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Risks of Multiple Pregnancy
Topic Overview
There are pregnancy problems that can be more likely with a multiple pregnancy.
Risks of multiple pregnancy may include:
- Miscarriage of one or more babies (fetuses).
- Gestational diabetes .
- High blood pressure and preeclampsia.
- Anemia .
- Increased chance of cesarean delivery.
- Increased chance of giving birth before 37 weeks (preterm birth), which poses greater risks of illness, disability, and death. For more information, see the topics Preterm Labor and Premature Infant.
- Having a baby born with a birth defect that occurs when something is wrong with the genes or chromosomes. Certain genetic disorders may be more likely to occur in multiple pregnancies.
Multiple pregnancies conceived by the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) may have a greater risk of certain pregnancy problems.1 Talk to your doctor about the risks related to your treatment.
Your chances of having a multiple pregnancy
In the general population, less than 3 out of 100 births involve twins, triplets, or more.1 Your chances of conceiving a multiple pregnancy increase when you use fertility drugs and assisted reproductive technology (ART).
Currently, about 20 out of 100 multiple pregnancies occur naturally, while the other 80 out of 100 are the result of using fertility drugs or assisted reproductive technology.2 The majority of these pregnancies are twins, but there are also more triplets (or more) than in the general population.
When assisted reproductive technology (ART), such as IVF, is used, the risk of conceiving a multiple pregnancy is directly related to the number of embryos transferred to a woman's uterus. Because of the risks of multiple pregnancy to the babies, experts recommend limiting the number of embryos transferred.
Related Information
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2004, reaffirmed 2010). Multiple gestation: Complicated twin, triplet, and high-order multifetal pregnancy. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 56. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 104(4): 869–863.
- Burney RO, et al. (2007). Infertility. In JS Berek, ed., Berek & Novak's Gynecology, 14th ed., pp. 1185–1275. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
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- Were you looking for the new World of Warcraft Battle Chest replacement simply called World of Warcraft?
World of Warcraft, often referred to as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) set in the Warcraft universe. It is developed by Blizzard Entertainment and contains 4 expansion packs: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, and World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor (NYR). The initial release is now sometimes known as "vanilla WoW" or "classic WoW".
As of 2010, World of Warcraft has more than 12 million monthly subscribers,[1][citation needed] and currently holds the Guinness World Record for the world's largest and most popular MMORPG.[2] It also continues its further story development throughout its franchising, other than online media, such as Warcraft novels, comics, manga, RPG books, TCG, and board games.
Note the following are the pre-expansion details:
- Uses and expands the storyline from the Warcraft series of games.
- Customizable characters:
- 2 factions: Horde and Alliance.
- 8 initial races: Human, Dwarf, Gnome, Night Elf, Orc, Troll, Undead, Tauren; added Blood Elf / Draenei, Goblin / Worgen, and Pandaren.
- 9 initial classes: Mage, Warlock, Priest, Rogue, Druid, Hunter, Shaman, Warrior, Paladin; added Death Knight (Hero Class), and Monk.
- 9 initial professions, enabling resource gathering and item crafting; added Jewelcrafting and Inscription.
- 4 initial secondary professions: Cooking, Fishing, First Aid, Riding; added Archaeology.
- 2 initial class-based professions (Rogue): Lockpicking,
Poisons(removed with patch 3.0.2); added Runeforging. (Death Knights only)
- The Talents and Glyphs system allows further customization of the character's skills and stats.
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- A casual-friendly character progression system up to a point.
- Quests occur frequently, and being offline (resting) increases your experience points gain.
- In-game trading, mail service and auction system.
- Four server types: Normal (PvE), RP, PvP, and RPPvP.
- Quest and Honor Systems
- A PvP Honor system, 3 initial Battlegrounds; added 1 , 2 and 2
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The original WoW is sometimes referred to as "vanilla World of Warcraft," "pre Burning Crusade (Pre BC)," or "classic World of Warcraft".
- ^ 'World of Warcraft' hits 12 million subscribers By Brett Molina, USA TODAY Oct 07, 2010 12:06 PM
- ^ Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition - Records - PC Gaming. Retrieved on 2009-10-17.
- ^ Blizzard Entertainment® to Release World of Warcraft® in Latin America
- ^ Danny O'Dwyer 2012-04-16. Escape From Mount Stupid: World of Warcraft. GameSpot.
See also
- Loading screen
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- Timeline (World of Warcraft) for a timeline of game milestones since its announcement.
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- World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria
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The time has come! After mastering Iron Tail, Ash is ready for his Gym Battle with Roxanne. But before the battle begins, May tells Roxanne she will not be participating in Gym Battles and instead focus on Contests. Roxanne supports May's decision and wishes her the best of luck. With that set aside the Battle has begun. Will Ash manage to win on his first try, or will this end up like his first Gym Battle back in Pewter City all over again?
Ash's Pikachu has nearly mastered the Iron Tail move for the battle in Rustboro City's Gym. However, the second time it fails to do so, so Ash and Pikachu need more practicing. Brock discusses what tactics should Ash use against Roxanne's Geodude. Max asks what May thinks of the battle, to which May replies she won't battle, much to everyone's suprise. May explains that she will be a Pokémon Coordinator and says that she wanted to travel, but not to be a Pokémon Trainer, however during their travels she changed her mind about them. Ash and Brock support her about the idea.
James is shocked that the woman who defeated them before was a Gym Leader. James then proposes to Jessie and Meowth to steal their Pokemon and try as best as they can - by becoming diggers. The gang arrives to the Gym, seeing that workers do their job on the field. Roxanne is pleased to know that Ash and May will start their first Gym battle in Rustboro City, but May explains that she'll become a Coordinator instead. The workers have done their job, revealing them to be Roxanne's students. Roxanne proposes to have a videotape of Ash and her battling, to which Ash agrees.
The battle begins - Roxanne sends her Geodude out and Ash sends his Treecko. Treecko uses Quick Attack, to which Geodude stops the attack. Geodude uses Megapunch, blasting Treecko away. Treecko uses Pound, and with the improved speed, knocks Geodude. However, Geodude stands up and uses Rollout. Treecko evades, but Geodude goes up in air and uses Mega Punch, severely wounding Treecko. Treecko stands up, but falls down soon afterwards. Ash chooses his Pikachu to fight, even if Roxanne does not think that's a good idea. Pikachu uses Thunder, removing most of the stones from the battlefield.
Team Rocket digs the tunnel. Meowth asks where they are digging, to which James responds that they are digging to the Gym and will capture Geodude and Pikachu then get through the tunnel back. That way they won't spend much money on machines. Meanwhile, Geodude blasts the ground to attack Pikachu, but Pikachu uses Quick Attack to evade the rocks. Geodude uses Mega Punch to blast Pikachu away and uses Rollout. However, Geodude does not go straight ahead and while it gets up, Pikachu uses Thunder, defeating Geodude.
Roxanne is impressed by Ash and Pikachu, but the battle isn't over yet - Roxanne brings Nosepass to fight. Pikachu uses Iron Tail on Nosepass. Nosepass attacks Pikachu, but Pikachu dodges. Pikachu uses Iron Tail, but fails to do so. Nosepass uses Rock Tomb to imprison Pikachu, but Pikachu uses Thunder to free itself. Team Rocket has dug a tunnel directly beneath the Gym.
Nosepass uses Sandstorm, making everyone's vision dim and knocks Pikachu. Nosepass is about to crush Pikachu, but he dodges. Roxanne orders the Nosepass to use Rock Tomb, to which Pikachu dodges with Quick Attack. Afterwards, Pikachu moves around Nosepass, confusing it. Pikachu uses Iron Tail, but fails again, due to amount of energy he lost. Nosepass uses Thunderwave, but Pikachu dodges - James has dug through, so Team Rocket is the target of Thunderwave, so they blast off.
Pikachu charges to Nosepass, to which Nosepass uses Zap Cannon as an counterattack. Pikachu is stricken by the Zap Cannon, and charges to Nosepass, paralyzing it. Pikachu makes the final move, attacking Nosepass with Iron Tail, kncoking and defeating it. Outside, the Roxanne is quite impressed by Ash and Pikachu's abilities, learning much of the battle. She presents him the Stone Badge.
- Featured Pokémon: Pupitar (US)
- This is the second time Ash's Pikachu beat a Geodude, The first time being in IL005: Showdown in Pewter City.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. - Junior right-handed pitcher Tanner Merritt has been suspended indefinitely from the East Carolina baseball team for a violation of team policy, head coach Billy Godwin announced Friday afternoon.
"In our program, we hold our student-athletes to a very high standard," Godwin said. "It's unfortunate, but Tanner has been suspended from the team this season due to a violation of team policy."
Merritt appeared in 25 games in 2012 posting a 2.91 ERA with a 3-6 record and eight saves.
The Pirates will start team workouts on Friday, Jan. 25 before opening the 2013 campaign at home against nationally-ranked Virginia on Friday, Feb. 15 at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. (EST).
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Officer Ralph Pendelbury is a character who appears as a minor character , but key in Grand Theft Auto series. He was a police officer in the Los Santos Police Department. He is mentioned in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and can be seen in The Introduction.
Pendelbury threatened to give the police damning evidence against Officer Frank Tenpenny and Officer Eddie Pulaski. He was not working for C.R.A.S.H., but was in Internal Affairs. Tenpenny, Pulaski and their new associate, Officer Jimmy Hernandez, eventually caught him. They took him to a secluded area in the dock area of Los Santos, where Officer Pulaski beat him up. Tenpenny stopped Pulaski and instructed Hernandez to kill him. At first Hernandez refused but after Tenpenny threatened his life, Hernandez shot and killed Pendelbury.
Tenpenny, Pulaski and Hernandez framed Carl Johnson for the murder of Officer Pendelbury, which allowed them to manipulate Carl for a period of time. Tenpenny and Pulaski were later both charged with the murder of Pendelbury, although Carl Johnson had already murdered Pulaski. Tenpenny was cleared of all charges due to lack of evidence, which effectively set off the Los Santos Riots, which led to his death.
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Designer - Mel Hains Designs
Turning photos into memories has been with me for as long as I can remember. I started scrapping digitally in 2007 and the progression to designing came very naturally. I am inspired by just about anything. A phrase, a colourscheme or even everyday household items, like my coffee cup! My designstyle has been from funky, vingtage, doodled and whimsy. I love bright and cheery colours and love to design themed scrapping kits. I do change my designstyle often to keep up with the scrapping trends and love to experiment and try new styles and ideas. My other passion is photography, I love taking pictures. I have designed for stores like Snap and Scrap, iScrapbook and Scrap that Idea.


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Advance tickets are required and are for sale for $85 each until October 8th. To purchase tickets online, visit the Food Literacy Project website. To purchase tickets by cash or check, please call 502-491-0072.
The event includes passed appetizers and a five-course dinner, with paired wines during the seated courses courtesy of Horseshoe Bend Vineyard and Winery.
Proceeds from the dinner will support the expansion of the Food Literacy Project's experiential education programming on Oxmoor Farm, including the development of a new learning center.
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Holiday recap
Heyyyyy. My holidays are done. Whew! And now it's blizzarding. I did a midnight TP run and it took me an hour to get to the nearest 24-hour drugstore and back. Just because of the snow. The streets aren't even shoveled, and for Manhattan that's saying a lot.
So I'll recap my holidays for you…
Thursday was the video release show. It was both really great and disappointing. Shelly wasn't available, and neither was Luigi, so we played as a trio- some of the songs just Ross and Joe played, and about half of them I joined in on 12-string. I hadn't played my 12-string in ages. Actually it was my first guitar, my dad had a 6-string and a 12-string so when I wanted to learn he took half the strings off his 12-string and gave it to me for my 16th birthday. He had it since college so it's older than me, and a beautiful guitar. When I finally got my own 6-string, from a pawn shop in Paris, I put the other strings back on, but there's that one that always breaks so it's usually an 11-string. I don't usually play with it because some of my songs involve plucking, and it's better for strumming, so since I was only going to play a handful of the songs this time I decided it would be a good chance to play it.
Frank was voluntarily running the AV equipment for us (it wasn't his night to run things but he offered), we got there before him so Ross and I had time to review some of the chords, thank goodness. We hadn't rehearsed for this and the last show could have gone better in that respect. I think the couple of minutes going over things helped a lot. For me, too, as I had only decided to play along at the very last minute. I'd been too busy all week to practice.
So we played really, really well. Playing an instrument can be really fun at the parts where you don't have to sing- the little interludes where I can just break it down and wail out on my guitar. Rawr! It's hard when you have to sing, you have to keep your mouth in front of the mic and you can't jump around too much or you get winded enough to mess up your singing. When you just play, you can be so much more physical.
The thing that was disappointing is that almost no one came. I had been expecting a bunch of friends, my "regulars," who didn't make it at the last minute. The worst thing is Philine, my photographer, had to call out sick, and both Keith and his assistant Abigail had specifically requested photos (for Keith's website) and I had said sure no problem I had a photographer coming. Very very luckily, a friend who is really a friend of a friend said he was planning on coming, and he's also a very good pro photographer (he has a pic of me doing aerial silks somewhere but I don't know if it's online anywhere public), so I hit him up to fill in as photographer and he agreed. So he came, and one of my regular fans, Scott, came in halfway through the set after his church choir rehearsal, and somebody from Twitter told me they had come for part of my set but I didn't know they were there, and besides that it was mostly, you know, the band playing after us. That was a let down because we went through so much effort to arrange this, but we had so much fun and hopefully at least will get some good photos out of it. The video went over great.
I had just splurged on some cute sweaters so I wore those, to kinda keep in the holiday spirit. Frank was lecturing me on how we don't "look like we sound," and encouraging me to wear vampire contacts and the guys to wear half-clown masks. That would be such a trip to try sometime! Unfortunately our music is not consistently gothy enough to pull it off. But yes, layered pink and white sweaters is not really the standard attire for Midnight Bride and A Carol. The problem is that I like to dress for the occasion of my specific shows- when I left for Berlin I was playing acoustic so I went hippie, when I came back I wore a punk Berlin t-shirt, etc, when I play on my birthday I wear a cute party dress. That's OK cuz like I said the music's not consistent either.
Had fun afterwards though, hanging with Nick and his friends and our album producer Martin who couldn't make it in til the show was over. We went to S'mac. Mmmmmmm
Christmas Eve I had two services- or, more correctly, one service and one Mass. I was a ringer at St. Michael's on 34th, where I've sung a handful of times, for an early evening Mass, then ran over to my church, Church of the Holy Apostles, for our late service. And when I say "ran" I mean it literally. Mass at St. Michael's went so overtime I had to leave in the middle of the anthem to get to Holy Apostles in time. I felt bad, but I had warned them ahead of time I could only stay til 7:45 or so, and since we'd rehearsed with no break, I had done a solid 2 hours and 45 minutes of singing for them already.
Holy Apostles was nice because we had a chamber orchestra, SWEET! But we also had no break, and also had a half hour choral prelude, and so yeah basically I was singing straight time from 5pm til almost midnight with no break except sermons.
Christmas morning Holy Apostles doesn't use us, so I subbed at St. Bart's. At first I had turned them down because they don't pay enough, but the soprano offered me a bonus, and I do enjoy singing there (it's so pretty and the director is nice and precise) so I went for it. I think I subbed there for Christmas last year, because the music had my handwriting in it…
Today I subbed for a friend at Holy Trinity on the East side, which is where we did Veil of Forgetfulness a few years ago. I went against my convictions and sang for below my minimum fee, but only because it was for a friend and she was desperate to find someone. They only had a quartet today (I guess they usually have a bigger group), and it wasn't as polished as the other places I've sung this week, but I always enjoy trying out a new church. It was a nice friendly neighborhood church, must less formal than Holy Apostles or St. Bart's.
Then I was going to do stuff but it blizzarded so I stayed home! The snow is really crazy out there, I can't remember the last time I saw so much arrive so quickly.


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As a follow up to the most recent Scanfest I'd like to lay out in more detail some of the options for photo annotation in particular. No matter what I've said about annotation in the past, (and I've said a lot) it's better you read from the present backwards.
It's been a learning process for me too and some things I've tried in the past, and might have even liked at the time, I wouldn't go back to.
Photo Annotation
IPTC is a standard for annotating photographs. Sometimes 'standard' isn't so standard, a lesson I've learned recently from Phil Harvey of ExifTool. Phil's the master but his ExifTool is an advanced place to start.
For my purposes, annotation generally covers captions, keywords, cities, sub-locations, states/provinces, countries, sources and copyrights. Most of us know the pain of inheriting unidentified photographs. I'm trying to leave a different kind of legacy.
MediaDex has been defunct since 2008. Thankfully, it's no longer available. It's become Canto Single User. I had a trial of it briefly. It was as user-unfriendly as MediaDex was although it may have developed since then. Based on what I know about it, I don't recommend it.
Photo Mechanic is my IPTC and GPS software of choice. It's been developed slowly and carefully over a long period of time. I've never had a problem with it. It's straight-forward for simpler tasks with many advanced options. It has its own busy user-forum. I think it's great and I highly recommend it. A 30-day free trial is available.
IDimager is one I'm interested in trying. From what I've seen it's in a class with Photo Mechanic, or may be even a step beyond. A 30-day free trial is also available. (Update: I now have a trial on my computer. You'll probably want to stay away from this. The GUI is utter chaos and you won't know if you're coming or going. Photo Mechanic is still the choice.)
Both of the above also include GPS annotation, which is not IPTC. It's part of the EXIF info.
There's a cost involved but once you see the value in detailing your photos you'll want to get it right. Consider this an essential tool in your family history arsenal of tools.
XnView is a good free option. It can annotate TIFFs as well as JPGs which puts it miles ahead of other free options which, generally, only work on JPGs. XnView is also a photo browser and light editor and many other things. The metadata always syncs perfectly with Photo Mechanic which favors confidence. It reads GPS by sending you to a list of maps at Wikipedia but it doesn't write it. It has a few problems with field-lengths being too short and truncating data. It's not my favorite for writing IPTC but it will get your feet wet. And it's an amazingly versatile program. It would also make a good IPTC-viewer for the people you send your photos to.
If you're using Picasa I'd highly recommend you stop and switch to XnView. I've written several times about the problems with Picasa. It gets updated occasionally so my complaints may be out-of-date. It has many other problems I haven't even touched on yet because it gets so technical I hardly understand it myself. I will not have it on my main computer so the only way I can keep track is to bring out my old laptop occasionally to have a look. But, I'm not that interested; I consider it irrelevant.
Definitely get GeoSetter. This is new to me and also free and excellent for GPS, IPTC and general viewing of your metadata. It's quickly becoming the one I use most often for GPS. The IPTC is based on Phil Harvey's ExifTool so you get all Phil's knowledge and brilliance in a user-friendly package.
In some software you'll see options for tagging that have nothing to do with IPTC. It's proprietary to the software. Best to avoid that; it's a waste of your time.
Windows Live Photo Gallery (used on Vista and Windows 7) does some lightweight IPTC; captions & keywords. The September update is a train-wreck with the addition of a GPS option. Microsoft is working on a fix but this problem is just the tip of the iceberg. Stay far away.
Windows products, in general, and metadata are problematic across the board. I've uninstalled the entirety of Windows Live Essentials from my computer just to be on the safe side although massive damage has already been done. As I repair it there's no point having the same scenario repeat behind my back. Chronic corruption of metadata goes back for years, according to Phil Harvey.
Adobe Photoshop Elements (up to version 8 which I know about) 'does metadata' in a manner of speaking, and the data is legit, but the Organizer is very badly laid out, chronically unstable and difficult to handle. The Yahoo mapping feature is next to useless. I use the Editor all the time but the Organizer really doesn't have anything worth recommending. It hasn't improved in any meaningful way since it was first brought out in Elements version 3. I don't know about the higher-end Adobe products.
If you'd rather have an editor/annotator combo, ACDSee Pro is a definite contender. I prefer Adobe Elements as an editor because of the healing brush that's so useful on old scratched up photos. But ACDSee Pro is way better as a file-browser, organizer and IPTC-er. It also has excellent PDF printing options where you can lay out your photos and metadata as you please. It reads GPS but doesn't write it as there's no integrated mapping. It's nice grown-up software and still totally user-friendly.
One thing I've learned from experience is that the best time to annotate your photos is the minute they reach your computer. If you do it then, all the metadata will be preserved as you make copies for various projects later on. Also, you'll remember things like 'source' when they're new to you. Later, chances are you won't.
If you're scanning your photos as JPGs please stop doing that. JPG is a compressed format which means it squeezes about 90% of the quality (i.e. clarity) out of your original photos. TIFF is the way to go. Make a copy of your original TIFF scan and use that for editing. Then make a JPG or PNG copy if you want to use it for a blog post or emailing or other uploading to the Internet.
If you've already scanned your photos as JPGs, understandably it could be difficult to start over. At this point, it's way better than nothing. If you feel a need to edit a JPG, it would be better to re-save it as a TIFF before you make any changes. It will prevent the photo from further damage. JPGs deteriorate every time you re-save; uncompressed TIFFs do not. TIFFs have various compression options. Either choose 'None' or 'LZW'. LZW is a lose-less compression and the photos can be reconstituted to full size by re-saving with No Compression.
You might as well scan large. There's two issues here. The resolution and the pixel-dimensions.
If you think you might ever want to reprint a photo, you can scan at 600 or even 1200 dpi. But, if the printer can only print at 200-300 dpi (commonly) your efforts are for naught. Otherwise 300 dpi is plenty since your computer monitor can only see about 96 dpi anyway. 300 dpi is considered standard photo scanning resolution. You can't get finer detail out of a photo than what's already there.
Pixels, as you view them on a computer screen, and the pixels required to print a photo are not the same thing. As an example of scanning 'large', the largest scan I have is about 4700 x 6400 pixels, scanned at 300 dpi. If I had a monitor large enough to view that it would be about 4 x 6 feet. It would print out at about 15″ x 21″. I like this picture so much I considered wallpapering my kitchen with it. In a moment of madness. Obviously, 15″ x 21″ is larger than most people would want to print most pictures. But just to give you an idea.
I scan most things in the range of 2,000-3,000 pixels wide to make sure they more than fill my monitor which is presently 1280 x1024.
Obviously, this is not the be-all and end-all on this topic, just a short version of where I've come to.


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As we mark the Water Week 2012 on "Water and Food Security", Our Business Correspondent, spoke to Commercial Manager, Moshi Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority [MUWSA], Joseph E. Swai, on the challenges the water industry is facing…
QUESTION. Being in the water sector for a time now, what challenges do you think the sector is facing?
ANSWER: The Tanzania water industry is mainly affected by climate change variations. Changes that take place in the earth include rising global temperatures by 0.7 Celsius with a continued rise at an estimated rate of 0.2 degrees per decade leads into intensification of the hydrological cycle.
Countrywide, these changes affected the quantity and quality of water to meet human and environmental demands, hence are responsible for inefficiency in hydroelectric power generation, agricultural production and urban water supplies. Customers and consumers all over the country are complaining about power cut, water rationing and sometimes a complete lack of water in some areas.
Q: What are major causes and effects of climate change in the Tanzania water sector?
A: So far one of the outcomes of climate change in water cycle is floods which has caused major impacts on Tanzania water resources to include disruption of safe water supplies through infrastructure damage.
Others include overburdening wastewater system leading to contamination of water supplies and health risks such as increased incidences of diseases.
If the government and other stakeholders will not take serious on this issue, water flow is projected to become more seasonal and scarce at the national level.
Also scientists worldwide agreed that the root causes of climate change are direct and indirect human activities which are responsible for the alterations of atmosphere over time period. For example, since 1900s during the industrial revolution, the green house gases emissions have been rising due to increased burning of fuels. Significant increases in their levels are expected as developing countries to include Tanzania become more industrialised with increased population, hence increased energy consumption.
As much of the solar energy perceived by the earth is used to drive the hydrological cycle, the higher levels of solar energy trapped in the atmosphere leads to its intensification, resulting in changes in precipitation patterns, dryer dry seasons and wetter rainy seasons and subsequent heightened risks of more extreme and frequent floods and drought. It is obvious that, these changes result in increased floods and drought which have significant impacts on the availability, quantity and quality of freshwater.
Tanzania is under water stress as results from pressures such as power generation, irrigation, and human consumption. These pressures are significantly exacerbated by climate change, which resulted from reduced rainfall and increased temperatures. Currently, a third of Tanzania receives less than 800 mm of rain and is thus arid or semiarid, only one third has precipitation above 1,000 mm.
Furthermore, a number of researchers pointed out that there has been a change in the annual river runoff particularly the main rivers which form major water basins like Ruvu River (decrease of 10 percent), Pangani basin (decrease of 6 – 9 percent ) and Rufiji basin (increase of 5 – 11 percent). Even in most of our urban areas such as Moshi and Arusha which were not experiencing water rationing are now succumbed with the shortage of water.
The combined effects of current and future climate change are large enough to prevent Tanzania from achieving growth, development and poverty reduction targets simply for a reason that many of sectors are potential threats from the impact of climate change its water industry faces. These sectors include health, energy, infrastructure, agriculture and ecosystem services, and coastal zone - tourism [sea level rise].
So far its impacts has accounted for huge losses in sectors estimated to about at $1.7 million per day, posing threats to investors, the growing population and the environment. This is the major challenge the Tanzania water industry is facing.
Q. Do you think there is a way the water industry could address climate change ?
A: Yes, certainly there is a way. Addressing climate change to solve its impacts requires a serious adoption of a strategic involvement of actors countrywide. We are not too late. The good thing, water reforms initiated by the government in 1994 strategically emphasised a decentralisation approach blended with stakeholder's involvement and adoption of marketing principles in the industry management.
The three important underlying principles namely Equity, for ensuring equal distribution and accessibility of water services, Efficiency, emphasising an application of commercial/marketing principles in order to sustain water supply and sanitation services, and Environment, emphasising conservation of water resources and the environment for long term, categorically calls for an active stakeholder involvement and not otherwise.
At some level Tanzania had tried hard to work out on these three principles however in a one hand-basis, that is financing is only from the government with the support from development partners. That is to say, the private sector and civil societies has not been fully involved in the management of water industry despite the directives by the National Water Policy of 2004.
It is obvious that, a monopolistic nature of the Tanzanian water industry supports the difficulties of mitigating the climate change impacts and hence a failure to reach the 100 percent of population served as well failure in meeting the requirements for hydropower production and food production. The reason is obvious, the inadequacy in financial resources and core competence such as skills, R&D, and technology. In this case one would need to think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear.
The whole thing is what I refer to as leveraging the water sector operations where by the sector must exploit opportunities through an active involvement of actors.
It is unfortunate that the effect of climate changes has been recognised as problems and not as a business opportunity where results are gained. Thinking on the whole water supply chain for example, the chain takes a make-and-sell view of a business, as it consists of upstream" and "downstream" partners from a set of firms that supply the raw materials, components, parts, information, finances and expertise required to create a service, to marketing or distribution channels that look forward toward the customer whether being household consumers, industrial, hydropower generation unit etc.
The involvement of actors along the supply chain in a gainful way will enable a clear focus means of identifying barriers for climate change adaptation and provide strategic options in key areas of environmental conservation, water management and waste water management. Use of marketing concepts and models in the management of Tanzania water industry is therefore a way forward.
Q: You talked about marketing concepts as a way forward for mitigating climate change; do you think will it work?
A: The answer is yes, as I said earlier, the 1994 water sector reform was primarily focuses on commercialization. In this case for example, the supply chain as a marketing concept provides the basis for Tanzania water industry to set sound mechanism for climate change adaptation through a number of ways to include, Speeding up the adaptive capacity and technological advancement; Pooling of resources; Supporting the implementation of policy formulation, guidelines and regulations favouring involvement of actors such as PPP; Supporting the knowledge transfer and capacity building among actors; Supporting an adequate mechanism for effective consultation and consensus building; and Ensuring participation of stakeholders in the planning, design, operations and management decision making process.
Using a supply chain management, a number of collaboration interventions can be planned for actors to be involved in the climate change adaptation and service delivery improvement processes. For example, a new arrangement for private company to collaborate in Storage, Supply & Distribution activities of water supply either as a fully service provides or in a joint venture or strategic alliances with the Water Basins [WB's] and Water Supply and Sanitation Authorities [UWSA's].
A number of UWSA's in the country currently have installed infrastructure capacity to meet the water demand however the actual water produced and supplied is far less to meet the demand. In some case, the problem is either one or both of these, inability to construct an additional water source, lack of storage facility and or inability to expand a distribution network.
Other collaboration interventions might be a private companies and UWSA's embarking into reuse and recycling of wastewater to reduce pressure on freshwater resources. A good case here is drawn by Moshi Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority [MUWSA] collaborating with UNDP and Mabogini Environment Group, a project on the use of treated municipal effluent for paddy irrigation amounting to TShs 49 million was constructed. This project reduced pressure on a freshwater used before and enabled farmers to cultivate more paddy essentially in two seasons annually from the potential water which initially was regarded as a waste!
In a nutshell, a number of marketing based collaboration interventions can be designed by involving actors across the sector in areas also such as water sources protection, reduction of system water losses etc.
Collaboration strategy provides the basis for a sustainable solution to mitigate climate change effects in the Tanzania water industry. The involvement of actors in the water industry will lead to many advantages includes gain access to funding, needed technology and knowledge, reduced investment required, overcome trade barriers, and create value to customers.
Q: Are there any forms of collaboration interventions that can be adopted and what are the requirements?
A: There are three forms of collaboration interventions that can be applied to mitigate climate change effects in the Tanzania water industry. These are Partnering, mostly cooperative relationship in a project; Public Private Partnership [PPP], a partnership between the public and private sectors on a development project; and Strategic Alliances, in terms of a collaborative agreements, joint ventures, and joint ownership.
For collaborations interventions to be adopted in the water industry, there are basic requirement to be considered. These includes a change of attitudes from a monopoly to a fully active stakeholders driven approach, and most important is skills and behaviours of marketers professionals within water industry towards adopting and using key marketing concepts such as strategic audits, marketing decisions, stakeholder's dialogue and others.
These requirements are crucial for the industry while responding to changing market trends as a result of climate change impacts.
Q: What is a precondition to act on stakeholder involvement as a way forward towards sustaining water management in Tanzania?
A: It is necessary for Water Basins [WB's] and Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authorities [UWSA's] to identify suitable networking relationships. The emerging strategic marketing response is collaboration whereby the WBs and UWSA's seek to forge relationships with a number of partners and therefore provide benefit to water customers.
Collaborative marketing is primarily based on the purpose of building an interactive platform among actors along the supply chain that is, from the producers and to the customers.
The WBs and UWSAs for purpose of market expansion and market penetration must forge strategic alliances, PPP and partnering with national, or regional governmental bodies; local actors such as agencies for water management, municipalities, water supply corporations, sewerage operators, public health policy makers, housing corporations, project developers, financing parties; private partners, such as construction companies and equipment suppliers; and the water systems users, namely domestic households in owned and rented houses, small and medium size enterprises, and the citizens living in the areas.
By leveraging the water industry operations, Tanzania will move ahead in ensuring its citizens have access to clean and safe water supply and sanitation services.


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The Day of A Thousand Tears took place over one week ago.
After the illicit hacker HandsomeMatt was taken over and arrested by the FBI the CIA took him. Even though he may have been miscaptured, they could find no trace of evidence for an apparent bank heist. They threatened him with his life.
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"When in Doubt, Leave it Off."
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Sooooo true!
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I agree!
Comfort is the first thought when I will buy something!
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I've heard the leave it off sentiment elsewhere. Wonder if she knew Coco. Anyway she does have all she needs to look terrific.
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Excellent advice - I couldn't agree more. And, love her outfit, which would be perfect at any age.
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Coco Chanel lived by that saying! Love it!
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I love her outfit too. She does look very serious but very elegant and a get out of my way, I'm coming through look as well. Great shot. Regards to Amber.
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Look at her strike a pose! Her glasses are so chic, and the pink umbrella is a cute touch also.
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Amber looks amazing. I'm of the 'less is more' and 'comfort first' persuasion too.
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YES,the first thing we think about for clothes is comfort but not beauty.
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Aside from the fact that she looks like she could chew nails, I'd love to look like her any day!
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I love her pose and her level gaze!
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Very sound advice, I agree completely!
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Amber looks so tall, refined and definitely elegant. I am beginning to think I would kill for a waist like hers! Am wondering if she gives lessons in that "been there, done that, test me" gaze -- I could put it to good use. By the way, I find Amber is perfectly accessorized, statement-sized but classic pearl earrings, understated but readable watch, classic gold wedding band. Perfect.
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Principals like Brigdon are working with their math and English teachers to implement the new common core curriculum.
"Focusing more on writing in language arts, learning vocabulary through context, no more lists of vocabulary words," Brigdon said.
Sharon Carson, the director of student learning, explained, "They are going to be coming out of the gate first day of school, this is what our first unit is going to be, but it's a work in progress."
For students it'll be more about understanding the material and less about memorizing formulas in class.
"They are going to have to learn to read it, to understand it, write about it, compare and contrast using higher order thinking," Carson said.
Which means even math tests could include writing portions where students will have to explain their answers.
"Another change, probably not going to read an entire novel in its entirety. It'll take supporting parts of novels," Brigdon said.
It's a curriculum 46 other states are adopting, which means if your family is moving into the school district or out of it, your student will be on the same page no matter where they go.
"It's gonna be less of a stress on military families," Carson said.
Teachers and students are learning the new system as they go.
"What we anticipate is a little decline in scores. Until this point, especially in Columbia County, our scores are really high," Carson said.
There could be a slight learning curve. The first major benchmark will be the CRCT students take in the spring.
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2 bacon sandwiches and two cans of Kronenbourg. Not bad.
2 bacon sandwiches and two cans of Kronenbourg. Not bad.
I sometimes spread nutella on a croissant and put slices of banana on top. Delicious.
Changes everyday - this is what I had yesterday:
Breakfast: Poha (it's called 'flattened rice' in English according to wikipedia Flattened rice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ) preparation with onion and lots of cashew nuts, tea
Morning Tea: Coffee
Lunch: KFC
Afternoon Tea: An apple, Some pav bhaji ( Pav Bhaji - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia )
Dinner: Rice, pulses, a caulilower preparation with potatoes, rohu fish curry preparation made with some vegetables like this one Trichosanthes cucumerina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- Sachin Tendulkar, as told in an interview published in Bengali newspaper Anandabazar Patrika after his 100th International century (translated by weldone)
That pav bhaji better have been from the streets, you're not a true mumbaiker if it wasn't
Just ordered some Fried Prawn Mee and bubbleh teaz to go along
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****ing hell, no wonder we can't produce any fast bowlers.
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Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost element of mainland Antarctica, and the only part of the continent of Antarctica that extends outside the Antarctic Circle.
It is approximately 1200 miles (2000 km) long, stretching from 75°S (a drawn between Cape Adams (Weddell Sea) and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands) to 63°S (Prime Head on the Trinity Peninsula). The southern tip of South America, Cape Horn is about 610 miles (980 km) farther north, and is separated by the Drake Passage.
Island scene off the Antarctic Peninsula, with summer snowpack and icebergs. @ C.Michael Hogan Other names applying to the region include: Tierra de O'Higgins (Chile), Tierra de San Martín (Argentina) and Península Antártica (other Spanish speaking countries). It has the mildest climate in Antarctica and contains the only two flowering plant species on the entire continent.
While Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom have made territorial claims to the Antarctic Peninsula, it is governed under the Antarctic Treaty System which limits military activity and promotes scientific study (there are 28 research stations), environmental protection, and other peaceful activities.
The Antarctic Peninsula is essentially a mountain range, with peaks progressively higher as the range continues farther south. This range can be considered an extension of the Andes Mountain Range that runs virtually the length of South America.
The peninsula is heavily glaciated. The north eastern coast is dominated by Larsen Ice Shelf. Other permanent ice shelves cover much of the peninsula (George VI Ice Shelf, Wilkins Ice Shelf, Wordie Ice Shelf, Bach Ice Shelf. Rapid changes in ice cover and movement, including the breaking up of parts of the Larsen Ice Shelf have been attributed to global warming.
Volcanic activity occurs in various places including offshore in the South Shetland Islands.
Most of the landscape of the peninsula is considered Marielandia Antarctic tundra. Parts of the north western coast in particular become ice free for significant portions of the year and support vegetation (see below).
Separating the peninsula from nearby islands are numerous marine channels and straits, such as the Bransfield Strait that separates the mainland of peninsula from the South Shetland Islands.
West of the peninsula is the Bellingshausen Sea, north is the Drake Passage and Scotia Sea and east is the Weddell Sea. All of the waters surrounding the peninsula are part of the Southern Ocean.
Antarctic Treaty System
The Antarctic Treaty applies to the area south of 60° south latitude, including all islands and ice shelves. The whole area is subject to Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Flora and Fauna which are consolidated in the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. These include prohibitions on the killing, wounding, capturing or molesting of any native mammal or native bird except in accordance with a permit; and regulations on the importation of exotic species, parasites, and diseases. Permits may be issued only by persons authorized by a participating government. Additionally, numerous conservation areas are designated in several categories, and carry further regulation. For example, vehicles are prohibited to enter Specially Protected Areas.
The Antarctic Treaty has, for the time being, put a ban on any antarctic nuclear testing, radioactive waste disposal, and oil or other mineral drilling. It does not and cannot, however, prevent environmental degradation altogether. Much of the Antarctic ecosystem, particularly its flora, is extremely vulnerable to even the slightest natural or human disturbance.
Several thousand researchers and tourists visit the continent each year. The vast majority of tourism is concentrated at the more accessible and more hospitable Antarctic Peninsula, primarily being cruise ship tours. Overflight tours are also popular, and have a minimal impact on the local environment. Tourism in the Antarctic region dates back to 1891, when the first tourists were passengers on resupply ships to the sub-Antarctic islands. The first tour group visited the South Pole in 1988 by means of land-based flight operations. From 1983-93, a hotel, the Estrella Polar Guest House, operated on King George Island off of the west coast of the peninsula. Tourism is now, in fact, the primary non-governmental activity on the continent. While the majority of Antarctic tourists are highly educated and mindful of conservation issues, the continent's fragile environment is vulnerable to very low levels of interference. Another issue is that private yachts also travel to Antarctica in increasing numbers since the 1980s. These activities were rarely recorded in the past, and are more difficult to regulate.
The west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula has a maritime Antarctic climate, similar to that of the South Sandwich, South Orkney, and South Shetland offshore islands. From the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula south to 68°S, average monthly temperatures exceed 0°C for three to four months of austral summer, and rarely fall below -10°C during austral winter. Precipitation averages 35 to 50 centimetres per annum with a considerable portion falling as rain during austral summer, occurring on two-thirds of the days of the year, with little seasonal variation in amounts. This can be compared to the higher rainfall of the sub-Antarctic islands (one to two metres per year), or the dry interior of the continent, which is virtual desert with only 10 cm precipitation per year.
Further south on the western coast of the peninsula as well as on the northeast coast to about 63°S, there is a drier maritime climate. Mean monthly temperatures exceeding 0°C for one to two months of summer, falling to -15°C in winter, and precipitation is 35 cm or less with occasional rain. Climate on the east coast of the peninsula south of 63°S is generally much colder due to the extensive pack ice of the Weddell Sea. Here, mean temperatures exceed 0°C for less than one month of summer and winter means are from –5 to –25°C. Precipitation ranges from ten to fifteen centimetrs. The peninsula is bisected by the Antarctic Circle, where approximately two hours of twilight occur during austral winter days, and there is close to 24 hours of sunlight during austral summer. [1].
Since the late 1940s, the average temperature of the Antarctic Peninsula has increased by 0.5°C per decade; a significant and rapid increase which is believed to be part of the global warming of the earth. In the past 20 years, seven ice shelves along the peninsula have retreated or disintegrated. Since 1995, three quarters of the Larsen Ice Shelf, located of the northeastern coast, has disappeared in a series of rapid calving disintegrations; most strikingly in 2002, when 1255 square miles (3260 square kilometers) of the Larsen Ice Shelf calved in a matter of weeks. In March 2008, the Wilkins Ice Sheet, located off the southwestern coast of the peninsula, lost more than 160 square miles (400 square kilometers) to a sudden massive calving event.[2]
The Marielandia Antarctic tundra is defined as the coastal fringes of the Antarctic Peninsula, which are free of permanent ice.
The scattered ice-free areas of the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica west of the Transantarctic Mountains are characterized by low temperatures, high aridity, and a short growing season. Cryptograms — mosses and lichens — dominate the vegetationof the Antarctic tundra. Vegetation of the Antarctic Peninsula's botanic zone is similar to the field mark vegetation of the island highlands in the sub-Antarctic botanic zone. These closed cryptogamic communities occur in protected areas at lower elevations.
In all, approximately 300 species of algae, 200 lichens, 85 mosses, 25 liverworts, and only two flowering plant species are considered native to the Antarctic continent.
Antarctica's two flowering plant species, the Antarctic Hair-grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and Antarctic Pearlwart (Colobanthus quitensis) are found on the northern and western elements of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Mammals and birds have a significant effect on vegetation despite the fact that none are herbivores. Elephant Seals flatten grass area and form wallow pools, and large bird rookeries are devoid of vegetation aside from algal sheets that occur on damp ground rich in bird excrement. Burrowing petrel species generally do not damage vegetation, but rather increase soil aeration and drainage.
Six seal species are native to Antarctica
- Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophagus);
- Ross Seal (Omimatophoca rossii');
- Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx);
- Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii);
- Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina); and
- Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella).
Elephant Seals are found in the Antarctic Peninsula area and on sub-Antarctic islands, but do not range as farther south into continental Antarctica. The elephant seal and fur seal are more often associated with the open ocean, while the others spend a significant amount of time on sea ice. Weddell Seal, Crabeater, Ross, and Leopard Seals are all ice-breeding marine mammals. Seals hauling out onto land can have a significant impact on vegetation communities. Pushed almost to extinction by intensive hunting in the 19th century, the Antarctic Fur Seal has recovered significantly starting around 1970, and now totals about one million individuals. The Crabeater seal is the most abundant seal on Earth, with a total population of over 30 million.
Thirty-seven flying seabird species are native to Antarctica. Some species characteristic of Marielandia are:
- Southern Fulmar (Fulmaras glacialoides);
- Southern Giant Fulmar (Macronectes giganteus);
- Cape Pigeon (Daption capense);
- Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea);
- Wilson's Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus);
- Blue-eyed Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps);
- American Sheathbill (Chionis alba);
- South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki);
- Brown Skua (Catharacta lonnbergi);
- Southern Black-backed Gull (Larus dominicanus); and,
- Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata).
These birds must nest on ice-free areas, therefore, they are seldom found far inland over the ice cap, and breed during summer months when coastal areas are exposed. Several petrel species build burrows to nest in the ground.
Of the estimated total of 350 million birds of all species in the Antarctic, about 175 million are penguins. Six species of penguin are native to the Antarctic region:
- Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae);
- Chinstrap Penguin (P. antarctica);
- Gentoo Penguin (P. papua);
- Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri);
- King Penguin (A. patagonicus);
- Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes crestatus); and,
- Macaroni Penguin (E. chrysolophus).
The Chinstrap and Gentoo Penguins breed primarily on the milder Antarctic Peninsula. Penguins likely could not thrive on the Antarctic Peninsula in such large populations, if carnivores such as Polar Bears, Arctic Foxes, or Arctic Wolves were present in Antarctica.
The first sighting of Graham Land occurred on January 30, 1820 by a British expedition headed by Edward Bransfield and piloted by William Smith sailing south from the South Shetland Islands when they observed "high mountains, covered with snow" and named the area Trinity Land. Eight months later a small boat of American seal hunters led by Nathaniel Palmer followed a similar route and sighted the same area, which was named Palmer Land.
For much of the nineteenth century a bitter debate was waged between British and American champions for each side claiming primacy in the discovery. This was reflected in competing names for the entire peninsula. Agreement on this name by the US-ACAN and UK-APC in 1964 resolved a long-standing difference over the use of the American name "Palmer Peninsula" or the British name "Graham Land" for this feature. (Graham Land is now that part of the Antarctic Peninsula northward of a line between Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz, whilst Palmer Land is the part southward of that line.
In 1952, the log of another American sealing ship, the Huron, came to light. It revealed that the ship's Master John Davis, looking for new seal sitings in the Huron's support vessel, the Ceciliam, sent a boat of men ashore on the north shore of the peninsula on February 7, 182. Finding no seals, the men returned after an hour to the Cecilia. Davis noted in the log, "I believe this Southern Land to be a Continent." Based upon his recorded position, Davis was in what is now named Hughes Bay, on the western coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. This appears to have been the first landing on the Antarctic continent. The next did not occur for another 74 years.
Because the Antarctic Peninsula is the most northerly part of the continent, reaching above the Antarctic Circle, it has the mildest climate and, on the north side at least, is the least icebound during the summer and therefore the most accessible. For these reasons, it received the most attention from early explorers. Among those who contributed to the revealing of the Antarctic Peninsula were:
- The Russian expedition of Thaddeus von Bellinghausen which discovered the Alexander Coast (now Alexander Island) (1820)
- British sealer/whaler John Biscoe who discovered Adelaide Island and for who the Biscoe Islands are named (1832)
- The US expedition of James Wilkes (1841)
- The Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897-1899)
- The Swedish Antarctic Expedition which over wintered on Snow Hill Island and Paulet Island (1901-4)
- The Third and Fourth French Antarctic Expeditions led by Jean-Baptiste Charcot which explored the west coast of the peninsula (1904-5 and 1908-10)
- Australian George Hubert Wilkins and Ben Eielson make first flight over the Peninsula (1928)
- The British Graham Land Expedition (1934-7)
- The U.S. Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-41)
- The British Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1944-) established first permanent base
- The private US Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-8)
The International Geophysical Year (July 1957 to December 1958) dramatic expansion of exploration and scientific reasearch on the Antarctic Peninsula and the establishment of permanent research stations.
Research Stations
At least 28 nations maintain research stations in Antarctica. At least 14 have bases on the Antarctic Peninsula or near offshore islands, including:Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Ecudor, Peru, Poland, South Korea, Russia, Spain, United Kingdon, USA, Uraguay.
Research agenda vary, but that of the U.S. Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research Station on Anvers Island is indicative of the kind of scienctific activities underway in the region. Scientists at Palmer Stations study the Antarctic pelagic marine ecosystem, including sea ice habitats, regional oceanography and terrestrial nesting sites of seabird predators.
- ^National Snow and Ice Data Center Press release, March 18, 2002
- ^European Space Agency, News release, November 28, 2008
- ^Satellites Shed Light On Global Warming, accessdate=2008-03-29
- ^Marielandia Antarctic tundra,World Wildlife Fund (Content Partner); Sidney Draggan, Topic Editor. 2007. "Marielandia Antarctic tundra." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth November 10, 2006; Last revised February 4, 2007; Retrieved November 26, 2008].
Further Reading
- National Science Foundation. 1991. Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) on the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP).
- EPA. 2001. Chapter 2: Affected Environment - the Physical and Biological Environment. Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Rule on Environmental Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in Antarctica. Retrieved (2001) from: EPA.
- Draggan, S. 1993. Protection of Antarctic Microbial Habitats (pp. 603-614). In E. Imre Friedman (ed.). Antarctic Microbiology. Wiley-Liss, Inc., New York, N.Y. ISBN: 0471507768
- Fogg, G. E. 1998. The Biology of Polar Habitats. Oxford University Press, New York, N.Y. ISBN: 0198549539
- Headland, R. K. 1996. Protected Areas in the Antarctic Treaty Region. Retrieved (2001) from: Scott Polar Research Institute.
- Purvis, W. 2000. Lichens. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. ISBN: 1560988797
- Udvardy, M. D. F. 1975. A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. IUCN Occasional Paper No. 18. International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Morges, Switzerland.
- Udvardy, M. D. F. 1987. The Biogeographical Realm Antarctica A Proposal. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 17:187-194.
- Watson, G. E., J. P. Angle, and P. C. Harper. 1975. Birds of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C. ISBN: 0875901247
- "Of Ice and Men" Account of a tourist visit to the Antarctic Peninsula by Roderick Eime
- Biodiversity at Ardley Island, South Shetland archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula
- 89 photos of the Antarctic Peninsula
Disclaimer: This article contains some information that was originally published by the World Wildlife Fund. Topic editors and authors for the Encyclopedia of Earth have edited its content and added new information. The use of information from the World Wildlife Fund should not be construed as support for or endorsement by that organization for any new information added by EoE personnel, or for any editing of the original content.


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WORLD Series - The Constitutional Right to a Lawyer and the Need for Systemic Reform
The Constitutional right to counsel should be treated as the crown jewel in the Bill of Rights. Without that right, realized, and without it being truly meaningful and respected, other rights – freedom of speech, the right to be free from illegal search and seizure, the ability to not incriminate oneself, the right to a fair trial and to a jury of one's peers, and to be free of cruel and unusual punishment – have little or no meaning. In the absence of skilled counsel, due process and equal protection are mere words. And, a lukewarm lawyer is just another oppressor.
Date: Wednesday, September 17th, 2014
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Location: Bush Memorial - Troy Campus
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The Constitutional Right to a Lawyer and the Need for Systemic Reform with Jonathan Gradess
New York State, 51 years after the US Supreme Court decided Gideon v Wainwright [States are obliged to provide counsel for poor people in criminal cases who cannot afford lawyers ], has a deeply flawed, financially starved, broken public defense system. It doesn't have to be this way, and Mr. Gradess will talk about why.
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An international jury has levied the harshest penalties in the 162-year history of the America's Cup, docking defending champion Oracle Team USA two points in the finals against Emirates Team Zealand and expelling a key sailor.
The penalties announced against the syndicate Tuesday are for illegally modifying prototype boats in warmup regattas last year and earlier this year.
Oracle Team USA must win 11 races to retain the silver trophy. Team New Zealand must still win nine races in the series, which starts Saturday on San Francisco Bay.
Dirk de Ridder, who trims the wing sail, is barred from sailing in the regatta, and two shore crew members also have been expelled. Grinder Matt Mitchell has been barred from the first four races.
Oracle Team USA also was fined $250,000.
"The rules infractions involved only a few of our 130 team members, and were done without the knowledge of either our team's management or the skippers who were driving the boats," said team CEO Russell Coutts in a statement. "While we disagree with the unprecedented penalties imposed by the Jury, we have no choice but to make the necessary changes to personnel on our race boat and do our best to use the next four days for the new team to practice and get ready for the start of the 34th America's Cup."
The scenario creates the most hotly contested America's Cup race in the storied history of the sport, clearly placing the Oracle Team USA as the underdog in the series against Emirates Team Zealand. Despite the stupidity of Team USA members for participating in the boat weighting affair, the hard lesson learned has created a more than healthy rivalry with the Kiwi team.
The Kiwi team and the New Zealand media may have overplayed their hand and protested too much, creating an animosity with the American team. American's fight best when they are down, and they are assuredly down now, having lost three members of their team and two match points.
The New Zealander team has been together for four years and now the Oracle Team USA has only been selected and together for four days. That's quite a contrast, and, combined with the jury's penalties, puts them in a fight, win or die position. And, it also adds excitement and a new angle to what has been, up until now, a rather lackluster sporting event in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Hand it to Larry Ellison. Even when his team screws up, they make the best and most exciting things out of it.


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600 In Cincinnati
Watching the replay of Griffey Junior's 600th career home run lifted my spirits higher than the arc on his 413 foot blast to right field.
What a great moment for Junior, the Reds, Major League Baseball and all of sports.
As usual, Griffey served up his humble pie after the game, flashing his trademark smile and suggesting he never envisioned himself smacking 300 dingers, let alone the big 600.
Of course, baseball fans know better, even to the point we all agree the guy could be sitting at 700 home runs had it not be for an unfortunate string of injuries.
Unfortunately, the stage for Jr.'s 600th blast should have been better than Dolphins Stadium and its whopping crowd of 16,000 fans.
Heck, even the Rays' lowly stadium, just a few hours away in Tampa, would've been a better setting for such a milestone moment than the sandbox in Miami.
So, with Cincinnati beginning a nine-game homestand Tuesday, why didn't Dusty Baker sit Junior this evening and let him chase history in the Queen City?
After all, Reds fans were left to watch Griffey hit No. 400 in Colorado and No. 500 in St. Louis.
So instead of letting history take place on the road again, I wish Baker would have explained to the media that he sat Griffey due to 'general soreness' and to avoid the lefty vs. lefty matchup of Florida's starting pitcher Mark Hendrickson.
Besides the fact Griffey was 5-for-8 lifetime against the Marlins' southpaw, no one would have questioned the move. And even if someone did, who cares?
Not to mention, Reds fans could use a good reason to head out to the ballpark with the club closing in on its eighth consecutive losing season.
Plus, with Griffey sitting at No. 599 the Great American Ballpark was bound to draw a sell-out or two with nine-straight home games on the horizon.
But there's more to this moment than the business side of things. The city of Cincinnati and Griffey needed this moment to be shared together, a swan song for the perfect player whose celebrated homecoming never played out on the field as planned.
Instead, this special moment between Griffey and Cincinnati happened on a football field, a painted canvas of turquoise and orange instead of a sea of red.
Of course, there's nothing that can be done now, No. 600 already landed in Miami.
But perhaps, the organization might give Griffey a proper ceremony at home tomorrow night.
Although, that's asking a lot from an organization that hardly did anything worthy of promoting the event in the first place.
If anything, Reds fans deserve a few minutes to cheer its hometown hero in the hometown ballpark, even if No. 600 is after the fact.
- Swingman 2008:
1. Sun April 6th – Brett Myers – Great American Ballpark, Reds win 8-2
2. Tue April 15th – Ryan Dempster – Wrigley Field, Reds lose 9-5
3. Thur April 17th – Jon Lieber – Wrigley Field, Reds win 9-2
4. Wed April 23 – Chris Sampson – Great American Ballpark, Reds lose 9-3
5. Thur May 22 – Randy Wolf – PETCO Park, Reds lose 8-2.
6. Sat May 31 – Jair Jurrjens – Great American Ballpark, Reds win 8-7
7. Mon June 9 – Mark Hendrickson – Dolphins Stadium, Reds win 9-4
1 Barry Bonds – 762
2 Hank Aaron – 756
3 Babe Ruth – 714
4 Willie Mays – 660
5 Sammy Sosa – 609
6 Swingman – 600
More articles on Junior's milestone achievement.
- SI's Tom Verducci
- SI's Bringing Up Jr.
- Larry Stone from AOL On-Line
- Jim Molony of MLB.com
- Steve Kelley at the Seattle Times
- Scott Miller of CBS
- Your chance to vote in the Ken Griffey Jr poll.
Even Griffey's video game was great!
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DENVER (AP) -- The Denver Broncos are asking defensive end Elvis Dumervil to take a pay cut so they can create more salary cap room for free agency.
Dumervil signed a six-year, $61.5 million contract in 2010. He's scheduled to make $12 million in 2013.
The team wants him to take a cut or restructure his contract, according to a person familiar with the situation, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because details of the negotiations were not public.
The Denver Post first reported about the team's request.
Dumervil had 11 sacks last season, second on the team behind Von Miller. Dumervil led the league with 17 sacks in 2009.
The Broncos need more cap space, as they shore up their interior defensive line, cornerback and running back positions.
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According to City of Minneapolis officials, there still are over 200 Northside tornado-damaged homes with tarps on their roofs. With winter close at hand, there is now over $2 million in funds available for homeowners who still need repairs to their homes damaged by the May tornado. The Minnesota Housing Board recently gave the City $750,000 to help provide interest-free loans to North Minneapolis homeowners for roof and chimney repairs. "We [now] have money" to help these homeowners, says Cherie Shoquist, City foreclosure project coordinator. She says that she sympathizes with those who have been frustrated in trying to get things fixed after the May storm and for whatever reason haven't been successful thus far. Continue Reading →


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I am having this problem. Every so often - and way too often!!! - the program will quit. Then, if I haven't saved, I lose whatever I've done. How often? Well, could be every 5 minutes. Not always as often, but it's a real pain.
When I first got the program it did not do this. Everything else seems to run fine.
My hubby says it's because I have way too much stuff stored on this computer - I do have a lot. Do you think that's it? Or some other thing?
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