Friday, November 22, 2024

#entrepreneur - Angi: How An Introvert Turned $50K Into A $1.2 Billion Company: CNBC Make It

5 October 2024

In 1995, Angie Hicks and Bill Oesterle co-founded Angie's List in Columbus, Ohio, with $50,000. The company helps homeowners find and hire professional contractors. Nearly 30 years later, Angi generates annual revenues of over a billion dollars.

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#entrepreneur - I Launched A Business From My Living Room — Now It Brings In $9 Million A Year: CNBC Make It

19 November 2024

Jenny Lei, 28, is the founder and CEO of Freja, a company that sells work totes, shoulder purses and travel accessories. The 4-year-old startup brought in more than $9 million in revenue over the last 12 months, including $2 million in profit. Here's how Lei built a trendsetting brand, despite her lack of experience in the industry.

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#Russia - Putin’s ‘foolish’ threats may trigger Nato response: Times Radio

22 November 2024

Putin’s threats to target the UK are bluff and bluster as he cannot rely on any restraint form Nato members if lines are crossed, says Russian politics and security expert Dr Jenny Mathers.

#Israel - The historic ICC arrest warrant marks the beginning of the end for Netanyahu: Marwan Bishara

21 November 2024

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.

It's also issued warrants for Hamas commander Mohammed Deif. Israel says he was killed in an airstrike in July. But that has not been confirmed. Lindsey Graham, a Trump ally, says it is time for the US government to penalise the ICC for its warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant. The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said that the decision to issue these warrants was “not political”, and that the court’s decision should be “respected and implemented”. Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, Marwan Bishara, has praised the ICC’s decision to issue long-awaited arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders.

#F1 - 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Thursday "Solid Start in Las Vegas" Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

 

Press Information
21 November 2024


 
F1: Session Report
 
2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Thursday

 
Solid Start in Las Vegas
  • The team opened the race weekend in Las Vegas by topping both Thursday practice sessions.
  • F1 returns for the second Las Vegas Grand Prix, kicking off a triple header that culminates in the Abu Dhabi season finale.
  • The cool conditions of the Nevada desert after sundown saw both ambient and track temperatures hovering in the low teens.
  • The team's focus was therefore primarily on understanding the necessary tyre warm-up for the single lap and management for the long run.
  • Both sessions saw the team run the Medium and Soft compound tyres on both cars, with Lewis setting the pace in both FP1 and FP2.
  • George also featured near the top of the timing screens, ending FP1 in P2 and FP2 in P3 having encountered traffic on his likely best effort.
  • The team return to the track tomorrow for FP3 and Qualifying around the 6.201km Las Vegas Strip Circuit.
Driver
FP1
FP2
Lewis Hamilton
26 Laps
1:35.001
P1
Medium, Medium, Soft
25 Laps
1:33.825
P1
Medium, Soft, Soft
George Russell
29 Laps
1:35.397
P2
Medium, Medium, Soft
29 Laps
1:34.015
P3
Medium, Soft, Medium


Lewis Hamilton
I felt really good out there today. I think that is the first practice day this year that we've been consistently strong, and the car has felt quick throughout. I am really enjoying driving this track and it was nice to put together three good, competitive sectors over the lap.
 
Despite topping both sessions, it is difficult to know exactly where we are in the competitive order with everyone running different fuel loads and run plans. Our long run pace didn't look quite as good as our speed on the single lap. We therefore have work to do overnight to try and improve that without compromising our speed for qualifying. I'm hopeful we can still be in the mix tomorrow; I will get some good rest tonight and come back strong.
 
George Russell
That was a really good day for us as a team. It is still only practice, but it is definitely encouraging. The car has been working from the off and I felt good behind the wheel. Lewis was on it from lap one and did a great job to top both sessions.
 
That said, it is a street track and quite a dirty circuit today. As it continues to both clean up and grip up, I am sure it will continue to evolve. It is likely that the times will be three seconds or so quicker come qualifying tomorrow. We will therefore pick through the data overnight to understand exactly why we were so strong and how we can continue to make improvements too. It is clear others will take a step forward so we will have to be at our best if we want to challenge at the front again on Friday.
 
Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director
We've had a solid day here in Las Vegas. It's tricky with the very cold temperatures to get the tyres into the window but in relative terms, it looks like we were coping reasonably well. It was encouraging that all our laps on low fuel looked competitive in both practice sessions. The circuit is going to grip up significantly so we need to make sure we can track that with the setup, but so far it does look like we're in a better place than at most of the recent races. It's quite hard to work out where we sit on the long run. We saw a lot of degradation across the field, with cars that pushed harder early on looking poor later in the stint but it's clear that a bit of management is going to be required to look after the tyres on Saturday night.

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Thursday, November 21, 2024

#F1 - Will Franco Colapinto be on the 2025 grid: The Inside Line

21 November 2024

The Argentine has been a revelation at Williams, the surprise of the year, since he was promoted to replace embattled American Logan Sargeant from the Italian Grand Prix.

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#F1 - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW: 2024 #LasVegasGP Preview: The Inside Line

20 November 2024

Formula One’s arrival in the United States is timed to perfection, with the sport touching down in the aftermath of the US elections that determined Donald Trump will return to the White House in 2025. The 78-year-old is no stranger to the pinnacle of motorsport, with Trump having visited McLaren’s garage in Miami, where Lando Norris took the squad’s first win since 2021.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

#health - What experts say about who has the world's best health-care system | Opinion: Washington Post

17 June 2021

The U.S. health-care system is broken, but do other countries have it better? Seven leading health economists and public policy experts reflect on one of the hardest questions facing them — and us — today.

#investment #finance - Ben & Jerry's says parent Unilever silenced it over Gaza stance | REUTERS

 14 November 2024

In a latest sign of the long-simmering tensions between Ben & Jerry's and Unilever, the ice-cream maker has filed a lawsuit saying the parent company silenced its attempts to express support for Palestinian refugees.

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#Ukraine - First-Ever ATACMS Strike in Russia, Explained | WSJ

19 November 2024

Ukraine fired long-range U.S. missiles inside Russia for the first time despite Moscow’s threats of retaliation. The attack hit an ammunition storage facility near the Russian city of Karachev and is the first such assault to use long-range, NATO-made arms. WSJ’s Alistair MacDonald explains why the Kremlin sees this as a major escalation.

#Ukraine #Russia #WSJ

#MiddleEast - How Israel Won the West | The Big Picture

25 October 2024

The Big Picture: How Israel Won the West examines how Israel has come to occupy such a privileged and protected place in the Western world. It traces the journey of the Jewish people from biblical stories of origin through centuries of persecution and the advent of Zionism, all the way to the creation of Israel and its ensuing occupation of the Palestinian territory.

Along the way, what is revealed is a process of transformation, of how Jews went from being despised by early Christians as "Christ killers" – seeding a vile anti-Judaism that would mutate into anti-Semitism – to being considered part of the white Western world, sharing a common Judeo-Christian heritage.

#israel #aljazeeraenglish #documentary

Ukraine-Russia War: 'We're Prepared for Any Negotiations,' Ambassador Says: Bloomberg Television

20 November 2024

Vsevolod Chentsov, Ukraine's ambassador to the European Union, comments on the possibility of negotiating a peace deal with Russia.

Speaking to Bloomberg's Kriti Gupta in Brussels, he also discusses Ukraine's use of long-range US-made missiles and whether European nations, including Germany, will allow use of similar weapons.


Tuesday, November 19, 2024

#F1 - LATEST F1 NEWS | Carlos Sainz, Ugo Ugochukwu, Niels Wittich, Dan Fallows, Monaco, and more: The Inside Line

19 November 2024

- Sainz to test for Williams - Ugochukwu dominates Macau - F1 race director exits FIA - Fallows cut from TD role - Monaco gets deal extension - F1 set for 2025 season launch - Maffei to step down from role - Alonso will support protégé - Barrichello rates F1 2024 - RB takes on stock cars

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#Ukraine - 'Frozen trenches, burning steppes' - Ukraine marks 1,000 days of war • FRANCE 24 English

19 November 2024

Ukraine marked 1,000 days on Tuesday since Russia's full-scale invasion, with weary troops battling on numerous fronts, Kyiv besieged by drone and missile strikes, and officials preparing for Donald Trump to reclaim the White House in January.

Details by Selina Sykes.

#Ukraine #war #Russia

The  War in Donbass  (also known as the  War in Ukraine  or  War in Eastern Ukraine ) is an ongoing armed conflict in the Donbass region of Ukraine. From the beginning of March 2014, demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, together commonly called the "Donbass", in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and the Euromaidan movement. These demonstrations, part of a wider group of concurrent pro-Russian protests across southern and eastern Ukraine, escalated into an armed conflict between the separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, and the Ukrainian government Prior to a change of the top leadership in August, the separatists were largely led by  Russian citizens .  Russian paramilitaries are reported to make up from 15% to 80% of the combatants .
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#F1 - Uncovered: How Oil Helps Optimise Power and Performance: Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team

19 November 2024

A new episode of F1 Uncovered has arrived – where we’re lifting the lid on the five ‪@PETRONASMotorsports‬ functional fluids that power our F1 cars 💚

This time, we’re exploring the different ways PETRONAS Syntium oil helps optimise power and performance in our F1 engines

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#F1 - Unseen Safety: The F1 Fuel Tank's Critical Role in Protecting Drivers | Safe & Secure x Crowdstrike: Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team

19 November 2024

Ever wondered how F1 fuel tanks can withstand the immense forces of a high-speed crash? In this episode of ‪@CrowdStrike‬ Safe & Secure, we take a closer look at this crucial component and explore its remarkable durability.

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#F1 - Is Audi's F1 project about to be diluted? The Inside Line

19 November

Audi’s F1 project has been a mouthwatering prospect for the sport, which modified its technical regulations to attract new manufacturers from 2026. But, Audi’s works F1 team could be heavily diluted before its even begun, with the German marque reported to be on the cusp of selling a controlling stake to Qatar, with an announcement expected soon.

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