly two battalions overseas for 6 months without American help. Everyone in Australia including Julian Assange lives behind the guns of the US Navy and under America's nuclear umbrella as does most everyone in the free world. The US Navy ensures that our sea lanes stay open so that goods and oil can be exported and imported to our country otherwise most Australians will not only be walking, but also out of a job.
Even the Swedes who were once pro Assange have seen through Assange and what he really stands for, and they look with contempt as he hides in the embassy.
"A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason " ...Cicero.
Remember -without America there is no free world,yet Assange and his co- horts are doing everything they can to undermine it's capability to defend us.
22 Jul 2012 10:14:56pm
Opium brides
Can't forget the faces and eyes of the little kids inyour program, especially the little boy sitting next to his father who is using the drug and telling him how misrable his life is going to be. Have you any way in following up on the welfare of these little children? Do you know whether any organisation is currently doing anything about the situation?
relly ®
22 Jul 2012 10:28:02am
Unholy Slience
I've just watched this program and read some of the posts. Words are not enough to express my disgust with the clergy perpetrators and those who continue to this day, to perpetrate abuse by their unethical, illegal and immoral stance.
I'm referring to their failure to report the abuse of children. The recent and successful conviction of Mons Lynne in the US (I think Boston) for Child Endagerment for moving priests on to other parishes is a lesson for us here in Aus.
Shame on you Cardinal, priests, and the Bishops involved and all those in positions of power who were made aware of these preists (and lets not forget the brothers).
Dont hold your breathe that a legal investigation by the church, will achieve anything if Towards healing is an example. Having gone through this process myself, I found it wanting on very many levels. And no justice for my boy - not even an apology!
My sincere sympathy to the members of families whose sons have died as a result of abuse. Thank you for your bravery and courage in coming forward - a lesson for our priests and priest 'leaders' to be sure.
21 Jul 2012 6:07:16pm
Paspaley Pearls - Jarrod Hampton
I am still waiting to hear what you are going to do to keep the divers working for you safe.
After watching the Four Corners program, I was horrified at the primitive conditions they work under, and I am dismayed that young divers like Jarrod are being placed in such dangerous conditions.
I ask all members of the Paspaley family this question.
If it was your son who did not come home, how would you feel, and what would you be doing to bring about safety in the work place for the pearl divers.
When I was last in Darwin, I was overwhelmed at the beauty, grandeur and glamour of the Paspaley showroom.
Now knowing the risks involved in bringing these pearls to the showcase, I feel sick at the thought of what happens behind the scenes. I will not buy pearls.
You are culpable, Paspaley Pearls, and whenever I see a pearl, I will always think of Jarrod, and his death - thanks to your neglect.
Words cannot express my sadness and anger at the loss of Jarrod - a young life cut short.
straight talker ®
20 Jul 2012 9:58:13am
Just like a bouncing ball.
"My view" you are like the bouncing ball that just won't go away, aren't you? If you have evidence contrary to the Four Corners story, THEN PLEASE TELL US!
I would suggest that you have never attended an Inquest into such a death?
I would suggest that you have never read witness statements into such a death?
I would suggest that you are not familiar with workplace reports, investigations, police reports, and the like, into tragedies of this nature?
Perhaps you are just naive, and believe that all workers are looked after in Australia?
I don't know why you persist in implying that the Four Corners story was inaccurate? Tell us what YOU know that WE don't, or please, just go away and stop all that aimless bouncing around.
neil forbes ®
20 Jul 2012 1:20:42am
Re; Unethical
To Crater,
You chide the reporting team in "Opium Brides" for not intervening in the plight of the young children. I'm sure the reporters would feel a great deal of grief for these kids but were powerles to do anything lest they themselves were murdered by the Taliban, who have proven themselves by their actions and attitudes to be thoroughly without any morality whatsoever... Totally inhuman! And to go up against them you'd be signing your own death certificate!
19 Jul 2012 6:58:00pm
Opium Brides
A question, why do we have so many young Afghan men running away from their country not protecting their women and children.Then Australia sends its young men over to do the job they should be doing.The Afghan police and military need their young men to get some training and do what men with any honor would do.
19 Jul 2012 3:58:39am
Replay to straight talker
1) I have no vested interests 2) I do not defend this company
3)I do not suggest that justice should be delayed.
But I DO NOT APPROVE OF TRIAL BY THE MEDIA, and I do think that justice has to run its course.
I do not know what your obsesion is, apparently to save lives, but I am sure that all those divers that continue going out to sea to do their job are well aware of the situation and are better positioned than you or Four Corners to decide whether they are safe or not.
Safety in the work place is the responsability of everyone not only the employer.
This is my first contribution to Four Corners Open letters but I have posted my opinions many times in SBS Insight with different names
I suggest you follow ABC' s Media watch as much as you can, that will teach you to realise that one has to be more critical of what the media feed us with.
Even if it is the ABC
eamon o'mara
18 Jul 2012 2:02:59pm
Unholy Silence: Distraction and Diversion
This morning ABC 24 put out a story of how Roman Catholic priests would protect the secrets of the confessional. And so they should. What does that have to do with priests concealing evidence of sexual abuse, apparently provided outside the confessional? If Father F. was considered by his seniors unfit to administer the sacraments, why were the information and the reasons not passed on to the police?
straight talker ®
18 Jul 2012 1:32:34pm
Do nothing and have more people die.
Reply to my view - I don't understand your apparent obsession with defending this Company? If you have a vested interest, then you need to say so.
As we are all aware, JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED!!!
WAITING (as you suggest) may cost more lives.
Are you prepared to live with those consequences?
18 Jul 2012 1:14:42pm
Opium Brides
I think Four Corners could have left some evidence to viewers of at least having advocated and approached that Afghanistan Government PM of crimes going on against children in that country to speak up over this gross and unacceptable injustice and children ending up victims of crime, and hostages held until debts were paid?
Those farmers had no livelihood once Opium crops were destroyed by the government and wheat crops did not provide adequate income to support a family.
Indifference of the WEstern world and to sit in cosy homes viewing this story as if entertainment just goes to show how uncaring and indifferent we all really are.
Children making choices to self suicide at fourteen years old rather than fall victim to drug smugglers in exchange for a parent debt they can not pay is very very disturbing indeed. No child or teenage child should ever have to face a live or die decision like this EVER?
This makes UN, USA, UK, and all those bleating on about human rights, child abuse blah! blah! look like a bunch of hypocrites pretending to care yet failing in action to do anything about this? Shame! on them all!
18 Jul 2012 9:49:46am
I was very emotionally stirred by this documentary and found it difficult to sleep after watching it. It is so very sad and makes me very angry that this kind of behaviour goes on in the world today. Those poor young girls and their families having to make those kind of choices and worst of all is the consequence of what happens to them. I am outraged that it is allowed to continue when everyone knows what actually goes on. It makes you wonder how corrupt UN really is.
18 Jul 2012 9:31:58am
Opium Brides
Why doesn't the West buy the opium crop for legal medical use instead of destroying it? Opium poppies are grown in other countries for this purpose. This would give the farmers an income and greatly upset the drug smugglers power base.
My view
18 Jul 2012 3:30:20am
Answer to My on the price of pearl
In this case wages are not irrelevant. It shows that divers are well paid professionals and as you say in the case of Jarrod well qualified
You and others, myself included, not to mention the police, worksafe authorities and insurance companies want to know Why?
That is the job of the authorities not the media.
The media has a roll to play but it is not to tarnish reputations or create an atmosphere of condenation when there are investigations going on, even if it takes time.
Sometimes to get to the truth takes longer than to film and edit an episode of a TV program
neil forbes ®
18 Jul 2012 2:31:38am
Perhaps my post(a week or so ago) on religeous orders and their reps being "The Faces Of Evil" might've been more than the moderator could handle and that's why it wasn't put up on this message board. I went five pages in, looking for it. If it's there at all, it's well buried! Nonetheless, as a hard-liner atheist, I stick by what I said in that post. ALL CHURCHES AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AT ALL LEVELS ARE THE FACES OF EVIL!!! You should be alert and guard yourselves and your children against them!
18 Jul 2012 1:19:54am
Opium bride
This was the most shocking documentary I've ever seen, yet your crew did nothing to prevent these atrocities. would you be as passive if this was not in afghanestan? Why didn't you put it to NATO and ... Who were protecting the government while slashing the popi fields" couldn't they protect these innocent children as well?! This was the most disturbing story. Any plans to highlight the ordeal of these families and children and help them? After revealing this shocking story You have a responsibility on your shoulder abc. Something needs to be done. This was not something you see on tv and you forget.
17 Jul 2012 9:55:05pm
Opium Brides
This story left us traumatised and very angry.The frozen,terrified expression on little Negina will remain imprinted on our memory for a long time.How dare the US and its allies(that's us!!)invade a country which has grown opium for hundreds of years,and then destroy the crops of subsistence farmers who are then left with a starving family and often a huge debt to drug smugglers?There is no welfare in this God forsaken place;what are these people supposed to do!?We are complicit in the trafficking of little children to pay those debts to what can only be called ruthless monsters and psychopaths!Why is opium grown in Tasmania for pharmaceutical purposes and not Afghanistan!?Why can't our troops be overseeing and protecting these farmers and their crops?The situation there will never change,and after ten years women and children are still bought and sold like cattle.Our hearts bleed for them but some parts of the world are just rotten to the core.Australia should not be involved in this outrageous situation.
17 Jul 2012 9:30:51pm
Opium brides
Were we meant to feel sorry for the father's who gave away their daughters, knowing how they would be abused, to save their own skins?
17 Jul 2012 7:14:57pm
Whitlam and Fr F
Well we might say 'God Save the Little Children' because nothing will save the ex-priest Fr F (or the souls of Bishops H Kennedy & K Manning, Mons Frank Ryan, Vicar-General Wayne Peters and others).
17 Jul 2012 7:11:44pm
forgotten sisterhood
The feminist in Western cultures have taken credit for the human rights and equality gained for 'the siterhood' over the last couple of Hundred years. Unfortunately we didn't think enough of our sisters in developing countries/cultures in continUing the good fight. Selfish self-satisfied and resting on the laurels, we ignored the terrors still being inflicted on others and it is from this perspective that we must call ourselves insular red-necked racists(given our lack of care nad compassion for the women of the opium trade along with many others). We all criticise our own social security system and Medicare here in Oz but if women in Afghanistan and even in parts of US enjoyed same support this kind of abuse would not continue. It appears from this report that any women or children fleeing Afghan. preferring to jump on a leaky boat to Oz SHOULD be given preferential treatment over males as they at leat have a fighting chance to survive if returned or placed in confinement long-term. 4 CORNERS over last few weeks(from Unholy Silence to this weeks story), I have felt rather ashamed of being a member of the human race. Animals treat their own kind better.
17 Jul 2012 3:16:56pm
Opium Brides
This was shocking and I can't believe this is going on. What is Pakistan doing about this, since all these gutless criminals are coming from over there...my guess is nothing as they support them and benefit from this miserable trade. Pure evil.
17 Jul 2012 2:08:20pm
Opium brides
Please let us do something to help these people and children. There is still time to raise money to buy back the 2 girls we saw and heard about in the story. Set up a bank account I want to donate as do many people I have spoken to. This was a deeply disturbing story and if NATO and govts won't do anything then we the public do and NOW. Why is this not a feature in today's news and why is there no response from any govt to help these people? The documentary team know what to do to help so please help now with the money raised. Please do something... The thought of that beautiful 7yo girls now in the hands of those monsters is nauseating....
Shanel Abyss
17 Jul 2012 11:33:05am
Taliban slackers
The Taliban guy said the dealings between the smugglers & the farmers had nothing to do with him. Surely it's the Talibans job to provide protection for the farmers when the morons from the government come around & start destroying the crops!
16 Jul 2012 11:38:01pm
opium brides
The doco had a surreal feel to it... I wondered if it wasn't a Taliban propaganda film made as an attempt to persuade world authorities to desist in opium crop destruction?
That said, it makes for a horrible reality if true.
Is it just me, or did the humans look ridiculous hitting plants with a stick? The plants are a gift. Policy is perhaps the problem...
Crater ®
16 Jul 2012 10:50:12pm
Kerry O'Brien's concluding comments about Australian aid to Afghanistan should have included information about how we can help. Not to provide this information is an abuse of the viewer as to watch a documentary such as this, have this knowledge, and do nothing, is unconscionable. It is profoundly disturbing that the team that made this documentary witnessed the abduction and death of children and didn't intervene.
Please visit our website to find out more about the report - includes a list of support and advocacy groups.
Opium Brides Backgrounder
16 Jul 2012 10:45:06pm
opium brides
I am so sad for these poor people. what can be done to help? I cannot believe what shocking circumstances these people are put in just to survive. These poor innocent little children are being abused and tortured while we sit in our lounge rooms sipping coffee, helpless to do anything. I would hope that if I was ever put in the position these fathers are, that I would have the courage to sacrifice my own life for the life of my children, even then their chances of survival are slim in such a wicked country.
Erin Louden
16 Jul 2012 10:42:52pm
Paspaley, instead of spending your fortune on hot shot lawyers and pr reps to sweep your mistakes (lack of duty of care) under the rug, how about you spend that money looking after your staff, assessing working conditions, increasing training for new divers and raising safety measures on the vessels in order to prevent the loss of another precious life. This is something you should WANT to do as a family orientated business rather than seeing this as a REQUIREMENT suggested by one of your in compassionate employees on the four corners program.
Your reputation through the approach you seem to be handling this unthinkable situation with has gone from bad to worse, maybe now is the time to start righting your wrongs.
All my love and support to the Hampton family, one of the most beautiful families I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.
Paspaley, get your act together!
The Living Stone
16 Jul 2012 10:12:44pm
Opium Brides
Why Four Corner did not help the father who could not raise $20 000 to save this son and yet, show it on prime time? Is this not an example of exploitation of human misery?
How much did you make from a 30 second commercial?
I am not sure what is the intended message from your tv program. What I am sure is that your crew has stood by and watched a boy died.
sdashby68 ®
16 Jul 2012 9:45:12pm
Opium Brides
Legitimise the operation and have companies like Tas Alkaloids invest with Govt. support
16 Jul 2012 9:41:58pm
Distorting opium crops Is NOT the cause
Opium Brides
In Afghanistan girls have been stolen for hundreds of years. Females are treated like stay dogs. I worked there for 3 years and I saw first hand the attitudes towards death, rape and torture. As Westerners we can't hope to understand or explain the Afghan situation using our own set if morals, if we go down that path we loose. The Taliban will always use violence to shock and control western oppinion. No, the small percentage of actual crops being destroyed are not the cause of stolen children, but the Taliban will blame the West for its atrocities, and use it against us, until public outrage paralyzes all efforts.
16 Jul 2012 9:31:14pm
afghani opium
Why doesn't the UN buy the opium - it can be used for good as well as evil? After all they buy it from Punjabi farmers in neighbouring India where it is a major cash crop. They're losing billions trying to stop the Taliban so why not cut off their major source of cash for weapons? Probably too busy trying to appease the Americans. The war on drugs has been a dismal failure for one simple reason - you can't stop people chasing pleasure whether it's alcohol or drugs.
fish n chipss ®
16 Jul 2012 9:25:00pm
Opium Brides
As distressing as the story seems, your journalism needs to be factual, your telling of the tragedy wasn't quite truthful, try again, without the embellishment this time.
16 Jul 2012 3:36:02pm
Catholic abuse
A long overdue inquiry into cardinal Pell is required to finally break the perpetual ,insidious, generational abuse to deliver past , present and future Australians from evil .......
16 Jul 2012 7:10:32am
Paspaley Pearls OHS and Injury Prevention Drift Di
I am writing to you after viewing the Four Corners' story (The Report) on Jarrod's mishap and subsequent death.
Paspaley have indicated that:
staff safety is of paramount importance
only part of the story was presented by Four Corners
they would provide no interview (a written response was provided)
it was premature for Four Corners to investigate
All the above may be a fair reflection of the situation. However the written response provided to Four Corners gives no indication of an immediate investigation and early intervention actions taken by Paspaley. Paspaley appear to be awaiting the results of external investigations before taking reasonable precautions. Why?
The report, as unfair and as inaccurate as it may be, suggested a raft of seemingly simple and obvious actions that could be examined for immediate and inexpensive implementation.
Possible actions:
review of employment requirements
review of induction training
review of safety procedures
review of training/retraining/refresher courses
ensure appropriate experienced/novice diver ratios
ensure adequate support staff
An immediate superficial review would be a start. More exhaustive, intensive review over time...in conjunction with the industry review.
Actual safety measures:
signalling mechanisms from ship to diver and reverse
a recovery slide/easy access from water level to ship's deck
Longer term:
a small inflatable rescue vehicle
retention of experienced staff
I have no knowledge of your industry. I do note that your organisation's communication does not reflect a high regard for the safety of your staff, rather it comes across as a defensive knee jerk response. Various points raised in defence of your organisation appear to be self serving and off point.
"Jarrod was a highly respected and a much loved member of our team. He was a very experienced diver, with a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certificate. Before joining Paspaley, Jarrod had recorded more than 600 dives in a variety of conditions including work as a dive instructor."
The issue was not Jarrod's diving experience rather his lack of experience at drift diving. As pointed out, in posts, on various sites in support of your organisation: drift diving is different and dangerous. Very likely divers new to drift diving have little concept of just how dangerous.
Until they deliver their findings and recommendations, it is not appropriate for anyone to speculate on the cause of the fatality or its relationship with the industry's safety measures.
Why does Paspaley need to wait on the relevant authorities before taking significant action themselves and notifying of same?
"In relation to your question on shell price, Paspaley, like most companies, conducts pay negotiations with its e
15 Jul 2012 9:16:51pm
The Price of Pearl
abarrett, you appear to be jumping to conclusions. Jarrod Hampton's parents were clearly willing participants in this programme. They want answers. 4 Corners investigated and told Jarrod's story sensitively and in my opinion raised all the important issues. Deb Whitmont did an excellent report.
Myview, the wage that Jarrod earned is totally irrelevant to this situation. His qualifications were above and beyond what Paspaley required. The fact is he went to work and he died. Why?
I watched the programme again last night and was once more astounded at the debacle that ensued after Jarrod surfaced. For example ... no action for one minute ... slowing the boat, not stopping it ... knocked up other divers twice ... no emergency signal ... the skipper and the engineer in the water ... no buoyancy compensators. I could go on.
Brett McCallum (PPA) firstly stated divers are given instruction in removing unconscious divers from the water. Then later he said the boats themselves have to work out how to retrieve a diver in trouble. What does that mean? Perhaps Dr Carl Edmond got it right when he stated there's no emergency procedures because they don't know what they need.
My sympathy is with everybody on that boat. If it was me, I would feel eternally sick at the thought of not knowing how to save a workmate. The practice of Drift Diving seems primitive. In this day and age surely the technology exists and work practices have evolved enough to keep employees safe.
14 Jul 2012 9:12:22pm
Diver death
If it is a concern to you and your family business!
Do you send your family members to dive unsafely to benefit your belt buckle? Is it that your require unassocciated memebers of the Australian public to build your worldly wealth? does this humble you?
I can't beleive that you in this day and age would expect divers to undertake such pimitative methods by hanging onto a toe line all day to retrive your product, without offering a duty of care and concern to their safety.
Do you have no concern for their " Life Line"...?
As Darrene Hinch would say ... Shame Shame Shame.
14 Jul 2012 8:36:25pm
Defibrillators not for victims of drowning
Defibrillator's are not even used on victims of drowning. They are used on victims of heart attack. Paspaley divers are no more likely to have heart attacks than any one else in Australia (unless there have been several cases anyone knows about?). So a defibrillator is no more relevant to Paspaley than to any other business. Do you think that's why Paspaley did not have a defibrillator onboard? Do you have a defibrillator in your office?
14 Jul 2012 7:29:55pm
Action needed by Paspaley
Like others on this Message Forum, I have been haunted by the tragedy of Jarrod's death whilst on a "drift-dive" for pearl shell.
One of my family worked in this industry as a diver too.
We all worried about him, but were reassured by the statements from the company, and his belief, that the divers were constantly monitored during a dive, and that procedures were in place to deal with any difficulties on a dive.
It seems now that our confidence was totally misplaced.
In spite of all the claims from Paspaley about having the highest safey standards for their crew, when Jarrod was drowning there was no help available to him at all.
No procedures for stopping the boat, no means to send a crew member over the side to rescue him from the water, no quick way of getting him back on the vessel, and no medical equipment to assist those trying to resucitate him.
And since Jarrod's death it seems that absolutely nothing has been done to change this appalling lack of safety procedures and equipment.
Every day we all face danger and take risks. Some work is inherently dangerous, and the risks of death and injury are higher. But when assurances are made that OH&S procedures are of the highest standards, and then prove to be non-existent, then that is a disgrace.
Someone in a higher authority may even deem it to be criminal.
Surely now is the time for Paspaley to take immediate action and make up for the inadequacies of safety procedures that failed Jarrod on that tragic day 3 months ago.
It is unbelievable that this has not already happened. We await some positive notification from Paspaley and the Pearling Industry on this action
13 Jul 2012 5:01:47pm
A poor Report
For those like Carol who ask in which way this report could be questioned, just one example.
At the beginning of the program we see Jarrod jumping happily into the Pitt in Mexico.
A happy kid enjoying life that later is going to find his death in the employment of an organisation with poor safety standards.
What we are not told is that the Pitt is a sink hole, certainly not exempt of danger, inside the deep jungle .
The entrance to the cavern is 300 meters (1000 feet) away from a dirt road and with a maximum depth of 40 meters. The equipment has to be lowered about 24 ft/7 m. Of course there are no emergency services on standby and to get anyone injured out of that place would be very difficult and time consuming.
While that is not mentioned a lot of emphasis was placed in the difficulties of getting Jarrod on the boat something far less difficult by comparison.
The emphasis of thr program is in building profiles, on one hand the young, the naive, the exploited and the grieving and on the other hand the insensitive super rich.
For those like straight talker that believe an activity should be stopped if implies serious risks I tell: then we would not have firemen, police, taxi drivers (in Sydney quite risky) and etc etc. etc
This is not Zimbabwe we are in Australia; justice could be slow but eventually comes, until that happens the media should report with responsibility.
Not a report Andrew Ollie would have been proud of..
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If Robertson has any concern for Professional Christians, he should be more careful of what he wishes for. But, on second thought, a V-button would give them increased opportunities to whine about being persecuted, so that would be a big plus.
BTW, The Disqus blog commenting system already has a V-button.
The feeling is certainly mutual.
As Patsy in AbFab said to her mother – "Oh for God's sake, just die!"
Don't get me wrong – I am not urging any act of violence against the good minister, nor any non-natural death. I'm just saying the world will be better when he's no longer in it.
People like Robertson sit down at a computer and say, "Is this thing on?"
I'm sure that he has little real acquaintance with Facebook, what it is or how to use it. Not that that matters; an insult in the name of God trumps knowledge any time.
With a possibility of destroying some preconceived notions about me but I have to tell CPT_Doom: That was Edina not Patsy.
Time for this piece of coprolite to shuffle off to the Fletcher Memorial Home for Colonial Wasters of Life and Limb.

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Never fear, because the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration is stepping in to handle the last question. It's just published a new, final rule that requires employee access to "quality fiduciary investment advice." Basically, this means getting rid of a few potential conflicts of interest such as investment advisers pushing stocks and funds that aren't in employees' best interest. Not to sound naive or anything, but we didn't have these rules already? According to the official U.S. DOL press release:
The prohibited transaction rules in ERISA and the IRC generally prevent a fiduciary investment adviser from recommending plan investment options if the adviser receives additional fees from the investment providers. Although these rules protect participants from conflicts of interest, ERISA provides exemptions from the rules in appropriate circumstances and permits the department to grant exemptions that have participant-protective conditions. The new regulation implements an exemption that Congress enacted as part of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 to improve participant access to fiduciary investment advice, which contains certain safeguards and conditions to prevent investment advisers from providing biased advice that is not in a participant's best interest.
To qualify for the exemption in the final regulation, investment advice must be given through the use of a computer model that is certified as unbiased by an independent expert or through an adviser compensated on a "level-fee" basis, meaning that the fees do not vary based on investments selected. Both types of arrangements must also satisfy several other conditions, including the disclosure of the adviser's fees and an annual audit of the arrangement for compliance with the regulation.
Okay. Why does it sound like they're closing one loop hole while creating a few more somehow? But that's government, it's Tuesday morning, and I need more coffee before I check my 401(k) and weep until lunch.


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After months of drama between Geohot and Sony, the two parties have finally reached a middle ground! However, the whole deal seems a little sketchy, it's unclear what Geohot and Sony have actually agreed to do. But from the "statement" on Sony's blog, I think it's safe to assume that Sony has agreed to drop the charges if Geohot stops hacking their devices; for good!
Here is Sony's "official statement" (taken from their blog):
"Sony Computer Entertainment America ("SCEA") and George Hotz ("Hotz") today announced the settlement of the lawsuit filed by SCEA against Hotz in federal court in San Francisco, California. The parties reached an agreement in principle on March 31, 2011. As part of the settlement, Hotz consented to a permanent injunction.
Both parties expressed satisfaction that litigation had been quickly resolved. "Sony is glad to put this litigation behind us," said Riley Russell, General Counsel for SCEA. "Our motivation for bringing this litigation was to protect our intellectual property and our consumers. We believe this settlement and the permanent injunction achieve this goal."
"It was never my intention to cause any users trouble or to make piracy easier," said Hotz, "I'm happy to have the litigation behind me." Hotz was not involved in the recent attacks on Sony's internet services and websites.
In the action, SCEA accused Hotz of violating federal law by posting online information about the security system in the PlayStation 3 videogame console and software that SCEA claimed could be used to circumvent the security system in the console and allow the playing of pirated videogames. Hotz denies any wrongdoing on his part. Hotz's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction was still pending before the federal court in San Francisco but a preliminary injunction was issued requiring Hotz to take down the postings challenged by SCEA.
"We want our consumers to be able to enjoy our devices and products in a safe and fun environment and we want to protect the hard work of the talented engineers, artists, musicians and game designers who make PlayStation games and support the PlayStation Network," added Russell. "We appreciate Mr. Hotz's willingness to address the legal issues involved in this case and work with us to quickly bring this matter to an early resolution."
Hopefully Geohot will be back to hacking iOS devices and can devote all of his "extra curricular hacking" activities towards Apple products and continue to produce the latest and greatest Jailbreaks! I'm sure Geohot and other PS3 hackers MIGHT look at this situation and think the glass is half empty – however, for iDevice hackers everywhere this could be and probably is a blessing in disguise!


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How Boeing blew it.
To save itself, Boeing needs to accomplish two feats. One is to mend fences with the Pentagon and save the deal under which it will build 100 767 jets to serve as midair tankers (the only hope for the aircraft, which no commercial customer now wants). That may not be terribly hard; the Air Force really, truly wants those tankers, and even John McCain's blustering over the deal isn't likely to impede it.
But the other more important challenge for Boeing is to get back to basics in commercial aviation, which after all is what built the company during the 1960s and 1970s. Whether Boeing is up to the task is far from clear. After fiddling in recent years with notions for a supersized 747 and a fast jet called the "sonic cruiser," Boeing has decided its savior will be a jet called the 7E7 "Dreamliner." This twin-engine, 220-seat jet is supposed to give airlines a comfortable, superefficient plane that dovetails nicely with the move away from hub-and-spoke airline flight patterns and toward the point-to-point flights preferred by customers.
Yet it's basically a variation on the tube-and-wing model used by every commercial aircraft manufacturer since Donald Douglas created the DC-3 in 1936. It bears scant resemblance to the inspired engineering moxie that led Boeing to work up a balsa mock-up of the B-52 bomber in a hotel room in 1948. Or that in a mere 16 months took the 747 from a design concept for a failed military transport plane to a flyable commercial aircraft that literally changed the world by making possible cheap mass global travel.
What really is needed is a shot of that old-time engineering nerve. Ironically, says Paul Czysz, a professor emeritus of aeronautics at St. Louis University, that might have been found in the McDonnell Douglas archives. During the 1980s and 1990s, engineers there developed what is called the "blended wing"—a variation on the flying-wing model used in the B-2 bomber. Basically, a blended wing is simply a fat wing with the engines and tail fins attached to it—no long skinny tube with the wings stuck on the side. It's an ideal design for commercial aircraft—even more fuel efficient than the proposed 7E7, capable of carrying huge loads, easily switched between passengers and cargo and back. Should any U.S. aviation company actually build a commercial version, says Czysz (full disclosure: He's a former McDonnell Douglas guy), no other airliner could compete. Boeing toyed with something a little like the blended wing with its proposed sonic cruiser, but scrapped that in the wake of Sept. 11 and the collapse of commercial aviation.
The 7E7, offered in its place, is certainly a safer bet. But if the Dreamliner isn't a winner—and there is no clear evidence that it will offer airlines something that Airbus can't—the odds are good that Boeing will be out of the commercial aircraft business in 10 years. To leapfrog Airbus, Boeing needed to roll the dice. Instead, its new culture of soaking the taxpayers for military goodies while playing it safe on the commercial-aircraft front may have cost Boeing its future and blown a hole in the U.S. economy that never will close.


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What did yout guys use for Bedliner In Canada and where did you get it from and pictures? Thanks
We use bedliner n get it from the store
I used Durabak. I ordered it from the US, shipped it to the border, the. Picked it up with a bunch of other stuff. It's been holding up awesome for 12+ years.
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Lime Rock Park in Salisbury is offering a unique going green program that will help race fans keep a little more green in their wallets.
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The needs of our organization include effective promotion and illustration of dahlias. The annual photography contest - open to all - seeks to find and reward the finest photographs featuring dahlias and dahlia-related activities, such as shows, demonstration gardens, use of dahlias in the landscape, cultivation, and personalities involved in dahlia culture.
The American Dahlia Society greatly appreciates photographers' interest and will make every effort to reproduce chosen images to enhance that contribution and to give photographer credit for its permission to use their work in the ADS educational efforts. These photos may appear in future ADS Bulletins, the Grow Guide, promotional materials, mass market magazines and in our image collection. We are establishing a comprehensive index of dahlia cultivars to assist growers in identifying varieties and to help raise the profile of the dahlia as Nature's most versatile and exciting flower.
Modest cash prizes and certificates of merit are some of the rewards that winning photographers can expect. By competing, photographers also gain better understanding of technical skills and challenges facing flower portraiture. The innovative spirit of our competitors also finds an outlet in the Digital Darkroom, where creative license is granted to use artistic approaches to the image.
The ADS Photo Contest rules and forms are found here on the site and are also published in the June ADS Bulletin. Normal deadline for submission is 30 November. Results are announced in the March edition of the Bulletin.
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Captains running half-day trips Thursday morning found clean, blue water as the nearshore cleared up to produce decent fishing after the recent storm.
With another smaller storm not expected until Sunday, fishing for rockfish, lingcod, sculpin and an occasional sheephead should remain steady.
"Fishing is decent," said Fred Huber of the Daily Double out of Point Loma Sportfishing. "It really started coming together (Wednesday). The water is really clean, and we're metering a lot of fish. When we catch them, there are some nice 3- and 4-pounders in the mix."
Tim Green on the Premier out of H&M Landing said he found cold water in the 54-degree range, but the fish were biting.
"The water is still chilly, but there's a lot of life in the water right now," Green said. "If we can get a good weather pattern here that would help."
On the freshwater side, the weather cooled things down, but not even a late-winter storm can stop the rite of spring. Butch Paddock at Lake Cuyamaca said the lake's largemouth bass already are stirring.
"We've got 42-degree water, but there was a 6½-pound bass caught in the south end of the lake," Paddock said, offering a photo of the catch as evidence.
Wohlford surrendered a 9.5-pound trout to Mike Holden of Encinitas. He used a gold Kastmaster. Richard Fridell, Escondido, nailed a 6.95-pound largemouth bass.
• The DFG trout truck hit Chollas, Cuyamaca, Lindo, Lower Otay, Morena and Murray this week.
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Perseverance pays off for North Carolina
Trailing 4-1 at the end of the first quarter against an energized rival and in a hostile environment might have been the death knell for North Carolina a few years ago.
But rather than fold, the Tar Heels rallied to convincingly beat then-No. Maryland, 11-6, on Saturday at Byrd Stadium in College Park.
"I think for our young guys to go up there at this point in the season and just play with the confidence that they had, just staying the course was the biggest thing," recalled North Carolina coach Joe Breschi, who burned through his two first-half timeouts within the first nine minutes of the contest. "Now they're looking at you with both eyes instead of one in the huddle, saying, 'You know what? You're right. If we stay the course, maybe good things will happen.' Not that we'll win every game, but we'll have a chance to win every game, and that's all we asked our guys. … I think for us, it was a game that we matured in and got better. It didn't start off the way everybody anticipated on our end. They took it to us, but we were able to withhold and stay in it long enough to get our own act together."
The Tar Heels, who improved to 7-2 and moved to No. 5 in The Sun's latest rankings, get another test Sunday at the Konica Minolta Big City Classic when they meet No. 6 Johns Hopkins (6-2) at The New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
Breschi, who was impressed with the Blue Jays' 12-11 win over then-No. 2 Virginia, said the Johns Hopkins team from Saturday's victory is far removed from the version that fell to Princeton, 8-3, on March 5.
"I think when you start in February, much like us, teams are trying to figure out an identity – who they are and what they're good at, who's going to contribute and who's going to be a consistent contributor – and they've done a terrific job of figuring out who they are," Breschi said Wednesday. "With the amount of goals that they're scoring and the number of points they're putting up and a terrific team-defense style, they're really putting pressure on opponents' defenses. … I think for them, the 8-3 game against Princeton is so far in the past, and the way they're playing now, they're certainly one of the best teams in the country."
One ingredient that could play a role in the outcome is the availability of freshman faceoff specialist R.G. Keenan, who absorbed a pair of bone-rattling hits in the win against the Terps, and junior attackman Thomas Wood, who has missed the last two games with an unspecified injury. Breschi said he would lean on the school's training staff before clearing Keenan and Wood for Sunday.
"We're never going to put somebody in a position to hurt himself further," Breschi said. "Once the medical staff clears them, they'll play. If they're healthy and 100 percent ready to go, we're going to play them. If the staff says they should get another week, then we'll definitely hold off."
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My wife would like a 3 wheeled recumbent, but I can't see how we can transport one with a normal car.
I can put my bike on a rack or the roof, but all the recumbent I have seen are too large to transport.
What solutions have people come up with?
My wife would like a 3 wheeled recumbent, but I can't see how we can transport one with a normal car.
I can put my bike on a rack or the roof, but all the recumbent I have seen are too large to transport.
What solutions have people come up with?
If your car doesn't have a trailer hitch on it, you can have one installed and purchase a "trike and bike" rack that mounts in the trailer hitch receiver:
My inlaws ride recumbent bikes and had a hitch installed on their Toyota Camry and purchased a double-trike rack.
Greenspeed both makes folding tadpole recumbent trikes, which can fit in the back of a reasonably sized car.
Trident, Mantis and Artifice by TW Bents all fold enough to go in a car (allegedly, I don't have one)
You can get them from Buy Buy Bicycles in the UK.
Firstly I've seen a variety of trikes on the roof of a fairly wide variety of cars - hmm, I've carried one on the roof of mine along with two recumbent bikes, so its perfectly possible to carry a trike on a car. The challenge - as it has always been with recumbents - is that you may not be able to do so with a single standard piece of kit. From memory wheels either side of a set of roof bars being quite a common solution (challenge being getting the thing up onto the roof in the first place).
After that it rather depends on the trike - there are an ever increasing number of folding (well collapsible) trikes - the latest being HP Velotechnik's Scorpion FX which is picutured being loaded into the boot of a Smartcar here: http://www.hpvelotechnik.com/produkte/scorpionfx/index_e.html
Similarly Hase have taken steps to make it easy to break a KettWiesel down for transport.
Hmm, here's the Challenge variation on the theme: http://www.challenge-recumbents.com/index.php?language=en&selection=trike-alize-en
with, guess what... a picture of the bike going into the back of a SmartCar - so clearly the solution to the problem is to buy the right car (-:
Pragmatically, if you can find your way to an HPV club event (e.g those run by the BHPC in the UK) you'll be able to see and ask people who will have addressed this problem.
I've had good luck strapping my TerraTrike to the top of a Matrix. We have a roof rack, which makes it easier. But before that I just fed the straps through the doors. The trickiest part is that at highway speeds, there's a lot of stuff that can fly off. (I lost a fender that way.)
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Giving Emotional Support
My husband and I are polite and all, but our relationship feels sort of like doing business together rather than being mates. Honestly, I wish he was more supportive somehow, and I'm sure he secretly wishes the same from me.
Under the press of everything you have to do as a parent, combined with feeling tired and frazzled, it's only natural to feel a little distant from your mate. But as the saying goes, "love is a verb," which means that an intimate relationship ultimately rests on how we act toward our partner. Often it's very small things that make a big difference.
Let's assume that you and he are not doing negative things toward each other, such as yelling, calling names, threatening, hitting, belittling, or being cold and mean. On that foundation, here are four things you and he could focus on.
If either one of you does them, that will improve your relationship – and if both of you do them, all the better! It's perfectly alright to directly ask your partner to give you emotional support – and perhaps even read this column – and of course that will go better if you are being supportive yourself.
Wishing Well
This is as simple as the desire that your partner be happy and content, rather than distressed or suffering. This is good will, the opposite of ill will. It's the attitude of compassion, kindness, and caring – the expression of the heart that says, "You matter to me, and I want things to go well for you."
When we find this attitude, this wish inside ourselves and bring it to conscious awareness, our partner can sense that – and can see it in our eyes and hear it in our tone of voice. At the end of the day, this is perhaps the most important thing we want to from our family members: not so much whether they will give us this or that, but that they CARE how it goes for us.
This is the emotional understanding of what it's like to be another person. Empathy is not agreement or approval or a waiving of our own rights. For example, imagine a political figure you dislike: it's possible to open up to a sense of what it might be like to live inside his or her skin with wanting to vote for that person!
This means actively relieving the other person's anxieties and giving encouragement that he or she will get through whatever challenge is being faced. Some of the great ways to do this include:
We all know what it feels like to be loving – even when we have to use our own will to bring up and express some lovingness that was not the first thing on our mind. For example, every parent has brought love to a child who was being stressful or irritating. We can certainly do the same for our mate. It's just a matter of deciding to do so. Some people do this as a matter of spiritual practice; all the great religious teachers have talked about loving those who irk or wrong us. More conventionally, you can recall something that makes you appreciate or care for your partner. Or bring to mind a sense of his or her suffering, struggles, and yearning like all of us to be happy. Then act on that loving feeling in some appropriate way: often just a small gesture, maybe a back scratch, or a smile or gentle look. Those small moments, adding up day by day, help knit a relationship together for a lifetime.


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McCann unveils 'This is me' spot for Metro Trains
Metro Trains has launched a new brand campaign that portrays its everyday customers – in this instance an elderly Bulldogs fan – as the life and soul of Melbourne's transport system.
The campaign, the first brand effort for Metro Trains since it took over from previous operator Connex, was created by McCann Melbourne.
McCann Melbourne's co-creative director Phil van Bruchem, said: "I think everyone knows what a train does and looks like. The interesting bit is the hundreds of thousands of people that travel on them."
"Melbourne is a proud, distinctive town and this campaign is hopefully a nice little addition to the long list of why it's such a lovely place to live."
- Creative directors: Nick Weller, Phil van Bruchem
- Copywriters: John Skaro, Dan Forrestal
- Art Director: Roger Nance, Tim Forte
- Production Co: The Guild
- Director: Craig Maclean
- Producer: Helene Nicol
- Agency producer: Kat Latour
- Clients: Chloe Alsop, Leah Waymark
- Account director: Anthony Keck
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Makes sense, the only people who get seats on trains are oldies.
What's not to love? It combines two of my favourite things: Melbourne & the mighty Doggies. Beautifuly done.
Kudos to the research team at McCann. They found the only Bulldogs fan in Melbourne thats still got their front teeth. Mind you, with CGI, they could have been digitally added.
Yep, It's footy season in Melbourne, bring on the replies!
Or should I say, 'Beautifully done'
Why don't Metro just run the trains on time. That alone would advertise the service itself.
Typical old person taking up a seat with their bag whilst people are standing! Give up metro. You took over a piece of sh!t thinking you could change the smell!
Could it get any tackier? It's not Metro's fault. McCann please do SOMETHING original…..
This ad just annoys me..
A) It's boring; and
B) It paints the picture that the train service is all lovely with sunshine and rainbows and it's just not true at all! You catch the train in peak hour times and they're rediculously crowded, late or cancelled. Catch them during the day and it's uncomfortable trying not to make eye contact with the junky deros that are on their way to their closest Centrelink. Catch it at night – at your own risk. Catching the train is not fun! And it makes me even more annoyed that Metro would spend all this money advertising and lying about how good their service is, when they should be fixing it!
Now unlike the earlier Nikon Ad, this makes me want to run away from advertising. Very fast. But I understand that sometimes you just have to do what you get from the brief. I concur with Matthew; just run the trains on time and quit harping on about emotional connections to trains.
They left out the bit where she missed her train because she couldn't work the Myki Machine and then got fined for having a zone 1 when she really needed a zone 1 +2.
for you information this is my nana and yes they are her teeth! and as for you 'Masterful' its a bloody add of course they put her bag next to her. ur obviously not smart enough to know whats tv n wats real life.
To me this is yet another example of a marketing department that sits around being creative amongst themselves so the result is a campaign that misses the mark dismally because (A) they don't bother to get to know their actual customers are and (B) they don't know the business that they actually work in. What a lost opportunity
@kelly, I really do believe this is your 'nanna', (note the extra 'n' in the word). because your spelling and grammer is that of a Western Bulldogs fan…
@ Kelly – you hit the nail on the head – this ad IS obviously TV because it's not believable at all – in REAL LIFE taking the train is often a terrible experience!


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This guy might be one of the better sports columnists in the region. A good quote: "Those two results might force the move of this week's Oklahoma-Texas game often seen as the Big 12's de facto title match from the Texas State Fairgrounds to a county fair somewhere." A bad quote: we are a "sad sack", although I reluctantly agree.
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The owner of a local honey business admits to stealing bees.
Joseph Guilmette, owner of Guilmette's Busy Bees, pleaded guilty last week to felony theft, possession of stolen property and bail jumping.
The Bellingham Herald reports that he took seven pallets of hives, bees and honey from a rival farm using his forklift last June.
Guilmette was ordered to pay the other farmer more than $14,000.
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CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) — Jasper County authorities are investigating the theft of 177 head of cattle from six farms in the last six weeks.
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I don't know what the point is. The guy studying the graffiti as art while the women ignore it? If so, I think I'd like to actually see more of what he's looking at. The wall behind him is a distraction. You should have been closer to that wall for framing.
The camera shake and choice of focus point are also problematic.He and/or the color graffiti should be the focus, not the wall behind him.


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Isn't it amazing how the helmet makes the class?
Exact same armor otherwise. Change the helm to something else or remove it, and you have a warrior or a barbarian. Slap some cloth around the face, and BOOM, insta-rogue.
Is like magic.
Awesome ;)
It has a nice "welcome to my lair" look. Good shot, but the costuming looks awkward.
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IBM has shipped 1000 Storwize V7000 units since the Oct announcement.
Talk about a fast start.
Don't take my word for it check it out.
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IBM Systems Director Storage Control a plug-in for IBM Systems Director was announced on Nov 7th, 2010.
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I seem to be stuck in the clouds lately, I am serious I have spent a great deal of time thinking about Cloud Computing.
For instance, with the in-depth push into virtualization across all layers in the Data Center (Storage, Networking, Servers etc….) I have gotten hung up on, at what point in the virtualization process does an enterprise cross over from a virtualized Data Center to having a Private Cloud? Do we have metrics to let us know and are there points of diminishing returns?
Another sticking point is Cloud management tools…. Where are we in the development and roll-out of these tools?
Anyone else stuck on these issues?
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Some of the features:
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Cloud Computing
When Cloud Computing is mentioned does that thought conjure up?
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· Private
· Public
· Hybrid
What is your enterprises driving factor?
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Is it ease of use?
Is it more virtualization?
Is it to drive more service management into the Enterprise?
Is it to drive more methodology use into the Enterprise?
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How much of what is in your data center is cloud ready?
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What does it take for a successful VDI implementation?
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What does it take for a successful VDI implementation?
Let's think about a few integral steps in getting your VDI project from the whiteboard into production (we don't have enough space to cover all aspects such as project management, change management, Thin Client selection, etc.)
VDI aka Virtual Desktop Infrastructure relies on your disk subsystem being a stable foundation
in which you can build and grow your VDI environment.
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Properly sized: How did you size your subsystem prior to rollout?
How many I/O's did you allocate for each thin client?
How many more I/O's did you allocate for each application?
How will you handle the 'exception application' which is not supported by VDI today?
Do not overlook some applications which require higher uptime than others.
What type of disk drive did you select to achieve this performance metric?
How large are the disk pools you are going to utilize to keep your performance consistent (Proof of Concept, Pilot, Initial rollout, full rollout)?
Did your sizing meet your performance expectorations in your lab?
Protocol selection: What protocol did you select for the backend connectivity (Fibre Channel, FCoE, iSCSI, NFS)?
What protocol does it use to the desktop (I.E. PCoIP or RDP)?
How agile is the protocol you selected? Was it designed for WAN use?
What are the cost implications if other network gear must be ordered?
Are you working w/ the Network team to ensure all aspects of the project are getting the proper attention?
For instance, How did VDI impact your LAN traffic (if applicable)?
How did VDI impact your WAN traffic (if applicable)?
Management: How are you going to keep control over your VDI environment (Roles/Responsibilities)?
Can you quickly integrate management into a directory structure and push out policies to manage all these new devices?
How flexible is your storage offering in assisting with desktop provisioning / creation?
How many golden images will you create & maintain (these might be worlds apart by the time you complete your pilot)?
How will you maintain these images? How much time has been allocated to maintain these images?
Security: Sure, you have locked down the selected OS but what about security at the physical layer have you disabled the USB ports too?
How are your existing security practices today going to be impacted? Will your VDI selection work across a VPN tunnel?
These questions might help get you on your way to VDI success!
Flexible storage
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Flexible storage
The new data everywhere enterprise is about flexibility, which enables task savings freeing up resources to focus other critical enterprise events such as Risk, Security & Compliance.
What type of disk subsystem are we referring to that is flexible allow one to accomplish more?
Are you wondering how can it impact your enterprise?
80 / 20 Rule
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Everyone in IT is familiar w/ the 80 / 20 "rule".
For networking it used for be 80% of traffic would remain local and then 20% would / could go offsite. Then the Internet Age came about and flipped that paradigm.
The data everywhere revolution is flipping the data storage model from an 80 / 20 rule. Where 80% WAS structured data and 20% was unstructured data. In the past few years, the rule has been creeping toward an equilibrium and it seems w/ the requirement to store video in-house the paradigm has shifted where 80% of the data is now unstructured (email, digital media, medical imaging, digital surveillance video, engineering / scientific data, etc) and 20% of data is structured. Are you locked into a storage offering which is built for the old paradigm? How is this going to benefit your enterprise moving forward?
How flexible is your new storage offering?