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It is easy to become discouraged about the U.S. economy: slow economic growth, rising debt, the massive weight of government spending, taxes, and regulation. Few politicians from either party seem willing to take the difficult stands necessary to address the out-of-control growth of government
It's worth recalling, though, that other countries have been in even worse shape and gotten out of it. Often all it takes is bold free-market policies and political leaders with the courage to carry them out.
Wednesday night, one of those leaders, former Polish deputy prime minister and finance minister Leszek Balcerowicz, will be honored with the Cato Institute's biennial Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty.
When Balcerowicz became deputy prime minister and minister of finance in 1989, Poland's economy, like those of most Eastern European countries, was a basket case. The country's debt exceeded two-thirds of its GDP. Inflation ran as high as 250 percent per year. Both national income and productivity were declining, while basic consumer goods were often in short supply.
Balcerowicz rejected Keynesianism, choosing instead policies dubbed by both supporters and opponents as "shock therapy." Prices were deregulated, and Balcerowicz balanced the budget by slashing government spending. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) were sold off: Almost 1,900 were directly privatized in the first half of the decade, and many more were liquidated or had to declare bankruptcy because they were inefficient and unable to compete in a market economy. The sales and closings removed these distortions from the economy.
Balcerowicz vigorously pursued a free-trade agenda, cutting tariffs and other import barriers. He was an early advocate of social-security privatization and helped set the stage for the introduction of privately invested personal accounts as part of Poland's national pension system.
It was not a painless process, of course. Initially, unemployment spiked. Economic output continued to decline, driven in part by former state enterprises that failed to adapt to market competition. There were protests. Political opponents both inside and outside Poland attacked him. The EU and other institutions told him to alter his policies. His political popularity plummeted. Yet Balcerowicz refused to change course.
Within a few years, Poland was on the road to recovery. By 1992, just two years into the Balcerowicz plan, inflation had been largely tamed. Shortly thereafter, the economy began to grow again. Foreign investment has poured into the country, with some 6,000 foreign firms opening operations since 1990. In the years since Balcerowicz implemented his reforms, Poland's real GDP has doubled, and today the average Polish income is roughly equivalent to that of Portugal.
Balcerowicz's second stint as deputy prime minister, from 1997 to 2000, was not as successful, as political opponents were able to block a number of his proposed reforms, such as the introduction of a flat tax. However, in 2000 he was appointed governor of Poland's central bank, where he became known for his refusal to pursue monetary stimulus. By the time he left, seven years later, inflation had been reduced to less than 2 percent. More important, Poland was one of the few European countries able to avoid both the housing bubble and the subsequent recession.
Unfortunately, few countries have been willing to follow such a program. Even subsequent Polish regimes have backtracked on many of Balcerowicz's reforms. But those nations that have adopted some form of shock therapy have generally fared much better than those that have muddled through.
Balcerowicz himself has contrasted the experiences of what he refers to as the BELLs (Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) with that of the troubled PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain). The BELLs took immediate steps in response to the recession, significantly cutting spending in an attempt to get debt and deficits under control. The PIIGS muddled through with tax increases, some spending cuts spread over a number of years, and stimulus in some cases. While the BELLs all saw an initial contraction, they recovered quickly, and their economies have emerged stronger than those of most other countries in the region.
Balcerowicz's experience proves two things. First, market economics outpaces state interventionism at almost every turn. But even more important, Balcerowicz shows that a leader willing to stick to principles can effect serious change. True, he worked within the system, achieving the possible and compromising when necessary. But he was also willing to make difficult and even unpopular decisions when necessary.
If a few more of our politicians learned that lesson, there would be more light at the end of our economic tunnel.
This article appeared in the National Review (Online) on May 21, 2014.


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Jon Gursha, the festival director Culver City Film Festival, is highly delighted to announce that the fourth annual Culver City Film Festival will hold from Monday the 4th to Monday the 11th of December 2017 in Culver City Los Angeles County, California.
The Culver City Film Festival is an annual event established with the primary objective of bringing together a diverse group of filmmakers to share recent work and recognize local talent in a city celebrated for its cinematic history and in-depth cultural values.
In the bid to achieve this laudable objective, the organizers of this festival designed this annual festival which features both experienced as well as up and coming filmmakers with the hope of providing a platform for showcasing of independent films that deserves exposure and recognition. A perfect blend of mentorship and the expertise of experienced filmmakers make the film festival as a veritable tool for recognizing hard work and improved performance.
Submissions are now open for short and feature films both narratives and documentary from filmmakers scattered all over the globe. A team of experienced screeners has been selected to screen all the submitted films in accordance with the standards established by the organizers of the film festival. The awards available during the film festival ran include best family film, best international film, to best production design, best ensemble cast, audience award documentary, best short screenplay, best comedy feature, best short comedy and many more.
Jon Gursha, the Festival Director says, "Film Freeway and FestHome are the best way to submit your film for the Culver City Film Festival. We accept all submissions of short and feature films both narratives and documentary from anywhere and everywhere in this world. All films in languages other than English must be subtitled in English language".
During this 2017 Culver City Film Festival, there will also be celebrations to mark the one hundredth (100th) year of Culver City, as well as its film production history with special screenings. The organizers and partners of this unique festival will celebrate this year's festival along with the 100 years anniversary of Culver City, California.
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Cooking with Compost
Lasagna has always been a favorite dish here at the garden, what's not to the love about the layers of ooey gooey goodness? We love lasagna SO much that we even decided to create our very own lasagna garden! It may sound a little strange, but lasagna gardening incorporates some of the same ideas as baking lasagna at home.
Now imagine your favorite lasagna- layers of creamy ricotta cheese wedged between wholesome, hearty lasagna noodles drenched in rich marinara sauce and topped off with delicious cheese. Now replace those tasty noodles with cardboard, that decadent ricotta cheese with compost and that thick marinara sauce with soil and you've got a recipe for a lasagna garden!
A lasagna garden is a no-dig gardening technique that uses layers of newspaper or cardboard, compost, brown materials, soil, and manure to produce a nutrient rich mixture that is perfect for growing. Over time these compostable ingredients will break down and produce a healthy living environment for worms and maturing plants. Here's one recipe for a lasagna garden…
What you will need…
Foods Scrapes or Compost
Newspaper or Cardboard
Brown materials (dried leaves, straw, sawdust, hay)
Organic Soil
Step 1
Pick the perfect location for your lasagna garden- a location with plenty of sun! Now lay down your sheets of cardboard or newspaper and gently dampen. The newspaper or cardboard will smother weeds and grass and will also create a nice cool place to attract earthworms.
Step 2
Lay down a thick layer (2-3 inches) of alfalfa- this will help retain moisture in your garden.
Step 3
Layer 4-8 inches of compost or organic material- use your hands to spread the layers evenly
Step 4
Alternate layers of brown materials and compost or green materials (If planting in spring or summer during warm weather- intersperse topsoil between the layers of compost. This will ensure a proper medium for planting)
Step 5
With your layers of green and brown materials in place, finish your lasagna garden with a final layer (3-4 inches) offinished compost or topsoil.
Step 6
Now plant directly in your new Lasagna garden! If you are using cardboard be sure to cut an "x" in the cardboard where you are planting so the roots can make it through to the earth below.
The best thing about lasagna is how simple ingredients and flavors work together to create a complex and flavorful dish. A lasagna garden is very similar in that the various layers of compost and soil combine to form a nutritious environment for your plants to grow and thrive!


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VANCOUVER - Remember all that talk about the importance of a fast start in this blink-or-you'll-miss-it season? Well, apparently the Vancouver Canucks weren't listening.
The National Hockey League is back. The Canucks are not and seem content to ease their way back into it.
Opening weekend was one the Canucks would just as soon forget as they followed up Saturday night's 7-3 beating at the hands of the Anaheim Ducks by blowing a two-goal lead and losing 3-2 in a shootout Sunday night at Rogers Arena to the Edmonton Oilers.
The Canucks got one point when they should have had two against the Oilers.
"I thought we played well enough five-on-five today to win, but our power play didn't come through when we had to," said Canuck winger Daniel Sedin. "We had two five-on-fours when we are up 2-1 in the third and can't score. That's where we have to step up and score."
The Canuck power play was 0-for-5 on the night and coach Alain Vigenault suggested a lack of practice time and some new personnel are partially to blame for its early struggles.
"As much as a lot of those guys have worked together in the past, Jannik Hansen is a new figure to the twins on that power play, so is (Jason) Garrison," Vigneault said. "You have to give it a little bit of time. They had some good looks, they had some good opportunities. I think they are on the right track."
The Canucks looked to be in control of the game, but Oiler winger Jordan Eberle gave Edmonton life when he scored on a backhand with 3.1 seconds remaining in the second period to cut Vancouver's 2-0 lead in half.
Ales Hemsky tied it on Edmonton power play at 14:05 of the the third, with Vancouver centre Andrew Ebbett off serving a lazy tripping penalty.
Roberto Luongo, something of a surprise starter in goal Sunday night, felt he should have stopped both shots. But Eberle's goal, while it came from a sharp angle, was a world-class backhand that beat Luongo up high to the glove side.
"Both goals I thought I could have done a better job to make a save," Luongo said. "They were not necessarily great plays that they made. Unfortunately, my timing on the rush right now has to be a bit better than what it has been."
Hemsky and Sam Gagner both beat Luongo in the shootout, while Alex Edler and Alex Burrows were both stopped by Edmonton goalie Devan Dubnyk.
"I thought we deserved to win," Luongo said. "Unfortunately, it came down to a shootout and I wasn't able to make any saves there."
Vigneault was able to find some positives in Sunday night's loss and suggested his team took a step forward. The Canucks did at least climb out of the hole the Ducks had buried them in 24 hours earlier.
"Well, we already analysed and talked about yesterday's game," Vigneault said when asked for his assessment of the weekend. "Today was a different game, a back-to-back situation against a team that was waiting for us and had 12 to 13 skaters playing since September. I thought for the most part tonight I liked what we did on the ice.
"I thought we came out real good in the first period. In the seocnd period I thought they had the better quality chances. That being said, though, I'm sure Louie would want to have that goal back at the end of the second period there, but those are things that are going to happen. In the third period we had a chance, had two (power-play) opportunities to put the game away, we couldn't do it and and their power play tied the game up."
Vigneault acknowledged his team was running out of gas late in the game.
"We didn't have much left in the tank halfway through the third period, but tried to battle through and we got a point and I beleive we took a step forward today."
There were some positives from a Canuck perspective. Winger Zack Kassian had a good night and was rewarded with some time on the first line alongside Henrik and Daniel Sedin.
Kassian scored Vancouver's second goal at 14:18 of the second period on a sublime setup by Daniel. Henrik slid a pass to Daniel behind the net and he skated toward the corner with Oiler rookie Nail Yakupov in pursuit, before feeding a no-look, backhand pass to Kassian, who was driving hard to the net.
"It's something special, they are two great players," Kassian said of his opportunity to play with the twins. "When you are out there with them you have to simplify your game and go to the net, create space for them and they kind of do the rest. It was a great pass. I don't know how he saw me."
It wasn't all good for Kassian. Moments before his goal, he committed a brutal turnover in his own end, allowing Oiler rookie Justin Schultz to skate into the deep slot and test Luongo.
"I do think he played a good game," Vigneault said of Kassian. "Except for that one turnover, he was strong on the puck, good on the forecheck and he was physical."
Kassian got the best of Oiler winger Ben Eager in a third-period scrap.
Edler gave the Canucks a 1-0 lead midway through the first period on a brilliant individual effort. He stripped the puck off Hemsky and skated from inside his own blue line before wiring a slap shot past Dubnyk.
ICE CHIPS: With Kassian playing with the twins, Vigneault experimented with Alex Burrows at centre between Chris Higgins and Hansen. . .The Canucks close out their season-opening three-game homestand on Wednesday night when they meet the Calgary Flames. . .Cam Barker, Andrew Alberts and Jim Vandermeer were Vancouver's healthy scratches Sunday night. . .The Oilers outshot Vancouver 32-29.
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The movies, all starring Shintaro Katsu as the eponymous wandering masseur and gambler, represent Japanese genre filmmaking at its finest. Though popular, the original films, released between 1962 and 1973, are a bit less highly regarded in Japan than in America, where Japanese film scholars have been quicker to acknowledge their visual and aural virtuosity, to say nothing of Katsu's unforgettable characterization. Directed by such genre masters as Kenji Misumi, Kazuo (not Issei) Mori, Tokuzo Tanaka and, occasionally, offbeat outside talent like Satsuo Yamamoto and Kihachi Okamoto, and backed by outstanding cinematography and marrow-penetrating scores by composers as varied as Akira Ifukube and Isao Tomita, taken as a whole the Zatoichi series is one of the great epic stories of World Cinema.
At the center of things, naturally, is Shintaro Katsu, a fascinating figure who gradually took full control of the film series and later continued it on Japanese network television when the domestic film market could no longer support it or much of anything else. The series began at Daiei Studios but as that company teetered toward bankruptcy Katsu began producing them himself, under the aegis of his Katsu Productions. When Daiei finally succumbed he move the series to Toho for its last handful of entries, so today ownership of the films is divided between Toho and Kadokawa Pictures, inheritors of the Daiei film library. That Criterion was able to negotiate a licensing agreement for all 25 films into a single boxed set is an achievement all by itself. That the films can now be enjoyed sequentially in consistently gorgeous transfers is yet another.
The set comprises 25 feature films. They've been known under various titles through the years, but are, sequentially: The Tale of Zatoichi, The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (both 1962), New Tale of Zatoichi, Zatoichi the Fugitive, Zatoichi on the Road (all 1963), Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold, Zatoichi's Flashing Sword, Fight, Zatoichi, Fight, Adventures of Zatoichi (1964), Zatoichi's Revenge, Zatoichi and the Doomed Man, Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965), Zatoichi's Vengeance, Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966), Zatoichi's Cane Sword, Zatoichi the Outlaw, Zatoichi Challenged (1967), Zatoichi and the Fugitives, Samaritan Zatoichi (1968), Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo, Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970), Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971), Zatoichi at Large, Zatoichi in Desperation (1972), and Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973).
Probably thanks to Katsu, the series is remarkably consistent, despite the use of directors and cinematographers with varying styles and interests, the fact that budgets went up and down and that the entire series moved from Daiei to Toho, the latter a studio not particularly known for thrilling chanbara.
Daiei, on the other hand, thrived on period swordplay films, packed as it was with stars, backlot sets and, at its Daiei-Kyoto headquarters, myriad nearby temples, shrines, and rural mountains and rivers a short caravan ride away. Japan's film industry in the early 1960s was besotted with ongoing film series, mostly chanbara. At Toho, for instance, there were salaryman comedy series like "Shacho" and the "In Front of the Station" and Crazy Cats films, along with the "Young Guy" musical romances of Yuzo Kayama. Daiei, meanwhile, had such popular series as the Nemuri Kyoshiro (aka The Sleepy Eyes of Death) films starring Raizo Ichikawa, while during Zatoichi's run Katsu busied himself with no less than two other ongoing concerns, the 15-film Akumyo series (1961-1974), and the nine-film Hoodlum Soldier series (1965-72).
Typically such series films were released at a rate of one every three-to-six months. They were very much in line with the kinds of movies similarly produced by Hollywood (Tarzan, Charlie Chan, Blondie, Hopalong Cassidy) during the '30s and '40s, before television took hold. In Japan television came later, and didn't really take off until the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, an event that compelled those holding off on buying a set to finally take the plunge. Over the next six years box-office figures plummeted, finally banishing even the indestructible Zatoichi to the TV tube.
Like their Hollywood progenitors, Japanese series like Zatoichi balanced the familiar with the unexpected. Superficially, if you've seen one Zatoichi film you've seen them all; the iconography rarely varied. There's always a gambling scene, for instance, where yakuza lowlifes target the blind masseur as an easy mark. They openly try to cheat him out of his gambling money until, that is, Zatoichi whips out his cane sword, shocking them by expertly slicing the dice or maybe a lit candle in two, and admonishing these thunderstruck thugs for their dishonest dealings.
Numerous other components appear in almost every film: the free-lance assassin hired by the villain, who typically makes his entrance halfway through the film, and who is usually Zatoichi's only serious rival. Frequently a blustering, physically-imposing boss offsets an outwardly charming but far more heinous corrupt government official. This boss often has an underling, clearly no match for Zatoichi, who can't stand the blind man, but who more often than not ends up with the humiliating job of looking after Zatoichi's personal needs. There's always a female lead, usually an unhappy but street-smart geisha looking to get out. She's often attracted to Zatoichi's moral purity and innate kindness, but a romantic-sexual relationship is never in the cards for this perpetual wanderer.
And then there's Zatoichi himself. Waddling along like a toddler with a load in his diapers, frequently stumbling off the edge of a broken footpath into knee-deep water or stubbing his bare toes on unanticipated rocks in the road, Zatoichi is the butt of everyone's jokes. Self-effacing, he's forever apologizing for his affliction but stops short of allowing others to call him a "blind bastard." His apparent helplessness is also the hook for his gambling, out-conning those who would cheat him, while roughnecks, unaware of his other greatly enhanced senses and swordplay skill, invariably underestimate his skill and cunning.
Like Kyoshi Atsumi's Tora-san, Zatoichi may be stuck at the very bottom of Edo Period Japan's rigid class (and caste) system, but he strictly follows a moral code that the rest of his criminal class does not. He has a pure heart and takes great delight in nature's simplest offerings, the gift of a warming summer sun, the smell of cherry blossom and even an ordinary bowl of white rice.
Audiences loved and continue to love watching these familiar scenes and characters play out even when there sometimes isn't much in the way of innovation. I had probably seen 20 or so of the 25 films prior to getting this set, but catching up on those that I had missed and revisiting several I hadn't seen in a while, I was surprised to discover they varied a lot more than I had remembered. Some are predominately lightweight programmers, heavy on Zatoichi's comic aspects while others are extremely dark and brooding, particularly the later ones.
The socio-political undercurrent of many of the films is particularly fascinating. Katsu, like many Japanese film stars specializing in yakuza roles, socialized with members of Japan's politically conservative criminal underworld, and Katsu himself was a very definition of a old-fashioned Japanese machismo. And yet the movies, while already in the general sense siding with the working poor, sometimes go several steps further than that, most famously in Japanese Communist Party filmmaker Satsuo Yamamoto's single Zatoichi entry, Zatoichi the Outlaw, the first film Katsu made under his Katsu Productions banner.
Even more surprising when one considers the jingoistic (and anti-Chinese in particular) Yakuza fan base, Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman is all about how language barriers between Japan and its most powerful neighbor can lead to tragic misunderstandings. And as Tony Rayns points out in the set's extra features, the series' depiction of Zatoichi's blindness in historically intolerant Japan is quite progressive and forward-thinking, this in a country that still lacks basic wheelchair access in most public places.
Video & Audio
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman comes in beautifully designed packaging. Beginning late in its laserdisc period a lot of Criterion's packaging design has left this reviewer nonplussed, but this is a winner all the way and deserving of special praise. The movies themselves are found in a photo album-like booklet mostly grouped three to a disc, with many of the films averaging around 90 minutes in length. These new digital transfers were derived from "35mm prints" or "35mm low-contrast composite prints" but everything I looked at, from the first two black-and-white films to the later Daiei entries to those produced by Katsu Productions in association with Toho, all look splendid, with outstanding color, deep blacks, and extraordinarily impressive detail. Toho's domestic Blu-ray releases have generally been soft and disappointing, but the Toho-owned titles look as good as the Kadokawa-owned ones. Having first seen many of these films on VHS or via battered 16mm and 35mm prints, I envy those who will experience the series for the first time via this set. The mono audio (Japanese only, with optional English subtitles) were remastered at 24-bit, and for all the films (but apparently the first one especially) Criterion did a lot work cleaning up both sound and picture.
Extra Features
The set features a full-color hardcover booklet running nearly a hundred pages. It includes a long essay on the series by Geoffrey O'Brien, and notes on each film (along with a short list of credits) by Japanese film scholar Chris D. Accompanying each film is original artwork: I particularly like Yuko Shimizu's for Adventures of Zatoichi and Jhomar Soriano's for Zatoichi the Outlaw, but all are interesting, capturing the spirit of each entry. The other contributing artists are: Greg Ruth, Paul Pope, Scott Morse, Samuel Hiti, Josh Cochran, Evan Bryce, Ricardo Venâncio, Robert Goodin, Jorge Coelho, Vera Brosgol, Matt Kindt, Connor Willumsen, Patrick Leger, Jim Rugg, Angie Wang, Ming Doyle, Caitlin Kuhwald, Benjamin Marra, Bill Sienkiewicz, Andrew MacLean, Polly Guo, Barnaby Ward, and Victor Kerlow.
Also included is Kan Shimozawa's original short story, translated into English by Juliet Winters; notes about the transfers, and various acknowledgements. (There, as on the film itself, the 1970 Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo is strangely copyrighted 1965 by Toho. I guess they had a premonition.)
The best of the supplements is The Blind Swordsman, a nearly hour-long documentary by director John Nathan. Filmed in 1978, when Katsu was producing-writing-directing-starring in the third Zatoichi television series, the show keenly captures Katsu at his very best and worst. On set Katsu is like a man possessed, a Tasmanian Devil swirling frantically, attending to every last thing (usually in full costume), catching and improvising tiny little details, thinking through every emotion, wringing every last dramatic drop out of each shot, and, even acting out co-star Mitsuko Baisho's scenes for her at one point. "Yoi! Yoi! Yoi!" (the equivalent of "Ready! Camera!" prior to "Action!") he bellows impatiently, constantly pressuring his cast and crew to move even faster.
Conversely, the film also points to the Katsu as volatile star, making a "peace sign" gesture to his tsukibito (personal assistants), angry when a (lit and ready to be smoked) cigarette isn't instantly thrust between his fingers. A Katsu who rents out a snack bar for the night to flirt with Baisho and boogie to Steve Wonder's "Superstition"; who, drunk on his ass, reflects upon having punched a taxi driver's lights out (a misunderstanding, it turns out), and who at one point walks straight into a wall. This is the Katsu months away from being hired and just as quickly fired as the star of Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha (1980) and, watching Nathan's film, there's no doubt why this partnership was doomed from the start. An enlightening new interview paired with the show has director Nathan reflecting on his amazing relationship with Katsu.
A discussion with Tony Rayns is likewise enlightening, and I was glad to see him make just comparisons between Zatoichi and Tora-san, whose own 48-film series (1969-1993) shares many elements (similarly disreputable wanderer, always an outsider, pure heart, selflessly helps others, etc.). I do take issue with Rayns assertion that Zatoichi was the most successful Japanese film series of the 1960s. That honor belongs to Toei's Abashiri Prison films starring Ken Takakura.
Trailers for all 25 films are collected on the same final disc that includes The Blind Swordsman and the Rayns interview. I would have preferred them attached with each film, but obviously Criterion wanted to maximize the bit-rate there, so this is a perfectly reasonable compromise.
Parting Thoughts
One of 2013's best Blu-ray releases, Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman is a DVD Talk Collector Series Title.
Stuart Galbraith IV is the Kyoto-based film historian and publisher-editor of World Cinema Paradise. His credits include film history books, DVD and Blu-ray audio commentaries and special features.


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20 Innovative (Concept) Tablets We Wish Were Real
It's been around 1.6 years since the initial release of Apple iPad, and regardless the criticism, the device has achieved tremendous success in the tablet market. It's so successful until so many great companies have risen up to challenge its realm by designing and releasing their own version of tablet.
While great companies are competing each others by showing off new designs and devices, an interesting phenomenon happened: another group of very talented designers have also implemented their own vision on their tablet design, and these so-called concept tablets have received praises from consumers like, "I hope it's true!".
Be it dual screen tablet, fold-able tablet or smartphone powered tablet, in this post you will see concepts which designers combined innovation and art to become something that consumers really thirsts for. Enjoy them and let us know which tablet you hope it's true!
MacBook Duo By Kane Yanagawa
"My proposal is for a hybrid device that is a unique combination of Apple's existing portable media device technology with an e-reader / netbook. A device that offers enough usability in each arena to make it a standalone solution for frequent travelers. Now you can work + browse, read + write, and share + play all on one device."
MacBook Duo. (Image Source: iLounge)
MacView By Patrycjusz Brzezinski
According to an article in blog.moridin.pl, MacView project arose from a need to have such a device. It was designed to substitute the laptop, which is mostly uncomfortable in many situations. When creating the project, the designer bought a MacBook in order to better understand the philosophy of Apple. For sure great studies gave birth a great concept.
Macview. With keyboard on the second touchscreen. (Image Source: Patrycjusz Brzezinski)
Desktop View. With mini music player on second screen. (Image Source: Patrycjusz Brzezinski)
Front View. With keyboard on the second touchscreen. (Image Source: Patrycjusz Brzezinski)
PDF View. With page thumbnails on second screen. (Image Source: Patrycjusz Brzezinski)
Video Playlist. (Image Source: Patrycjusz Brzezinski)
Back View. (Image Source: Patrycjusz Brzezinski)
Charging Station. (Image Source: Patrycjusz Brzezinski)
MacBook Page By Devindh Baburam
"The MacBook Page is based on the size of a standard sheet of A4 paper. It maximises screen 'real estate' by presenting the user with an edge to edge interactive desktop. It also incorporates a hidden solar panel to supplement the power supply."
MacBook Page. (Image Source: iLounge)
Doodle Book By Pyeong Yeol Yoo, Hun Park
"Doodle book is a lifebook able to make creative work. Portable enough to be carried out, it can be easily used as memo pad in any place. Included the concept of layer in its input system, it can attach or overlap an existing document, image, sketch or video comment with pen.
Doodle book is able to make creative work between idea and realization."
Doodle Book. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Handling. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Synchronization. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Ecopad By Yonggu Do, Jun-se Kim, Eun-ha Seo
"Electricity is made automatically by using your ecoPad. Currently commercialized tablet PCs and smartphones have a very limited battery life – often not more than a day before having to be recharged.
However, on average, people press their touchscreens over 10,000 times a day. The ecoPad does not require special charging from an adaptor. Instead, it generates electricity when a user presses the touchscreen, due to the nano piezoelectricity film that is located below the display."
ecoPad. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Layer View. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Front View. (Image Source: Design Boom)
File-top By Fan Zhang
"This tablet is for the people who want a more portable and lighter computer. The inspiration comes from traditional Chinese liber. The foldable File-top composes of several translucent touchscreens and can be used as a touchpad or widescreen PC.
In the future the environmental papery material might take place of current memory devices. You are able to put all the documents into this "file" and it will store the information for you."
File-top. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Product View. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Usage Situation. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Fractal By Pedro Calle
"Fractal is everything you need, it can be split into pieces each of which can work individually as laptop, pad, music player and you can tweak them with apps and widgets.
It can also work together as a console with different touchscreens with programs, menus, tools, palettes, brushes and audio samplers, all separated physically. Find all the fun on customizing your Fractals, share them with your friends and enjoy making the digital realm a more analogous experience."
Fractal. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Featured View. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Hermes By Yeongwom Jeon, Sangmin Park, Seokho Yu
"Previous tablet PC has two disadvantages. The typing work is not as good as the original keyboard and others can easily see what you are doing on the computer. Now, you do not need to worry about emerging of personal information with Hermes. You can send messages and call with Hermes as well."
Hermes. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Product View. (Image Source: Design Boom)
HTC Evolve Tablet By Timur Pinar
A HTC branded high-end tablet with smart Android OS running on it. Doubtlessly the design is sleek and the user interface seems to be very promising. There's also an extra tab on the left side of the tablet which gives more dedicated spaces for apps. I must say this is probably one of the best concepts which I wish it to be materialized.
HTC Evolve Tablet. (Image Source: Timur Pinar)
Features. (Image Source: Timur Pinar)
Extra Tab. (Image Source: Timur Pinar)
HTC TUBE By NAK Studio
Another sleek concept for HTC brand, but the idea revolves around the "Cartridge powered multimedia device". The concept is not much explained, but this might be the tablet which will function as a big monitor when the phone is plugged in. An interesting idea, and I must say the device is well designed.
HTC TUBE. (Image Source: NAK Studio)
Product View. (Image Source: NAK Studio)
MPad By Volker Hübner
MPad is for professional designers. It combines the advantage of intuitive multi-touch operation with the precision of a pressure-sensitive pen, probably sounds like a very, very advanced Wacom tablet.
For its features part, essential keyboard commands are arranged next to the 15.6″ OLED display, 9 fixed buttons, 2 programmable buttons rockers with e-ink display, with up to 24 shortcuts for each software application. Monstrous tablet, but of course I hope there's a model for left-handers like me.
MPad. (Image Source: Yanko Design)
Back View. (Image Source: Yanko Design)
Piggyback By Brooks Benefiel
Piggyback tablet is the similar concept with HTC Tube which suggests that, you have a smartphone, and what you really need now is just a bigger screen.
With the tablet, you will be able to plug in the smartphone to get a bigger screen for more complicated tasks like typing out long report or, if the processing power allows, doing graphic editing job. Yes, all you need is a bigger screen.
Piggyback. (Image Source: DVICE)
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Sony Ericsson Vivaz™ XL by Frank Tobias
"Well, here I made a XL-version of Vivaz. It features an 8 megapixel camera at the back, of course with HD video recording and the interior capacity is about 75GB. I hope you like it ;)"
Sony Ericsson Vivaz™ XL. (Image Source: Frank Tobias)
Sony Ericsson X10™ Maxi by Frank Tobias
"So here I expanded the Sony Ericsson X10 to a tablet called X10 Maxi. ;) It features like the X10, an 8 megapixel camera, the system is OS Android 2.0 and the interior capacity features 100GB."
Sony Ericsson X10™ Maxi. (Image Source: Frank Tobias)
Sony Ericsson Xperia™ XTab By Juris15
Seriously this guy needs to be hired by Sony Ericsson, and I'm sure you will know why by looking at 2 distinguishing designs below. Sleek and sexy.
Sony Ericsson Xperia™ XTab. (Image Source: juris15)
Sony Ericsson Xperia™ XTab10 By Juris15
Another great design from the XTab series, also one of the series that I sincerely hope it was true.
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The Part By Jun Se Kim, Yong-gu Do, Eun-ha Seo
"Do we really have to buy a smartphone and a pad? Do we really need both? Actually, the only difference between the smartphone and smartpad that we are using separately is the screen size, and the advantage and disadvantage are identified by the size.
Carrying two kinds of devices, smartphone and smartpad, is not only inefficient for users, but it is an uncomfortable waste that the smart era created. In that aspect, the 'part' is not a separate device, but an efficient and convenient smart device with a new concept that a smartpad can be combined with a smartphone."
The Part. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Component Breakdown. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Smart Extension. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Unknown Tablet by Frank Tobias
"Here I made another tablet. Unfortunately I don't know which brand and user interface I should take for it… Well, the tablet itself sports a 3.5 mm audio jack on the left side, 2 USB ports on the right side, and a camera with 10 megapixels, HD video recording and a triple LED flash…"
Unknown Tablet. (Image Source: Frank Tobias)
Unnamed Tablet by Frank Tobias
"So here's another tablet concept. It's running Windows 7, supports a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash at the back, 4GB ram, 300GB interior memory, an Intel i5 processor and HD video recording :)"
Unnamed Tablet. (Image Source: Frank Tobias)
Volumni By Dulyawat Wongnawa
"Volumni is a new concept of PC which integrates various types of PCs into one single device with only a size of an envelope once it's folded (23 x 10 cm). It consists of 4 units of ultra-slim touchscreens linked together by a 360 degrees pivot hinge. It serves as both a portable device and a workstation depending on user preference. Users can define their usage of the device by just folding and turning it."
Volumni. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Product View. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Featured Modes. (Image Source: Design Boom)
Here are more concept and futuristic gadget posts we previously published:
Looking back, it was an interesting time to see how criticism for the iPad eventually falls before its sales number. It's just like what we're complaining about, iPad lacks of USB port, VGA adapter, Flash… but it still champions the market 1.6 year after its launch, and apparently there are still no company created a true competitor that can bring down the iPad.
What is the reason behind the tremendous success of iPad, is it because of the design that covers the lack of functionality? Also, do you think any device above, if materialized, can bring down the iPad? Let us know what you think, and don't forget to tell us which concept tablet above you fall in love with!


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Apple sold a record-breaking 5 million iPhone 5 units in three days — a million or so short of Wall Street's expectations.
Apple sold a record-breaking 5 million iPhone 5 units over the past three days, the company announced today. The number tops its previous record of 4 million iPhone units sold during opening weekend, which was set last year by the iPhone 4S.
"Demand for iPhone 5 has been incredible and we are working hard to get an iPhone 5 into the hands of every customer who wants one as quickly as possible," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, in a statement. "While we have sold out of our initial supply, stores continue to receive iPhone 5 shipments regularly and customers can continue to order online and receive an estimated delivery date. We appreciate everyone's patience and are working hard to build enough iPhone 5s for everyone."
Despite the self-congratulations, sales of the iPhone 5 have fell well short of lofty Wall Street estimates. Apple analyst extraordinaire Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray predicted that Apple would sell 6 million to 10 million iPhone 5 units in its opening weekend. He added that 6 million would count as a "worst-case scenario."
Apple's stock price had fallen more nine points, at the time of this writing, to $691.
The iPhone 5 broke the record for first-day sales, clocking in 2 million sales in 24 hours after the device became available for pre-order on September 14. The iPhone 4S set the previous record last year, with more than 1 million units sold in a single day.
The iPhone 5 is currently available in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and the U.K. Apple also announced today that the handset would become available in 22 countries on Friday, September 28, and 100 countries total by the end of the year.
New features added to the iPhone 5 include a 4-inch display, 4G LTE connectivity, an improved FaceTime camera for video chat, and a thinner and lighter design.


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Covering the Bases: Game 21
FIRST: It was only a matter of time before the infectious disease that's making its way through the Jays' bullpen got to Kevin Gregg.
Before Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Red Sox, Gregg had sidestepped much damage this year, aside from one run allowed in an April 17 appearance against the Angels.
On Tuesday, Gregg was brought in with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth inning to face Mike Lowell. Slider. Slider. Fastball. Fastball. Ball four. Take your base.
The bases-loaded walk forced in the decisive run. Not exactly great timing for Gregg's first walk of the season. And it marked the first inherited runner to score of the seven he's worked with this year. That hung a run on Scott Downs' line and resulted in a third loss in the past five Jays' defeats for the lefty.
For those keeping track at home, the Jays' bullpen has now surrendered 18 runs over its last 11 innings. The group now has a 5.65 ERA this season. This from a bullpen billed as the club's strength going into the year.
SECOND: Not that it was the bullpen's fault, since he was already out of the game in a 1-1 contest, but Shaun Marcum once again walked away without a win. His last victory for the Jays? Try Sept. 11, 2008.
He's made five starts — five solid starts this year — and has one loss and four no-decisions to show for it. In those four NDs, Marcum has posted a 2.89 ERA. There's been a lack of run support, a shaky 'pen and some bad luck along the way.
Against the Red Sox, he allowed one run in the second inning and blanked Boston the rest of the way. He worked seven innings and scattered four hits and wanted to keep pitching. With his count up to 103 pitches, though, Gaston didn't want to run him out for an eighth inning.
"I told him I had more left, but he's the manager," Marcum said. "That's his call. Either way, I would've been fine wiht it. Being a competitor, you want to go out there and pitch as much as you can, especially on a day like today where the bullpen has been getting used a lot lately."
THIRD: Complain all you want about the lack of offense, or about the 0-for-3s turned in by Lyle Overbay and Travis Snider, or about the Jays going 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position after Wells' RBI double in the first. But also give some credit to that guy named Clay Buchholz. He pitched a heckuva ballgame here tonight.
HOME: Times have certainly changed, haven't they? In that decisive eighth inning, with the game on the line and Gregg on the mound with the bases jacked, the Red Sox pulled David "Big Papi" Ortiz back to the bench and sent Lowell up to the plate as a pinch hitter. It's the second time Papi has been removed for a pinch hitter in a tight situation this season.
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You've got to love Cito Gaston and his inability to manage.
1)Leave Marcum in for the 8th , bring in Gregg for the 9th
1)Use the bench , Buck should not have been allowed to hit in the 9th.
gs, I agree with the catching situation. The Buck era is wearing thin on me really quick. It might not have mattered in the end, but that ball 4 from Gregg was pretty close to the corner and Buck totally missed it. He has to frame it. Even if it was a strike the umps are not going to call it if the catcher doesn't catch it, its sort of a unwritten rule (at least for borderline pitches). Hopefully within a month or so if Arencibia keeps it up we will have a solution. I like Molina as a backup, but I would be tempted to give him more playing time untill Arencibia is ready due to his defence. Its not like Buck is exactly tearing the cover off the ball either.
Cito was right to pull Marcum when he did. He is after all still recovering from TJ surgery, had thrown over 100 pitches in a tight game. There is no need to over use any starters, we have lots of experience of what happens when that's done, and it would be really nice if we weren't the TJ Doctor's best client again this year.
Yes, maybe Buck should have been pulled in the 9th, but frankly, I'm more of an opinion that Buck shouldn't be the number one catcher-Molina should be. Molina appears to be much better calling games, blocks pitches better and of course has a much better arm. Neither of them can hit their way out of a wet paper bag, but at least Molina makes up for it with his stellar defense.
The real answer for this position is to bring up J.P. Arencibia as quickly as possible and get him settled in because he is the solution when he's ready….It does appear his patience has improved dramatically this year with a line of .309/.387/.527 with 3 home runs, 3 doubles and 11 rbi's in 15 games this year, so I guess it does actually help to see the ball…
On the other hand, as I've posted before, I'm not all that concerned about particular wins or losses, I'm only concerned about growing our core of good young players this year. If by the end of year our core group has grown to Hill, Lind, Snider, Romero, Rzep (or one of our other prospects), Wallace and Arencibia and they're all adjusted to mlb play, we draft well and more growth is seen in the minor league system, I will call it a very successful year.
That being said, there is something quite positive to be taken from this series and the TB series and that is, the Jays compete with the best which no one though they would at the start of the season. Yes, we've had some bullpen issues,some poor risp hitting, BUT these guys compete each night and play hard till the last pitch in the 9th inning, gotta like that.
Although, on a game by game basis, these little issues become huge, the fact is, we 10-11, tied with the Sox for 3rd place,4.5 games up on Baltimore and we really haven't started to hit yet nor has our pen performed up to expectations……Back in March, who would have thought we'd be where we are, and we should only get better from here on in.
We did have some outstanding performances in the minors yesterday so Shaun Marcum wasn't the only pitcher throwing up zeros.
In Lansing Chat Jenkins, our number one draftee from 2009, had his best start of his career to date going 8 innings giving up 6 hits,1 bb, 9k's and no runs.
In Dunedin, unheralded prospect Joel Carreno went 6 innings, gave up 5 hits, 1 bb, 1 run and struck out 10 of a very strong Tampa Bay Yank team.
In New Hampshire Zack Stewart had his best outing of the year to date going 5 innings, gave up 1 hit, 0bb and struck out 5…Tiny Tim (Ward) Collins pitched the 9th and gave up no runs for the win while Danny (Henke) Farquhar pitched the 10th for the save….Collins and Farquhar are definitely making a habit of these quality outings, hence the nicknames.
When are they going to pull Snider out of right field and get either McCoy in the outfield or let Lind give up the DH spot for Ruiz. Something has to give…


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Ohio Osteopathic Symposium
April 22-26, 2020
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Columbus, Ohio
About the Ohio Osteopathic Symposium
The Ohio Osteopathic Symposium is the state's premier continuing medical education event for osteopathic physicians, attracting more than 500 DOs from Ohio and the midwest. The symposium has something for everyone, including program blocks that qualify for specialty credit in areas like pediatrics, internal medicine, emergency medicine, and family medicine. The luxurious Columbus Hilton Hotel and adjacent Easton Town Center make the Symposium an ideal location to spend an enjoyable weekend with your spouse and family exploring a variety of restaurants, entertainment, and shopping venues after the educational sessions.
The Symposium program offers an average of 30 hours of AOA Category 1-A CME credit, with a variety of workshops and lectures providing the most up to date information on topics every physician should know.
Featuring more than 40 exhibits, the Symposium is host to a regional scientific poster contest, which now offers more than 75 entries from Ohio and surrounding states. Attendees also have an opportunity to get updates from state and national leaders, participate in the Ohio Osteopathic Association's annual business meeting, or spend time networking with friends and colleagues from across the state.
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What Limbaugh clearly wants is for the president to fail in his apparent goal of bringing social democracy to our shores (through his nationalization of much of the economy and his onerous tax increases). Limbaugh wants this effort to fail because it will prevent economic recovery and the prosperity that has been allowed us by free-market economics. The whole controversy is a hoax. Yet now it is reliably reported that as many as a dozen top Democrats, some on the White House staff, are continuing this hoax and expanding it by trying to make reaction to Limbaugh an issue for the Republican Party to pronounce on.
From: R. Emmett Tyrrell
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The state of the Wisconsin fish fry 2013
Seeing the Southern food renaissance and the reverence given to fried chicken, I can't help but think that the fish fry is our fried chicken. It deserves some respect, too.
No, it's not the highest expression of the culinary arts. But too often, instead of honor it gets inferior ingredients, easy shortcuts and careless cooking.
Maybe that's why the search for a great fish fry draws the same sort of intense interest as the search for the Holy Grail, sometimes with equally elusive results.
Reader Jim Pfefferle of Pewaukee doesn't care much for fish himself, but he asked his wife, Bobbi, and sons Eric and Martin to name their favorite fish fry. They couldn't think of one that was the whole enchilada, so to speak: They liked the cod at North Lake Inn in Hartland, for example, the rye bread at Kegel's Inn in West Allis and the potato pancakes at Kegel's or Weissgerber's Gast haus in Waukesha (but the applesauce at the Phoenix in Hartland).
With his sons now both in culinary school, Pfefferle said, the family's overall favorite fish fry may be the one they make at home.
Factors complicate the state of the Wisconsin fish fry in 2013. For one, many customers want their fish fry cheap, and they want it fast. The paradox is that making a good fish fry takes time - if you don't want your fish greasy and you want your potato pancakes griddled to order, anyway. And good fish isn't cheap.
Which brings us to another complicating factor: not only the price of fish, but the quality.
A new fish fry that made me take notice in the past month or so was the one at Burke's Irish Castle, the renamed and renewed former Derry Hegarty's Irish Pub at 5328 W. Blue Mound Road.
After having a series of blah dinners in the city and the suburbs in the preceding weeks, the quality of the fish at Burke's stood out.
"We've really had a challenge," co-owner Sean Burke said.
He originally wanted to focus on sustainable, farm-raised perch, but sometimes he could get only 10 usable pounds when he needed four times that.
He now has found a supplier and is getting a mix of wild and farm-raised perch.
The cod posed challenges, too.
Rather than seeing the pristine pale flesh that cod is known for, he found that it often was darker and didn't meet his standards.
When the quality does meet his satisfaction, "the price is going through the roof," Burke said, around $7 or $8 a pound.
"We've got to serve it at a price that the customer literally is willing to swallow," he said.
He said he's considering switching from cod to another fish.
The cost of cod, he said, is a harbinger of things to come.
The New England Fishery Management Council this year recommended huge reductions in the catch of cod from the waters off the Atlantic seaboard; it's an attempt to rescue the fish's crashing population there. With reduced supply typically come higher prices. Cod in waters off Iceland and Norway, though, remains fairly plentiful, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch.
Still, Burke doesn't rule out someday replacing cod with another fish, such as pollock.
Commercial fisherman Robert Ruleau fishes the northern part of Green Bay and Lake Michigan for whitefish and wishes that restaurants in Milwaukee would use that fish on Fridays.
Mostly, his catch goes to New York, he said in an email.
Burke suspects the reason Milwaukee restaurants don't use whitefish is that their major suppliers - who are able to leverage a better price for fish through the volume they handle - don't put Great Lakes whitefish front and center. Restaurants that want to serve whitefish likely would seek it out from smaller suppliers, such as Empire Fish in Wauwatosa.
"I've had that whitefish at a fish boil, and it's terrific," Burke said. "Why I've never thought to dip it in beer batter and deep-fry it is beyond me."
Over at Twisted Fisherman Crab Shack, 1200 W. Canal St., owner Russ Davis said he's planning to try whitefish for his casual restaurant's fish fry.
He works freshwater fish into the menu where he can - smoked trout spread as an appetizer, walleye for a fresh-fish special. But getting fresh walleye can be problematic.
"It's so hit and miss sometimes," he said.
He's thinking of adding catfish to the mix, but he knows what the favorites are.
"People in Milwaukee love their cod and their perch," he said.
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California homebuilders will add a projected 46,500 new single- and multi-family units to the state's housing supply in 2010, the Construction Industry Research Board reported last week. That represents a 27.7 percent increase from a year ago.
That seems like good news for California's beleaguered homebuilding industry, long a pillar of the state's economy, except that this year's housing production still ranks among the lowest yearly totals since the state began keeping records back in 1954.
The decline of the Golden State's housing sector has had a devastating effect on the state's overall economy, as borne out by a new report by the Center for the Continuing Study of the California Economy.
From 2005 to 2009, CCSCE documented, California saw an 83 percent decline in yearly building permits. That accounts for much of the 60 percent reduction in construction spending over that span, from nearly $100 billion in 2005 to less than $40 billion in 2009, as well as the 33 percent decline in construction jobs between 2007 and 2009, some 500,000 workers sidelined.
The collapse of California's housing sector has exacerbated the state's continuing budget crisis. Home values have fallen as much as 50 percent in certain parts of the state, which has resulted in substantially lower property tax revenues collected by the state treasury.
In fact, the consulting firm Beacon Economics expects a decline in property tax revenues of more than 10 percent before they find a bottom. That amounts to nearly $5 billion.
As goes California's housing sector, so goes the state economy. That's why it makes sense for the state government stimulate new home purchases. That's also why it makes sense for not only the state government, but also local governments to lessen, if not remove altogether, impediments to new home construction.
The state did take an affirmative step with its homebuyer tax credit, available to residents purchasing new homes after May 1 of this year and before August 1 of next year. The credit is worth 5 percent of the purchase price of a new home or $10,000, whichever is less.
The Legislature set aside $100 million in credits for the program but it already has run out. By renewing the credits, lawmakers can continue to stimulate new home sales and the job creation new home construction foments.
Meanwhile, the continued sluggishness of homebuilding in California, evidenced by both the CIRB and CCSCE reports, represents the appropriate occasion for cities and counties throughout the Golden State to reconsider the various fees and regulations on their books that makes building a home far more costly and time-consuming in California than any other state.
California prospered during the great housing boom of the mid-2000s. While a similar boom will not be witnessed anytime soon, the state can and should take steps to speed recovery of its still important, but still ailing homebuilding industry.


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Do you feel discriminated against or harassed at work? Are you humiliated or falsely accused of being incompetent? Do you feel apprehensive about going to work, anxious while you're there? If so, you may be the victim of bullying.
Bullying usually involves repeated incidents or patterns of behavior that are intended to intimidate, isolate or degrade a person or group. It is described as the assertion of power through aggression.
Both genders bully, but women bully more than men. Women are the primary targets for both female and male perpetrators. According to a Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI) study, women bullies choose women targets 87 percent of the time. Thus, bullying is viewed as same-sex harassment.
The most common workplace bullying relationship is between an abusive boss and targeted subordinate. Gary Namie, an authority on North American workplace bullying and author of The Bully at Work, notes that 71 percent of targets report the bullies outranked them. A workplace bully could be your boss, the chief executive or peers.
Most victims are college educated with about 20 years of successful work experience. Their average length of tenure with their employers is seven years.
Once targeted, bullied individuals faced a 70 percent chance of losing their jobs according to the WBI survey. Thirty-seven percent were fired and 33 percent voluntarily quit. However, few perpetrators were held accountable.
Bullying Examples
If you're not sure a behavior is bullying, use the "reasonable person" test. Would most people consider the following actions unacceptable?
- Falsely accusing someone of errors not made
- Spreading malicious rumors
- Discounting someone's thoughts and feelings
- Isolating someone
- Disregarding accomplishments
- Soliciting bullying assistance
- Undermining work
- Physically abusing someone
- Demoting without cause
- Constantly changing work guidelines
- Withholding necessary information or resources
- Assigning unreasonable workload
- Making offensive jokes
- Taking credit for target's work
- Sabotaging contributions to team goals
- Criticizing constantly
- Belittling opinions
- Blocking training, promotional opportunities
- Giving poor performance evaluations
- Tampering with work equipment.
Bullying affects the overall "health" of an organization. An unhealthy workplace is characterized by high absenteeism, accidents and turnover, and elevated employee assistance, recruitment and legal liability costs. This results in low productivity, morale and customer service.
Ways employees can respond to bullying
Behavior that's unreasonable and offends or harms you, should not be tolerated.
- Document the abuse. Record the date, time and details of the event, names of witnesses, and outcomes. Keep copies of the perpetrator's correspondence.
- Consider confronting the perpetrator. Ask an impartial third party such as a trusted supervisor or union member to accompany you to the meeting. Show evidence you've collected that demonstrates bullying behavior.
- Solicit the assistance of higher level management. Don't confide in anyone close to the bully. If a top executive is the perpetrator, reaching out to someone within the organization can be risky, ineffective. With a bully at the top, your situation probably won't improve. Your best option may be to leave.
Ask colleagues and clients to provide documented perspectives of your performance. This can illustrate your superior's assessment of your performance is incorrect.
- Don't retaliate. You may look like the perpetrator and confuse personnel responsible for evaluating and responding to the situation.
- Move on. Consider transferring to another department or change employers. Request a severance package. Positive opinions of coworkers, other supervisors and clients will provide needed documentation. Before giving notice, get personal property off the premises.
View your move as a positive change, not an escape. It's better to leave on your own terms and time than wait for involuntary termination. Tell a trusted supervisor why you're leaving. Don't broadcast your impending resignation.
Start an external job search. Be discreet. Top-brass bullies sometimes use the full weight of the organization to trash careers of workers who turn on them. Don't discuss negative aspects of the company with prospective employers. Emphasize your accomplishments.
Ways organizations can prevent bullying
Employers have a legal responsibility to protect employees. Senior management must let perpetrators know bullying isn't tolerated. A comprehensive written policy that covers varied harassment incidents must:
- Apply to all company levels.
- Outline the process by which preventive measures will be developed.
- Provide examples of unacceptable behaviors, working conditions.
- State organization's policy of bullying and commitment to preventing it. Specify consequences.
- Encourage reporting of all aggressive incidents. Treat all complaints seriously.
- Outline procedures for investigating and resolving complaints. Address them promptly.
- Outline confidential processes by which employees can report incidents without fear of reprisals.
- Provide victim support services and employee prevention training.
- Monitor and regularly review the policy.
Final tips
Act towards others in a respectful, professional manner. Try to resolve issues before they get out of control. Proceed promptly.
Columnist, Carole Kanchier, career and personal growth expert, is author of the award winning, Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life, which gives tips for managing career growth: https://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1508408963.


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"Our Cultural Center" is taking a comedic look at the issues of funding that non-profits face all over the United States.
This is a web comedy series that Splash magazines is helping to publicize given the interest of our readers in keeping the arts alive and healthy.
Here is episode 1, where the founder's ex-husband, a profit driven lawyer, arrives and Victoria, the founder, just can't seem to face him.
Help spread the word on this series and the subject matter it is taking on by sharing this page or link with your friends in social media.
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In this paper, we elaborate on an idea initially developed by Weitzman (1998) that justifies taking the lowest possible discount rate for far-distant future cash flows. His argument relies on the arbitrary assumption that when the future rate of return of capital (RRC) is uncertain, one should invest in any project with a positive expected net present value. We examine an economy with a risk-averse representative agent facing an uncertain evolution of the RRC. In this context, we characterize the socially efficient stochastic consumption path, which allows us in turn to use the Ramsey rule to characterize the term structure of socially efficient discount rates. We show that Weitzman's claim is qualitatively correct if shocks on the RRC are persistent. On the contrary, in the absence of any serial correlation in the RRC, the term structure of discount rates should be flat.
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A detailed response on this article has been published by Mark C. Freeman "Yes, We Should Discount the Far-Distant Future at Its Lowest Possible Rate: A Resolution of the Weitzman-Gollier Puzzle".
See http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/journalarticles/2010-13/ or the attached file
Gollier writes in this article that "using the ENFV and ENPV approaches yield opposite results, except in the special case of certainty." It turns out, however, that Weitzman's very plausible looking expected discount factor formulation, on which this assertion is based, is wrong, and when it is corrected, the ENFV ...[more]
... and ENPV approaches always lead to identical conclusions, even in the case of uncertain interest rates. The nature of the error and the interpretation of the true meaning of Weitzman's formula are described in http://www.open-science-repository.com/economics-23050448.html


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Last week, Danny Brown generously invited me to guest on his blog. It's fun to share ideas with a whole new set of people, and I was grateful for the opportunity.
I posted my Continuum Theory of Social Media.
Rather than being one thing I believe Social Media is a continuum, with "Social" at the far left and "Media" at the far right.
Further, I believe the physics of this differ greatly depending on whether you are a smaller, consulting-oriented business or a large CPG company.
It has provoked some good conversation, including this thoughtful post by Marty Thornley.
If you're curious, click over to Danny's blog. While you're there I'm sure you'll find a lot of other interesting ideas.


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It has been an amazing past couple of days. My country was most likely the victim of a classic strategy of tension attack that NATO practiced in Operation Gladio. Terrorists known to the police and intelligence services on THE WATCH LIST somehow commit acts of extreme terror and die in the effort. It started September 28 when ISIS leader Farah Shirdon was interviewed in Iraq threatening western nations with terror and promising to raise the ISIS flag over the White House. He was a Canadian Somali from Calgary.
On October 8 the Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney attended parliament with RCMP Commissioner Paulson and CSIS Director Coulombe and warned parliament there were 63 active security operations and 90 suspected terror probes. They asked for MORE POWER! MP Wayne Easter asked what was being done? Not too much.
I am a WATCHMAN on the wall. Listen carefully our country was just seized in a coup d'etat against the Canadian people.
On October 20th Martin Rouleau Couture attacked two Canadian soldiers in St. Jean sur Richelieu, Quebec by running them down with his car in a parking lot outside a government office. Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent was killed. Martin fled in the vehicle chased by police. The car rolled over in a ditch. Responding to calls to exit the vehicle, he did. He was shot to death by police who claimed he had a knife. Witnesses reported hearing orders over police radio to kill the suspect.
Martin was on the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team watchlist. He was one of the active investigations mentioned in parliament. He was NOT under surveillance. The RCMP arrested him in July trying to leave the country and seized his passport. More power to spy on Canadians resolves this. There is a bill coming before parliament to do just that and introduce Star Chamber justice with secret evidence.
Gunman: Michael Zehaf-Bibeau (allegedly pictured above) has been named as the Muslim convert who shot dead Corporal Nathan Cirillo and opened fire on the Canadian Parliament injuring at least one officer
Two days later Michael Zehaf-Bibeau shoots a solder guarding the Cenotaph in Ottawa. He is killed. Michael then runs to an unplated car and drives to the commons where he enters the building with a double barrelled shotgun getting past security. That's quite the trick at the most heavily protected piece of real estate in Canada. He is shot to death. The capital goes into lock down. There are many problems with the story. He had his passport refused. He is a convicted felon. He travels freely to the States despite narcotics convictions and being on the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team watchlist. His mother is Deputy Chairman of Immigration and Refugee Canada. How can all this happen?
Armed: The man is seen holding what appears to be a gun as he gets in and drives away
The police cannot monitor the terrorists they have now and there's only 63. Now that's 61. How does more power solve this? They had their passports. They knew their names and addresses. ISIS even posted their pictures on their website. Yet they remained unobserved and undetectable. How did the convicted terrorist get the firearms? The only conclusion one can make is that this was a strategy of tension operation. The authorities can't be that stupid. They may well have been told to stand down. Now that parliament has been intimidated with death will any MP ask questions of this nature? I doubt it. The media circled the wagons and went into JIHAD mode. They even recruited former terrorist mastermind Mubin Shaikh to be the expert for the masses. He led the infamous Toronto 18 terrorist patsies.
Mother: CTV News reports that Zehaf-Bibeau's mother is Susan Bibeau, who works for the Immigration and Refuge Board of Canada


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Here is a press release sent by the Kitchener Public Library -
"You've discovered Bob's your uncle….Now what?!
Kitchener Public Library will be holding its first annual Genealogy Fair on Saturday, October 29th from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. This free event will be held in Kitchener's City Hall Rotunda at 200 King Street West. Genealogy enthusiasts from both near and far are welcome!
Speakers and workshops are scheduled throughout the day, suitable for both beginner and seasoned researchers. Exhibits will include local area archives, libraries and museums, as well as vendors of specialized genealogy products and services".
For more information, please go to http://www.kpl.org/_docs/programs/GenealogyFair2011.pdf


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Granite Bay varsity, JV rugby teams headed to state
Both teams won Nor Cal championship in gold division
Two Granite Bay rugby teams advanced to the state championship games on May 25 after winning the Northern California section titles in the varsity and junior varsity gold divisions.
The varsity team beat the No. 11 seed in the nation, San Francisco Golden Gate, during the first round of the playoffs 36-14 to hold on to their No. 19 ranking, according to Rugby Mag.
In the semifinals, Granite Bay faced a physical Hayward Team at the Cherry Island Sports Complex in Rio Linda.
After nine lead changes, Granite Bay came out on top 46-29 to earn a place in the Nor Cal section finals.
Again, Granite Bay came out on top with a 39-29 victory and went would face the Burbank Islanders in he finals.
Granite Bay defeated Burbank 50-32 and will play in the state championship at Treasure Island in San Francisco.
Following the same path of the varsity team, Granite Bay's JV team completed the regular season with a perfect 10-0 record and will also play in the state title game.


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Correspondence - See also Vols. 12 and 37.
Letters written to Storke and copies of his replies. Arranged alphabetically. A partial list of significant correspondents follows the Key to Arrangement.
Letterpress copy books
May 24, 1889-Nov. 15, 1904. 492 p.
July 26, 1896-Nov. 29, 1900. 697 p.
Oct. 7, 1897-Feb. 18, 1905. 368 p.
Nov. 7, 1900-Mar. 1, 1910. 273 p.
Fragments and unidentified letters.
Editorials, speeches, rough drafts and notes
"After the Bugles--The West."
Unpublished recollections of C. A. Storke with Michael J Phillips.
Typescript. 1922
"After the Bugles--The West!"
Unarranged notes and rough drafts
Boyhood recollections, biographical sketches, etc.
Civil War material, including "Record of Albert [C. A. Storke] in the Civil War"
Certificates, memberships, etc. - See also Oversize Folio
Datebook, 1896
Datebook, 1900
Legal material
Lawyer's brief and common place book, 1881-1927.
Case citations and legal notes, District Attorney's Office, County of Santa Barbara, Calif. 400 p. Indexed.
Mattie More Storke vs. Charles Albert Storke, 1889-1917.
Divorce proceedings
Legal miscellany
Indentures, abstracts of title, mortgages, notes, etc., for which Storke was attorney or notary public.
Legal miscellany
Deeds, abstracts of title, notes, deed of reconveyance, indentures, agreements, easement, etc. in which Storke or his wife are named as parties.
Financial material
Invoices, bills, receipts, tax forms, insurance certificates, etc. (One folder)
Cash book, Feb. 1907-Mar. 1908
Account book, 1926-1930
Check book, Feb. 1931-June 1932
Check book, Nov. 1934-June 1935
Storke Ranches
Papers regarding the title, maintenance and operation of the Storke Ranches in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, as follows:
Scrapbook, 1873-1924
Includes correspondence, invoices, bills and receipts
Land grants, breeding certificates and maps
Abstracts of Title
Sespe Rancho, Dec. 1887
Sespe Rancho, July 1889
Sespe Rancho, Dec. 1906
Dos Pueblos Rancho, Jan. 1916
La Goleta Rancho, Dec. 1916
Account book, 1905-1929
Ledger, 1918-1921 - See also Oversize Vol. 38
Printed material (One folder)
Clippings - See also Oversize Vols. 39 and 40
Miscellaneous photographs - transferred to Pictorial Collection
Knox, S. B. P., M.D., Santa Barbara, Calif.
Physicians visiting book, 1876
Physicians visiting book, 1877
More family papers, 1856-1910
Personal papers of members of the More family of Santa Barbara including Thomas Wallace More (1826-1877) and his brother Alexander Peter More (d. 1893), and papers relating to the settlement of their estates by C. A. Storke as attorney and trustee.
More, Thomas Wallace
Daily account book, May 1860-Dec. 1869
Account book: Estate of T. W. More
Includes correspondence, funeral notice, deed, and "An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of T. W. More."
More, Alexander Peter, Estate
John F. More vs. the Estate of A. P. More, deceased, June 1895-June 1896.
Vol. 1, evidence and arguments.
John F. More vs. the Estate of A. P. More, deceased, June-July 1894.
Vol. 2, depositions.
Cash book, June 1896-June 1900.
Cash book, June 1896-May 1910.
Daily account book, Apr. -May 1897
Santa Rosa Island Company.
Account book, Apr.-Dec. 1897.
Transcript on appeal, California Supreme Court, July 6, 1903.
Includes indenture, inventory and appraisement of the Estate, etc.
More, Eleanor H., Estate
"Estate of Eleanor H. More," Apr. 1900-Dec. 1901.
Fragmentary and unidentified correspondence, copies of early family letters and diaries, notes, etc.
Storke, Charles Albert, Estate, 1936-1960
Papers relating to the settlement of the Estate of C. A. Storke, primarily by Thomas More Storke and Charles Albert Storke II, as executors and trustees.
Legal material, including correspondence, declaration of trust and deeds.
Monthly reports to beneficiaries, Oct. 1956-June 1959
Monthly statement of rents and expenses, July 1956-Nov. 1959
Monthly bank reconciliation statements, Jan. 1945-Mar. 1947
Supporting vouchers filed in Santa Barbara Superior Court in support of the expenditures by executors of the Estate, Dec. 1936-Dec. 1946. (Five folders)
Bank deposit books
Apr. 1939-July 1941
July 1941-July 1943
Check stub book, Dec. 1944-Mar. 1947
Includes bills, notes, maps, petitions, etc.
Correspondence and clippings
Storke Ranch account book, 1874-1877.
Diplomas, degrees and certificates
Barnes, Harry Elmer, 1889-
Letter, Apr. 25, 1936. Written while with Scripps-Howard Newspapers, acknowledging a copy of The English Storkes in America.
California. Board of Education
2 letters, 1923. By Ernest Perley Clark, President.
Chambers, John Sheerer, 1867-1923.
Letter, July 20, 1923. Congratulatory letter written while Vice-President of Bank of America upon Storke's appointment to the California State Board of Education.
Clark, Ernest Perley, 1859-1933.
See California. Board of Education
Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-
Letter, Dec. 9, 1924. Addressed to Mrs. C. G. Blakey regarding Civil War battlefield markers.
Graham, Stephen, 1884-
Letter, June 4, 1923.
Haas, Charles E.
Letter, Dec. 24, 1917.
Lane, Franklin Knight, 1864-1921.
See U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
McNary, Charles Linza, 1874-1944.
Letter, Aug. 13, 1918. Written while U.S. Senator.
Phillips, Michael J.
2 letters, 1930. Includes one letter addressed to Fred Jackson.
Richardson, Friend William, 1865-1943
1 letter, Sept. 16, 1926.
Storke, Thomas More, 1876-1971.
4 letters, 1923-1936.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Letter, Jan. 8, 1917. By Franklin Knight Lane, addressed to Edwin F. Smith.


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Cross-platform storytelling follows the adventures of two teenage girls--one Cree, the other Maori--who share life experiences across the globe and address life's challenges in a creative and empowering way.
Members of the Musqueam First Nation reflect on the 24-hour, 200-day occupation in Vancouver, British Columbia to protect their 4,000-year-old ancestral village from destruction by a condo development.
Michelle is struggling to manage family and rejoin the workforce, all while dealing with her mother's advancing dementia.
Canada's Arctic is divided into four territories. Inuit children were affected greatly by the 60s Scoop and a large number of Inuit people now live in the South, which they call "the fifth region." Two young urban Inuit people share their personal journeys to reconcile mixed identities and reconnect with tradiional Inuit culture far from home.
In this mixed-media animation, Lulu Keating ponders a prescient dream and ruminates on mortality, alongside artistic output and worth.
Homecoming Song tells the story of the ancient song that Angela Sidney sang for her son Pete when he returned home after being away at war for 6 years.
A fluke brain injury begins a young woman's lifelong battle with addiction, depression and medication.
A Latin American family is celebrating the birthday of their youngest child, until they get rudely interrupted by two immigration officers.
Chanterelle Rain is an evocative, animated love song to the summer rains that give us the treasured culinary gift of chanterelle mushrooms.
Sourdough Starter is an animated musical tribute to discovering love and leavening.
In this collaboration with Lorna Boschman's Digital Stories project, Harris Taylor recalls the influence of her family's connection to the Agawa Canyon in Northeastern Ontario.
A community of Syrian women hold a dinner for the homeless in Saint John, New Brunswick as a gesture of gratitude for what Canada and the community have offered them as refugees.
This short drama follows an elderly woman who feels the need to strike out on her own. Little does she expect that she will be the one who is struck by her controlling husband.
A candid and often humorous monologue creates an off-beat portrait of a young woman who speaks about the evolution of her lesbian identity, homophobia, her first relationship and grief.
A harrowing tale of two women on a quest to have an uninterrupted conversation--a short fiction set in the future, with all the familiarity of the present.
Found footage from a TV movie superimposes, loops and repeats revealing the angles, the set-ups and the conventions of a cinematic scene. And in that, reveals the entire movie in unusual detail.
An old man with a divining rod roams the Andalusian desert in search of inspiration, visions, and movie sets.
A poetic exploration of time and the landscape from a veranda on South Lakewood Street in Vancouver.
Lida Moser (1920-2014), a New York photographer, created over 1,000 photographs of rural Québec in 1950. Sixty years later, she recounts her road trip along the St Lawrence to Montréal director and animator Joyce Borenstein.
Arcangelo, Zouriya and Rita all live in Toronto and speak languages under threat of extinction: Franco-Provencal, Sri Lanka Malay and Urhobo. This short documentary, co-directed by Anastasia Riehl, highlights their efforts to preserve these endangered languages before it's too late.
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The Holy See has made a new proposal to the Society of St. Pius X. Specifically, it relates to the status of the SSPX. The Fraternity is not canonically recognized and therefore for decades has been in a state of suspension, which leads to different interpretations among canon lawyers and bishops as to whether it is part of the Catholic Church or not.
A sedivacantist website of the United States claimed that an agreement between the SSPX which was founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and Rome was imminent. This was denied to gloria.tv by Father Franz Schmidberger, Rector of the International Seminary of the SSPX in Zaitzkofen in Bavaria.
Father Schmidberger confirmed the proposal, but denies agreement
Father Schmidberger, who was already Superior General of the Priestly Society and German District Superior, however, confirmed that there is a concrete proposal which Rome has submitted to the SSPX. However, there is still much to clarify according to Schmidberger.
The existence of a Roman proposal had been confirmed by the Swiss District Superior of the Brotherhood to their priests, according to Secretum Meum Mihi.
This message was posted by those circles who are close to priests which left the SSPX in 2012 SSPX or have been excluded from this. The reason for this was briefly, was that there was no conflict over the conditions under which a canonical regulation by Rome could be accepted, but a fundamental rejection of any agreement with Rome by a minority in the SSPX.
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"Jesus had two dads and he turned out just fine"
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Blasphemy in Buffalo Diocese
Full, dreadful story here.
Full, dreadful story here.
Performance of the "Mass on the World" by the Pope's favorite heretic.
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Extensive article on the heresies of Teilhard, which make his fellow Jesuit Karl Rahner look orthodox.
Let's light up the Cathedral!
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Disturbing "sound and light" event at Lille Cathedral.
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