"I would wager that if an average citizen from Athens of 1000BC** were to appear suddenly among us, he or she would be among the brightest and most intellectually alive of our colleagues and companions, with a good memory, a broad range of ideas and a clear-sighted view of important issues," Professor Crabtree says in a provocative paper published in the journal Trends in Genetics.
While the popular press often distorts articles from scientific journals, in this case The Independent seems to have captured fairly accurately Dr. Crabtree's point.
Dr. Crabtree's musings appeared in his recent "Our Fragile Intellect. Part I" (behind the Elsevier paywall), published in the "Science & Society" section of Trends in Genetics and later in a sequel (also behind the Elsevier paywall). Together these essays revive a genetic-materialist argument for IQ and revive the tried and true cranial-volume correlation.
In addition to the hurdles these musings present in the way of testable hypotheses—Dr. Steve Jones from UCL noted "I have no idea how the idea [Dr. Crabtree's] could be tested"—the general claims are deeply problematic. As has been shown most eloquently by Stephen Gould in The Mismeasure of Man , correlations between cranial volume or brain size and intelligence reveal more about person doing the measurement than the person being measured. Dr. Crabtree's claims are fundamentally untestable, failing even the simplest of Popperian-falsification requirements to be a science. How would you test the intelligence or emotional function of historical peoples?
… I argued that we are slowly losing emotional and intellectual traits; but how did we get them in the first place? This is one of the most important questions of modern anthropology and the subject of much investigation and debate. Although not my area of expertise, I offer the following thoughts on the topic.
Surely if an author is wading into a "subject of much investigation and debate" the author has an obligation to acquire at least some expertise in that subject.
And why does Trends in Genetics , an Elsevier journal, publish such musings? Elsevier has claimed that its editorial processes add something of value to the scholarly community. Elsevier claims to respect scholarly expertise and to draw on that expertise in the editorial process. It seems that the editors of Trends in Genetics did not consult anybody with expertise in "Science & Society" before accepting these essays. Trends in Genetics costs more than $2000/year for a small college. Surely for that amount Trends in Genetics can find an expert in Science and Society.
**For what it's worth, citizens in 1000BC Athens were enjoying the nadir of the Greek Dark Ages. It's easy to imagine the Athenian agora teeming with perhaps as many as dozen goat herders vying to become this week's alpha male.


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Giant Thermometers and Alien Jerky - Yup, You're In Baker!
It gets hot in the desert and sometimes people go a little crazy. It's ok - craziness leads to innovation and new ideas ... or at least some cool road-side attractions. That's the case in Baker, California - about halfway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. As someone who drives this route regularly but never stops, it was fun to spend a bit of time checking things out here last weekend.
A Quick History of Baker California
Baker is known as the "Gateway to Death Valley" as it sits at the junction of I-15 and SR-127, better known as "Death Valley Road". With an elevation of 930 feet it is much lower than Barstow or Las Vegas and sits at the southern end of the Death Valley depression. This makes it HOT here ... 100 degrees is a mild day here. In 2007 it set a record of 125 degrees - though that's still lower than the 134 degrees set just a few miles away on July 10, 1913 deeper into Death Valley.
The town was founded in 1908 as a railroad station, but it wasn't until 1929 when Ralph Fairbanks began to promote it that the town started growing. Today, there are still less than 1,000 people who call this town home. However, for a destination with an average high temperature in July of 110.2 and an average low of 33.9 in December, that's pretty amazing that anyone lives here.
Alien Fresh Jerky!
This place is part roadside attraction and part gift shop, but that's cool and makes for a great stop if you need to stretch your legs before the final drive into Vegas. Alien Fresh Jerky was founded in 2000 by Luis Ramallo and family and opened it's current store in Baker in 2002. In addition to the jerky they also offer nuts, trail mixes, dried fruits and other items as well as some pretty cool souvenirs.
What could be better than jerky made by aliens with names like "Abducted Cow Beef Jerky", "BBQ on the Moon Beef Jerky" or "Colon Cleaner Hot"? How about an awesome selection of craft sodas that are ice cold.
Mojave Desert Preserve
From sand dunes to cinder cones, Joshua trees, and even wildflowers, the Mojave National Preserve is a more diverse area than you'd initially expect from looking at it from the road. Additionally, explorers will find plenty of places to discover, including abandoned mines, homesteads, and rock-walled military outposts. Make sure to bring plenty of food, water, and check your gas before venturing out of Baker. You don't want to get lost here in this 1.6 million acre park where the nearest person in often many many miles away.
Luckily we stayed cool and comfortable in the Kia Sorento and stayed safe on the sandy roads with the AWD.
World's Tallest Thermometer
Did I mention that it was hot in Baker? Well it is and so it's fitting that it is the home to the world's tallest thermometer. The thermometer was built in 1991 by the owner of Bun Boy Restaurant for $750,000 and completed in October of 1992. Unfortunately in the years following it was turned off and fell into disrepair due to the high costs of operating it.
In October of 2014, it reopened again along with the Temp 134 Gift Shop and all proceeds of that shop go to keep it working.

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Would you vote for a guy who planned to surround himself with like-minded people who'd run the state like a machine? A man who'd pick fights with big oil, big pharma and Wall Street? A man who'd shrug off divisive issues –like abortion, stem cells and gay marriage– and focus on poverty, jobs, redistribution, and class?
Would you vote for a firebrand, a demagogue, a populist, a leftist tyrant? Who you vote for someone who'd bend the rules to make the country a fairer place for everyone?
And, what if he wasn't perfect? What if he'd had affairs with a number of women, or embezzled a lot of money, or been kicked out of college for cheating on exams? Would you give up on him or vote for him anyway?
Long was called "the Kingfish" because he ran Louisiana like his personal empire. He filled the statehouse with his own people and ran roughshod over the rich families in Baton Rouge. The big money folks hated his guts, and for good reason.
Wouldn't you like to vote for a guy that was hated by big business, hated by the 1 percent, hated by Wall Street? Wouldn't you like the chance to vote for someone who was willing to take them all on; someone who'd promise to re-regulate the system and tax the hell out of every billionaire fatcat in America?
Right on. What politician has the courage to say that today?
FDR was afraid of Long and tried to make it rough on him. He had him investigated by the IRS, but the investigation turned up nothing.
Long was adamantly opposed to the Federal Reserve, foreign wars, and the massive concentration of wealth held by a few billionaire bankers and industrialists.
Smart guy. He knew that Americans love socialism; they just don't like the word socialism. It sounds "foreign" to them.
Roosevelt capitalized off Long's populism, but then tried to destroy him.
Long was assassinated on September 8, 1935 at the State Capitol by a lone gunman. He was planning to run for president against Roosevelt. He was 42 years old when he died.
Long has been vilified as a powermonger and a demagogue. He had his shortcomings, but his devotion to working people was never in doubt. He was a tireless fighter for the little guy and he made life miserable for the big shots.
Gonna be run by little folks like me and you.
We could use a guy like Huey Long today.


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Watch The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) Online
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on Die Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The story centers on the leadership of the self named anti-fascist resistance to state violence: Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin.
Director: Uli Edel
Actors: Johanna Wokalek, Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Nadja Uhl, Niels-Bruno Schmidt, Stipe Erceg, Vinzenz Kiefer
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare…
A Taxi Driver (2017)
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who…
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An elite counter-intelligence unit learns of a plot, masterminded by a maniacal madman. With the clock ticking, it's up to them to track the terrorists' international tentacles and prevent them…
Higher Power (2018)
When the Universe decides what it wants, it's pointless to resist. With his family's life at stake, Joseph Steadman finds himself the unwilling test subject of a maniacal scientist in…
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X-Men: First Class (2011)
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they…
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Maximum Impact (2017)
The agents of the Federal Security Service of Russia and the US Secret Service are forced to work together to prevent a full-scale international crisis.
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Rescue Dawn (2006)
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
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On Disability and Diversity: The Exclusivity of Inclusion
On Disability and Diversity: The Exclusivity of Inclusion - Goddard College
…disability is too often excluded in discussions of diversity, a good deal of which, for good reason, focuses on race. This silence is especially noteworthy because disability crosses racial, gender, sexuality, class, and national boundaries.
As far as I know, this is the first response by a disabled writer to Lionel Shriver's screed in The Spectator about Penguin/Random House UK's push for diversity.
In Shriver's attack on Penguin's goal that by 2025 the percentage of their staff and authors should reflect that of the UK population she writes, "If an agent submits a manuscript written by a gay transgender Caribbean who dropped out of school at seven and powers around town on a mobility scooter, it will be published, whether or not said manuscript is an incoherent, tedious, meandering and insensible pile of mixed-paper recycling."
To this, Japanese American writer and fellow Goddard faculty member Rahna Reiko Rizzuto responded: "Really? I would totally read that." My first thought was how much I've read by Caucasian heterosexual cis-gendered well- educated nondisabled biped writers that fit Shriver's "incoherent, tedious, meandering and insensible" description.
I won't unpack all the implications of Shriver's description as that has been done elsewhere. What I want to talk about is the lack of disability inclusion in the responses I've read thus far. Penguin/Random House UK has included disability in their stated diversity goal. But in most responses I've read ultimately disabled writers are left out.
For example, in The Independent, Amrou Al-Kadhi writes about Shriver's description as being "infused with systemic homophobia, transphobia, ableism, racism and classism." But when he ends his perceptive piece ("All that's being demanded is for the pie to be equally distributed, so that everybody, no matter your race, sexuality, gender or class, can be offered a slice") disability has disappeared.
Census data puts the "incidence of disability" at close to 20% of the US population. In 2010 the disabled population of the US was estimated at 56.7 million.
But disability is too often excluded in discussions of diversity, a good deal of which, for good reason, focuses on race. This silence is especially noteworthy because disability crosses racial, gender, sexuality, class, and national boundaries.
This lack of discussion, and inclusion, of disability is reflected in publishing. After consistent complaints to the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) that its annual writers conference, one of the largest such conferences in the world, was not only physically inaccessible but did not include disabled writers on the main stage, part of AWP's response was, "There just hasn't been a disability moment yet."
Twenty years ago, I edited Staring Back: The Disability Experience from the Inside Out, published by Plume, the first multi-genre anthology of disabled writers writing about disability. The anthology included work by many well-known writers such as Adrienne Rich, Andre Dubus, Stanley Elkin, and Lucy Grealy, as well as others known more within disability culture and others then unknown. Despite the anthology's sales and importance, and though it is still used in many university courses, the book remains out of print.
Though a few disabled writers have recently won awards and received attention (Susan R. Nussbaum's novel Good Kings Bad Kings and Molly McCully Brown's The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded are two examples), the literary representation and discussion of disability remains, for the most part, relegated to niche places. Work by important disabled writers goes unnoticed by both mainstream publishers and reviewers. Meanwhile, books by nondisabled writers about their disabled children or siblings are given space in what is considered "the mainstream."
There are commercial and marketing concerns, which are probably more a question of perception than actuality. There are thousands of books by nondisabled writers that sell as much as, or less than, books by disabled writers.
We need to look at historical reasons for this exclusion. As I wrote in my introduction to Staring Back, "Throughout history, people with disabilities have been stared at … defined by the gaze of and the needs of the nondisabled world." Writing by disabled writers has often seen more as "therapy" than art. Disabled protagonists are not seen as universal, despite the fact that all of us, at one time or another in our lives, will be, either temporarily or permanently, disabled.
Few, if any, of our literature's gatekeepers are disabled. In The Independent, Al-Kadhi refers to a recent UK survey that 90% of people in publishing are white. I've yet to see a similar survey of disabled people in publishing. I imagine the percentage of disabled people in publishing to be even less than this survey's nonwhite 10%. Today, most grant and award juries have at least some gender and racial diversity. But these juries rarely, if ever, include a disabled writer.
Perhaps, most importantly, as Al-Kadhi points out, "How we are taught to judge 'good work' is inextricably rooted in the structures of social and racial privilege." Just add nondisabled privilege to the list.
There are some places where this is changing. Both the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council have made it a priority to fund historically underrepresented disabled writers and artists. But initiatives such as Penguin/Random House UK's push for diversity that includes disability are sorely lacking in the U.S.
The attitude reflected by Toby Young's tweet in support of Shriver," any BME, gay, trans or female authors [Penguin] publishes from now on will worry that they haven't been chosen on merit, but because they tick a diversity box," is paternalistic nonsense. Open publishing and the literary conversation to disabled writers and I doubt any of us will worry. We already know our value.
https://medium.com/@kennyfries/the-exclusivity-of-inclusion-on-disability-and-diversity-cc1de6d7c4b4
Lionel Shriver's piece in The Spectator: https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/06/when-diversity-means-uniformity/
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/penguin-publishers-diversity-inclusion-scheme-writers-queer-lgbtq-race-class-disability-women-a8393796.html


College in the Classroom tuition for UPitt is $225 per three-credit class. Students must pass the class with a grade of C or better in order to receive credit.
And administrators are also looking for ways to enhance the program by adding more College in the Classroom courses.
Brown said UPitt is working with Bellefonte Area administrators to also offer college credit for history I and II classes starting as soon as next school year.
There is also a plan in the works to offer an African-American history course through UPitt, starting in the 2018-19 school year.
Brown said that plan pending while some teachers complete extra schooling that would get them better acquainted with teaching that class.
"University of Pitt has been great to work with and are kind of using us as guinea pigs with different initiatives they want to try, and we're happy to go on this journey with them," Brown said.
During the board meeting, some members were concerned that the school is surrendering certain classes to the university.
But Brown said that's not the case.
For instance, Bellefonte Area will continue to offer classes like AP government, and allow students to decide whether they want to participate in the college credit route.
The teacher, Ed Fitzgerald, plans to work collaboratively with the department chairperson at UPitt to make sure he's teaching to their content specifications.
Bellefonte Area also offers a partnership with St. Francis University for world language curriculum and Seton Hill University for the business department.
Brown said the universities were selected for a partnership because they all offered courses that are "highly transferable" to other universities.


Over the last few years, as the design output from Robert Allan Ltd. to the global tug community began to border on the prodigious, we were often asked, "How many tugs has your company designed?" Until very recently we really did not have a good handle on that number, so the answer was usually either "a lot" or "many hundreds", neither of which were particularly illuminating! So a search was begun late in 2016 to review our archives and try to determine the tug tally much more precisely.


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Events from the year 1620 in Ireland.

Incumbent
Monarch: James I

Events
County Longford is planted by English and Scottish landowners, with much of the O'Farrell lands being confiscated and granted to new owners.
Bangor, County Down, is granted the status of a port by King James I of England.

Honours
13 October – the Blundell Baronetcy is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of Francis Blundell, Vice-Treasurer and Receiver-General of Ireland.
10 November – the Parsons Baronetcy, of Bellamont in the County of Dublin, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of William Parsons, Surveyor General of Ireland.
12 December – the title of Earl of Antrim is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Randal MacDonnell, Viscount Dunluce.
The titles of Earl of Cork and Viscount of Dungarvan are created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Richard Boyle, Lord Boyle.
The title of Viscount Grandison is created in the Peerage of Ireland in favour of Oliver St John, Lord Deputy of Ireland.

Births
Peter Talbot, Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic) (d. 1680)
Approximate date – Redmond O'Hanlon, outlaw (d. 1681)

Deaths
February 15 – James Archer, Jesuit (b. 1550)
July 10 – John Boyle, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (b. 1563?)

1620s in Ireland
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Years of the 17th century in Ireland

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Article 245 Functions of Armed Forces.
(1)  The Armed Forces shall, under the directions of the Federal Government, defend Pakistan against external aggression or threat of war, and, subject to law, act in aid of civil power when called upon to do so.
(2)  The validity of any direction issued by the Federal Government under clause (1) shall not be called in question in any court.
1. (S) Summary: The police in Karachi are only one of several armed groups in the city, and they are probably not the most numerous or best equipped. Many neighborhoods are considered by the police to be no-go zones in which even the intelligence services have a difficult time operating. Very few of the groups are traditional criminal gangs. Most are associated with a political party, a social movement, or terrorist activity, and their presence in the volatile ethnic mix of the world,s fourth largest city creates enormous political and governance challenges.
2. (S) The MQM is an ethnic political party of the Urdu speaking community (known as "Mohajirs," which is Arabic for immigrants) that migrated from India at the time of partition; Mohajirs make up around fifty percent of the total population in Karachi. MQM is middle-class, avowedly secular, and anti-extremist (the only party to publicly protest the recent Swat Nizam-e-Adl regulations). It has a long history of clashes with the Pakistan People,s Party (PPP), which controls the Sindh province in which Karachi is located, and with the Awami National Party (ANP), which represents MQM,s rival ethnic Pashtuns.
3. (S) MQM's armed members, known as "Good Friends," are the largest non-governmental armed element in the city. The police estimate MQM has ten thousand active armed members and as many as twenty-five thousand armed fighters in reserve. This is compared to the city's thirty-three thousand police officers. The party operates through its 100 Sector Commanders, who take their orders directly from the party leader, Altaf Hussain, who lives in exile in the United Kingdom. The Sector Commanders plan and monitor the activities of the armed elements. MQM's detractors claim these armed men are involved in extortion, assassination of political rivals, shootings at campaign rallies, and the murder of people from other ethnic communities.


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PM URGES MUSLIM WORLD TO BE VOCAL AGAINST ISRAELI AGGRESSION
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
Criticising the role of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and Arab League in stopping Israeli aggression on Gaza, the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday called on the Muslim world to stand united against the Israeli atrocities.
'Occupation of Palestinian land by Israel could not be accepted in any way, and just rights of the Palestinians must be established one day,' she said. The prime minister also criticised the role of the United Nations in halting the Israeli aggression on Gaza, saying that the world body has failed to take effective steps to this end.
The prime minister expressed the views when a four-member women delegation of Iranian parliament led by Fatemeh Rahbar called on her at Ganabhaban.
After the meeting, PM's press secretary AKM Shameem Chowdhury briefed reporters.
Sheikh Hasina also came down heavily on the organisations which always talk about the human rights issues, saying that they were silent on the Israeli aggression on Gaza.
About Bangladesh's stance on Israeli aggression on Gaza, the prime minister said her government has already strongly deplored it, while the cabinet adopted a resolution condemning the Israeli atrocities.
The Iranian parliamentary delegation praised Bangladesh's role in Gaza issue and urged the prime minister to play a more important role in halting the Israeli aggression on Gaza.
They hoped that the big countries would come forward to this end by breaking their silence.
They also requested the Bangladesh prime minister to take effective initiatives to open the Rafah Crossing between Gaza and Egypt.
The prime minister said there have been historic and brotherly relations between Bangladesh and Iran and hoped this ties would be strengthened further with the visit of the Iranian delegation.
She said a Bangladesh parliamentary team would visit Iran.
Sheikh Hasina lauded the role of Iranian women in their country's development and said they have consolidated their position in every field. In this connection, Sheikh Hasina mentioned her government's steps to empower the women, saying that Bangladesh's prime minister, leader of the opposition and speaker of parliament—all are women.
The Iranian delegation said they would try to follow Bangladesh's efforts for women development and empowerment. The Iranian parliamentary team leader conveyed Iranian president Hassan Rouhani's greetings to the prime minister.
In reply, the prime minister requested the Iranian team to reach her greetings to the Iranian president.
Iranian charge d' affaires Reza Alaei were present on the occasion.
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If you are like us and enjoy offroading, be sure to check out the Top Truck Challenge 2015. Admittedly it is ever so slighly Americanised as it's one of America's most extreme off-road competitions. It makes for a great watch. We've added the entire playlist (1-5). Now so all you've got to do is put the kettle on and enjoy!
The Tank Trap - This is the event most Top Truck Challenge competitors anxiously await—or dread. The Tank Trap is a quarter-mile-long course designed to force each competitor to fight for every inch of forward progress. The Tank Trap is a standard feature at the Hollister Hills SVRA, but for TTC, it's modified to our specs using heavy equipment and water. As in previous years, Tank Trap (located in a deep, natural valley) has an approximate 195-foot climb in elevation from start to finish. Due to water restrictions from the 2015 California drought, we had to cut back on the number of water holes, though we use the same numbering system as in previous years. A few yards into the course, competitors have to navigate the 5-foot-deep Water Hole 2. From there, they enter the infamous 100-yard-long "Canyon" that contains steep rock walls in excess of 7 feet in height, slippery steep rock waterfalls, nasty ledges, and generally inhospitable terrain. If they make it through the Canyon, it is onto Water Hole 3 and then a series of deep, slippery, dry climbs and descents. Provided they are still moving, they come fact-to-face with the deep, off-camber "Crevice" before dropping into Water Hole 6 and Water Hole 7.


My name is Kaycee and I am currently working in a BPO industry as a Fraud Analyst and CSR. I'm really a fan of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and to tell you the truth, the store in Eastwood is one of my favorite places as me and my husband shared a lot of things together in this coffee shop.
I'm 29 years old and very happy with the life that I have right now. 8 years ago, I met this guy with a cute smile. Eventually, we became friends and our relationship grew deeper as the days went by. By the way, his name is Nick, lucky me as we were both registered nurses working in a BPO industry. He is very passionate with his job and very humble in life. He is very faithful to God and he always reminds me that whatever struggles that we encounter each day, we just need to pray and move forward. He taught me a lot of things, things that are not usually learned in school, lessons that made me who I am today. He is a family man which is just one of the things I love about him. He reminds me to be confident while staying humble at all times. He is my hero and my person as he never fails to catch me when I fall. I can never imagine myself without him by my side. I couldn't ask for more. The Kaycee that you are seeing right now is a reflection of this man who has a lot of power, love and faith. He pushes me to the top and to be the better person each day. Beyond measure and words, he is the love of my life, my bestfriend and again my person. He is none other than my husband Nick Imperio and I am very thankful that I have him in my life.


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La Lola T70 è un'automobile da competizione costruita dalla casa automobilistica britannica Lola Racing Cars dal 1965 al 1969.

Origini
La Lola, guidata dal progettista Eric Broadley, si dedicò nei primi anni di attività alla realizzazione di monoposto e vetture sport di piccola cilindrata. Il punto di svolta si ebbe nel 1963, quando la Lola Mk VI GT, spinta dal grosso motore Ford Fairlane V8, fu iscritta tra le vetture del Gruppo 6. Tale raggruppamento comprendeva le vetture prototipo senza limiti di cilindrata e la Ford, alla ricerca di un progetto che contrastasse l'egemonia della Scuderia Ferrari, si dimostrò interessata alla vettura, tanto da prenderla come base per la Ford GT 40. Eric Broadley fu quindi coinvolto nella realizzazione della vettura ma poco dopo, desideroso di indipendenza progettuale, ritornò ad occuparsi delle sue piccole vetture fino all'anno successivo, quando, con rara consequenzialità, tornò ad interessarsi di prototipi di grossa cilindrata. Si concentrò sulle gare del Campionato CanAm che si disputava con automobili del Gruppo 7, raggruppamento che imponeva alle vetture il solo obbligo della carrozzeria barchetta e che, con l'arrivo della tecnologia del motore centrale, apriva un mercato importante per i costruttori, perché le piccole officine non avevano esperienze con questa innovazione tecnica. Il primo a fiutare l'affare fu Bruce McLaren, che cedette la licenza di produzione della sua M1, seguito subito dopo dalla Lola, che nel 1965 immise sul mercato la sua T70.

Tecnica
La T70 ha un telaio monoscocca formata da pannelli di alluminio rivettati su strutture di supporto in acciaio, in proporzione del 60% di acciaio e il 40% di alluminio, sospensioni a doppi bracci con ammortizzatori coassiali alle molle e freni a disco, di cui quelli anteriori entrobordo, per ottenere un miglior raffreddamento. La vettura, come da regolamento, era una barchetta  in fibra di vetro. All'insegna della flessibilità commerciale, la vettura era in grado di accogliere qualsiasi motore V8 di produzione americana.

La vettura fu concepita per le gare di durata, ma durante la sua carriera si dimostrò più a suo agio nelle gare sprint, dove poteva far valere la leggerezza e l'agilità, mentre la carente affidabilità ne azzerava le possibilità nelle gare più lunghe

Evoluzione del progetto

Grazie all'aiuto del campione di Formula 1 del 1964 John Surtees, uno dei primi piloti della vettura, la Lola accumulò esperienza e ottenne subito successi. Per la stagione CanAm 1966 la vettura fu migliorata nel telaio ma fu mantenuto il motore Chevrolet, che era già cresciuto nella cilindrata da 5 a 5,9 litri ed erogava 550 CV: denominata T70 Mk II, grazie alle sue accresciute doti di stabilità e facilità di guida permise a Surtees di vincere tre delle sei gare del campionato e il titolo, permettendo così al costruttore di spuntare una quarantina di vetture vendute entro la fine dell'anno.

Il successo commerciale spinse Broadley ad accarezzare l'idea di realizzare una versione per il Gruppo 6 (vetture prototipo) e addirittura di arrivare ad omologare la vettura come vettura sport per rientrare nel Gruppo 4 per la stagione 1967, poiché mancavano poche vetture per raggiungere il limite minimo di 50 esemplari richiesto dal regolamento. Ma richiedeva pure che la vettura avesse la carrozzeria chiusa, cosicché Broadley e Tony Southgate disegnarono una nuova carrozzeria e, grazie all'uso della galleria del vento, ottennero ottimi risultati sia sul fronte della penetrazione aerodinamica che nella deportanza, necessaria alle alte velocità. La nuova versione fu denominata T70 Mk III ed era spinta da una versione da 6 litri del motore Chevrolet; la carrozzeria era intercambiabile con quella della MK II, cosa interessante per i clienti che avessero voluto usarla sia nelle gare del Gruppo 4 che in quelle del Gruppo 7. Il limite di cinque litri di cilindrata dettato dalla federazione alle vetture del Gruppo 4 a partire dalla stagione 1968 impose però il cambio del propulsore: si scelse la versione da 4.995 cc e 450 cv del V8 Chevrolet.

Per la stagione 1969 la Mk III ebbe sostanziose modifiche al telaio, ora completamente in alluminio e simile a quello della T160 che aveva disputato il Campionato CanAm 1968, e alla carrozzeria, che produceva maggiore deportanza e si differenziava esteriormente per i fari accoppiati sotto il trasparente in perspex. Anche il motore da cinque litri e il cambio furono aggiornati: il primo ricevette il sistema di alimentazione ad iniezione meccanica, il secondo passò da quattro a cinque rapporti. Nonostante tutte queste modifiche, la CSI (Commissione Sportiva Internazionale) omologò la Mk IIIB come semplice variante della T70, e così la Lola evitò di dover costruire altri 50 esemplari della vettura nella nuova configurazione.

Sul finire dell'anno Eric Broadley commissionò a Franco Sbarro, proprietario della fabbrica automobilistica ACA ed ex capo ingegnere della scuderia svizzera Filipinetti, la realizzazione di una versione stradale della T70 MkIII. Venne prodotta in 13 esemplari in tutto, equipaggiati con propulsori di derivazione Porsche, Ferrari e Chevrolet.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Vetture Sport prototipo
Vetture Gruppo 4


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Jasmine Kiai (Of Counsel), Attorney At Law
Ms. Kiai obtained her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), one of the most prestigious universities in the United States. During law school, Ms. Kiai worked at the Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center, Workers' Rights Clinic. Ms. Kiai was a member of the Berkeley Journal of Labor and Employment Law and she received High Honors in representing low-wage workers. Ms. Kiai received a B.A. in Political Science (with a concentration in Public Law) from the University of California, San Diego, where she graduated summa cum laude and was a member of prominent honor societies. Ms. Kiai also obtained a Minor in Psychology and completed programs of concentration in both Humanities and Science & Technology. Ms. Kiai specializes in EB1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability), EB1B (Outstanding Researcher) and NIW (National Interest Waiver) petitions. Ms. Kiai has also worked at several esteemed law firms and the reputable University of California. She has extensive experience in labor and employment law and legislative analysis. Ms. Kiai is licensed to practice law in California.
United States Patent & Trademark Office
University of Illinois (J.D.)
Loyola University of Chicago (M.S. in Computer Science)
University of Chicago  (M.S. in Molecular Biology)
University of Science & Technology of China (B.S.)
South Texas College of Law (J.D.)
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (M.S.)
Fudan University (B.S. and M.S.)
Daniel Guo, Founder and Principal Attorney
  The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity.                                                                                The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.                                                                                ---Winston Churchill
Daniel Guo's practice focuses on both immigration-related matters and intellectual property protection. Mr. Guo's interest in immigration law stems from his personal experience as an immigrant from China, as well as his experience in helping other Chinese scholars apply for permanent residency in the United States.  During his law school studies, he participated in a law clinic program, working on various immigration-related issues for low-income immigrants.  Being a dedicated attorney, Mr. Guo has extensive experience in NIW (National Interest Waiver), EB1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability), and EB1B (Outstanding Researcher) based immigrant petitions.  More importantly, he has worked on thousands of EB1/NIW cases with extremely high approval rates.
Another area of Mr. Guo's practice focuses on intellectual property protection and procurement in the areas of computer-related technologies and pharmaceuticals.  Mr. Guo has significant experience in intellectual property practice.  He practiced at one of the Top 50 law firms in the United States, where he not only drafted and prosecuted patent applications for software-related technologies, but also worked on patent litigation before both the United States District Court and International Trade Commission regarding medical device technologies. Prior to law school, Mr. Guo worked at both a Fortune 100 company and startup companies, where he gained valuable experience in computer-related technologies, including both wireless and internet-related technologies. Mr. Guo obtained his J.D. degree from University of Illinois, College of the Law.  He also has advanced degrees in both Computer Science and Molecular Biology.  Mr. Guo earned his B.S. degree from University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China, which is considered one of the top universities in China.  Mr. Guo is an active member of the State Bar of California and is also admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) (J.D.) University of California, San Diego (B.A.) Summa cum laude
Harry Wang (Of Counsel), Attorney At Law
Harry Wang graduated from Fudan University (Shanghai, China), The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and South Texas College of Law (Houston, Texas). He is licensed to practice law in all Texas courts and authorized to practice immigration law before Federal administrative agencies, including USCIS and AAO. Mr. Wang has successfully represented numerous clients in EB1A, EB1B and NIW cases from different countries. Before becoming an attorney, Mr. Wang was a scientific researcher.
The Law Office Of Daniel Guo, P.C.
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Complete Community
A dense yet balanced, diverse and synergistic mix of uses creating a complete community.
Connected To Our Neighborhoods
A strong harmonious relationship between
the development and the surrounding context.
What is the vision for Mission Point, By Kylli?
The project intends to become a destination where residents and members of the community can live, work, play and learn. The site will accommodate residential and commercial office space, a hotel, neighborhood retail, an educational facility, and daycare facilities.
What is currently on the site?
The site currently serves as overflow parking but is entitled to be a standalone 3+ million square feet office campus. We believe it will better serve the community as a site with many uses and public accessibility, and will be a thoughtful and better-planned alternative to the current single-use office-only zoning.
Why are mixed-use, high-density projects a better alternative to 1970's urban sprawl?
Increased density projects maximize the number of residential units and preserve and allocate greater amounts of open space and wildlife habitat. The proposed mix of uses will create a balance between jobs and housing with supporting businesses and amenities within walking distance to reduce dependence on automobiles and encourage a healthy lifestyle for residents and visitors.
What about traffic?
Kylli is working with the City of Santa Clara on a traffic management plan to address and solve issues relating to traffic. The project incorporates a mix of transportation uses designed to bring people, activities, buildings and public space together within walking distance of light rail and bus transit services. In addition, the project will incorporate easy walking and cycling connections both within the site and to the surrounding area to reduce reliance on automobiles.
Will the housing be affordable?
The project aims to help address the shortage of housing in the region. Understanding the housing crunch in the Bay Area, Kylli will be providing a percentage of affordable housing throughout the project.
Where will all the kids who live there go to school?
To support the growing northern Santa Clara area, we are proposing an elementary school and daycare facilities. Our dialogue with local education partners and the community have made it clear that education and childcare resources are a top priority. We believe this is an opportunity to support Santa Clarans and build best-in-class education facilities for future generations.
Besides housing, what will the site offer the residents of Santa Clara?
Aside from the educational facilities, the plan proposes the creation of significant new open spaces, including experiential, recreational and ecological spaces. These new amenities could support community gatherings, concerts, community gardening, pick-up sports games and children's play spaces. Open spaces will be designed to encourage healthy lifestyles for residents and locals, as well as visitors. The site is also planned to include a grocery store, restaurants and a hotel. The project will be a new neighborhood that is accessible to all.


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by this sea and return to this place and to those memories.
through patience, technical expertise and artistry.
and more about what is me.
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All the windows open let the fresh air in. My dog does not know what has hit her as now we can go for proper walks in the evening as the days get longer.
I do however need to get good at tracking my food as I am abysmal at it and then leaving it to chance albeit that the food I am eating is good I am probably eating too much so have to watch my portion size along with the tracking. So this week I will track my food. I am pretty boring, a creature of habit, loving my porridge and honey for breakfast and salad or soups for lunch and a very decent evening meal with protein and two veg and sometimes a sneaky glass of wine or two at the weekends with my dinner.
Mother's Day was lovely and I hope everyone was spoilt rotten and for the mums who are no longer with us it is a time to remember the good times.


Darryl Singer is a lawyer well-known to paralegals for his effective CPD presentations. He shares his knowledge of assistance available to legal professionals who are coping with issues such as depression.
In any given year, according to Statistics Canada, approximately 5% of the population will experience a major episode of depression. Almost 15% of us will suffer from such an illness at some point in our lives.
According to the Canadian Medical Association, depression is the fastest rising medical diagnosis in Canada and accounts for over 11 million doctor visits a year. Add to this burden on our system the lost work productivity and it is clear depression is an issue that needs to be addressed as a society at the macro level.
However, on a micro level, the legal profession is even worse off. It is estimated by some studies that lawyers will suffer depression at three times the rate of the population at large, yet are far less likely to seek treatment for it.
Although the studies deal specifically with lawyers, there is every reason to assume the statistics either do or eventually will apply to paralegals. Since paralegals are now Law Society licensees, they face the same professional, business, and personal pressures attributed to lawyers. So for the balance of this article I will refer to lawyers and paralegals simply as legal professionals or licensees.
I suspect the reason for increased incidences of depression amongst legal professionals is because we are entrusted with our clients' most significant personal and business problems, sometimes including their very liberty or financial well being. Their problems become our problems.
Then there are the expectations we have of a particular lifestyle, having invested much time, money and effort to attain our Law Society licence; the tangential expectations of our financial success by others in our lives based on some perceived "status"; the very real pressures generating business; doing the work generated in a timely manner; billing and collecting on that work; long hours away from family and friends; the increasing expectation with technological advances that we must always be available and that everything needs to be done yesterday.
And this is for those of us who are for the most part successful in our career. For others, particularly at either end of the experience spectrum, there are more basic issues, like even finding work in the first place or phasing out of the only work you have ever known (often not by choice).
Then there are the challenges unique to those who litigate, as opposed to those members of the profession whose work does not require them to attend court or tribunals.
Litigators of all experience levels and specialties must navigate the course of a file with greater burdens than ever — in addition to the problems enumerated above, they must also struggle with systemic delays (which clients do not understand and for which the client will inevitably blame the legal professional); an economy that makes the cost of running a practice more expensive than at any other time while at the same time making it more difficult to get paid; clients more aware about their ability to report you to the LSUC or file a claim with your negligence insurer; and a constantly increasingly lack of civility amongst members of the profession.
The most surprising thing about the recent statistics is that the numbers are not higher.
I regularly defend lawyers and paralegals at Law Society discipline hearings through the Advocates' Society's excellent and much needed volunteer duty counsel program. It has been my experience, and that of many of my colleagues on the duty counsel roster, that a disproportionate number of licensee defendants in these disciplinary proceedings suffered from some form of mental health issue, such as depression or anxiety. Most did not seek any treatment or assistance of any kind until after they had run sufficiently afoul of the Rules of Professional Conduct (or worse).
Note: While I use the word depression in this article because it references the particular statistics set out herein, depression is intended as an all encompassing term that also includes anxiety and panic attacks, debilitating stress headaches, other psychosomatic illnesses as well as other types of mental health issues.
It is also worth noting that mental health issues often go hand in hand with some sort of addiction or substance abuse. Often the effects of the addiction on one's life and psyche lead to depression, while at other times the depression results in some form of self-medication which in turn leads to addiction. In many instances the depression and the self-destructive behavior run hand-in-hand, and it is virtually indistinguishable where one stops and the other begins.
The potential to cause costly and often irreparable harm, when our own mental health issues prevent us from dealing with both our clients' matters and our law practices timely and appropriately, cannot be overstated. Yet the fear of "coming out" as someone suffering from depression is terrifying to most of us.
I remember thinking when I was suffering some years ago, "These people trust me to solve their problems and I can't even handle my own life! What will everyone think of me? My clients, my colleagues, my sources of referral? Will they all turn against me, blacklist me, be afraid to deal with me? Will the Law Society get involved?" This is what is going through the minds of thousands of legal professionals at this very moment.
As a profession, we need to recognize this problem and deal with it in terms of education, compassion, and a change in mindset about how we view ourselves as members of the Law Society.
This has to start with the schools, the Law Society, the large firms, and the most senior and successful members of the profession We need to pay more than lip service to the concept of work/life balance, must accept a new economic paradigm, and learn to see our jobs as an integral part of our lives but not as the be all and end all.
Most importantly, the stigma of depression needs to be lifted. It is time for all those of us who have suffered, overcome our difficulties and thrived, to "come out" for the benefit of those still suffering in silence. One person going without help will result in deleterious effects for many others beyond just that practitioner, and ultimately our profession's failure to address the issue will in the long run hurt both our public image and our ability to self-govern.
So what exactly needs to be done? We need to educate the profession, starting during school, that depression is not a barrier to a successful career if it is treated or managed. The message must be disseminated to the furthest reaches of the profession that those who seek help will not automatically face disciplinary action either by their employer or the Law Society. Programs like OLAP and the LSUC's current Member Assistance Program through Homewood must continue to be funded, have a peer counseling component, and guarantee confidentiality. And such programs must ensure that members who seek help receive the best available care in a timely fashion.
Most importantly, the message from on high needs to be that asking for help demonstrates strength of character rather than weakness of will.
Darryl Singer is a Toronto litigator and peer counsellor with the Ontario Lawyers' Assistance Program (OLAP).
A pink monkey, a mock trial gone sideways, and plain talk from a retired deputy judge were among the surprises during a CPD event at North York Central library, May 17.
Presented by CPD On-time and sponsored in part by Tripemco Insurance, Anatomy of a Case brought together just over 60 participants, both in-person and online, via webinar.
Recently retired Deputy Judge Allan Mintz began the evening with provocative advice for paralegals. Mintz prefaced his effective advocacy talk with a warning that anyone who is easily offended may not be receptive to his comments.
"Advocacy has nothing to do with smiling and being compliant. Advocates must passionately, forcefully and authoritatively present submissions," he said, and held forth on his opinion of the way paralegals introduce themselves in court.
"I cannot understand why paralegals indicate that they are licensed by the law society," he said.
Mintz implores paralegals to make better use of their fellow licensees and law students, who have had the benefit of more formal legal education and training than paralegals.
Mintz suggests paralegals pool their resources to obtain legal opinions from lawyers or articling students.
To "beat the other side" or "win at any cost" is not the proper role of an effective advocate, he noted; it is to assist the judge. Mintz said this is another area in which paralegals can improve.
Mintz suggests creating a "persuasive, rational road map" when advocating, with attention to detail and a deep understanding of all relevant case law. He provided specific advocacy tips, including how to speak effectively on a matter by being prepared, brief, respectful and receptive to the justice, while focusing on only the relevant issues and evidence required for a "rational axis" of persuasion.
Another straightforward speaker at the event, Darryl Singer, interviewed a potential client — his daughter, looking to recover stolen allowance funds from her brother, and then attending on behalf of a friend, Pink Monkey.
Does Pink Monkey Present a Conflict?
Singer doubled as Deputy Judge for the mock trial which topped-off the evening. Senior paralegals George Brown and Susan Koprich demonstrated advocacy skills in a small claims matter. Relying on legal principles, legislative interpretation and case law, the pair demonstrated that quick thinking and paying close attention to the judge can turn a case around. While the plan was for the Defendant to win, Singer found in favour of the Plaintiff, who was awarded compensation for his Lamborghini repair work.
Brown took questions about amending pleadings, from both the attendees and webinar participants. He pointed out that paralegals are held to a higher standard than people who self-represent in court, so it is important to refer to the Rules of the Small Claims Court when crafting pleadings.
Stanley Razenberg, a paralegal at Bergel, Magence LLP, discussed legal research and provided pointers on such tricks as having case law updates sent via email. Maximizing research resources not only boosts one's knowledge and ability, he said — it is also a great tool for networking.
Gail Mahadeo, a litigation lawyer specializing in professional liability, spoke about settlement conferences. She said these are "the most important element" of cases and should not be given short-shrift. "It is the first chance all the participants have to be honest," Mahadeo said, adding that settlement conferences offer the opportunity to get a frank assessment of the case from the "fresh eyes" of a judge, deputy judge or referee.
The archived webinar and supporting materials will be available at CPD On-Time.


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public class SwitchEnum {

	public enum Day {
		MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, NOVALUE;

		public static Day toDay(String str) {
			try {
				return valueOf(str);
			} catch (Exception ex) {
				return NOVALUE;
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		String today = "wednesday";
		switch (Day.toDay(today.toUpperCase())) {
		case MONDAY:
			System.out.println("Monday");
			break;
		case TUESDAY:
			System.out.println("Tuesday");
			break;
		case WEDNESDAY:
			System.out.println("Wednesday");
			break;
		case THURSDAY:
			System.out.println("Thursday");
			break;
		case FRIDAY:
			System.out.println("Friday");
			break;
		case SATURDAY:
			System.out.println("Saturday");
			break;
		case SUNDAY:
			System.out.println("Sunday");
			break;
		default:
			System.out.println("Not an earch day " + today);
			break;
		}
	}
}