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Synthesis report on the 'Pilot projects to carry out ESF related counterfactual impact evaluations' (01/07/2016)
The evaluation report reviews a positive impact of active labour market policies on employment and of vocational training on youth. Eight ESF funded projects were chosen as pilot projects to measure the causal effects of European Social Fund policies and were discussed at a conference held in Brussels on 12 November 2015.
Background note: Support to asylum seekers under the European Social Fund and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (25/09/2015)
The objective of this note is therefore to clarify the scope of support which the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) can provide to asylum seekers at different stages since their arrival in the Union. It also intends to clarify the differences between these two funds and other Union instruments that provide targeted support to asylum seekers, notably the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), and provides guidance on how complementarities and synergies between the different funds can be achieved.
Guidance on standard scales of unit costs and lump sums adopted under Article 14(1) Reg. (EU) 1304/2013 (12/06/2015)
This guidance note specifically covers the situation where the Commission decides to exercise its prerogative to prepare a delegated act on the basis of data submitted for the consideration of the Commission by Member States under Article 14(1) Reg. (EU) 1304/2013.
Quality of Public Administration - A Toolbox for Practitioners (23/04/2015)
The Toolbox aims to support, guide and encourage those who want to build public administrations that will create prosperous, fair and resilient societies. It is intended as a reference and resource, not a prescription or a panacea, by signposting readers to existing EU policies and international practices, illustrated by almost 170 inspirational case studies.
Juhis "Euroopa struktuuri- ja investeerimisfondide toetusesaajad ja seotud ELi vahendid" (02/12/2014)
Käesolev juhend toetusesaajatele ei ole mõeldud andma põhjalikku teavet kõigi ELi fondide kasutamise kohta. See põhineb ühisel strateegilisel raamistikul (määruse (EL) nr 1303/2013 I lisa), milles sätestatakse ESI fondide ja teiste ELi vahendite senisest parema koostöö alused.
Lihtsustatud kuluvõimalusi käsitlevad juhised (10/10/2014)
Sellest dokumendist leiate tehnilisi juhiseid ja näiteid kolme liiki lihtsustatud kulude kohta, mida kohaldatakse programmitöö perioodil 2014–2020 kõigis Euroopa struktuuri- ja investeerimisfondides.
Guidance on implementing the Youth Employment Initiative - ESF thematic paper (23/09/2014)
This guidance document on the YEI targets in particular the ESF managing authorities in charge of the implementation of the Initiative. It provides an overview of the rules applicable focusing on targets groups, programming aspects, scope and financial rules of the YEI.
Investing in people: EU funding for employment and social inclusion (28/07/2014)
Volume 7 of the Social Europe guide focuses on EU funding instruments used to help people into employment or out of poverty and social exclusion. The guide outlines the aims and objectives of four specific funds: the European Social Fund (ESF); the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD); the EU programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI); and the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF).
The implementation of simplified cost options with the ESF in Italy: a case study - ESF thematic paper (25/07/2014)
SCOs were introduced in the 2007–2013 programming period for ESF in order to reduce the administrative burden on Managing Authorities when implementing ESF co-funded projects and on beneficiaries. SCOs enable also to shift the focus from input to output and results. This thematic paper shares the Italian experience with this tool in the hope that good practices can be taken up by other EU countries when managing ESF projects.
Assessing the effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of the ESF Learning Networks (03/07/2014)
This summary presents the findings of an evaluation aimed at assessing the effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of the ESF Learning Networks. Findings are based on research undertaken between May 2013 and April 2014.
Youth Employment Initiative and the European Social Fund - ESF thematic paper (31/03/2014)
This thematic paper provides an overview of the European Social Fund's track record in supporting initiatives for combatting youth unemployment and its potential to provide further and better targeted support to young people in the 2014-20 programming period. The brochure furthermore details the legal context, functioning and objectives of the newly launched Youth Employment Initiative which represents substantial dedicated funding to support Member State policies to combat youth unemployment.
Final Synthesis Report: Main ESF achievements, 2007-2013 – ESF Expert Evaluation Network (26/03/2014)
This overall synthesis report of the main ESF achievements over the 2007-2013 programming period is based on a review of Annual Implementation Reports delivered by Member States (to extract statistical and other key data and information) and on evidence from evaluations carried out in the respective countries to create a country report organised around 6 policy fields - increasing adaptability, enhancing access to employment, reinforcing social inclusion, enhancing investment in human capital, promoting partnerships and strengthening institutional capacity. Drawing on the evidence presented in these country reports, the overall synthesis report provides a picture of what has been achieved by the ESF. The results reported are generally based on data and evaluations covering the period 2007 to end 2012.
Info graphic: Transparent and effective public services (07/02/2014)
Reducing regulatory and administrative burdens and promoting high standards of transparency, efficency and accountability in public administration helps to increase productivity, strengthen competitiveness and ultimately, create jobs. The European Social Fund (ESF) is a concrete European contribution to national policy reforms in the area of public administration and good governance.
Promoting inclusive growth - ESF thematic paper (31/01/2014)
The changing economic and social climate over the past years has caused a rethink of policies governing the labour market, social inclusion and education. The current emphasis is on anti-crisis, short-term measures aimed at limiting unemployment and reigning in social disparities. Nonetheless, the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU now accounts for nearly one-fourth of the EU population. The European Social Fund is playing a key role in helping Member States increase employment and skills by training their work force, reducing poverty and cut across bottle-necks in the job market by reforming education and training systems and boosting worker mobility.
Euroopa partnerluse käitumisjuhend (29/01/2014)
Euroopa Liidu vahendite haldamise põhiprintsiipide hulka kuuluv partnerlus eeldab liikmesriikide riikliku, piirkondliku ja kohaliku tasandi ametiasutuste tihedat koostööd nii omavahel kui ka sotsiaalpartnerite, vabaühenduste ja muude asjaomaste sidusrühmadega.
Promoting good governance - ESF thematic paper (29/01/2014)
A well run public administration system benefits people and business. The ongoing economic challenges mean less money is available for administrative activities: but good governance and legal certainty is central to economic growth. Through support to organisational and technological innovation via improvement of systems, structures and processes, human resources and service delivery, the European Social Fund is helping administrations across the EU rise to the challenge.
Map: Structural Funds (ERDF and ESF) eligibility 2014-2020 (28/01/2014)
This print-ready map shows the eligibility of all EU regions according to their GDP per head ratio compared to the EU-27 average
Info Graphic: Getting people into jobs (20/12/2013)
The European Social Fund (ESF) supports organisations around the EU to put in place projects aimed at training people and helping them get work. Projects supporting small start-ups with timely funding and companies who want to re-think their approach to their older workers are also funded. In a challenging job market, the ESF helps people make the most of their opportunities.
Info graphic: More jobs, less marginalisation (22/11/2013)
Employment is the most effective way of giving people independence, financial security and a sense of belonging. The European Social Fund (ESF) finances many thousands of projects to help people in difficulties and those from disadvantaged groups to get skills, to get jobs and have the same opportunities as others do.
Euroopa Sotsiaalfond tegutseb – inimesed tööle (18/11/2013)
Euroopa Sotsiaalfondi (ESF) toega saavad organisatsioonid kogu ELis viia ellu projekte, mis aitavad inimesi koolitada ja neil tööd leida. Rahastatakse ka projekte, mis toetavad alustavaid ettevõtjaid õigeaegse rahastamisega ja firmasid, kes soovivad muuta oma suhtumist eakamatesse töötajatesse. ESF aitab inimestel pingelisel tööturul oma võimalusi maksimaalselt ära kasutada.
Euroopa Sotsiaalfond tegutseb – rohkem töökohti, vähem marginaliseerumist (18/11/2013)
Tööhõive on tõhusaim moodus tagada inimeste sõltumatus, rahaline kindlustatus ja ühtekuuluvustunne. Euroopa Sotsiaalfond (ESF) rahastab tuhandeid projekte, mis aitavad raskustesse sattunud või ebasoodsas olukorras olevatesse rühmadesse kuuluvatel inimestel omandada oskusi, saada tööd ja kasutada samasuguseid võimalusi nagu kõik teised.
Euroopa Sotsiaalfond tegutseb – konkurentsivõimelised Euroopa noored tänapäeva tööturul (18/11/2013)
Nähes, millised mõõtmed on omandanud noorte töötus kogu ELis, on selge, et noored jäävad lähiaastateks üheks Euroopa põhiprioriteediks. Euroopa Sotsiaalfond (ESF) rahastab tuhandeid projekte, mille eesmärk on aidata noortel saada töö leidmiseks vajalikku koolitust ja võimalusi.
Euroopa Sotsiaalfond tegutseb – läbipaistvad ja tõhusad avalikud teenused (18/11/2013)
Avaliku halduse õigusalase ja halduskoormuse vähendamine ning kõrgel tasemel läbipaistvuse, tõhususe ja vastutuse edendamine aitavad suurendada tootlikkust, tugevdada konkurentsivõimet ning luua ka uusi töökohti. Euroopa Sotsiaalfond (ESF) on Euroopa konkreetne panus riikliku poliitika reformi heaks avaliku halduse ja heade haldustavade valdkonnas.
Seitse eluteed - Edukäik Euroopa Sotsiaalfondi abil (19/08/2013)
Koomiksis "Seitse eluteed" kohtute Brigitte'i, Jamesi, Jolanta, Anna, Naurase, Ebrahimi ja Carlosega. Nad räägivad, kuidas nad leidsid endale sobiva tööalase projekti ning tegid selle edukalt teoks tänu Euroopa Sotsiaalfondi (ESF) rahalise toetusega projektidele ja programmidele.
EU Cohesion Policy contributing to employment and growth in Europe - Background paper (19/07/2013)
The Union's cohesion policy – funded with EUR 346 billion from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Cohesion Fund - represents 35 % of the Union's budget over the period 2007-2013. Together with the co-financing provided by Member States, cohesion policy accounts for a very significant proportion of public investment in Europe. As part of the essential economic policy package of macro-economic and fiscal stability, structural reforms and growth enhancing measures, EU cohesion policy is making a significant contribution to investments in employment and growth in Europe.
Final Synthesis Report on Women and Young People - ESF Expert Evaluation Network (01/07/2013)
This synthesis report focuses on the support provided by ESF to women and young people. The main resource used in creating the synthesis report is a set of 10 detailed country reports, 5 focussed on women (DE, ES, GR, PL and UK) and 5 on young people (AT, CZ, FR, IT and PT).
Study of the ESF-Intervention, its set-up and impact in Germany (27/05/2013)
This study analyses the specific contribution from the ESF to the promotion of employment opportunities, education and social inclusion in Germany, based on the experience in the 2007-2013 programming period.
Setting and adjusting targets for ESF Operational Programmes - Background paper (26/05/2013)
In preparation of the ESF 2014-2020 multi-annual framework, the European Commission organised a learning seminar on setting and adjusting targets for ESF Operational Programmes. To account for expenditures, indicators on outputs (numbers of participants, entities) and results (numbers of participants finding employment, gaining a qualification etc.) are essential. This background paper discusses methodologies for setting and adjusting quantified cumulative employment targets.
ESF performance target setting and adjusting in social inclusion - Background paper (16/05/2013)
In preparation for the programming period 2014-2020 Member States are required to develop performance indicators and set targets for monitoring the implementation and performance of Operational Programmes (OPs). This background paper summarises the main methodologies for ESF target setting and adjusting in OPs in social inclusion.
Euroopa Sotsiaalfond - investeerides inimestesse (26/10/2012)
Käesolevas trükises tutvustatakse Euroopa Sotsiaalfondi, kirjeldatakse, mida see endast kujutab ja millega tegeleb ning kuidas selle tegevus aitab erinevatel inimrühmadel kogu Euroopas omandada uusi oskusi ja parandada tööväljavaateid.
Sweden and the European Social Fund (07/08/2012)
Sweden is using ESF funding to achieve its aim of full employment and a more cohesive society. Education and training initiatives are helping disadvantaged groups, such as the low-qualified, to obtain skills and get into jobs. Sweden is also helping employers and workers to acquire the modern skills and competences they need to ensure sustainable growth in the future.
Ireland and the European Social Fund (07/08/2012)
The economic crisis has le Ireland facing some major challenges. Over EUR 750 million of ESF funding is being channelled into reversing the rapid rise in unemployment seen in recent years. Retraining the workforce with new skills for new industrial sectors, and giving citizens from disadvantaged groups the skills to improve their job prospects, are the two main priorities.
Slovenia and the European Social Fund (11/07/2012)
Slovenia is using ESF funding to address two main challenges. First, it aims to give its workers, its older workers and its young people the skills to benefit from future economic growth. Second, the objective is to ensure that disadvantaged groups – including the Roma – are not left behind, by taking measures to enhance social cohesion.
Slovakia and the European Social Fund (11/07/2012)
Slovakia is using ESF funding to tackle high-levels of long-term unemployment and significant regional disparities. Over EUR 1.7 billion is being invested in a wide range of projects aimed at improving the situation for employment and social inclusion through support for jobs and better access to quality education and lifelong learning opportunities – key factors for future economic growth.
Romania and the European Social Fund (11/07/2012)
Romania is deploying ESF funds to give its people the jobs and skills they need to benefit from the modernisation of its economy and convergence to EU living standards. Projects are addressing a wide range of activities, from education and training to helping the young, older workers and women gain access to work and careers. And Romania is building a fairer society with focused efforts to help poor, rural populations and its Roma citizens to get the same opportunities for education and jobs as everyone else.
Poland and the European Social Fund (11/07/2012)
Poland is using ESF funds to boost the links between science, innovation and industry and to train the highly qualified workers companies need as the economy switches towards more technology-oriented sectors. Reforms to the education and training system are under way to support this effort. And the job prospects of disadvantaged groups are being improved through training and social enterprise.
Malta and the European Social Fund (11/07/2012)
Malta is investing over EUR 131 million in measures aimed at improving the qualifications, skills and active participation of its workforce. With limited natural resources, Malta's economy is more dependent than others on the quality of its workers and their ability to adapt to changing circumstances. So ESF funding is helping to build a culture of education and training in Malta and encouraging a greater level of participation in working life.
Lithuania and the European Social Fund (11/07/2012)
Lithuania is focusing on ensuring high-quality jobs and social inclusion, promoting lifelong learning, increasing the opportunities for its technical graduates and boosting the efficiency of public administration. Through these activities, ESF funding is helping citizens take an active and equal part in the country's economic future, with particular attention to those most affected by the recent rise in unemployment.
Latvia and the European Social Fund (11/07/2012)
A key aim of Latvia's growth strategy is to shift its economy towards more hi-tech industrial sectors as well as boosting exports. In view of this, ESF activities are targeting better jobs for workers, through better education and training. In particular, Latvia is promoting technical careers for young people, and more vocational training for workers, the unemployed and vulnerable groups as a way of improving living standards and avoiding the trap of long-term unemployment.
Hungary and the European Social Fund (11/07/2012)
Hungary has set itself ambitious targets in its bid to build a strong, competitive, dynamic and sustainable economy. Over EUR 4 billion is being invested through ESF programmes to meet the specific challenges that the country is facing – particularly the low percentage of the population in jobs, high long-term unemployment, and persisting inequalities of opportunity between regions and between specific sections of the population.
Greece and the European Social Fund (11/07/2012)
With ESF support, Greece is taking determined measures to make its companies more competitive and export-led while giving its workers the improved skills they need to find jobs. The education system is helping young people to obtain higher qualifications, and Greece is using lifelong learning as an integral tool to improve job prospects. Furthermore, ESF funding is focused on helping the most vulnerable groups to overcome obstacles to work.
Cyprus and the European Social Fund (10/07/2012)
Cyprus is deploying ESF funding to equip workers with new skills and competences such that they can drive the modernisation of the country's economy. And support for women, young people, older workers and the lowskilled is helping them get jobs and raise their living standards. At the same time, the education system is being redesigned to raise standards and ensure young Cypriots have the best qualifications and prospects for their future working lives.
Belgium and the European social Fund (10/07/2012)
Belgium is benefiting from more than EUR 1 billion from the ESF to implement employment initiatives across all of the country's Communities and Regions. ESF help will therefore enable it to tackle the problems associated in particular with the low employment rate and the ageing population. Each of the Belgian entities has access to ESF funding to support employment, encourage initial and ongoing training, improve social inclusion and combat all forms of discrimination.
The United Kingdom and the European Social Fund (13/06/2012)
The UK is investing in employment and education as a means to overcome bottlenecks to growth. As part of this, the UK is deploying over EUR 8.6 billion of ESF funding to help broaden the country's skills base and open routes to work and success for all citizens, wherever their starting point. Better skills are also targeted as a way of making the British workforce the most adaptable and flexible in the EU.
Spain and the European Social Fund (13/06/2012)
Spain is using ESF funding to keep workers employed and help job-seekers get back to work. Better education and vocational training are targeted as the means to ensure a more skilled workforce for the future, as are better job prospects for the young, women, the low-skilled and disadvantaged groups – to boost their participation in a more dynamic labour market.
Portugal and the European Social Fund (13/06/2012)
Portugal is modernising its economy while offering all of its people the chance to acquire the new skills that will help them benefit from future growth. The education system is being boosted at all levels, people in work are getting training opportunities, and focused help is available for those social groups facing obstacles to finding a job.
The Netherlands and the European Social Fund (13/06/2012)
With ESF support, the Netherlands is dedicating close to EUR 2 billion to proactive measures to help more people into work and improve skills. Part of this eff ort includes reaching out to disadvantaged groups, and reducing the number of early school leavers. In addition, the Netherlands is encouraging its companies to train workers in new skills and to seek new, innovative ways of improving performance.
Luxembourg and the European Social Fund (13/06/2012)
With ESF support, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is helping people facing obstacles to work, such as older workers and young people with few qualifications, to improve their skills and job prospects. Boosting a culture of lifelong learning is another priority, to ensure workers can keep their skills up to date and benefit from the job opportunities on offer today and in the future.
Italy and the European Social Fund (13/06/2012)
Italy is supporting job creation in its many successful SMEs by giving workers the skills they need to improve competitiveness and boost exportled performance. ESF funding is also focusing on helping more women and people from disadvantaged groups into work, while building stronger entrepreneurial links between universities, graduate students and industry.
Germany and the European Social Fund (13/06/2012)
With ESF support, Germany is dedicating close to EUR 16 billion to proactive measures to meet the challenge of its ageing workforce and ensure continued growth. At federal level, ESF programmes focus on getting more people into work through supporting job creation and entrepreneurship, while in the Länder, young people, skills and education are priorities. Together, these activities are nurturing the highly skilled workers Germany needs for growth, today and for the future.
France and the European Social Fund (13/06/2012)
France receives EUR 5.4 billion of ESF funding to implement employment and training actions on the French mainland and in France's overseas departments. This ESF support also enables France to fight inequality and to help companies adapt to economic development. These are the stra tegic priorities for boosting growth and strengthening France's international competitiveness.
Finland and the European Social Fund (13/06/2012)
Finland's main source of growth over the past decade has been in its dynamic small and medium-sized enterprises which have created over 75 % of new jobs since 1995. ESF funding is supporting enterprise and job creation, with an emphasis on greater 'internationalisation', as well as addressing the challenges of a rapidly ageing population, diminishing workforce and long-term unemployment in certain sections of the population.
Euroopa Sotsiaalfond Eestis (13/06/2012)
Eesti toetab kõrgtehnoloogiliste ja teadmistepõhiste tööstusharude ja teenuste arengut. Need aga vajavad uusi töötajaid oskuste ja teadmistega, mis tagaksid edu ja majanduskasvu. Seetõttu aitab ESF Eesti töötajatel selle muutusega kaasa minna ja seda juhtida, pakkudes koolituse ja elukestva õppe võimalusi, täiustades haridussüsteemi noorte jaoks ja tagades, et kõigisse sotsiaalsetesse rühmadesse kuuluvatel inimestel oleks võimalus muutusega kaasa minna.
Denmark and the European Social Fund (13/06/2012)
Denmark is spending over EUR 500 million on its 'More and Better Jobs' ESF programme to equip more of its people with more and better skills. This is vital to nurture high living standards, improve competitiveness and ensure that an ageing population does not put future growth at risk. Danish ESF spending is also boosting the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation among many social groups.
The Czech Republic and the European Social Fund (13/06/2012)
ESF funding is helping Czech workers to take an active part in their country's future growth through improved education and training opportunities, better adaptation of training to the needs of the market, and better job opportunities for all. And improvements to the education system are under way that will equip Czech graduates with the high-level skills needed to thrive in an innovative, competitive economy.
Bulgaria and the European Social Fund (13/06/2012)
Thanks to ESF support, Bulgaria is spending nearly EUR 1.4 billion on measures to support education and training, strengthen its public administration and reduce poverty. This investment is helping Bulgaria boost workers' skills and prospects and improve public services – particularly those supporting business and employment – thus ensuring all of its citizens, including vulnerable groups like the Roma, can benefit from future growth.
Austria and the European Social Fund (13/06/2012)
With ESF support, Austria is spending EUR 1.1 billion on forward-looking measures to meet the challenge of its ageing workforce and ensure continued growth. ESF programmes focus on getting more people into work through supporting education, training and job creation for the unemployed, women, people with a migration background and other disadvantaged groups.
Evaluation of the reaction of the ESF to the economic and financial crisis (21/05/2012)
This Final Report on the 'Evaluation of the reaction of the ESF to the economic and financial crisis' provides an assessment of the part that the ESF has played in helping the EU and Member States respond to the challenges posed by the recent recession.
ESFi peamistele tegevusvaldkondadele pühendatud plakatid (06/12/2011)
Selles 6 plakatist koosnevas seerias kujutatakse ESFi erinevaid tegevusvaldkondi, näiteks sotsiaalne integratsioon ning muutuste keerisesse sattunud töötajate ja ettevõtete toetamine.
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Final Report, Executive Summaries, Country Monographs and Case Studies - Assessment of administrative and institutional capacity building interventions and future needs in the context of ESF (28/04/2011)
The study aims to provide an analysis of the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of ESF interventions in administrative and institutional capacity building.
Developing logics of intervention and related common indicators for the next ESF Operational Programmes (04/04/2011)
The logic of intervention framework developed by this study is presented in a table format so that Operational Programmes (OPs) can be summarised systematically and in a manner that makes the logical flow of the OP, including the choice of indicators, transparent.
Capacity of the ESF delivery systems to attract and support OP target groups (08/03/2011)
The purpose of this evaluation has been to provide knowledge on how ESF delivery systems work in practice, with a view to improving the capacity of the delivery systems in the Member States to attract and support Operational Programme target groups.
Sõpra tunned hädas (16/02/2011)
Neli elu, neli lugu. Lugege uuest koomiksist "Sõpra tunned hädas", kuidas Alexil, Nataline'il, Ivanal ja Dimitral õnnestus oma elu muuta. Vaadake, kuidas need neli eurooplast leidsid uue väljakutse tänu Euroopa Sotsiaalfondi toetusele. Pärast koomiksi "Uus algus" edu, mis 2010. aastal ilmus 23 Euroopa Liidu ametlikus keeles, pakub Euroopa Komisjon vaatajatele selle teist osa. Neile lugudele on inspiratsiooni andnud tõestisündinud lood. Nelja inimese katsumusi on Rudi Mieli stsenaariumi põhjal kujutanud neli andekat kunstnikku: Maud Millecamps, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Vanyda ja You. Koomiks on saadaval 2010. aastal Euroopa Liidu 23 ametlikus keeles.
Study on the Return on ESF Investment in Human Capital (01/08/2010)
This study applies to human capital investments understood as public expenditures in: (1) education and training of employees, job-seekers and/or inactive people, (2) internships and temporary work placement associated with education or training, and (3) strengthening the capacity of education and training systems and structures.
Mid-term evaluation of the work carried out by the European Commission to communicate on the European Social Fund (ESF) during the programming period 2007-2013 (30/07/2010)
This evaluation examined the ESF I&C activities/tools undertaken and produced by the EC 2007-2009 and indicated if and how activities/tools were used, found to be appropriate and useful by respective target audiences.
Uus algus (01/04/2010)
Julie, Viktor, Pedro ja Fianne ei usu ettemääratusse ! Avastage koomiksi abil, kuidas nad suutsid Euroopa toel edasi liikuda. Need neli tõsielulist inspireeritud lugu tõestavad, et toetuse ja visadusega on kõigil võimalik uuesti alustada. Nende lugu võiks olla teie oma! Vanyda, Durieux`, Savoia ja Gihefi peenetundeliselt ning täpselt joonistatud ja Rudi Mieli kirjutatud lool põhinev "Uus algus" on koomiks, mida annab välja Euroopa Komisjoni tööhõive, sotsiaalküsimuste ja sotsiaalne kaasatus peadirektoraat Euroopa Sotsiaalfondi algatusel. Koomiks on saadaval 2010. aastal Euroopa Liidu 23 ametlikus keeles.
Eurobarometer survey (01/01/2010)
The majority of Europeans believe the EU can actively help their countries to recover from the impact of the economic downturn. According to a recent opinion survey, more and more people are also aware of the European Social Fund and have their own views on where Europe should be directing its efforts.
Synthesis of EU 15 evaluation reports on EQUAL during 2007 and 2008 (27/11/2009)
The main aim of this synthesis exercise is twofold: to allow better exploitation of the results of EQUAL in the preparation, management, monitoring and evaluation of future programmes, and to facilitate the post-evaluation of the programme.
Evaluation of Article 6 call for projects on the Innovative Management of Change (01/08/2009)
The results of the evaluation are designed to be appropriate for use in policy development within DG Employment and Social Affairs and to animate discussion with Member States and relevant stakeholders about innovative actions and mainstream operations supported by the ESF.
Elude paremaks muutmine – ELi investeeringud inimestesse Euroopa Sotsiaalfondi kaudu (01/06/2009)
Mida EL reaalselt oma kodanike heaks teeb? Üks vastus sellele küsimusele on Euroopa Sotsiaalfond (ESF), mis investeerib igal aastal ligi 10 miljonisse inimesse 27 liikmesriigis. Raamatusse on koondatud 54 inimese lood – kaks igast liikmesriigist – kes on haaranud kinni ESFi rahastatud algatustega kaasnevatest võimalustest. Intervjuude keskmes on igas vanuses naised ja mehed kõigist ELi liikmesriikidest – alustades teismelistest ja lõpetades pensionäridega nii linnades kui ka maapiirkondades. Raamat on peagi saadaval kõigis ELi ametlikes keeltes.
Study on the relevance and reliability of available information for the ex-post evaluation of the European Social Fund (2000-2006) (01/07/2008)
This study covers the 2000-2006 cycle of the ESF in the 15 old Member States, plus the 2004-2006 period in 10 new Member States. The ESF al-located 68.7 billion euros to 239 programmes.
Statistika teabeleht (01/01/2008)
Käesolevas ülevaatlikus trükises Euroopa Sotsiaalfondi tegevuse kohta aastatel 2007–2013 tuuakse välja peamised programmiga seotud faktid ja andmed. Käsitletakse ESFi rahastamist ELi üldeelarve kontekstis, raha kulutamise viise ja eesmärke.
ESF - 50 years investing in people (23/08/2007)
This brochure presents the history of the European Social Fund from 1957 to 2007.


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Music Banned From My Labor Playlistemily
I remember being in labor for the first time, pushing my baby out, and suddenly the only thing I could hear was Oprah Winfrey. The details elude me, but I remember demanding in a not so nice fashion to turn the *beepin'* TV off. NOW!
With my daughter, MP3 players were just starting to become all the rage, and I of course spent hours creating the perfect playlist. Her delivery didn't really go as planned, and the iPod dock never made it out of the overnight bag.
With my son, I again painstakingly made a labor playlist. I remember being somewhere in transition (aka worst! pain! ever!) and hearing Hootie and the Blowfish pumping out of the speakers. Pretty sure I again lost my everloving mind demanding the music to be turned off.
Needless to say, I've had some bad luck creating playlists. I've made some pretty inappropriate listening choices, I'll admit it.
Currently, I'm almost 37 weeks pregnant, and have found myself again making a new birthing playlist. While I'm not sure what will make the final musical cut, I do know a few specific songs (and artists) that will NOT be on the rotation.
In no particular order, songs and artists not allowed on my labor playlist:
1. Christmas Music
Even if this kid shows up before December 25th, it's simply not going to be allowed.
2. Hootie and the Blowfish
Due to past circumstances, Hootie might give me a bad case of PTSD.
3. Jimmy Buffet
Pretty sure natural birth is the farthest place from Margaritaville, so keep that kind of music away from me.
4. Push It, by Salt n' Peppa
Do I even need to explain this one? Any song with the word "push" in it is not allowed in the birthing room.
5. Enya
No real reason, other than she makes me clench up with hate, and that sounds problematic when I'm trying to will my body into dilation.
6. I Wanna be Sedated, by The Ramones
Yes, it will make me go loco.
7. Burning Ring of Fire, by Johnny Cash
If you've ever experienced natural labor, you instantly know why this song would never be allowed on my playlist. I need to keep thoughts of "burning rings of fire" as far away as possible.
8. Justin Bieber
I'm not sixteen and pregnant, I'm 33. Anything from The Bieb will not be tolerated. Especially that Baby Baby song…
9. Anything formerly used in a children's movie soundtrack:
Example: The Circle of Life by Elton John (Lion King)
10. Harry Hood, by Phish
For the most part, I enjoy Phish. But for personal reasons, this song makes me want to claw something.
There you have it. Songs that will not make the labor and delivery playlist.
How about you? What WILL NOT make your playlist?
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Take Out the Components, Put In The AV(yellow, red, white) And It Should Automatically Change back To Standard.
I just hooked up my Wii to my LCD TV that supports HDTV. Changed the setting from Standard to HD and all i got is a blue screen. Will not be able to switch back to Standard mode as I cannot read the screen anymore.
Wiimote is still reacting with the screen, but I just cannot read anything any more.
Any suggestion on switchin back or resetting the hardware?
Connection: component cable to Phillips LCD TV
Take Out the Components, Put In The AV(yellow, red, white) And It Should Automatically Change back To Standard.
COOL! Thanks. I talked to the Nintendo customer service and was recommended to use s-video cable for my TV. anyhow, problem solved.
that's what i was about to say until i saw that post.
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S-video cable? I have a philips HDTV too and im using component... is S-video better?
Nope..Composite, S-Video, then component is the way it goes, component being the best. S-video is barely a step up from composite. And for sound its composite (I think its composite..the red and white thingies), Coaxial, and Fiber optic.
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If you actually compare a composite image to the same image in S-video, the difference is actually pretty large. S-video removes dot crawl, which can be rampant. I'd say the step from S-video to component is the small one, until 480p is activated.
Also, I'd like to have the model no. of your LCD TV if you can take a peek. LCD TVs are supposed to be able to support EDTV, unless you've got a stinker.
here you Go Ryoko:
Philips 32" 32PF5531
If its a "stinker" lol let me know nicely =p but whatever you say it is, i tell you one thing, it does look beautiful in HDTV for blu-rays and ps3 games, amazing, its not just a cheap HD that you cant watch night scenes in :P
Lol, no. I directed that at kaka. When he activates the 480p setting on his LCD TV via component, he gets a blue screen, which is out of the ordinary.
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What advice would you give someone starting this project? There is so much to learn by reading other people's questions and comments, and looking at other people's projects. I am almost glad I started late, because a lot of the trailblazing has already been done! If you are a tightwad about your fabric like me, just measure your cuts each time you make them, and make your strip that long plus no more than an inch. Also, I think the seam allowances look best if you iron them on a case by case basis. Some want to go one way, some another. I don't argue with them! These are so much fun and QUICK!
I really like your block, the stripes are great on your blue. Very well done. This one was a fun block don't you think? Yes, you are right about reading our class mates in put, really is a leg up in making each block. Thanks for sharing. :-)
Soon I will invest in some starch! It is actually a bit more aqua than baby blue. Need to tweak my picture settings perhaps. Oh well...
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The Ohio State University (OSU) had been without a formal campus union since 2006. In 2010, the Ohio Union opened with much fanfare. More than 16,000 people attended the opening of the LEED certified union this past March. According to Kurt Foriska, Associate Director of the Union, social media was an integral part of the marketing of the new union. Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube were used as communications platforms to create buzz about the new union.
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Q. Why don't Yugo's sustain much damage in a front-end collision?A. The tow truck takes the impact.Q. Why does a Yugo have rear a window defroster?A. To keep your hands warm as you push it.--from "The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History" by Jason Vuic.
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There is a concept in economics called a "tournament". It notices that one way to motivate people to do something that you want them to do is to set up a tournament by setting out a goal that many people are willing to work for, and then encourage them to behave in a way that you desire in order to achieve that goal. The tenure process comes to mind immediately when I think of such tournaments, for the tenure process gives us a goal to work for, and in the process we align our behavior with that desired by the university.
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On occasion, I get a flash of brilliance that's actually a good idea. More often, they're insights which either were already apparent to anyone who'd thought much about the topic or are so trivial as not to matter one iota. Sometimes both.When an understanding creeps up on me more gently, however -- not a flash so much as a dawning in granny gear -- it's usually pretty good. Sometimes even directly useful.
August 12, 2010
This piece in IHE, and its comments, hit home with me. It's a variation on a dilemma I face every single semester.Broadly, it's about the zero-sum truth that if professor X gets assigned a particular class, then it cannot also be assigned to professor Y. When there's a limited number of sections of a given course or in a given discipline, and they both want the same one, someone has to lose. Determining who has to lose is the enviable job of administration.
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I am writing this column from the annual conference that I attend every year with fellow academics — the University Film & Video Association (UFVA). This year we're meeting in Burlington, Vermont. Like many schools, my university travel budget is fairly low this year. So this trip is also my vacation.
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A fast ferry carrying passengers from New Jersey to Lower Manhattan experienced a hard docking Wednesday morning, resulting in injuries to dozens of commuters.
A Seastreak ferry slammed into Pier 11, located at South Street and Gouverneur Lane at about 8:45 a.m. A gash could be observed in a front corner of the boat, according to the report.
The Associated Press reports that two people sustained critical injuries, with one person suffering severe head injuries. The AP reports that about 50 were hurt in the crash. Many were carried out on stretchers with their heads immobilized.
"We don't know what happened," one injured passenger told the New York Daily News as he was still bleeding. "The boat hit something, and we went flying. People were bleeding all over the place."
Another passenger, Ellen Foran of Neptune City, N.J., told The AP that after the boat hit the dock, "we just tumbled on top of each other. I got thrown into everybody else. ... People were hysterical, crying."
The ferry struck a loading barge that it was passing while trying to dock, SeaStreak President James Barker told NBC 4 New York. "There was a jolt when that occurred, throwing the people forward into their seats and the walls," Barker told NBC 4 New York.
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AstraZeneca will cut 650 U.S. employees as part of a global R&D restructuring that will shrink its global workforce by 1,600, mainly in the U.K. and U.S., while consolidating small molecule and biologics R&D in three newly named global centers—one each in the U.K., Sweden, and the U.S.—under a plan revealed today by CEO Pascal Soriot.
The troubled pharma giant hopes the moves will revive an R&D operation that has struggled in recent years to recover from several late-stage setbacks with experimental medicines the company had counted on to make up for sales revenues it is set to lose due to the "patent cliff" expiration of several brand-name drugs through the end of 2014.
AZ said the restructuring will benefit the company by positioning more scientists close to global biopharma clusters, improving the prospects for attracting talent and creating new collaborations, bringing more R&D teams closer together, and cutting costs by simplifying its global real estate footprint.
In all, AZ envisions relocating nearly 2,500 positions under a restructuring that it said will incur $1.4 billion in one-time restructuring charges, of which $800 million are likely to be cash costs. The company expects to enjoy about $190 million in annual savings by 2016, when the restructuring is expected to be fully implemented.
AstraZeneca said it would cut 1,200 jobs from its North American commercial headquarters in Wilmington, DE, leaving some 2,000 employees there—in part by relocating the Global Medicines Development group for small and large molecules to Gaithersburg, MD. The HQ site for the company's MedImmune subsidiary and already the primary location for AstraZeneca's biologics activities, Gaithersburg would also house what the company termed "some" global marketing and U.S. specialty care commercial functions to be relocated from Wilmington. In all, Gaithersburg would see about 300 additional employees based there.
Wilmington would also lose 170 employees who would be transferred to other AstraZeneca sites in the U.S. or overseas, while 650 jobs now based there would be eliminated.
AZ also plans to build a $500 million new R&D facility in Cambridge, U.K., which would become the company's new global headquarters city. The facility is intended to build upon the company's top-tier protein engineering capabilities already based in Cambridge.
The U.K.-based company would relocate its headquarters from its Paddington campus in London, where some 350 employees are now based. Most corporate and global commercial positions now based there would be shifted to Cambridge, enabling AZ to plan for closing the campus by 2016.
AZ also plans to end R&D work at its Alderley Park R&D campus in Cheshire, U.K. "The significant majority" of its approximately 1,600 R&D positions will be transferred to the new Cambridge facility, the company said, with the remainder to be shifted to its nearby Macclesfield manufacturing facility or other AZ sites overseas.
However, "at least 700 non-R&D roles" are expected to remain at Alderley Park, the company said, adding: "AstraZeneca is committed to exploring all options to ensure that Alderley Park has a successful future."
The third new global R&D center would be at an existing R&D site in Mölndal, Sweden, near Gothenburg, which according to AZ will focus primarily on small molecules.
AZ said its strategic sites would be supported by other existing AstraZeneca facilities worldwide—including Boston, which the company said will continue to be an R&D center with a primary focus on small molecules.
"The changes we are proposing represent an exciting and important opportunity to put science at the heart of everything we do because our long-term success depends on improving R&D productivity and achieving scientific leadership," Soriot said in a statement. "This is a major investment in the future of this company that will enable us to accelerate innovation by improving collaboration, reducing complexity, and speeding up decision-making."
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For the second month in a row, the number of jobs in New Jersey increased, and so did the unemployment rate, according to numbers released today by the state Department of Labor.
The state unemployment rate rose to 9.3 percent, up .10 percent, despite the addition of 4,600 jobs, most of them in the areas of science, administration and other professional services.
The seemingly contradictory statistics reflect an ongoing challenge: although the number of jobs is increasing, so are people looking for them, because many people who gave up on hunting for a job are trying again.
"There's a large number of people that are in that pool of workers that were discouraged or were part-time workers who really wanted a full-time job," said Carl Van Horn, director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers. "In a recovery as the economy strengthens, people will come back in the labor force because the news is more encouraging."
Nationally, the labor market recovered about 1 million jobs in the past year, Van Horn said, but the total number lost in the recession was nearly eight million.
"The trough we're in is very similar to the rest of the country," Van Horn said. "It will take many months of above minimum job growth in order to take those people back in the work force. It could be years."
Both the state and the country face the challenge of putting the unemployed back to work while also dealing with an influx of new graduates, according to Van Horn.
State officials touted the net increase of almost 5,000 jobs as a sign of hope.
"The continuing gains in private sector jobs show that hiring by New Jersey firms is starting to develop some traction," said Charles Steindel, chief economist for the state Department of Treasury.
The number of public sector jobs in the state went up in March because of a boost of 1,600 local government jobs, which more than countered a drop of 600 state government jobs.
Van Horn said that many of those local government jobs were likely funded by federal stimulus law funds, which will run out later this year.
New Jersey lost about 300 construction jobs in March, but Van Horn said that could actually be good news.
"The construction (work force) was bleeding much higher a year ago, so that's an encouraging number if it's off a small amount from the previous month," Van Horn said.
One bright note is that although weekly pay went down slightly in March from a year earlier, the average salary was up $4.25 from a year earlier.
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The case has not been closed, but McSweeney said it is unlikely anything new will be uncovered about death of the actress, who was 43 when she died.
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Why do you think the author set Big Stone Gap during the late 1970s instead of today?
2. The coal mines are the site of danger and oppressiveness, while the caverns Ave Maria and Theodore visit reveal the beauty hidden deep in the earth. How does this dichotomy reflect Ave Maria?s inner world during her yearlong crisis?
3. As the novel progresses and Ave Maria learns more about herself and her past, her feelings for Big Stone Gap change from contentment to disassociation to joy. Have your feelings for your hometown changed as you?ve changed? How?
4. Ave Maria refers to herself as a ?ferriner,? but when she visits Italy she realizes that her home is in Big Stone Gap. What other works have you read in which the hero or heroine must travel to find his or her home in the world?
5. Ave Maria?s description of some events, such as kissing Theodore after the Drama and Jack Mac?s reaction to her gratitude for bringing over her Italian family, differs from other people?s perspectives. Do you believe Ave Maria?s interpretations? Why or why not?
6. Theodore and Ave Maria have romantic feelings for each other, but never at the same time. If their feelings had been more coordinated, do you think they would have entered a lasting marriage? Do you think their ?best friend? relationship will endure after Ave Maria and Jack Mac?s wedding?
7. When did you suspect that Ave Maria would fall in love with Jack Mac? What were the clues that the author left?
8. Jack Mac tells Ave Maria, ?Stop thinking.? Is Jack Mac correct? Does too much thinking lead Ave Maria into making the wrong choices? Are her emotions a trustier guide or equally unreliable?
9. A common theme in literature is that the heroine (e.g., Snow White, Cinderella, Jane Eyre, Nancy Drew) must lose a parent or parents before she is free to discover who she really is. Is this merely a literary convention or does it have roots in real life? Does it apply to male characters as well? How much significance does Mrs. Mac?s death have to Jack Mac?s personal development?
10. Ave Maria feels relief and not much surprise when she learns Fred Mulligan is not her father, and later she recognizes aspects of herself in Mario. Though Fred is not her blood kin, what traits did he pass on to Ave Maria while he raised her? How much of Ave Maria?s personality was shaped by nature and how much by nurture?
11. When describing her friend Iva Lou, the majorette Tayloe, and Sweet Sue, Ave Maria focuses on the power of beauty and desirability, but she also cautions Pearl that beauty fades while character endures. How does Pearl synthesize the importance of character with the force of beauty?
12. Both Ave Maria and Worley discover their fathers aren?t who they thought they were, but Worley learns of his true parentage when his father is still alive. Do you think Ave Maria?s expectations of love and marriage would have been affected if she had learned the truth about Mario before her mother died? How?
13. Ave Maria is named for the mysterious woman who took Ave Maria?s mother under her wing. Do you see another meaning in Ave Maria?s name? Does it tie in with her developing belief in destiny and faith?
14. Big Cherry Holler, Adriana Trigiani?s next novel about the people of Big Stone Gap, jumps forward eight years into Ave Maria and Jack Mac?s marriage. Knowing these two characters as you do, do you expect the path of true to love run smooth for them? What quirks do Ave Maria and Jack Mac bring to the relationship that could cause bumps or, conversely, even out the way?
Iva Lou Wade Makin, Big Stone Gap's favorite librarian, sat down at the Mutual Pharmacy cafeteria/fountain with Adriana Trigiani for an interview. Iva Lou had a chili dog, Ms. Trigiani had a diet pop. They both had a lot of laughs.
IL: First things first, girl. What's it like to live in the big city after you've lived in a small town?
AT: It's noisier in New York City than it is in Big Stone Gap. And you can get a newspaper everyday, not just once a week. And you'd think that you have your anonymity in the city, but you really don't. People get to know you in your neighborhood. I look at Manhattan as if it's made up of a lot of Big Stone Gaps that hook together and make a city. It feels like home; it is home.
IL: I loved your book. Especially the way I looked in it. By the way, I stopped selling the Sarah Coventry in seventy-nine.
AT: I'm sorry to hear that.
IL: Most people around here think you got things purty accurate, except for the geography. You moved places around–like the Roaring Branch. Did you mean to do that?
AT: Fiction gives the writer license to invent, rearrange, imagine. I moved things in my imagination, so it's a mix of the real and true and the Big Stone Gap of my heart, which is a kind of Brigadoon to me. It's not a physical place, as much as it's an emotional place; a place I grew up in with my family and friends. When I called your Bookmobile "a glittering royal coach," I surely meant it.
IL: I was surprised by that. I've been trying to git the county to give it a paint job for about five years here–your description did not help me acquire those funds.
AT: Sorry.
IL: Now, honey, we need to get down to the brass tacks. Everyone in town agrees that the people in your novel are based on real people. We're trying to figure out who is who. Obviously, I am me. But who is Ave Maria?
AT: Ave Maria is the woman you can count on. She's your best friend; the person you go to for advice, the person who has a cool head in a crisis. Maybe she's a loner and lives a life of service and not of intimacy. She's the woman that you wonder about. You hope she finds a nice man. You hope she's happy; she certainly seems to be. That's what the novel is about. A person may appear to be one thing, but inside of them there's a river of complexities and fears and desires. When you find that out, there is no end to the depth of emotion. The book is really about the interior life and feelings of that woman you know; perhaps she even reminds you of yourself.
IL: Yeah, but who is she?
AT: She's herself.
IL: Yeah, but who? People round here think it could be . . . (Iva Lou turns off the tape recorder.) Okay, we're back on folks, I apologize, I didn't want to name no names.
AT: That's a good idea. Besides, she isn't just one person. She's an amalgam.
IL: How about Theodore?
AT: Well, he's based upon a friend of mine who is from Scranton and is a great artist. Our dynamic is a lot like Theodore and Ave's. So it was fun for me to access the way we communicate and explore how we're present for one another in our friendship.
IL: What about Jack Mac?
AT: He too is a combination of ideas of men. But I would have to say that my husband reminds me of him; though I was surprised by the direction the character has taken in this book; and I think all my readers will be surprised when they'll find out where he goes in the sequel. I think this is what is so powerful about fiction. The writer enters a world to record the story, the action of that world, and it is full of twists and turns and revelations that surprise even the writer.
IL: You sayin' you don't have control of the story?
AT: A lot of times I don't. I have control of how I'm telling it, but not why. If I have an idea that I want to use, sometimes it feels like I'm shoe horning it into the book, so I step back and let the world of the imagination take over and guide me. And that place, inside all of us, where creativity is the engine, and where ideas are born, never lets you down. You simply must listen.
IL: I read a lot o' books, honey, but I never knew that was going on behind the scenes.
AT: It's an amazing process. It's not pretty. It consumes me.
IL: Sort of like how I feel when I'm reading a good book.
AT: Yeah.
IL: I've loaned out your book a lot, and if you don't mind, I'd like to ask you the most commonly asked question I git from readers. Why would Ave Maria, a pharmacist, go with a coal miner?
AT: How snobby!
IL: I thought so too.
AT: Well, I guess the readers have a small point there. Here is this woman who went off to college and returned home, while Jack Mac had his life in the coal mines. What would they have in common? And of course, Jack is with Sweet Sue; their relationship seems like a match, she offers him an instant family.
IL: Yeah, but Sweet Sue is in it for herself.
AT: She's a young divorced woman with two kids. I could see why she would appreciate a man like Jack.
IL: Yeah, but she wasn't right for him. Ave was!
AT: Sweet Sue is a woman for whom things seem easy–she's pretty, she's fun and bubbly. She never seems to have a bad day. Of course, we know that couldn't possibly be true, but this is Ave's book, not Sweet Sue's.
IL: Thank you Lord for that.
AT: What I like about Jack and Ave is that they don't seem right for each other. But, as it is in real life, there is a connection that can not be denied by either of them. Sometimes the power of what we feel overwhelms all other decisions; our hearts rule our heads. Now, the sequel dives into that very issue: What happens to Jack and Ave; how do they make this marriage of opposites work?
IL: Honey, I thought Big Stone Gap was a book about falling in love. Sounds like Big Cherry Holler is a book about staying in love. One more thing. I love the Mario da Schilpario revelation because I think there is nothin' more fascinatin' than a family secret revealed.
AT: The revelation of the relationship between Mario and Ave was the foundation upon which the story turned. Ave had this very difficult and painful past. She grew up in a home with a father that ignored her and was irritated by her presence; and a mother whom she adored and who tried to compensate for the lack of a loving father. I believe that in order to be alive in a marriage, truly alive and there for the person we are with, we have to understand where we come from. The marriage (or lack of one) you saw as a child shapes your adult life. It's what you know; so that is the place from which you make your daily decisions about how you will be in a relationship.
If you noticed, both Jack and Ave were attached to their mothers. They both needed to let go of their parents in order to find each other. Ave thought the answer would be to find her real father. What Mario shows her is that the answers were inside her all along.
I believe that when we talk about how hard marriage and relationships are, we are really talking about our parents' marriage and how we perceive it.
IL: So the past is important in dealing with the present.
AT: Absolutely. And the best places where these themes can be explored in depth are in books and of course, in other art forms, such as painting, music, theatre, film, and television.
IL: Honey, we understand you're shooting the movie right here in Big Stone.
AT: Yes we are.
IL: Can I be in it? I always saw myself as a star, and now I want my chance to shine in the spotlight. Do you think you could hook me up?
AT: Anything for you, Iva Lou.
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Ciara's party train kept right on rolling Monday night, as the R&B star celebrated her 22nd birthday at South Beach's Cameo nightclub. The bash – complete with a sparkler-topped chocolate cake and a bottle of Cristal – came on top of previous fetes in Washington, D.C., Atlanta and New York (where she held two separate soirées). So what's with all the repeat performances?
"I missed my 21st birthday [because] I was on tour promoting my album," she told PEOPLE. "Since I didn't get to celebrate turning 21, I'm celebrating exiting 21."
And she's not done yet. The singer – who broke up with singer Bow Wow last year and recently denied rumors of romance with 50 Cent – jets to the Bahamas today for two more nights of revelry. "At first I said only five parties, but it somehow turned into seven!" she exclaimed.
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Of the several significant microbial contaminants that plague mammalian cell culture manufacturing, bacteria are more common but viruses are more devastating. Adventitious viral infections—as opposed to viruses emerging from the genomes of cultured cells—always lead to loss of product and often to extended plant shutdowns.
No company is immune from viruses, no matter how rigorous their sourcing and cleaning practices. Genzyme, Genentech, and Amgen have all been affected, with the minute virus of mice (MVM) particularly troublesome.
"The only way to deal with a viral infection is to quarantine the entire building, throw away everything you possibly can, shrinkwrap the facility, and fumigate," says Bob Weaver, senior scientist at Amgen.
Raw materials, including media ingredients, are a high-risk entry point for viral contamination. Today's preference for better defined, animal component-free media requires 50 or more discrete media ingredients, each one multiplying the risk of MVM or other viruses entering the production cycle. "One virus particle can contaminate an entire plant," Weaver observes.
The solution that Amgen has adopted is risk mitigation at point of entry. Ingredients are treated with one of two virucidal technologies borrowed from other industries: ultraviolet-C (UV-C) and high-temperature short-time pasteurization (HTST). Widely used in the sterilization of water, beverages, and blood plasma, short-wave UV-C includes the germicidal 253.7 nm wavelength. HTST is widely used in the food industry and is similar to other types of heat treatments used in biotech.
Genentech applies these treatments after formulation, which assures that the media is sterile at the point of use. According to Weaver every large mammalian cell culture facility is either using or considering deployment of media sterilization. "Although it's expensive we're considering it for all our products. If you're in this business long enough, chances are that sooner or later your process will be exposed to some type of virus."
Regulators have recently become concerned with media components that are not cleared by purification unit operations. The targets are not amino acids and nutrients, but additives such as anti-foaming agents and detergents. "These substances are not listed in the drug substance specification, as purification steps are expected to remove them," notes Suzanne Aldington, Ph.D., a group leader at Lonza Biologics. But chromatography and membrane filtration do not always do the job adequately.
While these substances are not considered unsafe at the levels at which they are added, regulators are nevertheless concerned because their use and carry-over through downstream processing has not been subjected to a thorough risk-assessment study.
Chromatography, buffer exchange, membrane adsorption, and filtration are known to remove most of these materials but no-one knows to what extent they do. For example, detergents should wash through a protein A column, ultrafiltration membranes trap impurities below 10 kDa, and antifoaming agents stick to filters.
Still, Dr. Aldington's group is looking into assays that will quantify additives at each purification step. These may include spiking studies where known quantities of impurity are loaded, at small scale, onto a column and the eluent tested by HPLC.
It is unknown whether FDA and its European counterpart, EMA, will require specific assays for common media and process additives, but Dr. Aldington suggests that the likelihood of having to add specific purification steps to clear trace additives is not very great.
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Work stalls on Unity ports for Fedora and openSUSE
Individual developers working on the Unity shell ports for Fedora and openSUSE have both decided to stop work for the time being.
Adam Williamson, working on the Fedora port, said in his blog that since his Unity work was entirely voluntary and his work ethic fluctuates, he has lost motivation for the moment. He mentions as other reasons; an upstream bug in Unity that the maintainer promised to look at 'after Christmas', and his proper work that Red Hat pays him to do.
Nelson Marques who was working on the openSUSE port stopped, he says, because of frustration at trying to implement Unity. He also mentioned lack of time to work on the port and upstream problems. He says the branch of Compiz the compositing manager being used, simply is not yet stable enough.
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Everyone who lives in the orbit of Mount Rainier knows that when "The Mountain's out"—when sunlight drenches its high meadows—there's no better place to spend a summer day. Delightful subalpine meadows graced with wildflowers and glacial lakes often intermingle with stands of firs. Herbs include five-leaved bramble, trailing bramble, queen's cup, beargrass, and pyrola. Expanses of blue lupine are often interspersed with spectacular displays of red Indian paintbrush; heather, arnica, larkspur, bluebells, wild sunflower, columbine, alpine dandelion, anemone, Jacob's ladder, cat's ears, swamp laurel, snow plant, avalanche lily, elephant head, shooting star, mimulus, and yellow monkeyflower can also be seen. The snowmelt zones teem with white avalanche lily, marsh marigolds, and fuzzy pasque. It doesn't hurt that along forest trails above 5,000 feet, late August will yield a feast of ripe huckleberries along with the visual feast for the eyes.
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