The Best Practices Board (BPB) is responsible for managing the production and dissemination of the consortium's work product that describes methods and processes for successful implementation of XBRL Specifications. It is charged with setting priorities for the collection, compilation and development of implementation guidance material and together with the XBRL Standards Board, ensuring that all business process guidance material produced is of uniformly high quality, with the goal of encapsulating our learnings and defining certain pathways as normative guidance.
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Maria Mora is Principal Engineer on Artificial Intelligence and XBRL Expert at Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe. Previously, she worked at CDP, AtoS Consulting Spain and XBRL Spain for the dissemination of the XBRL standard within Spanish regulatory and supervisory entities, as well as, the non-financial reporting market using also Linked data and AI.
She is a member of several XBRL working groups from the Spanish Financial and Corporate reporting community, participating in projects with national regulatory authorities, including the Bank of Spain, supervisory agencies and national accounting associations (AECA), leading experience in Financial, Solvency, Corporate, and Sustainability Reporting. Maria is currently doing an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) in Systems Engineering at the University of Bristol (United Kingdom). Her areas of research are system engineering applied to corporate reporting, information systems, semantic technologies, Linked Data, AI and Big data. She is author and co-author of several international articles related to XBRL in financial and sustainability reporting published in business and information systems journals, academic conferences, books and magazines.
Maria brings to BPB a deep experience and knowledge to build a wider adoption of XBRL in financial and non-financial reporting, through a high-profile career in strategy, research, innovation and technical leadership in the business reporting domain.
Eric Jarry has developed XBRL taxonomies in France and is chairman of the Technology Group of XBRL France. Previously working for Bull and Software AG, Eric joined Bank of France in 2009 to work on XBRL taxonomies and the reporting repository for Banking and Insurance supervision.
With more than 30 years of experience as an IT engineer and architect, Eric has successively worked on micro-programming, operating systems, data communications, distributed transactional systems, security, object and XML technologies. Eric has contributed to standardization in ISO, ECMA, ITU, Open Group and OMG.
Meiling Liu is a Ph.D. of management science as well as a postdoctoral of public finance. She has got the bachelor degree in computer science & technology and a master degree in accounting. Her research area is accounting and information systems. Meiling is currently a lecturer as well as a master's tutor for the Teaching & Research Department in Shanghai National Accounting Institute, China, a trainer and the contact for the Experience Center of XBRL China (EC-XBRL-CN), the contact for the Accounting and Information System Professional Committee of Accounting Society of China. She passed the XBRL Foundation Certificate of XII in 2015. Meiling is working on a book named Experiential Spread of XBRL: Theory, Methodology, and Practice, and a project named Diffusion Mechanism Research of XBRL in China, sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. CFOs, CPAs, MPAccs, and EMPAccs are her main trainees. XBRL filers, auditors, regulators, consumers, teachers, and researchers are included. Her email is lml@snai.edu.
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Bas is educated as an economist, a chartered controller and currently taking courses in computer sciences. He is a guest lecturer and thesis supervisor at Dutch universities.
Bas is a strong proponent of standards, creating a level playing field for businesses, which often leads to innovation and better offerings in the market place.
Andie Wood's main areas of interest include data modeling, taxonomy design and the role of technology and data in the future of corporate reporting. Andie is an experienced data and semantic modeler and has been working with XBRL for over 15 years. Andie is co-chair of the Entity-Specific Disclosure Task Force, and a member of a number of other XBRL International task forces. Prior to her role with Workiva Andie spent five years at the IASB working on the IFRS Taxonomy and technology in corporate reporting. Other roles included XBRL and data modelling work at EY, Banco de España and a number of UK government departments. Andromeda has a degree in Biological Sciences from St Catherine's College, Oxford.
Mikhail Sadofyev works in Advisory Technology Consulting in PwC Russia and CEE / CIS regions. Mikhail is responsible for the implementation and support of XBRL solutions. Since joining PwC Mikhail actively participates in XBRL projects for a range of customers in the public and private sector as a technology leader.
Mikhail has over 14 years of experience as an IT engineer and architect. Apart from XBRL his professional competence focuses on data management, business analytics and enterprise software development, as well as IT project management methodology and blockchain technology solutions. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) and is certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
Katherine Haigh is Quality Assurance Manager at CoreFiling. Her main interests include quality and continual process improvement, and she has been working to apply these in the XBRL sphere since 2011. With experience in data modelling, taxonomy development and XBRL user training, she brings to the BPB an understanding of XBRL from a business user's point of view as well as a more technical perspective. She has been a member of the Filing Rules Working Group since its inception and has also provided feedback on taxonomies such as the EIOPA's Solvency II and the EBA's CRD IV. Katherine has a Master's Degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from New College, Oxford.


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In other words they don't learn moves of their typing.
What is this, a trivia question?
cmon pple... no one knows this..?
Well, through actual STAB moves that do damage, Pokemon who don't have a very broad movepool (like Magikarp, Ditto, Caterpie, Weedle etc.) don't normally have actual STAB moves.
However, if you mean actual moves of their typing, and not STAB, after some brief research the only Pokemon I can think of is Magikarp, Feebas, Metapod, Kakuna, Silcoon and Cascoon. Understandably, I didn't want to do a heap of research, but some brief research of 'Pokemon that don't possess broad movepools' and that's all I got.
commented Jun 25, 2013 by !'•-Indigo-•'!
Feebas is the only one out of all you said that I wouldn't have said! Wow, you know more than me.
Are there any Pokemon that don't learn STAB by level up?
What are all moves that don't get STAB?
Is there any pokemon which does not learn ANY normal move via level-up?
Why does Wimpod only have 2 moves learned by level up?


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The U.S. Army's GE T901 First Engine to Test, shown fully instrumented and awaiting test cell installation. Photo courtesy of General Electric.
US Army Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) First Engine to Test Lights Off
On 22 March the U.S. Army's Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) achieved a significant program milestone with the "light off" (first time fuel is ignited in the engine to produce power) of the General Electric (GE) T901 First Engine to Test (FETT). The T901 engine will replace the T700 engine currently on all Boeing AH-64 Apache and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and provide increased power, improved reliability and better fuel efficiency. The T901 will also power the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA). In turbine engine development, FETT is a critical milestone. It is the culmination years of engineering design work that will verify and validate engine performance models through engine testing. To do this, the T901 is instrumented with over 700 sensors to capture performance data. In total, the T901 FETT will complete over 100 hours of run time over the next two months as the engine undergoes a gradual break-in process that builds up to maximum power runs.
FETT's completion will usher in the next phase: engine qualification. This summer, the testing team will utilize multiple engines to test against Army Military Airworthiness Certification Criteria standards. Successfully testing will lead to ground and flight worthiness releases for the T901. Once complete, the engine will have undergone approximately 1,500 hours of full-scale ground testing for Preliminary Flight Rating and close to 5,000 hours of testing for full engine qualification. AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk aircraft have admirably served the Army mission for over 40 years and will continue to do so for many years to come. However, both platforms have added capabilities over the decades, which has resulted in increased aircraft weight. Consequently, payload and/or range has decreased accordingly. The T901 regains that lost capability, particularly in high/hot conditions (6k/95), and improves upon it through increased shaft horsepower (shp) and reduce specific fuel consumption.
The Army's GE T901 First Engine to Test installed in the test cell prior to initial engine light off. The engine's light off marks the start of 100 hours of run time throughout the next two months to verify and validate engine performance models. (Photo courtesy of General Electric/ David Hylton)
The ITE T901 combines additive manufacturing, ceramic matrix composite parts and traditionally produced parts to generate 50 percent more power (1,000 shp increase; 3,000 shp total) and 25 percent better fuel efficiency (at maximum power) at roughly the same size and weight of its predecessor, the GE T700. The additional power of the T901 allows the Apache and Black Hawk helicopters to operate at 6k/95 with a full mission payload. Similarly, the significantly improved fuel efficiency allows for increased range and loiter time while simultaneously providing a cost savings through less fuel burned per horsepower generated. The T901 will also have some lower greenhouse gas emission metrics compared to the T700.
Additionally, the T901 engine will bring an added synergy with the aircraft in its capabilities to provide predictive logistics that drive increased time on wing and improved reliability. The T901 engine incorporates an onboard Engine Health Management System that supports Army Predictive and Prognostic Maintenance goals by using health monitoring sensors, embedded models and algorithms. These technologies provide data analysis and lifing calculations that are designed to lower the demand for spare parts and reduce mechanics' workload per system. The T901 is a combat multiplier and critical to Multi-Domain Operations with significantly increased reach and lethality for the operational and future fleet through increased power, reliability, and fuel efficiency. T901 FETT light off brings Army Aviation one step closer to that reality.
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Neil Wilkof Friday, November 05, 2010 - Neil Wilkof, secrecy period in license, trade secrets
Once again, let's talk about trade secret licensing, this time about the provision in a trade secret licence that sets out the duration for which the licensee undertakes to maintain the secrecy of the contents that have been disclosed. In particular, I sometimes encounter a provision whereby the licensee undertakes to keep the proprietary information in confidence for a fixed period of time, rather than for so long as the trade secret is not generally disclosed, without specifying any time limit.
I have always found this provision a bit puzzling. The reason lies in my understanding of the nature of trade secret protection. The fundamental characteristic of trade secrets is secrecy (Mark Lemley well stated this "so obvious that we forget it" point in his 2008 article, The Surprising Virtues of Treating Trade Secrets as IP Rights). If so, what would appear to follow is that the paramount interest of the proprietor of the trade secret is that it take all necessary steps to ensure that the trade secret is not disclosed, unless the proprietor chooses to do so.
In the licensing situation, unless the licensee is a rogue, it is presumed that the licensee has a similar interest in maintaining the secrecy of the proprietary contents. As such, the licensee will undertake not to take any action that might lead to the unauthorized disclosure of the trade secret, the occurrence of which redound to the presumed detriment of both parties. Woe to the licensee that either by design or negligence breaches this undertaking.
That is all well and good--until we encounter a provision in the license that goes something like this: " The licensee undertakes to maintain the confidentiality of the Trade Secrets for a period of five years from the execution date of this Agreement." At first blush, such a provision seems to be at odds with the bedrock foundation of trade secrets. If secrecy is the sine qua non of the right, then why would the licensor-proprietor agree in advance that its trade secret may lawfully be disclosed by the licensee as of a date certain in the future, irrespective of any consideration of (i) prior independent creation by the licensor; (ii) independent creation by a third party or (iii) disclosure through no fault of the licensee? Isn't this a prouncement of the premature death of the trade secret right?
After all, I cannot think of reasonable circumstances in which a patent, copyright or
trade mark licensor would knowingly grant the licensee the right to perform an act that would have the effect of impairing, perhaps fatally so, the licensed IP right. I have never encountered a provision that states that, after five years, a trade mark licensee is permitted to use the trade mark in any manner, whether or not such promiscuous use might ultimately lead to a cancellation claim for non-use or a claim that the mark has become generic and non-distinctive. And yet, with respect to a trade secret, it is not that unusual to enounter a provision that states that the proprietor agrees to the potential impairment, down the durational line, of the very right that it is licensing. It makes this Kat to want to ululate with bewilderment. What is going on here?
I have heard several explanations for the persistence of this provision in trade secret agreements, including the following:
1. The licensee has superior bargaining power and it is prepared to take it upon itself the obligation of confidentiality, and all that entails for the operation of the licensee, only for a fixed period of time.
2. The trade secret has commercial value only if this particular licensee succeeds in extracting value from it. If the licensee succeeds, it will likely have no incentive to allow the trade secret to be disclosed. If not, the trade secret has no continuing commercial value and its subsequent disclosure has no practical significance.
3. The technology under licence is so fast-changing that confidentiality will be of no consequence by the end of the period of duration specified in the licence. What the licensee is primarily obtaining is the potential for first mover advantage. The provision capping the time period for confidentiality provides the licensee with contractual peace of mind.
4. The technology under licence is less dynamic than in (3), but it is sufficiently so that, by the end of the time period specified in the licence, it will be impractical as an evidentiary matter to try and determine whether the licensee has "breached" its undertaking. The provision fixing the time period is designed to ease the evidentiary burden of both parties in advance.
I am certain that there must be other reasons, depending upon the circumstances and readers are invited to share their thoughts.
Underlying all of this is the transitory nature of the trade secret right. Trade secrets can remain confidential and hence continue to be valuable for scores of years, or they can evaporate in a moment. A trade secret licence can seek to bind the licensee to maintain the confidentiality of the trade secret for an indefinite period, provided that secrecy is preserved, or the proprietor can willingly agree that the period of secrecy will be limited in time. All of this makes getting one's professional arms around trade secrets so very, very challenging.
Diamonds Are Forever, But Are Trade Secrets? Reviewed by Neil Wilkof on Friday, November 05, 2010 Rating: 5
Anonymous Friday, 5 November 2010 at 14:21:00 GMT
Time limits are common in general (not specifically for trade secrets) confidentiality / non-disclosure agreements nowadays. I argue against them for exactly the reasons Neil states, but it seems to be accepted they are "standard". I suspect they are creeping into trade secret agreements without the drafters thinking the issues through properly.
Meldrew Friday, 5 November 2010 at 17:38:00 GMT
Other reasons could include:-
- that staff turnover is so fast these days that in five years time there will be no one employed by either party who has any knowledge of which information was considered secret and which not;
- that any perpetual right of secrecy could impose a perpetual obligation on the recipient, and that monitoring perpetually for adherence to that obligation would be onerous on the recipient;
- that a perpetual restriction on freedom to operate might run up against competition law problems.
Having said that, what do readers think of clauses that require the return of all materials embodying the trade secret after the licence expires? Until the technology of brainwashing is perfected, are such clauses effective?


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Posted on September 23, 2019 by Xenia Gazette
Marauders nab first win
CSU running back Terraris Saffold carried the ball a career-best 36 times, and for a game-high 165 yards in Saturday's win in Atlanta.
Kevin Waters | HBCU Inc.
Marauders receiver Dalane Brown II (1) has had three straight games of at least one catch for 30 or more yards.
ATLANTA — The Central State University defense came up with two fourth quarter interceptions, while the offense executed a crucial fourth down conversion late, to propel the Marauders to a 26-19 college football road win over Clark Atlanta, Sept. 21 at Panther Stadium.
With the win, CSU improves to 1-2 overall with a 1-0 mark in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play. CAU falls to 0-3 on the year with a 0-1 ledger in the SIAC.
With Central State leading 23-19 after three quarters of play, the only points of the fourth quarter came at the 14:50 mark as placekicker Joshua Nunes knocked the ball through the uprights for his second field goal of the night and a 26-19 CSU lead.
The CAU offense went 68 yards on its first possession of the fourth quarter. A pass from Charles Stafford to Caleeb Roberson took the ball down to the 1-yard line. After failing to score on their first two attempts, the Panthers were penalized and moved back 15-yards for a personal foul. CAU opted to throw the ball on third and fourth down without success as CSU took over on downs with 9:38 remaining.
Facing a short-yardage situation on fourth down from its own 24-yard line, CSU opted to go for it as fullback Darius Meadors fought for two yards and a CSU first down to allow more time to run off the clock.
CAU managed to get into CSU territory again with just under five minutes to play before a heavily pressured Stafford was picked off again by Kailen Abrams to end the Panther threat.
Clark Atlanta got one more possession with 1:01 left. Stafford completed passes to Drakar and Roberson to get the Panthers down to the CSU 42-yard line. Stafford's next pass inside the Central State 10-yard line was picked off by CSU's Devon Cunningham to put the game away.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
The CSU defense held CAU to a total of four rushing yards on Saturday. CAU's four rushing yards was the fewest allowed by a CSU defense since Oct. 15 of 2016.
Returning to action, CSU All-American linebacker Kailen Abrams recorded his first interception of his collegiate career in the first quarter and his second in the fourth quarter.
CSU senior running back Terraris Saffold carried the ball a career-high 36 times and finished with a game-high 165 yards and two touchdowns. Saffold has eclipsed the century mark on the ground in back-to-back weeks.
CSU receiver Dalane Brown II has had three straight games of at least one catch for 30 or more yards. He led CSU receivers on Saturday with six receptions for 89 yards and one score.
CAU was penalized 12 times for a total of 142 yards.
CSU is 4-2 in the all-time series against CAU.
UP NEXT: The Marauders will travel to Mobile, Alabama to play in the Gulf Coast Challenge at Ladd-Peebles Stadium against Alabama A&M at 7 p.m. (Eastern) Saturday, Sept. 28.
https://www.xeniagazette.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2019/09/web1_TerrarisSaffoldCAU_PS.jpgCSU running back Terraris Saffold carried the ball a career-best 36 times, and for a game-high 165 yards in Saturday's win in Atlanta. Kevin Waters | HBCU Inc.
https://www.xeniagazette.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2019/09/web1_DelaneBrownII_PS.jpgMarauders receiver Dalane Brown II (1) has had three straight games of at least one catch for 30 or more yards. Kevin Waters | HBCU Inc.
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A Look Inside the Government's Latest Quantum Computing Efforts
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Experts say fortifying strong international collaboration is critical to advancing the emerging technology.
Though some fruits of quantum information science (think atomic clocks and CAT scan technology) are increasingly prevalent in Americans' daily lives, there is still a great deal of progress to be made across the quantum computing space, scientific experts from government, industry and academia said in Washington Wednesday.
At the end of last year, President Trump signed the National Quantum Initiative into law, which granted more than a billion in quantum research funding and followed a large effort led by the executive and legislative branches and many others from the quantum research and development community. The initiative calls on the nation to substantially increase its reasonably expansive QIS efforts.
"So we are in the process of going through that expansion, and part of that is through the president's budget, part of that is by having individual agencies of the United States government take on expanded roles," Jake Taylor, assistant director for quantum information science in the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, said.
Taylor said the policy's base is vast, but his team is expressly working to ensure that economic growth opportunities and opportunities for improving the world are baked into quantum policies and systems. He said they are also working with international collaborators to advance and govern the emerging technology.
"When you're taking the scientific space and you're trying to really push it forward, you're seeking the best answers around the world, and so the way you do that is by building and making strong collaborations to keep that culture of discovery moving," Taylor said.
The assistant director said his team participated in a "wonderful dialogue" with the European Union last month and will be engaging in a workshop this summer to look further into expanding its collaboration with the EU. He said the nations fundamentally support the same "science first" approach and understanding that policies should benefit individual citizens across diverse societies.
"What I can say is that by choosing to maintain a leadership role and to work with international collaborators and to cooperate across the world, we have the opportunity to realize that and it's up to us to maintain that strength," Taylor said. "This is what this bill is about and what we're up to—come back to me in seven years and I'll have more details."
And as for the next decade, other officials said the U.S. can expect to witness a whirlwind of progress and quantum advancements.
"We are in the late '40s and early 1950s of information technology, when machines were big and ugly and had lots of wires hanging off of them," said Bob Wisnieff, chief technology officer of quantum computing at IBM Research. "At this point, we should expect rapid generations of machines, growing capabilities, and machines that, like the IBM360 in the 1960s, are better suited to machine rooms than to your wrist."
But Wisnieff said as America moves toward the quantum advantage, experts will need to establish new fields of thought and put the right people in place to explore how the machines will evolve and influence society over time.
"We are now getting into the regime where we need to deal with a lot of the engineering challenges, because as you scale up not only will we need to continue to make scientific advances here, but we will need to develop an entire new field of engineering—how one builds these systems and constructs them and tests them and operates them on a daily basis to provide value," he said.
While there's a long way to go, insiders said the potential impacts of the technology will be monumental.
For example, Associate Director of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium Celia Merzbacher said she sees exciting possibilities at the convergence of quantum computing, artificial intelligence, 5G and other technologies connected to the internet of things.
"Some of the most exciting things that come to my mind are in the ability to optimize certain problems that will allow for driverless cars and management of these big systems of things that need to be interacting with each other," she said. "So whether it's on the energy grid space or transportation or the financial sector, there are applications I think that are going to blow all our minds."
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I find iptables to be very confusing and this script is a mish-mash of stuff I grabbed from the web where the author sounded like he knows what he's talking about and sold me on the code. So there may be some redundancies or contradictions in there. Regardless, these rules function fine as a gateway, but the torrent tracker I use keeps insisting that I'm still firewalled.
From my research, the port-forwarding section I have seems to be the standard way of doing things. Is one of my other rules superceding the port-forwarding? I tend to doubt this, because I tried deleting everything from the script except the Masquerading rule and the port forwarding rules, and I still couldn't get the ports forwarded. Any suggestions?


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Azerbaijan is working to lure investments in development of new trade routes, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at the first conference of the Silk Road Support Group of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Baku March 13.
"In particular, Azerbaijan held negotiations with Deutsche Bank and a number of other potential investors from countries interested in these routes," Mammadyarov said.
He noted that the development of international transport routes makes a significant contribution to the economic development of the OSCE region.
"Over the past few days, Azerbaijan has taken significant steps towards diversifying the economy, and in this respect, investments in transport corridors, in the view of the geographical location of Azerbaijan, are very important," the foreign minister said.
The creation of Alat free trade zone and the development of the international sea trade port in Baku are also significant economic projects of Azerbaijan, according to the minister.
He stressed that Azerbaijan is expanding its investment potential by creating favorable conditions for foreign investors, as well as developing priority non-energy areas for attracting investments.
"These steps are a part of the strategy of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. We commissioned the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway last year, which is a reliable and significant railway link for both Asia and Europe," Mammadyarov noted.
Lapis Lazuli, which will become another link between the West and East, is also a significant transport link with Azerbaijan's participation, the minister said.
The Silk Road route will serve as an important momentum for economic development of not only Azerbaijan, but all countries participating in the route, Mammadyarov added.


Investigators within the Investigation Division are comprised of non-sworn officers who are authorized with powers of arrest, the ability to execute search warrants, issue subpoenas, and effect other California law enforcement and administrative procedures. Special Investigators for the Investigation Division are highly trained non-peace officers whose primary duty is the enforcement of the California Insurance Code and other laws relating to persons and businesses, licensed or unlicensed who are engaged in the business of insurance. Special Investigators serve search warrants, testify in court, and work with local, state, and federal law enforcement. Special Investigators are required to complete a Penal Code Section 832 Arrest Course.
In addition to investigating these and other type of cases, the Division has an important role in assisting and educating consumers about insurance issues through the following programs: the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), Public Outreach, Life and Annuity Consumer Protection Program and the Auto Program.
Applying for a position as an Investigator with the Department of Insurance is the first step toward an exciting career in law enforcement. We are currently accepting applications on a continuous basis!
STEP 1: Review the Investigator JOB Bulletins for current employment information.
Under "Search Exams and Job Vacancies" use "Investigator" as the Job Title/Keyword and "Department of Insurance as the Department.
This search will bring up the current vacancies and examinations for the "Investigator" and "Special Investigator" job titles. Select the vacancies for the "Special Investigator" job title.
All available job and geographic locations will be posted on this site. Choose the one you are interested in for more information.
STEP 2: Sign up for a CalCareer Account on the California State Jobs website.
Beginning in 2016, the process of getting a job with the State of California has been updated. The process begins by creating a CalCareer account. A CalCareer Account lets you take state civil service examinations, store different versions of your state application, apply for vacancies at 150 departments, track your application status and save your resume all in one place.
Only one CalCareer account is needed.
Click here for a video tutorial on How to create a New CalCareer Account.
If you already have a CalCareer account, enter your User I.D. and Password in the "CalCareer Sign In" box on the Logon page.
STEP 3: Before you can work for the state, you must take and pass the examination for the "Special Investigator" job classification.
You must search for open examinations by using the Search Exams and Job Vacancies on the State of California State Jobs page. Once you have searched for the exam(s) you are looking for, you can view the Examination Bulletin by selecting the link under the Exams column. Once you have selected on an exam bulletin you will see a table containing all exams available for that classification. Select on the Exam ID to view the Exam Bulletin.
The Examination Bulletin also tells you what kind of examination it is. Examinations can be in-person or online. If it is an in-person Examination, there will be information about how to schedule yourself to take the Examination on the Bulletin. The Examination Bulletin will give you information about how to prepare for the Examination, including a link to the Classification Specification. Read the Classification Specification carefully for it is the legal job description providing an overview of the classification, typical tasks, and the minimum qualifications for the selected Classification.
"CLICK HERE" FOR A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL EXAM BULLETIN AND TO TAKE THE EXAM"
You can only take an examination if you meet the minimum qualifications. For example, for some jobs you might need to have a college degree or four years of experience. This is spelled out in the examination bulletin.
STEP FOUR: Complete your California State Examination/Employment Application Form 678 (Rev. 10/2013) and the required Criminal Record Supplemental Questionnaire (Rev. 02/2012).
Once you have created a CalCareer Account as articulated in Step 2, you may complete a single job application to apply for many different jobs or you can also create and save three different job applications for each job or job type you apply for. This allows you to tailor your job applications to specific positions, increasing your competitiveness.
You can submit your applications online by searching for and viewing a Job Posting and selecting the "Apply for This Job button" on the right hand side of the page. You may apply for any job posting that you meet the minimum qualifications for, have successfully passed an examination, and have an "Active" eligibility. Receipt of an Employment Inquiry Letter for a vacancy is not required.
Please follow the directions on the job posting to determine the required method of delivery (mail or electronic) for the completed standard State Application Template (STD 678), the Criminal Record Supplemental Questionnaire, and proof of meeting the minimum qualifications of the classification.


Hello, and welcome to week six, our final week of this MOOC course.
So what are we going to achieve in these last few sessions.
of various quantitative methods designed to solve various real world problems.
statistical concepts we've seen in previous weeks.
So we begin with the topic called decision tree analysis.
in week one at decision making under uncertainty.
which we don't know exactly what's going to happen in the future.
So we have these unknown or uncertain future outcomes.
So how do we look at modelling this kind of situation?
Well, decision trees help us along the way.
Well, how many suppliers should you have?
And where should you source these materials from?
Clearly, some uncertainties about the reliability maybe of the supply chains.
they've only got the resources to perhaps launch one or two to the market.
So which one are you going to launch?
but you cannot know with certainty today which one that would be.
Maybe in human resources and your hiring someone for a position.
you'd really like to know how good they will be at that particular job.
Of course, there is uncertainty when making this decision.
to see what they've achieved in the past.
but not a perfect predictor of what their future performance might be.
So here we're going to consider an example of decision analysis.
Where by we will keep it very simplified and have a single decision maker.
we'll assume the decision maker is rational individual.
Now, perhaps there is a big question mark about whether people truly are rational.
about designing models as a deliberate simplification of reality.
where there's actually going to be some strategic decision making.
which some of you may wish to study later on.
when you're playing a game of chess, you're deciding which piece to move.
you're trying to anticipate the next move of your opponent.
those two moves ahead but further moves ahead as well.
your decision making will be based on your expectations of what your opponent may do.
So, game theory, a fascinating subject.
looking at the life of John Nash really the father of game theory.
And I strongly recommend this as perhaps another field of study for you.
we're looking at non-strategic decisions.
So let's take a nice example.
Let's consider you are an ice cream manufacturer.
I'm quite passion to vanilla too.
So, let's imagine we are this ice cream manufacturer.
let's assume our sales can either be high or low.
the amount of money we'll make will depend on whether sales are high or low.
We'll just choose some arbitrary numbers just to get this example up and running.
suppose we make profits of 300,000 pounds.
However, if sales are low, let's suppose we actually make a loss of 100,000 pounds.
So remember, just think of a loss as a negative profit.
that minus sign indicates it's negative and hence represents a loss.
therefore we'll need to draw on probabilities to make this problem work.
by extension a 40% chance of low sales.
So the probability of high sales 0.6, the probability of low sales 0.4.
whereas low sales represents a failure, we lose money.
Now how can we make this into a problem of decision making under uncertainty.
if we so choose, to do some advertising.
Now advertising doesn't guarantee success.
rather it acts to increase the probability of this good outcome.
either to increase demand, that demand generation form of advertising.
Or maybe your goal is just to perhaps raise your brand awareness.
But you hope that the advertising campaign would be successful.
of demand generation or increasing brand awareness.
undertake some advertising this will increase the probability of success.
Here, a high level of sales.
So without advertising, we model the probability of success of 0.6.
Let's increase this to 0.9 in the event where we take some advertising.
we must be decreasing the probability of the bad outcome.
but that would be revised down to 0.1.
So our question is very straight forward, to advertise or not to advertise?
This is the decision we will need to make.
we know that advertising typically cost some money to undertake.
Let's assume the cost of this advertising campaign will be 100,000 pounds.
regardless of whether we end up with a high or low level of sales.
the print media, maybe online advertising, or billboards posted around a city.
if we think about word of mouth advertising.
you're likely to tell your friends, family, associates about that.
About whether to recommend buying the product, or to perhaps avoid it.
But here we'll stick with conventional advertising which costs money.
So with all of this, we now want to depict it in a decision tree.
So on the screen is our decision tree for this problem.
So how do we read this?
think of this as the time order in which events takes place.
You will see on the far left that we have a square depicted.
So in a decision tree, a square is going to represent a decision node.
So when you're effectively standing at that square, you have a decision to make.
either to advertise and hence pay for the advertising or not to advertise.
So, we see some branches stemming out from that decision node.
These branches then lead to a couple of circles.
Now these depict so-called chance nodes.
But here is something about which we have no control.
not, this is our conscious decision at the start of the game.
So this is the uncertainty being modeled.
And note here how the square comes before the circles.
whether these sales turn out to be high or low.
states in the world where we've chosen to advertise or not advertise, depicted.
And at the very end of these branches, one sees the payoffs that would accrue to us.
we did get those high sales anyway.
We make 300,000 pounds profit.
then we would have to deduct the cost of the advertising from our payoff.
And hence we would only make 200,000 pounds.
So the question, to advertise or not to advertise?
Well, here we can appeal to something called the expected monetary value.
And that's how we're going to solve this decision tree.
namely the advertise and not advertise routes.
And work out the expected monetary value in each situation.
sum them over the respective branches along one route of our tree.
0.1 probability of low sales with the loss of 200,000 pounds.
The initial loss of 100,000 less the advertising costs.
So as an expectation, this would then give us 160,000 pounds.
will give us an expected monetary value of 140,000 pounds.
So in this very simplified world, our decision is straightforward.
compare the expected monetary values.
expected monetary value, this would represent our preferred course of action.
not to advertise is indeed to advertise.
So, that's a very simple form of decision tree analysis.
we would never get in a single play of this game.
Either sales are high and we make 200,000 pounds.
Or sales are low and we've lost 200,000 pounds.
you view these as long-run averages.
we play the same game every year for ten years and we chose to advertise each time.
we would end up with high sales and make 200,000 pounds.
But one year in every ten, on average, we would lose 200000 pounds.
you will be coming up with this 160,000 pound figure.
of course the role of expectations too.
we will consider later on in week six is the issue of risk.
the risks involved with the different courses of action.
We'll see that in the next section.


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Barclays CEO Bob Diamond quits amid interest-rate rigging scandal
Cecilia Jamasmie | July 3, 2012 | 1:31 pm Energy Europe
Barclays CEO, Bob Diamond, became the first casualty of an interest rate manipulation scandal, involving over a dozen major banks worldwide. He quit Tuesday morning.
Shortly after the announcement, Barclays' newly appointed chief operating officer, Jerry del Missier, also resigned.
The news followed a $453 million fine for the bank over its handling of LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) rates, an index measuring the interbank lending rate. Barclays has admitted to submitting false rates that benefited certain derivative trades and its own financial position.
Here's the full announcement:
Barclays today announces the resignation of Bob Diamond as Chief Executive and a Director of Barclays with immediate effect. Marcus Agius will become full-time Chairman and will lead the search for a new Chief Executive. Marcus will chair the Barclays Executive Committee pending the appointment of a new Chief Executive and he will be supported in discharging these responsibilities by Sir Michael Rake, Deputy Chairman.
The search for a new Chief Executive will commence immediately and will consider both internal and external candidates. The businesses will continue to be managed by the existing leadership teams.
Bob Diamond said "I joined Barclays 16 years ago because I saw an opportunity to build a world class investment banking business. Since then, I have had the privilege of working with some of the most talented, client-focused and diligent people that I have ever come across. We built world class businesses together and added our own distinctive chapter to the long and proud history of Barclays. My motivation has always been to do what I believed to be in the best interests of Barclays. No decision over that period was as hard as the one that I make now to stand down as Chief Executive. The external pressure placed on Barclays has reached a level that risks damaging the franchise – I cannot let that happen.
I am deeply disappointed that the impression created by the events announced last week about what Barclays and its people stand for could not be further from the truth. I know that each and every one of the people at Barclays works hard every day to serve our customers and clients. That is how we support economic growth and the communities in which we live and work. I look forward to fulfilling my obligation to contribute to the Treasury Committee's enquiries related to the settlements that Barclays announced last week without my leadership in question.
I leave behind an extraordinarily talented management team that I know is well placed to help the business emerge from this difficult period as one of the leaders in the global banking industry."
Commenting, Marcus Agius said, "Bob Diamond has made an enormous contribution to Barclays over the last 16 years of distinguished service to the Group, building Barclays Investment Bank into one of the leading global investment banks in the world. As Chief Executive he has led the bank superbly. I look forward to working closely with the Chief Executives of our businesses and the other members of the executive Committee in leading Barclays world class businesses in serving our customers and clients and delivering value for our shareholders."
(Image: Bob Diamond talking about Barclays expansion in Asia, YouTube)
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Why is there so much AI in Cambridge?
Here at Luminous, we like to keep on top of what's going on in the tech sector – especially anything happening on our home turf. We pay extra close attention to any cutting-edge firms that appear out of the East Anglian tech cluster.
Over the last five years, we've spotted a trend emerging. Cambridge – East Anglia's largest city – seems to produce more AI businesses than anywhere else in the UK. Perhaps even more than London. But what is it about Cambridge that makes it the AI capital of the UK?
For starters, it doesn't hurt that the city is home to some of the sharpest minds in the world thanks to the prestigious University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University. Both of these institutions are particularly strong in areas like computing and mathematics – essential for pioneering research in AI.
Secondly, a number of the world's biggest tech firms have relocated their AI research and development teams to Cambridge. Think Google, Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft – more on what they're up to, later.
While all these things certainly contribute to the growth of AI in Cambridge, it's impossible to say that one caused the other, or even which happened first. It's probably a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy: once enough key players picked Cambridge, their competitors couldn't risk getting left behind.
Cambridge's interest in AI has historic origins. In 1936, Alan Turing invented the Universal Computing Machine at Kings College, Cambridge. This set the principle for modern computers as we know them. He later went on to create a test for defining whether computers can 'think' like humans – AKA the Turing Test.
As academics in Cambridge continued to develop computing tech, the presence of AI in the city developed too. Students seeking a formal qualification can now study for an MPhil in Machine Learning & Machine Intelligence at the University of Cambridge.
AI can revolutionise any sector with its ability to learn and identify patterns: health tech, biology, business, and agriculture have all benefitted from the application of machine learning. To ensure AI isn't confined to the computer science department, the University of Cambridge has an artificial intelligence group. This supports academics across disciplines who are engaged in AI projects. Just one such project is the LION LBD system. Developed in Cambridge, it uses AI to help cancer scientists keep up to date with published discoveries in their field.
In fact, Cambridge even has its own academic institution dedicated to research in AI: the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. Based at the University of Cambridge, the centre partners with a number of other great institutions, including the University of Oxford, Imperial College London, and the University of California, Berkeley. The centre runs research projects on the more nuanced areas of AI, such as security, justice, legality, and ethics.
As we mentioned earlier, some of the world's biggest tech companies have located their artificial intelligence teams in Cambridge – perhaps because they know they can find the specialist talent they need there.
In May last year, Samsung announced the opening of a new AI research Centre in Cambridge. The year before, Amazon opened its Cambridge AI centre too.
Microsoft and Apple also have R&D facilities in Cambridge, with a focus on AI projects.
While it's great to see global players taking an interest in the East Anglian city, some tech academics worry there's not enough talent to go round. The high salaries offered by these giants may leave the universities without the specialists they need for their research. An AI academic speaking to the BBC revealed that anyone with previous machine learning academic experience could "name their price". They also said that they expected to see UK AI salaries spiral quickly.
Since talent is regularly cited as one of the largest challenges for East Anglia, we hope that Cambridge's AI scene can play its part to develop the skills of the region and attract more talent as needed.
This exciting startup is working to create self-driving, shared transport systems for some of Europe's biggest cities. After raising $35 million, the firm announced last year that their first on-street trial of driverless cars would start in London at the end of 2019.
Benevolent AI use artificial intelligence to speed up the process of drug development. Founded in London, the firm opened up a facility in Cambridge last year after they acquired a lab at the Babraham Research Campus. Benevolent AI is one of just a handful of tech 'unicorns' in the UK (companies valued over £1bn).
Darktrace is the world's leading AI firm for cybersecurity. Darktrace is "based on the human immune system", and uses AI to detect viruses and threats within a computer network. After a $50m raise at the end of last year, the firm is another UK unicorn: valued at $1.5bn.
GeoSpock's tech simulates the human brain to analyse vast data sets in real-time. Its analysing power allows users to track and predict customer journeys, traffic flows, and other real-world interactions. This insight can help bricks-and-mortar stores compete with online retailers.
Everyone uses Arm technology – they manufacture the chips used in smartphones. They also develop AI tech used in smartphones: predictive text, speech recognition, and computational photography. The firm was acquired by Japanese SoftBank for £24bn in 2017.
There are over 7,000 rare diseases affecting 350 million people worldwide – and over 95% of them don't have a treatment. HealX's HealNet platform uses AI to accelerate the treatment of rare diseases.
PROWLER.io is a general purpose AI decision making platform. It can be used in logistics, to reduce traffic flow problems and manage resources. It can also used for financial planning and analysis.
Disclaimer: while we've done plenty of research, this might not be the full extent of the AI scene in Cambridge. Let us know of any businesses we've forgotten, and we'll gladly add them to the list!
We'd like to close with a rather nice quote we found when researching this article.
"In my experience, Silicon Valley is 10% tech and 90% hype, but Cambridge is just the opposite".
We'll certainly be keeping our eyes on the AI capital of the UK.
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It's officially summer and that means weddings. Which means a lot of work. If the influx of tiny veils and personalized party favors has reminded you that you have your own special day to plan for, let Google help you out with that with Google Weddings.
Google Weddings is mostly just a collection of the preexisting apps but now with tips on how to optimize your wedding planning. There's a lot of details that go into planning and executing a full wedding and Google has pretty much everything you need to get through it. The site just breaks down the planning steps and the correct apps to use to make it a bit easier by integrating things like Hangouts and Calendar into the mix.
It does have a few specialized items to help. They threw in some wedding themed templates to help build a website and also a spreadsheet for the budget and other things. Weddings are super expensive. If you're not great with planning and the idea of putting together your special day gives you anxiety, Google is here to help and bonus, it's free and chances are you're already using at least some of it.


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The Swiftly Tilting Land of Tsunamy is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by L Woods with a fair hand, and notable for its lack of airports, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 24.504 billion Tsunami are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vertigo City. The average income tax rate is 95.4%.
The thriving Tsunami economy, worth a remarkable 2,127 trillion verts a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is 86,834 verts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The price of takeaway food quadruples after 6pm, the 'Museum Of Stuff We Stole' is a tourist favourite, hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework, and drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tsunamy's national animal is the glittered hamster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Tsunamy is ranked 119,266th in the world and 5,466th in the South Pacific for Most Pro-Market, scoring 32.89 on the Rand Index.
31 minutes ago : Tsunamy was endorsed by The Republic of New Lousara.
8 hours ago : Tsunamy endorsed The Federal Republic of Cantoron.
10 hours ago : Tsunamy was endorsed by The Federal Republic of Cantoron.
12 hours ago : Tsunamy endorsed The Republic of Mangnmangn.
15 hours ago : Tsunamy was endorsed by The Republic of Mangnmangn.
1 day 10 hours ago : Tsunamy endorsed The Republic of Dasko.
1 day 10 hours ago : Tsunamy endorsed The Principality of Hopatcong.
1 day 10 hours ago : Tsunamy endorsed The Republic of German Hapsburg.
1 day 10 hours ago : Tsunamy endorsed The Most Serene Republic of New Capitalist Venice.
1 day 11 hours ago : Tsunamy was endorsed by The Most Serene Republic of New Capitalist Venice.
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De transparantie van de toezichtprocedures moet worden verbeterd: enerzijds meer helderheid over de verschillende toezichtprocedures en commissies en anderzijds een meer gebruiksvriendelijke en zichtbare afbakening van de verschillende toezichthoudende taken en organen met behulp van moderne technologie.
Dat is een onderdeel van de aanbevelingen uit het rapport dat Judge Abdul Koroma (Sierra Leone, voorzitter ILO Committee of Experts) en Paul van der Heijden (voorzitter ILO Committee Freedom of Association) opstelden op verzoek van de Governing Body van de ILO over een herziening van het toezichtmechanisme van de International Labour Organization. De suggesties die in het rapport worden gedaan hebben betrekking op transparantie, zichtbaarheid en samenhang, mandaten en de interpretatie van conventies, en werkdruk, efficientie en effectiviteit.
The present report was requested by the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) at its 323rd Session in March 2015. The Governing Body requested the Chairperson of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR), Judge Abdul Koroma (Sierra Leone), and the Chairperson of the Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA), Professor Paul van der Heijden (Netherlands), to jointly prepare a report on the interrelationship, functioning and possible improvement of the various supervisory procedures related to articles 22, 23, 24 and 26 of the ILO Constitution and the complaints mechanism on freedom of association. During the drafting process of this report, the authors received perspectives from the ILO's tripartite constituents. Where possible, these are reflected in the report.
The different supervisory procedures of the ILO serve a common purpose: the effective observance of international labour standards, particularly in relation to ratified Conventions. The existing connections between the supervisory mechanisms therefore operate in respect of obligations freely assumed by the Organization's member States through the ratification of Conventions. Nevertheless, obligations in respect of unratified instruments are also an important area of attention for the supervisory bodies.
The supervisory mechanism has developed over time to meet changing societal realities and challenges. The current system of supervision is one of the oldest and one of the most sophisticated international monitoring mechanisms in existence. An analysis of and comparison with (other) United Nations (UN) Human Rights monitoring mechanisms did not reveal specific shortcomings of the ILO system.
The ILO supervisory procedures are complementary. The effective functioning of the supervisory system as a whole is based on the links and interactions between the different elements. Tripartism is vital for the effective functioning of the supervisory bodies and for preventing unnecessary duplication.
Many cases of progress illustrate the significant impact the different supervisory bodies have in promoting compliance with international labour standards. A combination of supervisory tools, such as reporting obligations, technical assistance and on-site missions contributes to the effectiveness of the system.
While the system functions adequately, it is necessary to evaluate and enhance it on a continuous basis. In this report, various recommendations are put forward in this respect. These suggestions are related to: (a) transparency, visibility and coherence; (b) mandates and the interpretation of Conventions; and (c) workload, efficiency and effectiveness.
It is critical that mechanisms are put in place to improve upon the transparency of the supervisory mechanism. Clarity with respect to the procedures and committees within the system could be enhanced by strengthening the avenues for dialogue between the different supervisory bodies. Furthermore, transparency can be achieved by utilizing more "userfriendly" and "visible" methods for delineating the different supervisory tasks of the different supervisory bodies using available modern technology. In relation to questions about the interpretation of Conventions, the ILO Constitution offers two distinct options under article 37(1)–(2).
Reducing the workload of the various bodies could be achieved by increasing the capacity of the different bodies, but also by exploring meticulously the use of independent and impartial national mechanisms for conflict settlement that precede recourse to the ILO's bodies.
Improved coordination of supervision and technical assistance will also lead to more effective compliance with international labour standards. It is generally recognized that the ILO's supervisory system succeeds in promoting the application of labour standards. Bolstering the transparency, accessibility, awareness and coherence of the system nevertheless demands unceasing attention. Moreover, measuring the impact of international labour standards is essential for the continuous efforts to strengthen the ILO supervisory system. The present report contributes to these ongoing efforts.
Het rapport is onlangs aanvaard door de Governing Body van de ILO en zal als basis dienen voor de verdere discussie over de herziening van het toezichtmechanisme.
Bij de vraag of aan de werkloosheid een dringende reden ten grondslag ligt, wordt niet langer onderscheid gemaakt tussen de objectief dringende reden en de subjectief dringende reden voor zover daarmee wordt gedoeld op de voortvarendheid waarmee de werkgever bij de beëindiging van het dienstverband heeft gehandeld.
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GWNET brings you the 14th instalment of the "Meet the Women in the Energy Transition" series which celebrates the work and achievements of the women who are part of GWNET's 2/2019 Mentoring Programme. This mentoring programme contains 22 mentee-mentor tandems, with mentees from over 15 countries. Meet GWNET mentor, Barbara Fischer-Aupperle. Barbara holds an Executive Master of Business Administration (Business Engineering and Change Management) from the St. Gallen University in Switzerland. She has over 30 years experience in the hydropower industry with expertise in various sales service functions, as Head of Global Communications and Head of Global Sustainability at Voith Hydro. In 2015, Barbara was awarded the "Woman with hydro vision" prize by Hydrovision International/Pennwell, in recognition of her significant contributions to improving and advancing hydropower. Today, Barbara uses her broad spectrum of knowledge in sustainability, her business acumen and experience, in combination with her industry insights, as an independent coach, consultant, mentor and speaker.
I work as a coach for various women cross-mentoring programmes and I also coach individuals for their personal and professional growth. At this time, I serve as a mentor at the St. Gallen University in Switzerland and at the University of Aalen in Germany, as well as being part of the US Women in Hydropower mentoring programme and the GWNET 2/2019 mentoring programme.
My most recent achievement is serving in the capacity as founding member of GWNET, where we aim to empower women working in sustainable energy, in all parts of the world.
My favourite parts of what I do include being connected to young(er) women; networking and supporting other women to network within their professional and private surroundings; as well as helping and encouraging women to find their own authentic path and create their desired work-life environment.
It was always important for me to contribute to true sustainability, not only in energy, but also in the economic and social fields. Thanks to the Sustainable Development Goals, there are identified fields of action for the whole world to define and measure progress. We have a long way to go to achieve this development and experience a global transition. As we move forward each year, I see progress in political frameworks and corporate approaches, however, it is still very slow!
Germany is considered to be a champion in the energy transition. However, I see this transition as happening too slowly, too reluctantly and with too little technical innovation and visionary thinking! There is too much lip service and not enough action to reach the targeted results!
When I started out in in 1980 in a hydropower company, there were no jobs for women except as assistants, secretaries, translators, etc. In fact, the engineers were all men.
However, inter-cultural collaboration within a truly global corporation helped made it easier for women to climb the career ladder outside of engineering, but I perceive that the gender bias became more intense, as women came up to higher levels and begun competing against men.
Working hard at the expense of creating a work-life balance was in the DNA of this corporation. I made my way through with resilience and passion about the work that I was doing in international sales, communications, and sustainability. I also made myself heard and seen in some of the most crucial moments where new positions were out to be taken. I would still have liked to either have role models or female mentors to help me move forward with more self-assurance. This I had to build up myself.
Today, there are more female engineers coming into the sector, mostly in IT, less so in the classical engineering disciplines. However, the sector is still dominated by men who hardly recognise that functions like communication or sustainability are as equally value-adding to projects as their contribution.
I helped to found GWNET after I had retired from corporate life, because I wanted to create a global network for women in the sector to better connect, support, and learn from each other.
Today, as a coach and mentor, I support a series of young women in 5 different programmes. My main goal as a mentor is to assist women in a world that is still biased and gender imbalanced, so that they can make their way through and gain the self-confidence needed in their professional work, as well as in their private life.
Work hard, present your talents, develop yourself constantly; do not forget or neglect to benchmark yourself especially for equal treatment in work and pay; play authentically, be self-confident, and love the work you do. It is a great sector, whose technology will contribute vitally to combating climate change!
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Arthur Saint-Léon, egentligen Arthur Michel, född 17 september 1815 eller 1821 i Paris, Frankrike, död 2 september 1870 i Paris, var en fransk balettdansör och koreograf.

Saint-Léon fick sin grundläggande skolning i Stuttgart innan han avlade balettexamen i Paris. Han kom med tiden att uppträda på scener över hela Europa, bland annat i Milano, Wien, London och Paris. Hans danspartner var den italienska ballerinan Fanny Cerrito, som senare blev hans hustru.

Saint-Léon var även en framstående koreograf och skapade bland annat baletterna La Vivandière (1844), Violon du diable (1849) och Coppélia (1870).

Baletter
 La Vivandière (1844)
 La Fille de marbre (1847)
 Le Violon du diable (1849)
 Stella (1850)
 Pâquerette (1851)
 Le Lutin de la vallée (1853)
 Le Danseur du roi (1853)
 La Rosière (1854)
 Lia la bayadère (1854)
 La Perle de Séville (1861)
 Fiammetta (1864)
 Le Petit Cheval bossu (1864)
 La Source (1866)
 Le Poisson doré (1866)
 Coppélia (1870)

Avlidna 1870
Franska koreografer
Franska balettdansörer
Män
Födda 1800-talet
Personer från Paris
Franska balettdansare under 1800-talet

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Assessment of various scenarios for the development of mineral deposits in the region (as exemplified by the Republic of Tuva)
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30686/1609-9192-2021-6-99-102
Dabiev D.F., Chupikova S.A., Chuldum A.F.
Tuvinian Institute for Exploration of Natural Resources of Siberian Branch of RAS, Kyzyl, Russian Federation
Russian Mining Industry №6 / 2021 р. 99-102
Abstract: It is shown that Tuva has a sufficiently rich mineral and raw material diversity and the potential for their development. Nevertheless, the development of the republic is hindered by the existence of transport and infrastructure restrictions, to eliminate which, first of all, it is necessary to build a railway along the Kyzyl-Kuragino highway. On the other hand, given the border area of the territory that adjoins western Mongolia, there is a possibility of implementing various scenarios for the construction of railway tracks. The calculations performed to evaluate scenarios for the development of mineral resources of the republic using methods of intersectoral assessment shows that when implementing a pessimistic option for the development of the potential of mineral resources of Tuva (in which the construction of the railway to Tuva is frozen and only deposits of non-ferrous metals and gold are developed), the gross regional product of the republic will grow to 164 billion rubles, which will be 45% of the growth of this indicator in relation to the GRP of 2018. With the implementation of the optimistic option I, (in which it is planned to build a railway along the Kuragino-Kyzyl highway, coal deposits, non-ferrous metals, gold are being developed), the GRP of the republic will grow up to 351 billion rubles. In addition, calculations have been made for the construction of railways that would connect Tuva with Mongolia and China.
Keywords: investments, development scenarios, economic assessment, mineral resource potential, interindustry balance model, efficiency
Acknowledgments: The reported study was funded by RFBR, project number 20-010-00415. This work was performed under the state assignment of the Tuvinian Institute for Exploration of Natural Resources of Siberian Branch of RAS (project №0307-2021-0005).
For citation: Dabiev D.F., Chupikova S.A., Chuldum A.F. Assessment of various scenarios for the development of mineral deposits in the region (as exemplified by the Republic of Tuva). Gornaya promyshlennost = Russian Mining Industry. 2021;(6):99–102. DOI: 10.30686/1609-9192-2021-6-99-102.
Revised: 22.11.2021
Accepted: 24.11.2021
Information about the authors
David F. Dabiev – Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Head of Regional Economic's Laboratory, Tuvinian Institute for Exploration of Natural Resources of Siberian Branch of RAS Kyzyl, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Svetlana A. Chupikova – Cand. Sci. (Geogr.), Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Geoinformatics and Process Modeling, Tuvinian Institute for Exploration of Natural Resources of Siberian Branch of RAS Kyzyl, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Anatoly F. Chuldum – Researcher at the Laboratory of Geoinformatics and Process Modeling, Tuvinian Institute for Exploration of Natural Resources of Siberian Branch of RAS Kyzyl, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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