Queen of the cattle market

1. Explain the impact of the headline and photograph on the reader? How is this meant to influence our view of pageants?
The headline and photograph are meant to portray an image of pageants being a place for the self indulged or as the title suggests Cattle. The headline “Queen of the cattle market” gives the reader the impression that the people who enter these pageants are nothing but plain and simple cows. Pieces of meat that walk around looking good. The image of Jennifer Hawkins with her Miss Universe Banner and crown gives the reader after reading the headline that she is the top prize piece of meat nothing else. The two are meant to influence others into thinking that pageants are contests for praising self centred, egocentric cows.
2. What is Robyn Riley’s main contention?
Robyn Riley’s main contention in this article is that these beauty pageants are only held for women who are aesthetically perfect and that these people are the only women “worthy for success”
3. List the words and phrases that she uses to support her anti-pageant view.
“Despite the huffing and puffing about bowing to political correctness, beauty pageants have changed little over the years. Pull apart the window dressing and well, basically that is all they are, window dressing.”
“The only message they seem to transmit is that you have to be beautiful to be worthy of success”
“…a bit of harmless fun, they might say Jennifer was exercising her freedom of choice by entering it, but I don’t buy it”
“They are cattle markets at which they show of their assets for a meaningless title and a useless crown”

4. Explain how the words and phrases help convey her view? What is the tone? What issues does she highlight?
These phrases give the article a tone of sarcasm. They give the reader the impression that unless you have good “assets” and a nice set of pearly white teeth that you don’t have a hope in hell of winning these competitions and that you are illegible for success in the world.
5. Write a short response to Riley supporting pageants.

In response to Robyn Riley’s article entitled “Queen of the cattle market” I must say that her view that only the excessively beautiful can only be successful in life is far from the truth. There are a number of women in the world today that I would consider to be successful. Names like Opera Whinfery, Sharon Osbourne, Poppy King, Jacque Kennedy- Onasis are all women who have made millions of dollars in the business world. And what about the women in the field of science and the successful sports women of today. We all show recognition of these women. So Why not show support for the Beautiful. Let them be glamorise I say because in the world today if you have an idea and the determination you can achieve anything.

In recent times there has been a lot of talk in regards to the troubles of Rave parties in Australia. There have been a number of overdoses involving the rapidly popularizing drug GBH Most recognisable the 12 overdoses at the two tribes party in melbourne during the Australia day weekend. a number of people have raised the question weather there should be a ban on rave parties in Australia. Three articles which explore the issues of rave parties and wheateher they should or shouldn’t be banne are “We can’t rant about raves” by Jim Stynes, “Call for dance party ban rejectded” by Christine Caulfield and “ One in five try killer drug GHB” by Patrick O’Neil and Christine Caufield. When looked at from both sides it is easy to see why it is of High contention in recent times. But it is clear that both the for and opposed parties have strong arguments in regards to this delicate issue.

In Jim Stynes article “We can’t rant about Raves” Mr. Stynes argues that the rave parties are not the issue but rather the drug influences. Mr stynes, a retied AFL player is now working in social welfare and works with people that deal with situations at these dance events. Stynes is also the co-founder of the reach foundation.He argues that the atmosphere at a rave party is all about the music. He also argues that people making alogations that it’s the rave parties that are causing the overdoses “have never been to a rave”. Stynes also says “…If they are realy concerened, then they should do their homework to learn why people are attracted to these events and why they take potentially deadly drugs such as GBH”
Stynes also stresses that people aren’t forced to take drugs but take them to fill a void in their lives. And I tend to agree with this. I believe that it’s not the event organizers fault that people are overdosing it’s the pressures of peers and that generation’s society that may force people to take the harmful drugs such as GBH and ecstasy. People have the choice to take these drugs and if they do decide to take them they should be able to take control of their addiction and they should not blame anybody else for their addiction. Stynes also believes if the government ban rave parties they will only be moved to private underground events where there is no security or control of drug flow.

In contrast the article” Call for dance party ban rejected” by Christine Caufield is in the opposite corner of the ring. At first glance of the article the first thing I see is a comment by Josh Brooker a 23 year old man who lost his best friend to GBH. The comment read “ Raves are like mini Amsterdams. They encourage, young people to take drugs”.Christine Caufield demonstrates Mr Brooker’s plee to the government to ban Rave parties. Mr Brooker hasd been working against the parties since he was introduced to the seen in his teenage years. He claims that rave parties are like “drug havens”. He is so pasionate about the effects of Rave parties and drugs and at the minumum wants to see an 18+ age limmit for Rave parties. He says “ I don’t think impressionable 15 and 16 year olds should be allowed to go. They can’t go to pubs so they go to raves instead.”.

The governments respons to these plees were made clear by acting Victorian premier at the time of the article John Thwaites. He made the comment “ All a rave is is a dance and dancing’s been around for a long time. It’s really a matter of getting a message across that drugs like GHB are so dangerous because you can’t control what you get.” He aslo rejected the idea of a complete ban of raves because he felt the same way as Jim stynes in the fact that it will only force the parties to go “underground”.







The article “One in five try killer drug GHB” by Patric O’Neil and Christine Caufield takes a different aproach to the situation in the fact it is neither condoning drug abuse is a result of rave parties and that they should be banned or that the two issues are two independent variables of eachother. The article talks about the Department of Human Services (DHS) drafting up guidelines for runing a safe rave party. The guidelines where set up to deal with situations involving overdoses and drugs in events like these. But Party organizers Earthcore have made accusatins that DHS have placed the guidelines entitled “ a Guide to running safe dance parties”. He claims that if the guidelines were set then the two tribes situation may have been delt with differently and possibly avoided.

The issue that Drugs are ruining lives is quite apparent in society today. Rave parties are simply dances which people attent to be inspired by the music and to celebrate there generation. Drugs have entered and for many compliment this lifestyle but the Raves are not to blame. The dealers and to an extent the media are to blame for people wanting to take drugs.
If DHS finaly decide to finalize the guidelines for rave parties then the management of drugs at events like this will be revolutionised for the better and situations like the two tribe incedent may not occur. I also think the government should fund security and agree to an 18+ age limit for these events. The rave party situation is something that shouldn’t be taken lightly. There needs to be a resolution. From these article its easy to see that the ideas are divided into diferent avenues.

Some people believe that raves encourage drug taking where others are a total contrast and say that there not related. Whatever you believe at the end of the day there needs to be a resolution or else the deaths will continue.

In recent times there has been a lot of talk in regards to the troubles of Rave parties in Australia. There have been a number of overdoses involving the rapidly popularizing drug GHB and a number of people have raised the question weather there should be a ban on rave parties in Australia. When looked at from both sides it is easy to see why it is of High contention in recent times. But it is clear that both the for and opposed parties have strong arguments in regards to this delicate issue.

In Jim Stynes article “We can’t rant about Raves” Mr. Stynes argues that the rave parties are not the issue but rather the drug influences. He argues that the atmosphere at a rave party is all about the music. He also says that people aren’t forced to take drugs but take them to fill a void in their lives.

• I don’t have much but one thing I got is them hopes you see
• I’ll always have hopes
• Talking beyond the grave
• I’m looking for me mum
• I’ll find her one day
• I got a lot more time up here than down there with you guys
• I’m happier up here.

• I was taken by the welfare at a young age
• Cant remember my mum
• Or the rest of me family
• I don’t have many things
• Clothes
• Vague memories
• Eggs story
• Torn photo of ruby’s family
• Football form weekend stay
• Abuse
• Anger
• Unknown identity
• Rope used to hang himself
• I know killing myself was a cowards way out
• A lot of them white blokes sayin’ good riddens another boong gone
• But who was waitin for me here I had no one
• So I figured I’d go where I know theirs someone for me
• Me mum
• Hey mum, wait for me, its Willy.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I’m sorry for leaving town on such short notice but I needed sometime to think. I know it’s a cowardly thing to do but I’m too good for that damn war. I don’t understand the cause for the war in Vietnam and I probably never will so I don’t see why I should go over and start killing people when the reasons aren’t sparkling clear. I can not tell you my whereabouts but let me assure you that I have a place to stay and have been eating well and have been keeping clean. Maybe call me politically naïve but Vietnam seems wrong to me. Certain blood is being shed for uncertain reasons.

I’m scared. I’m scared to go to war. I’ve seen the death and destruction on the television and I don’t want to be a part of it. I’m afraid that if I go I will be brainwashed into another Uncle Sam Killbot.I have too much intelligence to much compassion to much of everything to ship off to that bloodbath. It’s bad enough to be working in the Slaughterhouse. My conscience told me to run, but some irrational and powerful force was resisting, like a weight pushing me toward the war. What it came down to, stupidly, was a sense of shame. I’m on the Rainy River up north. I can see the shore so close, but I understand that I will not do what I should do.





































Dear Mom and Dad,
I don’t know how to start this letter. I have no emotion left. After seeing the fear and terror of war I have learnt to be grateful for life it’s self. All the men here are longing to come home. All the men have something whether it may be family, a lover, a dog they all have something. Its what we call “humping” we are all “humping something”. I’m “humping” home. If this war has taught me anything, it’s that to be grateful for the little things in life. Life is so precious. I have seen many of the people that are around me die. Killed by another human being. Three people who shall stick in my mind forever and a day are Curt Lemon Ted Lavender and Kiowa. Its crazy how incredibly alive these people were yet they are so incredibly dead too. To see this saddens me greatly and not knowing when it will all end is a frightening thought.

To see the emotional, hell ridden stares in the men’s eyes. The whole war is right there in that stare. It says everything you can't ever say. By daylight we take sniper fire, at night we are mortared, but its not battle, it’s just the endless march, village to village, without purpose, nothing won or lost. All we want some loving. When we go on R and R in Saigon we spend all of our money on women and alcohol hoping we can drown the sorrows of the war. There is something else that I need to tell you. It’s something I’m not proud of but under the circumstances I had to do. I killed a Vietnamese soldier. A Teenage probably the same age as me

When you are in a state of hypnosis you are susceptible to suggestion therefore you can be convinced through your sub-consciousness that pain is something else therefore you are able to control the amount of pain you feel. Hypnosis has many applications when involving pain. It is used by the armed forces where it is instilled in them that pain is in there head so if they get injured in the battle field they can control their pain. Hypnosis is also used to reduce pain in dentistry this is known as dentist hypnosis. Hypnosis can also be used for childbirth. This is known as hypnobirthing this is a method where a hypnotist hypnotizes mothers-to-be, and allows them to control their pain. The advantages of Hypnosis as a method of reducing pain are that it is relatively easy to do so if you are highly trained in Hypnosis and the correct applications of hypnosis but the main disadvantage for hypnosis is that not everyone is suited to hypnosis in the fact that not everyone can be hypnotized. If a person refuses to believe that hypnosis will work or if they fight it either consciously or sub-consciously a state of hypnosis can not be reached there for the process will not work. There have been reports that as a pain control, hypnosis is very effective when proceeded correctly and that it can have the effect of a number of mild pain killers. Hypnosis is a great alternative to pain killers. It is not drug induced thus eliminating the risk of addiction and if the patient is will can be very effective.

Over the last two terms the college captains and vice-captains have been working with both Mr. McIntire and Ms. Lewis in reaching a compromise for a VCE/VCAL Computer room. We proposed that A-233 would be the location for the room and those computers from the rarely used computer room in G-block pending their condition. At this current stage a number of computers are being tested and analyzed to determine if they are in working condition for the room and a report should be finalized by next week.

We are also planning on making sports equipment available for student to borrow at lunch times. Negotiations with Mr. Gayfer are still to be completed but we will need to have a rostering system so we can manage the equipment. We also would like to start a lunch time competition for year 7 and 8 students.

Fear of Tim O'Brien
Fear
Sounds like a silent howl (p40)
Smells like blood and hog stink (p44)
Tastes like greasy pig stink in my throat (p49)
Feels like a kind of schizophrenia (p43)
Feels like killing and dying for plain and simple reasons (p44)
Feels like a physical rapture (p44)
Fear

Love of Mark Fossie
Love
Sounds like it’s not crazy you could actually do it (p94)
Smells like Darvon dreams (p96)
Tastes like nothing (p95)
Feels like nothing. To tell you the truth ive never been better in my whole life. Never (p 95)
Feels like I can't find her (p95)
Feels like I just can't let her go like that (p104)
Love

Innocence for Kathleen O'Brien
Innocence
Sounds like "did you ever kill anybody?"(P180)
Smells like "...God I don't know what. It smells rotten" (P184)
Tastes like the exotic foods (P184)
Feels like "what did you want?" (P189)
Feels like "you’re pretty weird" (p185)
Feels like "I hope you’re having fun" (P186)
Innocence

Longing for Rat Kiley
Longing
Sounds like the sound. You need to get a consistent sound (P100)
Smells like one more animal (P100)
Tastes like nothing a war (p90)
Feels like he’d slept with four girls, one night (P87)
Feels like I saw it man (P87)
Feels like no lie (P87)
Longing

GUILT (jimmy Cross)
sounds like absolute silence then the wind then voices (p16)
smells like ashes of a burned photograph (p19)
tastes like a deadman’s dope (p17)
Feels like a deadweight (6)
Feels like hating somebody you love (19)
Feels like a story without a normal
GUILT

TERROR (o'brien)
Sounds like my mothers voice calling out "Run!" (p44)
Smells like vomit (p44)
Tastes bitter (p45)
Feels like loosing the respect of my parents (p43)
Feels like walking away from my own life (p43)
Feels like weeds spreading insdie of me (p45)
TERROR

SHAME
Sounds like me screaming at the home town coffe drinkers, cups poised, telling how much i detest thier blind, thoughtless, requiescence.
Smells like dense greasy pig-stink that soaked into my skin and hair
Tastes like greasy pig-stink in my throat
Feels like sickness inside of me
Feels like smouldering self-pity
Feels like isolation
SHAME


Remorse of Tim O’Brien
Remorse
Sounds like the man I killed (P124
Smells like the blood still spreading out across his shirt (P124)
Tastes like I’m just saying the truth. Like oatmeal (P122)
Feels like the burden of responsibility and grief (P179)
Feels like I watched a man die (P179)
Feels like I killed him (P179)
Remorse

10 reasons why Holdens' are better than Fords'. by Ryan
For over 30 years now, the Australian motoring fanatics have been divided into two groups; the Ford fans and the Holden heroes. The rivalry came about when the two companies started to produce factory racers which lead to an army of street legal super cars. Names like Monaro Torana, Falcon, and Commodore entered the scene and the traditional Aussie V8 became a member of a large number of families. But the catch was you were either a Ford Fan or Holden hero and these two groups were, still are and forever will be arch rivals. This is a list of ten reasons why the Holden heroes believe that their beloved make is superior to the second best Ford manqué.


10. Holden is the original “true blue” Aussie car
Although Ford Australia was established at the turn of the 20th century it took them until the mid to late 1960’s to produce a car which they could call their own. Holden were doing a similar thing but on November 29, 1948 Holden released the 48-215 which was the first mass produced all Australian car.

9. Holden makes the good things better.
Over the years the competition between the companies has been very high. Ford first introduced the V8 to their XR GT so Holden found a bigger V8 and jammed it into the legendary HK GTS 327 Monaro. Guess who won Bathurst that year? In the mid to late 1970’s Holden saw the demand for small cars. So they released the Torana; a small tidy car in all forms was available in 4, 6 and 8 cylinders. Pure genius. And well let’s just say the 80’s and late 90’s were owned by Holden with their initiative and ability to cater for their clients.

8. The Commodore has out sold the Falcon for the last 7 years.
At the time when the VT commodore was released, Holden sales went through the roof. It was Holden’s first all new car since the VN commodore of 1988 and the public fell in love with its curves and beautiful design. Ford made an attempt to win back sales in 1998 with its expensive AU Falcon but its somewhat horrid styling cues, especially the grill, made sales dwindle even further. Holden released the face lifted VX and VY commodores and sales grew further but Ford stuck with the AU until last year when the Blue oval released the BA falcon.

7. You can order a V8 wagon from Holden.
For many years now Holden has been the only Australian company that has offered its V8 engine option in its wagon model. Ford dropped the V8 wagon only to leave Holden the traditional Aussie family car market. Holden are very flexible when it comes to options. If you are willing to pay for it you can have it. Ford doesn’t offer this to their customers.






6. New Monaro.
October, 1998. Preparation for the Sydney Motor show is being conducted. Holden have a very big secret which, at the time, they did not know would cause so much excitement in the Motoring world. The company unveiled a two door Commodore concept car which would make headlines. The dark blue beast became a favorite wherever it graced and thanks to public reaction, 24 months later and sixty million dollars poorer, Holden released the New Monaro. It was the most eagerly anticipated car to be released in Australia for a number or years. Holden only have had the publicly rejected Ford Mustang to compete with in the V8 sports coupe category.
5. 22 Holdens have won the respected Bathurst race.
The HK GTS 327 Monaro driven by Bruce McPhee and Barry Mulholland was the first of a long line of Holdens to win at the world renowned Bathurst race. The legendary Peter Brock has won the race 9 times all in a Holden and this is more than any other driver in Australia or the world. Of course the most recent Holden to win the respected race was last year’s VX commodore driven by Mark Skaife who now owns the Holden Racing Team.

4. Holden builds a car worthy for export to other countries.
When the VT range was released the car was designed to be built for both right and left hand drive format. The car was exported to Brazil as a Chevrolet Omega and to the Middle East as a Chevrolet Lumina. The exports of cars grew to South Africa and now all Australian built Holdens are exported. A recent deal with Pontiac in The United States of America has landed Holden an export deal for the Monaro. It will be sold as a Pontiac GTO in the USA. In the UK HSV’s (Holden Special Vehicles which is the sports car division) are available for purchase in limited numbers.

3. Its Cheaper to drive a Holden then a Ford.
In a recent RACV test it was proven that a standard 3.8 liter V6 automatic Commodore was cheaper to run than a 4.0 liter 6 cylinder automatic Falcon. The Falcon being $202 a week to run, whilst the Commodore was $191 to run. Spare parts were found to be cheaper for a Holden than a Ford and the resale value of a Holden is greater than a Ford due to that fact that the rate of depreciation is less for a Holden.

2. Holden has always created advertising that people will remember.
With Ads like the classic Monaro ad of the late sixties and the much loved “Football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars” jingle of the mid seventies, Holden has always created advertisements which seem to linger in peoples memories for years. Recently they have used a number of cleverly selected songs in their ads such as AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” for their SS Ute commercial and the slogan reads “SS Ute creates a Storm”.

1. There’s nothing quite like a Holden.
One of Holden’s most famous slogans which was used in the nineties simply tells the truth. “There is nothing quite like a Holden”.

When we think of Melbourne’s Central Business district, we think of tall Buildings, busy roads, trams and people. We see hundreds of little shops, cafes and eateries spread around, but have we neglected to notice the weird underbelly of Melbourne? That’s right even the worlds most livable city has its fair share of the weird and wonderful. They are around every corner, transparent to the unbeknown but the fact is these little cult places and objects are in the crevasses of our fine city. All you need to do to find these un-orthodox sites is to look beyond the exterior. Take a short walk from flinders street station and the journey will begin.

The first place of interest for the tourist looking for something different isn’t at ground level but below. What is now known as Hearn’s Hobby’s, is home to a little guy affectionately known as super monkey. To the thousands of people who pass the little guy every day, only a handful would actually know that he even existed sitting in the window down there neglected by the public his talents of being a super hero are going to waste. But for the small price of $15 you could have super monkey protecting your own toilet door. But noticing Hearne’s Hobbies in the lower part of Flinders street made me think what this place was in the past? Was it an exocentric recluse business man’s apartment? Or was it an exotic pet store? When walking the streets of Melbourne its best to let your imagination run wild.

Directly across the road from Hearne’s Hobbies is a little tattoo parlor that has more than what meets the eye. For a mere $60 you can be the proud owner of what seems to be a preserved alien fetus. At further inspection the shop trades in a number of occult objects and heavy metal paraphernalia. There are more of these dark objects for sale in across the road at metal mayhem which is also below the streets surface.

If you are in need of an imagination work out take a stroll down one of the many ally ways which the city is home to. All of the senses can get a work out in the ally ways if you use your imagination. A number of ally ways have a quite pungent aroma which resonates between the buildings. What are these smells? Dead bodies decomposing? The left overs from the restaurant from three nights ago? It’s most likely just going to be the smell from the kitchens of the restaurants but why cant we imagine after all it was only around the corner we saw the alien in the jar. Also in the dark ally ways live rats, mice and pigeons which feast on the food scraps from the restaurants. The walls are tattooed with graffiti which can be quite inspiring and amazing. Much cheaper than going to an art gallery. If you feel hungry there are some ally ways that house there own food merchants. For $2 you can buy a delicious Belgian waffle. If you listen carefully in the ally’s you can hear people talking. Once again you use your imagination to interpret what they are saying and maybe you will uncover Melbourne’s gangland secrets. It is all there for you to discover.

Melbourne even has a seedy side to it with a number of centers of adult entertainment available for the sociably awkward. A number of dark anonymous characters visit these places each day. One gentleman was seen to enter at 10:45 am, which begs a lot of questions but may be to disturbing for this article. Everywhere these gentlemen clubs lurch with there bright lights and the extensive use of the letter X.




Once again we dive underneath the earth’s surface to enter the city’s network of underground tunnels which make up the city loop train line. Thousands of people pass through the city loop each day but how many of them think about how big the system is. How many off tunnels there are, how far they are from the road above, is there any inhabitants of these tunnels? These are all things that you should think about when you are in there.

Of course being the states major city, I would assume that it would create the most waste in Victoria. I want to know where it goes. There are thousands of garbage bins in the CBD are these the take away points for the homeless and poor. What creatures infest them by night?

GBH Fact sheet by Ryan
What is GBH?

GBH or Grievous Bodily Harm is the suggestive street name for the rapidly popularizing drug GHB. Chemically known as Gamma Hydroxybutyrate, it is produced from a number of industrial strength cleaners and other readily available ingredients. It is a highly impure substance and has been known to melt plastic containers. GBH is most commonly ingested in liquid form. For $3 you can buy a 3mL vile of pure GBH or for $5 you can have it diluted in water. GBH can also be found in powder form. Because of the easily obtainable ingredients and low manufacturing costs, GBH is becoming more readily available and is becoming popular with younger people who have lower incomes.
What does GBH do to you?

GBH is a central nervous system depressant. It is a highly unstable drug in which the amount which produces the most effect and the amount which will cause an overdose is very fine.
Users describe the effects of GBH similar to those of alcohol.
Some of the effects include:
• Produces a high
• A state of increased Joy
• Drowsiness
• Increased confidence
• Dizziness
• Impaired visual perception










Users often take doses of GBH whilst consuming alcohol to intensify the effect of the drug. Effects of GBH can last up to 24 hours after ingesting and the drug becomes effective between 10 and 60 minutes after ingestion. If an overdose dose occurs and recently there has been a number of GBH overdoses the effects can include:
• Impaired judgment
• Vomiting
• Aggression
• Seizures
• Tremors
• Muscle fatigue
• Slowing heartbeat and or breathing
• Coma or death.

What the experts say.

 Cate Quinn, forensic services drug branch manager says that users don’t know what they are buying when it comes to quality

 Paul Dillon, spokesman for the National Drug and Alcohol research Center says that users are at risk because there friends might be afraid too call an ambulance if they overdose. He also says that to determine an amount that is safe to take is difficult because the drug becomes rapidly untraceable and a post mortem would need to be carried out almost immediately after death.

 The Australian Drug Foundation said there was a very fine line between the amount of GBH required to achieve the desired effect and the amount that leads to a coma. As there was no way of knowing the strength of the drug, the risk of overdosing. Using GBH with other drugs increases the danger.

 Paul Holman, ambulance operations manager said “GBH is the street name –Grievous Bodily Harm- and that’s exactly what it’s going to do to you”.