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Reynolds could also spell sophomore starting catcher Tyler Albright, competing with fellow freshman Jon Smart, among others, for the primary backup role...
...college student, who graduates with $21,000 in the red. Tuition costs could also explain why graduate schools, traditionally a refuge in tough economic times, have seen uneven application numbers this year. Lance Choy, director of the career development center at Stanford, notes that grad schools were a popular backup a few years ago during the dotcom bust, but applications are flat this year. "Who needs more debt when the job market is looking rather grim?" he says. (Read "Finding a Dream Job: A Little Chaos Theory Helps...
...giving myself choices for the future,” he explains. “I haven’t decided yet. I feel like I can still try to pursue music, but I have a backup plan...
...team dynamic,” mentions Monica Zdrojewski, who has 14 goals on the year.“I’d say we already spend a big chunk of our time with each other,” adds goalkeeper Laurel McCarthy, who has recorded 10 saves in a backup role thus far.In addition to dining together almost every day, the girls even occasionally have movie nights together. Zdrojewski, Devan Kennifer, Lizzie Abbott, and Shannon Purcell all hail from California, and although the future teammates did not get to know each other back in high school, they and fellow freshman...
...Svalbard is the ultimate backup - or as Fowler calls it, the "Noah's ark of seeds." The vault was built on the far northern Norwegian island of Longyearbyen, where the Arctic cold helps keeps the seeds viable, in case the electricity that powers the vault's cold storage should ever go. (Seeds can remain dormant but alive for centuries if they're kept cool and dry.) The location isn't an accident - should something truly horrific happen, from extreme climate change to nuclear war, remote Svalbard should remain protected, capable of rebooting global agriculture. "This is an insurance policy...