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Viva Central Planning
In this week's missive, Jefferies' strategist David Zervos decries the doomsayers, panders to the printers, and colors this colossal nominal rally (and its expected infinite horizon) through green toner-colored glasses. All we can say here is "Viva Jefferies' David Zervos, and Viva Sarcasm"... it is Sarcasm right? Because if serious, this letter seems like it could have been penned by anyone fighting tooth and nail to become 3rd undersecretary of central planning in Stalinist Russia. We leave it to readers' judgment on which side of the fence Mr. Zervos sits.
Viva la fiesta, viva la noche, viva los "central bankers"..
Yes, another line from that song I cannot get out of my head - "Loca People". But I replaced "los DJs" with "los central bankers". It seemed appropriate as they are the ones keeping the beat and making this party lively. If it wasn't for DJ Benny B we would have the masses listening to Bing Crosby sing "Pennies from Heaven" or "Brother, Can you Spare a Dime" as they stand in line for a cup of soup (flashback to the 30s)!
Thanks Ben. And there is more good news, DJ Mario and DJ Shirakawa have finally came to the party to help DJ Benny B and DJ Merv keep the strobe lights flashing - "all day, all night...." - that global CB balance sheet beat just keeps expanding - "viva los central bankers"!! DJ Hildebrand did enter the club late last year to help out, but he had a few problems with the "rules". Thanks for stopping by Philippe, we know you meant well! Nevertheless, his replacement, DJ Jordan looks to be ready to spin some reflationary verses! It's all good in the club. So keep those party hats on and take some risk......this party is just going to get stronger by the day!
Of course there are still plenty of party poopers who want to shutter the club and remove the DJs. They seem to be quite content for large swaths of the population to get back in soup kitchen lines while cranking up the Bing Crosby. Thankfully most of these folks have been relegated to selling their doom on vitriolic blog sites where only the bitter and twisted, who missed the first few sets of the party, hang out! There are however a few of these poopers who populate the policy circles - mostly they reside at Wilhelm-Epstein-Strasse 14. All of these folks love to yap on and on about the evil DJs who destroy currencies, the global economy and capitalism. Thankfully the music from the club is loud enough to overwhelm this pooper cacophony.
That said, we all know that partying at the club is not without its risks. Too much fun, too much reflation and too much punch can have some long term negative effects - the inflation hangover is surely coming. But the point is our DJs have thankfully decided to take those risks over the alternative risk of the 1930s - there is no free recovery, we have to take some risk! As we have agrued many times, this is right risk tradeoff! So with the club growing stronger by the day, and DJs now firmly in control of the party, the doom crowd has slowly shifted from depression and deflation warnings to hyperinflation scares - pathetic. In all honesty I love the fact that this doom crowd exists - we will need a bunch of folks to get forced into buying spoos up at 2000 as a successful global recovery takes hold down the road. Viva los doomsayers as well!
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Johnny, what the fuck. Love that tune. Listen to it daily on channel 51. It's time that the central palnners consider....pussy per diem. http://thecivillibertarian.blogspot.com/#!/2012/04/pussy-per-diem.html
/jack on
Idiotic MSM headline of the day...
Romney, Obama both claim Reagan legacy.
/jack off
Is it safe to say the propaganda has been turned up to 11? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/inital-claims-soar-again-ninth-consecutive...
"...when I came to Zero Hedge and I saw Zervos writings, I told to myself: WHAT THE FUCK! ...all day...all night..."
What a load of bollocks. Surely you can't take this shit seriously?
It would have to be if it is going to make you do something as stupid as loving central planning.
Chuck Prince (Citibank): "As long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance."
I think he should just come out and blow Bernanke in public. It can't get any more explicit than this lette^H^H^H^H^H propaganda piece.
A religion in its death throes. That is all.
A fractal fiat system (pun intneded GeneMarchbanks) must replicate and manifest to infinity. Expect more and more of this sack stroking.
This is actually more insightful than he knows:
"So with the club growing stronger by the day, and DJs now firmly in control of the party, the doom crowd has slowly shifted from depression and deflation warnings to hyperinflation scares - pathetic."
... if he read his Von Mises, he'd know that those are the only two possibilities when emerging from a credit bubble. ie:
"There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved." - Ludvig Von Mises
If that doesn't sum it all up, I don't know what does.
Von Mises forgot to mention that in politics you can keep drinking and pass the hangover "problem" to the next one...
Apt metaphor.
Because you can do that... Until you die of alcohol poisoning.
So to continue it, there are two choices for the current system:
1.) Delirium Tremens
2.) Die in the Gutter
The central banks have printed so much debt that the only way to prevent a deflation shock from occurring is a re-introduction of communism.
Western leaders can hire Castro as well as still living former eastern european communist leaders as consultants. We will all end up happily and equally poor.
By deflation shock I mean at least 30% Dow and S&P correction in 1 month as well as 200 trillion in derivatives vanished.
ehmm... come on, we are all grown-ups here: Treasuries have printed the debt. CBs just eventually monetize it...
and fight to keep deflation down. with the clear end-results, of course, but this is later
They need not hire anyone. The Chinese have a lock on this already.
However, I think their consultancy fee could be too, too high.
Former communist leaders can fall in for just few meals a day, since that's what totalitarinism is about, few meals a day for everybody to survive (North Korea could be an notable exception as far as survival is concerned).
Seems that somebody has gotten to the man
Tyler has given the big hint, this article is big-league sarcasm -
A few days ago on ZeroHedge, David Zervos at Jefferies may have nailed the whole EU situation.
The bottom line is that Germany and the northern EU countries lent money to the southern EU countries in order to sell northern products and services ... and in the meanwhile stuffed these dodgy loans onto northern Europe's banks, pension, funds and insurance companies.
This is the dirty secret Germany's leaders probably can't yet even admit to themselves.
So German pensions are now half-'funded' by Spanish and Italian bonds and similar ... so Merkel & co., and northern Europe as a whole, have two choices: Let the defaults and EU break-up roll ... which means telling German and northern European citizens that their pensions and social benefits are bust and might need to get cut by half ... leading to revolution ...
Or the Germans can do what they hate, let the ECB print money and inflate like mad ... print the money to take the pressure off of Spain and Italy, print the money to hide from the German people, that they aren't half as wealthy as they thought, print and inflate and pretend they don't know why food and beer prices are going up every month.
'The Ugly Truth for Northern Europeans' -
This guy should be handcuffed to a lamppost in central Athens with a sign around his neck stating "The Banks Deserve More Bailouts." What happens to him afterwards, I guess that will be up to the Greek people.
The song is called crazy people... I think the line from the song, 'la jenta esta muy loca, what the F$@#?' says it all
I immediately stopped taking this serious once I read DJ.
This guy makes me want to puke.
Why would you take sarcasm seriously?
You sound confused. ;-)
I heard David Zervos speak last week. This letter must clearly be sarcastic, because he is anything 'but' a pro-bulls.
100 years ago the Titanic sank into the frigid Atlantic, and the band played on....
Mr Zervos worked at RBS -- which collapsed and needed a British taxpayer bailout. Then he worked at UBS, (see if this sounds familiar) which collapsed and needed a Swiss taxpayer bailout.
Notice that he hasn't had a US taxpayer bailout ... yet. He is just trying to fix his record and make it 3 for 3
But when the music stops, will there be enough chairs for the bulls?
The "doomsayers" have already taken all the chairs.
People who get paid by the government have a different perspective on the cost of groceries...
In his sarcasm, he dares the DJ to change the music from Miley Cyrus to Megadeath.
Open Market Operations have Pumped Real { * Printed Money, 400% added to the Monetary base in 4 years sounds right'ish} Liquidity into the market place! it is a Fact!
Because the transmission of this Liquidity.. equals a Gain { ** Post Tax} for use of the Federal Reserve Window.. PLUS! the handling Fee(s)! { *** Gotta LOVE Those Fee(s)}.. Legal does such a GREAT Job Tracking the time spent that it is almost un-needed to track anyone else's.. but now a days you need every minute you can.. to justify costs! LOL!! Just in case, it turns into a Case! a Court Case that is!
But I digress! let's get back to the Liquidity that Pays YOU! I mean them! LOL!! to be used! via the Federal Reserve Bank and the Internal Revenue Service! Pay Them to Use to SCREW YOU!! Out of YOUR MONEY!!
The Market Makers!
The Name Brand Retail Houses!!
The Gate Keepers!!! Of the Co-Lo Servers that every Trade runs thru on the Retail Side.
Or! For those Thinkers who are ultra savvy who think that the Dark Pool(s) offer some form of protection from the sub penny scalping that goes on! LOL!!!
I will skip the elongated explanation and just say that in the Dark Pools More! NOT!! Less! Scalping! Happens.
The Money / Debt / Liquidity.. being NOT!! released into the broader economy thru this (Chosen) Transmission Technique.. to save us from the Inflation Monster (beyond 2% or is it 5%+ to make up for lost time?? How are we blending that out? Never mind! The point of being able to Protect! We the Sheepeople! From the Un-Healthy Inflation while floating the broader markets seems to have worked out nicely! KUDOS! The Fact that the Top 0.00001% have increased their wealth 100's of % in the last 4 years.. I believe that gains are in line with the growth of the monetary base, or close enough to.. that any logical human being would have to say good! But the Fact! That the Sheepeople have been sliding backwards.. ever more slowly.. which in itself is a good thing.. people sliding more slowly into the quicksand is better that people sliding faster into the quicksand! These people sliding more slowly into the quicksand are so far broadly ignoring the Fact that the Top 0.00001% have Gained because of this chosen Transmission Technique by Bernake.. the Poor, Un-Educated Sheep are more interested in staying drunk on some form of new Madison Ave. Koolaide than problem solving! Thank God for Trayvon!! Trayvon has provided so MUCH!! Cover! That the Koch Brothers are footing the Legal Bills for the Judges Son! LOL!! And 2 Judges so far have removed themselves from the Case! And NO! Judge wants the case! Because Zimmerman didn't break the LAW!! Everyone knows that! But the Judge that sits on the Case when Zimmerman is found NOT! Guilty will NOT! Be re-elected! Period! LOL!
So the Sheep are busy Bashing the Niggers and Crackers of the World! While the Federal Reserve Window is given a rest.. so that the markets will cool and slide backwards the needed 20% to justify or provide cover for the next Public Round of Quantitative Easing!
Given the FACT! That the Mark to Market Rule allows my old tennis shoes to be used as collateral! The Banks don't need at QE or Twist! They just want it! Free Money! Out in the Open! And the Sheep are chanting Trayvon! The Bankers Dream has almost come true!
I forgot what my point was.. I had to look back at the story line at the top of the page..
Central Planning..
Central Planning.. is Fun!
Central Planning.. It is EASY!! Given the Quality of the Majority of Americans!
The show will go on!
The FBI has 400 million rounds of ammo on the way! This same ammo can NOT! be used against an invading army{ see the Geneva Convention on Ammo Rules)!! But America will use it against its own people! LOL!!
Nothing will change.. except maybe how much money the Baby Boomers are NOT! going to collect! That they were supposed to collect! It is so much cheaper for Wall Street to screw them ALL! than to have to pay them!
The Republican Public Relations Arm.. has Successfully Brain Washed the Majority of Working America.. into thinking the Poor are Draining Society of any extra monies! And the Poor and their Food Stamps are keeping America from recovering! LOL!!
Mean While the Corporate Welfare on Wall Street Grows and Grows COMPETELY!! UN-CHECKED!!! And cost America MORE!! Than the Military! in Total!
But! Never mind that! It is the Poor People! And their Billion Dollar Obama-Care Lobby! LOL!!
The poor have such deep pockets to fund these Lobby's!
Instead of Central Planned Banking being the issue?
Instead of Blaming Bernake?? And the Illuminati / Masons / Jews / Zionists!
Why don't we blame who is really to blame in a Republic! The Voters!
They have the Choice of Communist? Or Fascist Obama or Planet Kolob Romney! America can win how? With either or both even? One is better than the other? How? If you have Cat shit on one hand and dog shit on the other hand.. which is the better to rub your itchy nose with? There is NO! MO!! BETTA!!!
The Top 400 who are not really the Top 400 no matter how many times Forbes repeats the list!
We the Sheepeople could get rid of the Top 400 and nothing would change! Because the Top 400 are NOT the Top 400!
So? if the best the Sheep can do is fixate on what Corporate Owned Media Provides for them to fixate on????????
Central Planned Media?
Central Planned Banking??
Central Planned Stoopidity??? (the NON-Educational System of America)
Central Planned Removal of Personal Rights, Peacefully (TSA pat downs for Children and Public School Behavioral Modification Programs, I mean non-bully Programs and the like)
But the Central Planned Bank is the Hub? Or more or less important than the rest?
America is Dead.. a LONG TIME AGO IT WAS MURDERED!! By the Richest of the Rich!
And We the Sheepeople have done NOTHING!! But play Bongo's and Paint Signs in Protest! Which has Accomplished NOTHING!
So? the Crack Pots! The Home Grown Extremists who believe in the Rule of LAW! As Provided by the Constitution of the United States, The Bill of Rights and add in anything else that personally suits YOU!
Those People are prepared to watch Dancing with the Starz and Tweet / Blog / Vote for Republicans to STOP! This madness!
NOTHING is going to change!
Except the Baby Boomers are going to get screwed!
Over money!
That's it!
No matter how mad you are or how hard you type!
Nothing's going to change!
Central Planned Lazy Fucking Idiot Americans Sitting on their Centrally Planted Extra Wide ASSES!! Will NOT save the day! EVER!!
* http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/BASE
I was going to link the rest of the facts.. but why? it is a waste of time!
And We the Sheepeople have done NOTHING!! But play Bongo's and Paint Signs in Protest! Which has Accomplished NOTHING!
same on this side of the pond. instead of corruption blame everything and everyone else.
- unemployment rises because the economy is dying? stop counting, or "lose" a bunch of people in the research.
- radiation blankets the world? stop publishing monitoring results and warnings. (Eudep now stopped as well.)
- money is becoming worthless? manipulate the alternative currency as well.
- banks mismanage loans? give them more money and power.
- debt leads to insolvency? create more debt.
- production capacity disappears? start focussing on meaningless consumer crap and fluff created in the equity market out of thin air.
- energy monopolies stifle much needed innovation, and further development of our technologies? give even more power to the monopolies.
- critics use logical arguments? blame them to be irrational, or even dangerous. (see above and watch the movie "God Bless America")
which begs the question: can a completely corrupt modern fascist state work inside an equally corrupt global scam? As long as appears to be ok?
of course not.
How can he possibly understand when his paycheck is predicated on not understanding?
This article is not sarcasm. I suspect Jefferies has channelled their inner mini-LTCM beast and are now howling as they approach the cliff. If they cannot get bailed out, they will follow LTCM.
Remember, Jefferies is smarter than most, but not all.


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Unless you've been living under a social media rock, you've heard of Klout. On June 4th I received an email letting me know I was eligible for a "Once-in-a-lifetime Klout Perk from Chevrolet Canada". Well, I couldn't click on that link fast enough! Ok, actually I could and I did! I had been invited to participate in the SONIC STUNT SCHOOL at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. We would be learning how to handle the Sonic on the track and learning some awe-inspiring (no kidding, they were) stunts. In addition to that, I would be driving home in a sporty, turbocharged sub-compact of my own and keeping it for an extended test drive.
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Fryingpan River Report
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May 28, 2016
FLOW: 260 cfs
WATER CLARITY: Clear with good water levels.
OVERALL RATING: 6.5 out of 10 with the mysis shrimp fishing being an 8 out of 10. The dry fly fishing has come back on during the past few days. That said, the nymph and streamer bite has been solid.
THE SHORT AND SWEET: Look for the midge hatch to begin around 10:30/11am. Just as the midge hatch begins to fade around 1/2pm, the blue wing olives will begin to hatch and come on. Lately, the baetis (BWO) hatch has been about an hour or two in duration. Despite it being a fairly short lived hatch, the midges make a reappearance just as the beatis fizzle out. Successful nymph patterns have included any small and dark baetis nymphs as a lead/point fly (PTs, BTS Baetis, Chocolate Thunder etc) with various midge larva or emergers (RS2s, Biot Midges, Blings etc) as dropper flies.
FOOD SOURCES PRESENT: Baetis, Midges, Caddis, Sculpins
IN DEPTH REVIEW: As stated above, 95% of the fish are focused on midges and baetis. There have been a few random winter stoneflies fluttering around as well as some early hatching caddis. Of course, mysis shrimp are still of importance in the Toilet Bowl, but that's about it.. There's not too many fish lingering around in the Flats anymore (besides some spawning rainbows that you shouldn't be casting to anyhow) with the exception of the Bend Pool/Flats area transition.
Dry fly anglers should all be fishing with long leaders tied to 7X tippet (we strongly suggest fluorocarbon tippets for the added breaking strength - and it's too fine of a diameter for it to "sink" contrary to belief). The difference between fishing 6X and 7X tippet is night and day right now! You must really pay attention to whether the fish are eating midges or BWOs midday when the hatches are overlapping. The skilled dry fly junkie on the Fryingpan makes as few casts as possible to get the job done. Sit on the bank and pay attention to the fish, water type, insect and insect behavior. Afterwards, plan your stalk. Get into the best position possible prior to ever making your cast. Hunt the fish! Get as close as you can to the fish, thereby making as short of a cast as possible - which eliminates drag and micro currents, practically guaranteeing accuracy. On another note, invest in a bottle of Frog's Fanny (powdered floatant with a brush applicator) and a dry fly towel for your small dry flies. Compared to Dry Shake, Frog's Fanny allows you to "work" the floatant into the fly and its matted or slimed fibers/feathers, instead of just top-coating it. Your dries will float higher for much longer periods of time. Believe it or not, dry fly anglers have been accounting for the vast majority of big fish being caught recently (3-6lb fish). It seems as if the big rainbows are up on the surface with small brown accounting for the bulk of the catch when nymphing.
On the nymph side of things, keep em small and dark (#20's - 24's, black and gray) for the most part. Popular baetis nymph patterns for a lead/point fly include PTs, BTS Baetis, Chocolate Thunders and Tung Hoover Baetis in 20s and 22s. As far as dropper patterns go, we suggest midge larva in the morning hours (Gray Bling Midge, TC Red Midge Larva) and midge emergers in the afternoon hours (RS2s, Biot Emergers). Unlike our dry fly fishing, 6X tippets are satisfactory.
Most of us locals fish for the visuals, meaning that if they're not rising, we're chucking a streamer around. Keep them smallish and in more neutral colorations (tan, olive, brown, rust) for the best success. Go-to's include: Slumpies, Splendors, Clousers, Carton Banks, Sliders, Sculpzillas. Cover water!!!
Education: We have noticed a significant shift this season in regards to anglers and spawning fish. Most locals would rather see the Bend, Flats and Bowl closed off during spawning seasons. What has been happening, thanks to efforts of anglers like you, is an increased awareness of spawning trout and avoiding them and their beds altogether. We have all noticed far fewer anglers walking across redds and snagging spawners repeatedly. Abuses still occur, but the changes are noticeable. Anglers like you are a big part of this, and we encourage you to politely and patiently educate anglers that may not know any better.
On another educational note, we suggest keeping a few fish here and there when you fish the Pan. The law allows you to take two brown trout less than fourteen inches per day. We're not calling for an all-out assault here, but catch and release has fostered too many fish sharing too little of river in this rare example. Catch and release is absolutely necessary for most places we fish, and justly so.
DRIES: TC Fryingpan Emerger 20-22, TC Para Quill BWO 20-22, No Hackle BWO 20-22, CDC Transitional Midge 20-22, Bills Midge Emerger 20-22, Bills Midge Adult 22-24. HOH CDC Spent Midge 22, HOH CDC Midge Adult 24
NYMPHS: BTS Baetis 20-22, PTs 20-24, Tung Hoover Baetis 20-22, Chocolate Thunder 20-22, RS2's 20-22, Biot Midge Emerger 20-22, Bling Midge 20-22, TC Red Midge Larva 22, TC Epoxy Mysis 18
STREAMERS: Slumpies, Clousers, Sliders, TC Autumn Splendors, Sculpzilla
HINTS: Stay out of the river altogether when possible to increase your stealth factor.
WATER CONDITIONS: Clear, cold and PERFECT.
FOOD SOURCES PRESENT: Midges, Baetis, Winter Stones, Caddis
OVERALL RATING: 6 out of 10
THE SHORT AND SWEET: Same conditions as stated above. Nymph fishers can often times get away with 5X and 6X tippets down here. Dry fly anglers should still be using the requisite 6X and 7X. Lighter pressure and a bit more snow on the banks compared to the upper river.
IN DEPTH REVIEW: Same as above. Don't get sucked into the line of thinking that all the big fish (or fish) live right below the dam. For most of us, this is the sweet-spot along the river; great fishing and hatches coupled with less pressure. Like the upper river, hatches are consisting of mostly midges and BWOs, both of which are hatching midday into the early evening hours. Look for the best fishing to take place beyond 11am, as this water is a bit colder than immediately below the dam out of the gates during early mornings. The nymph fishing has consisted of PTs, RS2s and variations thereof in sizes 18-24. Big Hat, Eagle Pool and Rosie's are all great options in terms of access. It's spring time conditions now....see you next year Winter!
DRIES: Same as the upper river
NYMPHS: Same as the upper river - add in: Cat Turds Golden 8-10, 20 Inchers 14-16, Electric Caddis Olive 16, Prince 18-20
STREAMERS: Same as upper river
HINTS: Carrying a dry fly drying towel and use Frog's Fanny floatant for the best success when dry fly fishing.
WATER CONDITIONS: Significantly improved over the last week as Seven Castles Creek has cleared (mm4).
FOOD SOURCES PRESENT: Midges, Baetis, Stoneflies, Caddis
OVERALL RATING: 5 out of 10 in general with the dry fly fishing in select areas peaking around a solid 8 out of 10.
THE SHORT AND SWEET: Welcome to springtime in the Rockies! Gone are winter fishing conditions as midges and baetis are hatching daily now. If solitude outweighs high fish counts for you - this is your spot!
IN DEPTH REVIEW: Same bugs and hatch times as the middle and upper river. In fact, some of the best dry fly fishing on the entire river is being seen in this stretch (Town, Red Cliff, Seven Castles) right now. If you're like us and enjoy fishing tiny dries on flat water slicks to notoriously "picky" fish, you'll be right at home here. Don't be surprised if you see a few risers pushing the 20" inch plus mark!
DRIES: Same as above - with a few more caddis and winter stones being seen. Bare in mind that the fish are still figuring out that the caddis and stonefly adults are food sources; it's still much more midge and beatis oriented.
NYMPHS: Same as above - add in: Cat Turds 8-10, 20 Inchers 14-16, Electric Caddis 16, Buckskins 16-18, Z-Wing Caddis 16-18, Copper John 16-20, Prince 16-20
STREAMERS: Slumpies, Spendors, Clousers, Sculpzillas
HINTS: Fish down here!!! The results will more than likely surprise you.... A LOT! Let the masses fish the day use area below the dam.
Link to the USGS Real Time Flow Chart for the Frying Pan River


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DH and I have two great little girls, but we found out that he's deploying in February and while we were hoping to wait until next Spring/Summer before trying for our final child, the plans have changed to now. We didn't have any problems with our first two, but we weren't necessarily planning the event either. What can we do to up our odds of conceiving within the three months? I know that if it's meant to be, it will happen, but I want to know we gave it our best effort too. I stopped taking the pill a week ago. With our first, it was about 5-6 months later. With our second, it was within the same month.
Need to TTC before February
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Posted 10/07/2012
Have sex every other day throughout your cycle or I'd suggest using opks and temping
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Not all of the live concert footage flooding music lovers' computer screens is new. Some of it is of an older vintage, as old films get transferred to a digital format for sharing with the world. That's the case with a clip of Madison's own Appliances-SFB performing "Neo-Fascist" at the Club DeWash in 1983. A Midwest punk quintet originally formed in the late '70s to play at a private party held at the long-gone Bunky's nightclub located at Park and Regent streets, its lead singer was Tom Laskin, a staff writer at Isthmus.
Laskin describes playing at the Club de Wash, which was destroyed in the Hotel Washington fire on February 18, 1996:
By the time this date took place, the band had gone through several lineup changes and had released several recordings, including an album that came out in both the U.S. and Germany.
Madison didn't boast a lot of post-punk acts, and the Club De Wash was one of a handful of actual clubs bands of that sort could play in Madison. It was an oddly configured room, with a horseshoe-shaped bar set in the middle of the room and a small wedge of a stage crammed in one corner.
There were two entry points for the public (one from the outside and one down the hall from the Cafà Palms restaurant), and a lot of people tried to sneak into shows for free because of it. I don't have any recollection of this particular show, but I do recall that much of the time the sound wasn't all that great at the Club D.
On the upside, the crowds were usually enthusiastic, and the location on West Washington meant that drunken frat rats weren't around to turn a perfectly good rock show into another dull beer bash.
The vintage live concert video follows below.
While Appliances-SFB broke up in the early '90s, some of their recordings from those final years were compiled and released last year in the form of 3rd & Long
For a look at Appliances-SFB's earlier work, the punk prospector at Vinyl Mine checks out the twin EPs Green Door and Them. He writes:
Most notable in the mix is Tom Laskin's gymnastic vocals -- ranging in style from baritone crooner to Gibbyish derangement to adenoidal headbanging --- and William Siebecker's relentless GRRR-tar and his ability to jump genres from song to song. Part of the reason Siebecker's guitar sounds so big is the welcome decision to place Bill Feeny's synthesizer in the background to create a sort of background effect that only peeps out of the mix during climaxes. If you didn't know the band had a synth and were just casually listening, you probably wouldn't even notice it.Five tracks from these releases are also available there for listening.
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McMINNVILLE, Ore. — Mike Wright isn't used to starring roles. More often, he lingers in the background, quietly going about his work as a private aircraft maintenance technician.
But as the 60th anniversary of one of aviation's most famous flights approaches, no one is better suited to take over as headliner than the man who, over the course of three years, oversaw the exacting and unprecedented task of reassembling Howard Hughes' legendary Spruce Goose airplane.
Wright, who spent 10 years as restoration director at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, before starting his own company, has the featured spot Friday, when the museum honors its centerpiece exhibit with a daylong slate of presentations.
The high point at the museum near Portland should come at precisely 12:38 p.m. — six decades to the minute after Hughes stunned onlookers by lowering the wing flaps and lifting his massive HK-1 Flying Boat off the waters of Long Beach Harbor in California for its one and only flight — with the playing of a radio recording taken from the actual milelong flight.
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"I spent more than 1,000 days of my career working on the plane," he said. "And every single day we were in awe, inspired and impressed. Even today, after the years of studying we've done, there is so much about that plane we still don't know."
Hughes established a number of aviation firsts just by proving such a monstrously sized plane — the Spruce Goose was more than three times larger than anything launched into the air previously — could fly. Aviation historians continue to underscore the plane's importance, even if the Spruce Goose itself was obsolete by the time it took to the air. World War II, during which it was envisioned that the Flying Boat would safely ferry up to 750 troops over waters turned red by German U-boats, ended two years before Hughes' historic venture.
"Its actual flight was sort of a non sequitur event," said Walter J. Boyne, an aviation historian and author. "Aviators were glad to see it actually fly, but they knew that there was a long distance between a hop and a serious test program."
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Nor did the Spruce Goose's usefulness stop once it touched back down, said Katherine Huit, the museum's former historian who now directs the Yamhill County Historical Society.
"What many people don't realize is that, even after it flew, it remained a vessel for research and development," she said. "Hughes tinkered with it for several years and never lost interest in it. The Spruce Goose was his baby."
Even grounded, it continued setting records.
In 1980, four years after Hughes' death, George Larrazolo got the call to devise a way to lift the hulking craft from its hangar on Terminal Island at Long Beach, Calif. The island was sinking, and most doubted that the plane could be saved.
Larrazolo, now president of American Riggers in Southern California, designed a giant cradle that, using cables guided by underwater divers, slipped beneath the plane's underside. Then, employing the world's largest floating crane, he hoisted the Spruce Goose — all 300,000 pounds of it — 10 feet into the air and safely onto land as boats jamming the harbor blared their horns in celebration. He's still in the Guinness Book of World Records for the single biggest lift ever.
"When I started that project, I had black hair," said Larrazolo, who will speak at Friday's gathering. "When I finished it, it was white."
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Capt. Michael King Smith, son of Evergreen Aviation founder Del Smith, led the effort to buy the Spruce Goose — a derogatorily coined term that Hughes despised — in 1992. One 890-mile ocean voyage and a short overland stint later, it landed in McMinnville.
Efforts to restore the plane ground to a halt when Michael Smith died in a car accident. Six years later, his father picked up the project, dedicating it to his son's memory. At that point the plane fell into Mike Wright's hands to refurbish for public display.
Decades of neglect, however, had taken a toll. Many areas where the wood was thinnest had rotted, requiring hundreds of patches.
Then there was the utter lack of any sort of manual. The brilliance of Hughes' design, apparently, was kept in his head and not on paper. Consequently, Wright was left to eyeball an area on the plane, turn to a volunteer and say, "Something shaped like this needs to go there." Often, crew members would spend an entire day rummaging through one of the two barns stuffed with Goose parts, looking for something fitting the bill.
Wright, like others before him, couldn't believe Hughes hadn't left something of himself somewhere in the cavernous craft. Federal agents had apparently believed the same thing when they shut down Larrazolo's hoisting operation for four days to search the plane, thinking Hughes, who died without a will, must have stashed it in there somewhere.
Volunteers in McMinnville discovered hundreds of "vanity signatures" when they stripped the fuselage to bare wood — which was mostly birch, not spruce — but nothing linked to Hughes.
Still, Wright pressed on.
"There was a driving force in me to look at every single square inch, and I did," he said. "I crawled everywhere just knowing I'd find some sort of Hughes memorabilia, a signature, anything he left behind."
In the end, he found nothing to illuminate a pioneering aviator whose death in 1976 was shrouded in tales of solitude, starvation and dementia.
Ultimately, Wright said, none of that detracts from Hughes' accomplishment in designing and building his storied Flying Boat.
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Consequently, this research adopts an interpretive research approach to capture fluid, multi-layered, and culturally interpreted meanings that underpin new family identity negotiation processes. The initial research objectives are further refined and developed throughout the hermeneutic data collection and interpretation building process. In addition, the multi-method and adaptive ethnographic research process enables capturing of personal and sensitive meanings in mundane family practices such as during everyday meal preparation and consumption. The two-staged process of ethnographic data collection combines semi-structured in-depth interviews, participant observations, informal sessions, Facebook interactions, and various other elicitations tasks in order to generate rich and multiple perspectives of/in action relating to new family identity formation. The findings from this research provide a framework to understand the process of new family identity formation that is premised upon negotiating ambiguity. Findings also establish the importance of sharing in the process of negotiating ambiguity. As individuals enter the transition to new family, they bring naïve expectations in terms of their individual self as well as their shared family identity. Naïve expectations provide antecedents to ambiguity and are realised and experienced during the subsequent stage as new families begin to form their shared family identity. This enables individuals to make important meanings in their identities more explicit to each other and begin to negotiate and re-formulate these meanings in relation to each other and their new family identity. Findings suggest that negotiating ambiguity is underpinned by learning to share. New families learn to share previously individually owned possessions by: 1) outlining, 2) abandoning, 3) adopting, and 4) re-formulating meanings in their important possessions. Consequently, negotiating ambiguity by learning to share enables new families to understand each other and adapt to new role identities by developing more matured expectations. It makes their relationship more stable and comfortable for both individuals. This research makes four contributions to existing literature in Consumer Culture Theory. Firstly, it provides an important methodological contribution, specifically to the tradition of ethnographic research. It emphasises the importance of adapting ethnographic research by integrating multiple research methods to gain informants' trust in order to gain access, sustain immersion, and develop rich emic/etic perspectives in complex situations. Secondly, the research provides three important theoretical contributions, namely in the areas of sharing, extended self, and role transitions. The findings discuss the ways in which sharing could facilitate negotiation of identity and reformation of consumption practices during role transitions. It introduces a process of learning to share and explains the multiple ways in which sharing becomes central to the perpetuation of self and the formation of shared extended self. The research findings contribute to current understanding of extended self by discussing the ways in which both material as well as non-material possessions are integrated to form the layers of extended self during role transitions. Accordingly, the research findings discuss the ways in which aspects of individual extended self are re-negotiated in the shared family layer and how it facilitates the formation of a shared extended self in new families. This thesis also contributes to current literature on role transitions. Drawing from extant literature and findings from the longitudinal ethnographic research, the thesis introduces Transformative Ambiguity, the process of negotiating ambiguity and adopts it as a useful framework to understand the complex interplay and re-formation of identities during role transitions. The process of negotiating ambiguity demonstrates the ways in which ambiguity is produced, realised, and negotiated during role transitions, particularly by learning to share. 2016-03-20T20:57:45Z The born-global way: A distinctive approach to the distribution adaptation decision in the New Zealand English language market http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6252 The born-global way: A distinctive approach to the distribution adaptation decision in the New Zealand English language market 2016 Stachowski, Christopher There is a widely held view in the international marketing literature that how an international business approaches the strategy standardisation-adaptation decision is linked to its success,and thus is an important international marketing issue. Proponents of this argument maintain that an international business' characteristics and the nature of the strategic element can influence the way a firm approaches this decision. Over the past twenty years, an international business with some distinctive characteristics has emerged, conceptualised as the born-global enterprise. International marketing research has yet to address how the born-global enterprise approaches the strategy standardisation-adaptation decision, particularly in terms of the distribution element. This is a gap in our knowledge. Commentary in the existing literature indicated that there may be an adaptation dimension found with respect to the way that born-global enterprises manage individual network relationships, and that this dimension may have distinctive features. To broaden the literature's contextual scope concerning the strategy standardisation-adaptation decision, this dissertation investigated the way that international businesses with born-global characteristics approach the distribution adaptation decision. The intention was to explorewhether there were any behavioural features distinctive to the born-global enterprise approach. A qualitative, multi-site case study was employed in the novel service context of New Zealand's English language teaching market. Interviews were held with eight participants representing traditional internationalising enterprises, and with thirteen participants representing born-global enterprises. The study found for the first time evidence suggesting that the born-global enterprise type of international business has a distinctive approach to distribution adaptation. This approach seems to involve using adaptation as a relationship management tool to mitigate the financially risky behaviours of the network partner (i.e., business neglect, demand inflation and customer miscommunication), and to a lesser extent the financially risky behaviours of the customer (i.e., underpurchase). Based on these results, an original theory is put forward proposing an explanation for this distinctly born-global enterprise behaviour, including several propositions for future testing. The theoretical contribution this work makes is significant because it enables the literature to better explain how different types of international businesses approach the important strategy standardisation-adaptation decision as regards distribution. 2016-03-06T22:09:55Z Homebuyer Information Search: An Extension Of The Technology Acceptance Model For Real Estate Websites http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5881 Homebuyer Information Search: An Extension Of The Technology Acceptance Model For Real Estate Websites 2006 Bayne, Karen Buying a property can be an exciting, but also daunting, prospect for home buyers. A recent innovation for potential buyers and sellers which can aid this process has been the introduction of real estate websites, containing searchable databases of property listings and several interior photos of the property on offer. These websites are often touted as offering convenience and efficiency for the house buyer by enabling them to narrow the number of homes to seriously consider, and make a more informed market choice (Littlefield, Bao and Cook, 2000). This thesis explores the adoption of real estate websites by recent house purchasers in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand, with particular focus on the determinants explaining attitudes to use and moderating factors affecting their decision to use the real estate website. Exploratory interviews were undertaken with realtors, and a mailout survey used to gather both behavioural and attitudinal data from recent home purchasers. The research illuminates how using a real estate website influences subsequent purchase behaviour, in particular, how purchasers search for properties and the impact of using these websites on aspects such as search duration, other media types used, and the number of open homes visited. Mediating factors such as age, property type, professionalism and distance to market are also examined. The technology acceptance model (TAM) (Davis, 1989) has been proven effective in explaining behavioural intention to use a wide range of IT devices (Konana and Balasubramanian, 2005; Luarn and Lin, 2005; Shang, Chen and Shen, 2005; Chen, Gillenson and Shernell, 2002), including the internet (Moon and Kim, 2001; Lin and Lu, 2000), also the use of interactive IT devices has been found to be intrinsically motivating for the user (Teo, Lim and Lai,1999; Bruner and Kumar, 2005). This thesis extends the ability of the TAM to explain behavioural intention to use interactive technologies through the context of the real estate website. The study examines the TAM in this context by determining the extent of both the established constructs of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use, as well as the recently introduced construct of perceived enjoyment. This thesis establishes that the TAM extended for perceived enjoyment explains the major determinants of attitude formation towards using real estate websites, finding age and previous purchase experience as moderating factors in the propensity to adopt the real estate website innovation. Additionally, using real estate websites during the search process significantly increases overall search duration and number of open homes visited by a potential purchaser. Predictions are that the innovation will continue as a favoured tool by property purchasers in the short term, although newer tools (such as email lists and automated PDA updates) are now entering the market (Hendery, 2006). Despite the change towards newer methods of gathering information, the underlying determinants in the search process for a house requires interactive tools that will reduce the overall purchase risk, and allow convenient means to find property while motivating the purchaser to continue to consider a variety of property options on offer. 2015-09-15T22:59:06Z Littering and its impact on Tonga's destination image http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5848 Littering and its impact on Tonga's destination image 2015 Fifita, Lomipeau Teisa Tourism has become one of the fastest growing industries in recent years and has been recognised as the key sector that lifts the economies of an island destination. This is also applied to the South Pacific Islands including Tonga. Tourism provides opportunities for employment, foreign exchange and better infrastructure for the country. The South Pacific Islands are perceived by most of international visitors as paradise, peaceful places, timeless and romantic destinations for couples. The Kingdom of Tonga itself, sells and is positioned in the typical island images and its unique attributes that differentiates from other islands such as whale watching/ swimming and the only remaining Kingdom in the South Pacific. Littering and waste management issues are common problems in any developing countries and the Pacific Islands, due to lack of resources, infrastructure and the local attitudes. According to the International Visitors Survey (IVS) (2012, 2013), the majority of the visitors' negative comments on their holiday were based on littering. In this respect, this study investigates images that visitors' have upon arrival and before departure, how they perceived littering in Tonga and whether littering has a negative influence on visitors' future behaviour, such as willingness to recommend to friends and families and revisiting. No research had looked at the impact of littering on South Pacific Island/ Tonga's image or any other developing country. This makes the findings of this research relevant for the academic literature and for Tonga's tourism industry. This study adopts a qualitative approach involves in-depth interviews and open ended questions. Two types of participants in this research: 1) twelve visitors 2) four operators and were chosen through the use of convenient sample. This research finds that although Tonga has a problem with littering, all visitors are still willing to recommend Tonga to friends and family. Six of them have positive intentions to revisit while the other six, mostly from Europe does not intent to revisit Tonga due to cost and distance constraints. The results indicated that visitors' images before departing from Tonga were more holistic than their pre-visit images. 2015-08-24T20:45:14Z Consumer response to Genetically Modified Salmon: A study on benefit importance in the adoption process http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5804 Consumer response to Genetically Modified Salmon: A study on benefit importance in the adoption process 2015 Vikan, Rasmus Genetic modification (GM) can provide benefits for consumers, producers, and the environment; however, general opposition towards the use of GM in food continues, especially GM-animals. This opposition seems to be a consequence of the lack of perceived consumer benefits. This research investigates the role clearly stated consumer benefits may play in the adoption process of GM-salmon. AquaBounty Technologies have developed a transgenic salmon, which is likely to be available for consumption in the next couple of years. Their technology enables the GM-salmon to grow twice as fast as conventional salmon year round, thereby decreasing the production cycles and feed usage. These advantages will presumably lead to a lower market price for the GM-salmon. The benefit one product holds over another is seen as its relative advantage; the benefits used in this study are a price advantage and increased nutritional values. To study the effect of benefits on consumer acceptance, best-worst scaling was used to gather stated preferences (SP), i.e. intentions, while a field choice experiment was used to gather revealed preferences (RP), i.e. actual purchasing behaviour. These methods were chosen due to the hypothetical nature of SP; the field choice experiment could validate the results from best-worst scaling. Therefore, this methodology sets out to test the validity of best-worst scaling and to examine whether consumers acted as they intended since consumers do not always act as they say they will when it comes to adopting an innovation. Additionally, a food neophobia scale (FNS) was included to measure the effect consumers' preference for novel foods may have on their willingness to try GM-salmon. A fish shop in Norway provided the venue for gathering SPs through a questionnaire and RPs by placing salmon mislabelled as GM on sale alongside conventional salmon. The price benefit was varied by + 15% and – 15% relative to the median price of salmon (118 NOK a kg), and the nutritional benefit was stated as double omega 3 values. The four different types of salmon on display in the field choice experiment or presented in the best-worst scaling were as follows: Conventional Atlantic salmon, Atlantic salmon with double omega 3, Atlantic GM-salmon, and Atlantic GM-salmon with double omega 3. The results were analysed using a Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE), thus creating representative market shares from both methods for each salmon variation. These market shares showed a clear preference for conventional Atlantic salmon compared to GM salmon; however with the added benefit of double omega 3 and a price advantage, GM-salmon showed a substantial increase in market share. In addition, consumers with less neophobic traits, and therefore greater willingness to accept novel foods, were more accepting of GM-salmon. Therefore, consumers' willingness to accept novel foods is associated with a willingness to accept GM-salmon. In conclusion, best-worst scaling showed similar results as did the field choice experiment, thus stated preferences matched revealed preferences rather well; consumer acceptance of GM-salmon is highly dependent on perceived consumer benefits; without them this product will be "dead in the water" in the Norwegian market. Keywords: Genetically modified food, stated preferences, revealed preferences, diffusion of innovations, benefits 2015-07-14T20:52:53Z Parental \ household norms: Do they influence adolescent consumption - A study of milk selection and consumption among 11-13 year olds http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5762 Parental \ household norms: Do they influence adolescent consumption - A study of milk selection and consumption among 11-13 year olds 2015 Sethuraman, Gururaj There are many factors that influence food selection and consumption. The two broad categories are household influences and external influences. Such influences have a significant bearing on the choice of food products consumed among adolescents. The main purpose of this research is to understand how parental influence in the household environment is responsible for setting food consumption preferences among adolescents in the age range of 11-13 years. The subject of passive adolescent adherence to active parental influence is studied in the context of milk consumption. This research aims at understanding the influence of factors (parental and external communications received) within the home environment that may tend to create a preference among the 11-13 year olds for a specific category of milk based upon its fat content: Full fat/whole or reduced fat/skimmed milk. The age range of 11-13 years has been selected as it is an age group where children are at the threshold of their adolescent phase of life and this also marks the onset of puberty, which leads to changes in behaviour pattern, expectations and life experiences. This age group borrows habits and norms set during their childhood years in some form or other, especially when they make food choices in their home environment. Case based research methodology was followed. An intermediate school was approached in order to get respondent participation. A total of nine families/households participated in the study. As food choice decisions with a specific focus on milk involve parents of adolescents in the household, groupinterview sessions were conducted with parent and child. The groups were interviewed in pairs (adolescent and the primary purchaser\parent of the adolescent within the household). The study revealed that most adolescents borrowed their milk drinking habits from childhood and hence stayed with full cream milk. Parental norms dominated the food choices made in households and this did extend to milk. Most parents perceived full cream milk to be a better option for their children during their adolescent years. Parents associated full cream milk with higher nourishment. Adolescents were more in favour of the creamy texture of full cream/whole milk as compared to the dilute texture of low fat or skimmed milk. At a brand level, milk as a product enjoyed more of category loyalty than brand loyalty. Results of the research indicate that external influences like mass and personal communication have the potential to swing the household decision in favour of a milk category or brand. External mass communication influences were mainly competitive cooking shows, television advertisements, school, and peer pressure. Personal communication received was in the form of medical advice, peer pressure at school, food blogs or other social networking websites. The findings on parental dominance in food choice selection may be studied in further detail to understand the perceived nutritional value of other food products purchased in a household. To further this line of enquiry, the trend that is followed among households as regards food products purchased for adolescents and another set of food products sourced for adults within the same household can be studied to get better insight on food selection decisions within the home environment. It may be interesting to study whether parental attitudes in households translates into buying high calorie products (those with high fat content) or high sugary ones (forinstance spreads) for their adolescents, while buying low fat and low on sugar products for themselves. The healthfulness of such foods for adolescents in light of adolescent health literature will provide insight into gaps in research and pragmatic considerations existing in context of research on food choice decisions made on behalf of adolescents by parents with reference to healthfulness. 2015-07-02T20:42:11Z Sports Fans' Psychological Ownership in the Japanese Professional Football League http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5699 Sports Fans' Psychological Ownership in the Japanese Professional Football League 2015 Sumida, Ken Sport marketing studies are examined from two perspectives that fans are both customers of and members of teams. Both of these perspectives are based on the idea that fans belong to teams. This thesis challengers that idea and suggests that teams belong to fans, even though they do not own it in the legal sense. Understanding fans from this fresh perspective allows scholars to add value to the sport marketing discipline and marketers to make their marketing approach effective. The purpose of this study is to investigate sports fans' psychological ownership of teams. This thesis uses a mixed methods research design. In this design, initially, fans' psychological ownership was qualitatively explored. Then the findings were quantified by applying psychometric methods (quantitative generalization). Both types of data were collected from two teams in the Japanese professional football league (J-League). The analysis of both of the qualitative and quantitative data provided important results. Fans' psychological ownership was shaped and nourished within and through the complexity of fan culture. Specifically, symbolical meanings and individual experiences relevant to spectator sports consumption were interpreted by individual fans. In order for the individual fans to connect these meanings, they undertook sets of particular consumption practices or rituals. This study highlights that the rituals fans repeatedly undertake played a crucial role in shaping and fostering fans' psychological ownership of the focal team and their fan-identity. The quantitative analysis showed that fans' psychological ownership was psychometrically quantifiable and had positive relationships with fans' involvement in value co-creation behaviours. Psychological ownership was shown as being a different psychological concept to team identification and organizational commitment. It can be expected that psychological ownership may be able to narrow gaps in the existing literature which the application of the concepts of team identification and organizational commitment has been unable to achieve. The contribution of this thesis was to show qualitative and quantitative evidence of the existence of psychological ownership in fans' minds. The existence of psychological ownership is important for scholars or marketers in defining who sports fans are. There is a spectrum polarizing lowly-identified fans and highly-identified fans. In this spectrum, those who are in the middle of the spectrum are seen as ordinary fans. The study undertaken in this thesis showed that there are fans who hold a high degree of psychological ownership, but who place less emphasis on team identification. 2015-06-05T00:15:12Z Foregone profit in the wine industry http://hdl.handle.net/10523/5690 Foregone profit in the wine industry 2015-06-02 Neuninger, Rosemarie; Mather, Damien William; Duncan, Tara Background and Aims: Wine awards are frequently used as extrinsic cues for wine categories. The aim of this paper is to show the forgone profit arising from failures to make optimal use of awards when positioning wine brands to consumer segments. Methods and Results: Four award statuses were tested: a well-known award, multiple awards, a fictitious award used as a control (an award without consumer trust) and, no award. Participants tasted eight wine samples: the first four without extrinsic cues; the next four used extrinsic cues with varying award status. Each sample was rated for liking, likelihood to buy and price willing to pay. Low-involvement consumers' perceived liking and price willing to pay were improved by multiple (real gold) awards compared to high-involvement consumers. Conclusions: Trust in awards increased the price consumers were willing to pay for wine with an award. For high-involvement consumers who distrusted awards, multiple wine awards and fictitious awards negatively influenced perceived liking, likelihood to buy and price willing to pay. Significance of the Study: This is the first study to report on the combined influence of wine awards and consumers' sensory perceptions of wine on perceived liking, likelihood to buy and price willing to pay. 2015-06-02T02:33:27Z


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Thunder having trouble on the glass
At worst, the latest cause for concern for the Oklahoma City Thunder evokes memories of Pau Gasol, his purple No. 16 Lakers jersey swooping in to steal the ball and the series-clinching victory in Game 6 of last season's playoffs.
At best, the trend can be written off as only somewhat troubling since the Thunder is 4-1 over its past five games and 17-8 overall.
Either way you slice it, Oklahoma City's defensive rebounding issues can't go ignored. Opposing teams are toying with the Thunder on the offensive glass.
The Thunder is allowing the seventh most offensive rebounds in the league at 11.8 per game. Utah, which allows 12.7, and the L.A. Lakers, who give up a league-worst 13.3 offensive rebounds, are the only teams above .500 that are worse than the Thunder.
"We talk about it all the time. It's one of the things that winning teams do,†said Thunder coach Scott Brooks.
Entering Wednesday night's game against Houston, however, the Thunder has allowed 15.2 offensive rebounds per game in its past five outings.
Anderson Varejao had as many offensive rebounds (nine) as the entire Thunder team Sunday night to help Cleveland pull down 16 for the game. David West grabbed six of New Orleans' 11 last Friday. Minnesota's Kevin Love had eight — five more than the Thunder — of the Timberwolves' 15. Eight of the 10 players who played for Chicago last Monday had at least one offensive rebound to help the Bulls grab 16. And three Golden State players had at least four last Sunday, when the Warriors finished with 18.
"We just have to have more of a sense of urgency on that end and know that teams are going to start to come to the offensive glass now that we've given up a lot these last couple of games,†said Thunder forward Kevin Durant. "We got to be disciplined and be ready to play from the beginning.â€
Bigger and better opponents and bad bounces explain some of the Thunder's problems. But OKC also has gotten out-hustled at times, evidenced by its early struggles rebounding opponents' missed free throws, and has suffered through lapses in its defensive principles.
"The rebounding is the end result of the whole possession,†said forward Nick Collison. "So if we can avoid a lot of breakdowns, it's easier because we can stick to our own man and box out when we know where they are. Whereas if two or three guys are having to help on a certain possession, it breaks down box outs.â€
In their 99-98 win over the Thunder on Nov. 28, the Rockets corralled 16 offensive rebounds. Houston, like Chicago last Monday, also benefited from having eight out of 10 players who played grab at least one offensive rebound. The Rockets have two players, forwards Luis Scola and Chuck Hayes, who average two or more offensive rebounds.
"They're a great offensive rebounding team,†Durant said. "They hurt us last game. But I think as wing players, we've got to do a better job of helping our bigs out. They're fighting to keep them off the glass. That's when we've got to come in and swoop them rebounds up.â€
Gasol's pivotal putback last spring demonstrated the importance of preventing offensive rebounds. The Thunder grabbed 11.7 offensive rebounds last season, ranking in the top 10. But this season, OKC has pulled down just 10.4 offensive rebounds, which through 23 games had helped opponents attempt more shots and outscore the Thunder.
"We don't have that dominant rebounder. But we don't need that because everybody rebounds,†Brooks said. "When we're really engaged in what we do, I feel that we're always going to get the rebound.â€


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Naamani Lecture: "The Colorful Art of the Ancient Synagogue", April 1
Apr 01, 2012
from 07:30 PM to 09:00 PM
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Naamani Lecture by Steven Fine: "The Colorful Art of the Ancient Synagogue", April 1
Professor Steven Fine of Yeshiva University in New York has been selected to deliver the University of Louisville's Naamani Memorial Lecture this year. The lecture will be presented at the Jewish Community Center at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 1, 2012.
Professor Fine's illustrated lecture, entitled "the Colorful Art of the Ancient Synagogue" will explore the use of color-- polychromy-- in the art of ancient synagogues and will discuss the importance of color for our understanding of the Jewish art, archaeology and liturgy of the Roman period. "Moderns are accustomed to imagining ancient Roman sculpture exhibited in pristine white marble," Professor Fine explains, but "recent scholarship has shown that classical art and architecture were, in fact, vibrantly colored, challenging our understanding of the visual experience of ancient art."
Steven Fine is a cultural historian specializing in Jewish history in the Greco-Roman world. He focuses on relationships between the literature of ancient Judaism and its art and archaeology. Holding an MA in art history from the University of Southern California and a doctorate in Jewish history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dr. Fine is currently Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Center for Israel Studies at Yeshiva University in New York.
Dr. Fine's unique blend of history, rabbinic literature, archaeology and art is expressed in a broad range of publications. The author of academic monographs, museum catalogs, articles and even a book for children, his most recent book is Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology. He is also an editor of IMAGES: A Journal for the Study of Jewish Art and Visual Culture.
The Naamani Memorial Lecture, named in memory of Professor Israel Naamani, a respected and beloved member of U of L's Political Science Department who died in 1979, is free and open to the public. This year, for the first time, the Naamani Lecture will be presented off campus and on a Sunday in an effort to make it easier for more people to attend. Plenty of free parking is available at the Jewish Community Center on Dutchmans Lane. Those interested in more information about the Naamani Lecture may contact Professor Lee Shai Weissbach in the History Department at the University of Louisville at 852-3755 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.