I very much like your first efforts. May I make a suggestion about tripod use. Many subjects are quite fleeting and do not lend themselves to using a static tripod, mainly if they are of the insect variety. I have found a good method is to only extend the two outer legs and then rock backwards and forwards, to get focus, and also use burst to increase your chances of at least one good image.
The following is a quote from the article that you linked.
“Several recent incidents raise serious concerns that Victoria’s police are taking excessive or disproportionate action against suspected lockdown violators.” As far as I can recall, the proposed law of preventative detention was not enacted; thus I see no reason to crucify the whole country for some errant ideas that never came into force.
Wow, several incidents in one particular state in Australia during an initial crisis period. Okay, police can get a bit heavy-handed at times in every country of this world. I don't know if the USA has a problem with profession agitators and protesters, but in our major cities there is a small group of pests that attend every rally, regardless of what the rally may be about.
Ron
Sorry, but this is the end for me as we have drifted far away from the intended topic.
The unv******ted camp (singular) to which you refer was in the early stages of the p******c and the camp was a sophisticated and very comfortable complex, previously used as a mining camp. The entrants each had separate air-conditioned rooms with a good quantity and quality of food provided, all free. The camp was only used for an individual to isolate for 14 days upon coming into Australia, returning Aussies or others. Some have likened it to a N**i concentration camp, but that is misguided and actually it is the height of the ridiculous. I cannot comment any further on that aspect, as it is just so despicable to make any such comparison.
When Australia was sure that any who had the bug were no longer a threat to the populace, then they were welcomed. It was a condition of entry and accepted by those entering the country. Just a condition of entry, same as giving up the drugs, guns, kiddie porn and other bits that we do not need in this country.
Ron
I live in Australia but I won't buy into your gun law debate; I just want to let you have some data.
https://bond.edu.au/news/70723/homicide-rise-australia-should-we-be-concernedThe significant part is.
"The homicide rate in 2019–20 was 1.02 incidents per 100,000 people, the highest rate since 2012–13. Within these incidents the rate of domestic and stranger homicides increased, while the rate of acquaintance homicide decreased for 2019-20."
"Provisional data from the United States show a dramatic increase in the US murder rate in 2020. It rose from six homicides per 100,000 in 2019 to 7.8 per 100,000."
Although the figures area bit dated they are still quite interesting.
The last significant gun massacre, that I can recall, was in 1996, when 35 people were k**led. This incident prompted the gun recall.
It is not for me to do any comparisons; I will leave it to you guys in USA.
Ron
I believe that he made $20, purchases $60 plus $80 = $14, sales $70 plus $90 = $160. Look at it another way, he made a profit of $10 out of each of the two transactions. Think of it as being two separate goats.
I hate, hate, hate, the phrase "at this point in time". What is wrong with saying "at this time". Time is a thing that progresses with absolute uniformity, and thus does not have "points".
I also used to string them along for as long as possible but I now have a much shorter routine, at least for male scammers. I simply ask them why their kind have such small penises. It evokes some interesting responses.
Oh my God, you are apparently ignorant (should I leave it here) of the political situation in Australia. The current party running this country is the Liberal Party, the one most aligned with the right wing, GOP,GOP,GOP. The opposition is the Labor Party, which mostly would align with your Dems.
How can I be more explicit. The Australian people overwhelmingly endorse what the Prime Minister and various State Premiers have done in the way of protecting our nation. How strange it is that the results clearly endorse the procedures undertaken in Australia.
Get the facts straight....
If a person does not come to Australia then they will not go into a camp. The choice remains with individual.
The confinement is just isolation from the general populace for a period of only 14 Days.
It is not anything like a concentration camp, it is a pretty flash air conditioned ex miners camp that is located just out of Darwin. Those miners were in high demand, and they demanded quality accommodation. It is absolute luxury compared with the living circumstances of many around the world, and even in the good old USA.
If you don't live here then you don't know the facts, and should not believe the print i***ts and certain politicians in your country. You, and they, should pull your collective heads in, as you just don't know what you are talking about.
Please do not come here for a holiday, go to Africa with its v***s problem, or perhaps to North Korea where I am sure that you, and your ideas will be greeted with open arms.
I have tried really hard to moderate my words, but really, you and your ilk do not have a clue. Don't be gullible; your sources are crap.
[quote=Architect1776]Land of concentration camps.
Remember several years ago they disarmed the population.
https://rumble.com/vq4uum-inside-australias-c***d-internment-camp.html[/quote
You are either very imaginative or completely taken in by a web site that has no t***hful comment. You tried this concentration camp caper a week or two ago. Have you no real news to report?
Sorry but your comments are utter rubbish. Most persons coming into Australia were placed into city hotels and the camp was used for overflow. The camp was until recently used for miners in the area, not the luxury hotel style but all units are air conditioned and apparently most travelers survive the 14 day isolation. Of course, with some hundreds of people passing through the camp, it is inevitable that some will be dopes who "spit the dummy" over nothing. Any complaining, could have just remained overseas. They knew quite well what they were coming to and they decided that they wished to enter Australia. It is not "silver service" but it helps keep the v***s out of my country. There is just no way that this situation could, or should, be compared to N**i camps. That is a vile stupid joke.
Ron
Chembro2 wrote:
WELL, NOW YOU KNOW WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS. AS A NON-BELIEVER YOU ARE UNPROTECTED AGAINST THE POWERS OF THE PRINCIPALITIES OF THIS WORLD.
Please don't shout anymore, you are hurting our ears.
Paul, unless your previous bank has some logical explanation as to how a third party could transfer funds between accounts, then my first thought is "inside job". Unfortunately the bank will take a defensive position and assert that you gave away your logon and password. Do not accept that rebuff. Its records should show when the transfer was done and as well it should be able to trace whether the transaction was within the bank or from an external computer. If external then it should also be able to give some identification of that computer. I believe that your usual computer will have a bank cookie on it but that the perps computer will not have one. That alone should have triggered an alarm in the bank computer. Did you get any special notification from the bank, indicating that a large transfer had been done by a computer that you had not used before?
Ron
Paul, I am very sorry for your misadventure, I really feel for you as a sister of mine was recently relieved of $10,000 but her bank gave her $5000 back as a gesture for having a long association with that bank. I am in Australia and the scams abound here also. Only yesterday, I received a phone call from some government enforcement department and was threatened with arrest for some deed that I do not even remember doing. I asked if they could come and arrest me that same day as it was some time since I was incarcerated and I was missing the atmosphere. The lady hung up.
It is the usual meld of flattery, fear or both, but my query to you actually refers to your banking system being similar to Australia, but apparently some things are different. How does a third party get access to yourbank accounts to allow a transfer between specific accounts? In Australia, the only account access is any individual that has the account logon plus password, and often a secondary (external) security feature is involved. Does the USA system allow third party access for fund transfer between accounts?
Just curious.
Ron