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Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University have concluded in a survey of the wealth-creating value of home buying versus renting that the U.S. housing market is moving deeper into buy territory, suggesting that, on average, residential housing markets around the country are sound.
Based on numbers from the end of the first quarter, the latest Beracha, Hardin & Johnson Buy vs. Rent (BH&J) Index, which measures the ability to create wealth by either saving through renting and investing the proceeds or accumulating equity in an owned home, came in at a reading of slightly below zero for the first quarter. The index runs from a high of positive one, which is the highest favorable score for renting, and negative one, which is highest for home ownership. The index has been generally moving toward renting since 2013 but swung toward buying in first quarter 2016.
"In terms of wealth creation, the U.S. housing market, when considered as a whole, swung marginally more in favor of home ownership over renting a comparable property and investing monthly rent savings in a portfolio of stocks and bonds," the schools said. Overall, 16 of the 23 metropolitan markets investigated moved in the direction of buy territory.
"This appears to be driven by a steady but strengthening job market, rising rents relative to rising ownership costs and recent slower growth in traditional financial portfolios consisting of stocks and bonds," said Ken Johnson, Ph.D., a real estate economist who is one of the index's authors and an associate dean of graduate programs and professor in FAU's College of Business.
The metro areas of Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis remain solidly in buy territory.
"These cities should have room for price growth without much worry of overheating," said Eli Beracha, Ph.D., co-author of the index and assistant professor in the T&S Hollo School of Real Estate at FIU. "This is especially true for Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Detroit."
Cities such as Honolulu, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle are hovering around what the index's authors refer to as the "indifference point" between buying versus renting. In almost all of these metro markets, the BH&J Index score for the quarter moved in the direction of ownership.
"This movement suggests that most consumers in these markets appear to have learned from the real estate crash and now understand that residential property prices can get too high," Beracha said. "This is a good sign for future housing price stability in these markets."
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One particular market, Houston, continues to cause concern. Houston was already deep into rent territory, and its recent BH&J score plummeted significantly toward buy territory – a scenario that has foreshadowed noticeable property price declines in the past.
"A perfect storm seems to be developing in Houston," Johnson said. "I expect a lot of folks in Houston to be on the safe side and opt for renting over ownership."
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"This was made clear to him that whatever strategy he has to make, he will advise our captain of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh," Ahmad added.
Ahmad's statement assumes significance as it comes soon after Kishore's meetings with expelled Congress leaders Jagmeet Brar and Bir Devinder Singh. Some political observers said Kishor had possibly recommended that both the leaders should be taken back into the party, which had angered Amarinder.
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Jan-Henrik FörsterDKSH Holding AG rose the most since its initial public offering in March 2012 after the Swiss company that helps businesses expand in Asia said that Thailand, its biggest market, is improving and reported net income that beat estimates.
"DKSH managed to increase net sales in Thailand by 3 percent in local currencies compared to last year, thereby further taking market share from local competitors" in the first half, Chief Executive Officer Joerg Wolle said on a conference call today. DKSH generated about 34 percent of its net revenue in the country in the period. The shares jumped as much as 8.2 percent in Zurich.
Net income fell to 91.3 million francs ($101 million) from 102.3 million francs a year earlier, the Zurich-based company said in a statement. That beat the 87.9 million-franc average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. The first signs of a recovery in Thailand's economy are visible, it said.
"Very positive was the free cash flow improvement," Jean-Philippe Bertschy, an analyst at Bank Vontobel, said by e-mail today. "I guess the market appreciated as well that the consumer confidence in Thailand saw a trough last April, with improvements in May and June." Bertschy recommends holding the stock.
The shares climbed 6.8 percent to 68.05 francs at 1:54 p.m., valuing the company at 4.43 billion francs. Trading volume was almost three times the daily average of the past three months.
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What are the chances of getting pregnant after having sex three weeks after a c-section?
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Transmission security (TRANSEC) is the process of securing data transmissions from being infiltrated, exploited or intercepted by an individual, application or device. TRANSEC secures data as it travels over a communication medium. It is generally implemented in military and government organization networks and devices, such as radar and radio communication equipment.
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TRANSEC is part of communication security (COMSEC) and is implemented and managed through several techniques, such as burst encoding, spread spectrum and frequency hopping. Each transmission stream is secured through a transmission security key (TSK) and cryptographic algorithm. Both the TSK and algorithm enable the creation of a pseudorandom sequence on top of the transmitted data. The key goals and objectives of TRANSEC are:
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Those who have been reading along the past few months, know the situation in China in regards to copper. As a way to get around the central government's plans to try to slow down the economy, copper was being used as a form of collateral in lieu of "money". Apparently it did not take long for the government to sniff this out, and a crackdown began. Not unrelated, copper prices took it to the chin as China is the marginal buyer of everything on this Earth at this moment.
Bloomberg is now reporting that stockpiles in China of copper have potentially fallen by some 50%. And Goldman has jumped on the bandwagon reiterating a call for $11,000 per ton copper, up from the current low $9000s.
- Reuters reported that Goldman Sachs reiterated its 12 month LME Copper price forecast of USD 11,000 per tonne saying an observed large deficit in China in the month of May will add to the substantial deficit in the global copper market this year. The investment bank said it expects China's pull on copper imports to rise in the third quarter of 2011 as exchange and bonded warehouse inventories draw down to lower levels.
Now of course the push-pull here is the slowdown in global economic activity, which is obviously a drag on the need for copper. So the next 3-6 months will certainly be interesting to see if global demand or China's potential import demand are more important in pricing of the red metal.
Shorter term, we can see while equity markets have fallen off sharply of late – copper has actually been bouncing. We can also clearly see it's been pushed back at resistance twice in the past three weeks. A move over those resistance levels would be a quite positive development.
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- Copper stockpiles in China, the world's biggest consumer of the metal, may have dropped 50 percent in the past two months, potentially spurring more imports and higher prices. Inventories in bonded warehouses, used to store shipments before duties are paid, may have declined to about 300,000 metric tons, according to estimates from traders and analysts in China.
- Increased shipments into China, which represents about 40 percent of global demand, may mean a rebound in prices that fell 9.8 percent from a record in February.
- "Metal has been leaving the bonded warehouses at quite a steady pace because it is the peak-demand season," said Jia Zheng, a trader at Shanghai East Asia. "China is still growing, which is keeping demand robust."
- Three-month futures on the London Metal Exchange peaked at $10,190 per ton on Feb. 15; the metal, used in pipes and wires, traded at $9,184 a ton at 11:31 a.m. in London.
- The amount of copper held in warehouses monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange, fell 53 percent from this year's high on March 17 to 83,275 tons last week.
- Demand in China last month "was likely being met largely out of inventory, which drew massively," Goldman analysts Allison Nathan and Jeffrey Currie wrote in a June 10 report. The report stuck with a 12-month price forecast of $11,000.
- The "latest numbers from China show that the country is drawing down its domestic inventories rapidly," Tobias Merath, the Zurich-based head of global commodity research at Credit Suisse AG, wrote in a note yesterday. "China will have to step up its imports in the coming months."
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I removed two apostrophies....
(24 Posts)It's benign though. Think of it as like train spotting or stamp collecting. Should there be hyphens in there?
prism...oh, I do like hanging around with over-zealous pendants.
Yes that's it. But I do wonder if it's a trap for the over-zealous pendant. (Can there be such a thing?)
That article is brilliant. But what's the typo - just a speech mark missing from in front of 'which'? Couldn't see any others not that I looked very hard, you understand.
Is it a trap or should I point out that there's a typo on that web page???
There's an it's near me that I would like to deal with. May require tipex and the cover of night though.
Now my head is spinning!
Ha! No, I just proved it because I thought it was a typo.
No, she didn't prove it, she linked to it.
Love Muphry's Law
You just proved it, Miranda!
It's Muphry's Law innit
Isn't it apostrophe(s)?!
Well done Jasmine and Agent for spotting that deliberate error :D
With fear of outing myself, this must be said:
There is a sandwich shop that I drive past on occasion, and the use of apostrophe makes me any to the point of almost causing criminal damage to eradicate it; it is on the signage over the shop, on the window panes, and elsewhere so I can't just wipe it off. It is:
Suttons Snax's.
Yep. That is right, it is not a typo on my part.
Two apostrophes in one day; that is very impressive. I did that once in my son's school on parents' night and managed to smear the ink and got caught. There is a technique to it, and it definitely helps to have an accomplice.
Ooh, Jasmine31 beat me to it.
Isn't it apostrophe(s)?!
Excellent, well done.
I have been known to do this myself.
In Devon, over the summer, I rubbed out an entire 'inflateables' from a blackboard outside a shop.
Excellent! I'm in Aberdeen. You have just saved me a job.
Apostrophy geurillas salute you!
... from boards outside two shops when I was visiting daughter in Aberdeen.
I was very subtle, she stood in the way so I could do a quick swipe (whiteboards). Made my day because often I cannot access these little blighters to remove them.
It is so glaringly obvious that they should not be there. Sometimes official signage has them! Aaarrgghhh!
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I love it when I get my first big laugh of the day before 8 a.m.
What a hoot. USA today reports that in protest over the Gulf Coast oil spill,the minor league baseball team, the Brevard County, Florida Manatees, has dropped the term "batting practice" because the initials of the term are BP.
Team members of the Milwaukee Brewers Class A affiliate, say they will now take "hitting rehearsal" instead of "batting practice" because of their outrage over the oil spill that may affect Florida's beaches this summer.
With no disrespect to the Manatees, it must be said. This is ludicrous! Is this the best idea they can come up with to show their outrage over the spill? What about a portion of ticket sales being earmarked for beach clean up? There just has to be a better idea.
For those who like the gesture, perhaps they should push for all phrases that have the letters B & P in them to be dropped from our language until the spill is cleaned up. No more "big person" or "blueberry pie" or "big papa." (of course those who use this term are going to be subject to being a blog feature on their own). Perhaps Americans should stay out of "Bairdford, Pennsylvania, unless the city changes it's name.
I'm sorry Manatees. While this has been wonderful publicity for your team, it seems that your attempt at political correctness is really more about generating the fan dollars that this kind of attention can bring. I will say though, the "hitting rehearsal" term does add a certain amount of drama to the process of practicing hitting baseballs, so perhaps I'll grab my opera glasses and make a roadtrip.
One final thought. In a related story, President Obama is now receiving heavy criticism on Fox News for getting mad about the oil spill, and using an expletive while discussing the issue with a reporter. While I just hate to show an understanding attitude toward the president I don't think it's fair for reporters to demand he get mad, and then criticize him for doing so. I do understand that using an expletive is not exactly presidential, and I agree that he should avoid doing that in the future. But he was mad, darn it.
Perhaps the next time he gets that mad, he could reverse the Manatee's decision not to use any terms starting with BP. Perhaps the hot new cuss word in America should be just that: He could say: "You're a big BP!" "BP you!" "That BP!" Who knows,in America, it may just work.
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- AnonymousJune 8, 2010 at 9:11 AM
I believe that BP should be a verb cuss word. Examples "go BP yourself", "he really BP'd that one up".
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Someone can pick up you packet for you as long as you complete the consent form and provide that person with a copy of your driver's license. These two items will need to be presented at packet pick up.
DGAP is essentially the "fun run" division. There are no requirements for attire, gender or team size. Enter as an individual in the DGAP division. You can wear anything you want, form up in any group size, wear tennis shoes, wear shorts, wear costumes, take your time and have fun all along the way.
The Trophy/Competitive Division on the other hand, is for competitive participants who are looking to win. All Trophy/Competitive Divisions (teams and individuals) will be wearing "boots and utes" — combat boots and camouflage utility trousers or long pants. All Prize Category participants MUST wear BOOTS that cover the ankle and loose-fitting pants, cargo pants or sweat-pants. If you don't like that, run in the fun run called DGAP… any attire goes (we suggest boots and pants since terrain is rough) and the course is exactly the same. The team must cross the finish line together with no more than 15 seconds between the first and last person to cross. The Competitive Team Division has teams of 2 or 5 depending on how your register. If you register for a team of 5 and you do not have 5 participants you will not qualify for the competitive division and the team would be disqualified for a trophy. We also have an individual male and female competitive race.
Our Kid's Course is just a "Little" version of the fun. Designed for the average 8 Year Old...the race can accommodate ages 3-12. It contains 6-8 obstacles none of which require swimming or any height of note. It is approximately 1 mile to 2k depending on venue and parents are welcome to run alongside their children. Volunteers will assist when needed. There are no winner placing...everyone is a winner for competing and not getting in trouble for being muddy. Children will receive a finisher medal (you are also allowed a t-shirt if you wish but adult small is the smallest size up through all adult sizes.....kid's take home is the medal) and they are welcome to clean up in the wash area after their race. Kid's obstacles are not available for practice or use prior to or after the event. The race is not timed and your child will not receive a timing chip. The kid's event is usually the last event of the day and usually starts at 2pm. Check your city's registration for details.
Yes participants 21 and older will receive one free beer upon completion (in most locations). You must have your wristband (will receive at packet pick-up) on and you must show ID. No ID and wristband, NO BEER…
Anyone who is 12 years old or older by the day of the event can participate. Participants under the age of 18 must have adult pick up packet and sign waiver.
Your registration fee and donations are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Check your keys and/or ID. Stretch out and prepare yourself for the most challenging fun you have ever had.
Packet pick-up is where all participants must "check in" and pick up their packet. Your packet includes your timing chip, t-shirt, wristband, race and sponsor information. Your photo ID is required at packet pick-up.
It depends on the venue and the City we are working in. Usually race day PPU is long and stressful so we encourage EVERYONE to pick up their packets at our pre-race PPU.
The final date for online registration is 3 days before the event. On-site registration will be available at packet pick-up.
Yes, but you will need the following items:
Yes. During the online registration process you will be asked to sign a waiver and you will sign the waiver at packet pick up.
In addition to participation in the event itself, you also get an official Mud Run T-shirt, timing chip for COMPETITION. waves, wrist band and you get to enjoy a free beer on us (in most locations)!
No. You must register for all events online.
A registration fee between $40 and $75 per person (dependent on when you register) is required at time of registration.
The COMPETITION WAVE on the other hand, is for competitive participants who are looking to win. All COMPETITION WAVES (teams and individuals) will be wearing "boots and utes" — combat boots and camouflage utility trousers or long pants. All COMPETITION participants MUST wear BOOTS that cover the ankle and loose-fitting pants, cargo pants or sweat-pants. If you don't like that, run in the fun run called DGAP… any attire goes (we suggest boots and pants since terrain is rough) and the course is exactly the same.


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We live in an encyclopedic, sound-byte, slogan filled era with more passwords than people. Blogs and the like are supposed to be short, self-contained, electronic documents best without external references. Text messaging employs an arcane vocabulary. [I asked my daughter what "lol" meant; she lol'd at my ignorance.] When my wife talks about her day at work she uses so many acronyms that I'm no longer certain what she does. At least until November, political slogans will abound. CNN is inundated every day with "I-Image" submissions from the multitudes who long to see their credits on HDTV. So what else is new?
Well, let's start with the fact that most people have forgotten how to listen. In my SharePost submitted on January 27, 2008 entitled Coping Skills Series - #1A - Monitoring Your Interactions with Others, I observed that experts report about 75 to 85% of all communication is non-verbal [and how this complicates the lives of those of us with schizophrenia]. Textual electronic communications, such as e-mail and text messaging, which contain no body language or voice inflections, can be the source of misinterpretations with devastating consequences, both in commerce and romance.
Now the English vocabulary is itself under assault from electronic abbreviations that squeeze the last drops of subtlety and innuendo out of our communications. If the trend continues our grandchildren will be grunting at each other over the internet. Our best hope for salvation may well turn out to be the much maligned webcam.
All this reminds me of the old conundrum - "If a tree falls in the forest with no one around to hear, does it make a sound?"
To loosely paraphrase the above - if we're not listening or watching when someone else is speaking to us, is there communication? Those of us with schizophrenia already have difficulty enough interpreting voice inflections and body language. In our communications, we need to avail ourselves of every scrap of information that someone talking to us provides, willingly or unwillingly. The absence of body language and voice inflections in textual electronic communications may actually serve to level the playing field for individuals with schizophrenia. No one has an advantage, because these communications are restricted to only 15 - 25% of what is possible. The tragedy is that, while leveling the playing field, it impoverishes the communications of us all.
The solution to this puzzler is to preserve wherever and whenever possible the power and impact of the full range of information possible in our communications. Which gets us back to the question of how can people with schizophrenia best compensate for their difficulty in deciphering body language and voice inflections? The solution is both unfortunate and fortuitous.
If you carefully read the e-mail you receive, you will discover that people are often very careless about grammar and spelling. In fact, if you were to transcribe e-mail communications into the old fashioned form of letters, i.e., script or print on paper, it would be found embarrassing. These short-comings in e-mail communications are scarcely noticed, which means that the recipients of e-mail and the like aren't "listening" very well. This carelessness gives those of us with schizophrenia an opportunity.
First, we should favor in-person communications, where the hints of body language and voice inflections are available to us. If this is not possible, we should, to the greatest extent possible, communicate over the telephone where at least voice inflections can be considered.
"But wait," you say. "You described our difficulty in interpreting non-verbal communications as a disadvantage above. How can you now claim that it can be an opportunity?"
And so I did. However, our difficulty interpreting non-verbal communications puts us at a disadvantage only if others (who have the native ability to interpret these) are listening carefully, and there is abundant evidence that most other people do NOT listen carefully. To this we can counter with "Active Listening" and actually garner more information from non-verbal communications than most other people.
In my next blog I will discuss the art and science of Active Listening.
Please remember, this writing reflects my own experience and opinions. If you, or a loved one, are experiencing the symptoms of schizophrenia, or any other mental illness, you should seek professional assistance.
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utterly /ˈʌtəli ˈअटली/
You use utterly to emphasize the great degree or amount of something bad.
The new laws are utterly ridiculous.
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Nothing in her expression suggested she wanted him to expand on the apology; in fact, she looked utterly unconvinced by it.AMAGANSETT (2004)
His smile was faultless and his skin tone utterly consistent.THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
Her home, unique and utterly individual, expressed her personality in the way she so often was too shy to do herself.JUST BETWEEN US (2002)
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- Brazilian Portuguese: completamente
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Introducing Prospect Research William Cordery Program Officer Marguerite Casey Foundation Armando E. Zumaya Chief Development Officer Playworks
WHY? WHAT? Basic research will help you focus your time on the most likely prospects and help you shape your engagement strategy. Biographical information Contact Information Assets (real estate/stock/etc.) Giving History Affinity/Interests
Agenda Intros of facilitators (10 min) o Name, Organization, Location o How did we get into this work? Goals for session (5 min) o To identify tools and practices to find major donor prospects o Find ways to narrow the pool and focus on viable prospects o To provide insight on how to determine how much to ask for · Power Point Presentation (20 min) Prospect Research for Development Officers · Q&A on PowerPoint (10 min) · Break into small group (5 min) Small group work (20 min) Brainstorm: o What does your major donor look like? (What do they give to? Community involvement? Other philanthropic issues?) o Where do you currently find your prospects? o What are tools you are using to find information on prospects? o What else do you need in order to successfully build your major donor portfolio? o How do you first approach these prospects? · Report back (20 min) o Share responses to questions answered in the small group · Q&A (20 min)
Prospect Research: Why it doesn't happen Seems unethical and dirty to outsiders, boards and volunteers. Cost. Not seen as an investment but waste of money. Many Founder centered/personality driven organizations. The "we know our donors" mentality We are "too small and grassroots" for that type of stuff.
Getting it done, why? Know who to ask and for how much, 80% of the battle Because otherwise your wasting a lot of time. Real diversity vs. token diversity: leadership and donors Raising a great deal more money. Serious money If you can ask for $100 you can ask for $100,000. Because the right surely is advanced to this level of fundraising.
Getting it done, how? Hire a full time staffer. $45-75k a year Hire a freelancer or firm. $1,000-$3,000 monthly Train a existing staffer or volunteer. $2-3,000 one time Do it yourself. Free, but lots of staff time
Look around, who cares about our issues? Example…my current work… Children's Museums Children's Hospitals After School Programs School Reform Anti- Bullying Organizations LGBT Rights and Youth Organizations Autism Organizations Police Athletic Leagues YMCA's, YWCA's Education donors at the Local university Anti-Obesity Organizations Anti-Gang Organizations What else?
Google them, yeah, Google Advanced Exact Phrase Search Try "gift from …" Donor and _________
Getting to them Who knows them ? Your Board, donors, employees, alumni? What boards do they sit on? Industry? Alumni of schools? Linked In In Mail Facebook. Muckety Easy one's to reach Lawyers Real Estate people Anyone looking for clients
Crucial Web Sites Charitable Donations NOZA, https://www.nozasearch.com/myInfo.asp Foundation searching is free and is a good way to build lists of people. Premium search is available for a fee. Can search by keyword, e.g. youth development,to find organizations that have that as a focus; use those lists to find prospective donors.https://www.nozasearch.com/myInfo.asp Guidestar, http://www.guidestar.org/rxg/analyze-nonprofit- data/index.aspx (can be used to build lists of organizations which may have donors who would support Playworks). Premium search is available for a fee.
Free Resources Biographical Information The Business Journals, www.bizjournals.com/ Look for your city and look up the movers and shakers ; in addition, most have annual lists of lists which can be used to find groups of people. Forbes, http://www.forbes.com/ Contact Information 411.com, http://www.411.com/http://www.411.com/ Manta www.manta.comwww.manta.com Big Book www. Bigbook.com
1) Google (or similar search engine) 2) www.zabasearch.com (I no longer use this because I get fuller info from LexisNexis, but if I didn't have access to LexisNexis, I would use Zabasearch all the time)www.zabasearch.com 3) http://homes.yahoo.com/home-worth for real estate values. I find it quicker than going directly to Zillow and you still get the Zillow value.http://homes.yahoo.com/home-worth 4) Blockshopper (I usually get to this through Google) 5) www.guidstar.org - free information available even though you can pay for premium content. (I usually find the free info is sufficient)www.guidstar.org
Advanced Resources Professional Licensing Organizations (physicians, engineers, lawyers, etc.) Every state licenses professionals and you'll often be able to find contact information. You can also use http://www. martindale.com/ (Martindale Hubbell-lawyers) and https://extapps.ama-assn. org/doctorfinder/recaptcha.jsp (AMA-doctors).https://extapps.ama-assn Federal Election Commission, http://www.fec.gov/ (political contributions) You'll get a sense of what a person might support by looking at their political contributions; states often have their own contribution sites, so look for those. Data Mining (use the database). If you conduct events, take the lists of people who attend and match against those who have given. Give higher priority to those who have attended multiple events and have consistent (even if it's modest giving). Match addresses with high net worth areas (ask research for lists of zip codes).
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In all the calls for teen magazines to be stamped with age restrictions, one pivotal question has gone unasked: why do teen magazines contain information about sex?
Teen magazines receive hundreds of letters a week asking for advice and information about sex. Editors are faced with a generation of readers which is terrifyingly ignorant about contraception and sexual health. As a result, the UK has the worst rate of sexually transmitted infections and teen pregnancy in Europe
Research shows that young people whose families discuss sex without embarrassment become sexually active later and are more likely to use contraception. Until sex education at home or at school improves, teen magazines are often the only accurate and responsible source of information. The idea of a cut-off point, below which girls must not be educated, is grossly naive.
All magazines aimed at teenage girls are already regulated by the Teenage Magazine Arbitration Panel (TMAP) and its strict guidelines. TMAP's members, all parents, include two doctors, a professor of psychology and a barrister.
The latest adjudication concerned the May 2003 issue of Sugar, which enabled readers to order a free condom through Marie Stopes International UK. The piece was prompted by a survey which showed a high level of ignorance among 11- to 15-year-olds - Sugar's core readership. Four out of ten believed it was illegal to buy condoms. TMAP rejected complaints about the article and emphasised the need to remove any stigma from condom use.
Age-stamping would be counterproductive and impractical. A young person could still buy any adult magazine or newspaper, watch any TV programme, and access sexual material on the internet, yet they would be prevented from buying a magazine with appropriate and accurate content.
Teen magazine editors are accused of having an agenda - they do. It is to empower young women and equip them with the facts and confidence they need to respect their bodies and make informed choices about their sexual lives.
The author is head of public and legal affairs, Periodical Publishers Association (PPA)
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