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Music lovers keeping accordions centre stage
A specialist family firm is making sure lovers of the accordion continue to stay in tune.
Birmingham Accordion Centre offers tuning, restoration and repair services for musicians at its base on a Birmingham industrial estate.
Over the years, the company has provided accordions for artists including Sir Tom Jones, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Ronan Keating, ELO, Robbie Williams, Benny Andersson from ABBA, The Pogues and Norman Wisdom.
Once a month, the centre, external holds a music night for accordion players across the West Midlands - and their latest session included a set from Coventry-based The Upsiders.
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Artist's hospice mosaic inspired by patients
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Patients and family members have helped provide the inspiration for a new mosaic that has nearly been completed in a hospice garden. Mosaic artist Jackie Nash, external approached Primrose Hospice, external at Bromsgrove with an artwork offer about three years ago. With the help of funding from the Arts Council and local sponsors, she is now finishing off the final section of the 7.5-metre (24....
'Blind Dave' saddles up for Western Front Way ride
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A blind charity fundraiser has announced plans for his next adventure - a 1,000km (620-mile) cycle ride that follows a route enshrined in European war history. Dave Heeley, known as "Blind Dave", is putting together a team of cyclists to join him in September as he tackles the Western Front Way. The route follows the length of the First World War trench lines, from the French/Swiss border to th...
Artist's public art sculptures raise £170,000
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A Birmingham artist who paints pieces of sculpture for public art trails has raised £170,000 so far after completing his 50th piece of work. Amrit Singh, who is known as MrASingh, is working on a pair of elephants which will be on show in July to raise money for St Giles Hospice.
Walsall walking footballer Mike Fisher plays on 90th birthday
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A Walsall pensioner celebrated his 90th birthday by playing a game of walking football. Mike Fisher has been a walking footballer for the last eight years, and still plays three times a week - as well as a weekly game of indoor cricket. He celebrated his birthday with his team mates at Sneyd Community Association in Bloxwich. He said his ambition was to still be playing football on his 91st bir...
Black Country artist keeps alive canal narrowboat craft
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A decorative artist is looking to protect and promote the "endangered" craft of painting canal narrowboats. Kerri Williams runs regular Black Country courses to pass on her painting skills. She's also an expert on the BBC Two programme Jay and David's Touring Toolshed.
Bridgnorth Cliff Railway to reopen after 14 months
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A much-loved funicular railway, which connects two areas of a Shropshire town, is preparing to reopen. Bridgnorth Cliff Railway has carried passengers between Low Town and High Town for more than 130 years. But it has been out of action since December 2022 because of a dangerous adjoining wall. The wall repair work has cost £750,000 and now railway staff are getting ready to welcome residents a...
Shamrock Spitfire: Film spotlights Battle of Britain flying ace
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A film about a decorated Irish Spitfire pilot has won almost 50 film festival awards ahead of its release. The Shamrock Spitfire tells the story of 21-year-old Brendan “Paddy” Finucane, the youngest Wing Commander in the history of the Royal Air Force. The film was shot in Worcestershire by Birmingham-based Pixel Revolution Films. "Spitfire Paddy", as he became known, volunteered to join the RA...
'Let's celebrate the fact we have pine martens here'
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Pine marten enthusiasts are attaching den boxes to woodland trees in Shropshire to help the small creatures flourish in the county. The Shropshire Pine Marten Project has so far hoisted 30 den boxes into position in the Shropshire Hills area and has funding to provide double that number. Project leader Stuart Edmunds said the group was looking to work with more landowners in Shropshire to prote...
'People should feel proud about Wolverhampton'
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A man who spent 35 years building a career in the United States has returned to live in his home city of Wolverhampton. And Russell Shelton says: "I've travelled 6,000 miles to come back and tell you Wolverhampton is a great place to live." Mr Shelton, a business sales and marketing consultant, has now taken a part-time job as a matchday steward at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 62-year-old grew ...
'Neive's positivity shone through'
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A memory tree at a Christmas tree festival has been dedicated to a six-year-old girl from Warwickshire who died from cancer in October. Neive Warwick, from Leamington Spa, was diagnosed with of rhabdomysarcoma in September 2022. Neive was a weekly visitor over the last 12 months to the town's Enchanted Tea Room, where she enjoyed singing and dancing with fairytale princesses. The owner of the t...
Wolverhampton chefs teach restaurant-grade meals on a budget
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Two Wolverhampton chefs are inspiring people from the city to cook healthy food on a budget. Simon Clark and Prince Robinson are putting on the two-hour sessions at venues across the WV10 area of Wolverhampton to show that nutritious meals can still be served up despite a cost-of-living crisis. WV10 Community Chefs, which was launched by WV10 Consortium and is now part-funded by Wolverhampton C...
Sheep's wheels help her overcome broken leg
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Sheep's wheels help her overcome broken leg
“An amazing place that’s changed my life”
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“An amazing place that’s changed my life”
Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi recreated by ink stamp artist
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Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi recreated by ink stamp artist
Photographer collects images for new edition of A Shropshire Lad
zhlédnutí 111Před 10 měsíci
Photographer collects images for new edition of A Shropshire Lad
Albert recalls Arctic Convoys of WW2
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Albert recalls Arctic Convoys of WW2
Birmingham High-Vis Festival returns to celebrate street culture
zhlédnutí 49Před 11 měsíci
Birmingham High-Vis Festival returns to celebrate street culture
Ken Tinkler: 'We had to tell Japanese war was over'
zhlédnutí 111Před 11 měsíci
Ken Tinkler: 'We had to tell Japanese war was over'
Black Country folk music scene 'flourishing'
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Black Country folk music scene 'flourishing'
'You had to be courageous in Italian resistance'
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'You had to be courageous in Italian resistance'
Guy's Cliffe gardeners look to unearth new volunteers
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Guy's Cliffe gardeners look to unearth new volunteers
Bill Redston: 'We knew it could have been us killed'
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Bill Redston: 'We knew it could have been us killed'
Sky Blues memorabilia fills Coventry emporium
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Sky Blues memorabilia fills Coventry emporium
Luton Town-mad Nick Owen on his Sky Blues soft spot
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Luton Town-mad Nick Owen on his Sky Blues soft spot
Eddie Brown: 'I flew home after D-Day to see my girl'
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Eddie Brown: 'I flew home after D-Day to see my girl'
Roger Roberts: 'When she was sunk, it was a big blow'
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Roger Roberts: 'When she was sunk, it was a big blow'
Friends raise more than £100,000 after teenagers die in crash
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Friends raise more than £100,000 after teenagers die in crash
Treading the globe with Trudy
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Treading the globe with Trudy
Bike4Life bikers
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Bike4Life bikers

Komentáře

  • @parismozzy5388
    @parismozzy5388 Před dnem

    I have just been chatting to Albert! What a fascinating and humble man. Incredible life! So courageous!!

  • @willroberts7252
    @willroberts7252 Před 23 dny

    A great movie. Nice to see the Australian and Canadian perspectives covered as well.

  • @jennamuffintop3981
    @jennamuffintop3981 Před 25 dny

    I just read the poem that was on Facebook. I could barely get through it past the lump in my throat. It is most beautiful. Made even more beautiful knowing it reflects the sensitivities of a talented and thoughtful young man of 14 years.

  • @adamtyrell4227
    @adamtyrell4227 Před 2 měsíci

    Mohammed Ali opens gym in Birmingham

  • @WorldOfJD
    @WorldOfJD Před 2 měsíci

    Go on, Jai!

  • @kaylenescott1215
    @kaylenescott1215 Před 3 měsíci

    After reading your poem I decided to read for our ANZAC Service this year at our nursing home where we still have many who have remembrances of the war. Such powerful words. Thankyou. Kay (Brisbane, Australia)

  • @dianaoscha2060
    @dianaoscha2060 Před 3 měsíci

    Absolutely beautiful young man!!!

  • @alllmighty.vq37
    @alllmighty.vq37 Před 4 měsíci

    More goals then Messi this season 🤴🏼🙌🏽

  • @TokyoNightGirl-fk4cn
    @TokyoNightGirl-fk4cn Před 4 měsíci

    💗👍💙💙💛💛💛💛💛💙

  • @CherryTree186
    @CherryTree186 Před 5 měsíci

    Eleasha waveyy czcams.com/video/Zs1DsNBvEoc/video.htmlsi=zt_hQR6Poabcq5sp

  • @andrewnankivell3641
    @andrewnankivell3641 Před 5 měsíci

    Very much looking forward to this movies release.

  • @eoinj3929
    @eoinj3929 Před 6 měsíci

    Looking forward to see this movie. Well done on doing a relatively unknown story.

  • @moirahoward2662
    @moirahoward2662 Před 6 měsíci

    My father (RN) from Glasgow was on the convoy out of Greenock too aged 18 in 1943. He would have been 99 now. Dave McCartney. Thanks for telling your story as my father died 38yrs so have none.

  • @AlwaysWolves
    @AlwaysWolves Před 6 měsíci

    Really lovey video and a really lovely chap who we see every machst going into Molineux 💛

  • @Skedawg88
    @Skedawg88 Před 6 měsíci

    I see them occasionally while out in the woods, usually while fly fishing. I believe they enjoy being around creeks. Why? I do not know.

  • @jungletiger1900
    @jungletiger1900 Před 6 měsíci

    Excellent

  • @johnklockyer
    @johnklockyer Před 6 měsíci

    Fantastic!!

  • @realtimbotube
    @realtimbotube Před 6 měsíci

    I saw one as a child in the Kootenay region of the BC Rockies. Looked so neat to see it jumping in the trees like a squirrel

  • @calebvanderwolf1777
    @calebvanderwolf1777 Před 6 měsíci

    Excellent, that has warmed my heart. Like yourself ever since I was a kid, I have been fascinated by these animals. But growing up in south London, I had zero chance of seeing one. Unfortunately even as an adult I have failed as yet to track one down. So knowing they are expanding their range naturally is exciting. Keep this important work going. Thanks for this post.

  • @bayernbahn1549
    @bayernbahn1549 Před 6 měsíci

    Just seeing this wonderful relay technology makes your eyes light up. The old technology still works and it's fun to work with it. It's a shame that the signal box is going out of service. I would be surprised if the electronics lasted nearly as long. I don't know whether electronics are also part of the future for railways. Certainly somewhere else, but in my opinion not on the railways. It is simply too short-lived and fragile. Thank you for this great post, albeit with a sad background. ​

  • @gabrielleridgway405
    @gabrielleridgway405 Před 7 měsíci

    Just Brilliant Joshua! A Creative Writing Career? I hoe so!

  • @NatalieSmith-dz3ee
    @NatalieSmith-dz3ee Před 7 měsíci

    Ok Tom I'm with you BUT you need to stop filling the forest with your laminated signs and plastic tree protection and barbed wire. I've emailed Uncllys and You lot about the plastic you add to the forest. STOP IT!!! This is my local walking area, i know it better than you lot!!!

  • @sheiladavis2551
    @sheiladavis2551 Před 7 měsíci

    You are wonderful people for having to clean up after idiots ❤USA

  • @Lilla930
    @Lilla930 Před 8 měsíci

    Beautiful! Thoughtful young man!

  • @chunky1340
    @chunky1340 Před 8 měsíci

    Your words have spread around the globe. Good words.

  • @HomerSimspon12
    @HomerSimspon12 Před 9 měsíci

    he's my art teacher!

  • @tonibunnell2948
    @tonibunnell2948 Před 9 měsíci

    Absolutely brilliant!

  • @derkaiser50
    @derkaiser50 Před 9 měsíci

    aww its a fake steam locomotive

  • @stevietrucker4631
    @stevietrucker4631 Před 9 měsíci

    Well done ladies and gentlemen. I do litter picking around where i live and yes it does get rather frustrating at times.

  • @danielturner9027
    @danielturner9027 Před 10 měsíci

    San Francisco is an awful place.

  • @a-z-ho3ph
    @a-z-ho3ph Před 10 měsíci

    found myself w my dad 7:23 blue bmw

  • @adamsmith5828
    @adamsmith5828 Před 10 měsíci

    Incredible

  • @tomy8339
    @tomy8339 Před 10 měsíci

    Cool! 🤟

  • @jaquithdisotell4991
    @jaquithdisotell4991 Před 10 měsíci

    "Promosm"

  • @JimmyTheMower
    @JimmyTheMower Před 10 měsíci

    What a day that was 👍

  • @Jkl-my1sl
    @Jkl-my1sl Před 11 měsíci

    Did dame julie ever see the famous gray lady ghost

  • @patrickhoney2706
    @patrickhoney2706 Před rokem

    I recd my Cyprus emergency medal 56 years later. Served there in RAF in 1959 Recd medal, out of the blue in 2014.

  • @luckylunaloops
    @luckylunaloops Před rokem

    Anyone who helps in litter cleanup efforts is a rockstar in my book!

  • @NetMaestro2009
    @NetMaestro2009 Před rokem

    Thank you, SIr. Your contribution and those by other Commonwealth forces, is truly appreciated by Malaysians for all time.

  • @hhill4413
    @hhill4413 Před rokem

    Proud to wear the gold n black. 100% player. He loved to win and wow,it showed. Great memories.

  • @darrenbanks7983
    @darrenbanks7983 Před rokem

    Legend growing up as kid in watching king Kenny in south bank wot a player

  • @fredeaton3915
    @fredeaton3915 Před rokem

    Why not also apply for the Pingat medal

  • @user-rz7nq1to3v
    @user-rz7nq1to3v Před rokem

    Why did the Woking Council use taxpayers' money to invest in estate when the Conservative Party ruled Woking, leading to bankruptcy ? There were 1 million foreign immigrants last year. From this year to May, 600000 foreigners immigranted into British, and Britain (taxpayers) spend 6 million pounds a day to support refugees living in various hotels. Of course, refugees and migrant workers only want to stay in the UK and want their ancestors to live in the British. Therefore, only 40% of workers agree to reduce immigration. Last year, there were 75000 children cases in the UK. The youngest arrested was ten years old, who committed rape at the age of tens, murder at the age of twelve, robbery, thefts, money laundering, assaulted, bullying..etc The sentences for children crimes are not heavy. There are gangsters and gangs organizing children to commit crimes. British receive a Iarge number of refuegees & training them & hurt me long time. The way the British government destroyed the UK is the same as China & Chinese destroyed Hong Kong and kiII Old Hong Kong good peopIe!! The British government is trying to create some Iaws to monitor citizens. ln order to save money, Rishi Sunak wants to import doctors、nurses、Iaborers from his ancestraI home, and cheap foreign Iabor from othcountriestry. The quaIity of British medical care wilI decIine. Because of the income of Iocal empIoyees cannot keep up with infIation, and because cheap foreign Iabor competes for jobs, professionaIs must emigrate to foreign countries, and it is difficuIt for IocaI workers to find jobs because their saIaries are higher than those of foreign workers, they wiII appIy for Iiving assistance from government, must increase the burden on taxpayers. Government replace Iocal empIoyees with foreign workers, forcing away IocaI citizens, Britain must weaker than lndia!! Retribution!! Karma!!

  • @kennethrodmell9006
    @kennethrodmell9006 Před rokem

    Had the honour of being hauled by this magnificent locomotive yesterday (June 9, 2023). No words will ever be adequate to appreciate the skill, dedication and devotion put in by the volunteers of the SVR.

  • @GlamorGrowthTravelwithMica

    I don’t see any trash cans. Where are the trash cans were people can throw away litter? It seems for some reason. London does not want to purchase trash cans. Why is that?

  • @user-rz7nq1to3v
    @user-rz7nq1to3v Před rokem

    In 2015 Mark Zuckerberg bought 700 acres of land on Hawaii Island, sued an original resident forced him to sell the land, so that Mark Zuckerberg could build a mansion. Zuckerberg was accused of acting like a " colonizer". In ,2021 The Texas court in the United States ruled that Facebook should be held legally responsible for human traffickers abducting sex slaves through its platforms FB and allowed victims of trafficking to file three lawsuits against FB. Many victims pointed out that FB knew the existence of human trafficking on the platform illegal behavior, but still condone the illegal behavior. A victims was abducted when she was 14 years old. After being rescued, her IG profile was still used to lure other minors. The Texas Supreme Court ruled that the current law does not allow Facebook or other websites Become a "lawless no - man's- land ".

  • @user-rz7nq1to3v
    @user-rz7nq1to3v Před rokem

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had help China promote the digital Renminbi (currency ) and advocated changing the anti - China policy. His family owns a China company, a technology company, is associated with several Indian software companies, and has a virtual bank. His wife does not pay taxes. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt's wife is Chinese . According to the Chinese intelligence law, can his wife have a role ? 英國M16主管指中國是頭號威脅。中國二百萬年薪挖前皇家空軍訓練中國解放軍機師。 2010年英國軍情通訊總部, 第二次世界大戰時破解納粹密碼通訊的GCHO, 第二號領袖人物霍金斯於2010年轉職華為。 (英國政府竟然批准霍金斯轉職, 是否中國收買了保守黨和工黨的政府高層?) 中國紅二代薄瓜瓜去英國寄宿學校, 在英國的監護人是前戴卓爾夫人的經濟顧問鲍威爾Charles PoweII。 英國實驗室使用了被美國列入黑名單的海康威視。(英國政府實驗室的資料、實驗過程全被中國和中國人知悉。英國亦有被中國、中國人用錢色 "搞定" 的間諜。)

  • @user-rz7nq1to3v
    @user-rz7nq1to3v Před rokem

    中國從沒有打過扙, 抗美援朝時用的是"人海戰術"的人肉城牆當炮灰的戰術 ! 中國的遼寧號是蘇聯的退役舊戰艦改裝, 發動機亦是蘇聯的舊機。 中國河流早已枯乾, 黃河斷流、長江見底, 支流早枯乾, 湖泊早枯乾 ; 中國的河產、中國海域的魚產早死掉, 早幾年中國漁船到他國海域偷捕魚產, 被他國(包括日本、印尼)亂槍掃射趕走。中國早已種不出麥和米。2022年中國四出搶購全球糧食, 在敖德薩等待出口的食物有一半是中國的。 現在, 中國推動「退林還耕」, 大規模砍伐林地, 剷起菜地的菜, 要種稻米。中國每天出產的加工食物168噸, 但只夠食兩天。 100%中國人支持政權對付香港和殺舊香港人的中國人和親中陣營正在超速敗滅中 !! 法輪因果報應 !!

  • @user-rz7nq1to3v
    @user-rz7nq1to3v Před rokem

    2017年中國頒佈「中國國家情報法」第七條, 中國的「任何組織和公民都應當依法支持、配合、協助國家情報工作, 保守所知悉的國家情報工作」。中國留學生要簽署「忠誠效忠」協議書才可出國讀書, 明知要簽協議仍要到外國?到外國的中國人都是間諜。 澳門賭業大亨洗米華(周焯華) 涉及北韓走私石油, 有衛星照片為證。周焯華與生意拍擋向北韓運送石油, 涉嫌違反聯合國制裁。 國民黨(KMT)的盧秀燕是台中市長, 台中顏清標與洗米華有關聯, 亦與虚擬加密幣有關(用加密幣交易, 洗黑錢)。郭台銘與顏清標十指緊扣歡聚合照。 美國軍備貴, 俄羅斯軍武舊, 中國軍武賣翻非洲。 非洲、印度、巴基斯坦、孟加拉、伊斯蘭、穆斯林、中亞細亞(中國企業早已到越南、中亞細亞等國設廠生產, 以減低成本)..等落後國家早與中國有關聯, 很多「一帶一路」國家的港口已落入中國之手, 受中國操控。《洛杉機時報》指,厄瓜多爾與中國簽署的許多合約都是以石油償付, 前總統科雷雅承諾, 該國2024年前, 將厄瓜多爾出口石油的90%運往中國,並給予優惠價格, 中國透過折扣獲得石油, 再出售就能獲得額外利潤。厄瓜多爾為了抽出更多的石油還債務,正在亞馬遜河流域進行更深層的鑽探而濫砍伐林 ; 石油價下降, 導致厄瓜多爾債務日益沉重。落後國家多用中國華為和中國出產的手機、電腦、電子產品、設備、Tik Tok、WeChat..等。 俄、烏戰場出現滿身中彈仍然向前衝的俄羅斯 "WaIking dead" 僱傭兵, 是否有點像中國 "抗美援朝" 時的 "人海戰術"? 中國習近平訪俄, 簽協議, 中俄結盟。 俄羅斯進駐非洲, 俄羅斯有更多可換錢的黃金, 更多僱傭兵。 伊朗突襲美軍基地。 中、俄、伊..等「邪惡軸心」鏈形成, 全球民主國家須預備在政治、經濟、科技、和戰場上全方位應戰 !!

  • @user-rz7nq1to3v
    @user-rz7nq1to3v Před rokem

    The time of interest rate cut = the time of explosion. Currency issuance is divided into economic issuance of fiscal issuance, economic issuance. Economic issuance is the currency issued to meet the needs of commodity circulation. Fiscal issuance is the currency issued to make up for fiscal. The anchor of real currency is the real demand currency in society. Money printing leads to inflation, inability to consume leads to deflation, inflation and deflation occure at the same time, and stagflation has already appeared in today's society. Bond interest rate, bond prices are in the opposite direction. Bond interest rate rise, that is, bond prices fall. Some people continue to sell bonds, causing bond interest rate to rise. QE means that the final buyer of National debt is the government. After negative interest rates in Japan and Europe, the market is still scrambling to buy government bonds, because the government guarantees the bottom line. Once government exists, it means that the government will no longer cover the government bonds, big banks (unwilling to cover the bottom) will sell government bonds in advance. Shrinking the table means quitting QE. Large financial institutions and funds must pre - sell treasurey bonds. After the financial turmoil in 2008, many banks kept most of their funds in government bonds. Now inflation is rising, the balance sheet is Shrinking (no more QE), the market is unwilling to be the buyer of the last resort and sell bonds. As interest rates fall, and the holding bonds is lowered. A fall in bonds prices will definitely drag down currency prices, and the market, there is a large amount of money, and the price of money also falls, which causes inflation to rise. In the past, countries printing too much money, and if they couldn't control it, "it depends how strong individual countries' self - preservation capabilities are. "