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First Posted : May 28, 2010
Last Update Posted : July 2, 2017
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- Researchers studying new treatments for major depressive disorder are looking at how medications to treat depression act on the brain chemical serotonin, which interacts with specific serotonin receptors on brain cells. New methods of studying serotonin receptors in the brain may help provide a better understanding of depression and treatment options.
- A new radioactive chemical called [11C]CUMI may be useful for studying serotonin receptors in the brain. By using positron emission tomography (PET) scanning to see how [11C]CUMI bonds with serotonin receptors, researchers will investigate whether [11C]CUMI can be used to study depression and how antidepressant medications work.
- To determine the usefulness of [11C]CUMI as a method of studying serotonin receptors in the brain.
- Healthy individuals between 18 and 65 who have no history of psychiatric illness.
- This study requires 8 outpatient visits to the NIH clinic.
- Visit 1: Participants will have a full physical examination and medical history, as well as a psychiatric evaluation and questions about alcohol and drug use. Other tests will include blood and urine samples and an electrocardiogram (EKG). Testing will take approximately 3 hours.
- Visit 2: Participants will have a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan to evaluate brain function and activity.
- Visit 3: Participants will have a PET scan, in which a small amount of the radioactive chemical [11C]CUMI will be injected through an intravenous (IV) catheter, and will have another IV line put in place to draw regular blood samples during the scan. The scan will last approximately 4 hours.
- Visits 4-8: Participants will have regular blood tests after the scan between days 1-3 and at about weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4. The blood tests will check muscle, heart, and liver function.
|Condition or disease
|Depression Major Depression Unipolar Depression Anxiety Disorder Anxiety Disorders
Eighteen million people in the United States are currently suffering from Major Depressive Disorder, which is characterized by episodes of low mood, poor self attitude and poor vitality. Of those suffering from Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), only one third completely improve, but even among these cases, there is a waiting period of several weeks or more during which antidepressants take effect. Our inability to adequately treat MDD is evident in its being ranked number one in Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) among persons aged 15-44. Given this profound burden, improving our understanding of the molecular basis of MDD is of utmost importance in the development of novel antidepressant medications.
Serotoninergic neurotransmission is implicated in MDD, as demonstrated by the relative success of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). SSRIs block the reuptake of serotonin through the serotonin transporter, which then increases serotonin at the synaptic cleft. Serotonin then binds to 5-HT(1A) receptors, which are G-protein coupled receptors that are present both presynaptically and postsynaptically. Presynaptically, these receptors act as autoinhibitory receptors, triggering decreased firing rates and decreased serotonin release. This autoinhibitory mechanism is believed to be the reason why patients experience a delay in symptomatic improvement after initiation of SSRIs. Serotonin binding to postsynaptic receptors mediates symptomatic improvement of depression. Multiple positron emission tomography (PET) studies on 5-HT(1A) have been published. However, none of these studies use 5-HT(1A) agonists, which are specific for the high affinity, G-protein coupled and active state of the 5-HT(1A) receptor. We would therefore like to establish the use of the 5-HT(1A) radiolabelled agonist, [(11)C]CUMI, here at NIH.
The purpose of this study is to perform whole body PET studies in healthy volunteers in order to estimate radiation absorbed doses for [(11)C]CUMI. Future experiments will include studies on Major Depressive Disorder.
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|12 participants
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|PET Whole Body Distribution Studies Using the 5-HT1A Agonist, [11C]CUMI
|Study Start Date :
|April 30, 2010
|Study Completion Date :
|April 12, 2012
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- Subjects must be adults between 18-65 years old.
- Subjects must be able and willing to give written informed consent.
- With the exception of substance abuse disorders, any past or current Axis I diagnosis as assessed by clinical interview which may include the SCID-NP. With regard to substance abuse, we will allow a history of substance abuse so long as criteria for substance dependence are not met, and the episode(s) of substance abuse occurred over 1 year prior to study enrollment.
- Any prior use of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
- Use of ecstasy more than 3 times in a lifetime.
- Any history of psychotic symptoms.
- If female, any history of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), because PMDD has been shown to correlate with changes in 5-HT1A distribution in brain.
- In women, irregular menses such that the subject will not know the phase of the menstrual cycle at time of scanning.
- Clinically significant laboratory abnormalities.
- Psychotropic medication use (including benzodiazepines and illicit drugs) during the 28 days (42 day for fluoxetine) prior to the PET scan.
- Serious medical problems including but not limited to chronic neurological disease such as multiple sclerosis, autoimmune diseases or any cardiopulmonary disease that would increase risks associated with sedation.
- Positive HIV status.
- Head trauma resulting in a period of unconsciousness lasting longer than 10 minutes.
- History of fetal alcohol syndrome or other neurodevelopmental disorder.
- Recent exposure to radiation (i.e., PET from other research) which when combined with this study would be above the allowable limits.
- Positive urine drug screen.
- Inability to lie flat on camera bed for about 2.5 hours.
- Pregnancy at time of scan (beta HCG will be measured in all female patients within 24 hours of scan and must be negative).
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): NCT01132872
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|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Principal Investigator:
|Marta Gozzi, Ph.D.
|National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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|NCT01132872 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|May 28, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 2, 2017
|Last Verified:
|April 12, 2012
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Serotonin 1A Receptor
Positron Emission Tomograhy (PET)
Healthy Volunteer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Depressive Disorder
Anxiety Disorders
Depressive Disorder, Major
Pathologic Processes
Behavioral Symptoms
Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders


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The Gauchos lost their first series of the year, breaking their streak of 15 straight unbeaten series dating back to April 2013 when they lost a series to Cal State Fullerton. The series loss also broke their streak of winning 10 straight series of three games or more.
UCSB's loss sent them to 19-5 on the season, while Hawai'i improved to 14-13.
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The ACM Awards-nominated duo are now on their own record label and plan to release 'Gravity' later this year. Delicate piano notes and restrained guitars cradle the two men's unique harmonies. More than ever, they sound like one voice when matched at the chorus.
"Baby, when I look at you, with them baby blues / Cuttin' right through me / You set me on the rewind, back to the good times / When you couldn't get enough of me," they sing to begin the song.
The intro has a pop feel, but the first verse brings pedal steel and the more aggressive sound country fans feel comfortable hearing.
"Last thing I thought I'd see was / You across the bar from me, and / Holdin' on to that turkey bottle / Shootin' em down, and runnin' full throttle," John Rich sings. Alphin joins him to finish the verse before both take the chorus.
The vocal production is true to the signature sound they've been crafting for over a decade. With just this song as an example of what 'Gravity' will sound like, it's tempting to claim age has brought upon a subdued maturity. That may be premature.
"Girl, you sure do know how to serve it / The way I did ya Lord I deserve it / You know my heart, you know how to hurt it / On and on and on and on," Big and Rich sing to close the second verse.
Rich and Shannon Lawson penned 'Look at You.' The second verse is particularly effective, but the chorus is quickly memorable and easy to sing along with. There's no reason to believe the ballad won't perform as well as some of their others, unless radio has reservations about playing an unsigned artist.
Why Fans Will Love It: This softer side of Big and Rich has produced their biggest radio hit to date. 'Lost in This Moment' reached No. 1 in 2007. 'Look at You' captures a similar vibe.
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Compiling a blob-free FreeBSD 7.0 kernel
I recently decided that I was going to switch to FreeBSD on my main desktop, and leave Fedora for while, because Fedora won't be supporting KDE 3.5.x in new versions. FreeBSD has both in the ports tree, which was the approach that I preferred to this whole thing.
I am usually quite a bit of an OpenBSD fan, I use it on both of my servers, however for my main desktop, it's not that good of an option, because of the size of the ports tree, and some other things. FreeBSD generally would fit me well, but I have one problem. I take the OpenBSD stance on proprietary, binary-blob drivers. I have been tarring my hair out trying to compile a kernel without drivers such as ath, hptmv, hptrr, nve, oltr and so on. But every time I try, despite me commenting it out in the configuration file, it still compiles the support for them and builds the modules.
To sum it up, I humbly request a bit of help to compile a FreeBSD 7.0 kernel with no binary blob drivers at all. If there are more than the ones I mentioned above, please see those as included in this equation. I don't mind firmware all that much, although stripping out stuff like the Intel wireless drivers isn't something I would mind either.
I have been trying for hours now, and I just can't figure it out on my own.
"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love. This is the eternal rule."
- Siddhattha Gotama (Buddha), founder of Buddhism.
You can remove them from the kernel config so they are not built into the kernel. To prevent the kernel modules from being built, you can add to /etc/make.conf:
WITHOUT_MODULES= ath hptmv hptrr nve oltr
I really don't know what you mean.
If you comment out the driver entries in the kernel config file, then they will not be linked into the kernel. The code for that module will be built, however, but it will be left as a loadable kernel module. You can control whether it builds the kernel modules in /etc/make.conf, but I do not know how.
The only binary blobs that FreeBSD will use are the firmwares for some devices, like wireless adapters - Sure, we would like the source code for that, but you'd expect it to be mostly in assembler anyway, which does not tell you much more than the binary anyway. After all, it is no different from a device with firmware in flash ram.
The only dumb question is a question not asked.
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In /etc/make.conf add that line:
WITHOUT_MODULES="ath hptmv hptrr nve oltr"
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Let's just say my view on blobs are very, dare I say, Theo de Raadt-style.
Anyway, thank you guys for your replies I really appreciate it, and thanks a lot for replying so quickly.
"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love. This is the eternal rule."
- Siddhattha Gotama (Buddha), founder of Buddhism.
"Binary blobs" and "binary/loadable firmware" are very different things.
Firmware runs on the hardware device itself (the harddrive, the soundcard, the wireless card, the NIC, the videocard, etc). A system without any firmware or firmware-loading mechanism will be a dead system (with the exception of the hardware that ships with the firmware onboard, of course). You can't run hardware without firmware. Period. The only difference between a piece of hardware that ships with the firmware onboard and one that ships with a driver that loads the firmware of the harddrive is where the firmware is stored (onboard or on disk). It would be really nice if people would stop the whole "no binary firmware" crap. OpenBSD is not anti-firmware (in fact, I don't know of any system that is).
Binary blobs or binary drivers are a completely different beast. These are things that run on your system, using your CPU, your RAM, etc. These are the things that can be troublesome. Who really knows what these things are doing on your system. These are the things that people who have an issue with binary blobs should be worried about. This is what OpenBSD is against.
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Seeking NTRedemptions
For those who aren't familiar with the term, NTR or Netorare, the textbook description would ultimately involve three major characters.
1. The main male, a good, realatable character.
2. The girl he's in love with, and who at least seems to reciprocate. She's either his girlfriend, or he doesn't know of any guys she's with.
3. The man who winds up making the girl scream with pleasure in a situation that guarantees the main guy will either see it, hear her begging for more, or get a ton of commemorative photos of the event.
The closer the main guy and girl are, the worse it is. Usually, she's either a childhood friend or a girlfriend/spouse, someone he should know and be able to trust. The guy is often either a best friend, a stranger whose face would make children run in terror, or the school idol with the face of a prince and the heart of a demon.
This can be a very unpleasant read, especially if you're not prepared. It often comes without any warning, and with a significant degree of cruelty. What's worse, since the characters have some relationship, he's going to likely see the girl all the time, and she may be completely unaware of what he's seen.
I generally give a lot of manga a chance, regardless of the content, so long as that content doesn't involve yaoi. Lately, I've had a string of bad luck, and both new stuff and old stuff I find keeps winding up like this. I am basically suffereing an NTR overdose.
NTR isn't always bad though. Instead of a disgusting end to a story, it can be the initial trigger or a major plot device leading to other things, over the space of a page to several volumes. I'm looking for redemptions, cases where NTR happens, or where it looks like it happens, but the story goes on and in the end the hero does indeed get the girl, and she actually wants to be with him. I do not care what sort of content there is so long as it's not BL, and I don't care whether it's a one-shot or a multivolume series. I just really want to see happy endings to try and get the bad taste out of my mouth. Raw or translated, licensed or not, please recommend some titles that fit the bill, or authors who like to follow this or happier plots.
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I think (to the best of my knowledge) that:
School Days
DEFINITELY fits your recommendation. Maybe not all 1-6 but has #s 1-4 (not 4, it's rather opposite in genders).
Didn't state if you wanted Manga or Anime, but I think there's a School Days manga (I have do not read manga so excuse me if there isn't one) and also a game for it haha. Just try it out, hope I helped!
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Thanks for the recommendation. Not sure I'd go with that one to be honest, since the thing ends with lots of people dying or going insane or both. Like I said, I'm looking for "redemptions" of the style, things that contain this sort of thing, with the man finding his love in the arms of another, not on account of rape or force but by her own will, but which still have a happy ending, where even though such horrible, shocking things happened the man still wound up with the girl, and again he got her not through force or deception but by truly winning her heart. From the instances I've seen, this generally goes along a couple of common paths:
1. The experience and shock nearly shatters the relationship, the guy can't bear to be around her, and though it's said that absence makes the heart grow fonder, the girl finds that actually absence forces the heart to realize how much it's lost and how much it means. This usually happens when the revelations were relatively innocent, more infatuation than an actual affair.
2. The experience, or some other event, changes the guy, and since the girl is close to him, she sees the change every day; combined with concern for him, her impression of his changed attitude starts to shift things, giving the guy another chance at love. Often, in this case, the guy finds someone else too for a time at least, at about the same time as the girl starts to develop feelings for him.
3. The girl had actually set the guy up. Generally occurring when the guy is far too wishy-washy or concerned about ruining the relationship, the girl may get desperate and resort to anything from staging a date to making love to a friend or group in order to force him to take action. In this case, the girl may escalate the incident hoping that he'll jump in, and afterward both sides have a great deal of trouble.
There's plenty of other ways this can turn out, but the main thing is that the two primary characters are close and so conflict is bound to continue, so cutting off here is cheap and frustrating. I've had too many of these and want to see more of the sorts where this is a part of the story and is eventually resolved rather than it being the tragic end.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Not bad overall, but a little different from what I'm trying to find. There wasn't really any true NTR that I could find; NTR implies that not only does the hero's crush/love get taken from him (hence the -torare), but that he finds out in a very unpleasant manner, not by being told that she's been taken, but rather by seeing for himself. Occasionally he might just see her blushing and cuddling with a boy, like an event that one character recalled in the series NHK (though not everyone would call that true netorare), but usually it's a lot more severe and graphic, effectively slapping him in the face with the fact that she's with someone, or that she'll be with almost anyone except possibly him. In this case, he just found out that she'd started going out with the guy the day after it happens, nothing more than verbal acknowledgement, not to mention that she is not the single central and ultimate love interest. I'm looking for something where the obviously unrequited love does eventually get through, and she returns his love completely.
One possibility is something that a few people on other anime sites said about alternate setups for B Gata H Kei, before people saw enough to start liking it: one suggestion was that a guy like a girl and find out that she is what Yamada wants to become (a total, absolute tramp), thus becoming very uncertain about pursuing a relationship, while at the same time the tramp finds herself falling for him and wanting to "settle down" as it were.
On the lowest level I want stuff where he knows her heart cannot be his, suffers and perhaps surrenders to the loss, but at some point, things change. Things taken for granted are noticed, hidden feelings emerge, new feelings blossom, and she loves him. The things is that I've seen all this stuff where the situation is made much more intense, shocking, and painful by the hero's finding out his loss in the worst way possible, so I want stuff where this is part of it, where he does get crushed by a sight that no one should have to see, but even so eventually she turns to him.
Also, I'd like a hero who's a little more likable. It's okay for the guy to be cruel when his heart's broken, but I want to be in a position where I feel that the guy deserves to find love and that it really is wrong that he lost out. Kurosawa eventually becomes like that, but it takes a while and for a long time he's a moster, not to mention that the story is mostly about his return to humanity rather than his finding love. Again I'll say that this was good, very good, and had some great stuff at certain points, thank you for the suggestion. Just not quite what I was aiming for here. Perhaps a little less drama, or at least less widespread atrocity, and a little more romance and focus on the ultimate pair.
Edit: After looking through my old stuff, I found one series that is very close to the sort of thing I'm looking for: Momoiro Peanuts by Tsutomu Mutsuki. Be forewarned, this does contained well-censored H and pseudo-loli, and only 3 chapters have been translated, though the serious stuff is several chapters further along. By pseudo(fake)-loli, I mean that the central girl is implied to be 18 and confirmed to be no younger (at one point a particularly perverted character jumps on her with the thought "Over 18!? OK!!"), though she could pass for 9 easily. I'm not particularly adept at Japanese and Kanji, so I'm not sure of everything, but here's what I can make out:
Spoiler for Momoiro Peanuts plot:
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Sekitou Elergy
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Boys Be
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Onani Master Kurosowa
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Break Blade
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Good ending
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Yuutai Nova
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Chigusa x Pon
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Ginen Shounen
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Some titles are not ntr
I think the definition of ntr is lacking sth the opening post mentioned.I can't find the exact definition in wikipedia and sometimes ntr is confused with infidelity,cheating etc.I can't say for sure that a manga has a ntr element but in hentai,a hentai is labeled as ntr when the antagonist steals the female.I know,because i avoid them at all costs.But usually there is a good relationship with the protagonist and the female,like couple or very close friends.
Onani master Kurosawa in that occasion is definitely not a ntr :The guy has practically talked a few times with the girl he likes on the library.Because it's his first time someone has shown interest on him he thinks she likes him until he learns that she likes another guy on his class.
Yuutai Nova The guy hasn't even talked to his ex girlfriend for years and by doing astral projection he finds that she is sleeping with another guy who is an ass.Big deal what did you expect to be a loser like the protagonist who thinks about his ex for years?He sees the act which is a prerequisite that the opening post mentioned,but he has no relationship whatsoever with his ex(he hasn't talked for so many years that they are practically strangers)
Suzuka Ok now you are being ridiculous.If every manga that has a love triangle would be considered ntr then we would be full of them
Some of the above like Chigusa x Pon are true ntr(that's why i don't read them) and some have a ntr element like Good Ending and Knim.If good ending had ended as a series when you mentioned the spoiler,it would be a pure ntr.
Oh,i remembered another one with cheating Nozoki Ana,but it's as ntr as Good Ending,practically meaning you can't label it as ntr.
Seiryuu you know what i search?A ntr that the protagonist snaps and kills the bitch.
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Another, better redemption is rebound, like mentioned in Macross; in some cases a different girl is in love with the boy and this turns into an opportunity for her.
What I really like is stuff where he still manages to get the girl back, whatever their relationship had been before. In some, like Momoiro Peanuts, the relationship with the other guy disintegrates and ultimately the girl either falls for the first guy for real or realizes that she'd always loved him. In others, either the girl ends up in a bad situation because of her new boy and the hero literally saves her, or the hero just continues to be a good guy or tries to be a better guy and gradually wins his girl's heart back.
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Just a benign question, but do people really enjoy NTR stories on a consistent basis? I don't know that's like heart-ripping drama and angst on a daily basis that could not be good for your mental and emotional well being.
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I don't mind semi-tragic stuff that ends with things properly resolved, but generally NTR does not have a resolution. It can be a way to keep people coming back; the first time I saw one of them I read the next several months of the publication hoping that the author would come back and finish things. They never did.
Oddly, the setting seems more popular of late. I've looked at lists of new anime/OVAs, and there were a couple months with one OVA after another where it was obvious just from the title, including a couple where netorare was actually in the title.
|2011-03-19, 08:22
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As the previous poster mentioned and as i previously said i dislike ntr and i don't read them,so i can't help much with what you are seeking.But most ntr from my knowledge can be found on hentai (that's where i came across with the ntr terminology for the first time but with 0% chance of redemption) and on shoujo smut i think(not to sure i am a guy you know, but after looking at a few pages of the particular genre, it was enough to get how the whole plot goes).
|2011-03-19, 09:27
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emtionally to certain characters. Knowing the resolution and twist removes the entertainment factor. You won't rage or feel a need to read something if you know its coming. Which I believe would be counter productive in that aspect.
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^Seiryuu's a special case though. Seems like he's asking for therapy, so he's probably fine with the dampened "raeg" moment precisely because he wants the good end part of it.
That said, I'm allergic to NTR. I don't look for them, and if I see hints of them (or spoiled about them) I skip, dump and forget. No memory and no regrets. So can't help you there either OP.
Mind you I always enjoy seeing your super-specific romance scenario requests around here. ^^
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Just find this thread by chance so I might as well add something that really consider to be ntr unlike most of these title being post here. Cross and Crime. Best for you to try and read it cuz I kinda hate to write summary for it. It make me rage.
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Actually, I thought recently why which partner betrays the other for often-superficial reasons makes a difference in my feelings. In either case the often-shallow cause of the betrayal is an insult to the reasons and meaning of the first relationship, especially in cases where the reason the person leaves is someone else is better looking or better in bed. One reason is obviously the differences in gender roles that still exist. But really, I think the difference is that, while the worst stories with a girl dumping a true and earnest love for someone on account of looks or sex, it feels in a way like someone's trying to cut off my you-know-what, while in most stories where a guy does that to a wonderful girl, all I feel is a desire to cut his off.
I haven't tried C&C yet, but maybe will if I can get the whole thing and it really has a good ending.
I've read one or two chapters of Irenicus's, but haven't been able to find most of it. I'm wary of open-ended ones since some stories that continue only do so to make the end even worse than the initial NTR.
Also, I'll mention one series I don't believe was noted here. Warning, it's definitively hentai.
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While White Album did not make me rage, I found the NTR in that really screwed up.
I'm not one for NTR, it snuck up on me a few times when I was expecting a very nice heart warming story... (I'm referring to an eroge here) Then for a stupid reason, the girl ends up staying with the other guy who definitely doesn't care about her, a guy that only wants to use her for xxx. I've never been so pissed at playing an eroge before... So now, I'm trying pretty hard to be careful and read what type of genre the game is.
But anyway, back to White Album.
Spoiler for White Album, may have minor spoilers, but it's vauge.:
So if you're going to watch White Album, be prepared for some stupid crap. It's an interesting story, it's just the relationship that I find ridiculous.
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Conservatives from around the country have congregated in Washington, D.C. this week for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). It's an opportunity to hear some great speakers on the topic of conservatism, get a chance to shake the hands of presidential candidates, and meet and greet other political activists.
Of course, these days, wherever conservatives gather, there's sure to be a crowd of unwashed hipsters there to beat drums and protest capitalism because it's way no fair that anyone should have to actually work for a living.
On Friday evening, a couple hundred Occupiers set up camp outside the Marriott (where the event is being held) to taunt us conference-goers. "We are the ninety-nine percent," they shouted at people just trying to make their way back to their hotel. "We want the same things you do!"
Unless they want them to take a shower and get a job too, no, we don't want the same things.
The Occupy protests have been compared to the Tea Party movement, but the two things have little in common. I've participated in the latter, and have witnessed the former, and the only thing they have in common is the fact that there are people there.
The first thing you'll notice is the difference in the law enforcement present at the two rallies. Tea Party events have the stray cop or two, milling around just in case anyone gets a little too rowdy. They usually end up being really helpful in directing traffic or giving directions. Occupy events have a multitude of cops – in riot gear. They are helpful in keeping the peace.
The attendants are a little bit different too. Tea Partiers represent a broad cross-section of American demographics. Grandparents, babies, blacks, whites, men, women … you name it, they're there. Go over to Zuccotti Park, and you'll find a majority of white kids under the age of 30.
Their goals are different. The Tea Parties are gatherings of people that want to share ideas on how to get the government off the back of business so that we can get America to work again. The Occupiers hate the police, but want the government to pay all their bills. I wonder if anyone's told them that the government sent the police.
The Tea Party has been demonized in the media. Occupy Wall Street has been praised by President Obama.
They are not the same thing. As online conservative activist said in a speech at CPAC as the Occupiers swarmed outside, "There are two paths … one is America, the other one is Occupy."
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The new campus and partnership with a divinity school make for possibilities including, perhaps, an M.S.W. degree.
In the fall the College opened a new center at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. The campus will primarily house Ithaca's physical therapy program, although other partnerships are in the works as well.
"Ithaca College, and most specifically our physical therapy program, has enjoyed a meaningful presence in Rochester for many years now," said President Peggy R. Williams at the October ceremony formally marking the partnership with CRCDS. "The clinical/practical experience we provide our students is essential to their professional preparation. We are pleased to begin a new, exciting chapter and look forward to a long, fruitful partnership with Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School."
The Ithaca College Rochester campus will bring about 75 students and 7 full-time, permanent physical therapy faculty members to its new site. They had previously been located in facilities leased from the University of Rochester, which decided to take the space back for its own use. The IC programs will continue to be academically and clinically affiliated with the University of Rochester and Strong Memorial Hospital.
"There is a growing appreciation of the significance of the spiritual dimensions of health care," says Steve Siconolfi, dean of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance. "This partnership with the CRCDS not only provides for the long-term needs of our physical therapy program, but also gives us a platform for facilitating additional academic collaborations throughout the two institutions."
The School of HSHP occupies about 15,000 square feet and shares an additional 10,000 square feet with the divinity school. The new facilities include physical therapy teaching laboratories, state-of-the-art motion analysis laboratories, and a lecture hall, and have wireless computing access and distance learning capabilities.
"In addition to physical therapy, students in our occupational therapy program and those conducting student teaching in health education and physical education in the Rochester area can operate from this campus," says Siconolfi. "With our new academic partner, we will also explore the possibility of collaborating on such programs as a master of social work degree."
CRCDS includes among its alumni Martin Luther King Jr., esteemed civil rights leader; Lorraine Potter, retired chief of the United States Air Force Chaplain Service; James A. Forbes Jr., senior minister of Riverside Church in New York City; Marjorie Matthews, United Methodist bishop, the first woman to be elected bishop in any denomination; and Howard Thurman, inspirational writer and civil rights pioneer. Former faculty member Walter Rauschenbusch is renowned as the "father of the social gospel."


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Kiss Alumni Peter Criss and Bruce Kulick Schedule Fan Expo, Trivia Event Appearances
Kiss fans in New Jersey and Las Vegas should have plenty to keep them entertained this fall, as both founding drummer Peter Criss and longtime guitarist Bruce Kulick have announced appearances at interesting events.
Criss, who is soon to release a new autobiography, has been announced as a star attraction for the New Jersey Kiss Expo, which is taking place at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison, N.J. on Sept. 8. This marks Criss' first appearance at the event in almost 20 years. According to KissAsylum, this will be one of the final opportunities to meet the drummer, as he's decided to retire from signing and autograph events next year.
Criss is also planning a "One-on-One With the Catman" meet-and-greet, with packages including autographs, a photo with Criss, exclusive event merchandise, and a chance to talk with Criss in a private area away from the crowds and lines. Visit the event website for more info.
As for the other major Kiss-related bash, Kulick — who showed off his skills during the band's makeup-free era — will join Aerosmith's Jimmy Crespo, Quiet Riot's Paul Shortino, Slaughter's Blas Elias, Keel's Ron Keel and more in a trivia challenge event dubbed "Are You Smarter Than a Rock Star?"
The weekly events will be held in August and September at the Kiss By Monster Mini Golf Course every Tuesday for eight weeks. During the challenge, contestants will compete in a rock trivia contest that will consist of three, 30-minute rounds — each containing 30 rock-related questions. The first three rounds pit fans against each other, while the final round has the winner of the evening advancing to face the rock star participating that night.
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Editor's comment: Many studies have shown high levels of oxidative stress in fibromyalgia patients. Oxidative stress is usually determined by measuring lipid peroxidation (LPO) in blood plasma. [Lipid peroxidation is the process in which free radicals "steal" electrons from the lipids in cell membranes, causing damage to the cells.] However, there have been some discrepancies about the correlation between FM symptoms and LPO using this method. This study was undertaken to determine whether measuring LPO in the cells themselves – specifically blood mononuclear cells – rather than in the plasma would result in a more consistent correlation between LPO and the clinical symptoms of FM. [Blood mononuclear cells (BMCs) are any blood cells that have a round nucleus, including lymphocytes, monocytes and macrophages. BMCs are a critical component of the immune system.]
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Clinical Symptoms in Fibromyalgia Are Better Associated to Lipid Peroxidation Levels in Blood Mononuclear Cells Rather than in Plasma
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Background: We examined lipid peroxidation (LPO) in blood mononuclear cells (BMCs) and plasma, as a marker of oxidative damage, and its association to clinical symptoms in Fibromyalgia (FM) patients.
Methods: We conducted a case–control and correlational study comparing 65 patients and 45 healthy controls. Clinical parameters were evaluated using the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), visual analogues scales (VAS), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Oxidative stress was determined by measuring LPO in BMCs and plasma.
Results: We found increased LPO levels in BMCs and plasma from FM patients as compared to normal control (P<0.001).
A significant correlation between LPO in BMCs and clinical parameters was observed (r = 0.584, P<0.001 for VAS; r = 0.823, P<0.001 for FIQ total score; and r = 0.875, P<0.01 for depression in the BDI).
We also found a positive correlation between LPO in plasma and clinical symptoms (r = 0.452, P<0.001 for VAS; r = 0.578, P<0.001 for FIQ total score; and r = 0.579, P<0.001 for depression in the BDI).
Partial correlation analysis controlling for age and BMI, and sex, showed that both LPO in cells and plasma were independently associated to clinical symptoms.
However, LPO in cells, but not LPO in plasma, was independently associated to clinical symptoms when controlling for depression (BDI scores).
Discussion: The results of this study suggest a role for oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of fibromyalgia and that LPO in BMCs rather than LPO in plasma is better associated to clinical symptoms in FM.
Source: PloS ONE, October 28, 2011. By Mario D. Cordero, Elísabet Alcocer-Gómez, Francisco J. Cano-García, Manuel De Miguel, Angel M. Carrión, Plácido Navas and José A. Sánchez Alcázar. Hospital Vall d?Hebron, Spain.


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Packaging Qt apps for Mac OS X
Once you got tired of reading and trying to comprehend Deploying an Application on Mac OS X in the Qt documentation, you realize at the bottom of the page that all you have to do is:
- Build your application in release mode
- Execute "macdeployqt myprog.app"
- see -h for options
- good to use -verbose=2
This will bundle all the Qt libraries into the myprog.app - this will be approximately 40 MB. I guess one could still do the manual process for small applications that do not need all the Qt libraries. Or maybe the unnecessary libraries can be removed again manually?
Note: http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7/mac-differences.html#bundle-based-libraries
To create a .dmg we can either use the -dmg option to macdeployqt or use the Mac Disk Utility as described here or here (without the encryption part). In the most basic form:
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- Other choices may work as well.
Application and package icon
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- Best from SVG (try http://commons.wikimedia.org)
- Drag and drop it into Icon Composer
- Start with the largest one, then drag it to smaller ones.
- Save .icns file
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- Edit project.pro and add: ICON = path/to/icons.icns[1]
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Note: We can also copy and paste .icns files in/out of the bundle and edit the .plist file.
During runtime the dock icon can be changed by calling QWidget::setWindowIcon() on the main window[3].
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So Ends Our Night (1941)
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The Nazis are clearly the villains in So Ends Our Night, but since the film was made before America's entry into World War II, Adolph Hitler goes unmentioned (we wouldn't want to lose those foreign markets, would we?) Based on Erich Maria Remarque's novel Flotsam, the film zeroes in on three German refugees. Frederic March despises the Nazis on ideological grounds; Margaret Sullavan, a Jew, is fleeing for her life; and Glenn Ford, born of a Jewish mother and Aryan father, is racked with confusion and torn loyalties. The three separate as they move from country to country in Europe, just a step or so ahead of the advancing Nazis. As Sullavan and Ford fall in love, March puts his life on the line by trying to arrange a reunion with his ailing wife Frances Dee, who has remained in Germany. Had So Ends Our Night been released a few months after the US entry into the war, it might have done better at the box office.
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Brown Wins $19.5 Million Judgment Against Shell Oil Co. for Environmental Violations at its Gas Stations
Oakland – After finding "hundreds of environmental violations" at Shell gasoline stations statewide, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that his office has secured a $19.5 million judgment against the oil company and its affiliates, which will ensure compliance with the state's hazardous waste and underground fuel storage laws.
"Shell Oil Company disregarded the state's underground fuel storage and hazardous waste laws, committing hundreds of environmental violations at its gasoline stations across California," Brown said. "This judgment requires the company to pay $19.5 million in penalties, comply with state law and improve its spill monitoring, employee training and hazardous waste management."
In 2006, the Attorney General's Office launched a statewide investigation into Shell and its gasoline stations after the San Diego and Riverside County District Attorneys settled cases with the company following numerous underground fuel storage violations.
Working with the California State Water Resources Control Board, the Attorney General's Office investigated more than 1,000 Shell gasoline stations throughout California.
The investigation uncovered hundreds of violations at the company's gasoline stations. For example:
• In February 2007, an inspector discovered that a Shell gasoline station located at 4355 Pacheco Blvd. in Martinez failed to properly maintain the required leak detection monitoring system for its gasoline tanks. The Shell station is located next door to the office of the Contra Costa County Hazardous Materials Program.
• In May 2006, an inspector discovered that a Shell gasoline station located at 7899 Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights, 20 miles northeast of Sacramento, failed to properly maintain spill alarms for its gasoline tanks. Inspectors observed similar violations in October 2005, September 2003 and April 2003.
• In August 2005, an inspector discovered that a Shell gasoline station located at 12398 Los Osos Valley Rd. in San Luis Obispo failed to maintain the required leak detection monitoring system for its gasoline tanks.
• In March 2005, an inspector discovered that a Shell gasoline station located at 30245 Agoura Rd. in Agoura Hills failed to properly conduct and maintain secondary containment testing and monitoring for its gasoline tanks. The inspector also found liquid and hazardous substances in the containment sump. Shell's own inspector found liquid in the sump on previous visits to the station.
The judgment requires Shell, its subsidiaries, corporate parents, affiliates and successors to pay $19.5 million in civil and administrative penalties and immediately comply with state underground fuel storage and hazardous waste statutes, regulations and permits.
The company must also take immediate steps to improve spill and alarm monitoring, employee training, hazardous waste management and emergency response at its gasoline stations by:
• Implementing a "smart" monitoring system with programmable sensors to monitor for fuel leaks and other environmental alarms;
• Utilizing a continuous remote alarm monitoring, diagnosis and notification system;
• Providing annual compliance and emergency response training sessions to employees, contractors, consultants, retailers and operators;
• Implementing risk management software systems to drive improved underground storage tank compliance;
• Working with a third-party contractor to manage and oversee Hazardous Material Business Plans and Underground Storage Tank Monitoring Response Plans;
• Working with a third-party contractor to provide onsite underground storage tank permitting, registration and testing services;
• Completing a health, safety, security and environmental checklist to monitor, assess and address compliance issues; and
• Maintaining an underground storage tank equipment database and checklist.
Brown has taken aggressive action to stop violators of California's underground fuel storage and hazardous waste laws:
• In August, Brown and eight district attorneys reached an agreement requiring U-Haul Co. of California to improve the way it handles and disposes of hazardous materials at its 179 regulated facilities throughout the state;
• In June, Brown joined 20 district attorneys and the Los Angeles City Attorney in a suit against Target Corp. to block the retailer from continuing to illegally dump hazardous waste in local landfills;
• In June, Brown and three district attorneys forged a settlement with Kmart requiring the company to stop disposing toxic substances in landfills and pay more than $8.65 million in civil penalties, costs and funding for projects to improve environmental protection in California;
• In April, Brown filed suit against TravelCenters of America – a national gas station chain – to force the corporation to comply with California's underground fuel storage laws.
The $19.5 million judgment includes: $7.8 million in civil and administrative penalties to district attorneys and regulatory agencies; $5 million in civil penalties to the Attorney General's Office; $5 million in civil and administrative penalties to the California State Water Resources Control Board; $700,000 to fund the Sacramento County Abandoned Well Restoration Project; $500,000 to the California Climate Action Registry; $400,000 in investigative costs and attorneys' fees to the Attorney General's Office; and $100,000 in investigative costs to the California State Water Resources Control Board.
The complaint, stipulated judgment and order, signed in Alameda County Superior Court, are attached. Included in the stipulated judgment is a full list of the Shell gasoline stations subject to the terms of the settlement.


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Kickin' Kids Gear: Crib, Hammock & Tables
If you're about to have a baby, and you live in the New York area, you're in luck. Lots of folks are getting rid of furniture that you might need in the near future.
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DELAND, Fla. – The Lipscomb Lady Bisons tennis team would like to return from the Florida trip with an Atlantic Sun win.
The Lady Bisons, 5-2 losers at Florida Gulf Coast Thursday to start the A-Sun portion of the season. The Purple and Gold will face a formidable Stetson team Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center.
Stetson is 6-4 and opened Atlantic Sun play with a 7-0 win over Northern Kentucky Thursday. It was the second straight sweep for Stetson.
The Lady Bisons are 4-7, 0-1.
Melissa Kromer and Jenny Borck won their singles matches against Florida Gulf Coast. Deahna Welcher and Borck teamed for a doubles win. Borck has won her last four singles matches in a row playing at No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5.
Lipscomb coach Andy Harris thinks his Lady Bisons are more prepared than ever to compete in the A-Sun.
"The girls have done a great job of rallying around each other," Harris said. "We had a three-match win streak that was broken by Liberty.
"What is great is that they are seeing some nuggets of success from the non-conference part of the season. That should definitely give us a lot of confidence in conference play."
Harris knows that he challenged the Lady Bisons early which makes the response of the team even more gratifying.
"They have done a good job of really staying confident and understanding the process and not getting bogged down in the results," Harris said. "They have really been intentional about getting better every single day.
"Because of that we have been able to see some success the last two or three weeks. It was critical that they maintained their focus and that they began to start seeing their mistakes and started making adjustments. When you start to see the corrections, and see it all come together, is exciting."
An emphasis has been placed on the mental development of the team.
"The mental fortitude has definitely gotten better as far as understanding the flow of a match," Harris said. "We have concentrated on the details and stressing the importance of the mental approach to the fight."
Alyssa Bellini is a junior who has seen the development of the program. Harris says that perspective is beneficial as she deals with the rest of the team.
"We are changing the culture, changing expectations and having them challenge themselves on a day-to-day basis," Harris said. "Alyssa is able to buy into what we are selling the players and communicate it to them."


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Boston, Mass. -- Nine organizations and individuals in Massachusetts were honored today at the 2013 Environmental Merit Awards ceremony of the US Environmental Protection Agency. They were among 28 recipients across New England recognized for their significant contributions to environmental awareness and problem-solving.
The merit awards allow EPA to recognize individuals and groups whose work has protected or improved the region's environment in distinct ways. Given out by EPA annually since 1970, the merit awards honor individuals and groups who have shown particular ingenuity and commitment in their efforts.
"The people, communities and businesses being recognized today are leaders in helping create a cleaner environment and healthier communities across New England," said Curt Spalding, regional administrator of EPA New England.
The Environmental Merit Awards, which are given to people who have already taken action, are awarded in the categories of individual; business (including professional organizations); local, state or federal government; and environmental, community, academia or nonprofit organization. Also, each year EPA presents lifetime achievement awards for individuals. The Environmental Merit Award Winners from Massachusetts listed here by category are:
Environmental, Community, Academia, & Non-profit Organizations Environmental Merit Award
American Lung Association of the Northeast
Waltham, Mass.
The American Lung Association of the Northeast is committed to the goal of tighter air quality standards leading to improved lung health and more lives saved. Over the past four years this organization has successfully put in place three significant programs to update woodstoves in Western Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. These programs give woodstove owners a chance to exchange dirtier, less efficient woodstoves for new EPA-certified woodstoves, or pellet or gas stoves. Half of the more than 300 stoves replaced were at least 40 years old. Working with retailers, the Lung Association made sure old woodstoves were destroyed and replacement units were professionally installed, which assured code compliance and minimized the danger of a fire.
These woodstove programs improve air quality and provide an economic benefit to retailers. With each program, demand for replacing old woodstoves was so great, funds were exhausted and the programs closed in less than a month. The three 2012 programs cost $500,000. The American Lung Association of the Northeast is providing expert consultations to potential programs throughout the country that see these Woodstove Changeout Programs as models.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Mass.
Hospitals must care for patients without creating new health or environmental problems. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has taken this challenge seriously for 15 years through a variety of initiatives. Staff have learned about the dangers of mercury and worked to remove it from the medical center. A full-time energy manager was added seven years ago and four years ago, a Sustainability Committee was set up that drafted a plan that is being put in place by a full-time sustainability coordinator. That committee has seen progress in several areas. The center's recycling rate has jumped from 20 to 33 percent thanks to a scrap metal program, single stream recycling, regular donations of surplus furniture and medical supplies, increased battery and electronic waste recycling and composting. The hospital has reduced total waste by switching to reusable containers and removing items not used from prepackaged operating room kits. It reduced paper consumption and junk mail, and promoted reusable mugs so their use jumped from 1 to 25 percent of cafeteria drink sales.
Beth Israel also committed to reducing energy consumption by 25 percent by 2020. So far it is has seen an 8.8 percent reduction in water use, close to its 2015 goal of 8 percent. The hospital replaced its public safety car with a hybrid, then worked with neighboring hospitals to consolidate shuttles, which led to a 30 percent drop in fuel consumption. The hospital also promoted the benefits of green commuting, which led to a drop in employees driving alone from 43 to 36 percent over three years. Now Beth Israel is working with neighboring institutions to increase the carpool rate in the Longwood Medical area.
Second Nature, Inc.
Boston, Mass.
Since 1993, Second Nature has worked to create an environmentally sustainable society by transforming higher education. The Boston-based organization has supported senior college and university leaders in making sustainable living a foundation in higher education, where they hoped to reach future leaders. The idea was that if higher education institutions operate as communities that teach, research, and model environmental sustainability, then the graduates will transmit those values in workplaces and home lives, propelling society toward a sustainable future.
In 2007, Second Nature initiated the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment, which has involved hundreds of campuses nationwide. As a result, higher education was the first U.S. sector with a coherent, critical mass publicly committed to climate neutrality. In New England, 92 institutions representing 36 percent of the colleges and universities in the region have signed on. This represents 530,817 students and 138 million square feet of built environment. Nationwide, 670 institutions have joined the commitment, representing 6 million students. More than 30 of those who joined have set a climate neutrality date within the next 20 years. Three of them - all three in New England - have already reached the goal of climate neutrality. Some 20 New England institutions together saved $29.5 million in energy costs. The hundreds of institutions that are part of this commitment are generating innovative approaches to addressing climate change. Second Nature recognizes the leaders among them through the annual Climate Leadership Awards. Since Second Nature initiated the awards in 2010, eight New England colleges and universities have been recipients. Since its launch in 2007, international higher education representatives have approached Second Nature about expanding the model beyond the U.S. In Scotland, Peru, Australia and Canada, programs have been crafted with Second Nature work as a model.
Representatives of Bunker Hill Community College in Boston; Colby College of Waterville, Maine; and The University of Maine, all attended today's ceremony representing the New England signatories of the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment.
Shaping the Future of Your Community Program, Mass Audubon
Lincoln, Mass.
In the past decade, more than 8,000 acres of forest and farmland was lost to residential development each year. These development patterns are unsustainable environmentally, socially, and economically. The need to improve land use is especially urgent in light of high-intensity storms and other climate change-related impacts. Mass Audubon's Shaping the Future of Your Community Program helps communities understand and use tools for sustainable development. The program is based on the idea that economic development and conservation go hand-in-hand, rather than being in conflict. Local and regional plans identify targeted areas for development, such as existing town centers and other areas with infrastructure, and priority areas for conservation. The Shaping program supports putting in place these plans using information specific to towns.
In 2012, Shaping the Future presented 19 programs to nearly 800 municipal leaders and citizens. Exit surveys show more than 95 percent of participants planned on doing follow-up activities as a result of their participation. Audubon staff members provide support to initiatives sparked by the programs, helping citizens take an idea and make it a reality to prevent habitat fragmentation; safeguarding water supplies; protecting recreational, agricultural, and forestry opportunities; preserving community character; and reducing transportation, energy, and infrastructure costs. The program works with land trusts, watershed associations, and the state, among others. As a result, communities adopted the Community Preservation Act, updated open space plans, formed local land trusts, created an agricultural commission, revised zoning to protect land, and adopted zoning for development of solar arrays.
Business, Industry, Trade or Professional
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission Wastewater Management School
Boston, Mass.
The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission created a Wastewater Management School, also known as Wastewater Management Boot Camp. This program started in Rhode Island and has expanded to Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut. The program has succeeded largely because it can be tailored to fit the specific needs of each state. For example, Maine includes drinking water operators while New Hampshire connects the program to its state's certified public manager program. Small states like New Hampshire run the program every other year, while larger states run it annually.
Some of the wastewater management schools also work with the Office of Water Programs at the California State University in Sacramento. The New Hampshire school uses California's textbook, Manage for Success: Effective Utility Leadership Practices, and its exam, which helps the program achieve national recognition. Wastewater managers must be able to do public speaking. This program has allowed New Hampshire to incorporate public speaking into the program. It is a program that is being replicated to help wastewater operators to gain essential management skills to deal with aging infrastructure, with elected officials, and staff. The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission should be recognized for its efforts to bring the Wastewater Management School to other states.
Anthony D. Cortese
Anthony Cortese is a senior fellow of Second Nature, an organization based in Boston and committed to promoting sustainability through higher education. Cortese co-founded Second Nature with then-US Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts; Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry; and environmentalist and educator Bruce Droste. As president of Second Nature from 1993 to 2012, Cortese organized the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment and co-founded both the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education and the Higher Education Association Sustainability Consortium. Cortese was formerly the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and was the first dean of environmental programs at Tufts University. At Tufts, he founded the Tufts Environmental Literacy Institute in 1989 that helped integrate environmental and sustainability perspectives into more than 175 courses.Cortese also organized the effort that resulted in the internationally acclaimed Talloires Declaration of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future in 1990, now signed by more than 350 presidents and chancellors in more than 50 countries. Cortese is a frequent consultant on sustainability to higher education, industry and non-profit organizations.
Cortese is a trustee of Tufts University and Green Mountain College and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has been actively engaged in large system sustainability challenges for 40 years. Cortese has bachelor's and master's degrees from Tufts University in civil and environmental engineering, a doctorate in environmental health from the Harvard School of Public Health, and an honorary doctorate from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania and the University of Maine in Presque Isle.
Thomas M. Menino
Mayor of Boston
As mayor of Boston for 20 years, Thomas M. Menino has dedicated his time and energy to making Boston a better place to live, work and visit. He has been determined to revitalize Boston's neighborhoods, promote a healthy lifestyle for all city residents, spur business growth, and strengthen partnerships between the private and public sectors—all while making Boston a more sustainable community now and into the future. From 1995's Environmental Blueprint to 2011's A Climate of Progress, Mayor Menino has set ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make Boston a national leader in climate action. The city met its 2012 reduction goal ahead of schedule and is on track to meeting the 2020 city-wide goal. Such accomplishments are a result of Mayor Menino's strong environmental agenda.
In 2007 Boston became first in the nation to adopt a green building standard for large private developments. His latest green building accomplishment was an ordinance that requires large- and medium-sized buildings to report their energy and water use to the city, which passed last month.
Mayor Menino has also put Boston on course to being the most climate prepared and resilient city in the country with the Climate Ready Boston initiatives he announced in February. Mayor Menino has made it easier for all Bostonians to be more sustainable with such programs as: Renew Boston, which has connected almost 5,000 residents with weatherization services; single-stream recycling; Complete Streets, which has taken the mantra of "the car is no longer king" and made Boston a great biking and walking city with new bike lanes, Hubway Bikeshare and new streetscapes designed for walking and biking; and most recently, Greenovate Boston, which connects all residents and businesses to Boston's suite of sustainability services and resources. Over his 20 years of leadership, Mayor Menino has established Boston as a national leader in urban sustainability, to the benefit of current and future generations for the years to come.
Individual Awards
John V. Fernandes and Richard T. Moore
Boston, Mass.
New England's surface waters are increasingly choked by plants whose growth are fueled by polluted stormwater. Many once clear ponds and rivers now resemble putting greens and lush meadows, tough places for fish to flourish. A study of the Charles River indicated that municipalities need to cut discharge of phosphorus from their storm drains in half if the river is to be healthy. Looking for ways to control phosphorus in stormwater runoff, State Rep. John Fernandes of Milton and State Sen. Richard T. Moore of Uxbridge, worked with EPA to draft a law that would reduce phosphorus in fertilizers and get it through the state Legislature to the governor. They pulled in the Massachusetts Municipal Association, Massachusetts Audubon Society and the 495/MetroWest Partnership of businesses.
Signed by Governor Patrick, the law will allow for the use of phosphorus in fertilizer only if a soil test indicates it is necessary. And this fertilizer will only be allowed for establishing new lawns. Finally, vendors will have to display these fertilizers separately and post signs specifying when and where they can be used. These two lawmakers came up with a simple, fast and smart way to reduce phosphorus loads to surface waters statewide. They deserve the recognition for their leadership role as Phosphorus Busters.
Peter Hinrichs
YouthBuild Boston, Inc., Roxbury, Mass.
Peter Hinrichs, formerly with YouthBuild Boston, Roxbury, currently runs a horticultural program at the Learning Prep School in Newton Massachusetts. During the time he worked at YouthBuild Boston, he was a key figure in EPA New England's efforts to promote rain gardens and reduce stormwater pollution. Hinrichs has worked with the agency over the past year to train youth and neighborhood groups to install rain gardens in Boston and around New England. Hinrichs collaborated with EPA New England as well as the Boston Greenway Conservancy and recently began working with staff from Springfield to plan a rain garden training for that community, working with high school teachers and students.
Hinrichs also led students from YouthBuild's Boston and Lowell programs to put in more than 300 plants for a rain garden along the driveway of EPA's New England Regional Laboratory in North Chelmsford last fall. This was part of EPA's Soak Up the Rain Challenge to reduce stormwater impacts in New England. Hinrichs also developed the design and supervised installation of a rain garden at Dewey Square in Boston as part of an Earth Day event. Over the past 20 years, Peter Hinrichs has used education as the cornerstone of his career in landscape design and horticulture. He has used this approach in his work in public horticulture, landscape construction and more recently workforce development to work with people of all backgrounds and ages to educate them about the importance of the environment as it relates to everyday life. Through his work, Hinrichs hopes to use cutting edge and practical learning tools in horticulture, design and the environment to foster the future stewards of the environment.
More information on EPA New England Environmental Merit Awards (http://www.epa.gov/region1/ra/ema/index.html)


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Man facing manslaughter charge in fatal South Main Street crash to be evaluated; 2nd driver 'ready to accept responsibility'
MIDDLETOWN >> A Meriden man charged in a fatal crash on South Main Street in July 2011 will be evaluated to determine if he is competent to assist in his defense.
Jedidiah Roesler, 23, 82 Wilcox Ave., is charged with second-degree manslaughter, misconduct with a motor vehicle, negligent homicide with a motor vehicle, reckless driving, operating under the influence of alcohol, making a restricted turn and traveling at an unreasonable speed.
Defense attorney Jake Donovan on Thursday filed a motion for a competency evaluation. Judge David Gold questioned Donovan about the late-stage filing of the motion, when the case is almost at the disposition stage.
Donovan explained that in recent conversations with his client, questions of whether he is competent to assist in his own defense have been raised. Gold granted the motion for the evaluation, but ordered it expedited. Roesler is due back in court March 8, at which time Gold wants the evaluation completed.
Co-defendant Stephen Tyrseck, 36, of Durham, a former South District Fire Fighter, is also facing charges of second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, misconduct with a motor vehicle, negligent homicide with a motor vehicle, reckless driving, operating under the influence of alcohol, speeding and failure to drive right.
All charges stem from a two-car crash on July 24, 2011, at the intersection of South Main Street and Highland Avenue, which killed 20-year-old Alex Martinez, of Meriden. Roesler was the driver of the car where Martinez was a passenger, and Tyrseck reportedly drove the other car.
According to police, Tyrseck had a blood-alcohol level of .269, more than three times the legal limit of .08. Roesler reportedly had a blood-alcohol level of .182, more than double the legal limit.
Both men have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Tyrseck was also in court Thursday, and his attorney said he was "ready, willing and able" to accept responsibility for the incident, but the case was continued until March 8 with Roeseler's.
Tyrseck resigned from the South District Fire Department in January. He had been on administrative leave since the accident. His leave was due to come before the board of fire commissioners for review, but Tyrseck handed in his resignation before the meeting, fire officials said.


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Phanta Claus Is Comin' To Town
This past weekend, the Phillies held their annual Holiday Sale at the Majestic Clubhouse Store at Citizens Bank Park. Saturday featured appearances by Chris Wheeler, Milt Thompson, and Dickie Noles, as well as a tree lighting ceremony. Both days featured photos with Phanta Claus, and a memorabilia sale to benefit Phillies Charities.
We decided to go on Sunday, figuring it would be less crowded. First order of business was getting a picture of the kids with Phanta.
I was hoping that my daughter would be willing to then forego the trip to the mall to see Santa, since (in my opinion) Phanta is much better. But no such luck, as soon as we were done she asked if she could still go see Santa. Aargh – I hate the mall this time of year!
Next, we browsed a room of various collectibles, DVDs, and publications. I bought a Phanta figurine, rationalizing the purchase with the fact that it was a Christmas decoration. The kids both wanted Phanatic bobbleheads, which I agreed to with the understanding that they were part of their Christmas presents (note to self – must remember to get bobbleheads wrapped, and out from under my bed).
One of the Phillies employees manning the bobbleheads was wearing his World Series ring, which he kindly allowed me to get a closer look at, and even try on.
In my excitement at actually putting it on, I never looked to see which way it was facing. Thankfully, as you can see, it was right-side up. Also thankfully, it was really big, so there was no danger of getting it stuck on my finger. Now that would have created a problem!
There were more items for sale (autographed balls, bats, game-used stuff) in the Hall of Fame Club, which normal peons like me never get into. So it was worth looking just for the chance to step inside. Also, they were handing out free chocolate-chip cookies – yum!
The prices, surprisingly, were not outrageous. Some items had even been marked down! I treated myself to a champagne bottle from the NL East clinching celebration (empty, of course, and unfortunately not one of the marked down items). Hey, maybe there is some Phillie DNA on it – still daydreaming about that cloning plan.
One of the bargains to be had was an autographed Adam Eaton baseball for $5. I thought they should be giving those away, so I jokingly asked the girl behind the table if anyone was actually willing to spend even $5 on it. She replied that on the day before, a man bought 5 of them, along with two Eaton caps. When he asked her if she was wondering why he was buying all of them, she replied that yes, she was wondering. He apparently was planning on using them as gag gifts for Christmas. Now there's a new way to threaten your kids for bad behavior – instead of coal in your stocking, you'll get an Eaton ball! (poor Adam Eaton – I almost feel bad for him, but it was still pretty funny)
On the way out, we paused for another photo op in front of the Christmas tree, which was currently unlit even though it had blazed into life the night before.
Just a few (well, four) more months until baseball is back at the ballpark. *sigh*
A Little Bit of Actual Baseball News
Not a big splash, but more of a tiny ripple – the Phillies have finished filling out their bench by signing Ross Gload, previously with the Marlins, to a two-year contract. The left-handed batting Gload hit .318 as a pinch-hitter in 2009.
Welcome Ross, good luck as a Phillie!


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Corporate law is so strange.
I was referring to going to Delaware to form into a single entity to operate as majority owner. It's strange that this is allowed.
Quote from: Steve in TX on January 14, 2014, 02:32:23 PMCorporate law is so strange.It seems to be less corporate law than plain and simple shenanigans.I suppose it underscores the fact that you always need to be careful who you partner with. Friends and family are not always the best bet.Kinda sad to see since they opened with some fanfare, but at least for now it doesn't look like it will tank the brewery. I've never really gotten on board with their brews, though. Tried one or two when they first came out. They should package a mixed 12 pack, like the Folly Pack, and then maybe I'd do it.
Oh, I highly recommend the dark lager with ancho chilies in it. Very very tasty. I really like their Pils as well, however I have bought it and had nothing but skunk. So, there's that.I would be very sad if I couldn't get that dark lager any more.
The buy out provision was just awful.