Let's say you are a baseball player who tries to be consistent in how he/she pitches. after a losing streak, you pitch a perfect game and your team wins. 1. if you are pitching the way you always do, what happened to change your luck? 2. did some altercation in your pre-game ritual lead to the victory? perhaps you wore different socks or put a charm in your pocket while you played? 3. what might you attribute you victory to? would this now become a "superstition"?

Sara and her friends were at an iowa football game in iowa city. sara is a life long resident of iowa and goes to college at dmacc. while she was in iowa city, robert smashed into her car when he ran a red light. sara was seriously injured and taken to university hospitals in iowa city (fortunately her injuries were not life threatening but laid her up for a long time and she had to drop out of college for the rest of the semester). robert is from michigan and was in iowa city to see the game and then to party later. at the time of the accident robert was drunk (at least legally - he blew a 0.17 and the limit is 0.08). sara has sustained about $500,000 in damages between her current and future medical bills, pain/suffering, lost wages, etc. also her car was totaled in the accident. can sara sue robert in a federal court? explain why or why not. (be sure to mention the two primary factors associated with suing someone in a federal court in a case like this.)

For each of the six basic tactics, select the set of action steps (a to f) that describe the tactic. answers

Brazil trades with the united states more than it does with any other country. industrially, the private sector has made brazil one of the most advanced countries in latin america, with massive investment taking place since 1996. still, over 1 million people live in state-owned housing and millions more are covered by government operated health care. these facts show that brazil has a a) mixed economy. b) market economy. c) command economy. d) traditional economy.