In 2019 we'll focus on extending our business in Germany and the first commercial activities in the Nordic region. 2018 was about becoming a recognized infrastructure player in Berlin and consolidating our position in the Netherlands with a consistent flow of deals.
Check out the promising startups currently raising funding: Civocracy, obob, Soulskill, PleanSat & RefundMe. Stay tuned for our coming soon rounds: Leapfunder & Hug A Pet.
Civocracy, one of Europe's Digital Champions according to the Financial Times, raised €72K, exceeding their €60K minimum within days of launching the round. They have an additional €20K hard committed, and a further €25K conditionally committed on the round reaching €125K. A number of investors have invested in the company multiple times. Civocracy is looking for more investors wanting to invest a five-figure ticket. Visit our round here.
Civocracy's co-founder Chloe is listed as one of the top 10 people improving society.
Etergo reflects on the 2018 milestones that launched them into a new year.
PickThisUp is one of the 8 Dutch startups that are making logistics and transport industry smarter.


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A More Mature Matt Wertz
Many of you may not know Matt Wertz, but you should. I came across his music a few years ago thanks to a friend and have now seen him in concert twice. Matt sounds even more incredible live than on a record. He's always made great music and has a great presence but with his latest ep While We're Becoming Matt has really grown up and come a long way from his earlier music sounding a lot like later John Mayer with songs like Somebody New. This album is about a lot of feelings you go through not just while you're in love but while you live your life. What's worth noting about Matt is that while he could be a major label recording artist he chooses to stay on the Indie scene and stay focused on the music. Take a listen to some early Wertz and then the new and see if you feel the change. I think that while I may like the older Wertz stuff simply because it is so fun and upbeat the new Wertz really touches something deeper and as I grow as person can really relate to. Whether you like old Matt or new Matt I hope you enjoy!
Everything's Right (2004)
Somebody New (2010)
Sing my Lonely Away (2010)
Matt talking about the inspiration for the new songs
Chillen with Matt after the show show in '06

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Album review: PRhyme 2 proves Royce da 5'9" just keeps getting better
By Kahn Santori Davison on Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 11:34 am
Looking back at the 20-year hip-hop career of Royce Da 5'9" is similar to assessing Vince Carter's 20-year NBA career: some highs, some lows, and some unexplainable shit — but when he's on the court, you feel compelled to pay attention.
Royce has ghost-written for Dr. Dre, his 11-plus mixtapes are grossly underrated, and his last three solo albums (2009's Street Hop, 2011's Success Is Certain, and 2016's Layers) were arguably better than his first three (2002's Rock City, 2004's Death Is Certain, and 2005's Independent's Day).
Layers debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 2016, and he admitted he made the album his fans wanted the first time around. The first two albums by his group Slaughterhouse are the kind of hip-hop projects that boom-bap wet dreams are made of and his collab with Eminem (2011's Hell: The Sequel) felt a little pop, but was still fire.
Enter PRhyme 2, the sequel to 2014's highly successful PRhyme in which Royce and legendary producer DJ Premier are back to a Green Lantern and Green Arrow tag team-style collaboration — with a strong assist from beatmaker AntMan Wonder.
The album starts with the gnarly tones of Premier's voice breaking down what "PRhyme" stands for ("P" for Premier, "R" for Royce, and you know the rest). Pounding piano keys open the album on "Black History," providing the perfect jumping off point for Royce to break down the duo's musical and real life history.
After that, you're better off pulling up the lyrics on Genius and opening a dictionary because Royce goes in: "I swear I'm the truth homes/ I'm that blue chrome coupe with the roof gone/ Thats two-tone, I'm that dudes own/ talking on two phones/ While my new hoes eat out my palm like, like one of my loot homes," he raps over a '70s cool beat on "1 of the Hardest."
Premier channels his inner Rick Rubin by cleverly using old school drums on "Era." "Sunflower Seeds" — the most creative use of metaphor on the album — and "Flirt" are tales of unfortunate encounters with women.
One of the most compelling undertones on the project is how Royce intertwines his critique of the current state of hip-hop culture. On "Streets and Night" he raps, "Everybody comin' with they chick record, big record/ This gon' play in the clubs, radio hit record/ Either that or they come with a dis record/ I come from where you don't disrespect none of your successors."
On the melodic and well-crafted "Everyday Struggle" he raps, "This hip-hop, all of the purists be too opinionated/ You like it, you dick-ridin', not a fan of it, then you hatin'/ You gettin' interviewed by Vlad, you either tellin' a story that's incriminatin.'/ Or Lord Jamar, (what?) discriminatin'"
The album is not perfect — you can skip past "W.O.W." — but PRhyme 2 is more heavy than the first edition. It has more layers than Layers, and a ton of ridiculously dope punchlines.
Honestly none of this makes sense. Royce is 40. He's suppose to be sitting his ass down in some reality show retirement home for has-been dope rappers. But like Jay-Z and Black Thought have been proving, there is no age cap on making dope music.
Royce Da 5'9",
DJ Premiere,
PRhyme 2,
Kahn Santori Davison
Kahn Santori Davison is from Detroit, Michigan. He's a husband and father of four and a self-described, "Kid who loves rap music." He's been featured on Hip-Hop Evolution and Hip-Hop Uncovered. He's also a Cave Canem fellow, author of the poetry book Blaze (Willow Books), a recipient of a 2015 Kresge Literary...
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Sustainability Advertising: To advertise or not to advertise during a recession?
To advertise or not to advertise during a recession?
The article below shares an important, yet counterintuitive point about marketing during a recession: it's actually best to increase advertising efforts!
In an economic down cycle, is it best to batten down the hatches, hunker down and ride it out? No!
Businesses have been asking this question for decades and every major study reaches the same conclusion: continuing with a marketing budget equal or greater than pre-recession levels produces the best results.
Advertising executive Roland S. Vaile tracked 200 companies through the recession of 1923. He found the biggest sales increases were rung up by those who advertised the most. During the post-World War II recessions of 1949, 1954, 1958 and 1961, the companies that cut back on advertising saw the biggest declines in sales and profits. In 1974, the companies who cut advertising budgets lagged far behind the ones that maintained or increased advertising.
The research firm, McGraw Hill analyzed 600 companies from 1980 through 1985. Results showed firms that maintained or increased advertising expenditures during the 1981 recession averaged significantly higher sales growth, both during the recession and over the next three years as compared to those that eliminated or decreased advertising. By 1985, sales of companies that were aggressive recession advertisers rose 256% over those that cut advertising.
The conclusion is unanimous: advertising aggressively during recessions not only increases sales but also increases profits.
Don't cut your advertising budget, increase it! Let your competition cut theirs. Once they abandon their marketing and promotion, your message becomes far stronger and more effective.
Don't waste money advertising in the wrong places to the wrong audiences. Develop a strategic marketing plan that tracks your best customers and in turn targets them in your ad placements and messages. You can't be all things to all people, but you can waste a lot of money trying.
Stay in close touch with your most loyal customers. Now's a good time to develop a customer appreciation program.
Maintain continuity. Advertising works cumulatively, so remind people frequently about your brand and don't deviate from your core message.
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Bike-thief boy gets street ban
A 17-YEAR-old boy has been banned from two Dublin city-centre streets after he was arrested for trying to steal a bicycle.
The Dublin Children's Court heard that the boy had been arrested last Sunday at Liffey Street and made no reply after he was charged.
Garda John Carroll had no objection to bail but asked the court to impose conditions on the boy, who was accompanied to his case by his mother.
Judge Smyth ordered the teenager to stay away from Liffey Street and Henry Street, and remanded him on bail to appear again next month. Legal aid was granted to the boy, who is taking part in a training course.
Teenager dies from bird flu
A 17-year-old has died of bird flu in Indonesia. He is the country's sixth fatality from the virus this year.
Health ministry spokeswoman Murti Utami said the boy from eastern Lombok island developed symptoms early this month after coming into contact with sick chickens.
Ms Utami says laboratory results came back several days ago confirming he had the deadly H5N1 virus.
Youth wanted over shop theft
A WARRANT has been issued for the arrest of a teenager accused of stealing nearly €10 worth of groceries from a shop in Dublin.
The 17-year-old had been summoned to appear at the Dublin Children's Court on a charge of stealing groceries to the value of €9.46 from a shop at Dolphin's Barn on June 21 last year.
However, he did not turn up for his case and the judge agreed to a request to issue a bench warrant for his arrest.
Superman deal cheque for sale
Seven decades after it was issued by DC Comics, the cheque sent to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster for their creation of Superman is up for auction.
Made out to the duo for $412 (¤300), the cheque includes a item for $130 (¤97) showing that DC paid for full ownership and rights to the man from Krypton and paved the way for comic books, TV, radio and films.
But, a legal dispute over creator's rights to the character is still not settled.


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A package of concessions designed to reduce General Motors Corp.'s labor costs appeared headed for approval by union members Friday with workers at at least seven factories overwhelmingly approving the deal.
The vote comes in advance of an expected Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing by GM on Monday. Bankruptcy experts say having an agreement in place before the filing will help move the process through court more quickly.
United Auto Workers members at factories in Spring Hill, Tenn.; Janesville, Wis.; Lordstown and Toledo, Ohio; and Orion Township, Pontiac and Lansing, Mich., all voted in favor of the deal.
Voting at more than 40 GM facilities is scheduled to wrap up by 4 p.m. Eastern Friday.
UAW leaders agreed to the revised contract last week that freezes wages, ends bonuses, eliminates noncompetitive work rules and ends the possibility of a strike until the next contract expires in 2015.
It also gives a union-run retiree health care trust 17.5 percent ownership of a post-bankruptcy protection GM, with a warrant to buy another 2.5 percent. The trust will take on the company's retiree health care costs starting next year. The stock will come in exchange for part of the company's $20 billion obligation to the trust.
GM has received $19.4 billion in loans from the U.S. government, which would get 72.5 percent ownership of the new company, perhaps sharing with the Canadian government. The remaining 10 percent would go to GM bondholders to wipe out $27 billion in unsecured debt.
Bondholders have until 5 p.m. Eastern Saturday to accept or reject the stock-for-debt offer, under which they would get a warrant for an additional 15 percent of the new GM's stock.
Plans are for GM to emerge from bankruptcy with lower labor costs, far less debt and with fewer factories, brands, models and dealerships.
Ray Wood, president of a UAW local at a Toledo transmission factory, said workers there voted 78 percent in favor of the new deal. Even workers at factories in Spring Hill, Pontiac and Orion Township that are under discussion for possible closure approved the deal. The lowest approval rate was 63.4 percent at the Pontiac truck assembly plant.
"I believe that our membership understands. They get it," said Wood.
On Monday, GM is to identify 14 assembly, parts stamping and engine and transmission factories that it plans to close as part of its restructuring plan, cutting 21,000 jobs.


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Employee Recognition Ceremony and Service Awards
Annual Employee Recognition Program
Each spring, HRM hosts an Annual Employee Recognition Program where a number of awards are presented. All employees are encouraged to attend the ceremony. Announcements highlighting the event are sent by email, posted in KU Today, and included in the KU Calendar of Events.
KU Service Award
Employees receive a service pin for every five years of eligible service. At the milestone of 20 eligible years of service, and every five years thereafter, they will receive a memento or gift in addition to a service pin. Employees who are deemed eligible to receive a service award will be announced in the spring, prior to the date of the Annual Employee Recognition Program.
State of Kansas Service Award
The State of Kansas honors state employees who have served the state for 10 years or more and in 10 year increments thereafter. The fiscal year is used by the state to calculate eligibility.
HRM provides the State of Kansas Service Pins to campus departments to award to their eligible employees. Faculty and staff with 40 or 50 years of State service are invited to a reception with the Governor in Topeka. HRM will assist honorees with coordinating participation in this event.
Visit State of Kansas Employee Award and Recognition Program for more information about the award and eligibility.


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namespace protocol {

class ChannelMultiplexer : public StreamChannelFactory {
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  static const char kMuxChannelName[];

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  ChannelMultiplexer(StreamChannelFactory* factory,
                     const std::string& base_channel_name);

  ChannelMultiplexer(const ChannelMultiplexer&) = delete;
  ChannelMultiplexer& operator=(const ChannelMultiplexer&) = delete;

  ~ChannelMultiplexer() override;

  // StreamChannelFactory interface.
  void CreateChannel(const std::string& name,
                     ChannelCreatedCallback callback) override;
  void CancelChannelCreation(const std::string& name) override;

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  struct PendingChannel;
  class MuxChannel;
  class MuxSocket;
  friend class MuxChannel;

  // Callback for |base_channel_| creation.
  void OnBaseChannelReady(std::unique_ptr<P2PStreamSocket> socket);

  // Helper to create channels asynchronously.
  void DoCreatePendingChannels();

  // Helper method used to create channels.
  MuxChannel* GetOrCreateChannel(const std::string& name);

  // Error handling callback for |reader_| and |writer_|.
  void OnBaseChannelError(int error);

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  // OnBaseChannelError().
  void NotifyBaseChannelError(const std::string& name, int error);

  // Callback for |reader_;
  void OnIncomingPacket(std::unique_ptr<CompoundBuffer> buffer);

  // Called by MuxChannel.
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  // Name of the underlying channel.
  std::string base_channel_name_;

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  int next_channel_id_;
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  MessageReader reader_;

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}  // namespace remoting

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NFL Mock Draft 2015: ESPN's Todd McShay has Jets taking Alabama receiver Amari Cooper
Updated Mar 29, 2019; Posted Dec 17, 2014
By Dom Cosentino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
ESPN's Todd McShay has the Jets taking Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper in the first round of the 2015 draft. As of Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, the Jets would have the sixth overall selection. (Derick E. Hingle | USA TODAY Sports)
The Jets still have to play the Patriots and the Dolphins these last two weeks, but come on: If you're a Jets fan—a real Jets fan, even—you're already looking ahead to how they can get this thing fixed in 2015.
And even though no one yet knows who will be the Jets' general manager or head coach after this season, you're already curious about those mock drafts that are starting to bubble to the surface. Because even though you know mock drafts are indicative of nothing, they are indicative of something, and that something is some kind of hope for the future.
The Jets no longer have a shot at the No. 1 pick in 2015, but they are almost assured of picking no lower than sixth, and a loss to the Pats on Sunday would sew up a top-six selection. They have primary needs at quarterback, offensive line, cornerback, linebacker, and safety, and depth needs just about everywhere.
Last month, Tony Pauline of DraftInsider.net had them going with Alabama wideout Amari Cooper. More recently, NFLDraftScout.com's Dan Brugler had them taking Nebraska defensive end Randy Gregory, which would give them a much-needed edge rusher. Brugler even stuck with that prediction in an updated mock draft this week.
And now it's ESPN's Todd McShay's turn. McShay's got the top two quarterbacks—Oregon's Marcus Mariota and Florida State's Jameis Winston—going 1-2 to the Bucs and Titans, respectively. And with Michigan State's Connor Cook having decided to stay in school, that leaves the Jets to look to fill some other position. And McShay's got them grabbing Cooper.
His take:
The need to draft to wide receiver at No. 6 might depend on whether the Jets decide to bring back Percy Harvin, and at what price. Harvin's contract, signed last year when he was with the Seahawks, calls for him to earn a base salary of $10 million next season, though no a penny of it is guaranteed.
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Dom Cosentino may be reached at dcosentino@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @domcosentino. Find NJ.com Jets on Facebook.


Undergraduate Academic Grants are available to undergraduates to assist with expenditure on projects related to academic work. The total amount per student is £500 over the length of the undergraduate course.
Applications are made by filling in the General Academic Grant Form available on the College's Sharepoint site (log in here).
If a course at the Language Centre directly relates to an undergraduate's academic course of study, the subject tutor can recommend that it be funded by the College. The Senior Tutor will then authorise payment of the full course fees by the College.
If undergraduates wish to follow a course at the Language Centre which is not directly related to their academic course of study, they may apply to Grants Committee for a grant towards half the fees. Please note that such a grant must fall within the student's maximum entitlement for any academic grants.
Students taking their first- and second-year examinations in 9th Week of Hilary and Trinity Terms, and who live on site, will be given a grant to cover their room rental for the period up to and including the night of their last examination. There is no form to complete; the Undergraduate Administrator notifies the Bursary on your behalf and the appropriate amount will be credited to your battels.
Book Grants of up to £50 per year are available to all undergraduates. Students must provide receipts for their purchases, and application forms are on the College's Sharepoint site (log in here).
Some funds are available for students studying Classics to go abroad to research. The maximum award is normally £300. Students who are eligible should discuss their application with the Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Dr Gail Trimble.
Modern linguists studying two languages can apply for a grant of up to £300 to help with expenses relating to the second language during their year abroad. They should discuss this with Professor Katherine Ibbett or Dr Maria Blanco.
If you are not eligible for an Oxford Bursary, or if your entitlement does not fully meet your financial needs, you may apply for a Levine Bursary on admission to Trinity. In most years, the College offers a number of Levine Bursaries (value £1,000-£3,000 each) to incoming undergraduate students with some financial need. The bursaries will be awarded for the normal length of the degree course, subject to continuing satisfactory academic progress and no material change in financial circumstances.
The Levine Bursaries are generously funded by Peter Levine and an anonymous Old Member of the College.
Further details can be obtained from the Estates Bursar, christopher.ferguson@trinity.ox.ac.uk.


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Q: Even Function Fourier Expansion I'm having a bit of trouble completing a homework question of mine. I am supposed to expand an equation using Fourier and then graph said equation using Matlab. And no matter what I do the graph of the original equation and the Fourier equation never match up at all.
The question given is:
Given $f(x)= \begin{cases}
L/2, & 0 \le x \le L/2 \\
x - L/2, & L/2 \lt x \le L
\end{cases}$
expand $f(x)$ in terms of the functions $\{1, \cos(\frac{n{\pi}x}{L})\}, \; n \in \mathbb{Z^+}, \; \text{on } 0 \le x \le L$.
By the looks of it, it wants me to turn it into an even function and to only calculate $a_0$ and $a_n$.
If I do this the fourier series ends up being the following:
$$F(x)= \frac{3L}{8}+ \frac{2L}{\pi^2}\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2}[1-(-1)^{n+1}]\cos(\frac{n{\pi}x}{L})$$
If I put that into Matlab and graph it, it will come out as this: f(x) vs F(x). The blue line is the original equation, while the red line is the Fourier expansion. Here is the Matlab code I'm using. As you can see these are nothing alike.
Can someone smarter than me try to pinpoint my mistake and help me understand?

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Peter Boal is artistic director of Pacific Northwest Ballet and director of its affiliated school in Seattle, Washington. He was born in Bedford, New York, in 1965 and began studies at the School of American Ballet (SAB) at age nine.

Boal assumed the directorship of Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2005 (from Kent Stowell and Francia Russell) following a successful career with the New York City Ballet (NYCB) which he joined in 1983 and where he was promoted to soloist in 1987, principal dancer in 1989, and from which he retired in 2005. He received his dance training from SAB under the directorship of George Balanchine.

In 2002, he founded Peter Boal and Company, a critically acclaimed chamber ensemble. Boal joined the faculty of SAB in 1997, teaching technique, variations, men's and women's classes, and partnering. He was a guest teacher at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and the Royal Danish Ballet's school.

Peter Boal gave his final performance at City Ballet on Sunday, June 5, 2005. On a program that also included Robbins' West Side Story Suite and Balanchine's Agon, he chose to dance Jerome Robbins' Opus 19/The Dreamer and an excerpt from Apollo, a role for which he was particularly noted.

While at SAB, he danced in several ballets with NYCB, including Balanchine's The Nutcracker, in which he performed the role of the Nutcracker Prince. At City Ballet he has featured roles in over 40 ballets and had over 20 additional roles created on him by choreographers including Jerome Robbins, Peter Martins, Christopher Wheeldon, Christopher d'Amboise, Ulysses Dove and Twyla Tharp.

Personal life
Peter Boal married Kelly Boal (Cass) (also a dancer with NYCB) on August 15, 1992, in Colwall, England.
Peter Boal has three children, 1 son born in 1995, another in 1997 and a daughter born in 2000.

References

External links
biography, PNB website
Ballet-Dance, Dean Speer and Francis Timlin, July 2005
Village Voice, Deborah Jowitt, March 1, 2005
NY Times, Gia Kourlas, December 25, 2005
Archive film of Peter Boal performing Herman Schmerman in 2004 at Jacob's Pillow
NY Times, Jack Anderson, January 9, 1987

Living people
1965 births
New York City Ballet principal dancers
American male ballet dancers
Ballet masters
School of American Ballet faculty
School of American Ballet alumni

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Lisa Sugar is the Founder and CEO of POPSUGAR, the #1 independent media company for women. Lisa started POPSUGAR in 2005, taking her passion for pop culture and transforming it into a successful business that has a global reach of over 100 million consumers and 500 employees. POPSUGAR covers categories such as entertainment, fashion, beauty, fitness, and more. Lisa's recent novel, Power Your Happy, focuses on how we can best navigate our most overwhelming and confusing days to end up in a place where we can combine your passions and talents for success.
Lisa shared insights from her journey with the IVY Community in San Francisco in a fireside chat with IVY's Sarah Zapp. We hope you enjoy these invaluable lessons on how to harness hard work, patience, and experience to craft our dream jobs, accomplish our goals, and grow a company with employees who love what they do.
Please enjoy our conversation with Lisa Sugar. And remember to visit IVY.com to enjoy access to a lifetime of learning, growth, and impact through in-person collaborations with world-class leaders, thinkers, and institutions.


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Q: Is the square root of curl^2-1/2 a natural (Dirac-)operator? In current computations on a particular $3$-dimensional Riemannian manifold, a first order differential operator $D:\Gamma^\infty(TM,M)\to \Gamma^\infty(TM,M)$ acting on vector fiels shows up, with the property
$$
D^2=\mathrm{curl}^2 - \frac{1}{2}I,
$$
where $I$ is the identity and $\mathrm{curl}:\Gamma^\infty(TM,M)\to \Gamma^\infty(TM,M)$ is the familiar Riemannian curl operator. Considered instead as an operator acting on $1$-forms, curl corresponds to $\ast\circ d$, where $\ast$ is the Hodge star operator and $d$ the exterior derivative. Thus, my question can be formulated as:
Suppose that, on a $3$-dimensional compact connected Riemannian manifold, there exist the two equivalent operators
$$
D:\sqrt{\mathrm{curl}^2-\frac{1}{2}I}: \Gamma^\infty(TM,M)\to \Gamma^\infty(TM,M),\qquad \tilde D=\sqrt{\ast\circ d-\frac{1}{2}I}:\Omega^1(M)\to\Omega^1(M).
$$
Can one express them in terms of well-known geometrical/topological operators such as $\ast$ and $d$, or does one rather have to consider them as 'basic' operators of Dirac-type? In any case, what can we learn about the de Rham cohomology of $M$ from the spectrum of $D$ (or $\tilde D$)?


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What is the difference between a technical college and a regular college?
What is the difference between a technical college and a university?
What exactly is a technical college?
Should I go to a technical college or community college?
Are technical colleges worth it?
Are technical schools considered college?
What are the 4 types of degrees?
Is technical college easier than university?
What is an example of a technical college?
What are the benefits of technical school?
Is Technical School Hard?
Is a trade better than a degree?
What price do most students pay for college?
Is technical school cheaper than college?
What trade makes the most money?
Which trades are most in demand?
Technical colleges tend to offer more hands-on learning and require fewer unnecessary classes than four-year colleges. If you want some of the traditional college experience – there are technical colleges that offer on-campus dorms, intramural sports, various clubs and other student activities.
Program Selections
In the past, universities focused on higher education subjects, academics, and learning, but did not spend as much time teaching for specific careers. Technical colleges, on the other hand, specialize in career-driven courses that focused directly on teaching skills that apply to specific careers.
A trade school (also known as a technical school) is a postsecondary educational institution designed to train students for a specific job in a skilled trade career. Most importantly, a trade school offers hands-on training to prepare students for actual work in their chosen field.
A school's focus on the program you want is also critical when you're comparing community college vs. technical college. While community colleges have to support a wide variety of programs, technical colleges can focus on offering the best vocational and technical education possible – it's all they do.
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But, if you're debating, "is college worth the cost?" – consider this: technical colleges are a quick and affordable alternative to land the jobs worth going to college for. … With high starting salaries and plenty of room to grow and advance, technical careers are some of the jobs worth going to college for.
Tech school, aka vocational school, is almost the complete opposite of college. Rather than receiving a broad education, you enroll in a course of study and take very specific classes to prepare you for a particular job.
What Kinds of College Degrees Are There? While there are a number of different kinds of degrees out there in the big world of academia, they can be categorized into four different units: associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral.
For many, the experience at a technical college is a better fit for them after comparing technical college vs. university education. Technical colleges tend to offer more hands-on learning and require fewer unnecessary classes than four-year colleges.
A few examples of common technical school training programs include: Baking and Pastry Arts. Cosmetology Certification. Radiography Technology.
Here are the top five advantages of attending a technical college.
You'll Focus Solely on Your Career. …
Greater Affordability. …
Smaller Class Sizes. …
Student Adaptability. …
Career Guidance. …
Education Without the Hassle.
Trades and vocational school are still difficult and require intelligence. Whether it be electrical, welding, HVAC, etc it still requires math, reading comprehension and basic skills.
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College allows you to explore a wide range of options, and also boasts extracurriculars, fraternities, and sororities. On the other hand, trade school offers skill-based learning with solid job opportunities — and significantly less debt than a college degree.
The average cost of tuition and fees at a ranked in-state public college is about 72% less than the average sticker price at a private college, at $9,687 for the 2020-2021 year compared with $35,087, respectively, U.S. News data shows.
The average trade school degree costs $33,000, which, compared to a $127,000 bachelor's degree, means a savings of $94,000. … If you assume that students are fully financing their education with loans at 4% over 10 years, the bachelor's degree will cost $154,000, while the trade school degree will cost only $40,000.
Highest-paying trade careers
Licensed practical nurse. National average salary: $25.18 per hour. …
HVAC technician. National average salary: $23.25 per hour. …
Home inspector. National average salary: $52,066 per year. …
Plumber. National average salary: $24.58 per hour. …
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Landscape designer. …
Boilermaker.
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Health and Fitness|Imminent Danger | A Journal Sentinel Special Report
Mental health terminology
Imminent Danger
Grappling with mental health's most vexing question: Who is dangerous?
Part 1: A legal ruling gone awry
Forty years ago, a new legal standard for commitment rose from a Milwaukee lawsuit to become the law of the land. It has proved to be tragically inadequate.
Part 2: A search for solutions
As society struggles with how to determine who is dangerous, programs from special courts to crisis intervention training aim to make a difference.
By Meg Kissinger of the Journal Sentinel
Anosognosia: The inability to recognize one's own illness. Not to be confused with denial. Anosognosia is not a willful decision. It is an utter lack of insight. Some studies claim half of the people with major mental illness have anosognosia, and that is why they refuse to take medication. Source: National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Bipolar disorder: Also known as manic-depression, a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. Hallmarks include elevated self-esteem, becoming more talkative than normal, being easily distracted, a reduced need for sleep, dangerous sexual behavior and the use of drugs or alcohol. These symptoms are often followed by a period of depression. Bipolar has been broken down into two types: bipolar I, which is more severe, and bipolar II. Roughly 2.2% of U.S. adults have severe bipolar disorder. Source: National Institute of Mental Health, American Psychiatric Association
Major depressive disorder: A severely depressed mood that lasts for two weeks or more, causing the person to not be able to perform routine functions like work or household tasks. Symptoms include feelings of sadness or emptiness, reduced interest in activities, sleep disturbances, a significant reduction in energy level, difficulty concentrating and suicidal thoughts. Roughly 6.7% of U.S. adults have major depression. Source: National Institute of Mental Health, American Psychiatric Association
Schizophrenia: A chronic, severe, and disabling psychotic disorder that affects an estimated 1% of U.S. adults. Five types of schizophrenia have been identified: catatonic, disorganized, paranoid, residual and undifferentiated. Symptoms typically begin between adolescence and early adulthood for males and a few years later for females. They include delusions and hallucinations, disorganized behavior and/or speech. Source: National Institute of Mental Health, American Psychiatric Association
About Meg Kissinger
Meg Kissinger is an investigative reporter for health and welfare. She was a 2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist for investigative reporting and is a two-time George Polk Award winner: 2013 for "Chronic Crisis" and 2009 for "Chemical Fallout."
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Hamilton looks to extend winning streak at Chinese GP
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton takes a selfie with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel at the Shanghai International Circuit ahead of the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix on Thursday. Associated Press
Lewis Hamilton sounded a warning ahead of the 1,000th grand prix on Sunday, saying he was focused only on victory, adding: "I'm not one for special days like this."
The Mercedes star from Britain is facing multiple challenges this season, primarily from Ferrari, who go into the third race of the season with the fastest car.
But that did not stop the 34-year-old winning in Bahrain two weeks ago after the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc lost power towards the end.
Hamilton, a five-time world champion, was dismissive Thursday of the party atmosphere surrounding this weekend's milestone Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.
"I'm not one for birthdays, I'm not one for anniversaries, I'm not one for special days like this," said Hamilton, who is a point behind his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas at the top of the early drivers' standings.
"It's absolutely no different to any other race weekend for me.
I'm here to do one job, and one job only, and that's win.
"It does not matter if it's the 1,000th, 2,000th or 10,000th (race), it's an irrelevant figure for me."
That steely resolve looks set to be put to the test this weekend in Shanghai, where the Briton has triumphed five times and is a crowd favourite.
Shanghai has one of the longest straights in Formula One, which will suit Ferrari's searing pace.
Hamilton does not expect his Mercedes team to have closed the gap in that department, and sees the Red Bull team as a serious threat too.
Cautioning however that the season is in its infancy, Hamilton said that he hopes to beat the Ferraris of Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel fair and square, rather than hope they suffer some kind of mechanical problem.
"I hope that we do not have to rely on reliability and hope that we have a much closer race," he said.
"Qualifying was ok in the last race, but the race was a big delta (to the Ferrari speed).
"I hope this weekend is closer between us because this is a great track to have a real race.
"The closer it is, the better."
Fast-rising Ferrari star Leclerc said on Thursday that he must shut out the growing hype surrounding him if he is to win his maiden Formula One race.
The 21-year-old from Monaco goes into the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday -- widely touted as the next big thing to grace the sport.
He came an agonising third last time out, in Bahrain, after leading for much of the race until his Ferrari lost power, allowing Hamilton to snatch victory.
Speaking in Shanghai, the third race of the season, Leclerc conceded that getting himself on the podium for the first time had propelled him into the spotlight.
"After the first race (Australia, where he was fifth) nobody sees me as a title contender," he said.
"After the second race, everyone sees me as a title contender so things can go (change) very quick in Formula One.
"I need to keep the focus on what I'm doing in the car, work as hard as possible and try to do the best job in the car and outside the car, and I'm pretty sure the results will come."
Leclerc, in only his second season in F1 and first with the famed Ferrari team, added: "The win was very close (in Bahrain) and hopefully I'll get my first win soon.
"That's the target and that's what I'm working for."
Leclerc trumped his Ferrari team-mate and four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel in Bahrain, with the German coming fifth and alarmingly off the pace.
Leclerc smiled when it was put to him by reporters that he was on the brink of becoming a sporting household name.
"The people seeing your face on the podium changes quite a bit," he said, adding that he was now getting widely recognised back home in Monaco.
"Formula One is one of the sports in which you don't actually see the face of the athletes until you go to the podium (because of their helmets) or do something good."
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Read Bubba's story today because you can help give him the happy ending he deserves!
It is not often that a farmed animal steps out of the aggregate and becomes an individual to the public. Chickens, turkeys, cows, sheep, and the other animals who have been domesticated for human food and other uses almost always exist beyond the awareness of most consumers. All that we generally see are the products made from those many individuals—processed and packaged and renamed as "beef" or "pork" or "cheese" to create an even safer distance from the reality of torture and death behind each one.
Bubba the Ram stepped out of the abstract in August 2013 when he started making appearances in yards and at businesses in Durham, North Carolina. He eluded Durham County sheriff's deputies for nearly four months, popping up and amusing or spooking residents all the while. He was finally captured on December 10 after damaging windows and doors, apparently because he was head-butting his reflection—as rams are wont to do. He was then taken to a local farm, where he remains today, and was treated for an ingrown horn.
You might think that, as a celebrity, Bubba's fate would be a happy one—something involving him spending his days grazing on verdant pastures, frolicking with the ewes and baaaa-ing with contentment in the warm sunshine. That is, you might start to see him as an individual, whose spunky personality and knack for thwarting his would-be captors (at least for a few months) make you feel that he deserves a better fate than the billions of other farmed animals who are raised and used and killed each year for human ends.
Instead, Bubba's fate is not certain. Like all states and the federal government, North Carolina has specific laws for "livestock" that dictate different treatment than is afforded to cats and dogs (i.e., "pets."). Specifically, chapter 68 of North Carolina state law requires that farmed animals who come into the possession of animal control must be held for a period of thirty days—in case an owner wants to reclaim a lost animal—and then sold at auction after a twenty-day period for public notice.
This means that Bubba cannot be adopted out by the Durham County shelter; he must be sold. Whereas someone who wanted to adopt a cat or dog would usually have to fill out an application and be screened, in Bubba's case there will be a public auction in which anyone can walk in and, if they put up the most money during the bidding, take him and do as they please—including breed him or eat him.
Unfortunately, Bubba's adventure has turned into a bit of a spectacle for some people, including local media… and at least one reporter who apparently finds it hilarious that this individual being will be bid on, purchased like an object and, funniest of all, possibly made into mutton burger.
Many of us who care about farmed animals are not laughing. My wife and I, along with a number of collaborators and supporters like Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge, want Bubba's epic saga to have a truly happy ending. To make this happen, we have been raising funds so that we can rescue him from the auction. In addition, Red Dog Farm Animal Rescue Network has offered to take Bubba and ensure that he goes to a good, caring forever home—possibly with the aforementioned green pastures and happy ewes. Baaaa indeed.
Our fundraising campaign on YouCaring.com will end on Wednesday, January 29, just two days before the auction at a goat farm. We are trying to raise $750, which will be used for bidding at the auction; we hope to raise even more than that, since we have no idea how many people will show up or how high they will bid to get Bubba. However much we raise, if we are able to rescue Bubba any remaining funds after the auction will go towards his vet care (including getting him neutered), food, and other expenses.
Although spunky and a master of public relations, Bubba is as much an individual as any farmed animal, regardless of his or her species. We humans know that the animals used for food, clothing, medical testing, or other purposes have rich social, intellectual, and emotional lives. We can and must respect them accordingly, first and foremost by going vegan and ending our personal role in their suffering.
But humans can also do more, in myriad ways. We on the Bubba rescue team are eager to help individual farmed animals like Bubba get out of the farming system and into caring homes, both by rescuing individuals when we can and (we hope) by changing the laws that require auctioning of livestock by animal-control facilities.
Justin, an ethical vegan since 1999, is a writer, educator, and activist. He has a PhD in English, and has done everything from start a vegan baking business (with his wife, Rosemary) to organize a big vegan community event (Vegan Night Out), to giving guided vegan shopping tours and talks on the environmental benefits of a vegan lifestyle. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with his wife and a big family of rescued furry kids.
Wow. thank you so much Justin. I am just sick to learn of the 'laws' in North Carolina. That is utter insane cruelty — legislated. Horrible. I shared the link/story. Please please save him! God bless you and those who are trying to help him. He is so beautiful. Please update on this as well. Sending all good thoughts, light, love, prayers to get Bubba home!!!!
Thanks for your kind comments, Jody. We too were sickened when we learned about the law regarding farmed animals ("livestock") when we encountered it with a sweet little goat in another county. We have raised a good bit of money for the auction, and we are eager to get him to his new, caring home–and get him neutered and vetted!
I will be sure to share updates here and on Facebook after the auction.
thanks Justin!!!! will check in for updates.
I am happy to report that Bubba the Ram has been rescued from auction and is now settling in at his foster farm. It was an exhausting day, but we are glad his rescue was successful. Funds raised were used in part for the auction, and the remainder will go to cover his neutering and additional vet expenses (he gets neutered on Tuesday!). Thanks to everyone who helped.
YAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!! oh my gosh – as the page was opening, my heart was beating about a million miles a minute and I was holding my breath! THANK YOU so much Justin! If for now a "foster" home hope he will know homesweet-forever-home soon! Sweet beautiful amazing boy!! Will check back in case of updates. Will you be following his path to make sure he stays loved and safe — in case, again, that he is in a temporary place? Thank you again Justin!!!! Give Bubba lots & lots of love from here!!!!
We are very happy to have him in with a rescue network that handles farmed animal adoptions, and will be carefully screening any adopters for Bubba. We will definitely be following him–even going to visit him regularly at his foster home–and we hope to be involved in any adoption process as well. I will be sure to report back with more news. Thanks for your caring and enthusiasm, Jody.


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Cincinnati council OKs Banks concert venue, although exact location remains under debate
Sharon Coolidge
Cincinnati City Council put the final stamp of approval on the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's bid to build a music venue at The Banks.
Yet during the unanimous vote Wednesday, there was no mention about where exactly at The Banks it would be built – because that issue isn't settled.
The Joint Banks Steering Committee recommended the orchestra as the developer of the indoor/outdoor venue. Hamilton County commissioners agreed, but council needed one final vote.
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Despite the votes, it's not a done deal. There's been a mostly behind-the-scenes battle about where in The Banks project that the concert venue should be built. Banks planner Tom Gabelman wants to build it on a site next to the Bengals stadium, which would mean building a $20 million parking garage under it that would also be a catalyst for the next phase of The Banks.
But the Bengals, whose lease with the county gives the team approval power on any project at The Banks that draws more than 3,000 people or is higher than two stories, want the concert venue built just south of the General Electric building. That site, they say, is in line with the original vision of what The Banks would look like.
It was supposed to be a graded development that sloped down toward the river so it didn't block existing views and complimented Downtown development. The Bengals haven't officially said no, but Mayor John Cranley told Council last week that would be the case. The Bengals granted a waiver to those rules for GE.
Last week, the mayor warned the venue might not be built at all because of the lot dispute.
"I worry we're giving people false hope," Cranley said. "There's no question we're far from a deal," he said. "One, the Bengals have made it clear they don't support using the lots closest to the stadium. And two, there is no agreement or legal obligation for us to put money into parking."
He did not comment Wednesday on the plan.


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Special features within or overlapping the years 1955-1959:
My Foolish Heart: selected vocal harmony group recording, 1956-1966
White Christmas: selected vocal harmony group recordings 1948-1965
Vocal harmony group covers of standards, 1933-1966
Elvis Presley: early hit recordings, 1954-1956, and selected live performances, 1956-1957 (needs repair)
Burt Bacharach & Hal David: selected hit songs + Another Tear Falls, 1957-1962
1955 selected standards:
Only You (And You Alone) — w.m. Buck Ram
Only You (And You Alone) — recorded on 26 April 1955; issued in May (Wikipedia) or June (45cat.com) 1955 on Mercury 70633X45, b/w "Bark, Battle and Ball"
The Platters perform the song in the 1956 film Rock Around the Clock
(above) The West Side Story Broadway production team in 1957: (l. to r.) lyricist Stephen Sondheim, scriptwriter Arthur Laurents, producers Hal Prince and Robert Griffith (seated), composer Leonard Bernstein and choreographer Jerome Robbins
1957 selected standards and film songs:
Three Cool Cats (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller)
The Coasters recorded the original on 17 March 1958. It was released in January 1959 as the B-side to their hit Charlie Brown. The video contains an unreleased take, a more mellow groove than the released track. It's part samba.
It's Only Make Believe
Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)
Since I Don't Have You
It's Only Make Believe (Jack Nance, Conway Twitty) — #1 pop single, US and UK
Donna (Ritchie Valens) — Ritchie Valens
The track was created from a May 1958 demo made during the audition of 17 year old high school student Richard Valenzuela at the home studio of Bob Keane, the owner and president of Del-Fi Records. It climbed to #2 on the Billboard pop singles chart. The other side of the double A-side single, La Bamba, reached #22.
Dream Lover (Bobby Darin)
Hushabye
Venus (Ed Marshall) — Frankie Avalon
The Best Is Yet to Come (Cy Coleman)
Hushabye (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) — The Mystics
A Teenager in Love (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) — Dion and the Belmonts
ARMANDO CASTANEDA
DARN GOOD SITE….THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
Thank you, Armando


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MLB History
Baseball's 50 Weirdest All-Time Superstitions
Robert Knapel@@RobertKnapel_BRTwitter LogoCorrespondent IMay 11, 2012
Baseball players and managers are some of the most superstitious athletes in all of sports. If a player or a team gets on a hot streak, then baseball players are willing to do whatever it takes to make sure that it continues.
Some players had routines that they needed to follow before every single game or every start or else they just would not feel right.
The superstitions followed by some MLB players are certainly things that many people would consider to be weird. However, no one is going to say anything if it helps a hitter keep his hitting streak alive.
Jason Giambi's Slump Buster
Whenever Jason Giambi is mired in a slump, he has an interesting superstition that he believes help him break out of it.
Giambi puts on a gold thong whenever he is struggling. This is certainly one of the most interesting ways to try to break out of a slump.
Moises Alou Gets Tougher
If a baseball player does not wear batting gloves, then there is a chance that they will develop callouses on their hands.
Moises Alou is known for peeing on his hands in an effort to make them tougher. The strategy certainly worked for Alou as he put up a .303 career batting average and he hit 332 home runs.
Mark Teixeira Wears Two Different Socks
Mark Teixeira has recently developed a new superstition. It happened when one of CC Sabathia's socks accidentally ended up in his locker.
Teixeira unknowingly put on one sock with the number 25 on it, his number, and another sock with the number 52 on it, Sabathia's number. He didn't notice until the game had already started, and Teixeira had one of the better games of his career.
Following Teixeira's two home-run, six RBI performance, he decided that he was going to wear the two different socks in future games.
R.A. Dickey Names His Bats
Hitters often like to get close to their bats, but occasionally pitchers get in on the fun as well. New York Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey takes his choice of bats very seriously.
Dickey names each one of his bats, and they all have very creative monikers. One of his bats is named Orchrist the Goblin Cleaver, and he calls another Hrunting.
Jim Leyland's Favorite Boxers
It is not just players that have interesting superstitions, but also managers. Detroit Tigers' manager Jim Leyland wanted to make sure that his team kept on winning in 2011.
When the team began a winning streak, Leyland wore the same pair of boxers to the ballpark the next day. He would not wash them, and he continued to wear them until the Tigers' winning streak ended.
Kevin Towers Can't Bear to Watch Trevor Hoffman
Trevor Hoffman saved 552 games during his 16 years with the San Diego Padres, and the team's general manager Kevin Towers saw none of them.
Every time that Hoffman would come onto the mound in a save situation, Towers would walk away from his suite and wait for the game to finish. The strategy obviously worked well as Hoffman is ranked second in MLB history with 601 career saves.
Matt Garza Loves Popeye's Chicken
Before each start that he makes, Matt Garza needs to have a specific meal. He goes to Popeye's chicken every day that he is scheduled to start.
Garza's superstition has worked out well for him so far in his career as he has emerged as one of the better pitchers in baseball.
Ryan Dempster's Favorite Restaurant
Since Ryan Dempster joined the Chicago Cubs in 2002, he has had a superstition about where he eats before every home game.
Dempster goes to the same Italian restaurant the night before every start that he makes at Wrigley Field. This superstition has helped Dempster post a 3.75 ERA at Wrigley Field, which is much lower than his career 4.36 ERA.
Tim Lincecum's Cap
Tim Lincecum was able to emerge as one of the best pitchers in baseball through his first five seasons in the major leagues.
One of the reasons for Lincecum's success could be that he wears the same cap every time that he is on the mound.
Wade Boggs Has the Same Pregame Meal
Wade Boggs is a Hall of Fame player, and he had a number of quirks that were helpful to his success in the majors.
Boggs would eat the same meal before every single game. He would sit down to a plate of fried chicken and then go out and play.
Wade Boggs Is Right on Time
Most people get up at the same time every morning. Others will do other things at the same time if it fits into their routine.
Wade Boggs was one of these people when it came to when he took batting practice. Any time that he played in a night game, Boggs would take batting practice at 5:17.
Wade Boggs' Fielding Practice
Batting practice is not the only time that Wade Boggs was exact with what he would be doing. He also did things a specific way when he was in the field.
Boggs would take 150 grounders, no more and no less, during warmups. It's hard to argue with a two-time Gold Glover's routine.
Wade Boggs Is Living the Life
Each time that Wade Boggs would come to the plate, he would take his bat and write the Hebrew word chai, which means life, in the batter's box.
This superstition was obviously helpful to Boggs as he batted .328 during his career in the majors.
Kevin Rhomberg Plays Tag
Kevin Rhomberg had one of the funnier superstitions to see. He was only in the major leagues for three seasons with the Cleveland Indians in the 1980s and was fun to watch.
Every time that Rhomberg got tagged while on the basepaths, he would immediately turn around and touch the person that tagged him. There is a good chance that Rhomberg was the tag champion at his elementary school when he was growing up.
Ken Griffey, Jr. Sells His Car
Most people would love to drive a Mercedes-Benz. Ken Griffey, Jr. bought himself one, but something just did not seem right to him.
Griffey, Jr. eventually sold the car for the sole reason that he did not believe that it had any hits in it.
Turk Wendell's Got Ups
Get ready to see a lot of Turk Wendell in this slideshow as he was one of the most superstitious players in all of baseball.
Most pitchers avoid stepping on the foul line when they go on or come off of the field. Wendell made sure that he never touched it by emphatically jumping over it. He would also clear the dirt on his jump.
Turk Wendell Has a Sweet Tooth
Whenever Turk Wendell would go out to the mound, he would have black licorice in his mouth. He was also very specific about how many pieces he would have.
Wendell would chew on four pieces of black licorice during each inning that he went to pitching.
Turk Wendell Keeps His Teeth Clean
It is clear that Turk Wendell would pay attention to his dentist. Even though Wendell would eat sweets while on the mound, he would always brush his teeth.
In between innings Wendell would spit out the licorice that he was chewing on, brush his teeth and then grab four new pieces of licorice before heading out the mound.
Turk Wendell Loves the Number Nine
Some players have favorite numbers, and they will make sure that they can wear it on their jersey. Other players take it a bit further than that.
Wendell wore the number 99 on his jersey when he was with the New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and the Colorado Rockies. He also signed a contract in 2000 that was for $9,999,999.99
Turk Wendell's Approach to Every Batter
It should be clear from that last few slides that Turk Wendell would do things that were slightly out of the ordinary.
Whenever he faced a batter, Wendell would have the same response regardless of the outcome. He would always pick up the rosin bag and throw it down when the next hitter was on his way to the plate.
Turk Wendell's Necklace
Among all of the other things that Turk Wendell did, he also made an interesting fashion choice when he was with the New York Mets.
Wendell would wear a necklace that was made out of the teeth of hunted animals as a good luck charm whenever he was on the mound.
Don Robinson Starts from the Ground
Pitcher Don Robinson did not want to have anyone throw him the ball whenever he began an inning.
He needed to pick the ball up off of the ground. If an umpire did throw a ball to Robinson, he would not catch it. He would wait till it stopped moving and then pick it up.
Nomar Garciaparra's Approach at the Plate
Whenever Nomar Garciaparra would step to the plate, the opposing pitcher knew it would be a while before he could throw his first pitch.
Garciaparra would go through a very detailed routine whenever he stepped into the batter's box.
Mark Fidrych Grooms the Mound
Mark Fidrych was known for being quite a character during his career in the major leagues.
One thing that no one will forget about him is that he used to go out to the mound and play around like a kid in a sandbox.
Al Hrabosky Starring as the Mad Hungarian
Al Hrabosky's antics on the mound made him a fan favorite and also contributed to his seemingly larger-than-life persona.
He would turn away from the batter and then walk towards second base. After taking a deep breath and pounding the ball into his glove, Hrabosky would return to the mound and stare down the hitter before throwing his pitch.
Craig Biggio's Batting Helmet
Whenever Craig Biggio came to the plate, his batting helmet was covered in pine tar. It was one of the things that help set Biggio apart.
This superstition was one that stuck with Biggio throughout his impressive career in the major leagues.
Vladimir Guerrero's Batting Helmet
Craig Biggio is not the only player that comes to the plate with an excessive amount of pine tar smothered on his batting helmet.
Vladimir Guerrero is also known for having his batting helmet covered in pine tar.
Nyjer Morgan Rocks the Socks
It is no surprise that Nyjer Morgan, aka Tony Plush, has some quirky superstitions that he likes to follow. He is one of the more interesting players in the game.
Nyjer Morgan decided that blue argyle socks could help the Milwaukee Brewers come out of a funk, and once he discovered that it worked, he wore them under his regular socks during games.
Max Scherzer Keeps Some Secrets
A lot of baseball players superstitions are well-known. However, there are guys with unique routines that we do not know about.
One of those players is Max Scherzer. Part of his superstition is not letting anyone know what his superstitions are.
Derek Holland's Big Meal
There are a number of pitchers that eat a certain meal before they go out on the mound, but none can live up to what Derek Holland eats.
The night before he is scheduled to make a start, Holland takes a trip to Wendy's and orders 30 dollars worth of food.
Joe DiMaggio's Trip to Center Field
Joltin' Joe DiMaggio was able to put on a show whenever he was at the plate and in the field. His most memorable superstition comes from when he would go out to center field.
Every time that DiMaggio ran from the dugout to his spot in center field, he would make sure that he touched second base along the way.
Mark McGwire's Favorite Cup
Mark McGwire did a number of questionable things during his career, and one of his superstitions needs to be included on that list.
Throughout his career, McGwire wore the same protective cup that he did in high school. Keep in mind that McGwire played in the majors for 16 years.
David Ortiz's Spitshow
If a baseball player wants to spit, he has a lot of grass around him that he can use. David Ortiz has a different solution, though.
Ortiz spits on his batting gloves prior to every at-bat. You have to wonder if any of his teammates will shake his hands when he has his gloves on.
Steve Finley's Magic Miracles
Some of Steve Finley's success may be attributed to a pouch of minerals that he was introduced to by teammate Craig Counsell.
The minerals are supposed to protect the person who wears them from bad external energy. They kept enough bad energy away from Finley during his career for him to join the 300 home-run, 300 stolen-base club.
Rico Carty's Road Ritual
During his 15-year career in the major leagues, Rico Carty had a .299 batting average. He was a solid player, and he had some superstitions.
Once when Carty was on a road trip, he tried something to help him go 5-for-5. He lit five candles in the bathtub, sink and toilet of his hotel room.
Roger Clemens Takes a Trip to Monument Park
Roger Clemens got a bit of extra help during his career as he would take a trip to Monument Park before every home game that he pitched for the Yankees.
He would go and touch the Babe Ruth plaque for good luck. This ritual was very important to Clemens during his career, and he would even go celebrate by it.
Richie Ashburn Gets a Good Night's Rest
A bat is one of the most important tools that baseball players has, and they like to try to get in tune with their bats.
Richie Ashburn took this to a whole different level during his career. He would often sleep with his bat in the hopes that it would help him have a good day at the plate.
Jim Palmer's Breakfast of Champions
Jim Palmer had a Hall of Fame career during his 19 years in the major leagues, and he picked up 268 wins along the way.
The morning of each of Palmer's start he would have the same meal. He would eat a stack of pancakes on the day of each start.
Dick Stuart Throws out His Gum
Dick Stuart must have bought a lot of packs of gum during his major league career because of his superstition.
Stuart would walk up to the plate with a piece of gum in his mouth. He would then take it out and throw it across the plate before he would be ready to face the first pitch.
Sherm Lollar Tries to Get Lucky
Sherm Lollar was selected to play in seven All-Star Games during his career in the major leagues, and luck may have had something to do with it.
Lollar was known for keeping four-leaf clovers in his locker with the hopes that they would give him some good vibes.
Lenny Dykstra Gets New Gloves
Hitters certainly don't like making outs, even though it happens more than 70 percent of the time in baseball. When they do get out, they want to find something to blame it on.
Lenny Dykstra chose to blame his batting gloves. He would go and get a new pair of batting gloves every time that he made an out.
Charlie Kerfeld Loves the Jetsons
The fact that Charlie Kerfeld insisted that he receive 37 boxes of orange Jell-O when he signed his contract should say everything that needs to be said about him.
Kerfeld was a fan of the Jetsons, and he had a favorite t-shirt. He would wear that Jetsons t-shirt under his uniform when he was on the mound.
Connie Hires Louis Van Zelst as a Good Luck Charm
Connie Mack is a legendary manager, and no one can question the success that he had in the big leagues.
Apparently he felt that his teams needed a good luck charm at one point. All of the members of the Philadelphia Athletics would rub Louis Van Zelst's hump in hopes of getting good luck after he was hired as the team's bat boy.
Oliver Perez Jumps over the Foul Line
After the New York Mets gave Oliver Perez a huge contract, the most athletic ability they saw from him was not while he was on the mound, but when he was coming back to the dugout.
Perez had a habit of jumping very high over the foul line as he was heading back to the dugout.
Mike Hargrove's Batting Routine
It is not rare for hitters to have a long routine before they step into the batters' box. What is rare is for their routine to last as long as Mike Hargrove's did.
He earned the nickname "The Human Rain Delay" because he would take so long to get ready once he came to the plate.
Stan Musial Enjoys Breakfast
A hearty breakfast is a good way to start any day off on the right foot. Stan Musial certainly believed in that.
Whenever it was a game day, Musial would have the same breakfast. He would eat an egg and then two pancakes, and then he followed that up with one last egg.
John Wetteland Wears One Cap a Year
John Wetteland would wear one cap and one cap only during the season. No matter how sweat-stained and faded it would get, he would not give it up.
When the New York Yankees made the World Series in 1996, Wetteland would not wear one of the new caps, and he had the World Series logo sown onto the cap that he wore all season.
Pedro Martinez Has His Own Good Luck Charm
Pedro Martinez was one of the best pitchers of his generation, but even he thought that he and the Boston Red Sox could use a good luck charm.
Martinez brought Nelson De La Rosa, an actor who stood 2'4" tall, into the Red Sox's clubhouse on their run to the World Series in 2004.
"Pebbly" Jack Glasscock Earns His Nickname
In baseball's early days, the teams did not play on well manicured fields that were kept in perfect shape. They had to deal with things such as pebbles in the field of play.
Jack Glasscock, one of the top shortstops of the 19th century, couldn't stand the bad bounces that ball would take off of the pebbles. He would pick up the pebbles and put them in his uniform pocket. This is something that none of the other players would do.
Hiroshi Yamauchi Has Never Seen the Team That He Owns Play
Hiroshi Yamauchi owns a majority stake in the Seattle Mariners since Nintendo Corp. bought the team. However, Yamauchi has never seen the Mariners play in person. He does watch his team on television.
The excuse could be made that because Yamauchi lives in Japan that he does not want to fly over to see a game. This would make sense, but the Mariners have gone to Japan while he has been owner, and he skipped those games as well.


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GameStop Buys Back a Crazy Amount of Stock
Billy Duberstein
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Dec 10, 2019 at 6:45PM
I love looking at the "story" behind investments from an interdisciplinary point of view, with an equal appetite for high-growth disruptors and beaten-down value names.
Video game retailer GameStop (NYSE:GME) released its third-quarter 2019 earnings report after the bell on Tuesday, and the market reaction was swift and brutal. As of this writing, shares are down 15% in after-hours trading, and it's not hard to figure out why.
In the quarter, sales plunged 25.7%, and net losses were $40.2 million, excluding a $43 million noncash impairment charge. This was much worse than the 13.4% consensus revenue decline anticipated by analysts. The company also lowered its full-year EPS guidance to just $0.10 to $0.20, down from the previous range of $1.15 to $1.30.
New hardware sales plunged 43.4% and new software sales fell 32.6%, as customers are likely waiting for next year's new consoles from Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox. The company did report growth in Nintendo Switch products, but it wasn't enough to offset the declines from the two other main game vendors. In addition, GameStop is under pressure from more video gaming going to digital streaming formats.
You might think these results would be reason to run for the hills, but GameStop's management also made a move that could actually make shareholders very rich one day -- that is, if the strategy works out.
Buying back one-third of the company
Even with these dismal results, GameStop's stock price had already reflected a lot of bad news, trading below its liquidation value for much of the quarter. Seizing the opportunity, management bought back a whopping 22.6 million shares for $115.7 million in the quarter, at $5.11 per share. This followed a summer tender offer and more share buybacks earlier in the year, bringing the 2019 buyback total to 34.6 million shares for $178.6 million, at an average price of $5.14 per share. By quarter's end, there were only 67.8 million shares outstanding, down a huge 34% on the year.
This is actually a great sign because it shows two things. First, management understands capital allocation, and realizes that buying shares below book value is probably more value-accretive than trying to "diversify" by buying other companies outside of its core games business. GameStop had actually already tried that, buying AT&T reseller Spring Mobile in 2016, only to change course and sell the Spring Mobile business in 2018.
Second, retiring 34% of one's stock in a single year is fairly remarkable and a huge vote of confidence, especially since the company isn't exactly stretching its balance sheet. Even at the end of this horrible-looking quarter, GameStop has $290 million in cash and cash equivalents and only $419.4 million in debt. And of course, this is just before the holiday season, the highest sales quarter of the year, which should replenish the company's cash coffers by early 2020.
But buybacks only work if...
Repurchasing stock only works if shares are ultimately undervalued. Given the extreme low valuation at which GameStop was trading earlier in the quarter, that's likely the case. But it's by no means a certainty.
If the new PlayStation and Xbox do well enough to rejuvenate physical hardware and software sales for another multiyear console generation or longer, the recent repurchases could be incredibly value-enhancing to shareholders. But if digital streaming takes off in a bigger way and sales of physical games decline faster than anticipated, GameStop could continue to endure operating losses and may be headed for an even bigger fall.
Management believes that the former will happen, but not until the fourth quarter of 2020, when the new consoles hit the market. Until then, GameStop and its shareholders will have to hold on and hope. It remains a speculative deep value stock for risk-tolerant investors.
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What It Means To Have Quality Time As A Love Language + How To Show Love This Way
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Sarah Regan is a Spirituality & Relationships Writer, and a registered yoga instructor. She received her bachelor's in broadcasting and mass communication from SUNY Oswego, and lives in Buffalo, New York.
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We all like to give and receive love in different ways, whether you're more physically or verbally affectionate or you relish in quality time with your partner. In recent years, these signs of affection have become known as the five love languages. They include physical touch, words of affirmation, acts of service, gifts, and quality time.
Knowing which of the five you gravitate toward can help you navigate relationships. Here, we dig into quality time, including how to know whether it's your love language and how to show it.
What is quality time?
Signs your love language is quality time.
How to show love to someone whose love language is quality time.
Quality time is one of the five love languages, and it refers to showing love and affection by spending dedicated time together. For people whose love language is quality time, "nothing says 'I love you' like full, undivided attention from those you love," Gary Chapman, Ph.D., the marriage counselor who developed the love language theory, tells mbg. "Whether it's spending uninterrupted time talking with someone else or doing activities together, you deepen your connection with others through sharing time."
Importantly, you want your time together to feel special and sacred and to feel that you're both truly present—"with the TV off, fork and knife down, and phones and tasks on standby," he adds.
Here are a few signs from Chapman and relationship counselor Margaret Paul, Ph.D. If you find most of these statements to be true, quality time is likely very important to you and possibly your primary love language.
You feel lonely when you don't have enough time with your partner.
Spending time together is incredibly important to you, more so than words, touch, gifts, or acts of service.
Postponed activities or dates upset you.
When you don't spend enough quality time with your partner, you may be turned off sexually.
The time you spend together doing stuff, talking, or just hanging out is the highlight of your relationship.
You get upset or feel disconnected if you don't spend enough time together.
Distractions or feeling like someone isn't listening can be especially hurtful.
You put a lot of emphasis on making your schedules work and making the time special.
How to show love to someone whose love language is quality time:
1. Bake quality into your day.
Great relationships start with great sleep.*
If your partner is someone who enjoys quality time, make an effort to have intentional, meaningful time together when you really feel like you're connecting. "Make it a point of planning quality into your day," Paul says. "It might be as simple as having a meal together, sitting on a patio together, or snuggling together when you wake up and sharing your dreams."
2. Start and end your day together.
Chapman suggests starting your day off with something that allows you to chat and connect, like enjoying a cup of coffee before work. Likewise, find a meaningful way to come back together at the end of the day. "After work, set aside 10 minutes to catch up—no phones allowed," Chapman recommends. This will help you both unwind after the workday and talk about your day.
Of course, not all schedules will allow this, but planning for those times during the day when you can just be together and connect is important if your partner's love language is quality time.
3. Avoid distractions when you're together.
People whose love language is quality time don't want any distractions to interrupt their time together.
"Being there for this type of person is critical, but really being there makes you feel truly special and loved," Chapman explains. "Distractions, postponed activities, or the failure to listen can be especially hurtful."
Make it a rule of thumb to not multitask when you're speaking with them, as this can be very bothersome.
4. Prioritize meaningful eye contact.
The key with quality time is that it's, well, quality. Your partner ultimately wants to feel like they have your undivided attention if their love language is quality time. So, on top of just avoiding distractions, Chapman adds it's important to maintain eye contact when you're having a conversation, to enrich the moment and be fully present.
5. Be interested in what they're saying and feeling.
The love languages are all about connecting through different means, and quality time can often take the form of conversation and discussion. Not to be confused with words of affirmation, which is more about saying "I love you" and other validating language, quality time is about presence.
"Be interested in what your partner is feeling and how their day was, and you share your feelings and how your day was," Paul notes.
When your partner is speaking to you, do your best to actively listen. That means limiting distractions as previously mentioned but also being sure not to interrupt, which can feel invalidating. Give signs that you're listening, acknowledge their feelings, and make them feel heard.
6. Plan date nights regularly.
What couple doesn't need a solid date night, right? But if quality time is the primary way your partner recognizes affection, making those date nights a set part of your schedules is key. It gives them something to look forward to and feel like you're prioritizing spending time with them.
7. Plan staycations.
It's always nice to have something to look forward to—and it doesn't always have to be anything extravagant. Beyond just the date nights, Chapman suggests planning a staycation every now and then to do something a little special and offer a more extended break to your routine that allows you to spend some really dedicated time together.
8. Avoid canceling plans.
People whose primary love language is quality time will feel particularly hurt by canceled or postponed plans, says Chapman. That's because they see the time you spend with them as a sign of your love, so when you cancel or pass on spending time with them, they may take it as a sign that you're withholding affection or aren't as into them.
Of course, plans inevitably fall through sometimes, and everyone needs time to themselves every now and then. If you need to cancel plans or need more alone time in your relationship, make sure you let them know in a way that reinforces how much you love spending time with them and are looking forward to your next planned event together.
9. Have a daily ritual.
Maybe it's taking a walk together after dinner, which Chapman recommends, or you have a hobby you both enjoy like journaling or playing music. Finding time to do something like that together every day, even if it's just 15 minutes, can go a long way for someone who has quality time as a love language.
10. Go to bed at the same time.
If schedules allow, if you live with your partner, Chapman also suggests going to bed at the same time. Not only are you ending the day next to each other, but you can have some time together to connect before you say good night.
While there is no foolproof way to perfectly maintain a relationship, understanding the love language of your partner, as well as how you like to give and receive love, can go a long way toward keeping the two of you content and connected. So, if you think you or your partner might just be speaking the language of quality time, schedule that date night soon and enjoy every moment.
Sarah Regan mbg Spirituality & Relationships Writer
Sarah Regan is a Spirituality & Relationships Writer, as well as a registered yoga instructor. She received her bachelor's in broadcasting and mass communication from SUNY Oswego,...
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