The New York Times explains several issues with legal betting leading to consumer exploitation, but they are not unique to the betting industry: they are legal shortcomings, or even shortcomings with American capitalism.
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Just like some of you reading this, coyotes came to the Pacific Northwest and other U.S. territories for good food and a good time. To understand why, we need to go back a century.
Mark Zuckerberg, a software prodigy from suburban New York turned billionaire tech mogul, has little in common with Iranian theocratic ruling class like Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei. But the two both possess immense authority and influence, and the way that power has been wielded is what drew the ironic comparison.
Corn and cows. That’s where I come from. Where there are small towns in the middle of nowhere, wide expanses of absolutely nothing except farmland and gas stations, and the traditional combination of chili and…
Daycare should have been called night-care – mom always picked me up when the night wove its dark threads into cocoons around trees. Mom would burst into the room, my brother on her hip, smelling…
How does one find presence in a race? I’ve seen where a lack of awareness, of the self, of those around you, of the world, can get someone. Someone so desperate to confirm their own worldview, their fears, that they cannot truly see those they profess to love. Lonely and old, in a cave, babbling to themselves in a language only they speak, only they care about. If that.
So, what are the benefits of reading more? Why read a book when you can just watch the video summary of it? It is true that you can save some time by doing so, and there is nothing wrong with that. Nevertheless, let's face it, reading is to the mind what exercising is to the body, and you cannot train your body just by watching videos on YouTube.
We all have our own connotations of psychics. Maybe you imagine crystal balls and beaded curtains, incense so thick you can barely breathe. Maybe that’s a comforting idea too, sitting down with someone who can provide the clarity so many of us desperately want. Maybe it’s just something you sneer at.
Despite the fact that engineering is an exciting and challenging major, the school does not really give us a big picture of the field itself. A complaint I have about college education, especially in STEM fields, is that they take a bottom-up approach.
Ugly Mug Cafe originated in 1995 in the University District. In the midst of the college scene, Ugly Mug takes on the lively essence of U-District’s inhabitants, while still aiming to provide a refuge of coziness and warmth. The current owners of the cafe and roastery began as mere baristas at Ugly Mug. However, with a yearning to improve and elevate the cafe, Ugly Mug was eventually passed into their hands.