Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[tikay]

I said he'd be awesome, Stu's defo the best at teaching poker I've met from the English guys. great manner and lots of patience

Can't disagree, he was top notch.

As ever, if you appear on TV, some negativity will surface from the hardcore forum trolls, from the comfort of their back bedroom, & we had a bit of that, but it goes with the territory, & I doubt it will bother him.

Nice to see you on a proper Diary, btw, prolly the best one you've ever Posted on, & you are speshly welcome. 

[SuuPRlim]

As ever, if you appear on TV, some negativity will surface from the hardcore forum trolls, from the comfort of their back bedroom, & we had a bit of that, but it goes with the territory, & I doubt it will bother him.

Nice to see you on a proper Diary, btw, prolly the best one you've ever Posted on, & you are speshly welcome. 

Forum's gonna forum. Stu's results speak for themselves imo

and TY, prolly gonna keep up with it now, if i have time after reading RED-DOG's ofc

[DaveShoelace]

Mason & Rutter are two of the best possible analysts you could have got in the UK. Both very likable, both very good at the game, both alarmingly wise beyond their years.

[tikay]

[Chompy]

I'm free most of Feb if you want to pencil me in for a couple of analyst slots ta

[tikay]

The more I see photos of that cruise tragedy, the more surreal it seems, it was incredibly close to the shore.

[tikay]

I'm free most of Feb if you want to pencil me in for a couple of analyst slots ta

Any poker experience? You need to be at least my standard.

[AndrewT]

The captain is toast.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/17/costa-concordia-coastguard-captain-return

[tikay]

The captain is toast.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/17/costa-concordia-coastguard-captain-return

If that "event log" is true, it is beyond extraordinary, the Captain must have been on drugs, or drunk.

[gatso]

The more I see photos of that cruise tragedy, the more surreal it seems, it was incredibly close to the shore.

didn't he drive the boat to the shore after he hit the rock further out?

[the sicilian]

I'm free most of Feb if you want to pencil me in for a couple of analyst slots ta

Any poker experience? You need to be at least my standard.

pwned

[byronkincaid]

They have responsibilities to all those things, yes - but their greatest responsibility is to deliver enhanced value to their shareholders. It is that, above all, by which they will be judged. That is their absolute duty, (within the law, of course), & far & away their greatest priority.

This article is quite long, probably applies to the US more than the UK and is no doubt somewhat OTT but I did find it quite interesting. Be interested in your thoughts if you get the chance to read it.

This quote probably sums it up

Although Jack Welch was seen during his tenure as CEO of GE as the heroic exemplar of maximizing shareholder value, he came to be one of its strongest critics. On March 12, 2009, he gave an interview with Francesco Guerrera of the Financial Times and said, “On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world. Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy… your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products. Managers and investors should not set share price increases as their overarching goal. … Short-term profits should be allied with an increase in the long-term value of a company.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/11/28/maximizing-shareholder-value-the-dumbest-idea-in-the-world/

[SuuPRlim]

wow. Seems unreal that it being so close to the shore anyone should have died.

The media impression is that it was blind-faced negligence on the captains behalf that led to this whole thing. WTF was he thinking

[Doobs]

He hit the rock, then he drove the boat towards shore to save lives.  That is at least one of the versions of events I have read.

He is obviously not a complete hero on some of the other things I have read.

[mondatoo]

I'm pretty confused about the lifeboat discussion thread after seeing the pics.