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Kraftselskapet BKK vart til 2. juni 1920 då Bergen og elleve landkommunar gjekk saman om å utvikla kraftforsyninga på og omkring Bergenshalvøya. Denne boka skildrar framveksten av selskapet og dei store kraftutbyggingane i området mellom Sognefjorden og Hardangerfjorden. Forfattarane fortel også om korleis selskapet utvikla seg etter liberaliseringa av kraftmarknaden i starten av 1990-åra og blei ein sentral aktør både i den nasjonale kraftpolitikken og i lokalsamfunn på Vestlandet

The South Carolina Local Government Investment Pool (LGIP) administered by the State Treasurer's Office publishes a quarterly update newsletter. LGIP is an investment mechanism to provide local governments an opportunity to acquire maximum returns on investments by pooling available funds with funds from other political subdivisions.

This academic catalog contains a description of the Citadel, undergraduate curriculum, courses of study, financial aid, expenses, requirements for admission and academic calendar.

This academic catalog contains a description of the Citadel, undergraduate curriculum, courses of study, financial aid, expenses, requirements for admission and academic calendar.

This briefing is a contribution to the evaluation and development of Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagships under Horizon 2020. It highlights lessons learned about the added value and limitations of the current FET Flagships and provides recommendations for the development of the FET Flagship instrument.

The fight against poverty and social exclusion is at the heart of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. With more than 120 million people in the EU at risk of poverty or social exclusion, EU leaders have pledged to bring at least 20 million people out of poverty and social exclusion by 2020. In the aftermath of the crisis welfare states are called to address multi-level social risks while securing their financial sustainability. This Review presents evidence from Framework Programme research projects with a view to address the challenges of poverty and social exclusion. It puts forward policy recommendations that put the emphasis on social investment and protection and pave the way for upward convergence in employment and social issues

The novel Coronavirus SARS-2 represents a major global challenge since the first cases were diagnosed in China and reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on 31 December 2019 (1). On 9 January 2020, WHO issued a statement warning of the 'risk' of human-to-human transmission, although China did not report such a meth-od of transmission (2). WHO officially declared a Public Health Emergency on 30 January 2020 and the disease was named COVID-19 on 11 February 2020. On 11 March, it was characterized as a pandemic when the number of cases increased 13-fold. At this point, it had spread to over 60 countries across all continents except Antarctica, with an immediate and profound effect on societies and brought social and economic life to a virtual standstill. As of 30 April, 2020, 3 271 892 cases of COVID-19 were report-ed globally with 232 817 deaths (3). More than one-third of the world population was locked down (4), as part of the 'suppression' strategy first proposed by Imperial College London, United Kingdom (5). Such a strategy is aimed at reducing the spread of infection, protect health services and save lives. However, it has a major economic impact globally and has had a deep social and psychological im-pact on many people. Therefore, it is not feasible to main-tain the current lockdown indefinitely. This commentary aims to define the public health principles and the meas-ures that must be considered for a science-based political decision to unlock towns and cities.

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Given the unsatisfactory deployment of fibre based Next Generation Access (NGAs) networks in the EU, the European Commission proposes in a draft recommendation from December 2012 that wholesale prices for access to the copper networks should be between €8-10. This means that the former monopolists who own the copper networks would be allowed to continue to charge high wholesale prices, or even substantially increase their charges to competitors in the coming ten years. The objective is to incentivise and compensate for the necessary investments to reach the ambitious goals of the Digital Agenda to expand bandwidth and improve connectivity in the EU. However, this policy is based on a series of erroneous assumptions - to begin, there is no evidence for unprecedented capacity shortages ahead, or that the market mechanisms and current pace of technological up- grade will not be able to cope with them. Furthermore, a shift towards the gradual deployment of fibre (under so-called FTTC) is less costly yet can reach similar speeds as envisioned under FTTH and will render any compensation for risk or investment unnecessary. However, fixing wholesale prices would limit competition that is the key driver for investments. It would remove incentives for competitors to deploy fibre and risk the re-monopolisation of the future broadband market. Yet no additional investments would be created, as funds are simply moved from one operator to another. Instead, the EU needs to either incentivise demand or investments in a non-discriminatory manner consistent with the values of the Single Market.