and is there an rss feed with the mp3 embedded as a downloadable file? the RSS feed on the radio page doesn't seem to have attached the mp3 file, so I can't download it automagically via my podcast grabber.

Slight techie hitch with the way I did it (pasted in…

and is there an rss feed with the mp3 embedded as a downloadable file? the RSS feed on the radio page doesn't seem to have attached the mp3 file, so I can't download it automagically via my podcast grabber.

where's the podcast/download then?

There's only one podcast up at the moment, but this (and all future podcasts) can be found under the heading 'Radio' at the top left of the PA system screen (immediately underneath 'search' and 'spotlit').

Or you can go directly here:

http://www.publicaddress.net/system/forum,6,public_address_radio.sm

OK, OK, I'll listen in. Because at the end of the day, the reality is, it's got to be better than Radio Sport, at…

Go figure, they couldn't find a way of spending around $7 million.

$200k on a process evaluation of rehabitation practices for mental health patients might be a good start...

Mark Burton was meant to be taking his medication and was meant to be supervised when he travelled a considerable distance to hunt down his mother and quite brutally kill her
Six years later he is in a smilar position although this time I hope the authorities are really are…

It's also important to note that when he killed his mother, Mark Burton didn't suddenly snap. His condition had deteriorated over weeks, he was unmonitored and using drugs, he lived in an unsafe house and then eventually couldn't be located at all, and he acted on very specific paranoid…

I think you'd be insane not to take advantage of one of the NZ blogospheres most consistently hilarious inane commentators. I'm talking, of course, about Adolf.

danyl, while i think you may be right, i'm still very tempted to call you an 'appeaser'.

heh.

but on the other hand, the…

I am just glad he is your neighbourhood and not mine

Good to see The Mainland laager is alive and well.

There are others that go faster than me

There's a whole world in that quote right there.

Get that in your ear mate.

__Part of the idea is to draw talent from the…

Oh…

No offence to any of you guys, and…

In answer to your question, I couldn't give a rat's about the background of people in the supermarket. I would be concerned about people with a pattern of offending against children in a situation where…

and whom shall deem my assessment of risk to be reasonable or not stephen?

Not wishing to be awkward but it clearly shouldn't be journalists.

Its so much easier to mix notoriety, ignorance and basic mortal fear than it is to generate hysteria over germs, falls etc. (not for want…

But I'm surprised no one's mentioned that the person who lost the most from Mark Burton's terrible actions, his father, was highly supportive of his employment now. He's also a policeman, so you'd expect him to have views on public safety.

It's also important to note that when…

I'm not suggesting it is right, or even palatable, only that there is some degree of inevitability and symbiosis about supply and demand.

In the eye of the beholder I suspect, while we can point the finger at tabloid journalism, I often wonder if they lead or follow public demand. While media have a certain power to influence perceptions and set the agenda, there is…

I'm not sure the Zoo would want to either.

Me, I'd far rather watch tabloid journalists shovel shit behind bars.

Where I get rather nervous is sacking an employee who, as far as I'm aware, is competent, conscientious and closely supervised because the Herald on Slumday missed out on the kinky kops scoop.

[clap clap clap].

might i add, "who enjoyed his job, and reported to be making noticeable progress…

Craig: well said, and more power to you.

I agree with you – and having done my share of living la vida loco parentis, I can be twitchy and neurotic as anyone. My point – and I did have one – is (as out host pointed out) that I don't think you enter into any kind of…

... and it looks like they have podcasts too, so hopefully Saturday's show will be archived for us.

Cheers Russell.

rather, "a killer lurking in a public space" is the kind of concern i'd imagine a parent having. the kind of concern that is actually and frequently preyed upon by the worst kind of human being.

tabloid…

Burton's father is suggestion that the right to privacy might have played a part in this. Possibly…

I would go out on a limb and say that if he's living in a supervised environment and taking his meds, he is a much safer employee than your…

but the herald is doing no-one any favours by scaremongering for headlines. next it'll be "mental deficient cleans floors at maccas"...

OK, folks, so does Aucklland Zoo require all employees to sign a statutory declarationthat if they're…

she insisted quite strongly that the clear boundary between "friendly" or "kinky" bondage and discipline, and the…

The Herald are not clear on whether they are the people who told…

Did the Zoo have an expectation of vetoing individuals and/or were they expecting to be informed

from my hazy recall of the radio interview with 'man from zoo" this monring, yes, they expected to be informed. they also apologised to burton, but said it was necessary.

but the hysteria factor was what made this story particularly disdainful. once again the sunday papers illustrate…

Hmm, it's hard to say without knowing more about how the arrangement between the Mason clinic, the rehab programme, and the various employers (in this case, the Zoo) works, but in principle, if you are an employer who has taken a decision to support such a programme, then I…

I'd actually be really interested in your informed view as a PR person: what if the zoo had said "Yes, we're extending the same care and decency to Burton as we do to other animals. He's supervised and a minimal risk…

The real risk Burton posed to the zoo was a PR risk. And they reacted in classic PR weasel fashion.

Awww, but I was wanting a DRM protected wma file...

Don't worry JP, with RIANZ and MED looking out for the common man DRM will be guarding our virtual borders, keeping us all safe from the Enemy. Oh, and Doubters will be cast out of this safe nest.

Noizyboy, thanks…

Hmm, so I can finally add a NZ podcast to ipodder, huzzah!

Awww, but I was wanting a DRM protected wma file...

Strange, each time I go there, I see animal keepers I recognise from the "The Zoo" TV program.

Surely, if I recognise them from TV, thats "high profile" ? :)

Did the Herald kindly inform the Zoo that Burton was working there or was the Zoo already going to terminate his employment and they were just reporting on it? It makes a difference in terms of judging the article.

If you cannot tell by reading the article, then it is…

Do you thing there's a direct causal relationship there, Russell? :)

Great time had by all

It was all brilliantly organised

That's because I am so dominant and anal, of course. And because the Wellingtonista rule. And if you'd come for a swim, you could have cleared out your head and felt much better the next day!

wet undies on the bus home wasn't so flash though.

It was a superb night. I hope the pineapples get a mention on the radio show...

Duh! I clean forgot to mention Imbibe, where the pineapples were indeed quite lovely. It was all brilliantly organised, even if I did feel really quite shabby the next day.

You can get Bill Rolston on to fill your spot while you were away and as long as he wasn't allowed to make up his own lines we would be none the wiser :P