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...Specialist teams can help, and few have a better record than Hines' Young Guns. The team's past charges include not just Hamilton and Plato, but also F1 drivers Anthony Davidson and David Coulthard, and McLaren test driver Gary Paffett. Hines is no less pumped about his current crop: Young Gun Oliver Rowland, 15, clinched the British title in his class in mid-September. His gritty style - after being relegated to the back of the grid at a recent race, Rowland sliced his way through the field to win - prompted McLaren to sign him to the Formula One team...
...started out as a setter, moved to middle, and then played outside. Then in my junior year of high school I started playing libero.” As a libero, Kocurek’s job is to cover the entire backcourt and serve as the primary defensive specialist. Kocurek is willing to sacrifice offensive glory and her wellbeing to keep the ball alive and pass for her teammates. “I am the lead defensive specialist and I pass first and foremost,” the sophomore said. “I want to be there for my teammates...
Hermann also built her own team, including a new CFO and a specialist in accessories. YSL stores had almost none of those high-margin items in 1999 but are now filled with shoes, bags and jewelry. Accessories bring in about half of the company's revenue. In addition, there are less expensive clothes, which Hermann insists are not a second line, layered into the stores. The friendlier-priced "capsule" collection includes basic pieces like jersey evening dresses and safari jackets that won't crease in the latest...
...provocative article, an Italian medical professor argues that Pope John Paul II didn't just simply slip away as his weakness and illness overtook him in April 2005. Intensive care specialist Dr. Lina Pavanelli has concluded that the ailing Pope's April 2 death was caused by what the Catholic Church itself would consider euthanasia. She bases this conclusion on her medical expertise and her own observations of the ailing pontiff on television, as well as press reports and a subsequent book by John Paul's personal physician. The failure to insert a feeding tube into the patient until just...
Africa is particularly vulnerable because it has a low institutional capacity to combat the changing weather. As a result, says Ugandan climate change specialist James Magezi-Akiiki, "in Africa, adaptation to climate change is more important than mitigation." In response to the floods devouring Uganda, Magezi-Akiiki says that the government will now consider the effects of global warming, such as increased rainfall, in its planning of future infrastructure projects. Ironically, Africa produces far less carbon than other continents, leading some scientists to blame industrialized countries for Africa's climate plight. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni announced at an African...