#Comebacks and Turnarounds

[justaboutsnapped]

love is all-powerful (-> I'm listening to objectively pretty mid music just because they're by kpop groups I like)

[iyemarathichiyenagari1971]

ऑल इज वेल, दॅटस एन्ड वेल…

भुजबळांचा मंत्रीपदाचा शपथविधी झाल्यानंतर नाशिक जिल्ह्यात त्यांच्या अभिनंदनाचे फलक लागले. पण माध्यमात व समाज माध्यमांवर भुजबळांवर कोणी, केव्हा, काय भ्रष्टाचाराचे आरोप केले, याच्याही क्लिप्स व्हायरल झाल्या. भाजपने दिल्लीतील नवीन महाराष्ट्र सदन उभारणीत व अन्य काही प्रकरणात भुजबळांवर शंभर कोटींचा भ्रष्टाचार झाल्याचे आरोप केले होते. जे आज महायुतीच्या सरकारमध्ये आहेत, त्याच नेत्यांनी भुजबळांवर ते…

[bobwess]

Yo! Look at this conservation payoff!

[rickybaby]

"It's a weird one because, am I happy with P15? Absolutely not. Am I happy with my race and with how we managed it? Yes. I actually feel we did a good race. Even yesterday, in qualifying, I know I missed out by just under a tenth to Yuki in the teammate battle. I honestly feel like we both did a good job and we didn't have anything more to show this weekend. I feel like we maximised it today, and obviously with the new package, we're missing something. Take a few little positives from the weekend, but obviously a few more things to work on and quick turnaround. Getting to the debrief now. I took plenty of notes through the race and plenty of feedback to give to the team. So, we'll try to put it into good use and comeback in Austria. [On the new upgrades] There are few corners where I feel it's not really giving us a little bit extra we were looking for. The car felt in a much better place compared to Friday, so now we're probably just lacking overall load."

[ducktracy]

> online animation community wants 2d animation to make a comeback in theatres > mainstream 2d animated film currently in theatres > barely see online animation community talking about it > ?????

Should I be worried? I really want this film to do good… (love the new banner btw <3)

i agree that hypocrisy is often extremely prevalent in online animation communities, but i don't like putting the blame on consumers (or, at least, people going "YOU ARE ACTIVELY HURTING THE LIVELIHOODS OF THE ANIMATORS IF YOU DO NOT SEE AND SUPPORT THIS FILM RIGHT NOW", ESPECIALLY when people working in animation spread that message--which, nobody has been doing for this film, but i do see it sometimes.) it's just going to turn people away even more and turns the moviegoing experience into an obligation, which should never be the case (perhaps in contrast to my own excessive advertising of the film!). there are certainly people who could benefit to own up to their word, but, ultimately, it's not the consumer's fault that the film has essentially been set-up for failure by nearly being written off and sent off to a very small distributor. the public is not responsible for the irresponsibility of the higher ups. i can't get too mad at people not knowing about the film because.. well, it's by design.

personally, i'm avoiding all talks or acknowledgement of the box office. this film has been through the wringer and back and it's amazing that it's even released at all, much less theatrically. its existence is a win in itself. it would be wonderful to even see it break a profit--i'll be realistic and say i personally am not sure if that'll be the case, but i would love to be wrong! but i think it's just a genuine miracle that this film has survived, much less even been made at all. it really feels like it shouldn't have. but it has, and its survived against all odds.

and while i'm keeping expectations realistic about box office numbers, i still think it's incredibly important to try anyway. this probably won't make a huge turnaround. try anyway. yes, it's a miracle that the movie exists in itself, and that is worth celebrating alone. convince anyone and everyone you know to go see it anyway. people working on the film themselves are saying that your--our--support makes a difference. even if it feels "redundant", try anyway.

so, no, i wouldn't essentially be "worried". encourage your friends to see it, go see it yourself, patronize it in any way you can. instead of getting mad at people not talking about it, pick up the slack yourself and spark a domino effect of difference. i've been so overjoyed to hear how many people i've convinced to see the film. please keep it coming! i wouldn't have done it if i wasn't persistent about it, likely to a degree of annoyance haha! i think, genuinely, much of the problem is that people simply don't know about it. it's not out of spite or willful ignorance. it's because WB doesn't want people to know about it. it has literally been set-up for failure. that's not the fault of the consumer. so just do what you can, spread the message and use positive reinforcement instead of shaming people (not saying you are!! but just in general), and, most importantly, ENJOY IT!! enjoy the novelty of seeing 2D animation on the big-screen. enjoy the novelty of seeing a funny, gorgeous and heartwarming movie. enjoy a very welcome distraction from The Horrors (this has been the carrot dangling over my head to get out of bad times for years, and now i'm kind of falling into a depression that it's "over" haha). spread the news and spread the love

and THANK YOU!!!! i'm always so hesitant to change my theme, but i just HAD to.. it's the cutest thing i've ever seen and just feels right at home here. gifs that radiate happiness. i'm happy you like it!!

[imaginespazzi]

For me personally I don’t think she should draft in 2025. Azzi needs me more time to grow her game at the college level. She hasn’t had a full injury free season yet. So we haven’t really seen her full potential at the college level.

Girl can shoot. Let’s hope those knees stay healthy this season. Personally I would love to see her attacking the basket a lot more. Her face up 3 and jump shot are picturesque

I've always been a proponent of the Azzi 2026 agenda, if not for anything other than the fact that I don't think her knees need the pressure that comes with a quick turnaround from the college season to the WNBA immediately after a comeback season.

Yes! I really do hope she takes it to the basket more often this season because she's very good at it when she does. And if she's aggressive and doesn't settle on the perimeter, I really do believe she will.

[bearterritory]

Stunning Comeback Lifts Cal Over Ducks

Bears Erase Early Five-Goal Deficit For Victory

BERKELEY – The California lacrosse team dug itself an early hole before storming back with a breathtaking turnaround, defeating Oregon 10-7 yesterday afternoon at California Memorial Stadium.

It looked as though the Ducks (4-1) would have their way with the Golden Bears at the outset, leading 6-1 at the end of the first period and limiting Cal's scoring chances. But the Bears scored the next seven goals in a row over a span of 22:30 to surge in front 8-6 midway through the third inning. When Oregon finally broke its scoring drought with 3:42 remaining in the third to trim Cal's advantage to a single goal, it had been over 26 minutes since the Ducks found the back of the net.

Sophomore Emily Moes led the scoring with three goals while Courtney Wong, Kennedy Mason, and Jane Middleton each added a pair of scores apiece. Goalie Chloe Rand made 13 saves for the Bears.

After the teams traded a goal each to begin the game – with Mason getting on the scoreboard first for Cal – the Bears were dominated for most of the remainder of the first quarter. But Cal turned up the defense and clawed back, with Mason and Middleton each scoring twice during the decisive run. Middleton gave the Bears the lead with back-to- back goals after the game was tied at 6-6.

The Ducks' Liv Kozitza scored her third goal to cut Cal's lead to 8-7 with 3:42 left in the third quarter, but Moes closed it out with back-to-back goals.

The Bears return to ACC play Friday by hosting Duke at California Memorial Stadium.

[astrxlfinale]

HC; Self Acceptance.

A lot of Lighter's journey (in the current culmination) is centered around his worth as a person. What he looks for in order to bring confirmation on that are people already gone, and his many, many mistakes made before becoming the person he is today. It's not remotely fair given not only the agreed line of life they all took up, but also as someone who didn't squeeze his party out as resources compared to the people they are.

He was an inexperienced leader that inevitably paid his shortcomings with their lives. Lighter however isn't someone who goes easy on himself. Carrying his guilt is a natural thing, but letting it grow serrated, letting those grim feelings drive himself to desperate straits was yet one more mistake he had to live with. Throwing himself into the pits, mountains of debt to secure the livelihoods of the families he took from in terms of good people?

He would be a liar to say it was all calculated. In the midst of the intensity, that grueling sense of failure, he simply wanted to punish himself. That fact really highlights itself in one specific line.

Naturally he comes to understand that 'life for a life' doesn't have potential for comebacks in New Eridu. Giving it up would merely deepen the gap. Ultimately, a big question he didn't want to look at was 'How do I live with myself?', is it really okay to find normalcy after ensuring people once under his care and guidance will never be able to again?

Truth be told, he doesn't have a concrete answer. Lighter's emotions however are finding themselves gaining clarity from answers they always would've gave him. They've cared about him deeply, and so do their immediate families. I think it really clicks into place during one particular event.

Unlike many understandable cases were vitriol would've been a natural emotion to carry. You could tell that his time spent with not just his troupe, but their families were spent with a tender note of care and a section of respect. It's that clarity of finding out the value they've always had, and hadn't abandoned through others truly marks the beginning of his turnaround. At the very least, learning that they'd want him to be the most of who he can be.

To look at both himself, his mistakes, and the future he's continually creating with a sense of pride. Lighter truly doesn't know how he managed to get as lucky as he does with finding such good people. But with his chapters devoted to the Sons of Calydon? Their insistent nudges, pushes and these better days they sprinkle around him? That active fire to make the effort blooms more by the day.

Don't stop doing what you do best, don't stop fighting.

He intends to listen steadfast.

[annieqattheperipheral]

I turned off my tv soon as i saw that spiky haired reporter kyle interviewing an american player. I don't care to watch upcoming sadface interviews with our exhausted silly boys rn. Instead here's a venting, then bed and enjoying the coziness of the snowstorm outside.

a) usa had a shorter break between games so they were more in the rhythm

b) their plan to immediately wear down canada's strong 1st period worked

c) canada really does lose gas into 2nd and 3rd. what's up with that. like not just physically but mentally they were pooped. dumb choices, passes not connecting. they really fell out of synch. I was hoping coop would call a timeout to get them back in order. Instead they were just 99 red luftballoons farting around losing air swirling the drain. Like you can tell when your team gonna lose, that there really is nothing brewing underneath the surface for a comeback. And yea i started playing games on my phone by middle of the 3rd bc you could just feel it

d) travel tmr to boston and then 1pm matinee following day for canada. I actually think that's a good thing. All that activity and quick turnaround, it'll get them back into the grind and focused instead of prancing around on romantic dates at summer sleepaway camp with besties and crushes you lose your virginity to when the camp counselors go to sleep

e) we still in it my beautiful sweet babes!!!! 🍁 🇨🇦 watch out finland!!!

[xiadz]

Downtown Detroit making a big turnaround in the last few years has been really crazy and cool to see, but I don't know what the fuck people are talking about when they say Detroit as a whole is on a comeback. Poverty is still extreme, social services, garbage pickups, ambulances, police, etc are more of a suggestion if they'll even show up or not. Gang violence is still somehow increasingly out of control. Schools barely have funding and the ones that do barely have lights on. The ones that do have single digit literacy rates. There's rot and blight everywhere, the roads look like they've been carpet bombed, buildings fall to the earth never being maintained, the water is filthy. To top it all off, you're paying premium tax rates just for living within the city bounds and getting literally ZERO of the benefits. I love Detroit, I always have and I probably always will. I'm glad Downtown and a few random pockets where 3 blocks are really nice again, but 80% of it is a third world shithole with first world pricing. It's fucking embarrassing.

[day6source]

[@ STAR1] DAY6 “A turnaround, a pleasant burden… We will continue to make ‘music that never gets old’” [Star@Style]

Reporter Hwang Yeon

An 'unbelievable' welcome return. DAY6, who finished their military service, proved their potential as the representative K-pop band by taking the 'Best Band' and 'Best Rock Ballad' trophies at 'ASEA 2024' all while simultaneously making their comeback as a full group. DAY6, the protagonists of 'You Were Beautiful' and 'Time of Our Life' shot to the top and shined as of recent. All the songs on their new album 'Fourever' charted, and achieved the top spot on major music charts in Korea with the title track 'Welcome to the Show'. Their 1,064-day hiatus has now been overshadowed. DAY6 is continuing in 'work mode' as if to quench their thirst, and expectations are high for the brilliant second page they will write.

Q It was the first award ceremony as a whole group after being discharged from the military. How do you feel about winning two awards?

▲ It was a huge honor to be invited to the first ASEA 2024 awards ceremony, but we're so thankful that we won the Best Band award. Thank you to NewsN and @ Style for giving us such a great award. Above all, we want to say thank you and love you to My Day (official fandom name) for always showing great love and support. Young K also received the 'The Best Rock Ballad' trophy with his first full solo album released last year. We're so happy to receive this precious award not only as a group but also as a solo artist at the first ceremony as a whole group after being discharged from the military. Thank you very much once again.

Q How does it feel to be performing performances that are not alone like the lyrics of the new song "Welcome to the Show" after the full comeback?

▲ It's been a long time since we attended an award ceremony as a whole group, and it's been about 5 years since we performed in Japan, so we were even more excited. It was a huge feeling to be able to sing DAY6's representative songs in front of those who love and care about K-pop. These days, with our loyal members and fans, we couldn't be happier or more full of love. Like the lyrics of 'Welcome to the Show', we plan to continue to run as DAY6 as we give it all, so we hope you continue to stay with us.

Q. Since you released an album after 3 years of hiatus, I think this comeback was a time to quench your thirst. How do you feel about the whole group?

▲ The entire group has been waiting for this comeback just as much as the fans. You'll never know how happy and excited we were when we were working on this album. We worked hard with the mindset of repaying the fans who waited for us for a long time.

Q If you were to score the result of this album, how many points would you like to give?

▲ Since it's been a while since we released a full group album, we had a lot of musical greed and what what we wanted to fulfill. We tried our best to embody all of them. As always, we made it with all my heart with the attitude that any of the songs could become the title. We're so proud that you all love the songs on the album, including the title track 'Welcome to the Show'. There are so many things we're thankful for along with the release of the album. The score for this album result…we want to give i 100 points (laughs).

Q Since you were together with the members for the first time in a long time, were there any new aspects you learned or areas where you felt you had grown?

▲ We definitely felt relaxed and felt that we got to meet again in a healthier way. Especially so is our attitude towards music. While preparing for this album, we tried to make the bass, drum, keyboard, and guitar sound richer, and tried to give it more depth in terms of genre as well. Hopefully the listeners felt that the sound was more detailed and detailed than the previous ones.

Q The team's status changed drastically during the hiatus. During the military enlistment period, 'You Were Beautiful' and 'Time of Our Life' recorded unusual chart rankings, and I wonder how you felt when you encountered the love?

▲ When we first heard the news, we thought, "Is this real?" and "What's going on?" We were definitely surprised and amazed. We're so thankful that we can receive such great love. Please look forward to DAY6's new music that made with a pleasant sense of pressure due to undeserved love!

Q What do you think is the secret behind Day6’s songs being able to 'turn around'?

▲ From the beginning of our debut, we promised to make 'timeless music' together, but that was only possible because of our efforts. Rather than focusing on the results while working on the music, we focused our hearts on the music we making at that time. Thinking like that, the music we've made as DAY6 has really been able to touch the heart of listeners.

Q. When it comes to DAY6, I think of being a "Step Band" and a "Growth Textbook." Were you sure that the day would come when you see such bright lights?

▲ I think we're growing more beautifully than we could've ever vaguely dreamed of in the early days of debut. We had faith that good music would work someday. We also had pride and confidence in our music, so there were always expectations that people would recognize us someday and that more people would sympathize with our songs someday. Now that our expectations have become a reality, we're just grateful. We will continue to grow as DAY6.

Q It seems you're as close to your family as you are to each other now, what do you mean to each other?

▲ We like to describe it as the most precious 'everything' in our lives. It felt like we were 'a place to stay' for each other. It was thanks to the members we never felt lonely even when were traveling and keeping busy. We spend more time with each other than with our parents, so we feel like we are 'home' to each other.

Q This year marks the 10th anniversary of your debut. Can you give me some ideas on your future plans?

▲ The new album ‘Fourever’ is a bit of an album that serves as a bridge between DAY6 of the past and DAY6 of the future. We're grateful to be able to present a meaningful album 10 years after our debut, so thank you. Next year will already be the 10th anniversary of our debut. We're looking forward to seeing what DAY6 will look like when as we turn ten. We'll will work harder and busier to repay the love of our fans.

Q The military enlistment time is over, and you've have renewed your contracts. Act 2 of DAY6 is just beginning. What kind of music do you want to show in the future?

▲ There won't be any major changes, but we definitely plan on show how we're moving forward. Our music was able to be known and loved so much thanks to the fans who recommended DAY6 music to their acquaintances. We'll continue to make music that our fans are proud to recommend. Thank you. ♥

[verstappenverse]

Your thoughts today? I screamed and cried when Max won. McLaren wasn't a surprise, although I am annoyed they didn't give Oscar a chance. But Max, oh that was beautiful. Simply lovely. Is this a comeback? Did he finally have a breakthrough? Holding onto hope worked out in the end (for now)

Oh, I was so happy! What a fantastically managed race from Max couldn’t have asked for much more. Honestly, I think more than anything, today showed just how pivotal pole position is. Oscar even said it himself he lost the race in qualifying. I think that’s going to be a recurring theme this season, qualifying will be absolutely vital. We saw the same thing with Hamilton in China, I don’t think Ferrari had the fastest car that day, but he had the benefit of clean air and that made all the difference. (every driver on pole so far this season has won)

I still don’t think the Red Bull is matching McLaren on pure pace or anything close, but they’ve definitely found something that’s helping them which is what I thought after China. Plus Red Bull have kind of become known for their Friday-to-Sunday turnaround if they could just start their weekends stronger, they’d might be more of a threat. That said if Max can keep pulling off qualifying performances like this, he’ll be in the fight for the win every time (although it certainly helped that Suzuka is notoriously difficult to overtake).

I’m not too surprised they didn’t swap Oscar and Lando. It’s only the third race of the season, and with no idea how the points are going to play out later on Oscar had to make that move on his own. It’s unlikely he would’ve caught Max anyway, so there was no point forcing Lando to give up points just yet.

That said, this race once again exposed McLaren’s lingering issues from last year. Their pit strategy was confusing as ever. Why they didn’t let one of the cars run in clean air for longer is beyond me. And yet another mistake from Norris coming out the pits… I’m just not seeing championship-winning execution from the team or either driver at the moment. Plus, we still haven’t seen a proper on-track fight between Oscar and Lando that’ll be the real test of McLaren’s team management when it comes.

I still think this season’s going to be a long road, but Max is going to be right there the whole time. It’s shaping up to be a good one

[wanderlustsport]

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[rustyshake]

It's a Hockey Night in the Music City! 🎶🎶

The Pittsburgh Penguins (14-14-5, 4th in the Metropolitan) take a visit to Bridgestone Arena tonight in the first game of their roadtrip before the holiday break to play the Nashville Predators (9-17-6, 7th in the Central)

The Penguins are coming off of a thrilling comeback OT win at home against the LA Kings, a team that had been riding the high of a 5-1 blowout against the New York Rangers at MSG on Saturday.

Conversely, the Nashville Predators are also fresh off of a win against the Rangers, which saw goaltender Juuse Saros collect his third shut out of the season.

This is the first of two meet-ups for the teams this season, with the final one coming in early February.

Some Notes and Facts

The Predators are 10-6-3 at home against the Penguins in the regular season.

The last time these two teams met was back in April, when the Penguins had gotten a second wind in an attempt to push themselves into the playoffs while the Predators were a sure lock in the Central. Nashville would go on to play the Canucks in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs and lose in 6 games.

In the meeting back in April, Crosby had scored a power play goal seven minutes into the game, which set the tone for the Penguins. Karlsson, Reilly Smith and Emil Bemstrom had also made the goal scoring sheet that night as the Penguins were led to a 4-2 win.

Predators' captain Roman Josi has not played since Dec. 10 after sustaining a lower body injury in a game against the Dallas Stars. Even though the 34 year old Swiss defenseman participated in morning skate today, he was ruled out of tonight's game.

On the other side, the Penguins are coming into this game without defenseman Marcus Pettersson who also sustained a lower body injury in a game against the Senators. To make up for the loss, last night the Penguins made a move that brought back former blue liner P.O Joseph, who had been a free agent that went to the St. Louis Blues. Joseph traveled to Nashville but is not playing in tonight's game.

Goaltending Matchup

PGH- Coach Mike Sullivan confirmed this morning that Tristan Jarry will be starting in net for the Penguins tonight. Jarry is 3-0-2 and has a 1.97 GAA and a .928 SV% against the Preds.

NSH- While coach Andrew Brunette hasn't announced a goalie for tonight yet, it would be safe to say that Justus Annunen will be between the pipes, based on Saros' performance Tuesday night. Annunen is 7-5-0 overall this season with a .890 SV% and 2.91 GAA.

The 24 year old Fin was recently acquired from Colorado at the end of November. He has played 2 games for the Preds, with a 1-1-0 record.

Leading Scorers

PGH points and assists leader is Sidney Crosby (31P, 23A, 8G)

Rickard Rakell leads the Penguins in goals, with 14 total and 3 coming on the power play. Fun fact from the Pens PR department : "Since Team Sweden left him (Rakell) off the Four Nations roster, Rakell leads all Swedish-born players with four goals and eight points in six games." Pretty incredible turnaround for Rakell who had a less than stellar 2023-2024 season that was hampered with an upper-body injury that had him sidelined for 12 games in November.

NSH points and assists leader is Roman Josi (23P, 16A, 7G). Unfortunately, Josi will be unavailable for the game tonight.

Filip Forsberg leads the Preds in goals with 9 total and 3 PPG as well. Forsberg is coming off his best season with the Predators last year where he scored 94P (48G, 46A, 13PPG, 19PPA).

[tomtepixiedust]

I'm on a hp roll and my brain rolled out another idea filled with suffering, anger and exhaustion. And crazy German hags that are terrifying but also having a good time.

The others - as in the captured - ain't having a good time.

The summer after an exhausting and exciting end of first year was supposed to be the time of rest and happiness.

Relax, do some casual reading and enjoy another culture.

Or fly around and join the many parties of high society (read: spending time with friends).

Maybe reconvene and read. Repeat and prepare for the workload of the 6th year.

All in all two months without school. A normal time of rest and---

They all were supposed to be anywhere but here (a bedroom, a ballroom, a hotel room), not stuck in the middle of nowhere with only tall trees around.

Each on their own, alone.

Only cackles, whispers around. A cool breeze, the roots like veins pulsting.

The only thing on their mind: get back home

Basically, each one got by accident (or not though they were not specifically targeted) teleported by a nasty trick portkey into the middle of Schwarzwald where a bunch of hags decided to pool more blood for their annual ritual. However, instead of the usual bout of the locals or tourists, some keen dark mage decided to broaden their horizons and get new blood from other countries.

Keep in mind, ya little ones, blood is blood, all that's important is if it's potent.

The hags care only for potency, not where the blood came from, pure or dirty, what stupidity, whether it's old blood or fresh blood.

Poor Draco and his big mouth of great heritage that gets him into a cage instead of his desired freedom. A hard learned lesson, dark mages care for their own obsessions, not always for the same as yours, boy.

May he loose an arm or maybe a leg, who knows, likely the hag.

Well, all three end up in the same place.

With Hermione's bout of courage to whack them with a pan, Percy's protectiveness to get them out as quick as apparating but with legs and Draco's cunning lying to distract the hags, they manage to get out.

Only to end up near the confines of one bastard Gellert Grindelwald.

Anyway, dark rituals ain't only Tom Riddle's special little interest, the world's huge and rich in many cultures.

The many wards, the twisted forests do wonders on freshly acquired trauma in an absolutely negative way.

So what happend is, these three ended up caught in a trafficking ring of a few really nasty dark mages who've been on the watch list of many Wizardry Ministries across Europe at least.

Anyway - by luck, they escape to Egypt (and not really rescued by Bill, poor guy just got a layer of trauma seeing his lil brother falling into cursed quicksand that turns out to be a portal) and get separated. They bounce back and forth between countries.

Meanwhile, the Malfoy's are staging one international intervention after another to get these bastards which makes for a hilarious turnaround as the infamous Lucius Malfoy starts frothing and is after the heads of a few rather nasty dark wizards.

Even more so with the added effort of the Weasley's.

On the non magical side the Granger's went straight to the police and put out a missed poster for their daughter, anxiously ripping into each of their own network to get a clue. At some point they get an update from the wizard police who also check on the non magical side's police (visited country as of yet undecided).

After many anxious weeks the three (and other kidnapped) get back on English soil. Maybe not whole (thanks to a few sacrificing rituals Draco's without a leg), very much traumatized but back.

Their next year is marked with an absence for the first semester because of their stay in St. Mungo's and a quiet comeback for the second one, just in time to smell out the blood of one nasty fucker.

Hermione's head is ready to burst with keeping up with her parents who are confused and scared of the magic world and for her safety but not getting an education is also not an option and other schools require moving which honestly ain't cheap. So she sits tight with headaches in St Mungo's with a somewhat working floo connection so her parents can drop by. Then the school starts, the connection is still working for floo calls just not as frequently as in St Mungo's. But she sits tight, reads as if waiting for who know what. Till Harry and Ron start asking questions and yeah any distraction's welcome (denial is the first stage)

Also because Draco had some really useful blood for rituals, he's now very much keen on burning all dark magic stuff to the ground. (Acceptance comes easy in the shape of utter hatred - this shit cost his leg, his Father ain't gonna stop hearing about it for a while, Narcissa is just glad he's alive and breathing (hopefully not ending up like her sister))

Percy sees the traumatised younglings and starts a crusade of being the most overbearing in charge sergeant on them cause sometimes you latch onto a personality to survive shit and then get attached to these little shits and his head would like to take a break.

It's a mess of tired kids being kids and exhausted adults adulting.

At some point the exhaustion clings to the bones of everyone and everything.

Oh and the basilisk actually gets out into the sunlight.

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CFO Guidance for Nike's Turnaround

Nike held its Q1 2025 earnings call on Tuesday, notably without the presence of either its outgoing CEO, John Donahoe, or incoming CEO, Elliott Hill. However, the company’s CFO, Matthew Friend, stepped in to explain Nike’s challenging quarter and outline plans to prevent further decline amid its leadership transition.

For the three-month period ending on August 31, Nike’s revenue dropped 10% year over year to $11.6 billion. Sales from Nike Direct fell by 13%, digital revenue declined by 20%, and wholesale revenue dipped 8%. However, Nike’s brick-and-mortar stores showed a 1% increase.

Friend, who has been with Nike for over 15 years and has served as CFO since 2020, emphasized that the company is moving “aggressively” to realign its product portfolio, create a better balance in operations, and regain brand momentum through sports. He acknowledged that a comeback of this scale takes time, stating, “While there are some early wins, we have yet to turn the corner.”

Following Nike’s withdrawal of its full-year projection and indefinite postponement of their investor day during Tuesday’s results call, the company’s stock dropped almost 5% on Wednesday morning, according to Fortune.

Turnaround Challenges

Four years after his retirement, Elliott Hill is set to return to Nike on October 14 as the president and CEO, the company announced on September 19. Hill, who worked at Nike for 32 years, held various leadership roles, including president of its consumer and marketplace business units and overseeing commercial and marketing operations for both Nike and the Jordan brand.

However, both Hill and CFO Matthew Friend face several challenges in their efforts to turn the company around. David Swartz, a senior equity analyst at Morningstar Research Services, highlighted issues such as increasing competition, reduced shelf space with key partners, a lack of fresh products, and broader economic difficulties.Read More-https://voiceofentrepreneur.life/