Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz
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what the fuck is a "Sports Sociologist"? Fuck there's a student loan well spent aye?
And yet another utterly rubbish article. This is getting surreal.
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Surely he should have realized there was a reason Psychics weren't rolling in cash?
A psychic who used chakras, incantations, astrology and ‘intuition’ to determine share prices has been cited in the failure of Australian stockbroking firm Burdett Buckeridge Young Limited, it has been revealed.
The firm’s boss, Glenn Rosewall, son of tennis great Ken Rosewall, admitted he took advice on major business decisions including budget estimates and cashflow forecasts from ‘professional intuitive and energy healer’ Nevine Rottinger before the firm went bust in May 2015.
A court hearing examining the company’s failure revealed the firm collapsed owing investors NZ$64 million with liquidator KPMG accusing the firm of dipping into clients’ money in a bid to claw its way out of financial trouble.
If proven, it could give the liquidator grounds to launch an insolvent trading claim against the firm’s directors relating to the multi-million dollar losses – considered the largest failure of an Australian stockbroking firm since the global financial crisis, website InternationalAdviser.com reported.
During the court hearing Rottinger, who had had no financial training, used chakras, incantations, astrology and ‘intuition’ to make her predictions.
“We’re made up of electromagnetic energy. We can manipulate that field… to create better outcomes,” Rottinger told KPMG.
“I just get an image in my mind that tells me what a price may be,” she added, conceding that she was ‘not always right’.
The court heard that Rosewell had wanted to try a ‘mind over matter approach’ and sought out Rottinger’s counsel between 2010 and 2014, with the psychic charging NZ$314 an hour for two hours of work.
Rottinger also gave advice on shifting energy in the office, calming incantations and the chakras that influenced how he dealt with his workload.
According to former BBY CEO Arun Maharaj, Rosewell had been very secretive during quarterly financial presentations and kept his father and the rest of the board in the dark about his activity with Rottinger.
“Amongst many other things, Glenn wouldn’t share revenue numbers, cost numbers with anyone, it was consistent with his secretive form,” Maharaj told the court.
“Team managers would get budgets but the firm as a whole wouldn’t know how the firm was performing.”
Rosewall was asked why he thought it was a good idea to consult Rottinger on financial problems and not with the board of BBY, to which he said it was a ‘hypothetical’.
“She had a different perspective on things,” he said. “I guess initially I was a little bit sceptical but I was open-minded to taking a meeting.”
He said Rottinger was ‘entitled to an opinion’ but it was not an ‘exact science’ and he was ‘dismissive’ of a lot of her ‘input’.
In a liquidators’ report filed on 9 September, KPMG said about 6,000 of BBY’s 30,000 former clients had potential claims against the firm totalling NZ$64 million, although initial investigations have identified a NZ$24 million shortfall in the money that can be used for client claims, InternationalAdviser.com reported.
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@taniwharugby wow. A shock jock trying to stir up controversy to improve ratings who ever heard of such a thing? As for reading the mood of a nation I'll bet good money only a tiny proportion of the people commenting on stuff and Facebook about this would actually follow through on the actions they suggested if Filipo wasn't dropped .
Sports sociologist sounds like a decent gravy train to get on. Well done for exploiting the gullible with that job title.
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I've edited my hosts file to change from stuff.co.nz to reddit.com/r/bustypetite
That way I go from furious, to furiously willising
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@antipodean champ
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@MajorRage said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Add another bow to the things that I am but cannot be proud of it seems.
- White
- Straight
- Male
and now
4. Rugby fan.Awesome.
1 of these things is not like the others. i have never understood pride in things that are not accomplishments, rather that you were born with. i guess gay not-having-to-be-ashamed-anymore parade doesn't have the same ring to it, but still... why anyone thinks that they should be proud of having been born black or white or male or female or straight or gay is beyond me.
there is at least a reason for oppressed minority groups (mis)using the word pride, in that they have been made to feel ashamed of what they are, or of less worth, and there is consequent widespread underachievement, criminality, depression, suicide, drug abuse etc in these groups. People want to fix these things, so they try to promote 'pride' in the grouping characteristic, when what they really want is pride in the individuals - i.e. not to feel proud of themselves for being gay, but to think that being gay is not negative and to feel proud of themselves. sorry to hear that you need a hand up too mate. -
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@reprobate said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@MajorRage said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Add another bow to the things that I am but cannot be proud of it seems.
- White
- Straight
- Male
and now
4. Rugby fan.Awesome.
1 of these things is not like the others. i have never understood pride in things that are not accomplishments, rather that you were born with. i guess gay not-having-to-be-ashamed-anymore parade doesn't have the same ring to it, but still... why anyone thinks that they should be proud of having been born black or white or male or female or straight or gay is beyond me.
there is at least a reason for oppressed minority groups (mis)using the word pride, in that they have been made to feel ashamed of what they are, or of less worth, and there is consequent widespread underachievement, criminality, depression, suicide, drug abuse etc in these groups. People want to fix these things, so they try to promote 'pride' in the grouping characteristic, when what they really want is pride in the individuals - i.e. not to feel proud of themselves for being gay, but to think that being gay is not negative and to feel proud of themselves. sorry to hear that you need a hand up too mate.I got married in a kilt.
I apologise profusely for any pride I may have felt at that time on behalf of my heritage.
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@Mokey said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Richie always looked fucking hot in a kilt.
My parents have heaps of Scottish heritage stuff at their place - plaid, clan badge, jewellery etc, and I love it. That is the heritage I identify with, and I'm so proud of it.
Don't forget to always live by this ethos as well Mokey....it serves me well....
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From NZ Herald (my emphasis)
"BP OIl New Zealand general manager of retail Debi Boffa said the company would be reploying extra staff to assist customers with the transition to the new Onecard."
From the Urban Dictionary:
"Reployment
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The act of re-employing someone (who was previously laid off) as a temp worker, usually at a lower wage scale.
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What happens to many people who have lost their permanent jobs following the crash of 2008.
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Another sign of the harsh economic times in which we live.
Acme Industries is having a Reployment Fair at the hotel downtown. They'll re-hire you as a temp at about half of what you were earning last year."
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@TeWaio said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@gollum Surely that was satire? WTF?!
well, it was Fox News... so sure.. but no, they & their viewer see it as real.
The Fox coverage of this storm is excellent. They are only barely above screaming "we are all going to die!". I'm still waiting for the "Why has Jesus done this?" and a straight faced analysis of the number of gays in each county.
Hilariously its heading straight sor Trumps estate
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@MN5 said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@reprobate said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@MajorRage said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
Add another bow to the things that I am but cannot be proud of it seems.
- White
- Straight
- Male
and now
4. Rugby fan.Awesome.
1 of these things is not like the others. i have never understood pride in things that are not accomplishments, rather that you were born with. i guess gay not-having-to-be-ashamed-anymore parade doesn't have the same ring to it, but still... why anyone thinks that they should be proud of having been born black or white or male or female or straight or gay is beyond me.
there is at least a reason for oppressed minority groups (mis)using the word pride, in that they have been made to feel ashamed of what they are, or of less worth, and there is consequent widespread underachievement, criminality, depression, suicide, drug abuse etc in these groups. People want to fix these things, so they try to promote 'pride' in the grouping characteristic, when what they really want is pride in the individuals - i.e. not to feel proud of themselves for being gay, but to think that being gay is not negative and to feel proud of themselves. sorry to hear that you need a hand up too mate.I got married in a kilt.
I apologise profusely for any pride I may have felt at that time on behalf of my heritage.
Me too.
Still wear it to formal occasions.
Does tend to attract dodgy women that want to put their hand up up to check if you are wearing undies though.
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