![]() Not surprisingly, Dr Leighton argued that food producers will be shuffled into one of the first available lifeboats. The gallantry of “women and children first” is replaced by selecting skill sets that are most essential to human existence. Some tough decisions must be made about who will be offered a seat in the limited number of lifeboats. The ship strikes an iceberg and is going down fast, and unfortunately, as on the Titanic, there are not enough lifeboats to save everyone on board. In this parable we are to imagine a Titanic-like ship carrying passengers that represent the full spectrum of human enterprise. In this short paper Dr Leighton described what he referred to as the parable of the “lifeboat test.” 1 The lifeboat test was meant to be a simple way of describing the social relevance of various human activities. As such, he has been a practitioner of One Health long before its more recent popularity. He is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists and has focused on wildlife conservation and its importance to ecological stability and human wellbeing. I often think about a paper written by Dr Frederick A. Where do we fit in to the problem solution as food-animal veterinarians? I do recall discussions about “limits to growth.” Could improvements in agricultural efficiency allow us to feed a growing population? Would there be a limit to economic prosperity based on a finite number of resources? We didn’t talk about “One Health,” but the seed of the concept was there and today we can recognize that the objectives of sustainable human, animal, and ecosystem health are intricately interwoven. I don’t recall work-life balance being on the radar screen, although in hindsight it would have been a very good thing. I think back to the conversations that I was having at family gatherings when I was that age. The passion about wanting to be an agent for change is quite evident. Any disputed facts seem to be resolved in real time with the assistance of multiple concurrent smartphone queries. Education, climate change, work-life balance, and the human condition in general are common discussions. Most of our families’ “millenials” are either finishing up post-secondary education or are starting careers and young families of their own. Lately I have been listening to the conversations of our younger generations at these gatherings. MAW-01 Mistral | TS-MA2 Moebius | TS-MA2mod.Family gatherings are a special time for catching up on recent goings-on. GAT-01 Strike Dagger | GAT-X102 Duel Gundam | GAT-X103 Buster Gundam | GAT-X105 Strike Gundam | GAT-X105+AQM/E-X01 Aile Strike Gundam | GAT-X105+AQM/E-X02 Sword Strike Gundam | GAT-X105+AQM/E-X03 Launcher Strike Gundam | GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam | GAT-X207 Blitz Gundam | GAT-X252 Forbidden Gundam | GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam | GAT-X370 Raider Gundam ![]() ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-12, Flay's Decision.↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-04, Silent Run.↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-03, Collapsing Land.Kira brought the Life Boat onboard the Archangel, despite initial refusal from the ship’s officers, and the civilians within the Life Boat they would travel aboard the ship on its journey to Earth. One Life Boat, however, was damaged during the ejection and was found by Kira Yamato, piloting the Sword Strike Gundam. At the battle’s climax, the damage suffered from the battle between the EA and ZAFT caused the colony to break apart, and the thousands of Life Boats within the colony ejected to preserve the lives of the citizens. Heliopolis’ citizens were ordered to retreat to the Life Boats within the emergency shelters. 71, during the Battle of Heliopolis, the colony was attacked by ZAFT, who engaged the Earth Alliance forces secretly stationed in the colony. It also has a pair of simple manipulators. It has a cylindrical hull with a cockpit, crew seats, and an airlock. An escape spacecraft deployed on the colony of Heliopolis.
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