TUCSON, AZ (KOLD News 13) - The Tucson Federal Credit Union is setting out to make a difference in the community this year by donating to multiple charitable organizations. In 2018, TFCU gave $155,254 to nonprofit organizations and their employees logged 4,231 volunteer hours for 136 charitable causes.
For the 2018 Community Partnership Awards, TFCU gave $25K to Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse, $10K to Integrative Touch for Kids, and $10K to the Southern Arizona Research, Science and Engineering Foundation. The credit union is in the process of selecting the 2019 winners for the 9th annual Community Partnership Awards.
TFCU Gives is an online application available year-round for requests such as fundraising event support. These donations added up to $62,740 in 2018. TFCU also makes a $3 donation for every new account they open amounting to $6,984 in 2018. New credit union members select from one of three core charities or a branch-specific charity to receive TFCU's donation. Finally, they also reserve funds for nonprofits when they need it the most, such as the opening of a second Resource Center for the Arizona Oncology Foundation.
Since 2013, TFCU has tracked their volunteer efforts as a means of measuring their impact and to strive to do more each year. To maintain the importance of volunteerism, TFCU pays its employees for eight hours of volunteer time each year. In 2018, 99% of employees utilized at least two hours of their paid volunteer time and 47% used all eight. This year's record breaking 4,231 volunteer hours multiplied by each employees' wage plus the company's financial contributions amount to a staggering $319,827 value of community outreach. TFCU stands for a wholehearted commitment to the local community. In 2018, more TFCU employees volunteered, reaching more organizations than ever before.


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February Favourites 2020
by scarpantoladyupdated on January 7, 2021 February 29, 2020
No Lie – Sean Paul ft. Dua Lipa
Very uplifting and with a catchy melody it is the perfect song for starting out your day or completing difficult tasks.
How Deep Is Your Love – Bee Gees
This 1977's ballad by the beloved Bee Gees is such a romantic song for slowly dancing with the love of your life.
All Is Full of Love – Bjork
Haunting melody with motivational lyrics about finding love and meaning in life at some point, just not with the ways you had in mind.
City of Angels – Arrows to Athens
Speaking of the contradicting circumstances of a girl and boy it's melody and the singer's amazing voice elevate it into something "angelic".
Baywatch (2017)
Inspired by the television series of the same name this action comedy film follows Lt. Mitch Buchannon and his team of lifeguards who must take down a drug lord in an effort to save their beach. The acting was brilliant and Dwayne Johnson's lines and mannerisms sent me on the floor laughing.
Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
This biographical drama film is based on the life of portrait painter Caroline Weldon who, in 1890's, traveled from Brooklyn to Dakota to paint the portrait of Sitting Bull and became entangled with the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their land. It was such an educational film about the difficulties and racism the Indian people and their "white" allies faced as well as the Indian views on life, nature and god. (a review is soon to follow)
The Diving by Barbara Wood
This amazing historical book is set in the first-century Rome and chronicles the spiritual quest of 19-year-old Ulrica to discover her destiny through her possession of the powerful gift of second sight.
The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante
Leda, a middle-aged divorced woman, is alone for the first time in years when her daughters leave home to live with their father in America. However, her initial unexpected sense of liberty turns to ferocious introspection following a seemingly trivial occurrence in the coastal town she's spending her summer holidays. It was such a pleasant read and Ferrante's writing made the experience even more thrilling
Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
Using the Trojan War as the background it tells the story of prince Troilus who falls madly in love with Cressida, daughter of the Greek's diviner Calchas, only for her to betray his trust in the end. While named after them the play focuses mainly on the events displayed in the Iliad, such as Achilles staying out of battle and his subsequent duel with Hector after Patroclu's killing.
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If we read the headlines and listen to the news, the world might seem to be unwinding as it spins out of control. School shootings, trade wars, volatile equity markets can have people marching around whether in groups or pacing the floor by themselves.
What is it with all the anxiety? You'd think that life was out of control. And that could be the keyword: control.
One of the things we need to recognize and appreciate during this paradigm shift is the dramatic change in reality — moving from the linear, sequential progression from beginning through the middle to the end and moving into the non-linear, asequential reality of random occurrences when anything could be happening.
These times may not be times of stability and security, but during these volatile times it does provide the opportunity of radical change[s] in a nanosecond or less. Although frightening for some people, this paradigm shift can be exciting and may broaden the palette from which we can draw, paint, sketch, doodle, et cetera to ad infinitum.
•	to be flexible and adaptable or as the Taoist would suggest: 'bend like a reed or break like an oak'.
Down from the soapbox and getting back to the week ahead, this week starts off with our creative juices flowing. Whether we wish to engage our own creative talents in whatever venue we might choose or we observe other people's creative projects, or we just have a good time with some fun event; we are primarily interested in breathing the warmth of the springtime with its vibrant impulses and sense of renewal evident in nature all around us.
The mid-week period can have us looking at the details of our different engagements, wanting to move things ahead in a practical and grounded manner. While we might have our head down and nose to grindstone taking care of our mundane affairs, we may have a serendipitous encounter where someone pops up into our daily life and helps us to see beyond our normal existence. Surprising contacts could provide an interesting twist to our daily life.
We do have to avoid exhausting ourselves. The impetus to get moving with the springtime thrust can have us trying to do too much and participate in too many things. We do need to keep in mind the Mercury retrograde with the liability of things taking longer than we might like with possible miscommunications and misunderstandings along the way.
We could start this week with a head of steam and find ourselves running out of steam towards the latter part of the week.
The weekend gives us the Libra Full Moon and Venus moving out of Aries, where Venus is in Detriment and uncomfortable, and Venus moving into its own Sign of Taurus. We may be more interested in all things bright and beautiful and might decide to use the weekend to add to our wardrobe.
The weekend can be highly active with various push pulls with us wanting to do our own thing, addressing someone else's interests and juggling the responsibilities of our mundane world.
Monday, March 26th – Dark of the Night, Light of the Day – Uranus, Sun. The early hours of this Monday has the Moon finishing its transit of Cancer with the Moon square Uranus. The Moon then moves into Leo where late on this Monday the Moon trines the Sun. We may have a restless sleep night with some tossing and turning before we awaken on this Monday. We might feel tentative about our plans and our desires to step out and focus on new trajectories for ourselves. A sense of being stuck could prove only momentary, for as the day commences we may get a second wind. As the light of the day wakens us, we are likely to dispel the darkness and liable anxiety of the night. This is a day when we may focus on our own personal projects, feel warmed by the springtime energies, and choose to put our individual mark on some of our daily activities. We are not likely to shrink behind our self-consciousness but more likely to start banging our drum loudly. This is a day for us to embrace and engage our creativity no matter the format in which we choose to do so. The beauty of these times is the technological tools developed for us to easily express our talents. Now is the time for us to use them.
Tuesday, March 27th – When Enough Is Enough – Mercury, Jupiter. The Moon continues its transit of Leo on this Tuesday with the Moon today trine Mercury early in the day, and the Moon square Jupiter late in the day. We can start this Tuesday giving thought to where to place our energy and the right procedures to accomplish our plans. Much of this day can be largely about what we want to do, putting our personal mark upon our involvements and an ability to clearly explain and justify our approach to situations. Our presentations can be warm and appealing, just as long as we take our time to deal with the bullet points for our case. Things might seem to be operating on greased wheels with everything seemingly going our way. And therein lies a problem. We could be so enamored with our own abilities, the ease of our accomplishments and the success of our actions that we assume that we can handle ever more. The latter part of the day could create a liability of our overreach whereby we are trying to do too much and willing to expend our resources without a careful eye on our expenditures. We may have a tendency to do ever more as the day progresses and our plans for tomorrow, but it would be wise to moderate our intentions and prioritize our plans so that we don't sabotage ourselves by trying too hard and trying too much. This Tuesday is a day when we need to recognize when enough is enough.
Wednesday, March 28th – All Powerful Me – Venus, Uranus, Mars. The Moon finishes its transit of Leo in the early morning hours of this Wednesday and before it does so the Leo Moon trines Venus and trines Uranus both in Aries. Our focus may be more in line with what we want to do and how we want to do it. We may put on blinders with a narrow vision and that perspective being our own thing. The thrust of energy we might have felt over the past two days stirs the fires on the early morning of this Wednesday. We may be our creative best, emphasizing our individuality by means of a quirky accessory to our dress, and ready to make our mark on the world. While the emphasis on our uniqueness can be refreshing to us, feeling as though we have liberated ourselves from the bonds of accepted conventionality, we are unlikely to go overboard by marching to our own drummer on this Wednesday. As the day progresses, the Moon exits Leo to enter Virgo where late in the day the Virgo Moon trines Mars in Capricorn. From a creative burst of energy with us wanting to put our personal spin on things, we move into a more practical and grounded approach. This Wednesday can prove a primo day, a day when we feel energized and willing to focus on our personal interests, all the while that we can do so in a methodical manner. This is a day when we can see the big picture and attend to the specific ingredients that make up the big picture. We have both the foresight and the attention to detail to be highly effective on this Wednesday. Added to our fiery nature and focused intent, we also have Venus conjunct Uranus today. Whether we bump into someone or hear from someone out of the blue, we are ready and open to receive interesting input from someone who can make us aware of options we might not have considered. This Wednesday is a strong day when we can look to the far horizon, take the necessary steps in that direction all the while that we are receptive to input regarding alternatives and interesting encounters.
Thursday, March 29th – Without Getting Carried Away – Saturn, Neptune, Pluto, Sun. The Virgo Moon on this Thursday trines both Saturn and Pluto both in Capricorn, and the Moon opposes Neptune. The Sun squares Saturn. We might have accomplished a great deal on Wednesday, and we might start this Thursday believing that we are operating on greased wheels where everything is going our way and nothing could possibly go wrong. Nice concept, but such an assumption might fan the flames of arrogance. If we get carried away with a sense of our own infallibility, we could find ourselves banging up against certain obstacles. This is a day for us to put one foot in front of the other, focus on what is right in front of us and to prioritize our activities. If we try to do too much today, we might either exhaust ourselves or wind up being non-productive, even going around in circles. We can accomplish more with less expenditure of energy if we take things step by step.
Friday, March 30th – Good and Lazy – Jupiter, Moon Void-of-Course. Friday begins with the Virgo Moon sextile Jupiter. The Moon then goes Void-of-Course for thirteen hours with the Moon making no further connections to the planets as the Moon finishes its transit of Virgo and before the Moon enters Libra later in the day. If we didn't bang our head against the walls yesterday by trying to do too much, we can start this Friday highly resourceful and able to virtually squeeze blood from a stone. This Friday can have us dealing with outstanding matters and considering how to fix up our home for any forthcoming Easter holiday celebrations. This is Good Friday and no matter what we do, we might prefer just lazing the day away. We can engage in social get-togethers and see this Friday as the start of a long relaxing holiday weekend. Social occasions can be pleasant times to catch up with friends and family. We are right on the edge of tomorrow's Libra Full Moon so it would be wise for us to keep in mind the balance between personal needs and the needs of someone else. Collaboration is called for.
Saturday, March 31st – Keeping It Together – Lunar T-Square, Mars, Saturn, Mercury, Libra Full Moon, Sun, Venus Taurus. Saturday has the Libra Full Moon and a Lunar T-Square as the Libra Moon opposes both the Sun and Mercury both in Aries, and squares both Mars and Saturn both in Capricorn. Saturday and Sunday have the Libra Moon triggering the Cardinal Sign T-Square with different players in Aries and Capricorn on these two days. Talk about a high energy weekend! We can be all over the place on this weekend, and often led by our commitments and someone else's plans. Let's keep in mind that this is Easter weekend. Whether we are religious or not, we are likely to be swept up in the festivities of chocolate bunnies, real live chicks, banquet style meals and the convivialities of getting together with family and / or friends. The pace is likely to be lively on this weekend, so we might need to sharpen our juggling skills, since juggling any number of things and people might be part of our weekend fare. The main thrust of this weekend is to have a good time. With Venus exiting Aries, a Sign of Detriment for Venus where Venus is not comfortable, and with Venus entering Taurus, a Sign that Venus rules and where appearance and style are accentuated, this weekend can have us dressing up and stepping out in style.
Sunday, April 1st – Putting on the Ritz – Lunar T-Square, Pluto, Uranus, Moon Void-of-Course, Venus, Sun, Mercury. Sunday is Easter Sunday and also the 1st of April. While April 1st is often considered All Fool's Day, we are unlikely to suffer the fool, even if we inadvertently play one ourself. The Cardinal Sign T-Square that we had yesterday continues today with different players as the Libra Moon today squares Pluto in Capricorn and the Moon opposes Uranus in Aries. The Moon then goes Void-of-Course for four and a half hours with the Moon making no further connections to the planets as the Moon finishes its transit of Libra and before the Moon enters Scorpio later in the day where today the Scorpio Moon opposes Venus. The Sun conjuncts Mercury. Saturday and Sunday, this Easter weekend, may be all about social engagements, get-togethers with family or friends with a focus on celebration. The push pulls between obligated commitments and other people's interests can be strong this weekend, even to the point of putting our own personal interests on the back burner, although unlikely for too long. This is one of those days when someone can be talking about themselves too much with little receptivity to what other people have to say. In every gathering, there is sometimes that one person who seems like the crazy uncle and goes on and on and on about whatever with few people listening to them except for themselves. With the traditional focus of putting on our Sunday best, or putting on the Ritz, we have to be careful that we don't overspend, all with the justification that we need a new Spring wardrobe or that indulgences are part of the Easter celebration. Moderation in all things is suggested, unlikely to be heeded.


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Q: AngularJS directive causes issue with page layout I have downloaded ace admin http://www.bootstraptemplates.net/ace-responsive-admin-template
Now I try to use it in my AngularJS project. The problem comes when I use parts of the template and separate it into custom directives. I have tried to reduce the code as much as possible and isolate the problem I am trying to describe and I have made a https://plnkr.co/edit/4Xdk9dSlTWl4rWap7zav?p=info plunker.
If you open page-content.html there is a
<sidebar></sidebar>

directive.
This directive causes the
<div class="main-content-inner">

to fall under it.
But when you copy the code from sidebar.html and replace the
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directive with it you get the desired layout.
I have no idea how to deal with this behaviour.

A: Give this a Try
app.js
angular.module('myApp', [])

    .directive("pageContent", function () {
        return {
            templateUrl: "page-content.html",

        };
    })

    .directive("sidebar", function () {
        return {
            templateUrl: "sidebar.html",
            replace:true,
        };
    });

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Can telematics really lower your insurance premiums?
Many people find it unfair that the cost of their car insurance is based on generalised statistics. In an age of increasing personalisation, the thought that you're paying too much for your insurance because other people don't drive safely doesn't sit right.
Fortunately, the rise of telematics car insurance means that fully licensed drivers can get premiums tailored to them based on how they perform behind the wheel.
For those who consider themselves to be safe drivers, telematics insurance is very appealing, but can it lower your insurance premiums? Well, that depends.
For those who don't know how telematics car insurance works, here's a quick rundown.
These devices will record your driving speed, acceleration, braking, journey length, and so on.
Your insurer analyses your driving data and can then adjust your insurance premium based on your performance. The safer you drive, the more likely you are to be rewarded with a discount on your renewal premium.
You can keep tabs on your driving data by logging in to the website or using a mobile app. This means you can see how you're really driving, instead of how you think you're doing. The information may surprise you.
Direct Line's DrivePlus telematics insurance is suitable for drivers aged 25 or under, with younger or newly qualified drivers standing to save the most - a large number of young drivers find that if they drive sensibly, they can make significant savings.
For more experienced drivers who have a substantial no-claim discount, the savings from choosing telematics car insurance will typically be much less. By having claim-free years, you've proved you're safe, but telematics may help you save some money off your premium if you're a genuinely safe driver.
Car insurance is becoming more personal thanks to telematics, and by offering people the chance to pay based on how they drive, it's becoming fairer too.


Feb. 1, 2019 10:53 a.m.
Merritt RCMP and search and rescue teams from across the province are on their fifth day of searching for 32-year-old cowboy Ben Tyner in the Merritt area.
Tyner's horse was located in an area just north of Merritt Monday morning, Jan. 28 around 5:30 a.m. and reported to RCMP later that day. Tyner was hired as the ranch manager at Nicola Ranch in November of 2018 and is new to the Merritt area but has been ranching and riding horses for many years.
Const. Tracy Dunsmore of the Merritt RCMP said Tyner is believed to be in good shape and quite competent in the bush. He is described as being around 6'3 240 pounds, with dark hair and beard and normally wears a black and red woolen hat with ear flaps.
"Search dogs, tracking teams, helicopters, UTVs and snowmobiles as well as teams from across the Central Interior, the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island have attended to assist in the search over the past five days. With weather continuing to be cooperative and large numbers of volunteers the plan is to continue searching into the weekend to cover as much terrain as possible," Dunsmore said in the update, issued Friday morning.
Jack Tyner, Ben's brother, has taken to social media to ask everyone to pray they find his brother.


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It's Election Year And ITV Have a New Satire Show....
BBC Comedy, Interviews, TV Comedy
The Betty Witherspoon Show
If You See God, Tell Him
If You See God, Tell Him – 1993
Whilst the subject mattewr may be a little delicate, this rather dark comedy has some genuine laugh out very loud moments. The title is a take on the "If you see Sid, tell him", the slogan used for the sale of shares in British Gas plc. during the 1980's.
It's notable that apart from the first episode, which was repeated on BBC Four on December 3, 2007 as part of "David Renwick Night", the series has never been repeated. This is probably due to the fact that whilst the series was very funny, it had some very dark overtones.
Godfrey Spry is standing outside the post office, when a wheelbarrow full of building rubble falls on top of him, causing him serious physical injuries. Recovering from his injuries, he finds they have left him with a very short attention span. This results in him spending most of his time watching television commercials, and believes every claim made by them. This results in some hilarious scenes, some of which people might feel were in bad taiste.
In the last episode, after seeing government advertisements promoting free-enterprise, Godfrey sets up his own business in Gordon and Muriel's house, hiring an elderly woman he met in hospital to knit tea-cosies in the shed. When she falls dead of a heart attack Godfrey attempts to perform a post mortem, which he believes himself to be an expert in after purchasing a partwork of Complete Medical Knowledge. As a result, he is arrested for murder.
At the trial his nephew Gordon makes an impassioned plea, claiming that it is not Godfrey who should be on trial but the advertisers who are murdering all of our minds. Godfrey is convicted and sent to a hospital for the criminally insane, languishing in his cell, he is happy under the illusion that he is the centre of attention at a dinner party where fancy chocolates are being served.
Richard Briers
Adrian Edmonson
Channel: BBC1
Writtten By: Andrew Marshall and David Renwick
Produced and Directed By: Marcus Mortimer
Original Transmission: 11th November 1993 – 9th December 1993
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Only Fools And Horses, 2014
Carrying On, And Coming Back
Ever Decreasing Circles
Noah and Nelly in… SkylArk
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"State Suffragists Prepare for Fight Part 2," Oregonian, November 01, 1912, 4.
State Suffragists Prepare For Fight
Unsigned Pamphlet to Be Traced at Once, by Law if Necessary.
BREWERS DENY ALL BLAME
Individual Saloon Keepers Suspected as Working With Vice Interests. War Now May Be Taken From Eugent [sic] Women's Hands.
Action will be taken immediately, it was decided at the meeting of the state central committee yesterday, to discover the author and the instigator of the pamphlets issued from a Eugene printing office and sent all over the state unsigned by the author. On the other hand local women and organizations refuse to say that it was carried out by the Brewers' Association, the majority of them saying that it was individual vice interests or corrupt influences, among whom may have been, and probably were, some private individuals who are engaged in the liquor trade.
The Brewers' Association, through its president, Paul Wessinger, issues the following statement denying in toto [sic] the charges made by the Eugene Suffrage Association that the brewers are responsible:
"In The Oregonian of October 31 we note a charge made over the signatures of certain Eugene women that the Portland brewers have had a large quantity of anti-suffrage literature printed in Eugene and are engaged in its distribution. This charge is unqualifiedly false; we never heard of this literature until we read The Oregonian of October 31. We are not ambitious to dictate the policy of the state on any question. We are busy in the management of out business and will not take a hand in politics unless compelled to do so by a prohibition campaign or other similar attack which we must meet in self-defense.
"OREGON BREWERS ASSOCIATION.
"Per Paul Wessinger, Pres."
Brewers Not Openly Blamed
The prevailing impression of suffragists are expressed in a general way by W. M. Davis, president of the Men's Equal Suffrage Society.
"Local suffragists are by no means unanimous in attributing the violent anti-suffrage literature that was printed secretly at Eugene to the brewers," said Mr. Davis, "for they spoke of the attack yesterday and even on the previous day as one made by the vice interests if not done by the anti-suffragists. The last named, or the officers of the society opposed to suffrage, have denied any and all knowledge of the pamphlets, so that they are freed. This was expected all along, as their matter has been signed by the officers.
"If only everyone would realize that the women do not think or wish to use their votes to carry out suddenly many a startling reform which they are supposed to want, the suffragists would not have such a hard battle.
"All the same, it is perfectly clear that some corrupt influence is at work in printing those infamous circulars, or the author would not hesitate to come forward, nor would the printer refuse to tell the name, as he has been told not to say who gave him orders to print them. That is why we are going after them, and that is why I, myself, am willing to sign a warrant if the people at Eugene do not want to do so.
"I can quite understand that people there, even though they know all about the matter, do not want to make Eugene a hotbed of ill feeling among people at present friends, even though political foes. Yet, though Mr. Yoran is a friend of mine, I shall not hesitate to force him to divulge the name of the author if possible."
In this connection Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway, ablest of campaign leaders though hardly able to hold a quill, immediately penned a letter to The Oregonian in which she states her ideas on the subject clearly and succinctly. These coincide with the views of many of her lieutenants and the rank and file. She, however, is of opinion that the liquor interests are implicated in the matter in some way or other, though not necessarily as an association.
Plans are Formulated.
On all sides yesterday meetings were held and suffragists gathered together to discuss the matter and to formulate plans for counteracting the evil results of the scattering broadcast of these pamphlets. As a whole it was thought that the best refutation of them was to leave them alone, per se, and to trust to the sense of the Oregon voter to consign an unsigned article, which made sweeping statements, to the place where it belonged, the wastepaper basket.
The instigator of the papers, the author and the publisher, however, will be proceeded against, the last-named more to procure the names of the others, either by Eugene members of the Equal Suffrage Association or by W. M. Davis or some other Portland person today. At the meeting of the State Central Campaign Committee in the headquarters in the Selling building, more than one person pledged themselves to procure charges, if Eugene women or men felt it too heavy a matter for a small community.
"Latest advices, however, from Eugene," said John F. Logan last night, "indicate that the first move will be taken from there, and that one of the members of the league will come forward to sign a warrant. District Attorney Bryson has said that he will act, as the matter is a criminal offense, and he has already warned the printer to stop issuing the circulars on the ground that he was committing an offense against the laws of the state. It is understood that his advice has been taken."
Suffragists Not Allied.
"Whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad is an axiom plain to everybody not blinded by fanaticism or greed," said Mrs. Duniway yesterday. "As is well known by all who read and think, the State Equal Suffrage Association is not allied and never has been either with prohibition or with whisky. We have always contended when forced to the question at all that the cure for the evils of intemperance and kindred vices could not come to the people through any other channel that through liberty. It is our contention that temperance is an economic question not to be settled by sumptuary legislation or votes, but through equal rights for the mothers of all the people.
"The condition of equal moral rectitude for husbands and fathers as for mothers and wives, which the state needs can only come through suffrage.
"If the brewers were properly posted in current events there would be no need to inform them hat [sic] experience has taught men too. Suffrage states that…York…dley,…ed views as to…has been announced as the…several members of the committee…no effort has been made as yet to settle on a candidate.
The fact that Chairman Hille has delayed the meeting of the National…
…mon Hirsch, will make the few antis of Oregon ashamed of their company.
"Meanwhile, I serenely await the votes of the men of Oregon next Tuesday, who can only do their duty by marking their ballots 300 X Yes."
FOES MAY GIVE OUT NAMES
Eugene Women Hold Off Warrants Pending Antis' Confession.
EUGENE, Or., Oct. 31—(Special.)—Satisfied with the warning given the state concerning anti-suffrage literature that was being printed in Eugene without signature would be sufficient and also modified by the efforts of the printers to secure permission from their customers to make a statement to the public of the whole transaction, local members of the Equal Suffrage League decline today to swear out warrants charging violation of the corrupt practices act. District Attorney Bryson said he had had a telephone message from Attorney Logan, in Portland, wherein the Portland man was assured that the prosecutor's office in Eugene is ready to prosecute whenever evidence is furnished to warrant such proceedings.
"There seems to be a movement," said Mr. Bryson, "for the people who ordered the anti-suffrage work to come out into the open and acknowledge their literature. If this is done, much of the necessity for prosecution would be done away with. There are, of course, scores of unwitting violations of the law in its strict interpretation. And to start on this case would open up a long line of litigation. However, if there is no effort to make known the authors of these circulars, then their issuance would be a flagrant violation of the corrupt practices act that a test of the law most certainly should be made."
"We are perfectly willing to let people know about these circulars," said Mr. Koke, of Yoran & Koke, this afternoon, "in all probability we will be able to make a statement by tomorrow morning. One thing we feel safe in saying at this time is that we are certain that the liquor interests did not order this printing."
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The market for renewable fuels is expected to grow dramatically, not least in Europe. The production of these products will require access to renewable raw materials and leading-edge skills in the chemicals and process industries. Perstorp has identified bio-fuel as a new, attractive business area and is now taking the next step with the acquisition of the bio-oil business within TallOil AB, which provides products that replace fossil-based heating oils.
The acquisition will take place via the Perstorp Group's newly formed company for bio-fuel business, Perstorp BioProducts AB, which also includes the business for Scandinavia's biggest production unit for RME.
The initial phase deals with the Bio-Oils business area, which includes liquid, non-fossil products, such as pine tar.
Perstorp BioProducts AB will also take over the brand and company name. Perstorp BioProducts has the option of also buying the TallOil bio-ethanol business.
Furthermore, Perstorp is tying in Henrik Lundberg, a well-respected expert in the field of bio-fuels and founder and current CEO of TallOil AB.
Perstorp BioProducts is a company recently set up within the Perstorp Group, whose aim is to develop Perstorp's activities in the field of bio-fuels and components. The company will run Perstorp's existing RME and glycerol business.
TallOil is a European bio-fuel and bio-energy sector company. TallOil was founded in 1993 with Sweden as its home market. TallOil provides a range of bio-oils, including pine tar, as a cost-effective and environmentally-sound alternative to fossil-based heating oils. The company was restructured in spring 2007 and the various business areas are now being sold to relevant buyers.


The Ideal Home Show came to Manchester in spring this year for the very first time. We were there, along with a host of other people and some very famous faces. The stupendous success of the spring edition means that the Ideal Home Show is set to return to Event City in Manchester from Friday 14th November to Sunday 16th November 2014 with a spectacular Christmas special.
Featuring an impressive 300 exciting exhibitors across 7 sections, including: Interiors & Home Accessories, Food & Drink sponsored by Regina, Home Improvements & Outdoor Living sponsored by Hydropool, Fashion & Beauty, Technology & Gadgets, Gifts and Christmas Decorations; the winter wonderland will provide everything you could possibly need for the run up to the yuletide season.
The innovative products on offer mean that this can be the ultimate destination for all your Christmas needs. There will be no running around the high street or endless browsing on the internet. With everything under one roof, you could have Christmas sorted in just one day! If that isn't incentive enough to visit the IHS, I don't know what is.
It also helps that children under 16 go free. Adult tickets cost £12 if booked in advance, or £15 on the door. Concessions are £11 or £14, depending on whether they are pre-booked or on the day.
The show will see a host of famous faces, including celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo, English actress and celebrity chef Lisa Faulkner, interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and well known TV personality, wine expert, columnist and author Olly Smith.
It promises to be a bonanza of all things Christmas, be it festive decorations, food or presents. And if you need a moment to catch your breath after all that shopping, the Christmas Champagne Bar or The Greg Wallace Christmas Restaurant will be on site to provide some respite. Or you could just stop to listen to some festive music at the Christmas Bandstand.
Christmas generally has me all excited. I love everything about it, be it the lights, the decorations, the food or the presents. Imagine finding inspiring ideas for all these and more, all in one place. That is exactly what the Christmas Ideal Home Show promises to do, and I for one, will be there soaking in the atmosphere and stocking up for the festive season.
Disclaimer: I have been given a pair of press passes to attend the Ideal Home Show at Christmas in exchange for this post. All opinions are my own.
All images are courtesy The Ideal Home Show at Christmas, Manchester 2014.


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British Pakistani Muslims perceptions of the armed forces
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British ethnic minority communities and the armed forces
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British crisis management in a European and regional context
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British Crisis Management and the Dynamics of Change: the Case of the Veterinary Disease Policy Sector 2001-2007
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Bring me a souvenir: performing Herstory on Ayr beach
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Bring learning into action
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Bringing sociomaterialism to life: an analysis of 'lively' (dead) spaces of pedagogy at Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
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Bringing methods into focus: how task demand and scene complexity drives attention allocation in autism
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Bringing LIFE (learning and innovating from everyday excellence) to life in everyday work
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Bringing art back to psychology
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Bright 1 bodies: extending the bright bodies family-based intensive lifestyles therapy to adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Ash, G., Joiner, K., Savoye, M., Baker, J., Gerosa, J., Kleck, E., Patel, N., Stults-Kolehmainen, M., Weinzimer, S. A. & Grey, M., 11 Apr 2018, In: Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 52, Supplement 1, p. S281-S281 1 p., B112.
Brief report from early-stage researchers' conference - Bordeaux
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Brief report: pet presence, pet attachment, and mental health during COVID-19 lockdown
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Brief intensity exercise and resistive force selection in obese/overweight subjects: body mass or composition
Baker, J. S. & Davies, B., 1 May 2006, In: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 38, 5, p. S315-S315 1 p.
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Briefing 2618: Sheep theft in the UK from a supply chain perspective
Smith, R., 4 May 2017, RUSource.
Brief high-intensity exercise and resistive force selection in overweight and obese subjects: body mass or body composition?
Baker, J. S. & Davies, B., 23 Aug 2006, In: Research in Sports Medicine. 14, 2, p. 97-106 10 p.
Bridging the gaps in the global governance of antimicrobial resistance: the UN sustainable development goals and global health security agenda
Esiovwa, R., Connolly, J., Hursthouse, A., Mukherji, S., Mukherji, S., Parasnis, A., Sachwani, K. & Henriquez, F., 29 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Routledge Open Research. 1, 14 p., 8.
Bridging the gap between self-determination theory and coaching soccer to disadvantaged youth
Cowan, D., Taylor, I. M., McEwan, H. & Baker, J., 2011.
Cowan, D. T., Taylor, I. M., McEwan, H. E. & Baker, J. S., 2012, In: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 24, 4, p. 361-374 14 p.
Bridging the gap: the implementation and concurrent evaluation of an integrated care pathway [ICP] for the last days of life, for residents dying in nursing homes
Hockley, J., Dewar, B. & Watson, J., 2004, In: Palliative Medicine. 18, 4, p. 350-350
Bridging the gap: an exploration of the experiences and perceptions of the Muslim community in Scotland, following the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand
Riaz, N. N., 3 Jul 2019.
Bridging the gap: the impact of informal, youth work strategies in challenging anti-social behaviour within a formal educational setting
Deuchar, R., 2011.
Bridging the Digital Divide: Leveraging Early Strides in NigeriaThe Nigerian Universities' Experience
Arikpo, I., Osofisan, A. & Usoro, A., 2012, Leveraging Developing Economies with the Use of Information Technology: Trends and Tools. Usoro, A., Majewski, G., Ifinedo, P. & Arikpo, I. (eds.). Hershey, PA, USA: Idea Group Inc, p. 1-14 14 p.
Bridging the contradictions of social constructionism and psychoanalysis in a study of workplace emotions in India
Ulus, E. & Gabriel, Y., 2018, In: Culture and Organization. 24, 3, p. 221– 243 23 p.
Bridging the Boundaries: Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment and Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice
Edgerton, E. (ed.), Romice, O. (ed.) & Thwaites, K. (ed.), 2014, Hogrefe Publishing. 266 p. (Advances in People-Environment Studies; vol. 5)
Brics issue-narrative on culture: strategic or trivial?
Van Noort, C., 5 Apr 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Cultural Policy. 24, 6, p. 786-797 12 p.
Brexit impact on employability
Foster, M., 12 Feb 2018.
Brexit could threaten the goodwill that is extended to the Scottish brand
Campbell, R., 21 Mar 2017, The Herald, 21 March 2017.
Brexit and the uncertain future of fisheries policy in the United Kingdom: political and governance challenges
Huggins, C., Connolly, J., McAngus, C. & van der Zwet, A., 4 Jun 2020, In: Ocean Yearbook Online. 34, 1, p. 20-42 23 p.
Brexit and the future of UK fisheries governance: learning lessons from Iceland, Norway and the Faroe Islands
Huggins, C., Connolly, J., McAngus, C. & Van Der Zwet, A., 3 Apr 2019, In: Contemporary Social Science. 14, 2, p. 327-340 14 p.
Brexit and the Common Fisheries Policy: opportunities for multi-level differentiated (dis)integration?
van der Zwet, A., Connolly, J., Huggins, C. & McAngus, C., 11 May 2022, The Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union. Leruth, B., Gänzle, S. & Trondal, J. (eds.). Routledge
Brexit and Crisis Management: No Deal and the Future Relationship
Judge, A. & Connolly, J., 21 Jan 2019, The UK in a Changing Europe.
Brexit and crisis management: the rescaling of transnational governance networks for energy and health security
Judge, A. & Connolly, J., 26 Mar 2019.
Brexit & interparliamentary relations in the devolved UK: challenges and solutions?
Arnott, M., 8 Nov 2018.
Brexit, fisheries and Scottish devolution: an intergovernmental disruption
McAngus, C., Huggins, C., Connolly, J. & Van Der Zwet, A., 30 Oct 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Political Quarterly. 90, 4, p. 802-807 6 p.
Brexit, Europe and othering
Van Der Zwet, A., Leith, M. S., Sim, D. & Boyle, E., 29 Dec 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Contemporary Social Science. 15, 5, p. 517-532 16 p.
BrewDog: business growth for Punks!
Smith, R., Moult, S., Burge, P. & Turnbull, A., May 2010, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. 11, 2, p. 161-168 8 p.
Breech presentation
Howie, L. & Marshall, H., 30 Mar 2017, Physiology in Childbearing: with Anatomy and Related Biosciences. Rankin, J. (ed.). 4th ed. Elsevier B.V., p. 441-452
Howie, E. & Rankin, J., 2010, Physiology in Childbearing: with Anatomy and Related Biosciences. Stables, D. & Rankin, J. (eds.). 3rd ed. Edinburgh: Baillière Tindall, p. 569-580 12 p.
Breath emulator for simulation and modelling of expired tidal breath carbon dioxide characteristics
Fleming, L., Gibson, D., Hutson, D., Ahmadzadeh, S., Waddell, E., Song, S., Reid, S., Clark, C., Baker, J. S., Overend, R. & MacGregor, C., 31 Mar 2021, In: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 200, 105826.
Breastfeeding support and promotion: The health professional's perspective
Marks, D., 2015, In: Journal of Health Visiting. 3, 1, p. 38-46
Breastfeeding practice and problems
Pollard, M., 30 Mar 2017, Physiology in Childbearing: With Anatomy and Related Biosciences. Rankin, J. (ed.). 4th ed. Elsevier B.V., p. 577-586
Rankin, J., 2010, Physiology in Childbearing: with Anatomy and Related Biosciences. Stables, D. & Rankin, J. (eds.). 3rd ed. Edinburgh: Baillière Tindall, p. 739-750 12 p.
Breast cancer chemotherapy vascular toxicity: a review of mediating mechanisms and exercise as a potential therapeutic
McLaughlin, M., Florida-James, G. & Ross, M., 12 Nov 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Vascular Biology. 3, 1, p. R106-R120 15 p.
Breast and trunk oedema after treatment for cancer
Williams, A., 2006, In: Journal of Lymphoedema. 1, 1, p. 32-39 8 p.
Breaking the code of the street: extending Elijah Anderson's encryption of violent street governance to retaliation in Scotland
Holligan, C., 28 May 2015, In: Journal of Youth Studies. 18, 5, p. 634-648 15 p.
Breaking down barriers with the usual suspects: findings from a research-informed intervention with police, young people and residents in the west of Scotland
Deuchar, R., Miller, J. & Barrow, M., 13 Jun 2014, In: Youth Justice. 15, 1, p. 57-75 19 p.
Breaking bad news to people with learning disabilities and dementia
Tuffrey-Wijne, I. & Watchman, K., 2 Sep 2015, In: Learning Disability Practice. 18, 7, p. 16-23 8 p.
Breaking away from the undergraduate mentality: transition from undergraduate to PhD
Wilson, C., 1 Oct 2015, A Guide for Psychology Postgraduates: Surviving Postgraduate Study. Norris, E. (ed.). The British Psychological Society, p. 47-49
Break Away Service, Poppyscotland & Unforgotten Forces (2020)
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The Real Housewives of Orange County stars Tamra Judge, Vicki Gunvalson and Heather Dubrow have released statements following a dune buggy accident over the weekend which resulted in two of the women being airlifted to the hospital.
Judge, 48, and Gunvalson, 54, were airlifted to the hospital on Saturday after their dune buggy rolled over several times in the desert in Glamis, CA, while filming the Bravo reality series, Us Weekly reported.
Although Dubrow was in the vehicle, she didn't sustain any injuries.
"So many [texts], tweets and phone calls asking if this is true. I can confirm it is. Thank you for your prayers and concerns," Judge captioned a photo of a TMZ headline on Sunday. "We are both beat up but very lucky to be alive. I've never been so scared in my life. As the driver I have an overwhelming amount of guilt and just happy that the 4 of us are alive."
On Monday, the mother of three slammed "sources" claiming alcohol was a factor in the crash.
"No alcohol was involved I am currently NOT drinking due to my upcoming fitness competition and it was 11:00 in the morning. No one was training me or telling me to slow down. I have been riding since I was young. It was an unfortunate accident coming off a top of a dune and landing wrong," Judge said.
Gunvalson wrote on Instagram Monday, "Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. #itwasntourtime @tamrajudge, @heatherdubrow."
Dubrow said on Sunday she felt a "deep sense of gratitude" for her family.
"#blessedbeyondmeasure," Dubrow, 47, captioned a throwback photo of her clan on Instagram. "Thank you to all who follow us, we are honored. #HeatherDubrowsWorld #RHOC #BOTCHED #BOTCHEDPOSTOP #drandmrsguineapig #ConsultBeaute."


I must admit that I write this blog as a white pastor trying to understand the plight of a black pastor–a black pastor who was gunned down while pouring into ten of his parishioners Wednesday night. Ralph West is a black pastor from Houston, Texas whom I podcast. In January he preached a sermon on Psalm 129 called "Haters." He says it better than I can. "Listen" in to a few excerpts.
It's one thing to read about haters…it's something else to be hated. Haters hate. And nobody's off limits from being hated. Psalm 129 begins with the reality of haters. Ishmael derides the promised child Isaac. He's a hater. What God blesses God always increases. You would think with all that blessing you would be off limits to any kind of ridicule. The enemies of Israel tried at every attempt to exterminate their existence. Egypt tries to drown them–in return they are drowned. The Assyrians come up against them to try to starve them and God breaks their back. The Babylonians exile them and God emancipates them. The Persians and their soothsayers throw Daniel into the lions den and God closes the mouth of the lions and opens their mouths to eat the very people who threw them in. Then in the 20th century six million Jews were exterminated and yet Israel became a nation again.
When the Psalmist says, "They plowed my back…" he is talking about suffering and abuse, mistreatment and ill treatment. Here's the line that needs your attention: but the Lord is righteous. Things were bad for Israel, yet they were able to say in the midst of ill treatment, "But the Lord is righteous." Whatever evil and wrong comes your way, God may not make it right when you want him to, but according to his divine calendar, God will make it right.
Stop trying to fight haters with hate. God will uproot them and they cannot abide with you. Martin Luther King said, "Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It's like abiding by the law, 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' If we deal with haters the way haters deal with us, we're going to have a blind and toothless society." You have to let the Lord deal with the haters.
When hate comes your way don't think God's mad at you–He's trying to make you. He's not trying to break you, he's trying to bless you. And remember you've got a Jesus who's dealt with it.
Wow….Ralph West had deep insight. Thank you for sharing his sermon.


Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian teenagers including a 14-year-old boy during Gaza border protests on Friday, Palestinian health officials said. Israel's military said it had opened fire in response to explosives and rocks hurled at the border fence. Palestinians have been staging weekly protests since last March at the border of Gaza, an enclave controlled by the Islamist militant group Hamas.
Middle East latest news: Breaking news on ISIS, the Iranian threat, Palestinians, Israeli cooperation with states and more. The Munich massacre was an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, in which the Palestinian terrorist group Black September took eleven Israeli Olympic team members hostage and killed them along with Since began on March 30, forces have killed at least 214 Palestinians and wounded more than 18,000. Tags: gaza, protests, latest, updates, World | Fox News Latest world news, international news, world video, international video on Fox News. The Notre Dame fire investigation continues as French authorities interview workers involved in renovations that were underway at the cathedral.


Beach, sunshine, Copacabana, carnival, football and beautiful women. Brazil. Forget football now and just concentrate on the beach, crowded with the hottest girls, all wearing tiny bikinis. Starting with this post, we are going to discover the hottest babes on the planet and collect the very best images and videos of them. We'll start our journey in Brazil, the home of the hottest babes with a luscious, curvy body. We have collected some of the hottest Brazilian bikini babes for you: enjoy!


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package org.winterblade.minecraft.harmony.crafting.operations;

import net.minecraft.inventory.InventoryCrafting;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
import net.minecraft.item.crafting.CraftingManager;
import net.minecraft.item.crafting.FurnaceRecipes;
import net.minecraft.item.crafting.IRecipe;
import org.winterblade.minecraft.harmony.api.BasicOperation;
import org.winterblade.minecraft.harmony.api.IOperation;
import org.winterblade.minecraft.harmony.api.Operation;
import org.winterblade.minecraft.harmony.api.OperationException;
import org.winterblade.minecraft.harmony.common.ItemUtility;
import org.winterblade.minecraft.harmony.common.utility.LogHelper;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Created by Matt on 4/5/2016.
 */
@Operation(name = "remove")
public class RemoveOperation extends BasicOperation {
    /**
     * Serialized properties
     */
    private String what;
    private String[] from;
    private ItemStack[] with;
    private int width;
    private int height;

    /**
     * Computed properties
     */
    private RemoveMatchType matchType;
    private String modId;
    private String itemName;
    private int metadata;
    private long fromFlag;
    private List<IRemovedRecipe> removedRecipes;

    public boolean MatchesName(ItemStack recipeOutput) {
        // If we have a null output... ignore it.
        if(recipeOutput == null) return false;

        // If we really, really want to remove everything...
        if(what.equals("*") || what.equals("*:*") || what.equals("*:*:*")) return true;

        String[] name = ItemUtility.getFullyQualifiedItemName(recipeOutput.getItem()).split(":");

        switch(matchType) {
            case ItemOnly:
                return name[1].equals(itemName);
            case ModOnly:
                return name[0].equals(modId);
            case ItemAndMod:
                return name[0].equals(modId) && name[1].equals(itemName);
            case Exact:
                return name[0].equals(modId) && name[1].equals(itemName)
                        && recipeOutput.getMetadata() == metadata;
            default:
                return false;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void init() throws OperationException {
        String[] parts = what.split(":");

        if(parts.length >= 3 && !parts[2].equals("*")) {
            // We have to deal with metadata; exact match required.
            modId = parts[0];
            itemName = parts[1];
            metadata = Integer.parseInt(parts[2]);
            matchType = RemoveMatchType.Exact;
        }
        else if(parts.length <= 1) {
            // Match the entire thing against the name
            matchType = RemoveMatchType.ItemOnly;
            itemName = what;
        } else if(parts[0].equals("*")) {
            // Match by item name:
            matchType = RemoveMatchType.ItemOnly;
            itemName = parts[1];
        } else if(parts[1].equals("*")) {
            // Match by mod name
            modId = parts[0];
            matchType = RemoveMatchType.ModOnly;
        } else {
            // Match by item and mod name
            modId = parts[0];
            itemName = parts[1];
            matchType = RemoveMatchType.ItemAndMod;
        }

        // Default from all:
        if(from == null || from.length <= 0) {
            fromFlag = FromFlags.CRAFTING.getFlag() | FromFlags.FURNACE.getFlag();
        } else {
            fromFlag = 0;
            for(String s: from) {
                try {
                    FromFlags flag = Enum.valueOf(FromFlags.class, s.toUpperCase());
                    fromFlag |= flag.getFlag();
                } catch(Exception ex) {
                    LogHelper.warn("Removed recipe type '" + s + "' is not valid.");
                }
            }
        }

        removedRecipes = new ArrayList<>();
    }

    @Override
    public void apply() {
        if(FromFlags.hasFlag(fromFlag, FromFlags.CRAFTING)) RemoveCraftingRecpies();
        if(FromFlags.hasFlag(fromFlag, FromFlags.FURNACE)) RemoveFurnaceRecpies();
    }

    @Override
    public void undo() {
        for(IRemovedRecipe removedRecipe : removedRecipes) {
            try {
                removedRecipe.Undo();
            }
            catch(Exception ex) {
                LogHelper.warn("Unable to restore a recipe for {}.", ItemUtility.outputItemName(removedRecipe.output()), ex);
            }
        }
        removedRecipes.clear();
    }

    /**
     * Removes recipes from the furnace, if it matches.
     */
    private void RemoveFurnaceRecpies() {
        Map<ItemStack, ItemStack> smeltingList = FurnaceRecipes.instance().getSmeltingList();
        for(Iterator<Map.Entry<ItemStack, ItemStack>> furnaceIterator = smeltingList.entrySet().iterator(); furnaceIterator.hasNext(); ) {
            Map.Entry<ItemStack, ItemStack> recipe = furnaceIterator.next();
            if(!MatchesName(recipe.getValue())) continue;
            if(with != null && with.length > 0 && !ItemStack.areItemStacksEqual(with[0], recipe.getKey())) continue;

            // We matched something:
            LogHelper.info("Removing " + recipe.getValue().getUnlocalizedName() + " from the furnace.");
            removedRecipes.add(new RemovedFurnaceRecipe(recipe));
            furnaceIterator.remove();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Removes recpies from the crafting grid, if it matches.
     */
    private void RemoveCraftingRecpies() {
        List<IRecipe> recipeList = CraftingManager.getInstance().getRecipeList();

        InventoryCrafting inv = ItemUtility.simulateInventoryOf(with, width, height);

        LogHelper.info("Searching for recipes to remove for " + modId + ":" + itemName + ":" + metadata + "...");

        for(Iterator<IRecipe> recipeIterator = recipeList.iterator(); recipeIterator.hasNext(); ) {
            IRecipe recipe = recipeIterator.next();
            if(!MatchesName(recipe.getRecipeOutput())) continue;

            // Simulate the entire crafting operation on the recipe:
            if(with != null && with.length > 0 && !recipe.matches(inv, null)) continue;

            // We matched something:
            LogHelper.info("Removing {}.", ItemUtility.outputItemName(recipe.getRecipeOutput()));
            removedRecipes.add(new RemovedCraftingRecipe(recipe));
            recipeIterator.remove();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(IOperation o) {
        int baseCompare = super.compareTo(o);
        if(baseCompare != 0) return baseCompare;

        // Pull to the top:
        if(!(o instanceof RemoveOperation)) return -1;

        RemoveOperation other = (RemoveOperation) o;

        // Next, sort by from:
        long compareFroms = fromFlag - other.fromFlag;
        if(compareFroms != 0) {
            return (int)compareFroms;
        }

        // Make sure we're initialized first...
        if(matchType == null) return 1;
        if(other.matchType == null) return -1;

        // Otherwise, sort by...
        int matchTypeComparison = matchType.compareTo(other.matchType);
        return (matchTypeComparison != 0)
                ? matchTypeComparison
                : what.compareTo(other.what);
    }

    private enum RemoveMatchType {
        ItemOnly,ModOnly,ItemAndMod,Exact
    }

    private enum FromFlags {
        CRAFTING, FURNACE;

        // This will be fine to use as this is computed every time at runtime
        // If we wanted to serialize it, using the ordinal would be a lot more fragile
        public long getFlag() {
            return 1 << this.ordinal();
        }

        public static boolean hasFlag(long check, FromFlags flag) {
            return (check & flag.getFlag()) != 0;
        }
    }

    private interface IRemovedRecipe {
        void Undo();

        ItemStack output();
    }

    private class RemovedFurnaceRecipe implements IRemovedRecipe {
        private final ItemStack input;
        private final ItemStack output;
        private final float xp;

        RemovedFurnaceRecipe(Map.Entry<ItemStack, ItemStack> recipe) {
            input = recipe.getKey();
            output = recipe.getValue();
            xp = FurnaceRecipes.instance().getSmeltingExperience(output);
        }

        public void Undo() {
            FurnaceRecipes.instance().addSmeltingRecipe(input, output, xp);
        }

        @Override
        public ItemStack output() {
            return output;
        }
    }

    private class RemovedCraftingRecipe implements IRemovedRecipe {
        private final IRecipe recipe;

        RemovedCraftingRecipe(IRecipe recipe) {
            this.recipe = recipe;
        }

        public void Undo() {
            CraftingManager.getInstance().addRecipe(recipe);
        }

        @Override
        public ItemStack output() {
            return recipe.getRecipeOutput();
        }
    }
}

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Actress Gloria Reuben is known for her role on the American television series ER as Jeanie Boulet. She now stars as Rosalind Whitman in the TNT series Raising the Bar.
In 1996 she was chosen by People as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. Member of Arts Advocacy non-profit The Creative Coalition. On board of the Waterkeeper Alliance organization a group that unites all Waterkeeper organizations, coordinating and covering issues affecting 182 Waterkeepers that work to protect rivers, lakes, bays, sounds, and other water bodies around the world. It's the fastest growing grassroots environmental movement in the world, spanning six continents. Each Waterkeeper organization is devoted to the preservation of specific watersheds.
Recognized at 2009 Heart of Green Awards for her dedication to supporting environmental causes.


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"Lakeside Park" is a single from Rush's third album Caress of Steel. The music was written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, and the lyrics were written by Neil Peart.

Background
The "Lakeside Park" mentioned in this song is on the shore of Port Dalhousie, a suburb of St. Catharines, Ontario, on the south shore of Lake Ontario in Canada. Peart lived very close to Lakeside Park, and spent summers as a youth working and playing there. The lyrics mention the "24th of May", which is Victoria Day, commemorating Queen Victoria's birthday.

The actual Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie overlooks the War of 1812 wreck sites of  and . The smaller of the two piers in Port Dalhousie has been used as a staging area for most of the Hamilton–Scourge survey expeditions to the wreck sites, since the early 1980s.

Neil Peart gave some insight regarding the song:

Geddy Lee gave a somewhat unfavorable mention of this song in a 1993 interview:

In June 2020, the city of St. Catharines announced that a pavilion in Lakeside Park would be named after Neil Peart.

Live performances
The song was played in part, for the first time since the mid-1970s, on the 2015 R40 tour. In a 2016 interview with Guitar World, Lee reaffirmed his distaste for the song, but agreed to include it in the setlist when Lifeson expressed interest.

Personnel
Geddy Lee - vocals, bass
Alex Lifeson - guitars
Neil Peart - drums

See also
List of Rush songs

References

1975 songs
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Economic Statecraft THE VALDAI STORY THE EASTERN PERSPECTIVE VALDAI CLUB AWARD Interactive Guide Think Tank Politics and Climate
How Climate Change Is Shaping International Relations
Bread riots, water wars, an influx of climate migrants, growing tensions in the world and the retailoring of the political landscape – all of these are potential consequences of global warming for world politics. Recognition of the importance of climate change and the need to counter it are considered to be the proprieties for politicians in all countries, but political considerations are preventing the formulation of global approaches to this issue. The first part of the Valdai Club's project "Climate and Politics" describes how the climate agenda is affecting international relations.
In 1992, Rio de Janeiro hosted the Third Earth Summit, the biggest conference on environment in UN history. On the eve of the summit, the leading Western countries that were going through the triumphal end of the Cold War were strongly criticised by the environmental activists for "shamelessly high" levels of natural resources consumption, which threatened the planet's sustainable development. It is claimed that in response to this the then US President George H. W. Bush is reported to have said, "The American way of life is not up for negotiations. Period." Following the example of the most responsible authors, we will not ascribe these words to him with 100 percent certainty. However, ten years later, his son was reminded of them since his administration refused to upgrade the fuel efficiency standards for off-road vehicles and SUVs, which are popular in the US. Even if George Bush's words were not quoted precisely, the US Government developed its own climate policy in the first half of the 2000s in the belief that the Americans were entitled to the sacred right to burn as much fuel as they like. Not to mention that this "way of life" ensures permanent income for the powerful oil corporations.
Today, such statements cross the line of political decency. "World leaders perceive continued emissions [of carbon dioxide] as the number one threat," says Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov. "All real political moves, be it the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement or the European Green Deal emphasise the fact of temperature change," he adds. Even US President Donald Trump who rejected the impact of the anthropogenic factor on climate change until recently, is now trying to position himself as a champion of environmental protection. "As someone who cares deeply about the environment, which I do, I cannot in good conscience support a deal that punishes the United States – which is what it does – the world's leader in environmental protection, while imposing no meaningful obligations on the world's leading polluters," he declared announcing America's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. In the same speech, Trump said he loved American workers and American miners who must not be disadvantaged by the deal imposed on the US, and expressed readiness to start talks on the agreement "on terms that are fair to the United States."
Nevertheless, the statement on the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement has threatened the efforts to achieve goals set on preventing the temperature increase on the planet because America is still one of the three top polluters. Obviously, the issues of global warming can only be resolved at the global level. Meanwhile, it is difficult to reach international consensus on this issue.
"The international community finds it very difficult to sign any international agreements that provide for tough commitments on reducing pollution because of the strong resistance of the states and companies that will be the hardest hit by regulation," says Igor Makarov, head of Laboratory for Economics of Climate Change, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Moscow-based Higher School of Economics. "Probably, there is only one successful example at the global level – The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer. That said, even its success was largely determined by the appearance in the market of new ozone-safe technology that gradually ousted traditional ones," he says.
Donald Trump's example convincingly shows how national leaders can disrupt the implementation of the global climate agenda. What matters is not their political orientation but commitments to their voters and the need to uphold the interests of business. "Even liberal darling Justin Trudeau pushed through the purchase by the Canadian government for $3.4 billion of the Kinder Morgan Corporation's Trans Mountain pipeline," says Richard Lachmann, Professor of Sociology at the University at Albany. "The purchase will allow Canada to then spend government funds to triple the pipeline's capacity to transport oil sands from Alberta to Pacific ports where it then can be exported. Oil sands produce more CO2 than any other type of oil."
Climate Policy in a Global Risk Society
The only positive outcome of the coronavirus pandemic was the rapid self-cleansing of the environment. Emissions from factories ceased as they were shut down and there was lighter traffi c, resulting in better air quality. This has been corroborated by satellite images and meteorological monitoring data in many countries. Then, river water got cleaner.
Maria Apanovich, Oleg Barabanov, Pavel Cheremisin, Elena Maslova, Roman Reinhardt, Ekaterina Savorskaya
Climate Change Firsthand
Forest fires that affect the Pantanal region in Matto Grosso, Brazil. © Reuters
A general view of Keur Massar, flooded by heavy rains, in Senegal. © Reuters
Cracked earth marks a dried-up area near a wind turbine used to generate electricity at a wind farm in Guazhou. © Reuters
A firefighting DC10 aircraft drops fire retardant near mountain homes at a wildfire in the hills of Santa Barbara, California. © Reuters
A woman wearing boots wades through a flooded cemetery to visit her departed loved ones, following Typhoon Molave, in Masantol, Pampanga, Philippines. © Reuters
Residents flee as winds whip flames from the Morgan fire along Morgan Territory Road. © Reuters
A turquoise lake (C) forms from melting snow near Cape Folger on the Budd Coast in Australia. © Reuters
A boy floats on a river covered by duckweed to cool off during a hot summer day in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province. © Reuters
Splinters of ice peel off from one of the sides of the Perito Moreno glacier near the city of El Calafate in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, southern Argentina. © Reuters
A burnt tree is seen amidst heavy smog which shrouded the village of Laskovo, affected by wildfires, some 250 km (155 miles) southeast of the capital in Ryazan region. © Reuters
This is exactly why non-government actors are playing the leading role in promoting the climate agenda. The ideas of climate protection are increasingly gaining a foothold in public opinion. Corporations producing fossil fuels are one of the main targets (although it should be noted for justice's sake that its consumers – primarily transport and electricity generation facilities – account for over a half of all greenhouse emissions). Richard Lachmann is convinced that only large-scale protests can defeat oil-and-gas corporations, "Protesters will need the support of intellectuals and journalists who can uncover and expose the corruption behind the continuing massive subsidies governments, rich and poor offer to fossil fuel industries."
Indeed, many political decisions are made owing to public concern over climate change and the penetration of the political agenda by environmental issues in the broad sense of this word. Tougher regulations and concern about their image are prompting companies to change their conduct. "At present, many oil-and-gas companies are actively investing in renewable energy sources," Igor Makarov notes. "Nobody compels them to do this. They are guided by sober premeditation – if they do not diversify their assets and adapt to this green transformation of the global economy, they may end up on a scrapheap," he explains. Makarov believes that an efficient international regime of countering climate change may be established from "the bottom up." "There are companies and enthusiastic states that are ready to invest in clean technology, gradually making it less expensive," he goes on to say, "With time, their policy is turning into an international standard. Those economic agents that do not follow it lose their competitive ability because their customers are giving up on them and they face administrative barriers in the markets of industrialised countries. Being 'green' in this situation is becoming an advantage."
So, the main actors of the climate drama unfolding on the international scene are societies, governments and corporations. The growth of public concern over climate issues is increasing their role in political programmes. Attitudes toward climate change vary from country to country and from generation to generation. However, those who do not see it as a threat are in the minority on a global scale as well. According to the Gallup poll in 2019, such individuals amount to a mere 13 percent. Professor at Georgetown University in Qatar Anatol Lieven says, "On the one hand, most decent people care at least a bit about the wellbeing of their children and grandchildren. On the other, any serious and responsible national leader spends at least some time thinking about the future of his or her nation."
As for businesses, the more far-sighted companies are striving to anticipate legislative trends and prepare for tougher climate standards. This will allow them to claim shares in the market from those unable to adapt to the new reality, as well as to receive green economy subsidies. In addition, the non-green image will have far-reaching negative consequences for companies. In 2016, the Norwegian oil company Statoil sold its assets engaged in the development of the afore-mentioned Canadian oil sands, and in 2019 the Norwegian Pension Fund Kommunal Landspensjonskasse, which manages $81 billion in assets, declared its refusal to work with companies that receive a profit of over 5 percent from oil-bearing sands. Russia's Tatneft was on the list of these companies.
Rich vs poor
The problem of responsibility is one of the main reasons making it so difficult for the international community to find a common language on countering climate change. China and India are first and third in the world in greenhouse emissions. However, the current level of greenhouse gases in the air is primarily a result of the industrial advance of the Western countries, which, until the last third of the 20th century, were not constrained by any environmental considerations. Now that there is universal awareness of the threat to the climate, it is the Western states that have the finances and technology for transitioning to a greener economy.
As for China and India, and a number of other so-called emerging economies, national development remains their priority. About 300 million people in the world live on less than one dollar per day and have no access to electricity. They are resolving these tasks by using the resources available to them: coal, one of the dirtiest hydrocarbons, accounts for about 60 percent of all electricity generation. It is also coal that is to blame for the absolute majority of carbon dioxide emissions.
Resources: Leaders of Consumption
The existing constraints on access to resources, innovations, technology, knowledge and the global labor market are a source of growing disaffection. Global fragmentation is prevailing over global cohesion.
These countries refuse pointblank to be punished by the international emission control rules for pursuing their national development goals. This is one of the few issues in which India and China are in solidarity. In May 2015, the leaders of the two states issued a joint statement, pointing out that the developed and developing countries bear "differentiated responsibilities" for climate change. They called for the leadership of developed countries in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and providing finance, technology and capacity building support to developing countries.
There are models that make it possible to assess the level of responsibility of different countries for global warming, proceeding from their historical contribution to greenhouse emissions. According to one of them, created by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), as of 2010, the US accounted for 37 percent of this responsibility, the EU (with the UK) for 24 percent, Russia for 7 percent, Japan for 5 percent, China for 2 percent and India for 0.1 percent. A fair solution of the global warming problem would imply proportionate efforts of the states concerned. It is no surprise that people in the developing countries are very enthusiastic about such calculations.
Moreover, a considerable part of the developing countries' emissions are sent to advanced states as a carbon footprint. This amounts to "the outsourcing of emissions." The authors of the report The Carbon Loophole in Climate Policy (2018) note that a quarter of all produced emissions are being exported, with China being the largest exporter and the US the biggest importer.
"Of course those countries are correct that they have produced very little CO2 and so should not have to pay much toward the solution. Of course the rich countries should assume most of the costs," says Richard Lachmann, adding, "However, poor countries should realize that today green energy is cheaper to install than power plants that use carbon fuels. Poorer countries' decisions to build carbon fuel plants are the result of corruption not rational planning."
By way of example Lachmann mentions the business empire of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani. According to him, Adani used long-term ties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to receive loan guarantees, subsidies and benefits for the coal electric power station Mundra Thermal Power Plant. "Green power entrepreneurs in South Asia now will have to compete against subsidised coal power," notes Lachmann. In early 2020, Adani declared that he intends to make his company a world leader in solar energy by 2025 and in renewable energy sources by 2030. In simple terms, the strategy is aimed at first making money on "dirty" energy and then investing into "clean". This strategy is bound to receive understanding in the Government.
Yet, it is the developing countries that are threatened with the most destructive consequences of global warming. "It is the poorer countries of the world that are going to be the worst affected by climate change, and earlier than anyone else," notes Anatol Lieven, "whether due to their greater geographical exposure to floods and droughts; the fact that many of them are already suffering from severe water shortages; the lack of adequate disaster prevention and relief facilities; over-population; and ethnic, religious and social strains which are likely to be worsened by mass migration due to climate change. They therefore have vital national interests of their own in the effort to limit climate change." In fact, the leaders of many developing nations are facing today the "survival vs development" dilemma, which is aggravated by electoral considerations. Claims to leadership on behalf of the Western countries are probably one of the most consistent parts of their climate agenda.
"Experts are increasingly often talking about 'environmental neocolonialism' when advanced countries are denying the poorest states the right to development," Oleg Barabanov notes. "For the most part, the poorest states reduce the problem to asking for money and that's it. But there are indicative exceptions: Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are ahead of the whole planet in promoting the ideas of blue economy," he says.
Tiny SIDS control about 30 percent of all seas and oceans by means of their exclusive economic zones. This is why the policy that is called "green" on the ground goes under the name of "blue" in their case. One of its instruments is "blue bonds" that are used to finance projects aimed at preserving the oceans. The Seychelles placed the first blue bonds under the World Bank's free loan guarantees in 2018. They are designed to expand protected marine areas, control over fishing zones and development of the insular economy. The new financial instrument was welcomed by the market and now Indonesia is going to follow suit.
Climate riots and climate migrants
As a result of unprecedented drought, grain harvests in Russia in 2010 dropped by 35 percent and an embargo on wheat exports was introduced. Egypt had been one of the biggest importers of Russian grain since the start of the 21st century. By that time, Russian grain was a market leader owing to its competitiveness. Production and supply of cheap bread to the people played a key role in ensuring social stability in the country: a system of food aid covered almost 70 percent of the Egyptian population. Lack of bread due to Russian supply shortages became one of the reasons for the popular unrest that led to the end of the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak.
Experts believe it was the 2010 heat wave that prompted Russian society to realise the importance of climate change, while Egypt offered an example of how climate may influence political processes. Bread and water are two vital resources access to which is threatened by the global warming.
"Food riots have taken place in history many times," recalls Igor Makarov. "The lack of fresh water is more recent. However, in the 1990s a number of water riots took place in Bolivia, Tanzania, and Argentina, to name a few. Of course, there is every reason to believe that the number of such riots will increase in the future," he predicts.
Can conflicts over base resources become international? "Former World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin made a famous prediction, 'If the wars of this century were fought over oil, the wars of the next century will be fought over water.' However, this prediction is not coming true," Makarov notes. "Water is an important issue of differences between many countries but an armed conflict will break out only if this factor is aggravated by ethnic, territorial or other contradictions."
In 2019-2020, tensions escalated in the dispute between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over the Nile. Ethiopia is building the Hidase hydroelectric power station (the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) that is supposed to be the most powerful in Africa. Its capacity is enough to meet all electricity requirements of the nation of 100 million inhabitants. At the same time, it threatens water supplies to Egypt, which also is home to 100 million people. The expected reduction in the water flow in Nile may cut down fresh water reserves, cause the disappearance of thousands of hectares of irrigated land and a drop in electricity generation at Egypt's largest Aswan power plant. Egypt demands that Ethiopia fill the Blue Nile reservoir with water for ten years and that it be under the control of the states located downstream. Ethiopia is blatantly against this. The countries are holding talks on a Nile water agreement but there has been no progress in the offing and observers warn that Egypt may try to resolve this problem by force.
However, this situation is more an exception than a rule. "At least in the near to medium term, I don't think that war between states is the greatest threat," Anatol Lieven says. "This will only be the case if things become truly desperate. Rather, the danger is of increased conflict within societies, leading to internal and international migration."
Challenge of Migration
The global migration problem has only grown more urgent in recent years. A prime example is the migrant crisis in the European Union that has led to the collapse of European solidarity.
"It is hardly possible to allocate a special category for climate migration," Igor Makarov warns. "It is difficult to isolate the climate factor from the socioeconomic context: people rarely move abroad because of climate change alone. However, climate change may play an important intermediary role when, for instance, a territory becomes unfit for agriculture due to increasing droughts," he notes.
According to the UN, in 2018, the number of migrants who left their homes because of climate change amounted to over 17 million in 142 countries. According to the World Bank, from 2018 to 2050 the number of such migrants will reach at least 143 million. Experts believe that by and large the world is not ready for such a population shift, all the more so since 85 percent of all refugees are accepted by developing rather than developed nations, noted Director of the Migration Research Center (MRC) Dmitry Poletayev. Anti-migrant attitudes spread there in exactly the same way as in the wealthy Western countries but the consequences may be much worse.
"The problem of the gradual flooding of Bangladesh territories has been discussed for over a decade, Poletayev says. "However, the tough position of India (which almost wholly surrounds Bangladesh) has already become an obstacle for a potential mass migration from that country. India has recently upgraded its migration law and will not accept a mass flow of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh where the overwhelming majority of the population profess Islam." "The most ferociously enforced border fence to stop migrants is the one that was created by India along its border with Bangladesh, along which more than 1,100 Bangladeshi civilians have been killed by Indian border forces during the past decade. This policy has become even tougher under the Hindu nationalist government of Narendra Modi," Anatol Lieven adds.
A dislike of migrants is also changing the political landscape in the West. Left-wing movements traditionally protect migration and corporations have unexpectedly started to align with them. "Many Western capitalists desire cheap imported labour for economic reasons and as a way of undermining trade unions and lowering wages," Anatol Lieven notes. However, the latest electoral trends show that societies are increasingly prone to support politicians opposing migration – either forced or those seeking work, both of which, according to Dmitry Poletayev, are much more amenable to control.
"Apparently, we are seeing a long-term trend towards the growth of restrictions on permanent-residence entry for all categories of migrants, including climate refugees," the expert notes. "During the 'the perfect storm' of 2020, the global migration aftermath which will still have to be assessed, developed countries will be even less willing to accept refugees. We can only hope that the international community clearly understands the danger of growing "migrantophobia" and is will strive to avoid 'a war of everyone against everyone,'" he says.
Returning to climate, it should be noted that it is the anti-immigrant right-wing forces that are the least prone to agree with the climate agenda. "The anger towards migrants fuels right-wing parties that are the least willing to counter climate change," Lachmann says. This cycle of political feedback will only make the situation worse, he warns. This is not least because environmental initiatives have long been the province of left-wing parties and are offered in a package with socio-economic measures that are resented by the right-wing camp. But there are also justified apprehensions that a transition to a green economy will deal a blow at traditional sectors and give the advantage to those transnationals that will be the first to adapt to the new reality. All these factors create the groundwork for the growth of political polarisation and social tensions.
Protecting climate during the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic that started in 2020 has again raised the issue of relations between humans and nature. Contrary to internet-memes that circulated in spring, nature is not "healing". A September interdepartmental report of the leading research organisations United in Science 2020 states: "Climate Change has not stopped for COVID 19."
Atmospheric CO2 concentrations have continued to increase to new highs. After a temporary reduction in emissions caused by the COVID-19 confinement policies and a drop in the economic activity, they are again approaching pre-pandemic levels, "The world is set to see its warmest five years on record – in a trend which is likely to continue – and is not on track to meet agreed targets to keep global temperature increase well below 2 °C or at 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels," the report observed.
All negative changes brought about by the warming continue, the report authors wrote. A reduction in emissions as a result of suspended economic activity will not decrease CO2 concentrations in the air. The melting of polar ice accelerates the rise in sea levels of the world's oceans. Droughts and floods lead to catastrophic consequences. The measures taken to reduce emissions are not sufficient. Humanity must change its consumption models.
Nonetheless, experts believe the pandemic has influenced human attitudes toward nature. "Many people recognize because of the pandemic that humans are not able to control the natural environment and that we must be more respectful of our place on the planet," notes Richard Lachmann. He is echoed by Anatol Lieven, who says: "The pandemic has shown us how a natural phenomenon can inflict colossal damage even on wealthy societies (and by the way, one universally predicted consequence of climate change is the spread of tropical diseases)."
Certain changes have also taken place in political culture. "The pandemic has echoed past experiences of wartime, in that it has accustomed people to the idea that states have the right to impose severe restrictions on human behaviour and freedoms for the sake of the public good (though many societies have resisted this strongly)," goes on.
When Disasters and Epidemics Become a New Normal
Oleg Barabanov
Over the past half century, or in the 75 years since the end of World War II, the human community has developed at an unprecedented speed. The scientific and technological revolution led to a real breakthrough in the field of transport communications; the Internet and mobile communications not only caused a revolution, but also qualitatively changed the areas of trade, investment, etc. Globalisation, understood not only as a single system of world trade, but as a new quality of mobility and the interconnectedness of people, has become a reality that transcends state borders.
Many analysts believe that we are entering a new era where our goals will be not to develop and increase consumption but to counter the risks that will be increasingly acquiring a global scale. Under these circumstances, the almost forgotten concept of sacrifice may return to political reality, Lieven believes. "Serious sacrifices will be necessary if carbon emissions are to be rapidly reduced," he says. "Higher fuel prices, higher taxes, higher prices for imported goods, limits on international flights. Our societies have become deeply hostile to the idea of sacrifice. That is why nationalism (or patriotism, if you prefer) is so important as a motivating force. At the same time, we should not join sections of the Left (like Naomi Klein) in fantasizing that we need to abolish capitalism in order to combat climate change. That is not going to happen (unless or until modern society collapses as a result of climate change). Rather, we need to reshape and regulate capitalism, as was done by the USA and European states in the 1930s and 40s in response to the Great Depression and the Second World War."
In the second part of our project we will explore how capitalism could adapt to the new reality.
Views expressed are of individual Members and Contributors, rather than the Club's, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
I recommend you this article on the Valdai Club website: https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/how-climate-change-is-shaping-international-relations/
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