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Study of the Efficacy of Chloroquine in the Treatment of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (The PINC Trial)
This study has been completed.
Inova Health Care Services
George Mason University
University of Pittsburgh
United States Department of Defense
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Inova Health Care Services
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: December 1, 2009
Last updated: March 7, 2017
Last verified: March 2017
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that chloroquine will reduce the ability of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) to survive and spread. Participants will receive either chloroquine standard dose (500mg/week) or chloroquine low dose (250mg/week) for 1 month prior to surgical removal of the tumor.
|Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating DCIS Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
|Drug: Chloroquine Standard Dose (500mg/week) Drug: Chloroquine Low Dose (250mg/week) Procedure: Breast Biopsy
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Preventing Invasive Breast Neoplasia With Chloroquine (PINC) Trial
Resource links provided by NLM:
Drug Information available for: Chloroquine phosphate Chloroquine Chloroquine sulfate Chloroquine hydrochlorideU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Inova Health Care Services:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Tumor response evaluated by RECIST criteria as measured by breast MRI. [ Time Frame: Immediately preceding study drug treatment and again after treatment prior to surgery. ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Evaluate the safety and dosing efficacy of chloroquine in the treatment of patients with DCIS. [ Time Frame: Continually ]
- Evaluate the effect of therapy on the progenitor cell yield and invasive capacity ex vivo. [ Time Frame: At the time of breast biopsy and again at time of surgery. ]
- Evaluate the effect of treatment on the proteomic and molecular cytogenetic profiles of the DCIS lesions. [ Time Frame: At the time of breast biopsy and again at the time of surgery. ]
|Study Start Date:
|December 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Chloroquine Standard Dose (500mg/week)
Patients with ER+ or ER- DCIS regardless of histologic grade will be randomly assigned to receive one month standard dose chloroquine (500 mg/week).
Drug: Chloroquine Standard Dose (500mg/week)
Patients will receive chloroquine (500 mg/once a week) for 1 month prior to surgical removal of the DCIS lesion.
Other Name: AralenProcedure: Breast Biopsy
Patients diagnosed with DCIS will undergo a breast biopsy prior to the start of study treatment. This biopsy is entirely voluntary and is not required to remain in the study. The biopsy will allow researchers to study the tissue for biomarkers and to determine how the DCIS tissue changes during treatment. Additional samples of the DCIS tissue will be collected at the time of surgery.
Other Names:
Experimental: Chloroquine Low Dose (250mg/week)
Patients with ER+ or ER- DCIS regardless of histologic grade will be randomly assigned to receive one month low dose chloroquine (250mg/week).
Drug: Chloroquine Low Dose (250mg/week)
Patients will receive chloroquine (250 mg/once a week) for 1 month prior to surgical removal of the DCIS lesion.
Other Name: AralenProcedure: Breast Biopsy
Patients diagnosed with DCIS will undergo a breast biopsy prior to the start of study treatment. This biopsy is entirely voluntary and is not required to remain in the study. The biopsy will allow researchers to study the tissue for biomarkers and to determine how the DCIS tissue changes during treatment. Additional samples of the DCIS tissue will be collected at the time of surgery.
Other Names:
Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that inhibiting the autophagy pathway in DCIS will reduce the capacity of DCIS to survive and invade. The study will examine the safety and effectiveness of neoadjuvant chloroquine administration for a one month period to patients with low, intermediate grade, or high grade DCIS. We will evaluate whether this treatment will reduce the capacity of DCIS neoplastic cells, existing within the duct, to survive, induce lesion regression, and kill the invasive DCIS progenitor cells.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have a tissue diagnosis of low, intermediate or high grade ductal carcinoma in situ or ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion.
- Patients with ductal carcinoma in situ undergoing either lumpectomy/radiation or mastectomy.
- Patients must be female at least 18 years of age.
- Patients must have a signed tissue acquisition consent and have at minimum, adequate samples of primary fresh tissue or blood available for use in this study.
- No history of a previous invasive cancer in the last five years with the exception of minimally invasive non-melanoma skin cancer.
- Normal liver function based on Liver Function Tests (Total Bilirubin and AST <1.5 X Upper Limit of Normal).
- Normal WBC (3.5-10.8 x 103µL), PLT (140-400 x 103µL), and HCT (37-52%)
- Potassium within the normal range of 3.5-5.3 mEq/L
- Adequate renal sufficiency (serum creatinine <1.5 mg/dL).
- ECOG performance status 0-2.
- Are able to swallow and retain oral medication.
- No underlying ocular/retinal pathology.
- No medically documented preexisting auditory damage.
- Subjects should be willing to abstain from use of hormonal therapies (e.g. hormone replacement therapy, oral contraceptive pills, hormone-containing IUDs, and E-string) and chronic NSAID's for the duration of the study (chronic use of NSAID's is defined as a frequency >3 times/week for more than two weeks per year and includes low dose aspirin).
- Subjects with child-bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (total abstinence (no sexual intercourse), use of condom with spermicide or sterilization surgery, including tubal ligation (tubes tied) or hysterectomy (removal of the uterus or womb)) prior to study entry and for the duration of study treatment phase. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her study physician immediately.
If a subject is of child-bearing potential (women are considered not of child-bearing potential if they are at least one year postmenopausal and/or surgically sterile), she must have a documented negative serum or urine pregnancy test before starting treatment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with a prior history of chemotherapy, hormonal ablation therapy and/or radiation therapy.
- History of other invasive cancer in the previous 5 years other than minimally invasive non-melanoma skin cancer.
- Patient desires not to participate in the study.
- Inability to consent.
- Current or recent pregnancy (within 12 months),
- Current use of hormone-containing forms of birth control such as implants (i.e. Norplants, or injectables ( i.e. depo-provera)
- Currently lactating.
- Patients with history of renal or hepatic insufficiency.
- Current diagnosis for depression, including treatment with an SSRI.
- History of prior treatment with chloroquine for malaria within past 24 months.
- History of allergic reactions to quinalones or chloroquine.
- Active diagnosis of psoriasis or currently receiving treatment for psoriasis.
- History of porphyria.
- History of known Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency.
- Alcoholism or hepatic disease.
- History of epilepsy or seizures in the past 20 years.
- History of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism.
- History of HIV disease and/or treatment with anti-HIV agents.
- Receiving concurrent treatment with prohibited medications (refer to Table 1 for details on prohibited medications); Examples include: ampicillin, antacids, cimetidine, cyclosporine, kaolin, magnesium trisilicate, coumarin-type anticoagulants, macrolide antibiotics (e.g., clarithromycin, isoniazid, and erythromycin), anti-HIV agents (e.g., ritonavir and delavirdine), antidepressants (e.g. fluoxetine and fluvoxamine), calcium channel blockers (e.g. verapamil and diltiazem), steroids and their modulators (e.g., gestodene, raloxifene, and mifepristone), and several herbal and dietary components (e.g. bergamottin and glabridin).
- Used an investigational drug within 30 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, preceding the first dose of study medication.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01023477
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01023477
|United States, Virginia
|Medical Oncology and Hematology Associates of Northern Virginia
|Fairfax, Virginia, United States, 22031
|Virginia Cancer Specialists, PC
|Fairfax, Virginia, United States, 22031
|Virginia Surgery Associates
|Fairfax, Virginia, United States, 22033
|Inova Fairfax Hospital
|Falls Church, Virginia, United States, 22042
Sponsors and Collaborators
Inova Health Care Services
George Mason University
University of Pittsburgh
United States Department of Defense
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
|Principal Investigator:
|Kirsten H Edmiston, MD, FACS
|Inova Fairfax Hospital Cancer Center
|Principal Investigator:
|Priscilla McAuliffe, MD, PhD
|Magee-Women's Hospital of UPMC
More Information
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by Inova Health Care Services:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Martinez-Outschoorn UE, Pavlides S, Whitaker-Menezes D, Daumer KM, Milliman JN, Chiavarina B, Migneco G, Witkiewicz AK, Martinez-Cantarin MP, Flomenberg N, Howell A, Pestell RG, Lisanti MP, Sotgia F. Tumor cells induce the cancer associated fibroblast phenotype via caveolin-1 degradation: implications for breast cancer and DCIS therapy with autophagy inhibitors. Cell Cycle. 2010 Jun 15;9(12):2423-33. Epub 2010 Jun 15.
|Responsible Party:
|Inova Health Care Services
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01023477 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|December 1, 2009
|Last Updated:
|March 7, 2017
Keywords provided by Inova Health Care Services:
Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating
Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
Carcinoma, Intraductal
Breast Cancer
Breast Tumors
Autophagic Cell Death
Programmed Cell Death, Type II
Autophagy, Cellular
Autophagic Programmed Cell Death
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma in Situ
Carcinoma, Ductal
Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Ductal, Lobular, and Medullary
Chloroquine diphosphate
Antiprotozoal Agents
Antiparasitic Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Antirheumatic Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antinematodal Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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EPA's Region 6 Office
Serving: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and 66 Tribal Nations
Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activities
NOTE: Several links take you to other sites, you may have to back up or close the new window to return to this page. Many of the guidance documents, permits, etc. available on-line are in PDF format and you will need the free Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more.
• NEW: One Year Extension to Construction General Permit Proposed: To allow time to prepare a new five year general permit incorporating the recently issued Construction and Development Effluent Limitation Guidelines, EPA has proposed to extend the expiration of the 2008 Construction General Permit from July 1, 2010, to July 1, 2011.
• NEW: On November 23, 2009, EPA issued new Construction & Development (C&D) effluent guidelines that would affect all future construction general permits
• Developing Your Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan: A Guide for Construction Sites This guidance manual is intended as a helpful reference for construction site operators who must prepare a SWPPP in order to obtain NPDES permit coverage for their stormwater discharges. It describes the SWPPP development process and provides helpful guidance and tips for developing and implementing an effective SWPPP. In addition, the guide provides customizable SWPPP templates and a sample inspection report, in Microsoft Word format. This Guide may be used by construction site operators anywhere in the U.S. The SWPPP Template and Inspection form should be customized to meet the requirements in the applicable State Construction General Permit.
• NEW: 9th Circuit Court Ruling on NPDES Regulations for Construction Stormwater Discharges Associated with Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Processing, or Treatment Operations, or Transmission Facilities
• eNOI System Available: You may now enter construction general permit NOIs online via the eNOI system. You may also search the NOI database online.
- The NPDES Storm Water Program in General: who is covered & timing (both Phase I and Phase II), industrial activity, construction activity, No Exposure Exclusion, copies of permits and guidance, etc.? (link to EPA's national site on the storm water program)
- Construction storm water permitting in Region 6: copies of Region 6 permits, links to State permits, etc.
- Where to send your Notice of Intent or Notice of Termination or obtaining copies of NOI/NOT and permit coverage related documents? (Information on the NOI Processing Center)
- Construction and Development Effluent Limitation Guidelines Issued!
- Region 6 Water Enforcement Branch Storm Water web page
- Other Storm Water Links & Resources (PDF Version) (32KB, 13pp). (Word Document Version) (149KB, 13pp)
- Region 6 Construction General Permit (includes links to guidance on pollution prevention plants, NOIs, NOTs, etc.)
- State Construction General Permits and Individual Permit Process
Under Phase I of the Storm Water Program, permits for discharge of storm water from construction activities that are part of a common plan of development or sale disturbing five or more acres have been required since October 1, 1992. Phase II of the storm water program requires permits for "small" construction activities in the 1-5 acre range starting March 10, 2003. There are some waivers available and a fact sheet and help with the "Low Rainfall Erosivity" ("R" Factor) waiver is available on-line.
The EPA-issued general permit for storm water associated with construction activities (Construction General Permit or CGP) is available for construction projects in New Mexico; oil & gas and agriculture point source (e.g., Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations-CAFOs, etc.) related construction projects in Oklahoma; oil & gas related construction projects in Texas; and construction projects on Indian Country lands in Louisiana, New Mexico (except Navajo and Ute Mountain Ute reservations -covered by the permits for EPA Regions 8 & 10). The requirements of the 2008 CGP are similar to the previous 2003 permits and will authorize the discharge of pollutants in storm water runoff associated with construction activities in accordance with the terms and conditions described therein. The CGP requires construction operators to submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) to be covered under the CGP. The NOI includes basic information about the operator and the project site. Prior to submission of the NOI, operators must develop a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP). The SWPPP includes a description of the Best Management Practices (BMPs) that will be used to reduce pollutants in the storm water discharges. The CGP also requires operators to conduct regular site inspections, comply with Endangered Species Act requirements, and submit a Notice of Termination when construction is complete.
NOTE: The CGP allows oil and gas construction projects to obtain coverage IF NEEDED. Click here for the status of the current exemption for uncontaminated stormwater runoff from oil and gas exploration, production, etc. construction projects.(return to top)
State-issued Construction General Permits
- Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Construction General Permit
- Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Construction General Permit
- Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Construction General Permit
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Applying for an individual construction permit from EPA.
To file an NOI or NOT electronically, visit the eNOI web site. To file a hard copy NOI or NOT, the current addresses for the NOI Processing Center are:
However, the physical address is different in case you send the package via an express messaging service:
Storm Water Notice of [Intent/Termination] (4203M)
US EPA - Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20460
Storm Water Notice of [Intent/Termination]
US EPA - ICC Building, Room 7329
1201 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004
If you need to check on the status of your NOI/NOT or need a copy of your permit coverage confirmation letter, please contact the NOI Processing Center at: 1-866-352-7755. You can also check on your NOI and print out a copy of the NOI information online at the eNOI database search web site.


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Jeanie Buss, the Lakers' executive vice president of business operations, isn't blind to the fact there could be misguided blame heaped on the team by default because of its connection to the launch of the new Time Warner Cable SportsNet.
Funny thing is, she can't see the new channel, either. It's not on her DirecTV service.
Her strategy: Wait it out.
"To me, it brings back memories of moving from the Forum to Staples Center in 1999," she said Thursday. "Our fans were concerned about the traffic, about the sightlines - even about the hot dogs. One fan said he wanted to `keep the seats they had at the Forum' and we had to explain they could but that the Lakers wouldn't be playing there. Fortunately, the Lakers won a championship our first year at Staples Center and assured our fans we could be successful in a new environment.
"I am hoping the move to a new broadcasthome will follow that same championship pattern."
The $3 billion, 20-year TWC deal provides the Lakers with plenty of flexibility to exceed the NBA salary cap and bring the necessary money to pay the luxury taxes that they will incur not just this year but in seasons to come. But it also puts a large target on the team's back when fans who aren't TWC subscribers for the time being might feel marginalized in the process since the SportsNet and Deportes channels launched Monday.
Buss has a backup plan when she's not actually at a Lakers game - head over to former Lakers coach Phil Jackson's apartment in Playa del Rey to watch on his TWC service, likely starting with the first exhibition game Sunday in Fresno against Golden State.
John Ireland, the Lakers' radio play-by-play man on KSPN-AM (710), has been a DirecTV customer in Manhattan Beach since 1995, so he's without channel access, too. And he's one of the on-air hosts.
"I tend to be an optimist with things like this," Ireland said Thursday. "I can't imagine once they see how good the Time Warner Cable networks are, they won't cut a deal before the regular season starts."
The Lakers' Oct. 30 season opener at home against Dallas is exclusive to TNT, but the second game, Oct. 31 at Portland on Halloween night, might scare the bejesus out of fans who don't have the channel by then.
TWC execs insist they need as many other cable systems as possible to come on board for its investment to pay off. The reported asking price of $3.95 per subscriber per system -- per month -- provides the largest hurdle.
It behooves DirecTV, Dish, Charter, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-verse and Cox to wait things out until actual Lakers games begin. DirecTV, for example, stands to save itself a couple hundred thousand dollars every day until the end of the month. (And for those who think they can get around this by having the NBA League Pass, it won't work - local games are blacked out).
DirecTV spokesman Bob Mercer says his company and TWC, as the two largest TV providers in L.A., "share a responsibility to ensure that both sports fans and non-sports fans alike avoid any extraordinary increases to their families' monthly bills. We plan to carry TWC SportsNet in a way that is affordable for everyone."
Dish Network, which joined TWC as a provider of the Pac-12 Network - one that DirecTV continues to resist, despite its 80-cent subscriber charge - is talking with TWC, "but we will only come to an agreement if the programming is offered at a good value for our customers," Dish spokesman John Hall said.
Viewers who panic might go to the IWantMyLakers.com link off the Lakers' home webpage, find an offer sitting there for a $200 Visa Reward Card "when you switch to Time Warner Cable," and take the bait.
Buss says she realizes this whole changing of channels away from KCAL-Channel 9 and Fox Sports West after decades of service is a "sensitive situation" - the Lakers were one of the last teams to keep a free, over-the-air network as part of their broadcast strategy. She also sees confusion about whether the team appears to be asking fans to switch service providers.
"That's not true," she said. "I've made it a point to say I'm a DirecTV subscriber for a long time and I'm confident that one of the most sports-centric platforms that has provided Lakers games to me in the past will want to continue that through their service.
"As an organization, we spent many months considering our options and carefully weighing every implication knowing that change is difficult for everyone, including our fans. Ultimately, we wanted to be on one home and have the ability to deliver more in-depth Lakers content to our fans besides just the pregame, postgame and the actual game.
"The move wasn't an impulsive decision nor one taken lightly, it was important piece to the future success of the Lakers team and to serving Lakers fans more content with state-of-the-art technology in English and Spanish."
We shall see. Or, for now, maybe not everyone will.
Lakers' TV deal might rekindle spirit of radio
The absence of the new Pac-12 Network on DirecTV continues to sting a bit for USC or and UCLA football fans — and that continues Saturday, when the Bruins travel to Cal for a 7 p.m. game exclusively on the channel.
If you listen closely, you may hear a few fans talk about rediscovering the simplistic beauty of the live radio coverage in the interim.
Chick Hearn's "word's eye view" brought in Lakers fans from the start. John Ireland understands how he can provide that service on KSPN-AM (710) with the Time Warner Cable SportsNet channel unavailable to millions of L.A. viewers.
"Chick told me once that, on the radio, I should pretend I was 'talking to a blind person,' and couple of months into last season, I got a huge compliment from an actual blind person who wrote to me and thanked me for being 'overly descriptive,'" said Ireland, starting his second year as the Lakers' radio voice with analyst Mychal Thompson. "So that's my default position anyway.
"But especially while these TV deals are being worked out, I think it would be smart for us to do more scene-setting. We're going to talk about the crowds, the buildings, the way things 'look' more than we have before. I can see myself saying things like, 'Steve Nash, wearing number 10 in his gold Lakers jersey ...'
"I'm going to try and be overly descriptive when I can."
Ireland said during a ESPNLA staff meeting Wednesday that the discussion focused on taking advantage of this current situation.
"I know it's just the preseason, but we think the real games start for us this Sunday in Fresno," he said. "I've been working with the Lakers for 17 years, and the anticipation going into this year is as high as I've ever seen it.
"We want fans to remember that even if your TV carrier doesn't have Time Warner Cable SportsNet yet, we've got you covered on the radio. We hope that maybe some people who had never listened on the radio before might discover us now. But I'm a fan too, and I want everybody to have both TV and radio — that's what will eventually happen."
What smokes
==In another of those seek-and-find channel situations, Major League Baseball may have every logical business reason to want to put playoff games on the league-owned MLB Network, but don't expect a warm embrace from fans. TBS is giving up two games to the MLB Network this postseason, starting with Sunday's ALDS Game 2 Oakland at Detroit, and another Wednesday -- the first time the channel will have playoff games, and the first of many seasons to come when this will happen. Matt Vasgersian and Jim Kaat call Sunday's game, while Bob Costas does his first postseason MLB game in 12 years when he joins Kaat for Wednesday's contest to be determined.
The Pac-12 Network says today it will be carrying its 100 th live event — No. 2 Oregon against No. 7 Stanford in women's volleyball — and it's taken only 52 days to get to that milestone. The network has carried 25 games in the past seven days alone and has 17 more this weekend.
What chokes
==In light of the $12.4 billion influx that Major League Baseball just took in for its eight-year extensions with Fox, Turner and ESPN from 2014-'22, MLB local ratings on regional sports networks dropped six percent this season, according to the latest figures pulled by the Sports Business Journal via Nielsen. The Angels were second to last among all teams with a 1.12 rating on its games carried on Fox Sports West this season, which was about even with 2011. The Dodgers' 1.94 on Prime Ticket wasn't all that much better, but it was a 70.4 percent jump from a year ago, the second-greatest leap among any team, after attendance also dropped off considerably in 2011. The Detroit Tigers (9.13) ended up with the best regional TV rating. The San Diego Padres were at 1.90.
More media notes on the blog: www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth
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Mortgage Rates Rise Slightly in Divergence From Treasuries
Here's a bit of an oddity: mortgage rates ticked higher in the past week even as Treasury yields fell amid a banner week for government bonds. To be fair, mortgage rates rose only slightly, with the the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate at 3.57% in the week ended today, according to Freddie Mac's (FMCC) latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, up from 3.54% a week ago. That rate has still held within in a fairly tight range between 3.51% and 3.63% ever since late January. A year ago the same rate averaged 3.99%.
The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage rate also rose slightly to 2.76% from 2.72% a week ago, down from 3.23% a year ago.


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West Virginia Supreme Court justices unanimously approved a deal Kanawha Magistrate Ward Harshbarger made to resolve the ethics charges filed against him when he mishandled the domestic violence petition the ex-wife of the county's prosecuting attorney's tried to obtain against the prosecutor.
The state Judicial Investigation Commission filed charges against Harshbarger last month, alleging the longtime magistrate didn't follow proper procedure when Allison Plants petitioned for a domestic violence protective order against her ex-husband, Kanawha prosecutor Mark Plants. Harshbarger also talked about the confidential petition in front of police officers who had nothing to do with the case.
Harshbarger will be publicly censured, pay a $2,000 fine and pay $3,790 for the cost of the investigation, according to a Supreme Court order issued late last month.
Teresa Tarr, attorney for the state Judicial Investigation Commission, and Harshbarger's attorney, Bill Forbes, agreed to that punishment at a hearing last month. Judges with the state Judicial Hearing Board recommended that punishment to Supreme Court justices.
The statement of charges against Harshbarger say that the magistrate didn't give the petition filed by Allison Plants against Mark Plants "a full and fair review."
After she found a significant bruise on her 11-year-old son's leg, she alerted police and applied for a domestic violence protective order. She told police Mark Plants had inflicted too harsh a punishment on the boy. Police investigated and Plants now faces two misdemeanor charges.
Allison Plants appeared before Harshbarger on Feb. 26 and filled out the paperwork for an emergency domestic violence protective order against Mark Plants. She handed over the proper paperwork to Harshbarger's assistant, Melanie Rucker, who immediately took the paperwork to Harshbarger, according to the filing.
Harshbarger says he decided to deny the petition before he realized it was against Mark Plants, the charges state. "He indicated that he was going to deny it because the alleged abuse was a form of parental correcting," the charges state. "When he learned that the matter involved Prosecutor Plants, he stated, 'I'm not going to grant this.'"
The charges also allege Harshbarger gave Allison Plants the wrong information about how to appeal her petition. Instead of telling her to appeal to family court, he told her it would then go to a circuit court judge. However, Harshbarger didn't act on the petition at all.
Forbes said that Harshbarger believed by not granting or denying the petition, it gave Allison Plants the opportunity to try to get a second opinion faster.
Kanawha Family Court Judge Mike Kelly granted Allison Plants an emergency protection order the next day. The charges note that Kelly granted the order having the same information Harshbarger did, but with one additional paragraph of information.
When Harshbarger is inclined to deny a domestic violence petition, he uses this "convoluted process" about 30 percent of the time, Tarr said during a hearing last month.
Plants was charged March 18 with violating Kelly's order. On March 31, the prosecutor was charged with domestic battery over the same events that gave rise to the protection order.
Tarr said Harshbarger was upset by the media stories about Mark Plants and talked in front of police officers from Dunbar and Charleston about why he was inclined to deny Allison Plants' request. The officers had no involvement in her case.
Dunbar Police Sgt. Chad Shafer testified before the hearing board that he talked with Harshbarger and his assistant about the case in front of a woman he had arrested for probably 15 to 20 minutes.
Rucker showed a picture from the protection order to the officers, Tarr said. Harshbarger didn't chastise her for revealing the confidential photograph, but instead told the officers that didn't provide enough evidence to grant the order, according to Tarr.
Supreme Court administrator Steve Canterbury filed a complaint March 13 with the investigation commission alleging Harshbarger had "engaged in serious violations" of the judicial code of conduct.
Tarr previously recommended that Harshbarger be removed from handling all domestic violence petitions until the charges against him are resolved, but Supreme Court justices couldn't agree on that. Justices Robin Davis and Allen Loughry wanted to suspend Harshbarger without pay. Justice Menis Ketchum said the magistrate shouldn't be punished unless the charges are proven against him. Justice Margaret Workman said that removing Harshbarger from domestic violence cases — effectively removing him from the night shift rotation at magistrate court — would reward him for his alleged misconduct.
Harshbarger, who has been a Kanawha magistrate since 1981, has been the subject of judicial discipline twice before and that's why a public censure was being recommended. In 1984, the Supreme Court censured Harshbarger for neglect of duty after he left his shift early before night court had ended. In 1994, Harshbarger was admonished for going to a polling place where he was not registered to vote while the polls were still open.
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I am student teaching (a internship) for a 3rd grade class. For half of the class English is a second language and 2 students don't speak English beyond "good morning" and "restroom". But that is not what drives me crazy. It's my Master teacher.
* Suggestions on teaching mean and median:
"Make each student say the definition 10 times."
* To a non-english speaking student in the country for 6 weeks:
"What did Aksel say? (waits) You are not listening. You have to listen."
* After spending 20 minutes deciding what to assign for homework:
"I need to see what your assigning for math homework. Knowing what you are going to do helps move things along." (The assignments I was responisble for were passed out; she was the one who did not know what to assign.)
* After telling me to skip 5 lessons in the math book the week before:
"Wow, you are going pretty quick through the material." (I taught one lesson each day in the order it was presented in the book.)
* After assigning for homework to write a persuasive paragraph on why Harut, who had just returned from the principal's office, should keep his hands to himself:
"I hope his parents aren't too rough on him."
* After stopping a lesson that I am teaching so that she can read the manual:
"I guess you are right they are supposed to work in pairs."
These pearls of wisdom you all recieve free. I, however, get to pay tuition plus work 40 hours a week free of charge in order to recieve.


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Picking the right fit is really important to Nate Godwin. That is what led him to de-commit from Minnesota in late December and eventually verbally commit to the USF.
"Coach (Willie_ Taggart reached out to me right after he got hired," said the three-star DB from Freedom High School in Tampa, FL. "I felt more comfortable picking USF"
Godwin will be taking his official visit to USF on Saturday, January 10th, a visit that he is has been looking forward to.
"[I'm excited] just to see everything, the facilities and all that, getting to know the players and all that," Godwin said. "I live in the city so I know a lot about it [USF]."
A big factor in Godwin's decision to de-commit from Minnesota to go to USF was an early opportunity to play.
"Playing time was a real factor," said Godwin. "I can come right away and make an impact for USF, quicker than with Minnesota where I would've most likely had to redshirt a year."
Godwin had a breakout senior season with Freedom High School. The 6-foot defensive back had 47 tackles, three interceptions and six pass breakups for the Patriots.
It seemed USF had missed out on Godwin after the DB verbally committed to Minnesota in October. The Bulls got back into the mix after Willie Taggart was hired as USF's new head coach, prompting Godwin to contemplate "decisions, decisions" on his twitter account.
"I built a relationship with both those guys and Coach Scott at USF, he is still there. It has been real fun."
If Godwin does indeed sign with the Bulls, he will be playing for newly hired defensive coordinator Chuck Bresnahan.
"I haven't really gotten to talk to him," Godwin said. "Anyone who came from the NFL is a good hire, he has good connections with the NFL, knows what it takes to get to the NFL and runs a pro-style system."
Godwin described the offseason as "enjoyable". The Freedom High School DB says that has been going "to USF and hang out with Coach Taggart."
He is looking forward to signing with the Bulls because; "Once I sign, I can actually get a workout from South Florida."
Godwin will be with the Bulls for spring practices and has yet to decide if he will enroll early to USF after graduating from Freedom High School in December.
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Director Of Bank Of England Says, "Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin".
You might think I'm telling you old news here, and I am. This is about a man who died 68 years ago. What has it got to do with today? This man understood exactly how bankers use creation of false credit and then financial busts or "credit crunches" to steal from the public and line their pockets for total control.
One five sentence quote sums up the problems with banking, the thieving nature of the very basis of debt-banking, the position we find ourselves facing today, the solution and, the fact that massive accumulated wealth in the hands of a few is a bad thing.
Josiah Charles Stamp, the 1st Baron Stamp was born on June 21, 1880 and died during the Blitz of London in World war two. He was a director of the Bank of England and the second richest man in the country when in a talk at the University of Texas in the 1920's he said the following:
Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take it away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create money .
Now there is an honest and honourable man: Wishing for the demise of his own great fortune because he saw the reality of the situation in which we find ourselves.
His fortune was quite diminished by the events of his death. His eldest son Wilfred died in the same house, hit by the same bomb at the same time. Under English law (at the time – I do not know if this has changed) there was a legal fiction that where the order of deaths of parties can not be established, the eldest is assumed to have died first.
Perhaps because of Stamp's clear insight into the nature of the abyss into which society was headed his death and inheritence were treated unfairly. Despite the obvious fact that both Stamp and his son died simultaneously, it was determined that Stamp had died before his eldest son, who therefore inherited his title and wealth (albeit very briefly and not that he got a chance to enjoy it).
This meant that the already dead Wilfred paid death duties on the estate, then the estate and title were inherited immediately from Wilfred by his younger brother Trevor. Trevor Stamp also had to pay death duties and thus Stamp's fortune and the power of his descendants was quite disrupted by this inequitable behaviour. Perhaps after the things he said it was decided this would be a good way of demoralising his remaining offspring and putting limits on them.


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Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long lost letter arrives one Sunday afternoon with the return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an old secret.
Evacuated from London as a 12-year-old girl, Edie's mother is chosen by the mysterious Juniper Blythe and taken to live at Milderhurst Castle with the Blythe family: Juniper, her twin sisters, and their father, Raymond.
Fifty years later, as Edie chases the answers to her mother's riddle. She, too, is drawn to Milderhurst Castle and the eccentric sisters Blythe. Old ladies now, the three still live together, the twins nursing Juniper, whose abandonment by her fiancé in 1941 plunged her into madness.
Inside the decaying castle, Edie begins to unravel her mother's past. But there are other secrets hidden in the stones of Milderhurst Castle, and Edie is about to learn more than she expected. For the truth of what happened in the distant hours has been waiting a long time for someone to find it....
©2010 Kate Morton (P)2010 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
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"Right Mood At The Right Time"
You have to be in just the right mood to enjoy this book, like being in the right place at the right time; thankfully I was and therefore, I just adored it! I got so drawn into the characters and the world they inhabit, that I even DREAMT about them! That's a first for me.
It's also the first time I can use the expression "curled up" with a book and mean it – it was like comfort food and getting back to it was like going to find out what my good friends have been up to while I was away.
In a nut shell, it's a slow moving mystery about a woman who delves into her mother's past and stumbles upon the story (and secrets) of three sisters during the 1940s, now old spinsters living in a dilapidated castle. Their tale is told through discoveries made by our present-day protagonist, weaved in with scenes from the prescriptive of the various key characters as their story unfolds before the war.
The characters were so perfectly depicted, I felt like I knew them personally and it was easy to get so completely sucked into their orb. The author's ability to paint scenes with words was so first-rate to me that I felt like I was actually there at times, as if I could FEEL the surroundings yet it was not so overly descriptive that I couldn't use my own imagination to flesh out the view in my mind.
My mood was ideal for getting carried away in this story. It's not an "edge of your seat" mystery, but rather a tale that uncoils slowly with bits and pieces of clues revealed here and there, leaving you guessing until pretty much the end. Like a ribbon slowly unravelling.
If you want wall to wall action, put it aside and get back to it when you feel the need for slow (almost drawn out but never boring or tedious) escapism instead.
"Rich and Lovely"
Having adjusted my expectations after reading several lackluster reviews of "The Distant Hours", I was happily surprised to find myself mesmerized by this complex, layered, romantic story. Listening as I knitted, gardened, cooked, and hung laundry, I was glad for the slow pace, the detailed descriptions that transported me in space and time, and the character development which made Juniper, Saffy, Percy, Meridith, and Edie real and sympathetic. Kate Morton crafts her language, and I savored her almost poetic descriptions of Milderhurst Castle. I loved that she took the time to tell the story properly, having faith that the reader would prefer quality over pace. When something is as beautiful as "The Distant Hours", I'd really rather not be rushed.
"A classic Morton"
If you enjoyed Morton's other books, you may find this one to be your favorite. The narration is excellent, and the twists in the plot line keep you guessing til the end. I always suggest the Forgotten Garden to newbie audio listeners, and this one is almost always their second download.
Heres hoping Morton writes more soon!
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"A well crafted mystery"
Distant Hours starts you off on a gentle stroll in the English countryside , slowly introducing you to the oh so British characters. Then, all of sudden, the listener is totally sucked into the mystery and drama that enfolds, with pieces that don't totally come together until just about the last page. Fascinating glimpse of English life in the war years, 1940s, and then present day, with a rewarding mystery ingeniously interwoven. The Forgotten Garden was one of my favorite listens, and this novel was just as good. Kate Morton is a wondrous story teller.
"Compelling Listen"
I have listened to all of Kate Morton's books and they are all equally excellent. Her ability to build characters, and move the listener/reader from the past to the present is superb. I would highly recommend her books to everyone.
"Awesome Book"
I think The Distant Hours is Kate Morton's best book. It kept me guessing to the end!
"Exhaustingly detailed"
Yes this book is beautifully written and nicely narrated, and the story is engaging. In book form I would have enjoyed it, as I would have been free to skim over some of the incredibly exhausting details. Trapped in my car with the audio version, however, this option was not available. There is just far too much detail and far too much time spent on matters that are largely irrelevant to the plot. For some readers who enjoy the journey more than the destination, this is a positive thing I know but for me, way too frustrating. I thought I would tear my hair out in the final couple of hours, waiting for the end to come, and having to endure endless amounts of descriptive prose. As I said, beautifully written, no denying that, and the author has a truly impressive ability to paint a mental picture, but for me, just too long.
Take the time to get into it. The story is amazing, both dark and lovely at the same time. Beautiful language and wonderful imagination.
"A bit disappointing"
There is fine line between suspense and tedium, and I'm not sure that Kate Morton has mastered it! The story is interesting enough . . . but not entirely plausable. The wordsmithing is skilled - almost lyrical - but not enough to keep the reader entirely engaged. For those who fell in love with "The Forgotten Garden" - this book will not measure up.
To read, to dream, to love, to experience, to aspire...
"A short story line inflated with a word pump. Yawn"
Way too long for a fairly simple story line. It flowed liken like molasses someone put in the fridge. While is true Ms. Norton can paint a scene with her words, it was boring nevertheless. I skipped through 15 hours or so. It wasn't a Secret Garden, too much filler, and a so, so mystery, yawn.
Not sure, maybe. Everyone has the right to another chance.
A novella would have been better suited for the subject matter, less painful.
I've just come to the end of this book ... it's a great tale but completely spoilt for me by the australian accents. The 'East End of London' australian accent of the war years didn't 'do it' for me I'm afraid. The yarn is quite a good one but - and I'm sorry there is a 'but' - it's rather drawn out and predictable at the end ... I ended up guessing (correctly) what was going to happen next. However, I always buy nice long books to see me through the night and this was a good, long tale, with twists and turns. A bit lightweight as it turns out but good to pass the time of night ...
"Down to you"
The Distant Hours in very much in the style of the gothic novel and the extent to which you enjoy it is down to you.
As a sporadic gothic reader,this was a good yarn that kept me engaged (although I must admit I occasionally dropped off and then spent ages looking for the last bit I recognised though not while I was in the car I might add.
If you're looking for great literature, apt to nitpick about writing style and historical accuracy this is not for you. There's nothing glaring and nothing that stops this being a well crafted engaging story throughout.
On reading other reviews,I was struck by how polarised they were.
When I was tired from work and had a long car journey ahead of me at the weekend, this was great entertainment. Enjoy
"Captivating ...Do not miss"
Moreton creates the most endearing characters and I felt every nuance of emotion as I listened to this wonderful tale. The intrigue was fabulous and I was as excited as the lead character Edie Burchill as the mysteries unfolded. I could truly see the castle in my minds eye & my heart was pounding as ?I? walked the castle corridors along with Edie & the Sisters Blithe. There are so many different strands to this narrative; each character having a specific tale to tell, each story intertwines, impacting on each other. The twists and turns keep you hooked until the very last page. I took long walks, looked for excuses to go out in the car, unnecessary housework and even went to the gym just to allow me to keep listening ! Narration excellent.
This book is not quite as good as the first 2 (House at Riverton & Forgotten Garden) But enjoyable non the less.. My one gripe is that The narrator is an Australian doing a rather poor English accent. If its an english Story, why not get an English person to narrate?
"Plodding story, but a relaxing listen."
Maybe not.
Yes if they wanted a relaxing story that moved at a pedantic pace.
Not sure.
I didn't get to the end of the book. But may possibly revisit at a later stage.
"A great listen"
The Distant Hours is an intriguing listen, beautifully read by Caroline Lee. Her voice suits the narrator role and makes the storytelling all the more believable. The story, itself, builds gradually and holds your attention as it unfolds over differing timeframes and dimensions. All of the characters add something to the tale and you are drawn into each part of the story, almost forgetting where you were before until that character's narrative is picked up again. Overall, a very engaging listen.
"Lost Hours"
I was completely engrossed listening to this book, hence the title of the review. I got lost in this story for hours on end. I found all the characters completely believable, some not particularly likeable, but each one drew me in to the story. There was a shade of the Miss Haversham's with unrequited love and I've always loved Great Expectations, so that's perhaps why this drew me in so well. A mystery, a ghost story and one that kept me listening and eager to know more.
"The narrator's accent really grates"
The story is wonderful, but heavens above, the telling of this tale is really marred by the choice of an Australian to narrate a very British story.
I would give the book a 4 or even a 5 - but the narrator's accent really grated on my nerves and I was conscious of it the whole time.
The author never fails, this is an easy listen. I was initially unsure re the readers accent and didn't know if it suited the story but was soon dying to go to bed to listen further.I loved it but preferred the authors other other books.
"passes the time, but a bit disappointing"
I really enjoyed Kate Morton's The Shifting Fog/House at Riverton but was a bit disappointed by this. I found it hard to care about the main character, but once it gets going it does carry you along. However, the whole 'mystery' seemed a bit contrived and over-complicated. It is also so drawn out that you have guessed the truth long before you actually get there. It is obviously in the gothic tradition, which I like, but felt like it tried a bit too hard and might have been better had it been simplified. There was a satisfying spooky shiver at the point that I thought was the end, spoilt by an implausible and slightly cheesy postscript.
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the signature Chevy Bow Tie, which first appeared on the front of the 1914 Chevrolet H-2 Royal Mail and H-4 Baby Grand. Co-founder William C. Durant is responsible for the 1913 introduction of the symbol, which has adorned 214 million Chevy vehicles over the past century.
Sixty million Chevys are on the road across the globe today, with a car, crossover, or truck sold every 6.39 seconds in one of 140 countries. The anniversary is marked by such new vehicles as the Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel compact sedan in the United States and the Trax compact SUV in 40 international markets.
"The Chevrolet 'Bow Tie' is recognized around the world and has become synonymous with American ingenuity," said Chevrolet Chief Marketing Officer, Tim Mahoney. "Whether you're pulling thousands of pounds through rocky terrain in a Silverado pickup or commuting in a Spark EV, Chevrolet's 'Bow Tie' will always be at the very front of your travels."
So where did the famous Bow Tie emblem come from? No one really knows the answer to that question. Some say that Durant was inspired by a wallpaper design in a Parisian hotel, while his widow, Catherine, said the design is owed to a newspaper advertisement he saw while vacationing in Hot Springs, Virginia, in 1912. She claims that Durant noticed the design and exclaimed, "I think this would be a very good emblem for the Chevrolet." Unfortunately, she never explained what the advertisement was for or how the emblem was used. His daughter has offered yet another alternative explanation.
Durant's daughter, Margery, claimed in her 1929 book that her father sometimes doodled nameplate designs on pieces of paper at the dinner table. She wrote, "I think it was between the soup and the fried chicken one night that he sketched out the design that is used on the Chevrolet car to this day," she wrote.
However, Catherine Durant's explanation inspired historian and editor of The Chevrolet Review, Ken Kaufmann, to search out its validity. He found that in the November 12, 1911 edition of Atlanta's The Constitution newspaper, a Southern Compressed Coal Company advertisement appeared for "Coalettes," a refined fuel product for fires. The logo, which was published in the advertisement featured a slanted bow tie form - strikingly similar in shape to the Chevrolet icon.
The paper Kaufmann found was dated just nine days after the establishment of Chevrolet Motor Company, and Chevy's first use of the Bow Tie appeared in the October 2, 1913 edition of The Washington Post with the words "Look for this nameplate" above the symbol. So what do you think? Could Durant and his wife have seen the same ad (or one similar) the following year in a state just a bit north 100 years ago? The world may never know.


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(UPDATED COVERAGE, Dec. 1) Sparking calls from U.S. retailers to repeal the law, a World Trade Organization dispute panel has ruled that the U.S. country of origin labeling law is inconsistent with U.S. trade obligations.
The WTO dispute panel — which did not speak to the law's application to fresh produce — found the U.S. labeling law gives less favorable treatment to Canadian cattle and hogs in comparison with U.S. with domestic livestock and thus violates trade agreements. What's more, the WTO dispute panel said mandatory country of origin labeling does not fulfill its objective of providing consumers with information on origin.
The Food Marketing Institute issued a statement by the group's regulatory counsel Erik Lieberman that called for an end to the law.
"The World Trade Organization (WTO) recognized what the supermarket industry has known all along — that COOL is a protectionist law designed to make it more costly and difficult for retailers to sell imported foods," Lieberman said. "COOL has forced the industry to spend tens millions of dollars each year on unnecessary regulatory burdens all for little or no benefit to consumers."
Despite high rates of compliance with the law Lieberman said the COOL law has become more of a burden than ever, and makes it challenging for retailers to carry imported produce.
"The COOL law will need to be repealed or rewritten in order for the U.S. to meet its obligations to global trading partners," Lieberman said in the FMI statement. "We look forward to working with Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop an alternative system, onethat will provide useful information to consumers and put our nation in compliance with international trade agreements."
Dan Sutton, director of produce procurement for Boise, Idaho-based grocer Albertsons LLC, said it doesn't make sense for the government to spend millions on country of origin labeling enforcement.
"There is a cost of maintaining the program, and when you look at the expense that the U.S. government pays to the state inspectors, they sure spend a lot of money to validate that."
Sutton said retailers should provide origin information if consumers want it, but he doesn't see the need for a law that requires the expense of paying for inspectors.
There was no immediate call to repeal the law from U.S. produce groups.
"PMA recognizes there are alternative views regarding country of origin labeling. Right now, we are reviewing the WTO ruling with a keen eye on what it truly means to the produce industry," said Glenn Boyet, senior director of public relations for the Newark, Del.-based Produce Marketing Association.
Although the panel disagreed with the how the U.S. implemented the law, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said the WTO dispute panel affirmed the right to require country of origin labeling on meat products.
"We remain committed to providing consumers with accurate and relevant information with respect to the origin of meat products that they buy at the retail level," Andrea Mead, press secretary for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said in a statement. "In that regard we are considering all options, including appealing the panel's decision."
The USTR said the next step in the process is for the reports to be adopted by the WTO Dispute Settlement Body or appealed to the WTO Appellate Body.


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The Eyebeam site is on the West side of Manhattan, near the Hudson River and the SP Weather Station site is in Queens near the East River. Both stations are on rooftops. The stations are wireless and solar powered and transmit data to an indoor receiver that logs the data and uploads it to a computer.Data from both stations is being saved locally for archiving and use in projects.
The Eyebeam station currently participates in three volunteer weather observer projects: Weather Underground, Anything Weather and The Cooperative Weather Observer Program (CWOP), providing data that is used in local and national government and commercial forecasts and scientific research. In addition, there is a live webcam of the station and updated online custom-formatted data.
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I've been fascinated by the look of Delmy Deli & Juice Bar for months, its outdated and unkempt diner appearance a paragon of commercial 149th Street. Inside, there's a counter and seven seats, four stools and three seats. It is the kind of place that looks like it was left much the way it once was before the current tenants moved in.
What I've tried of the food, which balances typical Dominican and Puerto Rican grab with baleadas and pupusas in a nod to the neighborhood, is serviceable but nothing special; their ambitions in the kitchen match the decor. But sometimes you just want something simple and filling to eat, not all that special, but comforting all the same.
When it comes to breakfast at Delmy, I stick to the mangu. Often called the national dish of the Dominican Republic, mangu is a mash of boiled plantains with toppings that can include pickled onions, salami, eggs, and fried cheese. My favorite in the borough, for the record, can be found at the deli counter in the Pioneer Supermarket up on Allerton Avenue. But if you can't make it uptown, Delmy's offers a suitable substitution.
Here you can get your mangu, mornings only, with fried egg, salami, and fried cheese for just $6. It's a hearty breakfast, if an under-seasoned one. A pinch or two more salt would have improved the plantains, which are not so buttery as the mangu from Pioneer. Still, the texture, with the occasional lump of un-mashed plantain, is appropriately smooth and soft to the chew.
The sliced salami tastes just right, which is to say sort of like breakfast sausage and predominantly peppery. While I would have preferred my egg yolk a bit runnier, the better to smear the salami or plantains in, the fried cheese was just right. Crispy on the outside but gooey and bursting with creaminess within, it's greasy in all the right ways: uncomplicated and unambitious. Sometimes that's all you need, and maybe a side of freshly made tostones or smashed, twice-fried plantains to boot.
About the author: Chris Crowley is the author of the Bronx Eats and Anatomy of A Smorgasburg Pop Up columns. Follow him on Twitter, if you'd like. In person, your best bet is the window seat at Neerob, or waiting in line at the Lechonera La Piranha trailer.


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Conservatives Are Always Triumphant and Also an Oppressed Minority, According to Notably Stupid New
January 11, 2013
Ben Shapiro makes his living harrumphing over the sins of liberalism, and his new book doesn't disappoint.
Being a doctrinaire conservative in this day and age requires you to do a lot of cognitive gymnastics. Luckily, the captain of the rights gymnastic team is Ben Shapiro, who has been an exceptional contortionist since his YAF days, when he simultaneously boasted of his unfashionable virginity and scolded everyone else about their allegedly unconventional sex lives. Ben is married now, and presumably has engaged in heterosexual intercourse, but it hasnt made him any happier or more relaxed, as he makes his living harrumphing over the sins of liberalism. Hey, just because its easy doesnt mean someone should do it.
Though not himself large, Ben has wrangled, by virtue of being a nuance-impervious loudmouth, the position of editor-at-large at Breitbart.com. (You may recall that this position was once held by Andrew Breitbart himself, until his heart self-detonated rather than listen to him bellow for one more second.) This job entails being a sort of all-purpose complainer, a queen bee fat on the jelly of foundation grants, forever sending out drones to gather the sweet nectar of gripe. Just like that one guy on your Facebook who cant relate to anything unless it has a Star Wars reference in it, Ben has cranked out book after book of impotent whining about how liberals are ruining everything with their education and their pornography and their crazy rock and roll and their hair. A 79-year-old man in the body of a failed attorney, his books (which I only hesitate to call unreadable because even I have better things to do than read them) attract praise from the kind of people who write books exactly like them that is to say, endless litanies of alleged liberal treachery and evildoing.
It might well be enough to say that by such works ye shall know them just wander over to Amazon and look at the titles of the books written by people who have log-rolled the corpus of Ben Shapiro: Cowards. Radicals. Invasion. Unhinged. Persecution. Slander. Treason. Demonic. Unholy Alliance. The Great Destroyer. Hating Whitey. Deliver Us from Evil. Culture of Corruption. Well, it certainly sounds like theyre fighting the good, if imaginary, fight, doesnt it? In keeping with this great tradition of the literature of name-calling, Bens latest extrusion is titled Bullies: How the Lefts Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans. On the face of it, this might seem like a curious thesis statement: if people like Ben and his fellow real Americans are being routinely silenced by the bullying of the left, how is it that their books routinely sell millions, that their radio shows frequently dominate the ratings, that their TV network is the proud peacock of basic cable, that their tricorn-sporting political movement is endlessly fretted over by media chatterboxes?
This, of course, is the great contradiction of the neo-New Right. They must be simultaneously ragged and right, persecuted and triumphant, the choice of the majority and a precarious threatened minority. Their America is both an exceptionalist juggernaut the envy of the economic world and a military titan than can enforce the Ledeen Doctrine at will and an internally weakened paper tiger that is at risk of total destruction by the machinations of a handful of Segway-riding enviro-snobs and post-structuralist academics. Their culture is one where trü-kvlt American values of machismo, independence, and not-abortion are shared by every decent person in the lower 48, but which are driven out of theaters and and set-top boxes by a tiny cabal of bezrodniy kosmopolit in Hollywood. Their politics never loses, but is always made to lose; it cannot fail, but is always failed. Reconciling history and current events in this way, where oppression, dictatorship, and the impeding of human rights are exclusively products of liberalism and the political right is both naturally, inevitably victorious and forever persecuted and silenced, is the great project of todays movement conservative. They toil at their laptops with the vigor of a contrarian rock critic lamenting the lack of respect paid to Van Hagar, painting Americans, whites, males, heterosexuals, Christians, and the rich as both the natural masters of man and a criminally vilified underclass.
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Mawkish1983 wrote:What is the intention of illegally downloading. What I mean is, why not just buy what it is you want? If the intention is to avoid paying money, then you are choosing to act in a way that causes someone else to lose money (or should that be 'potential money'?)
Copying computer software.
The agreement made when installing software on a computer, by which one agrees not to give the software to anyone else, comes under contract law. As such, a breach of that contract would be treated under the category of "deceit," described above, which means that a bhikkhu who gives software to a friend in defiance of this contract would incur the penalty for a broken promise. As for the friend — assuming that he is a bhikkhu — the act of receiving the software and putting it on his computer would be treated under the precedent, mentioned above, of the bhikkhus receiving fruit from an orchard groundkeeper not authorized to give it away: He would incur no offense. However, as he must agree to the contract before installing the software on his computer, he would incur a penalty for a broken promise if he then gave the software to someone else in defiance of the contract.
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I had the good fortune last night to attend a talk by Thanissaro Bhikkhu of Metta Forest Monastery, who is also known as "Than Geoff" or "Ajaan Geoff." Speaking at Cambridge Insight Meditation Center on the subject of "Noble Wealth," he said many things that I found helpful (he always seems to), including the following about dana, or generosity:
"When you sell something to someone else, you're putting up a barrier: if they don't pay that money, they don't get it. But if you actually give that thing… there's a connection created. …There's an old riddle that they tell in Thailand: 'Suppose you catch one fish. How do you get to eat it all year?' …The answer is, you take it and you divide it up and you share it with your friends and neighbors. And when your friends and neighbors get a fish, they'll share it with you. This creates a society [where generosity is at the fore]."
Alex123 wrote:All,
I wonder from a Buddhist POV:
Lets say person A copied (movie, music, online text, etc), and freely gave it to person B.
Has Person B technically broken the 2nd precept ("don't take what is not freely given")? He took what was freely given to him by person A.
andre9999 wrote:Alex123 wrote:All,
I wonder from a Buddhist POV:
Lets say person A copied (movie, music, online text, etc), and freely gave it to person B.
Has Person B technically broken the 2nd precept ("don't take what is not freely given")? He took what was freely given to him by person A.
Does person B know it was stolen?
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text: Rape inquiry could play role in Mingo County murder trial By Travis Crum August 17, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The prosecutor handling the trial of Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum's alleged killer may include an investigation into allegations that Crum sexually assaulted a woman more than a decade ago as evidence in the trial.Tennis Melvin Maynard is accused of shooting Crum on April 3, as the sheriff sat in his police cruiser in downtown Williamson.Mingo County Prosecuting Attorney Michael Sparks filed a list of potential state's evidence last month that prosecutors might use during Maynard's trial in October. The list includes a State Police report from 2002 on the allegations that Crum -- who was Delbarton's police chief at the time -- assaulted a 19-year-old woman in the back seat of a town police cruiser.Crum was never charged in the incident, and the State Police report concluded that the sex between the two was consensual.Sparks said he couldn't discuss potential evidence, but said including the police report in the prosecution would make more sense during Maynard's trial.Richard Weston, Maynard's attorney, said the criminal report is in line with Maynard's defense, but would not elaborate."I can't divulge any client-attorney communication," Weston said Friday. "I can say the allegations support the general nature of our defense, which involves the history between [Maynard] and the sheriff."Crum was Maynard's boxing coach when Maynard was a teenager, and took Maynard and other boys to several out-of-state competitions before Maynard dropped the sport during high school.According to the State Police report obtained by the Sunday Gazette-Mail, Crum admitted to having sex with the woman in the back seat of a Delbarton police cruiser, while two Delbarton police officers listened from the front seat, at 2:30 a.m. Dec. 9, 2001.Crum told a State Police trooper the woman initiated sex and it was consensual, according to Crum's statement included in the State Police report. However, the woman later checked into a Williamson hospital and complained of injuries related to a sexual assault, according to the report. Williamson police conducted an emergency rape test and noted the woman's blood alcohol content was nearly 0.30, three times the legal limit at that time in West Virginia.Four months after the incident, the woman said she no longer wanted to pursue rape allegations against Crum, according to the report. But State Police continued their investigation at the request of Ronald Rumora, who was then Mingo County's prosecuting attorney.It's unclear what happened at the conclusion of the investigation. Crum was never charged with a crime in the incident.According to the State Police report, Crum and his wife, Rosie, went to Spence's Bar in Delbarton on Dec. 8, 2001. Rosie Crum left the bar after midnight, taking their car. Crum said he stayed behind and met the victim, who was drinking with friends there.Crum said he flirted with the victim and she began "hitting on him," according to the police report. At one point, the woman suggested that she and Crum "take a ride up the road," according to the police report. Crum said he called Delbarton Police Officer John Meddings, who was on duty at the time, for a ride. Meddings showed up at the bar in a Delbarton police cruiser along with another Delbarton officer, Scott Estepp. Crum and the woman got into the backseat and Crum asked Meddings to drive to Millstone, a public park about a mile outside of Delbarton.Crum told police the woman began undressing and they kissed in the backseat. Once at Millstone, they had sex in the backseat, he said. The two officers in the front seat turned up the radio to drown out the noise, according to the report.The woman never said "no" or "stop" and did not appear to be intoxicated, Crum said, according to the police report. The incident lasted about 15 minutes, he said."Crum said he knew it was morally wrong for cheating on his wife, but he did not force sexual activity upon the victim," State Police wrote in their report.As the group was driving back after the alleged incident, they passed Rosie Crum on the road and Eugene Crum worried he had been caught cheating, according to the report. Meddings dropped the woman off at her apartment in Delbarton and took Crum back to the bar, where his wife was waiting, according to the report. A bartender allegedly told Rosie Crum that her husband had left the bar with another woman.Later that morning, the alleged victim went to Williamson Memorial Hospital and reported a sexual assault. She told staff that Crum fondled her even though she said "don't," according to the police report.Hospital staff called Williamson police, who said they did not take an initial statement because the woman was intoxicated. Williamson police forwarded the case to State Police in Logan County because of Crum's position in Mingo County.Meddings and Scott told State Police that the sex appeared to be consensual and they did not hear the victim say "no" or "stop" over the sound of their radio. Scott said he heard Crum and the victim discussing something about warrants before they had sex, according to the report.State Police unsuccessfully tried to contact the alleged victim for months before receiving a handwritten letter from her stating she did not wish to pursue allegations further. However, Rumora suggested later that the woman did in fact wish to pursue the allegations, according to the report.The State Police report, filed by Trooper S.E. Wolfe, concluded the sex between Crum and the victim was consensual and no laws had been broken.Later in 2002, Crum was elected Mingo County magistrate, a position he held until last year, when he was elected sheriff. He had served about three months as sheriff before he was killed.Maynard, the alleged shooter, fled to Delbarton after the shooting, where police said he pointed a gun at Mingo County Sheriff's Deputy Norman Mines. Mines opened fire, hitting Maynard several times.Besides murder, Maynard also is charged with fleeing and attempted murder for allegedly pointing a gun at Mines.Sparks said previously that he plans to present Maynard's medical records and several orders of involuntary commitment during Maynard's trial.Reach Travis Crum at email@example.com or 304-348-5163. 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Paul Lazar founded Big Dance Theater in 1991 with Annie-B Parson. His work with the company
includes conceiving, directing, and performing in such works as Supernatural
Wife (BAM, 2012), Comme Toujours Here I Stand (The Kitchen, 2010),
PLAN B, Mac Wellman's Antigone, Another Telepathic Thing, Tristan Tzara's
The Gas Heart, Ödön von Horváth's Don Juan Comes Back from the
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garnered an Obie Award in 2011. He also directed Elephant Room at St. Ann's
Warehouse in 2012.
Mr. Lazar has appeared in The Wooster Group's productions of North Atlantic,
Brace Up!, The Emperor Jones,and The Hairy Ape. Other acting credits
include Three Sisters, directed by Austin Pendleton; María Irene Fornés's
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Lear; The False Servant; and Richard III, directed by Brian
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instructor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He has taught acting,
directing, and theater history at Purchase College, Rutgers University, The William Esper
Studio, and the Michael Howard Studios. He received a Bessie Award in 2002.
Percussionist, conductor, and author Steven Schick was born in Iowa and raised in a farming
family. For 40 years, he has championed contemporary music by commissioning and premiering
more than 150 new works. He was the founding percussionist of the Bang on a Can All-Stars
(1992-2002) and served as artistic director of the Centre International de Percussion in
Geneva (2000-2005). Mr. Schick is founder and artistic director of the red fish blue fish
percussion group. He is also currently music director of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus
and artistic director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. In 2015, he will
serve as music director of the Ojai Music Festival.
In 2012, Mr. Schick became the first artist-in-residence with the International
Contemporary Ensemble. He is founder and artistic director of "Roots and Rhizomes," a
summer course on contemporary percussion music held at The Banff Centre. He maintains a
lively schedule of guest conducting, including appearances this season with the BBC
Scottish Symphony Orchestra, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Asko | Schönberg
ensemble. His many acclaimed publications include his book The Percussionist's Art:
Same Bed, Different Dreams; as well as numerous recordings of contemporary percussion
music, including a three-disc set of the complete percussion music of Iannis Xenakis (Mode
Records). Mr. Schick teaches at the University of California, San Diego.
Augustin Hadelich has confirmed his place in the top echelon of young violinists. He has
recently debuted with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles
Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, The Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He has also performed with the symphony orchestras of
Baltimore, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, New Jersey, Seattle, and Toronto, in addition to
the symphonies of San Francisco, Houston, and St. Louis. Abroad, he has debuted with the
BBC Philharmonic in Manchester and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, and toured China
with the San Diego Symphony.
A gifted recitalist, Mr. Hadelich has appeared at Carnegie Hall, The Frick Collection,
Kennedy Center, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Vancouver Recital Society, the Louvre
in Paris, and Kioi Hall in Tokyo.
In March 2014, Augustin Hadelich released his first major orchestral CD of the violin
concertos of Jean Sibelius and Thomas Adès with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Hannu Lintu for the Avie Records. This is only the second commercial recording
of Adès's Violin Concerto, "Concentric Paths." Mr. Hadelich has recorded three previous CDs
for Avie, as well as several discs for Naxos.
The 2006 gold medalist of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Mr.
Hadelich is the recipient of Lincoln Center's Martin E. Segal Award (2012), an Avery Fisher
Career Grant (2009), and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship (2011). Mr. Hadelich plays on
the 1723 "Ex-Kiesewetter" Stradivarius violin, on loan from Clement and Karen Arrison
through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society.
Passionate and prolific, composer David Lang embodies the restless spirit of invention. He
is at the same time deeply versed in the classical tradition and committed to music that
resists categorization, constantly creating new forms. Musical America's 2013
Composer of the Year and holder of the 2013-2014 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer's Chair
at Carnegie Hall, Mr. Lang is one of America's most performed composers. Many of his works
resemble each other only in the fierce intelligence and clarity of vision that inform their
structures. His catalog is extensive, and his opera, orchestra, chamber, and solo works are
by turns ominous, ethereal, urgent, hypnotic, unsettling, and very emotionally
His work has been performed by the Santa Fe Opera, New York Philharmonic, Netherlands
Chamber Choir, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, and Kronos Quartet; in
theater productions in New York, San Francisco, and London; and alongside the choreography
of Twyla Tharp, La La La Human Steps, Nederlands Dans Theater, and the Paris Opera Ballet.
Mr. Lang is the recipient of the Rome Prize, as well as grants from the Guggenheim
Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, National Endowment for the Arts,
New York Foundation for the Arts, and American Academy of Arts and Letters. His piece
the little match girl passion, commissioned by Carnegie Hall, was awarded the 2008
Pulitzer Prize for Music. Mr. Lang is the co-founder and co-artistic director of New York's
legendary music collective Bang on a Can.
Lighting designer Eric Southern's recent projects include Play/Pause with
choreographer Susan Marshall and David Lang (BAM Next Wave Festival, Center for the Art of
Performance at UCLA, the Kennedy Center); Paul's Case, a
world-premiere opera by Gregory Spears, directed by Kevin Newbury (UrbanArias, Prototype
Festival); The Secret Agent, a world-premiere opera by Michael Dellaira, directed
by Sam Helfrich (The Kaye Playhouse, Opéra Grand Avignon, Armel Opera Festival); and a
fully staged production of The Messiah by Sam Helfrich (Pittsburgh Symphony
Recent New York theater projects include the long-running off-Broadway production Buyer
& Cellar with Michael Urie (Barrow Street Theatre, Rattlestick Playwrights
Theater); several productions with 600 Highwaymen, including The Record, This
Great Country, Empire City, and Everyone Was Chanting Your
Name; Good Television and 10x25 with Atlantic Theater Company;
and The Correspondent and The Few at Rattlestick Playwrights
Theater. Other projects include work with the Magic Theatre, Portland Center
Stage, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Arden Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival,
Lesser America, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Virginia Opera, Opera Santa Barbara,
Franklin Stage Company, University of Rochester, Crossroads Theatre Company, Bard College,
and The Juilliard School. Mr. Southern received his bachelor's and master's degrees in fine
arts at New York University.
At the start, I have to say that I am something of a composer groupie. I love writing music and I love the other people who write music, no matter what kind of music they write or when they wrote it. I really believe that I belong to an international community of composers, stretching across all boundaries of time and place, regardless of style or category.
It's not the way we are normally taught to listen. Music and the people who make it can get separated from each other—by time, culture, genre, commerce. It makes it easy for us if all the different kinds of music stay separated. If everything sits neatly in a particular category, it gets much simpler to find the music you already know and to avoid the music you don't. But because I am a composer groupie, I always want to listen to music outside of these categories so I can pay attention to the things that different kinds of music and composers might have in common, and to consider their differences.collected stories looks at one of music's more universal functions, namely how often music gets called upon to help tell different kinds of stories. What I am particularly interested in is how the act of composing changes depending on what kind of story the composer is trying to tell.
I started thinking about this in the mid-1990s when I was finishing two commissions at the same time. One was a giant grand opera for Santa Fe, an extravaganza with a big cast and chorus and speaking roles and children and ballet dancers. The other was a loud, aggressively static piece for the English post-rock ensemble Icebreaker. As I went back and forth from one composition to the other, I could really feel my approach change. The opera required me to tell a story, to reveal things in such a way that the audience experienced surprise, shock, elation, and sadness. In the opera, everyone experienced those things pretty much at the same time. The static piece was more like an object, an odd thing that changed very slowly. It didn't tell the listeners much about what they should feel or when they should feel it. I began to notice how my job, my skills, my musicality, my aesthetic sense all changed, depending on the needs of the piece in front of me.collected stories divides the world not by genre or style, but by the various kinds of stories that a piece of music can tell in order to see how the story and the composer work together. The pieces I chose highlight some of the different ways a composer's job changes. But the truth is that everything on this series is music with which I have a long relationship and that I love. All of it. I hope you will too.
—David Lang
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Broccoli Gratin with Swiss and Parmesan pictured above. Most everyone in my family would love this for a Thanksgiving veggie, and I've made it several times through the years. (Although truthfully, there are some of my brothers and sisters who would still vote for the Thanksgiving Broccoli with Cheese Sauce I used to make years ago.)
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