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If you know the names of the stock, and they are publically traded, you can look up the closing prices on the day before or day of your mother's death in the NY Times, Wall Street Journal or some similar paper and get the closing prices on those days.
Unless the stock was in joint name with your sister, no transfer should have occurred without letters testamentary being issued to the executor of your mother's will by the probate court. The will would have to be filed and is a public record.
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I am not sure of the name of the stocks and my Mother transferred them before her
death. They were not included in the will, should they have been part of the will?
Is there a subpoena I can file to request a copy of the stock transfer?
If your mother transferred them before her death then you get into some complications. If she sold them to a third party, for fair payment, then they are gone and should not be in the will. If they were transferred to a beneficiary then you have questions as to whether there was the intent to make a gift or whether there was undue influence.
Without knowing the name of the stocks or how long before her death they were transferred it will be difficult to locate them. If she had the stocks in a brokerage account, you can check the account statements which will reflect when they were sold and for what price. The will not show to whom they were transferred.
In order to get a subpoena you will have to have started a case of some kind against someone. Court's don't just issue subpoenas.
Start with trying to locate the brokerage statements as that may provide you with the information you need.
They were transferred to my sister prior to my mother's death, should the transfer have been in the will?
She refuses to disclose what the stocks were and their worth, I believe my mother was under undue influence. What would I need to file with the courts to retrieve the stock information?
I have no brokerage statements, how would I obtain those?
I am making the following assumptions in the response to the inquiry. First that your mother died within the last three years. Second that your sister or someone has been appointed executor of her estate and the estate has not been closed and finalized. Third you are a beneficiary of your mother's residuary estate (this means you did not get a specified bequest such as a sum of money or property only but you got a portion of all the remaining assets in her estate). If the estate is still open, you could make a motion in the probate to have the executor determine and account for any transfers of stock or other property to any of the estate beneficiaries.
To do this effectively I suggest you retain an attorney as this is not readily done on your own.
My mother has been dead for 11 years and she died before my father. Her estate or will was passed to my fathers Will when he passed away 2 years later.
Nothing was settled when she passed away as my father was still alive.
The property my Mother and Father had has been settled in the Estate and monies
probate and his Estate or will closed.
Could I file the motion in the probate to have the executor determine and account for any transfers of stock like you stated? My Mother had no will of her own does that
mean it is still open?
Unfortunately it is much too late to question a stock transfer made prior to her death 11 years ago. All the applicable statutes of limitation have passed. Further, since the transfer was made when your father was still alive, it will be presumed that it was made with his knowledge and consent and thus, there is little chance that a claim of undue influence would have been sustained even if had been brought. I suggest you forget the issue and move on as there is nothing that you can do about it at this late date.
What statue of limitations would you be referring to?
The stocks were only in my Mothers name
There is a two year statute of limitations for fraud which is essentially what you are claiming. YOur mother voluntarily made a gift or sale of stock. The only basis on which you can challenge such a transfer is that she was not competent and defrauded by the transfer.


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heavy criticism from Microsoft
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I. FTC Claims That Its Google Ruling Was Fair
Responding to his critics, Chairman Leibowitz comments, "We did what we're paid to do and what the law requires. We went after a company [Google] where the law required us to do so, and forwent bringing a case where the law required us not to bring one."
He points out that the decision was unanimously approved by the FTC's
five commissioners
, including Leibowitz. He remarks, "Under facts we found, all five of us, from liberal Democrat to conservative Republican, agreed that the evidence militated against an antitrust case. The fact that we managed to have both Google and Google's rivals unhappy, in an odd way that's maybe unique to Washington, that puts us in the right place substantively."
U.S. FTC Chairman Jonathan Leibowitz is defending his Commission's settlement with Google against critics like Microsoft. [Image Source: UPI]
He argues that the settlement is significant as it not only pushes Google to change certain search/data-mining practices its critics considered unfair, but it also pushes the company to pursue patent peace in the mobile space. The FTC voted 4-to-1 to adopt a settlement demand that forces Google to pursue arbitration with smartphone rivals, before taking them to court and eating up judicial resources.
Explains Chairman Leibowitz, "We took a pretty meaningful step forward to stop one of the most drastic abuses in patent litigation. [Google] won't be able to engage in patent holdup, where the threat of an injunction is used as a 'Sword of Damocles.'"
He was pleased to note that Google had responded already,
withdrawing two key patent assertions
in its
nearly finished legal battle against Microsoft
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
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He argues that the FTC's approach is consistent with both Google and its rivals in the smartphone space, commenting, "We don't want them [smartphone makers] to be able to get injunctions, and we prohibit that except in the one-in-a-million hypothetical. If someone makes a FRAND commitment and reneges, we will go after them."
II. Google Still Faces Antitrust Threats
In regards to media commentary that the settlement was a "win" for Google, he responds, "Reporters think of this in some ways as a horse race. [I]t's really about doing the right thing. Perhaps to some extent we helped to build up expectations [by the
length of the probe
], but I also think complainants created great expectations of their own. I think that as time goes on, more and more people will recognize we did justice."
The Chairman also rejected the notion that the tens of millions of dollars that Google
poured into lobbying officials
in the federal government on both sides of the political aisle impacted the Commission's vote. He comments, "My sense is that the lobbying makes the companies feel good and lobbyists feel good. At the end of the day, whether you want to say lobbying had any influence, or canceled itself out because there was lobbying on both sides, if you're going to do what lobbyists want you to do in a regulatory agency, you're not doing your job."
The decisiveness of the ruling (5-0) may be enough to placate the
U.S. Department of Justice
(DOJ), but an FTC ruling does not necessarily preclude an antitrust lawsuit by the DOJ. For example, in 1991 the FTC probed Microsoft, in an investigation that wrapped up in 1993 with a deadlock -- 2-2 vote -- effectively closing the investigation. Despite that the DOJ would go on to independently investigate and sue Microsoft in a court battle that was considered a milestone in modern U.S. antitrust enforcement.
The EU says it won't go as easy on Google as the FTC did. [Image Source: AFP]
And meanwhile the EU has indicated it will be
substantially stricter
in its settlement demands from Google.
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The Obama administration is using its resources (our tax dollars) to go after internet critics like the Drudge Report, and maybe one day this website!
Unhappy with the way its health care reform plan is being covered by the press, the White House has posted this video on its website in response:
Quoting from the White House website:
Opponents of health insurance reform may find the truth a little inconvenient, but as our second president famously said, "facts are stubborn things."
Scary chain emails and videos are starting to percolate on the internet, breathlessly claiming, for example, to "uncover" the truth about the President's health insurance reform positions.
The White House calls criticism of President Obama's words misleading and out of context, but based on the video most reports refer to, it would seem that most of us heard himquite clearly. Check it out for yourself.
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SPRINT king Usain Bolt wants footie ace Rio Ferdinand to help him give reggae music a boost.
The world's fastest man wants to meet the Man Utd defender in the coming months so they can team up to bring music from his native Jamaica to a wider audience.
He reckons Rio, 33, has the right film and music contacts to help him. The triple Olympic gold medal winner said: "If we do this together we could take it to a new level.
"Not since Bob Marley have we had a musician famous all over the world — and believe me it's nothing to do with lack of talent. Our musicians are as good as our sprinters.
"It just needs people with global fame like me and Rio to move things."
The two men got talking after ex-England captain Rio contacted Usain on Twitter when Bolt said he wanted a trial at Old Trafford. Rio wrote: "If you want that trial at Man Utd shout me, I'll speak to the boss!"
Bolt — who won gold in 100m, 200m and 4x100m at London 2012 — insists promoting Jamaica's music will be one of his priorities once he's hung up his spikes.
He said: "We could have a side part of the business that organised music videos for artists in Jamaica.
"If Rihanna wanted to film one I'd personally go and pick her up from the airport while Rio was at the beach overseeing the film crew!"


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'X Factor' Top 6 Recap: Unplugged and Pepsi Challenged
Co-Host Mario Lopez flashed his wedding ring from Saturday's ceremony and got right back to work. The performers are doing one unplugged performance and one performance chosen by the fans in the Pepsi challenge.
Last week's elimination of Vino Alan – who went from a solid No. 3 for three weeks and then found himself eliminated – has definitely made things very serious.
Who will rise to the challenge and who will falter? Let's get on to the performances.
CeCe Frey: First up with her unplugged song, "Edge Of Glory" by Lady Gaga, CeCe will have to prove she has the vocal talent to justify her current fifth place position. She looks beautiful with her hair in a side bun. Plus, I'm no expert, but her voice sounds solid and this song choice is pretty right on for the predicament she finds herself in every week. But, how will the judges see it?
For her Pepsi Challenge song, CeCe sings Katy Perry's "Part Of Me." The leopard spots are back and she's serving up big vocals. Are they always the best vocals? No. L.A. did not love it, calling it karaoke. Britney disagreed and said she found it entertaining. Simon liked her defiance during the performance.
Emblem3: After Demi interrupted Simon's introduction, calling their song "predictable," the boys hit the stage. And look at this. They've got a guitar onstage for Bruno Mars' "Just The Way You Are" – the guys have been begging to have an instrument on-stage. I've said before that I think these guys get a pass on vocals in exchange for their energy and stage presence. But, this one really gives us a chance to hear them. And I'm pretty OK with the vocals.
The guys complained about the Pepsi Challenge choice earlier this week when I spoke with them — "Forever Young" (as One Direction performed it). L.A. felt they nailed the song. Britney called the performance "superstar." Demi continued on her anti-Emblem3 stance by saying she thought they didn't use the stage as well as they should. In their defense, Simon called her criticism "silly."
Carly Rose Sonenclar: Seeming a bit nervous about singing an acoustic version of "As Long As You Love Me" by Justin Bieber, Britney things it's a good risk for her. I usually don't put anything past Carly – she can really perform anything in her own style. I'm not convinced by this one, though. It felt a bit disjointed, she seemed unattached from the content. But, L.A. thought it was her best. Demi felt she sang it better than Justin. And Simon celebrated America, yes, all of America, for having talent like Carly.
The viewers chose Beyonce's "If I Were A Boy" for Carly's second song. Of course, she delivered it in a huge way. L.A. felt she never lets him down. Demi called it a "phenomenal vocal," though she'd like to see her venture into an upbeat song. Carrying on their feud, Simon suggested that Carly not listen to a word Demi said.
Then — possibly, in a jab to Simon — America chose Demi's "Give Your Heart A Break." It was an entertaining enough performance with one of the girls really belting. L.A. finally acknowledged that they had some harmony. And Britney thought they made Demi proud. And they did! She actually gave Simon props – though the viewers really gave him this win.
Diamond White: Currently in last place, Diamond is under the microscope and everyone knows it. She's clearly throwing everything she has into this performance of "It's A Man's World" – a song she did during auditions. But, can she excite her fans to vote for her with it?
We've seen voters have been a bit relaxed this season about voting for their favorites. Her last place position last week may light a fire under them. Was this performance enough? L.A. thought she brought showbiz to the performance. Demi agreed. Simon thought some vocals were screechy and maybe they should have gone with something they've never heard her sing before.
For the Pepsi Challenge, Diamond gets, well, Rihanna's "Diamonds." No one said that the viewers were especially creative. Diamond's delivery is kind of on the angry side and a bit off putting to me.. L.A. didn't like her rendition. Demi, who knows the song's writer, felt she did a good job. Simon thought she did well, but didn't sound as if he thought it was enough in this very competitive field.
Tate Stevens: Currently No. 2 after getting dethroned by Carly, it's interesting to see what Tate does to recapture America's attention. He's doing Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer." Will that excite his country fan base? Yes. Will that get him the mainstream vote to beat Carly? I don't think so. Demi didn't think there was anything special about this. Simon felt the song was wrong for him and urged him to have more say on material.
For his second performance, Tate is right at home with Garth Brooks' "If Tomorrow Never Comes." He's all in on this one, but again I'm not sure it's going to get the non-country audience voting. And at this point, he needs to attract them to move past Carly. Demi felt a bit sleepy during the performance. So, it's not her thing. Simon welcomed him back to the competition and thought it was nice to see him back in his wheelhouse.
Which acts get your vote? Did Carly and Diamond prove they shouldn't go home this week? Sound off below.
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WHEN a rugby player oversteps the divide between asserting his team's rights and unjustifiable physical aggression, he could end up on the wrong side of the law, the Western Cape High Court has warned.
This was so in the case of Benjamin Zimri, the Delicious Rugby Club captain whose appeal against his conviction was dismissed on Friday.
Zimri was found guilty of culpable homicide in 2008 and sentenced to five years' imprisonment following the death of Rawsonville Rugby Club player Riaan Loots during a match in Worcester on June 23, 2006.
The two sides had been playing at Rawsonville's home ground in a match apparently punctuated by racial remarks and verbal abuse.
The match played earlier by the clubs' second teams had also been marred by violence and racial hostility.
According to the evidence before the Worcester Regional Court, where Zimri was tried, the Delicious Rugby Club captain had swung a stiff arm at the throat of Loots, who fell backwards to the ground.
While Loots was on the ground, Zimri kicked his head.
Loots was taken to hospital, where he was declared brain dead. His life-support machines were switched off on the Sunday following the match.
A Full Bench of the Western Cape High Court dismissed Zimri's bid to appeal against the regional court's finding.
In a judgment written by Judge Rosheni Allie, the court said while there had been discrepancies in the evidence presented by the State witnesses regarding the scuffle, the State's evidence had been consistent in certain material facts about the violence.
Among these was that Zimri had swung a stiff arm at Loots's throat and had then kicked Loots's head.
Judges Willem Louw and Ashley Binns-Ward concurred with the finding.
Judge Allie said Loots had been a young man in the prime of his life who was "brutally felled in the heat of a rugby match".
Rules and referees' penalties, said Judge Allie, existed for rugby matches precisely to regulate the conduct of players so the matches did not degenerate into anarchy.
"While rugby can fairly be described as a robust game, it is meant to build confidence and a sportsman – like team spirit, not hostility and aggression," the judgment read.
"When a player oversteps the divide between reasonably asserting his team's rights and unjustifiable physical aggression towards an opponent, he may find himself in contravention of the law, as in this case."
Judge Allie also noted that the appeal had followed an unduly long process.
The appeal had previously been argued before two judges who had not been able to reach agreement on the matter.
Also, Zimri's lawyers had failed to file certain papers on time, the primary reason being a lack of finances for legal representation.


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Burleigh Instruments, Inc. has broken ground on a 16,000-square-foot addition to its existing 18,500-square-foot facility in Fishers, N.Y. The new addition will mainly house the company's manufacturing operations and is estimated to cost in excess of $1.5 million. It is expected to be complete in the third quarter of the year.
"Our expansion plans are a result of applying our technology from institutional research to higher-growth markets such as fiber-optic telecommunications and biotechnology," said Dave Farrell, president. "In many cases we need to do business differently to meet the needs of all of our customers. Our new facilities will help us in that challenge."
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Lake Success (May. 23)
The first meeting of the U.N. inquiry commission on Palestine will be opened Monday afternoon by Trygve Lie, Secretary-General of the United Nations, it was announced here today. It will be open to the press.
The committee will have to decide on whether to hold hearings at Lake Success prior to its departure for Palestine; also, whether the entire eleven-member group should visit the camps for displaced Jews in Europe, or should send a sub-committee.
En route to Palestine, the commission will pass through Geneva on June 6, to pick up some members of its staff, it was learned. It is possible that it may also choose Geneva as the place in which to draft its report following its return from Palestine.
(A cable from Jerusalem reports that Sir Henry L. Gurney, Chief Secretary of the Palestine Government, and Lt, Gen, Gordon H.A. MacMillan, British military commander there, will be the principal witnesses to testify before the U.N. inquiry commission, at a secret session.
(The government is making arrangements to accommodate the fact-finder either at the YMCA or the Victoria Augusta Hospice, on Mt. Scopus, which is presently serving as the 16th Military Hospital. The authorities will make a fleet of 24 large and three small cars available to the commission.)
Seven of the 11 members of the inquiry group have already communicated the names of their representatives on the committee and alternates to the Secretary-General. They are: Australia, Czechoslovakia, Guatemala, India, Iran, Netherlands and Peru, The names of the representatives from Sweden, Canada, Uruguay and Yugoslavia are expected to reach the secretariat during the week-end.


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text: Politics 4 December 1998 Frozen at the foot of the bed after love-making, I sent for Mr Proctor, the osteopath Sign up for our weekly email * I was going to save this information until the next significant dinner party silence but, deferred gratification never having been my strong point, I might as well lean back smugly now and announce my good news. It's odds on that I have found the osteopath of my dreams. Like most other men over five foot three who've ever driven a Mini or practised the Canadian Air Force exercise regime, I've had back problems throughout my adult life. During my years at York University I'd entrust their cure to a Mr Proctor, who plied his trade in the bay window of a semi-detached house off the Fulford Road. It was what you might call an exposed position. Indeed, it often occurred to me as I lay white, blubbery and four-fifths naked across his drop-leaf dining room table that passing neighbours who could only see the shadows of his plunging hands through the net curtains might have assumed that he was not so much engaged in alternative medicine as carving sizeable joints from a large dead pig. But Mr Proctor was an adaptable man. On one occasion when my back went into rictus during a bout of unconventional love-making and I was forced to remain immobile and on my knees at the bottom of the bed like a sprinter frozen in the "Get Ready" position, he was only too happy to pay a home visit and help my embarrassed partner ease my body down a narrow flight of stairs and into the back seat of his Volvo. No one, though, could say that Mr Proctor had an interesting personality. I can't remember him talking about anything during my several dozen sessions apart from his wish to strangle the last aromatherapist with the guts of the last acupuncturist. (Alternative healers, as I've discovered in a lifetime of dabbling, can get every bit as consumed by the "narcissism of small differences" as the revolutionary left.) But Mr Proctor certainly had the conversational edge on Dave Gittings who, despite having his practice located in the nominally sympathetic environs of Crouch End, spent any breath left over from pummelling my torso upon expounding a theory of spiritual growth of such monumental idiocy that even the grudging gasps of assent which he forced from my prostrate body felt like gross acts of intellectual betrayal. (On one occasion I found myself grunting agreement to the proposition that the spinal cord was the trunk of a tree which blossomed in the cortex in the form of ideas and imaginings. Good spinal cord - good ideas. Bad spinal cord - you've got it already.) So, imagine the relief I felt last Thursday when I lay for the first time on the table in Mr Grossman's Goodge Street clinic and heard him ask about my views as a sociologist on the ideological distinctiveness of the Third Way. For an hour our conversation ranged over politics, art and popular culture, even though for much of this time Mr Grossman was also engaged in such traditionally dubious osteopathic practices as comparing the length of one of my legs with the other (my right is longer than my left by an osteopathic majority of one). At the end of the session I strolled out feeling that for the first time in all my years of visiting therapists of every persuasion, I'd at last found one who was an intellectual equal. I'm looking forward greatly to next Tuesday's visit. If anything, my back's a little worse than before I surrendered it to Mr Grossman's attention. But that seems a detail. Forty pounds an hour for a good conversation in these bland pre-millennial days is still a bargain in anyone's language. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 04 December 1998 issue of the New Statesman, Just get out and have fun! More


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A change in the Gradebook lineup
We've had some reporter shifts on the education team, and we thought you should know who's bringing you the news.
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Where's "Newgame+" mode?
I finished the game but no newgame+ mode.
Hope someone know the answer.
Vertutame - 5 years ago
Top Voted Answer
It doesn't have one, and there is no developer console to replicate the function, it would appear there is an alternative though as someone posted a save with masses of praxis points at the start of the game, waiting on a confirmation on how that was done as I quite like the idea of being able to create a new game + character at a later date but not with more than he should have.
The save I mention above was posted here:
Lord_Badmagic - 5 years ago
There is no newgame+ mode.
People simply replay it, using different setups.
Cowel - 5 years ago
I guess you're expecting New Game + since Square Enix is publisher, but they are just the publisher, not the developer. Also, if you could restart with all of your augments and upgraded weapons, it wouldn't really be much of a challenge anymore.
lordcthulu - 5 years ago
I think half the fun of the game is developing your character from scratch so theres that. If you were a master hack last time try going through the game hacking as little as possible. Or try killing everyone (and thing) that stands in your way.
Alternatively you can play through the game again as the same aug type but making different choices, like choosing to kill Zeke Sanders at the beginning etc....
Theres more than enough content in Deus Ex to justify playing through a second time without a game+ mode.
Crebral - 5 years ago
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Here at TTAG, we really like to award the IGOTD prize to morons who do stupid things with guns, (preferably in clueless YouTube videos) and survive to learn from their experiences. Hopefully. Those almost-comic IGOTDs fuck up on camera, nodoby dies, and we watch and laugh and comment and it's all good clean fun. This isn't one of those feel-good IGOTD stories…
90 miles south of the scene of yesterday's IGOTD, another child has died because another incomprehensibly stupid father left his children alone in a car with a loaded handgun.
Children, left alone, in a parked car with a loaded unsecured gun? Twice in four days?
What the fuck were these idiots thinking?
From the Tacoma News-Tribune:
Tacoma police say a 3-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself early today while his mother was inside a convenience store.
The child and his younger sister were in a car with their mother and her boyfriend, police spokesman Naveed Benjamin said.
The boyfriend stopped just before 12:30 a.m. to get gas at a station in the 5400 block of Tacoma Mall Boulevard, police reported. (The adults and children were riding in a minivan with Oregon plates but Benjamin said they lived in the area.)
The man told police that he put his loaded handgun under the driver's side seat and got out to pump gas. The mother, meanwhile, got out of the car and went into the convenience store, police reported.
The siblings were inside the car. The boy got out of his car seat.
"He makes his way to the front to find this pistol," Benjamin said.
The gun fired, striking the boy in the head. Paramedics took the boy to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Benjamin said.
The girl, believed to be about 1, was not injured.
Tacoma police detectives responded to the gas station and interviewed the mother and boyfriend. Both were later released.
Benjamin said the boyfriend had a concealed weapons permit and legally owned the gun that killed the boy.
Under state law, people with concealed weapons permits can have their weapons in the car with them but they either need to have them on their person or unloaded and in a locked container, Benjamin said.
"If you have a concealed weapon permit and you are traveling, the weapon has to be on you," he said. "The key issue is to have control of your weapon."
Tacoma police haven't released why the man put his gun under the seat and why the adults and children were driving around after midnight.
The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office has not released the boy's name.
The boy's death is the third shooting of a child in recent weeks in western Washington.
The 7-year-old daughter of a Marysville police officer in Stanwood was shot on Saturday when a sibling found a gun and fired while the parents were out of their car. She died the next day.
On Feb. 22, an 8-year-old girl was critically wounded in a Bremerton classroom when a gun fired from the backpack of a 9-year-old boy as he put it on a desk.
"It's another tragedy in a very short period of time," Benjamin said.
It highlights the need for people to secure guns, he said.
"You can't predict what children are going to do," he said. "You need to unload and lock it up if you're not carrying it."
"And keep it out of the hands of children," Benjamin said. "It's really not that hard to practice firearm safety."
Officer Benjamin is exactly right, and his words echo what I wrote just yesterday. It makes me sick to have to say this again, just one day later, after another child has died:
Every responsible shooter knows that if you've got children your guns must either be 1) locked in the safe or 2) secured on your hip.
No exceptions. No excuses. Ever.
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Some people are too stupid to breed. These guys should be sterilized. The whole point of a conceal and carry is to protect your family. How do you leave a unattended gun in a unattended car with your kid? What if someone had tried to steal the car? Score! Car, gun and a kid! What a spree that would be. Sadly a kid just blew his own head off with daddy's gun. Makes me so mad.
Branding iron. This guys balls. The end.
Hold on, now. Washington State law says exactly this: "(2)(a) A person shall not carry or place a loaded pistol in any vehicle unless the person has a license to carry a concealed pistol and: (i) The pistol is on the licensee's person, (ii) the licensee is within the vehicle at all times that the pistol is there, or (iii) the licensee is away from the vehicle and the pistol is locked within the vehicle and concealed from view from outside the vehicle."
If you read this carefully, you'll see that it's legal for a permit holder to leave a loaded handgun in a car as long as the gun is "locked within the vehicle and concealed from view". The gun does not need to be unloaded. The phrase "locked within the vehicle and concealed from view" is vague–it does not specifically call for a locked container, and one can interpret it to mean that the loaded gun can be stored in the glove box or under a seat, as long as the car itself is locked.
Of course, that doesn't excuse poor judgment, like leaving kids in the car with the gun. But the actions of adults in incidents like this may not be illegal under this specific law, until the law is reworded.
The police spokesperson and the newspaper should get those details right.
No. He did nothing wrong according to law. But his kid is dead. You are right.
I'm not defending the idiotic actions of the adults in this case. All I'm saying is that the law is vague, and even the police don't fully understand the law.
I know. I am with you. Sorry if it came across as anything else.
Oh, he did something wrong. A kid is dead because he failed to use some common sense. You don't leave loaded firearms where kids can get to them. Under any condition. No exceptions. None.
One of the things I love about TTAG is that you guys write things like this.
"What the fuck were these idiots thinking?"
I think these posts are among the most important and beneficial to your readership, highlighting the importance of safety and common sense.
"I think these posts are among the most important and beneficial to your readership, highlighting the importance of safety and common sense."
Something that is stressed at least twice a week in articles and whatnot even when there is no tragedy to highlight the reason for doing so.
Thanks for coming predictably out of the woodwork for the post though. Good to see you.
Based on this article and one other, I haven't seen anything that ties the boyfriend biologically to the kids. Since there doesn't appear to be anything that ties him to the surviving child other than the relationship with the mother, my Jump-To-Conclusions Mat™ tells me that their relationship is certainly over, and he's gone. A wife is most likely not going to sue/prosecute a husband, as in the situation yesterday in Washington, but a mom can sure as hell sue the pants off an ex-boyfriend. I hope she goes after him for everything he's got, and uses it to put the surviving child through college.
Office Space, excellent film.
Jump to Conclucions Mat, that's the worst idea I've ever heard in my life, Tom.
"I hope she goes after him for everything he's got, and uses it to put the surviving child through college."
In most of these kinds of cases, "everything he's got" is pretty much nothing. Unless there is some insurance or perhaps a responsible deep pocket, you will not be able to get an attorney to take the case on a contingent fee. And paying an attorney an hourly rate to go after a guy with no assets is simply throwing good money after bad. Even if you get a judgment, in most cases the other side will simply discharge it bankruptcy.
Woman's fault too. She must've known about the gun, and she left it alone with the kids too. They probably had done that same thing a bunch of times. This stuff pisses me off so much. Poor kid…
If the boyfriend isn't the biological father, I feel sorrow for the actual dad. Hopefully he is in a position to get custody of the remaining child.
Even if not a per se violation of Washington's concealed carry law, this certainly should be criminal negligence. If it's not the law that you go to jail for a long time when a minor accidentally kills himself with your loaded gun, it sure ought to be.
um holster perhaps? it drives me crazy that i live in the "free state" and cannot CCW, but IDIOTS like this dude in shall issue states conduct themselves in this manner.
What state are you in again?
And yes, holsters are not that expensive. You can get one for less than $30 and you can get a really good one for less than $100.
The article says it was the boyfriend's gun, yet most here seem to think that it was the father. Huh? How's that? There are a couple of things I didn't understand. First, if the guy had a CCW, why'd he leave his gun in the car? If 'twas me, I'd want to have the gun while refueling, 'cause that's when you are most likely to get attacked. Second, how the hell did a three year old get out of his car seat???
I dont get it, with all the anti gun people out there, how many times do you hear about this or a gun in the house the dad left out after cleaning so on and so on. Then at the end f the story, "No Charges have been pressed, it was a terrible accident" Instead of going after responsible gun owners how about throw this guy in prison. He IS THE ONLY REASON this kid is dead.
What you are saying contains logic and reason. Antigun folk possess no understanding of what you just said.
The "terrible accident while cleaning a gun" thing bugs me. If I'm cleaning a bolt-action rifle, the bolt is usually completely out of the gun. If a pistol, it's field-stripped and I clean the pieces individually. Ammo is (sofar) always in a locker in another room. And that's not even an intentional procedure, it's just how things go. Come home from range with unloaded guns, put ammo and other sundries away, then either clean guns immediately or put them away too. I can't help thinking that all these gun cleaning accidents, especially the ones where someone shoots themselves, aren't really accidents (or else there was some really 'special' gun handling involved)
When this went to press, media reports suggested that the gun owner was the boy's father. Subsequent reports show that he is not the child's father, but only the mother's boyfriend.
The story is BS. Can your kid get out of his car seat? Only if it's unbuckled. The entire journey from rear car seat to front floor gun is a bit bizarre and I question the strength and ability of a 3 year old ( yea I have had rug rats) to complete the course. May he rest peacefully. But the story is fantasy.
As to the last post. My 3 year old daughter can do pull ups – lifting herself off the ground. Climb over the back of the couch from either side. Differentiate between a revolver, semi automatic pistol, a shotgun or rifle. Can count to nearly 100 on her own. IS smart enough to slip her child seat belts…. If anything this tragedy says two things. Don't underestimate stupid adults or the ignorance/intelligence of young children.


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Kevin Carroll is the first to say procurement isn't sexy. But after years as vice president of supply chain management at Sun Microsystems Inc., Carroll understands the key isn't sizzle; it's solutions.
That's what drives him and the 500 people who work for him worldwide. "I have a lot of passion for creating a consistent process and leveraging that process to get results," he said. No glamour, certainly, but a lot of glory when they get it right.
Analysts say Sun's procurement efforts, ranging from rigorous supplier reviews to a private exchange network, a beefed up forecasting system, and savvy use of EMS partners, have helped the nearly $20 billion company weather today's sluggish economy better than many of its competitors.
Sun's inventory turns were a respectable 14 in the last quarter (although down from 16 in previous months).The company credits its close relationships with supply chain partners and its ability to forecast demand. This promotes greater cost efficiency.
"By reducing costs, Sun's procurement strategy is definitely helping the bottom line," said Andy Neff, an analyst at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., New York.
There's no denying it has been successful, but at least some of it is shaping up to be controversial. Sun's private exchange isn't popular with some longtime suppliers, and it's not without its risks, said Paul McGuckin, an analyst at Gartner Group Inc., Stamford, Conn. He questioned whether Sun's high standards of quality can be met in that type of forum.
Others wonder why the Palo Alto, Calif.-based systems maker would jeopardize the supplier relationships it has worked so hard to build.
And it has been hard work. At the core of Sun's supply chain strategy is its collaboration with some top 40 suppliers. These relationships aren't trendy "e-partnerships," nor are they solely about price.
Sun must have deep, long-term relationships with its suppliers that go far beyond just buying and selling commodities, Carroll said.
More than 10 years ago, Sun came up with a performance management process for its suppliers, and the company is still using the same basic strategy. Sun uses a formal process with each of its top 40 suppliers to evaluate cost, quality, delivery, product availability, and technology, Carroll said. He did not define these criteria, but did note that both sides work together to establish goals and objectives and meet once a quarter for a formal review.
"That's the time when we take a look at how things are doing, talk about challenges in the upcoming quarter, and do a lot of planning," Carroll said.
But it doesn't stop there. Semiannually or annually Sun's top management-including Carroll-meets with suppliers to review the past year and decide which areas to concentrate on in the coming year. Sun also honors top-performing suppliers once a year at an awards dinner.
Web wariness
What's missing from this picture? Sun hasn't moved its supplier performance metrics to a Web-based system. "There's a lot of vaporware out there," Carroll said. "I agree the Web can add a lot of value, but I simply don't see a third-party solution out there that can do what we're doing."
The fundamentals of supply chain management just aren't that tough, Carroll said.
The company has high goals for its suppliers, but setting standards makes for better partnerships, he said. "We really use these to drive the expectations of the suppliers and to help us decide where we should invest strategically."
And it works, at least for suppliers such as Micron Technology Inc., which has been a top 40 partner of Sun's for almost two years. Of course, that doesn't mean it's easy.
"The qualifying process is quite a bit more rigorous than what we've gone through with other customers," said Mike Sadler, vice president of networking and communications at Micron, Boise, Idaho. "Since Sun sells so many mission-critical systems, there's a particular focus on quality and reliability. That makes the barriers to entry pretty high."
But the structure and the "enforced" communication are helpful, Sadler said. "Communication is not a problem day to day, but the quarterly get-togethers are a good chance to be forward looking. The discipline of this process is very valuable."
And because of all this communication, Sadler thinks Sun's Commodity Management Group is a lot more open to innovative solutions to problems than other companies. "They really enable us to be creative because they do much more collaborating than dictating. This benefits both of us."
Two other issues make Sun an easy customer to work with, Sadler said. One is the fact that Micron has a "champion" at Sun, an employee who represents the chip maker's point of view to management.
The second is the fact that Sun's procurement staff is "much stronger technically than we typically see in other customers," he said. "We communicate more effectively with them, and they understand complex issues better."
The result for Micron: "We have a lot of credibility within Sun," Sadler said.
Sun not only wants suppliers to have credibility, it must have credibility too-particularly when it comes to the perennial problem of forecasting accurately. Carroll laughingly admits that his suppliers "may not agree" that the company has improved its process, but he thinks strides have been made.
In the last seven years, Sun has pushed hard to integrate marketing, field sales, and operations into the procurement area in order to get as close as possible to supplying demand. The company has integrated a number of third-party software applications to create a rolling projection of the coming six quarters. That information is regularly shared with suppliers.
The goal is to integrate the suppliers in an even tighter fashion, perhaps using a private, Web-based technology, to cut down the amount of time it takes to communicate changes.
"The devil is in the details," Carroll said. "We've got lots of room for improvement here, but I really believe we're doing the right things to narrow the gap."
Sun, at the very least, has the courage of its convictions, Micron's Sadler said. "They commit to taking what they've forecast, and they live up to that. That shows integrity."
Giving the Web a whirl
However, Sun's newest supply chain effort-its private exchange network-may put its integrity to the test. In the last four months, Sun has spent $500 million purchasing components through this portal, and by the end of June (Sun's fiscal 2001 close), Carroll estimates that number will hit $1 billion.
It's a serious investment for the company, but Carroll contends big dollars were necessary to see if this really is a good long-term option.
The benefits of a private exchange are easy to understand. On the invitation-only portal, approved suppliers and select others are given the same list of requirements, such as an RFQ.
The suppliers then have time to examine the list and get more information if necessary. The bidding takes place over a 90-minute period and happens dynamically, though most often suppliers don't get to see what competitors are bidding. At the end, Sun is reasonably certain that it's gotten the best price the market has to offer, according to Carroll.
Today this portal is powered by a third-party application, although Carroll wouldn't say which one. However, Sun is seriously interested in entering the private exchange business.
Carroll's reasoning? "To get off the price negotiation and on to the strategic negotiation."
The traditional bidding process-with an RFQ, FedExing, and a long cycle of bids-can go on for months, according to Carroll. That's a waste of time and isn't necessary when looking for commodity products, he said.
Carroll didn't say when Sun will launch a private exchange, but analysts say its high on chairman and chief executive Scott McNeally's to-do list.
A supplier's take
Of course, Micron isn't so sanguine about the idea. The chip maker doesn't participate in this private exchange and has "vigorously resisted" participating in any network, Sadler said.
"There's very little give and take and not much motivation to work with the customers," he said. "If someone were to buy a lot of products on an exchange and end up in an excess inventory situation, we'd tell them to get lost. We'd never do that with a company like Sun."
There's another risk, too, Gartner's McGuckin said, and that's quality. Sun has had well-publicized problems with bad SRAMs in the past 18 months, despite a rigorous quality program, he said. Exchanges are fundamentally about price, so the OEM has much less leverage to work with suppliers on quality.
That greatly increases the risk of quality problems. Still, Sun's top management has said it's seriously committed to exploring the use of private exchanges, according to McGuckin.
And there's certainly a reason for that, said David Cahn, an analyst at AMR Research Inc. in Atlanta. "Exchanges are the direction everyone is headed. They make sense for commodity parts."
It does make sense, Carroll said, but he's also highly sensitive to how his major suppliers are going to feel. "We're not going to trash our supplier relationships," he said. "They've made a big investment to support Sun, and we're not going to compromise that. We're not going to throw everything out to bid."
The challenge, according to Carroll, is to figure out how far to go with private exchanges. One of the driving forces: 30% of Sun's procurement workforce is involved directly in negotiating with suppliers.
The EMS side
The last major piece of Sun's supply chain management strategy is its relationship with EMS providers. Although this is a fairly common practice among computer makers, Carroll believes Sun pushes its EMS partners harder and sends more products through them. In fact, he expects the company's EMS partners to produce between 65% and 70% of Sun's unit volume by the end of June. From his perspective, that accomplishes a few things, including lowering Sun's manufacturing overhead-the company has only three factories-as well as letting it respond to the market more quickly.
"We've always been highly leveraged, but over the last five years, we've progressed from having our partners build simple boards for us to today building four-way group-server-level products," Carroll said.
Sun manages its relationships with EMS partners in the same way it manages its leading component suppliers, by setting goals and meeting regularly.
For Celestica Inc., which has been an EMS partner of Sun for 10 years, the relationship works, in large part because it's a two-way street, said Michael Augustinavicius, vice president and general manager of Sun's global customer unit at the Toronto-based manufacturer.
"We're very focused on being a virtual extension of Sun," Augustinavicius said. "This is a very mature relationship. There's a big difference between a six-month partnership and one that's 10 years old. We're very focused on mutual goals."
Keeping partnerships with EMS providers tight is key because they do 100% of the procurement for the products they build. Carroll sees the relationships evolving as the market changes.
Sun wants to do more to link its EMS and other external partners to the inner workings of the company. And, according to Carroll, the easiest way to do that is to move to a private network where information can be shared.
"We want to let our suppliers see our raw demand," he said. "There's an e-design opportunity here."
But he also envisions a private portal where partners can co-plan and share information in real time. His strategy: start with his top five suppliers and key EMS partners, then roll this out to everyone else.
Valerie Rice is a freelance writer based in West Newbury, Mass.


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PSU freshman Samantha Spence stood calmly at the lectern in historic Ames Courtroom at Harvard Law School, preparing to speak. Samantha was nervous; after all, she was standing at the same lectern where U.S. Supreme Court justices, Presidents and world leaders have spoken. Spence was about to address a "moot court," where she would state her case to two "judges" of the fictional Supreme Court of New Plymouth—Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz and PSU Visiting Assistant Professor Eric MacLeish. Spence was contending that the Supreme Court should recognize gay couples have a constitutional right to marry, despite the fact that the supreme courts of only three states have recognized a right to gay marriage and that voters in California recently overturned one of those decisions.
"It was overwhelming, to say the least. Ames Court room is historic, and to actually meet Alan Dershowitz in person was such an experience," Spence said. "I am so thankful to have had Professor MacLeish as a teacher, because in the second week of class, he told me I was going to debate at Harvard without even asking me!"
Spence was joined by six other PSU students; freshmen Nicole Borman, Michael Spiak, Kathryn Holtgrewe, Jess Trombley, Paige Tollner and senior Amy Lavoie, all are students in MacLeish's "Individual and the Law" class. Representing the "other side" were three third-year Harvard Law students. Also present in Ames Courtroom were parents and friends of the PSU students.
Spence and her colleagues had spent many weeks preparing for this event; long nights at Lamson library researching cases and reviewing professional journal articles, while working in two teams to produce two, twenty page advocacy papers that were submitted to Professor Dershowitz for review three days before the argument. They also endured numerous meetings with MacLeish where he would confront them with questions to test their knowledge of the facts and relevant cases.
"I don't think I could have been any more prepared, and that goes for my teammates as well," said Spence. "I spent the majority of the semester researching and practicing. Just when we thought we were ready, MacLeish threw something else at us, and we were back in the books."
As Spence delivered her argument, Dershowitz leaned over to MacLeish and whispered, "This is truly an exceptional presentation."
The PSU and Harvard students also debated a "Right to Die" law involving terminally ill patients.
The PSU students won the right to die issue, there was a split decision on gay marriage.
This is the second time that MacLeish has taken PSU students to Harvard Law School to engage in moot court debate and he hopes to make it an annual event.
"These students worked hard to prepare themselves for this event and they held their own against some of the finest young legal minds in the country," MacLeish said. "What I look forward to is having this same event several years from now and seeing one of my former PSU students on the Harvard side of the aisle."
The moot court concluded with Professor Dershowitz remarking that the quality of the PSU arguments were equal to many he sees from experienced lawyers in appellate courts across the country. He also offered to write letters of recommendation on behalf of any of the students who had argued.
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Former GetUp! national director Simon Sheikh has denied using political science lectures organised by his wife, Australian National University academic Anna Rose, to promote his Senate candidacy for the Greens or promoting Greens memberships.
The ANU student newspaper Woroni reported that Mr Sheikh had promoted his candidacy and Greens membership during two political science lectures on Thursday, and that his wife had sought to recruit campaign volunteers.
Ms Rose is an ANU staff member and co-convener of a subject with pro vice-chancellor Richard Baker.
Mr Sheikh declined to be interviewed but issued a statement likening the incident to ''a storm in a teacup''.
A spokeswoman for Mr Sheikh provided a further statement that sign-up sheets distributed among students were not registration for volunteer roles, though attendees were given the opportunity to register for campaign updates. ''A laptop was also passed around to one row of students, where students could sign up for campaign updates if they wanted to,'' she said.
''At the end of the class, Simon encouraged the class to get involved politically, explicitly saying that it didn't matter whether it was with the Greens, Labor or the Liberal Party on the grounds that the most important thing was for young people to have a say in the decisions, and decision-makers, that will shape their futures.''
In a statement an ANU spokeswoman said the informal matter with Ms Rose had been resolved.
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E.J. Dionne has a great column today, filed in Australia, where that country's Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, gives credit to both Presidents Bush and Obama for their actions in averting an economic collapse. The bailouts of the financial sector and the automobile industry, the stimulus package, and the quick passage of Bush's final budget earlier in the year, averted what could easily have been a repeat of the Great Depression. Dionne correctly concludes that Obama will reap little political benefit from this great fact. "But because the cataclysm was avoided, this is an invisible achievement," he writes.
True enough. It is hard to tell people that something that did not happen was really, really important. Just as it is difficult for people to recognize that all the money needed to make the health care reform work equals less than has been spent on the Iraq War. People are right to be concerned about the size of the deficit but it is undoubtedly the case that had the economy collapsed, tax revenues would have plummeted further than they have already, and the deficit would have been even worse.
A key part of the health care debate that keeps getting lost is that if we do not reform health care, the costs of Medicaid and Medicare will continue to drain the federal budget. Health care reform is also an investment, with up-front costs to be sure but long-term savings as well. We look at the effort to insure those who currently lack insurance as a moral issue, and so it is. But, it is also the case that bringing everyone into the health insurance system will lower costs by eliminating wasteful trips to the emergency room and by adding people who now pay nothing into the pool of people who will be contributing to their own health insurance. We may have to subsidize them, but they will be paying part of the costs themselves.
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None of this will satisfy the rabid free-marketers who complain of any and all federal "intrusions" into the market. But surely our memories are not that short. The free market could not avert its own crisis and we should take its advocates' advice about health care reform with more than a grain of salt. We should salt the rim and down a margarita because you have to be drunk to believe the free market can bring about universal health coverage. It can't. It hasn't. Like the economic meltdown, only the government can crack this nut.
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This is a three-center, randomized, double-blind, fixed dose study designed to assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of a switch to vilazodone for sexual dysfunction associated with use of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI)compared to switching to sertraline in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
Vilazodone is a newly introduced, FDA approved antidepressant that is a combined serotonin specific reuptake inhibitor and serotonin 1A receptor partial agonist. In contrast to the SSRIs and SNRIs, appears to have low adverse effects on sexual functioning when compared to placebo.
|Sexual Dysfunction Major Depressive Disorder
|Drug: Vilazodone Drug: Sertraline
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Double-Blind, Active Controlled Clinical Trial of Switching to Vilazodone for Antidepressant-Associated Sexual Dysfunction
- Changes in Sexual Functioning Questionnaire (CSFQ (c)) [ Time Frame: Baseline-11 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Vilazodone
Drug: Vilazodone
Vilazodone is a newly introduced antidepressant which, in contrast to the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) appears to have a minimal adverse effect on sexual functioning
Other Name: Viibryd
Active Comparator: Sertraline
Drug: Sertraline
Sertraline hydrochloride (trade names Zoloft, Lustral) is an antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class.
Other Name: Zoloft
Detailed Description:
The design will be a randomized, double blind study with patients being randomized to switching to either vilazodone or sertraline. This will consist of a 1-week Screening phase, a 2-week Cross Taper phase, an 8-week Treatment phase, and an optional 2-week Down taper phase. The total duration of each patient's participation will be 13 weeks.
Seventy-two patients will be randomized at the Baseline visit to either vilazodone or sertraline, 24 at each of the 3 sites. Patients will be recruited over 12 months.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must be able to understand the nature of the study, agree to comply with the prescribed dosage regimens, report for regularly scheduled office visits, and communicate to study personnel about adverse events and concomitant medication use;
- Patients with major depressive disorder who are being treated with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (citalopram, escitalopram, fluvoxamine, or paroxetine) or serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (desvenlafaxine, duloxetine, venlafaxine) for a minimum of 8 weeks.
- The current episode of MDD is in remission (MADRS score < 10 and CGI score of 1 or 2)
- The duration of the current MDD episode is less than 2 years
- Presence of antidepressant-associated sexual dysfunction (i.e., absence of sexual dysfunction prior to becoming depressed and presence of significant dysfunction while on the SSRI or SNRI despite being in remission from the depression).
- Patient is at least 18 years old and not more than 65 years old
- Patients must have the opportunity for sexual activity during the study period (in the form of availability of a suitable partner for sexual activity and/or openness to masturbation)
- Patients must be willing to attempt some sexual activity (including masturbation) at least once every two weeks during the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have previously failed to respond to or to tolerate either vilazodone or sertraline.
- Patients with a history of severe discontinuation symptoms on tapering off the current antidepressant
- Patients with other known causes of sexual dysfunction
- Use of prohibited medications during the study period
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01856127
|United States, Pennsylvania
|University of Pennsylvania
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|Thomas Jefferson University
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107
|United States, Virginia
|University of Virginia
|Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22908
|Principal Investigator:
|Rajnish Mago, MD
|Thomas Jefferson University
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael Thase, MD
|University of Pennsylvania
|Principal Investigator:
|Anita Clayton, MD
|University of Virginia
|Responsible Party:
|Thomas Jefferson University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01856127 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
VII-IT-09 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Forest Research Institute )
|Study First Received:
|March 21, 2013
|Last Updated:
|August 24, 2016
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by Thomas Jefferson University:
Sexual Dysfunction
Major Depressant
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Depressive Disorder
Depressive Disorder, Major
Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders
Behavioral Symptoms
Antidepressive Agents
Vilazodone Hydrochloride
Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
Psychotropic Drugs
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Neurotransmitter Agents
Serotonin Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Agonists
Serotonin Receptor Agonists
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 22, 2017


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Pula ferry port in Croatia is served by a number of ferry routes with crossings to Venice, Trieste & Piran available. With a selection of up to 11 Sailings Weekly, the port of Pula connects Croatia with Italy & Slovenia.
Sailing durations range from 2 hours 10 minutes on the Piran service to 3 hours 30 minutes on the Venice service.
Although there is a brief summary on this page, as sailing information can vary based on time of year we'd advise you to get live sailing times and prices in our Pula fare search.
Pula is the largest city in Istria, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the peninsula. The city's earliest recorded permanent habitation dates back to the 10th century BC. It was founded by the Illyrian tribe of the Histri, an ancient population that lived in Istria. As a result of its rich political history, Pula is a city with a cultural mix of people and languages from the Mediterranean and Central Europe, ancient and contemporary.
Pula's architecture reflects these layers of history. Residents are commonly fluent in foreign languages, especially Italian, often also German and English. From 30 October 1904 to March 1905 Irish writer James Joyce taught English at the Berlitz School; his students were mainly Austro-Hungarian naval officers who were stationed at Naval Shipyard. While he was in Pula he organized for the local printing of his broadside The Holy Office.
Pula Ferry Port is situated in front of the Arena amphitheatre. All departures are from the customs jetty 'Rijecki gat'.
Coming from mainland croatia, Pula is easily accessible through the A8 or the A9.
There are two daily trains to Ljubljana, Slovenia (4 hrs), and two to Zagreb (6½ hrs), but you must board a bus for part of the trip.
From Pula bus station 502 997(Istarske Brigade) there are nine daily buses to Rijeka (2 hrs).
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When you strip a Caribbean vacation down to the basics, it should be about sand, sea, sun and having a super-great time. This is exactly what you'll find at Paamul beach. You'll have a great beach day here with snorkeling, diving or kayaking. enjoy ceviche, tacos and a cerveza at the beachfront restaurant. Locals and visitors enjoy this beach so check it out for yourself.
Snuggled along the curved stretch of shimmering Caribbean waters in a small bay north of Puerto Aventuras, Paamul beach features white sands with some exposed limestone and lots palm trees on the beach for natural shade.
The laid-back beach living that many snowbirds take advantage of in Paamul is further enhanced by such amenities as a beautiful beachfront swimming pool, restaurant, Scuba Mex dive shop, a convenience store and private areas on the beach.
However, it's really the offshore coral reef that remains among the most breathtaking and well-preserved attraction on the Paamul beach. Zigzagging through the crystalline waters of the Caribbean close to the shore, the reef can easily be explored. Visitors and locals spend hours snorkeling, diving and kayaking, admiring the schools of iridescent fish, in the coral gardens of Paamul.
It's easy to plan day trips to Paamul from Akumal, Tulum, or Playa Del Carmen. Use your rental car, take a taxi or be adventurous and take a Collectivo, the local public van system that will drop you off in front of the highway entrance to Paamul. Paamul is 15 minutes from Playa del Carmen, 20 minutes from Akumal or 35 minutes from Tulum.
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DETROIT (Mar. 22)
A "trial merger" of a Conservative congregation and a Reform temple has been effected in the suburban area of Livonia, it was announced here. Merged for one year of trial are the Livonia Jewish Congregation, Conservative, formed in 1958, and Temple Beth Am, Reform, formed in 1960.
During the first year, Rabbi David Jessel, spiritual leader of Beth Am, said, he will attempt to use prayers from both the Reform and Conservative prayerbooks. "By Rosh Hashana, " he said, "we should know whether the trial merger will work."
One problem not as yet settled, Rabbi Jessel said, concerns the religious school. Beth Am conducts religious classes from kindergarten to 12th grade. The Conservative congregation has been conducting classes only to second grade and from eighth grade up, with the interim-age children being educated under the direction of the United Hebrew Schools.
During the trial year, the names and finances of the two congregations will remain separate, permitting a complete unification and formal merger to be decided upon only after the year of trial.


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Alaska Cruise fun for the whole family: Celebrity Century Cruise Review by thefunnest
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Alaska Cruise fun for the whole family
Destination: Alaska
Embarkation: Vancouver
We had an inside cabin for four. We had two upper beds that folded against the wall for the children (10 and 4) and it worked just perfectly, It is true that the amount of storage is absolutely amazing. Packing for an Alaska cruise for four people is a challenge with everything from casual to smart casual to formal wear and warm clothes and boots. The stack of luggage we took was ridiculous (we live in Vancouver so didn't have to worry about airline limits) but we had no trouble fitting everything into the ample storage space in the cabin including all the kids toys and paraphernalia that they insisted on bringing.
I love the ship and the layout and appreciated the fact that it was not so hard to get your bearing and know your way around.
The dining room was beautiful the food was delicious. There were so many lovely things to More choose from that I only wish I had the capacity to try everything. I loved dining at the same time every night with the same table mates and the same wait staff. It make the everything that much more special and they always remembered what we liked.
I would have preferred to breakfast in the dining room but we stayed up pretty late and had four people to get up in the morning so we didn't often make it before its 9am closing time so went to the buffet. There were definitely ample choices in the buffet and you could certainly find everything you wanted for breakfast. I did however find the configuration a bit confusing and the line ups long and tedious. I would have suggested more stations serving the breakfast basics (eggs, bacon, omelette's toast) and fewer specialty options. This might have made breakfast a bit easier.
Only had lunch in the dining room once (as we were generally too full to eat between breakfast and dinner) but it was lovely. Tried out the hamburgers at the grill and the whole family agreed...delicious.
Loved, loved, loved the cova cafe and all of their little treats.
Went to one of the Broadway numbers and found it very entertaining. Milos was amazing but didn't see any other shows.
Decided not to pre-book an excursions ahead of time as we know it would depend on the weather and the mood of the children what we wanted to do. That worked out fine. On the tender to icy straight saw humpback whales and then a huge pod of orcas upon getting back on the ship. Saves us the purchase of a whale watching tour!!! The kids were not at all interested in Juneau or Ketchikan. We took the shuttle to the Glacier in Juneau and it was cheap and well worth it. The bus driver gave interesting commentary the whole way. We didn't expect a guided tour for $8 each way!. The Glacier is beautiful and as the clouds cleared we got some spectacular pictures.
Our children took great advantage of the kids programs and never ever complained about going. There was always something interesting to do and they made great friends. The age categories are well used to split the kids up when necessary. My 10 year old particularly felt mature even though we didn't grant her permission to sign herself out.
My husband and I both purchased the Premium Beverage Package we we definitely got out money's worth. For everyone that has red the threads on this matter,it is all true. You can try drinks you would not otherwise, move on if something is not to your taste, not fret if your drink spills etc.
Between special coffee, bottles of watter, wine and drinks with dinner, we had no problem drinking more than we paid. I loved trying the $12 glass of ice win that I never would have otherwise tried. Having said that, it is also true that you drink more than you otherwise would and I was somewhat concerned (at least in the back of my head) with making sure that i broke even). As I had granted myself this week to eat and drink without worrying about it, I have no regrets. I got right back on track when I got off the ship and the excess weight was off within the week.
The fitness facilities were much better than I expected and I used them regularly. The machinery was new and well maintained and the view spectacular.
One think I would point out, I did some pretty extensive research on this site before we left on the issue of whether we would be able to swim on an Alaska cruise. Ever response and comment I found said that the outdoor pools on the century were not heated and there would be no swimming unless interested in the polar bear experience. I didn't find any information to the contrary and even saw comments that the Century Today must be wrong when it said aft pool heated because there was no aft pool. I prepared the kids that there would be no swimming but took the suits in case we decided to use the whirlpool.
When we got there I also saw the comment in the Century Today that the aft pool was heated (the one closer to the grill). On the first day I checked it and it was really warm. Less warm that the hot tub but quite warm and plenty warm to swim and enjoy. This was a pleasant surprise to the family and it remained warm and well used throughout the cruise. The pool between this pool and the hot tubs however was cold and used for the polar bear swim that they had.
I didn't think our stateroom service was that great despite meeting him on the first day with a tip (thought that might help get good service throughout the trip but seemed to have the opposite effect). We never received the Celebrity Today or the kids club bulletins until we asked two people and finally went to the front desk, supplies were not replenished until we asked. None of this really mattered because we just asked for what we were missing and eventually, we always got it. Service in the dining room is what was most important to me and it shone. Shout out to Xavier and Jayraj Less
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EX-WANDERERS star Nicky Hunt finally feels he can relaunch his career three years after leaving the Reebok.
After failed spells at Bristol City, Preston and, most recently Rotherham, the Westhoughton-born full-back has made a playing return with League Two Accrington Stanley, who are managed by another former Wanderers, Leam Richardson.
"I obviously know Leam as he was at Bolton with me and I know he will be a great manager.
"I have come here to hopefully continue winning games," he said after a winning debut against Chesterfield.
"It has been frustrating for me as I was signed by Rotherham at the start of the season, played the first eight or nine games and then fell out of favour.
"It's hard training every day without a game at the end of it. It wasn't to be at Rotherham and now I am happy to be here, it's local for me."