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Church stays silent amid violence
Clergy must stand up and be counted as Karachi tears itself apart in killing spree
Police guard a shrine in Karachi
August 23, 2011
The scars of violence in this southern archdiocese are beginning to show. "Expensive goods loaded in containers are decomposing after months of standing in monsoon rain. We lost 20 shipments of toys last week; all were ruined," said Muhammad Husain, a toy shop owner I visited this weekend. Traders have locked themselves in their homes and their families are starving, he added. Husain is among thousands of small businessmen suffering from a wave of violence that is gripping Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, which accounts for around a fifth of the country's GDP. Those who dare to open their shops are having a hard time finding customers. Media reports say pre-Eid sales in shopping malls in the port city have nose-dived by around 70 percent when compared to last year's sales. The echoes of gunshots and ambulance sirens have become part of everyday life in Karachi where about 1,500 people have been killed this year. These also include a few Christians. Government response Nobody knows the actual reasons behind the civil strife and mayhem. Many presume the violence is a result of long standing ethnic conflicts and differences, fueled by political forces. Some believe it is the work of gangs involved in organized crime. But the most disturbing thing is that the government seems unwilling to resolve the crises. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday said that bringing in the military is not the solution to the Karachi problem and that civilians should handle law and order in a democratic society. That very same day, another 11 people were killed in different parts of the city. Though I have nothing against long term solutions, a slow process will do little to save people who are in desperate need of immediate relief. The death toll is rising every day and time for protracted negotiations or forming committees may be over. The craving for democracy in a country which was under military rule for more than half its existence has reached unheard-of peaks amid this ongoing emergency. Letting the people decide carries little meaning for those who have lost their loved ones. Church Silence Meanwhile, the Catholic Church has taken a vow of silence. The Pakistan Catholic Bishop's Conference has not issued a press statement expressing concern regarding the situation in Karachi archdiocese. No priest in Karachi has visited the injured in hospitals, comforted grieving or affected families in their homes, joined protests against the bloodbath, organized a seminar against violence. In fact the message of Archbishop Evarist Pinot of Karachi on August 14, the country's Independence Day, seemed to express delusional thoughts. "We are thankful to God that we observe our religious feasts and social events without any compulsion in a big city like Karachi. We visit our churches without fear not only day but also at night ... I know our Christians and other minorities live in fear in villages, but the situation is quite the opposite here in Karachi", he stated. The Church has to reconsider its role in a society tearing itself apart. It has to be strong amid the combined threats of fundamentalism and terrorism; even if it means standing up for the society in which it exists. Praying quietly for peace inside Church buildings and not tending to those in desperate need will result in people losing faith in the Church just like many have their lost their belief in the government's ability to deal with the crisis. Bullets and bombs kill without discrimination against religion. Linguistic, ethnic and sectarian divisions can morph into religious bigotry at any time. Speaking out against violence will ultimately benefit the Church and boost the confidence of its followers. 'Archangel' is the pseudonym of a Catholic commentator based in Karachi Related reports: Church condemns deadly attacks Minorities fear mounting violence Community shocked as killings continue
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3-Day Rome, Sorrento, Isle of Capri & Amalfi Coast Adventure Tour (Product Code: 2665-71905)**W/ Stay at Santa Fortunata Campgrounds**
Summary of The Day: We'll hit the road from Rome bright and early and head down to Pompeii, the awe inspiring archaeological site which lies in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii is the site of a massive eruption which occurred in AD 79 and buried the city its residents. Today w'll have a 2 hour tour with a local guide to unlock the secrets and history of this awesome site and those who lived here.
Next, we'll cruise through the Amalfi coast. The stunning sleepy coastal roads will lead us to Sorrento, our base for the next two nights. After check-in there's time for a dip in the pool before we head into the sun-dappled evening for an orientation walk, a Limoncello and chocolate tasting, and an optional meal at a traditional restaurant. After dinner we'll have a few cocktails at some local bars before heading back to the campsite.
Summary of The Day: Today we'll jump on to our local boat for a cruise to the gorgeous Isle of Capri and a taste of the real dolce vita. We'll have the chance to check out the surreal Blue Grotto, incredible celebrity homes, and the gorgeous scenery before we arrive.
Browse the designer boutiques, discover true Italian ice-cream, or sunbathe on the beach before heading up to the stunning Giardini di Augosto for a view of the Faraglioni rocks. Take a trip up to Anacapri, Capri's sleepy pinnacle, then jump on to the chair-lift around Mount Solaro for a bird's eye view of the island. Alternatively make like a star and catch an open top taxi to meet the boat for our return to Sorrento.
On arrival back to the campsite, freshen up and have a relaxed dinner at the campsite for an optional meal with your trip mates – the perfect ending to our second night.
Summary of The Day: We'll have another bright and early start as we make the most of our final day cruising the spectacular coastal road from Sorrento, past Positano, and on to Amalfi and Ravello. For a true taste of the Italian south, relax on the beach and eat delicious cakes from the local bakery in Amalfi. Then head to Ravello to explore the stunning Villa Rufolo and grab a bite to eat at any of the local delicatessens before we get on the road back to Rome, with our tour ending on arrival back at Camping Roma.
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Lol, why Soap...
I'll do this as soon as i'm done with Nighthawk's sig >_>
Main Text/Name: Just my user name in the bottom right hand corner.
Sub Text/Quote: "pwnz0rz" underneath my Username.
Size: Whatever really works for you, if you can't find a good size, use 500x150 or something close. I don't mind.
Style: Grunge-ish please.
Theme: More of a "Call of Duty 4" style, following the Character "Soap"
Colour: Blue/Dark blue.
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Designer: I'd prefer "ImNoobz" but anyone will work. =D
Other Information: Thanks in Advance! =D
Lol, why Soap...
I'll do this as soon as i'm done with Nighthawk's sig >_>
lol Soap's character design caught my attention.
Alright, thanks!
I didn't even know they're we're pics of him...
Oh, and could you maybe find a pic on Planet Renders v3 and gimme the link?..
I'm not very good at rendering..
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Ensuring that all children, regardless of cultural or socioeconomic background, have access to the quality education they need to succeed in the 21st century remains one of my highest priorities. In light of the current budget constraints on local governments and soaring federal budget deficits, I am working hard to maintain the federal government's commitment to America's schools and to all of our children.
When I was a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, I worked hard to implement the vital education reforms included in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, which refocused federal education policy on raising academic achievement for every child, provided public schools with more funding and flexibility, targeted those new dollars to districts with the greatest needs, and demanded accountability for results.
Unfortunately, over the past several years, the Administration and Republican leaders in Congress have seriously underfunded NCLB and other important education programs, forcing our nation's public schools to cut critical programs that educate our most needy children. In 2006, NCLB received almost $12 billion less than what was authorized. We can do better than this for our public schools. As the House prepares to consider the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, I will work hard to ensure that it is fully funded, so that we may provide the best educational opportunities to all of America's children.
The effects of poor fiscal management are felt at all education levels, not just K-12. College students, too, have faced rising costs and cuts in aid. That is why I supported the College Cost and Reduction Act, H.R. 2669. This bill cuts interest rates on student loans, reducing the debt our students face upon graduation and renewing our dedication to affordable post-secondary education. On September 27, 2007, H.R. 2669 was signed into law.
This law is an important step in the right direction, but there is still work to be done. As the father of two boys, I believe we must remain committed to our children, our schools, and our future. I will continue to push Congress to maintain that commitment to the education of every American child.
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SWANSEA plans to transform itself into one of Europe's premier waterfront cities by turning 100 acres of prime seaside land into a dramatic new homes, business and leisure complex.
The 100-acre site on former dockland is being marketed as SA1 Swansea Waterfront.
The new Swansea Waterfront development is designed to be a huge extension of the adjacent, award winning Swansea Marina.
It aims to be a dynamic extension of Swansea's city centre.
Lawrence Bailey, the leader of Swansea City and County Council explained, "Swansea has for too long been a city that turned its back on the sea."
The area, surrounding the Prince of Wales Dock and fronting the River Tawe, had its working title Port Tawe changed.
WDA executive director Mike King said, "SA1 fits the bill. It contains the two essential elements that defines this area. It's a Swansea post-code while the Swansea Waterfront positions it geographically."
A central "mast" for a dramatic new sail-like bridge linking the city centre with the Swansea Waterfront was sunk in the River Tawe at the weekend.
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Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj debuted their new song 'Side To Side' during Sunday's VMAs looks like they're riding that wave as they release the video for the upbeat track.
Ariana Grande Ft. Nicki Minaj – 'Side To Side'
Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj perform during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards August 28, 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York. / AFP / Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)


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This week saw the opening of the inaugural elections for at-large seats on the Audit Subcommittee of the Arbitration Committee.
The Audit Subcommittee (AUSC), which is responsible for investigating complaints concerning the use of CheckUser and Oversight privileges on the English Wikipedia, was established in April of this year as part of the Arbitration Committee's overall effort to delegate certain tasks to subsidiary groups. The initial appointments to the subcommittee included three arbitrators (FloNight, John Vandenberg, and Roger Davies) as well as three non-arbitrators (Mackensen, Thatcher, and Tznkai). The arbitrator seats have subsequently been rotated among the members of the Committee, but the other three—intended to be merely interim appointments pending an election—have continued to be held by the initial appointees, as preparations for the election were repeatedly delayed by the emergence of higher-priority matters.
In early October, the Arbitration Committee finally announced that an election would be held in late October and early November, and solicited applications for Committee review. A slate of six candidates was approved for the three open seats:
The candidates include a former arbitrator (Dominic), a current member of the Audit Subcommittee (Tznkai), an Arbitration Committee clerk (MBisanz), and three other administrators.
Following extensive discussion, the elections themselves are being held via secret voting, using the "SecurePoll" extension. Four stewards (Erwin, Thogo, Mike.lifeguard, and Mardetanha) have been recruited to serve as scrutineers for the poll.
Voting in the election began on 30 October, and is scheduled to continue until 23:59 8 November (UTC). Any registered editor with 150 main space edits prior to 1 October 2009 has franchise; the "SecurePoll" extension automatically accepts votes from editors meeting this criterion. Votes may be entered on the voting page.
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On Saturday I finally got round to visiting the DJCAD Degree Show. My main aim was to visit my friend Jenny Smith's display after completing her Artist in Residence stint. Jenny has decided to set up business under the name PRINTSMITH Textiles and her work is gorgeous as per usual! Gorgeous muted tones and geometric shapes create beautiful home-ready lampshades and cushions-a-plenty. Check her work out: Here!
Jewellery & Metal Design was of course a point of call and, as usual, the work was to an extremely high standard. The Jewellery dept. at DJCAD seems to be unstoppable at the moment (with 3 consecutive wins at New Designers) and this year did not disappoint. With some departments I personally feel a bit "Is that it?" when you see only a few items in front of you (granted extensive portfolios are probably tucked away somewhere!) but that is never the case with jewellery. A few of my favourites are listed below complete with personal statements:
Sana Aziz: Hidden within a quirky, circus inspired collection is a deep narrative addressing some of the social issues that women in Pakistan are facing today. Sana uses the circus not just as a tool for visual inspiration, but more importantly, as a metaphorical journey. By drawing subtle comparisons between real life and the workings of a circus, she aims to bring social and cultural issues like education constraints and concepts of arranged marriages to the forefront, so that a larger audience can be made aware of them and are encouraged to challenge these stereo types in an aim to improve the life of current and future generations of Pakistani women.
Sally-Anne Fenton: Sally's work focuses on preserving precious memories through jewellery and capturing a piece of a loved one which will be treasured forever. Inspired by the recent loss of her grandmother, Sally aims to keep her memory alive through her jewellery. She is interested in expressing the relationship which she had with her grandmother and conveys this by contrasting the old and the new – the vintage and the modern. Using fabrics from her grandmother's clothes, gemstones from her jewellery and natural forms from her garden as a basis for her collection, Sally recreates and transforms them into something new.
Janna Macdonald: The Fairy Hunt Tooth fairy hunting is a very unpublicized event in our modern day society, which is where Janna's collection of both objects and jewellery give effective advertisement for this lost sport. Basing her pieces around the concept of animal hunting, Janna gives her audience a look into her own fantasy land which gives a humorous yet dark insight into the folklore tale of the Tooth Fairy which we all loved as a child.
Textiles is always the next attraction for me and some other gorgeous printed items that stood out were produced by...
Claire Anne Grant:
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Fremantle prison
Now if you didn't get a chance get away this Easter break, don't worry, because we're about to do some serious armchair travel. We're going on a tour of the extraordinary Fremantle prison. First broadcast last year -- I guarantee this 'walk around' will beam you to a very different time and place. Opened in 1855, Fremantle prison housed convicts that were brought to Western Australia to overcome an acute labour shortage. Once transportation ended, Fremantle prison went on to serve as WA's main penitentiary all the way up to 1991.
Damien Carrick: Hello, welcome to the Law Report.
I don't believe in ghosts ... but there are places where once I've been made aware of their history, they do seem to emit a strong negative energy.
One such place is the extraordinary Fremantle Prison. Opened in 1855 it housed convicts brought to WA to overcome an acute labour shortage.
And once transportation ended, Fremantle prison went on to serve as WA's main penitentiary all the way up to 1991.
I'd like you come with me on a walk around this extraordinary complex of buildings. It's not going to be pretty, but I can guarantee it will be fascinating and thought-provoking.
Matthew Bateman-Graham is a tour guide at the prison. I met him at the building's main entrance.
Now I'm standing outside Fremantle Prison and my guide today is Matthew, who's one of the guides, and look, we're outside a very beautiful entrance which looks a bit like a mediaeval castle. Can you describe it for me?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Fremantle Prison is on top of a rise. We're just about 100 metres from the central heart of Fremantle and 600 metres from the shore, and this was built in the 1850s deliberately on the top of a hill to receive the healthy sea breezes, and as the ships came from Great Britain, carrying the last lot of convicts to be sent to Australia; they could see this big white building on the hill and the convicts would know that they're coming to a new land.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Describe it for me -- it looks like two castle towers on either side and a large door which is in the shape of an archway.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: That's correct. This is the gatehouse entrance, so this is where the convicts were brought in in the 19th century, and in the 20th century this is where the trucks came in. The trucks would come in for supplies and also the vans would come in with the prisoners from the courthouses and from other prisons.
Damien Carrick: We're now continuing past the entrance booth and we're in a courtyard. Now we're turning right and we're heading towards an entrance to a small building. Now I understand that this prison was actually built by the convicts.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: This was built by convict labour. Of course convicts were sent to Western Australia because no-one was coming here in their own free will. Western Australia started off in 1829 as a free settlement, like South Australia was later on. But 20 years later, there was less than 4,000 British settlers here because it was just too far away; word had gone back that it was a very harsh environment, so that's why in 1849 they called out for convicts. Western Australia, the last place in Australia to receive convicts.
Damien Carrick: Now I understand this is the prison reception area, and this is where prisoners would be processed when they first arrived.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: In the prison era this is where prisoners, male prisoners were processed, had their clothes, they'd be searched, have their prison uniforms. As we go out in the courtyard...
Damien Carrick: Goodness me, now we're now in an enormous courtyard and in front of me is the biggest prison cellblock I've ever seen, it's absolutely enormous. How long is it?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: The main cellblock is 141 metres long, four storeys high, and it was built to house 1,000 convicts. In the 19th century it was the longest and tallest cellblock in the southern hemisphere.
Damien Carrick: It's a very imposing, very impressive limestone building. Where are you taking me now, Matthew?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Well I'm taking you through the parade ground.
Damien Carrick: We're now entering into one door off to the side of this enormous prison block.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: We're going in to the main cellblock.
Damien Carrick: Now let's just describe it. It's enormous. There's four levels, and there's netting and there are balconies running along the side, and many, many doors. Now Matthew, what's interesting is that we can only see down I guess through to about a quarter of the building. It's obviously been divided internally into about three or four spaces. Why was that?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Well in the convict era, this was just one long huge corridor for the convicts. When this became a civilian prison in the 1880s, now we have civilian prisoners, we're not having people sent here for a loaf of bread or a handkerchief, we're having some very dangerous people indeed. So that's when they put up these divisional walls. So we're in 1st division which is people serving less than one year. And we look through to 2nd division, serious crimes, non-violent; 3rd division, serious crimes, violent; 4th division, lifers and murderers.
Many changes over the years. Probably the most internationally famous person in this prison was a boy, a juvenile who was in here in 1960. He was only here for one week for stealing 8 gallons of petrol and for resisting arrest. He later served 8 months at Riverbank Juvenile Detention Centre. Now after that he joined various bands. In 1974 when he joined with an emerging rock group called AC/DC he achieved worldwide fame.
Damien Carrick: We're talking about Bon Scott.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Yes. Bon Scott is the most internationally famous person in prison behind these walls, because he grew up here in Fremantle of Scottish parents. But we have to emphasise he didn't write 'Jailbreak' here..
Damien Carrick: Let's now continue down the end of the cellblock and we're now entering what looks like the prison kitchens. And it looks like a pretty rudimentary, primitive industrial kitchen. How did prisoners get jobs in the kitchen?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Only the most trusted prisoners were allowed to work in the prison kitchens because you had access to knives, cleavers and scissors.
Damien Carrick: I believe generally speaking, especially in earlier times, there wasn't a lot of washing here at the prison.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: No, in the 20th century male prisoners get three showers a week. But we're going into the courtyard and one of the privileges of being on the kitchen staff is they put in showers here so kitchen staff could get showered every day, because they realised after a bout of food poisoning that maybe the kitchen staff handling the food should be more sanitary.
But this prison is made out of the crumbling limestone and that meant there was a big problem here with rats and mice and cockroaches. In fact that was one of the major reasons behind the prison riot of '68 which was the condition of the food; people felt it was 'off' and so forth, and rats and mice were a terrible problem. I've been told this anecdote by a guard, that on Sundays, they would have to turn off the ovens and stoves and the kitchen staff would hose underneath the ovens and stoves so all the rats and mice could come out, and the kitchen staff would be waiting for them with cricket bats. Brutal, but necessary.
Damien Carrick: We're now heading out of the kitchen area into, gee, a very grim courtyard which looks to me about 50 metres long and about 15 metres wide, and this is where the prisoners spent their days when they were released out of their cells?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Yes. In the convict era, convicts worked outside the walls in supervised groups, but in the prison era, prisoners would either have jobs running the prison, or they have workshops and make artefacts for the Prison Government Council, but if they had no work they would spent eight hours out here in the yard. Now we have a shelter that was put in here in 1968. There was always some sort of shelter but it was always open-sided shelters, so you can imagine how hot it would get here during the summer, which is probably when it's most uncomfortable.
Damien Carrick: Now there is presumably one yard for each of the four divisions we were talking about before, so we're now walking towards the door in the wall which leads us from the yard of one division into the yard of the next division.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: And in each of these yards there's a sump where prisoners would empty their toilet buckets, because there's no plumbing in these cells, they would empty their toilet buckets every morning out the back. So imagine five yards each of these receive anything from 70 to 120 buckets every morning.
Damien Carrick: So we're now in the second yard, we're now walking through another door into the third yard which is bigger again. I'm really interested -- there are these strange metal-mesh cages down the cellblock end of the yard. What are they for Matthew?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Well during the prison riot of 1968, 500 prisoners rioted and there was a stand-off with the police and they tried to seize the guns out of the hands of guards, who used to wander along them armed. Now after that no guard on the same level as a prisoner was allowed to have a gun. So after that, on the ground level for some periods, a guard will be among the prisoners, but most of the time he'll be in a cage in the yard.
Damien Carrick: So if there's a guard sitting in that kind of little metal mesh box, and there's what, 100-odd prisoners out in this quite large yard, this third yard is I guess about 25 metres across and about 50 metres deep. Really, were they controlling what was taking place in these yards when people were spending 8 hours a day?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: No, things did happen. Prisoners have written memoirs of being in here. There was a prisoner called Greybeard who served time in here, and he said 'When you come in here, in 2nd division yard, people would form associations according to ethnic ties or growing up together, and that was the only way to survive.' And fights would break out. So Greybeard noticed there were green blotches where people blow their hose and red blotches where fights occurred. Now he came in in the 1980s. Now in the 20th century prisoners could earn money, and they would buy things from the preson canteen, and they'd buy cigarettes and biscuits, they can even save up and buy TVs and radios, and this time people were buying cassette players and radios. Now he said a third of prisoners in here had a cassette player or radio. Now everyone wants to listen to his own music. He described when he came into this yard for the first time, he could not hear a thing, because everyone had their radio and cassette player up full blast. And people only turned down the music if a fight broke out, they wanted to see how the fight turned out, and once the fight was over quickly, or the guard stopped it, then they would back up their music or radio.
Damien Carrick: And did the prison guards always intervene?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Not always.
Damien Carrick: So we've been walking through three yards which run parallel to the large cellblock and we're now walking through back into the enormous old cellblock. Where are you taking me now, Matthew?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: I'm now taking you up to the first landing and we're going to the prison chapel.
Damien Carrick: So we're going up the stairs to the first landing and we're now walking past door after door after door of closed prison cells. And you can probably hear up ahead the tour group, one of many tour groups. I've seen about 8 or 10 groups since I've been here.
Now it looks like we're in the very middle of the building, and there's a door on our left. Is this the chapel?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: This is the prison chapel.
Damien Carrick: Yes, we've got steps, up 2, 3, 4 steps and we're now into, thank God, a light-filled after the doom and gloom of the enormous prison block we're now in a light-filled chapel. It's very curious, there is actually a gallery upstairs down the back of the chapel, and also underneath them these sort of metal cages. Can you tell me why do they have a gallery and why did they have metal cages?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Well in the convict era, the upper area, that's where the guards and their families would worship, because they lived in cottages near the prison; and then in the prison era, these cages down below, curtained, these are for people who can't mix with other prisoners, otherwise they'd be assaulted.
Damien Carrick: Police informants, sexual offenders, those kind of groups.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Now between the gallery and down below you can see big writing from the 19th century, 'Him that cometh to me I will no wise cast out.' We've passed through latticework and you see the big red letters C of E. Of course this is a Church of England chapel. All the convicts came from Great Britain and the official religion of Great Britain is Church of England, but then after a while they opened up a Roman Catholic chapel in another part of the prison, and that shows that next to the English, one of the biggest ethnic groups sent here were the Irish.
Damien Carrick: Can we go and see that at some point?
We're now leaving the chapel, and where are we going now, Matthew?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: We're going to go through third division. We're going into fourth division, which was the lightest, and we're going to have a quick look at a cell that was created for a convict who escaped from this prison so often in the 1860s he made this place a joke, a laughing stock.
Now this man was Joseph Bolitho Johns, who's better known as Moondyne Joe, and he was originally brought out here for stealing bread, cheese and bacon, he was sent here for 15 years, and the newspapers actually built up Moondyne Joe because of his many escapes in the 1860s, and that's why in 1867 they created for him this escape proof cell. Now we'll go and look inside ...
Damien Carrick: OK. It's tiny.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: ...you can see it's lined with wood, our local jarrah wood, and there's a thousand, over a thousand dots, those are the dog nails. They're 9 inches long. That's so he wouldn't pull apart the wooden tunnel through the soft limestone. Three sets of bars on the windows; you see everything is lined in tin. There's no hammock, you could see he would have to lie on the floor, and he was in the cell for 23 hours out of 24. And we know this because the Compte General, the Governor, publicised this. They brought reporters to this very cell, it was in all the newspapers, and once he showed everyone this cell and Moondyne Joe's on the floor. He was put in there in January in the middle of summer, and then he turned to the reporters and they turned to Moondyne Joe and said 'Joseph Bolitho Johns, if you escape from this cell, all is forgiven.' It took him only three months to escape from this cell. After about a month the surgeon said 'He can't stay in there, he needs fresh air and exercise.' He was sent to work to break up rocks in front of a wall, and he worked so hard, convicts would come from the outside, plonk rocks in front of him, and all through February and March. The guard wandered around the pile of rubble he had created between him and the guard and he'd disappeared. He had made a dummy to fool the guard, put his hat on top of the handle and put that on top of the rock, and he had broken through the soft limestone that this prison is made out of, and he was on the run for two years. He became a bushranger robbing up and down the coast, and he was only captured in a wine cellar in our wining district of the Swan Valley.
But when he was brought back here, he brought reporters when he was put on trial, it was shown that he was promised his freedom, so he got a reduction on his sentence. And once he served all his time, he became a local celebrity here in 19th century Western Australia, he had a photograph taken of him, he had a book written about him and he died in Fremantle. And it's a story that's told and re-told in Western Australia. In fact this is the story we teach all our schoolchildren here in Western Australia. They do projects, they do drawings, there are many books, children's books, based on the Moondyne Joe story, and so when we come in here it's a good introduction to our convict system here in Australia, their convict heritage and they all want to see the escape route cell, they all want to hear the story because it's a great story, there's no bloodshed it sounds like something out of a cartoon.
Damien Carrick: Doesn't seem very cartoonish to me, but there you go. And this cell is about a metre wide and about two to three metres long. It's absolutely tiny.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Yes, these are among the smallest cells in the British Empire. Convicts were sent here to work 10 hours a day, so there's only just enough room to collapse in their cells in their hammocks at the end of the day.
Damien Carrick: But of course I guess this was designed for convicts who were doing that work, and then when the convicts stopped, it became prison where people were spending a lot more time in the yards or in the cells.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Yes, and that's when they knocked down every second wall and bolted down every second door, so as we look around, we notice that every second door the lock has been removed, and that means the two cells have been knocked together.
Damien Carrick: Matthew, there's obviously no plumbing in these cells. What were the toilet facilities and the washing facilities like?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Well in the cells they had an ablutions bucket. I've got one over here. And these were emptied every morning, you can hear the rattle of t, and you can see it's just an ordinary red-painted bucket and these were emptied every morning, and that was from the convict era up to 1991. There were sumps out the back, and then were put on a bucket, were put on a letter according to landing in the yards and cleaned by detailed prisoners.
Damien Carrick: And presumably the buckets stayed in with the prisoner in their cell which was, what, if they were in the yard for 8 hours, they were in the cells with the bucket for about 16.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Yes 16 hours or 14, 16 hours per day, so at night. I've talked to ex-prisoners. In the last years you come in here the was a heavy smell of buckets, a heavy smell of disinfectant because they had to wash down their cells to counteract the smell and the health effect, and a heavy smell of body odour. So a smell was a big thing that people remember from the prison. In fact when we closed down as a prison and we gave the place a good scrub-down, believe me they tried. When it opened up for the first six months, you could still smell the buckets coming out of the walls. So imagine what it was like when it was operational.
Damien Carrick: And so all the way until 1991 those were the conditions.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Yes. This was the last prison in Australia to use the bucket system: it was just too expensive to put plumbing in all the cells.
Damien Carrick: Now I can see that there are a number of cell doors open.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: This cell that we're looking in, is filled with drawings, as you can see. You see this was an ordinary...
Damien Carrick: Let's go in. Quite beautiful drawings, they look like pencil drawings.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Well that's why...
Damien Carrick: And, my goodness, they look like drawings from Ancient Greece of people in togas and people riding horses. Looks like a Jesus figure, angels perhaps.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: There's a scene hunting kangaroos down there in the corner. There's an Aboriginal, there's more Greek. This is more Renaissance themed, you can see a copy of an angel by Raphael, and two profiles of the monarch of the time, Queen Victoria. We have stepped into the 19th century.
Damien Carrick: Who did this work?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Well luckily, the convict who drew this left his name behind, because below here, below this Greek and Roman scene, you can see it; it says 'J.Walsh left this cell 9th March.' But you notice as you look, you notice this cell is all chipped. The walls are all chipped. You see this was originally a whitewashed cell. In the 20th century it was used for storage, but in the 1960s someone threw a broom in here very roughly, knocked a piece of plaster off and they noticed some drawings underneath the plaster. So they chipped away all around the cell revealing this whole cell of drawings from the 19th century. Now we know it's the 19th century because this convict left his name behind and we have a record of all 9,700 convicts. And James Walsh was a convict and he if did such fine artwork, what crime do you think he committed in 19th century Great Britain?
Damien Carrick: Having a guess here, forgery?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Correct. We had a skill shortage here in Western Australia. We always seem to have a skill shortage. They deliberately sent a lot of skilled convicts here, so convicts who could read and write, that means people sent here for white-collar crimes: forgery, embezzlement and so forth, and so he was sent here for 15 years for forging a bill of goods, and for a period he was in this cell and that's when we think he drew on the walls. But we don't know. This was only discovered in the 1960s so one theory is somehow he smuggled in pencils or ripped off his convict uniform button and rubbed to to a point and drew on the walls, and then covered it over as morning porridge. But I go along with the other theory, that he must have asked for permission to draw on the walls, even though it wouldn't have been allowed. He must have pleaded the guards, 'Look, I'm an artist; I've got to practise every day. If you allow me to draw on the walls to keep my skills up, you know, I'll do portraits of your wives; I'll do Christmas cards.' And then once he served his time, he became a free man. He was a clerk in Perth, he died in 1871.It was then painted over and forgotten. Luckily when this was discovered he did some art work as a free man which is held up in the Western Australian Art Gallery, so they brought it down and compared it.
Damien Carrick: Very interesting. Well we're now stepping out of the cell, and we're now walking a few steps towards another doorway which looks like, OK, another chapel. OK. And is this the Catholic chapel is it?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: This is the Catholic chapel, and here it's appropriate to talk about that some of the people who worshipped here in the convict era were part of the Catalpa escape in 1876. The last boatload of convicts to arrive in Australia arrived here in Fremantle. Now if you're having one more boatload to send to Australia from Great Britain, you're going to put the worst of the worst, and that's what the Huguenots notorious for, including 62 rebel Irish, the Finians. The last wave of Irish rebels sent to these shores. One of them, John Boyle O'Reilly escaped the next year to the United States; many exiled Irishmen in Boston, Massachusetts, that was the cheapest fare from Ireland to the United States during the time of the potato famine. They received many letters, anguished letters from the convicts here, and so they decided to form their own escape.
Now it's a long story. They sent agents here, they had two years to raise the money, they sent a boat called the Catalpa, with an American captain, George Anthony here, under disguise of doing whaling in the oceans of Western Australia. s
So Easter Monday, 1876, the convicts were working outside the front of the prison; they asked permission to go and shift some furniture, they went behind the prison, there was a horse and cart of agents who were sent here a few months beforehand, and they jumped the horse and cart and drove down to Rockingham, there was the longboat as prearranged, they were chased out in the ocean by a steamer called the Georgette, commandeered by Land and Water Police. There was a confrontation off the coast of Western Australia. The Georgette fired a shot across its bows, of the Catalpo, the sailing ship, and they said 'Ahoy, we represent the West Australian Government. You have six of our convicts aboard, Surrender to us or we shall fire on you again.' And then Captain George Anthony, an American, he stood up and he said, 'We are on the high seas; this is my flag' (the American flag) 'my flag protects me. If you fire upon us, you are firing upon the American flag.' Because remember, they were chasing not a stolen ship, but a ship from another nation. If they fired upon that ship in international waters, it would cause a huge international scandal and when they realised that, the Georgette realised they should give up, because it wasn't worth it for just a couple of lousy convicts. So they let them go and the Catalpa sailed away to great acclaim to the Irish populations in New York and in Boston. So that is the most successful convict escape in Australia's history.
Damien Carrick: Fascinating.
We're now leaving the Catholic chapel and we're back under the landing of the main cellblock and we're heading down the stairs back to the I guess the ground floor. So Matthew, we're now walking along the ground floor back from 4th division into 3rd division. We're now heading past one of the other tour groups.
Guide: ... that's also why our our police here wear a blue uniform, it's said to be less confrontational.'
Damien Carrick: Where are we heading now Matthew?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Well out the back is the punishment yard where they had flogging during the convict era, and the last flogging was had in 1942, and then there's solitary confinement where prisoners were locked up 23 hours out of 24. During the present era, during the 20th century up to 28 days; during the convict era it could be up to nine months. But we're going into the gallows, where the last 44 executions in Western Australia were held. Now we're going up some steps.
And when people come to the gallows, maybe people watch television but they're struck by how simple it is, how utilitarian, but of course you don't need a lot of equipment.
Damien Carrick: Can you describe it for me?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: We're walking along a platform and now we're looking down into the well that's dug into the limestone of the prison, and you can see it's a wooden platform and the doors are hinged, but they're down, and we can see the rails on either side, and we look up and we can see the beam.
Damien Carrick: And hanging from the beam is the rope with a noose at the end.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Yes, this rope has never been used for an execution, it's just a demonstration. When this was constructed in the 1880s this was the most sophisticated form of hanging in the British Empire, which is called the Long Drop method. The idea is to break the neck as soon as possible, and then it's death by asphyxiation while unconscious. So the hangman had to consult the surgeon. He would make a rope especially to the dimensions of the prisoner, roughly the heavier the person the shorter the rope, to break the neck as soon as possible. If it's too short for his weight, he would strangle, not have his neck quickly broken; too long, he'll be decapitated, leaves a mess to be cleaned up.
Damien Carrick: And this is an extraordinary and very disturbing space. So 44 men died here.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Not 44 men, 43 men and 1 woman. That was in 1907, that was Martha Rendell accused of poisoning three of her step-children using hydrochloric acid. But she always maintained innocence to the end, and books have come out that this could have been a miscarriage of justice, could have been a prejudice against stepmothers. But there's no doubt about the last person executed here in 1964 and that was Eric Edgar Cooke, a man who with a hatred against society and terrorised Perth in the early 1960s by breaking into suburban houses at night and killing complete strangers at random. When he was finally caught he was tried and executed for one murder, he actually admitted to 8 and injuring 13 other people. He committed so many murders police stopped believing him. Two people served long sentences here for murders actually confessed by Cooke, and that's John Button and Daryl Beamish. Eventually they've been re-tried, they got pardoned, they got recompense from the government. But you can imagine, this is a very famous case that's touched a lot of lives and it's been the subject of documentaries and books, especially a book called The Shark Net. It's a fictional book which was turned into a TV series a couple of years ago.
Damien Carrick: All right, well let's leave this room.
So we're now leaving the gallows building. And Matthew, I guess we're approaching the end of our tour. Tell me, this prison closed in 1991 but one of the catalysts for the closure was a riot in 1988. Tell me about that riot.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Well, the prison was on line to close down, but the new prison took too long to build. In fact there was a political cartoon when the riot happened. It had a policeman outside the burning prison and said, 'You've got two years to surrender' because Casuarina Prison w as two years overdue.
Damien Carrick: We're now walking through one of the doors which separate the...
Matthew Bateman-Graham: This is a very important gate. This is the gate that goes from 3rd division to 3rd division yard. Now 1988 , three days of 40-degree heat Celsius, inside the cells up to 2 or 3 people to a cell. Now after a very hot day, 4th January, prisoners were coming out of 3rd division yard into 3rd division, and 110 prisoners, 15 guards, and prisoners in the afternoon, 2 prisoners would carry a big urn of hot water, they would go from door to door filling up mugs, so they locked away the meals, and suddenly they tipped...
Damien Carrick: For what, tea and coffee?
Matthew Bateman-Graham: For tea and coffee. And suddenly they tipped their urn of hot boiling water on top of two guards near this area, and that was the signal for a prisoner who rushed over to this gate, held it open, 110 prisoners surged through this entrance we're standing in now from the yard into the division and overwhelmed the 15 guards. The guards were outnumbered; they were treated, five were grabbed, taken out here to the yard, they were walking out to here. In the meantime, prisoners grabbed the keys, the ones for the top landing and they opened the doors and threw onto landing furniture matches and newspapers, set fire to it, flames reached the roof, Jarrah roof, 100 years old, burst into flames.
To prevent a mass breakout of prisoners, the guards quickly locked and bolted all the entrances to 3rd division and 3rd division yard. So when the prisoners rushed out of the burning building, they came through this entrance out here in the hard where they were trapped but they had the 5 guards as hostages. So now there was a standoff of armed police surrounding the whole prison, helicopters up above.
Now the morning after the day of the riots, the prisoners released two guards, in exchange for breakfast, a tub of toast and a tub of baked beans, and after 19 hours, they surrendered.
Now one guard did suffer a heart attack and he died later, but after all there were no shots fired and no-one was killed, but it was a near thing, and the riot had truly shown that this place could no longer function as a maximum security prison, it was truly time to close it down.
Damien Carrick: And that was in 1988 and three years later it closed down.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: When Casuarina Prison was finally finished, yes.
Damien Carrick: And that's when you said goodbye to the prisoners and hello to the tourists and the historians.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: Yes. But we do have, since this is a recent history, this was a prison up to 20 years ago, we often have ex-prisoners on these tours. Many of them have turned their lives around. They come back here, because remember if you're in prison, you're not only at odds with society, you're at odds with yourself. They've somehow to find a centre of themselves, and I do find this is very heartening; prisoners come back with partners and with children, so that's very heartening to have ex-prisoners come back. On my very first tour five years ago, I had a prisoner who spent 3 months here for not paying $200 worth of parking fines. Now he was on 1st division, he had a landing on the top floor and his cell faced west over Fremantle Harbour, and this was in 1987, a very important year in Western Australia. That was the running of the Americas Cup in Fremantle Harbour and he said with the radio too there, he had the best view in Fremantle in the running of the Americas Cup.
Damien Carrick: Nevertheless, it might be a nice view but it's a very high price to pay for that nice view.
Matthew Bateman-Graham: That's true.
Damien Carrick: All right, well this might be an appropriate place to end the tour. Matthew, thank you very, very much for spending the time showing me around this extraordinary, very depressing but fascinating building.
Matthew Bateman-Graham, a guide at the Fremantle Prison.
That's the Law Report for this week. I'm Damien Carrick. Thanks to producer Erica Vowles and technical producer, Paul Penton.
- Matthew Bateman-Graham
- Tour guide at Fremantle Prison
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Comments (4)
Eng Cdt :
22 Jun 2011 4:24:22pm
its funny I was driving past the prison just as this story came over the air. its a beautiful part of colonial history.
Tania Ferrier :
22 Jun 2011 6:14:14pm
Considering that there is very high ratio of Indigenous incarceration in the history of The Fremantle Prison, I feel nothing was presented in this report to speak of their connection with this history & this building.
Lisa Newton :
06 Sep 2011 3:22:57pm
A good history lesson...The thing is there should have a little more on the last few years of the historic Fremantle Prison...You mention a slight ammount..But when you get to the riot in 1989 you don't really mention alot...As I have been on a tour they mention a bit more than what you do...
Nicole Pluss :
18 Oct 2011 1:31:40pm
I toured this prison in the late nineties with a tour guide who lacked empathy for any of the past inmates. His point, which he continually stressed throughout the tour, was that the prisoners lived expense free within the jail - no rent, no food bill etc. He even suggested they were 'lucky'. There was no arguing with the man. Thank you for your report. It gave me a different insight. I hope that old tour guide listened to it. Even more, I hope he's no longer a tour guide.


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Unanswered: Is there a way to do this without using SendKeys...Vista Problem
My business partner just purchased a new laptop with Vista and there are problems with a macro that uses a lot of SendKeys. Converted to code and the same problem. Can't give much detail on what is happening as he is away at the moment and communcation is poor. Searching around the internet indicated that SendKeys was not a good thing to do at the best of times. So I thought I would ask if there is a way to replace SendKeys.
We enter file notes for policy holders. The note part goes into a memo field and there is record for each file note. Very small table with date, time, ID, category of file note and of course the memo field. There is also a second table which will not accept duplicated on the ID field and the table with "many" records is appended to the "one" table.
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I have reproduced below what the memo field content of the "one record" looks like. I need to retain that format or at least that type of format. The only solution canthink of without using SendKeys is to have two sets of Bookmarks in Word and have the content of the memo field from the "one record" go into the first line of bookmarks and the new file note go into the second row of bookmarks and then have the whole Word.doc sent back to the memo field in the "one record" table. This solution would be reasonable as I already have a very similar situation made for doing letters in Word. I can't think of any way to do what I want if the "file note writing" is only available as may records.
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The information you provided is to recent for me to be able to see if you connect with my Ascott's.The branch of the family I am following originated from Devon and then moved to London and since then have spread out to other parts of the Country as well as Australia.
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Building on the success of this annual event, CMAinsights brings together the science of data and the art of marketing. Discover solutions to issues affecting both the marketer and the data practitioner. We present the latest thinking and best practices covering not only how to collect, analyze and interpret data, but also how marketers can create collaborative processes.
Plan on registering early since 95% of recent attendees have indicated that their experience has met or exceeded their expectations!
Includes 3 hours of experiences, networking and continental breakfast!
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Networking & Registration
Winning the engagement Battle Through Human-centricity
Margot Acton
Senior Vice President, Brand and Communications Practice Leader,
Kantar TNS
Cesar Zea
Vice President, Client Management,
Kantar Millward Brown Canada
Thanks to the numerous challenges brands face in today's digital age - ranging from ad-blocking to an over-reliance on behavioral programmatic targeting - many advertisers are grappling with how best to reach their target audiences. For brands to win the battle for engagement, it is critical for them to understand their customers' mindset by focusing on the human behind the screen.
Join Kantar TNS's Margot Acton and Kantar Millward Brown's Cesar Zea to learn practical principles for engaging customers, including insights on why people are increasingly turning to ad-blocking technology and how to optimize touchpoint targeting to connect with consumers and drive equity and purchase.
Meet Margot Acton
Margot leads the Brand & Communications Practice Area for Kantar TNS Canada and has 20+ years of experience in private and public sector research.
Margot has led some of Kantar TNS's largest and most complex brand & communication tracking, market measurement and public opinion strategic projects. Margot has run large, continuous tracking programs for Ford, Toyota, Purolator, Mondelez, SAB Miller and large global financial/insurance clients. She has led global initiatives for clients across multiple sectors and provides local, regional, and global stakeholder support, as well as strategic brand and communications consulting.
Margot collaborates widely on behalf of her clients across the Kantar TNS practice areas (Innovation, Customer Strategy and Retail), with Kantar sister companies Kantar Millward Brown, Kantar Futures and Kantar Media, as well as sector experts across Kantar globally. Margot is known for her strategic, collaborative working style and regularly supports C-suite stakeholders with final recommendations, global scorecard development, brand architecture and strategy and communications planning.
Margot has also presented extensively at conferences and industry events, including most recently at the Market Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA) National Conference and Net Gain conference.
Margot holds an MSc. Psychology (University of Guelph), is a Certified Market Research Professional (CMRP), and a member of the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association and the CMA Branding Council.
Meet Cesar Zea
Cesar has been with Kantar Millward Brown Canada for over 9 years, after another five years as a Client-Side Market Researcher in the Automotive industry in Canada and South America. In his role as Vice President of Client Service, Cesar leads a team of business and research analysts to manage studies for key clients across a variety of industries including Hospitality/Travel, Luxury Automotive, Alcoholic and Carbonated Beverages, Foods, Confectionary, Financial, Pharmaceuticals, Packaged Goods, Technology and Consumer Electronics.
Cesar is the BrandZ Global Brand Equity Study lead, and the Canadian Champion for the Meaningfully Different Equity Framework, and continuously uses the Meaningfully Different Framework to understand what drives brand equity for different sectors in the Canadian and global markets.
Cesar also leads the Canadian portion of Kantar Millward Brown's annual digital media and multi-screening study, AdReaction, and regularly presents results of the study at conferences and through webinars.
Digital Transformation: The Future of Modern Marketing
Emma Da Silva
Vice President, Marketing and Operations,
Microsoft Canada
Cassaundra Laundry
Marketing Operations,
Microsoft Canada
Join Emma Da Silva and Cassaundra Laundry for this session which will illuminate how digital transformation Is fundamentally changing how organizations of all types are revolutionizing how they do business, with specific focus on the impact of digital transformation on marketing. With a marketing lens, Emma will discuss the underlying trends of digital transformation, and how these trends are shaping and being shaped by the evolution of the marketing discipline. Finally, insight will be shared into how Microsoft is embracing digital transformation across their global marketing operations, with real world examples of these principles in action.
Meet Emma Da Silva
As the Vice President of Marketing and Operations for Microsoft Canada, Emma oversees all business processes and marketing efforts in Canada. She is a key member of the executive team and a driving force in our public image, helping Canadians understand our mobile first, cloud first transformation.
Emma joined Microsoft Canada in 1994 with a degree in Accountancy from the University of Waterloo and later earned her Certified Management Accountant designation. She continues to have a long, successful career including numerous roles in the Canadian subsidiary across Finance, Sales, and Marketing. Her past roles include; Chief Financial Officer, Director of Sales for Mid Markets, Director of the Microsoft Office Division, and Director of Finance. She's led exciting initiatives like the launch of Office 2003, 2007, and 2010 in addition to Office 365 – driving the shift to a cloud first, mobile first world.
Meet Cassaundra Laundry
Cassaundra focuses on enabling modern marketing customer journeys, lead management and campaign measurement. She is a champion for modern marketing practices and strives for the strongest sales and marketing partnerships possible.
Cassaundra joined Microsoft Canada in 2015 but her career has always focused on Marketing Operations. Cassaundra graduated from the University of Guelph with a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing Management. Her career has spanned campaign ROI reporting, implementing marketing automation platforms, launching inside sales teams and managing operations for large-scale events.
Networking Break
Tried, True and New: Making the Most of Customer Insights
Jan Kestle
President and CEO,
Environics Analytics
According to a recent survey of marketers, 80 percent of consumer-facing companies don't understand their customers beyond basic demographics and purchase history. But what marketers don't know can sabotage their organization's success. By mining both their own internal data and other sources they can develop customer insights for actionable strategies that deliver bottom-line results.
And new software and analytics approaches make it easy for organizations to leverage customer insights in a wide range of applications, including trade area analysis for outdoor advertising, B2B marketing and merchandizing, sales forecasting and predictive modelling, even website design.
In this session, Jan Kestle of Environics Analytics will present case studies from different industries demonstrating the innovative ways today's data-driven organizations are making use of customer insights.
Meet Jan Kestle
President and CEO of Environics Analytics (EA), Jan Kestle has been a leader in the marketing information industry for more than forty years. An expert in using statistics and mathematics to help solve business challenges, she directed the initiatives that led to the creation of EA's PRIZM5 segmentation system, WealthScapes financial database and ENVISION5 business intelligence platform. Over the years, she's helped hundreds of customers turn data and analytics into insights and results; this year, EA was named one of Canada's fastest-growing companies by PROFIT and Canadian Business. Prior to founding EA in 2003, Jan was president of Compusearch and spent 19 years at the Ontario Statistical Centre.
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|Recruitment Specialist
|AIP Connect
|Head of Digital Design
|Ariad Communications
|Director, Experience Design
|Ariad Communications
|Manager, Digital Media
|Art Gallery of Ontario
|Associate Director, Membership & Database Marketing
|Art Gallery of Ontario
|Assistant Manager, Membership Services & Data Analytics
|Art Gallery of Ontario
|Assistant Manager, Systems Operations, Visitor Services
|Art Gallery of Ontario
|Marketing Analyst
|Bank of Montreal
|Blue Elephant Productions
|Content Strategist
|Senior Manager, Digital Content
|Director, Corporate Accounts
|Canada Post Corporation
|Account Executive, Corporate Accounts
|Canada Post Corporation
|Chief Development Officer
|Canadian Red Cross
|Category Manager
|Carlton Cards
|Director of Marketing
|Carlton Cards Limited
|Success Advisor
|Centennial College
|VP Sales and Marketing
|Centriq Solutions
|Senior Consultant
|CIBC - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
|Marketing Manager
|Account Director
|Cineplex Digital Media
|Sales Manager
|Clear Channel Canada
|VP of National Sales
|Clear Channel Canada
|Director, Global Marketing Operations
|Cogeco Peer 1
|Senior Account Manager
|Director, Marketing Communications
|Crowe Soberman LLP/SIC Management LP
|Strategic Insights Director
|DAC Group
|Strategic Insights Analyst
|DAC Group
|Analytic Consultant
|Data Insight Group Inc.
|President | Chief Innovation Officer
|Executive Vice President
|Executive Director
|Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
|Direct Marketing News
|Account Executive
|Elemental Inc.
|Environics Analytics
|Vice President
|Environics Analytics
|Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales Operations
|Environics Analytics
|Vice President of Marketing
|Environics Analytics
|Senior Vice President & Practice Leader
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|Environics Analytics
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|Environics Analytics
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|Managing Director
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|Content Specialist
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|Account Director
|Director, Business
|Grip Limited
|SVP, Managing Director
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|VP, Strategic Planning
|Harbinger Communications
|Vice President Client Service
|IMI International
|Senior Sponsorship Consultant
|IMI International
|General Manager, Toronto Office
|Inbox Marketer Corporation
|Intercept Group
|Account Manager
|Intercept Group
|Vice President
|Director, Executive Education
|Ivey Business School
|Marketing Director
|Marketing Manager
|Assistant Marketing Manager
|Marketing Administrator
|Marketing Administrator
|VP Marketing
|Marketing Coordinator
|Managing Partner
|LEVEL5 Strategy
|Client Strategist
|Lucidia Ltd.
|Director, Strategy & Insights
|McDonald's Restaurants of Canada
|Digital Marketing Specialist
|Brand Manager, Metrolinx
|Senior Brand Advisor, Metrolinx
|Marketing Communications Manager
|Marketing Operations Lead
|Commercial Marketing Manager
|Product Marketing Manager
|Cloud & Enterprise Lead
|Commercial Marketing Lead
|VP, Marketing & Operations
|Microsoft Canada
|Social Media Manager, Commercial
|Microsoft Canada
|Marketing Manager
|Product Manager
|Senior Director, Strategy and Business Development
|Business Development Executive
|Director, Products
|NLogic Inc.
|Marketing Specialist
|PATTISON Outdoor
|Director of Marketing
|Performance Auto Group
|Associate Marketing Manager
|Plastic Mobile, a Havas Company
|VP, Corporate Strategy
|Plastic, a Havas Company
|Account Director
|ReMark Canada Inc
|Executive Assistant & Administration Operations Manager
|ReMark Canada Inc
|Chief CRM Officer
|VP, Executive Creative Director
|Business Development Manager
|Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation
|Segment Manager - Roofing
|Roxul Inc
|Project Control Officer
|Royal Bank of Canada
|Digital Marketing Specialist
|Sinai Health Foundation
|Database Coordinator
|Sinai Health Foundation
|Director, Customer Insights
|Career Coach - Marketing, Sales & Analytics
|Smith School of Business
|Social Media Planner
|Sonnet Insurance
|Social Media Manager
|Sonnet Insurance
|Director of Strategic Partnerships
|Sovereign State
|Spider Marketing Solutions Inc.
|AVP, Marketing and Communications
|Sun Life Financial
|Manager, Client Acquisition
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|Vice President, Marketing Planning TD Insurance & Strategic Initiatives
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|Marketing Planner
|TD Bank Group
|Senior Manager, Digital Marketing
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|Senior Manager, North America Measurement
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|The Reader's Digest Association (Canada) ULC
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|Manager, Marketing Analytics and Strategy
|Sales Manager
|Twitter Canada
|Office Manager
|President, Vizeum Canada Inc.
|Vizeum Canada
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|Senior Project Director
|Wellspring Productions Inc.
|Winegard & Company
|Managing Director
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|York University


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Dorms across the country are as high as 27 stories. On that first day, the elevators are usually jammed.
That's where Cameron Doody and Stephen Vlahos, both Auburn graduates, saw an opportunity.
They founded a company in 2010, Campus Bellhops, to help students move into their dorms on the Plains. "We said if we could do 25 moves, we'd be happy, just to cover costs," says Doody. "That first year, we moved 230 students into the dorms."
They saw the need to expand their resources and services. While several universities offer free move-in assistance, those resources can be stretched thin by the waves of students rolling in all at once. According to Doody, 90 percent of college students move into their residences during the same four-week period. They've now expanded their branches to 48 cities across the country.
The company doesn't hire just anyone. They only hire students at the university, and put them through a rigorous screening process. "It just puts customers at ease that they have guys in their home that they would allow their daughters to date," says Doody.
In addition, when you book with Campus Bellhops you receive an e-mail with a picture and information about the movers.
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1. Cartridges applications
2. Cartridges components
3. Concorde cartridge mounting dimensions
4. Styli interchangeability
5. Concorde versus OM model
6. The absolute best sounding DJ cartridge
7. Cartridges for DigitalVinylSystems
8. Digital to vinyl transcription
1. Which cartridge is best for my style of music?
Please see our DJ cartridges selector, which gives an explanation of each product range in our DJ line.
Basic DJ: Pro S , Pro, DJ S
Club: Night Club MkII, Gold, Elektro
Scratch: Scratch, Q Bert, Q.Bert Gold
Specialized: Digitrack, S-120 Digitrack Green
2. What are the main components of the cartridge?
a. The cartridge
A cartridge consists of three basic components: the stylus that traces the record groove, the cantilever, the part on which the stylus is mounted, and the generating system. The generating system converts the motion of stylus and the cantilever into electrical replicas of the sound, which can then be amplified and reproduced by the music system.
b. The stylus
The stylus is the only part of the cartridge to make contact with the record. A force must be exerted by the tonearm to keep the stylus in the groove while the record is spinning. This tracking force is low, usually between three and four grams. But because the stylus has a "footprint" of less than one millionth of a square inch of the record face, it exerts a tremendous pressure: 6,000 pounds per square inch. At such enormous pressure, any roughness or irregularity in the stylus would cause record damage. The stylus must also be very hard or it will wear out quickly. For these reasons, quality styli are precision made from the finest and hardest material known: pure diamond. Spherical stylus is for heavy back-cueing and scratching. Stays in the groove. Elliptical stylus is for lighter back-cueing and scratching. Best sound performance.
c. The cantilever
The purpose of the cantilever is to act as an intermediate between the stylus and the generating system. Compared to its size the stylus moves at tremendous speed while tracking the groove of the spinning record. In order that the cantilever may accurately transmit the rapid stylus movements, it should be lightweight so it can respond without inertia to the twists and turns of the groove. At the same time the cantilever should be rigid, because any bending, flexing or vibration would add distortion and sound coloration. The necessary compromise between lightweight and high strength requires great ingenuity in the design as well as the choice of the materials.
d. The generating system
High fidelity Ortofon cartridges follow the law of electromagnetism, discovered by the Danish scientist H.C.Oersted. When material capable of conducting electricity (a copper coil) is set into motion perpendicular to a magnetic field - or when a magnet is moved near such conductive material – electrical current is generated in the circuit. The direction and speed of the movement determine the amplitude and frequency of the current. Thus the generating system of a cartridge converts the movement of the stylus and cantilever into an output signal.
3. Concorde cartridge mounting dimensions
Effective length: 51,5 mm
Height: 14,0 mm
4. I notice that all of Ortofon's cartridges have similar shaped styli - are they interchangeable?
Physically, each series of stylus, except for S-120, will fit on alternate cartridge bodies. However, these combinations are not supported by Ortofon, as each cartridge series is designed with a synergistic combination in mind - that is, each stylus is made to compliment the magnet and coil configuration of each cartridge body. For instance, using a DigiTrack stylus with a Scratch body will not provide the full benefit of either product, and might even provide undesired results, including (but not limited to) differences in output, unbalanced sound reproduction, etc.
NB: In the case of the NightClub (mk1) and DJ series cartridges, it is perfectly alright to use the respective S (spherical) or E (elliptical) version stylus. The cartridge bodies are designed to accommodate either of the respective series' stylus types.
5. Is there a difference between the OM and Concorde series of cartridge?
The sole difference between OM and Concorde cartridges is the housing and contacts found on the cartridge. Whereas the OM range requires mounting onto an appropriate headshell, the Concorde range conveniently attaches directly to the tonearm. There is no difference in sound between the two ranges, within the respective series of cartridge (ie OM Elektro versus Concorde Elektro, etc).
6. What is the absolute best sounding Ortofon cartridge for DJ purposes?
Currently, the Nightclub MKII boasts the best specifications and best sound from any DJ cartridge product, making it an ideal choice for mix DJs in any environment: studio, broadcast or club. The Nightclub MKII builds upon the success of the original Nightclub Cartridge, boasting numerous improvements. The Nightclub MKII improvements are two-fold: first, the re-engineered stylus and cartridge body are tuned to make the most of modern dance music. Secondly, the increased output voltage requires less gain from the preamps found on a conventional DJ mixer, providing cleaner sound reproduction and less susceptibility to feedback in live environments. The Nightclub MKII is available only with an elliptical stylus.
7. Can I use the S-120 and DigiTrack for conventional vinyl?
The S-120 and DigiTrack can be used for both timecoded and conventional vinyl, and maintains excellent sound quality for the playback of conventional vinyl. These cartridges models have been specially engineered to make the most of timecoded vinyl playback, providing optimal output voltage for use with timecoded vinyl applications. This optimized output voltage maximizes the signal-to-noise ratio of the audio being fed to the software, which results in better interpretation of the timecode signal. Furthermore, a decrease in the reproduction of frequencies where vinyl wear & crackle occur helps to minimize errors in the interpretation of the timecode signal and helps timecoded vinyl discs last longer.
8. I'm interested in transferring my vinyl collection to a digital medium - which needle will give me the best sound reproduction for this task?
The Nightclub MkII provides optimal quality when transferring vinyl to PC, CD, or other digital storage media. The Nightclub MkII extracts every last detail from vinyl records before they are finally transcribed into the digital domain. The Nightclub MkII cartridge features Special Elliptical stylus.


text: So, a coworker of mine bought a Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S for AT&T). I had played with a Fascinate very briefly at one point and have used an Incredible quite a bit. However, using the Incredible was before I had a lot of time with the DX. Mostly what I had for a basis of comparison was my iPhone 3GS, whose resolution was low enough as to appear pretty coarse. I was almost shocked at how incredibly noticeable the Pentile pattern was, and how grainy it made the text/icons appear. It was actually very bothersome to me. Maybe I'd get used to it, I don't know - but I just don't think I could spend any significant amount of time reading on that screen. It's too bad - the form factor is nice, the audio quality is exceptional, zooming and scrolling seem noticeably smoother than on my X and it's sweet to have true blacks... but I really had trouble with the screen pattern. This isn't really a "rah rah look how great the X is" - I'm just curious how many other people have found the Pentile layout to be troubling.


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Google's New VC Fund Lacks Domain Name
Tuesday, March 31, 2009; 3:43 AM
Now that Google has come out of the closet with its proper venture capital fund, dubbed Google Ventures, I'm curious as to how many people will be going to googleventures.com today, only to find that the domain name is neither owned or operated by the company.
We're not sure if this is an oversight or if Google has actively tried but failed to claim ownership over the domain name, but the fact is googleventures.com was first registered back in 2004, and that it's currently supposed to expire in June of this year.
Update: as reader George Kirikos correctly points out, Google has filed a UDRP (Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy) case for the domain name. See the National Arbitration Forum website for details (case number 1249421).
Since the WHOIS information at this point is unprotected, hence public information, we know that the domain name was registered by a James Hung from Connecticut. Hung is the CEO of The Hive, a "global venture consulting firm comprised of business and technology gurus, entrepreneurs, and strategic partners in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa." The domain name is not being forwarded to the firm's website, but only displays an image saying that site is currently unavailable.
We've contacted both Hung and Google for comment.
In case you're wondering, Google's Terms of Service prohibit the use of "any of Google?s trade names, trade marks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features", so this is clearly a violation.
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Sarasotans approved the commission-manager form of government 1,499 to 405 at a special election held on November 5, 1945.
Upon the conclusion of World War II, it became clear that Sarasota was on the verge of growing like it never had before. Sarasotans decided a new form of city government was needed to prevent repetition of the growing pains of the 1920's real estate boom. Following adoption of the new form, Colonel Ross E. Windom, who had served in the U.S. army Corps of Engineers during the war and city manager of cities in Ohio before the war, was appointed Sarasota's first City Manager.
The City Manager is appointed by the City Commission to direct and manage the functions of the City. Leadership is provided by facilitating, directing, planning, coordinating, and supervising the programs and services of the City. The City Manager is ultimately responsible to the City Commission and the public for all actions of the City of Sarasota.
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