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12 U.S. Code § 342 - Deposits; exchange and collection; member and nonmember banks or other depository institutions; charges
Any Federal reserve bank may receive from any of its member banks, or other depository institutions, and from the United States, deposits of current funds in lawful money, national-bank notes, Federal reserve notes, or checks, and drafts, payable upon presentation or other items, and also, for collection, maturing notes and bills; or, solely for purposes of exchange or of collection may receive from other Federal reserve banks deposits of current funds in lawful money, national-bank notes, or checks upon other Federal reserve banks, and checks and drafts, payable upon presentation within its district or other items, and maturing notes and bills payable within its district; or, solely for the purposes of exchange or of collection, may receive from any nonmember bank or trust company or other depository institution deposits of current funds in lawful money, national-bank notes, Federal reserve notes, checks and drafts payable upon presentation or other items, or maturing notes and bills: Provided, Such nonmember bank or trust company or other depository institution maintains with the Federal Reserve bank of its district a balance in such amount as the Board determines taking into account items in transit, services provided by the Federal Reserve bank, and other factors as the Board may deem appropriate: Provided further, That nothing in this or any other section of this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting a member or nonmember bank or other depository institution from making reasonable charges, to be determined and regulated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, but in no case to exceed 10 cents per $100 or fraction thereof, based on the total of checks and drafts presented at any one time, for collection or payment of checks and drafts and remission therefor by exchange or otherwise; but no such charges shall be made against the Federal reserve banks.
Source(Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 13 (par.), 38 Stat. 263; Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 461, 39 Stat. 752; June 21, 1917, ch. 32, § 4,40 Stat. 235; Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, title II, § 203(a),49 Stat. 704; Pub. L. 96–221, title I, § 105(a),Mar. 31, 1980, 94 Stat. 139.)
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Section is comprised of the first par. of section 13 of act Dec. 23, 1913. The second par., par. (3), and the fourth to eighth and tenth to fourteenth pars. of section 13 are classified to sections 92, 343 to 347, 347c, 347d, 361, 372, and 373 of this title.
For decision by U.S. Supreme Court that, despite faulty placement of quotation marks, act Sept. 7, 1916, placed within section 13 of act Dec. 23, 1913, each of the ten pars. located between the phrases that introduced the amendments to sections 13 and 14 of said act, that only the seventh par. (rather than seventh to tenth pars.) comprised the amended R.S. § 5202, and that section 20 of act Apr. 5, 1918 (40 Stat. 512) (which amended R.S. § 5202 comprised of a single par.), did not amend section 13 of said act so as to repeal the eighth to tenth pars., see United States National Bank of Oregon v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc., et al., 508 U.S. 439, 113 S.Ct. 2173, 124 L.Ed. 2d 402 (1993). As the result of subsequent amendments, such seventh to tenth pars. of section 13 now constitute the ninth to twelfth pars. The ninth par. amended former section 82 of this title, and the tenth to twelfth pars. are classified to sections 361, 92, and 373, respectively, of this title.
1980—Pub. L. 96–221inserted references to other depository institutions and provisions respecting applicability to other items presented for payment, and substituted provisions setting forth items to constitute required balance to include items in transit, Federal Reserve bank services, and other appropriate factors, for provisions requiring the balance to be sufficient to offset items in transit held for the account of the bank.
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Section 203(a) of act Aug. 23, 1935, changed name of Federal Reserve Board to Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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- " This hostel was great! The atmosphere of the hostel allows you to feel at peace in the hustle and bustle of Marrakech's main square. During the day, it was easy to relax while at night the hostel came alive with travelers enjoying each other's company. Every staff member at this hostel was unbelievable helpful and welcomed us into the hostel as if it were a home away from home. I'd highly recommend this hostel to anyone traveling through Marrakech. "
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NEW YORK (AP) - Mariano Rivera pitched a perfect eighth inning in his final All-Star appearance, Jose Bautista, J.J. Hardy and Jason Kipnis drove in runs to back a night of pulsating pitching, and the American League beat the National League 3-0 Tuesday night to stop a three-year losing streak.
Ten pitchers combined a three-hitter and the 43-year-old Rivera, who is retiring at the end of the season, remained unscored on in nine All-Star innings. The only older pitcher to appear in an All-Star game was 47-year-old Satchel Paige.
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Pros: This is probably the best vehicle I have ever owned. Plenty of power with 3.0 liter engine. Very good fuel mileage at highway speeds. The interior is the most comfortable ever for a 6+ footer. Great visibility throughout. Lots of accessories and everything works.
Cons: The paint is starting to fade--clearcoat is coming off. Some Chrysler models the paint just peeled off in sheets. Had oil leaks which are common with this engine. Has no air bags or ABS. The dash/guages arrangement is a little dated. The extra seats are easily removed but are very heavy, a 2-man job. Most oil leaks are from the overhead camshaft seals.
Overall review: I bought this van in 1998 with 123,000 miles. I do a lot of my own work, but nothing major. For traveling you can't beat an extended minivan. This van has 15" tires, not real common in early minivans. Probably accounts for the great ride. The engine has performed flawless, although now it needs valve seals as it is starting to emit smoke after long idle periods when taking off. The CV joints are another area of attention as the boots dry out/crack and need to be replaced or the joint will fail. Most people replace the entire axel when only the boot is required. A great van with many miles left. Have met people with over 200k and no engine problems. This one has 185k and still going strong. I love it!
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Cons: The 3.0L engine has a rubber timing belt, which if it snaps, will result in bent valves. Computer problems have occured recently which causes the check engine light to come on with no error code stored.
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This volunteering travel package enables participants to provide education, care and empowerment to the communities they visit. Working in local schools, volunteers offer much needed support to local teachers, adding to the children's' educational experience by instructing classes while helping to develop students' positive attitudes about personal hygiene and school attendance. Working in local schools gives volunteers a chance to meet regularly with local children and their families. When schools are not in session, volunteers utilise resources to run independent classes in English and Math. Volunteers also teach at special schools for mentally challenged children, providing much needed emotional support and teaching educational and vocational skills. For those volunteers with a professional interest in education, this opportunity offers a chance to hone skills in a unique environment.
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1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons molasses, preferably blackstrap
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
5 teaspoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons canola oil, divided
1 pound pork tenderloin, trimmed, halved lengthwise, and cut into 1/4-inch-thick pieces
1 medium onion, slivered
1 medium red bell pepper, thinly sliced
3 cups mung bean sprouts
1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
Mix the broth, soy sauce, molasses, and pepper in a bowl. Transfer 2 tablespoons of the mixture to a smaller bowl and stir in the cornstarch until combined.
Cook the pork in 1 tablespoon of oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir frequently and cook about 2-3 minutes or until most of the pink is gone. Transfer to a plate.
Raise the heat to medium-high, add the remaining oil, onion, bell pepper, sprouts, and ginger, and cook for 3 minutes. Add in the broth mixture and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Decrease the heat to medium, add the cornstarch mixture and pork, and cook about 1 minute or until slightly thickened.
Calories: 280 cal
Total fat: 10g
Saturated fat: 1g
Monounsaturated fat: 5g
Cholesterol: 74mg
Sodium: 504mg
Potassium: 957mg
Carbohydrate: 21g
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If you build it they may not come. If you promote it, you may not retain them. If you retain them, you may never make money. Rapid industry maturation is dragging companies into an interdisciplinary battle to run their businesses effectively, or get left behind. Simply put, to remain competitive, a skillful 360-degree approach to running an app business is required. And it all needs to be measurable. Listen to a panel comprised of some of the most successful apps in mobile today to learn how they play to win in the hyper-competitive mobile app marketplace.
Lou Fasulo, Chief Operating Officer, Z2Live
Michael Bayle, SVP and General Manager, ESPN Mobile
Philippe Browning, VP, Advertising and Operations, CBS Interactive
Peter Farago, Vice President of Marketing, Flurry
Delighting the Developer: Designing Cloud Services That Work
Developers are tough customers when it comes to interface and functionality as they know what is possible. An emerging class of cloud services that are powering mainstream consumer applications like Box.net, Path or Instagram, are delivering unprecedented ease-of-use, ease-of-access and ease-of-administration. Join investor Navin Chaddha and experts from Cocoafish, Urban Airship and others as we discuss ways in which to delight the developer.
Mike Goff, Co-Founder & CEO, Cocoafish (acquired by Appcelerator)
Scott Kveton, CEO, Urban Airship
Brian Wong, Founder & CEO, Kiip
Navin Chaddha, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Designing for the Mobile Brain
Is your mobile app designed to meet a core human needs? This panel of behavioral experts and practitioners discuss what makes us tick and how to use what they've learned to build better mobile tech. The panel will discuss the latest in persuasive technology and how to create user habits to make indispensable products.
Josh Elman, Principal, Greylock
Jason Hreha, Founder & Product/Behavior Designer, Dopamine
Amy Jo Kim, Game Designer
Nir Eyal, Behavior Engineer and Blogger, NirAndFar
New Design Paradigms for Getting Work Done in the Real World
Getting work done in the post-PC world requires true design innovation. It's not just about resizing for smaller screens or scanning analog files into digital ones. It requires us to fundamentally re-think how people work and get things done on all types of computing devices. This panel will explore the opportunities and challenges of making the familiar new again by designing for mobile first. Whether it's getting work done on tablets using the core office apps we're familiar with on the desktop, creating an entirely new way to experience and interact with the sales process, or making everyday parts of work like finding colleagues, booking rooms and managing sales collateral truly mobile and in-the-moment, our panelists will share their experiences in innovating for the post-PC workplace.
Dan McCall, Co-founder & Chief Product Officer, Taptera
Sam Lawrence, CEO and Co-founder, Crushpath
Jay Zaveri, VP Product & Marketing, CloudOn
Devindra Hardawar, National Editor and Lead Mobile Writer, VentureBeat
|12:00 – 1:25
|Hosted Lunch by Pontiflex
First Floor: Ralston Room
Second Floor: Twin Peaks
|1:25 – 4:30
|Second Floor Napa Room
Animoca Lounge
Come network, recharge your devices and hang out.
Also, refresh yourself with beer from 2:30-4:30 PM daily.
|1:25 – 2:20
Breakout Sessions/Round Tables
Using Social Graphs to Drive Mobile App Discovery and Engagement
This session will focus on using the social graph to drive discovery, vitality and engagement of mobile apps. We will learn best practices from execs from social platform companies as well as app companies who have successfully used social graphs to build huge, engaged user bases.
Gustaf Alstromer, Vice President of Growth, Voxer
Marco DeMiroz, President & CEO, PlayFirst Inc.
Chris Akhavan, VP and GM of Partnerships and Strategic Operations, TapJoy
Suli Ali, Co-Founder & CEO, TinyCo
Ajay Chopra, General Partner, Trinity Ventures
No More Ugly Enterprise Apps
Corporate IT is the largest software company in the world-but man, are those apps ugly! The cost of an "ugly" app is actually quite expensize. Consider the following: low adoption rates, abandoned environments, employee frustration and the risk of enterprises face by employees taking matters into their own hands by circumventing the firewall. During this panel the participants will discuss what enterprise users now expect in terms of user experience, app functionality, etc. in order to ensure wide adoption and success.
Mikkel Svane, CEO, Zendesk
Ketan Anjaria, Founder, CardFlick
Jaan Orvet, Head of Creative, Nansen
Tim Lee, Partner, Sequoia Capital
Jeff Haynie, Co-Founder & CEO, Appcelerator
Contextual Design: Creating the Anytime Everywhere Experience
Interaction with applications and Websites can happen everywhere and anytime. Understanding who your use is, is only half the battle – You need to know how they will be using it, where they are and what they want at the moment in time. Screen size isn't the only thing that is different about mobile experience. Are they walking through the aisle of your store, comparing the price with an online retailer? Learn how contextual design can help enhance your experience. Find out how other companies are beginning to explore these kinds of interactions.
Ron Rogowski, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
Lori Kirkland, President, Neurodesign Inc.
Mike Mohageg, VP of User Experience, Oracle
Erik Loehfelm, Executive Director of UX, Universal Mind
YouWeb Companies: Financing and Strategic Partnership Opportunities
YouWeb, the technology incubator famous for kicking off successful gaming companies like OpenFeint and CrowdStar, is hosting two part breakout sessions. In the first of the session, VCs and angel investors will be able to hear from early stage YouWeb portfolio companies looking to raise capital. The second part of this session is focused on YouWeb portfolio companies looking to make strategic partnerships. YouWeb was founded by serial entrepreneur Peter Relan, who has served as a Silicon Valley executive, angel investor, and technology veteran for over 20 years.
Session 1
Phoenix Guild, Spaceport.io, Flit, Pluto Games
Session 2
CrowdStar, iSwifter, Insta Poker, Joypad
Peter Relan, Founder & Chairman, YouWeb
|2:20 – 2:30
|Transition Downstairs to Main Ballroom
|2:30 – 2:55
|Grand Ballroom
Fireside Chat
Nailing It: Determining a Cross Branded UI/UX in a World of Passionate Sports Fans
This session with Michael Bayle will focus on how to build a unified mobile integrated branded UI/UX across multi-platforms, with multiple applications. Bayle will highlight ESPN's learnings about sports fans, as the company maintains its mission to serve fans anytime, anywhere. ESPN's fans are extremely passionate about the players, teams and leagues that ESPN connects them to. Do it right, and they'll tattoo brands on their body. Do it wrong and they'll send you to the showers.
Michael Bayle, SVP and General Manager, ESPN Mobile
Rich Wong, Partner, Accel
|2:55 – 3:35
|Grand Ballroom
MobileBeat Tablet App Competition
With the emergence of tablets as such as powerful force in mobile, we're holding our first-ever tablet oriented competition. From over 250 applicants, we've selected five finalists who will show how they are taking advantage of larger touchscreens and innovating beyond smartphone design. We are excited to pick the Tablet App winner who will show the world why tablets are an exciting new computing platform, and not just a fad.
Companies Presenting
iTravel, Nukotoys, Ahead, Watchup, Spectralmind
Meghan Kelly, Writer, VentureBeat
Laura Diaz, Associate Director of New Market Development, Verizon Wireless
Tim Lee, Partner, Sequoia Capital
Steve Schlenker, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, DN Capital
Doug Renert, Co-Founder, Tandem Capital
Marc Kleinmaier, Head of Operator Ecosystem for North America, Nokia
|3:35 – 3:55
Afternoon Coffee Break Hosted by Animoca
|3:55 – 4:20
|Grand Ballroom
Fireside Chat
Art of Simplicity: The Cornerstone for Successful Mobile Social Commerce
Manish and Meghan will talk about the recent trends in social mobile commerce, and what are the driving factors behind the space. Key take aways will be: Crossing the chasm between web and mobile to build a breakout experience. Driving lasting social engagement on mobile to generate revenue, not just comments. Positioning your product to build passionate not passive users.
Manish Chandra, Founder & CEO, Poshmark
Meghan Kelly, Writer, VentureBeat
|4:20 – 4:35
|Grand Ballroom
Fireside Chat
Mobile app developers focus so much on user acquisition velocity to rank at the top of the charts that monetization is often considered "drag." W3i will help us explore the possibilities of grasping velocity while at the same time not losing sight of monetization. They will also reveal what appropriate Average Revenue Per Daily Active User, ARPDAU, Benchmarks are for iOS and Android so that you'll know when to celebrate once your mobile app starts to generate significant revenue.
Robert Weber, Co-Founder, W3i
Matt Marshall, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, VentureBeat
|4:35 – 5:00
|Grand Ballroom
Fireside Chat
Mobile Messaging: How to Push It Real Good
Push notifications can make a huge difference to app usage and customer retention. Combined with location awareness, it also gives marketers a powerful set of tools for targeting customers. The trick is knowing how and when to use these tools appropriately. Urban Airship's Scott Kveton knows a thing or two about this, as his company has delivered over 20 billion push notifications on behalf of the app developers it serves. We'll talk with Scott about "good push," location-based services, monetization, and the role design plays in mobile apps.
Scott Kveton, Co-Founder & CEO, Urban Airship
Dylan Tweney, Executive Editor, VentureBeat
|5:00 – 5:25
|Grand Ballroom
Fireside Chat
Designing for Your Ears
How do you design a best in mobile experience when the primary use case is for the ears? This session will explore how Pandora has scaled, monetized and designed for mobile, achieving cross-platform success with a laser focus on the product.
Tom Conrad, Chief Technology Officer, Pandora
Dylan Tweney, Executive Editor, VentureBeat
|5:25 – 5:30
|Grand Ballroom
Closing Remarks
Meghan Kelly, Writer, VentureBeat
Jolie O'Dell, Writer, VentureBeat
|6:00 – 8:00
|Opening Happy Hour Hosted at Zynga Headquarters
After a day of panels and high-level discussion, come unwind with us with hosted food, drink, great networking and entertainment. Meet the people behind your favorite Zynga games as well as senior executives from other leading mobile, social media and technology firms. Shuttle service will be provided from the Palace Hotel to Zynga Headquarters.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
|8:00 – 9:15
|First Floor Regency Foyer
Registration & Continental Breakfast
|9:15 – 9:20
|Grand Ballroom
General Opening Remarks
Matt Marshall, CEO & Editor in Chief, VentureBeat
|9:20 – 9:45
|Grand Ballroom
Opening Keynote Fireside Chat
Product Decision-Making in a World Where UI/UX has Taken Over the Driver Seat
Since the arrival of the Apple iphone, consumers won't stand for anything less than a seamless, connected but also differentiated experience. Reflecting this, UI/UX has risen to a level of importance that it hasn't had before. We hear from Yves Behar, founder of Fuseproject, a design and branding firm that has worked with everyone from PayPal to Herman Miller, Jawbone, Sabi, Mint, One Laptop Per Child and See Better to Learn Better. For example, Fuseproject helped design PayPal's triangle-shape payment reader, in contrast to Square's square-shaped reader. Behar will talk about a new world that requires a holistic approach between hardware and software. But there are no reliable recipes here: Your product also has exude personality, uniqueness, and even emotion and storytelling. Imitators will die. Innovators will win.
Yves Behar, Founder, fuseproject
Matt Marshall, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, VentureBeat
|9:45 – 10:10
|Grand Ballroom
Fireside Chat
Square: Design Rules from the Inside Out
CTO of Square Bob Lee will discuss Square's determination to overcome the difficult pain points of the payments industry by focusing on simplicity in design, business strategy and even company culture and hiring. We will learn how Square's focus on simplifying the complex in all aspects of their business has empowered them to disrupt one of the most profitable and pernicious industries globally.
Bob Lee, CTO, Square
Devindra Hardawar, Lead Mobile Writer, VentureBeat
|10:10 – 10:35
|Grand Ballroom
Fireside Chat
Design and How it Can Work for You
If design is the new battleground, how do you arm yourself to win? It's about much more than hiring some design guerrillas, though they definitely help. It requires building a design-centered organization and getting all your employees to embrace creativity. Come hear thought leaders from Ideo and Sequoia Capital discuss how the best companies harness design thinking to innovate and grow.
Owen Rogers, Senior Partner, IDEO
Tim Lee, Partner, Sequoia Capital
|10:35 – 10:55
|First Floor: Regency Foyer
Morning Coffee Break Hosted by Animoca
|10:55 -11:20
|Grand Ballroom
Fireside Chat
Global consumers are embracing Tablets at an unprecedented pace and making them part of their daily lives – 65% use their tablets at least one hour per day. The touchscreen interface is driving new levels of engagement as consumers' companion device for searching, browsing and purchasing from the comfort of their couch and while watching TV. Google's head of mobile sales and strategy, Jason Spero, will discuss tablet-specific usage trends and specific media strategies to enable businesses to better connect with customers on this new platform.
Jason Spero, Head of Mobile Sales and Strategy, Google
Matt Marshall, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, VentureBeat
|11:20 – 11:40
|Grand Ballroom
Fireside Chat
Commerce: Anytime, anywhere, any way
The mobile payments market is no longer about e-commerce, m-commerce or offline commerce. It's about commerce—anytime, anywhere, any way. With the lines between online and offline commerce now blurred, what's the real opportunity in mobile? PayPal's VP of Global Product, Hill Ferguson, will discuss PayPal's "mobile-first" mentality and how to achieve simplicity in a multi-channel world; with the wallet in the cloud, any device can be the delivery mechanism, given the right user experience.
Hill Ferguson, Vice President of Global Product, PayPal
Matt Marshall, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, VentureBeat
|11:40 – 12:05
|Grand Ballroom
Fireside Chat
Designing and Optimizing for Monetization
The mobile app ecosystem is challenged by issues around retention, engagement, and monetization. All three issues are being addressed by a variety of innovations in the areas of design, virality, platform capabilities (e.g., notifications), etc. But monetization continues to lag audience. Mary Meeker called it the "mobile monetization gap" in her recent Internet Trends presentation. We'll explore why mobile monetization is lagging and what some of the smartest developers are doing to close that gap. We'll discuss various design techniques and choices developers make to drive higher monetization including designing apps for monetization.
Lars Albright, Co-Founder & CEO, Session M
Doug Garland, CRO, Shazam
Matt Murphy, Partner, KPCB
|12:05 – 1:30
|Hosted Lunch on Both Floors Hosted by Qualcomm
First Floor: Ralston Room
Second Floor: Twin Peaks
|1:25 – 4:30
|Second Floor Napa Room
Animoca Lounge
Come network, recharge your devices and hang out.
Also, refresh yourself with beer from 2:30-4:30 PM daily.
|1:30 – 2:30
Breakout Sessions/Round Tables:
Tabula Rasa "The Tablet Reset"
To what extent is the tablet leading a reset of all digital design? What makes it different and what is its significance for the delivery of services? Learn why your business is lost if you can't create a compelling tablet strategy.
Michael Spiegelman, Director of Product Innovation, Netflix
Joff Redfern, Head of Mobile Products, LinkedIn
Omar Green, Director of Strategic Mobile Initiatives, Intuit
Jason Brightman, Senior Director of User Experience, Apollo Group
Mark Curtis, Founder, Fjord
Enterprise 2.0 – The Bottoms-Up Sales Model
The BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) phenomenon into the enterprise has fostered a new trend: BYOA (Bring Your Own Apps). Instead of hiring a sales force and selling to the CIO, a new breed of simple and beautiful prosumer-targeted micro-apps are successfully penetrating the enterprise by targeting the employee. The CIO is now the Chief Reaction Officer being caught off-guard and having to deal with half their workforce already using Dropbox or other tool holding sensitive enterprise data. This panel will explore three companies that have successfully achieved a bottoms-up sales model and what tips, tricks and wisdom they can share in that journey.
John McGeachie, VP Group Accounts, Evernote
Jason Mills, Head of Support, Expensify
Nancy Ramamurthi, VP of Product Management & Marketing, TripIt
Chanse Arrington, Head of Developer and Content Marketing, NAM-Nokia
Raj Singh, Founder & CEO, Al Tempo
How Great Design Impacts Viral Growth
Mobile UX / UI design has become as important to companies as engineering. If you nail a product's design and focus on usability, the impact to growth can be substantial. Making your product pretty isn't enough. If it's not easy to use and it doesn't solve a problem, fickle consumers will abandon ship. First impressions are paramount to retention. In this session, panelists will discuss how to design products and features that increase word of mouth referrals; bridging the gap between branding and native platform design; how to understand your funnels for acquiring new users and how to improve that funnel; integrating social in the right way; and introducing viral features that reach the masses.
Eric Setton, Founder & CTO, Tango
Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen, Head of Global Mobile Business Development, Dropbox
Michael Robinette, VP of Engineering, Viddy
Devindra Hardawar, Lead Mobile Writer, VentureBeat
The Impact of Mobile Payments on Retail
As shoppers use their smartphones to bridge the gap between brick-and-mortar retailers and e-commerce, they are creating new sets of behaviors — and demanding new retail experiences. Retailers and brands are under increasing pressure to respond to this development, partnering with mobile shopping applications to drive consumer spending through mobile payments. Competition in the mobile payment space is heating up, and the winners — among apps, retailers and brands — will be largely defined by who can deliver the best user experience.
Trevor Dryer, Head of Product Management, Intuit
Paul Sun, West Coast Lead, Capital One Labs
Jim Barkow, Co-Founder & CEO, Longboard Media
Alexander Muse, CEO, ShopSavvy
Martin Giles, US Technology Correspondent, The Economist
|2:30 – 2:45
|Afternoon Coffee Hosted by Animoca & Transition Break to First Floor
|2:45 – 3:15
|MobileBeat Smartphone App Competition
Five companies will compete with their exciting, new smartphone apps — be it native or web app. Who will demonstrate the best innovation and beautiful design, interface, or overall experience? We want to see design that will make us either instantly put the app on our device's home screen.
Companies Presenting
MobileDay, Fluid Interaction, Glomper, The Good Ear, Selligy
|3:15 – 3:45
|MobileBeat Mobile Services Competition
Design isn't just skin deep — the services that power the mobile revolution can also be elegant in their architecture. You could be using a hot new programming language, or a little-used API, for example. Five Companies will compete and show us how they are creatively solving problems in mobile, and how end-users benefit.
Companies Presenting
Retailigence, Placed, push.io, AdColony, Zooz
Jolie O'Dell, Writer, VentureBeat
Laura Diaz, Associate Director of New Market Development, Verizon Wireless
David Krane, Partner, Google Ventures
Doug Renert, Co-Founder, Tandem Capital
|3:45 – 4:10
Grand Ballroom
Fireside Chat
Mobile is the Starting Point, Not an End Point
There is no doubt that mobile is a major catalyst for innovation in the enterprise software market today, with the power to reinvent every industry it touches. More than half of the connected devices in the enterprise are based outside the traditional Windows environment. Between iPads, iPhones, and Android devices, users have brought an amazing diversity of devices into the workplace, which has in turn driven the adoption of new software better suited to a mobile, connected work force. Unsurprisingly, that innovation is not coming from the entrenched providers of yesterday. Instead, innovation is coming from younger companies that have been built and designed with mobility as a first principle. In this discussion, Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box, will share his thoughts on why designing for mobile first frees software creators to look at use cases and business processes from fresh perspectives, leading to better and sometimes entirely new experiences that never would have emerged from companies that view the mobile device as just another endpoint for their software.
Aaron Levie, Founder & CEO, Box
Jolie O'Dell, Writer, VentureBeat
|4:10 – 4:15
|Grand Ballroom
General Closing Remarks
MobileBeat & GamesBeat Start Up Competition Awards Ceremony
Meghan Kelly, Writer, VentureBeat
Jolie O'Dell, Writer, VentureBeat
|4:30 – 5:30
Closing Reception Hosted by Box
Music provided by DJ Dojah – djdojah.com
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Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal
The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.
Please, if you haven't signed the petition, sign it, reblog it, ask your friends to sign it. Lets get on the ball and spread the word.
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the campground at George Wyth State Park will remain closed through the Memorial Day weekend due to flooding.
The DNR announced on Tuesday that the entire park would be closed until Saturday. Now, they say the park may re-open for day use on Monday, but the campground will be closed through the holiday weekend, and could remain closed until Wednesday.
Crews need to let the floodwater recede and then they need to check electrical boxes before re-opening.
Anyone with reservations during the affected days will receive refunds.
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Ideas | Laundry
"The scientist does not study nature because it is useful;
he studies it because he delights in it,
and he delights in it because it is beautiful."
~Henri Poincare
shiny laundromat, amsterdam
An idea surfaces. Vague, something about drawing swirlies that look like flowering ivy. As I scramble eggs, do dishes, wait in line at the post office, I ponder the possibilities. Pen nibs and inks. Directions and angles. Leaves and lines. Intersections and curves. A logical starting point.
There are little pockets of time to build upon your creative ideas. You just have to look.


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The 97737 ZIP Code is centered1 in Klamath County at latitude 43.423 and longitude -121.703. It is a standard type ZIP Code. Klamath County is in the Pacific Time Zone (UTC -8 hours) and observes daylight savings time.
ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 97737 has a land area of 25.93 sq. miles and a water area of 0.06 sq. miles for Census 2000. Demographic Profile
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ZIP Codes - Key Concepts
- ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
- The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
- In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
- ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
- ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.
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Divergence Between Gold and Miners Continues: But for How Long?
James is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
For about 18 months now there has been a sharp divergence between the price of gold and the stock price of gold miners that is unsustainable in the long run. Taking into account the massive consensus that global inflation is coming, then it might be a good idea to revisit some major gold miners during these oversold conditions to look for a long term buying opportunity.
First let me illustrate exactly what I am talking about when I say a divergence. Looking at a three year chart (Figure 1), we can see the separation began in the spring of 2011 using the Spdr Gold Trust (NYSEMKT: GLD) and Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEMKT: GDX).
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The main reason for the divergence seems to have been the slowdown in China, which had a negative effect on all basic materials stocks as a whole. For the record I am not saying this divergence is over. However, I believe it would be wise to begin evaluating companies for when miners again find themselves in the market's favor.
For other ideas on how to play the China recovery see my article Basic Materials: How to Play the Recovery.
Future macro economic conditions will benefit gold in the very long run. The reasons are many, but the majority revolve around shortsighted governmental policies that will only serve to prolong and compound the underlying problems.
Well-positioned miners with good management should benefit. But bottom calling is a scary business, which is why it's always nice to look for a company with solid value during these conditions. Fortunately this sector has been beaten down so badly that several companies are selling at what I consider bargain prices.
Barrick Gold Corp (NYSE: ABX) is the largest pure gold mining play. Looking at a long term chart (Figure 2), it's painfully obvious that ABX is currently trading at three year lows.
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However, looking over the books and the future plans for operations, I feel confident in this company's future, even without including the grim predictions of global inflation.
Allow me to sum it all up (Figure 3) with a table rather than a lengthy description.
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ABX is trading at a discount to the industry yet is positioning itself better than anyone in the sector through aggressive re-investment. When it comes to profitability they score high marks as well, with a 23.70% net profit margin for the most recent year. Compare that with an industry average of 0.16%.
Conclusion: Value, growth, and a macro-economic backdrop that should provide great opportunities for the next decade make ABX my top pick in the gold sector.
Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) is another gold mining play. But before one gets too carried away and starts snatching up gold miners left and right based on my above thesis, let's take a quick look at this company and see if it's really worth our money. Using the above table and valuations (Figure 4), let's drop Newmont into the mix and see if it stacks up against Barrick.
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Net profit margin for the most recent year was 5.20%, lower than the five year average net profit margin of 13.10%. The amount of gold mined in 2012 decreased 4% from 2011. A pathetic 2 billion has been set aside for development while M&A appears to have been put on hold. Declining operations in numerous areas will continue to decrease mining totals. Oddly the amount saved on these declining operations roughly matches the capital committed for other development meaning not a lot of genuine re-investment is happening. Governmental hurdles for increased production still remain in Suriname. Finally, if you think that the copper operations of Newmont will keep you safe think again. Copper production year over year was down around 30% from 2011 to 2012.
Conclusion: Not as much value as Barrick. Not nearly as much in the way of re-investment. Decreasing profit margins in comparison with the long term averages. An obscene payout ratio that is eating away at book value. Finally, management doesn't seem to be offering any plans to correct these problems. I would stay away.
IAMGOLD Corp (NYSE: IAG) is my small cap pick in the gold mining sector. With a recent price drop to three year lows (Figure 5) this could be a perfect opportunity to snatch up this well-run miner. This drop has placed it on my real life watch list, but I'm not quite ready to commit real money to it just yet.
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Using the same table as before (Figure 6), let's compare this small time operation to the industry leader ABX.
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On top of all this I feel compelled to point out some other highlights of this solid company that is set for great things in the future.
Year over year quarterly earnings growth of 91.60%. A five year average profit margin of 22.00%, with the most recent year at 25.00% Finally, a nearly debt free company with a LT Debt/Equity ratio of 0.17 and over $1 billion cash on hand.
Conclusion: Speculative due to the nature of a small cap stock and how easily big money can push it around. However, the value is there and if you can stomach a bit of volatility I believe this stock could reward the patient investor over the long run. Speculative long term buy and hold.
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Return to a Classic
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If you were a child of the 70's and 80's like me, you may have grown up with Free to Be... You and Me, the book and music album that Marlo Thomas produced to help families think about how to raise children free of gender stereotypes. The stories and songs are funny, thought-provoking, and touching. If you have never listened to the album, please do.
New to our collection is When We Were Free to Be, a look back the making of the original and the difference it made. During Women's History Month, I am glad to see this on the new books shelf, and I am glad to know that the original work still endures. It certainly influenced the way that I think about gender equality. It also introduced me to a whole group of fabulous women from the project including Thomas, Diana Ross, Shirley Jones, Judy Blume, Roberta Flack and Diana Sands.


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A flash mob formed outside the Legislative Building Friday to send a message through song.
The group calls itself the "NC Music Love Army."
The band formed as a result of the Moral Monday movement.
The group sand four original songs aimed at lawmakers and protesting recent legislation.
we're really trying to do is be the soundtrack for this movement, for the Moral
Monday movement," said group member Caitlin Cary. "For the legislators in that building who are doing the right
thing and standing up for what's true and good."
NC Music Love Army plans to sing again at the next Moral Monday event.
The members of NC Music Love Army are planning to release an album to raise money for various organizations involved in the protests, including Planned Parenthood.
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Cable companies hurt by fleeing video customers
The drop in business contributed to a decline in profit for Cablevision and Time Warner Cable.
Both are suffering from a loss of video subscribers.
This is a touchy subject for the industry. In fact, the mere mention of "cutting the cord" gets a brusque dismissal from executives. They'll blame a down economy. They'll blame competition from other pay-TV services. But the idea that people can get all the video they need from Netflix (NFLX), Redbox and the rest of the Internet? Simply ludicrous.
At any rate, it's looking like the dwindling of video subscribers is becoming more than a trend. Cablevision saw its third-quarter profit dive 65% as video customers fled. The company reported only 14 cents a share in profit, far below the 31 to 32 cents a share that analysts were expecting. At least revenue was on par with what analysts expected, at $1.67 billion.
The glaring problem for the company was that it lost 19,000 video customers from the previous quarter. At least the company gained 17,000 high-speed Internet customers and 38,000 voice subscribers, but they don't pay as much as the cable folks.
Cablevision shares got whacked on the news, plunging 13% to $15. The stock has now erased all gains it had made year to date.
Time Warner Cable lost 128,000 video subscribers in the quarter but gained 89,000 high-speed Internet customers. It reported $1.08-a-share in profit -- below the $1.13 per share that analysts were looking for.
Time Warner shares were down more than 3% Friday to under $63. Shares are down about 6% year to date.
The industry will be watching closely when Comcast (CMCSA) releases its earnings next week.
There's no question the economy has taken a bite out of video subscribers. New-home sales -- previously a lifeline for the business -- slowed to unimaginable levels and are only now starting to recover. And people are much more likely to give up cable than Internet when cutting expenses.
But how many of those customers are gone for good? As the Internet provides more and more alternatives to cable, how can the industry rein in defections?
"Programming costs are rising faster than video revenues," Sanford C. Bernstein, an analyst Craig Moffett, told The Wall Street Journal. "Unless there's growth somewhere else in the business model, you've got the worst of all worlds: a slow- or no-growing business with lower margins."
I am getting tired of paying to see commercials, channels that try to sell me jewelry, how to cook food, and spanish station. The cost of cable and satellite tv, one should be able to pick a dozen of their favorite channels. To say I have 100 channels sounds great but in reality I only have five or six that I'm interested in. They changed the weather channel form good to poor, the history channel from historical programs to pawn shops, and discovery to crawling around in old barns and attics. With 6,7,& 8 minutes of commercials every 15 minutes that we are paying to watch, we should get our tv FREE.
Cable TV is way overpriced, but you can also thank the greedy corporations that own the channels and what they charge Comcast/Time Warner, et al for the "privlege" of carrying their signal. The cable companies should be shoving it back at them with the "privlege" for us WANTING you to be part of our subscriber base of MILLIONS.
Going ala carte will be one way they can survive. Then people can pick what they want to watch. The problem now is with ESPN being some of the most expensive channels to broadcast, they have to package in 10 shopping channels and 5 other crap channels to help offset. If people went ala carte then they could focus their dollars to their tastes, and people who want to pay a small mint to watch ESPN and their outrageous amount of commercialization on their networks, can, and those who want to spend all day on the sofa and watch home shopping, can do so without subsidizng ESPN to everyone else.
Cable packages as a whole SUCK in value, and that is why people are leaving. I was considering it when my "intro package" expired, but when I called the cable company up and mentioned I was thinking of changing since my intro expired, it took her about 10 seconds and suddenly "I have just extended your promo pricing for another year. Enjoy 70% off again."
Make a phone call, and save a buck. They know people are leaving and will quickly adjust your overinflated bill to keep you as a customer.
Let me pick the 12 stations I want for $2 or $3 each per month (maybe a little more for those who want ESPN because it costs more). If nobody wants a certain channel, that means cable companies don't need to carry it. It would create a little competition between the content providers too because they would no longer be able to count on being part of a bundle that is forced down consumer's throats.
Essentially I think it all comes down to cost. We are in a major economy downturn with high unemployment. wage cuts, benefit cuts, ect. However the cost of cable service continues to escalate. A package that cost $80 a few years ago now will cost $120 a month or more if you want premium channels.
Our current cost for our deal is about $89 a month and quite honestly the only reason I am forking over that amount is for the broadband internet service. If it was not for that I would cancel the whole shooting match and use my old 1950's antenna. The basic plan (one I can afford) has a handful of channels, 12 I think and about 1/2 of them we don't bother watching.
Cable companies, you want your customers back, consider some MAJOR price reductions and better ways for CUSTOMERS to select their channels.
Would love some input here. I don't watch much TV, never have but I do enjoy occasional sports, The Closer is always sharp and creative and old movies. I was watching AMC the other night and it ran 11 minutes of movie followed by 4 minutes of commercials. It's the same on all channels. That's the rub. We pay through the nose for the right to get TV broadcasts and then we wind up paying to view 25% or more of the time viewing commercials.
Congress should be pressed to require minimum hourly programming time such as 50 minutes. Let the stations charge more for less commercials. I'm just fed up with this crap and I know a lot of you are as well.
Well, this certainly explains why Verizon FIOS TV has changed from the company that cares, to the company that dares (dares to squeeze every drop of blood from longtime customers). My monthly bill just increased by $20.00, and no hole to run to. Verizon has always found a way in past, but now.....expect nothing from them.
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The Open PC helps the dream of free hardware come true, and robot simulations fire the imagination.
To its pioneers, free software is a production model for a better society. Unlimited, loss-free copies mean that the only barriers to reproducing digital media are either of a legal nature or due to copy protection. Development is the only really expensive part of producing software; media prices for DVDs or Internet servers are negligible
New Business Models
Producers and vendors of proprietary software claim that they need to recoup the cost of development by selling individual copies; otherwise, they would be unable to afford the salaries that professional developers earn. Companies such as Red Hat, Novell, and many others disprove this by relying on a business model in which individual licenses do not generate turnover. In both cases, this is not strictly what the Utopian pioneers of free software had in mind, in that neither Red Hat nor Novell have foresworn profit as the maxim of trade but simply modified the process to reflect the characteristics of "software" as an asset: They no longer sell the reproducible product, but provide services related to it.
Although free software so far hasn't created a society free of material need and social imparity, it can point to measurable success that does more than benefit a couple of companies. In recent years, free software has managed to shorten the digital gap between poor and rich. An African child could soon be equipped with a laptop and a free (as in beer and freedom) Linux operating system at a price even poor governments can afford [1].
The Utopians still haven't found a conclusive answer to the question of how to apply the principle of free software to other products. Most other economic goods need raw materials, special production plants, or both. Progress in the fight against digital imparity is thus just a battle in a larger war on other material needs, and its benefits are not felt by most of humanity.
"Free Hardware" [2] applies the principles of free software to other fields. Plans for a free car, called OScar [3], and the free Sun OpenSPARC [4] CPU show that this doesn't just mean computers, although these free hardware efforts often follow a process closer to the legacy, closed model.
The Open PC
At the Gran Canaria Desktop Summit (GCDS) in July, where supporters of free desktop environments such as KDE and Gnome got together, Frank Karlitschek from Stuttgart, Germany, hit on a new idea for promoting the development of a PC optimized for Linux (Figure 1): The free software community should design a community PC. Of course, this simply means putting together free individual components rather than building them.
The motivation for the Open-PC [5] is the perception that the hardware market does not have anything satisfactory to offer users of free software. The Linux PCs offered by several major players (including Asus, Dell, and Acer) more or less rely on modified systems, thus compromising typical Linux-style individuality, often with driver problems and a lack of support, says Karlitschek.
To combat this, the Linux community should design its own PC. The advantage of the Open-PC is that its hardware would not be put together with the aim of supporting Windows (in contrast to Linux computers offered by major hardware vendors). Instead, full support for the free operating system would be the major premise, with community support to follow at a later stage. Users would also have access to an App Store with applications that would run perfectly on their Open-PCs.
Community Driven?
When this issue went to press, the Open-PC website was still in the initial planning phase, in which the community was asked to complete a survey to achieve a consensus on hard disk size, acceptable pricing, preferred desktop environment, and a number of standard programs. The roadmap envisages the next phase starting August 15 with another survey on details of software and hardware requirements.
User requirements will help ascertain which individual components are most appropriate, and if free hardware that meets these performance requirements is available, it will be preferred for price reasons. Having said this, there is not a big choice of hardware with open specifications. Of course, manufacturers without Linux support cannot be considered at all, and between these two are extremes hardware manufacturers who provide Linux support for their proprietary devices.
According to Karlitschek, Open-PC production will be starting next fall. Details of the hardware vendor who will be organizing production and sales have not been revealed, and other partners are being sought. In his talk at the Gran Canaria Desktop Summit, Karlitschek quoted a target price of US$ 300 to $400. If the survey reveals that the community's price expectations differ from this target, Karlitschek might change his mind. One also hopes that the free software community will benefit from the project financially, in that Karlitschek is looking to donate part of the profits.
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Houston, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing will reportedly miss the remainder of the season after suffering a leg injury during Sunday's game against Kansas City.
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Cushing was hurt in the third quarter of the 17-16 loss when Kansas City's Jamaal Charles went low to throw a block on the linebacker.
"It's not how many times you fall down but how many times you get back up," Cushing wrote on his Twitter account after the game. "Life is tough but I'm the toughest SOB it's ever seen. Ill be back."
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Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert are filmmakers of the Emmy Award-winning documentary A Lion in the House, a film about the lives of five American families who each have a child battling cancer. Since its release in 2006, the film has been widely used by patient advocates and health agencies to promote greater understanding of the challenges facing pediatric patients and their families. It was recently released in a DVD edition.
What has been the response to the documentary, especially its use for education and advocacy?
The DVD is packed with bonus features, including a short film updating viewers on all of the kids and their families. The film has been used in so many educational settings, we've lost count. At the same time, health care educators in many fields have asked for shorter clips for classroom use. So our team began - with major support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and SuperSibs! - tocreate from the film and its outtakes a series of targeted educational modules on selected subjects, include survivorship, health care disparities, end-of-life communication, school issues, nurse boundaries, sibling issues, and spirituality issues. Each mini-movie module comes with unique learning objectives, discussion questions, competencies, take-home points, and an in-depth resource list. The educational materials can be purchased on the Web at http://www.aquariusproductions.com.
The modules have been designed with input from a team of top experts in their respective fields, who looked at draft after draft to help us refine and improve them. They are for many audiences - medical and nursing students, residents, fellows, nurses, social workers, and others.
The module on disparities has been used to advocate for transportation support for poor families, and the school issues module has been widely used to educate school nurses and counselors on childhood cancer's impact on learning, for both children with cancer and their siblings. We are extremely gratified that many organizations in our field have embraced the film and the related modules and have found creative ways to use them.
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Wonk's Knickerbocker Storage Bed
Another Option. After posting Sean Yoo's Matera Bed With Storage this morning, we decided to go ahead and post the similar Knickerbocker model from Brooklyn-based Wonk. We were saving it to space out the two similar products, but after comments about Matera's price, we thought we'd go ahead and add it to the discussion...
Wonk's pieces are all customizable by finish and hardware. The top image shows a base platform, headboard, and two drawers (with a possible additional two drawers on the other side). The maxed-out option (most similar to the Matera queen-sized bed) will cost approximately $1775 from Wonk. Although walnut veneer is pictured, there is a wide range of finish options available, for a fully customizable bed with storage.
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That's a nice looking bed. The price is not immediately scaring me off either. I wonder if the mattress will slide on the platform, though. I guess a slip pad would solve that...
None of the recently posted storage beds come in California King which is a real bummer for us tall folks.
I put casters on my Mandal bed and it's great to sweep under or just put on a different wall for a change. Just put several under the center to support the weight.
Wow - this is exactly what I was looking for, and the price is not bad for something that is sturdy! I definitely like having the drawers inset slightly, it gives the bed a nice floating appearance rather than having it be this huge monolithic thing. I may be calling Wonk soon. . .
This is a great one, though I think the Stillwell bed is better. When I went to Wonk I was struck by the fact that the Knickerbocker bed looked better online than in person, and the Stillwell better in person than online.
I'm a big fan of their carbonized bamboo ply material.
Nice bed, but I love the bedding even more. Where can I find it?
Thanks Max — i don't specifically remember seeing the Stillwell at the DUMBO location recently, but you are correct...it looks awful online!
I could use one of these in my bedroom, storage is a key to small spaces
Wonk doesn't have the Stillwell on display in DUMBO, they have the Lowrider (I think that's the name), which is pretty much the same design without the storage. We just ordered the Stillwell (the Knickerbocker is cool, just to square for my taste) in the carbonized bamboo and now we're just waiting for it to come in. We were so much happier supporting a local Brooklyn business whose quality blows away Bo Concept/West Elm without being any more expensive.
The bedding is by Blissliving Home and can be purchased here.
A simple rug pad can be used to keep the mattress from slipping. Pottery Barn has a similar bed design (the Stratton bed, which comes in a drawer version and a basket version), and they recommended a rug pad when I was thinking of buying it.
I still think IKEA's Mandal bed is the best storage bed for the money, though.
Hey, didn't I post about the Wonk beds a week ago? ; )
I saw the Knickerbocker at Wonk in Williamsburg today. After seeing the Modulicious by Blu Dot also in person, I've decided to go with the Blu Dot product. It seems that the build quality is a bit better - not by an order of magnitude - but enough for it to be noticeable. IMHO of course.