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67 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Very droll.
- 2 November 2011 at 15:06
- Anonymous said...
Deptford is definitely on the up.
If there are hotels there will be regular visitors. If there are more visitors there more customers for restaurants, bars, shops and markets.
And more visitors to art studios, galleries and museums. It's all good.
Not to my taste architecturally though.
- 2 November 2011 at 15:09
- Anonymous said...
Where is that exactly? And here begins Deptford's transition into Blackpool.
- 2 November 2011 at 15:21
- Anonymous said...
Deptford will never be Blackpool. Central London draws plenty of tourists who don't always find it easy to find somewhere to stay. They might not know anything about Deptford but go because its a short hop on the train to central London and its next to Greenwich.
It is a good thing (mostly).
- 2 November 2011 at 15:30
- NAT said...
Anonai521 A classic of the anonacomment. I don't know anything about it but heres a bit of negativity for you anyway.
Anonabove that. Wild guess but I'm saving you havn't stayed in a travelodge.
I've never known one full of art lovers in a frenzy of anticipation.
- 2 November 2011 at 15:37
- Anonymous said...
wishful thinking. i can't see many tourists abandoning the plethora of central london haunts to rest their head in deptford.
- 2 November 2011 at 15:38
- Anonymous said...
why not? Deptford is on the up in a very big way.
- 2 November 2011 at 15:43
- darryl said...
That'll get marketed as Travelodge Greenwich, no doubt. (It might actually get an SE10 postcode as it's the corner of Blackheath Road.)
- 2 November 2011 at 15:48
- NAT said...
Mmm Anon, maybe so.
But the other anons comparison of it with Blackpool wasn't very illuminating now was it?
- 2 November 2011 at 16:05
- Charlie said...
With the amount of homelessness that this governments policies are creating and the legal restrictions on squatting plus round here being seen as a cheap area. It wont be surprising if this hotel ends up as emergency housing
- 2 November 2011 at 16:16
- Anonymous said...
Deptford is a little poor but architecturally its High Street is fine. It has cultural atractions such as The Albany, Cockpit Arts, and Laban Dance Centre.
It could become a thriving, bustling and intereting area.
In some ways it already is. It justs needs smartening up a little bit and less betting shops.
- 2 November 2011 at 16:23
- Lou Baker said...
Squatters are a vile bunch. Along with those unwashed chavs outside St Pauls and the Dale Farm 'travellers' who don't travel - they suck the blood out of communities.
They damage the lives of decent, law-abiding citizens.
Anything we can do to remove these parasites from decent society would be welcome.
- 2 November 2011 at 17:34
- THNick said...
Lou - how are the St Paul's protestors "parasites that suck the live out of communities"?
I think that'd be a better description of the bankers that they are protesting about.
- 2 November 2011 at 17:52
- Ian on the Hill said...
Since the Council is currently flying the possibility that they want to close the town hall next year, and hope to see a hotel in its place, anything is possible.
Harder to sell Catford than Deptford as a holiday destination!
- 2 November 2011 at 17:57
- darryl said...
There's a *lot* of hotel development around Greenwich at the moment - this Travelodge, one in the old police quarters over the road, two planned for central Greenwich (including the controversial market one), one at the cruise liner terminal at Enderbys Wharf, one by the Dome, and another Travelodge in Charlton.
Only some of these places will be ready for the Olympics, so it'll be interesting to see if the market can sustain all these places to stay.
- 2 November 2011 at 18:09
- darryl said...
Since the Council is currently flying the possibility that they want to close the town hall next year, and hope to see a hotel in its place, anything is possible.
That's the first I've heard - where would Lewisham move to? That's quite some site they've got in Catford.
- 2 November 2011 at 18:11
- Anonymous said...
Lou Baker do you vote BNP?
- 2 November 2011 at 18:11
- Rebecca said...
You're assuming the second development's change of use has been approved and I didn't know that it had been.
- 2 November 2011 at 18:30
- Dead Kennedys said...
'It's a holiday in Cambodia, it's tough kids but it's life'
- 2 November 2011 at 18:32
- NAT said...
I'd say that for the forseeable it will be used by tradesmen on away days working hereabouts.
- 2 November 2011 at 18:58
- Lou Baker said...
@anon 1811
Not that it's any of your business but I usually vote Lib Dem. I occasionally voted New Labour and once, when I must have been ill, I voted Green. Have never voted Tory or anything right of Lib Dem.
It is very sad that wanting to stand up for those who do right and play by the rules is seen as right wing. It's not. It's very centre.
- 2 November 2011 at 19:42
- NAT said...
Arn't the LibDems associated with beards and sandals Lou, or is that just a preposterous generalisation?
- 2 November 2011 at 19:51
- max said...
Lou, enough talk, time for a mob!
- 2 November 2011 at 19:56
- NAT said...
Could we decide who to go after first, squatters, travellers or chavs.
And could we decide that by AV please.
- 2 November 2011 at 20:04
- max said...
And what would the point of that be?
They all the same!
- 2 November 2011 at 20:15
- Anonymous said...
Lou, have you ever met a squatter or is this just another of your fantasies?
- 2 November 2011 at 20:18
- NAT said...
Lou is a Lib Dem. Wont be able to eat my dinner now for Laffin.
- 2 November 2011 at 20:19
- fromthemurkydepths said...
Having a travelodge doesn't signify anything about a town. They are in expensive areas (Covent Garden, Central Edinburgh, and one slap bang in the middle of Bath etc) as well as poorer ones.
Travelling round the country, or searching on the website reveals how widespread they are. They have finally moved into SE London in a big way, and relatively late compared to elsewhere in the country. Same with other chains like Premier Inn.
Any visitors are a good thing for local pubs, restaurants etc, and locals as well as these business become more viable.
- 2 November 2011 at 20:28
- Lou Baker said...
No - I'm not a Lib Dem. I tend to vote Lib Dem. There is an importance difference. I don't think any of us should be stupid enough to support any party on every issue.
The Lib Dems have more policies I support than anyone else. They're right on Europe, immigration, prison reform, political reform, green energy and early years education for example.
They're wrong on welfare reform, spending and the NHS but - on balance - they're more in tune with me than anyone else.
Nothing funny there - unless you're a political sheep, blindly following a flock you don't always agree with.
- 2 November 2011 at 20:32
- DJ said...
"Anything we can do to remove these parasites from decent society would be welcome."
Yes, where would anyone get the idea you are a bit right wing?
- 2 November 2011 at 20:46
- NAT said...
@ Lou, trying not to descend into seriousness here because its unwarranted, but it wouldn't take self awareness; a cursory search of your recent pronouncements would explain the humour in how you chose to cast your ballot.
I enjoyed my dinner thanks but theres bits of brussels sprout everywhere.
- 2 November 2011 at 20:52
- Anonymous said...
The St. Pauls lot don't know what they're protesting about and go home each evening to their ciabattas and green tea.
The church are displaying olympic levels of tongue biting at the moment in the hope that they might get the message and move on. Instead the camp 'organisers' just keep 'welcoming' decisions to call off a full-blown eviction. Wish they'd get the message...
- 2 November 2011 at 20:55
- mazer said...
That is Travellodge Greenwich for sure, very likely to be an se10 postcode as Blackheath road mainly is, with the Deptford side of the creek and the DLR stop being SE8. interestingly, the development of flats attached to it and behind it are called OneSe8 or Deals Gateway but almost all of them have an SE13 postcode!
- 2 November 2011 at 20:57
- Lou Baker said...
I stand up for decent, law abiding folk.
Breaking in to someone's house and living there as though it's your own - that's wrong.
Building an illegal site, in violation of planning laws - that's wrong.
Camping in central London for weeks on end - harming local businesses, disrupting a church. That's wrong.
Standing up for what is right is not always easy or popular. Folk like you will instinctively back those who've wronged. But I make no apology for standing up for the decent - but often silent - majority.
- 2 November 2011 at 21:05
- NAT said...
Lou these are piddly little wrongs which grab the headlines because they're easily displayed in simple imagery for the easily impressed.
The privatisation of profit and socialisation of loss by the bigger institutions havn't got that immediate news appeal (No pictures Geddit) though your Vince Cable seems to have something of a handle on it.
I'm kind of wondering why you wouldn't.
- 2 November 2011 at 21:21
- Anonymous said...
Sometimes there is a greater good, a derelict house that someone who desperately needs it, breaks into, isn't the worst thing in the world. If the owner comes back and asserts their rights then the squatter should accept it's time to move on.
- 2 November 2011 at 21:29
- Sue said...
Do you think the architect was a big tetris fan?
- 2 November 2011 at 21:38
- Anonymous said...
I'd rather have Deptford High Street stay as it is than turn into something like Lordship Lane. Admittedly it has actually gotten worse over the last five years with the closure of some of the pubs and the explosion in betting shops, but at least it still feels authentic.
Go to New York, and Harlem and the Bronx are the most interesting parts as they haven't had the soul ripped out of them by the influx of the middle classes and the developers.
- 2 November 2011 at 21:39
- NAT said...
Bless and second that last Anon.
(It's a 'dump' according to Lou)
That's who
- 2 November 2011 at 21:43
- Anonymous said...
Sorry but if Deptford High St anything authentic, it is authentically grim.
It is quite simply a very poor high street in an impoverished part of London with a market that sells a great deal of sub-standard merchandise.
It has been like that for the last couple of decades.
I guess there a plenty of people who would like it to be better and talk up every new development. Maybe they have invested in the area and patiently waiting for it to take off so they can cash in.
The station is being renovated and there half way down an odd looking building seems to have taken root. But I it is always one step forward, one step back.
The High St is colonised by bookies, street drinkers very much in evidence and the area is beset by social problems. Creek Road has been developed and turned into a canyon lined by yuppie flats. The marketing makes much of its proximity to Laban Dance School, while at the same time boxing it in. At the other end we have a Travel Lodge tacked onto another gated community of yuppie flats used as a dormitory by workaholics who spend most of their waking hours at Canary Wharf. The smattering of artists holed up in plywood cubicles fashioned out of redundant warehousing has yet to engender a chain of vibrant bars and nightlife along Deptford High St. It is no Brick Lane.
Deptford is grim and I remain unconvinced that these developments will improve the area any more than previous efforts to tart the place up.
- 2 November 2011 at 22:54
- NAT said...
I really don't think Anon that tarting the place up was anything that anyone had in mind.
I mean to say: Tarting Up
Look at those words, is there there anything anyone could possibly aspire to.
However what we have here is something authentic.
For that be pleased. If its not an end in itself its a unique start.
- 2 November 2011 at 23:37
- NAT said...
Oh and by the way.
Cheer yourself up a bit.
Check out East street Market.
- 2 November 2011 at 23:40
- Anonymous said...
That is horrible. "Eyesore" would be too kind. However did it get planning permission? I could have designed something better using only Lego.
- 2 November 2011 at 23:57
- Giant Badger said...
The Travelodge is not there to serve Deptford, but Greenwich. There are a chain of such hotels now, coming down the High Road - Novotel, Premier Inn and this one.
There might also be the hope that business travelers on a budget will use this for Canary Wharf. But that's less likely.
The good thing for the area is job creation.
I love Deptford, but I don't think it can ever be a tourist destination.
- 3 November 2011 at 07:39
- NAT said...
The travelodge will be filled with contractors.
Wait and see.
- 3 November 2011 at 09:58
- Fatster said...
Greenwich has had 2 big new hotels open there in the last 3 months, the Premier Inn and this new Travelodge. In addition there is a new boutique hotel being developed across the street from the Travelodge in an old warehouse which is currently covered in scaffolding. Its to be called 'The Greenwich'. Also another small boutique hotel is being developed above Bar du Musee, another hotel is planned for above the new market development, another hotel planned in a new development on the land behind the North Pole, another at the bottom of that new tower on Deptford Broadway.... how these can all be sustained is anyones guess.
- 3 November 2011 at 10:08
- J.R. Shakerley said...
I'm curious, Lou, as to whether your position on squatters would change if they were occupying a completely gutted dwelling? Someone posted an interesting piece on the alternativeSE4 website not long ago about the many totally empty, long disused dwellings in St Johns. There are so many people on the Lewisham council housing waiting list, and yet at least half a dozen _big_ houses are falling to disrepair. Ideally the council would do what they can to contact the owners and revive them, but they're not. So where do squatters fall with you in this instance (if they were to occupy the said houses)?
- 3 November 2011 at 10:54
- THNick said...
Lou, how about running an finance industry which extracts a rent from society to create gross incomes for a few rich bankers? Is that wrong?
Or running obscene risks safe in the knowledge that you will get paid a huge amount if they go right and get bailed out by the government if they go bad. Is that wrong?
Or setting up an entire economic system which benefits the rich minority whilst the median worker gets poorer. Is that wrong?
And do you automatically disagree with people because they make a noise, rather than staying silent and putting up with things?
Oh and re Deptford, it's been a hip tourist destination for years:
- 3 November 2011 at 11:10
- Anonymous said...
Lou, you are massively confused. No consistency in your politics. No deep analysis, just kneejerk. A simple minded reactionary. On the one hand you expose free market libertarianism, on the next breath you want the planners to clamp down on landowners building on land they own. you are up for people obeying the rule of law but advocate putative retribution outside the law. You really should stick to barking at people in the pub and leave the difficult decisions to those who understand the nuances and fundamental principles of how civilised, functioning democracies work. Dd you ever stop to consider that you are actually closer to the anarchist fringe along with those occupying the square than you are with the lib Dems or any other mainstream party? you're like an angry teenager.
- 3 November 2011 at 12:06
- NAT said...
Just one last thing Mr. Baker as you're taking questions from the floor.
You say that you 'make no apology for standing up for the decent-but often silent-majority.'
Your fortrightness in this regard does you credit, but I'm just curious as to how this silent majority communicated to you its desire that you become its spokesman.
The medium of dance perhaps?, or maybe they were going through one of their more vocal periods?
- 3 November 2011 at 13:06
- A Banker said...
THNick - do stop such leftist drivel. I'm no apologist for Lou but your post is ill-informed nonsense.
"how about running an finance industry which extracts a rent from society to create gross incomes for a few rich bankers? Is that wrong?" The private banking sector generates earnings. They are used to pay the wealth creators. There's nothing wrong with that. You may think our salaries are too high, but if you hadn't noticed us bankers are free market capitalists. When we employ people we do so for the minimum we can get away with paying. The market is competitive and we pay what we have to, but no more. Whether or not that exceeds what in your or my opinion is a "fair" salary for a given skill set is irrelevant. But if you strongly believe it is then it's an easy problem to fix. Just flood the market with people of an equivalent skill set and desire to work the hours, and salaries will fall instantly. However you will not find such people.
"Or running obscene risks safe in the knowledge that you will get paid a huge amount if they go right and get bailed out by the government if they go bad. Is that wrong?" Again - we're free market capitalists. We don't think banks should be bailed out - it's a basic free market principle. Leaving that aside - it's the institutions, not the people, who were bailed out. Many thousands of bankers lost their jobs and most of their savings through the crisis. Many more of us saw our incomes fall to a fraction of what they were before. Your caricature shows a crass insensitivity towards those who suffered, and the banking community has suffered to a far greater extent than the average person on the street.
"Or setting up an entire economic system which benefits the rich minority whilst the median worker gets poorer. Is that wrong?" That would be, yes. But no-one advocates that. In reality what the free market has delivered is the rich getting richer and the poor getting richer. That's good all round. It's a shame some misguided politicians encouraged both national government and poor individuals to borrow beyond their means, but the blame for that lies at the feet of socialism not capitalism. Again your misdiagnosis of capitalism betrays an ignorance of the facts.
- 3 November 2011 at 13:12
- Anonymous said...
"I'd rather have Deptford High Street stay as it is than turn into something like Lordship Lane. Admittedly it has actually gotten worse over the last five years with the closure of some of the pubs and the explosion in betting shops, but at least it still feels authentic.
Go to New York, and Harlem and the Bronx are the most interesting parts as they haven't had the soul ripped out of them by the influx of the middle classes and the developers."
I'm not sure a Travelodge keeps things "authentic".
- 3 November 2011 at 13:26
- Deptford Pudding said...
Deptford Pudding is authentic, as is Deptford Cheesecake (pace John Evelyn). No one knows what the Greenwich Bun was, if it existed.
- 3 November 2011 at 13:50
- Fattyfattybumbum said...
If the owners of houses in St Johns want to let them fall down then so be it. Its a free world, they worked hard to pay for the houses, they can do what they want with them. By paying their taxes they have already done their bit for society, is 40% not enough without taking the spoils of their labour as well?
Personally, I believe population control is probably needed in this country. All of the major concerns of the lefties such as unemployment, housing, healthcare etc... would be eradicated were there not too many people in this country vying for too little space, in terms of housing, on our roads, in our trains, for our hospital beds, for the jobs etc... etc...etc... yet people are reproducing like rabbits and as far as I know immigration figures are as high as ever, despite record unemployment... I know, lets blame the government, or better still the bankers. Its anyone's fault but our own.
- 3 November 2011 at 14:45
- NAT said...
Point of info there fattyfattyBB, the houses in question are council.
- 3 November 2011 at 15:22
- Fattyfattybumbum said...
@NAT, oh right. I had read some comments trying to condone squatting of private properties and I was addressing that point.
- 3 November 2011 at 16:02
- NAT said...
I see work going on in two of them today so maybe the little bit of publicity in the Alternative SE4 website was a good thing.
- 3 November 2011 at 16:27
- A Nony Mouse said...
it is clearly someone elses fault other than mine - that's all i can say! defintiely nothing to do with me, or any of my friends - we just watch it all unfold on the news like some sort of rubbish soap opera!
My money is on the Greeks, or the Irish - someone really far away and nothing to do with me.
I suppose it could be the evil Bankers but it could be the workshy civil servants clinging desperately to their final salary pensions but who's worst? There's only one way to find out...FIGHT!"
- 3 November 2011 at 17:29
- VMRTP said...
@Lou Baker, we at 'The Vast Majority of Right Thinking People' note that you claim to represent 'The Decent-But Often Silent-Majority', and for all they know you may well do so.
We wish to make it clear that our organisation bears no relationship with that which you represent and that any claim by you to represent the views of the VMRTP will result in legal action.
Lib Dems indeed!
- 3 November 2011 at 17:36
- THNIck said...
Banker - my views are certainly not leftist, fair regulation of finance ought to be centre-right view.
My first point was not that bankers pay themselves too much, it was that the industry as a whole is able to make super-profits at the expense of the rest of economy. Banks do not create wealthe, they ought to facilitate the efficient allocation of capital to allow others to create wealth; how well they do that is another question.
In terms of finding enough people of an equivalent skill set, there is a growing body of evidence that those skills are much overrated. From Fred Goodwin buying ABN without bothering with DD to the risk functions at UBS and MF unable to stop fraud, it's clear that the banking sector has plenty of people who just aren't very good at their jobs.
As for my crass insensitivity towards bankers and their pay cuts, I was told a sad story recently a FoF lost his last job after just 6 months, including it's £400k pa salary. How I wept for the poor man who was forced to cope with just the £200k he had earned to date. It's not even close to being true that the banking sector has suffered more than society in general. Go and tell all the public sector workers getting laid off without having benefited from obscene salaries that you're suffering.
Finally, policies have not meant that the rich and poor have both got richer. Unfortunately I don't have equivalent stats for the UK, but the median worker in the US now gets paid less than he did in 1970. The top 1%, that's a different story. Basically average wages have stagnated since about 1980, whilst the wealth of those at the top has continued to benefit from increased productivity. And as for the crisis being caused by socialist politicians encouraging those who couldn't afford it to borrow, that ignores pretty much the entire reality of last 30 years, not least that the politicians have been pandering to finance for the whole period.
- 3 November 2011 at 17:58
- Anonymous said...
Giant Badger says "There might also be the hope that business travel[l]ers on a budget will use this for Canary Wharf. But that's less likely."
Actually it is fairly likely - the Novotel and Premier Inn are used by a fair number of business travellers visiting Canary Wharf. Greenwich is a nicer place to be overnight than the rather desolate Canary Wharf, especially if you are on your own; the room rates are considerably lower than one of the Canary Wharf hotels; and you are only a few minutes away from the office by the DLR. I would be very surprised if this wasn't a large part of the market Travelodge are trying to capture.
- 3 November 2011 at 21:29
- NAT said...
Contractors. You'll see.
- 3 November 2011 at 21:34
- NAT said...
Banker and THNick, Wouldn't you both agree that unfettered free market casino capitalism holds in itself the seeds of its own nemesis;
And that the function of Liberal left govenments over the course of the previous century was to pick up the pieces and try to ensure by various means that it didn't happen again.(Bretton Woods and all of that)
And that the fundamental problem with the left both here and in the US this last thirty years is that through being in thrall to the markets they have abnegated responsibility for this difficult only child.
Not strictly that it was their duty,
But ye know. They'd always done it before 'n that.
- 3 November 2011 at 22:22
- NAT said...
@Giant Badger, are you at all related to...Gent Badger?
- 3 November 2011 at 22:25
- Anonymous said...
Can anyone tell me when this travelodge is going to open?
- 7 November 2011 at 10:34
- Anonymous said...
Please, please tell me the OriginalPost by Brockley Nick was somewhat tongue-in-cheek?
If not, the delusion beggars belief! Sorry to burst your bubble Nick but Deptford has been enjoying the ripple effect from West Greenwich and Blackheath for some time. It's not too much further on the DLR so there has been a great influx of Docklands/City money into the area. Witness the plethora of over-priced conversions and all the work going on around LABAN. It's not just for students.
The hotels are there quite simply for the Greenwich Market/Greewich Park crowd (once the Olympics does us a favour and buggers off).
IF it was self-deprecating regarding the area then I concur. For Brockley is truly a poor man's New Cross! Or should that be a rich man's Catford? It all looks the same to me...
- 24 November 2011 at 12:31
- A non said...
....I don't profess to have special access to nicks brain but yes, I think we can assume it was tongue in cheek. Perhaps a special note should be added to future posts for those who have difficult spotting it.
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Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. - Attorneys At Law: A multi-office law firm seeking ATTORNEYS for its Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Ft. Myers, West Palm Beach, and Pensacola offices. Recruiting attorneys for Litigation and Corporate Law Departments. For Litigation Department: looking for attorneys with experience in the following practice areas: professional liability defense, general liability defense, insurance defense, commercial litigation, and workers compensation defense. Portable Book of Business a plus. For Corporate Law Department: looking for attorneys with experience handling securities and broker dealer matters, international and domestic taxation, bankruptcy, real estate, intellectual property, international law, corporate structure, asset protection, land use, and mergers and acquisitions. Portable book of business a plus. Also seeking 1-3 year associates in all offices. Email resume to [email protected].
Butler Pappas: AV-rated, civil litigation firm has an opening in its Tampa office for a third party coverage defense attorney with 2+ years experience. Strong academic credentials a must. Competitive compensation offered. Please submit resume to Hiring Partner, Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz Craig, LLP, 777 S. Harbour Island Blvd., Suite 500, Tampa 33602, or fax to (813) 281-0900.
The 11th Judicial Circuit is accepting online applications for staff attorney in the Circuit's Office of the General Counsel. Applicants must be members of The Florida Bar in good standing, and must demonstrate an aptitude for legal research and writing. Please submit online application, resume and short legal writing sample by July 1, 2013. Submission of an application does not guarantee an interview. Salary: $43,403 + benefits. EOE. For ADA Accommodations, call 305-349-7351. For application and more information, visit our web site: www.jud11.flcourts.org.
Taylor Vega, P.A. a construction litigation firm located in Coral Gables Florida has an open position for an Attorney with 4 years construction litigation experience (REQUIRED). Candidate must have strong academic credentials, excellent research and writing skills, ability to handle litigation in State and Federal Courts. Bilingual (English/Spanish). Jury trial experience preferred. Competitive salary and benefits package. Please email resume to [email protected].
LUKS, SANTANIELLO, PETRILLO & JONES: Statewide firm with 7 locations has an opening in our Orlando Office for a 5 year Insurance Defense Attorney. Experience in General, Vehicular, Premises Liability, Wrongful Death, Construction and Commercial Litigation. Excellent Benefit Package. For more info visit LS-LAW.COM. Resumes to [email protected] or fax 954-761-9940.
Garrison, Yount, Forte, Mulcahy & Lehner, located in Tampa, seeks defense litigation associate with at least 5 years of experience. Must be a member of The Florida Bar and admitted to the USDC for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida. Candidate must have: experience litigating insurance related matters in both State and Federal Court; Litigation experience relating to Homeowners policies, including both coverage and 3rd party liability matter. Preference will be given to those candidates who have experience in cases involving sinkhole, hurricane and water loss claims. Candidate must provide 2 writing samples and at least 2 references whom the candidate will permit to be contacted for reference information. Competitive salary and benefits. Please email resume and writing samples to [email protected].
Small "AV"-rated Pensacola Plaintiff Firm looking to hire a motivated Associate Lawyer with 1-2 years experience. $50-70K annually. CV to [email protected].
TWO ATTORNEYS needed for established bankruptcy, immigration, and foreclosure defense law firm in the Tampa Bay area. Please email resume to [email protected], or fax to 727-524-3850.
Thorne & Storey, P.A. – Downtown Orlando law firm seeking experienced workers' compensation defense attorney. Excellent work environment. Competitive salary and benefits. Please send resumes to [email protected] or fax to 407-488-1221.
Government/Land Use/Administrative Lawyer: Full service AV-rated Sarasota firm seeks experienced government/land use/administrative lawyer. Board certification in city, county, local and government law preferred. Send resume and letter of introduction to [email protected].
Commercial Litigator: Full service AV-rated Sarasota firm seeks experienced commercial litigator with a broad range of trial experience. Board certified with client base preferred. Send resume and letter of introduction to [email protected].
Dunlap & Moran, P.A., an AV-Rated Lakewood Ranch firm, seeks attorney with corporate and transactional experience. Must have strong drafting skills, be organized and detail oriented. Salary based on experience. Reply in confidence to [email protected].
Fort Myers based civil litigation Law Firm seeks experienced associate for civil litigation practice concentrating primarily in first party insurance matters. Salary commensurate with experience. Please send resume, references and writing sample to News Box #647.
South Florida Workers' Compensation Insurance Defense Firm seeking attorney with 1 or more years experience to join a busy insurance defense practice. Applicant must be detail-oriented and able to work independently. All interested candidates should email their resume to [email protected].
Associate Attorney: Statewide AV-rated insurance defense firm seeks aggressive litigation attorney with 3-5 years experience for workers' compensation department for South Florida office. Trial experience required. Prior workers' compensation experience preferred. Excellent salary and benefits. Reply to News Box #628.
Dunlap & Moran, P.A., an AV-Rated Sarasota firm, seeks estate planning attorney with 5+ years experience for its downtown office. Must be able to work independently and handle clients. An LLM in Tax is preferred. Salary based on experience. Reply in confidence to [email protected].
Dan Newlin and Partners: Personal Injury Lawyer - 3+ year lawyer to work in growing Orlando personal injury law firm to handle pre-suit case load. Must be extremely hard working, organized and have great interpersonal skills. Salary 75-120k per year. Please send resume to app[email protected].
Tampa Law Firm is seeking two attorneys with federal and/or state court experience in land use, real estate and commercial litigation. Minimum of 5 years experience. Portable Book of business a plus, but not necessary. Exceptional opportunity and benefits. Please email your resume to [email protected].
South Florida Management Advisory Company with large public and private company clients seeks General Counsel. Requires 15 years experience in SEC, Governance, Employment and Union Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Contracts, Transactions, Intellectual Property, Patent and Trademark Portfolio Management, and Litigation Management. Email resume to [email protected].
FORT LAUDERDALE - Insurance defense firm seeking associate. 2 to 3 years experience preferred, but not necessary. Firm handles cases related to insurance defense litigation, personal injury, premises liability, products liability, construction defect and discrimination/EEOC claims. Fax resume to Michelle McLaren at (954) 765-1274 or email to [email protected].
AV-rated Law Firm in North Palm Beach County, Associate Position avail. minimum 3-5 yrs. exp. Real estate development, transactional work, condo/HOA, commercial/corporate/business banking. Top 10% or equivalent; large firm experience preferred. Large firm salary proportionate to hours billed (1400 hrs. min). Great lifestyle/work balance. Please reply to News Box #646.
Boca Raton law firm seeks insurance defense attorney with a minimum of 3 years experience to handle cases involving personal injury claims and insurance coverage issues. Applicants must be able to independently conduct all aspects of discovery. Applicants with 1st party insurance coverage experience are preferred. Email resume to [email protected].
MUST have PIP Case Experience. Moderate to heavy case load. Please reply with resume and to schedule interview: [email protected] or Fax: 954-762-3414. Location: Fort Lauderdale. Compensation: To be discussed. This is a contract job. Principals only. Recruiters please don't contact this job poster. Please, no phone calls about this job!
Of Counsel Attorney - Foreclosure Defense Practice (GAINSVILLE): Foreclosure defense firm looking for an of counsel attorney in the Gainesville area with Litigation and ideally Foreclosure Defense experience. Need hearing coverage and occasional client contact on an hourly per diem basis. Please send RESUME and COVER LETTER to [email protected]. www.alliance-law.com.
Of Counsel Attorney - Foreclosure Defense Practice (Pensacola): Foreclosure defense firm looking for an of counsel attorney in the Bay and Santa Rosa Counties with Litigation and ideally Foreclosure Defense experience. Need hearing coverage and occasional client contact on an hourly per diem basis. Please send RESUME and COVER LETTER to [email protected]. www.alliance-law.com.
Fort Walton Beach construction and real estate law firm seeks experienced litigation associate. Busy practice in a growing market offers exceptional opportunities for professional growth and partnership. Excellent career and training opportunities with Florida Bar Certified attorney. Competitive salary and benefits. Must be member of Florida Bar. Send resume and salary requirements in confidence to [email protected].
Exciting Opportunity in Orlando to Join a Growing Firm! Pearson Bitman LLP is seeking attorneys with a portable book of business ($200k+) looking to transition to a firm that prides itself on its great atmosphere/culture as much as its great work. Practice areas include employment (plaintiff or defense), corporate, commercial litigation, financial services, personal injury (plaintiff or defense), among others. Apply in confidence to [email protected].
Sarasota AV-rated commercial litigation law firm is seeking a lawyer with minimum of five years complex civil litigation experience. Candidate must have superior academic credentials, a successful employment history, and proven client relations skills. This is a long term opportunity. Salary commensurate with talent and experience. Medical, disability and 401k benefits provided. All inquiries will be treated with the utmost discretion and held in strict confidence. Email resume to: [email protected].
ZIMMERMAN, KISER & SUTCLIFFE, an AV-rated law firm located in Orlando, seeks an attorney with 4 to 6 years Insurance Defense/Personal Injury Litigation experience. This position requires strong verbal and written communication skills. Portable book of business is desired, but not required. Salary commensurate with experience; excellent benefits. Please send resumes confidentially to Personnel Director, PO Box 3000, Orlando, FL 32802 or by email to [email protected]. Visit our website at www.zkslawfirm.com.
The Citrus County Value Adjustment Board is seeking qualified candidates for legal counsel to the Board. The legal counsel must be an attorney in private practice. The use of an attorney employed by government is prohibited. Counsel must have practiced law for over five years and meet the requirements of Section 194.015, Florida Statutes. Please submit your resume by to the Value Adjustment Board, 110 N. Apopka Avenue, Inverness, FL 34450, or via email [email protected]. Resumes must be received by July 10, 2013.
The Sixth Judicial Circuit is seeking applicants for two Trial Court Staff Attorney positions to assist Circuit Judges with legal research and writing. One position is in family and probate law in St. Petersburg. The other position is in criminal law at the Criminal Justice Center in Clearwater. Job descriptions, salary and benefit information and application available at: www.jud6.org. See website for more information. Submit Court Application, cover letter, resume, and writing sample no later than July 1, 2013, and specify which position(s) you are applying for.
Tax, Probate, Trusts, and Estates Attorney: 5+ year lawyer to handle tax, probate, trusts, and estates matters in prestigious AV rated Coral Gables law firm. Experience in employee benefits, business structures, and transactional matters is also helpful. Must be organized, with interpersonal skills and a good work ethic, and be able to efficiently evaluate issues, prepare complex planning documentation utilizing document assembly, word, and excel software. Other keys are communicating with, attracting, and maintaining clients. Excellent benefits and work environment. Compensation commensurate with experience and qualifications. Send resume to [email protected].
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who uses an iPhone and has perused the most popular apps on the free
side of the App Store has likely noticed that many of them most
popular apps are adult in nature. For a long time Apple would not
allow adult or pornographic apps onto the App Store, but it relaxed
that policy over the last several months.The Wall
Street Journal reports
that Apple has begun enforcing
a more strict policy on adult apps than it has previously
according to a person familiar with the matter. Apple has reportedly
already removed the raciest of the adult oriented apps from the App
Store. Two of the apps that have been removed include one that
animates parts of women in photos and one for fans of a porn
star.Apple said in a statement, "If we find these apps
contain inappropriate material, we remove them and request the
developer make any necessary changes in order to be distributed by
to Mac
4,000 adult-themed apps were removed on Friday alone by Apple.
even deeper into the removals claiming that Apple's new
restrictions ban "Images of women in bikinis" and that "No apps
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Type 2 diabetes affects around 8% of the US population. Patients with type 2 diabetes have high blood sugar that leads to many cardiovascular problems. One measure of the disease is a blood test performed every three months that measures the hemoglobin A1c. It is an estimate of the average blood sugar level over the three month time. One goal in treating diabetes has been to maintain the HAIc at a level less than 7%. Recent studies have been conducted to assess the benefit of a HAIc level less than 6%.
Two recent studies are inconsistent in their results. The ACCORD trial was stopped early because higher mortality (death) was found in the group who had maintained the HAIC less than 6%.The ADVANCE trial showed no increase in mortality. Both of these studies are unpublished.
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The Action to control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes ( ACCORD ) trial evaluated 10,251 adults with type 2 diabetes. The participants were aged 40-82 years and had 2 or more other cardiovascular risk factors. Patients were randomly assigned to one of two groups.
- One group received Intensive blood glucose-lowering treatment with target hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) less than 6%.
- The second received standard blood glucose lowering-treatment with target HbA1c 7-7.9%.
- One group received intensive glucose lowering using modified-release gliclazide (Diamicron MR).
- The second group received standard guidelines-based glucose lowering.
In the ACCORD trial most patients in the intensive treatment group required combinations of diabetes medications. The intensive glucose-lowering portion of the study was stopped early due to slightly higher rate of death.
The ADVANCE trial showed no evidence of increased mortality with intensive glucose-lowering.
In general, patients in the ADVANCE trial had less severe disease than those in ACCORD.
How Does This Affect You?
There are many medications used to treat diabetes. Blood sugar control is vital to feeling well and avoiding complications of diabetes. The two research studies question the amount of blood glucose control patients should achieve. Always discuss your healthcare goals and medication changes with your physician. Remember, diet and exercise are still important parts of diabetes health.
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the empty building makes it look like a WNBA game
Orlando isn't playing with great energy either though. Raps can have this game if they want it.
yeah good start to the 3rd, nice to see
I'm sure Casey basically told them the same kind of thing. This game is totally up for grabs. And it looks so far like they might recognize that.
Also, Demar takes a lot of crap for not improving, and I know the statistical jump hasn't been huge, but he's a much much better passer this season.
I want to smack Matt in the face though for drooling over Demar's mid-range game on the air.
wow jose has the highest fg% among starting guards in the league matt just said
Landry fields hits an 18 (or 20?) footer....there is a God....
missed so much action, told gf all I want to do on my bd is watch basketball, lol
And then a nice 3 man weave drill on the non existent transition D of Orldando
was actually hoping for the miami win, but Orlando will have to do
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MLB, players take another step in right direction
Both sides working on making baseball as clean as possible with in-season HGH tests
By Richard Justice / MLB.com
Major League Baseball will now conduct in-season blood testing for human growth hormone. This is a huge step. Not that long ago, baseball held out hope there would be a reliable urine test for HGH because no one liked the idea of routinely drawing blood, not even during Spring Training.
That's no longer an issue. Players understand that blood tests are the only reliable way to track the presence of HGH year-round. That the players agreed to such a program speaks volumes about how badly they, too, want to move forward. They want a clean sport, but they also want a level field for all players.
MLB also announced it will do testing to establish a baseline testosterone ratio for every player. Such a number will make it easier to detect an abnormal ratio. The test was deemed to be necessary as steroid usage has become more sophisticated, more subtle and more difficult to detect.
Let's be clear about who should get credit for this day. From the beginning, Commissioner Bud Selig has had a simple objective: To have the best drug-testing program in professional sports.
"You just make up your mind you're going to do something, and you do it," Selig said. "It may take longer than you'd like, and it may be more painful than you like. When you think of where we were 10, 12, 15 years ago and where we are today, no one could have dreamed it."
Baseball's program is the best in professional sports by miles. It's a tribute to Selig's determination and also to his relentless and brilliant negotiator, Rob Manfred, MLB's executive vice president of labor relations.
It's complicated science with a simple message. As Manfred said, "The most difficult thing about performance-enhancing drugs is it doesn't stand still. It's really crucial for our fans to understand that not only do we think we have a good program, but that we are vigilant in terms of constantly improving that program and making sure we have a clean game on the field."
Yet none of it gets done without players having the same commitment. Michael Weiner, executive director of the MLB Players Association, shares Manfred's vision of being vigilant about catching and punishing those who use performance-enhancing drugs.
This is an ongoing fight, a fight that will never end. In a competitive sport, there will always be some who try to gain an advantage even if it means long-term health risks. The results are a cat-and-mouse game between those who do the testing and the users.
No other professional sport has come close to baseball to attempt to rid itself of PEDs.
The NFL announced 17 months ago that it would attempt to implement an HGH testing program but has not started. That kind of program happens only when players and owners are committed to doing something about performance-enhancing drugs, only when they agree that they want to do something about them.
"I give the MLBPA a tremendous amount of credit for making this deal," Manfred said. "It always takes courage to be a leader, and they really have been a leader among the unions in professional sports. This is players saying, 'We're on board with this.'"
Baseball can speak from a higher ground on this matter because it has traveled a tough road with regard to PEDs. The first drug-testing agreements were bitterly fought, and more fights followed as owners attempted to improve the programs.
Let's hope those days are gone forever and that both sides agree that it's in everyone's interest to fight the good fight against performance-enhancing drugs. Baseball got a little bit cleaner with Thursday's announcement, and as Selig said, "This is a very proud day."
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: I joined Forum for a stint down unda this past summer. Andreas Wiig, Pat Moore, Jake Welch, Austen Sweetin, Alek Oestreng provided the shredding and entertainment. Good times, good crew. There's a full feature on our trip to New Zealand in the April issue. The landscapes are so dramatic down there I had to share some more shots.


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is offering Kinect
for the Xbox 360 in November. It is expected to be
priced under $150, which means that with an Xbox 360 Arcade Edition
(which dropped in price to $150) you will be likely to get a holiday
motion bundle for under $300. The Nintendo
Wii is, of course, currently available for $199, with
Wiimote and Wii Motion Plus. Sony is making a
dangerous bet with its own
motion gaming system that gamers are willing to pay more
than Microsoft or Nintendo's prices to get what it feels is a
superior experience. At its E3 2010 keynote today, the company
upset some in the audience by announcing that its Playstation 3
Motion Bundle would retail for $400. Except, that's not all --
the bundle only includes the PS3 Eye Camera ($34.99, currently
available) and Move Controller ($49.99) (it also comes with a sports
game). It does not include
the PS3 Navigation controller, a necessary part of the "Move"
experience. Gamers will have to pick that up separately for
$29.99.Reaction to the high price point was instant.
Some in the crowd began booing and at least one person screamed "Too
much!!" at the presenter.Still Sony seems confident that
customers will bite on the high-end offer. Among the exclusive
titles it showed off was Tiger Woods PGA Tour, which featured
ultra-realistic golf motions. If you're eager to become Tiger
Woods and attempt some slick moves, Sony reminds us that it's all in
the "flick of your wrists" and that power is very important
as well.Other "Move" titles include Time Crisis,
Echochrome 2, Heavy Rain updates, Resident Evil 5, and Tron:
Evolution. Another key title is "Heros on the Move"
which features familiar Sony-exclusive characters, including Ratchet,
Jak, Bently, Clank, Sly Cooper.Coke is teaming up with Sony
to promote Move.Besides Move, the other key announcement by
Sony was a firmware update that allows 3D gaming with compatible TVs
like its Bravia
3D TV lineup. The update will be rolled to individual PS3's
and from there it will be up to game vendors to update their titles
to feature 3D.Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat, Shaun White
Skateboarding, Ghost Recon, Tron:Evolution, and NBA 2k11 all will get
3D-ified, as will Motorstorm, Wipeout HD. Leading the charge
will be Killzone 3, which will release in February 2011 and bring
with it oodles of extra-dimension gore and carnage.Sony says
that by March 2011, twenty 3D-enable titles will be available for the
35 million PlayStation 3 consoles world.Other huge titles
announced include Twisted Metal, Portal 2, Final Fantasy XIV,
Call of Duty:BO, DC Universe, SOCOM4: US Navy Team, Mafiaa II,
The Fight: Lights Out, and Dead Space 2.Also announced
were LittleBigPlanet 2 and an upgraded Playstation Network service
called Playstation "Plus" which delivers exclusive
content. Sony will be offering 3 months for free and then will
charge $17.99 for 3 months, or $49.99 for a year. Content
through the service will not be downloadable, so if you quit, you'll
lose access to it.At the keynote, Sony also announced a
number of PSP titles, many of them family friendly. Announced
titles included Tetris, Fat Princess, EyePetTron, Kingdom
Hearts, Ace Combat, Toy Story, Ghosts of Sparta, Invzibles, 3rd
birthday, P3P, Ys: The Oath, Valkyria II, and Piyotama. Eyepet
and Invzibles both make use of the PSP's camera. It definitely
seems that Sony is targeting more young gamers with the PSP.


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Besides what Matt52 said (ie. what else is he going to say)
Which 'young players' is he referring to?:
- Lowry, Ross, and Val? The guys he shouldn't (or maybe more specifically won't) be trading.
- Bargnani, Demar and fields? The guys he should be trading.
- all of them?
I'll give Colangelo one thing. He does an excellent job carefully articulating his sentences, telling people exactly what they want to hear through rather ambiguous (and at times extremely misleading) statements.
Thats why its his actions, and not what he says or claims, that matters.


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Payday Lending Vilified Again
A new report from the Center for Responsible Lending has documented that payday lending at six large banks is continuing, and the reported alleged it is damaging consumers financially.
The center, which released the report on March 21, said the six banks are Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank, Regions Bank, Fifth Third Bank, Bank of Oklahoma and Guaranty Bank. None of the banks named responded to requests for comment on the report. But Wells Fargo has a frequently asked questions document on its website about its Direct Deposit Advance program.
"It is important to note this service is an expensive form of credit designed for short-term borrowing needs," the Wells Fargo FAQ reads. "Alternative forms of credit may be less expensive and more suitable to your long-term financial needs. Talk to your Wells Fargo banker for more details."
"Triple-Digit Danger: Bank Payday Lending Persists" is an update of a similar report that the Self-Help Credit Union affiliated organization prepared in 2011. In that report, the organization identified payday lending taking place, under different names, at the six banks. The new report updated the last by indicating that the lending was still going on and documenting some of its effects.
First, interest rates on the money are still very high. According to the report, an average 12-day loan at one of the banks runs between 225% and 300%.
Second, the median number of loans that an average borrower takes out is 14, while more than 33% took out more than 20.
Third, depositors that use the loans are twice as likely as others to incur overdraft fees, and more than 25% of borrowers receive Social Security payments.
The report also blames the loan's structure for helping to force borrowers into taking out multiple loans.
"The fundamental structure of payday loans–a short loan term and a balloon repayment–coupled with a lack of traditional underwriting makes repeat loans highly likely," the report contended. "Borrowers already struggling with regular expenses or facing an emergency expense with minimal savings are typically unable to repay the entire lump sum loan and fees and meet ongoing expenses until their next payday. Consequently, though the payday loan itself may be repaid because the lender puts itself first in line before the borrower's other debts or expenses, the borrower must take out another loan before the end of the pay period, becoming trapped in a cycle of repeat loans."
The report acknowledged that the banks assert that they have safeguards, such as installment payments, to keep the loans from becoming too financially burdensome. But the report charged the banks make the safeguards too difficult to use and that the number of loans per borrower strongly suggested they were ineffective. In Wells Fargo's case, for example, the report indicated that the installment loan program is only open to borrowers who have already taken out three conventional direct deposit advance loans and owe more than $300 on existing loans.
The report calls on federal financial regulators to shut down the loan programs as they are currently structured and only allow them to restart under terms that are much more favorable to borrowers, including allowing affordable installments and capping interest at 36%.
Meanwhile, pressure against banks' payday lending has been growing.
Two coalitions have written federal regulators once again calling on them to do something to reign in banks' in-house payday loans.
In letters to chairmen of both the Federal Reserve and the FDIC, as well as to Thomas Curry, Comptroller of the Currency and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray, the two coalitions expressed gratitude for pledges of action regulators have already made but said that those pledged actions now need to be made.
"Over the last year, the need for federal regulatory action has only become clearer," wrote the unnamed consumer coalition, which included 260 groups and individuals. "Despite banks' claims that these loans offer short-term, emergency solutions for their customers, banks have offered no data that would dispute that these loans are trapping their customers in long term, high-cost debt. And despite efforts of many of the undersigned groups to engage directly with banks making payday loans; heightened negative media attention; and public expressions of concern from state legislators, state regulators, and members of Congress, banks continue to make payday loans."
The coalition included the AARP as well as the AFL-CIO.
The Cities for Financial Empowerment Coalition wrote in its letter that "research suggests that payday loans may actually push people out of the financial mainstream through involuntary closures of bank accounts," and quoted an FDIC report on the topic that found "providing high credit on a recurring basis to customers with long lending; increases institutions' credit, legal, reputational, and compliance risks; and can create a serious financial hardship for the customer."
And there are indications the long running opposition to payday lending has begun to bear fruit.
J.P. Morgan Chase announced March 19 that, beginning at the end of May, it will only charge a fee for insufficient funds the first time a check is presented in a 30-day period and not an additional fee for every time the check might be put through. This is to lessen the costs of having a payday lender put a check through multiple times for a loan.
"This change is intended to address payday lenders and others who present repeated payments to customers that are not in the spirit of their signed agreement with the customer," the bank said in the announcement.
The bank also announced it would start working to identify case of abuse of the Automated Clearing House system for checks and said it would report such abuse to the National Automated Clearing House Association.
The bank will also step up educating the public and its own staff about its policy on stopping payments and make it easier for depositors to close their accounts even when they have pending payday loan payments. "If we believe those pending charges are inappropriate, we won't honor them," the bank said.
"We took a look at our policies and decided to make a number of changes," said Ryan McInerney, CEO of consumer banking at Chase. "Some customers agree to allow payday lenders or other billers to draw funds directly from their accounts, but they may not know some of the aggressive practices that can follow. Those practices include repeated attempts for payment that can result in multiple returned items. We don't believe these practices are appropriate, and are making these changes to help protect customers from unfair and aggressive collections practices."


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Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th- and 10th-Grade Surveys), 2007 (ICPSR 22500)
Alternate Title: MTF 2007 (8th/10th Grade)
Principal Investigator(s): Johnston, Lloyd D., University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center; Bachman, Jerald G., University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center; O'Malley, Patrick M., University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center; Schulenberg, John E., University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center
These surveys of 8th- and 10th-grade students are part of a series that explores changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of contemporary American youth. Students in each grade are randomly assigned to complete one of four questionnaires, each with a different subset of topical questions but containing a set of "core" questions on demographics and drug use. There are more than 450 variables across the questionnaires. Drugs covered by this survey include amphetamines (stimulants), barbiturates (tranquilizers), other prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, tobacco, smokeless tobacco, alcohol, inhalants, steroids, marijuana, hashish, LSD, hallucinogens, cocaine, crack, ecstasy, methamphetamine, and injectable drugs such as heroin.
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Study Description
Johnston, Lloyd D., Jerald G. Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, and John E. Schulenberg. Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th- and 10th-Grade Surveys), 2007. ICPSR22500-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-10-29. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22500.v1
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Subject Terms: alcohol, attitudes, crime, demographic characteristics, drug education, drug use, educational objectives, family background, gender roles, high school students, human behavior, lifestyles, prescription medications, religious attitudes, self esteem, social change, tobacco use, values, youths
Geographic Coverage: United States
- 2007 (Spring)
- 2007 (Spring)
Unit of Observation: individual
Universe: Enrolled 8th- and 10th-grade students in the contiguous United States.
This study was conducted by the Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.
In 2005, two of the questionnaire forms had a new version of the race question. It included Hispanic as one of the categories in addition to Black and White. For 2007, all four forms had this new version for the race variable.
To protect the anonymity of respondents, all variables that could be used to identify individuals have been collapsed or recoded in the public use files. These modifications should not affect analytic uses of the public use files.
Variables omitted from the Western region questionnaires are noted in each codebook.
A user guide is provided with the study documentation. It contains two year-to-year cross-time question indices for the MTF 8th- and 10th-grade surveys. The first is sorted by subject area and the second is sorted by question location.
MTF does not release detailed geography codes in its public use files because of the disclosure risk it would cause. The MTF sample is drawn to generate representative samples of the four Census Bureau regions of the country (Northeast, Midwest, South, and West), but it does not generate representative samples of smaller geographic areas such as states, counties, or cities. For additional information about data that is withheld from the public use files please contact MTF directly at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sample: A multistage area probability sample design was used involving three selection stages: (1) geographic areas or primary sampling units (PSUs), (2) schools (or linked groups of schools) within PSUs, and (3) students within sampled schools. Of the 72 PSUs, 8 were selected with certainty, 10 were selected with a probability of .50, and the remainder were selected with probability proportionate to the size of the 8th- or 10th-grade class. In schools with more than 350 students in the grade, a random sample of students or classes was drawn. In schools with less than 350 students in a grade, all students were asked to participate. Each school was asked to participate for two years so that each year one-half of the sample would be replaced. Schools refusing participation were replaced with similar schools in terms of geographic location, size, and type of school (e.g., public, private/Catholic, private/non-Catholic). For the 8th-grade survey, schools with less than 20 8th graders were excluded from the sample. For the 10th-grade survey, schools with less than 25 10th graders were excluded. The participation rate among schools has been between 66 and 80 percent since the inception of the study.
Weight: Each of the eight parts contains a weight variable, V5. They were originally varied by school but were modified to protect respondent confidentiality. Users should use the weight variable for all analyses, the results of which will differ slightly from published data tables that used original data.
Mode of Data Collection: on-site questionnaire
Response Rates: The student response rates for the 2007 8th- and 10th-grade surveys were 91 percent and 88 percent, respectively.
Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Performed consistency checks.
- Standardized missing values.
- Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
Original ICPSR Release: 2008-10-29
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I only saw the highlights on Sportsnet, because I didn't get to finish the game, and I had no idea this happened.
So. What exactly happened with that last play? I know Philly got a little pissed, but was the shot-clock still on? Or what?
Just want to know what happened, doesn't seem like a Calderon thing to do quite frankly.


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Can we all remember and give the props to Sakura once again for being so intelligent in regards to Obito's jutsu? Did someone actually remembered her when reading this chapter and saw how Obito removed parts of his body to avoid the attacks?
I was just curious...
No flaming please, I want nice answers. Don't like her, fine, you don't have to respond this thread. Avoid it, simply!
Any flaming attempt will be reported!


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A risk factor is something that increases your chances of getting a disease or condition.
It is possible to develop brain tumors with or without the risk factors listed below. However, the more risk factors you have, the greater your likelihood of developing brain tumors. If you have a number of risk factors, ask your doctor what you can do to reduce your risk.
There are few known risk factors for primary brain tumors because so little is known about what causes them. They are the second most common form of cancer in children and adolescents (generally under 15 years old). Increasing age is a risk factor for primary and secondary brain tumors in adults.
Risk factors are also dependent on the specific type of cancer. For example: meningioma, the most common primary brain tumor in adults, is more frequently found in women than in men. It also affects more African-Americans than Caucasians.
Primary Brain Tumors
Radiation exposure produces the greatest risk for brain tumors. This most frequently occurs through radiation therapy to the head to treat other cancers. Exposure to radiation can also come from:
Several uncommon hereditary disorders can increase the risk of brain tumors:
- Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
- Li-Fraumeni syndrome
- Werner's syndrome
- Von Recklinghausen's disease
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Turcot syndrome
Having a first-degree relative increases the risk of developing meningioma.
Secondary Brain Tumors
Secondary brain tumors come from other cancer sites in the body. Cancers that spread to the brain include:
Cancer cell development and growth are influenced by a combination of genetic and lifestyle factors. Managing modifiable risk factors, such as not smoking, can help you reduce your overall risk of cancer.
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My newly installed ZA pro can't update the AV signatures.
Every time I try to run a manual update, the process posts an error.
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My connection is fine--- and I had the free version before this, it worked fine.
All other programs have no problem--- am I going to have to reinstall ??
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I mean, before tonight's game i was pretty optimistic that they could turn this thing around. But losing to the Sacramento Kings? not just that, the way they lost was embarassing. Kings could do anything they want offensively.
So i ask the question, is this Raps team really this bad? like top 3 pick bad? i'm starting to think that they are. Pretty sad because it's only December but it might be time to talk about next year's draft already.


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Day 22: Share locally
In Peru, the gift of dairy animals from World Vision's Gift Catalog is making a world of difference to Cupertino and his three children. Now that they drink milk every day, the children no longer get sick and have turned around the effects of malnourishment.
Today's challenge: Give food to an organization — like a church or food bank — that serves in your local community.
"But I said to you, 'You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.' I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations." —Leviticus 20:24 (NIV)
Milk for medicine
Norlberto, 7, gulps fresh goat milk from a tin cup as the sun sets on his family's hillside farm in central Peru. Then he grins, a thick milk mustache on his upper lip.
His 12-year-old brother Yerson agrees. "The milk tastes good."
Their father, Cupertino Sanchez, makes sure that his six children drink milk every morning and afternoon. Norlberto used to get sick all the time, he says, but the milk has helped boost his immune system. Now he doesn't even get sick during flu season.
"For us, the goat milk is a kind of medicine," Cupertino, 39, says. The milk, and the farm animals that provide it, is a critical safeguard for his children's health.
But more than just the physical well-being of children, Cupertino's goats have also provided a steady source of family income, and, even more, a redemptive future for him and his children in the midst of rampant disease, poverty, and malnutrition.
Here in the rural highlands of Peru, World Vision is using animal distribution programs, funded through the Gift Catalog, to build and support communities and families like Cupertino's.
In Ayacucho, the region where Cupertino and his family live, more than a third of children under 5 are malnourished. Some of his own children exhibit signs of stunting, the effect of babies not getting nutritious food.
World Vision picked 20 families in the village of Huayllapata to receive goats and cows. Cupertino's family was one of those 20, chosen because he had children under 10 years old who were at risk for malnourishment.
They received four goats in 2010; then, a year later, two cows. Once the animals had reproduced, Cupertino had to give a calf and some goats to other families in need. But his herd of goats has expanded to nine, and their heifer has just given birth to a second calf. This one they get to keep. The kids named him Eddy.
"When they are born, they are very cute," says 13-year-old Yulisa. She loves the animals, and plays with them like dolls. Sometimes she even likes to sleep in the hay with the calf.
Not just cute and cuddly, but literally lifesavers to Cupertino's children.
"I believe that it's the support of my children, for the education and food of my children," he says.
The goats have also helped Cupertino redeem his family and his life.
Before they received these animals, he traveled hundreds of miles to Lima, the capital city, or to the jungle to find work harvesting coffee or laying bricks. It kept him far from his wife and kids, and he only went home every three or four months.
"My children missed me and I was not able to send them money," says Cupertino sadly. "The way we lived was different."
He also used to be an alcoholic, but as part of World Vision's programs, he received family counseling, and no longer drinks. Because of the income from the goat and cow milk, he's able to stay home and work on building healthy relationships with his wife and kids.
"It's a great change because I'm not leaving my children here," he says. "I was very glad, and I thanked God and World Vision for coming to this community."
In addition to caring for the animals he's so thankful for, Cupertino has been volunteering as an infant health promoter for World Vision for five years, ever since they came to his community. He wants to make sure that other babies don't experience the same stunting that his children did.
Despite their setbacks, all three kids are now healthy and have dreams for the future. All three are sponsored through World Vision. Norlberto has a manila envelope stuffed with the letters and gifts his sponsor, Cindy, has sent him from the United States. He loves to play with the matchbox cars that she sent him, and he keeps everything safely tucked away in his backpack so nothing gets lost.
Even though she loves animals, Yulisa wants to be an accountant when she grows up because she likes math. Yerson says he wants to be an engineer. Both kids want to help care for animals when they get older.
Cupertino is grateful to World Vision and to the sponsors of his children, because even though they are strangers who don't know his family, they still love and care for his kids.
"Thank you for all of these blessings," says Cupertino. "It's not a small thing — it's a big thing."
At the top: Yerson, 12, and his brother Norlberto, 7, hold on to "Eddy," a new calf that was born just eight days before. (Photo: ©2012 Abby Stalsbroten/World Vision)
Give a share of dairy animals through our Gift Catalog — a goat, a cow, and a sheep — and help change the lives of three families! The increased protein in their diets will support children's health, and families will be able to improve their living conditions by selling the animals' offspring and dairy products.