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Kidney abscess
I am a 30 female, mother of 2, no history of serious health problems, 6 days ago started having RT side pain, abdominal and back. I went to the ER on the 4th day and they thought maybe gall stones but I did have leukocytes in my urine so definately a UTI, although I have no symptoms, Which I had several UTI`s in the past years. Nothing felt like this. They put me on Cipro, Donnatal, and percoset for pain. The following day after 3 doses of everything it seemed worse so I went back to the ER. AFter more labs(normal) another DX of UTI and a CAT scan, they found a abscess on my rt kidney. Gave me Rocephin and Torradal at the ER and mentioned the abscess may or not go away with antiobiotics. They said to follow up with PMD in 72 hours if pain is still present. My question is: I am worried about damage to my kidneys. Of course online research will scare you. The research I have done said it is uncommon and needs drainage before leaving permanent damage. What do you think?
Ahmad Hamidinia, MD:
The diagnosis of renal abscess is a serious one. I believe with this condition you should be in the hospital and be seen by a urologist not the primary care doctor or ER physician. I encourage you to call your Primary care physician to find you a urologist as soon as possible.
This condition is rare and requires strong antibiotics or percutaneous drainage. It is caused by systemic infection spread through your blood. Such conditions are seen in Diabetics or people with compromised immune systems.
Rarely tooth infection and tuberculosis may be the cause.
Do not do more research and see your Urologist as soon as possible.
Mildred Lam, MD:
There are some things in your story that just don't add up. My first thought is that you may not actually have a kidney abscess. People with abscesses are usually quite ill, with fever, chills, severe pain, often nausea and vomiting. They feel terrible and are usually in no condition to do Internet research, because they generally require hospitalization, IV antibiotics, and — as you point out — surgical drainage of the abscess. On the other hand, it is difficult to imagine what exactly was seen on your CAT scan that might be mistaken for a renal abscess.
I am also intrigued by your saying that your labs were "normal" on both occasions (except for the white cells in your urine). Did these include a white blood cell count (from your blood, not your urine)? A normal white count would make a serious infection or an abscess less likely. You also do not mention bacteria in the urine, which are generally seen under the microscope and grown on culture when even a simple UTI is present. Be aware that an infection in an organ or structure adjacent to the kidney can indeed result in leukocytes in the urine, even without a UTI being present.
It sounds like the best thing to do at this point is to be seen by your primary doctor immediately. Try to collect all your test results from the ER and bring them with you (including the CAT scan films, or at least the reading, and the results of a urine culture, if one was obtained). Your own doctor should be able to determine how sick you are, whether you need hospitalization and IV antibiotics, and whether you should be seen by a urologist (a surgical kidney doctor) for further treatment of your possible kidney abscess. Prompt treatment of whatever type of infection you have (if you have one) can actually be very effective in preventing permanent damage to the kidney. However, bear in mind that if you do turn out to have a kidney abscess or serious infection, further evaluation may need to be done to determine why this has happened to you, since abscesses often indicate some underlying structural abnormality of the kidney that has allowed such a serious infection to occur.
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Go to the Urinary Disorders health topic.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Three members of the Yale football team will be participating in the Bulldogs' Pro Day workout at 1 p.m. on March 25. Tight end A.J. Haase, defensive end Travis Henry and All-Ivy punter and placekicker Tom Mante will perform for scouts from the National Football League at Coxe Cage in New Haven.
Haase, a receiving threat and special-teams standout from Bonne Terre, Mo., caught 15 passes for 237 yards and two touchdowns his senior season. He was also a key blocker for the Elis' running game.
Henry is a linebacker who excelled in a 2009 starting role after earning two varsity letters as a special-teams player. The senior from Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., made 26 tackles this season. He also had a pair of fumble recoveries for a Yale defense that ranked among the top 25 FCS schools against the pass.
Mante is a five-time All-Ivy honoree, including the unanimous first-team All-Ivy punter in 2009 after leading the Ancient Eight with a 41.2 yards per punt average. He had 10 punts launched for over 50 yards and 17 punts that pinned opponents inside the 20. The senior, who started all 40 games during his Yale career, also earned 2009 laurels as the second team All-Ivy placekicker. Mante tied a Yale and Ivy League record with a 54-yard field goal against Cornell and also split the uprights with a 50-yard boot at Georgetown. The native of Westford, Mass., who also averaged 61.7 yards per kickoff and tallied four touchbacks, was the second team All-Ivy punter as a junior and also picked up All-Ivy honorable mention nods as both a punter and placekicker earlier in his career.
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Of all the decisions you'll make when restoring or restifying your Camaro, Nova, Chevelle, or other Chevrolet, picking a set of seats ranks right at the top. After all, you'll use them every time you drive the car, so your cost-per-use will show a great return. As you know, there are lots of seat options, from stock to aluminum racing seats to fully custom ones. But no matter what you motivation, having good chairs is of prime importance.
We've driven enough hot rods to know that high-performance seats that are comfortable and safe will enhance your driving experience, whether you're on track or rolling strong on the highway. As the center point of your office, a killer set of buckets will add style to your ride.
To kick our Back To the Street Camaro up multiple notches, we got with Corbeau and ordered its black leather LG1 seats (PN L25501), along with the company's bolt-in four-point retractable harness system. When BTTS was a dedicated bracket car, the stock driver's seat had been cut up to accommodate racing harnesses. The LG1 Corbeaus and harnesses were a far superior upgrade. They look like they belong in a muscle car, they have the bolstering and support we'll need when we exercise the car's upgraded suspension, they're comfortable and they're a great fit in the second-gen Camaro body.
"The one thing people don't fully understand about Corbeau seats is we've been designing seats for 50 years," said Nate Smith, managing director for Corbeau. "When we design seats we do so to enhance the look of your interior and to enhance the overall driving experience. We have over 20 different seat styles and brackets to fit almost every vehicle ever made. The bottom line is Corbeau seats will improve the look and style of your vehicle and will provide your comfort and support like you've never had before.
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The pain associated with cancer often does more than just hurt. It can interfere with work, daily activities and relationships, but in many cases, is highly treatable. However, many patients do not report pain or seek the necessary treatment.
Cancer pain is unique to each individual and depends on a variety of factors. These can include the type of cancer, the stage and location of the disease, the threshold for pain, and can be caused by different sources. For example, a tumor pressing on body organs, nerves, tissue or bones can cause pain, as can poor circulation, post-procedure side effects and a variety of other infections or inflammations.
Pain can also interfere with sleep, appetite, mood and activity level, ultimately impacting the body's ability to repair itself. Discussing a procedure's symptoms with a doctor and formulating a pain plan is vital. In some cases keeping a diary to record pain frequency, intensity, type and effective treatments can help pinpoint the exact cause of discomfort.
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The House passed legislation supported by both parties that would suspend for the 2008 and 2009 crop years a farm bill provision that required producers to have a minimum of 10-base acres to receive program benefits.
Passage of H.R. 6849 Wednesday was needed to stop USDA's plan to deny farm program benefits to hundreds of thousands of producers nationwide by refusing to allow for the aggregation of small base acreage, supporters said.
"The USDA's decision to eliminate such a large number of base acres could affect hundreds of thousands of producers all across this country," said Rep. Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
"Their selective interpretation of the farm bill is doing no favors for America's farmers and ranchers, who are rightly concerned that the department is ignoring the Congress' clearly stated intent. With passage of this bill, we are making clear to farm country that the farm bill will be implemented as Congress intended."
"This bill will ensure that thousands of farmers will receive the benefits that Congress intended for them to receive," said Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Bob Goodlatte of Virginia.
"This legislation will correct USDA's narrow interpretation of the 10-base-acre-provision and provide security for thousands of farmers who rent or lease smaller tracks of land for their farms," said General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee Chairman Bob Etheridge of North Carolina, the original sponsor of the legislation.
"H.R. 6849 will restore the intent of Congress by allowing the small farmers who provide food for the nation's table to receive the payments they deserve for their work."
Etheridge said USDA earlier published a notice stating their intent to "not approve requests for farm combination reconstitutions of farms having base acres of 10 acres or less," despite farm bill report language stating that base acreages could be aggregated to allow for farm program eligibility if the sum of acres is over 10.
The cost of H.R. 6849 is offset with spending reductions in order to meet Paygo requirements.
Sens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., have introduced similar legislation in the Senate.
Previous committee action on H.R. 6849 and a summary of the bill's provisions can be found on the House Agriculture Committee website.


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Over the past several years the Adams family has crossed my desk, involved in different venues, more than a few times.
Richard and Elijah Adams were sons of Pleasant Adams [1803-1884] who died in Carter County, Kentucky. Pleasant had a total of 16 children and many descendants. At least 14 of them were alive and able to attend his funeral along with their families.
Richard Adams [b. 3 Jan 1829 in what was then Lawrence County, KY] married Sarah Elizabeth Devore 1 July 1855 in Carter County and settled in Flatwoods, Greenup County which became Boyd County in 1860. That alone is a mouth full.
Caught in the swirl of the Civil War, trying to establish a living farming, Richard Adams became indebted to William M. Baldwin. In a petition of equity filed in Greenup County, Kentucky one Alfred Hastings had been granted a judgment against Baldwin. In order to avoid sale of Baldwin's property, the sheriff had made arrangements for a settlement. The problem was that William M. Baldwin had been within the lines of the Rebel Government "voluntarily" for some time. Thus the county turned to Adams, who was indebted to Baldwin, to meet the judgment of Hastings. No further action seems to have occurred and Richard settled into a life in Flatwoods, Boyd County.
Richard's 1/2 brother Elijah was only 13 years old [b. 26 January 1849] and still living in Carter County during the court battle. Elijah would grow up and stay in Carter County for many years. He was residing with his father, Pleasant in 1880 but we can assume that the family communicated with Richard Adams family. After Richard's wife died in 1871, he had married Margaret Crooks and the family resided in Upper Ashland.
Much as been written about the murder of the Gibbons children in Ashland, Kentucky, Christmas Eve, 1881 that would become known nationally as the Ashland Tragedy. Three men were arrested. The accused [Ellis, Neal, Craft] were transported to Maysville. On 11 January they were returned to Ashland where the Grand Jury had already been appointed. Among the 16 on the Grand Jury sat Richard Adams. The Jury sat for 5 long days before returning an indictment for conspiracy and murder on Neal and Craft. The Grand Jury was dismissed and another appointed for Ellis a week later.
The papers went wild, the residents far and wide talked and were enraged. Without a doubt the Adams family had much to talk about. Ellis was lynched. As time moved forward National Guard came from Louisville to Catlettsburg to protect Craft and Neal. There was a change of venue to Carter County which upset the people more. There was a delay and the prisoners were to be taken to Lexington for their own protection. The people were furious. The steamboat Granite State commanded by Capt. William Kirker would take the prisoners and National Guard on their journey 1 November, 1882.
A train arrived in Catlettsburg bearing two hundred men and boys from Ashland some with old shotguns and pistols. They demanded the surrender of the prisoners and were refused. The Guard dragged a cannon on board and started down river. It is said a telegram notified Ashland that the Granite State had left and would soon be passing Ashland. Citizens gathered on Front Street and along the bank of the Ohio River. Among those watching was Richard Adams.
Richard gave his testimony of what he saw that day in the 16 November 1882 Ashland Daily Newspaper:
"A number, perhaps twenty-five or thirty, went on the ferry-boat, but some ten or fifteen came back off the boat before she pushed out. the ferry-boat pushed out, but she did not go very fast. The steamer whistled. I saw no signal from the ferry-boat. I was on an elevated place and could see both boats, and was not excited. The steamer had almost passed the ferry-boat, which ran out a piece with the bow down the river. The boats were 150 to 260 yards apart. I heard two or three reports of small guns, then a volley from the steamer, which drove everything from the bow of the ferry-boat back, and for a while the smoke was so thick that I could not see the ferry-boat. The next volley fired by the military was on the people standing where Col. Reppert was killed. I got down on my knees in the ditch and as I raised up another volley was fired. I then heard some one say there was a man dead. I saw Mrs. Serey after she was wounded. I did not see Col. Reppert until after the second volley was fired. Half the balls seemed to strike the bow of the ferry-boat."When the smoked cleared 21 had either died or were injured. Col. Lewis W. Reppert who Richard Adams spoke of was shot through the heart and died that day. He was buried in Ashland, Cemetery. Mrs. Jackson Serey was shot in the shoulder and breast and struggled with her wounds for some time.
Was Elijah Adams in Ashland when these awful events happened? He certainly had first hand information from his brother. Elijah Adams has been credited with writing what is probably the first version of a ballad, Ashland Tragedy. The ballad does not include the story of the fateful day with the Granite State. Ballad historians continue to debate who wrote what. One story says that Elijah got his story from James Hunter "a resident of Ashland." Actually I find James Hunter residing in Carter County. It is more likely that Elijah Adams got most of his information from his own brother.
At least one account states that Elijah Adams was "sometimes called Professor Adams" stating that he had taught school in his day. Census records show him as a farmer and even as a grocery store salesman but if he taught school, other than music,I have not located a record as of this writing.
Elijah Adams would become well known for yet another tragic ballad and story. In 1892 Lottie Yates was murdered in Carter County by her estranged husband Austin Porter. Yet another mob scene in Eastern Kentucky ensued and Porter was hung from a bridge. Elijah Adams wrote the Ballad of Lottie Yates. When Elijah Adams died 11 January 1916 in Mason County, West Virginia his talent for music was finally acknowledged on his death certificate with a simple entry under occupation "Music teacher."
Elijah's brother Richard lived for a little over two more years and died 8 April 1918 at Oakview in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky.


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Jorge C Romero needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 27 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
- Name: Jorge.
- Serial Enterpreneur
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>> Emagister.net (co founder)
>> Mundoanuncio.com (founder) - selled to Olx.com
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>> Datanta - Amistarium (co founder)
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After laying low during the first seven weeks of his tenure, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made four high-profile appearances in April: the Office for iPad introduction, the company's Build conference; the launch of Microsoft's new data platform; and Thursday's earnings call.
Nadella quickly established pet phrases that include "ubiquitous computing," "ambient intelligence," and other broad references to a future in which almost all interactions are digitized and turned into useful insights. The comments were initially abstract but iteratively gained definition with each event. Bit by bit, Nadella's "mobile-first, cloud-first" strategy has come into focus.
Nadella's predecessor, Steve Ballmer, established a "devices and services" agenda. In a way, Nadella's goals aren't so different. "Mobile" replaces "devices" and refers not to smartphones or tablets, per se, but to a recognition that computers increasingly come in varied shapes and sizes.
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Mobility is about "experiences spanning a variety of devices, not about any one form factor that has a certain share position today," Nadella said Thursday. "As we look to the future, what are the set of experiences across devices, some ours and some not ours, that we can power through experiences that we can create uniquely?"
"Cloud," meanwhile, replaces "services" and provides the infrastructure to keep the devices connected, and to support the services those devices consume.
Nadella isn't just reheating what Ballmer already cooked. The new CEO immediately struck his own tone as a public figure, replacing Ballmer's trademark salesmanship with allusions to TS Elliot and Nietzsche. Nadella's strategy is more nuanced than his predecessor's. But it's also more complex, built on tactics that could conflict as easily as cohere.
Take Windows. Microsoft announced this month that Windows licenses for smartphones and most tablets are now free. Some called the move Microsoft's concession that Windows cannot compete with Android for OEM loyalty. But to hear Nadella, this thinking is short-sighted.
Windows once targeted only PCs but now addresses a market that also includes tablets, smartphones, the Xbox, and the Internet of Things (IoT), the CEO pointed out Thursday. "In a world of ubiquitous computing, we want Windows to be ubiquitous," he said. "It's not one price or business model. It's actually a market expansion opportunity."
For user-facing devices, in other words, Windows boasts a familiar interface that translates across screen sizes, and on the back end, the OS is intimately tied to Microsoft's wealth of services and datacenter products. For developers, Nadella argued, this means Windows offers the largest addressable market, especially because so much code can now be re-used across apps for multiple device types.
But it's not that easy. Windows 8.1 adoption is still mediocre, and the research firm IDC expects Windows Phone 8.1 OEMs to ship only one device this year for every four iPhones and every 20 Android handsets. Microsoft is playing from far behind and has been for some time. That's why corrective measures such as free licenses became necessary.
As far as Nadella's concerned, the lost licensing revenue amounts to an investment in future ecosystem growth. If computers are everywhere, Windows needs to be everywhere. The company's mobile market share is what it is. If that means Microsoft needs to give away Windows, so be it. Because the Windows family will increasingly rely on its breadth across devices, Nadella believes holistic ecosystem health is more important than individual licensing policies.
Still, as much as Nadella's touted Windows, he's dedicated even more attention to cross-platform strategies, highlighted by Office apps for iPads and the concurrently announced Enterprise Mobility Suite. Ballmer resisted such strategies, ostensibly to protect Windows. Nadella's new direction has garnered praise, but it's also where would-be contradictions creep in.
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Avanca brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 239 Designs von 59 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Avanca stands for innovation, design, ambition, speed, professionalism. We identify product potential. We are marketeers. We need a logo and business card
Avanca is ayoung and dynamic company, focused on the identification and exploration ofproduct opportunities in the market. We identify and evaluate the marketpotential of innovative and designer products, which proved to be(come) successful in marketselsewhere, but are potentially new to the Western European market.Weuse our experience, knowledge and broad network to quickly and successfullymarket promising products. The majority of the products are sold to market leading retailers (stores) in electronics and computers.
Avancacomes from avançar, the Portuguese word for 'to move forward' or avançada,which means progressive or advanced. Our logo and business cards should reflectthis progressive vision. We are looking for an innovative and dynamic design. It also needs to breathe professionalism as we do business with often large (international) corporations, both from the supply side as well as the customer end.
- Designers are invited to use their own creativity, absolutely no restrictions with that respect, for the designers who prefer to hear more of our own ideas about the logo development :
- Avanca is short and stands out. It has 3 A's and starts and ends with this letter. This might inspire to do something with that.
- Avanca is derived from the portuguese, in this language you would write avança, this "accent" could perhaps also be used to come back in the logo
- We like a clean design, less is more
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The Virgin Birth refers to the virgin birth of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (Matt 1:18 - 1:24, Luke 1:26 - 1:38).The aforementioned Gospels state that Jesus was not conceived through the normal biological process, but was conceived by the Holy Spirit touching Mary to create a baby forming in her womb. She was a virgin, having never had intercourse with a man. In this way Jesus was born without the original sin of Adam being passed down from generation to generation. Matthew tells us this fulfills the prophecy the Lord made to Isaiah in the Old Testament in Isaiah 7:14
"Behold a virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son"
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Of all the second tier quarterbacks, which I covered yesterday on the blog, Tyler Wilson strikes me as the most likely of the bunch to be a Seahawk. He is more mobile than his 40 time suggests, plays the game like a point guard at quarterback, and has perhaps the best chance of the 2nd tier group to reach the mid rounds. I thought he gave a surprisingly good interview. I think he's one to watch on day two or possibly day three.


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By AnnaMaria Andriotis
After years of declining sales, new-home purchases are once again starting to rise — and in some areas, so are the incentives for buyers.
According to data released this morning by the Commerce Department, sales of new homes hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 307,000 in October, up 1.3% from the previous month and up 9% from October 2010. While demand is still weak — in a healthy housing market roughly one million new homes sell each year — some experts see the uptick as a sign the long-suffering new home market may be on the mend.
In some parts of the country, the increase in sales is being driven by lower prices. In cities and regions that have been hit by foreclosures, such as Las Vegas, Sacramento, Calif., and Orlando, Fla., builders have been lowering prices on new homes in an effort to compete against cheaper existing homes, says Jack McCabe, an independent housing analyst in Deerfield Beach, Fla. Normally, new home selling prices are around 25% to 30% higher than comparable existing homes; in these areas, they're now about 10% to 15%.
That smaller spread between the selling price of an existing and a new home tightens further once the buyer moves into a new home. For the most part, home buyers who purchase a new home are less likely to incur out-of-pocket expenses on pricey repairs, like replacing an old roof, or buying new appliances that often kick in when an existing home is purchased, says David Crowe, chief economist at the National Association of Home Builders.
But experts say extra incentives for buyers are also behind some of the uptick in sales. Some builders are offering sweeter deals, like paying closing costs. Others are going further by offering prospective buyers optional upgrades and trim features, says McCabe.
For buyers on the sidelines, it's unclear whether waiting will result in finding better deals on new homes. Inventory is at a historic low, says Crowe. And despite the deals available in some areas, on a national level, new home prices are rising: the median sales price of new house sold in October was $212,300, up 4% from a year ago. That's in part because of growing interest from so-called move up buyers, people who buy a more expensive home after selling their current one, says Crowe.
Going forward, new homes sales will likely continue rising at a similar gradual pace, says McCabe, though a recovery in 2012 is uncertain especially if European debt woes spill over to the U.S.
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Lovington, Castle Cary, Somerset BA7 7PT
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Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:34:37 GMT
Like many of us, you may have run into challenges when importing real-time market data in Excel, Visual Studio & SQL Server. With the recent addition of Xignite Financial Market Data to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace Datamarket, users can now pull live stock quotes directly into Microsoft Excel 2010, develop data rich applications using Visual Studio 2010 and seamlessly populate backend database with SQL Server 2010.
In late 2010, Xignite and Microsoft teamed up to make XigniteBATSLastSale, a real-time stock quote data service, available through the Azure Marketplace Datamarket, with the addition of other datasets scheduled to rollout in the months ahead. With this, Microsoft users can obtain instant online access to real-time stock quotes from the BATS Exchange. Now everyone from hardcore mobile app developers to garage based startups can obtain access to the same professional grade APIs to power their applications.
New to Xignite is the addition of OData, or Open Data Protocol, a method of querying and updating data which unlocks the data from the silos that exist in legacy applications. Today, OData is being used to expose and access information from a variety of sources including, but not limited to, relational databases, file systems, content management systems and traditional Web sites.
Wes Yanaga with Microsoft's Channel 9 sat down with Shoshanna Budzianowski (SQL Azure) and Chas Cooper (Xignite) to get the low down on what this partnership is all about, and how it will benefit end user around the globe.
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Looking forward, Xignite has plans to put the vast majority its data onto the Azure DataMarket. "We have started with our most popular data sets, but will continue to add data until the market is satisfied with what Xignite is offering" said Chas Cooper, VP of Product management at Xignite.
Microsoft brings a very horizontal market to Xignite, with DataMarket providing broad coverage across different verticals. When Microsoft looked for companies to work with on Data Market, two things attracted Microsoft to Xignite; 1) the fact that Xignite understands how to deliver on-demand market data and financial web services" and 2) out of all the financial data providers evaluated for Azure Datamarket, Xignite has the most reasonable, rational terms of use across its data sets. Xignite also uses standards such as SOAP, REST & JSON to make integrate with Xignite's web services simple and straight forward.
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My mother's husband has brain cancer.
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We knew it would eventually.
So he went in for surgery last Wednesday and his home now.
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He had the best possible surgeon.
Joe, my step-father, is now scheduled to start brain radiation
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And now they have opted to add chemo again while he is doing the radiation treatments.
I don't know how this will affect him.
From what I have read online, it will not be easy for him.
But he is still young, in his mid fifties, and healthy otherwise.
But in the end, we all know this will take his life much earlier than
expected. It is a lot to deal with.
I haven't even mentioned it here because then it becomes more real.
I am very concerned about my mom and how she is
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how Joe is feeling.
As for me, I am starting my chemo cream for my face today!
My insurance did not want to cover the prescription at first.
But my amazing doctor got on the phone and made it happen!
On a happier note, we are getting ready for Halloween!
Binky only needs 2 more things and then both kids are all set.
Goose will be a gypsy and Binky will be Jester, a comic book character.
I can't believe how grown-up they both look in their costumes.
I will post pics later.
I am looking forward to the distraction.
Watching all the kids with happy faces and fun costumes.
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A Sagaponack farm owned by the Schwenk family was the scene of a fire Sunday afternoon. As firemen battled the conflagration, Route 27 near the border of Southampton and East Hampton Towns was closed for several hours just before the commencement of the end-of-weekend exodus.
The Bridgehampton, Southampton, Amagansett, Sag Harbor, and North Sea Fire Departments responded to the 12:15 call. The fire was in a storage barn housing a variety of equipment and a plume of smoke could be seen for miles across the open vista of verdant potato fields.
A hazardous materials team from Southampton's fire department was dispatched as a precautionary measure, in case fertilizer was in the barn, Sgt. Susan Ralph of the Southampton Town police said Monday morning. Fertilizer, specifically ammonium nitrate, can be a powerful explosive. It was used to devastating effect in the 1995 terrorist attack on an Oklahoma City federal office building.
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Inside, the fluid floor-plan interprets tradition with fashion-forward creativity in a fresh, light environment with hardwood elements adding a warm natural sensibility to the crisp, clean design. Framed in sleek paneling, a linear gas fireplace anchors the seating/dining spaces of the large waterside great room, connecting through floor-to-ceiling glass doors to the outdoor living/dining areas around the pool, where the gentle sounds of the waterfall set the relaxing resort mood. Poolside glass doors also spill outdoors from the open-plan chef's kitchen/family room and the first of two luxe master suites, which could serve as an office/den if desired. Upstairs, the waterside club/sitting room and second master suite open to another fabulous resort-like outdoor oasis centered on a fire table. Equally exquisite inside and outdoors, this brand-new waterfront estate brings together every aspect of Delray Beach's appeal, also providing the yachter with dockage just in from the Intracoastal, while having the ocean beach right at hand and charming Atlantic Avenue's downtown attractions minutes away.
White Drive, Delray Beach, Florida. This quiet block-long cul-de-sac sits just off Ocean Boulevard, right across from scenic Atlantic Dunes Park on the pristine ocean beachfront. Only about a mile and a-half to the north, famous Atlantic Avenue serves as the downtown centerpiece of this delightful village-by-the-sea known for its vibrant shopping, dining and culture including the beautifully restored Old School Square, an award-winning, nationally recognized arts center.
Newly completed, this modern coastal villa is a beautiful presence on palm-studded grounds fronting 96+/- feet on a deep-draft waterway, one property from the Intracoastal, and features two luxurious levels of outdoor living space. On the ground level, a wide waterfront porch with full cabana bath opens to a lounge terrace around the resort-style pool with a sun shelf and waterfall spa. Another porch contains a summer kitchen with Wolf gas grill. Spiral stairs connect the pool terrace to the upstairs porch - served by a wet bar - and large sun deck centered on a fire table by bench seating built into a beautifully tiled privacy wall. The shoreline's concrete yacht dock is equipped with a Neptune lift.
Fine finishes and leading-edge luxuries are featured in the casually elegant living environment totaling 6,882+/- square feet with four bedrooms, five and a-half baths, an indoor/outdoor sound system, natural gas service, and a two-bay garage. Floors are finished in creamy marble and wide-plank hardwood, and impact-rated glass is used in all windows and exterior doors.
First Floor: Grounded by a geometric-inlaid marble floor, the foyer is served by a powder room next to the loft-style staircase. Right ahead, the great room opens to the waterfront porch and pool terrace from this large living/dining space featuring a sleekly paneled fireplace as a focal point. Flowing openly off the great room, the chef's kitchen is, in turn, open to the bright family room where glass doors on two sides connect to the poolside porch and summer kitchen. With an equal focus on functionality and design, the kitchen has contrasting cabinetry, stone counters, an island/bar, a waterfall-edge bar/serving counter, and a walk-in pantry. High-end appliances include a professional-style Wolf gas range with double ovens, plus a Sub-Zero refrigerator/freezer and dual KitchenAid dishwashers. Across the great room, a vestibule with bar area enters the front-to-back VIP suite which opens by the pool and is grounded by wide-plank hardwood floors below the cove-lit, recessed ceiling. Walk-in closets are on either side of the suite's luxe marble bath featuring a soaking tub, glassed shower, two vanities, and separate water closet.
Second Floor: Served by a wet bar, the airy club/sitting room opens to the waterside sun deck and porch and, on the other side, to a balcony. Through a gallery with custom-fitted office alcove, the second waterside master suite opens to the porch and has a cove-lit, recessed ceiling. Two walk-in closets accompany the spa-inspired master bath - grounded in patterned marble - featuring a soaking tub, glassed shower, two vanities, and separate water closet. Two more bedrooms have walk-in closets and en-suite baths.
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- $4,295,000
- Property Type
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- Lifestyle
- Deepwater Inlet
- Bedrooms
- 4
- Bathrooms
- 5 full / 1 half
- Total Square Feet
- 6,882
- AC Square Feet
- 5,412
- Garage Spaces
- 2
- Year Built
- 2018
- Taxes
- $21,506
- Tax Year
- 2018
- New Construction
- Yes
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Green Bay Packers Disney Character Figurine Collection
Disney's Mickey Mouse and friends salute the Packers in a licensed collection of handcrafted figurines. Editions limited to 95 casting days.
Measure approximately 4" H
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An iconic Disney mouse and some of his closest football-loving friends are suiting up for their NFL premiere in this exciting tribute to the Green Bay Packers - the Super Bowl XLV Champions! Get ready to hit the gridiron with Football Fun-atics: The Hamilton Collection's first-ever Disney character figurine collection saluting the legendary Green Bay Packers. Fully ready in their Packers jerseys, Mickey and friends are going for a touchdown that begins with Issue One, Quarterback Hero, a Mickey Mouse figurine. Soon, your collection will continue with Issue Two, Holding the Line, a Goofy figurine, and Issue Three, A Spec-quackular Dive, a Donald Duck figurine. Additional Disney Green Bay Packers figurines, each a separate issue, will follow‡
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- A first-ever Disney Mickey Mouse and Friends figurine collection showcasing Mickey and his football-loving friends in an all-star NFL salute to the Green Bay Packers - the Super Bowl XLV Champions, available from The Hamilton Collection
- Licensed by NFL Properties LLC and Disney
- Each Disney Green Bay Packers figurine in this collection features a beloved Disney character, like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, paying tribute to the legendary Packers
- These Green Bay Packers collectibles are meticulously handcrafted of artist's resin to capture realistic details, from their authentic-looking uniforms to their team helmets and pigskins with the NFL logo
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- Editions limited to 95 casting days, so order now!
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- Measure approximately 4" H; 10.2 cm H
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- You may cancel your collection at any time with no obligation
- "Issue One - Quarterback Hero, a Mickey Mouse figurine" will be followed by "Issue Two - Holding the Line, a Goofy figurine," "Issue Three - A Spec-quackular Dive, a Donald Duck figurine," and additional Disney Green Bay Packers figurines as they become available
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Methodius the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
June 14
As for Saint Methodius, he was born to wealthy parents in Syracuse of Sicily about the end of the eighth century. Being a presbyter, he was sent as an ambassador to Rome in 815 or 816 on behalf of Patriarch Nicephorus of Constantinople, who had been exiled by Leo the Armenian (see June 2). After Leo's death, he returned to Constantinople; but since he was a zealot for the veneration of the holy icons, he was immediately exiled by Emperor Michael the Stutterer to a fortress near Bithynia. When Michael died, he was freed for a short time; but then, because of his confession of the Orthodox Faith, he was imprisoned again by the Emperor Theophilus in a dark and foul-smelling sepulcher. Since this was not enough for the Emperor's inhumanity, he commanded that two thieves be shut up with Methodius, and when one of them died, that the corpse not be removed. While the Saint was imprisoned there, a certain poor fisherman ministered to his needs. Finally, when the Church received its freedom under Saint Theodora the Empress, the Saint ascended the patriarchal throne of Constantinople in 842. Together with the holy Empress, Methodius restored the holy icons to their proper honor; this is commemorated on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. He governed the Church of Constantinople for four years, and reposed in 846.
Apolytikion of Methodius the Confessor
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A model of faith and the image of gentleness, the example of your life has shown you forth to your sheep-fold to be a master of temperance. You obtained thus through being lowly, gifts from on high, and riches through poverty. Methodios, our father and priest of priests, intercede with Christ our God that He may save our souls.
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Thou didst struggle on earth as one without a body, and didst inherit Heaven, O Methodius; for thou didst set forth the veneration of icons to the ends of the earth. And while living in abundant labours and hardships, thou didst not cease boldly to censure them that set at nought the icon of Christ.
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Porto boss Fonseca vows to keep fighting
Porto coach Paulo Fonseca insists he will keep fighting after his team's first home league loss in over five years.
A 78th-minute penalty from Evandro saw Estoril to an upset 1-0 win at the Estadio do Dragao, where Porto had been unbeaten in the Primeira Liga since October 2008.
The end of the 81-match unbeaten league run at home saw Porto stay third, four points behind leaders Benfica, who have a game in hand.
In a television interview after the game, Fonseca, whose team were jeered off, said he would speak to the president about his future.
But in his post-match news conference, Fonseca said his side would continue fighting despite their first home league loss since October 2008.
"If this game had gone as usual, FC Porto would have won," he said.
"There were no issues with the commitment or effort shown by the players, but what will be remembered is the final score.
"Truth is we lost, which made everything harder, but we are not throwing the towel."
Benfica face Vitoria Guimaraes on Monday and could move seven points clear of Porto and five ahead of second-placed Sporting Lisbon with a win.


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San Bernardino is not high on any list of final destinations, especially during the summer months. Most return to visit relatives.
There's an airport, but no commercial flights. A hundred or so trains pass by a historic depot, but only a pair of Amtrak passenger trains stop to unload passengers and a handful of Metrolink commuter trains. The bus station also handles routes, but more people get on than get off.
Yet, there's a spot in the city that has a reputation as a vacation destination, and has for years. Not everybody in town knows about it. Three weeks ago, a prominent local athlete was honored and later admitted it was her first visit to Al Houghton Stadium, on the campus of the Little League West Regional headquarters.
We'll protect her identity to save her from local embarrassment, although she attended a high school just miles from the site.
Many have heard of the site, but a majority have not stopped by. However, each year there are games that draw thousands from outside the 909 area code. In addition to the games, it's a site that serves as a yearly family reunion.
"Once a year, we all gather here," said Al Haynes, who traveled to the facility from Seattle to grill sausage and corn at a concession stand. He's a familiar figure, having worked the grill for 23 years of the 43 summers he's been involved in Little League. "We're all friends, catching up on what's been going on in our lives."
In Seattle, the 81-year-old is best known for his high school football announcing and working on a football chain gang. Most of the country knows Haynes as the pilot of United flight 232 that crashed in Sioux City, Iowa, 25 years ago on July 19. His skillful flying, still studied by the industry and used as a model of control, saved 165 lives, although 111 perished.
"I have always enjoyed Little League and working with the kids," said Haynes, among the more than 300 volunteers who work both the softball and baseball regional tournaments.
"Absolutely couldn't do it without them," is how West Regional director Dave Bonham, who started as a volunteer in Rancho Cucamonga nearly 40 years ago, views his workforce. "This is a little piece of paradise for many."
From near and far, there are also adults who consider San Bernardino as a reward for what their children have accomplished. In most cases, the city isn't thought of until late June.
Well, not always.
"We knew about San Bernardino because my husband (David) used to do some work at the air base (Norton)," said Cassie Kosinski of Knik, Alaska, located 10 miles north of Anchorage. "The weather is a bit different. Our first game was in the 90s (degrees), and we've also had rain. It's a bit warm for us."
Bob Toigo can relate. Although he's from Sammanish, Wash., the 71-year-old can trace his Little League roots back to 1970 when he formed the South Hills Little League in Covina. In fact, he was recently tracked down by Mike Kemp, a former player from that era, who shared memories and thanks.
"Hey, I'm so old I may not look the same as years ago, but the kids tell me my voice hasn't changed," he said while working the same concession stand he's been at since 1980. "I do this because I enjoy the camaraderie and friendship and give back to my community by working with the best youth organization in the world."
Toigo moved to Washington in 1979 and has served in various capacities in District 9. In November, he will join the International LL Board of Directors, a tribute to his service.
"It's hard to describe. There's nobody here I dislike," said Toigo. "This is more lots more than a game; it's building character, sportsmanship and inspiring dreams."
It's also a time for families to come together. Kevin Alvardo, a Highland letter carrier from Yuciapa, takes time from work to assist the regionals. He can be found throughout the grounds but his main responsibility is hosting the Nevada team that reached the West Region finals. His duties include assisting parents and coaches finding practice facilities, batting cages and movie houses.
The 47-year-old Alvardo, working his 25th summer, has served as host for teams from Washington and Oregon as well.
"It's something I always wanted to do," he said about the job he started as a substitute.
He's building a family tradition. His daughter Jessica Englehardt worked the softball tournament as the ice cream girl, having returned from her home in North Dakota, where she played the sport at the University of Mary. Son Matthew, currently enrolled the same school, made his 20th appearance at the regional.
"I was five-months-old when I first came here," said Matthew. "It's a family tradition."
Three generations as two-year-old Tommy Englehardt made his first appearance recently.
"When I first started here, there were lots of old guys and they asked where we were going to get younger volunteers," said Bonham. "Now, we're the old guys and looking for younger volunteers, we can always use more."


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Bleeding and Clotting Problems: What Can Go Wrong
With several steps in the clotting process, there are many things that can go wrong. These conditions can be inherited, acquired, or a combination of both. The clotting process can breakdown in two main ways resulting in bleeding problems or clotting problems.
Bleeding Problems
Bleeding problems occur when part of the clotting system doesn't work, and you bleed more easily. With an injury, for example, someone with a bleeding problem can lose more blood than another person with the same injury. Certain conditions can be inherited, meaning that you received a gene from your parents that impairs a part of the clotting system, leading to a greater tendency to bleed.
Hemophilia is an example of an inherited bleeding disorder. In this rare condition, there is a defect in the clotting cascade that causes you to bleed too much. Von Willebrand Disease, the most common kind of bleeding disorder is another kind of inherited bleeding problem caused by a defect in the clotting factor that helps platelets stick together. In the United States, 1.4 million people (about 1 in 100) have Von Willebrand Disease.
Bleeding problems can also be acquired. Aspirin can be used to treat headaches and other aches and pains, and can also help in the prevention of a heart attack. However, being on a daily dose of Aspirin can increase your bleeding risk. Aspirin interferes with the clumping action of platelets, reducing the blood's ability to clot. While this is helpful in avoiding unwanted clots that could lead to heart attack, it can also lead to problems like internal bleeding. Other kinds of acquired bleeding disorders are platelet diseases, liver disease, and vitamin K deficiency.
Clotting Problems
Clotting problems occur when your blood has an increased tendency to clot. Just like bleeding disorders, clotting disorders can be either inherited or acquired. Inherited conditions include gene defects which cause either increased clotting or defects that prevent normal clot breakdown.
Acquired clotting disorders include risk factors that are common in many people such as:
- Smoking
- Leg or hip injury/surgery
- Being overweight
- Pregnancy
- Birth control pills
- Staying in one place for an extended period of time (i.e. cross-country drive, extended bed rest or overseas travel)
Each of these risk factors can lead to serious, sometimes life-threatening, complications due to clot formation inside the blood vessels. Sometimes a clot can form on the inside of the vein system, which returns blood to the heart. Clots can also form in the artery system which takes oxygenated blood away from the heart to all parts of the body. Whether in the vein or artery system these internal clots can to significant harm. Damage can occur both at the site where the clot forms and in other parts of the body if part of the clot breaks off and travels through the blood vessel system. The original clot is called a "thrombus." A clot that breaks off is called an "embolus." An embolus moves through the bloodstream, and can get lodged in a vessel at a distant site, blocking blood flow and causing damage. The specific parts of the body at risk depend on whether the original clot is in the vein system or artery system. The major risk for clots in the vein system is a pulmonary embolus. Clots in the artery system put people at risk for heart attack and stroke.
Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary (Lung) Embolism
In deep vein thrombosis (DVT) a blood clot forms in a deep vein. Any of the risk factors just mentioned can lead to this problem. The clot can block normal blood flow, resulting in swelling and pain. While there can be local long-term complications such as skin discoloration, ongoing swelling and ulcers, the primary risk of DVT is "pulmonary embolism." In this situation, part of the vein blood clot (most commonly in the leg or pelvis) breaks off and travels to the lung. If the embolus is small, it may not cause problems. However, if it is big enough it can partially, or completely, block blood vessels in the lung and can lead to death.
Arterial Atherosclerosis and Embolism
People at risk for blood clots can form clots in arteries and well as veins. People with risk factors described above are at significant risk for atherosclerosis throughout the artery system. Atherosclerotic plaque can grow within blood vessels and gradually decrease blood flow causing serious problems throughout the body including, heart, brain, eyes, legs/feet, and kidney. Atherosclerotic plaque can rupture causing a blood clot to form. This can cause sudden blockage of the vessel at the site and can lead to conditions such as heart attack and stroke. A ruptured plaque with clot formation can also result in embolism causing stroke or blocking vessels in other parts of the body such as limbs, kidney, and digestive system.
In talking about clotting problems it is important to mention a particular condition called atrial fibrillation. In people with atrial fibrillation their hearts beat with an irregular rhythm. It is the most common heart rhythm problem. The American Heart Association estimates that 2.7 million people in the United States are living with the condition. Having atrial fibrillation dramatically increases risk of clot formation in the heart itself which can result in embolism. Having it increases the risk of a clot related stroke by five times.
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12-1 Wabash Hosts DPU Wednesday• January 9, 2012 Share:
The Wabash College basketball team, 12-1 on the season after a weekend sweep of HIram and Allegheny, will host DePauw University Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. at Chadwick Court. The two rivals will square off in a North Coast Athletic Conference contest.
Senior Derek Bailey scored a career-high 32 points to lead Wabash to a 61-47 win at Allegheny Saturday afternoon, a 12-1 overall record, and a share of the lead in the North Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball standings.
Bailey erupted for 22 second-half points against the Gators less than 24 hours after setting his previous career-best scoring effort with 28 points in a win at Hiram College on Friday night.
The victory over Allegheny also leaves Wabash as one of only two teams left in the NCAC without a loss in conference play. Wittenberg defeated Ohio Wesleyan 57-55 on Saturday afternoon in Delaware, Ohio to move to 4-0 in league play. Wabash is also 4-0 against NCAC opponents.
The Little Giants also won at Hiram Friday evening 77-70. Wabash hit school-record 16 three-point shots in that contest. Bailey scored a then-career-high 28 points and sophomore Andy Walsh drained four three-pointers to finish with 12 points.
On Saturday, Wabash jumped out to a 10-3 lead over the Gators thanks to Bailey, who accounted for all ten points with two three-pointers and a pair of two-point baskets. Allegheny rallied to tie the game at 10-10 while holding the Little Giants scoreless for nearly six minutes before Houston Hodges drilled a three-pointer from the corner to put Wabash up three. The Little Giants took a 27-21 halftime lead before Bailey's second-half scoring explosion.
The Little Giants scored the first eight points of the final period to race out to a 35-21 lead. Bailey accounted for six of the eight points, drilling two long-range shots. Allegheny answered with a 7-0 run to cut the lead to seven points before Bailey ended the streak with a baseline jumper. Colten Craigin boosted the lead to nine points with a layup.
With Wabash still holding a nine-point lead midway through the period, Bailey nailed another triple to give the Little Giants a double-digit lead for the remainder of the contest.
Bailey finished the game hitting 12-of-22 shots, including 8-of-16 from the three-point arc.
Brian Shelbourne and Pete Nicksic added six points apiece for Wabash. Aaron Zinnerman added five points. Zinnerman also had a team-high 10 rebounds. Zinnerman and Shelbourne each handed out five assists, while Hodges had four assists for the contest.
David DiBernardi came off the Allegheny bench to score 13 points for the Gators, who fell to 2-11 for the season and 0-4 against NCAC teams.
Wabash will return home on Wednesday for a 7:30 p.m. contest at Chadwick Court against arch-rival DePauw University. The Tigers lost 67-51 at Hiram Saturday afternoon to fall to 8-5 overall and 2-2 in their first season in the NCAC.


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Eco-colonialism degrades Africa
By Willie Soon and Paul Driessen
Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of Earth's most impoverished regions. Over 90% of its people still lack electricity, running water, proper sanitation and decent housing. Malaria, malnutrition, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and intestinal diseases kill millions every year. Life expectancy is appalling, and falling.
And yet UN officials, European politicians, environmentalist groups and even African authorities insist that global warming is the gravest threat facing the continent. They claim there is no longer any debate over human-caused global warming – but ignore thousands of scientists who say human CO2 emissions are not the primary cause of climate changes, there is no evidence that future warming will be catastrophic, and computer models do not provide valid projections or "scenarios" for the future.
Warming alarmists use the "specter of climate change" to justify inhumane policies and shift the blame for problems that could be solved with the very technologies they oppose.
Past colonialism sought to develop mining, forestry and agriculture, and bring better government and healthcare practices to Africa. Eco-colonialism keeps Africans "traditional" and "indigenous," by insisting that modern technologies are harmful and not "sustainable" in Africa.
Abundant, reliable, affordable electricity could power homes, offices, factories, schools and hospitals, create jobs, bring clean running water, and generate health and prosperity. But Rainforest Action Network and other pressure groups oppose coal and natural gas electricity generation on the grounds of climate change, and hydroelectric and nuclear power for other ideological reasons. They promote wind turbines and solar panels that provide electricity unreliably and in amounts too small to meet any but the most rudimentary needs.
Biotechnology could produce bumper crops that overcome droughts, floods, insects, viruses, and even global warming and cooling. But Greenpeace and Sierra Club oppose this precision hybrid-making technology, and instead promote land and labor-intensive subsistence farming.
DDT and insecticides could slash malaria rates that Al Gore and other climate alarmists falsely claim are rising because of global warming. But Pesticide Action Network and other activists stridently oppose their use, and the European Parliament recently imposed new pesticide restrictions that will further restrict African access to life-saving chemicals.
Recent incidents dramatize how depraved and deadly global warming politics have become.
In Gambia, a UN-subsidized "national ministerial dialogue" promoted extremist views on "catastrophic climate change" and "sustainable development." A Forestry and Environment department representative asserted that it would be "nearly impossible to adapt to … impacts such as the loss of the West Antarctic ice sheet … and [resultant] 5-15 meter sea level rise."
There was no mention of the near-zero probability of such an event happening. Average annual temperatures in Antarctica hover around minus 50 Centigrade (-58 F), while average temperatures for the two-month summer in its Western Peninsula are barely four degrees above freezing.
Scary tales of runaway temperature spikes melting 200,000 cubic miles of peninsular ice might be expected from Al Gore and James Hansen. But when Gambian ministers engage in such unscrupulous propaganda, they further degrade the health and welfare of their people.
Cameroon hosted a "fact-finding" visit from seven senior British Members of Parliament, who declaimed that climate change is "a jinx that threatens humanity more than HIV/AIDS." They were joined by Cameroon's Minister of Forestry and Wildlife in urging that forests be managed to increase absorption of planetary carbon dioxide and "reduce global warming."
Few climate actions, however, come close to the travesty being played out in nearby Chad. There the government has banned the manufacture, importation and use of charcoal – the sole source of fuel for 99% of Chadians.
"Cooking is a fundamental necessity for every household," its Environment Minister pronounced. But "with climate change every citizen must protect his environment."
The edict has sent women and children scavenging for dead branches, cow dung, grass and anything else that burns. "People cannot cook," said human rights activist Merlin Totinon Nguebetan. "Women giving birth cannot even find a bit of charcoal to heat water for washing," said another.
The government admitted it had failed to prepare the public for its sudden decree, but announced no change in plans – saying only that scarce propane might be an alternative for some. When citizens protested, they were violently dispersed by police.
"We will not give up," a women's group leader said. "Better to die swiftly than continue dying slowly."
So this is where radical climate change alarmism has taken us. When the health of Planet Earth is at stake, human life means little – even if the "disasters" are nothing more than worst-case scenarios conjured up by computer models, headline writers, Hollywood, and professional doomsayers like Gore, Hansen and NOAA alarmist-in-chief Susan Solomon.
"Every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office and drowned," British arch-environmentalist George Monbiot hectored readers of The Guardian, in a typically hysteria-laced column.
One has to wonder if he would apply the same standard to eco-colonialist executives who continue to perpetuate poverty, disease, malnutrition and death in the name of preventing "global warming disasters" that fewer and fewer respectable scientists still believe are caused by human greenhouse gas emissions.
As economist Indur Goklany and even the UN climate panel acknowledge, future generations will be far richer than today's. Poor families today should not be asked to bear the burden for richer families tomorrow, especially to guard against speculative climate and sustainability "disasters" whose "solutions" are worse than the purported problems.
The United Nations, European Union and United States need to address Africa's real problems and replace lethal eco-colonialism with fact-based science and humane public policies. And African countries need to take command of their future.
Africa needs to curb corruption. Adopt property rights and free enterprise principles. Promote sustained development. Utilize disease-preventing insecticides and modern agricultural biotechnology.
Rely less on foreign aid that is shriveling in the global recession and often comes with conditions and prohibitions that keep communities and nations deprived of energy and mired in poverty. Work instead with companies that want to develop natural resources, to begin building large-scale power plants that provide dependable, affordable electricity. In the meantime, provide low-cost portable solar ovens.
In short, Africa needs to remember Milton Friedman's sage advice: "Poor countries should not do what rich countries did once they became rich. They should do what rich countries did to become rich."
Willie Soon is chief science adviser for the Science and Public Policy Institute and author of numerous papers on climate change. Driessen is senior policy advisor for the Congress of Racial Equality and author of Eco-Imperialism: Green Power Black Death.


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by Tom Utescher
A lot of newly-minted varsity players were put through their paces when host Penn Charter and visiting Germantown Friends got together for a field hockey scrimmage last Thursday afternoon. The PC Quakers graduated nine seniors from last years squad, and while the Tigers only had five players depart with their diplomas, five younger athletes from the 2010 team opted not to play hockey for GFS this fall.
Each school had to replace a multi-year starter in goal; Charter has senior Liz Cahn in the cage, while sophomore Maddie Andrews took over the position for Germantown.
Although three members of the Class of 2012 dropped off the team, the Tigers still have seven experienced seniors: Allison David (forward), Isabella Didio (midfield), Hannah Drake (forward/midfield), Melanie Mason (defense), Rachel Palmer (defense), Morgan Ramsey (defense), and Courtney Wilson (forward/midfield).
Junior Carry Anne Kane is a seasoned varsity defender, and her younger sister, Sarah, is a freshman forward. Defender Lindsay Freed is the only other junior on the roster, but there are four sophomores in addition to Andrews: forwards Isabel Ballester and Alex MacBeth, and midfielders Katharine Cusick and Dana Schulman.
For Penn Charter, Cahn (the reserve keeper in 2010), wing Amanda Fleming, defender Tess Reinhold, and midfielder Cora Wolfington are the only returning seniors, with classmate Danielle Poindexter (defense) moving up to join them on varsity this fall. Fortunately, there are three strong juniors. Katherine O'Donnell can play forward or mid, Molly Pighini is a midfielder, and Anna Wills is the mainstay of the Quakers' defense.
Another 11th grader, Molly Mornhinweg, has moved up to varsity and has stepped right into a starting role on defense, and Claudia Stedman completes the junior class contingent. Gabi Bembry and Lauren Matt are the only sophomores, but five freshman are showing promise. Avery Shoemaker and Grace Harbison were the top scorers for the Penn Charter middle school franchise last fall, and Shoemaker scored both of the Quakers' goals in last week's scrimmage. The other ninth-graders are defender Sophie Eldridge, forward Tara Murphy, and midfielder Layne Wolfington (Cora's sister).
In Thursday's scrimmage, PC controlled the play for much of the first half, but could not score on the Tigers' Andrews, who made several difficult saves.
GFS coach Maribeth Wicoff reported, "The girls knew at halftime that we were getting beat to the ball – they said it before the coaches did. I think we picked up our level in the second half, and when we scored, we had confidence that we could stay with Penn Charter."
The score remained 0-0 until there was 17:15 left to play, when Wilson got GFS on the board. At 11:32 Charter answered, with O'Donnell driving the ball in from the left side of the circle and Shoemaker closing in from near the right post to score.
"Once we scored, we were able to maintain our energy and get the second goal," said Charter coach Natasha Pronga, who saw Shoemaker make her second strike off of a pass inside by her classmate, Murphy. "The freshmen stepped up in a major way, and Molly Mornhinweg, who is a new starter, played very well at sweep. We're pretty young overall and we're still experimenting with people in different positions."


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