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My Turn: Frederic G. Reamer: Grasping how precious freedom is
By Frederic G. Reamer
On June 26, I was in Hong Kong. I spent the day putting the finishing touches on a lecture I was scheduled to deliver the following day at the University of Hong Kong. Entirely by coincidence, I was teaching in Hong Kong during what has become known as the summer of protest. I kept a close eye on the headlines that saturated the local news. That evening, I learned, there was to be a massive demonstration in Edinburgh Place, a prominent public square in central Hong Kong overlooking Victoria Harbor. I decided to attend to witness history.
It is no secret that there is widespread concern among Hong Kongers about the territory's very complicated relationship with the People's Republic of China. What led to the current social unrest was a recently proposed law that would allow the extradition of criminal suspects to mainland China. Critics worry Beijing would use the law to extradite political opponents and others to mainland China, where their legal protections cannot be guaranteed because of the absence of due process and rule of law.
As I headed toward the demonstration, I found myself in the largest sea of people I have ever encountered. Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers streamed toward Edinburgh Place. Most wore black clothing, which has become the unofficial uniform of protesters.
When I finally arrived at the demonstration site, I was surrounded by Hong Kongers who held protest signs and chanted loudly in Cantonese. They were remarkably peaceful and respectful. I stood there thinking about how extraordinary it was that so many people gathered to proclaim their love of democracy. I chatted with as many Hong Kongers as I could engage about why they cared.
Over and over, I heard passionate, ideals-filled comments about how much these protesters value democracy and all that it represents, at least in principle: freedom of the press, voting rights, civil rights, and the rule of law. Some cried as they told me about their deep-seated fear that the freedoms they have known are slipping away because of Beijing's control of key aspects of political life in Hong Kong.
I was inspired. That evening, there was no violence, at least not until much later when, regrettably, a small splinter group headed toward the home of the Legislative Council and vandalized the government complex. The masses were remarkably disciplined and well behaved.
After I concluded my work in Hong Kong, I boarded my 16-hour flight back to the United States. As the plane headed west over mainland China and Russia, I could not help but reflect on what it means to be an American.
Yes, our democracy is imperfect. Yes, as a nation we have much to apologize for, beginning with our treatment of Native Americans and slaves. Certainly, we have our blemishes, some significant, including contemporary, ugly displays of race-based and faith-based hatred. Yet, wrapped around these noteworthy sins are legions of principled people who are trying to get it right: People who support news reporters' right and obligation to ask politicians tough questions. People who support the right to engage in peaceful protests when government policies trouble us. People who celebrate their right to vote people into and out of office.
Let freedom ring, loud and clear. And please — please — don't take it for granted.
Frederic G. Reamer is a professor at Rhode Island College's School of Social Work.


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One Hundred and Fifty Remarkable Wildcats
One hundred and fifty years ago, on July 7, 1866, New Hampshire Governor Frederick Smyth signed an act creating the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, the earliest incarnation of the University of New Hampshire. It was just four years after President Abraham Lincoln had signed into law the Morrill Act, which called for the federal government to provide each state with a grant of land that could be sold "for the endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college" — and fully a decade after Durham farmer Benjamin Thompson had written his will to provide for the same.
The college's first graduates were farmers, three young men who earned their degrees in 1871 and more than likely returned home to apply the practical science they had learned to their families' land and livestock. The first two female students enrolled in 1890, and when the college moved to Durham in 1893 there were 10 women among the class of 51 first-year students, who were joined by 13 upperclassmen completing their degrees.
Over the course of 150 years, UNH has educated some 165,000 students, men and women from every walk of life and every corner of the globe. Our students have become scholars and humanitarians and visionaries. They've led companies and countries; they've walked in outer space and plumbed the deepest depths of the ocean. They've won Pulitzer Prizes and Academy Awards, Stanley Cup titles and Super Bowl rings. For the astonishing range of their achievements, they've shared one common, essential factor: UNH was the place that set them on their path.
165,000 alumni. 165,000 farmers and inventors, doctors and lawyers, professors and public servants and actors and activists. It would be impossible to take the full measure of them all. In honor of UNH's 150th anniversary, we've instead chosen 150 individuals that represent the breadth and depth of what it means to be a Wildcat: undergrads, graduate students and a couple of non-grads, faculty members, coaches and staff. While there are sure to be some names and achievements you recognize, hopefully, there are a few surprises as well. From a first baseman from the Brooklyn Dodgers back when they were the Brooklyn Dodgers to the historian behind one of the most frequently cited — and misattributed — modern feminist quotes, read on to learn a little more about 150 individuals with whom you share the special experience of being a Wildcat.
Del Bissonette '19: first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
William Andberg '34: set more than 30 national running records in his 60s and won a place on the US Masters cross country ski team in his 70s.
Ed Blood '35: UNH ski team captain and ski jumper, competed in 1932 and 1936 Olympics.
Richmond "Boo" Marcom '47 (Photo:
Henry Compton, Stars and Stripes)
So-called "Barefoot Boy" pole vaulter Richmond "Boo" Morcom '47 competed in the 1948 Olympics, demonstrating his trademark one-shoe-off style. He later became something of a celebrity pole vaulter, appearing on the Bob Hope show with the likes of Jesse Owens, Wilt Chamberlin and Jackie Robinson.
Rod Blackburn '61: first UNH hockey player to be named a first-team All American.
Carlton Fisk '69 (Photo: Focus on Sport,
Getty Images Contributor)
Famed MLB catcher and Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk '69 came to UNH on a basketball scholarship and played on both the basketball and baseball teams. Drafted by the Red Sox, he left partway through his sophomore year.
Rick Schavone '71: Stanford University diving coach and diving coach for the 2012 Olympics.
Dave Lumley '77: Two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Edmonton Oilers.
Bruce Huther '78: NFL player and member of the Dallas Cowboys team that won Super Bowl XII.
Ralph Cox '79; the last player to be cut from Lake Placid Olympics "Miracle on Ice" gold medal team in 1980.
Rod Langway '79 (Photo: Graig Abel, Getty Images)
Another two-sport athlete, Rod Langway '79 played both football and hockey at UNH. The Hockey Hall of Famer left after his sophomore season and a year later won the Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens.
Carol Skricki '84: rower, competed in double sculls at the 2000 Olympics.
Judy White Currier '84: became the first N.H. woman to complete the 1,161-mile Iditarod, in 1999.
Joanne Duffley Dow '86: Olympic racewalker and U.S. recordholder.
Katey Stone '89: head coach for the 2014 Olympic women's ice hockey team.
Dean Potter '90: internationally known rock climber and BASE jumper.
Chip Kelly '90 (Photo: Ezra Shaw, Getty Images)
Dover native and Wildcat defensive back Chip Kelly '90 rose to coaching fame as the head coach of the University of Oregon Ducks, spent three years with the Philadelphia Eagles and is currently head coach for the San Francisco 49ers.
Patrick Weaver '93: Nordic skier, competed in the 1998 and 2002 Olympics.
Erin Whitten '93
In October 1993, Erin Whitten '93 became the first female goalie to to win a professional men's hockey game. Playing for the East Coast Hockey League's Toledo Storm, she beat Dayton 6-5. With USA Hockey (women's), she was also the starting goalie for the 1994 World Championships.
Karin Bye '93, Sue Merz '94 and Tricia Dunn '96: members of the 2002 women's Olympic hockey team. Bye captained the team, which won Olympic gold.
Bryan Muir '95: Won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2001.
Robel Teklemariam '97: Nordic skier and sole athlete to represent Ethiopia at the Winter Olympics in 1998 and 2002.
Brandy Fisher '98: first-ever winner of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, awarded to the top female hockey player in the NCAA.
Jason Krog '99: Winner of the 1999 Hobey Baker Award, given to the country's top collegiate hockey player.
Dan Kreider '99: starting fullback and Super Bowl XL winner with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Laurie Stephens '07 (Photo: Hannah Peters, Getty Images)
Corey Graham '07: earned a Super Bowl ring with the Baltimore Ravens in 2013.
Alpine monoskier Laurie Stephens '07 has never let spina bifida keep her off the slopes. Introduced to adaptive skiing at the age of 12, she went on to earn two gold medals at the Torino 2006 Paralympic Games and a silver in Vancouver in 2010.
Tyler Walker '08: Paralympic monoskier and gold medalist.
Kacey Bellamy '09: member of the 2014 Winter Olympic women's ice hockey team.
Taylor Chace '10: sled hockey Paralympic medalist.
Chad Kackert '10: MVP of the Canadian Football League's 100th Gray Cup, November 2012.
Jared Smith '13: member of the Seattle Seahawks team that won Super Bowl XLVIII.
Pathbreakers
In 1856, never-married Durham farmer and businessman Benjamin Thompson wrote his will, leaving the state of New Hampshire the 253 acres that form the core of UNH's Durham campus.
Asa Smith: the first president of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (NHCAMA), 1868.
Ezekiel Webster Dimond was hired in 1868 as NHCAMA's first professor, teaching general and agricultural chemistry. Durham's Dimond Library is named in his honor.
William Preston Ballard, Lewis Perkins and Charles Henry Sanders: NHCAMA's first graduates, 1871.
Belezar Ruevsky: UNH's first known international student, 1886.
Lucy Swallow
Lucy Swallow (pictured) and Delia Brown became the first female students to enroll in NHCAMA's two-year degree program, in 1890. From Hollis and Hanover, NH, respectively, they chose not to continue when the college moved to Durham.
Charles Clark: awarded the university's first PhD, in botany, 1896.
Caroline Black: first female professor, botany, 1911.
Elizabeth Ann Virgil '26
Margaret DeMeritt: first woman to earn a graduate degree, 1912.
Mary Bailey: first May Queen, 1920.
On May 26, 1926, Portsmouth's Elizabeth Ann Virgil '26 became the first African American to graduate from UNH. Virgil's portrait today greets students near the entrance to Dimond Library.
Lawrence Jensen: first "mayor," 1926 (UNH mayoralities continued until 1966).
Thanks to a Student Christian Association effort led by Judy Austin Rantala '44, in 1943, Toshiko Baba Yoneji became the first of three Japanese American citizens detained during World War II to be relocated to UNH to earn their undergraduate degrees.
Evelyn Handler
From 1980–83, Evelyn Handler served as UNH's fourteenth president — and its first female leader. Handler was also the first woman in the country to be named president of a publicly supported land grant university.
Moses Ajou and John Akok
In 2002, Moses Ajou and John Akok became the first two of five of Sudan's "Lost Boys" to attend a full-time residential college by enrolling at UNH. They were joined by Abraham Piol, Jacob Mabil and Peter Guagui in spring 2003, thanks in part to the university's "Lost Boys of Sudan Scholarship Fund."
Artists & Celebrities
Robert Bruce '45: earned a Pulitzer Prize for history in 1988.
Donald Murray '48: longtime UNH writing instructor and winner of a Pulitzer Prize for journalism.
It was 1974 when Thomas Williams '50 won the National Book Award for fiction for The Hair of Harold Roux, but more than 40 years later, it's still on the mind of some well-known writers. In a June interview with Rolling Stone, Stephen King called it his favorite book: "I've read it four or five times. … I love it because it tells the truth as I understand it about what it is to be a writer."
Betty '58 and Barney Hill
Alongside her husband Barney, Betty Hill '58 gained notoriety as the "first lady of flying saucers." Never substantiated, the Hills' 1961 claim of alien abduction outside remote Lancaster, New Hampshire, was the first nationally publicized report of extraterrestrial abduction.
John Irving '65: American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.
Natalie Jacobson '65: Boston-area news anchor.
Richard Whitney '68: nationally recognized portrait artist.
Michael Ontkean '70: actor best known for his role in the hockey movie "Slapshot."
James Aponovich '71: painter.
Peter Jurasik '72: actor, "Hill Street Blues."
Ursula Hegi '78, '79G: writer and Oprah's book club pick for Stones from the River.
Lynn Tuohy '77: journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner, reporting, 1999.
Steve Bramson '78: Hollywood music composer.
Alice McDermott '78G: writer who earned a National Book Award for Charming Billy in 1998.
He never took an engineering course, but sculptor Arthur Ganson '78 spent four years as artist-in-residence in the mechanical engineering department at MIT. Today, Ganson's kinetic sculptures and Rube-Goldberg machines are found at science museums and art galleries around the world, including the MIT Museum.
Arthur Ganson '78 (Photo: Joshi Radin)
Michael Kelly '79: first journalist to be killed while covering Iraq invasion, 2003.
Richard Lederer '80G: author, speaker, teacher and self-described "verbivore" with multiple books on the English language.
Barbara Walsh '81: earned a 1988 Pulitzer for her newswriting about the Massachusetts prison system.
Andy Brickley '82: former hockey player and Boston Bruins announcer.
Jackie MacMullan '82: basketball sportswriter who's co-written books with Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Shaquille O'Neal.
Court Crandall '87: screenwriter best known for the Will Ferrell comedy "Old School."
Mike O'Malley '88: Emmy-nominated actor and playwright.
Susan Blanchard Ryan '89: star of the 2003 psychological horror drama "Open Water."
Tim Janis '91: music composer who has collaborated with Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Ray Charles and Andre Previn.
Jennifer Lee '92: screenwriter and filmmaker who won a 2014 Academy Award for "Frozen."
Kevin Sullivan '81: winner of a 2003 Pulitzer Prize for International reporting for a series on the Mexican prison system.
Mark Olsen '81: 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner for photojournalism.
Chip Rogers '83: Pulitzer Prize for journalism.
Faculty/Staff/Coaches
Albert Kingsbury
Charles Holmes Pettee: "Pa Pet" was hired in 1876 as NHCAMA's first dean and served the college for 62 years until his death in 1938.
The namesake behind Kingsbury Hall as well as the building's "Albert's" café, Albert Kingsbury taught mechanical engineering at UNH from 1889-1899. Internationally recognized as an expert on lubrication, he invented an air-lubricated thrust bearing during his years at UNH that was widely used in ships and large generators around the world.
Kingsbury Hall (Photo: Perry Smith)
In 1906, chemistry professor Charles James devised a novel fractional crystallization technique for separating rare earth elements. While James Hall bears his name, it's Conant Hall, where his laboratory was and his work was undertaken, that was awarded national historic landmark status by the American Chemical Society in 1999.
C. Floyd Jackson: UNH's first marine scientist and founder of the Zoological Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island, 1908.
Eric Huddleston: the university's first campus architect, 1914.
Oren "Dad" Henderson: university registrar from 1914 to 1939. The 64-bell T Hall carillon was installed and dedicated in his honor in 1952.
William "Butch" Cowell: first football coach and athletic director, 1915.
Ed and Mary Scheier: famed potters and pottery teachers, 1940.
Charlie Holt: won 347 games as UNH men's hockey head coach from 1968-1986 and is one of only three coaches to be a three-time recipient of the National Coach of the Year award.
Murray Straus: sociology prof's research on family violence and corporal punishment changed theories on childhood discipline nationally, 1968.
Ken Appel (Photo: Lisa Nugent)
Charles Simic: Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and U.S. Poet Laureate, 1973.
Mathematician Ken Appel did his best-known work before he came to UNH. In 1977, he and fellow mathematician Wolfgang Haken published the so-called four-color map proof, which empirically demonstrates that any map of any state or country can be drawn using just four colors, without any entity being the same color as any of its neighbors.
Marisa Didio '78: Women's lacrosse coach and the first and only coach to lead a UNH team to a NCAA-sponsored championship, in 1985.
Jochen Heisenberg, physicist and son of the German scientist who developed physic's Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, 1978.
Nancy Kinner '80G, '83G: UNH professor and international oil spill authority.
Clark Terry: jazz musician and beloved adjunct member of the UNH music department, 1988.
Psychology professor John "Jack" Mayer and Peter Salovey published what is largely considered the seminal publication on emotional intelligence, or "EQ," in 1990. More recently, Mayer has advanced the theory of personal intelligence, a broader tool individuals use to understand their personality and the personalities of the people around them.
John "Jack" Mayer (Photo: Lisa Nugent)
Joelle Ruby Ryan '96, '02G: women's studies professor and transgender educator.
Kevin Short: a mathematician, won a 2008 Grammy award for his restoration of a 1949 Woody Guthrie recording.
Yitang "Tom" Zhang: published a proof of the twin prime theory, one of mathematics' oldest questions, in 2013, for which he received a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" in 2014.
Pop Quiz:
Who coined the phrase "Well behaved women seldom make history"?:
Elenor Roosevelt
If you said Laurel Ulrich '80G, you're correct—the historian and Harvard professor used the phrase in a paper she wrote during her UNH doctoral research in 1976. The oft-misattributed quote is a staple on everything from bumper stickers to t-shirts to coffee mugs.
Scientists, Inventors and Innovators
After earning a degree in microbiology, Pam Low '51 went to work at Arthur D. Little in Cambridge, Mass., where she developed the flavor coating for Cap'n Crunch cereal. The popular flavor was inspired by the butter and brown sugar sauce Low's grandmother used to pour over rice.
C. Peter Magrath '55: provost and president of multiple universities and namesake of the national C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Award.
Paul Anderson '63G: former chief executive officer of pharmaceutical company Merck.
Dot Sheehan '71: founded UNH-based Operation Hat Trick, now a 300-plus team national program.
Art Vailas '73: president of Idaho State University.
Lee Morin '74: NASA astronaut.
Robert Caret '74: chancellor of the University of Maryland system.
John LaMattina '75: former president of biopharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Inc.
Alex Fried '13 (Photo: John Benford
Photography)
Richard Linnehan '80: NASA astronaut who did several space walks to repair the Hubble Telescope in 2002.
It was the end of his freshman year when Alex Fried '13 first noticed the campus Dumpsters loaded with discarded furniture and dorm items. Struck by the waste, he co-founded Trash 2 Treasure to resell useable goods and keep them out of local landfills. Today, Fried is the executive director of the Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN), a national nonprofit to help other campuses implement similar salvage programs.
Continuing the celebration of UNH's 150th birthday, our next (late fall/early winter) issue will highlight 150 quintessential UNH moments, and our spring issue will feature 150 UNH memories. Have something to share? We would love to hear from you! Send your moment, memory or other short vignette to alumni.editor@unh.edu or to UNH Magazine, 15 Strafford Ave. #214B, Durham, NH 03824
Businesspeople & Philanthropists;
Politicians & Public Servants
Charles Hood '80: only member of class of 1880 and UNH's first major donor.
While not himself an alumnus, in 1897, Durham resident Hamilton Smith became one of UNH's most influential supporters. With a gift of $10,000, he established the Valentine Smith scholarship, the first available to both New Hampshire residents and out-of-state students.
Oliver '21, Austin '25 and Leslie '27 Hubbard: New Hampshire chicken breeders who today figure among the university's best known and most generous benefactors.
Harl Pease Jr., '39
UNH's first Medal of Honor recipient was Air Force captain Harl Pease Jr, '39, for whom Newington's Pease Air Base is named. A fighter pilot during World War II, he was shot down over Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, in 1942 and held for four years before being executed. His medal was awarded posthumously by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Mel Rines '47: one of the founding members of the UNH Foundation and the generous benefactor behind multiple gifts, including the university's first student-run angel investment fund.
Richard Valle '54: president and CEO of the national Valle's Steakhouse chain.
Marcy Carsey '66: acclaimed television producer and donor behind UNH's second largest gift, $20 million to establish the Carsey School of Public Policy.
Peter Paul '67: an investor, businessman and UNH benefactor, whose $25 million gift established the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics.
James Thomson '67: chief executive officer of public policy think-tank RAND.
Vaira Zervins Paegle '67G: member of Latvian parliament and People's Party candidate for president.
Steve Merrill '69: Governor of New Hampshire from 1993–1997.
William Gardner '70: N.H.'s secretary of state since 1976 and the longest-serving secretary of state in the U.S.
Kate Kohler Paige '70: The second-highest ranking female officer in the Navy under President George H.W. Bush.
Tansu Ciller '70G: Prime Minister of Turkey from 1993–1996.
Daniel Mariaschin '71: executive vice president, B'nai Brith International.
Regarded as one of the most influential women in marketing, media and technology, Anne Finucane '74 is vice chairman at Bank of America and a member of the company's executive management team. In 2013, she was named "advertising woman of the year" by Advertising Women of New York, and American Banker magazine annually names her one of the "25 Most Powerful Women in Banking."
Anne Finucane '74 (Photo: Boston Globe, Getty Images Contributor)
John Lynch '74: Governor of New Hampshire from 2005–2013.
Donna Lynne '74: Current lieutenant governor of Colorado.
David Cote '76: Chairman and CEO of Honeywell International, Inc.
Euripides Evriviades '76: Cyprus ambassador to the U.S., Libya, Russia, Germany, Israel and the Netherlands.
Gary Destefano '78: president of global business operations for Nike.
Ron Noble '79: Head of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) from 2000–2014.
Lori Robinson '81: First female officer to head up a global war command.
Colleen Ryan '82: former commander of Wright-Patterson Air Force and current president of Vectren Ohio Energy Delivery.
Norbu Tenzing Norgay '86 (Photo: American Himalayan Foundation)
As the son of Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, Norbu Tenzing Norgay '86 spent much of his early life known for his famous father, who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary on the first successful summit of Mt. Everest in 1953. Today, Norgay uses his famous name to protect the mountain his father conquered: he's a vice president with the American Himalayan Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping the people and ecology of the Himalaya.
Jonathan King '87: co-owner of Stonewall Kitchen.
David Hallal '88: CEO of Alexion Pharmaceuticals
UNH parent Dana Hamel has been one of the university's most generous supporters, establishing the Hamel Scholars and Scholarships Program in 2008 to keep one of the state's most valuable resources — its top young minds — in the Granite State. He's also the force behind the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research and a wide range of other initiatives.
Shawn Gorman '89: chairman of the board, LL Bean.
Dawn Zimmer '90: current mayor of Hoboken , N.J.
Jerry Azumah '99 (Photo: Nolis Anderson)
As a senior, former Chicago Bears cornerback Jerry Azumah '99 set all sorts of gridiron records at UNH. His record-setting ways didn't stop with graduation; in 2003, at the age of 25, the Walter Peyton Award winner became the youngest alum to make a $100,000 gift to his alma mater.
Ryan Pitts '13: 2014 recipient of the Medal of Honor.
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Jasna Drnda is an associate lawyer at May Irwin Adam. Her practice is primarily focused on criminal and quasi-criminal litigation at trial and appellate levels. She has argued at the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice, as well as in the Quebec Court of Justice. Ms. Drnda has represented clients charged with a broad range of offences under the Criminal Code of Canada and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. She has also represented police officers involved in investigations before the Special Investigation Unit (SIU).
Ms. Drnda was born in the former Yugoslavia before immigrating to Canada as a young child. She has since called Ottawa home. She received her Juris Doctor (JD) from the faculty of Law (Common Law) at the University of Ottawa in 2011 following an Honours B.A. in Psychology and a Concentration in Criminology from the same institution. While pursuing her undergraduate studies Ms. Drnda worked as a Parliamentary Page to the House of Commons. She volunteered for the Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa as a courtroom support worker for unrepresented female accused. She was also involved with the Infinity Lifer's Liaison Group while pursuing her undergraduate degree, an organization focusing on advocating for prisoner's rights. She immediately developed a passion for advocating on behalf of those who did not have a voice or were not being heard.
She is currently a member of the County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA), the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa (DCAO), the Law Society of Upper Canada, and the Criminal Lawyers Association (CLA).
Though it wasn't always clear to me, and nor was it ever really planned, I quickly started developing a theme in my volunteer and professional work experience around my passion for helping those whose voices may have been muted or forgotten. I was always drawn to the stories of those who were dismissed and mistreated at the hands of unequal treatment predicated upon the power of prejudice. As an immigrant, my family and I experienced first-hand what it felt like to be unsupported by systems in place intending the opposite. This by in large informed my conscious choice to pursue a career in criminal defence even though it had already been decided well before I was aware.
How do you represent criminals?
I don't. I represent individuals accused of having committed a criminal offence. I truly believe the fundamental rights provided to each and every one of us by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms – the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty and the right to a fair trial. To undertake a broad-brush approach would not only be a disservice but an injustice to my clients. Every scenario brings its unique set of circumstances, and everyone is entitled to the best defence possible regardless of those circumstances.
What motivates you to fight hard in each and every case?
I believe that no matter their background or socio-economic status, every single person who walks through my office doors deserves the best possible defence. That includes a well-crafted, well-researched and well-executed defence. Coming from a war-torn country, I observed how quickly the rule of law can disintegrate, and visiting my native homeland since the cease of the war, I observed how difficult it is for the rule of law to be rebuilt. I observed first-hand how government power can be misused, leading to atrocious human right violations. I cherish the personal freedoms and security we all, as Canadians, technically share. But, I am not naïve that personal freedoms and security are not felt equally among us all. I am dedicated, in each and every case, to ensure that my client's rights and freedoms are respected: from initial police contact, all the way through to the termination of the judicial process.


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Each year, The Ohio Channel (with parent company Ohio Government Telecommunications) offers two such fellowships. Individuals who earn this opportunity will work as production assistants in the Statehouse Media Center where they assist in televising legislative sessions and in the production of public service communications.
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It's been a busy couple of weeks, which seems odd to say now that it's summer. But it's been busy.
As I think we mentioned, earlier this year we bought annual passes to Disneyland. So when we get the chance, we head off to The Park. We hadn't gone in awhile, so we headed off. I'm not sure why we weren't anticipating this, but the trip itself wasn't so great. We'd had so many wonderful trips recently with kids who took turns picking rides, not fussing about where we ate… that we just weren't prepared for two kids who decided to meltdown at the drop of a hat.
I'm sharing this for those who enjoy schadenfreude as well as for parents of little kids who need to know that they aren't alone. We were discussing rides to go on, and after we'd decided to go across the park to ride the Big Boats (er, the Columbia and Mark Twain) I suggest we take the train around. It's the train, my kids' collective favorite. Nope. Mentioning the train was enough to make my oldest start wailing and screeching about how he wanted to walk. We resolved that with a snack, and things were fine for awhile. Then we went to the Pirates Lair (formerly Tom Sawyer's Island). We had fun… up until it was time to leave.
Both of them decided that they were not going to leave and plopped down on the ground screaming. Probably the worst public tantrums we've ever had. And the worst part was that we had to wait for a raft off the island while they were flipping out. People were unbelievably kind (leading me to believe that most of the parents there had been there before, and that well, they could see we were trying our best).
That isn't to say that we didn't have there weren't a majority of wonderful moments. I took the Little Kidlet on the Columbia (a replica Tall Ship) and he was convinced he was a member of the crew. He took his spot at the helm, manned the bilge pumps and rang the bell. Considering how much I love sailing ships and the Age of Sail, it was wonderful to see that he loves it just as much as me.
Earlier in the day, we saw Peter Pan in the Park. We were just outside the castle, sitting on a bench near the walkway that leads to Snow White's Grotto and had already seen a couple princesses walk by. The Oldest Kidlet decided that they must have been visiting Sleeping Beauty for tea. We were just talking about Pixie Hollow and pixie dust, and Peter Pan, when… Peter Pan came running towards us, leaping over a bench. If he was able to do parkour, I have a feeling he would have. On his way, he saw a woman in her 20's wearing a Peter Pan hat and ran up behind her, grabbed her shoulders and shouted, "I like your hat!" Then he was off sprinting towards Fantasyland. The woman jumped a good few feet, and the kidlets, TheBoy and I couldn't stop laughing.
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Anything can be a weapon – Straw
Posted on July 12, 2019 by dinomyar
"I need a weapon to kill someone that is impossible to kill." a patron said as he entered the seediest arms store in this arm of the galaxy.
"If you want someone who is hard to kill dead, you hire a human assassin. They can kill using anything as a weapon." Gravra replied to the well dressed Corlilian now in front of him.
"Nonsense, you cannot kill someone with just anything."
"No, but a human assassin can use things that would not normally be a weapon to kill someone in the appropriate circumstances and they are very creative with their methods. Let me give you an example, you know who the Parbloo are?"
"Of course, they are the richest species in the galaxy."
"Yes, but do you know about them?"
"No, not much, just that they are in the pharmaceutical industry."
"As you said they are the richest species in the galaxy and as such have the best bodyguards. They are basically like giant protozoans, you know, sack full of fluid with several pseudopods for movement. That fluid is the most potent aphrodisiac in the galaxy, Leksphuk, and their excrement is made up of eighty percent of it. They filter it and sell it for a fortune."
"Ew… if I had known…"
"Anyway, someone wanted one of them dead for some reason and hired a human to do the job. This human found its mark at one of those no weapons of any kind club, including no claws, fangs, or horns. Humans can enter since they do not have any of those and frequent these type of bars often, so the hitman entering was normal. It walks up to the bar and orders some kind of icy slush drink and asks for a straw, saying something about freezing its brain without one. It takes its drink over to the booth next to the mark and sits down with its back to it. Now this creative killer takes the straw and rolls the end closed to make something like a point, squeezes the straw and puts its thumb over the other end. It then reaches behind itself and between the seats through the tail space, and jabs it into the Parbloos rear and lets go. Parbloo do not have nerves so it did not feel it and its bodyguards did not see it. When the human let go of the straw there was a slight vacuum and it created a siphon and started draining its fluid. By the time the Parbloo realized what was going on, it had lost forty percent of its fluid and when the bar patrons realized what was going on, there was a mass rush of beings trying to get some of the gallons of aphrodisiac on the floor. By the time the bodyguards got the Parbloo out of the frenzy and to a hospital it was too late."
"Sounds like a human is the weapon I need, how do I get in touch with one?"
"I do not know myself, but here take this number…" he replies as he hands him a plastic card, "they can put you in touch with someone."
"Thanks." the Corlilian replied as he turned toward the door to leave.
"One word of advice. Do not screw over a human assassin, the only thing they like more than a killing, is a revenge killing."
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[WATCH] The future of work and play
Richard Cope
Richard is a Senior Trends Consultant, bringing the latest consumer trends to Mintel clients through bespoke presentations and represents Mintel at global conferences.
May 27th, 2020May 28th, 2020
The return to work has started for some, but worktime and downtime may never look the same.
For workers still at home, 89% of UK businesses would be ready to re-open given three weeks' notice, according to the latest British Chambers of Commerce Coronavirus Business Tracker. But for those preparing to return to office jobs, a great deal of uncertainty remains. We know we no longer necessarily need to "stay home", but what does "stay alert" mean for how we get to work, where we work, and our rights as workers?
From now on it's not just construction workers who will need protection. Photo: Richard Cope
The 'new' commute
UK rail journeys doubled in the last two decades, according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), meaning something will have to give. In London, Transport for London (TfL) has explained that services will only be able to carry 13-15% of their normal passenger load to comply with social distancing; whilst a survey from engineering and consulting firm SYSTRA has argued that in the longer-term, urban public transport passenger numbers could decline by 20% overall. The concern from city authorities is that the car will re-emerge as a favoured safe haven at the expense of congestion and pollution, so they are taking steps to encourage and incentivise more people to use 'micro-mobility' modes that produce less pollution, take up less space, and improve both our wellbeing and our surroundings.
Socially distanced commute: the dream. Detail of The Meeting Place, Paul Day, St. Pancras Station. Photo: Richard Cope
Paris and Milan, for example, are both expanding their cycling capacities and London's Streetscape plans will provide new routes with the aim of satisfying a tenfold increase in cycling and fivefold increase in walking distances compared to pre-COVID-19 levels. These commuter shifts are desired by municipal authorities eager to make public transport chime with public health and urban efficiency. For instance, Tfl studies have shown that in London, five times as many people can be carried per metre squared by the Thames Embankment's cycling superhighway as by its car carriageway. Meanwhile, some 8.17 million London journeys could be cycled from start to finish, easing pressure on public transport. It may be that consumers favour a new kind of commute too, replacing time spent on public transport with time "doing exercise" – something that has become a higher priority for a third of UK consumers during lockdown.
The 'new' office
Let's imagine how the pandemic-proof office of the very near future may look. Once workers arrive they are likely to find themselves literally facing up to new forms of security, with thermal cameras taking their temperature as they enter the building, and reception staff checking digital immunity IDs.
Once past security, we'll be giving the elevators a swerve and could be using voice or gesture control to open doors, or take the stairs before checking into our designated desk. Smart office technology will use sensors and wearables to warn of colleagues becoming too close or capacities being strained and indicate when a desk was last cleaned. Previously progressive office staples that were used to lure new recruits like zen relaxation rooms, communal fridges, cafeterias, gyms, gaming areas, and air conditioning all suddenly look dangerously old hat.
Even if we step back and look at the least demanding UK government rules – actually "non-statutory guidance to take into account" – the challenges are stark: office workers should consider holding meetings outside, sit back-to-back, rather than face-to-face and use protective screens between staff if possible. It's hard to imagine office workers taking to these new rules with quite the same zeal as did the returning school children in China who made hats to ensure social distancing. There is another parallel with schooling around staggered capacity and this is enough to suggest the possibility of more and more employers switching to a 7 day working week with rotating shifts.
Chinese children wearing hats to ensure social distancing. Source: South China Morning Post
For local foodservice operators and office caterers the challenge will be twofold: how to cope with social distancing (possibly through a shift towards delivery) and heightened hygiene fears (possibly through antibacterial packaging innovations).
Moving home to the home office
All this investment in technology at reduced staff capacity begs the simple question: do we actually need offices?
At various levels, many business leaders are deciding that no, they do not. Warren Buffet has remarked that "the supply and demand for office space may change significantly"; former WPP Chief Executive and owner of S4 Capital Sir Martin Sorrell has begun ending leases saying "I spend around £35m on property in a year. I'd much rather invest that in people than expensive offices". Twitter has told staff they can continue to work at home "forever" if they so wish. Here, COVID-19 is accelerating an existing trend, with one in 20 UK adults working mostly from home in December 2019 (ONS); representing a growth of some 75% in just over a decade.
A growth in home working would significantly shift retail and foodservice spend away from urban hubs and town centres, towards local convenience shops and home delivery options. The 'end of the central office' could have seismic effects from greater regionalisation away from city centres to reduced urbanisation, whilst a home working environment would diminish office politics and create a more level playing field based more on merit than schmoozing.
More homeworking will provide a boost to local coffee shops.
Homeworking might make economic sense for employers, but just how attractive – and feasible – is it for employees? The majority of people in the UK are "actively seeking ways to reduce stress", and a healthier commute or homeworking could help reduce those 12.8M working days lost each year to stress, anxiety, and depression according to the Health and Safety Executive.
However, homeworking's advocates are often accused of living in a middle class, southern metropolitan bubble and data bears this out to a degree. Homeworking is practical for 50% of Britain's highest-paid workers, but less than 10% of employees in the four lowest-paid deciles, according to the Resolution Foundation. Homeworking is possible for 40% of people in London, compared with under 20% in Middlesborough, says the Center of Cities.
Harsh practicalities come into play here too, with homeworking unfeasible for those living in the UK's tiny new build homes (at 76 metre squared – the smallest in the developed world), or those juggling homeschooling and childcare, as well as younger workers inhabiting flat shares and competing for bandwidth. If the home office does become a necessary reality then homes – and their furniture – will have to become more fluid and modular, using innovations like movable walls to allow occupiers to rearrange the layouts of their homes to offer greater flexibility and privacy.
Third places between work and home
There are creative and social issues with homeworking too, with some arguing that video conferencing works about as poorly for brainstorming as it does for drinks down at the digital pub. With this in mind, the Reboot Digital Marketing company plans to close its office, but hold bi-monthly brainstorming sessions face-to-face at a local hotel. This signifies a growing need for people to meet, create, and relax in 'third places' – especially if the traditional work/home boundaries start to disappear. This trend was already growing and benefiting coffee shops ahead of COVID-19, but can be expected to accelerate, stimulating localism and benefiting its leisure and foodservice economies at the expense of city centre chains. Before lockdown, over half of UK consumers said "I try to buy from local companies where possible" and research from Mintel's Global COVID-19 Consumer Tracker (16-23 April) showed around a quarter were shopping more from local businesses and said their local community had become a higher priority.
The problem for the leisure economy though is that it faces the same challenges as the work economy: namely capacity restrictions linked to social distancing. Inspirational solutions can be found in high-density cities like Seoul, which has traditionally proffered sealed off, private leisure 'bang ('room') culture' propositions, such as restaurant compartments and karaoke booths, as an antidote to young people's lack of space at home. Home office cabin fever concerns will demand something similar, albeit more spacious and cleaned thoroughly after each sitting.
'Bang Culture': 'Cartoon rooms' in Korea; rooms for hire, used to read, eat, and sleep. Source: Instagram
New worker rights
Values of morality and equality are also coming to the fore in relation to work and consumers will be keeping an eye on how companies have treated their key workers during the crisis. In the US, for example, Amazon has faced criticism for its demands on workers and the level of protection offered.
Prior to lockdown, consumers were fairly split on social responsibility in the UK, with over half preferring to be involved with institutions/companies that promote equality. However, a significantly higher proportion said "I find myself wanting to learn more about things than I used to (brands, social matters, etc)". COVID-19 will raise coverage and awareness of these issues and possibly change expectations around consumer-facing brands' responsibilities as employers.
People are recognising the essential – indeed heroic – roles performed by health care and waste disposal workers, but also delivery drivers, and grocery, foodservice, and other retail workers. Prominent figures like Warren Buffett have expressed the opinion that these workers deserve higher wages and more respect.
The other big emerging political issue around essential workers is just how many of them are migrants. For hospital staff in the UK, the figure stands at 23%, according to the ONS, and many would be deemed 'low skilled' by the government's pending points-based immigration system. We're also learning how dependent we are on seasonal migrant labour to bring in our domestic, 'local' crops, with 70,000 workers needed by the UK alone, according to the National Union of Farmers.
Right now the focus is on where we'll work and how we'll do it, but we're also headed for a wider political and ethical debate around convenience and workers' rights – and who pays for them.
Richard Cope is a Senior Trends Consultant within our specialised custom service Mintel Consulting. For details of our Trends-based strategy projects, conference presentations, and innovation workshops, please contact rcope@mintel.com.
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culture Apr. 10, 2019
A Poetry Professor Critiques Justin Bieber's Love Poem to Hailey Baldwin
By Madeleine Aggeler@mmaggeler
Justin Bieber, poet. Photo-Illustration: Photos: Getty Images
Who among us hasn't, at one point or another, felt so moved by the tides of Love that they decided to take pen to paper in an attempt to convey the exquisite, overwhelming emotions churning inside? I wrote most of my love poems in 7th grade, when I had a tattered notebook and a crush on a guy named Guy, who had a butt cut and only the vaguest idea of who I was. Similarly, kind of, this week, international pop star and former monkey owner Justin Bieber wrote an ode to his wife, Hailey Bieber — née Baldwin, of the Baldwins — on Instagram, three times.
After a couple of false, deleted starts due to typos ("Abyss" spelled "Abiss") Bieber posted the following poem alongside a picture of his betrothed in front of the Eiffel Tower:
Sunlight falls into the Abyss
Just like i fall into your lips
Waves crash onto the shore
My love for you grows more and more
Sound of the crickets a true meditation
I think about you, Gods greatest creation.
As i fall into this blissful state
I ponder on how you're my one true SOULMATE
Its getting dark to dark to see
A chilling breeze embraces me
The smell of camomile fresh from the garden
My life is a movie that both of us star in.
Speaking of stars I'm starting to see some
They light up the sky, reminds me of my freedom
How big and how vast our world is around us
So grateful for god we were lost but he found us
So i write the poem with him always in mind
Things all around us Just get better with time. I fall more in love with you every day! You have walked hand and hand with me as I continue to get my emotions, mind, body and soul in tact! You have given me so much strength, support , encouragement and joy. I just wanted to publicly honor you, and remind you that the best is yet to come! Have a great shoot today my love!
Waves crashing. The sound of crickets. SOULMATE in all caps. A moving dedication, certainly. To better understand the merits of this piece, the Cut spoke to Jeffrey McDaniel, a creative writing professor at Sarah Lawrence College who's published five books of poetry.
"My first thought was that this love poem written at dusk to a distant beloved was rather pedestrian, and that maybe it would work better as a single couplet paired with the image," McDaniel wrote in an email. "But as I have spent time with the poem, there are some engaging possibilities to explore in revision."
As for the piece's strengths, McDaniel said he liked how the line, "The smell of camomile [sic] fresh from the garden" "plays to the reader's senses," and that he's interested in the "chilling breeze" that embraces the speaker.
Its weaknesses? The rhymes are too predictable, and there are too many abstractions. Still: While there's work to be done on the piece, McDaniel says there is potential, especially in this line: "My life is a movie that both of us star in."
"The speaker acknowledges that he and his beloved are trapped (or at least contained) by his fame. And yet the paradox is he chose to share this intimate address on social media thereby perpetuating his fame. That is something to explore in revision."
Perhaps Bieber will post a fourth version in the coming days.
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This article was published on July 8, 2015
Microsoft announces 7,800 job cuts from phone division, writes off $7.6 billion from Nokia deal
July 8, 2015 - 3:07 pm
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a memo to all staff in late June that the company needed to make some "tough choices" in areas that aren't working.
Now, it's announced that 7,800 jobs will be cut from the mobile division working on Windows Phone hardware.
Satya Nadella said in an email to all staff:
"We are moving from a strategy to grow a standalone phone business to a strategy to grow and create a vibrant Windows ecosystem including our first-party device family," Nadella said. "In the near-term, we'll run a more effective and focused phone portfolio while retaining capability for long-term reinvention in mobility."
Nadella reiterated that Microsoft is "committed to our first-party devices including phones" but needs to "focus [its] phone efforts in the near term."
The company will also write off $7.6 billion from the acquisition of Nokia, despite it only paying $7.2 billion for the company in 2014.
It also said that "the future prospects for the Phone Hardware segment are below original expectations" due to the new plans.
The news leaves an unclear future for Windows Phone.
Nadella said that in the near term the company will run a "more effective" phone portfolio" but that doesn't exactly throw the company's weight behind the platform.
The move won't give partners reassurance that the platform is a good choice to build new hardware or apps for in the future. Nadella does hint that the company will take a "long-term" approach with phones, however.
Microsoft is also pushing ahead to release Lumia flagships this year and is still actively developing Windows 10 mobile.
In late June the company started culling other divisions; it sold some of Bing Maps' assets to Uber and its display advertising business to AOL.
Today's job cuts also follow Microsoft parting ways with ex-Nokia CEO Stephen Elop and the merge of the hardware and software businesses into a single unit.
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Northeast USA Jampot Rally 2005
Ben English
A motley crew once again survived the Jampot Rally. This year we didn't even get rained on… much. A lot of wet roads led to Bucksteep on Friday afternoon, but I found a narrow path through the raindrops myself, and I didn't hear of anyone else getting too wet. Once there, the umbrellas did come out, but we didn't need them at all after Friday night. Even so, the shinier Matchlesses and AJSs found shelter under marquees and canopies now provided by the rally Kahuna and co-conspirators. The Jampot is getting frighteningly organized- we didn't have any fancy stuff like that when I was Kahuna! Even a website- sheesh!
Turnout was good, with most all the regulars, several newcomers, and one or two faces that had not been seen in some years showing up again. Last year's array of Matchlesses and AJSs was unusually spectacular, and I don't think it was matched. Some sweet machines were seen nevertheless. A highlight for me was standing beside a perfect G80TCS Typhoon (600cc scrambler) when it was started and then sat idling while waiting for Saturday's dinner ride to commence. What a sound! My favorite twin has to be John Gurr's mid-50s French Racing Blue AJS Model 31 650. Just a few years ago he found the bike unmolested and original with only 2000 miles. It had never run right for anyone, because the left and right cylinders fired about 25 deg off from each other. Re-profiling a magneto cam ring is no trouble for John, and the bike now runs great- he has made the 500-plus mile round trip from Montreal to the Berkshires on it three or four times. One of John's companions was an Englishman on a Velocette Clubman, one of those exquisite bikes that seems perfectly stock until you look closely and notice an array of subtle and expertly executed modifications designed to enhance over-the-road performance.
Oldest bike was a 1936 Indian Chief, a real beauty. Jim Friedlander rode it up from Connecticut along with Charlie Taylor on his 1948 Norton International. Since Charlie lives in San Francisco and keeps the International in New England, he doesn't get much chance to do maintenance, so he did your basic magneto tune-up- file points, clean the slip ring- in the field with borrowed tools. Starting was much improved, but too late for the Saturday rides. Costa Zarifi's neat Triumph Trident had lots of trick Norman Hyde high performance gear, including cylinder head- not reworked, but a new casting manufactured by Hyde. John Rancitelli was also Trident mounted, and his brother Sam was a newcomer, on a "new" (1996) Trident. Several Commandos, including Mike Taglieri's 1972 Interstate, Triumph twins, a perfect little BSA Shooting Star, and some other nice bikes that escape me now were also on hand. Many riders came on newer BMWs and Moto-Guzzis, as well as Italian and Japanese dual sport bikes, and a handful were of the modern cruiser persuasion. An HRD Vincent was spotted down the far end of the campground, but the rider never brought the bike over where anyone would see it.
Friday night's on-site feed was plentiful and tasty, and once again the keg was Berkshire Brewing Co's "Steel Rail Ale", an excellent light ale. Plenty of other brews were available in bottles for variety- and to keep the party going when we killed the keg early Saturday evening.
Saturday morning's breakfast ride took us to the Misty Moonlight Diner in Pittsfield, just far enough to blow out the cobwebs. Back at Bucksteep, we gradually sorted ourselves out into those who stayed at Bucksteep to hang loose, and two rides. A "slow ride" (some dirt, no faster than 50 mph) led by Peter Rock on his 1999 Enfield went to the Ashfield Lake House for lunch. A "fast ride" (no dirt, no more than 55 mph) led by Greg Sudak on his BMW R75/7 aimed for the Mohawk Pub & Grill up on the Deerfield River. I went on the "fast ride". Once up at the pub, we found not only BBC's Steel Rail on tap, but also their River Ale, maltier, mildly hopped, perhaps half way between a brown ale and a bitter. Getting there, true to promise, we only briefly touched 55 mph in short legs on state routes- mostly we were on town roads, winding up and down hills, with some rough pavement and occasional sand. On one decreasing radius downhill curve, John from Rhode Island got out of shape on his Harley Springer Softtail and crashed. He suffered quite a bit of road rash, especially on his left knee, and his bike was well bent, but after dusting it all off, he decided to ride on to the pub. There we called for rescue, and Jim Chivers showed up with his van to take rider and bike back to the campground. John did well to keep up at all- you'd have a hard time finding a more unwieldy bike for the kind of tight twisties we were riding, even at our moderate speed.
Saturday dinner was at the Depot in Dalton- more BBC Steel Rail, entertainment also provided by steel rails, in the form of passing freight trains on CSX (formerly Conrail/Penn Central/New York Central, nee Boston & Albany). Back at Bucksteep, we found a new sucker, oops, honored next years Kahuna, John Les. Sunday morning was the usual fine breakfast in the manor house, followed by distribution of the grab bag prizes, including oddballs and leftovers from the back of the garage, as well as some truly inspired and profane homemade apparatus. Some Jampoters have a highly twisted sense of humor.
I was in a state of barely suppressed envy all weekend, as my Commando is down for motor work. I was on my backup bike, a 1982 Honda FT500 Ascot- I have it pretty well set up for squirting around on twisty little back roads, and it is always fun to ride, but it does lack charisma. All the way back to Bucksteep from the "fast ride" lunch stop, I followed Peter Curtis on his newly purchased, very nicely turned out 1972 Commando Fastback. The bike has BUB imitation Peashooters just like I used to have- every time Peter downshifted, I was in agony. I was having plenty of fun, but I knew Peter was having so much more…. Got a good hot fire lit under me to get my own Norton back on the road.
On the way home I stopped in Lenox, where the Yankee Chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America was putting on a Road Run for the first half of the week. Registration began that Sunday afternoon, it was right on my way home, and I knew Jim Friedlander was riding his '36 Chief down there from the Jampot. What an event! This was no show, these guys came to ride. I saw trailers from as far away as Texas, and plenty of bikes rolling in under their own power. I spent just an hour looking at bikes and chatting with AMCA members- I tell ya, these guys were having way too much fun. I only saw two Brit bikes- a beauty of an Indian badged Royal Enfield and an exquisite Vincent, but there was a large handful of nice BMWs from the 50s and 60s and a superb Nimbus (1930s Danish in-line, OHC four with flat plate steel frame). The latter's owner told good tales of bringing it to Denmark for the annual Nimbus rally last year. But mostly there were Indian and Harley-Davidson twins in profusion, dating from 1920 to 1965, if mostly post-WW2. Probably 50 of them, some perfect restorations, some with all the tricks determined fettlers can cook up (electric start Chiefs, that sort of thing), but several really cool and creative bob jobs as well as a number of bikes bearing patinas that redefine the word. Imagine an H-D Knucklehead seriously modified to get down the road fast and in style with all the good stuff available in 1950, ridden hard, put away wet and left in a barn until someone digs it out in 2005, cleans it off, and just plain rides it…. Some of the riders had quite a patina as well…
On the way out I saw another observer had parked his modern bike off to the side as I had. A Buell S1 Lightning, with the iridescent purple frame and orange body work. It had one of those big carbon fiber swing arm mounted rear fenders, extending back to form the license plate mount. Above the license plate, on the top of a sort of spoiler lip, so you couldn't readily see it unless up close to study the bike, was a little black sticker reading "Fuckin' A". Well said, bro, well said.


Last weekend we attended Ani-Jam in Fresno, CA. We had a small crew there for Sat and Sun, and managed to stir up some trouble.
It was a pretty small con, but had everything you'd expect. We poked around the Dealer's room, checked out the Artist's Alley just outside. Team Lovehate had cars on display right outside the hotel and a nifty DJ booth set up for their custom tunes. Curiously, there was a separate dealer's room for card games and related merchandise, which also served as a playground for Magic and Yugioh tournaments. There were rooms showing anime, a few panels from notable voice actors (and an interesting panel on Tohou), and a small but intimate game room featuring Smash Bros, Tekken, and for a little while Guitar Hero.
The con had an amazing music lineup. Akai Sky was there from San Francisco pulling out some US JRock. We also got to hang out a bit with the guys from All Ages, who are on tour with The Pillows later this year. The con hosted a dance from 7:00-10:00pm, which featured DJ Shinai dropping some meme-inspired samples and remixes of video games.
We ended up getting a suite room with no one nearby, so a party was in order. With some help from Team Lovehate we got some speakers and a DJ rig going, and didn't get a single complaint from the hotel. No vodka fountain this time, but we think everyone had a lot of fun.
The staff at Ani-Jam were great, and we had a great time. We'll be going back next year.


Saudi Aramco has inked a land lease agreement with McDermott Arabia Company. The agreement will enable the development of a fabrication facility located within the King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries, in the Ras Al Khair region of the Kingdom.
The facility will be located near the Jubail Industrial City on the Kingdom's east coast. It will cover an area of 1.15m sqm and will utilise 'cutting-edge technologies to ensure world-class standards in safety, quality and efficiency'.
The deal is in accordance with a MoU signed between Saudi Aramco and McDermott. According to a statement, the facility will be used for large-scale fabrication of offshore platforms and onshore/offshore modules.
"This facility will serve as a major engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) hub for not only the Kingdom but for the GCC region" said Ahmad Al Sa'adi, SVP of technical services at Saudi Aramco.
McDermott said it will also grow its engineering and procurement offices in Saudi, as well as establish a new marine base in the Eastern Province, to support the installation of offshore platforms, subsea pipelines and cables, skids, and associated structures and assemblies. The firm say the move will enhance its overall project execution capabilities in the Kingdom.
"Having this facility with International Maritime Industries (IMI) in the King Salman International Complex for Maritime Industries offers an integrated portfolio of maritime products and services. The localisation of these capabilities will contribute to diversifying the economy, create almost 7,000 jobs, and achieve a target of 60% Saudisation by 2030," added Mohammad Al Assaf, Saudi Aramco vice-president of New Business Development.
Saudi Aramco said the facility will have a production capacity in excess of 60,000 million tonnes per year, when operating at peak output. According to a statement, the facility will localise expertise in multiple disciplines related to the industry and is expected to create a significant number of direct and indirect job opportunities in the country.
David Dickson, McDermott's president and CEO commented, "Expanding our fabrication capacity in Saudi Arabia demonstrates McDermott's commitment to the Kingdom's Vision 2030 objectives. We will establish a world-class fabrication facility that enables us to better serve the needs of Saudi Aramco and other customers in Saudi Arabia and across the region," noted Linh Austin, McDermott SVP for the Middle East and North Africa.
Apprenticeship and training programmes will also be provided to ensure that a sufficient number of qualified nationals are available for hire to meet requirements in the Kingdom.


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Das Landgericht Hagen ist ein Gericht der ordentlichen Gerichtsbarkeit und eines von zehn Landgerichten im Bezirk des Oberlandesgerichts Hamm.

Gerichtssitz und -bezirk
Sitz des Gerichts ist Hagen in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Der Gerichtsbezirk umfasst neben der kreisfreien Stadt Hagen und der Stadt Schwerte (Kreis Unna) den größten Teil des Märkischen Kreises sowie Teile des Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreises.

Zum Bezirk gehört mit dem Amtsgericht Hagen das Zentrale Mahngericht für die Oberlandesgerichtsbezirke Hamm und Düsseldorf.

Gebäude

Das zuvor in einem Mietshaus untergebrachte Gericht zog 1832 mit in das neu erbaute Rathaus. 1866 erfolgte der Umzug in den Neubau des Kreisgerichtsgebäudes, Hochstraße 71. 1925 wurde das heute unter Denkmalschutz stehende Gerichtsgebäude Heinitzstraße 42 bezogen.

Geschichte
Das Landgericht Hagen wurde 1753 aus den Amtsgerichten Hagen und Wetter gebildet. Es bestand aus einem Landrichter und zwei Landgerichtsassessoren und wurde nur erstinstanzlich tätig. In der Zeit von 1854 bis 1879 war das Landgericht Kreisgericht mit einem Direktor, zehn Richtern und drei Assessoren. Nach 1945 wurde das Landgericht Hagen als erstes Landgericht im Oberlandesgerichtsbezirk Hamm neu errichtet.
Zum 31. März 2019 waren bei ihm neun Strafkammern, eine Strafvollstreckungskammer, zehn allgemeine Zivilkammern und zwei Kammern für Handelssachen gebildet.

Über- und nachgeordnete Gerichte
Dem Landgericht Hagen ist das Oberlandesgericht Hamm übergeordnet. Nachgeordnet sind die Amtsgerichte Altena, Hagen, Iserlohn, Lüdenscheid, Meinerzhagen, Plettenberg, Schwelm, Schwerte und Wetter (Ruhr).

Leitung
Präsident des Landgerichts Hagen ist Dieter Coburger. Sein Vorgänger war Thomas Vogt, zuvor Vizepräsident des Oberlandesgerichts Hamm. Ihm ging Hartwig Kemner voraus, der im Januar 2013 Präsident des Landgerichts Bochum wurde.

Siehe auch
 Liste deutscher Gerichte
 Liste der Gerichte des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen

Literatur
 Peter Linscheidt: Das Landgericht Hagen. Rechtsprechung im Südteil der Grafschaft Mark von der Frühzeit bis zur Gegenwart. Herausgegeben von Thomas Vormbaum. LIT Verlag Münster, 2004. ISBN 3-8258-8314-0

Weblinks

 Internetpräsenz des Landgerichts Hagen
 Übersicht der Rechtsprechung des Landgerichts Hagen

Einzelnachweise

Bauwerk in Hagen
Hagen Landgericht
Baudenkmal in Hagen

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Garforth Mum And Daughter found dead
16 January 2012, 10:00 | Updated: 30 March 2016, 13:50
A man suspected of murdering his partner and her young daughter was arrested in West Yorkshire after a row with paramedics trying to treat him.
The 36-year-old was arrested at Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve near Castleford several miles away from where the bodies of his partner, Sarah Laycock, and her daughter Abigail were found in the family's home in Kirkby Avenue, Garforth, near Leeds.
He was seen limping through the park and when paramedics tried to help him- a row broke out and he was arrested. Officers later found the bodies of the 31-year-old woman and her eight-year-old daughter at his house.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said officers also found a four-year-old girl with minor injuries at the house. She was taken to Leeds General Infirmary and later discharged.
Kirkby Avenue remained sealed off. Officers could be seen standing outside the property and a large police van was parked at the front of the dormer-bungalow. Forensic officers wearing protective white suits were present at the side and rear of the property.
Neighbours spoke of their shock as news of the killings spread. Audrey Bottomley said: "My friend lives next door to them and when I have gone across the man has been at his van, I think he is a self-employed plasterer, and he would always say hello or good morning.
"He was out with his children on Christmas Day, they had some new bikes, he loved the children. I can't understand it. I was quite shocked when I heard."
At Fairburn Ings - an RSPB nature reserve - a small piece of police cordon tape could be seen tied to a gate leading to a track.
Further along the track, a police van was parked and two police officers stood guard on one of the reserve's public trails. The trail provides access to a number of birdwatchers' hides and runs around the main lake at Fairburn Ings.


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11th November 2018 marks 100 years since the First World War ended. In commemoration, we thought we'd share the Isle of Thanet's Great War connections and the extraordinary role that the Isle and its people played between 1914 and 1918.
The message that the war was to cease at 11am on 11 November 1918 was sent from Dover to the naval base at Ramsgate Harbour at 9.45am that morning. The townspeople were informed by ships' sirens, fog horns and whistles.
Charles Fretter (1879 – 1964), who became a Birchington resident towards the end of his life, was the first person to receive word from France confirming the end of the hostilities. Between 1916 and 1918 he was stationed at Dover Castle, on wireless communication and signalling duties. As soon as the message came through, he followed the correct protocol by informing his immediate superior and saying nothing to his colleagues!
In June 1914, a Royal Naval Air Station seaplane base, opened at St Mildred's Bay (formerly Marsh Bay) in Westgate. An airfield on adjacent farmland followed, becoming operational in April 1915. But it was not suitable for night flying and became too dangerous to land there, so a year later, on 29 May 1916, the airfield moved to Manston.
By 1917 Manston airfield had grown to include four underground hangars, its own railway line to Birchington, a power station to generate electricity, barracks for 3,000 men and even an indoor swimming pool. The WWI seaplane lookout can still be seen at St Mildred's Bay. Discover more about the history of the airfield at the RAF Manston History Museum.
In October 1914, a telegram to Birchington notified the town that 100 wounded soldiers were on their way, by train, in need of emergency hospital accommodation. This marked the transformation of Quex Park into a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) hospital.
The first patients were Belgian soldiers, with Major Powell-Cotton's own domestic staff taking care of cooking and laundry. Quex was one of 80 VAD hospitals in Kent and remained open until January 1919, treating hundreds of patients of varying nationalities. See photographs and artefacts from this extraordinary time in Powell-Cotton Museum's current exhibition 'Quex Park VAD Hospital Welkom Vriend'.
The Royal Seabathing Hospital, Margate was used to treat the wounded from French and Belgium battlefields.
Yarrow Home in Broadstairs was used as a military hospital during the war. The building is now the Yarrow Hotel based at East Kent College.
Ramsgate was the first town in the country to experience a zeppelin raid and was repeatedly hit due to it being on route to London bombings.
On 16 June 1917, a German LZ42 Zeppelin dropped a 650lb bomb that landed on the fish market near the harbour Clock Tower, which the Royal Navy was using as an ammunition store, causing a massive explosion. 700 houses were damaged and 10,000 windows were shattered across the town. By the end of the First World War, the town had been given the unenvious title of 'most bombed seaside town in England'.
Margate suffered too, and pictures of the damage caused by the downed zeppelins can be seen in Margate Museum's Great War exhibition.
In 1914, a sloping passage was cut from the cellars of the Vicarage of the Holy Trinity Church in Margate, so that the residents could use the Margate Caves, (closed at the time), as an air raid shelter. Trinity Church was subsequently destroyed during the air raids of the Second World War.
3,300 survivors of the First World War are known to have been fed, clothed, sheltered and medically treated at The Sailor's Church and Harbour Mission at Ramsgate Harbour. Built in 1878 by Canon Eustace Brenan, vicar of the nearby Christ Church, the mission was intended for spiritual guidance and physical help for the men and boys who made up the crews of the sailing smacks who fished out of Ramsgate in the nineteenth century. Like many buildings in Thanet, its original purpose took on new meaning during wartime.
Many women and men in Thanet died during or as a result of the First World War. They are remembered on memorials and in cemeteries across the Isle, such as St Peter's WWI War Graves, which offers tours, and Margate Cemetery.
There are a number of events and displays happening to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War across Margate, Broadstairs, Ramsgate and the Villages. Find a full listing here.
Visiting the Isle? Why not follow one of our Frontline Thanet itineraries.
Do you have a First World War story or commemorative event you'd like to share? Tag us @visitthanet on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.


Look at the data in your table.
If you had only taken one sample, would the data give you a good estimate for the total number of beans in your bag? Why or why not?
You took four samples for each sample size. Do you recommend the same, more, or fewer samples? Why?
You will need a piece of Centimeter Grid Paper and a ruler to complete the homework.
This is Arti and Lee Yah's data. They captured samples of 100, 200, and 300 bats (pinto beans) from a cave (bag).
Graph Arti and Lee Yah's data. Plot the number of beans in the sample (n) on the horizontal axis and the number of tagged beans (t) on the vertical axis.
If Arti and Lee Yah have no beans in a sample, how many tagged beans will they find? (n = 0, t = ?) Add this point to your graph.
Use the line to find the number of tagged beans that would be expected in a sample of 150 beans.
Use the line to find the number of tagged beans that would be expected if Arti and Lee Yah take a sample of 400 beans.
If there are a total of 200 tagged beans in the bag, calculate an estimate for the total number of beans in the Pinto Bat Cave. Show or tell how you made your estimate.


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https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/body-art/
The Body Art exhibition explored the many different ways, both temporary and permanent, in which people modify, change, decorate and adorn their bodies. It revealed the what, why, how and where of 'body art'.
culture past exhibition history
Controversy in museums: a timeline
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/timelines/controversy-in-museums-a-timeline/
This timeline first appeared in the Journal of Museum Education, Volume 23, No 3, 1998 and was co-edited by Maureen McConnell and Honee Hess. It is reproduced here with kind permission of the authors.
Australian Museum Timeline
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/timelines/australian-museum-timeline/
The Australian Museum has undergone some turbulent times since it was established in 1827.
archives timeline history
Trailblazers: Australia's 50 Greatest Explorers
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/trailblazers/
Whether they crossed oceans, tackled jungles, traversed mountains, braved the poles or went to space, our nation's greatest explorers helped forge the intrepid Australian spirit. Discover the stories of 50 Australian Trailblazers highlighted in this exhibition.
Trailblazers Exhibition history past exhibitions
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/collections/archives/historic-expeditions/
Curiosity and adventure have inspired our field trips since our first organised expedition in 1831.
archives expedition history
Organisation & Governance
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/
Learn more about what our organisation, what we do and our fascinating history.
mission history About organisation
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/organisation/
More than a leading Sydney attraction, the Australian Museum is a hub of information, resources and research. Learn more about Australia's first museum.
history governance About organisation
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/
Find out about the history of the Museum's zoological and anthropological collections, its historic and contemporary buildings and the people who have worked here over nearly two centuries.
history past exhibitions
Museum people
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/people/
Stories about the amazing people who've worked at the Australian Museum from 1827.
Museum staff history
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/stories/
In 1827, Governor Darling on the recommendation of Macleay, allocated £200 to the establishment and running of a museum, the Colonial Museum, which was subsequently renamed the Australian Museum in June 1836. Discover more stories about our history.