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Our Future Planet: Can carbon capture help us fight climate change?
Our Future Planet showcases the cutting-edge technology and nature-based solutions being developed to remove and store excess carbon dioxide—one of the causes of climate change.
The first major exhibition on carbon capture technologies to take place in the UK, Our Future Planet encourages visitors to engage with this timely and topical subject and understand how people and organisations are driving change.
Audiences will learn about the latest technology designed to remove and store excess carbon dioxide through films and animations, interviews with scientists, and footage of different technologies at work. The 'Carbon Controller' interactive encourages visitors to think about the policy and regulation aspect of this technology, and how this will impact our lives in the future.
Our Future Planet is available to hire in the form of a Blueprint Pack Exhibition, allowing your organisation to create a unique exhibition customised to your specific location and audience.
As a flagship exhibition on carbon capture, Our Future Planet is part of the Science Museum Group's wider focus on sustainability. As the world's leading alliance of science museums, the Science Museum Group has a unique opportunity to engage millions of people with the science of climate change and share our expertise around the world.
Through our public programme, collection, and working practices, we can connect our audiences and international partners with environmental and sustainability issues.
Find out more about how we embed sustainability practices in the development and touring of our exhibition programme in the Science Museum Group's sustainability blog.
Please feel free to get in touch with our team by contacting us at partnerships@sciencemuseum.ac.uk.
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Home Cricket News Mumbai Indians' Recent Form Keeps Brian Lara Thinking
Mumbai Indians' Recent Form Keeps Brian Lara Thinking
Updated: Apr 28, 2021 7:42 pm
Mumbai Indians' form in IPL 2020 has kept former Windies skipper Brian Lara thinking. The five-time IPL champions have won just two out of their first five games. They are placed fourth in the points table as of now and play Rajasthan Royals in a day-game in Delhi. As Mumbai reach Delhi to play their next four matches at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, legendary West Indies cricketer expressed his concerns over MI's current form in the 14th edition.
The five-time champions now move to Delhi to play their next four matches at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, with Lara believing that adapting to a different venue won't be easy for Rohit Sharma's team.
"I mean, it's such a tournament that it's so hard to say. I think the teams that are winning, like RCB, they will go to every venue with confidence. I think teams without confidence will see venues as a problem, they would see pitches as a problem," Lara said on Star Sports' pre-show Cricket Live.
Among bowlers, leg-spinner Rahul Chahar got plenty of purchase from the Chennai wicket while Jasprit Bumrah, MI's highest wicket-taker last season, is yet to rediscover his form as the pacer just has 4 wickets to his name in 5 matches. Bumrah and Trent Boult played a key role in MI lifting their record fifth IPL title in previous season.
Rohit Sharma's form with the bat has also kept the former Windies skipper Brian Lara concerned about how will they get back to winning ways. The Mumbai Indians skipper has scored 201 runs from five games so far in the season. However, he has been slow to start off and has not got any big score as of now. MI's change of venue is another thing that might work against them feels Lara.
Worried About Mumbai Indians: Brian Lara
"I'm worried about Mumbai Indians. They are now going to another venue, which again, is a bit sluggish. How are they going to perform? I'm very, very worried about the double champions," the former West Indies captain pointed out.
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China Investment Corp. Chairman Lou Jiwei, speaking on the sidelines of an economics conference in Beijing on Saturday, said investment in CIC's global portfolio for "one month this year equaled that of the whole last year." He didn't clarify whether he was referring to a specific month or an average.
The statement is the latest sign CIC is moving more aggressively to deploy its vast resources after sitting out much of 2008 amid the global financial crisis. CIC's plans are being watched by managers anxious to see the fund turn on its investment spigot.
"If the returns are not bad and the country's foreign reserves are still rising, we will ask for more to make further investment," Mr. Lou said. China reported $2.132 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves at the end of June, up from $1.946 trillion at the end of 2008.
CIC has recently signaled a willingness to re-open the purse, selecting Morgan Stanley and Blackstone Group LP to help oversee new investments in hedge funds. It also this year bought stakes in China-focused alternative asset-management firm Citic Capital Holdings Ltd. and U.S. asset manager BlackRock Inc. and has been in discussions about allocating billions more to hedge funds.


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Southeast Alaska's forest yellows from an insect outbreak
Posted by Angela Denning | Aug 17, 2018
Yellowish hemlock trees are seen from an airplane in Southeast Alaska. The color comes from sawfly larva eating and killing some of the leaves. (Photo by Elizabeth Graham)
Some parts of the forest in Southeast Alaska are a little off color. Hemlock trees are turning yellow and brown from a sawfly outbreak. But as Angela Denning reports from KFSK in Petersburg, there's not much to worry about.
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The U.S. Forest Service started getting a lot of calls about yellowish trees on hillsides in Southeast Alaska this month. The color is from dying hemlock leaves, which were damaged by an insect. So, they got their experts to look into it.
Elizabeth Graham is an entomologist who works with the Forest Service in Juneau in a division called Forest Health Protection. And she's really into bugs.
"This year has just been extraordinary to see the amount of activity," Graham said. "They are just so cool; the things that insects can do."
The sawfly's larvae-which look like tiny green caterpillars–are feasting on hemlock leaves as part of their short life cycle. They gorge on leaves just before creating their cocoons. As they eat, the leaves turn yellow and fall off.
A sawfly larva eats leaves on a hemlock tree in Southeast Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Graham)
"When they're feeding in this great abundance like this, it's almost like you're standing in the woods and it can sound like it's raining," Graham said. "But it's not actually raining. Larvae are feeding and going to the bathroom."
The feeding frenzy damages the trees but it doesn't kill them. The sawflies only eat old needles leaving the new growth alone.
Graham and other scientists have flown aerial surveys and taken samples on several islands—Mitkof, Kupreanof, Prince of Wales and Admiralty. They did see a sawfly infestation. But they're not that concerned. The main reason is because sawflies are native to the region. So, they're part of the normal ecosystem. And that means there are other species that keep the sawfly populations in check. One is fungi, which infect the larvae but this summer's hot, dry weather hasn't been a good year for them so sawflies have flourished.
Another natural sawfly control comes later in the cycle and that's the parasitoid wasps.
"Which are really, really cool. They actually lay their eggs inside these pupal cases and so the parasitoid wasp is feeding on the pupae inside the case and then they will eventually burst out of the case, sort of like an alien," Graham said laughing.
And Graham is hoping that some of those alien wasps will emerge from the sawfly cocoons soon. She's collected several of the cases to take back to her lab to observe.
Sawfly cocoons or pupal cases are seen attached to tree leaves and limbs in Southeast Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Graham)
There is another insect that can pair up with the sawfly to cause problems. That's the Western Black-Headed Budworm. They feed on the trees new growth. So, if they are having an outbreak at the same time as the sawfly, that can actually kill the trees. But scientists haven't seen that this year.
It would take a few years in a row of the sawfly's population to go unchecked for there to be a cause for concern. And the bugs do play an important role in the forest.
"Birds eat them, rodents, small mammals, it's an abundant food source," Graham said. "It's not something we would want to eradicate."
This fall the sawfly pupae will emerge from their brown cases as tiny wasps, but not the kind that sting. They'll mate up, then lay eggs, which overwinter and hatch in the springtime.
Graham and her colleagues will continue to monitor them to make sure they're damaging trees but in their normal, good-for-the-forest way.
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How much strong North Korea?
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North Korea's arrangement of effective rocket tests is featuring the proficiency and developing energy of the nation, which is energizing pressures with the United States. Their advance is quick The nation runs the biggest atomic test on September 3. Aside from this, on September 15, they did the second ballistic rocket test in Japan.
This year, a few missiles tests demonstrate that they are effective in the improvement of rockets. They are additionally accepted to have made the capacity to strike focuses far away, including the terrain of the United States.
In May a year ago, North Korea directed the trial of the rocket. Examiners trust that the rocket can hit targets 4,500 kilometers away. Also, the Pacific Islands are the cutoff points of the US bases in Guam.
Be that as it may, the nation did two trial of the Hassang-14 rocket in July, which has greater capacity and potentially the rocket North Korean first genuine intercontinental ballistic rocket (ICBM). Experts trust that it is a two-stage forward variant of Hasong-12. Its conceivable range is eight thousand kilometers, which can hit New York.
In August, the second trial of the Hasong 12 rocket was completed over Japan. This was the principal trial of the ballistic rocket over Japan. It is depicted as a 'remarkable danger'. What's more, on September 15, the second trial of the rocket was completed, which crossed more separation than the trial in August. It gives the idea that North Korea has enhanced the ballistic rocket further.
The evident accomplishment of these tests has brought up the issue that how North Korea has grown so quickly the rocket program. As indicated by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Michael Elliman, Pyongyang may have procured an elite fluid force motor from Russia and Ukraine's illicit system.
Before that, Pyongyang indicated two ICBMs, which is known as KN-08 and KN-14. Up to this point, they didn't test the rockets. It is uncertain whether the two rockets connected. The present thought of US military insight has prevailed with regards to making an atomic unstable face equipped for setting up North Korea rocket.
Atomic weapons test
North Korea has directed the greatest test since September 3, 2006, in the wake of propelling an atomic test. There was a seismic tremor of 6.3 extents amid the test. Which was 10 times more grounded than the trial in September 2016. On September 3 that the atomic test was led, its blast limit is relied upon to be 100 to 370 kiloton. 100 Kiloton Bombs In 1945, Japan's Hiroshima is six times more grounded than the atomic bomb.
North Korea guarantees that the weapon test that was led on Sept. 3 was a nuclear bomb (atomic waste). On that day they led the primary trial of this weapon. Nuclear bombs are a couple of times more grounded than the nuclear bombs.
North Korea began the atomic program in the 1980s. In 2006, they were accepted to have led the main trial of a 7-kilometer atomic bomb.
North Korea's allotment of assets in the military part is not clear, it is not clear. Yet, the nation's administration is the need given to the Armed Forces to the detriment of some other area. This manage is known as 'Sangun'.
North Korea has the fourth biggest lasting power on the planet. In any case, the devices of the armed forces are obsolete. Indeed, even after the war, the nation's ordinary power can make gigantic decimation in South Korea.
Out of the more than 10 million changeless individuals, the nation's save powers have 50 million. The quantity extraordinary powers individuals are around two lakhs Members of this unique power are accepted to have the capacity to enter South Korea in any sort of contention.
Another conceivable risk is that the nation has conveyed outskirt and rocket launchers over the fringe. They can hit South Korean capital Seoul. In the war, South Korea is intensely subject to US collaboration. Be that as it may, the nation's President, Mon JI, as of late demonstrated the expansion in military use.
From the season of the Korean War, there is a U.S. military nearness on the Korean Peninsula. Right now, the quantity of US troops conveyed in South Korea is the third most astounding regarding the quantity troops sent in different parts of the world. As per the International Institute for Strategic Studies, there are 28,000 US troops as of now in the nation including nine thousand individuals from the flying corps. In addition, there are around 300 M1 Abrams tanks and protected go.
Likewise, the United States has set up a ballistic rocket secure in the United States. This barrier can be utilized to quell North Korea's short and medium-extend rockets.
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The Consulate-General of the United Kingdom in Saint Petersburg was part of the diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in the Russian Federation, before it was shut down. It was located on  in Tsentralny District. The current British Consul General in Saint Petersburg was Sangeeta Ahuja, she was appointed to the post in February 2017, and arrived there in December of the same year.

History

As the Russian Federation replaced the Soviet Union, the British Consulate-General in St. Petersburg was re-opened, and Barbara Hay was appointed as its first new Consul-General in 1992.

In response to the UK's decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats following the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, Russia expelled 23 British diplomats, closed the British Council in Russia and closed the Consulate-General.

Other locations in Russia

Outside of Saint Petersburg, there is also a British Consulate-General in Yekaterinburg, as well as the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Moscow.

See also
List of diplomatic missions in Russia
Embassy of the United Kingdom in Moscow
Russia–United Kingdom relations

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P2P Revolution and Commons Phase Transition
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At the P2P Foundation, we don't use the moniker 'revolution' with much frequency, preferring the concept of phase transition.
In this article, we would like to elucidate the relation between the two concepts.
In my experience, revolution is used in two quite different senses; in a generic sense, it just means a 'big change', like for example when we speak about the Industrial Revolution, this was a long and drawn out process, with many aspects and it would be really difficult to identify with one particular event. Yet at the same time, there is clearly a time when industrial changes emerged in a mostly agrarian context, and a time when it is the industrial processes and forms of organisation which are dominant, and the agrarian aspects subsumed under that domination. Clearly, between these two moments, a 'phase transition' has occurred.
Revolution is also used in a much more narrow fashion, which usually refers to a momentous series of concrete events, in which the very organisation of power in society changed fundamentally, leading to a wholesale replacement of human personnel, a new different balance of power between social classes, and the like. Paradigmatic examples would be the French and Russian revolutions.
Both types of revolutions occur throughout history, but for many people, at least for those that live more comfortably, the second notion is less attractive. Indeed, it is most often associated with violence, often directed against the very 'leaders' of the first phases of such revolutions, and to boot, usually leads to counter-revolutions. The achievements of such revolutions, their victories, are often also very problematic. Who can unproblematically affirm that the Napoleonic and Soviet regimes for example, were necessarily 'better' than what they replaced; or, that these radical social and political events produces better outcomes than the slower processes which led to similar phase transitions ? An additional issue for the 'narrower' meaning of revolution is that for many people, even for those who dislike the presently dominating regime of their time, is that it is not very clear most of the time, what form the new post-revolutionary regime should take, especially if the negative aspects of other attempts are quite clear.
For this and other reasons, we prefer to talk at the P2P Foundation, about phase transition, stressing the process of change from one system to another, without necessarily being able to predict how exactly these changes will occur, especially on the political and social level. But let's be clear, from the historical record, it is pretty clear that such fundamental changes are usually associated with rather deep social convulsions. For example, if we take the deep shift from the Roman system to the feudal system, it was characterised by military invasions from foreign tribes, which substantially changed the political leadership in post-Roman regimes. For centuries, Europe was unstable. If we take the changes associated with the Reformation for example, we see similar convulsions and religious civil wars; the change from the Ancient Regime to capitalism was similarly fraught with deep political and social crises. So there is no doubt that a similarly deep transition will be associated with social convulsions, wars, and yes, political and social revolutions. The question is, what kind of forms these will take, and not that we can guarantee a cozy transition.
However, just as the revolutions of feudalism differed fundamentally from the revolutions that created capitalist societies, so the transition to a commons society will take different forms.
In what follows, I explain my view of what those differences could be.
First, what do we mean more precisely, when we talk about a transition towards a post-capitalist, p2p-driven, commons-oriented society ?
Here are a few pointers.
In the present dominant form of society and economics, nature is considered to be an infinite resource and the market 'externalises' environmental concerns. It is based on 'pseudo-abundance'. At the same time, the present system attempts to systematically render 'artificially scarce', what is naturally abundant, such as say agricultural processes, but more specifically, knowledge production. In p2p/commons processes, the natural abundance of the immaterial commons such as knowledge, software and design, and technical and scientific knowledge, is recognized and shared and made available to all humanity; and it is associated with changes in the mode of production, that insure that production regenerates resources, maintaining ecological and resource stability for coming generations and for the natural world and its beings, of which we are an integral part.
In the present form, corporate entities compete against each other, but within these entities, collaboration, though mostly hierarchically driven, occurs: cooperation is subsumed under competition; in the new form, ethical entrepreneurial coalitions co-create commons with contributory productive communities; and are interlinked around these commons through social charters and open licenses; though they may compete within that sphere of collaboration. In other words, competition is subsumed under collaboration. The value is created and deposited through commons, and the economy creates livelihoods around these commons and their contributory communities, and the market creates 'added value' services and products around these commons.
So what we see here in the nature of these changes are a series of qualitative reversals in terms of the operating logic of the system.
These phase transitions are inextricably linked to changes in the nature of economic, social and political power. How should we see that relationship ?
The process of past phase transitions has been the following:
the existing dominant system increasingly creates systemic crises that it no longer is able to solve
both managerial (ruling), and productive classes (the dominated producers of value for the managerial classes) , look for solutions; they do this in varied, fragmented, and pragmatic ways, under the dominance of the older structure; forming 'patterns of response' , or solutions. Gradually, these patterns find themselves, and though they are used by the dominant system, they also represent an alternative logic that is slowly building up and asserting itself. Within the old paradigm a new prefigurative paradigm emerges, which is subsumed under the old logic at first but gradually gains strength.
these changes in the modalities of production and value creation and diffusion also create new social structures; an 'exodus' occurs from the old system towards the new system; Roman slaveholders become feudal lords become merchants and industrial capitalists; slaves become serfs become labor. When the tensions between the new and the old are no longer absorbed by the old system, social and political convulsions occur, eventually leading to 'revolutions' in the organization of society
Today, we see this process clearly at works.
The systemic crisis of global neoliberal capitalism is leading to 3 types of patterned responses:
sustainable production which takes into account ecological limits
solidarity economy and cooperative forms of organisation which stress the need for social justice in terms of value distribution
commons oriented peer production and other forms of sharing and openness which operative against the enclosures, artificial scarcities and privatisation of common knowledge
These patterns are still fragmented, only exceptionally 'eco-systemic' in their concrete practice, though these alternative eco-systems are definitely emerging and strengthening. What is specifically emerging is a new proto-mode of production in which contributory communities create common knowledge , in which enterpreneurial coalitions create added value on top of the commons in the still capitalist marketplace, and in which for-benefit associations create and maintain common infrastructures of cooperation and production.
What needs to happen, and is starting to happen is that these productive communities, rather than be subject to the logic of extractive value captation by 'netarchical capitalists' (those in the old system which are investing in the new systems for their own benefit); create their own ethical economic vehicles, which allow them to create livelihoods around their commons-creating activities. This represents the necessary convergence, through open cooperativism, of economic forms which respect social justice (the solidarity economy and other forms), with peer production; and on the other hand the equally necessary convergence with sustainability, through for example the 'open source circular economy'.
A important issue today is the relation between the 'prefigurative' forms, i.e. individuals and communities finding alternative systems of value creation that respond and solve the present systemic crisis, with political and social change. The crisis today expresses itself because the traditional emancipatory forces of the industrial society (left parties, unions and the like), are still oriented towards the old paradigm of capital and labor; while the many productive communities have a strong distrust of these older political forms, and new forms are still weak and emergent.
Nevertheless, we see this necessary convergence is also already happening:
new political forms are emerging from the new digitally networked production practices, such as the Pirate Parties and others
huge social mobilisations have taken place, using the models of peer production in their creation of politics, which has substantially influenced the new political movements that have also grown from this, like Syriza in Greece, and Podemos in Spain. Emblematic may be the city coalition in Barcelona, En Comu, which won the elections, and which is the first political coalition to specifically refer to the common in its new political ideology. Other perhaps even more radical forms are the civic coalitions that have emerged in France, (Saillant), and the UK (Frome), in which allied civic groups directly replace the existing 'political machines'.
These more political movements have emerged from what were originally anti-political mobilisations but have learned through experience that prefigurative actions and protests cannot produce substantial victories in the context of a hostile state; and that therefore, the state itself has to be tackled and transformed. What is most likely in this evolution is the transformation of the electoral democracies, in which elections have now themselves become enclosures of political power of the people by a professional political class that is operating in a market state form that is dominated by private financial interests that have made real and gradual change impossible. New hybrid forms will combine elections, with associated forms of deliberative and participative democracy, but the political initiative more directly in the hands of the citizenry, and use the 'partner state' model, in which a transformed state will create the necessary civic and technical infrastructures to 'enable and empower individual and collective autonomy'; on the political agenda is the development of public-commons partnerships and the communification of public services, such as for example the example of the Bologna Regulation for the Care of the Urban Commons.
My personal belief is that given the exodus from labor forms of work to those of networked and commons-creating peer producers of the new precarious working class, that a reconstruction of social and political institutions is necessary, based no longer of the declining form of the salariat (which is itself a legal form of subordination), but on the 'commons'. I have elsewhere proposed to create at the local level, Assemblies of the Commons for civic actors and Chambers of the Commons for the new economic actors, to reconstitute institutions of 'commonfare' that can recreate a powerful social force that will in turn reconfigure politics to create powerful 'coalitions for the common(s)', such as En Comu in Barcelona. The Barcelona victory was indeed preceded by precisely such a civic reconstruction by the post-15M activists, which created new participatory forms in the social movements and commons-creating productive communities.
Another important issue to be resolved in this specific phase transition is the relation between the local and the global. The big wave of relocalisation taking place today, through for example the groups reconfiguring the provision of food and energy, is paradoxically itself facilitated by the globally networked technology that is the Internet. But most of the time, these local communities using global technology to strengthen local activity, and not necessarily to project global power.
Today we have global formal civic associations, and through p2p, global open design communities, what is missing is global ethical entrepreneurial forms that can operate on a global scale and can form a counterpower to private and extractive multinational corporations. The immediate limitations imposed on the Greek Syriza party also shows the very strong limitations for local and national politics in terms of structural change. Local and national movements are necessary, but not sufficient, and a orientation towards the global commons, through physical global institutions, will be vital, as is their political expression. Lasindias.net has proposed, and we support this vision, the creation of 'phyles', global business eco-systems that sustain the commons and their communities, and the FairCoop project is a first attempt at developing this.
Revolutions in the narrow sense, are organic and often destructive events, not in the control of any particular social force, we can notice the tinder, but we can't know which spark will alight it. It would be unwise to rejoice especially if the alternative social forces and productive systems are still emerging.
Big waves of social revolution has been unsuccessful, like for example the wave of 1848 in Europe, or the wave of 1968; and as for the successes, "be careful what you wish for".
Therefore today, what matters is the reconstruction of prefigurative value-creating production systems first, to make peer production a autonomous and full mode of production which can sustain itself and its contributors; and the reconstruction of social and political power which is associated and informed by this new social configuration. The organic events will unfold with or without these forces, ready or not, but if we're not ready, the human cost might be very steep.
Therefore the motto should be: contribute to the phase transition first; and be ready for the coming sparks and organic events that will require the mobilization of all.
Originally published in Spanda Journal VI,1/2015: "Systemic Change", edited by Helene Finidori. (Finidori, H. GEd. (2015), Systemic Change, The Hague: Spanda Foundation)
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9 Top Government Colleges in India that Evaluate your Full Profile [Not Just Marks]
By Sneha Mashetty June 24, 2020 10 Mins Read
It is no secret that competition is increasing at a fast pace for admissions to top colleges. Sheer volume of students passing from Grade 12 & looking for college admissions has almost doubled in the last 10 years. Not just that, everyone seems to be getting 90% marks. In the last 10 years, students getting top grades has more than tripled.
Besides the obvious challenge this poses for the students, this has posed an interesting challenge for the universities themselves.
With this trend, Universities don't have a way to differentiate between students by JUST USING MARKS. Recently, the admissions director of a top university went on record to say that she saw 147 applications with an aggregate score of 95.6% in Grade 12 exams. The university is forced to look at innovative methods to distinguish between students and hence they are going beyond academics while granting admissions.
A majority of Indian parents & students think that Government universities only look at your marks or performance in entrance exams. This is because everyone thinks about the popular entrance exams like JEE or NEET.
In fact, even IITs have now started to talk about assessment of student personality & fitment as selection criteria but no action on that yet. It is true that at this point, to get admission into IITs, it is only the entrance exams that matter. However, there are many other top Government institutions that are looking beyond academics.
Marks & grades are very important but for many colleges, their function is just to "Eliminate" the students that don't qualify. They can make you get you through the first round, but beyond that, it is all about YOU. The final selection is made on the factors beyond academics.
Here are 9 TOP Government Colleges That Are Going Beyond Grades to Grant Admissions.
1. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
NIFT was established in 1986 and was the pioneer in Fashion Education in India. Today, it has 16 campuses in India spaced across different parts of the subcontinent. The core departments at NIFT are Fashion Design, Textile Design, etc.
NIFT has produced many talented designers & artists. Some of them include Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Manish Arora, Neha Sharma.
Admission Process: NIFT is one of the pioneers in government colleges to move away from the strict 'academics only' admission process. You will be tested for your Creativity and Situation based on problem-solving skills. To get into NIFT, you don't need to focus on class 12th exams but on doing courses that will boost your creativity in the relevant fields. Acquiring experiences in design and fashion through internships will provide you with the knowledge you need to ace the process.
2. Indian Institute of Management (IIM) – Indore
IIM Indore was established in 1996 and is the 1st IIM to offer a 5-year Integrated Programme in Management focused on the school students. They attract students from all over the country who are interested in business management straight after school.
Admission Process: You need to have a minimum of 60% in Grade 12 to be eligible to apply. For this institute, that's where the focus on school grades end.
If you are aiming for colleges like IIM Indore, it is important to decide early on. Setting your goal early, will give you the time & opportunity to work on various other aspects of your profile that will aid your chance of admission.
The 35% weightage that your personal interview holds will make all the difference & will be the DECIDER. Hence, it is important that you work on yourself enough, to be able to showcase a spark to the admission committee and establish how you are different.
While in school, you can focus on specific extracurricular activities, summer enrichment programs, certifications that demonstrate your interest in business management. There are so many programs to choose from that it is important to choose the ones you like and are aligned with the objective of admission to IIM Indore.
Watch Prof. Ranjeet Nambudiri, Dean of IIM Indore, explain their admission process for Integrated program in Management.
3. Indian Institute of Management (IIM) – Rohtak
Established in the year 2010, IIM Rohtak is one of six new IIMs announced under the 11th Five Year Plan. IIM Rohtak took after IIM Indore and also started to offer a 5-year Integrated Programme in Management.
Admission Process: Here also, your academic scores from school do not play a key role as the weightage given to them is only 10%.
The admission committee is looking for students who exuberate confidence, leadership qualities & have a zeal to give back to the community. To get into the gates of IIM Rohtak, you should be able to showcase that you have all those qualities in YOU during your personal interview & writing ability test. That combined 40% is what will play a crucial role in your admission process.
4. Jamia Millia Islamia
Jamia Millia Islamia is one of the oldest universities to be established during the British rule in 1920. It is located in the national capital and its core departments include Mass Media & Sociology. Jamia Millia Islamia is the alma mater of famous people like Shah Rukh Khan, Virender Sehwag, Barkha Dutt
Admission Process: You only need a 50% in Grade 12 to be eligible to apply for admission, but that is just the ability. It is to clear the Elimination process and not the Selection.
Your admission depends on your knowledge & passion around the course you are applying for. This knowledge is tested through an entrance exam that carries 85% weightage. The remaining 15% depends on your personal interview.
You should easily be able to articulate why you are passionate about the course you are applying for. What have you done to explore that subject while you were still in school? That is what will SET YOU APART from the rest
5. Indian Institute of Crafts and Design (IICD)
Indian Institute of Crafts & Design is located in the artistic city of Jaipur. It was established in the year 1995 to act as a catalyst in the craft sector. The core subjects offered at IICD are Fashion & Material Design.
Admission Process: For a career in fashion & material design, you must focus on various other elements like creativity and practising certain skills at an early age.
Indian Institute of Craft & Design has a very SPECIFIC mission to revive art. Their admission process is designed to check the depth of knowledge of the colour wheel, design thinking, creativity, etc. They evaluate the commitment & consistency with which a student approaches art & design throughout the school life.
To be able to prove that you have all of it in you in the interview & to come out with flying colours in both the tests, you should make up your mind very early on.
6. St Stephen's College – Delhi University
Who wouldn't want to study in classrooms in which the likes of Shashi Tharoor, Kapil Sibal, Konkona Sen Sharma, etc studied? If your heart is in subjects like Math, Physics, Chemistry, Economics & History, then St Stephen's College is a top college you can aspire for. Such superlatives only mean one thing. A super difficult admission process.
Admission Process: St Stephen's College is one of the most prestigious colleges of Delhi University. 85% of the admission weightage depends on the board exams. But, doing well in board exams WON'T BE ENOUGH when it comes to St Stephen's College. The class 12th marks only serve as the Elimination Round for students aspiring for admission. Even if you score 96%, there will be hundreds others at the same score and above.
The final selection is made on the basis of the personal interview and aptitude test. Typically, for every 1 selection in the interview, 4 shortlisted students are called. That means, the final competition is between 4 students all of who got similar grades in class 12. The differentiating factor is YOU and your experiences.
The more clearly you are able to show DEEP INTEREST in the subjects you are applying for the stronger your chances become. Various activities done during school years like summer courses, internships, extracurricular activities, volunteer work help shape your profile. It is your profile that helps the admissions committee understand your ability to take initiative and deep interest in the subject.
7. Mount Carmel College
Mount Carmel College is a premier institution for women's education in India, established in 1948, just a year after India became a free nation. The college is located in the heart of Bengaluru and its core offerings are in Communication Studies.
With noteworthy alumni like Anushka Sharma, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Deepika Padukone and many thriving personalities, Mount Carmel College sets a high standard of excellence.
Admission Process: Mount Carmel College is a strong believer in a holistic admission process designed to evaluate you as a whole & not just based on your marks. To be eligible to apply, you just need 60% in Grade 12.
The entrance exam and the interview dive deep into the subject you want to pursue. Hence, any prior experience in the subject in the form of internships, summer courses, extracurricular activities which are course-specific will provide you a disproportionate advantage over the rest.
To match the standards of successful alumni, your confidence, your go-getter attitude and your ambition is evaluated in the personal interview.
8. National Institute of Design (NID)
National Institute of Design is located in Ahmedabad and was established in 1961. It was the first Design institute in India and was founded with the aim to encourage critical design thinking. National Institute of Design nurtured eminent people like Dibakar Banerjee, Aparna Rao etc.
Again, you need a 60% in Grade 12 to be eligible to apply but other than that, your school grades have no weightage. NID Design Aptitude Test (DAT) Prelims carries a 70% weightage which tests your design thinking, design capability and aptitude. Remaining is with NID DAT-Mains, which includes a personal interview.
To get into the gates of NID, you should be able to substantiate your passion for design through various activities you have done in the past & your proficiency in design.
9. Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies – Delhi University
With its core in Business Management & Economics, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (SSCBS) was established in 1987.
For a college that is highly selective in its admission process, it is important that you have an action plan. SSCBS had a Personal Interview & Group Discussion process as an integral part of admissions till recently. However, due to certain activities, Delhi University decided to remove the interview from the admissions process. Now, Grade 12 marks carry a 35% weightage and the DU – Joint Admission Test (DU-JAT) carries 65% weightage.
This entrance exam is not just about the subject, but is designed to test your personality, & diversity of knowledge. You need to maintain the right balance between grades & extracurricular activities to emerge successful in the admission process. Watch the exclusive talk by Dr. Poonam Verma, Principal of Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies on maintaining balance.
So, if you still think ONLY marks can get you through TOP government colleges, you need to think again.
Set a goal, work towards it, demonstrate interest, build a profile & enhance your chance of getting into the most sought after colleges in India.
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How Can You Work in Japan? – A Guide For Those Who Want To Make The Move
By Nicola Spendlove
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Working in Japan is a dream for many of us – but it's one that can very much come to fruition with a bit of research and preparation.
There are a number of different roads you can take towards working in Japan – more than ever with recent government efforts to increase the foreign workforce. It is worth taking some time to research and consider the various options available to you as a potential foreign worker in Japan – including visa options and opportunities across popular sectors.
I have put together this article to give you some basic information that might make it clearer on where to begin your job search. This is only the starting point on the research that you will need to do to make this dream a reality – but what a fun process it will be.
Japan's Employment Opportunities
In this article, I will go into detail on the nitty-gritty of employment opportunities in Japan, including how to get your visa, how to search for a job, and what the pay is like in the different sectors. First, though, it's important to ask yourself a few questions to help you know where to start on your journey towards working in Japan.
Why Japan?
We all have different motivations for wanting to work in Japan. For some, it's simply to make money – Japanese salaries may be higher than your home country, and you might be hoping to get some serious savings done while there. In that case, you'll want to be looking at what sectors are paying well, and what areas you can live relatively cheaply.
Maybe your priority is learning about the language and the culture of Japan. In this case, you might want to look at a program like JET, which incorporates cultural exchange events into the experience.
Maybe you're just determined to see a different part of the world, and working is just a way for you to fund that. A job that gives you a decent amount of time off to explore will be important in this case. If this is you, then you might be leaning towards the working holiday visa.
Maybe you see yourself in Japan on a long-term basis, in which case you might want to take a more considered approach to your job search – building up your skills in the Japanese language and approaching companies where you could have long-term role progression.
While the question "why Japan" might seem a silly one at first, your motivation for taking the leap into working in Japan really does dictate the whole experience.
Where will you stay?
In some cases, you might not have the luxury of choosing the location that you move to – but it helps to have a think about what sort of lifestyle you're aiming for. When you dream about moving to Japan, is it the bright lights of Tokyo that you see, or do you visualize rice fields and traditional living?
It's true that most of the job opportunities in Japan are in bustling urban centers, but there are a number of rural areas that have big regeneration schemes underway and could be very open to the prospect of foreign workers coming in and breathing new life into the area – for a much cheaper cost of living.
This question is very linked to your "why". Maybe you want to work in the field you studied, and pursue opportunities that add to your resume after you leave Japan. You might want to skip down to the final section of this article for details on the different sectors in this case.
Maybe it's more of a gap year, in which case the "what" doesn't matter so much – you might be happy to get a job wherever is hiring. If this is you, it's important to be cognisant of Japanese work culture – in corporate environments, you will be expected to work long hours and likely do a lot of overtime. A more casual working environment might be a better fit for your vision.
How long should you stay?
Are you planning on experiencing Japan for a year or two and then moving back home to "settle down" (what a horrible phrase) or are you in this for the long haul? Perhaps you're undecided.
Regardless, your intentions for the length of stay should factor into your choice of job – most work visas will be issued for one to three years at first, but if you want to stay longer you should enquire about whether the company is open to extend the sponsorship.
Japan Work Visa
Standard Work Visa
Workers in certain sectors can apply for a Japanese work visa. The following are the approved sectors:
Investor/Business Manager
Legal/Accounting Services
Skilled Laborer (chef, sommelier etc)
Specialist in Humanities/International Services
Intra-Company Transferee
The actual process of getting a work visa is relatively straightforward. The hard part is finding a sponsor – in other words, a company willing to employ you in advance of you moving to Japan. Once you have sourced a company, they will likely guide you through the steps of your visa application. On the off chance that they don't, here's a step by step guide to what will be asked of you.
You'll need a recent passport-sized photograph of yourself, an up to date resume, and copies of any relevant college transcripts. From your employer, you'll need a letter stating their intent to employ you and your expected salary.
You'll also need a completed Certificate of Eligibility, and the employer will usually sort this out for you. It is obtained through the immigration office and takes approximately 1-3 months to be finalized.
Once all this is gathered, you can finally apply for your work visa. The visa will be granted for a period ranging from 1-3 years. In the case of entertainers traveling to Japan to do set pieces of work (such as a concert tour) the visa will be granted for a shorter period of time.
Citizens of approved nations can apply for working holiday visas to Japan. The following are the approved nations:
These visas are specifically for young people between the ages of 18 and 25. Under the working holiday visa, you can stay in Japan for one year while working part-time. Certain jobs are banned under the working holiday visa regulations – including anywhere that could potentially have "adult entertainment", such as pubs and bars.
If you're married to a Japanese resident, you are eligible to apply for a spouse visa to Japan. Under the conditions of the spouse visa, you are able to work any amount of hours in any industry. In other words, if you've moved to Japan as somebody's spouse and were intending to apply for permission to work, there's no need – you're already covered. Happy days!
Specified Skill Visas
In order to meet increasing labor demands with an aging population, Japan began offering a new route of entry for foreign workers in April 2019. Foreigners from fourteen different industries are eligible to apply for this visa. Below are the specific industries:
Care worker
Building Cleaning Management
Machine Parts & Tooling Industry
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Industry
Electric, Electronic and Information Industries
Shipbuilding and Ship Machinery Industry
Automobile Repair and Maintenance
Accommodation Industry
Fishery and Aquaculture
Others occupations
This visa does not require applicants to have a college degree – something that workplaces in Japan have required up until now. However, it does require that applicants pass the Japanese Proficiency Test at an N4 level (I'll explain this in more detail in the next section). There is also a skills test in your selected industry, so you will need a solid background in the sector before applying.
This visa comes with a few different perks to incentivize skilled workers to come to Japan. For example, you will have support in sourcing accommodation and language classes upon arrival. It's still a very new scheme so there is not a huge amount of feedback on it yet, but it sounds very positive and offers skilled people without a college degree the chance to live and work in Japan.
Working in Japan Without Speaking Japanese
Perhaps the easiest way to work in Japan if you don't speak the language is to find employment as an English teacher. You can choose to apply to schools individually (check out the Gaijin Pot jobs board to begin your search) or you can go through a programme like JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) to secure a position.
JET is a Japanese government initiative that is very efficiently run but notoriously competitive to get into. If you do secure a place on JET, the advantages are numerous – you will be set up with subsidized accommodation, which takes the headache out of house hunting as a foreigner. You will also be part of a community that organizes cultural events and mixers with locals – perfect for those who are nervous about moving to a new nation solo. For more information on the JET program, you can check out their website here.
Requirements will vary according to school, but most will require that you have a four-year college degree in any subject – it doesn't have to be related to teaching. Some will require that you complete TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) or TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Foreign Languages) certification, which can be done quickly and economically via online platforms.
Don't worry if teaching isn't your long term career goal – many foreigners use this as a way to source a work visa and initially try out working in Japan. It's much easier to network and job hunt in Japan when you're physically there, so many foreigners secure an English teaching job first as a stepping stone to something in a different field. You can also utilize your time outside of teaching to improve your Japanese language skills, making you a more attractive candidate for Japanese employers in other industries. Maybe don't mention at the interview that this is your intention though!
Multinational Companies
Japan is home to an ever-growing number of large multinational companies, such as Google and Amazon. Many of these view English speaking as a huge benefit, as they need staff who are able to comfortably communicate with branches in other countries. It can be difficult to get through the interview process without any level of Japanese, but sometimes there are ways around this. For example, if you work in a multinational in your home country which has a branch in Japan, you could inquire about the possibility of a transfer.
There is some level of demand for English speaking tour guides in Japan – and there is likely to be a surge in seasonal work in this area approaching the Tokyo Olympics as more and more English speaking tourists travel to Japan.
A quick search of tour companies confirms that most of them do prefer tour guides to speak both English and Japanese – but it could be an avenue worth exploring coming up to Olympics season next year.
Although recruitment agencies can get a little bit annoying (they are the kings of spam emails) it can be handy to be linked in with one if you're job searching in Japan without Japanese language skills. Essentially, they act as a go-between for you and Japanese employers. You furnish them with your CV and other relevant documents, tell them a bit about what sort of opportunity you're looking for, and they take it from there.
The only recruitment agency I'm familiar with in Japan is Recruit (here's their website) – I haven't personally used them but I have friends who have and report good things. Just a word to the wise about recruitment agencies, sometimes recruiters can be so eager to fill roles that the process suddenly starts happening very quickly – it's okay to take a step back and do your own independent research before making a commitment to an opportunity a recruiter has matched you up with.
Japanese Proficiency Test
You might see language requirements on job listings described using a score such as N2. If you see this, it's referring to the standardized Japanese Proficiency Test (JPT).
Some companies will require that you take the JPT and will require that you reach a particular level on this. The JPT scores are divided into five levels, from N1 (indicating near fluency) to N5 (indicating a basic grasp of Japanese). This is a computerized test that is held in Japan and other Asian countries numerous times each year.
The language requirement for Japanese companies is generally at an N2 level. To pass at this level, you will need to know approximately 1,000 kanji and 6,000 vocabulary words. For context, this is about the same level of language proficiency as a native Japanese person entering middle school.
To get to this level, you would most likely need to be taking intensive Japanese language classes or living there for a considerable amount of time – learning vocab on an app in your spare time before moving to Japan is not going to be sufficient for getting you to this grade on the JPT.
How to Work in Japan as a US Citizen
Unfortunately, US citizens are not eligible to apply for working holiday visas. This means that a lot of US citizens have to wait until after college to work in Japan, as a college degree is required for most employment opportunities that would lead to securing a standard work visa.
For those who work remotely, you could technically enter Japan on a tourist visa and stay for the standard 90 days while doing your work in shared spaces. The challenge of this is accommodation – securing a lease in Japan as a foreigner without some sort of long-stay agreement is nigh on impossible.
Waiting until after college and securing a work visa to work as an English teacher is probably the most straightforward way for a US citizen to work in Japan.
Highest Paid Jobs in Japan for Foreigners
If you want a lucrative career in Japan, it's important to do your research on industry trends. Here are the highest-earning industries in Japan, along with some information on how populated these sectors are by foreign workers. These are based on 2019 statistics on salary gathered from a doda survey– data for 2020 has not yet been widely released at the time of writing. All figures quoted are before tax.
IT/Communications
The average salary in IT and Communications in Japan in 2019 was reported as being $42,892.13, to be exact. You could stand to earn between $2893.78 and $5843.38 per month in an IT position in Japan, depending on seniority. In 2019, just under 3% of the workforce in this industry in Japan were foreigners.
Internet/Advertising/Media
The average salary in the Japanese Internet/Advertising/Media sector in 2019 was reported as $38,337.35. Monthly earnings ranged from $2707.96 to $4913.41 depending on seniority. Again, just under 3% of the workforce in this sector were foreigners in 2019.
Service industry workers earn an average of $35,000 per year in Japan. This is a popular industry for foreigners, with over 5% of the workforce being foreign. Monthly salary typically ranges from $2513.33 to $4086.50 dependent on seniority.
The manufacturing industry boasts an average salary of $42,447.43 in Japan. Monthly salaries range between $2839.43 and $5818.50 depending on seniority. Over 4% of the workforce were foreign in 2019. The manufacturing of technology products has long been a booming industry in Japan – but in 2019 toiletries made a huge leap in lucrativeness. Manufacturing can be a fluctuating industry in Japan depending on product trends and demand.
The average wage in the medical profession in Japan came in at $41,856.52 in 2019. Monthly wages varied from $2715.76 to $5980.76 depending on seniority. Not a lot of foreigners are employed in the medical sector in Japan – only .31% in 2019.
You would need a very high level of Japanese language proficiency to work as a healthcare provider in Japan – but it promises a secure career path and consistently high earnings. With Japan's ever-aging population, this industry will not be crashing any time soon.
The average wage in the Japanese finance industry came in at $41,466.63 in 2019. The starting salary in this field is high – even those who join at the lowest end of the scale can expect to earn approximately $2855.84 per month.
However, the higher end of the scale is not as lucrative as other industries – a senior staff can expect to earn approximately $5562.87, which is also not to be sniffed at. This is another industry with relatively few foreigners in employment – just .62% of the workforce were foreign in 2019.
The construction industry is having a serious moment in Japan at present in the preparation for the (now postponed) Olympics in Tokyo. The dramatic increase in demand for construction workers was part of the reason a new visa was introduced in 2019 (details on that in the Work Visa section).
The average wage in this industry comes in at $38,879.22. Monthly wages range from $2790.62 to $4353.37 depending on seniority. 1.37% of workers in this sector were foreign in 2019 – with this number likely to rise due to new visa options.
Retail/Food
The retail and food industries boast relatively high numbers of foreign workers (3.13% to be exact) but the wages are known to be towards the lower end of the scale. The average wage in this industry is $33,013.76, with monthly pay packets ranging between $2371.63 and $4203.83 depending on seniority.
Salaries for English teaching positions can vary wildly. The employees in this sector are virtually all foreigners, for obvious reasons. You can expect to earn between $26-33 thousand per year approximately as a teacher.
You can also opt to provide private tuition at a discretionary rate – the average is about $25 per hour. This could supplement your wage nicely. Bear in mind that many teaching positions come with perks such as discounted accommodation and airfare, which you should factor into your earnings also.
Regardless of what your work experience in Japan looks like, it will be different from anything you ever experience for the remainder of your career. This is a country with a unique work and social culture that will challenge you, surprise you, and above all stick with you. The very best of luck on your Japanese odyssey!
Nicola Spendlove
I'm an Irish playwright, actress, occupational therapist, and content creator. When I'm not doing these things, I'm usually thinking about Japan.
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Oliver Rousteing's maiden couture collection will be showcased this month in Paris. The last haute couture production by the French fashion house was 16 years ago, in 2002 by Oscar De La Renta. Fashion insiders and critics are waiting with bated breath to witness this landmark show as the brand traces back its way to the highest end of the fashion spectrum.
Since the legendary Yves Saint Laurent, Oliver Rousteing is the youngest creative director in Paris ? appointed at the helm of Balmain in 2011 at the age of 24. Having worked with Roberto Cavalli, Rousteing was hired as the women?s ready-to-wear designer in 2009, and worked very closely with Balmain?s then creative director Christophe Decarnin. In his successful nine-year tenure, Rousteing has taken the label onto unchartered territories, successfully revamping and repositioning the brand with a keen focus on social media and the digitally savvy millennials.
His most recent triumphs include the CGI model-led diverse digital campaign for Pre-Fall 2018, the creation of two iconic wardrobes for Beyoncé?s Coachella set last year, and Rousteing?s brainchild, the hugely popular #BalmainArmy continues to celebrate an unfettered sense of inclusion. The Balmain Army is a clique of internationally famous ?It? girls including Kim Kardashian, Gigi Hadid, Kylie Jenner and various other aspirational influencers who are often spotted in limited edition styles. In 2015, Rousteing spearheaded a ...
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Perl One-Liners (No Starch Press, November 2013, 168 pp., $24.95, ISBN 9781593275204) contains 130 simple Perl programs that give readers the power to get through the tedious stuff quickly. Originally released as a self-published ebook, Perl One-Liners has been updated and expanded to show readers more ways to solve problems with short, elegant bits of code.
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Q: Make rawdisk exclusively available to guest system? Selecting a USB stick in VirtualBox makes the USB stick available to the guest system and unavailable to the host system (in my case Windows), so that the host system can't interfere with the guest system. Is there a way to achieve the same thing with raw disks? I can make disks generated with vboxmanage internalcommands createrawvmdk available to the guest system simply by adding them to the guest system's storage devices in the settings panel, but the host system still can write to them, which causes the guest system to crash most of the time. Is there a way to make a raw disk unavailable to the host system like VirtualBox does with USB sticks?
EDIT: In my case I want to install a Windows system to a USB stick. But since Windows rejects USB sticks as installation targets, I figured I trick Windows into installing onto a USB stick by disguising it as hard drive, which is exactly what raw VMDKs do. Though the host system starts to yell at me as soon as the guest system changes the USB stick's partition table, which does not happen, if I attach the USB stick the normal way. However attaching the USB stick the normal way makes Windows reject the USB stick.

A: Ok, using the tool Vrtual Machine USB Boot I got VirtualBox to install Windows to a USB drive (the guest system and with it the Windows installer thinks it's a SATA device).
This solves my initial goal described in the edit, so I'm gonna mark it as correct,

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The 32-year-old reality star checked in for treatment on Wednesday, a source told ET. Photographers spotted him outside the center, looking casual in a hooded sweatshirt and sporting a beard.
He checked into the center just one day after posting a cryptic Instagram photo of the words "Never give up" written in chalk.
Disick has been having a tough year, as he and longtime love Kourtney Kardashian called it quits in July after he was photographed cozying up to an ex-girlfriend in Monte Carlo. "I made the worst decision I've ever made in my life," he told Kardashian in a recent episode of the family's reality series, Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
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Natalja Vasiljevna Zubarevitj (), född 7 juni 1954 i Moskva, är en rysk ekonomisk-geografisk forskare, specialist på regional socio-ekonomisk utveckling och professor vid Moskvauniversitetets geografiska fakultet.

Hon studerade vid Moskvauniversitetets geografiska fakultet, vid dess institution för Sovjetunionens (numera Rysslands) ekonomiska och sociala geografi, där hon 1976 utexaminerades och där hon sedan 1977 har arbetat. Där tog hon 1990 den doktorsgrad som på ryska kallas vetenskaplig kandidat (кандидат наук) och 2003 den högre doktorsgraden på en avhandling om "social utveckling i ryska regioner under omvandling". Åren 1984-2004 undervisade hon som docent och blev 2005 professor vid samma institution.

Sedan 2003 kombinerar hon undervisningen med tjänsten som programdirektör för regionala studier vid det Fristående socialpolitiska institutet (Независимого института социальной политики). Där har hon kartlagt de olika regionernas särskilda problem, till stöd för forskare, investerare, politiker, undervisare och studenter.

Hon har flera gånger tjänstgjort som rådgivare åt Ryska federationens departement för ekonomisk utveckling (Министерство экономического развития Российской Федерации), dess departement för arbete och socialförsäkring och olika internationella projekt. För FN:s utvecklingsprogram har hon tagit fram årliga rapporter om Rysslands välstånd (Human Development Index). För Moskva-kontoret av Internationella arbetsorganisationen (ILO) har hon utrett fattigdomsbekämpning och jämlikhetsstrategier i Ryssland. För organisationen TACIS (Teknisk assistans inom OSS, oberoende staters samvälde) har hon utrett genomförandet och övervakningen av sociala och regionala reformer. För Världsbanken har hon studerat modeller för regionala utvecklingsmodeller.

Hon har varit gästföreläsare i Kazakstan, Kirgizistan, Azerbajdzjan, Ukraina, Nederländerna och Tyskland.

Hon har gjort sig känd som upphovsman till begreppet "de fyra Ryssland", som delar upp landet i storstäderna, mellanstora industristäder, utkantens/landsbygdens skuggekonomi och klansamhällen (i syd och ost), vilka har helt olika ekonomiska och sociala förutsättningar, som om de vore fyra olika länder.

Källor
 Nedkortad översättning av ryska Wikipedias artikel, läst 3 maj 2014.

Externa länkar
 Fristående socialpolitiska institutet, NISP (НИСП)
 Zubarevitj, 2009 års mottagare av Wassily Leontiefs medalj

Ryska nationalekonomer
Ryska geografer
Personer i Ryssland under 1900-talet
Personer i Ryssland under 2000-talet
Forskare från Moskva
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