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REV'IT! Hot Weather Options
Hey Matt,
That's great that you are easing your wife into the sport. Fun. My wife has had enough as a passenger and now wants to start riding herself. I can't wait.
On to the gear...
Great Questions - Both sets of gear are 100% hot weather specific and the only item in the gear you mentioned with a weatherproof detachable liner is the
Turbine Pants
. Both jackets and the
Rotor pants
are single layer mesh/textile composite items. From a warmth perspective, you can extend the use of these pieces past just the summer weather by wearing a windblocking base layer under them. I never have a problem here in Philly in early spring or mid fall as long as I can buffer the flow of air with a base layer.
Also all of the mentioned gear comes in both men's and women's specific sized models with the exception of the Rotor which is a unisex sized pant.
The big difference in the outfits are the protection factors. The REV'IT!
Air Jacket
Rotor Pant
combo is a medium range / medium price option. Its up to snuff compared normal REV'IT! quality and the armor is CE1 Knox. I personally have an Air Jacket and love it for ripping around town during the hot weather.
Turbine Jacket
& Pants combo is in another league compared to just about everything on the market. It is meant to be the most bombproof and protective hot season gear available. The big upgrades are the use of Dynax Mesh, which is more durable and abrasion resistant than REV'IT!'s normal mesh. They also use Pro-Life (CE2) Armor. Also Superfabric is used on the elbow and knees for added protection on high-impact areas. The styling of the Turbine outfit is also a bit more refined than the Air and Rotor combo.
It may be overkill for a passenger, but it depends on your wife's tastes and what level of protection you are looking for.
In the sport touring / adv space you have womens alternatives in
Olympia Motorcycle Gear
. There is also
- they are styled differently but IMO not as nice as the REV'IT! stuff.
You can also hit our
Womens ADV Motorcycle Gear
Section and narrow from there to see a wider selection of brands.
Let me know what else I could offer.
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The wife finally wants to start riding on day trips with me. Looking at Rev'it gear (of course). The product offering for intro textile jackets is a little confusing. I think I've narrowed it down to either the Air jacket with the rotor pants or the Turbine jacket and pants combo. I don't really understand the differences between the Air and the turbine if the turbine doesn't offer a waterproof layer. Why should I choose one vs. the other? Keep in mind this is passenger gear for summer day trips so although waterproof liner would be nice it is by no means necessary.
Does your wife ride? If so what gear is she using?
Rev'it aside, is there any other brands I should be considering? I like the Rev'it brand but if she doesn't like the "looks" of the options I choose for here I'd like to have a backup plan.
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SEC Championship Game Pick: Missouri vs. Auburn
- Updated: December 6, 2013
Matchup: Missouri Tigers vs. Auburn Tigers
Date/Time: December 7th, 4:00 ET
Television: CBS
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Point Spread: Auburn -2
Total: 58.5
Neither the Auburn Tigers nor the Missouri Tigers even figured to get to bowl games this season. Alas, they are the last two teams standing in the crowded SEC, and the winner of this duel in the SEC Championship Game will have every right in the world to challenge for the BCS National Championship.
Mizzou is sort of the forgotten team right now with just one loss, and it really isn't fair to think that. The Tigers had a good loss, dropping to the South Carolina Gamecocks at home in overtime in a game in which QB James Franklin wasn't playing in. That's the only blemish on their record, and the only other issue that they have is the fact that they didn't playing against Alabama or Auburn in the regular season. It's not like that win against the Georgia Bulldogs or the Texas A&M Aggies should be diminished any, and playing against the Toledo Rockets and Indiana Hoosiers isn't the worst non-conference slate in the world. The bottom line is that Head Coach Gary Pinkel and the gang should have every argument in the world to play for the National Championship if they win this game, but they probably aren't going to do so regardless of what else happens unless both the Florida State Seminoles and the Ohio State Buckeyes lose this week. Franklin is back, and he has led this team to at least 24 points in every game played this season, something that is no small feat in the SEC, and though this defense is allowing 384.6 yards per game, it is only conceding 19.4 points per game as well.
Auburn likes to say that it has a team of destiny this year. The bottom line though, is that the game against Georgia should have been lost, the game against the LSU Tigers wasn't really all that competitive, and for our money, though the game was close and reasonably could have gone either way, the Alabama Crimson Tide were the better for our money last Saturday in spite of the second "Prayer at Jordan Hare." However, what shouldn't be lost in all of this is that Head Coach Gus Malzahn is amazing. He was the genius behind the Auburn National Championship a few seasons ago, and he was the one who got the Arkansas State Red Wolves to the top of the Sun Belt in just one year. He took over a program that was a disaster and turned it into a winning team right away, largely thanks to bringing in QB Nick Marshall from JUCO. But regardless, this team rushed for nearly 300 yards on Alabama, and there is no doubt that it is one of the most feared offenses in the entire country.
We, as a nation full of football fans, tend to overreact to what we have just seen. Auburn isn't the top team in the country, yet a few gave it first place votes. The team is good, and it very well could win the SEC this year. However, we still think that Missouri is being overlooked and overlooked in a big time way. The Tigers from Columbia will have more bite on Sunday, and we think they'll roll into the Sugar Bowl and have the best claim to being screwed over in the chase for the BCS National Championship.
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Chromepet Maadhva Seva CharitableTrustNo.14/2, Karumariamman koil II street, Padmanaba Nagar, Hasthinapuram, Chromepet, Chennai 44.
Chromepet is a growing suburb of Chennai/Madras. Once upon a time it was a small hamlet.The Britishers established leather tanning units here. Chrome tanning was very famous here and hence the name of the hamlet as 'Chromepet'. Sri.R.Sridharan's (Managing Trustee) father late Sri. K.V.Ranga Rao migrated to this village in 1963 from Chennai city proper (George Town). At that time a few Maadhvas were living here in a scattered manner. He wanted to unify them. So, in the fag end of 1965, he started Madhva Sangha along with late Sri. Subba Rao and late Sri. D.L. Rama Rao and Sri. Raghavendran of MIT. The person who inspired him to start this Sangha was my Guruji, late Sri. Krishnagiri Raghavendra Achar of Kuppam. He taught Sangham members Sumadhva Vijaya and Harikathaamruthasara and Devara Namas.The Sangha used to perform Madhva Navami grandly initially at various houses in Chromepet and later at Pammal. Late Sri. Ranga Rao was the pioneer in spreading Devara Nama Taratamya Paddhati in Tamil Nadu and in 1978 he published the sampradaya Madhva Bhajana Paddhati in Tamil according to Taratamya scheme and created a great awareness among Tamil Nadu people. Even at that time he was inspired and assisted by his son Sri R. Sridharan (Present Managing Trustee).
During 1978 Sri. K.V. Ranga Rao was paralised and incapacitated and so Sangham's activities temporarily ceased. Subsequently during 1980-82 late Sri.C.B.Rao was carrying out some activities at Hasthinapuram. Somewhere in 1983 the Sangham was resurrected and rejuvenated under the leadership of late Sri. Ramachandra Rao of Nehru Nagar and Sri. Krishna Rao of Balaji Nagar and late Sri.Gopal Rao of Krishna Nagar. From then onwards the Sangham was growing leaps and bounds.The Sangham used to celebrate Sri Raghavendra Swamy Aradhana and Sri Madhva Navami function grandly at various houses and conduct weekly classes.The present Managing Trustee, Sri. R.Sridharan took initiative and started weekly classes on Sunday evenings and delivered lectures on the life histories of saints and sages of Maadhva Sampradaya. Paata Pravachana of Sumadhva Vijaya, Srimanmahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya and Harikathamruthasara, etc. The classes are still going on uninterrupted. From 1990 onwards Sangham started to publish manual handbook on Madhva Sastra and Sangham activities. It is being continued even now.
Meanwhile in 2000-01, the Sangham was converted into a Trust under the name of Chromepet Maadhva Seva Trust (Registered), with 11 Trustees, with Sri. R. Sridharan as the Managing Trustee.
Aradhanas and other religious functions were celebrated at JayaRaghavendra caterer's proprietor Sri. Chakrapani's house at Kamala St. for 7 years continuously.
Our dream of constructing a Dhyana Mantapam/Raghavendraswamy's Brindavanam remained unfulfilled for the last 45 years.
Recently an idea was dawned to purchase the building site at Trust's own cost and construct a Mantap from public donation. Well-wishers took initiative and located a site near Siva Temple, Nemilichery and the Trustees agreed to buy the same.
At this juncture somewhere in October 2010 a miracle happened. A Devotee, Sri. K. Rama Rao of Padmanabha Nagar near Hasthinapuram bus-stand offered a portion of his house site for a nominal rate for the proposed construction of Dhyana Mantapam / Raghavendra Swamy Brindavanam. On 11-11-2010, the site was registered at a cost of 17 lakhs.The existing old structure was pulled down and Bhoomi Pooja was performed on 26-1-2011 by His Holiness Sri. Sri. Vidya Manohara Tirtha of Sosale Vyasaraja Mutt and Sanku Sthapana was done under the guidance of Bhushanam Padmanabha Achar.


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How to Qualify for a Mortgage with Bad Credit
Your credit history is one of the most important parts of your application when applying for a mortgage. Bad credit or a low credit score will compromise your ability to get a mortgage, because lenders will consider you at risk of defaulting on your loan. Obtaining a mortgage has become even more difficult due to the struggling economy and the record number of foreclosures in the housing market. It is still possible to get a mortgage and buy a home, even if your credit history is imperfect. Qualify for a mortgage with bad credit by working to improve your credit score and establishing that you are an acceptable lending risk.
1Check your credit report. All Americans are entitled to a free credit report every year through the Federal Trade Commission.
- Make sure everything on your credit report is accurate before you try to qualify for a mortgage. If there are any errors or inconsistencies, write to the credit company and provide documentation to support your update.
2Expect to pay more interest. Your bad credit will mean that you need to pay more for your mortgage. Be prepared to accept a higher interest rate, or an Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM), which has an interest rate that changes.
3Demonstrate a steady income. Showing that you have a good job that pays enough to cover your mortgage will help your chances of getting a loan with bad credit.
4Eliminate all other debt. If you have a high debt to income ratio, you will have a harder time getting a mortgage, especially with bad credit. Pay off all credit card balances and other loans before you try to qualify for a mortgage. Even if your credit is bad, showing that you have no current debt will help your application.
5Make a higher down payment. Put down as much money as you reasonably can when applying for a mortgage. This will show the lender that you have a serious investment in not losing your house, and a better chance of paying your mortgage. It will also demonstrate your ability to save.
6Write down explanations for all of the negative items. Sometimes, explaining to a lender why you had problems paying your bills will help. For example, if you went through a divorce or suffered a major illness or medical problem, it will not excuse your bad credit, but it will provide context for the lender.
- Address any past foreclosures or bankruptcies. If your bad credit is partly due to defaults on major loans in the past, you will need to provide an assurance that this will not happen again. Point out that you now have a higher income, a larger savings or better financial stability in general.
7Consider government programs. Loans guaranteed by the federal government, such as the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan and the Veteran's Administration (VA) loan often have flexible credit requirements.
8Look for a co-signer. Ask someone with good credit, such as a parent or other family member, to co-sign your loan. This might help you qualify for a traditional mortgage with bad credit. Keep in mind that if you default on your mortgage payments, your co-signer will be held responsible. It is a lot to ask of someone.Ad
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- Work towards repairing your credit so you can refinance your mortgage at a lower interest rate in 2 or 3 years. Pay all of your bills, especially your mortgage, on time, and avoid taking on any additional debt.
- Think about waiting until your credit improves before applying for a mortgage. Consider all of your options, and remember that it might be better to avoid a bad credit mortgage. You might prefer to wait a few years and qualify for a traditional home loan.
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There are a few shows out there that focus on fixing broken restaurants that are pretty entertaining. If you've never seen them before, they basically take a restaurant that is failing for some reason, and a celebrity chef, like Gordon Ramsay, comes in and shows them what they're doing wrong. Most of the time, it's just a complete disregard for doing things well or caring about their job that screws up the restaurant. In some other occasions it's just a stupid owner (ok, actually usually) who refuses to take an honest look at what they're doing, and what they should be doing. It just goes to show it doesn't take any special skillset to open a business, and that's part of the reason why so many fail.
Anyway, an interesting stat about these restaurants is that roughly 85%+ of them still fail a year or two after the show. This is probably due to the fact that the management is quite often unwilling to take the advice of Ramsay, or even if they do, they might not be able to execute that on a day to day basis. Still, an entertaining show.


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In this photo provided by the Michigan Department of Corrections is Judy Lynn Hayman who authorities say escaped from a Michigan prison nearly 37 years ago while serving time for attempted larceny. / Michigan Department of Corrections
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Armed with a decades-old mugshot, police officers in San Diego on Monday arrested Judy Lynn Hayman, a woman who escaped from a Michigan prison 37 years ago.
Hayman initially gave a fake name to the officers who appeared on her doorstep, said San Diego Police Lt. Kevin Mayer. But she eventually admitted to being a wanted fugitive, he said, and is expected to face extradition.
Hayman, according to Michigan Department of Corrections records, was sentenced on June 28, 1976, to 16 months to two years behind bars for attempted larceny. She escaped on April 14, 1977, from the Womens Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Washtenaw County.
Mayer said an official with the MDOC contacted the San Diego Police Department on Monday and said Hayman could be at an address in the city. Mayer said three officers went that day to a residence on 1st Avenue in the citys Hillcrest neighborhood.
A woman at the home gave officers a fake name Jamie Lewis and had government documents to support the alias, Mayer said. But she looked like Hayman.
The officer had a photograph of her from back in 1977, and when he compared the photo to the person who was claiming to be Jamie Lewis, Mayer said, the officer told me her eyes gave her away. To him, the eyes looked like the suspect.
Mayer said that after Hayman was told she would be taken to a police station for further questioning, she confessed her real identity.
Hayman, 60, was taken to the Las Colinas womens detention facility in Santee, Calif. Mayer said officials in Michigan are expected to make arrangements for her extradition.
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Any resident whose done their time here in Los Angeles recalls fondly the period before and during the 1984 Olympics when a variety of misconceptions and misjudgments left Los Angeles a veritable commuters paradise. There are probably a variety of factors contributing to those glory days, but by and large the easy one to cite is the large enough percentage of residents who veritably fled the city fearing gridlock, terrorist acts, and too many tourists.
None of which occurred, and as a result there was no better time to be an angeleno in Angelenoville. Not only could you proudly bask in the glow of the glorious games, but you could get wherever you wanted to go quickly and easily.
I know this first hand because at that time not only was I commuting from Sherman Oaks to Santa Monica College for classes, but I also worked as a courier for a company located in the Cahuenga Pass, and my route would take me from there to downtown to mid-Wilshire to Beverly Hills — even to Westwood on occasion.
Speeds between points A and B suddenly increased dramatically. The transportation grid was practically devoid of traffic snarls. In a way it seemed as if some mighty being had gripped the edges of the city and stretched it. The place seemed bigger, more open.
It didn't take long after the closing ceremonies for the honeymoon to end and Los Angeles to shrink back to its clogged and crowded ways, but for those coupla/three weeks: the city was the autopia it had been envisioned to be. Sing it loud, Randy Newman: We Loved L.A.
I get a tiny sense of that bygone, once-in-a-lifetime feeling each holiday season — especially the week between Christmas and New Year's. Schools are closed. People are traveling. There's usually a bit more good will in the air.
This year was no different, but also seemingly augmented positively by the artificially low gas prices, and negatively by the current state of the economy. More people hunkered down this season. Though happy to be buying gas that was $2-$3 lower than it was in the summer, a lot of people did less, with less.
One rainy night a week or so before Christmas I left work and the 405 to the 10 to the 110 to the 101 was almost as if I had the whole stretch to myself. I got home in an unheard of 20 minutes. And biking? There were streets I'd travel down for blocks and blocks and blocks — streets like Figueroa and Venice and Jefferson — and not be passed by a single vehicle.
It was kinda spooky, but a good spooky.
Now we're back to the bad kinda spooky. I had my first "Get offa the fuckin' road!" yelled at me from a car last weekend. Such verbal abuse disappeared when gas sailed past $4 a gallon. Before those astronomical prices, a snark-laden "Get a car!" was something I could count on from passing motorists or their passengers on a pretty regular basis. But with gallons of regular coming in at $4.50-plus that shut those insulters up and all of a sudden it was my turn to gloriously yell "Get a bike!"A victory of sorts, but not a very satisfying one. I'm not one to kick anyone when they're down.
By all accounts, the surprise plunge in gas prices should have brought the haters back out, but it didn't really. It certainly put a lot of people forced to explore alternate transit methods back in their cars, but maybe the sudden savings brought relief mixed with a smug but chastened satisfaction and that kept their yaps shut.
Of course that was short-lived. Gas has been steadily creeping back up and now hovers around and above the $2 mark. Any rationalization at how relatively low it still is gets gnawed down by fear that it'll keep going back up and up and up and up and finally realize that dreaded $5-per-gallon mark.
In conjunction with the post-holiday roadways back to being stacked up, the upward creep of gas costs may be helping to piss people off. In addition to a general increase in irresponsible and inconsiderate driving, it's highly unscientific but I'm just getting a more negative vibe from more drivers. I find myself cut off more and crowded a bit closer by passing vehicles. There's greater lack of patience from people behind me. At the end of my morning commute yesterday I got a slow start at the head of the left turn lane when the arrow went green and the driver of the car behind me laid on the horn. Hard.
A lady sped by me a couple days ago not much more than a foot away and when I gestured the international sign of More Cushion Please as she moved ahead of me she looked in her rearview mirror and just shrugged in a "get over it" way.
Coincidence or fluke? Maybe. Like I said these observations are as unscientific as my low/high average method for calculating how much I saved in gas costs biking this year:
$1.89 (low) + $4.69 (high) / 2 = $3.29 average per gallon x 315 gallons not used = $1,036.35
But as I continue and even increase my biking and gas savings, I'm not going to dismiss the incidents or pretend they're not on the rise. Instead I'm going to once again realize the honeymoon is over and it's time to armor up with greater awareness, caution, care and tolerance.
And maybe a stun gun.
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After my incident I had some fantasies about stun guns. On the flip side of the negative observations, one thing I have noticed more of in recent months has been more, different kinds of commuting in Santa Monica. By different I mean seeing things like those weird 3 wheeled swaying scooters showing up not just on bike paths, but to the grocery store. I've spotted a few skateboard commuters, in-line skaters (my self included there on occasion) and more motor scooters. I also saw an old man riding home at night in a bike lane with a 3 wheel bike with a big basket, and that made my evening. Cars still dominate the landscape, but I'm spotting little signs of change.
I've noticed the change in driver behavior too. This week has been a more tense commute than the past 3 weeks for sure. Everyone is back to work and school now and driving around in a major funk I think.
Oh well, at least cycling to and from work helps us deal with the day a bit better and be a bit less stressed.
As I recall, there was major concern among Los Angeles' leaders about having our city look bad to the rest of the world because of traffic problems during the 84 games. One solution was having a large number of tow trucks patrol the roads to quickly deal with stalled/wrecked cars. Most of these trucks were retired after the games, and traffic went back to "normal".
Roads may be spooky on the holidays, but these are the very best times to enjoy riding on the street. My fave is during super bowl.
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Dr. Kristin Mann, assistant professor of history, is among the UALR faculty involved in a presentation on Bolivian Chiquitos missions funded by an Arkansas Humanities Council grant.
The fascinating and highly unusual project, called "The Baroque in Bolivia: The Jesuit Mission Story in Music, Words, and Images," will feature music and photography highlighting the missions.
The presentation is free and open to the public. It will be held at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19, in the Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall at the University of Central Arkansas.
The program includes remarks by Dr. Mann on the history of the Jesuit missions in Bolivia. The Jesuits, a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church, work to promote social justice and ecumenical dialogue in hundreds of countries across the globe.
Former UALR faculty members Gary Cawood of the Department of Art and Leah Wilkinson of the Department of International and Second Language Studies have also assembled an exhibit of images of Jesuit missions for the program.
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Holy Gerrymandering Batman! Democrats Won State Senate Vote By 5%, But Trail 13-11
Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 04:40PM
Although Republicans cling to a 13-11 seat edge in the New Hampshire Senate after Democrats gained six seats, an analysis of the overall vote cast is most intriguing.
Talk about winning the electoral vote while losing the popular vote, if my quick math is correct, more voters were cast for Democrats than Republicans in the 24 State Senate races.
In fact, Republican President Peter Bragdon was not even opposed in District 11. Even if we add in his 18,644 votes (as opposed to none for Democrats there), Democrats held exactly a two point edge in overall votes cast for Senate (51.0-49.0 percent). Check my math if you will, but I come up with 325,044 votes for the 23 Democratic candidates and 312,422 for the 24 Republicans.
If you take district 11 out of the mixture, the Democratic advantage swells to five points in the 23 contested districts (52.5-47.5 percent). The total would be 325,044 for Democrats; 293,778 for Republicans.
How could this be?
The same way a candidate could conceivably win the popular vote and lose the electoral vote.
During redistricting earlier this year, Republicans were able to "stack and pack". That's the term used in redistricting. It's also know as gerrymandering.
Democrats won certain district by tremendous margins while Republicans won the close ones. For example, David Pierce beat Joe Osgood 17,719-9940 in District 5 (Lebanon-Hanover-Cleremont); Sylvia Larsen won District 15 (Concord) by nearly 11,000 votes (19,383-8379); Martha Fuller Clark carried District 21 (Portsmouth/Durham) by more than 11,000 votes (19,740-8674).
That's a lot of votes which were "wasted", which would have been better placed in districts where Democrats just barely lost. But don't think it was done by coincidence. Republicans controlled the Senate 19-5 and the House 298-102 when redistricting was done, and you can be sure they deliberately "stacked and packed". They did so brilliantly.
In fact, as Democrats have held the corner office and taken what appears to be a 223-177 lead in the New Hampshire House, it could easily be argued that only Senate redistricters stopped Democrats from taking total control. President Peter Bragdon and Republicans statewide owe a debt of gratitude to Chief of Staff and numbers crunching expert Jay Flanders.
Give the man a raise!
As for the close races, take these three. In District 9, Republican Andy Sanborn topped Lee Nyquist by 253 votes, 50.4-49.6 percent (15,478-15225, recount requested).
Republican David Boutin hung on in District 16 (Manchester North/Hooksett) by only 396 votes against Kathleen "Still Looking for Parked Cars To Crash Into" Kelley, (50.7-49.3 percent, 13,876-13,480 votes).
And most significantly, remember how I mentioned earlier in the year how District 6 became much more Republican when it lost Somersworth and was replaced by towns including highly Republican Alton. Well, Republican Sam Cataldo won the district by 633 votes, 51.3-48.7 percent over Richard Leonard (12,760-12,127).
Guess what? Cataldo carried Alton 1965-1172. That's 793 votes, more than he won overall. Without redistricting, Cataldo (it was Fenton Groen's district at the time) most likely would not have won.
Without the gerrymandered districts (perfectly legal), Democrats most likely would have lead 14-10, not trailed 13-11 in Senate districts.
Just the facts, maam, just the facts.
It goes on and one, but I trust you get the gist. If you don't take my word for it (and of course you do), you can run the numbers yourself; they're all up on the Secretary of State's web site. In fact, verification would be nice!


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Neil Reynolds: Another special week as the NFL took over London
Neil Reynolds says the UK is lucky to have NFL games as he reflects on the latest Wembley clash.
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The 49ers ran out comfortable 42-10 victors over the winless Jags at Wembley Stadium but the British fans enjoyed the experience, regardless of the one-sided nature of the 'main event.'
Here is what caught my eye during the week the NFL came to town.
Niners set Kaepernick free
For the past two weeks, the 49ers have appeared more willing to allow quarterback Colin Kaepernick to run free and make plays with his legs when called upon to do so.
That was the case when the 49ers smoked the Tennessee Titans in Week 7 and it was the same at Wembley Stadium on Sunday night. Kaepernick played within himself as a passer but did make some key plays with his legs, extending drives with crucial pick-ups on third down.
Kaepernick ended his Wembley debut having thrown for 164 yards (10 of 16 attempts) one touchdown and no interceptions. Crucially, he added 54 yards and two touchdowns on seven carries, highlighting the fact he is at his best when that rushing element is added to his game.
Best in the business
What a treat it was to witness the best inside linebacking partnership in the NFL in San Francisco's Navorro Bowman and Patrick Willis on Sunday evening. The pair are quite incredible in that they rarely miss tackles.
That may sound like they are just doing their jobs but check out the rest of the NFL and see how many tackles are missed each Sunday. This pair are so reliable. Bowman registered 10 tackles and Willis chipped in with six stops and a forced fumble that was returned for San Francisco's final touchdown of the night.
Importantly, the pair rarely comes off the field. They are mobile enough to make tackles in space while covering running backs downfield, as they proved time and again on Sunday night as Jacksonville dumped off another pass that ended short of first down yardage.
Error at the start?
At the beginning of each game, the winner of the coin toss can choose to receive the ball, kick the ball to the opposition or defer to the second half, meaning they get the choice of the football after the break.
Most teams - almost by default now - defer to the second half, hopeful of ending the opening period with the football and then starting with the ball again after the break.
But I felt the Jags should have asked for the ball to start this game. They are bound to be a little low on confidence and morale right now and I would have tried to delay San Francisco scoring or having any offensive success for as long as possible.
Instead, the 49ers took the game-opening drive the length of the field, scoring on Frank Gore's 19-yard run. After a quick failed possession from the Jags, San Francisco scored again on Kaepernick's 12-yard run and the game was effectively over in the first quarter.
I'm not saying receiving the ball first would have resulted in a Jacksonville win, but it might have delayed the onslaught of San Francisco points!
Give Bradley time
There are few head coaches who survive seasons as bad as the one the Jacksonville Jaguars are currently enduring. But I do believe Gus Bradley is the right man for the job and should be given time to build a winner in Jacksonville/London.
Bradley is an energetic coach with an infectious personality. To be honest, he has some pieces in place but clearly lacks any talent at the most important position in American football - the quarterback. With so little talent at vital positions at his disposal, it would be unfair to make Bradley carry the can for this season.
And I sense the Jags management feel the same way and will give him time to turn things around.
The American TV commentators said Bradley was being out-coached by Jim Harbaugh on Sunday night. I don't buy that. I thought he did the best that he could do with the talent available. And Bradley can be a match for Harbaugh and any other coach from an X's and O's point of view, as he showed last year when shutting down Kaepernick as defensive coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks.
MJD shines!
There were not too many bright spots for the Jaguars on Sunday but I thought Maurice Jones-Drew turned in his best performance of the season to date and showed glimpses of returning to his pre-foot injury form.
Pocket Hercules rushed 19 times for 75 yards and added six receptions for another 47 yards. That was no mean feat against a San Francisco defense that was tackling well and flying to the football.
If MJD can keep up that kind of production in the second half of the season, that will ease the pressure on the misfiring quarterbacks of this 0-8 team.
What a week!
On a personal note, I must just say how much I enjoyed the week of activities leading up to the big game at Wembley Stadium - but I could also do with a little rest over the next few days to recover!
It was not a typical work week for me as I caught some passes from the greatest quarterback in NFL history, Joe Montana, I got a one on one interview with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and I even got a hug from the man dubbed the most powerful man in sports. I hosted the Fan Rally that drew more than 45,000 NFL fans to Trafalgar Square and the Tailgate Party outside Wembley Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
By the time I joined Kevin Cadle in our studio at Wembley, it was nice to have a little sit down and watch the game with some very good company indeed. While the game was a non-starter, I woke up this morning with many fond memories of the events and activities around the big match - and I'm sure many NFL fans felt the same way.
How lucky are we now in the United Kingdom to have these games? And the thought of three coming our way in 2014 is enough to warm our spirits on this wild and windy Monday.


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Posted: 4:10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013
Falcons to scour the waiver wire for line help
By D. Orlando Ledbetter
FLOWERY BRANCH – The personnel action around the NFL will be fast and furious from Thursday night through Saturday at 9 p.m., when teams must cut down from 75 players to 53.
The Falcons, as they have in each of the past five seasons under general manager Thomas Dimitroff, will closely monitor the league-wide cuts. They are young along the offensive line and at quarterback.
Kicker Jeremy Shelley is getting a chance to audition for teams looking for a field goal kicker in the final exhibition against Jacksonville at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Georgia Dome.
Shelley made three of four kicks against Tennessee. He missed a 46-yarder. Veteran kicker Matt Bryant is expected back for the season opener. They Falcons are not likely to carry two kickers into the season.
"I think that Matt's back is going to be fine, but there's nothing that is not possible in the NFL," said Falcons coach Mike Smith when asked if he planned to carry two kickers into the season. "I think Matt is going to be fine. He progressed (Tuesday) in kicking and with the routine that we've got him going through. We received good reports."
The right veteran tackle, guard or quarterback could be intriguing. The Falcons appear to be stuffed along the defensive line, at linebacker and in the secondary.
There weren't any intriguing players in the cut down to 75 players, so the Falcons passed.
They are fired up about this weekend's cuts and will strike if they find a player they like.
Here are some of the players with local ties who were released in the cut down to 75 players:
Buffalo -- WR Da'Rick Rogers (Calhoun High)
Baltimore -- G/OT Ramon Harewood (Morehouse)
Chicago -- TE Leonard Pope (Georgia)
Denver – CB Mario Butler (Georgia Tech)
Detroit -- S Chris Hope (Falcons 2012) and CB DeQuan Menzie (Columbus Carver High).
New Orleans -- WR Tim Toone (Falcons 2012)
Pittsburgh -- QB John Parker Wilson (Falcons 2009-11)
Tampa Bay -- DB Branden Smith (Georgia, Washington High)
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Re: Falcons to scour the waiver wire for line..... help!
I'm kind of hoping that there will be something more than just monitoring the waiver wire. Given all of the young talent at WR and LB, I'd give strong consideration to moving Nicholas, Dent, or Douglas (and low round future picks) in exchange for a serviceable tackle or guard. Peria Jerry would also be on my trade block, but I doubt anyone would have any interest in him. (not that they'd be that much more interested in the previous trio)
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Peria Jerry isn't on the trade block he's on the chopping block and should be cut during the final cut down. You aren't going to get anything from him on trade and typically there aren't a ton of trades at this point of the year especially for potential chop block players.
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Cadmium Red Basket Set with Plumbeous Black Lip Wrap
Dale Chihuly is the best-known glass artist in the United States. Trained at the University of Wisconsin and the Rhode Island School of Design, he received the first Fulbright Fellowship in glass and went to Venice in 1968 to study at Venini, the most progressive glass factory in Italy. In 1971 he established the Pilchuck Glass School near Seattle, the only American art school devoted entirely to glassmaking. His affinity for the Northwest is profound; he has strong ties to the landscape and great interest in the arts of the native peoples there. This particular work was inspired by the traditional woven baskets of the Haida and other Northwest Coast tribes.
Chihuly has moved from small-scale vases of recognizable form to art that transcends the boundaries of traditional glassmaking. As this "basket" demonstrates, he has abandoned functionalism in favor of large sculptural forms. Often he and his assistants work on a grand scale, creating large environments composed of many thousands of glass elements for specific sites. In 1994, he created Brooklyn Wall, a temporary installation in the Museum's lobby.
- Maker: Dale Chihuly
- Medium: Glass
- Dates: Designed and made 1993
- Dimensions: 19 x 37 x 21 ins (show scale)
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- Collections:Decorative Arts
- Museum Location: This item is on view in Decorative Arts Galleries, 4th Floor
- Accession Number: 1995.60a-k
- Credit Line: Gift of Charles Cowles and Dale Chihuly
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Dale Chihuly. Cadmium Red Basket Set with Plumbeous Black Lip Wrap, Designed and made 1993. Glass, 19 x 37 x 21 ins. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Charles Cowles and Dale Chihuly, 1995.60a-k. Creative Commons-BY
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Ed Kapp from AboveAndBeyondMMA.com recently caught up with Todd Duffee to discuss what it is like inside and outside the UFC.
Ed Kapp: How did it feel to be on the outside looking in?
Todd Duffee: It was a nightmare every day. It was sickening. It was very depressing. It was a giant oh, I need to find new terminology to describe this. It was a giant mind-f---. I dont know how else to put it. You see guys that youre better than fighting in the UFC, you see guys youre friends and training partners are saying youre better than fighting in the UFC. I felt really stupid. I genuinely just felt like an idiot. Everybody was telling me I had all this talent but I was never going to be back in the UFC, its over. Obviously, I couldnt let it go. I still believed I had a shot. I still knew how good I am. Im extensively training with seven of the top 10 guys right now. I have a pretty good idea of where I stand. And I dont think Id continue to be willing to make the sacrifices if I didnt believe I have what it takes to be one of the best. If not the best. It was terrible, dude. It hurt my career. You want to talk about a bad attitude? I definitely developed a bad attitude during that time period. For about nine months, a year, I was hard to be around. I felt bad for the guys at Grudge. I wasnt positive. I was just grinding through my workouts. There was one point where I would drive to AKA, check my bank account and I would just walk in the gym with tears in my eyes. DC [Daniel Cormier] would come up to me, Are you alright, dude? This was because I felt like such an idiot. I shouldve been out getting my college education, going to work. All my friends are finishing up their doctorates theyre doing all this great stuff that I should be doing. Instead, Im out here being dumb. Has it paid off now? Yes. I couldve approached it a lot differently and maybe Id still be in the same spot. You dont know. I couldve gotten here sooner, for all we know. I guess the best way to describe it was that I felt really stupid.
EK: Is it possible to make a comfortable living in MMA outside of the UFC?
TD: If you have a good manager I was having a lot of problems. Even the smaller promotions would literally write me off before they had a phone conversation with me. They would say, Oh, hes got a bad attitude, or, Oh, hes going to want too much money. The consistency outside of the UFC is a nightmare. You know that as well as anybody. I wouldnt say its impossible, but its not easy. Its not ideal [laughs]. There are a few some of these guys in Bellator, some of these guys in One FC who can. But the landscape outside of the UFC has changed drastically. Its tough out there for those guys. I feel bad for them. I can relate to them 100 per cent. Its very stressful [laughs].
EK: How did you learn that the UFC wanted to bring you back into the fold?
TD: I was bugging Joe Silva. I got lucky. I called Joe Silva the night before, because I was getting ready to sign a kickboxing contract. I said, Hey, man, is there anything we can do? And hes like, Well, I tried calling you for the [Gabriel] Gonzaga fight but you changed your number. [Laughs] I was like, Really?! Awesome. Thats terrible! But he said there was a chance something might come up and he would give me a call tomorrow and let me know. Bob Cook had already had a deal with an old training partner of mine. But he was not able to get out of his Bellator contract in time, so he couldnt sign with the UFC. So Bob was able to work me in and get the deal. Thats how I learned. I literally had my apartment packed, I was showing my friend my apartment and Bob is calling me, but Im not answering it. I was too depressed. I was packing myself up and moving to go live in Holland [laughs]. I was going to work my kickboxing. I was going to work on my kickboxing and travel that route. Because that was where the financials were at the time.
EK: What do you think you could do in the world of kickboxing?
TD: Knock out a lot of people and get knocked out a lot.
EK: Its that simple?
TD: Thats the sport, man. You know it as well as I do. In K-1, the greatest guys in the world have been knocked out 20 times a piece [laughs]. Thats just the game. I think, with my style, it would equate to that [laughs].
EK: In retrospect, what was at stake in your return to the UFC at 155?
TD: The rumour was that I was going to get cut again if I didnt win [laughs], but I dont know that. I heard that from a few people inside. But my whole life was everything Ive ever worked for was at stake. Everything Ive ever committed to. In the end, most guys walk away from this sport a failure. Its just the sad truth. Its the sad reality of being a fighter. Youre going to have to carry that with you your entire life. Its how you respond to that that doesnt make you the actual failure. I would say my entire life. If I wouldve lost that fight, chances are I wouldve gotten cut that wouldve technically been my second loss in a row in the UFC. Id probably be looking at a kickboxing contract or going back to school. But everything Ive ever worked for was at stake. But I think thats every fight. That situation is not much different than what most guys have to live through, you know?
EK: Ideally, when would you like to return to action?
TD: Maybe this summer. That would be ideal. It looks like Ive had a bit of a set-back in my rehab, so were probably looking at September, October.
EK: What does the future hold for Todd Duffee?
TD: Im a wildcard, man. Thats what everybody tells me. It could be a disaster or it could be the greatest thing in the world. Id like to think that Im going to hit great. I know that Im doing everything I can to be there. I think the future holds consistent fights and well see. Im in a weird spot right now. At one point, I was a huge top prospect, but I havent fought consistently enough to maintain that. Well see.


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Exposing the Chinese Art Market with Six Questions (All 6) – artmarketblog.com
Exposing the Chinese Art Market with Six Questions (All 6) – artmarketblog.com
1. The records from the recent Christie's fine modern paintings sale (31 May), along with records from China Guardian Auctions Co. from the 2009 Autumn sale onwards, show that auction house estimates have become little more than conventional additions rather than indicative price guides. Your thoughts? Are price estimates for works being suppressed and, if so, why do you think this is the case?
Estimates are a tricky affair. An estimate that is too high will put buyers off and an estimate that is too low will cause buyers to wonder why the estimate is so low. Even though an estimate is nothing more than an educated guess as to what the object might be likely to fetch, the psychology is similar to that of retail pricing. If a customer goes into a shop and the price appears too high for a product they will likely look for a different product that offers better value for money or look elsewhere for a better price for that product. If the price is too low the customer will likely become suspicious as to why the price is so low and will either question the quality and condition of the object to ensure it is worth buying before they make the purchase, or will avoid the product all together.
Although the estimate will often have very little or no bearing on the price that people can bid and subsequently purchase the work for (ie. bidding much lower than estimate and purchasing the object for much lower than the estimate), the psychology of the art auction is such that the estimate is often viewed as much more of an indicator of value than it really is. The problem this creates is that auction houses are therefore able to use the estimate as a powerful and influential marketing tool that has the potential to seriously affect the perception that potential bidders have of a particular work of art and influence the way they bid.
One of the main problems with the explosion in demand for the work of many contemporary, modern and historical Chinese artists is that interest (or the level of interest) in their work from a market perspective is relatively new and without precedent. What this means is that there is very little or no past data (ie. gallery prices, auction prices) to use as a basis for the creation of estimates for many of the artists whose work is appearing at auction. Looking at the work of ZHANG DAQIAN, for example, artprice.com shows that 3578 of his watercolour paintings have been auctioned since 1991 with almost half of those works appearing at auction since the beginning of 2009. That means that the same number of works by ZHANG DAQIAN were auctioned in the last two and half years as were auctioned in the 18 years prior to 2009. Such an unprecedented level of demand generated in such a short time period is bound to cause problems for the auction market of an artist's work. Considering that some contemporary artists who have no auction track record at all are achieving prices at auction that are usually the sole domain of famous master artists, the inaccuracy of auction estimates is hardly surprising.
It is always in the best interest of auction houses to keep estimates lower rather than higher to encourage competition and bidding but I do not think that auction estimates are being suppressed any more than they usually are. At the end of the day auction houses are businesses whose primary goal is to make money and as such they really have no obligation to present accurate estimates. The use of auction estimates as a marketing tool is something that has been going on for a long time and is perhaps just more apparent due to the media scrutiny of the prices being paid for works of art by Chinese artists.
2. (A tricky one..) Are the works themselves worth the prices being paid?
The true "value" of an artist's work is something that is developed over a long period of time and is primarily a reflection of – among other things – their cultural and art historical importance, the influence that they have had on their chosen genre and medium, and the results of critical review. As an artist's career progresses through the various stages of development the dollar value of their work also develops and progresses. Prior to appearing at auction, artists usually sell their work through private commercial galleries which helps create a stable and justifiable price point for their work. One of the problems facing the Chinese art market is that China has an underdeveloped private gallery system that cannot support the number of contemporary artists being thrust into the limelight at such a rapid rate. Many Chinese contemporary artists are skipping the private gallery stage of their career and going straight to auction which makes the value of the work much more unstable and unjustifiable over the long term.
What makes valuing works of art so difficult is that there are two types of value that are especially relevant to the Chinese art market. The first value is the true artistic value of the work of art and the second value is the prestige and social status that comes with owning a piece of expensive fine art. Are the works of art being sold worth what people are paying for them from a market/artistic value? The answer would have to be no for two reasons, the first of which is that many Chinese buyers are being driven by a desire for social status and prestige. Secondly, many of the artists whose prices are being driven to extreme heights do not have the career credentials to justify the prices being paid. Are the works of art being sold worth what people are paying for them from a social status/prestige perspective? The answer to the question would depend on what effect the work of art has had on the social status and prestige afforded to the owner. Only the owner can answer this question as there is no way of qualifying or quantifying the value of social status and prestige.
Because the value of social status and prestige cannot be qualified or quantified, and because such value is in no way inherently attached to the work of art, the likelihood of the massive prices being paid for works of art by Chinese artists remaining at the level they are currently at is very low.
3. What specific indicators would suggest a price bubble for Chinese art, and is this "bubble" a general feature across all art sectors in China, or specific to contemporary art since the 1990s, for example?
The characteristics of an art price bubble are an unjustifiable sudden and rapid increase in the prices being paid for works of art combined with an increase in the number of works of art being sold on either a market-wide scale or within a particular sector of the art market. Given The rapid rate at which the unprecedented yet unjustifiable rise in prices for Chinese art is progressing, combined with the large increase in the sheer volume of works of art by Chinese artists being sold at auction, I think that there can be no doubt that this is what is currently happening and that all indications point to a price bubble for Chinese art.
Without doubt the price bubble for Chinese art extends across all categories of Chinese art from 14th century Chinese scroll paintings to works by emerging Chinese contemporary artists. The bubble is, however, most evident in the contemporary and modern sectors.
4. There's evidence to show that gallerists and artists in China pay for positive critical reviews. But Chinese contemporary artists generally lack the level of critical attention given by critics, historians and galleries in comparison to Western artists. Is the lack of criticality a major contributor to the volatility of the contemporary market? What other factors are there?
The lack of critical review is one of the main problems that the Chinese contemporary art market is facing. Without adequate critical review, buyers do not have the information that they need to make justifiable and discerning decisions when buying works of art. Another factor that causes contemporary art price volatility is the rate at which the careers of young emerging artists are progressing. Once finishing art school, young artists usually go through a process of development and progression that includes several crucial steps. One of those crucial steps is exposure to critical review; another step is establishing a primary market through private gallery representation.
Without the private gallery step in the process of natural progression, young artists end up being thrust into the limelight ill-prepared and without having been through that crucial process of critical review that the private gallery system is a major part of. It is that private gallery system that would usually separate the true stars from the posers and direct the marketplace towards the true stars. Artists whose work is taken directly from the art school to the auction house are essentially being thrust into a position of authority and responsibility without the proper credentials.
The long term value of an artist's work depends on the level of support and patronage that they receive from the cultural and private gallery sectors. It is pretty much inevitable that the super-heated Chinese art market will begin to cool at some point in the near future which means that buyers will have to begin to justify their purchases and the amount of money they are spending on fine art. If an artist has not been through the traditional route of progression, and does not have the support of a strong private gallery sector, it is unlikely that they would be able to survive the justification process.
An influx of wealthy yet impressionable and uneducated buyers, combined with an art market littered with strategically placed artworks by unseasoned young contemporary artists whose work is seen as being "trendy", is a recipe for disaster.
5. You've drawn comparisons between the present market climate, and the lead up to the Japanese crash in 1990. What are your fears for the Chinese market? Is a crash imminent and what are the likely results? (And just because the media loves a bit of sensation) When do you see this happening?
The biggest problem with the Chinese art market is that there is very little evidence that the prices being paid for contemporary, modern and historical art are sustainable and justifiable. In order for prices to merely stagnate – as opposed to crash – when the wealth driving the Chinese art price bubble dries up (as it surely will), the current prices being paid for Chinese art, and for western art by Chinese buyers, would have to be justifiable in a post-boom climate. This would mean that the prices being paid at the moment would have to correlate with the perceived art historical importance, the level and nature of critical recognition, the aesthetic appeal , the rarity of the work of art – in other words, all the factors and characteristics of the works of art that can be rated, graded, compared and contrasted.
There is no doubt that the market for Chinese art and the Chinese art market are in serious trouble. The rate at which the prices for Chinese are rising, and the rate of growth that the Chinese art market is experiencing, cannot continue for much longer. I do, however, think it would be foolish to underestimate the level of wealth coming out of China and the momentum of the Chinese economy. Whereas the Japanese were focussed very much on the work of Western master artists – a market of limited supply – the Chinese are showing much more interest in the work of their own contemporary artists of which there is a virtually unlimited supply. As long as the money continues to flow, there will continue to be emerging Chinese contemporary artists ready and waiting to take the place of those artists who perhaps lose their appeal. What this means is that the current Chinese art market boom theoretically has a longer shelf life than the Japanese boom. This also means that the most likely reason for a price contraction will be an economic event such as the bursting of the real estate bubble.
In my opinion the most damning evidence of a bleak future for the Chinese art market is the direction that China's property market is heading. What China is doing is boosting their economy by building massive cities in anticipation of the massive rise in the number of Chinese people who can afford to purchase their own home that the Chinese government thinks will take place. The problem is that many of these cities remain empty long after construction was completed and offer no signs of filling up with people. Commenting on China's property market, a recent article by Bloomberg stated that: "China's property market may be heading into a bubble as the economy's reliance on real estate reaches a level close to the housing peaks in the U.S. and Japan, according to Citigroup Inc.". This statistic from Bloomberg is particularly relevant because it compares China's property market boom to the Japanese property market peak – the collapse of which caused the art market collapse of the early 90′s. With so much money being invested in property and being made from China's property boom it is highly likely that a significant proportion of the money being spent by the Chinese on antiques and fine art comes from the property boom. It is therefore also highly likely that the ability to pay any debt that Chinese buyers are racking up to pay for their trinkets is reliant on the continued positive progression of China's property boom.
According to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald by Malcolm Turnbull, "HSBC recently calculated that the total value of China's residential property market was now 3.27 times GDP, which is nearly twice the peak reached before the subprime crisis in the US and approaching the levels in Japan during its 1980s property bubble." (Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/chinese-debt-binge-is-fuelling-a-dangerous-property-bubble-20100615-yd1a.html#ixzz1OS5FPLFB)
Many of the top Japanese investors leading up to the Japanese economic crisis in 1990 ended up with the largest amount of debt as a result of the crisis, and for those that had used their wealth to purchase fine art this meant that they had to sell their assets including the fine art that they had purchased to pay back their debts. As a result, a wave of "bad-debt art" was thrown back into the market and sold at prices well below what the Japanese had paid for them. Because the Chinese have speculated so much on the work of young emerging artists, an influx of "bad-debt" contemporary Chinese art back onto the market would be catastrophic for the reputation and future value of these artists. This is, however, something that is very likely to happen in the near future.
When it comes to predicting the end of the Chinese art price bubble, I would suggest that the current rate of progression cannot last longer than another eighteen months – in other words, until the end of 2012. The most likely cause of the end of the Chinese art price bubble is the bursting of the Chinese real estate bubble which people are predicting will end in the next twelve to eighteen months. If the real-estate bubble doesn't cause the bust, a massive increase in negative art market sentiment surrounding the work of Chinese artists and the Chinese art market Chinese resulting from an awareness by Chinese buyers that they paid too much for many contemporary works of art – an awareness caused by problems getting what they paid for works of art when they try to resell them at auction auction to fund new purchases. Either way, I give the art price bubble no more than eighteen months.
6. What has been the effect of the Chinese art boom in recent years on the Australian market (contemporary indigenous/non-indigenous art)?
One of the problems that the Chinese art boom has created for the Australian art market is the increased level of faked and forged Aboriginal artworks that are causing problems for the entire Aboriginal art market. Copies of genuine Aboriginal artworks and outright fakes are being made in China and then passed off as genuine items.
**Nicholas Forrest is an art market analyst, art critic and journalist based in Sydney, Australia. He is the founder of http://www.artmarketblog.com, writes the art column for the magazine Antiques and Collectibles for Pleasure and Profit and contributes to many other publications.
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In November 2010 I 'sold' a painting by Xu Beihong in Beijing at a highly inflated price. The buyer did not pay. The auctioneer kept me hanging on for 6 months by saying that the buyer would pay; he just needed time to get the money together. This never happened. I wondered if this is common practice in China, where an auctioneer ramps up the price of an artwork which is then never paid for. In view of your forecast of the collapse of the Chinese art market in about 18 months, how do you think I should proceed from here?
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