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What a dream come true it was to have all the 2003 Slumber Party girls to make this photo happen! Usually there is a doll or two holding me back from taking a line photo, when it comes to these old collections. However, I have taken full advantage of M.G.A.'s reissues. I can't always find them on sale, so sometimes I am still missing important dolls/components from a set. But I prioritized this Slumber Party line because I always wanted it as a kid. I actually had pretty good luck finding the original 2003 dolls in the wild the first few years I was collecting again. Yasmin was my first ever used Bratz doll I owned! She is the gal in this particular photo. The reason I wanted the reissue of her was because my doll was missing quite a few accessories and her hair was burn damaged at the front of her head. Meygan is also the old school version--I got her in 2011 from a Craigslist lot with tons of her fixings. I've had the most luck acquiring extra pieces of her clothes. Though I only ever managed to get one version of the doll herself...that was until the reissues were released. She's in great shape, but I definitely wanted the rereleased doll so I could display the second outfit. The slumber party themed shelf in my Barbie dollhouse is one of my favorite Bratz displays! My sister spent a lot of time setting these girls up with an array of their accessories. I'm still missing a few bits and bobs, but there was plenty to fill out a photo. It was also a fun excuse to use my new Lip Couch, my childhood Beauty Bed, and the Chill-Out Lounge I got at the Salvation Army years ago. It's actually missing a leg--I had to make one out of dowel and paint it silver so I could use it.
I am so immensely grateful to have all these beautiful girls and fantastic outfits! I was missing Sasha's main look for years, which is part of why I tracked down the reissue of her first (and my 2003 girl is one of my most sentimental dolls in my collection). I remember drooling over these girls in stores as a kid. I'm not sure why I never asked my dad for one. He was always pretty willing to buy me a Bratz doll back then, even if they were expensive. I was always so excited about them, I guess it made Dad happy to get me Bratz dolls. I still can't deny I'd love to find original versions of at least one of these dolls boxed someday (to open, obviously), since the reissues were simplified. But I have to say M.G.A. did a fantastic job replicating dolls and accessories that were designed over twenty years ago. They have the same quality and vibe as the originals, with a few minor tweaks. Cloe, Sasha, and Jade blend in seamlessly with the original girls in this photo...you wouldn't know they were two decades newer. Meygan is technically the 2002 issue by the way. M.G.A. repackaged her for both the 2002 and 2003 waves. But the 2002 dolls don't have holes in their slippers (the holes were added in 2003 after the introduction of the Formal Funk Super Stylin' Runway Disco, which had peg boards for the dolls to "dance" on).
CSAIP Validation Workshop - Follows the inception and prioritization workshops held in May 2022 to prioritize 8 investment areas cutting across the fisheries, aquaculture and blue economy, livestock, crop, and cooperative sectors. The main objective of the validation workshop was to present the methodology, results, review and validate the findings to inform the final report. November 22nd, 2022.
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NTRODUCTION: In 1994, ArcelorMittal has outlined guidelines for the Environment, in line with its policy. It prioritizes projects that focused on the knowledge of environmental aspects and impacts, as well as its monitoring and mitigation, the reduction of resources and improvement of process efficiency, protection, conservation and restoration of biodiversity and community integration, within this last theme was created Regular Environmental Education Program.
OBJECTIVES: (1) Promoting activities of individual and collective local actions to contribute to the conservation and preservation of the environment, (2) Cooperate with the school of Regional Schools, (3) Recognize the importance of socio-economic and environmental natural and planted forests, (4) Understand the importance of rational use of natural resources and biodiversity.
METHODOLOGY: Implementation of an Environmental Education Center where works are developed on a regular basis, in partnership with the Regional Superintendent of Education and the School District and State and the Municipality of Carbonita. A regular program of environmental education is carried out with students from the 7th year of the respective municipality due to: the curriculum content of the sixth grade, the age range of students, and to continue the activities and not just a "ride" the CEAM. Each class visits the CEAM twice a year and the program coordinator visits the school once, talking with students about the diagnosis or the environmental situation of the school. During the school holidays are designed work with employees and contractors, parents, neighbors of company property.
RESULTS: promoting recycling of teachers through courses and seminars, dissemination and multiplication of environmental education, it was observed that students gained more knowledge about the need for
effective actions to ensure the future; a higher valuation of the improvements made in the community, most recognize the importance of improving the school environment, show maturity and critical questioning about environmental issues. Are met staff, parents and students visited all registered neighbors. From 04/10/94 to 31/12/2011, the Environmental Education Centers in Arcelor Mittal Carbonita and Bom Despacho has already received more than 110,000 people.
CONCLUSIONS: Working in partnership enables better planning of activities, includes institutions that have common goals, divide the responsibilities and costs enabling effective action permitting the exercise of citizenship that implies commitment, participation, rights and responsibilities of each member of society as a influencing the environment we live in, instead of taking ourselves for it.
Roosevelt Almado
ArcelorMittal BioFlorestas
Forest Research Management and Environment — em Carbonita, Minas Gerais.
this is lamby :) my stuffed animal from way back when. haah and thats the trunk that i also found yesterday :)
sorry this is weird, its a monday and i have no time.
CSAIP Validation Workshop - Follows the inception and prioritization workshops held in May 2022 to prioritize 8 investment areas cutting across the fisheries, aquaculture and blue economy, livestock, crop, and cooperative sectors. The main objective of the validation workshop was to present the methodology, results, review and validate the findings to inform the final report. November 22nd, 2022.
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When you plan for a goal, all you have to do is two things. First prepare a list of tasks to achieve that and then prioritize them based on either dependency and importance.
Alan Lakein Quotation about Priority.
In all planning you make a list and you set priorities.
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Yesterday I hit a wall and I was feeling incredibly overwhelmed with everything. I took a step back and reminded myself to refocus and follow these steps. "Prioritize and Organize" hopefully these help you out! 😊
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Many families, due to extreme poverty, are forced to prioritize who will receive malaria treatment and mosquito nets. 'I am not lying in my bed; this is not my mosquito net. I do not have a mosquito net. My brother does, but I don't.'
Photo: Adam Nadel/Malaria Consortium
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Photo by Mike Akester.
Sittwe is the main city in N. Rakhine. The immediate area and to the north saw the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people. WorldFish is working with the FAO to develop a vulnerability analysis to climate change to be applied in this and other areas of Myanmar. The photos listed here document the dialogue with local government officials. In addition they form a
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For the first time an ecosystem survey with R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen will be conducted in the coastal area of Gabon. Identification and abundance of birds, whales, fish, phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos will be conducted in the period from 9-23 May. In addition environmental parameters such as temperature, salinity, current, chlorophyll and oxygen will be measured. A reception was help onboard the vessel before the start of the cruise and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Security, the governor of Port Gentil, and the FAO representative in Central Africa, were among the distinguished guest.
Meeting with the Students of the Faculty of Food stuff Technologies
Prioritizing the fast and operative solutions to the issues raised by the students the ANAU interim rector Vardan Urutyan and vice-rector in academic affairs Robert Makaryan continue to conduct the meetings with the students.
values, planning and visioning retreat
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My apartment is a mess, but I spent my time creating this instead of cleaning up. At least I have a firm grasp of prioritizing. :-)
Thanks to fd's Flickr Toys for the idea :-)
Photo Courtesy of IMR
Recent studies have shown that two important sources of highly-localised and enriched organic matter in the deep sea are the sunken carcasses of dead whales and large pieces of wood which have been washed out to sea.
These large inputs of organic matter can support a highly specialised microbial and invertebrate fauna. During this 2009-410 Seamount cruise, two moorings, each carrying a package of minke, fin and sperm whale bones and a package of mango wood logs, were deployed to two seamount sites from the Research Vessel Dr Fridtjof Nansen. These moorings will remain in place until recovery by ROV in late 2011.
The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) prioritized shifting gears to ensure that LDCs are firmly in the driver’s seat on the road to prosperity.
With less than a decade to deliver on the 2030 Agenda, supporting LDCs as they harness their social and economic development potential is critical. The five-day conference in Doha, Qatar brought world leaders together with the private sector, civil society, parliamentarians, and young people to accelerate efforts in places where it is needed the most.
“LDC5 was a once-in-a-decade opportunity to build momentum on meaningful dialogue so that we can best understand what the next era of sustainable development in these countries will look like,” said UNOPS Acting Executive Director Jens Wandel.
© UNOPS/Jason Florio
The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) prioritized shifting gears to ensure that LDCs are firmly in the driver’s seat on the road to prosperity.
With less than a decade to deliver on the 2030 Agenda, supporting LDCs as they harness their social and economic development potential is critical. The five-day conference in Doha, Qatar brought world leaders together with the private sector, civil society, parliamentarians, and young people to accelerate efforts in places where it is needed the most.
“LDC5 was a once-in-a-decade opportunity to build momentum on meaningful dialogue so that we can best understand what the next era of sustainable development in these countries will look like,” said UNOPS Acting Executive Director Jens Wandel.
© UNOPS/Jason Florio
Ant nest mound. Terelj National Park, Mongolia.
Photo and caption provided by forest entomologist Karen Ripley. In June, 2017, she made a rapid assessment of Mongolia’s forest health surveys, site prioritization, and pest control activities that protect its forests from native defoliating insects. This evaluation was sponsored by the United Nations’ Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation program.
Photo by: Karen Ripley
Date: June 7, 2017
For more about Forest Health Protection's International Activities see: www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/cs/main/!ut/p/z1/04...
Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth
Changing and prioritizing content and experience based on what we know about the user's context. A fascinating talk!
On Thursday, Dec. 17, Rush University Medical Center administered its first COVID-19 vaccines to frontline employees in the Tier 1 vaccine group, identified in accordance with CDC criteria prioritizing staff from areas where COVID-19 patients are treated.
The 10th Mountain Division conducts a Leader Professional Development class on targeting on Fort Drum, N.Y., Dec. 4, 2019. Targeting is the process of selecting and prioritizing targets and matching the appropriate response while considering operational requirements and capabilities.
(U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Josue Patricio)
The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) prioritized shifting gears to ensure that LDCs are firmly in the driver’s seat on the road to prosperity.
With less than a decade to deliver on the 2030 Agenda, supporting LDCs as they harness their social and economic development potential is critical. The five-day conference in Doha, Qatar brought world leaders together with the private sector, civil society, parliamentarians, and young people to accelerate efforts in places where it is needed the most.
“LDC5 was a once-in-a-decade opportunity to build momentum on meaningful dialogue so that we can best understand what the next era of sustainable development in these countries will look like,” said UNOPS Acting Executive Director Jens Wandel.
© UNOPS/Jason Florio
On 19 February 2015, on the occasion of the Workshop on Linking Global and Regional Levels in the Management of Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction”, a side event was jointly organized by the EAF-Nansen Project and the FAO Deep-sea Programme.
The event was to present aspects of the survey carried out on the seamounts in the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization (SEAFO) area by the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen and share insights on capacity development for the sustainable management of fisheries and biodiversity conservation in ABNJ.
The Side Event was opened and chaired by Merete Tandstad, Fishery Resources Officer at the FAO Marine and Inland Fisheries Branch.
Photo Courtesy of Deborah Catena
In a real fml mood as of late. Taking the steps to make it better. Went back to being generic looking. Re-prioritizing. Trying to get back into school. Figuring out who I want and need around me. Life, is horrid. Best to make the best outta what I have.
GVSHP unveiled a historic plaque to mark the site of The New York Infirmary for Women and Children, the first hospital for women, staffed by women, and run by women, founded by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. Blackwell was the first woman in America to receive a degree in medicine, blazing the trail for the entry of women into medicine and focusing her work on public health efforts for the poor and working classes. The hospital provided free care for women and children, and instruction for women studying for their medical degree.
Speakers were
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Andrew Berman, Executive Director of GVSHP
Carey Bloomfield, the great, great niece of Elizabeth Blackwell. Carey continues the family engagement in social and philanthropic causes with her thirty-year professional career in non-profit fundraising and active membership in the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), and Women in Development. She was President of Group I Directors of Development, League of American Orchestras, and is a Trustee of the Dana Hall School and Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the Episcopal Chaplaincy at Harvard.
Jen Weintraub is a digital archivist and librarian at the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Harvard University where she coordinates work with born-digital materials while expanding the already robust work to digitize the Library's collections. She served as the chairperson of the Schlesinger library's 2016 exhibition Women of the Blackwell Family: Resilience and Change. She has also held digitization-focused positions at Yale University Library, among others. She holds an MLIS from University of Michigan and a BA from University of Chicago.
Betty Bayer is an expert on the intersections of women's history, psychology, science, religion and spirituality, Bayer has explored the abolitionist and women's rights movements, and their common history in central New York. Recognized for her outstanding teaching, Bayer received the Colleges' Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award in 2004 and the Community Service Award in 2009. She has served as the chair of the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Women Studies Program since 2001 and directed the Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men from 2002 to 2009. A former senior fellow at the Martin Marty Center for the Study of Religion at the University of Chicago, Bayer earned her Ph.D., M.A. and B.A. in psychology from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Judy Tung, M.D., is the chair of the department of medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital and associate professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. She also serves as the section chief of ambulatory internal medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. Committed to providing high-quality, comprehensive care, Dr. Tung’s philosophy of practice prioritizes communication and continuity. Her clinical interests are in women's health and preventive medicine.
Virginia Reath, RPA MPH, has been a practicing clinician, educator, and activist in the fields of gynecology, sexual and reproductive health care for the past 30 years. She was the recipient of the ACLU Reproductive Rights Project Award for her work and activism in women's sexual reproductive health & justice. She has lived in the neighborhood since 1975.
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For the first time an ecosystem survey with R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen will be conducted in the coastal area of Gabon. Identification and abundance of birds, whales, fish, phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos will be conducted in the period from 9-23 May. In addition environmental parameters such as temperature, salinity, current, chlorophyll and oxygen will be measured. A reception was help onboard the vessel before the start of the cruise and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Security, the governor of Port Gentil, and the FAO representative in Central Africa, were among the distinguished guest.
Upon arrival, refugees present their registration documents for verification of their eligibility for winterization assistance, through mobile phone technology. UNHCR’s winterization programme prioritizes vulnerable refugees, living at high altitudes in Lebanon’s coldest regions.
Photo credit: UNHCR/S.Hoibak
SUN VALLEY - LAFD responded to 9360 North Telfair Avenue at 1:02 AM on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 for an auto fire that spread into nearby vegetation. Firefighters prioritized the brush first, then extinguished the burning auto, without injury. The cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
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Sea of yarn.
I'm trying to crochet a beanie for myself but I can't seem to find time (not able to prioritize) to finish it. Maybe next winter... ;)
Prioritizing Workplace Mental Health
Geneva - Switzerland, 25-29 January 2021. Copyright ©️ World Economic Forum/Pascal Bitz
Punit Renjen, Global Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte, USA; International Business Council Garen K. Staglin, Chairman and Co-Founder, One Mind, USA
Miranda Wolpert, Head, Mental Health Priority Area, Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
Moderated by Sir Philip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief, Springer Nature, United Kingdom
Pure selfishness?
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US rejects call by WHO to stop giving COVID booster shots
White House press secretary says it is a ‘false choice’ to demand wealthy nations halt third doses in order to supply poor countries
The United States on Wednesday rejected an appeal from the UN health agency for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster shots and for rich countries to focus instead on supplying poorer nations.
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had urged the countries and companies controlling the supply of doses to change course immediately and prioritize addressing the drastic inequity in vaccine distribution between rich and poor nations.
“We definitely feel that it’s a false choice and we can do both,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters, adding that the United States has donated more than any other country and was asking others to step up. “Also in this country [we] have enough supply to ensure that every American has access to a vaccine,” she added.
“We will have enough supply to ensure if the FDA decides that boosters are recommended for a portion of the population to provide those as well. We believe we can do both and we don’t need to make that choice,” Psaki added.
The WHO has for months been sounding the alarm over a glaring and growing imbalance in vaccine availability against a disease that has killed 4.2 million people worldwide.
Some 4.3 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered globally, according to an AFP count.
The WHO wants every country to have vaccinated at least 10 percent of its population by the end of September, at least 40% by the end of the year, and 70% by the middle of 2022.
In countries categorized as high income by the World Bank, 101 doses per 100 people have been injected. That figure drops to 1.7 doses per 100 people in the 29 lowest-income countries.
Israel, Russia and Hungary have already started providing third booster doses to wide swaths of their populations, while Germany and France have announced they will do so starting September 1. Other nations, including the United States and Britain, are considering plans to do so in the wake of the emergence of the highly transmissible Delta variant.
Israel began administering COVID vaccine booster doses to the immunosuppressed last month, and rolled them out to all Israelis over age 60 on Sunday.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has urged the elderly population to make appointments to receive a third dose in order to better protect themselves.
“The booster, the third vaccine, simply ‘reloads’ the body’s defenses and allows us to save lives,” Bennett said on Tuesday as he accompanied his mother, Myrna, to receive her third dose. “I ask everyone — children, grandchildren and parents: Go and get vaccinated. Vaccinate a third time whoever is over age 60… The more we vaccinate, the more we protect our mothers and fathers and also safeguard an open Israel.”
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WHO calls for a moratorium on booster shots until at least the end of September
(CNN) The World Health Organization is calling for a moratorium on booster shots until at least the end of September, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a news briefing in Geneva on Wednesday.
"WHO is calling for a moratorium on boosters until at least the end of September to enable at least 10% of the population of every country to be vaccinated. To make that happen, we need everyone's cooperation, especially the handful of countries and companies that control the global supply of vaccines," he said.
"Even while hundreds of millions of people are still waiting for their first dose, some rich countries are moving towards booster doses," added Tedros. "So far more than 4 billion vaccine doses have been administered globally. More than 80% have gone to high and upper middle income countries, even though they account for less than half of the world's population."
Germany, the UK, and Israel have all announced plans to provide booster shots for certain vulnerable populations.
While Tedros said he understood the concern of all governments to protect their people from the Delta variant, "we cannot and we should not accept countries that have already used most of the global supply of vaccines using even more of it while the world's most vulnerable people remain unprotected."
In May, Tedros called for global support to enable countries to vaccinate at least 10% of their populations by September. He said that although it's more than halfway to the target date, the world is not on track.
When his challenge was issued, high income countries had administered around 50 doses for every 100 people, Tedros said.
Since then, the number has doubled, with high income countries having now administered almost 100 doses for every 100 people, while low income countries have been able to administer 1.5 doses for every 100 people due to lack of supply.
"We need an urgent reversal from the majority of vaccines going to high income countries to the majority going to low income countries," Tedros said.
Tedros called upon the G20 leaders to make concrete commitments to support WHO's global vaccination targets, for vaccine producers to prioritize COVAX, and for everyone with influence to support the call for the moratorium on boosters.
The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) prioritized shifting gears to ensure that LDCs are firmly in the driver’s seat on the road to prosperity.
With less than a decade to deliver on the 2030 Agenda, supporting LDCs as they harness their social and economic development potential is critical. The five-day conference in Doha, Qatar brought world leaders together with the private sector, civil society, parliamentarians, and young people to accelerate efforts in places where it is needed the most.
“LDC5 was a once-in-a-decade opportunity to build momentum on meaningful dialogue so that we can best understand what the next era of sustainable development in these countries will look like,” said UNOPS Acting Executive Director Jens Wandel.
© UNOPS/Jason Florio
Prioritizing Workplace Mental Health
Geneva - Switzerland, 25-29 January 2021. Copyright ©️ World Economic Forum/Pascal Bitz
Punit Renjen, Global Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte, USA; International Business Council Garen K. Staglin, Chairman and Co-Founder, One Mind, USA
Miranda Wolpert, Head, Mental Health Priority Area, Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
Moderated by Sir Philip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief, Springer Nature, United Kingdom
Trump has prioritized environmental rollbacks and fossil fuel extraction on public lands since he took office. Our Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee met on March 12 for answers on the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development, the weakening of methane and fracking regulations, and the rollback of Obama-era land use planning standards.
Most of the approximately 35,000 culverts along Oregon’s state highway system are now at the end of their designed service lives. A new database will help make prioritized decisions on repairing or replacing culverts.
The fire station was built in 1925. It is a bit cramped by now, but still being used by Volunteer Fire Department in Dobczyce, because town authorities prioritize construction of muncipal hotel higher than construction of new fire station.
Photo Courtesy of IMR
Recent studies have shown that two important sources of highly-localised and enriched organic matter in the deep sea are the sunken carcasses of dead whales and large pieces of wood which have been washed out to sea.
These large inputs of organic matter can support a highly specialised microbial and invertebrate fauna. During this 2009-410 Seamount cruise, two moorings, each carrying a package of minke, fin and sperm whale bones and a package of mango wood logs, were deployed to two seamount sites from the Research Vessel Dr Fridtjof Nansen. These moorings will remain in place until recovery by ROV in late 2011.
The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) prioritized shifting gears to ensure that LDCs are firmly in the driver’s seat on the road to prosperity.
With less than a decade to deliver on the 2030 Agenda, supporting LDCs as they harness their social and economic development potential is critical. The five-day conference in Doha, Qatar brought world leaders together with the private sector, civil society, parliamentarians, and young people to accelerate efforts in places where it is needed the most.
“LDC5 was a once-in-a-decade opportunity to build momentum on meaningful dialogue so that we can best understand what the next era of sustainable development in these countries will look like,” said UNOPS Acting Executive Director Jens Wandel.
© UNOPS/Jason Florio
Since not much trawling has been done deeper than 200 meters off the eastern coast of South-Africa, one of the objectives for this survey was to trawl in the deeper areas. However, the waters here are quite challenging with one of the strongest currents, varying vertically in direction and speed (up to 6 knots), and strong winds often blowing in the opposite direction of the surface current. We were therefore only able to conduct 3 trawl stations deeper than 200 m. In total, 22 trawls have been done, from 20-511 m. The catches have mostly been quite small, particularly north of Richards Bay. Overall, catches have been dominated by anchovies (Engraulis), sand soldiers (Pagellus), greeneyes (Chlorophthalmus) and minikob (Johnius). The dominance of anchovies is perhaps surprising as mainly bottom trawls have been used, but these fish form very large shoals and most of them were caught in just two trawls. Few species of commercial interest have been caught, apart from prawns and langoustines on the deep water crustacean trawl grounds. In total 350 different species were caught in the bottom trawl hauls, of which 200 were various fish species. One of these are rarely caught, the sailfin velifer which was presented in an earlier post. We might also have caught a new species in the group called rover fishes (Emmelichthys sp.), but this remains to be confirmed. The fish is preserved and brought back to the South-African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity for further analysis. We also caught a shark which Oddgeir didn't have in his photo archive, the lined catchark (Halaelurus lineolatus). Antoher fish caused us some problems to identify, but in the end the taxonomy experts onboard did agree that is must be a blue and gold fusilier (Caesio caerulaurea).
Text: Sean Fennessy and Kathrine Michalsen,
Photo: trawl catch at 56 m, 198m and 186m - Kerry Sink
A possibly new species among the rover fishes (Emmelichthys sp.) - Oddgeir Alvheim
Blue and gold fusilier- Oddgeir Alvheim
Lined catshark - Oddgeir Alvheim
Photo Courtesy of IMR
Recent studies have shown that two important sources of highly-localised and enriched organic matter in the deep sea are the sunken carcasses of dead whales and large pieces of wood which have been washed out to sea.
These large inputs of organic matter can support a highly specialised microbial and invertebrate fauna. During this 2009-410 Seamount cruise, two moorings, each carrying a package of minke, fin and sperm whale bones and a package of mango wood logs, were deployed to two seamount sites from the Research Vessel Dr Fridtjof Nansen. These moorings will remain in place until recovery by ROV in late 2011.
Prioritizing Workplace Mental Health
Geneva - Switzerland, 25-29 January 2021. Copyright ©️ World Economic Forum/Pascal Bitz
Punit Renjen, Global Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte, USA; International Business Council Garen K. Staglin, Chairman and Co-Founder, One Mind, USA
Miranda Wolpert, Head, Mental Health Priority Area, Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
Moderated by Sir Philip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief, Springer Nature, United Kingdom
The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) prioritized shifting gears to ensure that LDCs are firmly in the driver’s seat on the road to prosperity.
With less than a decade to deliver on the 2030 Agenda, supporting LDCs as they harness their social and economic development potential is critical. The five-day conference in Doha, Qatar brought world leaders together with the private sector, civil society, parliamentarians, and young people to accelerate efforts in places where it is needed the most.
“LDC5 was a once-in-a-decade opportunity to build momentum on meaningful dialogue so that we can best understand what the next era of sustainable development in these countries will look like,” said UNOPS Acting Executive Director Jens Wandel.
© UNOPS/Jason Florio
Since not much trawling has been done deeper than 200 meters off the eastern coast of South-Africa, one of the objectives for this survey was to trawl in the deeper areas. However, the waters here are quite challenging with one of the strongest currents, varying vertically in direction and speed (up to 6 knots), and strong winds often blowing in the opposite direction of the surface current. We were therefore only able to conduct 3 trawl stations deeper than 200 m. In total, 22 trawls have been done, from 20-511 m. The catches have mostly been quite small, particularly north of Richards Bay. Overall, catches have been dominated by anchovies (Engraulis), sand soldiers (Pagellus), greeneyes (Chlorophthalmus) and minikob (Johnius). The dominance of anchovies is perhaps surprising as mainly bottom trawls have been used, but these fish form very large shoals and most of them were caught in just two trawls. Few species of commercial interest have been caught, apart from prawns and langoustines on the deep water crustacean trawl grounds. In total 350 different species were caught in the bottom trawl hauls, of which 200 were various fish species. One of these are rarely caught, the sailfin velifer which was presented in an earlier post. We might also have caught a new species in the group called rover fishes (Emmelichthys sp.), but this remains to be confirmed. The fish is preserved and brought back to the South-African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity for further analysis. We also caught a shark which Oddgeir didn't have in his photo archive, the lined catchark (Halaelurus lineolatus). Antoher fish caused us some problems to identify, but in the end the taxonomy experts onboard did agree that is must be a blue and gold fusilier (Caesio caerulaurea).
Text: Sean Fennessy and Kathrine Michalsen,
Photo: trawl catch at 56 m, 198m and 186m - Kerry Sink
A possibly new species among the rover fishes (Emmelichthys sp.) - Oddgeir Alvheim
Blue and gold fusilier- Oddgeir Alvheim
Lined catshark - Oddgeir Alvheim
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Authoritarian leaders can’t implement their control plans without assistance from others. The same rule applies to Donald Trump and his MAGA movement. His most public-facing “helper” in his effort to bypass our Constitution is his press secretary, Karoline Leavitt. She promotes Trump’s agenda and spreads his lies to the media every week. Leavitt is his most valuable tool.
What motivates someone to conspire to overthrow a 250-year-old democracy? For some, like Trump, who grew up in a household where personal ambitions were prioritized over the common good, everything centers around him, and he has no hesitation in stating so. I’m not qualified to psychoanalyze him. But it doesn’t take a psychiatrist to see that power and control are his main rewards. For others like Steve Bannon and the Heritage Foundation’s president and author of the controversial Project 2025, Kevin Roberts, it’s about remaking this country to combat threats they see from what they call the “radical left.” Then there’s Stephen Miller, who believes empathy is a weakness. He’s simply evil. Each person involved in this game uses others to achieve their aims, and all of them share many of the same traits.
So, what drives Karoline Leavitt to spread Trump’s lies? First, let’s examine the role of the press secretary across different administrations. Their job is to promote the president’s narrative, and that narrative often takes precedence over accuracy. It’s about putting a positive spin on publicly available facts and protecting the president from political damage. Most importantly, it’s about discrediting any criticism. In Trump’s world, criticism isn’t seen as a factual challenge; instead, it’s viewed as an attack from the President’s enemies. Loyalty is crucial.
By repeating Trump’s talking points verbatim and treating them as moral mandates, Leavitt shows her loyalty. She doesn’t think she’s lying. Her personal style favors populist nationalism, anti-establishment views, and a confrontational stance toward the mainstream media. In her first briefing as Press Secretary, she said, “We know for a fact there have been lies that have been pushed by many legacy media outlets in this country about this president, about his family, and we will not accept that. We will call you out when we feel that your reporting is wrong or there is misinformation about this White House. I will hold myself to the truth, and I expect everyone in this room to do the same.” As we’ve learned over the past decade, MAGA’s truth is a matter of personal opinion.
When Trump told Bloomberg Reporter Catherine Lucey to be “quiet, quiet, piggy” after she asked him about the Epstein files, Leavitt stood at her podium and declared matter-of-factly, "Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room," she said. "You've all seen it yourselves. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president, because of his frankness." Only someone who truly believes in Donald Trump’s mission could make a statement like that.
This is why Karoline Leavitt is Donald Trump’s most beloved cheerleader.
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