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...Last year I was definitely a strikeout pitcher, but I didn’t expect it going into college because the competition is better. But I guess I just spin the ball, and if I don’t think about it, it’s a lot easier.”Brown’s 211 strikeouts—a total that broke the Crimson single-season record by almost 30 K’s—don’t even begin to tell the story of her sensational campaign. Beginning the season against a Big 12 opponent...
...most common dice game and it is played, with varying rules and sizes of table, in virtually every casino on the planet. Craps is a game of chance rather than skill, and with a low house advantage - around 1.4%, which makes it harder to beat than blackjack but easier than roulette - even novices can win. That is, if they're lucky...
...loud protests in Germany in the run-up to the nation's general elections have raised fears that GM's European plants outside Germany, such as those in Antwerp and several Vauxhall facilities in the U.K., could become easier targets for closure. British unions are urging Prime Minister Gordon Brown to prepare an aid package for Vauxhall to give the U.K. a voice at the table, but so far London has proffered no numbers...
Also, it's easier to justify a $100 yoga mat than a lot of other expenses. "With hedonic consumption, at some point you're going to feel quite a bit of guilt," says C.W. Park, a marketing professor at USC's Marshall School of Business and editor of the Journal of Consumer Psychology. "If the luxury item has some kind of functional value, you're not going to feel that guilt." You feel like you're investing in your health, so a little splurge can't hurt. Plus, Manduka mats carry a lifetime guarantee. If the mat lives...
...however, catch our own small break three years ago. Through the Westside Regional Center, my parents found out about Diverse Journeys, an assisted-living program willing to place Noah in a rented house in Los Angeles closer to my parents' home and therefore an easier commute for their weekly visits. Noah lives in a two-bedroom house with a roommate, a "normal" person, whose rent is partly subsidized in exchange for the attention she must pay to Noah when she is home. A rotating series of caregivers take Noah to the park or for walks or to fast-food restaurants...