When Google announced its first Nexus 7 tablet, built by ASUS, back in mid-2012, it was clearly destined to make the budget tablet market skyrocket. For a very low $199 price tag, the Nexus 7 offered excellent performance, good built quality, and virtually immediate Android updates. It was a cost-performance paradise, so unsurprisingly it quickly became extremely popular. Now, one year later, when the OG Nexus 7 is growing long in the teeth, Google and ASUS took cost-performance to a whole new level again with the new Nexus 7.
The refreshed 7-incher offers one of the fastest processors and a 1080p display, while keeping a very slim profile and record-breaking weight, all for just $30 more. Of course, competitors are in a catch-up state, but for now, the new Nexus 7 is clearly and by far the best budget tablet, and is also certainly the best cost-performance tablet ever made.
The new Nexus 7 isn't radically different from the old iteration, but the differences are notable and much appreciated. The back design gets a makeover, since it changes the textured rubbery back of the OG Nexus 7 for a plain, still a bit rubbery plastic, resembling the Nexus 10's feel, which makes the back look cleaner. Strangely, Google didn't make it clear whether they wanted the new Nexus 7 to be used more in landscape or in portrait mode. The vast majority of smaller tablets, including the 2012 Nexus 7, are tailored for use in portrait mode, but the new Nexus 7 gives some indication of wanting to be used in landscape. For instance, the Nexus logo on the back is oriented in landscape (but the smaller ASUS logo beneath it is in portrait.....hmmm weird), and the stereo speakers are both positioned on the tablet's top and bottom sides (when in portrait).
Apart from that, the back contains the 5 MP shooter at the top left corner. Aside from that orientation shortcoming, the back of the new Nexus 7 does look significantly more premium than its older counterpart.
The front of the device is very similar to the OG Nexus 7, with the exception the the vertical bezels are slightly thinner, and there is now a notification LED below the display. The tablet's dimensions are impressive for a device with its price, and indeed, the new Nexus 7 does feel much thinner and lighter than its older version. The thickness comes in at 8.7mm; not as thin as the iPad mini (7.2mm), but still a significant improvement over the OG Nexus 7's 10.4mm girth. Impressively, the new Nexus 7 sets the record as the lightest tablet ever, weighing just 290g (299g for the LTE version), it's lighter than the iPad mini (308g, 312g with LTE) and much lighter than its predecessor (340g, 347g with 3G). Especially for its price, the new Nexus 7 is one very svelte device.
People have been wondering how long it would take for Apple to release a Retina iPad mini. Well, Google beat them to it. The new Nexus 7's display has a pixel density that sits squarely in the Retina range, and is actually the tablet with the highest ppi ever. 1920 x 1200 pixels in that 7" IPS display results in an extremely crisp 323ppi pixel density. It blows the iPad mini's mediocre 163ppi and the OG Nexus 7's 216ppi out of the water, displaying razor sharp text and bright, crisp images. The LED-Backlit IPS technology also means that the new Nexus 7 will have excellent viewing angles and vivid color reproduction. There's no question about it; the new Nexus 7 has by far the best display in the 7/8-inch tablet market, and quite possibly the best display in the entire tablet space.
Guess what? Google also gave performance a huge upgrade with the new Nexus 7. The refreshed 7-incher doesn't have a particularly new SoC, but it's definitely one of the fastest. The SoC in question is Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 Pro SoC, which consists of a very fast Quad-core Krait CPU clocked at 1.5GHz and a very juicy Adreno 320 GPU. With that kind of performance, the new Nexus 7 will definitely be one of the fastest tablets in existence, and will be quite the gaming machine, especially with the crisp, bright display.
I may be wrong, but from my point of view, there is absolutely nothing to complain about the new Nexus 7. As it's a Nexus device, it will be the first to receive Android OS updates for many years to come. It offers an improved build quality with better looks, it's much lighter and thinner, placing itself as the lightest tablet ever. It has an outstanding display, probably the best display ever seen in a tablet, and it's performance is excellent, making it a good gaming machine. I may be getting ahead of myself here, but the new Nexus 7 is basically one of the, if not the, best tablet ever made. And to make it almost perfect, it's also very budget friendly. It's a bit more expensive than the OG Nexus 7, but it's still significantly cheaper than the much more lackluster iPad mini. Starting at $229 for the Wi-Fi only version with 16 GB (pricing for the LTE version is still unknown), the Nexus 7 is the bargain of the century. Well done, ASUS and Google!


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Contrairement aux classiques pour qui le système économique est toujours équilibré, les théoriciens des cycles reconnaissent l'existence de fluctuations cycliques, la crise économique correspondant au retournement du cycle. On distingue alors un trend de croissance économique déterminé par des facteurs d'offre, et une fluctuation cyclique de l'activité autour du trend.

La caractérisation des cycles économiques peut être résumée par les travaux de Joseph Schumpeter (1939) qui distingue les cycles de long terme (40 à 50 ans) dits de Kondratieff, les cycles de moyen terme (6 à 10 ans) dits de Juglar et enfin les cycles de court terme (quelques mois) dits de Kitchin.

Les explications des fluctuations cycliques divergent dans l'analyse économique, deux distinctions sont nécessaires pour comprendre les enjeux théoriques.

 Distinction entre cycles qui proviennent de facteurs nominaux et facteurs réels.
 Distinction entre cycles endogènes et cycles exogènes.

Cycles endogènes

Les fluctuations sont-elles causées par des évènements imprévisibles, des chocs, ou sont-elles intrinsèquement liées au fonctionnement de l'économie en l'absence de tous chocs ? On distingue alors les cycles endogènes des cycles exogènes.

Dans le cas des cycles endogènes, l'économie est intrinsèquement instable, mais régulière, ce qui laisse la possibilité de fluctuations cycliques endogènes sans que l'économie ne soit explosive.

Cycles endogènes et facteurs réels

Schumpeter

Selon Joseph Schumpeter, l'innovation est à l'origine de la détermination des cycles économiques. Or, l'innovation est un phénomène intrinsèquement lié à l'évolution du système capitaliste, d'où le caractère endogène des fluctuations. Dans une logique de destruction-créatrice, la phase d'expansion se termine lorsque la diffusion de l'innovation est complète et la production est arrivée à maturité. À ce moment, il y a un niveau excédentaire de production face à une demande stagnante, la chute des prix qui en découle explique la récession.

Cycles endogènes et facteurs monétaires et financiers

Premiers pas
Selon la théorie de Knut Wicksell (1898), on se place dans une situation dans laquelle le taux d'intérêt naturel (taux d'équilibre, de la productivité du capital) est supérieur au taux monétaire (taux du crédit observé). Les entreprises s'endettent pour investir et les ménages consomment. On a alors à la fois expansion et inflation, le taux monétaire augmente. Lorsqu'il rejoint le taux naturel, l'expansion s'arrête, c'est le retournement de la conjoncture, i.e. la crise économique. Idée reprise et développée par Friedrich Hayek en 1931, c'est la théorie de la sur-capitalisation.

Le modèle d'Irving Fisher (1933) tente de donner les explications monétaires de la crise de 1929. Le modèle distingue deux phases : la première phase ascendante est marquée par des innovations, de forts rendements attendus, un fort endettement, un excès d'optimisme, et in fine un surendettement. La phase descendante est la suivante : vente des actions en catastrophe, impossibilité alors de rembourser les dettes, banques insolvables, assèchement du crédit, contraction de la masse monétaire et déflation. La baisse des prix accroît la charge de la dette. Les entreprises ont besoin de liquidités, elles baissent les prix. On assiste alors à une situation explosive de surendettement, basée sur un cercle vicieux : les ventes massives font encore baisser les prix (déflation de 30 % entre 1929 et 1934), ce qui accroît d'autant la valeur réelle de la dette et nécessite donc de nouvelles ventes.

Keynésiens
Bien qu'il ne s'interroge pas précisément sur la question des fluctuations, les travaux de John Maynard Keynes (1936) dans un cadre de court terme à prix fixes, laissent la possibilité de l'influence des facteurs de demande sur l'activité économique.

De nombreux auteurs et courants de pensées reprennent les théories keynésiennes pour mettre en avant des modèles de cycles endogènes. Premièrement, les néo-keynésiens avec Paul Samuelson, puis la nouvelle économie keynésienne avec Azariadis, Stiglitz, etc.

Modèle de l'oscillateur

Le modèle de l'oscillateur de Paul Samuelson (1954) laisse la possibilité de cycles auto-entretenus sans comportements de maximisation mais sous deux effets conjugués: l'accélérateur, et le multiplicateur d'investissement. Le caractère déterministe des cycles obtenus admet une périodicité et une amplitude constante ce qui ne permet pas de bien reproduire quantitativement les fluctuations observées.

Chaos déterministe

Dans le modèle de Grandmont (1985), la condition d'occurrence de fluctuations endogènes repose sur une prédominance des effets de richesse dans les arbitrages intertemporels des agents économiques. L'état stationnaire est indéterminé, car il existe une multitude de trajectoires convergentes de l'économie. Les fluctuations sont déterministes, mais suffisamment irrégulières pour que l'observateur ne connaissant pas le modèle pense qu'elles sont imprévisibles, c'est le chaos déterministe.

Taches solaires

Certains auteurs soutiennent la possibilité de fluctuations expliquées par une dimension extrinsèque de l'incertitude et de l'autoréalisation des croyances des agents qui se basent sur des signaux n'ayant pas de lien avec la sphère économique. Par exemple, on peut citer le modèle des taches solaires de Costas Azariadis et Roger Guesnerie (1986).

Rationnement du crédit

La nouvelle économie keynésienne cherche à démontrer que l'existence de rigidités (qui expliquent l'imperfection des marchés) est endogène, i.e. dépend des comportements microéconomiques des agents, fondés sur les asymétries d'information. Dans ce cadre, Joseph Stiglitz et Andrew Weiss (1981) expliquent le cycle des affaires par des asymétries d'information qui pèsent sur les banques. En phase d'expansion, il suffit que les banques anticipent une hausse future du risque pour qu'une fluctuation cyclique apparaissent.

Cycles exogènes

D'un autre côté, les cycles peuvent résulter de chocs exogènes, dont la nature peut être soit monétaire (Friedman, Lucas, etc.), soit réelle (Kydland, Prescott, etc.).

Cycles exogènes et facteurs monétaires

Monétaristes
Selon Milton Friedman (1956), la monnaie est neutre à long terme (elle n'influence que le niveau général des prix), toutefois, à court terme, les agents peuvent effectuer des erreurs d'anticipation liées à l'illusion monétaire. Finalement on obtient la possibilité d'une influence des variables nominales sur les variables réelles.
Ainsi, les politiques monétaires discrétionnaires de relance sont à l'origine des fluctuations cycliques.

Nouveaux classiques
Selon la nouvelle économie classique, un choc monétaire a deux composantes, la première et plus importante, est la composante systématique, anticipée par les agents économiques, qui n'a aucune conséquence réelle sous l'hypothèse d'anticipation rationnelle. Toutefois, la composante aléatoire du choc monétaire peut avoir une influence sur les variables réelles. C'est le cas, par exemple, du modèle de Thomas Sargent et Neil Wallace (1985) dans lequel la surprise monétaire peut avoir une influence sur le produit national, à condition d'être exceptionnelle (en effet, elle devient anticipée si elle est souvent répétée).

Cycles exogènes et facteurs réels

La théorie des cycles réels admet des fluctuations exogènes: le cycle est initialement impulsé par des chocs exogènes (impulsion), puis résulte de la propagation des chocs dans le système économique.

Théorie des cycles réels
Le modèle de Finn Kydland et Edward Prescott (1982) cherchent à montrer que dans le cadre du modèle de croissance classique (de Solow), les agents rationnels ont une réponse optimale aux chocs de nature réel (chocs de productivité), ce qui implique une fluctuation cyclique théorique proche de celle observée. À noter que cette théorie a un lien partiel avec la critique de Lucas selon laquelle les modèles de fluctuations doivent reposer sur des fondements microéconomiques pour prendre en considération les changements de politique économique. En effet, la théorie des cycles réels s'appuie précisément sur des fondements microéconomiques, et vise à simuler quantitativement les fluctuations cycliques. En revanche, et c'est le point de rupture avec les nouveaux classiques, la prise en compte des chocs monétaires n'est pas jugée nécessaire.

Modèle de destruction-créatrice
Philippe Aghion et Peter Howitt (1998) proposent un modèle dans lequel le choc réel prend la forme de l'apparition d'une nouvelle technologie. Le point commun avec la théorie des cycles réels est qu'ils ne font plus vraiment de distinction entre trend et fluctuations qui apparaissent comme «un phénomène unifié». Toutefois, la logique du modèle est différente. En effet, selon le concept de destruction-créatrice, l'apparition d'une nouvelle technologie se traduit par premièrement une baisse cyclique de l'activité (expliquée par le temps d'adaptation des entreprises à la nouvelle technologie), puis deuxièmement par une augmentation de la croissance sur un sentier plus élevé que la situation initiale.

Cycles et politiques économiques

Attention aux confusions, on parle ici de l'efficacité des politiques économiques de stabilisation (ou politiques conjoncturelles), i.e. qui permettent de réduire l'écart entre le niveau d'activité effectif et le trend théorique (ou niveau de croissance potentielle). La politique d'allocation (ou politique structurelle) permet quant à elle d'accroître le niveau de la croissance potentielle.

Cycles monétaires et financiers
Dans le cadre des cycles monétaire et financiers, l'idée selon laquelle les facteurs de demande peuvent influencer à court terme le niveau d'activité joue en faveur de l'efficacité des politiques économiques. Attention néanmoins à distinguer le degré d'efficacité / d'inefficacité des politiques de stabilisation selon les modèles.

 Chez Keynes, les politiques de stabilisation sont efficaces à court terme avec l'hypothèse de demande effective et le principe multiplicateur.
 Chez Friedman, les politiques de stabilisation peuvent être efficaces uniquement à très court terme du fait de l'illusion monétaire.
 Enfin, les nouveaux classiques admettent seulement l'efficacité d'une surprise monétaire non répétée, les politiques de stabilisation étant autrement inefficaces.

Cycles réels
En revanche, dans le cadre des cycles réels, l'inefficacité des politiques économiques de stabilisation est totale, du fait de la nature réelle des chocs et de la réponse rationnelle des agents qui en découle.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Politique économique, A Benassy-Quéré, B. Cœuré, P. Jacquet et J. Pisani-Ferry, De Boeck, 2004.
 Analyse macroéconomique, sous la direction de Jean-Olivier Hairault, Editions La Decouverte, 2000.
 Dynamique Économique, Gilbert Abraham-Frois, Dalloz, 1995.
 Les cycles économiques, Frank Portier, in Jessua C. et al. (ed), Dictionnaire des Sciences Economiques, PUF, 2001.
 Économie, Alain Beitone et al., Aide-mémoire, Sirey, 2006.
 Précis d'économie, Emmanuel Combe, Puf, 1996.

Articles connexes
 Théorie des cycles réels
 Cycles économiques

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Dubai Golden Brush Award 2015 @ Bice Restaurant on 20th November
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Secolo Art Gallery in collaboration with Italian Industry & Commerce Chamber U.A.E. Presents International Golden Brush Award 2015 – November 20th 2015, BICE Restaurant, The Walk
In the 5th edition of the International Golden Brush Award 2015, directed to the selection of the best international Masters in painting, sculpture, photography and poetry, will be present authorities on visual and non-visual arts, as Masters: Franco Fazzio, Stefania Zanutta, Giovanni Basso, Piero Leonardi, etc.
On the occasion of the Award, there will be an exhibition dedicated to Master Andrea Fortina from Novara, that, through his paintings, will make us absorbed in his delicate and touching artistic gallery.
This year the theme chosen to be represented is drinkable water and the preservation of it in the world, a really burning and highly topical issue. Therefore the event will be entirely dedicated to the theme of "WATER", in its various facets and its different states, but the leading theme the Masters approached and brilliantly represented has its base in the respect towards environment and people. Thanks to the irreplaceable support of Mr Stefano Iorini, representative of Monviso Water, the official sponsor, to the moral and mediating support by Italian Commercial Chamber in Arabian Emirates, precisely Mr Piero Ricotti and Mr Mauro Marzocchi, we even have, as last year, the illustrious presence of Our Italian Consul in Arabian Emirates Mr Giovanni Favilli, who, in last edition, was the President of the jury of the Award itself.
The unquestioned aim of this important night, internationally recognized, is not only to award a prize to the best artistic work, in fact all the artists passed the tests of a careful and very strict double scientific Italian and Emirate committee, but also we will try to collect fund supporting people with serious problems of hydric resources.
The Sea Superintendency, based in Sicily, was happy to be involved in the event in a careful and active way. The Sea Superintendency at the moment is presenting the travelling exhibition focused on the Sicilian underwater cultural heritage, realized in cooperation with the Allard Pierson Museum of the University of Amsterdam (NL), an event that provides for the participation of international partners, selected among the best museums and prestigious cultural institutions well-known in Europe, such as: Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, with the aim of giving value and promoting what at the moment has been found in Sicily. The experts related to the Award and the theme are coordinated by the Supervisor Mr Sebastiano Tusa, by the expert Giovanni Taormina, the contact point of LUM "University of Palermo" and by no-profit association "The New Dress" of President Cristiana Perrone, Prof. Renato Tomasino LUM, also coordinator, by the architect Stefano Zangara, speaker during the event for the Sea Superintendency: they will have the opportunity to show the principal phases of the finding of the 12 Rostra, protagonists of the epic historian event of the Egadi Battle "1st Punic War" of March, 10th 241 BC.
For the first time the public will be given an overall view determined by the intensity of cultural exchanges and by the commercial traffics in The Mediterranean Sea with the Sicily protagonist; Mr Franco Fazzio and Mr Giovanni Taormina, representative of culture in the University Multimedia Laboratory, will show us the themes about the works of engineering the Arabian started to use in Sicily since 831 BC. The video will be projected for popular, didactic and awareness purposes during the yearly event Italian Festival Art in Dubai.
The Regional Sicilian Parliament "ARS" gave Its high honorary patronage to the project presented by the President Cristiana Perrone and by the coordinators, who will be ambassadors of the archeological underwater Sicilian culture and of the "Arabian Norman" art, just elected by Unesco a World Heritage of Humanity.
The Italian classical music will be represented by Master Tenor Giuseppe Deligia, who will enliven the presents' heart through a selected and touching schedule, in which he will play a series of the most famous Italian pieces in the world.
The programme has been planned and produced by Secolo Art Gallery.
Critic of the artists Mrs Raffaella Ferrari
Official Sponsor Monviso Water
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Market Place was packed with a range of bikes and trikes, including one with a German side car and a British military out rider. The side car won Best in Show.
Loughborough Bike and Trike Festival 2016
THOUSANDS of people flocked to Loughborough town centre for the first Bike and Trike Festival.
Some of the country's most famous motorbikes were on display when Love Loughborough brought the festival to town on Sunday, May 22.
Team D & D Restorations, a racing team setup by Dean Want and Donnie McLeod, showcased a demo race display including a TZ350A (1974) originally ridden by Dean Want in the British Marlborough Club Members Championships and a TZ350G (1981) ridden by Donnie McLeod in the British Championship between 1982-84.
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"We hope this will become an annual event and make it even bigger next year."
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Happy Holidays: Better late than never - the Spring window.
I'm back in the "LAND OF BLOG"!
The blog title says it all. I had promised to show you pictures of the Spring window that I had installed at Hillside Shopping Centre. My camera is not as fast as my son's camera so I rely on him to take pictures for me. I did take pictures of the window but because my camera is slower they were blurry. He was totally preoccupied with his coming wedding, with good reason, so the window stood in all of its glory without a picture to show you.
He is married now, she is a wonderful match for him, so he kindly took some pictures for me. The next day it was taken down and the Summer window installed. I will have pictures of the new window to show you soon, I hope.
This is the window for Spring. I'm not certain where the idea came from, it just seemed to evolve. I liked the idea of using indoor furniture in an outside setting and have it consumed by Spring flowers and branches. I also like bright colours. I pulled the props together from my collection in the garage.
The chair was found on the side of the road one day. It was an ugly 80's chair that I had stripped to the frame. I reupholstered it but used florist foam in place of springs and foam rubber. Go to this link to read about the building of the props and see pictures of the items in progress.
I picked up the large early vintage frame at an antiques place nearby for an excellent deal because it was damaged. The damage was what I found so interesting. That was a win win situation for both of us!
Those small frames I bought at Salvation Army. I knew that they were old because of the style of moulding and the colour of the gold paint. I didn't realize how old until I took the paper off of the backs and saw the tiny square hand forged nails. Each frame had a magazine style picture in it. Behind those pictures were very faded antique photographs mounted on thick card.
That is all for now. I will keep you posted about the goings on around here. I promise!
Ok, Len, so according to your post title you've been MIA too...haha.
Your arrangement in this post is amazing!!! What perfect balance and flow. I love your found item collection for the core...I LOVE found items, they just make things interesting. Now found items at the side of the road are the best...no price tags! It doesn't get batter than that, right! :) I have an antique meat grinder thingy with like metal relief names and such on it...you know the kind with the crank handle and wooden know? I bought it at Salvation army but keep adding it back to pile to be taken back but just can't seem to part with it but I can't figure what to do with it either!
Ols stuff...ya gotta love it!


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