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Since Tendulkar's tally of 100 international centuries consist of both ODI and Test centuries, we present a list here of his highest impact centuries – 5 in ODI cricket, followed by 5 in Tests.
Quite a few of these are performances that most people do not even remember – as they are not bestowed with the same romance and sentimentality that often provides an exaggerated hue on their true value.
All these performances are first, high impact in a match context, and then, series-defining feats (except one, which is mentioned) – that had a crucial say in the final result of the series (or the tournament).
Overall, Tendulkar has 10 Series/tournament-defining performances in his ODI career (the most by a batsman in ODI history) and 6 in his Test career. He has been a greater ODI player than a Test player…and perhaps this list will explain somewhat why.
Highest Impact ODI Century – 1 (all numbers on an IMPACT scale between 0 and 5 on a career level, kept unrestricted on a match level here)
117 v Australia in Sydney, 2008 (CB Series Final) - Batting IMPACT 7.70
Runs Tally IMPACT 5.34Strike Rate IMPACT 0.96Partnership Building IMPACT 0.43Chasing IMPACT 0.97Batting IMPACT 7.70
Contrary to all expectations, India reached the CB Series finals in 2008 – a remarkable achievement given their debacle in the World Cup the year before. Tendulkar, often (and rightly) criticised for not delivering for India on the big occasion as often as a player of his stature was expected to, did so this spectacularly this time. In the first final, chasing Australia's 239-8, stabilising the situation from the beginning (in an innings that became 87-3 at one point), Tendulkar guided India home with an unbeaten 117 in 120 balls. It was his first, and till date, his only, ODI century in Australia.(He followed up this performance with an outstanding 91 in the second final, which helped India win the tournament 2-0 in the finals.)
Highest Impact ODI Century – 2 (all numbers on an IMPACT scale between 0 and 5 on a career level, kept unrestricted on a match level here)
134 vs Australia in Sharjah, 1998 (Coca-Cola Cup Final) - Batting IMPACT 6.97
Runs Tally IMPACT 5.38Strike Rate IMPACT 0.65Partnership Building IMPACT 0.45Chasing IMPACT 0.49Batting IMPACT 6.97
Most people remember his previous innings (the 143 "sandstorm" innings) that got India into the final of this tournament.Fact is, if he had not produced this performance in the final itself, that innings would not have the same importance, and would not be remembered with a fraction of the fondness it still inspires. Chasing Australia's 272, Tendulkar produced a masterfully calibrated 134 off 131 balls (interestingly, the exact same number of balls faced as in the "sandstorm" innings) that had comprehensively finished the match off when he was third out at 248 in the 45th over.
Highest Impact ODI Century – 3 (all numbers on an IMPACT scale between 0 and 5 on a career level, kept unrestricted on a match level here)
138 vs Sri Lanka in Colombo, 2009 (Compaq Cup Final) - Batting IMPACT 5.78
Runs Tally IMPACT 5.13Strike Rate IMPACT 0.19Partnership Building IMPACT 0.46Batting IMPACT 5.78
Beating Sri Lanka in their own back-yard had been an elusive conquest for India for more than a decade. When they got a chance in 2009, Tendulkar led the way with his 44th ODI hundred – an-immaculately-crafted 138 off 133 balls, with substantial contributions around him from Dravid, Dhoni and Yuvraj, that propelled India to 319. Harbhajan led the way with the ball (on a pitch that deteriorated) and Tendulkar had played the leading role in an important Indian tournament win for the second time in successive years.
Highest Impact ODI Century – 4 (all numbers on an IMPACT scale between 0 and 5 on a career level, kept unrestricted on a match level here)
124 not out v Zimbabwe in Sharjah, 1998 (Coca-Cola Championship Trophy Final) –
Batting IMPACT 5.75Runs Tally IMPACT 3.47Strike Rate IMPACT 1.41Partnership Building IMPACT 0.25Batting IMPACT 5.75
No one remembers this performance today and the seeming lightweight opposition is actually a desert mirage. This Zimbabwe side vanquished ODI World Champions Sri Lanka 3 days before to reach this final. Eight months later, they would be World Cup quarter-finalists. On this day though, they were bowled out for 196, setting the stage for perhaps a hard-fought graft (given the pitch and the low-scoring league match they had vanquished India in). Nothing like that ensued though – Ganguly held one end up for the most part (63 off 90 balls) and Tendulkar, at his absolute peak as a player in 1998, systematically demolished the hapless Zimbabwe bowlers (especially Olanga, who had shown signs of being a world-beater earlier on in the tournament) as he blasted 124 off 92 balls with 12 boundaries and 6 sixes. India won by ten wickets, their biggest victory in a tournament final.
Highest Impact ODI Century – 5 (all numbers on an IMPACT scale between 0 and 5 on a career level, kept unrestricted on a match level here)
128 v Sri Lanka in Colombo, 1998 (Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy Final) Batting IMPACT 5.05
Runs Tally IMPACT 4.64Partnership Building IMPACT 0.41Batting IMPACT 5.05
Yet another 1998 special from Tendulkar – in the last tournament India would win in Sri Lanka till 2009 (number 3 on this list). India batted first – and batted and batted – as the first wicket put on 252 till Tendulkar finally departed for 128 off 131 balls (that magic number again – it was his 1998 number). Ganguly eventually made 109 off 136 balls as India mustered up a formidable (for its time) 307. Aravinda DeSilva got a century too, but his team collapsed when he got out (at 272), and India beat the World Champions by 6 runs in the end.
Highest Impact Test Century – 1(all numbers on an IMPACT scale between 0 and 5 on a career level, kept unrestricted on a match level here)
160 v New Zealand in Hamilton, 2009 - Batting IMPACT 5.44
1st InningsRuns Tally IMPACT 5.02Partnership Building IMPACT 0.42Batting IMPACT 5.44
India won the 2009 away series in New Zealand 1-0, the first such win in 41 years. And in the only decisive Test match of the series, Tendulkar notched up 160 in about four-and-a-half hours of batting (he came in at 142-3 and was out 301 runs later) while New Zealand made 279 in each of their two innings (with all the Indian bowlers chipping in). The timing of Tendulkar's 42nd Test hundred was immaculate.
Highest Impact Test Century – 2 (all numbers on an IMPACT scale between 0 and 5 on a career level, kept unrestricted on a match level here)
193 v England in Leeds, 2002 - Batting IMPACT 5.40
1st InningsRuns Tally IMPACT 4.94Partnership Building IMPACT 0.46Batting IMPACT 5.40
India was 0-1 down in the 4-Test series. After captain Ganguly won the toss and asked his batsmen to overcome difficult conditions early on, Dravid and Bangar responded spectacularly with a 170-run partnership at the top. Tendulkar came out to bat at 185-2 after the conditions had been considerably tamed and the ball had had its shine taken off (and stopped moving as prodigiously as before). Dravid departed at 335 (for a classic 148, which would get the Man-of-the-Match award) and together with Ganguly (who made 128), Tendulkar proceeded to finish the match off by piling on the runs mercilessly – a rare occasion of the famous trio delivering big performances simultaneously. The Indian bowlers responded (notably Kumble, in both innings) and India won by an innings and drew the series eventually 1-1, the first time in 16 years when they did not lose a series outside Asia. It was a sign of things to come.
Highest Impact Test Century – 3 (all numbers on an IMPACT scale between 0 and 5 on a career level, kept unrestricted on a match level here)
4 & 155 not out v Australia in Chennai, 1998 - Batting IMPACT 5.12
1st InningsRuns Tally IMPACT 0.08Batting IMPACT 0.082nd InningsRuns Tally IMPACT 4.50Pressure IMPACT 0.14Partnership Building IMPACT 0.40Batting IMPACT 5.04
This one is a celebrated century from his marquee year - 1998. India, after conceding a 71-run lead in the first innings (deemed substantial in those circumstances), were 115-2 when Sidhu walked back (after a rousing attack on Warne, which didn't last long enough). Tendulkar took charge of proceedings and within a couple of hours turned the match on its head. His attack on Warne especially knocked the stuffing out of Australia – and they proceeded to lose the second Test and the series. This performance was a rare momentum-changing performance on the IMPACT scale.
Highest Impact Test Century – 4 (all numbers on an IMPACT scale between 0 and 5 on a career level, kept unrestricted on a match level here)
0 & 136 v Pakistan in Chennai, 1999 - Batting IMPACT 8.04
1st InningsBatting IMPACT 0.002nd InningsRuns Tally IMPACT 5.50Innings Start IMPACT 0.28Pressure IMPACT 1.82Partnership Building 0.44Batting IMPACT 8.04
A celebrated innings from Tendulkar – the only one which is not a series defining performance on this list – or indeed even a match India won. Chasing 271 in the fourth innings, Tendulkar accounted for exactly half those runs but could not finish the job – he was seventh out 17 runs short, and India were all out four runs later. But this six-and-a-half hour effort ranks as one of his classics and is the highest impact single individual Test innings of his career.
Highest Impact Test Century – 5 (all numbers on an IMPACT scale between 0 and 5 on a career level, kept unrestricted on a match level here)
37 & 103 not out v England in Chennai, 2008 - Batting IMPACT 3.77
1st InningsRuns Tally IMPACT 0.73Batting IMPACT 0.732nd InningsRuns Tally IMPACT 2.36Partnership Building IMPACT 0.26Chasing IMPACT 0.42Batting IMPACT 3.04
In a classic fourth innings chase of 387 – India romped home with 6 wickets to spare, led by Tendulkar's poised unbeaten century in more than 5 hours of batting. Sehwag's quickfire 83 had opened up the game the previous evening (for which he got the Man-of-the-Match award) while Gambhir's 66 and Yuvraj's unbeaten 85 made the chase look easy on a flat pitch. As no Indian crossed an IMPACT of 5 in this match, Tendulkar, Sehwag and Yuvraj, based on their impact on the match, all registered series-defining IMPACT for their performances (primarily for what they did during the run-chase).
HONORARY MENTION – 1(all numbers on an IMPACT scale between 0 and 5 on a career level, kept unrestricted on a match level here)
214 & 53 not out v Australia in Bangalore, 2010 – Batting IMPACT 5.46
1st InningsRuns Tally IMPACT 2.42Innings Start IMPACT 0.14Pressure IMPACT 0.49Pressure Building IMPACT 0.23Batting IMPACT 3.282nd InningsRuns Tally IMPACT 1.98Partnership Building IMPACT 0.20Batting IMPACT 2.18
This is not one of Tendulkar's more celebrated performances, though it should be. After losing the first Test narrowly (thanks to Laxman's heroics at the end, though Tendulkar played a significant role with 98 and 38 in the match), Australia put up 478 and had India at 38-2 when Tendulkar walked in. With Murali Vijay, he stabilised the innings and gradually began to dominate in an inimitable style that gave the Australians no chance. His 49th Test century extended to 214 in 9 hours of batting. Later, Australia set India 207 to win, and Tendulkar walked out again at 89-2, watched Pujara play an outstanding innings in his first Test, and calmly completed the job with an assured, unbeaten 53 (it is noteworthy that that has a seemingly disproportionately high impact compared to his first innings double century – purely because of the circumstances).This performance did not come in a decider Test match – and so does not get on this list. But on a career level, Tendulkar got series-defining status for this because this was Tendulkar's second (consecutive) IMPACT 5 performance in the same series – the only one in his career.
HONORARY MENTION - 2(all numbers on an IMPACT scale between 0 and 5 on a career level, kept unrestricted on a match level here)
68 & 119 not out v England in Manchester, 1990 - Batting IMPACT 6.15
1st InningsRuns Tally IMPACT 0.79Pressure IMPACT 0.34Partnership Building IMPACT 0.10Batting IMPACT 1.232nd InningsRuns Tally IMPACT 2.70Pressure IMPACT 1.50Partnership Building IMPACT 0.24Chasing IMPACT 0.48Batting IMPACT 4.92
Tendulkar, playing in his 9th Test, not quite 17 yet, came in to bat at 109-4, as India faced a whole day to survive (or to make 408 runs to win in the fourth innings, which wouldn't even have entered Indian minds in those days). Showing the same fluency with which he had made 68 in the first innings, Tendulkar batted for almost 4 hours, helped add 234 runs in the middle (primarily with Manoj Prabhakar) and saved the match for India. It made no difference to the series though (India still lost) but this remains one of Tendulkar's finest innings/centuries – the only one where saved a Test for India in the fourth innings.
It is interesting to note that two out of Tendulkar's five highest impact Test centuries came in a support role (though in crucial circumstances) – it is a pointer to why his impact in Tests has not been as high as it has been in ODIs.
His back-to-back ODI performances in 1998 and 2008, both to win a tournament against Australia, are the highest impact performances he has had in his career – and they are both limited-overs masterpieces (it is curious though that none of his 5 highest impact ODI innings had him absorb any pressure).
Many of his other gems (like his 200 vs South Africa in ODIs or his 241 vs Australia in Tests do not figure on this list simply because they did not have the same kind of impact on a series/tournament level (and sometimes not even on a match level, given the circumstances in the game).
It is a remarkable achievement though, that a batsman could produce two of his finest ODI performances a decade apart from each other, and his highest impact Test performances too cover a span of over a decade. This longevity is Tendulkar's greatest hallmark…and the 100 international centuries too are a testament to that.
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1. Motion presenter: Robert Taylor
2. Date of Faculty Senate discussion: 11/14/2011 and 11/28/2011
3. Rationale:
Whereas on July 29, 2011, the Faculty Senate Agenda Committee decided to continue formation of an ad hoc Committee on Organization of Other Entities, after the Provost's decision to forego appointing an "Other Entities" committee in order to focus on data gathering required for the accreditation process, and
Whereas, on October 17, 2011, President Huddleston stressed before the Faculty Senate the need for quick action to begin addressing the university's structural deficit in time for submission of a proposed biennium budget to the Board of Trustees in December, and
Whereas the president indicated that all units are "on the table" for consideration of budget cuts to address the structural deficit, and
Whereas a structural deficit is addressed through alteration of significant parts or units of the structure that contribute to its deficit, and
Whereas the Office of the Provost has initiated examination of academic programs for possible programmatic cuts at all five UNH-Durham colleges and at UNH-Manchester, and
Whereas the Committee on Organization of Other Entities is charged with examining non-academic units that either are receiving large budgetary inputs from university resources (e.g., the university's Athletics Program) or are expanding (e.g. the UNH Information Technology Department), and
Whereas the Faculty Senate's ad-hoc Committee on Organization of Other Entities has completed its examination and report on the university's Athletics Program, and
Whereas the UNH Athletics Program's budget of $23,059,481 (FY 08) depends largely on student fees ($8,452,984 or 37%) and institutional support from tuition and state funding ($7,444,082 or 32%), and
Whereas the student athletics fee cannot continue to increase at a 5 percent rate as it nears $1,000 per student each year, and
Whereas there is growing concern about raising tuition to a level that prospective students cannot meet, and
Whereas state funding has been reduced dramatically with dim prospects for restoration in the immediate future, therefore
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Be it resolved that the Faculty Senate of the University of New Hampshire advises the university administration to consider the Athletics Program along with other academic and non-academic units (e.g., IT, USNH System) when exploring programmatic budgetary cuts to address the university's structural deficit.
5. Senate action: passed unanimously.
6. Senate chair's signature: Larry Prelli
Forwarded to: President Mark Huddleston, on December 7, 2011
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Inspired by a 1938 stone fireplace project, Popular Mechanics' Roy Berendsohn decided to build an old-fashioned stone bench for his father. He picked the stones, shaped them himself, mixed and trimmed the mortar and laid the foundation. The results are a simple and elegant outdoor bench that would make any father proud.
The old-fashioned stone bench Roy Berendsohn built for his father. // © Brad Paris
When I was growing up in New England, it seemed there was always a rock lurking just below the ground's surface. It frustrated the smallest job, like driving a tent peg, and often sabotaged larger projects, from digging a post hole to planting a shrub. Wherever this schist and basalt surfaced like a shark fin, it ruined everything that touched it, whether that was a mower blade or your shin.
The only good way to deal with a rock, in my opinion, is to pry it out of the ground and use it to build something. That's how you get even with it — put it to work.
I learned that lesson early at my dad's side. He was an engineer, a born builder. We moved to rural Connecticut in the late 1960s, and our furniture was barely out of the moving van when he started digging up rocks and extending the house's retaining walls.
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We also made rock, after a fashion. Mixing and placing concrete, my father, my brothers and I built walks and made foundation slabs. Some of my first memories go back to mixing concrete with my dad, when I was so small all I could do was pretend to help. In the 1960s and '70s, fathers and sons had time for these things.
My dad, a widower, still lives in the house where I was raised, surrounded by our construction projects — among them a walkway, a patio and a shed I built when I was 16. When he turned 85 recently, there wasn't much I could buy him, so I decided to build something as a gift. That would be fitting.
Laying a foundation
The bench's foundation is a pair of 4-inch-thick concrete footings. I penciled each pillar's square footprint onto a footing. Then came mortar and, finally, the first rock, carefully pressed into place. // © Brad Paris
Rocks can be cut to shape with a tracer. The tool cuts a line across a rock's face, and then the rock is split along the line. The next rock that abuts it may fit unaltered, or it may need to be cut to shape. The process creates a pile of stone chips and debris. Useful pieces, stored in a bucket, can be employed later as the pillar rises. // © Brad Paris
Masons keep a torpedo level in their back pocket and pull it out frequently to check their work. Rock is irregular, and it's easy for a pillar to go out of plumb in the course of construction. // © Brad Paris
I've always been fascinated by stonework, from elegant limestone-clad office buildings to Pennsylvania farmhouses with walls neatly laid up with rock from the fields nearby. But, oddly enough, I've hardly constructed anything from stone since I was a kid — concrete block and brick, sure, but not natural stone. My first thought was to build my dad an outdoor stone fireplace that I found in an old issue of Popular Mechanics.
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But the more I studied the drawing, the more I realized how out of place it would look in his backyard. It was massive, suited to big, late-night barbecue parties. The yard was a contemplative spot, shaggy with shrubs that my father had planted when I was a boy. Besides, he already had a small charcoal grill that he was quite happy with. A rustic stone bench would be more appropriate, I thought.
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I took my dad out to a local diner to discuss the idea — it was the same place where we'd hashed out long-ago plans over plates of meatloaf. He sat across from me, quietly surveying the menu. "You know," he mused, "this place makes the best whiskey sour around." After a pause, he asked, "So tell me, what do you want to build?"
"Simple," I said. "A stone bench. Two pillars and a seat." "Sounds good," he replied. Permission granted.
On an unusually cool summer morning, I drove out to Swenson Granite Works in Newtown, Conn. When I was a kid, you bought stone at a quarry or a masonry yard, places with a massive truck scale outside the office window. Dust devils would swirl by as you shouted above the roar of rock crushers and front-end loaders.
The Swenson yard was neat and quiet. I struck up a conversation with John Doherty, the assistant manager. "This is nice stuff," I said, admiring a silver-flecked slab of granite trucked down from Barre, Vt. "It's the only permanent building material," he said. "It'll be here long after we're gone." The beautiful slabs were cut with a furniture-like precision and crisply stacked. Flanking them were pallets of fieldstone wrapped in wire.
Using the right tools
I bought a pair of chisels — a point and a tracer, both from Trow & Holden, a legendary New England company. The point breaks off high spots and roughs stone to shape; the tracer splits more precisely. // © Brad Paris
While working on mixing and placing concrete for the bench's footing, I drew on lessons I had learned from my dad when I was 12. // © Brad Paris
I had already decided to build the legs, or pillars, with rustic stone reminiscent of the stone walls that trace the hills of southern New England. Now, for the seat, I had to choose between the granite and less-formal bluestone. I decided the bluestone would be more in keeping with my dad's yard, and ordered that, plus rock for the pillars. I signed on the dotted line for delivery. Then, before I left, I bought a pair of chisels — a point and a tracer, both from Trow & Holden, a legendary New England company. The point breaks off high spots and roughs stone to shape; the tracer splits more precisely.
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Back at my dad's, I hammered together two forms for the pillars' concrete footings and dug them in, hitting rocks with every jab of the shovel. Next came the footings themselves. It always feels good to mix concrete. I was working over the first footing when I heard the screen door close. "Did you strike off the excess with a piece of lumber?" my father asked. "Just like you taught me when I was 12," I replied. I remembered the lesson: Overfill the form, push the concrete down and consolidate it, then strike off the excess in a sawing motion with a 2-by-4 held on edge. Finish it with a float, which is nothing more than a piece of wood with a handle. That smoothes cement paste and sand that have been worked (or floated) to the top. My dad nodded and left for a meeting of a volunteer group he chairs. He has a lot on his plate for a guy his age.
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I mixed and placed the concrete for the second footing and had just begun floating it when there was a squeal of air brakes and a backup horn from out front. If you want materials delivered, just start floating a piece of concrete. Works every time.
I jogged out front to take the delivery of stone, and the driver neatly deposited the load using the truck's hydraulic arm.
Building pillars
The trick to "rocking" a slab's edge is to hold the tracer at an angle and strike it sharply with a hand sledge. One hit per cut is all it takes. // © Brad Paris
A trowel full of mortar went atop each pillar. The seat quickly settled into level with a few taps from the tool. // © Brad Paris
The fireplace plans that inspired the bench were published in Popular Mechanics in 1938, when rustic architecture was popular, especially in the cabins and visitor centers built in national parks before World War II. The masonry was deceptive — seemingly untutored, actually sophisticated. Like the Arts and Crafts woodworkers of the same period, rustic builders were trying to evoke an earlier time, before the era of mass production.
That seemingly primitive look is what I was shooting for in my dad's bench. I hauled a heap of stone into the backyard, dumped each load, sorted it, wire-brushed away mud and stacked the material by size and shape. I cracked big stones in half with a stone hammer and split off lumps using the chisels. I dry-stacked the first pillar, stone by stone, pausing occasionally to look at it from various angles. When it was done, I stood back and gave it a long, hard look. It was awful.
A properly placed stone looks like it "belongs," according to "Stonework Techniques and Projects," a book by mason Charles McRaven that I'd been consulting. None of my stones looked like they belonged there, or anywhere.
I started over. Having learned a few things, I did better this time around. I mixed my mortar and slowly laid up the pillar. It was a bit rougher than I'd planned, but serviceable. Work on the second pillar came more easily until close to the top, when I couldn't find the right stone for a tricky corner. My father came by to check on me. "Here," he said, handing me a stone, "try this one." It was too small. "Too much mortar would show, dad," I said gruffly. I felt bad as soon as I said it. "Well, try this one, then," he offered. I was relieved I hadn't hurt his feelings. With a little chisel work, the stone made a pretty good fit, and my dad shot me a look as if to say, "See?" A few more stones and the pillar was finished. All that was left was to add the bluestone seat, a job I'd tackle on my next visit.
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Yellow leaves were mingled with the summer's foliage by the time I got back up to my dad's. Before installing the seat I wanted to chisel a bevel into its edge, using a technique known as "rocking" that leaves a more natural look. I started slow, setting the tool with two taps, then beveling with a third firm strike. After finishing one edge, I felt confident enough to flip the slab and quickly rock the other side with solid, single blows.
There was a half-bag of Type S mortar left, and I mixed up a couple of shovels' worth. The right-hand pillar was a bit shorter than the left, and from the mound of leftover rock, I found a perfectly flat shim to top it off. I placed the mortar on both pillars. Then, with a ceremonious flair, my dad pushed the shim rock into place. With the assistance of a young helper I'd enlisted, I set the seat across the two pillars. The bluestone settled nicely, and just a couple of taps with the butt of the trowel handle got it dead on. I looked over my shoulder at my dad, who was intently studying the level's bubble. "Not bad," he said. "Not bad."


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To be selected up front for Brazil is a dream for almost every single Brazilian, the Selecao shirt a mystical and magical entity that has been bestowed upon some of the greatest footballers that have ever lived.
With that in mind, watching Hulk and Fred stumble their way through the competition has grated against our typical expectations of the Brazilian forward. While Neymar lights up the tournament, these two seem to act as a control experiment to remind us just how bad it could be.
9. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Such was the phenomenal emotional reaction from the Bosnian players and public when they qualified for their first-ever tournament as a nation, it felt as if they would look to grasp their opportunity with both hands - this was the scripted good news story.
Those expectations only grew once the draw had been made for the group stage. Argentina were the clear favourites but, in Iran and Nigeria, Safet Susic's side had opposition with sufficient weaknesses for realistic hopes of progression to be harboured.
Instead, Susic's side have been the dampest of squibs, eliminated even before their final game against Iran, with Edin Dzeko (backed into 33/1 in places to be top scorer) regressing back into his seemingly disinterested state. A tournament that promised so much has delivered astonishingly little of positive note.
8. Asian Sides
It was always likely to be tough for the four countries that qualified from the Asian Football Confederation, but things have still been pretty grim indeed. Australia, Japan, South Korea and Iran have failed to win one of their eight combined matches, losing five.
While the Socceroos (Tim Cahill in particular) and Iran have at least been spirited in defeat against Argentina, Chile and Netherlands, the under-performance of Japan and South Korea has been particularly disappointing. The positivity of 2002 has well and truly drained away.
7. Belgium's Pragmatism
The widespread love for Belgium's footballing rise in the build-up to Brazil was enough to keep a Kleenex factory in profit, but they have instead rather stunk the place out despite consecutive victories ensuring their place in the knockout stage.
Whilst Belgians will undoubtedly prefer the result over the means, the rest of us were moist in anticipation at Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne and the like bringing an element of glamour to an otherwise uninspiring Group H.
A lacklustre comeback victory over Algeria was followed by a rotten 1-0 win over Russia that rivalled Iran v Nigeria to be considered the poorest match of the tournament. Quietly efficient or over-estimated? The next week should provide the answer.
6. Cristiano Ronaldo
After Ronaldo's performances against Sweden in the World Cup play-off saw him crowned winner of the Ballon D'Or, there was an anticipation that the forward could haul an otherwise weak squad into the quarter-finals, showcasing his talent on the greatest stage of all.
It has not proved thus. A mixture of shambolic defending and ill-discipline has seen Portugal all but crash out at the first hurdle, whilst rumours of tendonitis in the knee have dogged Ronaldo's tournament.
"Maybe we're an average team," Ronaldo told reporters after the 2-2 draw with USA. "It would be a lie to say that we are a 'top' team. We have a very limited team and we are not at the best level. This does not enable you to beat top teams." We'd still like a goal against Ghana to remember you by.
5. Lack Of Joga Bonito
There is little doubt that the last 10 days have been a simply glorious spectacle, but a World Cup always feels more vibrant when the hosts are performing well. Whilst Luiz Felipe Scolari's side won their group, we are yet to see the Selecao in style mode.
Neymar is the obvious exception, but the likes of Paulinho, Luis Gustavo and Ramires simply make for a functional, rather than flamboyant, approach, backed up by uninspiring displays against Croatia and Mexico. The victory over a poor Cameroon side was a vast improvement, but there is a worry that Scolari's side may come unstuck against the first high-quality opponent. It's just not like watching Brazil.
4. Argentina's Goal Machine
With a forward line of Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Aguero, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Rodrigo Palacio (87 league goals last season) drawn against Iran, Bosnia and Nigeria (not one ranked in world's top 20), the prediction was that Alejandro Sabella's side would treat us to an exhibition of attacking football.
Like much about this World Cup, we were mistaken. An own goal against Bosnia and two wonderful finishes from Messi are the only spoils thus far, with a scraped 1-0 win over Iran doing little to heighten expectation of a Maracana victory come July 13. Perhaps that's the idea.
3. Punditry
The World Cup is not just the stage on which good players can become great, it also separates the men from the boys (with only Gabby Logan to alter such a male-dominated phrase) in the studio and commentary box.
It hasn't been all bad. Danny Murphy seems to have cheated slightly by doing some actual research on the teams, whilst the likes of Thierry Henry and Clarence Seedorf speak more eloquently than any of their British colleagues.
But then there is the list of shame: Robbie Savage, Martin Keown, Ian Wright, Alan Shearer and Mark Lawrenson, a man who manages to make watching the greatest international tournament I can remember sound like he is forcing cocktail sticks into his member. Must do better, chaps.
2. England's Senior Players
As I wrote here after the defeat against Uruguay, England's young players can still take plenty from this tournament. Ross Barkley got vital minutes in both the opening matches and starts against Costa Rica, while Daniel Sturridge and Raheem Sterling took their understanding from club level onto the World Cup stage, at least for periods of both matches.
However, it is England's senior players that let themselves down. The exuberance of youth can be incredibly effective, but it relies on the guidance of those that have previously experienced such tension and pressure.
It was here that England failed. Not all of Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson, Phil Jagielka and Gary Cahill have had disastrous tournaments, but these are the individuals that should have been leading the improvement. Instead, the younger faces were forced to plough their own furrow.
1. Spain's Title Defence
The reigning European and world champions were placed in the toughest of groups alongside Netherlands and Chile, but the logical discussion appeared to be whether Vicente del Bosque's team would qualify as winners or as runners up. That Jesus Navas, Alvaro Negredo, Isco, Fernando Llorente and Daniel Carvajal all failed to make the grade only added to the aura of invincibility surrounding a squad that had added Diego Costa to its striking ranks.
For 44 minutes all was well, with Xabi Alonso's penalty giving them a 1-0 lead over Netherlands. What then followed was seven unanswered goals conceded at a rate quicker than one every 20 minutes, as a nation lost its crown in the most startling fashion.
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UDPATE: Senator Stabenow (D-MI) is now a co-sponsor.
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Does anyone have any thoughts on what they may be thinking with respect to the FEC?
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It will be interesting to see who might buy RailAmerica. I some how doubt that Berkshire Hathaway would be interested.
As an armchair railroad tycoon, I can think of a rail line or two I would like to own if I had the funds, however, a collection of 45 scattered lines does not sound like a dream.
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A way to get some capital for the FEC project??
Private equity firms purchase properties with the hopes of selling within a few years. Load up the balance sheet with debt, payout "special dividends" to the PE group, thus recovering a considerable amount of the initial investment then run the property for a few years, sell out, take the cash and reinvest.
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The CF&E is in pretty decent shape these days, thanks to an infusion of cash from NS for trackage rights between Ft Wayne and Hobart, In. Not sure if there are many other such situations out there.
MP173 (Ed): Congratulations. Instead of spending all your time watching trains and salivating, you obviously spent some of it on usefully educating yourself on the traits of private equity and hedge funds. Your comments are dead right on. In the case of CP, Pershing Square has made no noises - yet - about leveraging the railroad to the hilt. Ackman seems to be willing to make his money out of CP being properly managed and more profitable than it has been for a couple of decades.
A Berkshire Hathaway acquistition could raise some significant regulatory issues. The effect of such a trainsaction would be to place BNSF and the RailAmerica properties under common control. As such, it would be treated the same as a merger between BNSF and the RailAmerica properties, some of which are competitive with BNSF. At the very least, it would be a big regulatory proceeding. I imagine that some other Class I's that have sold or leased lines to RailAmerica companies would not take kindly to such a transaction, particularly where their relationship with these short lines is competitive with BNSF.
Warren Buffett has a practice of thinking big when his Berkshire Hathaway is on the prowl for acquisitions, which it almost always is. Falcon48 is quite right about the regulatory issues. They are not insurmountable, but they would be very costly, probably sufficiently costly to *** any deal. BNSF competitors would oppose and the cost of taking them out of a merger cost would diminish the value of RA. Would a Berkshire-RA combination be treated as a merger of a Class II or Class III (remember, CN refused to proceed with the WC acquisition some years ago until STB agreed to treat it as a minor transaction. That saved CN tremendous regulatory cost.
Don't know all the where-alls and what-fors but, unless all their properties had more than one big railroad connection I would not think there would be great interest in the whole lot. Shortlines obligated to give one big railroad all their enterchange subject the shippers to high rates set by the big boys (SL&RG as an example). Having competitive rates with at least 2 roads is really the best way for a shortline to be very profitable, busy, and growing.
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Not sure if RailAmerica would be a fit for BRK. It is one thing owning BNSF, quite another with a collection of shortline/regionals. I looked at the map of RA and there isnt much synergy with BNSF. In fact most of the class 1's have gotten away from these lines...on purpose. However, RA is probably non union on most, if not all of their lines.
I havent looked at the financials for RA...not sure if the numbers are available since they are PE. BRK requires a pretty high return on equity plus a wide moat. Not sure if either is available with RA.


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Sunday Late Night: Why Remember Ronnie?
|By: Teddy Partridge Sunday February 6, 2011 8:01 pm
And, finally, we showed that people can demand that their government help find the solution. Given modern, technologically advanced 21st century medicine, it is, in fact, the least we should expect from our government.
A government that is the solution, not the problem — like the one you promised and delivered for so many of my dead friends.
With Health Reform Not Yet Law, "Repeal the Bill" Movement Begins
|By: David Dayen Monday March 22, 2010 1:40 pm
Before health care was signed into law, House and Senate Republicans released bills calling for its full repeal. It'll be amusing to watch these have the same legislative chances as liberal bills not favored by the establishment for years, but get outsized attention and influence.
Snowe's War on States' Rights in the Health Care Debate
|By: Jon Walker Sunday October 25, 2009 6:45 am
Should we be surprised that Empress Snowe wants to use the federal government to take power away from the states?