Now common in both IT / software and other technological fields as well, the focus on this position is typically overseeing the development of technology to be commercialized.

In a sense, the court was a supervisory body, overseeing the operations of lower courts, though its members could hear cases by direct appeal as well.

ONSC was responsible for developing, exercising, and validating agency wide continuity of operations and continuity of government plans as well as overseeing and maintaining continuity readiness including the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center.

Mayor Chuck Mummert — The mayor is elected to a four-year term and is responsible for overseeing the police department, as well as performing ceremonial duties.

The board is responsible for setting the county's policies, procedures, and budgets as well as overseeing functions of their respective road and bridge shops.

The county is named for Jett Thomas, officer in the War of 1812 who is also known for overseeing the construction of the first building at the University of Georgia ( originally referred to as Franklin College and known today as Old College ) as well as the state capitol at Milledgeville.

Because he personally enjoys taking care of ships ' engines, Holman bucks the " coolie " system, overseeing the operation of the power plant himself-thereby antagonizing not only the chief engine-room coolie, Chien, but his ship-mates as well.

* In the computer game Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom, the Qin Dynasty campaign has the player as the head architect of Qin Shi Huang, in charge of overseeing the construction of the capital, the Lingqu canal, the Great Wall, as well as his tomb and the terracotta army, although the game takes liberties with the time frames in which these events actually took place.

The City Administrator is responsible for implementing the policies of the Council as well as overseeing day-to-day operations of the city.

He founded or owned the mill, the Blank Book Company, the Planing Mill, and the local bank, as well as overseeing the town's modernization at the turn of the century, including the introduction of electricity, and a public water supply.

As the mayor of Shanghai from 1989 to 1991, Zhu won popular respect and acclaim for overseeing the development of Pudong, a Singapore-sized Special Economic Zone ( SEZ ) wedged between Shanghai proper and the East China Sea, as well the modernization of the city's telecommunications, urban construction, and transport sectors.

In 1995, he resigned from Hat Trick and returned to the BBC as BBC Television's Head of Comedy, requesting his contract stipulated " his continued role as a programme producer ," as well as overseeing the department.

It is likely that in the next few decades, future technology will make the controller more of a systems manager overseeing decisions made by automated systems and manually intervening to resolve situations not handled well by the computers, rather than being automated out of existence altogether.

The Council's key responsibilities include appointing the Vice Chancellor and Principal, approving the strategic direction and annual budget, establishing operational policies and procedures, and overseeing academic and commercial activities as well as risk management.

As well, Porter was responsible for overseeing compilations of previously unissued material by Isaac Hayes, Randy Brown, The Bar-Kays, Albert King and The Emotions.

During this phase of his career he was responsible for initiating two hugely popular fantasy series, The Avengers and Doctor Who, as well as overseeing the production of groundbreaking social realist drama series such as Armchair Theatre and The Wednesday Play.

In 1978, Davis was arrested again, this time for allegedly hiring a hitman to murder his wife Priscilla, as well as the judge overseeing their ongoing divorce litigation.

Maunsell was responsible for initial attempts at locomotive standardisation on the Southern, as well as overseeing the introduction of electric traction.

Before and during the Vietnam War, Colby served as Chief of Station in Saigon, Chief of the CIA's Far East Division, and head of the Civil Operations and Rural Development effort, as well as overseeing the Phoenix Program.

The Foreign Relations Committee is generally responsible for overseeing ( but not administering ) and funding foreign aid programs as well as funding, arms sales and training for national allies.

All former village, town and city councils joined into the new township or city council ; and an overseeing regional council handled the former county-level responsibilities, as well as now providing police service for the region as a whole.

5 GObC Unit, commanded by an RCAF squadron leader, and manned by RCAF personnel as well as seven paid civilian employees, was responsible for overseeing the operation of Ground Observer Corps detachments and Observation Posts in Ontario at North Bay, Brockville, London and Peterborough, and at Winnipeg, Manitoba.

It does as its title explains: It secures the network, as well as protecting and overseeing operations being done.

Ralph M. Herzig was elected as Executive Trustee and Director of the Laymen ’ s Home Missionary Movement in 2004, and assumed the office of General Editor of The Bible Standard and Present Truth magazines as well as overseeing the pilgrim service, which functions as a speakers bureau serving its many congregations and tendering evangelistic service to outside groups and individuals on request.

By 1977-78, he was overseeing an increasing series of clashes with Vietnamese forces along the border, as well as mounting a massive purge of Eastern Zone cadres considered to have Vietnamese links.

* 1859 – Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.

In light of the economic gap between rich and poor countries, movement adherents claim “ free trade ” without measures in place to protect the environment and the health and well being of workers will contribute only to the strengthening the power of industrialized nations ( often termed the " North " in opposition to the developing world's " South ").

These include the regional competitions in Asia ( Badminton Asia Championships ) and Europe ( European Badminton Championships ), which produce the world's best players as well as the Pan America Badminton Championships.

File: Sleeping Reindeer 4512630872 d31dcb1207 o. jpg | Room 3-Swimming Reindeer carving, France, Ice-Age 13, 000 years ( both one of the world's oldest works of art, as well as the oldest work of art in the British Museum's collection )

Cambridge is also the birthplace of Thai king Bhumibol Adulyadej ( Rama IX ), who is the world's longest reigning monarch at age 82 ( 2010 ), as well as the longest reigning monarch in Thai history.

Cairo has the oldest and largest film and music industries in the Arab World, as well as the world's second-oldest institution of higher learning, al-Azhar University.

This may well have been the world's first video game.

This system divides the world's forests into 26 major types, which reflect climatic zones as well as the principal types of trees.

It contains Christopher Street and the Stonewall Inn, important landmarks, as well as the world's oldest gay and lesbian bookstore, Oscar Wilde Bookshop, founded in 1967.

The country is also well known for its influential and innovative business economic sector, an industrious and competitive agricultural sector ( Italy is the world's largest wine producer ), and for its creative and high-quality automobile, industrial, appliance and fashion design.

Since 1999, the Isle of Man has received electricity through the world's longest submarine AC cable, the 90 kV Isle of Man to England Interconnector, as well as from a natural gas power station in Douglas, an oil power station in Peel and a small hydro-electric power station in Sulby Glen.

It has been described as the " world's most notorious micronation " as well as the " world's smallest and weirdest " country "".

The Cheshunt line is notable as it was the world's first monorail to carry passengers, as well as the first railway line to be opened in Hertfordshire.

The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations as well as thousands of small startups.

Some of the world's larger cities culturally, if not officially, span into multiple counties and those crossing state or provincial boundaries culturally are quite common as well, but are rarely incorporated within the same municipal government.

Intel, the world's largest manufacturer, has facilities in Europe and Asia as well as the U. S. Other top manufacturers include Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ( Taiwan ),

Almost as well known as L ' Apocalypse des animaux, the resulting soundtrack would bring him to the attention of some of the world's top filmmakers.

Among public wikis, MediaWiki is the dominant software: it powers the world's most popular public wiki, Wikipedia, as well as the most popular wiki farm, Wikia, and it is the most popular software in use on other public wikis as well.

The gray wolf is one of the world's most well researched animals, with probably more books written about it than any other wildlife species.

* Ignacy Lukasiewicz drills the world's first oil well in Poland, in Bóbrka near Krosno County.

She instigated profound social and civil reforms, as well as the construction of many of the buildings that still today constitute the pride of the city, like the Teatro alla Scala, inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and today one of the world's most famous opera houses.

Between one-half and two-thirds of the world's population, in traditional societies as well as developed countries, still live or work in a building made with clay as an essential part of its load-bearing structure.

It is important to understand how plants achieve resistance to protect the world's food production, as well as the agricultural industry.