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Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons ; Volltext // 2012 digitalisiert von: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München. Exemplar mit der Signatur: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- 2 Brit. 52-20

The main instrument for the EU climate change protection plans relies on the 20-20-20 by 2020 targets. This roadmap, adopted in 2008, is the result of years of continuing work for a joint programme for Europe-wide application of a common framework of climate change policies. The positive developments from the past are the guideline for further tightening of the environmental policies for European member states, enterprises and citizens. A unified market for pollution permits, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS), is the main instrument to reduce the emissions of GHG. Within the framework of carbon saving policies, the EU members have different obligations. The burden-sharing agreement takes care about that fact, that different countries face different (economic) conditions. Further components are the ecological targets to reduce energy input and raise the efficiency of energy use, as well as a higher share of renewable energies in total energy production. Three analyses address first the question of how to reach higher emission savings without higher costs within the framework of a national allocation plan (NAP) for carbon permits when other policies are implemented simultaneously. If the NAP cannot be adjusted, both instruments seem to neutralise each other. EU member states have to raise the share of renewable energy sources. The second analysis presents a thought experiment as a country comparison for a selected technology: what if the solar power plant installations undertaken in Germany had been installed in Sicily? The thought experiment illustrates the need for a fit between geographical conditions and technology. Europe-wide balanced policies for RES would lead to a higher amount of installed green energy capacities without higher costs. Finally, the EU puts pressure on national states to use energy more efficiently. Thus, addressing the European level, the third analysis proves for the influence of the Kyoto Protocol obligations and the following EU Burden-Sharing Agreement on European policies to increase energy efficiency. Through the more efficient use of electricity additional carbon savings will be realised. But are these savings caused endogenously through economic growth and population, or do policies put (effective) pressure on consumers' electricity consumption?

This article investigates ways in which theatre and performance have the potential to revisit and re-interpret ideological narratives. Drawing on the politics of transnational performance-making processes, it examines how multilingual theatre productions can contribute to the production of subjective and collective identities, and help articulate ideas and perceptions of belonging. With reference to 20/20 – a piece of documentary-style theatre about a major inter-ethnic conflict that took place in 1990 in a bilingual city in Romania – this case study maps out arguments for utilizing multilingualism on stage, and engages with the ethics of representation in the process of multilingual transfer. Billed as 'multi-ethnic and multilingual', the production embraces an agenda that goes beyond the examination of an isolated local conflict and makes the point that both theatre-making and theatre-going are experiences that strongly interact with narratives of cultural identity and hybridization. Thus, the representation of belonging or not belonging is tied in with questions of agency, and the right of individuals to affirm and indeed interrogate their hereditary links to a community.

The European Commission did not publish a cost-benefit analysis for its 2020 climate package. This paper fills that gap, comparing the marginal costs and benefits of greenhouse gas emission reduction. The uncertainty about the marginal costs of climate change is large and skewed, and estimates partly reflect ethical choices (e.g., the discount rate). The 2010 carbon price in the ETS can readily be justified by a cost-benefit analysis. Emission reduction is not expensive provided that policy is well-designed, a condition not met by planned EU policy. It is probably twice as expensive as needed, costing one in ten years of economic growth. The EU targets for 2020 are unlikely to meet the benefit-cost test. For a standard discount rate, the benefit-cost ratio is rather poor (1/30). Only a very low discount rate would justify the 20% emission reduction target for 2020.

Die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts (1914-1945) brachte im Zuge der autoritären und totalitären Systeme eine Reihe von Führerkulten in Mittel-, Ost- und Südosteuropa hervor. Mit der Personalisierung politischer Macht war die Prämisse verbunden, dass diese nicht in abstrakten Institutionen verfasst sein, sondern erst im Bild des Führers einen für die Wahrnehmung des Volkes greifbaren Ausdruck und für die Herrschaft durchgreifenden Effekt finden kann, so dass die Allgegenwart und Allmacht des Führers nur durch umfassenden Einsatz der Massenmedien des 20. Jahrhunderts gewährleistet werden konnte. Die politischen Kulte des 20. Jahrhunderts waren bislang erstaunlich selten Gegenstand ausführlicher und komparatistischer historischer Forschung. Die Beiträge des Bandes stellen daher Führerkulte des 20. Jahrhunderts, die in autoritären und totalitären Regimen entstanden sind, in vergleichender Perspektive dar.

Charles Underwood was in the United States Army for more than 31 years from 1941 to 1972. His active military service included command of infantry, armored infantry and armored units from platoon through brigade. Most staff assignments were in information and public affairs. He was a Prisoner of War for the Japanese Imperial Army from 1942-1945 and survived the Bataan Death March. ; The collection consists of slides, photographs, letters, military documents, and other personal documents of Charles Underwood. It includes information on the Bataan Death March as well as the different bases around the world he was stationed at during his time in the Army. ; The collection is organized by the following series: Bataan, Birth Records, Certificates, Correspondence, Drawings, Financial Records, Genealogy, Legal Document, Literary Productions, Medical Records, Memorial, Military Documents, Newspaper, Periodical, Personal Documents, Photographs, Printed Material, Retirement Records, School Records, Scrapbook, and Slides. ; Box 1, Folder 20

Three computable general equilibrium models are used to estimate the economic implications of a stylized version of EU climate policy. If implemented at the lowest possible cost, the 20% emissions reduction would lead to a welfare loss of 0.5-2.0% by 2020. Second-best policies increase costs. A policy with two carbon prices (one for the ETS, one for the non-ETS) could increase costs by up to 50%. A policy with 28 carbon prices (one for the ETS, one each for each Member State) could increase costs by another 40%. The renewables standard could raise the costs of emissions reduction by 90%. Overall, the inefficiencies in policy lead to a cost that is 100-125% too high. The models differ greatly in the detail of their results. The ETS/non-ETS split may have a negligible impact on welfare, while the renewables standard may even improve welfare. The models agree, however, that the distortions introduced by total EU package imply a substantial welfare loss over and above the costs needed to meet the climate target. The marginal, total and excess costs reported here are notably higher than those in the impact assessment of the European Commission.

The Confederate Graves Survey Archive of the Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans consists of surveys of cemeteries throughout Texas, and portions of Oklahoma and New Mexico. The surveys document the interment of Confederate States of America military veterans. United States of America (Union) veterans, as well as able-bodied men at the time of the Civil War, are also documented. 13 boxes entitled "Grave Surveys" contain grave surveys listed county-by-county, 3 boxes of "Unit Files" list surveyed individuals by their military unit. Finally, 17 boxes contain "Veteran Files" that document each veteran by name in "last name, first name, middle initial" format. An index that cross-references each of the collection series (Grave Surveys, Unit Files, and Veteran Files) is included, as are institutions to surveyors on how and what to document while conducting surveys. ; Childress Cemetery #219, Childress, Childress County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Anglin, Thomas A. ; Lubbock Cemetery #370, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas | Veterans Interred: McLelland, Franklin Moses. ; Greathouse Cemetery #7, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Hudson, A. D. ; Abilene City Cemetery #138, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Mullins, John Delos. ; S. Belton Cemetery #2, Belton, Bell County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Curb, John W. ; West Park Cemetery #184, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas | Veterans Interred: Moreman, Charlie Ross.

Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 are the only texts in the Old Testament that explicitly condemn homosexual acts. It is of the outmost importance to take the literary context of these texts into consideration. Both prohibitions have family laws as immediate context. Since homosexual acts drastically influence the relations in the larger family, the prohibitions of these acts were associated with the family laws. Leviticus 18 and 20 are closely connected to Leviticus 19, a chapter that emphasises the holiness of the people. The call to holiness in 19:2 concerns all facets of life including sexual relations. The prohibitions against homosexual acts finally belong to the legislation that was given by Yahweh to Moses at Sinai. Therefore Israel had to take them seriously.