For a long time now, American political consultants have benefited from a lucrative sideline, selling their alleged expertise to politicians in Israel. (It was Democratic strategist James Carville who, after working on a campaign for former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, joked that the key to victory in Israel was who won “that all-important Jewish vote.”)
Over the past several years there’s been a steadily growing awareness that a problem exists with our honeybee populations. Although not quite a household term, what has been called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has evoked enough concern that a chorus of observers have suggested in various ways that if honeybees go the way of the
Red Bull’s Christian Horner is calling for restrictions on special engine modes in F1, targeting Mercedes’ ability to turn up its power unit in Q3. Since the advent of the hybrid era in Formula 1, Mercedes has enjoyed a clear advantage in qualifying thanks to the German outfit’s special engine setting, appropriately called “party mode”,
Click:高仿包包哪里买 Mercedes technical director James Allison says the team’s power units were running as strong on the last day of pre-season testing as they were at the beginning of the two-week arduous schedule. Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas completed a total of 1,040 laps of the Circuit de Catalunya – or 4,841km – over the
In our recent book “Degrowth. A vocabulary for a new era” we argue that economic growth is not only becoming more and more difficult in advanced economies, but that it is also socially and ecologically unsustainable. The global climate, the welfare state, or social bonds that have lasted for ages, are all sacrificed in the
RAMALLAH, West Bank – As soon as the truck carrying Israeli dairy products entered Ramallah’s city centre it was surrounded by Palestinian activists who proceeded to remove and trash almost 20,000 dollars’ worth of mainly milk and yoghurt. The driver of the truck, a Palestinian from the nearby Qalandia refugee camp, and an Israeli employee
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has caved in to pressure from Israel and the United States and taken the Israeli military off an official list of serious violators of children’s rights, in this year’s report on children in armed conflict. In doing so, Ban rejected an official recommendation from his own Special Representative for Children and
Genocide haunts the 20th century. The Holocaust, the German attempt to exterminate the Jews, comes immediately to mind — though similar policies against the Roma, gays, and others are less well known. The genocide in Rwanda, where the world watched the massacre of the Tutsi by the Hutu and did nothing, and the Srebrenica massacre
Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner has admitted that he would dearly love his lead driver Romain Grosjean to find some calm and quiet in 2018 when it comes to team radio messages. However, he admits it’s unlikely to happen. Grosjean’s frustrated outbursts and complaints abut the handling of his car have been a staple
Formula 1 fans will be treated to the sport’s first-ever marketing campaign this year destined to promote Grand Prix racing on a global basis. Liberty Media has entered its second year at the helm of F1, and slowly but surely transformation is taking hold as the US media giant ushers the sport into the modern