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Everolimus and Octreotide Acetate With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01229943
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : October 28, 2010
Results First Posted : February 11, 2016
Last Update Posted : April 3, 2020
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|Condition or disease
|Pancreatic Gastrinoma Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor G1 Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor G2 Pancreatic Vipoma Recurrent Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
|Biological: Bevacizumab Drug: Everolimus Drug: Octreotide Acetate
|Phase 2
l. To assess the progression-free survival rate of patients with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors treated with everolimus alone or everolimus plus bevacizumab.
I. To compare progression-free survival (PFS) among treatment arms shown to be efficacious.
II. To estimate the overall tumor response rate in patients with metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors treated with one of two novel regimens.
III. To estimate the overall biochemical response rate (as measured by plasma chromogranin A levels) in patients with metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors treated with these regimens.
IV. To assess the toxicity of each regimen in patients with metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
V. To assess the overall survival of patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors treated with these regimens.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
ARM I: Patients receive everolimus orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-28 and octreotide acetate intramuscularly (IM) on day 1.
ARM II: Patients receive everolimus and octreotide acetate as in Arm I. Patients also receive bevacizumab intravenously (IV) over 30-90 minutes on days 1 and 15.
In both arms, courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3-6 months for 3 years.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|150 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Randomized Phase II Study of Everolimus Alone Versus Everolimus Plus Bevacizumab in Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
|Actual Study Start Date :
|October 15, 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 1, 2014
Experimental: Arm I (octreotide acetate and everolimus)
Patients receive 28-day cycles until progression or unacceptable toxicity consisting of: everolimus 10 mg PO QD on days 1-28 and octreotide acetate 20 mg IM on day 1.
Drug: Everolimus
Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Octreotide Acetate
Given IM
Other Names:
Experimental: Arm II (octreotide acetate, everolimus, and bevacizumab)
Patients receive 28-day cycles until progression or unacceptable toxicity consisting of: everolimus 10 mg PO QD on days 1-28, octreotide acetate 20 mg IM on day 1 and bevacizumab 10 mg/kg IV on days 1 and 15.
Biological: Bevacizumab
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Everolimus
Given PO
Other Names:
Drug: Octreotide Acetate
Given IM
Other Names:
- Progression Free Survival [ Time Frame: From study entry to the date of documented progression or death from any cause, up to 3 years ]Progression Free Survival (PFS) was defined as the time from study entry until disease progression or death, whichever occurs first. The median PFS was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Progression was assessed per RECIST criteria, and defined as at least a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameters of target lesions (and an absolute increase of at least 0.5 cm) or the appearance of new lesions.
- Overall Response Rate [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ]The proportion of patients who respond (completely or partially) to each combination regimen will be estimated. Response was defined using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) criteria: Complete Response (CR): disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR) 30% decrease in sum of longest diameter of target lesions.
- Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: From registration to time of death, assessed up to 3 years ]Overall survival (OS) is defined as the time from study entry to death from any cause. The median OS was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method.
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, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients must have histologic documentation of well-differentiated or moderately differentiated neuroendocrine tumor from either a primary or metastatic site
- If different histologic classification schemes are used, equivalent histologic classifications (for example "grade 1", "low-grade", or "intermediate-grade") are allowed
- Patients with poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma or small cell carcinoma are excluded
- Documentation from a metastatic disease site is sufficient if there is clinical evidence of a pancreatic primary site
- Locally unresectable or metastatic disease
Patients must have either histologic documentation of a pancreatic primary site, or clinical evidence of a pancreatic neuroendocrine primary tumor as determined by the treating physician
- Patients with neuroendocrine tumors (e.g., gastrinoma, VIPoma) in whom a pancreatic or peripancreatic primary site is strongly suspected are also eligible
- Patients must have evidence of disease (measurable or non-measurable) with evidence of progression within the past 12 months
- Measurable disease:
Lesions that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as >= 2 cm with conventional techniques or as >= 1 cm with spiral computed tomography (CT) scan
- Non-measurable disease:
All other lesions, including small lesions (longest diameter < 20 mm with conventional techniques or < 10 mm with spiral CT scan) and truly non-measurable lesions; lesions that are considered non-measurable include the following:
- Bone lesions
- Leptomeningeal disease
- Ascites
- Pleural/pericardial effusion
- Inflammatory breast disease
- Lymphangitis cutis/pulmonis
- Abdominal masses that are not confirmed and followed by imaging techniques
Cystic lesions
- No prior treatment with bevacizumab, everolimus, or other mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors
- Other prior treatments, including but not limited to prior cytotoxic chemotherapy, alpha interferon, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, external beam radiation therapy, and radiopeptide therapy are allowed
- There is no limit on the number of prior treatment regimens
Any prior treatment (with the exception of octreotide) must be completed at least 4 weeks prior to initiation of treatment
- Prior treatment with embolization or ablative therapies is allowed if measurable disease remains outside of the treated area
There is no limit on the prior number of procedures
- Treatment with somatostatin analogs is a requirement of the study
- Patients receiving octreotide at the time of study entry may continue at the same dose level for the duration of the study
- Patients not receiving octreotide will initiate treatment according to study guidelines
Prior progression on somatostatin analogs or a negative octreotide scan does not exclude patient participation in this study
- Patients should have completed any major surgery >= 4 weeks from start of treatment
- Patients must have completed any minor surgery >= 2 weeks prior to start of treatment
- Patients must have fully recovered from the procedure
Insertion of a vascular access device is not considered major or minor surgery
- Patients should not receive immunization with attenuated live vaccines within one week prior to registration or during protocol therapy
- No concurrent condition resulting in immune compromise, including chronic treatment with corticosteroids or other immuno suppressive agents
- No active or severe liver disease (e.g., acute or chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis); no positive anti-hepatitis B virus (HBV); HBV seropositive patients (hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] positive) are eligible if they are closely monitored for evidence of active HBV infection by HBV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing, and they agree to receive suppressive therapy with lamivudine or other HBV-suppressive therapy until at least 4 weeks after the last dose of everolimus; patients who are hepatitis C antibody positive are eligible provided that hepatitis C viral load (hepatitis C ribonucleic acid [RNA]) is undetectable
- No clinical evidence of brain metastases or carcinomatous meningitis
- No history of gastrointestinal (GI) perforation within 12 months prior to registration
- No history of clinically significant bleeding episodes
- Patients on therapeutic anticoagulation are eligible for the study provided that they are on a stable dose of anticoagulants
- No uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
- Patients with a history of severely impaired lung function as defined as spirometry and diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) that is 50% of the normal predicted value and/or oxygen (O2) saturation that is 88% or less at rest on room air are excluded
- Patients with fasting serum cholesterol >= 300 mg/dL OR >= 7.75 mmol/L AND fasting triglycerides >= 2.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN) should initiate lipid-lowering medications with the goal of achieving levels below these thresholds
- No history of intolerance or allergies to octreotide
- Patients with a history of hypertension must be adequately controlled (baseline blood pressure [BP] < 150/90 mm Hg) on antihypertensives
- No current congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association class II, III, or IV)
- No symptomatic arterial peripheral vascular disease
- No history of aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, angina, myocardial infarction, stroke, or other arterial thrombotic events within 6 months of registration
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1
- Women must not be pregnant or lactating; both men and women of childbearing potential must be advised of the importance of using effective birth control measures during the course of the study
- Granulocytes >= 1,500/uL
- Platelets >= 100,000/uL
- Creatinine =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal
- Bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 2.5 x upper limit of normal (=< 5 x upper limit of normal if liver metastases present)
- Urine protein =< 1+ OR urine creatinine ratio =< 1 (by urinalysis)
- If urine protein creatinine (UPC) ratio is > 1 on urinalysis, then 24-hour urine collection for protein must be obtained and level must be < 1,000 mg for patient enrollment
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01229943
|Principal Investigator:
|Matthew H Kulke
|Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2011-02609 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
CALGB-80701 ( Other Identifier: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology )
CALGB-80701 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
U10CA180821 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
U10CA031946 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|October 28, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|February 11, 2016
|Last Update Posted:
|April 3, 2020
|Last Verified:
|January 2020
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Adenoma, Islet Cell
Carcinoma, Islet Cell
Digestive System Diseases
Pancreatic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Endothelial Growth Factors

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I flew to Atlanta this past week to visit my family. I promised I would bring home some chocolate chip cookies and in the midst of rushing to pack and get ready I left the cookies behind in DC. On my second day in Atlanta I spent the evening with my brother at his new apartment and we decided to bake cookies. He and I had a great time and and the cookies turned out fantastic.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt1 package vanilla instant Jell-O Pudding (not prepared)
1 dash of cinnamon1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar3/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract2 eggs
2 cups chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, salt, package of vanilla pudding mix, and dash of cinnamon. In a second larger bowl beat together the butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Slowly beat in the flour mixture until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire rack. Recipe makes between 4 and 5 dozen cookies.


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Govt rubber-stamps Google Review, drops web-blocking
Quango plays legislator
Vince Cable is expected to announce that the government will endorse all the recommendations of the Hargreaves Review into intellectual property, the "Google Review" – tomorrow. The FT adds that Cable will also announce that regulator Ofcom has said Clauses 17 and 18 of the Digital Economy Act, dealing with website blocking, are unworkable.
Neither is totally unexpected – Ofcom's view is a reason why Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has been chairing industry meetings to discuss a non-regulatory alternative to Clauses 17 and 18. These have been condemned as "closed door meetings" by activists miffed at not being invited.
Ofcom is expected to conclude that no website blocking can be 100 per cent effective, which is technically correct: users can circumvent a block by a number of technical means. But 99 per cent wouldn't bother with proxies, onion routers or using numerical IP addresses, say rights-holders, so even a limited block would be highly effective.
They also query the right of a quango to make itself legislator supreme – when its job is to carry out the law. Whatever you think of web-blocking, that's a valid concern. Elected legislators make laws, the judiciary interprets them. Or is that a bit "analog era"?
Everyone proclaimed themselves the winners in a ruling last week which ordered BT to block access to Usenet scraper Newsbinz2; BT said it maintained the high cost... er legal duty of enforcing copyright online, rights-holders said it proved ISPs must block known rogue sites. It looks like things are much as they were.
Google's Hargreaves' main recommendations are to lift the restriction on format shifting – compensation is not mentioned – an exemption on data mining, easing the use on unattributed photographs by industry and libraries, and a "digital copyright exchange".
Two years ago Cameron called for "a new era of Google government". This must be what it what this looks like... ®
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Today, March 8th 2018 is International Women's Day. It commemorates the movement for women's rights and in honour of the day I thought I would share 15 women who inspire me with you all. I hope you all enjoy having a read and let me know which lovely ladies inspire you in the comments below!
Apologies that this went out without any text – it had not saved correctly and as I haven't been at my computer this morning I hadn't realised!
Reese Witherspoon
Reese has been one of my favourite actresses ever since she starred as Elle in Legally Blonde. She comes across as a lovely person who would be a great friend and I really enjoy all her work. She is talented, beautiful and a fantastic Mum.
Katie Piper
This lovely lady is just amazing. Since the horrifying attack in which an ex partner arranged to have acid thrown at her she has gone from strength to strength. She has courageously showed off her scars and still fights an ongoing battle with her health due to her injuries. She is a fab, working mum and I really am inspired by her strength.
Giovanna Fletcher
I follow Giovanna over on YouTube and Instagram and she is great at showing every side of her crazy life (frazzled Instagram stories at midnight when she has just deleted a ton of work that she hadn't saved for instance). She is a working mum to two lovely boys and has a third child on the way. She is also a fantastic author. I have not long read 'Something Kind Of Wonderful' (check out my review here) and I have also been recommended two other books of hers from friends. She is also an ambassador for CoppaFeel – so if you are reading this and haven't in a while, get checking out your breasts!
Ellen for President! This lady is just beautiful, inside and out. I watch her show as often as I can and she is so generous, funny, comforting and genuine. Plus she is the voice of Dory – just keep swimmin'!
JK Rowling
As a single parent struggling, this lady wrote one of the most magical book series, ever! Yes I said it, ever. You know how much I love to read, but the Harry Potter series just has to be in everyone's top ten. She created a world and characters that many of us have grown up with, and are now introducing our children too. Her writing is fantastic and she absolutely deserves all the plaudits she received.
Constance Hall
I came across this amazing queen on Facebook and haven't stopped following her since. She just speaks so much truth, is direct and to the point and is absolutely, amazingly supportive to others. She coined the phrase 'queen' for all the women she talks about, talks to and inspires. She is hilarious, honest and real. Definitely someone to check out if you haven't already.
Michelle Obama
One of the most successful first ladies ever I think. Michelle Obama is running campaigns helping young girls across the world get into education and more. She was also a great sport doing the Carpool Karaoke with James Corden, showing off some real personality and the Instagram snaps between her and Barack can be soppy but there is definitely #relationshipgoals right there!
Malala is the young girl shot in the head by the Taliban. Maybe one of their worst mistakes was not killing her. She has gone on to tirelessly campaign for girls to be educated and has made one heck of a noise across the world, winning a Nobel prize for it. For such a young girl, and having gone through such a traumatic injury, she is definitely amazing.
Millicent Fawcett
Millicent was a woman's' right's campaigner. Rather than a suffragette, she was a suffragist. These ladies were just as loud and important during the fight to vote, but rather than strapping themselves to railings, they were writing letters, talking to people and doing it a little more peacefully. I think we needed both types of women to win the right to vote, but I can see myself more as a suffragist, rather than a suffragette which is why this lady inspires me.
I have not long learnt a lot about this lady. Ste is extremely into Roman history and reads an awful lot. I read about Boudicca and what the Romans did to her and was horrified. To try and cut a long story short – when her husband died, she expected to take over their land and people and would continue to pay 'rent' to the Romans. However, the Romans were not happy with this and wanted complete control. They took this by raping Boudicca and her daughters (in front of their mother). She mounted an army, crusaded through the British Isles killing many Romans and destroying their settlements. Unfortunately she was killed in the Battle Of Watling Street but not before putting a large dent in their army to avenge what they did to her daughters, their people and the land.
This lady is stunning, has an amazing voice and is encouraging of all people. The speech she made at the MTV awards, to the public and addressed to her daughter, was epic and rather than write any more about her I thought I would just put that here to show the great woman and advocate that she is.
"I know I don't have a lot of time, but if I may tell you a quick story. Recently, I was driving my daughter to school and she said to me, out of the blue, 'Mama?' I said, 'Yes, baby?' She said, 'I'm the ugliest girl I know.' And I said, 'Huh?' And she was like, 'Yeah, I look like a boy with long hair.' And my brain went to, 'Oh my god, you're six. Why? Where is this coming from? Who said this? Can I kick a 6-year-old's ass, like what?'
But I didn't say anything. Instead I went home and I made a Powerpoint presentation for her. And in that presentation were androgynous rockstars and artists that live their truth, are probably made fun of every day of their life, and carry on, wave their flag and inspire the rest of us. And these are artists like Michael Jackson and David Bowie and Freddie Mercury and Annie Lennox and Prince and Janis Joplin and George Michael, Elton John, so many artists — her eyes glazed over. But then I said, 'You know, I really want to know why you feel this way about yourself.' And she said, 'Well I look like a boy,' and I said, 'Well what do you think I look like?' And she said, 'Well you're beautiful.' And I was like, 'Well, thanks. But when people make fun of me, that's what they use. They say I look like a boy or I'm too masculine or I have too many opinions, my body is too strong.'
And I said to her, 'Do you see me growing my hair?' She said, 'No, mama.' I said, 'Do you see me changing my body?' 'No, mama.' 'Do you see me changing the way I present myself to the world?' 'No, mama.' 'Do you see me selling out arenas all over the world?' 'Yes, Mama.' 'OK! So, baby girl. We don't change. We take the gravel and the shell and we make a pearl. And we help other people to change so they can see more kinds of beauty.'
And to all the artists here, I'm so inspired by all of you. Thank you for being your true selves and for lighting the way for us. I'm so inspired by you guys. There's so much rad shit happening in music. And keep doing it. Keep shining for the rest of us to see.
And you, my darling girl, are beautiful, and I love you. Thank you, MTV. This is a really special night. Thank you, Ellen. I couldn't love you more. Thank you guys. Goodnight." Pink, 2017
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was the first woman in Britain to practice medicine. She was so determined to become a doctor, she learnt French and travelled to Paris to get her qualifications, after being excluded from classes in Britain. She founded the New Hospital For Women, which was entirely staffed by women. She paved the way for rules to change, making it possible for women to study medicine in this country. I can only imagine not being given the option of seeing a lady doctor for certain things, so we owe this lady a lot for her dogged persistence.
Lauren Henderson
Lauren is one of my favourite people on the planet and I am lucky enough to call her a friend. Not only does she battle with IBD, a stoma, a full time job as a teacher and being wife and mummy, she runs an incredible charity, Purple Wings. Lauren was one of the first people I told when the doctors told me they thought I would need an ostomy. She offered me support like no one else could, visited me and through her charity I gained my Purple Wings and a Time For Me grant. You can visit the Purple Wings website here – they are also on the look out for fundraisers and sponsors and I couldn't recommend them highly enough for ostomates who got their stoma through IBD, or those facing ostomy surgery for support.
This is quite a recent 'find' for me. Amelia is a vlogger and I wanted to mention her in this list as I not only love her weekly vlogs, but the honesty with which she discusses her mental health problems is so refreshing and much needed so people understand how people 'live' with these conditions. Check out her channel here to see what I mean!
Lady Gaga
This lady always seemed a little 'odd' to me if I am honest. I appreciated the fact that she was happy enough in her own skin to wear what the hell she wanted, but the meat outfit and the egg thing…hmm! My opinion was completely changed by the documentary she made for Netflix though. I saw a sensitive, compassionate, beautiful soul. It chronicled the time leading up to her doing the Superbowl performance and you could see her health declining in front of your eyes. She was eventually diagnosed with fibromyalgia but this was unknown to her at this point, I think she blames it on a car accident that she had had years ago, and her obviously hectic schedule. When she is sat having her aching joints massaged by her assistant and comments to the camera, how do ordinary people get through their days with this pain and no help like I have, I thought she came across as really humble.


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A giant batch of new images from Men in Black 3 have hit the web. Though we get our fair share of looks at stars Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, and Jermaine Clement, the real highlight of the group is a handful of peeks at legendary makeup artist Rick Baker's inspired alien designs. We saw a few of these in a recent batch of alien-centered pics, but this group is of much better quality. Baker took his inspiration from the sci-fi films of the 50s and 60s, so the impressive group of aliens on display in Men in Black 3 have that retro look down-pat.
Hit the jump to check out the images, but be warned that a few of them might be considered minor spoilers. The film also stars Alice Eve, Bill Hader, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nicole Scherzinger, and Emma Thompson. Men in Black 3 opens in 3D on May 25th.
Here's the synopsis:
In Men in Black 3, Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back… in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him — secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.
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Federal projects intended to help protect New York and New Jersey towns from hurricanes and coastal flooding have languished – many unfunded -- for decades, the I-Team has learned.
The stalled projects, often approved by Congress as far back as the 1980s and 90s, were intended to study the feasibility of manmade barriers like seawalls, marshlands or large sand dunes to protect coastal areas on Staten Island as well as the Rockaways, Long Island and the Jersey shore.
One such study, aimed at making recommendations for flood barriers along the south shore of Staten Island, remains unfinished even though it was commissioned in 1993.
The south shore of Staten Island was the scene of some of the worst damage caused by Sandy.
"This system is broken. It needs to be fixed. It needs to be overhauled," said U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm. "Something gets approved and then it gets lost. It's almost like putting it in a bottomless pit and it never gets done."
Earlier this year – and months prior to Sandy – Grimm wrote a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers imploring the agency to complete the study, called the "South Shore of Staten Island, New York – Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project." The Army Corps predicted the report would be finished by 2014.
"The government, at all levels -- the city, state, and federal -- has done this time and time again," Grimm said.
The project is supposed to review flood protection options for 13 miles of coast on Staten Island from Fort Wadsworth to Tottenville – some of the areas hardest hit by Sandy.
According to the Corps of Engineers' description, the area of study is "increasingly vulnerable to severe damage even from moderate storms."
Despite approval in 1993, the study itself did not begin until August 2000, but then was "delayed the last few years due to lack of federal and non-federal funding," according to the Corps of Engineers
In 2010, as part of the federal stimulus package, the study received a $550,000 funding boost, but two years later it remains incomplete.
The Corps of Engineers said in a statement that the study is "active and is in the latter stages."
"The recommendation will likely include some system of seawalls and levees along the shore, but the best way to manage interior flooding from storms is still being evaluated," the statement said.
The Staten Island flood study isn't the only one that's been stalled while the threat of more violent climate patterns looms.
The I-Team found eight other Army Corps of Engineers projects designed to help minimize damage to areas now left in wreckage by Sandy. All eight projects have been delayed due to lack of funds from Congress and, at times, from local partners.
The project areas include Rockaway Peninsula, the south shore of Long Island, Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay in New Jersey.
The official description of one study -- along the East Rockaway Inlet and Long Beach Island in New York – said the project would "provide coastal storm damage risk reduction to the highly developed communities that are subject to direct wave attack and inundation during major storms and hurricanes."
The study was approved in 1986, and preconstruction, engineering and design was completed in 1997, but it was then held up by the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation, which requested further study.
With that complete, the project now awaits approval and funds for the construction phase, but there is no telling how Sandy will alter or further delay those plans.
"They're saying 'This is going to help. This is going to help,'" said Diane Hague, whose Staten Island home was destroyed by flooding. "Yeah it would, if you did it."
Hague believes if the promised projects were completed, her home, which was more than a quarter of a mile from the water, might still be standing.
"There's nothing that they could have done to stop the wind and the rain, but could it have been prevented from doing the damage that it did?" said Hague. "I think so."
Two completed projects were recently lauded for protecting communities, including a seawall in Stamford, Conn. that the Corps of Engineers estimates prevented $25 million dollars in damage to the town.
In one of his first news conferences after Sandy, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie touted a Corps of Engineers project in Avalon, crediting it for minimizing damage to a vulnerable beach town that was otherwise exposed to the worst of the wind and ocean surge churned up by the storm.


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The housing market and the housing industry have escaped a potential blow on several fronts now that lawmakers have at least partially resolved Washington's "fiscal cliff" budget morass.
A bill passed by Congress on Tuesday to pull the nation back from the brink of end-of-year tax hikes and spending cuts contains several provisions that are favorable to housing.
Chief among them is one that provides an additional year of relief for troubled homeowners selling their properties. Without action by Congress, those homeowners would have faced big tax bills if they completed "short sales"—those in which the lender agrees to allow the borrower to sell the home for less than the outstanding mortgage amount.
In the past, forgiven debt has typically been considered taxable income. But in 2007, Congress exempted homeowners from treating some forgiven mortgage debt that way as part of an effort to encourage alternatives to foreclosure.
"An extension of the tax break is positive for home values by reducing the number of foreclosures and helping more troubled borrowers stay in their homes," wrote Jaret Seiberg, an analyst with Guggenheim Securities. "That means less supply on the market."
Another move that should benefit some homeowners is the restoration of a tax deduction for mortgage-insurance premiums, including premiums paid to the Federal Housing Administration and private mortgage insurers alike. That deduction had been absent for a year after expiring at the end of 2011. In 2009, 3.6 million taxpayers claimed this deduction, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
"This is a meaningful win for the housing lobby generally and, more specifically, the mortgage insurance industry," wrote Issac Boltansky, a Washington analyst with Compass Point Research and Trading.
The housing industry also dodged a bullet on a big issue—potential limits on itemized deductions, including the cherished mortgage-interest tax break. Last year, there was talk among politicians in both parties of capping those deductions at a particular level, and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney suggested several options, ranging from $17,000 to $50,000. But those limits did not come to pass as part of the fiscal cliff deal.
The pact does restore some limits on deductions that had been in place in the 1990s. But they apply only for individuals earning above $250,000 per year and couples earning above $300,000.
These limits reduce how much high-income taxpayers can claim for mortgage interest and other deductions. For example, a couple with a combined income of $350,000 would see their total itemized deductions fall by $1,500. That results from a formula that reduces the amount that can be deducted by 3% of the difference between the taxpayer's income and the deduction cap. (In this case, $1,500 is 3% of the $50,000 difference between $300,000 and $350,000.)
However, analysts still believe the mortgage-interest deduction could be altered as Congress continues to look for ways to save money. "While the mortgage interest deduction avoided a direct hit this time around, we doubt it will…dodge Congressional scrutiny going forward," Mr. Boltansky wrote.


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Death in the OT is not a private matter for the bereaved family. Job's calamities brought in friends and weeping neighbours for a whole week (Job 2: 12–13) and Jeremiah assumes a corporate mourning ritual which includes cutting off hair and self‐laceration (Jer. 16: 6), though prohibited in the Law (Lev. 19: 27–8). It was obviously contrary to custom that Ezekiel did not mourn for his dead wife (Ezek. 24: 17). Professional singers sometimes sang dirges (2 Chron. 35: 25). These rites might last for a week (Gen. 50: 10) or three weeks (Dan. 10: 2), but a precise period of time was not laid down. For a full year after the death of a parent the children avoided festive celebrations.
Some of these customs are mentioned in the NT, although Paul discourages excessive grieving (1 Thess. 4: 13); but there was certainly communal mourning round a synagogue (Mark 5: 38), and Matt. (9: 23) adds the detail that there were flute‐players in attendance.


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Mindy Audlin necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 22 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
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The website is a landing page for everything we do. I want it to be clean, crisp, and easy to navigate. We've had branding challenges in the past with people thinking we worked exclusively with children. Actually, most of our work is with adults, so we definitely want a mature, somewhat spiritual tone to the page. Coding is a plus, but not required.
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We investigate and expose environmental wrongdoing – whether it's deforestation in Indonesia or industrial pollution in China. We take samples, do laboratory testing, and conduct scientific analysis.
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2017 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
Additive Manufacturing of Metals: Establishing Location-Specific Processing-Microstructure-Property Relationships
Presentation Title
Process Window Optimization for Powder Bed Additively Manufactured Molybdenum
Mustafa Megahed, Wolfgang Ottow, Amanda Field, Luke N Carter, Moataz Attallah, Michael Gorley, Michael Porton
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Mustafa Megahed
Abstract Scope
Molybdenum is interesting for nuclear fusion applications. It provides high temperature structural strength for in-vessel components that must withstand prolonged thermal, mechanical and irradiation loads. Powder bed additive manufacturing offers the possibility to achieve high performance concept geometries previously unattainable through traditional manufacturing routes. This paper focusses on the identification of an optimal processing window. Experiments performed using a variety of powders from different suppliers are supported by numerical models resolving the coating process, the laser powder interaction and material consolidation. Numerical models validated for nickel and titanium alloys are applied to Molybdenum to verify their applicability to refractory material analysis. Maximum component density of 97.5% was achieved using a linear energy density of 0.75 J/mm. There was little variation in results between powders tested. Directional cracking along the build direction was improved by varying build parameters.
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A-11: Cold Gas Dynamic Spray Deposition for Additive Repair of AA7075 and AA2024 Structures
A-12: Additive Manufacturing of High Performance NdFeB Bonded Permanent Magnets
A-14: Development of Diffusion Mobility Descriptions for Additive Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V
A-16: Effect of Build Orientation on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Selective Laser Melted Ti-6Al-4V Alloys
A-18: Effect of Microstructure on the High-temperature Oxidation Behavior of Inconel 718 Manufactured via Electron Beam Melting
A-19: Effect of Print Parameters on Microstructure of EBM Printed Ti-6Al-4V
A-1: A Study of Multiple Interfaces in Stainless Steel 316L Components Fabricated by Laser Powder Injection Deposition
A-20: Effects of Recycled Powder on Build Integrity in Metal Based Additive Manufacturing
A-21: Electron Microscopy Study of Non-metallic Inclusions in Additively Manufactured 17-4PH Stainless Steel Parts
A-22: Fatigue and Fracture in Additive Manufacturing Metals: Findings from a Recent NIST/ASTM Workshop
A-23: Finite Element Analysis of Hybrid Additive Manufacturing to Print Location Specific Mechanical Properties by Sequential Laser Shock Peening
A-24: Grain Growth and Heat Flux Direction during Selective Laser Melting of CoCrMo Alloy
A-25: High-strength, Corrosion-resistant, Weldable Aluminum Powders for Additive Manufacturing
A-27: In Operando Synchrotron X-ray Imaging of Selective Laser Melting
A-28: Incorporating Complex Thermal Histories in Grain Microstructure Simulations of Additively Manufactured 316L SS
A-29: Laser Additive Manufacturing of Nanoparticles Reinforced Aluminum
A-30: Machine Learning Approaches to Optimize Additive Manufacturing Parameters for SLM of Inconel 718
A-31: Microstructure vs. Mechanical Properties for Different Al Alloys Deposited by Cold Spray Process
A-32: Modeling the Effects of Texture on Process-structure-property Evolution in Additively Manufactured Metals
A-33: Phase Field Modeling of Solidification Microstructure during Laser Sintering of Inconel 625
A-34: Physics Based Modeling of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process Applied to Inconel 718
A-35: Prediction of the Balling Defect by a Mesoscale Transient Model Combining Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
A-36: Progress toward Predicting Rapidly Solidified Microstructures of Metallic Alloys
A-37: Role of Grain Orientation and Prior Beta Grain Structures on the Anisotropic Behavior of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V Components
A-39: Sub-surface Material Interactions in Laser Polishing Electron Beam Additive Manufactured Ti6Al4V Components
A-40: Sulfuric Acid Corrosion to Simulate Microbial Influenced Corrosion on Stainless Steel 420
A-41: Synchrotron X-ray Characterization of Powder-bed Fusion Laser Melt Traces on Solid Nickel-based Super Alloy Plates
A-43: Utilization of In Situ Process Monitoring for Determining Consistency in Additive Manufacturing and Flaw Detection
A-4: Aiming for Modeling-assisted Tailored Designs for Additive Manufacturing
A-5: Alloy Design for Additive Manufacturing: Preliminary Results for Al-Ce Alloys
A-7: Build Theme Modifications to Investigate Microstructural Development in Additively Manufactured 17-4PH Stainless Steel Parts
A-8: Characterization of Carbide Precipitates in Nickel-Base Superalloy MAR-M247 Fabricated through Scanning Laser Epitaxy
A-9: Characterization of Dissimilar Joint between Inconel 718 and Alloy Steel by Laser Engineered Net Shaping
Accelerated Certification of Additively Manufactured Metals
Additive Manufacturing of Metals: Differing Microstructures with Varying Builds
Additively Manufactured 17-4 PH Stainless Steel: Toward Conventional Wrought Behavior
Alcoa Additive Manufacturing: A Revolution in the Making
AlSi10Mg Lattice Structures Processed by Selective Laser Melting: Influence of the Geometry and the Heat Treatments on the Microstructure
An Integrated Platform for Predicting the Mechanical Behavior of Additive Manufactured Metal Parts
Anisotropic Mechanical Behavior of AlSi10Mg Parts Produced by Selective Laser Melting
Characterization of Maraging Steel to Austenitic Stainless Steel Gradient Components Fabricated with Laser Deposition
Characterization of Multiperforated Plates Manufactured by SLM and EBM for Aeroengine Applications
Classification, Effects, and Prevention of Build Defects in Powder-bed Fusion Printed Inconel 718
Cloud-based Integrated Computational Microstructure-informed Response for Titanium Additive Manufacturing
Development of Ti-6Al-4V to 304L Stainless Steel Functionally Graded Components Fabricated with Laser Deposition
Direct Laser Metal Deposition of Eutectic Al-Si Alloy for Automotive Applications
Effect of Laser Scan Strategy on Microstructure-property Relations in Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel
Emerging High-strength Aluminum Alloys for Selective Laser Melting
Evolution of Aluminum Alloys Structure at Production Phases of 3D Products by Methods of Additive Technologies
Fracture and Fatigue Behavior of Additively Manufactured Austenitic Stainless Steel
Fundamental Study of the Effect of Process Variables in LMD Repairs with Inconel 718
Grain Structure Engineering for Metal Additive Manufacturing
High Strain Rate Mechanical Behavior of Stainless Steel 316L Processed by Selective Laser Melting
In Situ Characterization of Defects Formation and Microstructure Evolution in Selective Laser Melting of Metals
In Situ Structure and Microstructure Investigation of Heat Treatment's Effect on AM Inconel 625
In Situ Time and Location Resolved Measurements of Residual Stresses in Additively Manufactured 308L Stainless Steel
Influence of Feedstock Characteristics in Additive Manufacturing
Influence of Processing Parameters on the Development of Microstructure and Texture in EBM Ti-6Al-4V
Investigating Strain Localization in DMLS TI-6Al-4V Using CPFE Modeling and DIC
Investigating the Role of Porosity in DMLS IN718 by Crystal Plasticity Modeling with Experimental Validation
Investigation into the Different Behavior of Gas and Water Atomized 316L Stainless Steel Powders in Selective Laser Melting
Investigation on the Effect of Process Parameters on the Grain Structures Formed during Wire-arc Additive Manufacture (WAAM) of 2xxx Series Aluminium Alloys
Location- and Orientation-dependent Properties in AM Systems
Mapping the Decomposition of β to α in Composition and Temperature Space in Titanium Alloys
Massive Transformation in Ti-6Al-4V Additively Manufactured by Selective Electron Beam Melting
Mechanical Properties of SS316L Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing
Microstructural Control in SLM Ti-6Al-4V: Key Factors Facilitating
In Situ
α Martensite Decomposition
Microstructural Evolution and Fatigue Behavior of SLM Processed Alloy IN625
Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Additively Manufactured Austenitic Stainless Steel
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties Evolution of Biomedical Co-Cr-Mo Alloys Produced by Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing
Microstructure Control in Additive Manufacturing of Aluminum Alloys
Microstructure Evolution, Tensile and Dynamic Properties, and Computational Modeling in Ti-6Al-4V and Inconel 718 Alloys Manufactured by Laser Engineered Net Shaping
Multiphase Samples Built by Additive Manufacturing
Multiscale Modeling of Coupled Melt Pool Evolution and Solidification Morphology in the LENS Process
Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Residual Stress Evolution in Additively Manufactured 17-4 PH Stainless Steel by Selective Laser Melting
On the Development of a α+α' Dual-Phase Microstructure for Electron Beam Melted Ti-6Al-4V: Tensile Behavior and Thermal Stability
Porosity Determination in Powder Bed Aluminum Alloy
Process Window Optimization for Powder Bed Additively Manufactured Molybdenum
Recent Progress in Low-cost Open-source Metal 3-D Printing
Selective Electron Beam Melting: A Powder Bed Based Additive Manufacturing Technology for High Performance Materials
Small Features and Microstructures in 3D Printed Heat Exchangers
Study on the Effects of Microsegregation, Temperature, and Stress on IN625 Microstructures by Phase Field Simulations
Synchrotron X-ray and Neutron Diffraction Measurements of Multi-scale Full Tensor Residual Stresses in Nickel-based Super Alloy Built through Direct Metal Laser Sintering Technique of Additive Manufacturing
Tailoring the Mechanical Properties of Ni-base Superalloys Processed by Direct Metal Laser Melting (DMLM)
The Effect Process Parameters have on Residual Stress and Texture of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V Components
The Origin and Effect of HAZ Banding in Large Scale Wire-Arc Additive Manufacture with Ti-6Al-4V
Three-dimensional Tomography of EBM-manufactured IN718
Understanding Structure Property Relationships in Electron Beam Melting through Data Analytics and Visualization
Understanding the Columnar-to-Equiaxed Transition in Additive Manufacturing
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Massive urbanization, accompanied by the rapid expansion of cities and metropolitan regions and the sprawling growth of megacities the world over, is one of the most important transformations of our planet. Much of this explosive growth has been unplanned. Cities in developing countries have been unprepared for absorbing the many millions of the rural poor that are still crowding into informal settlements. These cities are now scheduled to double their urban population in the next thirty years, and possibly triple the land area. And while in industrialized countries the great transformation into an urban society is largely completed, there are growing concerns about continuing low-density sprawl and its deleterious environmental consequences - the effects on carbon emissions, energy use, and the loss of prime agricultural lands. Urban expansion, in short, is now a global concern. The Atlas of Urban Expansion provides the geographic and quantitative dimensions of urban expansion and its key attributes in cities the world over. The data and images are available for free downloading, for scholars, public officials, planners, those engaged in international development, and concerned citizens. The global empirical evidence presented here is critical for an intelligent discussion of plans and policies to manage urban expansion everywhere. The Atlas of Urban Expansion accompanies the Policy Focus Report Making Room for a Planet of Cities, a comprehensive and original analysis of the quantitative dimensions of past, present, and future global urban land cover, culminating in a proposed new paradigm for preparing for explosive growth in cities the world over. Further detail of that analysis is available in three working papers available for downloading: The Persistent Decline in Urban Densities, The Fragmentation of Urban Footprints, and A Planet of Cities: Country Estimates and Projections of Urban Land Cover, 2000-2050. A forthcoming book, titled The Expansion of Cities, bringing together the analysis of the maps in the Atlas of Urban Expansion within a broader discussion of urban expansion in a global and historical perspective, will be published by the Lincoln Institute in 2012. The Atlas of Urban Expansion and Making Room for a Planet of Cities provide both the conceptual framework and, for the first time, the basic empirical data and quantitative dimensions of past, present, and future urban expansion in cities around the world that are necessary for making minimal preparations for the massive urban growth expected in the coming decades.
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People, my mother would say, would walk to the cemeteries where their mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, were buried and leave fall flowers and lighted candles there. Some times at night, there would be so many candles burning on and near the graves that you could see the light shining above the cemeteries as you walked back home, even if your home was far away.
But we didn't do that in America. We were Displaced Persons, immigrants, and all our dead were buried far away in Poland. My mother didn't even know where her mother and her sister and her sister's baby were buried. The men who killed them put my mother on a boxcar and sent her to the slave labor camps in Germany before she could bury her family. It was a bad time.
A little while ago, the Polish-American poet Oriana Ivy sent me a poem about All Souls Day, and she said it would be okay to share it with people.
Here's the poem:
All Souls
Sometimes I think Warsaw fog
is the dead, come back
to seek their old homes –
wanting to touch even the walls.
But they cannot find those walls,
so they embrace the trees instead,
lindens and enduring chestnuts.
They embrace the whole city, lay
their arms around the bridges
and the droplet-beaded street lamps;
they pray in the Square of Three Crosses,
kneel among the candles and flowers
under bronze plaques that say
On this spot, 100 people were shot –
they bow, they kiss
even the railroad tracks –
they do not complain, only hold
what they can, in unraveling white.
-- Oriana Ivy
If you want to read more of Oriana's poems, she has a new book out called April Snow, the winner of the New Women's Voice Poetry Award. Some of her poems are available online at the journal qarttsiluni. She blogs about life and poetry at Oriana Poetry.
If you want to know more about Polish and Polish-American All Souls Day, Deacon Konicki's blog has a post about the way it is celebrated in Poland and Robert Strybel has a piece on the way the day is commemorated by Polish-Americans in the US.
By the way, the Polish-American community in Buffalo, NY, has organized an All Souls Day commemoration. There's an article about it in the Polish News.
A piece by Anna Maria Mickiewicz about an observance in England is available here.
The photo is of an All Souls Day commemoration in Poland.


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syco necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 164 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
Curtis Delaney Gray (NOTE: must also include in some way - "Lawyers and Conveyancers"
The feel of the company is very much a local/small/family and business solicitors that want to help in a caring way, rather than stuffy old folks streaming legal jargon.. with barely a word of English. We are based in Australia (not sure if that helps in any way). The business covers a broad range of law sectors, (so don't do a logo with an injured person if you get my drift, for the same reason don't focus on the "house/conveyor" portion of the company name, as it can give the impression of the company only doing real estate.
Broad sector of local businesses and general public who require Law and Conveyancing services. The logo should NOT reflect a certain 'type' of Law Firm, so please do not use specific type of law to be depicted in the logo. Look to creating a modern 2010 look.
BRIEF CHANGE!! We would like to see BUSINESS CARD, LETTERHEAD and WITH COMPLIMENTS collateral Designs from those contests with a 3, 4 or 5 star rating.
We have EXTENDED CONTEST AND RAISED PRIZE TO $350 !!!- So please keep up the great design work as we do like some of the designs... The Logo will also be used on promotional signage, and shirts. So if you want to design a "Out the Front of Building" Street Sign... than that would be a bonus :)
LOGO Design (but may raise the "prize money" and add a request for a collateral and b-card design if we see some logo's we like the look off)
Logo Design Requirements = Open to a MODERN new FRESH looking design. Open to 'any' colour scheme at the beginning of the contest.. then will confirm preferred colour choice after seeing some of the designs and will update this MID contest.
Importantly - "CDG Law" some how needs to incorporated into the logo, for future branding purposes on web sites, etc.
Also as mentioned above, when we do collateral and business cards, watermarking the CDG on the page somehow... will be requirement
* Scalable logo suitable for web site, letterhead, large background for documents
* Modern 2010 look and feel
* Simple colours
* Vector Illustrator files
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* No quills, feathers, No weighing scales, gavels, judges wigs
* No focus on personal injuries, house sale, etc (multi-focus company)
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Planning Glossary of Terms
The final confirmation of a plan as a statutory document by the local planning authority.
Advertisement Control
The process whereby a local planning authority decides whether an advertisement which is being displayed, or about to be displayed, is acceptable in terms of amenity and public safety.
Affordable Housing
Low cost housing for shared ownership or rent, often from a housing association, to meet the needs of local people who cannot afford accommodation through the open market.
Agricultural Dwelling
A dwelling which is subject to a condition or legal agreement that it shall only be occupied by someone who is employed or was last employed solely or mainly in agriculture, forestry or other appropriate rural employment.
The pleasant or normally satisfactory aspects of a location which contribute to its overall character and the enjoyment of residents and visitors.
Amenity Space
The amenity space may be private or communal gardens, or roof terraces excluding parking areas.
Ancillary Use
A subsidiary use connected to the main use of a building or piece of land.
The process whereby an applicant can challenge an adverse decision on an application by means of written representations, a hearing or formal inquiry proceedings. Appeals can also be made against the failure of the planning authority to issue a decision, against conditions attached to a permission and against the issue of an enforcement notice.
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
Designated Area where the primary purpose is the conservation and enhancement of natural beauty including flora, fauna, geology and landscape.
Area of Special Control of Advertisements
An area which is specifically defined by the local planning authority because they consider its scenic, historical, architectural or cultural features are so significant that a stricter degree of advertisement control is justified in order to conserve visual amenity within that area. Such areas can only be designated with the approval of the Secretary of State.
Article 4 Direction
An order by the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales or the local planning authority, requiring a planning application to be made where normally permitted development rights would apply. A planning application is required for work that does not normally require one.
Article 14 Direction
Issued by the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales to restrict the grant of planning permission by the local planning authority, either indefinitely or for a specific period, normally to give the Department time to decide whether to call in the application.
Article 3 Restrictions
Article 3 means that in certain circumstances the normal permitted development do not exist and therefore a planning application is required.
Article 3(5) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order) 1995 specifies that the usual permitted development rights set out in the Order shall not apply if:
- a permission granted in connection with an existing building and building operations involved in the construction of that building are lawful or
- if permission is granted in connection with an existing use that use is unlawful
Land which is behind existing development with no, or very limited, road frontage.
A measure of the number and range of species and their relative abundance in a community.
Brown-field Site
Land which has been previously developed.
Called-in Application
A planning application referred to the Secretary of State for determination by virtue of the powers contained in the Planning Act.
Change of use
Each building has a legal use - for example residential or light industrial. Planning permission is usually necessary in order to change this 'use class'.
Guidance, including policy, issued by a government department usually, but not always, in support of legislation.
All land with current planning permission or allocated in local plans.
A committee of the local council will deal with planning matters. Some planning applications are decided by the officers (professional council employees) without going to committee. Of those that go to committee, the officers will make a recommendation - to grant or refuse it - but the committee may make a different decision. At New Forest this is called the Planning Committee. Anyone may attend the Planning Committee meeting but you can only speak if you have previously arranged to do so.
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
A document setting out the council's requirements for contributions to mitigate the impact of permissions granted
Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs)
Notice issued by the government or a local authority to acquire land or buildings for public interest purposes.
Stipulations attached to a planning permission to limit or direct the manner in which a development is carried out.
Conservation Area
An area given statutory protection under the Planning Acts, in order to preserve and enhance its character and townscape. In a conservation area you will need planning permission for works, which wouldn't otherwise need it.
Conservation Area Consent
Consent required from the local planning authority before demolishing an unlisted building in a conservation area. Where it is required, carrying out demolition work without this consent is a criminal offence.
Procedures for assessing public opinion about a plan, or in the case of a planning application, the means of obtaining the views of affected neighbours or others with an interest in the proposal.
Contaminated Land
Land which has been polluted or harmed in some way, rendering it unfit for safe development and many practical uses without prior remediation.
Alteration to a building to allow it to serve a different purpose to that which it was built for. For example , the sub-division of residential properties into bed sits, self-contained flats or maisonettes.
This is the area of land attached to a dwelling house and forming one enclosure with it. Usually what is thought of as the garden.
The decision on a planning application should normally be given within eight weeks or thirteen weeks for major applications. If the council fails to do this you can appeal on grounds of non-determination, unless an extension of time has been agreed.
Deemed Consent
This allows the display of certain "specified classes" of advertisement without having to make an application to the Local Planning Authority.
In the case of residential development, a measurement of either the number of habitable rooms per hectare or the number of dwellings per hectare.
A proposed development which is not in accordance with a local plan but which due to exceptional circumstances the local planning authority proposes to accept.
Derelict Land
Land so damaged by industrial or other development that it is incapable of beneficial use without treatment.
Detailed/Full Application
The most common type of planning application is one that seeks full or detailed planning permission. This leaves no issue for future consideration, and should contain all the information needed for the Local Planning Authority to reach its decision.
Local planning authority process to decide whether a proposed development requires planning permission.
'Development' is defined in the Planning Act as carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operations in, on, or under land, or making any material change in the use of any buildings or other land. But it does not include changes to the inside of a building, or those which don't materially affect its external appearance (except in the case of a Listed Building).
Development Brief
Document providing detailed information to guide developers on the type of development , design and layout constraints and other requirements for a particular, usually substantial site.
Development Management
The process whereby a local planning authority decides whether a planning application is acceptable;le and if it meets the requirements of planning policy, particularly as set out in development plans.
Development Plan
This contains the policies and guidance which manage development in a Local Authority area.
Development Plan Documents (DPDs)
Under the new Planning System these documents form part of the Development Plan for the District, along with the Regional Spatial Strategy. These documents are subject to stringent public consultation and independent examination.
Discontinuance Notice
Notice served by a local planning authority requiring the discontinuance of the display of any advertisement, or the use of a site for the display of an advertisement, which has the benefit of deemed consent under the Control of Advertisements Regulations. Action to serve a discontinuance notice may only be taken if the planning authority is satisfied it is necessary to do so to remedy a substantial injury to the amenity of the locality or a danger to members of the public.
Procedures by a local planning authority to ensure that the terms and conditions of a planning decision are carried out, or that development carried out without planning permission is brought under control.
Enforcement Notice
Notice requiring the discontinuance of an unauthorised use and/or the removal of buildings, including restoration of land, where development has been begun without permission or in breach of a condition.
English Heritage
A national body funded by the government to promote and give advice on building conservation matters.
Environmental Appraisal
The process of weighing all the policies in a development plan for their global, national and local implications.
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Proposers of certain scheduled developments are required to submit a planning application with an accompanying environmental statement, evaluating the likely environmental impacts of the development, together with an assessment of how the severity of the impacts could be reduced. Voluntary production of an Environmental Statement (ES) by the developer of a major project is often good practice.
Established Use
A use against which enforcement proceedings cannot be taken, normally because of the length of time the use has been in operation
Express Consent
This is needed to display an advertisement, which does not benefit from deemed consent under the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements Regulations).
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The Planning Development Control (including Land Charges), and Policy and Strategy Services Privacy Notice can be read here.
General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) - the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order grants rights (known as permitted development rights) to carry out certain limited forms of development without the need to make an application for planning permission. See also 'Permitted Development (PD)'.
Greenfield Land
Land which has not previously been developed. Greenfield land may also include land which was previously developed, but where the remains of any structure or activity have blended into the landscape in the process of time. All agricultural buildings and land are also classified as being Greenfield sites.
Government Guidance
National government produces guidance for Local Planning Authorities, which can be accessed via The National Planning Portal.
Habitable Room
All living rooms and bedrooms, but not kitchens, bathrooms, WCs or circulation space, are normally regarded as habitable for the purposes of density calculations.
Hearing (Informal)
An appeal hearing is less formal than an inquiry. An inspector meets with representatives from the council, the applicant and other interested parties and the issues discussed.
Permanent resources serving society's needs, including roads, sewers, schools, hospitals, railways, communication networks etc.
Planning Inspectors deal with all planning appeals in England and Wales. Each appeal is allocated to a case officer who will administer the appeal and whom you can contact.
Lawful Development Certificate (LDC)
A procedure by which existing or proposed uses and other forms of development can be certified as lawful for planning purposes. An application has to be made to the Local Planning Authority and there is a right of appeal against their decision.
Listed Buildings
A building or other structure of special architectural or historic interest included on a statutory list and assigned a grade (l, ll* or ll). If a building is 'listed' it means that it has special protection under the Planning Act and you will need permission for any works, which wouldn't otherwise need it.
Listed Building Consent
A permission required for the internal or external alteration or demolition of a listed building.
Local Development Documents (LDD)
Under the new Planning system these comprise Development Plan Documents and Supplementary Planning Documents.
Local Development Framework (LDF)
The collective name for the suite of documents that sets out the Council's Planning Policies and requirements.
Local Development Scheme (LDS)
A three year timetable of all LDF documents to be produced. Reviewed at least annually, but also as local circumstances dictate. It is approved by the Secretary of State, who has the power to direct changes.
Local Plan
Statutory development plan prepared by a local planning authority setting out detailed policies for management of development. These are now being supplanted by the LDF based system
Local Planning Authority (LPA)
The local authority or council that is empowered by law to exercise planning functions. This is normally the local borough or district council, but in National Parks and some other areas there are different arrangements.
Material Consideration
A matter which should be taken into account in deciding on a planning application or on an appeal against a planning decision.
Neighbours are consulted by the council when a planning application is received. It is usually best to talk to your neighbours yourself about proposed works, at an earlier stage. You may be able to modify the plans so that they will be happy with them. If there are no objections from neighbours, you are more likely to get permission - although it's certainly not a guarantee.
Non-Conforming Use
A use which does not conform to the general provisions of the development plan for the area in which it is located.
Outline Application
A general application for planning permission to establish that the development is acceptable in principle, subject to subsequent approval of detailed matters.
A quantity of building or intensity of use that is excessive in terms of its layout on the site, demand on the infrastructure and local services and/or its impact on local amenity and character.
The Local Plan often lays down detailed criteria. Windows in new buildings must not be positioned so that people can look directly into rooms in other residential buildings or over garden area to the extent that it would be detrimental to the amenities of that property.
Permitted Development (PD)
Minor developments and changes between use classes that are granted planning permission under the General Permitted Development Order and for which a planning application is not required.
Planning Casework Service
An online service designed and managed by the Planning Inspectorate and accessed through the Planning Portal. The service lets users in England submit and track different kinds of appeals electronically and search and comment on appeals online. The service is not currently available in Wales.
Planning Considerations
Planning decisions and appeals are decided according to planning law, the local plan, and government planning guidance.
Planning Inspector
Planning Inspectors are independently appointed to determine appeals that are lodged against refusal of planning permission. They consider all the papers in advance. They "chair" the inquiry or hearing and carry out a site visit. They then write a report, giving a decision and explaining the reasons for it.
Planning Permission
Planning permission from the local planning authority is required for most forms of development. Some changes or additions to property are classified as "permitted development" and don't normally need planning permission. Some changes of use are also classed as development and require permission. If you build something without getting permission you might have to remove it. If you need permission you will need to apply for it to the local council. You will need to fill in an application form, provide drawings and a site plan and pay a fee.
Planning Obligations and Agreements
Legal agreements between a planning authority and a developer, or offered unilaterally by a developer, ensuring that certain extra works related to a development are undertaken, usually under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
The planning application must be accompanied with scaled drawings and probably photographs showing the existing and proposed situations. The proposals must be described in sufficient detail for the planners to understand what it will look like and how it will affect the neighbours. You will also usually be required to submit a design and access statement with your application.
Private Open Space
Space which is privately owned and not generally open to the public, although some are subject to agreements that afford limited public access.
Proposals Map
An obligatory component of a Local Plan (or Local Development Framework) showing the location of proposals and designations in the plan on an Ordnance Survey base map.
Public Inquiry
Planning appeals, which are complicated or controversial or have caused a lot of local interest are examined by public inquiry. It is a formal procedure, allowing for witness statements and cross-examinations. Interested members of the public may speak if they apply to do so on the first day when the timetable is agreed. Barristers often, but not necessarily , represent each side, and inquiries may last from one day up to many months depending on the case. After the inquiry the inspector produces a report and decision.
Public Open Space
Space where public access is generally established, and which fulfils an active or passive recreational roll. Includes nature reserves, cemeteries, reservoirs and parks. In order to mitigate against the harm residential development can cause to the National Park and the Coastal Areas some of this may be provided in the form of a Site of Alternative National Green Space.
Public Right of Way
A way where the public has a right to walk, and in some cases ride horses, bicycles, motorcycles or drive motor vehicles, which will be designated either as a footpath, a bridleway, a road used as a public path or a byway.
A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. Named after the city of Ramsar in Iran where the Convention was signed in 1971
If planning permission is refused you can appeal to higher authority. You appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. If the inspector upholds the refusal, that decision is final. It can only be challenged on legal grounds in the High Court. You can submit another application immediately but the new plans must be substantially different.
Section 106 Agreement
A binding agreement between a council and a developer associated with a grant of planning permission and regarding matters linked to the proposed development.
Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC)
Areas designated by local authorities in England for sites of substantial local nature conservation value.
Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
An area identified by Natural England or Countryside Council for Wales for protection by reason of the rarity of its nature conservation or wildlife features.
Site visit (Appeal)
The appeal inspector may make an unaccompanied site visit if the site can be seen from public land. If there is an accompanied visit, representatives from both sides must be present, and the inspector will not talk informally to any parties about the case. This is not an opportunity to discuss issues or try to influence the inspector, but you may be asked questions about the plans.
Special Area of Conservation
SACs are strictly protected sites designated under the EC Habitats Directive. Article 3 of the Habitats Directive requires the establishment of a European network of important high-quality conservation sites that will make a significant contribution to conserving the 189 habitat types and 788 species identified in Annexes I and II of the Directive (as amended).
Special Protection Area (SPA)
Areas designated under European Community Directive 79/409 on Conservation of Wild Birds, requiring the UK government to take special measures to conserve the habitat of rare or vulnerable birds (listed under the directive) and all regularly occurring migratory birds. The government is required to avoid pollution or disturbance to SPA's.
Required by law (statute), usually through an Act of Parliament.
Statutory Undertakers/Statutory Utilities
Providers of essential services such as gas, electricity, water or telecommunications.
Stop Notice
A notice served in respect of land subject to enforcement proceedings prohibiting the carrying out or continuing of specified operations which are alleged to constitute a breach of planning control and designed to stop work continuing pending the outcome of an appeal.
The visual appearance and character of an area created by the form of buildings and open spaces. It relates not just to the massing and scale of building but also to floorspace and street furniture details.
Sui Generis
Uses of land or buildings which do not fall into any of the use classes identified by the Use Class Order, for example theatres, laundrettes, car showrooms and filling stations.
Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG)
Additional advice service issued by a local planning authority expanding upon its statutory policies to be replaced with Supplementary Planning Documents.
Sustainability Appraisal (SA)
Under the new Planning System all Development Plan Documents and Supplementary Planning Documents will need to be the subject of a Sustainability Appraisal. The appraisal will ensure that the plan conforms to the concepts of Sustainable Development, and also to ensure it meets the requirements of the European Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive.
Sustainable Development
Environmentally responsible development, commonly defined as "development which meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS)A Sustainable Drainage System is designed to reduce the potential impact of new and existing developments with respect to surface water drainage discharges.
The appearance and character of buildings and all other features of an urban area taken together as a whole.
Tree Preservation Order (TPO)
The Council has a duty under the planning acts to consider making TPO's in the interest of local amenity. Orders may specify and protect individual specimens, groups of trees, or areas of woodland. A specific consent from the Council is required to fell or lop such trees. Trees growing in Conservation Areas have similar protection.
Urban Regeneration
The re-use or redevelopment of decaying or run-down parts of older urban areas to bring them new life and economic vitality.
Use Classes Order
The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order puts uses of land and buildings into various categories, planning permission not being required for changes of use within the same use class unless specified by condition on a previous application. In practice changes between use classes are likely to require planning permission.
Use classes
Legal uses of property are defined as use classes in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order. A change of use within the same use class does not need planning permission, but a change to a different use class usually does.
Written Representations
The written procedure for deciding appeals is the fastest and simplest. Typically, first you and then the local Planning Authority send statements of case to the Inspectorate. The LPA, has a chance to comment on your case, and you have a final chance to comment on the comments. There is then a site visit and a decision is usually sent to you within about five weeks.
Written Statement
Documentary statement of policy, forming part of a development plan submitted by a local planning authority and requiring formal approval.


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A doctor saves a man from hanging then tries to run his life.
After drifting into the goldrush town of Skull Creek, Montana, Dr. Joseph "Doc" Frail buys a cabin on the hill above town from a penniless prospector. Soon after, Rune, a young wanderer, tries to steal a gold nugget from a sluice box and is pursued by a bloodthirsty mob, guns ablaze. Hearing the injured Rune's cries for help, Doc rescues the boy and bandages his wound. In payment for his services, Doc demands that Rune become his bond servant, threatening to expose him as a thief if he refuses. Doc then sets up practice, and although he exhibits compassion for his patients, he can be imperious and severe when dealing with others, prompting Tom Flaunce, the town storekeeper and an old acquaintance, to comment that "Doc carries his soul in his doctor's bag." When Doc is assailed by George Grubb, a raving drunk who accuses him of being the devil, Doc, an expert marksman, drives Grubb off at gunpoint. While at the saloon one evening, Doc strikes a gambler who questions him about burning down a house in Illinois. One day, a stagecoach is attacked by a band of robbers, causing the horses to bolt and the carriage to careen over the side of a cliff. With his dying breath, the driver reveals that a woman passenger, the sole survivor, is trapped in the coach. Frenchy Plante, a lecherous prospector, Rune and Flaunce head a search party for the woman. While camped around the fire for the night, Flaunce informs Rune that Frail is a name the Doc assumed because he felt that it described the state of mankind. Flaunce then relates the story of a doctor named Temple, who torched his grand house on the river after discovering the dead bodies of a man and a woman inside. The next day, Frenchy finds the missing woman, whom he dubs "Lost Lady." After they carry the unconscious woman to a shack in a nearby meadow, Doc examines her and declares that she is suffering from temporary blindness. He arranges for her to be transported to Flaunce's abandoned cabin, which is situated across from his own, and Rune volunteers to care for her. Three days later, the woman regains consciousness, although she remains blind. After identifying herself as Elizabeth Mahler, she learns that her father was killed in the robbery. When Elizabeth tells Doc about emigrating from Switzerland to the "wonderous" America, Doc cautions her that she will find no glory in the wretched town of Skull Creek. Soon after, Flaunce's wife Edna, a mean-spirited, priggish woman, drives to the cabin to determine if Elizabeth is "decent," and is turned away by Doc. That night, after Doc leaves to play cards at the saloon, Frenchy sneaks into the cabin. When Elizabeth senses his presence, he claims that he has come for his canteen. As Frenchy is about to sexually attack the blind woman, Doc appears and orders him to leave. Later, at the saloon, Doc thrashes Frenchy and threatens to kill him if he ever returns to the cabin, and Frenchy vows revenge. As the days pass, Rune accuses Doc of trying to control people and objects to his isolation of Elizabeth. One day, Elizabeth is on the verge of recovering her eyesight when she lapses back into hysterical blindness. Doc inspires her to see again, but when she embraces him, he coldly informs her that she must leave the next day. Doc then gives Rune his freedom and presents him with a horse. The following morning, Rune and Elizabeth ride into town and Elizabeth shows Flaunce a brooch, an old family heirloom, and asks to use it as collateral for a grubstake. When Flaunce reports Elizabeth's request to Doc, Doc gives him the money to lend to her. Entering into partnership with Frenchy, Elizabeth and Rune establish the "Lucky Lady" mine. A month passes, and Doc continues to funnel money into the mine, unbeknown to Elizabeth. While out delivering a baby one day, Doc stops to say hello to Elizabeth. Jealous of Doc's intrusion, Frenchy manhandles Elizabeth and she decides to move into town. When Elizabeth comes to the store for another advance, Edna cruelly informs her that the brooch is worthless and accuses her of prostitution. Furious, Elizabeth accuses Doc of trying to play with people's lives and he admits that the rumor about the grand house on the river is true and that the man and woman were his wife and brother. In the midst of a violent rainstorm one day, a giant tree near the Lucky Lady is uprooted, revealing a pit filled with gold nuggets. To celebrate the strike, Frenchy plies the townsmen with liquor. While Elizabeth repairs to Doc's cabin with her sack of gold, the drunken revelers below turn mean and set the town on fire. Barging into Doc's cabin, Frenchy hurls Elizabeth onto the bed and assaults her. Doc returns to find the town in flames, then hurries to his cabin and throws Frenchy down the stairs. When Frenchy pulls his gun, Doc shoots him and then kicks his lifeless body over the hillside. Grubb seizes the opportunity to incite the frenzied crowd to lynch Doc, and as they place a noose around his neck, Elizabeth, bruised, hobbles down the hill and offers her gold in exchange for Doc's life. The greedy mob stampedes to the mine, leaving Doc behind. After Rune removes the noose from his neck, Doc bends down and caresses Elizabeth's face and they embrace.
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