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Like someone of you know I'm rather unhappy with the Moleskine's paper reduction in quality in the last years. I'm using the Pocket diary since 2001, but this year I decided to change. The paper has become a too poor quality now.
I made some tests with other notebooks and calendar books, but it was hard for me to decide where I should lay my focus on for my basis of decisionmaking.
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At least I decided which criterias are important for me: I want a calendar, one page for each day, black cover, A6. The calendar print shouldn't be too obstrusive and the paper's quality should be better than the actual moleskine's paper quality.
Now I decided to use a teNeues Cool Diary from the next year on. I've had some good years with my Moleskines, but now it's time to separate. We'll see if the Cool Diary and I will make a good match.
I also flirted with the Letts Lecassa, but the lines in the calendar are too black.
The first humans emerged on Earth about 4 million years ago, but convincing new evidence from studying human evolution has revealed that a small group of these hominines have been genetically modified by former foreign visitors to create the first Homo sapiens.
Daniella Fenton, researcher and author, studied in depth the oldest origins of humanity and its sudden acceleration in brain development nearly 800,000 years ago, this investigation led to a massive revelation.
Homo sapiens are the creation of ancient astronauts who arrived by wormhole from the young cluster of Pleiades stars 780,000 years ago.
The Australian researcher, who specializes in equine lines and gene expression, has discovered many genetic changes that characterize humans as abnormal when compared to modern primate species, some of which are so extreme that they are better explained by advanced genetic engineering.
WhatIn her book Hybrid Humans: Scientific Evidence of Our 800,000-Year Old Alien Legacy, Daniella Fenton highlights a series of profound changes in genes associated with brain size, neural structures and information processing. These changes include genes that suddenly appear formed from what is called "junk DNA" and gene fragments that have been cut, copied and reinserted.
Fenton indicates the mysterious fusion of Chromosome-2 along with these other changes, about 780,000 years ago, as further evidence of extraterrestrial experimentation. This fusion is found in all human types with large brains, including Neanderthals and Denisovians, but not in other primate species.
She explained that the fusion of chromosome-2 should have been the result of a point error that should have disappeared in subsequent generations or perhaps led to a small population of people with 46 chromosomes among a larger number of people carrying 48 chromosomes. Instead, all humans after 780,000 years ago presented this'mutation'. This strongly implies that there was a huge benefit associated with the merger and that it suddenly appeared in a considerable number of individuals, allowing chromosome-2 to become a permanent and dominant trait. This does not correspond to known natural mutations in the human genome.
Fenton explains, "Someone created a whole generation of breeding pairs that fused chromosome-2. The chromosomal modification is such that it has impacts on brain development, the immune system and reproductive processes.
Humans also carry unique changes in the FOXP2 gene that has changed synaptic connectivity and improved our ability to transform new experiences into routine procedures, which has had a huge influence on our ability to produce meaningful speech. Fenton points out that this change is not seen in other primates and it seems that our creators wanted us to be able to quickly form new habitual behaviours.
Fenton says: "It is not only the genetic changes 780,000 years ago that inform us that Homo sapiens is a species created by extraterrestrials, we have also identified physical materials left by these star beings, materials dated at this same particular time in time".
Fenton offers a detailed explanation of why these visitors got stuck here and why they changed the first hominids in his book.
DNA Was Likely Seeded on Earth
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ET Deliberately Bombarded Prehistoric Earth
Earth was not Always in Human Hands
Clear DNA Evidence of Genetic Engineering
“Millions of people around the world believe we have been visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings. What if it were true? And if so, what if there were clues left behind?”
Thousands of people around the planet claim to have received information from extraterrestrial beings, some of these people even remember living previous lives as non-humans, referring to themselves as – Starseeds.
What if the information these people carry could lead to physical evidence of ancient alien visitation, or identify specific genes implanted into early human ancestors?
Could it be that the star people have already supplied humanity with everything needed to gain full disclosure of the alien presence?
This book offers the definitive answers to these questions and having examined specific claims made by some of these contactees and Starseeds. What we uncovered by following their clues is nothing short of world-changing, paradigm-busting and ushers in a new era on our planet.
We can now reveal to you the specific genetic changes that were carried out to create Homo sapiens 780,000 years ago, including genes that appeared suddenly from ‘junk DNA’ as well as the sudden fusion of chromosome-2. Most spectacular of all your will see photographs of debris from the extraterrestrial mothership that carried the engineers to our planet 780,000 years ago (images are accessed via embedded hyperlinks in the Kindle version).
Contact has occurred, the disclosure is here. Welcome to the bold new future of Earth.
Bruce and Daniella Fenton join us for a fantastic chat about Daniella’s new book, Hybrid Humans – Scientific Evidence of our 800,000-year-old Alien Legacy.
We chat about all the strange coincidences that happened around 800,000 years ago, from the planetary changes, changes in our DNA, crash sites of tektites, and metaphysical/spiritual inner and outer stories of an ET war of sorts. Maybe our deep history is even stranger than we think. We also chat about some of Bruce’s work that led to this research, climate cycles, sunken lands, shamanism, reincarnation, what is shared between neanderthal’s and Denisovans’s, contact through alternate timelines, moldavite and artifacts and much more.
Ancient astronauts travelled through a "wormhole" in the Pleiades star cluster but couldn't survive on Earth, it's claimed.
Extraterrestrials decided instead to "alter the genetic make up" of early human ancestors so they became more intelligent.
The proof is in the fusion of Chromosome-2 around 780,000 years ago based on the book Hybrid Humans written by Daniella Fenton.
Chromosone-2 is found in all large-brained humans, including Neanderthals and Denisovans, but no other primate species.
"The three species went on to become advanced humans with art, culture and increasingly complex technologies," said Mrs Fenton.
"The fusions site in on an active gene which expresses itself in brain structure, immunity and reproductive functions - important systems for upgrading to a new human species.
"Instead of a small number of humans having the fusion and a large group not having it, instead there was a rapid total replacement with all humans on Earth having 46 rather than 48 chromosomes, this tells us it gave enormous benefits to become so dominant.
"Approximately 800,000 years ago human brain size went into a sudden rapid increase in size and complexity which has long been a mystery to archaeologists."
She went on: "This was not the only change at this time and two very extraordinary changes are the sudden appearance of miR-941, which played a crucial role in human brain development.
"The gene is highly active in controlling decision-making and enabling language abilities and appeared suddenly formed out of junk DNA."
What Mrs Fenton claims are the "signature of aliens" is dramatic changes to a neocortex gene called ARHGAP11B – associated with sight and hearing in mammals.
The official explanation for Chromosome-2, the second largest in humans, does not involve aliens.
Researcher JW IJdo concluded Chromosome-2 "marks the point at which two ancestral ape chromosomes fused to give rise to human Chromosome-2."
“Approximately 800,000 years ago human brain size went into a sudden rapid increase in size and complexity which has long been a mystery to archaeologists.”
Daniella Fenton
The Australian author, who studied equine genetic and is a spirtualist and certified shaman, claims to have physical evidence to support the ancient alien theory.
Her husband Bruce is also a writer who worked on the research.
They researched a book called Alcheringa which promotes the theory an alien spaceship exploded in our atmosphere hundreds of thousands of years ago and the survivors, who couldn't survive without the mother ship, engineered Homo sapiens.
Mrs Fenton claims the melted wreckage of the crashed craft explains the mysterious Australites tektite buttons, unexplained dark glass objects thought to be ejected in meteorite impacts.
She claimed that geologists have dated the remains of a 1km sized melted object to around 780,000 years ago.
She added: "According to a NASA study the resulting liquid glass (containing around 80% silica from melted quartz crystal) formed spheres in space which then instantly froze and began to fall into our atmosphere.
"As they entered they heated and melted to form unique button shapes before landing right across Australasia.
"These Australite tektite buttons are unique in the 4.5 billion year history of our planet and remain a total mystery to science because they can’t understand how they formed."
The Hybrid Human theory also believes the alien astronauts arrived from the Pleiades star cluster, thought to contain several thousand stars.It is among the nearest star cluster to Earth and the one which is most visible to the naked eye.
It is believed one planet could exist around the star HD 23514 due to the exceptional number of hot dust particles surrounding it.
Mrs Fenton points to how Pleiades has been referenced repeatedly by various cultures.
She said: "All around the world ancient cultures talk about ancestral beings from the Pleiades and portals that connect those stars with this planet, this includes mythology in Japan, Indonesia, Mexico, American Indians, ancient Egypt, Sumeria and Aboriginal Australia."Amazing cave paintings by Apache Indians which date back thousands of years appear to show aliens and UFOs.
Wilfred Buck, a science educator of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba, Canada, said that Pleiades is our planet's connection to the cosmos.
"We originate from the stars, we are star people," Buck said.
"Once we finish doing what we come here to do, we go back up to those stars."
Another hugely controversial conspiracy theory, by a Dr Ellis Silver, has resurfaced online claiming the human race originated on another planet.
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/699147/Human-alien-hy...
• In her new book, Hybrid Humans: Scientific Evidence of Our 800,000-Year-Old Alien Legacy, Australian researcher Daniella Fenton suggests that the fusion of Chromosome-2 into human DNA around 780,000 years ago, thus altering the genetic make-up of early humans to make them more intelligent, was an ‘upgrade’ to the human species by extraterrestrials.
• “Approximately 800,000 years ago human brain size went into a sudden rapid increase in size and complexity which has long been a mystery to archaeologists,” said Fenton. “The gene is highly active in controlling decision-making and enabling language abilities. [It] suddenly formed out of junk DNA.” The Chromosone-2 upgrade is only found in large-brained humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans, and no other primate species. “The three species went on to become advanced humans with art, culture and increasingly complex technologies,” noted Fenton.
• Mrs Fenton and her husband, Bruce Fenton, previously co-authored a book entitled Alcheringa which promotes the theory an alien spaceship from the Pleiades star cluster exploded in our atmosphere hundreds of thousands of years ago. The survivors, who couldn’t survive without the mother ship, engineered Homo sapiens. In the book they claim that the melted wreckage of the crashed craft explains the mysterious Australites tektite buttons, small dark glass objects found across Australia and Asia that geologists have dated to around 780,000 years ago. Says Mrs Fenton, “According to a NASA study, the resulting liquid glass (containing around 80% silica from melted quartz crystal) formed spheres in space which then instantly froze and began to fall into our atmosphere… As they entered they heated and melted to form unique button shapes before landing right across Australasia.”
Ancient astronauts travelled through a “wormhole” in the Pleiades star cluster but couldn’t survive on Earth, it’s claimed.
Extraterrestrials decided instead to “alter the genetic make up” of early human ancestors so they became more intelligent.
The proof is in the fusion of Chromosome-2 around 780,000 years ago based on the book Hybrid Humans written by Daniella Fenton.
Chromosone-2 is found in all large-brained humans, including Neanderthals and Denisovans, but no other primate species.
“The three species went on to become advanced humans with art, culture and increasingly complex technologies,” said Mrs Fenton.
“The fusions site in on an active gene which expresses itself in brain structure, immunity and reproductive functions – important systems for upgrading to a new human species.
“Instead of a small number of humans having the fusion and a large group not having it, instead there was a rapid total replacement with all humans on Earth having 46 rather than 48 chromosomes, this tells us it gave enormous benefits to become so dominant.
“Approximately 800,000 years ago human brain size went into a sudden rapid increase in size and complexity which has long been a mystery to archaeologists.”
She went on: “This was not the only change at this time and two very extraordinary changes are the sudden appearance of miR-941, which played a crucial role in human brain development.
“The gene is highly active in controlling decision-making and enabling language abilities and appeared suddenly formed out of junk DNA.”
What Mrs Fenton claims are the “signature of aliens” is dramatic changes to a neocortex gene called ARHGAP11B – associated with sight and hearing in mammals.
The official explanation for Chromosome-2, the second largest in humans, does not involve aliens.
Researcher JW IJdo concluded Chromosome-2 “marks the point at which two ancestral ape chromosomes fused to give rise to human Chromosome-2.”
The Australian author, who studied equine genetic and is a spirtualist and certified shaman, claims to have physical evidence to support the ancient alien theory.
Her husband Bruce is also a writer who worked on the research.
Daniella and Bruce Fenton
They researched a book called Alcheringa which promotes the theory an alien spaceship exploded in our atmosphere hundreds of thousands of years ago and the survivors, who couldn’t survive without the mother ship, engineered Homo sapiens.
Mrs Fenton claims the melted wreckage of the crashed craft explains the mysterious Australites tektite buttons, unexplained dark glass objects thought to be ejected in meteorite impacts.
The kids live in a sleep-deprived culture. Our society has been very cavalier about our disregard for needing sleep. Changing school times is just a small piece of the discussion.
So yeah... Last night was bad. I couldn't sleep no matter how hard I tried, so I stayed up texting a friend of mine because he was sick and not able to sleep either. We kept each other company. I tossed and turned and just gave up.
Then I thought... I started to pray. Not the regular, "Our father, who art in heaven..." but I just started talking.... It was kind of nice to just talk. Then I directed it towards my aunt. I spent a good half an hour to an hour doing that. After I was finished, I just lied still and waited until the alarm went off.
But the weird thing was... I was completely hyper and energetic running on empty. My friends were getting a bit annoyed/scared haha.
Anyway, I'm off to teach karate! I have to be a hard-ass tonight =/ Well, oh well. It's their promotional tomorrow.
Anyway, now that teaching is over... I have more and more shit to deal with. Have you every felt so useless as your best friend tells you how much she wants to die? I have. I feel it right now. If she goes through with this, it will be another death on my hands, more blood. Another death I had to sit by and watch because there was nothing I could do. What's wrong with me? I used to be so good at helping people.
And now I don't know if she's listening.
"As I look out outside
I can see the rain about to start
The air is damp but warm
And I remember how you used to feel
And I see your face
My cold reflection scares me at this hour
How I wish I could sleep
If only I could slow my mind a bit
(Chorus)
Then when I see you I forget the pain
And melt away with you
Only a day is passed and
I can't help but feel that I've lost you
Your room confines my thoughts
And then my worries drift when I'm with you
But I don't want to live
I never know just when we'll meet again
(Chorus)
What is it that feeds this
Haven't I learned enough from yesterday
I really don't need this
Haven't I had enough of this today
Then I sit at home
My walls reflect how my life is so bleak
And I feel so alone
I break down and call you 'cuz I'm weak
If I can see what you are
If I could blow away my clouded sight
Realize you made me a fool
If I mean nothing what else can I say
(Chorus)
I've lost you
I've lost you."
("Only A Day" by Goldfinger)
Students rated their enjoyment of cookies in short supply more than those cookies described as plentiful in supply. They were also willing to pay more for the short-supply cookies. They reasoned that other people must know something they didn’t.
(Worchel, Lee & Adewole, 1975)
David Sterman,
Author, Decisionmaking in the Counter-ISIS War
Senior Policy Analyst, New America International Security program
Dr. Joshua Geltzer,
Fellow, New America International Security program
Former Senior Director for Counter-Terrorism, National Security Council
Dr. Alexandra Stark
Senior Researcher, New America Political Reform program
People are more confident of winning a bet after they have put their money
down although the odds remain constant.
(Knox & Inkster, 1968)
Here's a speculative scene that blends whimsy, tension, and quiet defiance—where vision triumphs over practicality, and the owl-shaped dream takes flight:
Scene: The Planning Room at Birdland Inc. A long table. Blueprints scattered like feathers. A vintage coffee pot gurgles in the corner. Walt Mitty, sleeves rolled up, stands beside a large sketch of an owl’s face—its eyes wide, its beak pointing toward a banner labeled “Main Entrance.” Across from him sits Harold Quibble, VP of Operations, armed with a spreadsheet and a calculator the size of a lunch tray.
HAROLD QUIBBLE--Walt, I’ve run the numbers. Again. The curvature of the monorail loop alone adds 17% to construction costs. Not to mention the symmetry issues with the beak plaza. It’s charming, yes, but it’s not… efficient.
WALT MITTY--Efficient? Harold, we’re not building a warehouse. We’re building wonder. Children won’t remember how symmetrical the loading zones were. They’ll remember standing in the pupil of an owl and feeling like the world was watching over them.
HAROLD QUIBBLE--But the zoning board—
WALT MITTY (interrupting gently)--Will approve it. Because we’ll show them that this isn’t just a park. It’s a story. The owl is wisdom. Curiosity. Nighttime dreams. Every path leads to discovery. Every feather is a ride, a show, a moment of grace.
HAROLD QUIBBLE--You’re romanticizing. Again.
WALT MITTY--I’m remembering. The way my daughter looked up at the stars and asked if birds dream. I want this place to answer that question. Not with facts—but with experience.
HAROLD QUIBBLE (softening, but still skeptical)--And the investors?
WALT MITTY--They’ll come. Because they’ll see what you’re trying not to: that magic has a shape. And in Birdland, it looks like an owl’s face.
A long pause. Harold stares at the sketch. The owl’s eyes seem to blink in the lamplight.
HAROLD QUIBBLE--You know this will be a logistical nightmare.
WALT MITTY--So was flight. So was laughter. So was every good idea that ever made a child gasp.
HAROLD QUIBBLE (sighs, then smiles faintly)--Then I suppose I’ll need a new spreadsheet.
WALT MITTY--Make it feather-shaped.
Postscript: Why did Walt Disney not design Disneyland to make it look Disneyesque; like the shape of Mickey Mouse, for example? The idea that Walt might’ve dreamed of a Mickey shaped park, only to be gently deflated by a spreadsheet-wielding realist? It’s like a scene from a speculative biopic: Walt sketching a mouse-shaped layout on a napkin, while a suit across the table mutters about zoning and sewage lines and parking lots. It feels almost mythic.
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- U.S. Army 1st Lt. Joshua Herrington, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, fires his weapon during United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Released)
A corporate board with robots seated as board members is still science fiction, but the odds of someday seeing it are not zero – and they’re rising. AI systems are already used in corporate decision-making, especially for forecasting, risk modeling, and data analysis. Some companies even consult AI tools during strategic planning, but they’re treated as tools or advisors. No legal framework allows non-human entities to hold the responsibility of voting members.
Companies such as Tesla and Figure are developing humanoid robots that could, in theory, attend meetings. But they would likely be controlled by humans or serve as avatars for remote participants. A robot at the table wouldn’t have agency or legal standing. Some futurists imagine a world where AI systems could be granted legal status, allowing them to act as autonomous agents. This would require a seismic shift in law and ethics. Even if technically feasible, the optics of a robot boardroom would raise questions about accountability and public trust.
[Source: Bing Copilot]
Women listen to UNDP administrator Helen Clark at the Timbuktu HIV / AIDS clinic on May 2nd, 2010 in Timbuktu during a two-day visit to Mali. AFP PHOTO / HABIB KOUYATE.UNDP Administrator Helen Clark wrapped up her Mali visit today where she underscored the country’s progress on achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...The first UNDP Chief to travel to Mali, Helen Clark highlighted the country’s efforts in tackling issues such as HIV/AIDS, poverty, education and its commitment to democratic governance...The Administrator started out in the legendary city of Timbuktu, where she and the Head of UNAIDS, Michele Sidibé, spoke with the beneficiaries of an HIV/AIDS clinic...Mali has been making important headway in tackling the HIV/AIDS pandemic, having reduced national prevalence from 1.7% in 2001 to 1.3% in 2006 and dramatically expanding universal access to HIV services...The Administrator then visited the city’s historic mosques and toured the library that houses its medieval manuscripts. Timbuktu has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1988...On the outskirts of Bamako, Miss Clark visited an all-women mango cooperative which works to give women farmers the right skills to grow and treat their produce for export. Each of the farmers in this UNDP project, aimed at poverty alleviation, handled about 35 tonnes of mangos for the export market. Thanks to the project, Mali’s mango exports have risen sharply, from 2,915 tons in 2005 to 12,676 tonnes in 2008...“These types of aid for trade initiatives help empower women, boost family income, and even help ensure their children got to school. Everyone gains,” the Administrator said, adding that “Mali truly has the opportunity to become the breadbasket for the region.”..Today, she also praised Mali’s democratic advances in discussions with President Amadoun Toumani Touré, Prime Minister Modibo Sidibé, Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane and other senior Malian officials...Helen Clark discussed a range of additional development issues with the President, including the key role of agriculture for Mali, the importance of tackling the climate challenge, and the importance of advancing the status and influence of women...“We also agreed on the importance of promoting development in the north as the medium and long term answer to the challenges there,” the Administrator said...On climate change, UNDP and the Global Environment Facility will be developing a US$2,340,000 project to bolster the climate resilience of the agricultural sector in Mali...The Administrator also reiterated the importance of empowering women to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, describing “economic empowerment, access to legal rights, including inheritance rights, and participation in decisionmaking” as key steps toward achieving women’s empowerment...From Mali, Miss Clark heads to Burkina Faso, Tanzania and finally South Africa.
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- 1st Lt. Thomas Malejko, 541st Engineer Company, fires his weapon during United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Released)
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Anne Marie Tiani a senior scientist for Center for International Forestry (CIFOR) and the coordinator for project COBAM. Lukolela, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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A group photo of participants in the high-level event: “Women in power and decision-making: Building a different world.” Held on 27-28 February in Santiago, the event was one of the major Beijing+20 events being organized around the world in 2015.
Photo: UN Women/Mario Ruiz
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When uncertain, choose the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions
Occam's Razor
A dried up water hole in Death Valley National Park. Why it Works: Ro3, texture, plus there are so many metaphors for a story. One is of the need for choice when at a cross-road in your life: The optimistic choice that takes you up and to the right as you move into the future. Or down and the right. And finally, just falling into a trench of indecisiveness.
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- All 12 competitors at the U.S. Army Europe Best Warrior Competition pose for a group photo. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
UK launch of the Annual Publication of the African Women's Decade 2010-2020: Women's Participation in Decision-Making & Leadership. With Justina Mutale Rainatou Sow Naana Otoo-Oyortey and Dr Anouka van Eerdewijk
David Sterman,
Author, Decisionmaking in the Counter-ISIS War
Senior Policy Analyst, New America International Security program
Dr. Joshua Geltzer,
Fellow, New America International Security program
Former Senior Director for Counter-Terrorism, National Security Council
Dr. Alexandra Stark
Senior Researcher, New America Political Reform program
Anastasia-Areti Gavrili interviewing Professor Noreena Hertz of the Duisenberg School of Finance, Rotterdam - Economics Professor Hertz: think differently: In an inspiring speech on decision-making by one of the most influential economists in the world, Professor Hertz asks people to ''think differently'' and kick-start independent decision-making. She also gave advice on how to adapt and develop new skills during these difficult economic times. Noreena Hertz is a Professor at the Duisenberg School of Finance, the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University and fellow at Judge Business School, Cambridge University. Her speech is brought to you in full length by Euranet's Anastasia-Areti Gavrili. (In English)
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Men group in Boepe village and participate in a mapping exercise in Merauke district, Papua province, Indonesia. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) research on Multidisciplinary Landscape Assessment has examined local perceptions on important landscape and forest resources.
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- Capt. Bryson McElyea, assigned to 24th Military Intelligence Battalion in Wiesbaden, Germany, fires the M16 rifle during the United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition (BJOC) in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. This is just the second year for the competition in Europe that challenges company-grade officers' military knowledge, leadership and endurance. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach/released)
Entrevistadora Raisa aplicando o questionário para Dona Linda, moradora antiga do assentamento.
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- U.S. Army Capt. John Arthur, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, goes through the obstacle course during United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Released)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- 1st Lt. Lyndon Hill, assigned to 30th Medical Command, goes through the obstacle course during United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition (BJOC) in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach/released)
Part of the Question of the Moment bulletin board set, “If You Could Only Choose One, Which Would You Rather Use: Texting or Facebook?”
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Laura Amschler, Headquarter United States Army Europe, goes through the obstacle course during United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012.The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Released)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- 1st Lt. Thomas Malejko, assigned to Engineer Company in Bamberg, Germany, fires the M9 pistol during the United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition (BJOC) in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach/released)
The closing plenary featured representatives from the Global Landscapes Forum’s founding and coordinating partners to share and discuss their visions and expectations for the future of the Forum over the next four years.The Forum is undergoing a transformation, from focusing on policy advice to implementing action on the ground and tracking progress toward new climate and development goals. Through scientific input, capacity-building programs, online engagement, thematic symposiums and global events, GLF aspires to introduce one billion people by 2020 to the landscape approach – and connect them in embracing it. The GLF is more than just a series of events: it is a dynamic platform with which diverse stakeholders can collaborate to create a more sustainable world. Join the movement to reach 1 billion people: #ThinkLandscape Global Landscapes Forum, Marrakech, Morocco.
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More information on the Global Landscapes Forum, please visit landscapes.org
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- 1st Lt. Brian Keller, assigned to 212th Combat Support Hospital, goes through the obstacle course during the United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition (BJOC) in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach/released)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- 2nd Lt. Victor Dominguez, assigned to 172nd Infantry Brigade, Grafenwoehr, Germany, goes through the obstacle course during the United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition (BJOC) in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach/released)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- 1st Lt. Andrew D’Amelio, a native of Easthaddam, Conn., and currently stationed in Sembach, Germany with the 230th Military Police Company, makes his way through the obstacle course with head-mounted video camera on at the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Grafenwoehr Training Area during the first day of the U.S. Army Europe Best Junior Officer Competition. The Best Junior Officer Competition is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors’ leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in high-intensity competition and is a training event unique to the U.S. Army in Europe. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe’s “Best Junior Officer” for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders.The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- Capt. Bryson McElyea, 24th Military Intelligence Battalion, fires his M9 pistol during United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Released)
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- U.S. Army 1st Lt. Andrew D'Amelio, 230th Military Police Company, makes his way through the ruck march portion during United States Army Europe's Best Junior Officer Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 24, 2012. The Best Junior Officer Competition, unique to the U.S. Army in Europe, is a training event meant to challenge and refine competitors' leadership and cognitive decision-making skills in a high-intensity environment. The competition runs from July 23-27, 2012. The competitors, company-grade officers ranking from 2nd Lt. to Capt., represent Army units throughout Europe and have already distinguished themselves amongst their peers and exemplify the profession of arms. The competition brings these up-and-coming young leaders together for five days of physically and mentally challenging training, all for the chance to be named U.S. Army Europe's "Best Junior Officer" for 2012. Challenges include pistol and rifle qualifications, multiple foot marches, and various situational training exercises to test their intellect and instincts as leaders. The knowledge, skill-sets and leadership traits honed at this competition will help prepare the young leaders involved to excel when the time comes to lead Soldiers in a deployed environment. For more information or to see photos and video from the competition go to the U.S. Army Europe Web site www.eur.army.mil/BestOfficer.
(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Released)