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By Huw Jones
LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - Britain's new markets watchdog
lacks clarity and must be bolder about protecting consumers hit
by years of misleading sales tactics, two former top
policymakers said on Thursday.
By Huw Jones
LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - Britain's new markets watchdog
lacks clarity and must be bolder about protecting consumers hit
by years of misleading sales tactics, two former top
policymakers said on Thursday.
The financial crisis prompted Britain to scrap the
decade-old Financial Services Authority and replace it with the
Financial Conduct Authority in April.
It supervises some of the world's biggest foreign exchange,
stock, bond, commodities and derivatives markets.
FCA non-executive chairman John Griffith-Jones said in his
maiden speech that he was developing a "radar screen" to spot
problems earlier and stamp out bad behaviour such as Libor
interest rate rigging.
But Hector Sants, who headed the FSA until last year, and
Paul Myners, financial services minister during the financial
crisis, said the FCA had its work cut out.
Myners said moves toward tougher supervision began under the
FSA and that Griffith-Jones had made a safe speech that left him
a little disappointed.
Britain's banks have so far paid out over 10 billion pounds
in compensation for misleading consumers about loan insurance,
the latest in a string of sales scandals spanning two decades.
Myners said many of the directors and non-executives at
lenders that sold loan insurance were still in their jobs.
"I would have liked to have got a sense the FCA had a more
challenging position. I didn't really hear that," Myners told
the event organised by CityUK, which promotes Britain as a
financial centre.
"I fear the FCA, like all regulators, runs the risk of being
captured by the regulator. I did not hear a radical agenda."
Sants, part-architect of Britain's new supervisory system,
said there were several areas where "greater clarity" was needed
to help restore public trust in financial services.
"We need to understand a bit more clearly what the FCA's
risk tolerance actually is," Sants said.
The FCA's approach to the wholesale market and the extent to
which consumers are responsible for what they buy were also
unclear, said Sants, who heads compliance at Barclays Plc
"To reset the agenda between firms and consumers you have to
be bold," Sants added.
Etay Katz, a financial services lawyer at Allen & Overy,
said there was a "waiting game" as banks sought clarity from the
FCA on how they can develop new products.
"The trick is to look at the radar and capture the right
target and not use a scattergun approach and create a lot of
collateral damage along the way," Katz said.
Griffith-Jones, a former head of KPMG accountants in the UK,
said it was early days and the FCA board and executives were
determined to get it right.
"I think we have got off to a respectable start. Even if you
have doubts, give us the benefit of them," he added.


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What is average resale value of CDs?
I'm new here, hi!
I was wondering what the average resale value is on a CD stash that is kept in EUC or GUC. I know it depends on the brands, materials, etc but I'm realizing that unlike most other used items (not baby items but general used items on Craigslist etc) that sell for 50% of the original price, CDs seem to hold most of their value. Is this accurate?
I'm researching the type of stash I would build -- most likely orange GMD prefolds, a few GMD NB Workhorses, Thirsties Duo covers, a couple of other covers, and eventually a OS stash of BGEs and/or 4.0s. Depending on resale value, I might build my stash differently or with a higher quantity knowing that my initial investment would be higher but after selling I would recoup most of that. Would you say resale value is approximately 80% on average?
I am not currently pregnant. My husband and I have been TTC on and off for 6 1/2 years with infertility help. We conceived twice (once on Clomid, once naturally) but both ended in miscarriage at 6 weeks. We are just now starting to try again and researching all of this gives me hope and makes me happy. :)
Thank you for your knowledge!
Re: What is average resale value of CDs?
Depends highly on the brand. Those that are regularly easy to buy, I'd say 50% + shipping. But I also think there is a balance, I'm willing to pay half plus shipping for a GUC diaper, I'm certainly not going to pay 80% plus shipping ( or even minus shipping) for a diaper I can buy new for only a tiny bit more or even wait for a sale on so it's about the same.
Those diapers that are stalked, well mamas pay a lot of money for them, usually rarely use them because who can stand for $$$ to be pooped on, and then try to recoup as much of it as they can. Sometimes it works.
Your best bet is going in with the mindset that you will find something that works, it's better for the babe than sposies, and in the end you may be able to recoup some of your money as a bonus. I wouldn't consider 99% of diapers to be an investment.
I've seen things go for up to 80% of retail in some markets! Depends on how seasoned your buying audience is, I think. Experienced CD FSOTers won't usually offer more than 50% except for newborn diapers, which usually go for upwards of 65%.
I've also sold hard-to-find items that I didn't even know I was sitting on for a lot of money. I bought a Sustainablebabyish interlock soaker at a garage sale for $10, used it for a year, and tried to give it away to someone who let me know that it was probably a hard to find color and year. I contacted an Sbish expert and got pricing help and ended up selling for $100. After I sold it, I got an offer for $150. I mean, what? It was so dingy-looking, too. That sale bought a good chunk of my newborn stash this time around. :)
Re: What is average resale value of CDs?
Great, thank you! I figured 80% was high, but it seems like I see a lot of FSOT listings that are very high. It makes sense that NB diapers go for more because they are in them for a much shorter amount of time. :) Any resale value is great when you think about it vs using disposables! I lean toward getting a nicer stash that I will love using rather than just getting the basics to get by. We would only be having 1 child so resale value is a consideration for us since we wouldn't be reusing them for siblings. I think either way, CDing is the way to go!
Re: What is average resale value of CDs?
I've seen people expect to recoup quite a bit on an expensive stash and end up very disappointed. I would not ever pay 80% for used diapers. What you have listed, while great diapers, are very readily available. After 2 years of use that BGE would have to look near perfect to expect close to purchase price. Unless it's a highly sought after "trendy" diaper I would say 50% maybe, for EUC is fair. Even with the trendy diapers you are betting on them being just as hot when you're done with them and they may not be. For me I don't ever buy anything thinking about selling them. Does it work? Does it fit my needs? If so great. Even if I only sell it for a few dollars that's more than I would get for a used sposie!
Good luck with your TTC adventure. I hope it happens for you soon and that pregnancy is a healthy and joyful experience. :)
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Re: What is average resale value of CDs?
Plenty of people do pay 75-80% of retail, especially on CL and eBay. DiaperSwappers, not so much, unless it's one of the beloved brands (that I find aren't necessarily so beloved in other markets). It really just depends on your buying market.
Re: What is average resale value of CDs?
You have all been very helpful! Thank you! I have been looking at all of the different posts here on DS for a week or so and I am in shock at how much knowledge and information everyone shares here. It's wonderful. :)
I seem to frequently see the NB GMD Workhorses on FSOT for $5ea but I'm not understanding how that is a "good" price for used. They are only $5.50ea + $6.95 shipping (for any quantity) directly from GMD for brand new. Maybe I'm missing something. I certainly have a lot to learn!
I will just go with the expectation that whatever stash I do purchase will be for myself to enjoy, and if down the road I am able to recoup any of the cost it is just an added bonus. My main reason for wanting to CD is for environmental reasons.
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FC: Richard Lorbiecki & Jennifer Hoerner June 18, 2011
2: W.....is for WEDDING!!!
3: .......and MAKE UP
5: Time to get dressed
8: The Happiest Day of My Life
10: Our wedding day has finally come......
14: Two people, Two hearts, Two lives, Become one heart, one mind, one new life together
15: And the guests... | ARRIVE
16: You May Be Seated
17: I love you not only for what you are, but for who I am when I am with you.
18: I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine - she helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights. ~ Terri Gullemets
19: Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things. | A good friend is cheaper than therapy.
20: There are not seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven Million. ~ Walt Streightiff
22: Believe in happily ever after, and it will come true
24: There is only one happiness in life, to love and to be loved
25: "It only takes a second to say 'I love you' but a lifetime to show it." ~Teresa Collins
27: Family Sand Blending Ceremony
32: Thanks for reminding me to breathe, Elyse
33: You May Now Kiss The Bride | I'm so happy I can finally call this man my husband. It's really a dream come true.
35: Mr. & Mrs. Richard and Jennifer Lorbiecki
36: Guests
37: Reverend Jeff Best
38: Bride's Family
40: "The phrase "working mother" is redundant" ~Jane Sellman
45: Groom's Family
46: "My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it." ~ Mark Twain
51: Two families unite as one
52: Meet The Lorbiecki's
53: Flower Girl ~ Brooke
56: Daddy's Girl
58: Introducing The Lorbiecki Family
59: Jenson ~ Ring Bearer
61: John ~ Usher
63: Danny B ~ Usher
65: Casey ~ Bridesmaid
67: Randy ~ Groomsman
69: Sara ~ Bridesmaid
70: Jim ~ Groomsman
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2015-09-01T15:36:07+00:00In recent years, evidence has been building that injectable contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera or DMPA) is associated with an increased risk of HIV infection. Now a study published in the September 1st issue of mBio, an online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, provides a biological explanation for the phenomenon. The findings will help women make more informed choices about birth control. "Before this study, there were all these controversial reports, some showing that DMPA increases the risk of HIV infection and others showing it doesn't, and there was no biologic explanation for the differences between studies," said lead author Raina Fichorova, PhD, MD, director of the Division of Genital Tract Biology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School, Boston. "This new study offers an explanation for the inconsistent studies, and it lies in the microbial communities of the reproductive tract." The researchers analyzed cervical swabs and data from 823 women, between the ages of 18 and 35, who were HIV negative and enrolled in family planning clinics in Uganda and Zimbabwe. Roughly 200 women in this cohort became HIV infected. Women were divided into three groups, those who used DMPA, those who used estrogen-progesterone oral contraceptives, and those who used no hormonal contraceptives. Within each of these groups, the investigators compared results for women with a healthy vaginal environment (dominated by Lactobacillus-morphotypes and free of bacterial vaginosis) to women who had a disturbed vaginal microbioata or an infection from bacteria, fungi or parasites.
2015-06-17T16:05:59+00:00Teenagers vary substantially in their ability to control impulses and regulate their behavior. Adolescents who have difficulty with impulse control may be more prone to risky sexual behavior, with serious consequences such as sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies. A new study has found that individual differences in working memory can predict both early sexual activity and unprotected sexual involvement during adolescence. Working memory - the system in the brain that allows individuals to draw on and use information to plan and make decisions - develops through childhood and adolescence. The new study found that adolescents with weaker working memory have more difficulty controlling their impulsive urges and considering the consequences of their behaviors. The study was carried out by researchers at the University of Oregon, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. It appears in the journal Child Development. Prior research in this field has linked impulsivity and lack of self-control to risky behaviors during adolescence. This study builds on earlier findings, focusing instead on cognitive abilities, such as the ability to concentrate on tasks and filter out distractions, which rely on working memory.
2015-06-17T15:57:39+00:00Chances are good that women with a low heart rate variability also suffer from sexual dysfunction. That's the finding from a study led by Amelia Stanton of The University of Texas at Austin in the US published in Springer's journal Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. Heart rate variability refers to differences in the length of time between consecutive heartbeats. It is one of the most sensitive and objective measures of the interplay between the sympathetic nervous system (which activates the so-called fight or flight response) and the parasympathetic nervous system (which regulates the body's unconscious actions such as heart beat and breathing). Together, these form the autonomic nervous system. If this is in balance and functioning properly, a person will be able to adapt to physiological or environmental changes and stresses when needed. Heart rate variability, in particular, plays a role in female sexual arousal function. It is a marker of a healthy heart and the body's ability to modulate blood pressure appropriately within various contexts. This is important because sexual arousal is largely a matter of the selective manipulation of blood pressure in the genitals. Heart rate variability also relates to the processing of emotional cues. In this context, low resting heart rate variability may reflect poor emotional health and vice versa.
2015-06-10T21:00:40+00:00Forget those ageist stereotypes that senior citizens have little interest in sex and are befuddled by technology. Many older adults are going online to dish about the joys of sex and swap advice about keeping their mojos working well into their twilight years, a new study found. "Many older people preserve both a high interest in sex and a high involvement in sexual activities," said researcher Liza Berdychevsky, a professor of recreation, sport and tourism at the University of Illinois who researches sexual behavior and well-being. "The popularity of sex-related discussions in seniors' online communities suggests that, in a reality of limited alternatives for open and direct sex-related communication, seniors are finding channels to satisfy their needs for information and support." Berdychevsky and co-author Galit Nimrod, a faculty member at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, conducted an online ethnographic study - or netnography - in which they examined discussions of sexual topics in 14 online communities geared toward adults age 50 and older. Seven of the websites were based in the U.S., four in the U.K., two in Canada and one in Australia.
2015-05-26T16:47:00+00:00Sperm in the first fraction of ejaculate are more numerous, move more and present better quality DNA than those lagging behind. This is the conclusion of a study led by the Ginemed fertility clinic, which confirms that while the objective of the first fraction is to fertilise the egg, the second phase is so that no sperm from any other male has a chance to fertilise it. A study led by the Ginemed Assisted Human Reproduction Clinic analyses the advantages of using fractions of ejaculate separately in in-vitro fertilisation as a way to improve the sample of the semen. The researchers' hypothesis was that, comparing the different fractions of semen in an ejaculation, the first would contain sperm with better seminal parameters and could be used as an effective method for selecting sperm prior to fertilisation.
2015-05-20T16:51:16+00:00Men who drink the equivalent caffeine level of two to three cups of coffee a day are less likely to have erectile dysfunction (ED), according to researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). The results of a study published recently in PLOS ONE found that men who consumed between 85 and 170 milligrams of caffeine a day were 42 percent less likely to report ED, while those who drank between 171 and 303 milligrams of caffeine a day were 39 percent less likely to report ED compared to those who drank zero to seven milligrams a day. This trend was also true among overweight, obese and hypertensive men. "Even though we saw a reduction in the prevalence of ED with men who were obese, overweight and hypertensive, that was not true of men with diabetes. Diabetes is one of the strongest risk factors for ED, so this was not surprising," said David S. Lopez, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., lead author and assistant professor at UTHealth School of Public Health.
2015-05-05T17:44:21+00:00Acceptance of premarital sex is at an all-time high along with an acceptance of homosexuality, find researchers led by Jean M. Twenge from San Diego State University. The researchers - also including Ryne Sherman from Florida Atlantic University and Brooke E. Wells from Hunter College - analyzed data from the General Social Survey, a nationally representative survey of more than 33,000 U.S. adults taken between 1972 and 2012. They found substantial generational shifts in attitudes toward non-marital sex and number of sexual partners. The results were published today in the Archives of Sexual Behavior. "The changes are primarily due to generation - suggesting people develop their sexual attitudes while young, rather than everyone of all ages changing at the same time," said Twenge, who is also the author of "Generation Me." "This has caused a large generation gap in both attitudes toward premarital sex and number of sexual partners," she said.
2015-04-07T18:12:22+00:00Viagra and other related drugs are not a universal 'cure-all' for impotence, according to a new study from The University of Manchester and NatCen Social Research. Drugs, clinically known as oral phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5i), have become the first-line medical treatment option for sufferers of erectile dysfunction (ED) - also known as impotence - since entering the UK market in 1998. An abundance of studies has demonstrated the effectiveness of such drugs. But researchers at The University of Manchester, who have studied the responses of more than 2,600 English men (aged 50-87 years), suggest that restoring ED pharmacologically is not a 'cure-all'. Lead author of the study, Dr David Lee, found that older sufferers of ED who had used Viagra, or similar drugs such as Cialis and Levitra, still expressed concern or dissatisfaction with their sex lives.
2015-04-06T21:18:59+00:00New mothers in the Philippines spend more time in the bedroom with their partner in the first few weeks after giving birth than they did before they became pregnant. This might be a type of survival strategy to keep the relationships with the fathers of their new babies alive and well, to ensure continued support for their offspring. So says Michelle Escasa-Dorne of the University of Colorado in the US, after studying how women from a society with a low divorce rate such as the Philippines adapt to being both mothers and lovers. The study appears in Springer's journal Human Nature. A range of studies previously conducted on how women in Western societies experience the first six weeks after giving birth show that they tend to devote more time to their offspring's well-being than to their partner. This leads to lower relationship satisfaction and less intercourse between partners, and a clear shift from so-called mating efforts to parenting efforts. Escasa-Dorne set out to understand if similar trends are also found among women in a non-Western population with a low divorce rate. She questioned 260 women who were in a relationship and living in the Philippines' capital of Manila. Of these, 155 women still breastfed. They completed questionnaires about their sexual functioning and menstrual cycles, as well as about how satisfied and committed they were in their current relationships. The women were between 18 and 35 years old, mostly married, well-educated, and had on average two or three children. Breastfeeding women who had already resumed having their periods were more sexually active and committed than others.
2015-04-06T00:08:54+00:00The science on statins and sexual function is inconclusive, but it does appear that taking a statin may sometimes affect a person's sex life. On the plus side, some men report improved erections when their high cholesterol was treated with statins, said Dr. Steven Nissen, chairman of the department of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic. It is plausible that lowering cholesterol improves the function of the cells that line blood vessels, which could help erectile function, he said. But a 2008 report from the University of California, San Diego, tells a different story. Researchers looked at statin use and sexual function in 1,000 men and women, half of whom were given a statin and half of whom took a placebo. Over all, men on statins were about twice as likely as those taking placebos to report that their ability to achieve orgasm had become "somewhat worse" or "much worse." Dr. Beatrice Golomb, a professor at the University of California, San Diego, medical school, who helped conduct that study, says doctors don't always take patients seriously when they talk about side effects, sexual or otherwise. In other research, Dr. Golomb found that when patients complained about the most commonly recognized side effects of statins, their doctors denied the possibility of a connection more than half the time.
2015-04-01T16:27:29+00:00Published reports of clinical trials provide insufficient information to adequately establish the safety of finasteride for treatment of hair loss in men, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study to be published April 1 in JAMA Dermatology. This study is the first meta-analysis of the quality of safety reporting in clinical trials of finasteride for treatment of male hair loss. Finasteride blocks 5α-reductase in the scalp and male reproductive organs, inhibiting the conversion of the male hormone testosterone to its more potent form, 5α-dihydrotestosterone (5α- DHT). Men who take finasteride experience a 70 percent reduction in the amount of 5α-DHT in their blood. Not one of the 34 published clinical trial reports provided adequate information about the severity, frequency or reversibility of sexual adverse effects. (Adequate quality of adverse event reporting requires using an explicit toxicity scale to grade adverse event severity and reported numbers and/or rates of occurrence for each specific type of adverse event per study arm.)
2015-03-19T20:39:15+00:00There is no doubt that teenage boys and girls are swayed and shaped by music TV. For example, sexually active youth of both genders, after watching music TV, think their peers are sexually active, too. Moreover, when girls and boys perceive males in music videos as being sexually active, it makes boys watch more music TV, and girls watch less. These are some of the surprising findings from a study conducted at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, published in Springer's journal Sex Roles. The results question the frequently reported blanket influence of the mass media on teenagers' sexual behavior. Watching music videos is a popular pastime of European and American teenagers. It does however receive its fair share of criticism for having too much sexual content, for objectifying women and for promoting a recreational view of sexual activities involving active men. It has been linked to teenagers' becoming sexually active earlier in life. Over the course of one year, the researchers gathered information three times from 515 Belgian teenagers between the ages of 12 and 15 years old. They were asked how much music television they watched, how sexually active they were and indeed also how sexually active they thought their peers were. The researchers found that watching sexual music videos only had an effect on the sexual behavior of teenage boys, but not so on girls. The believe such behavior is influenced by the sexual scripts of music videos, which tend to show men taking the more active role in any sexual interaction.
2015-03-09T16:09:19+00:00Working in a physically demanding job, having high blood pressure, and taking multiple medications are among health risks that may undermine a man's fertility, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Stanford University, Stanford, California. The study is the first to examine the relationships between workplace exertion, health, and semen quality as men are trying to conceive. The results were published online in Fertility and Sterility. "Nearly 15 percent of U.S. couples do not become pregnant in their first year of trying," said Germaine Buck Louis, Ph.D., the study's senior author and director of the Division of Intramural Population Health Research at NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. "Male infertility plays a significant role, and our aim is to explore the influence of environmental factors and health status on semen quality." Semen quality is a measure of a man's ability to achieve fertilization and is based on the number, shape, and movement ability of sperm, as well as other factors. The investigators followed more than 500 couples in Texas and Michigan over a yearlong period. The couples were in committed relationships and stopped using contraception. All male participants completed preliminary interviews in which they were asked about their reproductive history, health, lifestyle and occupational activity. Most of the men provided a semen sample for analysis.
2015-02-16T20:17:34+00:00While people in the early years of marriage have sex more frequently, and their sexual activity tapers off over time, a slight rebound occurs for those whose marriages endure longer than half a century, according to new research. The study also found that people who remain in their first marriages have sex more frequently than those who remarry. But frequency aside, marriage order made no difference when it came to actual physical pleasure and emotional satisfaction, said researchers from Louisiana State University, Florida State University and Baylor University. Their study - "Marital Characteristics and the Sexual Relationships of U.S. Older Adults: An Analysis of National Social Life, Health and Aging Project Data" - is published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, the official publication of the International Academy of Sex Research. Researchers analyzed the relationship between marital characteristics and sexual outcomes among 1,656 married adults ages 57-85, using data from the first wave of the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project. They noted that people who survive until their 50th year of marriage - among whom the slight rebound occurred - are relatively few in number.
2015-02-10T02:05:17+00:00Receiving the human papillomavirus vaccine does not increase rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in adolescent females. The vaccine, which can prevent cervical cancer in women, has had a low uptake, partly because of concerns about how it will affect adolescent sexual activity. The findings, based on investigations by researchers at Harvard Medical School and the University of Sothern California, published today in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggest that the vaccine does not promote risky sexual behaviors among those who have received the vaccine. "Since this is one of the few medications ever developed that can actually prevent cancer, it's good to be able to reassure parents, physicians and policymakers that the vaccine does not promote unsafe sexual practices among girls and young women," said Anupam Jena, assistant professor of health care policy at HMS, internist at Massachusetts General Hospital and faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. In Australia, which has instituted a national policy of mandatory HPV vaccination, delivered for free through the schools, more than 80 percent of girls ages 14-16 have received at least one of the three recommended doses of the vaccine. In the U.S., the same-dosage rate for girls ages 13-17 is 57.3 percent.


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Balotelli is a top January target for Milan president Silvio Berlusconi.
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"Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone-we find it with another.
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them."
-Thomas Merton, a 20th century American Catholic writer.
A Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, he was a poet, social activist and student of comparative religion.
He wrote more than 70 books, mostly on spirituality.


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|Apple, Altius, Hipmunk, Thrutu, Transphorm, Room 77, & More Xconomy News
|Wade Roush
Time for the twice-monthly roundup of the major stories I've been pursuing for Xconomy San Francisco. While I was personally intrigued by the iPad 2 debut this week, there was so much other big stuff happening -- including some interesting company and product launches and funding rounds -- that I hardly had time to attend to the Apple news. Here's what was keeping me busy, in reverse chronological order:
* In my March 4 column, I shared the specs for an as-yet-unbuilt tablet application that I'd like to see someone create; it depends on cameras, so it would be perfect for the iPad 2. It's a consumer-oriented app called "Leonardo's Notebook" that would allow users to emulate the Renaissance master by collecting and curating multimedia materials in digital journals. If you're a mobile developer in search of a cool project, have at it!
* Our phones have changed a lot in the last few decades, but the experience of making a call really hasn't. A new Silicon Valley startup called Thrutu introduced an app for Android phones that lets users exchange photos, maps, location data without interrupting a call and without switching apps. I'm waiting for the iPhone version of the Thrutu app, which is supposedly coming later this year; the startup is owned by UK-based wireless equipment maker Metaswitch.
* Alas, I didn't get an invitation to Apple's iPad 2 unveiling in San Francisco on March 2, but I followed the live blogs (Engadget's was the best, as usual). Afterward I went back to compare the actual specs for the iPad 2 to a list I published in January of the features I thought should be added to the device. Turns out that Apple delivered on at least a couple of them.
* I put together an in-depth analysis of Altius Education, the venture-backed, San Francisco-based company working to reinvent the community college experience through an online program called Ivy Bridge College. Founder and CEO Paul Freedman told me how the company has managed to raise graduation and transfer rates at Ivy Bridge to about 60 percent, far above the national average of 20 percent at two-year colleges.
* For a while now my default flight search choice has been Hipmunk, which has a cool interface that displays the most convenient flight options on a single page. This week the Y Combinator-based startup unveiled a hotel search service that uses some very slick map-related visualization tricks to categorize hotel options in hundreds of cities by price, quality, and proximity to the fun stuff.
* Did you know that there's a weather insurance company in San Francisco that sends checks to farmers automatically after extreme weather episodes? I didn't, but it turns out it was founded five years ago by a couple of ex-Googlers. Google Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and a syndicate of other investors announced that they had put $42 million into the company's Series B round.
* I published the second part of a two-part column called "Seven Questions That Will Decide Mobile's Future." I wrote these two columns as a kind of personal study guide for Xconomy's upcoming Mobile Madness 2011 forum in Boston on March 9, but hopefully they'll be useful to other readers as well. It's a pretty long read, so I also put together an Instapaper-friendly single-page version of the two columns together.
* I love to travel, and I also love digital mapping tools, so I was really impressed by the way new startup Room 77 uses Google Earth to give prospective hotel guests a simulated view out the window of every room in 500 hotels. The company's service is sort of like SeatGuru for hotels, allowing you to preview (but not yet reserve) specific rooms within the hotels it has indexed.
* Mark Zuckerberg isn't the only super-smart twenty-something CEO in Palo Alto. I've been following Box.net's Aaron Levie for a while now, and he gave me the inside story of Box.net's recent $48 million fundraising round, announced February 24. Unlike many other Web 2.0 startups, Box.net needs some serious capital to grow, given that it needs actual data centers to support its cloud-based system for business document sharing.
* An outrageous fraction of the electricity generated by power plants -- something like 10 percent -- is lost during AC-to-DC conversion before the power gets to our computers and other appliances. There's a company in Goleta, CA, called Transphorm that's been working for years on gallium nitride-based electronics for far more efficient power converters; the company came out of stealth mode on February 23 and announced that it had collected $20 million in a round led by Google Ventures, which gave me the occasion to write a long feature.
* There's a San Mateo, CA, startup called BookRenter that's giving Chegg a run for its money in the college textbook rental market. I wrote about the company's recent $40 million fundraising round and got a close look from CEO Mehdi Maghsoodnia at the company's computational strategy, which involves treating book rentals as if they were microloans.
* I wrote a quick update on Traackr, a Boston-born startup that helps marketers identify influential social-media users. The company is raising Series A funding from Bay Area investors and is the latest startup to join the ongoing trickle of Boston-area startups to San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
* Not new but possibly useful: I created an Instapaper-friendly single-page version of my three-part January series, "Inside Google's Age of Augmented Humanity."
Thanks for reading. I'm off to Boston for the week; I'll hit you with another update around March 19.
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Moody's Revises Down G-20 Growth Forecasts as Austerity Bites
Moody's Investors Service (MCO) lowered its forecasts for economic growth in the Group of 20 nations, citing budget cuts and financial-market uncertainty.
Real gross domestic product growth for the G-20 as a whole will be about 2.7 percent in 2012, 3 percent in 2013 and 3.3 percent in 2014, Moody's said in a report published today. For the advanced economies in the group, growth next year will be about 0.5 percentage points lower than forecast in August. While growth in emerging economies will outpace that of developed nations, prospects there have also moderated, the ratings company said.
"In the G-20 advanced economies, we expect only a gradual strengthening in growth over the coming two years," Moody's said in the report, an update to its Global Macro Risk Outlook. "Fiscal consolidation and volatility in financial markets will continue to weigh on business and consumer confidence, while heightened uncertainty hampers spending, hiring and investment decisions."
Major economies from the U.S. to China are facing headwinds as Europe still struggles to overcome the sovereign debt crisis. As the U.S. faces the so-called fiscal cliff, which without a political deal would result in growth-choking tax increases and spending cuts, countries including Spain and Italy are embarking on austerity measures to rein in budget deficits.
'Slow Progress'
"The slow progress in tackling structural issues has contributed to weak economic recoveries from the 2008-2009 recession in advanced economies," Moody's said in the report. "The risks to our forecasts remain skewed to the downside."
Uncertainty surrounding the U.S. fiscal outlook continues to pose a significant risk to global growth, according to the report. Policy makers need to balance reducing the national debt by fiscal tightening and preserving fragile economic growth, it said.
While action from the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve helped mollify the financial crisis in its first years, expanded balance sheets now are beginning to pose risks of their own, Moody's said.
"Inflation is a monetary phenomenon, and so by expanding the provision of central bank reserves and increasing the stock of narrow money there is a risk that inflation could pick up sharply in the future," it said. "The reliance on previously untested policies and transmission mechanisms increases the uncertainty around future economic prospects."
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SAN PEDRO GARZA GARCIA, Mexico--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Axtel, S.A.B. de C.V. ("AXTEL" or "the Company"), a leading Mexican fixed-line integrated telecommunications company, announced today its unaudited fourth quarter results ended December 31, 2012(1).
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- On January 31, 2013, AXTEL successfully completed the execution of its recapitalization plan, divesting 883 tower sites for $249 million, and exchanging existing debt for new secured and convertible debt and a cash payment. On a pro forma basis, as of December 31, 2012, AXTEL reduced its net debt leverage ratio from 4.0x to 2.4x.
- During the fourth quarter, AXTEL reinforced its productivity initiatives by downsizing its organization in approximately 1,350 collaborators, which will be reflected in savings of approximately 15% on its personnel expenses. AXTEL will now have a leaner and more focused organization concentrated in the implementation of its key strategic initiatives.
- On January 30, 2013, the Company launched its "AXTEL TV" pay television service in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. This represents a key step in AXTEL´s competitive position in the mass market segment. AXTEL TV's image quality and innovative features are the result of the capacity and reliability of the Company's end-to-end fiber network.
- AXTEL's operating performance in the fourth quarter was negatively impacted by certain extraordinary expenses, as well as lost revenues due to the uncertainty surrounding the successful execution of its recapitalization plan. This revenue loss is expected to be gradually recovered as the recapitalization plan was successfully completed.
For a complete version of the 4Q12 Earnings Release, please visit: www.axtel.com.mx
1) We are presenting financial information based on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in nominal pesos for the following periods:
- Consolidated income statement information for the three-month periods ending on December 31 and September 30, 2012, and December 31, 2011; and twelve-month period ending on December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, and
- Balance sheet information as of December 31, 2012 and 2011; and September 30, 2012.
About AXTEL
Axtel is a Mexican telecommunications company with a significant growth in the broadband segment, and one of the leading companies in information and communication technologies solutions in the corporate, financial and government sectors. The Company serves all market segments -corporate, financial, government, wholesale and residential with the most robust offering of integrated communications services in Mexico. Its world-class network consists of different access technologies like fiber optic, fixed wireless access, point to point and point to multipoint links, in order to offer solutions tailored to the needs of its customers.
AXTELCPO trades on the Mexican Stock Exchange since 2005. AXTEL's American Depositary Shares are eligible for trading in The PORTAL Market, a subsidiary of the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.
Visit AXTEL's Investor Relations Center on www.axtel.com.mx


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|Romance . Comedy . Drama
Tasha takes steps to prove to Pookie that she's dedicated to him while simultaneously struggling with her attraction to Rick. Meanwhile, Keira and Blue address the aftermath of their New York encounter after constantly running into each other in San Diego.
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Mowry herself is charming and capable, and Wendy Raquel Robinson has some fine moments as the mother-manager, but it's clear that "The Game" is to be played on the surface of these potentially interesting lives.Chicago Tribune Full Review
Where "The Game" botches its "Game" plan, though, is in writing punch lines that are much too broad, and in casting men who are more convincing in their roles and relationships than the women.New York Daily News Full Review
It just isn't funny. At all. Ever.USA Today Full Review
Despite the lethargic story and jokes that rarely elicit more than polite chuckles from the studio audience, "Game" is not without potential.The Hollywood Reporter Full Review
"The Game" is such a predictable drag, it's hard to keep your eyes on it. It's like watching traffic or a catnap or a Bunsen burner.Chicago Sun-Times Full Review
"The Game" feels pretty artificial.Variety Full Review
"The Game" lacks the relationships that made "Girlfriends" a qualified UPN hit and the comedy to make it much of anything for The CW.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Full Review
The network may have a new name, but it's presenting the same old desperate, low-budget foolishness.Philadelphia Inquirer Full Review
Unfortunately, it doesn't come close to matching [Girlfriends'] appeal.Seattle Post-Intelligencer Full Review
"The Game" commits all the sins you can imagine in a poorly conceived sitcom. It goes for laughs and sap, the world's most dangerous and noxious combination. It's also not funny, believable, interesting or... inspired.San Francisco Chronicle Full Review
A groaner from beginning to end.Newsday Full Review
This new CW series cranks out brash jokes that evaporate upon hitting the air, winds them into situations where women submit to their men, and leaves no aftertaste when it's gone. It's on TV, but it's never truly on.Boston Globe Full Review
A light-as-a-feather new sitcom.Los Angeles Times Full Review
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As the heat turns on way before the beginning of the official summer of 2011 (we ain't complaining though!), time for some of the Caribbean stuff. Mango, fruits and citrus with some of the oomph of Basmati and some of the ouch of jalapeno roasted grilled chicken..
Mango-pineapple and pepper Chicken Rice salad: Recipe adapted from The NYtimes.
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 2-inch chunks . You can use the regular breasts too
1/4 cup finely chopped scallions
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro stems
One smallish onion. Sliced
1 big tomato. Sliced
One red bell pepper
One green pepper
1 big jalapeno sliced thinly.
1 large mango, cut into small cubes (or use 2 small mangoes).
1/2 a cup of chunked pineapple.
1/4 cup or a bit less of almonds or cashews. optional!
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon light brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 tbsf Worcestershire sauce
A pinch cayenne
2 tbsf olive oil
Let the parrty begin :) Hey we have all the colors and all the oomphs and ahh's. So it is got to be a party :)
Prepare Basmati according to package directions. Plate it on the salad dish, once done.
In a small bowl, stir together the brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper and cayenne. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the cashews and sugar-spice mixture to the skillet; cook, stirring, until nuts are golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape nuts into a bowl.
Wipe out skillet with a paper towel. Season chicken all over with salt and remaining 1 teaspoon pepper. Return skillet to medium-high heat and add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Add scallions and cilantro stems; cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add garlic, jalapeno and chicken. Cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is golden and cooked through, about 12 minutes. Add the onion and peppers and saute for another minute Pour in the Worcestershire and cook, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan, about 1 minute.
Remove pan from heat and immediately add nuts, mango, tomato, vinegar and cilantro leaves. Taste and adjust seasonings, if necessary. Serve over the bed of Basmati
Have it with some margarita...summer is just begining :)
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What is the "What We Know" Project?
The "What We Know" Project is an online research portal based at Columbia Law School that marks a path-breaking convergence of scholarship, public policy and new media technology. Focusing on several pressing public policy debates, What We Know brings together in one place the preponderance of scholarly evidence that informs these debates so that policymakers, journalists, researchers and the public can make truly informed decisions about what policies and positions best serve the public interest.
How are the studies for the site chosen?
The studies are selected by the project staff, with the input of scholarly subject matter experts from universities across the U.S. and abroad, and with the counsel of the board of advisors. We use a strict set of criteria for credibility, relevance and usefulness. All studies must be peer-reviewed, published in a scholarly journal, and directly relevant to the policy question at hand. For more on our selection methodology, click here.
Who Operates the "What We Know" Project?
What We Know is a project of Columbia Law School. Its Director is Dr. Nathaniel Frank, an historian of American social and public policy. Its Principal Investigator is Katherine Franke, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School. It is governed by a distinguished Board of Advisors. Our bios appear below.
Faculty and Staff
Nathaniel Frank, Ph.D., Project Director
Nathaniel Frank is an internationally recognized authority on LGBT public policy, having spent 15 years studying the "don't ask, don't tell" policy restricting service by LGB people in the U.S. military. He has been a consulting research and communications strategist for LGBT organizations, including the University of California's Palm Center and the Movement Advancement Project. Author of Unfriendly Fire, considered the definitive book on "don't ask, don't tell," Dr. Frank served as an expert witness in two successful Constitutional challenges to the law in federal courts, and met with President Obama to discuss the policy weeks before it ended. He has appeared on "The Daily Show," the Rachel Maddow Show and others, and he is a frequent contributor to Slate. His writings have also appeared in the New York Times, New York Magazine, Washington Post, Huffington Post, The Atlantic, The New Republic, USA Today, Los Angeles Times and elsewhere, including the Philadelphia Inquirer, his hometown newspaper.
Katherine Franke, Principal Investigator
ine Franke is the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, where she directs the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law. She is among the nation's leading scholars in the area of feminism, sexuality and race. In the last 25 years she has authored briefs in cases addressing HIV discrimination, forced sterilization, same-sex sexual harassment, gender stereotyping, and transgender discrimination in the Supreme Court and other courts. In 2011 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Professor Franke is on the Executive Committee for Columbia's Institute for Research on Women and Gender, and the Center for Palestine Studies.
Ali Talan, Research Assistant
Ali Talan is a doctoral student in the Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Her practitioner experience is in program design and evaluation, with a focus on sexual health practices among LGBTQ youth. Her research interests focus on risk behaviors during adolescence and the transition into adulthood; health disparities in sexual minorities; HIV prevention; and the relationship between mental and sexual health. She is an Executive Committee member for the Tulane Society for Sexuality, Health and Gender.
Board of Advisors
Philip Cohen
Philip Cohen is professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has conducted extensive research on families, gender, work, and inequality. He has consulted with the U.S. Census Bureau on household measurement issues, as well as publishing in demography and sociology journals on these questions. His book, The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change, was published in 2014. In addition to scholarly articles, his work has appeared in the New York Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Atlantic, Boston Review, and elsewhere. He is the co-editor of Contexts magazine, and has served on the boards of the Population and Family sections of the American Sociological Association.
Naomi Goldberg
Naomi Goldberg is a policy specialist at the LGBT Movement Advancement Project (MAP), where she leads the organization's LGBT movement research analyses and also conducts research in support of MAP's public policy work. Prior to joining MAP, Ms. Goldberg was the 2008-2010 Peter J. Cooper Public Policy Fellow at the Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, where her research focused on adoption and foster care, domestic partner benefits, and the issues affecting older LGBT Americans. She received a Master of Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and graduated magna cum laude from Mount Holyoke College. Her work has been published in the Journal of Health Psychology, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Journal of Family Theory & Review, PolicyMatters, Michigan Journal of Public Affairs, and TaxNotes.
Diane Mazur
Diane Mazur is Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Florida and former Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. She serves as adviser to the National Institute of Military Justice, Senior Editor for the Journal of National Security Law and Policy and Legal Co-Director of the Palm Center. In 2010, she published A More Perfect Military: How the Constitution Can Make Our Military Stronger with Oxford University Press. Previously, Professor Mazur served as an aircraft and munitions maintenance officer in the US Air Force.
Kimberly Mutcherson
Kimberly Mutcherson is Vice-Dean and Professor of Law at Rutgers School of Law-Camden. Her scholarly work focuses on issues at the intersection of health law, bioethics, and family law with a particular interest in assisted reproduction and the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Her writing has appeared in the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, Harvard Journal of Law & Gender, Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, Nevada Law Journal, Minnesota Law Review Headnotes, and Yale Journal of Law and Feminism. Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty in 2002, she served as a Kirkland & Ellis Fellow at the HIV Law Project (HLP), where she focused on impact litigation and policy work for underrepresented populations. Professor Mutcherson is an associate with the Center for Children and Childhood Studies at Rutgers–Camden and, in 2006-07, was a fellow with the Rutgers Institute for Research on Women/Institute for Women's Leadership Interdisciplinary Seminar on Health and Bodies. She has also served as a board member for the Women's Law Project in Philadelphia. She is a faculty advisor for OutLaws, Rutgers' association for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender law students and the Black Law Students Association. She received the Center for Reproductive Rights Innovation in Scholarship Award in 2013, the Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award in 2011, and the Women's Law Caucus Faculty Appreciation Award in 2011 & 2014.
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