Are the major banks "Too Big To Bother?"
When hedge fund ValueAct Capital gobbled up a 2 percent stake in Morgan Stanley a few weeks ago, it reignited a speculative thread that has cropped up repeatedly in 2016: activist investors could soon be storming the gates at Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and the rest of the major banks.
At first blush, it seems like a natural move. Investors expect a return on equity of 10 percent or more from banks. Of the big boys, so far only Wells Fargo has been able to top that threshold, while Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs languish around 6 percent. Those two, together with Citigroup and Bank of America, are all trading below their book value.
There is a sense that these institutions have been slow to evolve to the new reality, preferring to sit on their mountain of clout and muddle forward on inertia alone. Sure, Goldman Sachs has a retail arm now, and Wells Fargo is inching into investment banking. And while that might terrify Elizabeth Warren, it's happening too slowly for investors.
What better remedy, then, than a kick in the board from the activist class?
When it comes to returns, the case for activist intervention at the big banks seems even more natural. Because if there's anyone who knows lousy returns lately, it's activist hedge funds.
That fact was made strikingly clear in a recent survey from Preqin, which showed that virtually every institutional investor thinks activists have fallen short of expectations. Apparently not a single money manager surveyed believes that their activist buddies had met the mark.
Of all the hedge fund strategies, activists have had one of the worst records in recent months, losing 0.38 percent in the first half of 2016. As a whole, they've cooled their jets compared to a busy 2015 while watching billions of dollars in asset outflows.
The start of the year was particularly painful, and the market is littered with evidence of activist woes. The most glaring example was Valeant Pharmaceuticals. A year after Bill Ackman led a rush of hedge funds into what he called "a very early-stage Berkshire Hathaway," the stock has plummeted more than 90 percent.
Given that record, then, how hopeful should investors be that the Ackmans and Carl Icahns of the world can shake up the banks?
Icahn has had limited success with AIG, the insurer whose designation as a "systemically important financial institution" exposed it to sharply increased regulatory scrutiny. Icahn won representation on AIG's board in May, and though the company has resisted the hedge funder's calls to split itself up to rid itself of the SIFI label, it has lavished investors with $25 billion in promised shareholder payouts while slicing costs.
But AIG is no bank. The difficulties run much deeper with lenders whose costs of capital have risen beyond the returns they're seeing. In the years since the financial crisis, big banks have groaned under the weight of Dodd-Frank financial regulations and trading conditions that no longer provide a conveyor belt of all-but-guaranteed profits. In particular, heightened capital requirements from the Federal Reserve have dampened profitability across the board.
If activists want to push cost cuts, the banks have already beaten them there. Every major lender has pursued vigorous cost cutting measures, from trimming travel budgets to ditching Bloomberg terminals.
Other factors putting a damper on returns probably fall under the category of things activists should have the serenity to accept. The Federal Reserve is immune to Icahn tweets; even if it hikes interest rates before year-end, a 25-basis-point bump won't move the needle on returns quite enough. The more explosive option – pushing for breakups that would slim down the unwieldy banks and relieve them of regulatory burdens – would likely encounter stiff pushback.
Finally, there's the size issue. ValueAct's $1.1 billion purchase of Morgan Stanley shares bought it just a measly 2 percent ownership stake. The market cap of JPMorgan alone is more than double the entire assets under management among activist investors – estimated by HFR to be around $113 billion. It would be a colossal and risky effort to scrape up the resources necessary to sway just one of the majors.
Let's go see what the banks really think... on Twitter.
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Hidden Treasure: Mobile–Tensaw Delta offers unique wildlife experience for locals
Posted by Dale Liesch | Jul 10, 2019 | Baldwin County, Cover Story | 0 |
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Among the biodiversity that makes the Mobile–Tensaw River Delta so interesting is the nutria. It was so abundant in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s hunters would compete in a rodeo for the rodent.
Unlike a typical rodeo, contestants would not ride the animal, but instead would try to be the most successful at killing it.
"A nutria slaughter is what it was," Capt. Micheal Dorie said from the captain's chair of his WildNative pontoon boat during a tour of the delta. "It was a shooting gallery."
Contestants, as Dorie tells it, would light the marshlands on fire and lie in wait for the non-native creatures to take to the water in order to kill them.
"It was when the population was really out of control," Dorie said. "It was designed to eradicate nutrias."
The creatures are still around today and can be seen on the delta, along with hundreds of other species of flora and fauna that makes the area unique.
"You feel like you're in another world," Dorie said of being out on the water in the delta. "You don't have to go far to get away from it all."
For Dorie, a Michigan native, it's the small things that make the delta great, not just the aspects of it everyone knows.
"Everybody wants to see a 14-foot alligator, but there are so many little things," he said. "Those, to me, are the things that make the delta so incredible."
While the delta is made up of more than five rivers, it's only five that eventually empty into Mobile Bay, Dorie said. Those rivers are the Tensaw, Mobile, Spanish, Apalachee and Blakeley. All told, it brings about 27 million gallons of water every minute into the bay, Dorie said. It's the third largest transfer of water in the U.S. behind only the Mississippi and the Columbia rivers, he said.
The Mobile–Tensaw Delta is a big reason why the state itself is so rich in plant and animal species, 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center Assistant Manager and Education Coordinator Mark Wetzel said.
Alabama has 2,902 species of vascular plants, 63 species of mammals, 326 species of birds, 85 species of reptiles, 68 species of amphibians, 284 species of freshwater fish and 120 species of freshwater snails, and the delta's unique ecosystem contributes to all of it, Wetzel said.
In fact, the state is fifth in biodiversity, with more fish, snails and crawfish species than any other state, he said. At 250,000 acres, the delta is packed with some of these species.
"There is more diversity in this small spot than in any other area of its size anywhere in the world," Wetzel said.
Just on one 90-minute excursion with WildNative, brown pelicans, egrets, a blue heron and osprey were spotted. This is in addition to several bald eagles' nests, which were spotted along the way. It's a sight Dorie never gets tired of. That's because in 12 years of guiding tours on the delta, the national birds have become more and more prevalent.
"The first two years we were doing these tours, you were more likely to see a unicorn than an eagle," he said. "We still don't see them on every tour now, but we see them more regularly."
Unlike an eagle, which makes its nest hard to see from the water, ospreys build giant nests on the tops of trees. Dorie said the male ospreys begin the nests to attract a lifelong mate.
Another interesting note about the osprey is the birds can reverse their talons in order to carry fish as much as half their size through the air. They also grab smaller fish to snack on while on longer journeys, Dorie said.
On a delta tour, the WildNative captain enthusiastically explained that an egret's white color is perfect camouflage from underwater predators and that despite its name, Spanish moss is neither Spanish nor moss.
"It's an epiphytic, an air plant," Dorie said. "It pulls nutrients out of the air."
The delta breaks down into three distinct areas, Dorie said. One is the area folks along the coast are probably most familiar with and that's the marsh in the lower delta region. The next region is the central delta and it's a cypress swamp. The central delta is home to the state's largest and oldest known cypress tree, Wetzel said. It's over 300 years old.
The northern delta is the third region. It is more of a lush forest with habitat for white-tailed deer and hogs, Dorie said.
"There is a lot of diverse habitats," he said. "All of that stuff makes it a really cool place."
Hunter Nichols, a filmmaker and recreational user of the delta, became very familiar with its uniqueness while on a 44-day canoe trip in 2011 from his hometown of Birmingham to Horn Island, off the Mississippi Coast. He understands the immense ecological value of the delta.
"In recent years it's taken on the nickname of 'America's Amazon' and that's a fitting title," he wrote in an email message. "It's a maze of creeks, rivers and lakes with daily tidal flows that pump water in and out like one massive ecological heartbeat. There are few places in America where you can see such a diverse array of wildlife. From black bears to 14-foot alligators, manatees, wolf spiders the size of your hand, you never know what you might see in the Tensaw Delta."
It's not only the biodiversity that makes the delta great, it's also environmentally important, as Airboat Adventures Capt. Mark Pillion points out.
"It provides a lot of clean water for Mobile Bay," he said. "Rain is filtered through the marsh grass and it helps keep the water clean and clear of sediment."
That environmental benefit and the ecological uniqueness of the delta could be put at risk due to industry.
On his 2011 trip, Nichols said in a phone interview, he tried to avoid the Mobile side of the delta for that very reason.
"I had to stay away from the west side because of industry and pollution," he said. "If you don't smell it, you hear it."
One of the major industries located in the heart of the delta is Alabama Power's Barry Steam Plant, and its nearly 600-acre coal ash pond along the Mobile River's edge. Coal ash pond levee breaks in other states have been environmental disasters, and with 21 million tons of the wet, toxic ash present in Plant Barry's pond, environmental groups such as Mobile Baykeeper have warned of the dangers a similar type of spill pose to the delta. A potential levee break isn't the only danger Baykeeper has warned of. Groundwater pollution has been an issue and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) has already fined Alabama Power for toxins being released from the unlined pond at Plant Barry.
Still, the company plans to cap-in-place the coal ash it has dumped in that pond over the past 55 years, removing the water from the pond and essentially burying the remaining coal ash. While the method is one allowed by the EPA, most states are having utilities remove coal ash and move it to lined landfills. Alabama Power is committed to capping in place ponds at six different locations around the state, including Gadsden, where the company was fined in May for arsenic and radium leaking into the groundwater from a pond upon which the process had already been completed.
Alabama Power has said it is committed to the safety of its customers and employees who live locally, and defends both its levee system and the safety of cap-in-place. Still, Baykeeper and others believe toxins will continue to leech into the groundwater at Plant Barry and ultimately into the delta if the coal ash is buried there. Nichols is someone who thinks pollution as a whole presents a big threat to America's Amazon.
"I think most Alabamians can agree that protecting the delta better from developments, industry and pollution is very important with serious consequences if we fail to do so," Nichols said. "In terms of the delta's economic impact on our seafood and the recreation industry, it's probably too big to measure and too scary to think about losing. The delta is a vital fish nursery to Mobile Bay, just as the bay is a nursery to the Gulf of Mexico."
Delta history
Blakeley State Park Director Mike Bunn said some of the most fascinating aspects for him about the delta is its place in history. The area was claimed by European powers during the colonial era and later was involved in the last battle of the Civil War.
The park offers the longest-running boat tour, Bunn said. A scheduled tour on the Delta Explorer boat is offered three to four times per month, he said.
The delta is home to Indian mounds in Bottle Creek, which is accessible by boat, Wetzel said. There are kayak and canoe trips available to that area. The story of the town of Blakeley is also interesting, Dorie said. At one time, the town on the eastern banks of the delta was larger than Mobile, but yellow fever wiped it out, he said.
One possible reason for Blakeley growth was that area of the water was naturally deeper than anywhere else, Dorie said. The Mobile River, which is home to the seventh largest port in the U.S., has been deepened by dredging, he said.
Nichols wrote that as a child he used to dream of exploring the delta from the backseat of a vehicle traveling along Interstate 10.
"In my early 20s, that's what I started doing in canoes with several camping trips into the delta, including one trip that was made into a feature-length documentary called 'River Dreams,'" he said. "Spending a week camped out and exploring the delta was definitely the highlight of that film to me …."
Nichols wrote that he hopes to be back soon and looks forward to spending money here, even if it's more or less buying an ice cream at a fish camp in Stockton.
Local tourism officials, like Visit Mobile CEO David Clark, have begun to catch on to visitors' demand for more water access and how the Mobile River and delta play a huge role in that.
In addition to several motorized and airboat tours, local companies are offering kayak and canoe trips up and down the delta. To accommodate these tours, the city installed a floating dock near Cooper Riverside Park. Clark is looking to help the city take advantage of that with even bigger plans for the public park on the banks of the Mobile River.
"The iconic Cooper Riverside Park is very underutilized by our residents and visitors," he said. "It has so much wealth and assets with respect to GulfQuest [National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico] being there and the Convention Center being there."
Most cities in the country use their waterfront for tourism and Clark wants to make that happen in Mobile. In addition to the dock that brought WildNative and the Perdido Queen paddlewheeler to the downtown area, Clark said an outdoor dining option and container bar on the park property isn't too far off.
"You know, we revolutionized containerized shipping throughout the world and we have a container dedication inside the GulfQuest museum; why not put some containers out there …," Clark said. "Splash in some art and some local music and really get this park jazzed up every weekend … I think that area should have a quarter million to a half million visitors a year."
The delta itself includes public lands for hunting, Wetzel said. There are also camping platforms and small cabins available for travelers. He said it would take about a week to paddle the area.
"You could easily do it in a week," he said. "It's 23 miles long and 18 miles wide. It's not that big."
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In addition to its obvious attributes – delicious food, a handsome look and superior service – there's the nostalgic component of the Fairouz story that makes me a bit dewy eyed. Fairouz is a month-old restaurant with a deep past — and based on early visits, I trust will have a long future.
I first wrote about Fairouz for enRoute Magazine in 1990. The restaurant was then on Elgin Street. My next review of it, for the Citizen, was in 1993, shortly after it moved to the Somerset Village strip in which you find it now.
In its day, Fairouz was one of a very few 'ethnic' restaurants that operated comfortably within the stiff fine-dining conventions that once defined the gastronomy of our capital region. Rigidly formal, elegantly appointed, kinda romantic, its kitchen maintained the high standards that, for more than fifteen years, made it Ottawa's go-to for fine Lebanese food and gracious service.
Fairouz left Somerset in 2005. For an eye-blink, it became Fairouz Chalet on Bank Street south, then quietly vanished. Now, a decade later, it's back, re-invented and re-invigorated, in the same solid brick house it operated in for most of its life. One of its owners – Ottawa doctor Hussain Rahal – is a member of the family that ran and worked the original Fairouz, which adds an element to the romance of its reincarnation.
There's little of the Lebanese restaurant of Rahal's youth in the look of Fairouz 2016. The brick frame is the same, but the rooms have been opened up. Light streams from the front windows to the back spaces, where you find the bar and kitchen, visible through a large peaking window. Turquoise is the accent colour in an otherwise crisp palate of white, grey and gold, and it brings a jewelled softness to the space. Carved black screens and antique chandeliers deliver a Moorish feel.
Chef Walid El-Tawel helms the kitchen. You may remember El-Tawel from his years at E18hteen on York Street before he was wooed to Toronto restaurant projects.
He's returned to Ottawa, sensible fellow that he is, to open Fairouz, 2.0, offering food he describes as "a modern journey through the Middle East." Dishes require some explaining, and the servers ("let me take you through the menu") are up to the task. They are a capable, kind crew, well versed on the menu, and led with distinction by maitre d'/sommelier Adam Weiss.
The pleasures start early with a well made cocktail (something lightly pink, bubbly and deliciously unsweet with a peppery finish called Summer Damask) and the house pita. The bread arrives because we ordered a round of dips, and you should do likewise. The best among the trio on offer is the muhammara, reddened with roasted peppers, nubbly with walnuts and juicy with pomegranate seeds. The bread itself arrives puffed up like plumped pillows, warm and chewy, crusted with cumin seed. It ferries the exceptionally good dips to mouth with alarming ease. Fill up on these at your peril.
No 'modern' menu can be free of the words Grazing and Sharing, and so it is here. After you've had your way with the dips, head for the Turkish style 'spoon salad' that features the raw summery flavours of gazpacho, the brightness of pomelo and pomegranate, the heat from Aleppo pepper, the tang of sumac and the precision knife skills of someone who knows a brunoise cut.
There are really delicious falafel here, beautifully spiced and perfectly crunchy, featuring silky braised lamb, bathed in a minted tahini sauce and served with disks of peppery radish. A puck of lamb tartare has good looks and harissa gutsiness in equal measure, served with bulgur crackers.
Continuing with the raw and the luscious, tuna comes rubbed with the Middle Eastern spice mix baharat, sweetened with scarlet dobs of hibiscus gelée, and topped prettily with edible petals and the elements of a refined bread salad. The one dish from the starter section that didn't thrill was a wedge of grilled halloumi – stunningly pretty on the plate, but the cheese was uncomfortably dry.
But let me tell you about the chicken. I can't remember the last time I raved about a chicken dish, of all things, but this one is spectacular – crispy and juicy and shot through with dark, forceful flavours, served with a wide ribbon of date 'leather' and a pickled eggplant relish. Also delicious is the lamb loin lively with the North African spicy herb sauce chermoula and with a side of cauliflower shredded to imitate couscous. These are 'sharing' dishes you will prefer to keep to yourself.
You will want rice with these dishes and you'll have two choices there – the sweeter, fruitier jawaher and the more brooding mujadara with lentils and threads of caramelized onion, among other treats.
End with the grown up chocolate cake (with bulgur flour and orange blossom water) served with pistachio ice cream and candied nuts, and the sweetened cheese rolls called halwat il jben.
Fairouz delivers flavours we don't often encounter in this city. It takes culinary risks that pay off. Service is gracious and the food is deeply pleasurable. Well done.


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John Hawthorne is a new contributor to Below2C. In this first publication he writes about the reasons EVs are coming much faster than expected. He shares six reasons explaining the explosion of EVs. (Rolly Montpellier~Editor for Below2°C).
Remember when the idea of electric cars used to be a fantasy? Something from The Jetsons or Tron. I mean, who could imagine not needing to fill up a gas tank every 150 miles? The whole idea was ridiculous. Gas powered engines seemed like they would be the dominant force into the foreseeable future.
Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Even a few years ago, the concept that electric cars could be widely available seemed a bit far-fetched. Sure, Tesla was producing them, but who could afford one of those? EVs seemed like an option only for rich, environmentally conscious individuals.
But the days of ubiquitous electric cars are here…or almost here, depending on where you live. In fact, even the oil industry has the trend on its radar. As Tom Randall wrote:
…battery prices are dropping by about 20 percent a year, and automakers have been spending billions to electrify their fleets. Volkswagen AG is targeting 25 percent of its sales to be electric by 2025. Toyota Motor Corp. plans to phase out fossil fuels altogether by 2050.
Of course, this raises the question: why now? Why are EVs in general so widely available and why are EVs in particular on the rise? Here are six reasons.
1. Increased Awareness of Electric Vehicles
In the last 5 years, electric vehicles have shifted from novelty to everywhere. Fifteen years ago, Razor Scooters were the hot item that kids had to have for Christmas, primarily because they were so different from the standard scooters. Now everyone wants a hoverboard. They're cool. They're different. They're incredibly fun.
In addition to hoverboards, drones, electric skateboards, and other EVs are now widely available to the public. Amazon is on the verge of implementing drone delivery. A human transport drone was recently introduced to the public. Frankly, electric vehicles are on everyone's minds.
Additionally, the issue of burning fossil fuels has gained increasing air time over the last 20 years as it's become increasingly evident that global warming is a real thing, and that fossil fuels are a big contributor. People have begun to realize that gasoline powered vehicles are problematic. They spew out greenhouse gases at an enormous rate, and it's become pretty clear that if we don't figure out a solution, things are only going to get worse.
And so the race to produce inexpensive electric cars has begun. Initially, we only had hybrids, which used a combination of gas and electricity, but we're now to the point where we're finally seeing cars able to run long distances solely on electricity.
2. The Population Explosion
The population in China has exploded, putting a huge burden on the auto industry, which is already serving the world's largest market. This population boom is forcing the country to speed up its production of electric vehicles.
As Jack Perkowski notes:
Why is China leading the way in embracing EV technology? The answer may simply be that China has no other choice. As a country, China has three fundamental paths it may follow. First, it can choose to live with a rapidly growing number of ICE [internal combustion engine] powered vehicles on its roads…Second, the government can restrict the transportation choices of its citizens in an effort to balance environmental concerns. Or third, the country can embrace EV technologies that enable its citizens to have their cars without jeopardizing air quality in its cities.
If China doesn't adapt, its already terrible pollution problem is going to get worse. They are, in some ways, between a rock and a hard place. Do they want to cut down on transportation options, which is going to annoy their citizens, or simply go all in on the electric boom? It seems like they've decided to go all in.
3. You Can Save Money
Right now, if your car gets 30 mpg (which it probably doesn't), you're going to spend around $1,000 per year on gas. If you purchased an electric car that ran equivalent to 105 mpg, you'd spend around $600 per year. Those are some pretty sweet savings given all the costs associated with driving and maintaining a car.
As people look for ways to stretch their budgets, electric cars will certainly be on their radar. Additionally, as batteries become more efficient and the prices of cars drop, we should expect to see more people embrace the electric solution.
As one reviewer noted about her electric car:
The cost of ownership is so low, I will never go back to regular gas-fueled vehicles again if it can be helped. My Miev not only gets me back and forth on my daily commute to work with mileage to spare, but it is so quiet to drive and when I push the accelerator pedal down, it gives a satisfying response for the size engine it has.
4. Government Subsidies are Available
The federal government and many state governments are trying to figure out how to cut down on greenhouse emissions, which is why they offer tax credits if you purchase an electric car.
Depending on a variety of factors, you can get a significant amount of cash for purchasing an electric car. For example, if you live in Colorado and meet the right conditions, you could get over $10,000 in subsidies from the federal and state government. This can make the decision to go all electric that much easier.
It's not clear how long these subsidies will last, but for now, this presents a great opportunity for those who want to purchase an electric car.
5. Used EVs Are Now Available
Depending on the make and model, you can get some electric cars for under $10,000, which is absurdly cheap. While you're certainly not going to find a Tesla for this price, you can find numerous less fancy cars to fit your price range.
This really is the ideal solution for the budget conscious person. You save on gas, you can get a government subsidy, and you're not paying an exorbitant sticker price. This really is a win-win situation.
6. Charging Stations Are Popping Up Everywhere
Source: US Department of Energy
One of the big worries with electric cars is charging stations. It's fine if you're at home and can always charge it, or never plan on driving beyond the range of a single charge, but what about when you're out and about and need a recharge? Will you be able to locate a charging station?
Thankfully, that's becoming less and less of a problem. Electric charging stations are starting to show up in all sorts of locations. In fact, the Alternative Fuels Data Center estimates that there are over 16,000 charging stations in the United States. While this is certainly minuscule compared to the number of gas stations, this number will only keep growing.
Additionally, stores like Walgreens are beginning to incorporate charging stations in the services they offer. The pharmacy chain now has them at over 400 different locations.
Yes, if you're a road warrior constantly making long trips, it might be better to wait till there are more charging stations available to purchase an electric car, but otherwise, you'll probably be safe.
Electric cars have not reached a saturation point yet. In some senses, they are still a minority. But this is rapidly changing as the technology improves, the price drops, and the environmental matters become more urgent.
And while you may not want to get an electric car now, there will come a point where the deal is too good to ignore. Hopefully, that day will come sooner rather than later.
This post was originally published in ChooseWheels.
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Cynthia Joan Morrison September 26, 2017 At 12:47 am
Awesome! Got any Canadian data?
Rolly Montpellier @WellBelow2C October 1, 2017 At 9:18 am
I will search for Canadian data – not readily available.
Elijah Smith November 21, 2017 At 4:12 pm
Electric travel is the way to go!
Rolly Montpellier @WellBelow2C November 21, 2017 At 7:32 pm
It will be the wave of the future.
Thank you for your comment and welcome to Below2C.
Ran -you can't even measure co2 December 7, 2017 At 4:25 pm
As an engineer I see Electric as the wave of the future but lets get the terms straight an electric motor is not an engine. There is no combustion either internal or external. Except at the place of generation. Our electrical grid runs on coal, gas, oil with not much solar, wind or hydro. So until you solve the source of your energy the charging stations only contribute to the problem.
Rolly Montpellier @WellBelow2C December 9, 2017 At 10:16 am
The electrification of our transportation systems is a necessity if we are to tackle climate change and global warming. It's a much needed transition. Solar and other renewable sources of energy will be the way of the future as we move to a clean energy platform devoid of coal and oil.


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How can a company repair a damaged reputation?
By Peter Shadbolt
Business reporter
duration 12 October 2016
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image captionSamsung has a battle on its hands to restore its reputation
A company disaster on the scale of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 crisis is like rolling thunder - it doesn't just end with a plummeting share price, a quarterly profits warning, and a product recall.
Instead, the shockwaves resulting from the Note 7 handsets catching fire are likely to be felt for years, and cause incalculable damage to the South Korean firm's reputation.
For marketing experts what is at risk for Samsung is its brand equity - intangibles such as customer loyalty, prestige and positive brand recognition.
For large corporations this equity is the company's most valuable asset, and clawing back a damaged corporate reputation can be a long, painful and expensive business.
Just ask German carmaker VW, which is still trying to restore its good name following last year's emissions scandal, when it was revealed to have used software to lower how much pollution its diesel engines released under test conditions.
Or spare a thought for Whirlpool, which is having to modify five million faulty tumble dryers that are at risk of catching fire.
And then there is Merlin Attractions, the owner of UK theme park Alton Towers, which last month was hit with a £5m fine after a roller-coaster crash that seriously injured four people, including two teenage girls who needed leg amputations.
But if a company does need to repair a damaged reputation, what is the best way for it to go about it?
'Do the right thing'
Tim Ward, chief executive of the Quoted Companies Alliance, the trade body that represents the UK's small and medium-sized stock market listed businesses, says that if a crisis occurs firms should go to their public relations (PR) departments before they call their lawyers.
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image captionVW was found to have cheated on emissions tests
"It's about being out there, being on the front foot, and having a clear plan about what the eventualities might be," he says. "It's all about communicating."
Mr Ward adds that this is a view shared by his members, a majority of whose bosses said in a survey that in the event of a disaster their first port of call would indeed be their PR team and not their legal department.
He says that the textbook case of dealing with a corporate crisis remains Johnson & Johnson's 1982 recall of its best-selling Tylenol painkiller after seven people died in the Chicago area from cyanide-laced capsules.
At a time when companies rarely recalled products, Johnson & Johnson put the consumer first and immediately withdrew 31 million bottles of Tylenol following the malicious attack by a still unknown person.
A year later, the firm's share price had almost recovered its dramatic losses following the sabotage and the company's chairman James Burke emerged a hero for his handling of the crisis.
Mr Ward says: "If you have integrity running through your business then that's the place from which you should act.
"It's a platitude, but you should do the right thing. As Warren Buffett said, it takes years to build up a reputation and it takes minutes to destroy it."
Mr Ward adds that total value of corporate reputation for all UK-listed companies could be worth as much as £1.7tn, or 28% of companies' collective market value.
'Unbelieveable'
Neil McLeod, senior consultant at crisis and reputation management company PHA Media, says that Samsung will need to take some pain to regain trust, especially since following an initial recall of its Note 7 it resumed sales, only for the fire problem to return forcing it to halt production all together.
"They were a tech company who didn't seem to know what the problem was," he says. "There's talk of a $17bn (£14bn) black hole in its accounts long-term. It can absorb that but it's really down to whether it spreads to the confidence in its other consumer products.
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image captionSome Whirlpool tumble dryers were found to be at risk of catching fire
"I think Samsung needed to act faster in stemming the flow of damage caused to the wider company by persisting with the product.
"Clearly something went badly wrong within the company for a fix-it solution to actually be part of the problem. To get it wrong once is bad enough, to do it a second time is unbelievable."
Mr McLeod says from a PR perspective, it is important for companies to have a recognisable face when confronted with a crisis, something he hasn't yet seen at Samsung.
"I have seen statements from Samsung, but I have not seen the face of Samsung in all of this," he says. "I have not seen a reassuring CEO, and I don't know who's leading in all of this.
"If you look at any crisis scenario, you need a strong leader to come out and reassure the public in their delivery, in their presence and in their response to the crisis."
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image captionA crash on the Smiler rollercoaster at Alton Towers seriously injured four people
Dimitrios Tsivrikos, consumer and business psychologist at University College London, says that companies need to realise that recalling their product is just a first step.
"It's about being quick and being confident and taking responsibility," he says. "Companies should not be in denial. Those that have tried to hide these things in the past have paid a much higher price in terms of loss of consumer trust."
Mr Tsivrikos adds that once a company's brand loses its desirability it is "left with nothing".
At Merlin, the owner of Alton Towers, corporate affairs director James Crampton says that while the theme park had contingencies in place for just such an accident as happened last year, there was always the hope that they would never have to be employed.
"We never underestimated the severity of the incident, and our immediate response and subsequent actions were driven by a desire to do what we believed was the right thing by all those affected by the accident," he said.
Merlin's chief executive Nick Varney immediately attended the scene at Alton Towers and took the lead in all important communications.
Mr Crampton said admitting liability was an important part of the process, and the company took full responsibility on the day of the accident. He added that Merlin chose not to have a long consultation with lawyers and other advisers.
"We didn't try to hide behind lawyers," he says.
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Tim Hortons may serve upwards of seven out of every ten cups of coffee sold in Canada, but it's still got a long ways to go before replicating that success in the U.S. market. To help build up its American consumer base, it's turning towards what many restaurant chains are leaning into this year: a new, digitally-native loyalty program.
The terms are simple. Once every seven visits, diners will be able to redeem a reward for a free coffee, hot tea, or select baked goods. Customers can opt into the loyalty program through Tim Hortons app, a separate digital card that can be downloaded on Android or iOS devices, or, yes, physical loyalty cards that can be picked up in any restaurant location.
The U.S. launch comes weeks after Tim Hortons unveiled the program to its Canadian consumers. Michael Hancock, the chain's chief operating officer, told Canadian media outlet The Financial Post that the loyalty program tests were the longest thing Tim Hortons had ever worked on. "We wanted to make sure we got this launch right," Hancock said at the time.
Tim Hortons parent company Restaurant Brands International noted on its most recent earnings call that the chain saw loyalty adoption rates as high as 30 percent in test markets ahead of the national rollouts.


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Terminally ill musician Wilko Johnson is battling his illness by spending his days recording an album with British rocker Roger Daltrey.
The former Dr. Feelgood star, who has inoperable pancreatic cancer, refused to take treatment following his diagnosis last year (12) and announced a farewell tour instead.
The 66 year old, who cut short the trek in March (13) because of his health, continued to play gigs across the U.K. during the summer (13) and he has now announced he is teaming up with The Who singer after the pair met earlier this month (Sep13).
Johnson tells Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, "They did tell me in January I'd be dead in October, but I may last into next year. I hope we'll have something done before I go.
"There are a few more things I want to record. I wrote some songs right after getting this diagnosis. It won't be morbid, though. I can't have any truck with that. The music I want to continue to make, I think, generally should be a laugh not a cry. So there's not going to be any cancer dirges."
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College is nothing without friends. Here's 15 ways to find your social footing on and off campus. Here's 15 ways to find your social footing on and off campus. By Evan Dashevsky fallout new vegas how to make money If you're like most incoming college freshmen, it's been a while since you started from scratch and made new friends. Rest assured: almost everyone's in the same position as you.
As per my views, making friends is something that cannot be taught. It comes natural to some, while others can be lucky enough to get some good friends.


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This intriguing documentary focuses on some of the rarest performers in the music business — female drummers.
Lindsay Lindenbaum's Tomboy takes an earnest look at an unrecognized segment of the music scene: female drummers. As she chronicles the stories of four different women, each representing a generation of musical styles, she paints a rich portrait of the role of women in the music business.
The subject whose career began the earliest is Bobbye Hall, who started out as a session drummer for Motown in the 1960s and eventually made her way to touring with Bob Dylan. Back then, someone said to her: "You don't sound like a woman playing drums," which pretty much sums up the theme of the film. Now retired and living in Joshua Tree, California, she reminisces about those days as she flips through photo albums filled with faded memories.
Then there's Samantha Maloney, whose rock and roll dreams came true as she drummed for Hole and Motley Crüe in huge stadiums. She toured the world, and even had her photo adorn a product package for Zildjian cymbals. Still, when she is introduced by Nikki Sixx in a rather sexist way as "the most beautiful member of the band," she plays along. A girl's gotta do what she's gotta do.
Tomboy's still-performing subjects are Chase Noelle, who plays with the New York-based punk band Boytoy, and Bo-Pah Sledge, who formed the Sledge Grits Band with her three sisters when they were literally children.
Mixing archival footage (rescued from film and old videotapes) with new interviews, Lindenbaum tells their stories in a nonlinear way. As we watch an episode of Maloney's life, we're suddenly transported into Sledge's world, and so on. But the narrative continues to move along, making for compulsive viewing. In one moment, you're looking at a young Hall playing the bongos in the Motown studios, and in the next you're watching Maloney power-drumming onstage with Courtney Love.
Although there are plenty of examples of their admittedly awesome drum skills to see here, Lindenbaum's film settles down in the last third for the women to talk frankly about their lives, including their regrets. Sledge, who lived with her beloved father (afflicted with multiple sclerosis), has probably the most touching story to tell.
Also poignant is Hall's wistful return to Detroit after so many years to set eyes on the old studio again. And Maloney laments her inability to conceive a child, thinking she'd wasted too much time on the road.
The archival footage is fascinating. For example, there's dressing room footage of Hole warming up to go onstage, and a clip of the Sledge Sisters performing on the CBS Morning Show when Bo-Pah was just six years old. Her drumming skill is incredibly precocious, to say the least.
One of the anchors asks, "Where were you when they were doing tryouts for The Partridge Family?," which is hilariously inane and probably flew way over her head.
Originally scheduled for the canceled SXSW, the premiere of Tomboy is TK, but it's worth looking out for.
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I like being able to support local writers, artist and businesses. With this single book, we have Adam Gallardo from my hometown of Salem, Oregon and Dark Horse Comics based out of Milwaukie. I've been a long time supporter of Dark Horse, and even submitted my first attempt at a script to them oh so many years ago.
I met Adam when he was writing 100 Girls for Arcana Studio. He came into my place of business, where I was the assistant manager, wondering if we'd be interested in carrying his title. Adam has come a long way since those days. It's good to see him writing for Dark Horse again, as I was a HUGE fan of his work on the title Star Wars: Infinities - Return of the Jedi. I have a great deal of respect for Adam as a writer.
Let me be frank on one point: I've become less and less of a fan of manga as an art form over the past 6 years with the proliferation of title popping-up all over the place. I remember when manga and anime were only able to be found in the back shelves of comic book shops, and now you can find several shelves lined full at your local Borders or Barnes & Noble. I prefer old Robotech and Akira over Naruto, Fruits Basket and Yu-Gi-Oh.
The story is basic in its design. You have an alien race that the Earth is at war with, and the human's defense are large war machines called "Gear". In this, you have your basis from the Robotech series. This story is where these teenagers are learning how to pilot the "Gear" so they can become the next generation of defense for the world. I like this.
In this volume, we are introduced to the primary characters, and get a brief glimpse of their school activities. There are awkward social situations and little pieces of teen angst that keep this book light hearted. Of course, like any good beginning of a long term storyline, we are given an opportunity to see what these cadets are training to fight/defend against. The aliens have the typical manga/anime feel, so don't be too surprised.
I picked this book up because I know Adam. I read it because I wanted to review it. I praise it because I liked it. This book, and series, will have a permanent placement in my collection. Probably not for everyone, but I think it's well worth trying if you have the chance.


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Act 13 | Clarke | STEP | CHAPTER XIII. Of the prophets and teachers in the Church of Antioch , 1. By command of the Holy Spirit the Church appoints Saul and Barnabas to a particular work , 2, 3. They depart, and travel to Seleucia, Cyprus, and Salamis, preaching in the Jewish synagogues , 4, 5. At Paphos they meet with Bar-Jesus or Elymas, a Jewish sorcerer, who endeavoured to prevent the deputy of the island from receiving the Christian faith , 6-8. Saul, for the first time called Paul, denounces the judgments of God upon him, and he is struck blind , 9-11. The deputy, seeing this, is confirmed tn the faith , 12. Paul and his company leave Paphos, and come to Pamphylia, where John Mark leaves them, and returns to Jerusalem , 13. Paul and Barnabas proceed to Antioch; and, coming into a synagogue of the Jews, are requested by the rulers of it to preach to the people , 14,15. Paul preaches, and proves that Jesus is the Christ , 16-41. The Gentiles desire the sermon to be preached to them the next Sabbath, and many of the Jews and proselytes receive the Christian faith , 42, 43. The next Sabbath the whole city attend; and the Jews, filled with envy, contradict and blaspheme , 44, 45. Paul and Barnabas with great boldness show that, by the order of God, the Gospel was to be preached first to them; but, seeing they had rejected it, it should now be taken from them, and sent to the Gentiles , 46, 47. The Gentiles rejoice and receive the truth , 48, 49. The Jews raise a persecution against the apostles, and expel them , 50. They come to Iconium, full of joy and the Holy Ghost , 51, 52. NOTES ON CHAP. XIII. Verse 1. Certain prophets and teachers ] προφηταικαιδιδασκαλοι. It is probable that these were not distinct offices; both might be vested in the same persons. By prophets we are to understand, when the word is taken simply, persons who were frequently inspired to predict future events, and by teachers , persons whose ordinary office was to instruct the people in the Christian doctrine. These also, to be properly qualified for the office, must have been endued with the influence of the Holy Spirit; for, as but a very small portion of the Scriptures of the New Testament could have as yet been given, it was necessary that the teachers should derive much of their own teaching by immediate revelation from God. On prophets and teachers, see the note on . Barnabas ] Of whom see before, . Simeon-Niger ] Or Simeon the Black , either because of his complexion, or his hair. It was on reasons of this kind that surnames, surnoms , name upon name were first imposed. Of this Simeon nothing farther is known. Lucius of Cyrene ] See . Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod ] Our margin has given the proper meaning of the original word συντροφος, a foster-brother ; i.e. Manaen was the son of the woman who nursed Herod Antipas; and the son, also, whose milk the young Herod shared. Of a person whose name was Manaen or Menahem, and who was in the court of Herod, we read several things in the Jewish writers. They say that this man had the gift of prophecy, and that he told Herod, when he was but a child, that he would be king. When Herod became king he sent for him to his court, and held him in great estimation. It might have been the son of this Menahem of whom St. Luke here speaks. Dr. Lightfoot has shown this to be at least possible .
Of the prophets and teachers in the Church of Antioch, 1.
Barnabas to a particular work, 2, 3.
preaching in the Jewish synagogues, 4, 5.
from receiving the Christian faith, 6-8.
of God upon him, and he is struck blind, 9-11.
The deputy, seeing this, is confirmed tn the faith, 12.
where John Mark leaves them, and returns to Jerusalem, 13.
preach to the people, 14,15.
Paul preaches, and proves that Jesus is the Christ, 16-41.
with envy, contradict and blaspheme, 44, 45.
and sent to the Gentiles, 46, 47.
The Gentiles rejoice and receive the truth, 48, 49.
They come to Iconium, full of joy and the Holy Ghost, 51, 52.
Verse 1. Certain prophets and teachers] προφηταικαιδιδασκαλοι.
prophets and teachers, see the note on Ac 11:27.
Barnabas] Of whom see before, Ac 11:22-24.
Simeon nothing farther is known.
Lucius of Cyrene] See Ac 11:20.
he told Herod, when he was but a child, that he would be king.
done, we find in the next verse.
imposition of hands: this is strictly forbidden, see Maimon. Sanh.
chap. 4. "After what manner is the ordaining of elders for ever?
particularly prosper their work. But, O ye rulers of the Church!
Sea. See Clarke on Ac 4:36.
eastern part of the island.
the Christian religion, emphatically so called.
the doctrine of the Lord.
evident they ran through the whole island from east to west.
bishop's see, suffragan to the Abp. of Nicosia.
agents. A person who dealt in sleight of hand, or leger-de-main.
Such as I have supposed Simon Magus to be.
See Clarke on Ac 8:9.
the son of Jonah; Bar-tholomew, the son of Thalmi, &c.
Verse 7. The deputy of the country] ανθυπατω, The proconsul.
but sent for them that he might hear for himself.
a magician, a wise man, doctor, &c.
Saul, as his common or general name.
servants of God; and it is used by Paul himself, Col 1:7; 4:7.
would despise him on this very account.
no doubt, had greatly admired him.
cunning and deceit as their substitutes.
thy heart to all that is just, true, and good.
is now about to deal with thee in the way of justice.
believing, might receive godliness." Com. in Exod., vol. i. p.
117, edit. de la Rue, Par. 1733.
the state of this miserable culprit.
of its own worth and excellence.
and happy believer in the doctrine of Christ.
position of all these places may be seen on the map.
Pisidian, the Solyman, the Greek, and the Lydian. Dr.
well; and they certainly had the Septuagint version among them.
already seen. See Clarke on Ac 7:2.
felt the power and comfort of the doctrine of the cross.
his manifestation in the flesh. Rosenmuller.
frequently in their behalf, were peculiarly conspicuous.
their enemies, and multiplied them greatly.
display of the Divine power.
best with Paul's discourse, and the history to which he alludes.
time WHEN the God of the children of Israel chose their fathers.
and not instruct the common reader.
the text may be thus connected; Ac 13:19.
shall not trouble my reader with other modes of interpretation.
Ps 78:70, &c.; Ps 89:20, &c."
David, see Isa 11:1, 2, and Jer 23:5, 6.
because the hand of the Lord was with him.
brethren simply. See Clarke on Ac 7:2.
Children of the stock of Abraham] All ye that are Jews.
Gentiles, and are now proselytes to the Jewish religion.
establish the fact of his resurrection.
quotation in question in the first verse of the second Psalm.
essentially different and opposite ideas.
power, by the resurrection from the dead, Ro 1:4.
understand the word διαφθοραν in the text.
our preaching are vain, 1Co 15:14.
note among the marginal readings.
most exactly fulfilled. See the notes on Ac 2:29, 30, &c.
the blessings of the covenant must come.
man, whom ye crucified, and who is risen from the dead.
which God can accept. Your law says, "Do this, and ye shall live;"
Christ there are both, and all the sure mercies of David.
by the law of Moses.
the prophecy in both cases fulfilled!
which; when it shall be told, ye will not credit. See Houbigant.
will tell to you, ye will not believe.
one will tell unto you, ye will not believe.
heathen, in the Hebrew text?
several others are of the same mind.
themselves in order to avoid it.
the assembly that did believe, and were saved.
days should elapse without reading of the law.
one God, like the Jews, but who had not received circumcision.
thus continue under the favour and approbation of God.
wide, by means of the converted Jews and proselytes.
are a leaven in every place.
Verse 45. The Jews-were filled with envy] See Clarke on Ac 5:17.
of Jesus Christ. This is probably what is meant.
to illustrate and maintain what they had asserted.
their first offers of the Gospel to the Jews.
and consider it contemptible: so the word is frequently used.
them, and sending them to the Gentiles?
system he wishes to establish.
Messiah, viz JESUS, announced the design and end of his mission.
full, and sincere offer of salvation to every soul that hears it.
Pearce, Sir Norton Knatchbull, and Dodd.
then were. See Clarke on Ac 13:44.
unhallowed ground should defile the sacred land of Israel.
fortified town, the capital of Lycaonia, at present called Cogni.
Asia Minor, and to the northeast of Pamphylia." Pearce.
persecutors could be on their beds of down.
St. Paul's sermon at Antioch has been thus analyzed.
1. His prologue, Ac 13:16, addressed to those who fear God.
deliverance from Egypt. 2. In their support in the wilderness. 3.
which he had given for their governors, Ac 13:7-22.
4. The illustration of this proposition, proving its truth: 1.
condemnation, death and burial of Christ, Ac 13:27-29.
were exposed who should despise and reject it, Ac 13:40, 41.


The empath's guide: Case study: Disappearing your racket?
So I have decided to observe myself... after all there must be a benefit in living with myself... right? lol.
Almost every complaint has a hidden "never" or a hidden "forever" component. It is hidden, because it is implied, but not overtly.
This forever/never combo subtly suggest that the complaint cannot be changed... it is there to stay, and you are powerless, other than give it voice when you do.
So, in this regard, every complaint is an expression of the "no matter what I do..." attitude, which is a lie.
I remember when I first caught it myself, I was saying: "No matter what I do, no one wants to come to a guest event..."
The moment it left my mouth, I saw that I was lying. I actually didn't ask, didn't invite anyone. I thought about it... but I didn't do it.
It was one of my biggest catches of myself lying... Humans habitually lie... often unconsciously.
The lie is to cover up that you are all talk and no action. You lie to yourself, you lie to other people, you even lie to your god.
And your results in life, the quality of your life is a perfect match to being a liar. You hate yourself, but continue lying... and doing nothing, or not much.
But why, oh why are we doing this? Why don't we ever learn?
So that is where I focused my observation next... the why?
And this is what I found: I don't know what to do... yet another complaint, but this one is also an attitude.
If it is a complaint, and it depends how you look at it, then it is the tip of yet another iceberg.
Is it a legitimate complaint? In my case, it is and it isn't.
If I look at my income, I need an additional 400-600 dollars a month to stop scrambling around rent day. That is about 13-20 bucks a day.
Do I know how to get an extra 600 dollar income, reliably a month? I don't... but what do I know?
Do I have time to experiment, trial and error, before I dig myself deep in trouble? No.
If I didn't have muscle testing already, muscle testing I can trust, I would be a prospect to a service that helps me make good decisions.
But a decision that you can be sure will prove to be a good decision with time.
Fiercely independent soul corrections are also the most miserable, because they either wait and then make the wrong decision, or they never make any decisions.
I have students, I have friends whose entire issue in the world is this difficulty with making good decisions.
The longer they waffle, the more incoherent they become, the bigger the pressure to make a decision becomes, and the worse their decision making ability becomes, because their visual field narrows to the point where they cannot see anything other than the problem.
The way to dislodge the narrow visual field and the incoherence, is to start asking questions, or ask someone to ask questions of you... to help you make a good decision.
Of course the best is to ask Source, but as long as you have a vested interest in being right, or any of your ideas, or being smarter than Source, your muscle testing won't be reliable, because connecting to Source is impossible, if you have a concern, an agenda, a vested interest.
I have a few people who regularly come to me to assist them in important decisions: pick the location of a new house, a school for their children, a location for their business, from a select few they have researched.
Now, the people who most need it, the Silent Partners, The Removing Hatred, The Building Bridges, Memories people never ask for help... They, instead, do their own thing at their own detriment.
So after I saw, with dismay, that no single product of mine is likely to provide me with the additional income, while I do have products that could... I saw the word "products"... plural, I saw the arrow pointing into a direction that can be the answer to my prayers.
Because once you eliminate the fixed, and ineffective mental, emotional reaction to the complaint, in my case, the "No matter what I do... I will never succeed," the complaint can disappear as if it never existed. And if your new attitude is really new, then the whole iceberg goes with it.
How is that for magic? disappearing the iceberg!
So what can you do now that you saw what I did to disappear my racket?
Your fastest solution is to book a short consultation with me to do so.
The second fastest solution is to learn how to do it for yourself.
Unfortunately, you have to have done Module One to be able to graduate to Module Two.
Why? Because there is a certain humility that you learn in Module One, that Unless you learn it... you can't do module two effectively.
Should you work with me every time some racket is holding you back, or should you learn how to handle it yourself?
I don't know. The answer is different for everyone.
Because you don't know how, do you?
There are two kinds of complaints.


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Seán Moran: Sympathy for the All Star selector in short supply
Outrage over the award selections as much part of Old Moran's miserable winters as his leaking roof
Wed, Nov 7, 2018, 07:00
This year's Big Idea (actually, last year's as well) was that Stephen Cluxton was being overlooked because he wasn't media-friendly. Photograph: Cathal Noonan/Inpho
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of doubtful taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Laid many men's All Stars to waste
Technically – and some of Old Moran's friends were supportively insistent about this – there was no shame in it but he had been picking All Stars for nearly 30 years. At first it just seemed like the thing to do.
He was carried away by the glamour and the status of the whole thing and the big dinners in the Burlington. Some years his conscience made him stop and walk away – or others did it for him – but he always came back, beguiled by the power and perks.
Of course he also got to spend hours rewatching matches, many of which the memory had blamelessly obscured, and sitting in rooms squabbling but, if you like the sound of your own voice, where's the hardship in that?
There were times in the early days when a drinks trolley clanked into the room in mid-afternoon and smoking was still allowed and it all got a bit uncomfortable even for Old Moran, who in his young days was an enthusiastic subscriber to both vices.
But amidst the cantankerousness and taking offence, there was the reassurance of important business being done.
Yes, there would be consequences and the bane of the All Star selector in those times was commentary on the winners that could be categorised as the '19-man team'. This was a critical strategy – few wished to waste newsprint by agreeing with selections – involving four named players, whose omission might be described as 'bad luck' or 'puzzling' or even 'a disgrace'.
Frequently though there appeared to be no room to list those who needed to be deselected in order to make way for the wronged.
Old Moran had long suppressed any tendency to indignation when he saw criticism of All Star teams. Nothing new under the sun – or more accurately the apparently inexhaustible clouds, which spilled down onto his poorly tiled roof.
The medium of dissent had changed radically but the authors of the 19-man teams used to have to put their names to what they wrote, a burden with which most on social media were unencumbered. So why not spell out as stridently as possible any misgivings about the selection?
For an elderly selector things had changed and not for the better. There had been so few matches in the early days that a footballer of hurler could get an All Star for one good performance. That made things easier to remember.
"There was one provincial quarter-final and I swear he was there on his weaker foot, kicking a point with his bootlaces undone while Theo 'Terminator' O'Loughlin (who, remember, we nominated at right half back) was punching the back of his head."
Nowadays the number of matches was unending and younger colleagues appeared to have tracked every movement of every player as well as their facial expressions when being substituted.
This had the disagreeable effect of forcing Old Moran to do more research of his own although in truth it was often easier to play along: "I feel my young colleague has laid out an excellent case with which I for one cannot disagree," – before adding in a desperate attempt at relevance – "and in fact even when he was dispossessed by 'Spud' Jeffares that time, he had ehhh, slipped in the wet," – and for crucial indemnity – "as far as I could see".
Then you had managers who picked players in one position and then allowed them play wherever they wanted and when you reflected that in the All Stars, there were complaints as to why an award winner wasn't playing where he was selected.
There were obviously days when he felt strangely passionate about particular discussions but once his fellow selectors worked out that this invariably meant that the player he was railing against had a tattoo, they kept straight faces but howled with laughter later over pints, falling uncomfortably silent when he waddled in, scanning the saloon bar for a group that was about to order another round.
This year's Big Idea (actually, last year's as well) was that Stephen Cluxton was being overlooked because he wasn't media-friendly.
Thinking long and hard about the (joint-record) five All Stars the Dublin goalkeeper had previously received, Old Moran tried to remember had the player been incurably extrovert in those days. Had something terrible happened?
No – because it came back to him that when Cluxton had been appointed in some counterintuitive way to captain Ireland in the 2011 International Series Down Under, Old Moran had to explain wearily to loud Australian journalists that yes, the GAA had sent out a captain, who wouldn't be talking to the media – not that he and his colleagues looked as weary as vice-captain Ciarán McKeever, who got to take up the slack at press conferences.
It wasn't the end of Cluxton's All Stars, though, nor could it be, as were they to be confined to those who had a cheery word for journalists, the scheme would have as vibrant a future as Old Moran's pension portfolio of 'bullet-proof' financial stocks.
Occasional strains
If any sense of vexation was best kept at bay, there were occasional strains. The modern idiom for the discussion of All Stars tends to favour sweeping statements.
A measured debate on the competing claims of players could always be relied upon to degenerate into what appears to be regarded as the last word on the subject: joke!
Sometimes if the disagreement is sufficiently vehement this can become, 'joke shop' – presumably because the idea of the relevant player being included/excluded is so comically discreditable that it can be traded in retail outlets.
In keeping with what he clearly felt was his inspired parody of Sympathy for the Devil he could have gone on to extend the exercise by listing all of the selection controversies at which he had been present, maybe starting with Brian Whelahan's omission in 1994 when Hurler of the Year, but the attic was too draughty and the winter wind too biting.
Anyway, the All Stars would be sailing to Philadelphia at the end of the month.
Cheered by the prospect of clean, dry hotel rooms and the invariably reasonable bills of fare to be found in American diners, Old Moran removed the low-watt bulb from his attic light and carried it downstairs to the parlour.
"Ask not for whom the Liberty Bell tolls," he cackled.
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Two men have died after a helicopter training flight crashed east of Goulburn overnight. A 36-year-old Goulburn flight instructor and his 54-year-old Victorian passenger, named as Murray Valley businessman Andrew Goldman, died in the crash after the flight left Goulburn airport on Wednesday afternoon and was reported missing a few hours later. NSW Police Detective Chief Inspector Brendan Bernie said police found the wreckage in a remote area near the Shoalhaven River just after midnight, but were unable to retrieve the bodies due to the difficult conditions and terrain. It took emergency services several hours to navigate the rugged area overnight. Chief Inspector Bernie said it was a tragic incident for the close-knit Goulburn community. "We just hope the community rallies round and support the family and friends of these two pilots," he said. "I'm sure both families are just devastated." Specialist police will attend the scene on Thursday to undertake scientific investigations but Detective Chief Inspector Bernie said it was too early to speculate what caused the crash. The flight which took off about 3pm Wednesday was due to be back some hours later, and police were notified of the missing aircraft when it hadn't returned about 6.45pm. Chief Inspector Bernie believed the instructor had 670 hours of flight instruction experience and the trainee pilot had about 40 hours logged. He appealed to anyone in the community who heard anything unusual in the area between 3.30pm to 6.45pm to contact police.
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The site remains a crime scene and council staff have been called on to clear a path in the Long Point Lookout area.
Two men have died after a helicopter training flight crashed east of Goulburn overnight.
A 36-year-old Goulburn flight instructor and his 54-year-old Victorian passenger, named as Murray Valley businessman Andrew Goldman, died in the crash after the flight left Goulburn airport on Wednesday afternoon and was reported missing a few hours later.
NSW Police Detective Chief Inspector Brendan Bernie said police found the wreckage in a remote area near the Shoalhaven River just after midnight, but were unable to retrieve the bodies due to the difficult conditions and terrain.
It took emergency services several hours to navigate the rugged area overnight.
Chief Inspector Bernie said it was a tragic incident for the close-knit Goulburn community.
"We just hope the community rallies round and support the family and friends of these two pilots," he said.
"I'm sure both families are just devastated."
Specialist police will attend the scene on Thursday to undertake scientific investigations but Detective Chief Inspector Bernie said it was too early to speculate what caused the crash.
The flight which took off about 3pm Wednesday was due to be back some hours later, and police were notified of the missing aircraft when it hadn't returned about 6.45pm.
Chief Inspector Bernie believed the instructor had 670 hours of flight instruction experience and the trainee pilot had about 40 hours logged.
He appealed to anyone in the community who heard anything unusual in the area between 3.30pm to 6.45pm to contact police.
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A recent article in Applied Animal Behaviour Science and the BBC last week suggests that horses have joined a select group of animals that can communicate by pointing at symbols. Reading the article was enlightening but felt so behind the times as it is my belief that horses are capable of so much more and the results of this study have merely scratched the surface.
Jo and I work in association with Learning to Listen - South, an organisation based in St Paul's Walden, Hertfordshire which specialises in equine behaviour and communication and the link with personal development. As trained Equine Facilitated Coaches we have a deep understanding of horses as powerful communicators. They are reactionary animals and have a range of emotions that create powerful and honest feedback which is immediate and mirrors the often subtle unconscious feelings and behaviours of humans.
We all know someone who claims that they don't like horses because of the way the horse behaves around them – perhaps they describe them as 'too big' or 'too unpredictable' or 'too nervous'. However, this reaction is not actually about the horse at all, but rather what the horse represents in that person's life. What has actually happened is in that moment where a person is perceiving unpredictability, nervousness or size as the issue it is in fact the horse literally mirroring their deeper feelings or self-limiting beliefs and communicating them in the only way they know how – through their body language.
So how does it work? Our work with horses enables us to offer Equine Facilitated Coaching and Learning opportunities. Equine Facilitated Coaching sessions give in-the-moment feedback and help people work through situations that may be limiting their relationships whether at work or in their personal lives. Equine Facilitated Learning creates opportunities to generate real life situations which enable a person to see how their behaviours can affect those around them. For example if someone learns to do something for a horse, such as clean their stable or brush their mane, they will learn to do it for themselves. This is particularly great for children who learn by example.
Want to know more? Through Haelan's association with Learning to Listen there are a number of ways in which you can access this unique work and take the first step on a journey of self-discovery which will literally change your life. You do not need to have any horse experience at all.
Free Taster sessions – Learning to Listen run two hour sessions once a month for anyone with an interest to find out more about the work. After an initial introduction you are given the opportunity to experience the work at first hand, working within your comfort zone.
One-to-one Coaching Sessions – a great opportunity for you to bring an issue or concern, whether it be at work or in your personal relationships, and begin to peel back the layers of what is truly limiting you or holding you back from being the best you need to be in the situation. Working on a one-to-one basis with either myself or Jo, we will facilitate sessions which will help you to work through your blocks so you can be the best you need to be for yourself and those around you.
Family Mentoring Sessions – Learning to Listen's family coaching and mentoring programmes offer an exciting way to develop as a family. Working with LTL's unique Equine Facilitated Learning models and concepts, children are empowered to make positive choices and take ownership for their actions, which helps raise self-esteem, confidence, and self-awareness. Real life scenarios enable parents to go on a discovery of who they really are and where their role in the family really is. With new awareness, and equipped with new tools, they can lead their family from a strong place, and model positive choices and behaviour to their children. Jo is the lead mentor so you will recognise a friendly face when you arrive.
Warrior Programme – Are you at a crossroads in your life?: Are you asking "why me?" often? Are you looking out there for all your answers but not getting back what you want in return? If you answer yes to one or all of these questions then LTL's Warrior Programme might be for you. Consisting of three levels from Foundation to Advanced, you will work within a small group and gain the opportunity to learn and understand LTL's unique equine models and concepts which you can take back into your relationships and ultimately create your best life yet.
"I started Equine Facilitated Coaching because I was at a crossroads in my career and needed some direction. I didn't fully realise how powerful my first session would be until the horse, beautiful Bow, started actually copying how I was feeling in her behaviour, which helped hold up a mirror to my own self-limiting beliefs. With that new insight Rebecca guided me through an amazing journey and in three sessions I came out with a practical, thoughtful plan on how to move forward, and I'm already reaping the benefits of it now just a few weeks later. It's also funny to think I was scared of horses: Bow seemed enormous and imposing when I first met her, but at the end of the session she seemed smaller and even nurturing, as she gently nudged my arm with her nose affectionately. Thanks Bow for enlightening me and bringing a positive new force to my career." Zoe Folbigg, Hitchin.
For more information or to chat through your needs with us, please contact us here.
Learning to Listen – South is a division of Learning to Listen and is based at the Learning to Listen Centre, St Paul's Walden (Near Hitchin), Hertfordshire. Haelan Therapy also has a treatment room at the Learning to Listen Centre and we welcome you to come and visit us to get a feel of our holistic approach and also our association with Learning to Listen.
So yes, it is my belief that horses are truly capable of SO much more! Come and find out how and experience this unique approach for yourself. We look forward to seeing you soon.


We're getting closer to the end of the month, and this week we've got three brand new videos to share with you. One is a musical legend; one is a returning member of the HIP family; and one is a brand new client we're thrilled to be sharing with you for the first time. Here's our latest HIP Picks – Weekly Client Roundup- take a look at the video above, and learn more about each clip by clicking on the links below.


Dr. Alois Alzheimer was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist. He first identified presenile dementia in 1906.
First identified by Dr. Alois Alzheimer in 1906, Alzheimer's is the most common type of dementia.
Physically, the brains of Alzheimer's patients show characteristic shrinkage and damage in certain regions of the brain, particularly those that subserve memory. Alzheimer's is a progressive disease that eventually leads to the loss of brain function in key areas, including those critical for speaking, recognizing people, calculating, focusing, and performing basic tasks. Dr. Alzheimer found that individuals suffering from the disease have large buildups of amyloid plaques in their brain (although early on, some people with these clumps do not exhibit symptoms of Alzheimer's).
Alzheimer's manifests itself by increasing cognitive decline, including the loss of short-term memory, difficulty with languages, disorientation, mood swings, emotional disorders such as depression, the loss of ability to complete complex actions (like getting dressed), feeling lost or easily confused, and withdrawing from social relationships, including friends and family.
Today, Alzheimer's is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Many of the same issues that increase risk for Alzheimer's are also connected to cardiovascular disease and autoimmune disorders, meaning that treatments to prevent Alzheimer's may help protect against two other common causes of death.
Alzheimer's is primarily a disease that strikes older adults, although symptoms may begin even in the 40s or 50s. Today, approximately 5.4 million Americans are living with the disease, although statistics suggest that as many as 45 million of the currently living Americans may develop Alzheimer's disease. The majority of Alzheimer's cases are classified as "late onset" Alzheimer's, with the first symptoms becoming apparent after age 65. There is also a less common form of the disease called "early onset" Alzheimer's that primarily affects people in their 40s and 50s. Today, approximately 200,000 people have the early onset form of Alzheimer's.
Since it was first identified more than 100 years ago, scientists have been working to understand what causes Alzheimer's. Exposure to toxins (including mercury and aluminum), hormonal imbalances, nutritional deficiencies, and genetic factors have all been explored, but it was the identification of the APOE-4 gene variant that has shown the most promise because individuals with one or more copies of APOE-4 have been shown to have a far higher risk of developing Alzheimer's.
The research performed by Dr. Bredesen and his colleagues is extremely significant because it has identified the pathways by which Alzheimer's develops, as well as revealing subtypes of Alzheimer's for the first time.
The brain is a complex organ and relies on a carefully balanced system of chemical markers to regulate brain health. Everyone has the APOE gene on chromosome 19, but it is the APOE-4 variant (called an allele) that plays a key role in sending harmful messages that result in amyloid-beta plaque buildup and the destruction of brain cells that lead to the symptoms of Alzheimer's, especially those that handle memory.
The APOE gene regulates many different bodily functions, both inside and outside of the brain. When the body is under attack (inflammation) or senses a deficiency such as vitamin D (or any of many others) or senses toxins, it then signals the amyloid precursor protein (APP) located in the brain to take action.
The easiest way to think of an APP molecule—which is what produces the amyloid—is to think of it being a CEO of a company, responding to the status of many different things such as controversy (inflammation), stock price (nutritional support), and sabotage (toxin exposure).
In a healthy person, the APP molecule is cut mostly into two different parts, launching two good fragments that then activate cells locally to strengthen and protect the memories and synapses, including the production of chemical messengers known as neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are molecules that coordinate communication across the brain, and are vital for tasks like storing, recalling, and forming memories.
But when the body is suffering from nutritional deficiencies or is under attack from inflammation or toxins (especially if you have the APOE-4 variant), there are different instructions for the APP molecules. Instead of dividing into two healthy fragments, the APP then launches four signals that activate the pull-back of brain cell connections, memory loss, and ultimately destruction of the brain cells.
The process by which APP molecules are told which signals to launch is called proteolysis, and this involves cutting the APP with molecular scissors called proteases. Specific enzymes divide or cut the molecule into different segments. These segments make all the difference, the same way a few lines of code in a program can hack a person's computer.
When proteases cut the APP molecules at three specific locations, this produces four chemical messengers known as peptides. The four dangerous peptides are known as soluble APP beta, Jcasp, C31, and amyloid-beta (this last one is what forms the amyloid in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease). Once launched, each plays a specific role in triggering cell destruction.
Launching these harmful signals does not immediately lead to Alzheimer's or other related diseases like cardiovascular illness and autoimmune disorders, but begins a downward path that takes years. Instead, these signals are responding to a body that is out of balance. In the early stages, only some APP molecules may be launching harmful signals while the majority continue to function normally (launching the "good" signals). Alzheimer's is a progressive disease, meaning that it gets worse over time. Conversely, because Alzheimer's is caused by imbalances, proactive steps can help tilt the balance the other way, leading to the reversal of damage.
Each of the four harmful peptides plays a specific role in causing destruction in the cells. For instance, the peptide amyloid-beta affects other APP molecules in the brain, causing them to release even more amyloid-beta (a kind of snowball effect), believed to be the cause of the buildup of amyloid-beta plaques in the brains of people with Alzheimer's.
The key to preventing and even reversing the effects of Alzheimer's is to understand the vital role that the APOE gene, and other factors, play in regulating APP molecules. When the body senses inflammation or nutritional deficiencies or toxin exposure, the APOE protein then triggers the APP to launch specific signals to handle the problem. In short, if there is no cause for alarm, the APOE gene will not tell the APP molecules in the brain to launch the negative signals.
Individuals with the APOE-4 variant are, effectively, more sensitive to overreaction to alarm, thus responding more vigorously with instructions to the APP molecules to launch the four harmful signals. Therefore, individuals with one or more copies of the APOE-4 gene are at a higher risk for developing Alzheimer's. Again, regardless of risk factors, not everyone with the APOE-4 gene does develop Alzheimer's, and not everyone who lacks the APOE-4 allele are certain to avoid it.
Once the nutritional deficiencies and causes for inflammation and toxic exposures in cell tissue are reduced or eliminated, the APP molecules will not respond in a destructive manner. Instead, the positive signals will be launched that protect and promote healthy cell development, including key areas of the brain that handle memory. Under normal circumstances, the good signals launched by the APP molecules combat the progression of Alzheimer's.


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You would be surprised at the number of times I have heard this question get asked and this is not regarding the installation path but the specific server a given vCenter Server 5.1 component is installed on. I am just wondering if people are somehow miss-placing their infrastructure? I would hope that most organizations have some type of CMDB (Configuration Management Database) even if it is just a spreadsheet or at a minimum a memorable hostname. In any case, this question is only relevant for those of you who decided to separate out the vCenter SSO (Single Sign-On) Server, vSphere Web Client, Inventory Service and the vCenter Server and are now wondering where a given component is installed at.
Next, you will need to login directly to your vCenter Server (RDP or SSH) depending on the version you are using. Using the hostname or IP Address of our vCenter SSO Server, we will now connect to the Lookup Service which is installed alongside the vCenter SSO Server. This service will provide us with the location of all services registered to vCenter SSO and we will be able to identify the location of the remainder vCenter Server components.
We can take a look at the serviceName which describes the specific vCenter Server component such as the vSphere Web Client or Log Browser and endpoints property will tell you which server it is installed on.
I have a query regarding LookupURI.
Can i configure this lookupURI to point to a third party SSo Service provider like OpenAM ?
I am badly struck with it.
Yours help will be highly appreciable.
Is there any way i can locate the location of vcenter,sso,vum database ?
Thank you and it is useful . One more thing that this is not showing up the location of inventory service vm details.
Can you help me how to do that .


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VIDEO: Kobe Bryant Gets A Diagnosis On Torn Rotator Cuff
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Against the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday, Kobe Bryant aggravated his shoulder that has been bothering him since the start of the 2014-15 NBA season. An MRI revealed a torn rotator cuff and Kobe is expected to miss the rest of the season due to injury.
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While Kobe and the Los Angeles Lakers are evaluating their options and a final decision could be made as early as Monday, The Player's Tribune provided an exclusive look at the five-time champion getting a diagnosis on his torn rotator cuff:
With this potentially being his third consecutive season-ending injury, it will be interesting to see what Kobe does. After recovering from an Achilles rupture and broken knee, Kobe started the season playing at a high-level, but had to adjust his game after playing major minutes.
In his 19th season, Kobe is averaging 22.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists in 35 games.
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Must TOEFL Score Arrive by ED Deadline?
Written by Sally Rubenstone | Sept. 24, 2012
Question: I am extremely interested in the program of Bryn Mawr College and plan to apply for the class of 2016. Do I need to submit the TOEFL scores by the ED deadline?
First of all, I think you must mean the Class of 2017, right? (The class of 2016 has already been admitted, and Bryn Mawr will soon be evaluating applications for the Class of 2017.)
Bryn Mawr does require the TOEFL (or, alternatively, the IELTS) from international students, if their first language isn't English. If, however, you have spent four years in a high school where the principal language of instruction is English, you can have that requirement waived, regardless of the language you speak at home.
If you want to apply to Bryn Mawr via the binding Early Decision plan, then all application materials should reach the admission office by the deadline (November 15th for the first round of ED and January 1st for the second).
BUT … if you will get your TOEFL score shortly after the deadline, it is likely that Bryn Mawr will allow you to submit it somewhat late. You should check with the office of admission right away to confirm this.
You can find the admission officer who represents applicants from your country here:http://www.brynmawr.edu/admissions/regional/officers/index.html
Contact her (email is best) and explain your situation. Tell her the date of your TOEFL and when Bryn Mawr should expect your score. She may give you the okay to apply ED even if your TOEFL won't arrive by the deadline.
If you haven't already made contact with your area rep, it is worthwhile to do so. Thus, by writing to her with your TOEFL question, you will accomplish this as well. Keep in mind, however, that although admission reps welcome critical questions from prospective students, they are also very busy. So once you've made your initial contact, you should limit your messages to those that are truly essential. The TOEFL question is definitely one of those "essential" ones, but use your best judgment as other questions pop up, and check the Bryn Mawr Web site first, before you rush to write to your rep every time you're confused. (The U.S. admission process can be so confusing, that this could happen every day! ;) )
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Sally Rubenstone knows the competitive and often convoluted college admission process inside out: From the first time the topic of college comes up at the dinner table until the last duffel bag is unloaded on a dorm room floor. She is the co-author of Panicked Parents' Guide to College Admissions; The Transfer Student's Guide to Changing Colleges and The International Student's Guide to Going to College in America. Sally has appeared on NBC's Today program and has been quoted in countless publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Weekend, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, People and Seventeen. Sally has viewed the admissions world from many angles: As a Smith College admission counselor for 15 years, an independent college counselor serving students from a wide range of backgrounds and the author of College Confidential's "Ask the Dean" column. She also taught language arts, social studies, study skills and test preparation in 10 schools, including American international schools in London, Paris, Geneva, Athens and Tel Aviv. As senior advisor to College Confidential since 2002, Sally has helped hundreds of students and parents navigate the college admissions maze. In 2008, she co-founded College Karma, a private college consulting firm, with her College Confidential colleague Dave Berry, and she continues to serve as a College Confidential advisor. Sally and her husband, Chris Petrides, became first-time parents in 1997 at the ripe-old age of 45. So Sally was nearly an official senior citizen when her son Jack began the college selection process, and when she was finally able to practice what she had preached for more than three decades.
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Topic: Will we get a home game in the NIT?
Will we get a home game in the NIT?
Hope you're correct. That would be awesome.
3 games. Spring break is next week, so the crowd would likely be small.
I wonder why anyone would want to go to a NIT game anyway?
Ummm, to support our team maybe?
We have a bunch of seniors who have given Clemson everything they have.
Re: Ummm, to support our team maybe?
Those seniors probably don't care at all about the NIT. If we were a young team it would be more interesting.
The can understand why non Clemson people would not go but those who really support the Tigers would go. Those who don't will have plenty of ammunition for their hourly pleas for a new coach and constant bitching about the program in general. So, all is not lost.
I am not sure if we need a new coach or not. I like the recruits we have coming in for next year. I completely support the team, but the NIT is meaningless. They are basically exhibition games.
I can't agree with that. Players such as Newman and White and Tyson and several others could gain valuable playing experience by playing in meaningful games In the NIT. If would certainly give coach Brownell an opportunity to see how these guys we will rely on next year play with each other in a tournament environment. Hopefully that will not be the case and we return to the "big dance" but shutting down the season now would be beyond foolish.
If we do go to the NIT, I hope we play our younger guys more.
I already apologized. Sorry about that. I was wrong. As far as hoops goes, I coudn't care less about the NIT. Even if we won the NIT I would think it meaningless. I support the team, but the NIT doesn't matter. It's not like we would be building something for next year. I wouldn't consider winning the NIT an accomplishment.
You don't think the extra practice and game experience would be helpful?!?
I view the NIT like I do mid- and lower-tier bowls: it might not be what you hoped in terms of postseason play, but it's still an opportunity to keep practicing, playing, and getting better.
Re: You don't think the extra practice and game experience would be helpful?!?
True, but 4 of out 5 starters won't be back, so I don't look at it like much practice. Let's say we went to the NIT next year, I would agree with you.
Re: Will we get a home game in the NIT?
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