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Tygacil (tigecycline), a new, expanded broad-spectrum IV antibiotic for the treatment of a wide range of infections including those caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), 1 will be available in the UK from today. Availability of this new antibiotic comes at a time when the need for effective new treatments is greater than ever and clinicians are running out of options.2, 3
"Difficult to treat, antibiotic-resistant and often life-threatening infections are a growing problem in the UK, costing the NHS an estimated additional �1 billion annually," says Dr Robert Masterton, Executive Medical Director and Consultant Microbiologist, NHS Ayrshire & Arran, "Even more worrying has been the emergence of the organisms commonly called 'superbugs' � those very worrying bacteria that have become resistant to a large number and in some cases all available antibiotics. Add to this the diminishing development of new antibiotics in the last 20 years and we could soon see a return to the Florence Nightingale era where infections caused more death than bullets because there were no effective drugs to treat these diseases. The introduction of tigecycline in the UK comes at absolutely the right time and will provide a vital new weapon in the fight against infection."
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While MRSA has received wide media and government attention and concern in the UK, other infections like Escherichia Coli (E. Coli) and Klebsiella could pose an even greater risk to public health.4, 5 Tigecycline is one of a few new antibiotics with measured activity against these bacteria6 and there are few other antibiotics with a similar spectrum of activity expected this decade.6
"Until now, the lack of available antibiotic options for these more difficult to treat bacteria has necessitated the use of combination therapies � two or more different antibiotics � to fight the resistant bacteria," explains Dr Mark Palazzo, Chief of Service for Critical Care Medicine at Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, "Combination treatment can contribute to increased drug costs, drug interactions, with potentially higher patient risk and further increased antibiotic resistance which complicates the treatment. It would be an advantage for patient care to have the option of a new single effective therapy" he concludes.
Serious infections treated in the hospital are a major cause of morbidity and death among hospitalised patients worldwide.7 In the UK alone, hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) account for a staggering 5,000 deaths per year.8 It is estimated that these infections affect just over 300,000 patients every year9 with about nine per cent of hospital patients having a HAI at any one time.8
Tigecycline was licensed by the European Commission for use in Europe on 24th April 2006 and is available in the UK today. Tigecycline is indicated for the treatment of complicated infections of the skin and soft tissue and complicated intra-abdominal infections.1 Tigecycline is supported by comprehensive global in vitro studies and an in vivo clinical trials programme.
The most common adverse events reported in clinical trials with tigecycline were nausea and vomiting. These occurred early in the treatment and were generally mild or moderate in severity.1
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Video: Driving-stoned blood tests all over the map in CBS4 report
After the passage of a driving-under-the-influence-of-drugs bill, we wondered if Westword medical marijuana critic William Breathes would ever be able to drive legally again, since he'd registered nearly triple the proposed limit while sober during a 2011 test.Photos, videos below.
Tonight at 10 p.m., CBS4 dives into the drugged driving debate -- and its tests of various subjects showed wide variations, both when users were stoned and sober.
See a preview video, a clip of a previous TV report on the subject and more below.
As we've reported, driving while stoned has long been illegal under Colorado law. But unlike in the case of alcohol, there's no number at which a marijuana-using driver was considered to be officially impaired -- and cannabis activists saw that as a good thing, since the science on the subject is infinitely less certain than it is in the case of booze. Nonetheless, the medical marijuana industry boom caused assorted legislators to believe one was needed anyhow.
Similar pressure's been building in Washington, which joined Colorado this past November in passing a law that allows adults 21 and over in the state to use and possess small amounts of marijuana. Against this backdrop, Seattle's KIRO-TV produced a report this past February that put stoned drivers through their paces in a series of road tests -- and most of them failed badly, by either going far too slow or swerving into cones on a simulated driving course. Here's that package:
Reports like this one provided momentum for the latest THC driving bill, which shared most elements with proposals that fell short in 2011 and 2012, but differed in one significant respect.
All three pieces of legislation established THC intoxication at five nanograms per milliliter of blood, but the first two made the standard per se -- meaning that a test registering five nanograms or more would be seen as irrefutable proof of intoxication. In contrast, the most recent version subbed in the phrase "permissible inference," thereby allowing people who register at five nanograms or above to present other evidence in court to prove that they weren't actually impaired, rather than being considered guilty as a result of the test reading.
Plenty of people still objected to the bill, including marijuana attorney Rob Corry. But it was approved by the Colorado legislature anyhow, and Governor John Hickenlooper is expected to sign it soon.
But given that marijuana reacts differently in each user, how accurately does the five nanogram rule establish impairment? Although Mark Ackerman, who produced the Rick Sallinger-starring segment, concedes that the CBS4 piece on stoned driving doesn't qualify as a scientific study, he feels it raises as many questions as it answers.
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I was secretly hoping that Debbie Reynolds would get to hand out the judges' decision, just because hearing her say anything negative about anyone would sort of be like watching Frosty the Snowman descend into the world of underground kickboxing. But no, Nigel told Missy, "I don't believe there is anything you're doing we can fault," which was code for, "You're going home." He told Iveta that he would always remember "the routine with Pasha," which was code for, "You peaked too early." And then he told Ryan, "You didn't pick the best routine tonight," which for some reason was code for "You're great!" Yes, Ryan was saved — unjustly, in most of your opinions. We'll see if she can earn the judges' confidence next week.
The guys' elimination was a little bit more spot-on I think. Nigel forthrightly told Wadi that he had had bad luck with the dance selection: "You haven't been given time yet to show what you can do." If Nigel had an American accent, this might have sounded hopeful, but in Britishese, that was a fatalistic statement. He told Nick that he had a twinkle in his eye, which is the kind of thing Ray Winstone says in movies right before he shot someone in the face. That left Ricky, who Nigel praised for actually dancing like his life was on the line. Unsurprisingly, the judges voted to save Ricky.
Also, LMFAO.
So I guess it's so long, Missy! Farewell, Iveta! Auf Wiedersehen, Wadi! Goodbye, Ricky! I'd say that Iveta was robbed just a little bit, but that might be because she specifically decided to dress up like a Roger Moore James Bond villainess for her last routine. Dance fans, what did you think about the quadruple elimination night? Do you think Ryan and Ricky deserved the save? When did Gatorade become so lame? And, in the immortal words of Cat Deeley, "You can buy an awful lot of shoes with that!"
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...........................................basically it's a story of the lack of SECURITY at these hotels who don't know who their guests are
But his favorite cousin, 24-year-old Joyce Anne Femia, recalls a story that casts some doubt on that assertion. "Jimmy would get picked on by kids when he was really young in high school," she says. "So one day, to make it stop, he conned somebody into giving him a hundred beepers and then went around the whole neighborhood giving them to all the kids."
The anecdote would seem apocryphal if this weren't Jimmy Sabatino. While his once model-worthy looks atrophied, Sabatino developed an extraordinary grace with people. He had an irresistible cockiness that made every lie believable. "You know how the blind can hear better?" asks best friend Stanley Belot. "Sabatino doesn't look so good, but he sure can talk." In those years, Sabatino became addicted to hip-hop and would spend hours watching TV, just for the credits. Then, at a frantic clip, he'd fill notebooks with the names of producers and actors. "He soon realized that by calling restaurants, hotels, theaters, and other businesses [and masquerading as these people], he could go anywhere he desired," his father recalled.
It's impossible to calculate the number of scams Sabatino orchestrated between the ages of 16 and 22 using that methodology. Posturing as the nephew of Sony Music President Tommy Mottola, he defrauded Mac Warehouse of $60,000 in laptop computers, then took New York's Waldorf-Astoria for $16,000 in rooms and services and later scored $20,000 more at Marriott Marquis. In L.A., he bamboozled the Ritz-Carlton for $16,000.
Other hotel cons were substantially more brazen, if not outright insane.
Let's say Sabatino wanted to stay at a Marriott hotel. First he'd pen a note to a major company like Disney. Then, when Disney responded, he'd take its official letterhead and fax it to the hotel, announcing the imminent arrival of Disney executive James Sabatino. Naturally, the note would read, Disney was to cover all expenses.
Sometime in the early 1990s, he moved his operation down to Ocean Ridge, a community hugging the Atlantic in Palm Beach County, to live with his felonious uncle, Richard Sabatino, who pleaded guilty in 1995 to receiving $250,000 worth of stolen Italian shoes. (Richard Sabatino declined comment: "Not my style.") Once ensconced in Florida, Sabatino again posed as Mottola's nephew and scored some serious one-on-one time with Julio Iglesias at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in 1994. The singer expressed great dissatisfaction at his lack of popularity among the nation's youth.
With every score, every scintillating brush with fame, the boy was emboldened. In 1995, South Florida reporters salivated when he manipulated FedEx into giving him 262 Super Bowl tickets by claiming to be Miami Dolphins President Eddie Jones. "The next morning, there were 50 classified ads in USA Today for ticket brokers, so I sold them for $1,000 a pop," says Sabatino today, contemplating the score for two nanoseconds. "Yeah, that was a big one."
So big it caught up to him. That year in December, he pleaded guilty in Broward County Circuit Court to three counts of dealing in stolen property. "It was the only thing they could get me on," he says. "They'd willingly given me the tickets."
His father wasn't so cavalier about his son's growing notoriety. "He's a disturbed young man who needed attention like a drug," the now-72-year-old Fort Lauderdale man wrote in his letter. "He was consistently being positively reinforced for his negative behavior."
Indeed, the day of his release two years later, Sabatino again suckered the Marriott Marquis hotel in Times Square for $55,000 in services, then bolted to London, where he did the same thing at the Four Seasons.
That time, however, police sniffed him out. So in a wild gambit to force extradition back to the United States, the 21-year-old dialed the White House, then the Fort Lauderdale federal courthouse, and cryptically threatened to kill prosecutors, a judge, and President Bill Clinton because, he jokes, "I couldn't stand the food in the London prisons — just fish and chips." The authorities weren't laughing.
Charges involving the president were dropped. Others weren't. For saying he planned to "eliminate" the Fort Lauderdale courthouse "by means of bomb," he got 51 months in federal prison, where, one might assume, his antics would stall. But Sabatino was only getting started.
What makes Jimmy Sabatino such a good con man? It's simple. He's damned likable. Preternaturally easy to talk to, Sabatino is funny, intelligent, self-deprecating, empathetic, and endearingly vulnerable. He seems the furthest thing from a con man. He seems like a pal, someone you can trust. Someone you might even, if the conditions were right, give hundreds of thousands of dollars.
But with Sabatino, everything is calculated and measured, from the minute he gets on the phone to the moment he executes a close. He speaks of conning with the thoughtfulness a pickup artist applies to bedding women. "I know within five minutes whether someone's going to bite," he says, adding that he can gauge with shocking accuracy who will be most amenable to a well-placed suggestion. "I can't honestly tell you what made me this way," he says. "I truly have no idea. I'm just able to convince people of things."
...........................................basically it's a story of the lack of SECURITY at these hotels who don't know who their guests are
You're giving this creep the attention he wants, bravo. He is not worth my time, especially seven pages worth of my time.


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Nikolakopoulou Z et al. – The long chain omega–3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n–3 PUFAs), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and its metabolite docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), inhibit cancer formation in vivo but their mechanism of action is unclear. The results show that, in part, EPA specifically inhibits SCC growth and development by creating a sustained signaling imbalance to amplify the EGFR/ERK/p90RSK pathway in neoplastic keratinocytes to a supra–optimal level, supporting the chemopreventative potential of EPA, whose toxicity to normal cells might be reduced further by blocking its metabolism to DHA.
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WoW Moviewatch: Quest: Impossible {WoW}
Jan 26th 2012 2:25PM I loved your video! The horde races working together to destroy Stormwind. Of course, if it was made Cataclysm era, the Goblins would of left most of the Eastern Kingdoms in a pile of ashes :P. One question though, what happens at 3:00 to 3:03 with the Undead and Elf? Did she tackle him or something? lol
Blue Posts and Other WoW News: They have a plan for MoP, Moon Guard, and bots {WoW}
Jan 23rd 2012 11:14PM Sexuality has everything to do with an issue regarding Moon Guard - US. Though I agree that conversation doesn't belong on WoW Insider. Cant go back and remove it
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Jan 23rd 2012 10:32PM Moon Guard is Blood Elf realm - US. I always pitied the guilds trying to get "Stay Classy!" on Moon Guard. I mean seriously, finding an Orc, Dwarf, Gnome, Troll anything just sounds horrid.
Don't believe me? Run the AddOn CensusPlus and take a 10 minute break, then see for yourself. The realm is seriously 5% Orc, 9% Undead, 15% Tauren, 4% Troll, 5% Goblin, 62% Blood Elf, it's ridiculous, it ruins the atmosphere of being in the Horde.
In fact, I'm a roleplayer at heart, and want an Horde which is composed of Orcs and Trolls, like it should be. Because of RP realms being de facto Human/Blood Elf, Im forced into playing a PvP server where the races are more balanced in terms of playerbase (I.E. 18% Orc, 25% Blood Elf)
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Jan 4th 2012 9:33PM Oh, what a shocker. Blood Elf and Night Elf are in the lead.
Oh, even bigger shocker, Dwarves and Orcs are on the bottom.
Gee, who would of thought.
For the Horde, or something... for the Elves? Yeah, thats right. Lok'tar Ogar, for the Elves!
The Broken Doll roleplaying storyline chills hundreds on Moon Guard {WoW}
Dec 8th 2011 3:01PM Yet another great RP element on Moon Guard I cannot participate in because of it's stupidly inbalanced amount of Blood Elf roleplaying. Try being an Orc on Moon Guard, you'll feel so alone.
Breakfast Topic: What was your turning point in WoW? {WoW}
Nov 27th 2011 9:29AM World of Warcraft at it's a absolute finest.
Patch 4.3 PTR: Replica armor, heirlooms, and death knight starting gear {WoW}
Nov 7th 2011 7:55AM Blood elves are people too.
Vanessa VanCleef cosplayer shares experience balancing big cosplay projects {WoW}
Nov 4th 2011 9:26AM WoW insider always interviews women. Are you cherry-picking fans based on their gender?
Guardian Cub taking a bite out of third-party gold sales {WoW}
Nov 3rd 2011 2:23PM I'm on Mannoroth-US and everyone thinks Guardian Cubs are a freaking joke. Currently, people are placing their WoW gold above their RL-gold. Saying $10 is chump-change compared to a person paying $15 a month. But 10k gold is a few days of farming. Guardian Cub won't put a dent in goldsellers in the long run, and vanity pets are really only sought after by RPers and RPPVPers
WRUP: WRUP of Horrors XVII {WoW}
Oct 30th 2011 2:25AM Nobody says they are most excited for the Pandaren race. As for me, what has me most excited is that the final villain is totally a surprise and not handed out to us. I hope MoP is like a classic scooby-doo where the alliance/horde is at like all out war, and in the end we pull the mask off (or in WoWs case, form a raid) and discover who the real badguy was all along.
I hope the Pandaren fail in their efforts to bring peace. I've been waiting for all-out faction war for a while now.


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Having second thoughts about burning the lease on your storefront and going strictly virtual? Know that there's another approach to the Internet, one that isn't all-or-nothing.
Consider Wine Country Inc. (http://www.winecountryonline.com), for example, which is 25-year-old Adam Chilvers' Winter Park, Florida, wine store as well as its Internet counterpart. Built around the tasty proposition that all the wines it sells are $19 or under and rated 85 or higher by a prestige publication (such as Wine Spectator), both the brick-and-mortar (opened in November 1998) and the online store (launched a month later) are profitable, according to Chilvers.
"Doing business on the Web is a dream. The costs are very low," Chilvers says. But he has no intention of shutting down his walk-in store, for several reasons. For starters, an online operation still needs some real-world warehousing for merchandise, and a brick-and-mortar provides that.
But the second reason is the clincher: "On the site, we sell to many customers outside our area, but we also get many locals coming into our store with shopping lists they've printed out on the Web." For those customers, the Web site is a great convenience: They hunt for wines they want online, at midnight or 6 a.m., then they can get in and out of the real-world store in a matter of minutes. "I'm happy with how the store and the Web site are working together to build this business. It's a good combination for me," says Chilvers.
Charlene Steinhauer, 36, goes further in endorsing the dual-channel retailing strategy. Stars Children's Wear, Inc., her Issaquah, Washington-based brick-and-mortar children's clothing and accessories store has been open for six years. "The business is very successful," she says, "and it's a steppingstone to what we're now doing online at ShopStars.com. A big plus for us is that we have established vendor relations and we can get the merchandise we want to sell, but a lot of online-only storefronts can't because many vendors are suspicious of them. They've been burned in the past by dot.com companies, but they know us and know we understand this business."
Maintaining a retail outlet has also helped Steinhauer keep up on industry trends. "By interacting with customers face to face, we've learned what they want in children's merchandise and how they want to buy it," says Steinhauer.
Even so, why did Steinhauer decide to start an online store when her brick-and-mortar operations have been on a steep upward growth trajectory? Advantages unique to online retailing drew her to launch ShopStars in late 1999, she explains. For starters, there's the ability to reach a wide audience. But another critical factor, says Steinhauer, is that "being online for us is about customer service. Our customers are busy--every parent is--and at our site they can shop at their convenience, 24 hours a day. We're open whenever they want to buy clothes or books or toys for their kids."
But, then, isn't this dual-channel strategy an unnecessary complication forcing entrepreneurs to focus on two distinctly different venues? The experts don't think so; in fact, many point to it as the way to proceed in the next century. "Don't close down a successful brick-and-mortar store to go online. Keep the storefront and add a Web site," advises Leslie Lundquist, author of Selling Online for Dummies (IDG Books).
And the logic behind this position? "There are tremendous advantages to be had by leveraging Net sales with a B-and-M," says Barton Weitz, a marketing professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Case in point: "You can use the store to promote the Web site," says Weitz. That means printing your Web address on bags, sales slips and advertising fliers. That can be a big step in overcoming the obstacle facing every dot.com today. "It's gotten very expensive to attract people to a site," says Weitz. "Stand-alone sites incur very high marketing expenses because they have to spend the money to get eyeballs."
Your customers' desires are another strong reason to maintain both types of operations rather than diving solely into online. "Different consumers want different things," says William B. Gartner, a professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. "Some customers want the kind of personal interaction that can only happen in a traditional retail setting. For others, it's simpler to log on to the Net. The smart, consumer-oriented business makes it easy to buy, no matter the customer's preferences."
But there's a big, worrisome question that remains: Isn't all retailing heading to the Web anyway? Just last year, that was the buzz, but nowadays--with more dot.com's struggling and few breaking through to profitability--a kind of sobriety has taken hold, and experts are looking anew at the Web's potential as a marketplace. Explains Jackie Goforth, an e-commerce specialist with PricewaterhouseCoopers: "There are certain merchandise categories that will be slow to succeed online. Women's fashion, for instance. Shoppers will want to try the clothing on, to touch it. With other kinds of merchandise--commodities like consumer electronics--online retailing is the way to go."
As margins get squeezed tighter with hard-charging dot.coms fighting for market share by offering lower prices, it will become increasingly tough to succeed in a brick-and-mortar-only context. Merchants in endangered categories shouldn't panic, however, says Goforth. "We heard that catalogs would put traditional retailers out of business, and it didn't happen," he says. In fact, some catalog retailers eventually backed into opening brick-and-mortar stores. Now we hear that the Web will put B-and-Ms out of business, and that, too, probably won't happen."
"A lot of businesses are on the Web, but a lot more are not, and they're doing fine," adds Jonathan Palmer, a business professor at the University of Maryland in College Park. "What's important is for the individual business to make the decision that best serves its customers. Let customers shop the way they want to, and they will."
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Bible Verses About Giving Money to the Church
Bible verses related to Giving Money to the Church from the King James Version (KJV) by Relevance
2 Corinthians 9:7 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Ephesians 2:8-9 - For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: (Read More...)
Romans 3:28 - Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 3:12 - They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
John 14:6 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 6:28-29 - Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? (Read More...)
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:3 - Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Mark 1:24 - Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
Matthew 7:21 - Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 7:1-29 - Judge not, that ye be not judged. (Read More...)
Matthew 6:24 - No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Exodus 12:1-51 - And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, (Read More...)
2 John 1:9-11 - Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. (Read More...)
2 John 1:7 - For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
1 John 5:12 - He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
1 John 3:1 - Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
1 Peter 4:16 - Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
Hebrews 4:12 - For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Ephesians 2:9 - Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Ephesians 2:8 - For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
Galatians 3:19 - Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
2 Corinthians 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things [done] in [his] body, according to that he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.
Romans 12:1-2 - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. (Read More...)
Romans 8:8 - So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:7 - Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Romans 8:1 - [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 5:8 - But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 3:20-28 - Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin. (Read More...)
Acts 26:28 - Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
Acts 16:31 - And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Acts 11:26 - And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
John 6:47 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
John 6:40 - And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 5:24 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John 3:17 - For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John 1:12 - But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
Luke 19:1-48 - And [Jesus] entered and passed through Jericho. (Read More...)
Luke 6:38 - Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Luke 6:35 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and [to] the evil.
Matthew 23:23 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Matthew 12:32-37 - And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the [world] to come. (Read More...)
Matthew 9:13 - But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Matthew 7:22-23 - Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? (Read More...)
Matthew 7:21-23 - Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. (Read More...)
Matthew 7:15-20 - Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. (Read More...)
Matthew 7:13-14 - Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: (Read More...)
Micah 6:8 - He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Hosea 6:6 - For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Isaiah 53:10-11 - Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. (Read More...)
Proverbs 30:17 - The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
1 Samuel 15:22 - And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.
Deuteronomy 13:1-18 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, (Read More...)
Exodus 20:12 - Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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I enjoy capturing the transition from green to red to brown, but I also enjoy distorting reality by turning all of the leaves white with my infrared camera. As I learned last winter, it's not much fun to shoot IR when there are no leaves on the trees. So that's where you'll find me this weekend, turning green leaves to white while Mother Nature slowly turns them orange.
You may recall that last winter I had a Nikon D5000 converted to IR-Only by LDP LLC, a company in Carlstadt, NJ. They replaced the factory installed anti-alias filter (also known as a Low Pass filter) with one that cuts off at 720nM (nanometers). With this conversion, the Nikon shoots IR directly without an accessory filter. However, it no longer shoots "regular" pictures. LDP also sells new cameras that have already been converted—visit www.maxmax.com for more details.


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One minute they're a bunch of kids running around town slinging scallion pancakes from the side window, the next they're all settled down in a permanent home with braised beef rice porridge slow cooking on the stove.
Except we don't get misty-eyed when talking about Mei Mei Street Kitchen. Just hungry.
After prowling the streets of Boston as one of the city's most celebrated mobile kitchens, Mei Mei drops anchor at new digs in Audubon Circle, just outside Kenmore Square.
That means upgrades: plates instead of to-go boxes, an open kitchen instead of a claustrophobic truck, metal-and-wood cafe tables to sit at instead of, well, the curb.
But mostly it means you don't have to ask your assistant to rearrange your schedule just so you can grab a glorious scallion pancake sandwich, either The Double Awesome (Vermont cheddar, pesto, fried egg) or Fat Schantz (roast beef, potato salad, slice of apple).
And for starters, triple-fried beef dumplings with the finest locally sourced soy-ginger braised beef you've ever tasted.
It's not too late to move your office so you can eat here every day.
Price: 1 (out of 4)
Noise: 1 (out of 4)
Subway: Green Line to St. Mary's St.
Best bets: Beef dumplings; Fat Schantz; rice porridge
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I was wondering if anyone has received their ET seeds for 2006? I received mine today, and I was a little disappointed. Let me explain. Last year I ordered two different types of seed. Much to my surprise I received a third package of "bonus" seeds. Each package was supposed to have 10 seeds, but between the three packages I had almost 60 seeds!! Expecting the same type of service this year, I again ordered two packages of seed. When they arrived today I was disappointed to find just the two packages as ordered (no bonus package) and the seed total from the two packages was 21 seeds. Did I get a "good deal" last year or have ET Hellebores tightened up on their seeds and quantities? They did not seem to have as much soil media in each plastic bag this year either. |
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I didn't get any 'freebies' with my order this year either, and while the count wasn't overly generous like some years, I wasn't shorted any seed. Understand that in order to spend more time on the nursery and propagating end, they now have a middle person handling the payments and orders, I suppose less personal attention should be expected. But, it's hard to complain about getting exactly what you paid for....the 6 types seed I received look wonderful, plump and treated with care. I'm sowing this afternoon. |
Last year I didn't get any media in the bags and counts were pretty close to as advertised. I did not get germination from all types I bought, including not a one from the expensive 'Julie' but I did get a bonus pack and that one did germinate the best. I haven't given up yet on any of the pots though. |
Lotetta, no media at all? In the past the seeds have come with a bit of moist sterile vermiculite, it takes only a scant half tsp or less to provide the moistness for 10-20 seeds. This year I think they arrived in sterile coir, because I know they choose not to use peat for environmental concerns. I've never had a problem with germination from ET seeds, but my climate mirrors theirs only with reversed seasons. When I receive my seeds, they are planted and placed outdoors - mother nature does the rest. |
I ordered 8 lots this year, and got exactly 10 seeds in each lot, no extras. Most of the bags had only the seed with a very few scraps of media,certainly not packed in it, and they did not arrive moist. In fact, in 3 of the lots, the seeds were quite wrinkled indicating they were drying out. This is my first year with ET seed, so I have no background as to germination. George |
No media at all. Just in ziplocs. I was surprised too. |
The major difference this year is that ET is using an intermediary to distribute the seed. It may have something to do with the packaging and contents. |
- Posted by claysoil z6 PA (email@example.com) on Sat, Feb 11, 06 at 18:23
I think I'd drop a line to the Dudley's letting them now there was no medium in the seed baggies. John always responded to any email I sent him and was very helpful. They are going to want to maintain the good reputation they have. Loretta I was interested to read that you did not have the best germination rates last year. I bought my first ET seed in 04 and had almost 100% germination. The 05 seed was not as successful. And I received less seed in 05 than in 04, but always got at least the advertized amount, so no complaining here. |
- Posted by goswimmin 7b (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Mon, Feb 13, 06 at 15:00
I also got my ET maybe 2 weeks ago. They are now in the refrigerator in a seed starting mix. I got the 10 seeds in each of the 2 packages as stated. The seeds did come with a very minimum amount of medium and were dry. 2 years ago I bought seeds from the Dudley's as did lots of others on the forum. Everyone raved about the generous amounts of seeds but by the time I ordered I only got what I ordered. The note said to plant them outside right away and I did that. I got no germination whatsoever. I gave them a chance again this year and hope for better luck. If not then never again as between the 2 orders it was faily expensive for just seeds. Mary/Gainesville, GA |
- Posted by claysoil z6 PA (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Feb 14, 06 at 18:20
goswimmin, I hope you get some germination this year from last year's seed! Do you remmember which seeds they were? When you put them outside after their arrival, did you still have some cold weeks left? I believe that mine started germinating after 7 weeks when I had them in the fridge. |
Are the dry seeds because of the distributor or because of the change in law regarding imported seeds? After all, part of the big attraction to ET in the first place was the pre-moist warm stratification and the fast first season germination we all experienced. That was a very important sell point to make one buy seeds on the other side of the world (besides the fun factor). Still, I can't complain. I had better germination than any other seed I've bought on most of them. And I can never be sure the lack of germination wasn't my fault or some other cause. Goswimmin, as I wrote in another post here, last year's seeds mostly showed their first leaves in the fall. Nothing in the spring like the first go around so don't give up hope yet. I haven't! |
I'm very interested in this post because I order ET seeds last year for the first time after reading all the great things about them on this forum. They spent almost a month in transit and none of them germinated. So, this year, I went with Chiltern (where I order other seeds) and so far about half of them have germinated. I assumed I got really unlucky last year, but wasn't ready to take another chance. Sounds like the lucky ones discovered ET in earlier years. |
I was one of the ones who ordered ET seeds years ago, and I did receive them in some growth medium, in generous amounts and with a bonus package as well. I also noticed when looking through their seed list this year, that they don't direct sell to Canada any more and held off on ordering. I really think though, that one of you, who did get the seeds without growth medium this year, should contact the Dudleys, because I am sure, that they wouldn't appreciate their good reputation damaged by some dealers, who don't maintain the quality of their product. Gaby |
- Posted by ladyblues1965 Zone 7a (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Feb 21, 06 at 7:18
after reading this thread I am now wondering what isET seeds and where do I find them? and also Dudleys? I would love to see what seeds are available. Thanks Kelley |
Kelley, they are John and Corrie Dudley, Elizabeth Town Hellebores |
Here is a link that might be useful: Elizabeth Town is here -
Hello list members, I am distressed to read of the difficulties that some of you have had with our seeds for the current season. I can only apologise for this, there can be no excuses. We do make it our policy to be as generous with our seed count as seasonal circumstances permit and the fact that some of you received only the stated amount per packet may perhaps be attributable to poor seed yield of some of our varieties for this year, however, the year wasn't quite as grim as all that and you may be assured that in the future seeds counts will be a little more fullsome. Our warm/moist seed treatments reamin as ever but I am troubled to discover that the packets contained little or no sterilised media, this can in effect undo the treatment process and again I apologise, it will change! I invite all who may feel aggrieved by our product for this year to write to me personally at email@example.com so that we may discuss your problems and set it right. Kindest regards John Dudley |
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Album review
The Runaways - Flaming Schoolgirls
Originally released in 1980, this Kim Fowley-produced collection of studio outtakes and live cuts came a year after the split. Patched up it may be—there's good reason why covers of "Strawberry Fields" and "Here Comes The Sun" had remained in the vaults—there's nevertheless much hair-shaking to be had with the live bubblegumfuzz of Joan Jett's "C'mon" and "Blackmail"'s strutting pop-punk, while "Hollywood Cruisin'" unashamedly hams up Fowley's early 'jailbait-Ramones' hype. More than just a curio, though.
Rating: 3 / 10


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Hayden's revelations applauded by security experts
PUBLISHED: 22 Jul 2013 00:06:00 | UPDATED: 22 Jul 2013 04:38:02PUBLISHED: 22 Jul 2013 PRINT EDITION: 22 Jul 2013General Hayden's remarks have been described as "powerful, far-reaching and strategically important". Photo: Bloomberg
Christopher Joye and John Kerin
Former CIA and National Security Agency boss Michael Hayden has lifted the lid on the global spy wars between China and the United States, and his explosive revelations have consequences, experts around the world say.
His interview with The Australian Financial Review offered insights into global intelligence battles, the next generation of cyber threats, the ramifications of the Edward Snowden leaks and strategic frictions in the Indo-Pacific region, they said.
Rory Medcalf, a former intelligence analyst who is a now program director at the Lowy Institute, said: "General Hayden is the most authoritative voice yet to lift the veil on the global intelligence competition between China and the US and what it means for us.
"In January, the government warned of cyber espionage and foreign interference but declined to name countries of concern," Mr Medcalf said.
"General Hayden is much more forthright and we have to take seriously his assertion that the intelligence contest between China and America is more pervasive than anything in the Cold War."
On General Hayden's Huawei allegations, Mr Medcalf said: "it is hard to challenge his point that the Chinese security establishment places compelling expectations on companies that could be called on to facilitate its comprehensive espionage efforts."
Right to call out Snowden hypocrisy
Mr Medcalf said General Hayden "is right to call out the hypocrisy of the many nations that have been quick to be 'outraged' by the Snowden leaks".
"While he doesn't deny the US conducts huge intelligence operations globally, he does note that many European politicians probably don't know what their own intelligence services are up to."
Mr Medcalf also said the former CIA chief was justified in "warning allies like Australia that they need to carry more of the collective national security burden in this looming age of Indo-Pacific competition.
"Here is a champion of the Australia-US alliance warning Canberra it would be foolish to rely so blithely or exclusively on the alliance."
Chris Johnson, who was a senior China analyst with the CIA until 2012, said "there appears to be almost no bar to what the Chinese will go after, with cyber the key enabler of this strategy" .
Ross Babbage, the former head of strategic analysis at the Office of National Assessments, said General Hayden's remarks were "powerful, far-reaching and strategically important" and create issues for prominent Australians sitting on Huawei's local board.
This includes former foreign minister, Alexander Downer, who dealt with General Hayden when he was NSA and CIA boss, and navy rear admiral, John Lord.
Mr Downer and Huawei declined to comment.
A China specialist, John Garnaut, who writes for Foreign Policy magazine and Fairfax Media, said "it has long surprised me that people of such high standing have staked their reputations on the integrity of a company they cannot see into.
"Huawei is an extraordinarily opaque entity, given its size and global reach, but if it's like most of its private sector peers in China then it lives in a symbiotic relationship with the state," Mr Garnaut said. "There's simply no other way to survive."
Hayden cannot be ignored
Tobias Feakin, a senior analyst with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said General Hayden had put "really important issues out into the open beyond Huawei which – given his experience and responsibilities, and the honesty with which he described them – cannot be ignored".
These include the legal, political and commercial "confusion introduced by private companies wanting to unilaterally engage in 'offensive' cyber activities to defend their business", which could see "invisible cyber gunslingers at every turn", Dr Feakin said.
"General Hayden says governments can help manage this problem, but, as we see in the US, they are very hesitant to do so."
Dr Feakin claimed that General Hayden had been "far more specific in his description of the motivations and types of espionage that the Chinese are conducting" than intelligence chiefs in Australia and the UK.
"Just as importantly, he admits that the US is conducting cyber espionage, which hasn't really been disclosed as publicly by a figure of his stature before."
A cyber security expert with Edith Cowan University, Brett Biddington, who was a senior defence official, said it was a "pity that our political system does not encourage the equivalents of General Hayden to speak up".
"One can only hope that Australia's ministers heed the advice of intelligence chiefs, as General Hayden says happens in the US," he said.
Dr Babbage criticised the global media coverage, which had "been too superficial by focusing mainly on the Huawei security concerns".
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No surprise in this matchup Frenship, Rider used to playoff success
Frenship, Rider used to playoff success
It's not a big surprise to anyone that Rider and Wolfforth Frenship will battle for the regional title Saturday.
The two programs have consistently been in the running over the past decade. In the last 10 years, including 2012, the Tigers and Raiders have combined to win 40 playoff games.
Frenship has 99 wins since 2003. Rider has 87 in that period.
Frenship is 21-8 in the playoffs during that span with two regional titles, including a 20-17 nail-biter over Rider in 2006. The Raiders have tried their luck in this round five times without success and are 19-7 in the playoffs since 2003.
That was the first year for Brad Davis as the Frenship head coach as he took over for his father, Bobby Davis.
Six years later, the 12-1 Tigers and 11-2 Raiders will again decide who goes to the final four.
"It's two good programs that are going to knock heads," said Rider head coach Jim Garfield, the defensive coordinator back in 2006. "Coach Davis has done a super job. His kids are well-coached and well-prepared. It's going to be a great football game."
Davis actually beat Rider in his first game as
the head coach, edging the Raiders 14-12 in the 2006 season opener in Abilene. Since beating them twice that season the Raiders have had the upper hand, winning 31-7 to open the 2007 campaign in Abilene and then winning 42-14 in Wolfforth in a 2011 bi-district playoff.
"Every year it seems like they go several rounds deep in the playoffs and coach Garfield has done a tremendous job," Davis said. "Those kids play hard. They play relentless football."
Both coaches were asked about things they see that are staples of the other over the years.
Of the Raiders, Davis said, "I think the fact that they spread you out offensively and they can also get in that single wing and play smash mouth football," Davis said. "And they do everything pretty well defensively. They are sound and have good athletes. They really play relentless football and they also do that in the kicking game. They're impressive to watch."
Garfield always has his work cut out preparing for Frenship's power run game, too. This year's Tigers have D'Maujeric Tucker, who rushed for 386 yards last week in a 44-28 win over Waco and has 2,637 yards and 32 touchdowns this year.
"He's always going to have a great tailback; they're always going to be very aggressive on defense; and the special teams are going to be sound," Garfield said.
As for Tucker, Garfield said, "He's so fast that if you give him a seam he's going to be gone. He can fly."
"Our offensive line is a big part of that, and he can make people miss," Davis said.
The pistol formation looks like an I-formation with the quarterback taking the snap in the backfield. And like an I-formation team the Tigers have a quality fullback in Bryndan Arredondo. Blocking is his calling, but he also has scored eight touchdowns, caught 22 passes and ran the ball for 181 yards.
"He tries to power you out of there," Garfield said.
Garfield can see the Frenship offensive line is not only physically talented, but coached to perform consistently. Four of the five starters from 2011 return, a group that had some trouble with Rider's Dylan McDorman last year but has obviously had its way in 2012.
"They're huge," Garfield said. "They don't make many mistakes. It's a good unit."
Center Dalyn Bearden has been a key leader after moving from left tackle and guard Travis Rasberry caught Garfield's eye.
Davis said his team has had "tremendous leadership from the senior class. The chemistry of our seniors has been great. And we've been relatively healthy. On top of all that, our defense has been really good."
Davis said Rider will be the best team his club will have faced to this point. He doesn't hide that he likes to run the ball a lot. But he's guessing the Raiders will force Frenship to throw more than usual — the Tigers average 11 attempts per game.
Davis was really impressed with Rider inside linebackers Bradley Goldstein and Josh Haisten.
Garfield always talks about the students in his program are "winners." Frenship's leader sings a similar tune.
"We have good kids, good families and the support we get from our administration is the best," Davis said. "Our community support is fantastic. They want us to coach their kids and coach them hard. Frenship is a great place to work with very little turnover."
Davis is 69-19 in his time as the head coach. Garfield is 30-11 in his three years as head coach is 9-2 in the playoffs.
Two success stories, but only one can get what they want on Saturday.
"Our seniors have been here for the past two (regional final losses) and they want to charge through the door," Garfield said. "A Saturday afternoon game in December and the weather will be good, all the makings of a great high school football game with two good football teams going at it."
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Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Falls in French Quarters
June 9, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Parvez Fatteh, TMO, Founder of http://sportingummah.com, email@example.com
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan of USA shake hands with Rohan Bopanna of India and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan following their victory during the men's doubles quarterfinals match June 1. |
Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and his Indian doubles tennis partner Rohan Bopanna were almost able to slay the dragon that has been tormenting them. That dragon has taken the shape of American tennis playing brothers Bob and Mike Bryan, who previously defeated Qureshi and Bopanna in the finals of the U.S. Open Men's Doubles tournament this past September. In the 2011 French Open semifinals. the Indo-Pak Express were able to take the first set against the Bryans in a tiebreaker, 7-2. But Bob and Mike roared back and took the second set 6-3. That left a crucial third and final set that once again went to a tiebreaker. However, it was the Bryans who prevailed in this second tiebreaker, 7-3, to qualify for the semifinals. The Bryans, however, went on to lose in the semifinals to the unseeded team of Eduardo Schwank of Argentina and Juan Sebastian Cabal of Colombia.
Qureshi has moved up to a career high of number seven in the world mens' doubles rankings. But that will be small consolation for him right now as the two of them continue to try to break through with their first Grand Slam doubles title. At least they have gotten back on the saddle after their disappointing end in Paris. The duo have already reached the final of the Gerry Weber Open in Germany just days after their loss.
Aisam ul Haq Qureshi Falls in Epic French Open Quarterfinal
June 2, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Parvez Fatteh, TMO, Founder of http://sportingummah.com, firstname.lastname@example.com
Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and his Indian doubles tennis partner Rohan Bopanna put on quite a show in Paris, but they ultimately fell to their American arch rivals, the Bryan brothers. Qureshi and Bopanna took a stirring first set 7-6, 7-2 in the tiebreaker. But the Bryan brothers rebounded with a 6-3 second set victory. And everything then came down to a third set that once again ended in a tiebreaker, but this time in the Bryans' favor, 7-3.
In the previous round, Qureshi and Bopanna, the number five seeded men's team, dispatched of the team consisting of Kazakhstani Andrey Golubev and Uzbek Denis Istomin 6-3, 7-5 in the fourth round to reach the quarters. And in the quarterfinal round the Indo-Pak Express will face their nemeses, the American team of brothers Mike and Bob Bryan. The Bryans, in the fourth round, ironically also took out a Kazakhstani, as well as a Russian.
Back in September the Bryan brothers defeated Qureshi and Bopanna in the finals of the U.S. Open, after which Qureshi gave a stirring speech about the plight and misunderstanding of his home nation of Pakistan. This time Qureshi, and Bopanna, were hoping to do all of the talking with their rackets to avenge their previous defeat. But, the defeat notwithstanding, Qureshi and Bopanna certainly got the attention of all onlookers at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris.
Sania Mirza in French Open Semifinals
June 2, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Parvez Fatteh, TMO, Founder of http://sportingummah.com, firstname.lastname@example.com
Sania Mirza of India returns the ball to Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 26, 2011. REUTERS/Thierry Roge |
India's Sania Mirza, and her Russian doubles tennis partner, Elena Vesnina, are getting the attention of the paparazzi in Paris after upending the ladies' doubles number one seeds Gisela Dulko of Argentina and Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6–0, 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the French Open. Mirza and Vesnina, the seventh seeds, took only 66 minutes to dispatch of Pennetta and Dulko, who are ranked number one and number two respectively in the ladies' world individual doubles rankings. Mirza's partner, Vesnina, currently ranks number 10 in those same world rankings, while Sania has moved up to number 25. Sania is up to number 72 in the singles rankings.
Mirza and Vesnina will now take on the fourth seeded American duo of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond on Wednesday at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris. No matter the result, Sania and Elena are sure to see their rankings shoot up further after the French Open.