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Naira gets angry as Akshara is in every talk. She gets Pungi's call. She tells Pungi that Akshara turned more great by getting me back, I hate her, I will go back in my world, I won't stay here. Akshara asks Naksh did Naira say you something. He says no. Rajshri says there is something. Devyaani says yes, we should find out. Naitik says she needs time. Bau ji says we have to find whats in her heart, Akshara can do this.


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See concerts. Save animals.BECU ZooTunes presented by Carter Subaru summerconcert series returns
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Melissa Etheridge performs this summer at Woodland Park Zoo's 29th season of BECU ZooTunes presented by Carter Subaru.
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BECU ZooTunes presented by Carter Subaru returns for its 29th season and another exciting lineup. The popular concerts are held outdoors on the vast, picturesque North Meadow of Woodland Park Zoo. The new season kicks off June 27:
June 27- Leo Kottke / Jake Shimabukuro ($24)July 3-k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang ($38)July 18-Grace Potter & The Nocturnals ($22)July 19-Ziggy Marley ($28)Aug 1-Los Lobos / Steve Earle and the Dukes ($28)Aug 5-The Johnny Clegg Band / Ladysmith Black Mambazo ($28)Aug 12-An Evening With Melissa Etheridge ($39.50)Aug 15 & 16-An Evening With Pink Martini ($34)Aug 22-Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Robert Randolph & the Family Band ($26)Aug 29-Rosanne Cash / Madeleine Peyroux ($26)
The concerts are festival seating and concert-goers are encouraged to bring blankets and low-backed folding chairs (maximum height allowed: 24" high). Outside alcohol is prohibited.
BECU ZooTunes presented by Carter Subaru is a major source of revenue for the zoo's mission. Proceeds from ZooTunes support the zoo's quality animal care, engaging education programs and wildlife conservation.
Additional sponsorship support for BECU ZooTunes presented by Carter Subaru is provided by: KMTT 103.7 The Mountain and The Seattle Times.
Zoo gates open at 5:00 p.m. Concerts begin at 6:00 p.m. Concerts are held rain or shine—no ticket refunds.
All concerts take place in the North Meadow at Woodland Park Zoo. The North Meadow is near the West Entrance located at Phinney Ave. N. between N. 55th St. and N. 56th St. Additional entry is through the South Entrance at N. 50th St. & Fremont Ave. N.
Tickets go on sale beginning April 27 at 8:00 a.m. online at www.zoo.org/zootunes. A $2 processing fee is added to all online ticket purchases. A limited number of tickets are available for purchase at Woodland Park Zoo gates during zoo hours: 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. daily through April 30, 9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. daily May 1 – September 30. Ticket prices at all outlets will include a id="mce_marker" facility fee to fund maintenance of the zoo's concert facilities. One child 12 and under per paid ticket is admitted free. Tickets sell out fast, so purchase early!
Member pre-saleWoodland Park Zoo members will have the opportunity to purchase ZooTunes tickets before the general public. The ZooTunes member pre-sale begins online only on April 25 at 8:00 a.m. Members will receive an exclusive pre-sale link by email and can purchase up to eight pre-sale tickets per show. Pre-sale is available to active members and to new members who have registered online or at zoo entrances by Sun., April 15.
Reserved Seat upgradesA limited number of Reserved Seat tickets are available for each show. VIP tickets provide concert-goers with premium seating (chair provided) and special parking. COST: $75 plus concert ticket price. Upgrades must be purchased online at www.zoo.org/zootunes. Reserved Seat tickets will sell out fast, so those interested are encouraged to purchase early.
For more information, call Woodland Park Zoo at 206.548.2500 option #7 or visit www.zoo.org/zootunes. Or, follow "Woodland Park Zoo – ZooTunes and Events" on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ZooTunesEvents.
Beer and Wine Garden – Enjoy a great selection of wine and beer during the concerts. The Beer and Wine Garden opens at 5:00 p.m. You must be 21 or older to purchase alcohol. No one will be served alcohol without proper photo I.D., regardless of age. Alcohol must stay within the designated Beer and Wine Garden area. Note: Alcohol from outside the zoo is not allowed.
Parking fee– Concert parking in zoo lots is $5.25. Payments can be made by credit card using the pay kiosks in the zoo lots. Carpoolers will be able to take advantage of reserved spaces—first-come, first-served—in the zoo's north lot located at N. 59th Street and Evanston Ave. N. Free parking is available at lower Woodland Park. For parking alternatives, see bike, bus and shuttle information below.
Bike corrals – Biking or riding the bus helps to minimize traffic congestion and on-street parking in the neighborhoods surrounding the zoo. There is a covered bike rack located at the new West Entrance located on Phinney Ave. N. between N. 55th Street and N. 56th Street.
Metro bus service: Take the #5 bus, just minutes from downtown Seattle or Greenwood. The bus stops by the zoo's West Entrance at N. 55th & Phinney Ave. N. For routes and information, call 206.553.3000 or visit www.transit.metrokc.gov.
Leo KottkeLeo Kottke is an acoustic finger-style guitarist with influences from blues, jazz and folk. Kottke plays both the 6- and 12-string guitar.
Jake ShimabukuroJake Shimabukuro is a ukulele virtuoso from Hawaii who rose to fame by becoming one of YouTube's most popular artists.
July 3 – k.d. lang and the Siss Boom BangSing it Loud is lang's first record made entirely with a band of her own since the pair of albums with the Reclines that launched her career more than 20 years ago. lang has won four Grammy Awards, eight Juno Awards, a BRIT, an AMA, a VMA, and four awards from GLAAD. In 1996, she received Canada's highest civilian honor, the Order of Canada.
July 18 – Grace Potter & The NocturnalsGrace Potter & The Nocturnals are like a modern-day version of Tina Turner stroking the microphone in a spangled mini-dress while fronting the Rolling Stones circa Sticky Fingers.
July 19 – Ziggy Marley"Ziggy has embraced the more traditional and familiar textures and rhythms of reggae, while further defining the unique artistic vision that sets him apart," says producer Don Was. Marley's latest album, Wild and Free, affirms him as a master storyteller with an innate sense of soul.
Aug 1 – Los Lobos / Steve Earle and the Dukes
Los LobosA hybrid of traditional regional Mexican folk music, rock and roll, blues, R&B, country and other genres has found a sweet spot in the music of Los Lobos.
Steve Earle and the DukesKnown for his political ferocity, singer-songwriter Steve Earle has been recording country- and rock-influenced music since 1986. His most recent album, I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive, was nominated for a Grammy® for Best Folk Album in 2012.
Aug 5 – The Johnny Clegg Band / Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Johnny Clegg BandJohnny Clegg is one of South Africa's most celebrated sons. He is a singer, songwriter, dancer, anthropologist, and musical activist whose infectious crossover music, a vibrant blend of Western pop and African Zulu rhythms, has exploded onto the international scene and broken through all the barriers in his own country.
Ladysmith Black MambazoLadysmith Black Mambazo represents the traditional culture of South Africa and is regarded as the country's cultural emissary at home and around the world. Their work with Paul Simon on the Graceland album attracted a world of fans that never knew that the sounds of Zulu harmony could be so captivating.
Aug 12 – An Evening With Melissa EtheridgeConsidered by many to be one of the greatest all-time female rock icons, Melissa Etheridge is also a mother and a cancer survivor. She is an outspoken cultural, political and human rights activist, a thought-provoker and a longtime truth-seeker.
Aug 15 & 16 – An Evening With Pink MartiniPink Martini is a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure. Or, as bandleader/pianist Thomas Lauderdale puts it, "If the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we'd be that band."
Aug 22 – Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Trombone Shorty & Orleans AvenueGrammy nominee Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews has dubbed his signature sound "Supafunkrock"—stirring together New Orleans jazz, funk and soul, laced with hard-rock power chords and hip-hop beats.
Robert Randolph & the Family BandPedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph leads this American funk and soul band to great acclaim—Rolling Stone named Robert to their list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
Aug 29 – Rosanne Cash / Madeleine Peyroux
Rosanne CashRosanne Cash has recorded 11 No. 1 singles, blurring the genres of country, rock, roots and pop. In 1985 she won the Grammy Award® for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me," and has received 10 other nominations.
Madeleine PeyrouxJazz singer-songwriter Madeleine Peyroux is in the midst of her journey. Renowned for her interpretive song skills, the vocalist delves deeper into her reinvention, writing the bulk of the songs on her latest album, Standing On the Rooftop, pushing past any preconceived notions about her music and daring herself to expand her sonic template.
Accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums, award-winning Woodland Park Zoo is famed for pioneering naturalistic exhibits and setting international standards for zoos in animal care, conservation and education programs. Woodland Park Zoo is helping to save animals and their habitats in the Pacific Northwest and around the world. By inspiring people to care and act, Woodland Park Zoo is making a difference in our planet's future. For more information, visit www.zoo.org.
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Dolfern (owned by Tine)
Sun Jan 02 2011 at 22:17:53
Dolfern (owned by Tine) is rated 5.163 out of 10!
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Posted by Tine on Mon Jan 03 2011 at 09:28:46
I haz my eyes on you! Are you a jew?
Posted by catzy on Mon Jan 03 2011 at 19:00:32
Awesome.He's even got the right look in his eyes.
Posted by Martin Gadd on Wed Jan 05 2011 at 17:58:36
I like the white one with the comb-over, but this is my favorite. So stern looking! Just perfect to lead a nation of blond blue-eyed sausage eating folk. Oh and lager swilling BMW driving.... (continue with your own stereotypes here).
Posted by Janie on Sun Jan 09 2011 at 01:22:05
Beautiful, with a touch of arrogance.
Posted by Tine on Fri Jan 14 2011 at 01:02:42
I own Dolferns brother too, and his name is Mouselini. Dictators FTW!
Posted by Anna on Sat Jan 22 2011 at 13:35:01
Looks like a hedgehog.
Posted by Somnambulist on Tue Feb 08 2011 at 09:32:39
I'd build the Autobahn if this cat was in charge.
Posted by Bajbaj on Sun Apr 10 2011 at 20:19:15
The most perfect, square mustache EVER!! Love this kitler!! Rate him 10 everyone!
Posted by spychick19 on Sun Apr 10 2011 at 23:56:12
ok, this kitler does look like hitler, unlike adolf (?), stas, tucker or punktchen.
Posted by (anonymous poster) on Sat May 14 2011 at 02:44:56
fuzzy wuzzy little guy. is so that he can make a grown man cry. lol
Posted by sami on Thu Aug 11 2011 at 17:08:52
Posted by guest on Fri Dec 30 2011 at 08:40:57
awsome lol
Posted by Theresa on Fri Dec 30 2011 at 16:30:06
Funly furry Kitler! Dofern rates #1!
Posted by Harmon on Tue Feb 07 2012 at 00:24:49
(im not a jew it part of joke)
Posted by jorja on Wed Mar 14 2012 at 17:04:09
Official portrait day @ 3rd Reich. Sporting the attitude no doubt! Better day Theresa?
Posted by uri on Sat Jun 09 2012 at 17:49:59
that cat is freak'n me out!!!!!
Posted by Theresa on Sun Jun 10 2012 at 13:27:19
I have your conspiracy wink Dolfern, right back atcha! Fabu 10++++++++++
Posted by Sturmbannfuhrer on Fri Jun 29 2012 at 05:14:24
That annoyed glint in his eye, the square mustache-it's HIM!
Posted by seb on Fri Jun 29 2012 at 09:57:40
this cat was in my garden the other day. i am jewish and this cat started attacking me and my other companions. i unfortunately lost a finger and a half.
Posted by I believe this is, in fact, the reincarnation of Hitler. on Wed Jul 11 2012 at 01:58:13
You can just tell by looking at his eyes that he wants to invade ze Poland and drop ze bombs on London.
Posted by kitler lover on Mon Jul 23 2012 at 18:49:03
Posted by kitler lover on Mon Jul 23 2012 at 18:49:59
nice kitler don't kill me i'm german?
Posted by mtvoyager on Mon Jul 23 2012 at 21:21:07
He's evil!!!
Posted by NINA on Wed Jul 25 2012 at 00:05:10
even his eyes pierce your soul
Posted by FNG on Wed Jul 25 2012 at 06:51:07
oh my god! he has that look! Like he's planning Meowschwitz...
Posted by Rawr on Wed Aug 15 2012 at 06:51:17
He's giving people the stink eye.
Posted by Joseph Skater on Fri Aug 17 2012 at 10:29:45
i have elimated
all the juice
Posted by qwerty on Sat Oct 06 2012 at 00:19:48
is hitler really THAT fuzzy?
Posted by Justin Bieber on Fri Oct 12 2012 at 13:33:46
Pretty Sure i seen this in my nightmares last night that ugly piece of shit i can not believe that this cat can even live with itself! #realism
Posted by Muge on Thu Nov 01 2012 at 15:23:25
That look is soooo cool...
Posted by kimba on Wed Nov 07 2012 at 12:17:53
meowshwitz lol some of the comments just make my day. his eyes . holy crow. you veel get me mein cat fud now or else to das gulag vith you. even with the hypnotic scary stare i want to hug him.
Posted by Snickers on Tue Nov 20 2012 at 03:15:47
fluffy buddy!
Posted by Fidel Cashflo on Wed Dec 05 2012 at 15:14:42
Posted by gvs on Sun Dec 23 2012 at 15:31:24
Posted by (anonymous poster) on Sun Dec 23 2012 at 15:36:20
XD! Heh heh! Beware! Hitler is back from the dead!
Posted by ioioio67 on Tue Dec 25 2012 at 20:00:12
Posted by Kitti on Wed Dec 26 2012 at 15:47:18
my new cartoon strip: DOLFERN
you lot: awwww, how cute and fluffy!
Dolfern: guards, more humans for the concentration camp.
this is no.1 Kitler - I rate him 10/10!
Posted by Kitti on Wed Dec 26 2012 at 15:48:00
ok - just fluffy, not cute
Posted by anika on Thu Jan 03 2013 at 06:06:03
this kitten is the real hitler
Posted by Lyra on Wed Jan 16 2013 at 20:48:00
Comedy cat, look at its funny little face! I am dying of cuteness!
Posted by Lyra on Wed Jan 16 2013 at 20:48:01
Comedy cat, look at its funny little face! I am dying of cuteness!
Posted by Sara on Thu Feb 07 2013 at 16:10:17
Bahahahaha. The best kitler I have seen on here yet. Love him!
Posted by Ryan K. on Thu Feb 14 2013 at 19:20:35
Deutschland's Einigkeit meine Starke- meine Starke Deutschland's Macht. This Kitler is ready to lead the people of the Fatherland to victory, at least for a kitty treat.
Posted by I~eat~vagina~maggots. on Sat Feb 16 2013 at 03:08:20
Do you even lift?
Posted by poopypants on Mon Feb 18 2013 at 22:06:04
dis katt ezz poopoo
Posted by Xephos on Mon Feb 18 2013 at 22:12:41
poopypants is gay mofo. He better not bring his ass in my town.
Posted by Not Virginia Fenstermaker on Mon Feb 18 2013 at 23:24:49
I would make sweet sweet love to that kitty
Posted by Skrillex on Mon Feb 18 2013 at 23:27:59
wubbidy wubbidy wub. wob wob wob wib BASS DROP WIB WOB WEEB WOB
Posted by DouchebagJoe on Thu Feb 28 2013 at 21:36:54
Posted by Ursala on Sat Mar 02 2013 at 00:18:57
Sieg Heil Dolphern! You say hard werk will make me free? I am here for you, master!
Posted by Angel on Sun Apr 14 2013 at 10:20:53
OMG!!! Hitler has reincarnated into a cat!!!
Posted by Me=amazing on Mon Apr 15 2013 at 12:23:04
isnt that hitler?
Posted by Daniel Betchley on Thu Apr 18 2013 at 15:39:22
i like the squishy eye
Posted by herman gerig on Thu May 30 2013 at 21:38:50
fire up the ovens!!
Posted by Mao on Sat Jun 08 2013 at 00:49:24
Heil zee Litter Box!
Posted by Nicole on Tue Jun 25 2013 at 13:39:32
Too Cute! And makes a great Kitler!
Posted by Johnny on Wed Aug 07 2013 at 19:13:33
" Look into my eyes. I vant to play."
Posted by Chuckie Hardcore on Sat Aug 24 2013 at 07:08:58
"I'm back, I'm back, I'm Kitler!"
Posted by Purrdolf Hess on Fri Nov 22 2013 at 05:34:49
Sieg Meow
Posted by (anonymous poster) on Thu Dec 19 2013 at 17:50:19
Posted by anonymous trol on Fri Dec 20 2013 at 10:47:46
seig kitler
Posted by Reinhardt Kriegfreak on Thu Jan 23 2014 at 05:48:09
More of a Franz von Papen look alike, jah?
Posted by Chucky on Mon Aug 11 2014 at 20:36:11
Joseph Stalin with a trim!
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I just got a pet rat yesterday, and so I'm fairly new to all of this. I've looked up on sneezing and wheezing and it's given me some info, but I don't know. I think I'd like one of your opinions, lol!
Naboo is still a baby, or I'm assuming he is because he's still super tiny and has a very furry little tail. I got him from a pet store yesterday that beds their rats in Aspen. I got him cork bedding, and set up his cage.
I didn't notice anything happening at the pet store. I made sure to check his eyes and nose and stuff, and he checked out. I held him for a good 10 minutes, listened to his breathing (no wheezing).
Then I had to bring him home, and it was COLD. But the ride takes 15 minutes tops, mom had the heat in the car up high, and I was doing the best I could for him.
I noticed sneezing and wheezing later that night. I thought he was just chattering, but I read that rats don't do that unless they're pissed (and he wasn't), and it sounded like 'monkey noises', which a book I bought said means it's wheezing.
I read online that it may just be him getting used to his new surroundings, and I'm really hoping it's that.
How long should I wait to actually start worrying?
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Moira - Harvey Norman Trading (Ireland) Ltd
''What can I say………..Conference was amazing. Our suppliers have told us they loved the Hotel, the food and the staff. The location was perfect. I personally loved the Hotel and told you on the previous Tuesday when I popped down for a catch up that I had every confidence you would pull out all the stops.
You didn't disappoint ladies……….. It went like clockwork.Loved International 1&2. It worked so well for us. There was someone from the Hotel on my shoulder all the time making sure I was looked after.Radek and Kieran are little gems. Everything with a smile even when we needed the setup for Tuesday changed at 10.30pm on Monday night. Poor Kieran.
The food was amazing every time, and Avril was brilliant. Always efficient and always in the background keeping everything under control. The staff in the restaurant and bar were so pleasant. Alan, Hazel, Liam and Colin are names I remember but there were more and I am sorry I cannot remember everyone's name. Darragh on reception, what a gent. It was such a pleasure dealing with you both. Thank you also for the links which led to the Casino night, Magician, Butlers Coaches and the Gaol Break. All of which were fab.
To think I hesitated when Alysia asked me to visit an Airport Hotel.Thank you again ladies for a job very well done. I told you 10/10 and I meant it. I am hoping to be back to Cork in the not too distant future for a short break, and this will be my hotel of choice. Love love love it.''
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BOSTON -- It's a far-too-familiar script (for opponents at least): Ray Allen has a quiet game only to break out at a key moment with a game-changing 3-pointer. Allen might have been battling the lingering effects of the norovirus Sunday, but it was Knicks fans who were left sick to their stomachs after Allen's overtime exploits.
Limited to 2-of-6 shooting for six points through regulation, Allen, who sat out Friday's game due to the stomach bug, made consecutive baskets in overtime -- a monster 3-pointer from the right wing and a layup on the fast break -- to give the Celtics a five-point cushion they utilized to emerge with a 115-111 triumph at TD Garden.
"We call Ray, 'Jesus' -- for obvious reasons," Kevin Garnett said. "And if you don't know, it's because he was in a movie ["He Got Game"] and that was his name. And [a character in the movie] used to have a saying that, '[Jesus] might not be there when you start, but he's there when you need him.' That pretty much sums up Ray. He has a lot of confidence in his shot, a lot of confidence in his ability. We do too. Although he didn't have the game he wanted, where he's most impressive is being able to hit big shots."
Allen said before Sunday's game that he spent much of Thursday at New England Baptist Hospital as he was unable to keep down any food. He missed Friday's game and spent Saturday's practice watching from afar so as not to infect any teammates.
But when the Celtics needed him on Sunday, there he was hitting big shots, even when the Knicks made a concerted effort to limit him. Allen finished with 12 points on 4-of-9 shooting over 45 minutes.
"Ray struggled tonight, partly because he was sick, partly because [the Knicks] did a heck of a job on him," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "They decided to take Ray out of the game. We started the second half and we used Ray as a picker -- he's picking everyone and getting guys open because no one was getting off his body. And that was effective for us. It was just one of those nights."
But then came the opportunities while running with Rondo in transition in overtime. The 3-pointer broke the game's final tie (at 105) and along with the layup that followed shortly thereafter produced the final two of Rondo's 20 assists.
"We told him, 'Listen, you're not getting open unless it's transition,'" Rivers said. "We actually came out on the first play of overtime and we got him a wide-open shot, but the pass was off the mark, it was low. But the greatest part about Ray Allen, over any player that I've coached and it's rare, he can miss all of his shots, but if you draw up a play for him at the end of the game -- and he gets open -- he's probably going to make it. There's not a lot of guys like that."
Allen kept a sense of humor about his illness.
"You know, it's interesting, any time you get sick, the one thing [the doctors] always tell you is, 'There's something going around,'" Allen said. "I was curious, I wonder if I broke my leg or something, if they'd say, 'Oh, there's something going around.' They told me I had norovirus, that's the first time I've heard of it. My kids had a bout of it before I came home, so I don't know if I got it for them. It came out of nowhere. It kind of whacked me."
A handful of other notes from Sunday's game:
* Garnett summed up Paul Pierce's game-tying 3-pointer at the end of regulation as, "Classic Truth, man. Classic Truth. It was beautiful." Pierce finished with a game-high 34 points on 13-of-23 shooting with seven rebounds and three assists over 46 minutes. Of course, Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni, who once famously wondered out loud, "I'd like to see [Rondo] play in Minnesota and see how he does," opined on Pierce's shot, "I don't know if that's execution, that's having a horseshoe up your rear."
* Here's D'Antoni explaining his decision not to foul on the Celtics' final possession with one to give: "We don't do it, we don't do that. There was like five seconds left, so when do you do it. They'd just take it out on the side and they'd get back into it. We play it out. Now, if it got down below three seconds, we tell a guy work the guy within the 2-point line, yes, but when they are outside like that and they can go up at any minute, no."
* Carmelo Anthony on missing a chance at the winner at the end of regulation: "It had a chance to go in. I had a chance to make it, I missed it. It happens." Anthony finished with a team-high 25 points on 8-of-21 shooting with seven rebounds over 35:24. When he got a look at Rondo's triple-double stat line (18 points, 17 rebounds, 20 assists), he said, "I didn't know Rondo played that well, either. He played extremely well tonight and put that team on his back."
* Pierce on a reinvigorated Celtics-Knicks rivalry: "You know what it is, you've got an Atlantic [Division] rivalry. It's not only been this season, it's been since they traded for Amare [Stoudemire] and Carmelo and they became relevant again. It's just something about that New York-Boston rivalry. You know the games, you see the energy -- watching the crowd, the energy in the stands, [or] when you go to Madison [Square Garden], when you come here -- that's just the way it is. Those games seem to always come down to the last second."
* Allen earned a double technical with the Knicks' JR Smith for some innocuous pushing and jawing early in the fourth quarter. ... New York's Iman Shumpert drew a technical soon after for getting a little loud in the direction of Garnett after a highlight-worthy dunk.
* Brandon Bass missed a stretch during the second half while getting his left ankle taped. He returned in the fourth quarter and looked no worse for the wear after the game.


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I've been doing the authorize and capture separately for months, ever since my business started, and nearly all transactions have received the best rate. But there were a couple that got the "non qualified" rate (about 1% higher) so I called to ask about those particular transactions. They told me that they've referred the account for review because *all* my transactions should have gotten the non-qualified rate.
Since I ship physical goods, I *can't* capture the funds prior to actually shipping the order. And I can't very well wait until I have all the goods in stock and ready to ship before I even try to authorize the card -- my business involves a lot of "special order" items that I don't always keep in stock; there's no way I can special order something on faith that the customer's card is going to go through later.
Anyone else run into this before? Advice? Is the customer service person I talked to full of baloney?
There is a gray area between what they say should happen and what really happens in real life.
What? Of course you can charge the card in advance, what makes you think you can't? If you could not, then PayPal and WorldPay would both be in breach. Also, even if you do use pre-auth, you still only get a certain number of days to charge the card before the authorisation is cancelled. WorldPay state 5 days, what if it takes you 7 days to get the goods?
Whoever has told you that you can't take the funds prior to shipment is not telling you the truth.
But there are other aspects to consider:
1) Most customers expect you will charge the card on shipment. If you put it in your terms that the customer is authorising the card and it will be charged immediately (or within a set number of days), then you are covered if they complain.
2) Pre-auth allows you to ignore fraudulent orders, you do not have to refund them. If you do not process the order then you will not be expected to pay any transaction fees, nor do you need to refund the transaction.
3) If you do not use pre-auth, all fraudulent transactions or orders you cannot process (discontinued items, for example) need to be refunded. This is a straight loss as you will be charged the transaction fee(s).
Whoever has told you that you can't take the funds prior to shipment is not telling you the truth.
First of all Visa/MC rules do technically state that a transaction cannot be submitted for payment (settled) until the order is shipped. however, most processors allow 2 business days because that's how long it actually takes for the merchant to get their funds.
PayPal, etc. are under different rules because they do not sell merchandise, they provide a payment mechanism to others. I would expect that when using 3rd party payment systems you are not dealing directly with the merchant bank and may not have issues with these things. And this is something which each person tends to give a different answer on based on their understanding of the regs.
However, they told martyt wrong. Pre Auth vs Auth Capture has NOTHING to do with the qualified rate. Having a non qualified transaction is mostly due to:
settling transaction with an authorization that is more than 7 days old (most hold for up to 30 days)
customer using a corporate, purchase or international card
not having an authorization prior to capturing funds
and other things, but it is not true that authorization only automatically means non or partially qualified rate.
all an auth capture does is authorize and mark for capture simultaneously.
what if it takes you 7 days to get the goods?
I never heard of a merchant charging you more for a "delayed capture". I would switch to Authorize.net. JMO.
I never heard of a merchant charging you more for a "delayed capture". I would switch to Authorize.net. JMO
See Authorize.net is only the gateway, they are not the merchant account provider.
Well can you explain, how do WorldPay get away with it...charging the customers card immediately.
I don't use worldpay, I don't know how it works But if your company name appears on the customer's statement, then you are the merchant and you are liable. But if worldpay's name appears on the statement, then they could be operating like a 3rdparty payment system like PayPal.
But just don't take it that because someone does it that it must not be in the regs. If you have access to the Visa/MC regulations, or your merchant account provider does, they can verify this information.
However, they told martyt wrong. Pre Auth vs Auth Capture has NOTHING to do with the qualified rate. Having a non qualified transaction is mostly due to:
settling transaction with an authorization that is more than 7 days old (most hold for up to 30 days)
customer using a corporate, purchase or international card
not having an authorization prior to capturing funds
and other things, but it is not true that authorization only automatically means non or partially qualified rate.
After I got them to research the 3 specific transactions that didn't get the best rate, it turns out that the first two items above (stale authorizations and corporate cards) were the reason.
Of course, it's all news to me, as I'm sure they never explained that corporate cards wouldn't get the best rate when they were selling me the merchant account package...
As for the stale auths, I'll just void and re-auth if it's been more than 7 days since the original auth.
Thanks for all the insight - and I'm with the others who are puzzled as to how third-party payment processors get away with "it"...
It isn't world pay who is liable if you don't auth first then capture upon shipment. They don't control your business. It is the business owner who is responsible. World Pay or any other gateway doesn't know if you ship the goods immediately. If the business owner fails to follow the law, they are the one's who will be in trouble. Not the payment gateway.
But how can the business owner follow the law? You can't charge the card until shipment, let's say this is seven days later when WorldPay pre-auth has timed out. You get no access to complete the original transaction and you get no information about the credit card details, so you can't reprocess it yourself. What then?
That's just a downside of using a third party processor. I don't think there is any way around it. Same dilemma when using PayPal web accept, you cannot credit the card, if you cannot ship for a while or a customer has to wait for a backorder, then they have already been charged. There actually is a chargeback code for something like this where a customer can file a chargeback because you have not shipped merchandise, yet they have been charged. It really gets to people when they use debit cards because they are immediately out of the funds.
Martyt, no one ever wants to tell merchants about partially qualified and non qualified rates. But don't fret, because they are across the board. Some processors waive them for some time, but we all pay them eventually. What you DO need to look into, though, is partially qualified rates because those can eat you up more than non-qualified.
Sorry if this is off topic, but could you point me in the direction of the rules or regulations that state this?
(That in California you can't charge a credit card until the product has been shipped)
Thanks in advance.
But it has to be very complicated if you cannot process until shipment. If a customer orders from you and you authorise (but not complete) the transaction for let's say �2000 and the customer has a �2500 credit limit, do you take the money now, or later - when there are not enough funds left on the card? Or, should the merchant allocate the credit limit to you, but you phone the customer back and tell him/her the product is unavailable, but now they can't get it from somewhere else because the transaction amount is allocated to you for maybe 30 days until it times out! (Either that or you complete the transaction and refund it - thus defeating deferred billing in the first place as you will be charged a transaction fee!)
It does make sense in one way, but also it is almost impossible to implement the rule.
...and if a customer completes a transaction online through a third-party: With Visa and Mastercard rules, is it the customer that has authorised the transaction and payment, or is it the business?
But it has to be very complicated if you cannot process until shipment. If a customer orders from you and you authorise (but not complete) the transaction for let's say �2000 and the customer has a �2500 credit limit, do you take the money now, or later - when there are not enough funds left on the card? Or, should the merchant allocate the credit limit to you, but you phone the customer back and tell him/her the product is unavailable, but now they can't get it from somewhere else because the transaction amount is allocated to you for maybe 30 days until it times out! (Either that or you complete the transaction and refund it - thus defeating deferred billing in the first place as you will be charged a transaction fee!)
It's not nearly so complicated as you think. When you do the authorization, you're essentially 'reserving' the funds from the customer's credit card account. Those funds are not available for the customer to use, and if you settle the transaction within the "allowable" timeframe (7 days as we've found out), you're guaranteed to get the funds. If you end up cancelling the order, you're supposed to go void the authorization, else you leave the customer's funds tied up and unavailable to them.
It's not entirely clear to me what happens when you settle an "old" authorization -- I do know that the discount rate goes up (that's what started this whole thread) - and I've never been "denied" settlement on a stale authorization, but I'm also not certain that the successful settlement of a stale auth is guaranteed.
You do pose an interesting question regarding the third-party payment processors - is it the customer who initiates (and consents to) the charge when they pay with PayPal or WorldPay or whatever? And if so, does that alleviate the responsibility on the seller to ship goods in a timely manner?
OK, well if we don't have automatic access to the rules through a third-party, how can they enforce them? I mean, legally they cannot enforce non-government laws on a customer without their consent. So, for a third-party processor, it must be them who are in the wrong.
I'm not saying that you don't have access to the rules. What I am saying is that I doubt a company like PayPal or such would be able to tell you about them.
Anyhow, I don't know how world pay works. I don't know if they work like paypal whereas they have their own method of epayment, or if they act like a merchant account. I don't use it. But what I DO know is that the regulations are never made publicly available on a website and are usually in the documentation you get when establishing a merchant account.
If they are like PayPal where the customer pays PayPal and PayPal pays you, then you might not be subject to the regs as a customer is making a "quasi cash" transaction with PayPal. But PayPal can create their own rules about the shipment of goods.
But if they operate like a merchant account, just saying "If I don't know the rules, I am not liable" doesn't cut it. You can go along denying that these regulations exist and not liking them, or passing the responsibility on to another party, but they do exist for visa/mastercard merchants, along with a host of other regulations (such as cardholder security) of which you may not be aware of (for whatever reason) but may be subject to.
For instance Visa recently implemented a cardholder information security guidelines with which merchants must comply. You don't get to keep accepting visa and say "you can't enforce these rules because I did not consent." Continuing to accept payment constitutes acceptance of the accompanying regulations.
Those funds are not available for the customer to use, and if you settle the transaction within the "allowable" timeframe (7 days as we've found out), you're guaranteed to get the funds. If you end up cancelling the order, you're supposed to go void the authorization, else you leave the customer's funds tied up and unavailable to them.
and got very worried about the cart a customer is using.
I just had a chat with a support person at, let's say, "A" company, my client's card processing gateway:
Lynxer: Our shopping cart doesn't reuse the authorization number when it captures an order and in fact, re auth / captures the order. I am seeing all these Auth / Pending, but I'm thinking I should probably void the settled orders so as to not cause a problem for our customers by keeping a chunk of their money tied up. (Since the orders have been otherwise settled)
Their Support Guy: Have you contacted your cart support on this yet?
Lynxer: Should I manually void the Auth/Pending if the order has been Authorization w/ Auto Capture so I don't keep their funds tied up until we re-program the cart?
Their Support Guy: voids do not remove authorizations, they simply prevent transactions from being deposited into your account
Lynxer: So I don't need to or shouldn't void the Auth/Pending for orders that have gone through the Authorization w/ Auto Capture process?
Their Support Guy: If you are trying to release the funds back into the customers account you need to contact the card issuer
Their Support Guy: Otherwise the authorizations expire in 15-30 days
Lynxer: So what should I do with all the Authorized/Pending Capture entries in my "unsettled transactions"?
Do I just leave them untill they disappear?
Their Support Guy: Well they will sit there for 30 days. You can void them so they don't clutter up things, but again the authorizations will remain on the customer's card.
I'm more confused than ever..
So, if you have a cart that authorizes then authorizes and captures when you settle, with debit card customers, they can be out of the money twice until the hold from the initial authorization is released, whenever that may be.
Lynxer: So I don't need to or shouldn't void the Auth/Pending for orders that have gone through the Authorization w/ Auto Capture process?
But here is where you have me confused. If you do auth with auto capture (which I am assuming is authorize.net because this is how they phrase it) those transactions stay in capture pending settlement until your orders batch settle (whenever that time is that you have set).
Now if you are saying that when the customer checks out they get auth only and then when you ship it does an auth.auto capture, your software should not be doing that twice. It should just capture funds when you specify, not auth again.
Anyhow, it is always good to void any duplicate transactions instead of letting them expire. Because if they are still sitting in "unsettled" transactions, someone can accidentally settle again, AND it makes auditing your transactions a little harder when there are so many expired transactions, it's hard to know if you really missed settling a legit transaction or if it was a duplicate.
I have agreements with WorldPay and NetBanx and neither allow you to void a transaction. This is where it get complicated.
>> Most of the time, by signing (or agreeing to) the terms of service and continuing to accept the card(s) you are subject to regulations, even when they change.
But signing up with Netbanx and WorldPay, you are not agreeing with Visa and Mastercard regulations but to NetBanx and WorldPay which do not state about charging later. If fact, NetBanx charge the card immediately - there is an option to hold the transaction open for 3 days, but this costs an extra monthly fee.
>> And they can enforce rules on you. A merchant is not like a consumer, and businesses do not have the consumer protection laws to their advantage.
That is not entirely true. You still have to agree (with a signiture normally) which they have not got. WorldPay and NetBanx have the signitures and there terms do not state what you say Visa and Mastercard state. Then, they have to keep you up to date with changes in the same way credit card companies have to write to you with new terms, the same way UK banks have to inform you of changes to interest rates. And then I do not have a merchant number, it is through WP and NetBanx - so are they liable as the transactions are through their merchant numbers?
I still don't think it iss enforcable, though: You order something up, the customer is informed it will take four weeks to deliver, the customer cannot be charged until dispatch. One week in advance you enter the card details for a pre-authorisation and ... oh ... the card expiry date has expired ... now what? This is where it gets complicated.
Do you see? There has to at least be some exceptions to the ruls. The rules just don't work in all cases.
Secondly, if you have special order merchandise or custom merchandise or a condition where the customer *agrees up front* that it may take longer to ship, then it is okay to charge at the time of sale. If, however, a customer places an order, then you find out you are backordered, yes you could very well get in trouble for not shipping timely. In addition, there are mail order laws as well that US merchants have imposed by both the federal government (FTC) and state governments that dictate shipment of goods.
Now, if you want to start stating that because you do not have a direct merchant account you are not subject to Visa/MC regs, well you are. And let me give you one example where you most certainly are subject to their regulations-- chargebacks. So, let's use paypal for example where they have their "rules" about what constitutes delivery of goods. You ship with delivery confirmation or tracking, but you have no signature. PayPal says delivery confirmation is sufficient proof of signature. Visa/MC/Customer's Issuing bank says, no gotta have a signature. Whose rules trump? Visa/MC, not PayPal.
So don't take your third party processor's rules as gospel. It's far more complicated than that.
It does seem like a bit strange.
Maybe third-party companies get a different set of rules to full-merchant accounts? Maybe I am allowed to charge immediately, but you are not? I don't know, because obviously I have never seen their rules on either side, but it could differ I suppose. Particularly as merchant accounts get a quick payment, but third-party payment processors usually take a lot longer (WorldPay are 4 to 6 weeks for payment).
All I am asking is a simple question: How can a Visa authorised company (one who Visa will recommend that you use) not abide by their rules?
Because IF they operate like a 3rd party payment system, the transaction with the customer is with them and not you. Kind of like how I can go to western union and wire you money and pay for the wire with my credit card.I have used a credit card with western union, but a wire with the merchant.
That's all I am saying. I don't know how world pay specifically operates.
third-party payment processors usually take a lot longer (WorldPay are 4 to 6 weeks for payment).
I know it's waaay off topic, but how in the world can you run a business with a 4 to 6 week lag in getting payment for your service or product?
It annoys me that it takes 3 or 4 days to get my money through my merchant account. And it really put me in a pinch on the few occasions when the settlement has been delayed for a couple of days (and it *never* seems to be authorize.net's fault...)
Maybe my business is more closely tied to cash flow than most, I dunno. But I'd sooner give my stuff away than wait a month to get my money...
The way I work is I have business accounts with suppliers and I generally pay them between 4 and 8 weeks after the service or goods are delivered. I get paid 4 to 6 weeks, but sometimes I need to pay suppliers before the 4 to 8 weeks (if I go over an agreed credit limit, for example, I need to pay it off before they'll send me more goods).
So it works both ways, delay from customers and delay to suppliers. You will need to seriously reconsider your business plan if you ever wish to get into B2B as getting paid in 4 weeks is deemed 'like lightning', 8 weeks is about 'normal', 12 weeks is a 'little slow' and 16 weeks is getting 'overdue' ;)


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VOICE: Vaginal and Oral Interventions to Control the Epidemic
VOICE – Vaginal and Oral Interventions to Control the Epidemic – is a major HIV prevention trial designed to evaluate whether antiretroviral (ARV) medicines commonly used to treat people with HIV are safe and effective for preventing sexual transmission of HIV in women. The study focused on two ARV-based approaches: daily use of an ARV tablet – an approach called oral pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP; and daily use of a vaginal microbicide containing an ARV in gel form. Specifically, VOICE sought to determine the safety and effectiveness of three different products: an oral tablet containing tenofovir (known by the brand name Viread®); an oral tablet that contains both tenofovir and emtricitabine (known as Truvada®); and tenofovir gel, a vaginal microbicide with the same active ingredient as the oral tenofovir tablet.
The study, which began in September 2009, enrolled a total of 5,029 sexually active women at 15 sites in Uganda, South Africa and Zimbabwe, encompassing a region where HIV incidence is among the highest in the world. Follow-up of all participants was completed in August 2012 and the study's results are expected to be reported in March 2013.
VOICE was conducted by a team of researchers working in the Microbicide Trials Network (MTN), an HIV/AIDS clinical trials network established and funded in 2006 by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) with co-funding from the National Institute of Mental Health and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, all components of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Leading the study were Zvavahera Mike Chirenje, M.D., from the University of Zimbabwe in Harare; and Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D., M.P.H., from the University of Washington in Seattle.
VOICE has already answered two key questions it was designed to ask, finding that while both oral tenofovir tablets and tenofovir gel were safe, neither was effective in preventing HIV among the women in the study, who were asked to use their assigned product daily. The study's final results will help in understanding why these products were not effective in VOICE as well as determine whether daily use of Truvada can prevent HIV in these women.
Why the VOICE Study is Important
The participants in VOICE were predominately women in their 20's, many were single, and those who were married or in a committed relationship, did not necessarily know the HIV status of their partners. These are the very women who are the face of the epidemic in Africa, where unprotected heterosexual intercourse is primarily to blame for the region's heavy HIV burden. Women account for 60 percent of adults with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Women are twice as likely as their male partners to acquire HIV during sex, and young women are especially vulnerable. Efforts to promote abstinence, monogamy and the use of male condoms have not been enough to stop the HIV epidemic nor are these practical methods in most settings. There is an urgent need for effective prevention strategies that women can control themselves. As a large study that included women from diverse cultural settings in Africa, VOICE is important for helping to understand what will be safe, effective and practical for preventing HIV in these women.
Although VOICE already found both oral tenofovir tablets and tenofovir gel were safe but not effective in preventing HIV among the women in the study, the study's final results will be critical for helping to understand why these products were not effective in VOICE. The field is particularly in want of understanding why tenofovir gel did not protect women in VOICE against HIV when in the CAPRISA 004 study tenofovir gel used before and after sex reduced HIV risk by 39 percent. While it was hoped that VOICE would provide the strength of evidence needed to support possible licensure of tenofovir gel, the study's final results could have important implications for ongoing trials, particularly FACTS 001, a Phase III trial testing the same regimen as CAPRISA 004 (before and after sex), and the product's further development as a vaginal or rectal microbicide.
Results of VOICE also will be important for determining whether daily use of Truvada can prevent HIV in women. While Truvada, which had already been approved for the treatment of HIV, is also now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in preventing HIV, information from VOICE will still carry substantial weight. The FDA's decision to approve Truvada for HIV prevention was based on strong evidence from two studies in specific populations – one in heterosexual men and women in committed relationships with an HIV-infected partner, and the other in men who have sex with men. Results of VOICE will enhance the base of understanding about Truvada for preventing HIV, and, importantly, contribute critical information about its use in different populations and settings. The FDA's approval of Truvada for HIV prevention applies only to the United States. On the global stage, WHO has issued guidance on PrEP only for serodiscordant couples and men who have sex with men, recommending its use initially in the context of demonstration projects. VOICE results could suggest the need for revisions of the current guidance. Because VOICE will help to understand Truvada's safety and effectiveness in protecting against HIV in a diverse yet vastly representative population of at-risk African women, its results will be essential as WHO develops formal PrEP implementation guidelines, which are anticipated to be released in 2015.
The VOICE Study at a Glance
VOICE was designed as a large Phase IIb (proof of concept) trial to evaluate two ARV-based approaches for preventing the sexual transmission of HIV in women – daily use of an ARV tablet (tenofovir or Truvada) or a vaginal gel (tenofovir gel). Learning about the safety and effectiveness of each approach required the kind of trial in which participants were randomly assigned by chance to different study groups, including groups that used a placebo, which has no active drug. Moreover, neither participants nor researchers knew who was in which group while the study was ongoing because it was "blinded." As with other HIV prevention trials, all participants in VOICE received ongoing HIV risk reduction counseling, condoms and diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections – standard methods for preventing HIV – throughout their participation.
VOICE originally had five study groups – two gel groups (tenofovir gel and an inactive placebo gel) and three tablet groups (tenofovir, Truvada and an inactive placebo tablet) – with about 1,000 women in each group who were instructed to use their assigned study product every day. VOICE stopped testing oral tenofovir and tenofovir gel, however, after routine reviews of study data by the trial's independent data safety and monitoring board (DSMB) determined that while each was safe, neither was effective in preventing HIV compared to its matched placebo.
Participant Safety
VOICE included numerous measures to monitor and protect the safety and wellbeing of participants, beginning with the clinical research teams at the trial sites who performed thorough checks on the health, safety and welfare of participants at each study visit. In addition, the study teams worked actively to decrease participants' risk of HIV infection by providing free condoms, regular counseling about preventing HIV and other STIs, and STI testing and treatment. Safety was also monitored by a team at the MTN statistical and data management center that assessed incoming reports on a daily basis; and a VOICE protocol safety review team that provided regular monthly oversight. An independent group of clinical research experts, bioethicists and statisticians called a data safety monitory board, or DSMB, also conducted regular reviews of blinded data while VOICE was in progress. The DSMB conducted four
routine reviews of safety data and three reviews for efficacy – an assessment of the number of HIV infections that occurred in each of the different study groups since the study began. At no time did the DSMB have any major concerns about the safety of the products.
The Products Studied
The Vaginal Gel: The active ingredient in tenofovir gel belongs to a class of ARVs called nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). In its oral form, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), known by the brand name Viread®, is approved as a treatment for HIV infection in combination with other medications. Laboratory and nonclinical studies have demonstrated that tenofovir gel acts on certain cells of the vagina and cervix that are the primary targets for HIV infection. Clinical safety studies performed to date have found it is well-tolerated and safe. In July 2010, a study called CAPRISA 004 found tenofovir gel was safe and reduced the risk of HIV by 39 percent among women who used it before and after vaginal sex compared to women who used a placebo gel. CAPRISA 004 involved 889 women at two sites in South Africa. A Phase III trial, called FACTS-001, is evaluating the same regimen used in CAPRISA 004 and plans to enroll at least 2,700 women at nine sites in South Africa, with results expected in 2015.
The ARVs: Tenofovir and Truvada, the brand name for a combination drug consisting of tenofovir and emtricitabine (FTC), are NRTIs that are approved for and widely used for the treatment of HIV. In July 2012, the U.S. FDA approved the use of Truvada also for prevention of HIV based primarily on the results of two studies. The iPrEx Study of 2,500 men who have sex with men, there were 42 percent fewer HIV infections among participants assigned to daily use of Truvada compared to the placebo group. The Partners PrEP Study evaluated the safety and effectiveness of both tenofovir and Truvada among 4,758 heterosexual couples in whom one of the partners is HIV-positive. There were 67 percent fewer HIV infections among participants assigned to take tenofovir daily compared to participants who took a placebo tablet, and 75 percent fewer infections among those who took Truvada. In a smaller trial of 1,200 heterosexual men and women in Botswana, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found 62.6 percent fewer HIV infections occurred in the group assigned to take Truvada than in the placebo group. Yet, the FEM-PrEP Study was unable to demonstrate that daily use of Truvada was effective among 2,119 higher-risk women between the ages of 18 to 35 in Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania. To date, of the more than 8,000 participants involved in previous trials, drug resistance has been detected in only a handful of cases and concerns about safety have been few and minimal. In a minority of participants, side effects such as mild nausea and diarrhea were experienced in the first few weeks of starting study product.
Viread and Truvada are registered trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc., of Foster City, Calif., U.S. Gilead assigned a royalty-free license for tenofovir gel to CONRAD, of Arlington, Virginia, and the International Partnership for Microbicides of Silver Spring, Maryland, in 2006. For VOICE, Gilead is providing the oral products free of charge, and CONRAD is providing both the gel and gel applicators at no cost.
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About the MTN
The Microbicide Trials Network (MTN) is an HIV/AIDS clinical trials network established in 2006 by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). The MTN brings together international investigators and community and industry partners who are devoted to reducing the sexual transmission of HIV through the development and evaluation of products applied topically or administered orally, working within a unique infrastructure specifically designed to facilitate the research required to support licensure of these products for widespread use.
Based at the University of Pittsburgh and Magee-Womens Research Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, MTN's core operations are supported by a network laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, a statistical and data management center housed within the Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research & Prevention (SCHARP) at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and FHl 360, a global organization with expertise conducting clinical protocols. MTN conducts its trials at clinical research sites located in seven countries and spanning three continents. MTN receives its funding from three NIH institutes: NIAID, the National Institute of Mental Health and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Among the groups developing and evaluating microbicides for HIV prevention globally, the MTN is the only one funded by NIH. More information about the VOICE Study and other MTN studies can be found at http://www.mtnstopshiv.org/news/studies/mtn003
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See Also
Microbicide Trials Network Statement on Decision to Discontinue Use of Tenofovir Gel in VOICE, a Major HIV Prevention Study in Women
Nov 25, 2011
Questions and Answers on Decision to Modify VOICE, Outcome of November 17 DSMB Review
Nov 25, 2011
Microbicide Trials Network Statement on Decision to Discontinue Use of Oral Tenofovir Tablets in VOICE, a Major HIV Prevention Study in Women
Sep 28, 2011
Questions and Answers on Decision to Modify VOICE
Sep 28, 2011
HIV Prevention Trial Milestone: VOICE Study Completes Enrollment of 5,000 Women
Jun 6, 2011
Microbicide Trials Network Statement on the status of VOICE Study following announcement to close the FEM-PrEP trial
Apr 18, 2011
Trial shows ARVs can prevent HIV in men who have sex with men, making VOICE study in women more important than ever
Nov 23, 2010
Results of CAPRISA 004 a turning point for HIV prevention, say MTN researchers conducting VOICE
Jul 19, 2010
VOICE Study, a major HIV prevention trial for women, is launched in Zimbabwe
Sep 16, 2009
HIV prevention trial of ARV-based strategies to begin next month
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Who else loves used book stores? I love, love, love them. Though I don't really buy fiction reading books there, I go more the reference books…cookbooks and photography and sometimes gardening. My favorite used book store has a huge cookbook section, and while browsing through it, I saw several Bobby Flay books and it hit me that I have NO Bobby Flay cookbooks!! How can that be? To right this horrible wrong, I bought 3.
After returning home and settling into a comfy chair, the first one I looked at was Bobby Flay's From My Kitchen to Your Table and yes I know it was published many moons ago in 1998, but luckily food doesn't go out of style. I proceeded to read recipe titles to Mr. Sidewalk Shoes like I was reading excerpts from a good novel….Oven-Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Black Olive Tapenade and Charred Yellow Pepper Sauce, Spicy Maple-Glazed Pork Chops with Red Onion Marmalade and Blue Corn-Sweet Potato Tacos, Honey-Rum Baked Black Beans, Grilled Salmon with Sherry Vinegar-Honey Glaze and Spicy Tomato Relish…I could go on and on and on. Seriously every single thing sounds fabulous.
As a huge lover of condiments, I love that almost every single recipe comes with it's own condiment… Black Olive Vinaigrette, Oven-dried Tomato Oil, Rum-Red Chile Sauce, Preserved Oranges and Spicy Orange Vinaigrette…and again, I could go on and on.
The Grilled Pepper and Black Olive Relish was fantastic. What I love about all these "condiment" extras on the recipes is that they are so versatile. This relish would be equally divine on some fish or even a simple grilled pork chop. It was so good that I took the leftovers for lunch and ate it like a cold salad. The peppers seemed extra sweet when paired with the tart salty olives.
Before I get ready to type in a recipe, I always check to see if someone has it somewhere on the web. I found this: Garlic and Oregano-Marinated Grilled Chicken with Roasted Pepper and Black Olive Relish on the Food Network website. The only difference being that in the book the peppers are grilled and on the website they are roasted. Which says to me that this would be equally good with everything roasted in the winter. The other thing I noticed that he has it served with Saffron-Tomato Rice. I wish I had checked the website first, because I think that would have been the perfect accompaniment!
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During this period leading up to the Feastday of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, I will be making the novena I posted about last year here and here, in which different aspects of Our Lady's beautiful Icon are meditated upon each day. To all those who are making a novena at this time, may you be filled with trust and confidence in Mary's love and solicitude for all her children.
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This is my first diary entry. My mom asked me to tell my adoption story. My mom and dad adopted me from the Franklin County (Ohio) Animal Shelter in October 2003. The animal shelter was an OK place but I was sooo happy when I got to go home with my forever family!
My mom and dad love me more than anything! How do I know that? Well first off they grabbed me up and took me home with them as soon as they saw me. Next they took me to doggy training classes. Those classes were lots of fun. I was the smallest doggy in the class by far but I loved being with all of the big dogs; they were so much fun to play with! After the classes were over my mom and dad spent lots of time teaching me all kinds of neat tricks using what we learned in the classes. I get tasty rewards for doing tricks and the tricks make people smile. :-)
Another reason I know they love me more than anything is that a couple of years after I went to live with mom and dad I started having seizures. I didn't understand what was going on at all. My mom and dad took me right away to see a specialist. He said I needed an MRI. I may be a doggy but I still know that an MRI is VERY expensive. I'm so lucky that my mom and dad loved me enough to make it possible for me to have the MRI.
The test didn't hurt but my legs sure looked funny after I woke up. You see they had to shave the fur on my front legs so that the doctors could give me something to sleep so I wouldn't move during the MRI. The picture of me shows how handsome I look after my mom fixed up my shaved leg. She made it looks like I've got socks on!
After the test results came back I had to start taking some nasty medicine twice a day. Mom and dad help make the medicine better by giving me a special treat after I take my medicine.
I really am a lucky pup! Mom and dad let me snuggle with them under the covers and I have a bed on my mom's desk where I sleep while she works from home during the day. They take me with them on trips in the car - I love to ride in the car! I've been to Texas once and to Florida lots of times - I really love Florida, the weather is so nice there at Christmas time!
My mom and dad also take me on long walks (even in the rain and cold) and play frisbee with me outside and in the house. My mom keeps me looking handsome by grooming me herself. My dad has to help, though, because I really don't like getting my fur cut. That's another reason that I know they love me - they take special care to make me look nice and are very patient with me when I try to bite the clippers!
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Rider University 62, Stony Brook University 50
STONY BROOK, N.Y.--Led by 18 points from senior Sironda Chambers (Wilmington, Del./Hodgson Vo-Tech.) and 16 points from junior MyNeshia McKenzie (Springfield, Pa./Springfield (Delco)), the Rider University women's basketball team opened the 2012-13 season with a non-conference win at Stony Brook University Friday evening.
"To play our first game on the road, trail early and come back, this was a good start for us," said head coach Lynn Milligan, in her sixth season at Rider. "We had to make some adjustments at the half and we were able to do that. We had some players step up and make some clutch shots."
Chambers added six rebounds, six assists and a steal in 33 minutes of play with McKenzie, a preseason All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Second Team selection, just missing a 'double-double', finishing with nine rebounds.
"That's my game," Chambers said. "I try to do a little bit of everything and take what the defense gives me."
"The defensive effort keyed the offense," Milligan said. "That is a huge key for us. The defensive effort has to set up the offense."
"We did well tonight," said Chambers. "We were a little flat in the opening half and then picked up our defensive intensity. We communicated better on defense in the second half and once we caused a turnover and got the steal, we pushed the ball up the floor in transition."
Rider (1-0) saw the Seawolves cut the Bronc lead to three (29-26) with 17:49 left in the game. The Broncs responded by scoring 14 of the next 19 points, six points by Chambers and a three-pointer each by McKenzie and sophomore Kornelija Valiuskyte (Siauliai, Lithuania) as Rider opened up a 12-point lead, 43-31 with 9:28 left in the second half. Valiuskyte finished with six points and two assists in 24 minutes of action.
"We hit some open threes," Milligan said. "That opened things up for us. Stony Brook was doing a nice job early on backing the paint and our outside shooting pulled their defense out of the lane."
Leading by 11, Rider used a 5-0 run, all five points by McKenzie as the Broncs opened up their largest lead of the contest, 56-40 with 4:28 left in the game. McKenzie finished three for three from three-point range and added three assists and a block in 36 minutes.
"We wanted MyNeshia to expand her game over the summer," Milligan said. "She is a legitimate three-point threat. Stony Brook closed off the lane to her and she was able to step back and start hitting threes. That was huge."
Trailing 8-3, Rider went on a 10-1 run, five points each by senior Dior Brown (Upper Darby, Pa./Upper Darby) and Chambers as the Broncs took a 13-9 lead with 11:06 left in the opening half. D. Brown finished with eight points, three rebounds and two assists, playing 16 minutes off the bench.
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A three-pointer by freshman Mikal Johnson (Manassas, Va./Osbourn) put Rider ahead by five, 16-11 with 10:38 remaining in the first period. Johnson had five points and two rebounds (both offensive) in her first collegiate game.
"Mikal and Taylor (Wentzel) both played well," Milligan said. "They are not afraid of big situations and they both were able to log a lot of minutes in their first game. They both worked hard and they give us a bright future."
After the Seawolves cut the Bronc lead to 16-15, Valiuskyte drilled a three-pointer, as Rider extended the lead back to four and McKenzie hit a three-pointer with exactly five minutes left in the opening half as Rider led 23-18. The Broncs made seven three-pointers in the game and held Stony Brook to 0-9 shooting from long range.
Rider led 27-23 at the half.
The Broncs out-shot Stony Brook 36 percent (21-58) to 34 percent (18-52) and Rider held a 41-39 rebounding advantage, including 15-9 on the offensive glass.
"We did a better job rebounding in the second half," Milligan said. "That was something we discussed at the break, that we were being out-muscled a little bit. We also picked up our defensive intensity in the final 20 minutes."
This is the second season in a row that Rider has opened with a win, having defeated Lafayette to begin the 2011-12 campaign.
Rider leads the all-time series against Stony Brook 3-1. The Broncs defeated the Seawolves 53-41 in Lawrenceville last season.
Rider hosts the New Jersey Institute of Technology in the home opener on Monday in Alumni Gymnasium at 7pm.
"NJIT is a good ball club," Milligan said. "We are going to work hard in practice on boxing out and continue to improve on defense. It is the home opener and we want to show our fans the things we've been working on the last six months. We want to protect the home court."


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Owner, Curve boutiques in Los Angeles, New York and Miami Beach. Being Bulgarian: Growing up in her grandmother's atelier, Borissova stays true to her roots by stocking Bulgarian imports. "Miami's a city of immigrants, so they love stories about self-made people. They also love dirt, like how I dropped out of high school and opened my first store at 22 years old in order to have more clothes." Rescue mission: "There are too many fashion victims here. I'm not going to send you out there looking like a clown. Once a customer trusts me, they're game for anything." Each season, she edits 400 collections to 40, including Isabel Marant, Preen and Erickson Beamon—investment pieces rather than trendy throwaways. Paying it forward: Emerging designers still stand a chance, since Borissova not only devotes 30 percent of inventory to the category, but funds collaborations including her private label due out this fall. "We'll have a new designer three seasons before Vogue features them." Life check: "Having a kid. Now I have to work smarter."
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