and toppled it for good ... For example, Sulla doubled the size of the Senate, from about 300 men to roughly 600 ... He says that phenomenon didn't just help bring down the Roman Republic; it also contributed to onset of the American Civil War, along with countless other historical calamities.Now elite overproduction is happening again in the modern United States, says Turchin. For proof, look no further than the 2016 presidential campaign....
Plagued by increasing levels of risks, new threats and persistent change, personal identities would no longer be defined by the state, church, family or political parties, but based on the rapid and relentless consumption of consumer goods and services.Hailing from Queens, N.Y., blue-collar billionaire Trump sold himself as a successful businessman who will make America great again... But again, things can change in a New York minute....
More than a foot of rain in some places flooded low-lying areas across the Houston region on Monday, forcing officials to suspend bus and rail service, close schools and government offices and urge residents to stay home amid what authorities said were extremely dangerous conditions, CNN reported."This is a life-threatening emergency....
Relief efforts continue in southern Japan following back-to-back strong earthquakes that killed at least 42 people last week and left the country in shambles, the Belfast Telegraph reported Monday.The U.S. military will join rescuers as they redouble efforts for 10 missing people on the southern island of Kyushu, where many area were cut off by landslides and road and bridge damage ... The U.S....
A report in the Belfast Telegraph Monday says dinosaurs were already on the path to extinction millions of years before the meteor impact that is widely believed to have wiped them out, scientists said.Experts have always believed dinosaurs were flourishing on Earth just before the disaster struck when a huge asteroid or comet hit the planet just off the coast of Mexico, the report said....
Africa rugby teams put up a stellar performance in the just finished Singapore leg of the HSBCWorld Rugby Men’s 7s tournament with Kenya winning the Cup Final for the first time ever by beating log leaders Fiji by an pressive 30 points to 7. South Africa who is currently second on the 2016 standings managed to secure the third place by beatingArgentina by 28 points....
Mauricio Pochettino said his Tottenham side dream of winning the title after they moved to within five points of Premier League leaders Leicester... at Britannia Stadium ... "This is our dream, to win the title ... Tottenham have won 10 of their last 13 Premier League games to keep pace with Leicester and play on Monday night again in each of the next two weeks ... "If we keep playing like that there are not many teams who will beat us." The run-in....
Now, they’re back again and will appear on tonight’s episode of Raw which has already been taped in London, and they’re going to back an old friend by the name of AJ Styles...There is more, though ... That’s when the Bullet Club arrives on the scene yet again, and they show their full support for Styles. “In the middle of his promo Anderson and Gallows come out from the crowd and beat Reigns down....
The team won the highbrow BBC2 quiz for the first time, beatingOxford’s St John’s College by 215 points to 30. They beat the same team during the show’s quarter-finals ...Related. Can you beat the boffins? Take the hardest University Challenge quiz ever. Commenting on the result, host Jeremy Paxman, said ... ....
Even in years they have lost, the Hawks have finished strong — winning Games 4-5-6 against the Canucks in the first round in 2011 after falling behind 3-0, only to lose Game 7 on the road in overtime; and rallying from a 3-1 deficit to force a Game 7 against the Kings in the 2014 Western Conference final — only to lose again in overtime ... “In order to beat a really good team, you’ve got to be great,” Quenneville said....
(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) reported first-quarter revenue that beat analysts' estimates on Monday, but Big Blue's worst revenue in 14 years sent its shares down nearly 5 percent in extended trading ... Excluding items, IBM earned $2.35 per share, beating the average analyst estimate of $2.09....
Graham Roumieu. Alex Boese, curator, Museum of Hoaxes. Brazilians were stunned when the São Paulo soccer team suffered a humiliating defeat to rival Milan in 1951—until fans learned that the game had never happened ... Graham Roumieu ... P. T ... In 1982, UC Berkeleybeat Stanford on a play that snaked through the Stanford band’s premature celebration ... The most memorable fake Nixon line was “I never did anything wrong, and I won’t do it again.”....
A dozen or so games later, fuzzy hero Ratchet and defected death machine Clank are still here ...Besides a frame narrative provided by the pair’s frenemy Captain Qwark, the introduction to this latest installment is a beat-by-beat remake of the source material ... Comments ....
... collaborations with M.I.A, DJ Shadow and SilverBullit - Afrikan Boy has steadily built an international fanbase through a combination of big beats, wit, humour and an awesome wardrobe ... 'JoyfulAfrican rhythms, urban beats and catchy lyrics' CultNoise....
Bayern take on Atletico Madrid - who beat reigning champions Barcelona in the quarter-finals - in the semi-finals, with Manchester City playing Real Madrid in the other tie ... "Atletico is a difficult team to beat, but I think the final could be Bayern against Real Madrid." ... The Dutchman said City would benefit from that hunger next season ... ....
Chris Iannetta is performing very well for the Mariners and it wouldn't help Zunino's long-term development to promote him and then only let him play sporadically in a backup role or see him struggle again and yo-yo him back to the Minors ...It's inevitable that hitters will beat the shift at times, but the theory obviously is to improve the defense's odds by placing defenders where opposing hitters most frequently put the ball in play....
(Source. HRW - Human Rights Watch). 'I would kill myself, if it weren't for my kids.' Sari, 30, told me ... As snow fell, she told me how the extremist armed group the Islamic State abducted her and her family from their village in Iraq ... One man beat her children ... Her family 'found' her after her last owner - looking to sell her again - posted a picture of her on the Internet ... I cried and he beat me with a piece of wood,' Jamila said ... Dr ... Dr....