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ESPN to Launch ESPY Day Benefitting The V Foundation for Cancer Research
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ESPN will expand its 21-year effort to help find a cure for cancer during The 2014 ESPYS presented by Capital One with a day-long fundraising drive across multiple ESPN platforms on Wednesday, July 16. ESPY Day Benefitting The V Foundation for Cancer Research will begin at midnight ET with integrated fundraising messaging across ESPN networks culminating with a special simulcast of the ESPYS on ESPN2 at 9 p.m. The simulcast will include fundraising elements and heavy social media integration of the hashtag #DontEverGiveUp, inspired by Jim Valvano's iconic speech at the 1993 ESPYS.
"ESPY Day, a vision of former ESPN president and V Foundation Board Member George Bodenheimer, expands ESPN's longstanding commitment to engage viewers in the fight against cancer," said ESPN president John Skipper. "I am so proud of the collaboration among our fans, sponsors and supporters that will make ESPY Day a great success."
Added Susan Braun, CEO of The V Foundation: "ESPY Day is another important effort in our shared fight against this terrible disease. Donations made throughout this multiplatform initiative allow us to continue funding life-saving research programs."
Throughout ESPY Day, viewers and listeners will be encouraged to donate to The V Foundation by calling 800-4-JimmyV or visiting www.jimmyv.org. In 2013, ESPY-related fundraising totaled $2 million from the ESPN Radio ESPY Day Auction and the ESPY Celebrity Golf Classic for The V Foundation for Cancer Research. To date, these efforts have raised more than $17 million for cancer research.
Additional Highlights:
- ESPN Radio will expand the 10th annual ESPY Day auction hosted by eBay to include fundraising and live auction updates across ESPNEWS simulcasts of the Mike & Mike, The Herd (airing live from Moores Cancer Center in San Diego), SVP & Russillo and the Freddie Coleman Show throughout ESPY Day. The auction begins Sunday, July 6, and includes tickets to a host of prime sporting events, autographed memorabilia, unique experiences with athletes, celebrities and ESPN personalities, behind-the-scenes experiences with Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Football, Grantland, College GameDay, Mike & Mike, The Herd and more. Listeners and viewers can also enter a sweepstakes for $20 to win a grand prize, exclusive 5-Day, 4-Night experience at Super Bowl XLIX with the NFL and ESPN, as well as additional prizes. Details will be available on ESPN.com beginning June 30.
- Don't Ever Give Up: The ESPYS Jimmy V Award for Perseverance hosted by Sage Steele will debut Tuesday, July 15, at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 and re-air several times on July 16. The program is a compilation of speeches from the previous winners of the Jimmy V Award at the ESPYS including Kay Yow, Kevin Everett, Don Meyer, ESPN NBA analyst George Karl, Anthony Robles, Eric LeGrand and Dick and Rick Hoyt.
- SportsCenter will televise a series of "Don't Ever Give Up" vignettes featuring notable celebrities, athletes and coaches including University of Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback A.J. McCarron, Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy, Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester, Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano and others.
- SportsCenter will debut an original feature story narrated by Tom Rinaldi that explores how cancer patients and survivors find healing through sports.
- ESPN Deportes will also televise a compilation show featuring past Jimmy V Award winners and SportsCenter's Don't Ever Give Up vignettes at 12 p.m. on ESPY Day and include special fundraising messaging during #Redes at 7 p.m. and Red Carpet coverage during Nación ESPN at 8 p.m. leading up to the ESPYS.
- The 14th annual ESPY Celebrity Golf Classic for The V Foundation for Cancer Research at Pacific Palms in Industry Hills, Calif. will once again raise funds for cancer research on Tuesday, July 15.
- Viewers are encouraged to utilize the hashtag #DontEverGiveUp to share who they "don't ever give up for" across social media platforms on ESPY Day. Tweets and other social posts using the hashtag will be integrated during the ESPYS simulcast on ESPN2 at 9 p.m.
- Additional integrated fundraising messaging will appear across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Deportes and ESPN.com.
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|7 p.m.
|Don't Ever Give Up: The ESPYS Jimmy V Award for Perseverance
|ESPN2, WatchESPN
|Wed, Jul 16
|12 a.m.
|The Freddie Coleman Show
|ESPNEWS, ESPN Radio
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|Don't Ever Give Up: The ESPYS Jimmy V Award for Perseverance
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|Don't Ever Give Up: The ESPYS Jimmy V Award for Perseverance
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|Don't Ever Give Up: The ESPYS Jimmy V Award for Perseverance
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|The Herd – Live from Moores Cancer Center in San Diego
|ESPNEWS, ESPN Radio
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|The V Foundation: Premios de Perseverancia
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About the ESPYS
The ESPYS gather top celebrities from sports and entertainment to commemorate the past year in sports by recognizing major sports achievements, reliving unforgettable moments and saluting the leading performers and performances. The 2014 ESPYS marks the shows 22nd telecast and will recognize both sport-specific achievements, such as "Best MLB Player" and "Best WNBA Player," and best-in-sport winners, such as "Best Team" or "Best Female Athlete" that pit nominees from different sports against each other.
The 2014 ESPYS, hosted by Drake, will be televised live Wednesday, July 16, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN from Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. For additional ESPYS news and information, please follow the official ESPYS Twitter handle: @ESPYS. Tickets to The 2014 ESPYS are available for public purchase at AXS.com.
About Team ESPN
Team ESPN, the corporate citizenship program of ESPN, encompasses ESPN's multi-faceted community initiatives, including employee volunteerism, charitable giving and cause marketing, while also utilizing its diverse media assets. Through Team ESPN, ESPN employees and fans join together to make a difference in the communities where we live, work and play.
About The V Foundation for Cancer Research
The V Foundation for Cancer Research was founded in 1993 by ESPN and the late Jim Valvano, legendary North Carolina State basketball coach and ESPN commentator. Since 1993, The Foundation has awarded more than $115 million to fund cancer research grants nationwide. It awards 100 percent of all direct cash donations and net proceeds of events directly to cancer research and related programs. Administrative and fundraising expenses are paid by the Foundation's endowment. The Foundation awards grants through a competitive awards process strictly supervised by a Scientific Advisory Board. For more information on The V Foundation or to make a donation, please visit www.jimmyv.org.


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"You can claim a tax credit for energy-efficient improvements to your home through Dec. 31, 2021, which include energy-efficient windows, doors, skylights, roofs, and insulation," says Washington. Other upgrades include air-source heat pumps, central air conditioning, hot water heaters, and circulating fans.
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|English (US)
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|Proceedings of the 1996 Air & Waste Management Association's 89th Annual Meeting & Exhibition - Nashville, TN, USA
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|Proceedings of the 1996 Air & Waste Management Association's 89th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Colorado State University will keep its indoor mask mandate in place even after Larimer County lifts its mandate Saturday.
CSU President Joyce McConnell made the announcement to the CSU community over email Thursday night, saying the university made a decision that is "absolutely consistent with our practice as an institution of using rigorous, public-health-data-driven, inclusive decision-making in response to the COVID pandemic."
The mandate for CSU buildings will stay in place until community transmission levels fall below "substantial" risk metrics set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To meet this, the county's seven-day case rate will need to fall below 50 per 100,000 and the positivity rate will need to fall below 8%, according to the CDC.
The CDC defines high transmission as having a case rate over 100 and positivity rate over 10%. As of data posted on Larimer County's online COVID-19 dashboard Thursday, the county's case rate was 421 and its positivity rate was 11.2%.
Larimer County Department of Health and Environment announced on Jan. 31 that the county's mandate would end Feb. 12, citing declining case rates and hospitalizations, a high level of community immunity and increased access to rapid at-home tests, high-quality masks and treatment options.
Related:Poudre School District will drop its mask requirement at same time as Larimer County
Going forward, the university's Pandemic Preparedness Team will assess the county's metrics each Friday, according to McConnell's note. When the county achieves metrics of just moderate risk, masks will become optional.
"Throughout the past two years, the CSU community has been remarkably strong, flexible, adaptable, and patient," McConnell wrote. " … Please know how proud I am of this community, and how grateful."
Students and faculty can expect more detailed information about public health guidance on campus from the Pandemic Preparedness Team in the coming days.
Learn more:Larimer County to end mask mandate Feb. 12 as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations decline
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As president, Peter Strebel will continue to elevate the vision of Omni while ensuring all operational areas within the company align with the long-term goals and objectives for the brand. He will work with teams to continue to enhance the guest service as well as oversee the growth and expansion plans.
Prior to this role, Mr. Strebel was the chief marketing officer, senior vice president of sales and senior vice president of operations for Omni.
From 2001 to 2009, he served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer for the Wyndham Hotel Group.
Strebel serves on the board of directors for the Global Hotel Alliance. He graduated from Hofstra University with a Bachelor of Business Administration.
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A campaign group called 'Sardegna rubata e depredata' (Sardinia robbed and plundered) estimated that at least six tonnes of sand had been taken from the island's beaches this year alone, mostly by foreign visitors.
In 2017, it became illegal to remove sand, shells and pebbles from Sardinia's beaches as they were classed as protected resources. People breaking these rules face fines of between €500 and €3,000 – and anyone caught attempting to take larger quantities risks a prison term.
But it seems that many visitors haven't got the message, as sand theft – and the number of fines being issued to those caught stealing – has risen again this summer with the return of international tourists.
READ ALSO: What is Italy doing to protect its coastline?
In July alone, customs officers at Sardinia's Alghero airport seized 1.4 kilograms of sand from the island's beaches during systematic bag searches, the Ansa news agency reported on Tuesday.
Items found in the possession of departing passengers at the airport last month reportedly included numerous plastic bottles filled with sand, 743 sea pebbles, 43 shells and a rock weighing 1.2 kg.
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Feature-oriented Programming
Feature Oriented Programming (FOP) or Feature Oriented Software Development (FOSD) is a general paradigm for program synthesis in software product lines.
FOSD arose out of layer-based designs and levels of abstraction in network protocols and extensible database systems in the late-1980s. A program was a stack of layers. Each layer added functionality to previously composed layers and different compositions of layers produced different programs. Not surprisingly, there was a need for a compact language to express such designs. Elementary algebra fit the bill: each layer was function (program transformation) that added new code to an existing program to produce a new program, and a program's design was modeled by an expression, i.e., a composition of transformations (layers). The figure below illustrates the stacking of layers h, j, and i (where h is on the bottom and i is on the top). The algebraic notations i(j(h))and i•j•h express these designs.
Over time, the idea of layers was generalized to features, where a feature is an increment in program development or functionality. The paradigm for program design and synthesis was recognized to be a generalization of relational query optimization, where query evaluation programs were defined as relational algebra expressions, and query optimization was expression evaluation. A software product line (SPL) is a family of programs where each program is defined by a unique composition of features, and no two programs have the same combination. FOSD has since evolved into the study of feature modularity, tools, analyses, and design techniques to support feature-based program synthesis.
Further advances in FOSD arose from recognizing the following facts: Every program has multiple representations (e.g., source, makefiles, documentation, etc.) and adding a feature to a program should elaborate each of its representations so that all representations are consistent. Additionally, some of these representations could be generated (or derived) from other representations. In this article, the mathematics of the three most recent generations of FOSD, namely GenVoca, AHEAD, and FOMDD are described, and links to product lines that have been developed using FOSD tools are provided. Also, four additional results that apply to all generations of FOSD are presented elsewhere: MetaModels, Program Cubes, Feature Algebras, and Feature Interactions.
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SURKHET, June 20: The Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla has announced to begin Bachelor's in Midwifery from the beginning of the fiscal year 2075/076 BS.
Nepal Nursing Council has written a consent note to the Academy on Monday by allowing to start the midwifery programme, Nursing Dean Sarswati Gautam said. She shared that Council has given approval for the Academy in Jumla to run the programme for 10 seats.
The Karnali Academy of Health Sciences would be the third institute to run midwifery programme after the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) and Kathmandu University (KU).
According to Dean Gautam, Council has fixed 10 seats for NAMS and Karnali Academy of Health Sciences while six seats for the KU.
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After getting consent note from the Council, Registrar of the Academy, Bishwaraj Kafle, said that one more brick was added to the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences following a year-long effort. "This is a historical achievement for the mountainous district. Now, we will run the programme within one and a half months," Kafle shared. RSS


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The first quarter 2014 issue of Credit Union Strategy & Performance features an in-depth profile of Maryland-based Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore City (MECU) and includes first person observations from the credit union's leadership telling the credit union's story. Part of that story includes a recent purchase and assumption of a local mutual savings bank, Advance Bank. The actions of the small bank provide some insight into our own credit union industry.
I think there is going to be consolidation because of the cost of regulation and the difficult operating environment that we have been through over the past few years, says former Advance CEO and current MECU vice president of lending, John Hamilton, Size and scale do matter, efficiencies do matter. We are going to have to come to that reality. It's just a matter of time before we see more consolidation.
When margins are already thin, regulations hurt. They hurt more when they force institutions to alter their business practices, and the costs associated with compliance have risen in the past few years. According to Andy Greenawalt, CEO of compliance software company Continuity Control, the compliance cost-per-quarter has increased significantly. In the third quarter of 2012, the average financial institution spent $26,040. By third quarter 2013, that expenditure was $43,493. And the money spent may not be the largest part of compliance.
Awhite paper published by Western Independent Bankers, a trade association that works with community banks and credit unions, cited a Continuity Control study of 200 community banks and credit unions that found the average lender spends 10% of its time on compliance-related tasks. How have credit unions responded to the increases in regulatory investments and the inefficienciesthey bring?
For All U.S. Credit Unions | Data As of June 30, 2013
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According to data from Callahan's Peer-to-Peer analytics, on average, 245.2 credit unions have merged annually over the past five years. Nearly 90% 89.2% of those 1,226 total credit unions had $50 million or less in assets. The average yearly asset size for merged credit unions during this time frame has fluctuated slightly. For example, 2011 had the fewest mergers but the largest average asset size, $37.3 million. The next year, 2012, had the largest number of mergers but the smallest average asset size, $19.4 million.
Number of credit Union Mergers plus average asset size of merged credit unions over time
For All U.S. Credit Unions | Data As of June 30, 2013
Callahan & Associates | www.creditunions.com
Source: Callahan & Associates'Peer-to-Peer Analytics
It appears that more, smaller credit unions are merging. However, the data also suggests credit unions are merging less often with big institutions. Over the past two years, there are just 19 instances of a merger involving a $100 million or larger institution. It's possible that, as John Hamilton said, these credit unions are merging to alleviate some pressures from the regulatory tsunami, but they are also looking for a merger partner who shares or compliments their business processes and core member mission. Credit unions want to not only stay afloat but also make sure their members don't drown.


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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has pledged to reduce business taxes on local businesses to help them invest and compete in a world awash with cheap money that is hurting Brazil's economy, Veja magazine reported on Saturday.
Speaking after a meeting with industry leaders, Ms Rousseff told the weekly magazine in an interview on Thursday that the way out of Brazil's struggle with inflation and slow growth was lower taxes to spur private investment.
"Today … I met with some of the most important Brazilian businessmen and had a frank exchange of ideas of how to attack our most paralysing (economic) distortions," Ms Rousseff said, just shy of 15 months into her first term.
She said she advised the business leaders that the best defence against a strong real versus the dollar, which has made imports more competitive and exports less so, was to raise the level of private investments.
"They complained that taxes in Brazil foiled the best initiatives and impeded their competing equally on the global playing field," Ms Rousseff said. "I agree. We have to lower our tax burden. And we are going to lower it."
The government has been concerned with the effects that a strong currency is having on the loss of local manufacturing jobs. "The business leaders must do their part, seize opportunities, take risks and let flourish that 'animal spirit' that (economist John Maynard) Keynes spoke of," said Ms Rousseff, who is an economist by training.
Ms Rousseff played down recent tensions among the parties that make up her ruling coalition that have led to gridlock in Congress and held up passage of important legislation such as the World Cup Bill and the new Forestry Code.
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Ms Rousseff also spoke of her encounter this month with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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"Brazil is in a situation now in which we can say to rich countries that we don't want their money," she said she told the German chancellor.
"When the European Central Bank throws 1-trillion euros suddenly on the market, it can't expect countries to sit quietly while these resources simply stroll through Brazil and return fatter to Europe without leaving any benefit here," she said.
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Turns out there is a hiccup with the COVID-19 contact tracing app unveiled by the federal government.
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Ontario is the first province to make the voluntary app available, which alerts users if they have come in contact with a person who has tested positive for the virus, without collecting personal data.
Don't point the finger of blame at those who designed the app, according to Christopher Parsons, a senior research associate at Citizen Lab, part of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Policy.
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The most relevant changes in working time regulation in Europe in 2019 and 2020 addressed challenges arising as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most focused on short-time working schemes, on approaches to teleworking for those able to work from home and on regulations to ensure the safe provision of essential services. In 2020, the average collectively agreed working week in the EU stood at 37.8 hours. Across the sectors analysed in the report, the collectively agreed normal working week was shortest in public administration (38 hours) and longest in transport (39.2 hours).
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Se reconoce la contribución económica y al mercado laboral de las empresas internacionales, pero los responsables políticos podrían hacer más para ayudar a estas empresas a desarrollar sus actividades. Este informe de políticas analiza las prácticas en el lugar de trabajo de las organizaciones orientadas a la exportación que pueden contribuir a su éxito. También identifica los aspectos de sus prácticas en el lugar de trabajo que pueden dar lugar a resultados beneficiosos para todas las partes, es decir, que son mutuamente beneficiosos para empleadores y empleados.
La COVID-19: ¿punto de inflexión para una convergencia al alza en materia salud y asistencia sanitaria en la UE?
El impacto de la COVID-19 ha hecho que la salud pública pase a ocupar un lugar destacado en la agenda de la política social de la UE. Mientras la UE dirige sus esfuerzos hacia el establecimiento de una Unión Europea de la Salud para protegerse frente a futuras crisis sanitarias, este resumen de políticas examina hasta qué punto la UE logró una convergencia al alza en términos de resultados sanitarios y de asistencia sanitaria, así como de gastos y prestaciones sanitarias, con anterioridad a la pandemia.
Hacia el futuro de Europa: Los factores sociales que conforman el optimismo y el pesimismo de la ciudadanía
Durante más de una década, la incertidumbre sobre el futuro ha ido en aumento en la mayor parte de la UE. Mucha gente cree que la sociedad está en declive, lo que ha dado lugar a un sentimiento general de pesimismo. ¿Existe un vínculo entre el auge de la popularidad de los partidos antisistema y el aumento del pesimismo? Estos sentimientos negativos podrían afectar negativamente al clima político dentro de los Estados miembros, así como socavar la credibilidad del proyecto europeo.
Las tecnologías digitales han hecho posible que muchos trabajadores puedan realizar su trabajo a cualquier hora y en cualquier lugar, con las consiguientes ventajas e inconvenientes que ello comporta. Los datos de Eurofound revelan que los teletrabajadores tienen el doble de probabilidades de superar el límite de 48 horas de trabajo, de tener períodos de descanso insuficientes y de trabajar en su tiempo libre, todo lo cual comporta efectos en cadena para su salud física y mental. Para abordar esta problemática, se ha reclamado el «derecho a la desconexión».Diálogo social, Tiempo de trabajo, Condiciones de trabajo y trabajo sostenible, Working conditions, Teletrabajo, Equilibrio entre la vida privada y la vida laboral, Work organisation, Employment relationship, Health and well-being at work, Agreements, Collective bargaining, La era digital: oportunidades y desafíos para el trabajo y el empleo
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a surge in telework, with dramatic increases in the number of employees working from home (teleworking) in many European countries. What for many employees started out as a mandatory move seems to have transformed into a preference among the majority for part-time or full-time telework.
Following the declines in employment rates and working hours across Europe in 2020, economies began to show signs of recovery during the first quarter of 2021. The gradual rekindling of economic activity has led to a surge in demand for workers and reawakened concerns over labour shortages. Difficulty filling vacancies was thought to be among the key factors holding back growth, competitiveness and service delivery in a number of sectors prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. Despite a temporary weakening in demand for labour during the pandemic, this was not the case in all sectors, with some seeing pre-existing shortages worsen.
While unemployment is still a huge challenge in Europe, some countries, sectors and occupations are experiencing labour shortages. This report explores various approaches to identifying labour shortages and maps national policy debates around the issue. It documents public and social partner interventions to tackle labour shortages, such as measures fostering geographical or occupational mobility, addressing skills shortages and underinvestment in skills, improving working and employment conditions, and providing better matching procedures.
A lo largo de la última década, la UE ha avanzado lentamente hacia la igualdad de género. Dado que los logros en materia de igualdad de género varían considera-blemente de un Estado miembro a otro, es importante comprender la evolución de las disparidades entre los Estados miembros y las implicaciones que esto tiene para la convergencia económica y social al alza en la UE. Fundamentalmente, el impacto de la crisis de la COVID-19 no solo amenaza con anular lo logrado hasta la fecha sino que además puede dar lugar a un aumento de las disparidades entre los Estados miembros.
European Company Survey 2009
Eurofound's European Company Survey (ECS) maps and analyses company policies and practices which can have an impact on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, as well as the development of social dialogue in companies. This series consists of outputs from the ECS 2009, the second edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 2004–2005 as the European Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance.
European Company Survey 2013
Eurofound's European Company Survey (ECS) maps and analyses company policies and practices which can have an impact on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, as well as the development of social dialogue in companies. This series consists of outputs from the ECS 2013, the third edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 2004–2005 as the European Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance.
European Quality of Life Survey 2003
Eurofound's European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) examines both the objective circumstances of European citizens' lives and how they feel about those circumstances and their lives in general. This series consists of outputs from the EQLS 2003, the first edition of the survey.
European Quality of Life Survey 2007
Eurofound's European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) examines both the objective circumstances of European citizens' lives and how they feel about those circumstances and their lives in general. This series consists of outputs from the EQLS 2007, the second edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 2003.
European Quality of Life Survey 2012
Eurofound's European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) examines both the objective circumstances of European citizens' lives and how they feel about those circumstances and their lives in general. This series consists of outputs from the EQLS 2012, the third edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 2003.
European Working Conditions Survey 2005
Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) paints a wide-ranging picture of Europe at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. This series consists of findings from the EWCS 2005, the fourth edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 1990.
European Working Conditions Survey 2010
Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) paints a wide-ranging picture of Europe at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. This series consists of findings from the EWCS 2010, the fifth edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 1990.
Manufacturing employment outlook
This publication series explores scenarios for the future of manufacturing. The employment implications (number of jobs by sector, occupation, wage profile, and task content) under various possible scenarios are examined. The scenarios focus on various possible developments in global trade and energy policies and technological progress and run to 2030.
Forthcoming publications
In 2022, the European Semester was streamlined to integrate the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) established on 19 February 2021 (Regulation (EU) 2021/241). While facing the geopolitical and economic challenges triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Member States have been implementing the national Recovery and Resilience Plans (RRPs) for more than one year and around 100 billion euro in RRF funds have already been disbursed.
Fostering skills use for sustained business performance: Evidence from the European Company SurveyForthcoming
This report explores the association between skills use and skills strategies and establishment performance, and how other workplace practices, in terms of work organisation, human resources management and employee involvement, can impact on this. It looks at how skills shortages can be addressed, at least in part, by creating an environment in which employees are facilitated and motivated to make better use of the skills they already have. This further supports the business case for a more holistic approach to management.
The future of telework and hybrid workForthcoming
With the expansion of telework and different forms of hybrid work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important for policymakers to consider both the opportunities and the negative consequences that may result. This report will explore potential scenarios for such work. In doing so, it will identify trends and drivers, and predict how they might interact to create particular outcomes and how they are likely to affect workers and businesses. Policy pointers will outline what could be done to facilitate desirable outcomes and to avoid undesirable ones.
This paper provides an analytical summary of state of the art academic and policy literature on the impact of climate change and policies to manage transitions to a carbon neutral economy on employment, working conditions, social dialogue and living conditions. It maps the key empirical findings around the impact of climate change and the green transitions on jobs, sectors, regions and countries in Europe, identifying the opportunities and risks that climate change policies bring to European labour markets.
This report explores the drivers of economic and social convergence in Europe, using a selected set of economic and social indicators to examine trends in the performance of individual Member States. It also investigates what role the Economic and Monetary Union plays in convergence, particularly in southern and eastern Member States. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on convergence is analysed and initial conclusions are drawn about the impact of EU recovery packages and their ability to prevent divergence.
As economies emerge from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, labour shortages are becoming increasingly evident. These include shortages exacerbated by the crisis in some sectors and professions where they had been endemic for some time. This report will look at measures implemented at national level to tackle labour shortages in the health, care and information and communications technology sectors, as well as those arising from the twin digital and green transitions.
Adequate, affordable housing has become a matter of great concern, with an alarming number of Europeans with low or lower household incomes unable to access any, especially in capital cities. Housing was a key factor in people's experience of the COVID-19 pandemic: its quality and level of safety significantly affected how lockdowns and social distancing measures were experienced, with those who had no access to quality housing at higher risk of deteriorating living conditions and well-being.
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an extraordinary level of provision of social services across the EU. Healthcare and care providers carried much of the burden and, together with essential services, played a crucial role in getting citizens through the crisis. This report explores how public services adapted to the new reality and what role was played by the digital transformation of services. The aim is to contribute to the documentation and analysis of changes in funding, delivery and use of healthcare and social services during the pandemic.
Rural-urban polarisationForthcoming
The urban-rural divide in EU countries has grown in recent years, and the depopulation of certain rural areas in favour of cities is a challenge when it comes to promoting economic development and maintaining social cohesion and convergence. Using data from Eurofound and Eurostat, this report will investigate the trends and drivers of the urban-rural divide, in various dimensions: economic and employment opportunities, access to services, living conditions and quality of life.
Intergenerational differences over timeForthcoming
Building on previous work by Eurofound, this report will investigate intergenerational dynamics over time. During the 2008 double-dip recession, worrying intergenerational divides appeared in many Member States, and while some of the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is universal, early data suggests disparities across demographic cohorts. Eurofound will examine how different age groups may have been affected in terms of their health, labour market participation, quality of life and financial needs, both in the short term and in the long term.


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The United States is exiting "the full-blown pandemic phase" of the coronavirus crisis, Anthony S. Fauci, President Biden's top medical adviser, told the Financial Times as World Health Organization officials said half a million covid-19 deaths have been tallied around the globe since the omicron variant was first detected in November.
Fauci said decisions on coronavirus restrictions will be increasingly made on a local level, "as we get out of the full-blown pandemic phase of covid-19, which we are certainly heading out of," Fauci told the newspaper. "There will also be more people making their own decisions on how they want to deal with the virus."
In the United States, covid cases declined 44 percent in the past week compared to the previous seven days, according to a Washington Post tracker, and hospitalizations related to covid-19 also declined over the same period. However, the seven-day average of deaths during the omicron surge has reached 2,600 in recent days, the highest level the country has seen in a year.
Worldwide, coronavirus deaths rose for the fifth consecutive week, with the 68,000 fatalities reported last week representing a 7 percent jump from the previous week. About 100,000 of the global deaths since omicron was detected have occurred in the United States, WHO incident manager Abdi Mahamud said Tuesday in an online Q&A session. He called the death toll "tragic" in a country with plentiful supply of effective vaccines.
Here's what to know
- Global coronavirus deaths increased for the fifth week in a row, with the number of fatalities increasing by 7 percent last week. World Health Organization officials called the trend tragic at a time of effective vaccinations.
- Hawaii is in discussions about eliminating all restrictions on travel in the coming months — barring any more covid surges. Currently, travelers have to quarantine for five days unless they provide proof of vaccination or a negative test result.
- The public health officials responsible for crafting the United States' covid-19 response will brief the public at 11 a.m. local time from the White House.
An author dove into loneliness and resurfaced with lessons for a pandemic
For generations of future researchers, the coronavirus pandemic will provide rich material on the social and physiological effects of isolation and loneliness. But science writer Florence Williams got a head start on the subject before the pandemic began, when her husband of 25 years abruptly left her in 2017. She almost immediately noticed changes in her body, and decided to explore what they meant.
Her investigation took her from her home in the District, across the United States and to Europe as she dug into the role intimate relationships play in human and animal health and longevity. Williams's midlife dating misadventures, her discussions with neuroscientists and psychologists, and her therapist-assisted magic mushroom and ecstasy trip are all chronicled in "Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey," published Feb. 1 by Norton.
"We're not only social, we're hypersocial, we find safety in numbers, and our brains are very much built to find strong attractions," said Williams, now 54, in an interview. "We're hypersensitive to social cues and very aware of how people treat us … so when your primary attraction figure tells you that he wants to go find his soul mate, it's devastating."
Key coronavirus updates from around the world
By News Services and Staff Reports7:01 a.m.
Here's what to know about the top coronavirus stories around the globe from news service reports.
- Citizens of Saudi Arabia starting Wednesday will have to have received their booster dose of a coronavirus vaccine to travel outside the country, according to state media.
- The European Union hopes to secure a global treaty to prevent future pandemics, and negotiators are set to meet Wednesday for the first time, Reuters reports.
- Lawmakers in South Korea are exploring ways to allow people who have covid-19 to vote in next month's presidential election.
- Hong Kong health authorities said Wednesday that a chronically ill elderly man who tested positive for the coronavirus in hospital has died. If confirmed as linked to covid-19, the death would be the city's first in five months, as it battles an omicron-fueled rise in cases.
- In New Zealand's capital, Wellington, a demonstration against vaccine mandates entered its second day as similar protests, inspired by truckers in Canada, spread around the world.
Thousands in Hong Kong line up for coronavirus tests as officials struggle to maintain 'zero-covid'
Hong Kong is fighting its toughest battle against the coronavirus since it was first detected more than two years ago, pushing the government's pandemic strategy of "zero-covid" to the breaking point amid the spread of the omicron variant.
Isolation centers are filling up, and lockdowns are proving ineffective as the number of new coronavirus cases climbs. More than 1,200 new infections were recorded Monday and Tuesday. Almost 4,000 people were quarantined in government-run centers across the city on Monday.
On Tuesday, Hong Kong authorities further tightened social distancing rules, limiting outdoor gatherings to two people and closing more venues, including religious sites and hair salons. For the first time, restrictions will also cover private property, with a maximum of two families allowed to gather in a residence at one time.
As many Hong Kong residents stay home, mandatory testing sites across the city are the only packed venues amid the worry over soaring coronavirus cases.
Singapore's defense minister shares experience with covid-19 on Facebook to reassure population
When Singapore made the transition from a strict policy aimed at eradicating covid to one of mass vaccination and learning to live with the virus, residents were nervous. Many still saw testing positive as a personal failure and something to be ashamed of. Citizens obsessed over rising case numbers, especially as the more transmissible omicron variant spread.
Government ministers are now trying to reassure the population that there's nothing to be afraid of (as long as people are vaccinated and boosted), using their own experiences with the virus.
On Tuesday, Singapore's defense minister, Ng Eng Hen, 63, posted on Facebook that he had tested positive several days ago. It would be hard to avoid the omicron variant, he wrote, "unless one became a recluse." He chronicled the evolution of his illness from the onset to day five, when the line indicating he was positive on rapid antigen tests began to fade. His symptoms were mostly in the throat, with a low fever, he said.
"The vaccine and booster have turned a potentially life-threatening disease to a mild one — a bad sore throat. Just like many other thousands of Singaporeans, we did not have to take up precious and limited resources in our hospitals that other vulnerable patients needed more," he wrote.
Singapore has moved away from a policy of isolating every positive covid case, though its path toward living with the virus has come in fits and starts. Borders tightened again after the global omicron surge, but restrictions have eased again. Cases are spiking, but 99.7 percent of local infections are mild or asymptomatic, according to the Health Ministry.
"I'm glad I caught the infection in Singapore. I'm thankful and grateful that we have a good system that all of us put into place with our collective efforts and responsibility," Ng added.
Business leaders, academics warn of long-term economic impacts of Japan's border closure
TOKYO — Business leaders and academics are urging Japan to reopen its borders to business travelers and students, arguing that the prolonged closure is creating an undue burden on the country's economy and cultural influence that will outlast the pandemic.
Japan has banned nonresident foreigners from entering the country for nearly two years, which has left hundreds of thousands of students, families and business travelers in limbo as they wait for the country's reopening. The restrictions are in place at least through February, and business lobbies and academics are increasingly sounding the alarm about long-term impacts of the country's isolation.
During a news conference Wednesday, representatives of American and European business lobbies said the closure has deterred foreign investments in Japan and imposed significant burdens on foreign companies operating here. They argued that neighboring countries are gaining economic advantages as their groups' member companies downsize operations in Japan because they are unable to bring in the workers they need. Last month, Japan's largest business lobby called on the government to lift the entry ban.
"Quite frankly, the current travel restrictions on nonresidents can only create doubt about Japan as a reliable long-term partner for foreign business," said Christopher LaFleur, special adviser to the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan.
About 150,000 international students have remained in limbo for two years or attended classes remotely during U.S. or European overnight hours. That number is shrinking, though, as students give up hope and desert their plans to enter Japan, said Matthew J. Wilson, dean and president of Temple University's Japan campus. Many have decided to study in South Korea, Taiwan, Europe and now Australia and New Zealand, which have announced reopening plans after two years of closure, Wilson said.
"On a long-term basis, the continuing restrictions … [have] eliminated tens of thousands of future contributors, supporters and advocates of Japan, by deflecting international students to other destinations or causing them to simply give up," Wilson said.
Japan's omicron variant infections have been surging, but serious cases and deaths have remained low. The vast majority in the country have received two vaccine doses, though the rollout of boosters lags behind the government's timeline. Polls show the border closure remains politically popular in Japan.
500,000 deaths reported globally since omicron was detected, WHO says
A half-million deaths have been reported since the omicron variant of the coronavirus was first detected, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, calling the death toll tragic in the age of effective vaccines.
About 100,000 of those deaths occurred in the United States, WHO incident manager Abdi Mahamud said during an online Q&A session. He said it was "tragic, beyond tragic" to witness in a country where vaccines are available free, noting that millions of people in the United States are resistant to being vaccinated.
Worldwide, coronavirus deaths rose for the fifth consecutive week, with the 68,000 fatalities reported last week, representing a 7 percent jump from the previous week. Although cases are declining in the United States, WHO officials said many countries have not hit the peak of omicron. They called for people to continue masking and maintaining distance to help drive down transmission.
"You will not need to wear a mask forever," WHO epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove said. "We will not need to physically distance forever. But for now, it's really important that we be careful."
Analysis: Canada's Trumpian trucker protests show the global radicalization of anti-vaxxers
In Canada — yes, Canada — the confederacy of anti-vaxxers came out of the shadows for "Freedom Convoy 2022," a protest of angry truckers that snowballed in the Ottawa winter to include a wider class of the governmentally aggrieved. At their worst, demonstrators have urinated on the National War Memorial and danced on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. But despite the lack of widespread violence, the diverse alliance of outraged citizens — from Confederate flag wavers to dancing libertarian hipsters — appear to share common purpose: shutting down the Canadian capital on a quest to end vaccine mandates.
In the United States, Republican glee at the spreading, city-paralyzing protests in "liberal Canada" came under fire from Canadian officials, who insist they won't budge on the spark that lit the demonstrations — a vaccination mandate for truckers transiting the U.S.-Canadian border. But as the convoy gains international traction — from social media to European and Australian streets — Canada is becoming an unlikely symbol of the radicalization of the anti-vaccination movement in the West that shares more than a few similarities with the militancy of Trump Republicans.
The seemingly endless pandemic has brought together diverse civic forces furious over perceived government overreach. They've protested mandates and lockdowns as well as vaguer notions of encroachment into public life. But the scope, nature and tactics of such protests are escalating, becoming increasingly uncivil and more aggressive around the world. They include outbursts of anger and violent threats against specific politicians, far-right imagery at demonstrations, violent melees with police and, in the surprising case of Canada, the shutting down of entire cities.
Hawaii in talks to drop covid travel restrictions by spring
Hawaii's strict travel program for domestic visitors may be a piece of pandemic history by the spring, the state's lieutenant governor said Tuesday.
Lt. Gov. Josh Green (D) said in a phone interview that discussions are ongoing about eliminating all restrictions on travel in the coming months — barring any more covid surges.
"I would expect those restrictions to begin to fall away in the spring," he said. "But one thing we've learned about covid is it does sometimes throw one a curveball. People didn't really predict a highly, highly contagious omicron variant; otherwise we would have already been there."
To fly to Hawaii today — as more than 23,000 people did on Saturday — travelers must show proof of vaccination or a negative test if they want to avoid a five-day quarantine. Officials in Hawaii said last year that once the state was 70 percent vaccinated, restrictions on travel would be lifted. The surge from the highly contagious omicron variant foiled that plan.