Children take SATs twice during their school career. The first time is in Key Stage 1, at the end of Year 2.
Teachers are responsible for judging the standards that the children are working at in English, maths and science by the end of Key Stage 1. To help inform these judgements, children sit national curriculum tests (SATs). The tests are a tool for teachers to help them to measure a child's performance and identify his/her needs as they move into Key Stage 2. They also allow teachers to see how the child is performing against national expected standards.
Children take SATs in reading and maths. There is also an optional spelling test and punctuation and grammar test.
The tests can be taken any time during May. The majority of children will take them in their normal classroom and they are administered by the class teacher. The tests are timetabled into the normal school day. Teachers have the option to stop the test at any point that they feel is appropriate for a particular child.
Teachers will use the results from the tests, along with other work that the child has done throughout the year, to help them reach their own judgements. Although the test are set externally, they are marked by teachers within the school. Children are given a scaled score. A score below 100 indicates that the child needs more support and a score above 100 suggests that the child is working at a higher level than expected for their age.
Paper 1 lasts for approximately 30 minutes and has 400-700 words. Children read the text and answer questions as they 'go along'.
Paper 2 lasts for approximately 40 minutes and has 800-1100 words. Children read the booklet first then answer questions in a separate booklet.
The texts in the reading papers cover a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, and get progressively more difficult towards the end of the test.
At St Chad's, we recognise that our Year 2 children are still very young and we therefore keep the 'testing' procedure informal. The majority of our children will sit their tests in their normal classrooms alongside their peers. All of our tests are administered by the class teachers and they are timetabled as part of our normal school day. We allocate a two-week 'administration' window for all of the tests to be taken so that no child feels overwhelmed. In the run-up to the SATs, we practise covering our learning displays and moving our tables so that children feel safe, secure and relaxed.
We want to assure all of our parents that SATs aren't about 'passing or failing'. They are used to reflect the level your child is working to. Therefore, SATs should never be seen as a one-off period in the school calendar but as a part of the overall teaching your child receives throughout the entire academic year. We report the outcomes of the SATs in our end of year reports in July.
The key to making SATs less stressful for your child is not to panic yourself. Children are well prepared for SATs throughout their school life, as teachers regularly carry out this type of assessment but you can support your child by regularly supporting them with their home learning outside of school.
There are also a lot of commercially published and very useful practice materials available and a number of very good websites to support learning in general – but remember to give your child extra work to do in moderation. Play and quality family time are still vital at this young age!
The format of SATs and the mark scheme changed in 2016 but the new-style papers are now available to download. Sample test papers can be downloaded from here.
A useful video explaining the SATs can be viewed here.


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Q: String offset in constructor (C++) Anyone to give me some advice how to get this? Thank you for any advice.
I am able to get this:
l1 [start]
l2 [start]
l3 [start]
l3 [end]
l4 [start]
l4 [end]
l2 [end]
l1 [end]

But I need this:
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tasks.h
#pragma once

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

class Logger {
    std::ostream& a;
    std::string b;
    std::string strOffset;

public:
    Logger(std::ostream& a, std::string b);

    ~Logger();

    Logger sublogger(std::string sub);

};

tasks.cpp
#include "tasks.h"

Logger::Logger(std::ostream& a, std::string b) : a(a), b(b) {
    a << strOffset << b << " [start]" << std::endl;
}

Logger::~Logger() {
    a << b << " [end]" << std::endl;
}

Logger Logger::sublogger(std::string sub) {

    return Logger(a, sub);
};

This is how test case looks like:
TEST_CASE("Create subloggers") {
        std::stringstream ss;
        {
            Logger logger(ss, "l1");
            {
                auto logger2 = logger.sublogger("l2");

                {
                    auto logger3 = logger2.sublogger("l3");
                }

                auto logger4 = logger.sublogger("l4");
            }
        }
        std::string testString = ss.str();

        REQUIRE(ss.str() == R"(l1 [start]
  l2 [start]
    l3 [start]
    l3 [end]
  l4 [start]
  l4 [end]
  l2 [end]
l1 [end]
)");

Live test

A: I don't know what a RAAI Logger is, so it might not be it, but it works for your test case:
tasks.cpp
#include "tasks.h"

Logger::Logger(std::ostream& a, std::string b) : a(a), b(b), offset(0) {
    a << b << " [start]" << std::endl;
}

Logger::Logger(std::ostream& a, std::string b, int offset) : a(a), b(b), offset(offset) {
    printOffset();

    a << b << " [start]" << std::endl;
}

Logger::~Logger() {
    printOffset();

    a << b << " [end]" << std::endl;
}

void Logger::printOffset() {
    for(int i = 0; i < offset; i++) {
        a << "  ";
    }
}

Logger Logger::sublogger(std::string sub) {
    return Logger(a, sub, offset + 1);
};

tasks.h
#pragma once

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

class Logger {
    std::ostream& a;
    std::string b;
    int offset;

    void printOffset();

public:
    Logger(std::ostream& a, std::string b);
    Logger(std::ostream& a, std::string b, int offset);

    ~Logger();

    Logger sublogger(std::string sub);

};

A: class Logger {
    std::ostream& out;
    const std::string name;
    const std::string prefix;

public:
    Logger(std::ostream& stream, std::string name);
    ~Logger();
    Logger sublogger(std::string sub);

private:
    Logger(std::ostream& stream, std::string name, std::string prefix);

    Logger(const Logger&) = default;
    Logger(Logger&&) = default;
    Logger& operator=(const Logger&) = delete;
    Logger& operator=(Logger&&) = delete;
};

Logger::Logger(std::ostream& stream, std::string name, std::string prefix)
    : out(stream)
    , name(name)
    , prefix(prefix)
{
    out << prefix << name << " [start]" << std::endl;
}

Logger::Logger(std::ostream& stream, std::string name)
    : Logger(stream, name, {})
{
}

Logger::~Logger()
{
    out << prefix << name << " [end]" << std::endl;
}

Logger Logger::sublogger(std::string sub)
{
    return Logger(out, sub, prefix + "  ");
};

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Mayo High School students get up-close look at hospitality industry
Mayo High School Students Learn Hospitality Business
Published: Dec. 5, 2022 at 6:00 PM CST
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Students at Mayo High School got the chance to learn what it's like to run a restaurant when a local entrepreneur came to speak with them Monday.
The Foundations of Culinary Arts is a class at each RPS high school that serves as a pathway to a hospitality career.
The program was started six years ago in a response the local hospitality community's desire to introduce students to the industry. It's a sector of the economy that continues to struggle with staffing issues, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
Pasquale Presa owns Pasquale's Neighborhood Pizzeria. He is an immigrant from Italy and discussed how hard work, determination and the ability to change game plans has helped him succeed. One way he was able to adapt was branching by selling products outside of the restaurant setting.
"There was time during the pandemic where I would cry," he said. "That I was scared on how are we going to do this? What are we gonna do? And, that biggest fear is what made me more protective of our home, of our restaurant. And i really dug deep in there. We are gonna make pizza sauce, we're gonna create tomato sauce. We're gonna apply for the FDA license so I can import product."
Presa urged students to get a part-time job and to learn what it means to work hard for dreams.
"I started working when I was 11," he said. "We were poor, I had to work to help my family. Never give up on your dreams. Find that passion and work hard."

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Be Not Afraid. The Illuminati created the Cold War as a threat to the US (New Babylon) so it would build up its military. Communism was the next boogy-man. Hays says that there was NEVER a chance that we would have a nuclear war with the Soviet Union because it would devastate the earth for years to come. I am old enough to remember ducking under desks, and being in a constant state of fear. But I drew a blank when it came to what they would do to me when they got me. I was naive. But as Hays says, after a while, the drills were dropped. The first conflict sponsored by the Illuminati between Democracy and Communism was the Korean War. After the war, North Korea and South Korea were divided at the 38th parallel. The Soviet Union occupied North Korea and the US occupied South Korea. The Cold War was an excuse for building our military into a global police force, using fiat money printed by the Federal Reserve, which put the taxpayers in debt. It was also an excuse to create the CIA which, according to Hays, is "the secret police of the Illuminati, carrying out their clandestine orders all over the globe." The US has 662 military bases in 38 foreign countries and a military presence in another 100+ countries. Thus the military is in almost 140 out of 196 countries on earth, and if there's aggression in or toward any of those countries, our military goes into action, again at taxpayer expense. Why are we supposed to be the world's police? These countries don't even like our presence. And why should we be applying sanctions to any country? Who gave us that right? We can't be spreading democracy because we aren't a democracy–we are a Constitutional Republic. Says Hays: "We footed the bill for the military takeover of nearly the rest of the world…and our own financial enslavement." Now we come to the infamous false flag event known as the Gulf of Tonkin Attack. It was alleged that North Vietnamese gun boats had fired on the USS Maddox. Congress overwhelmingly passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. They had not fired on the Maddox; it was just an excuse to send troops into Vietnam. By 1969 half a million troops were in Vietnam. The US wanted all-out war in Vietnam; it was an excuse to test new weapons, distract and divide the American people, etc. We know factually that this incident was a false flag because declassified tapes prove that LBJ knew the Tonkin incident never happened (Hays). Declassified papers show that several Senators knew the Tonkin incident was a false flag, but were afraid to speak out due to fear of retaliation from the proponents of the NWO, "who were assassinating political figures left and right in the 1960s"(Hays). *********** The Cold War ended around 1989-90. Saddam Hussein is tricked by US Ambassador Glaspie into thinking he had the green light from the US to invade Kuwait. Hays calls her a false flag. She was certainly false, because the US needed a pretext for invading the Middle East. When Kuwait was invaded, its neighbors were alarmed and called on the US to do something. Well, of course we'll do something! This was called the Persian Gulf War aka Operation Desert Storm. After 42 days of bombing precious historical sites and stealing artifacts, GHW Bush declared a cease-fire. The excuse for the next war was the non-existent weapons of mass destruction. But 9/11 was the false flag that was the excuse for invading Afghanistan and later Iraq again. Hays says that the "War on Terror" is the new war created by the Illuminati to keep us in line, to keep us in fear, to keep us distracted." He's right. I'm careful what I say on the phone, on this blog, to a person I know who works for Goldman-Sachs. I don't open emails unless I know who they'er from. But they don't control me: I listen to whistleblower testimony on Project Camelot, I buy books for my kindle about classified subjects and I browse on the Internet where ever I want to go. I'm 72 and I love secrets, and I'll go where ever to find them. Hays says that the Homeland Security Police State is virtually identical to Nazi Germany under the Gestapo. Yes, they monitor our phone calls, our browsing activity, what we write on the computer, what we watch on the TV, what we read on electronic devices. They say they have algorithms that only picks out certain words such as terrorism. Do you believe them?
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Previous Post Be Afraid.Before I continue with Hays' contribution, I want to explain the relationship between the Reptilian aliens and the Illuminati. Human genetics has been manipulated by many ET groups. Humans are actually ETs themselves, having come to Earth from another star system. Reptilians were the first ETs to colonize Earth, but they had been driven underground by wars with other ET groups. This is the source of stories about hell and devils. They knew they wouldn't be welcome if they came out of the underworld, so they decided to kidnap humans from Sumer and cross-breed with them to form a hybrid. The Reptilian had both male and female sex organs in the same body, but humans had two distinct sexes.Nevertheless, the plan succeeded. The Reptilians had copper in their blood, which made it blue-green, and they passed it on to the hybrids. This is the source of the term 'blue-bloods,' and thus arose the blue blood lineage. The god and goddess of Sumer have human shaped bodies in Reptilian form. This is where it all started. Hybridization, mixing Reptilian blood with human blood, creating a human that would have a Reptilian agenda-all this led to shapeshifting. This hybrid could take over the world without being discovered. But there's a problem. Being a 50/50 split, the body doesn't know which way to manifest. If it has a Reptilian mind-set, it will manifest Reptilian. If it has a human mind-set, it will manifest human. But if a creature constantly manifests a Reptilian body and that's not convenient, the creature must hold the human body by eating humans, mammalian genetics, blood, organs and hormones. The ingestion of human DNA instructs those genetics to open and manifest as such. Stewart Swerdlow, from whom this information comes, says:"This is the origin of the blood sacrificial rituals that existed in ancient times, explaining why humans were actually sacrificed and eaten. The blood rituals were originally about maintaining the human form through the harmonics of the mammalian energy. They still go on to this day in Illuminati culture and subculture" (True World History: Humanity's Saga). David Icke has been told by many people that they've seen shapeshifters, and these shapeshifters are among the Illuminati.
Next Post Be Afraid. I'm going back to the reptilians because the Illuminati are only their frontmen and the reptilians have been players for a very long time. They came out of their lairs to give Thutmose III an airshow. Their flying discs delighted and astounded the pharaoh, and he was given a ride. From that time on the pharaoh would do anything for the reptilians, and the reptilians helped him build an empire, adding to his kingdom most of the known world. According to Len Kasten, "The Brotherhood of the Snake (reptilians), operating through the Amun priesthood, instituted a currency using silver and gold to replace the barter system. This permitted the use of a central banking system to control the expanding economy…the reptilians always seek to control the masses through currency and a central bank, right up to the present" (Alien World Order: the Reptilian Plan to Divide and Conquer the Human Race). By doing this they can reward their friends by financing big projects and eliminate their enemies by tightening funds. Reptilians finance both sides of a war; no matter who wins, they profit. It reduces the human population and makes survivors need assistance, which reptilians give–at interest. Steep interest. Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson held off the jackals for 100 years, but finally the US gave up and in 1913 there was a takeover by reptilian frontmen, and the Federal Reserve was created. This opened the floodgates that financed WWI and all the wars that followed. Back to Egypt, the reptilians exercised their power through the priests, behind the throne, promoting the pharaoh and others through their knowledge of mind control, drugs and bloodlines (Kasten). The power of the Brotherhood was unchallenged in Egypt. The reptilians are also known as the Nagas, the Dow and the Greys. They have an underground empire with large cities and a complex tunnel system through which maglev trains travel at 300 mph. They have a type of hierarchical brotherhood based on group consciousness and are fundamentally democratic. Their capital city is the 7-level Bhogovita deep down under the Indian subcontinent. They have sophisticated technology, including anti-gravity craft, which can be sent out of any number of portals. Many of the UFOs we see belong to these reptilians, and they are the ones abducting millions of people. They have drugs that extend their lives. They feed in drugs to Big Pharma to make their 'human puppets,' the Illuminati, wealthy. They can wipe clean human memories, and they can transfer human consciousness from one body to another. They have the ability to mentally increase their vibratory rate, putting themselves into the lower 4th dimension, where they are invisible to humans. This ability allows them to contact humans in the dream state and go through walls during abductions. The lower 4th dimension is occupied by spiritually retarded souls, demonic entities and is often referred to as 'hell.' All black magic originates in this realm (Kasten). They try to keep us in a state of low consciousness and reliant on superstition in order to maintain their control over us. They do this mainly through religion. It keeps humans in a subdued and guilt-prone state and unlikely to challenge the puppets they have placed in political power. But religion is only intended for the masses. They have other methods of control. Reptilians begin by seeking subjects who have a high level of reptilian DNA, known as bluebloods. These people are the products of thousands of years of genetic manipulation and are now usually in positions of authority. All the European royalty are bluebloods, as are wealthy and powerful individuals in all segments of society, especially in industry, academics, and health related fields. Those who have been genetically nurtured to possess almost 50% reptilian DNA are considered to be members of the Illuminati. All the top world bankers, clergy and CEOs are in this category. All these people are most vulnerable to Brotherhood mind control and demonic influence from the astral realm. Military historian James Bartley says, "The reptilians and their minions are masters of creating illusions, assuming disguises and dimming the awareness of human beings in or out of the astral dreamscape. In the dreamscape the reptilians can heighten the anxiety level of the abductee or promote mental sluggishness just as easily as if they were spinning the dial on a FM radio" (quoted in Kasten). They have "abducted many millions of people all over the world for special mental programming" (Kasten). That sound downright ominous.


Equity release allows you to convert some of the equity in your property to a tax-free cash lump sum, or a regular income, without you having to sell up and move out, and without the need to make any monthly payments. It is an option available to homeowners over the age of 55.
Equity Release became available in the UK in the 1960's and has seen a real surge in popularity in recent years. With the cost of living ever increasing, and incomes not matching pace, it is easy to see why demand is on the rise.
Over the years Equity Release has undoubtedly suffered some bad press. In times of prosperity in the 1980's, borrowers and lenders alike were optimistic about future interest rates and a continuation in the boom of house values. Unfortunately for many, not only Equity Release customers, borrowers faced the grim situation of negative equity.
Since that time, however, Equity Release has become a heavily regulated industry and has safeguards that protect the borrower. In the early 1990's, the Safe Homes Income Plans (SHIP) organisation was formed to increase consumer confidence in Equity Release products. SHIP has since become the Equity Release Council, whose stringent code of conduct ensures transparency in the market and ensures that borrowers will never find themselves in the position of negative equity.
So, what are the myths and truths in Equity Release?
Truth: Not true – both Home Reversion and Lifetime mortgages have safeguards to ensure this will never happen. Provided that the property remains your main residence, and you comply with the full terms of the agreement, you can remain in your home until you decide to move or until you die.
Truth: With a simple "roll-up" Lifetime Mortgage the debt increases over your lifetime. If you die and the debt is still below the value of your property, the excess will be left to your estate. In a home reversion plan you sell a percentage of your property, and no matter how long you live, the percentage that remains unsold will be left to your estate. It is possible to guarantee an inheritance, even with a roll-up mortgage plan. No debt will be left to your estate as a result of Equity Release.
Truth: As long as enough money can be raised on the Lifetime Mortgage or Home Reversion plan to pay off the mortgage and any other loans secured on the property, then it is possible to arrange Equity Release if you still have a mortgage.
Truth: You can move at any time with a Lifetime Mortgage. With some lenders you can transfer the loan to your new property or you can repay the loan from the sale proceeds. As long as it's suitable security, you then start a new loan which is secured on your new property. However, you should bear in mind that these plans are intended to be long-term and if you move, the loan may have to be repaid with any early redemption charges and fees.
Truth: The Equity Release Council is the industry body for the Equity Release sector, and they set the standards and safeguards that protect and reassure consumers. The strict code of conduct means that Equity Release customers will never have to leave their home as long as it is their main residence, and they are given the 'no negative equity' guarantee, meaning customers will never owe more than the value of their home and no debt will be left to their estate.
Equity Release is not the answer for everyone, however, and it is vital to look at all of the options carefully – such as taking in a lodger, downsizing, using savings or unsecured borrowing to raise extra income.
It is also important to remember that Equity Release will reduce the inheritance you leave, it could affect your means-tested benefits, and consolidation of debts with Equity Release will increase the amount you have to pay back.
Luckily, experts are on hand locally to help you understand the features and risks of Equity Release in the form of AskERIC: the Equity Release Information Centre based in Leeds. To find out if Equity Release is right for you, contact AskERIC on 0800 077 6885 or visit www.askERIC.tv and request your FREE guide on Equity Release.
There are two main types of Equity Release plans: Lifetime Mortgages and Home Reversion plans.
Roll-Up Lump-Sum: Under this version of the Lifetime Mortgage Plan, you borrow a percentage of the property value, but you don't have to make any monthly mortgage repayments of the loan or interest. Each year (or month) interest is added to the loan.
Roll-Up Drawdown: Instead of taking a cash lump sum initially, a drawdown plan allows you to receive a series of smaller cash lumps sums. With a drawdown plan, the lender agrees a maximum amount you can borrow. You then have the cash facility to withdraw amounts when you need them. This means that, as the loan is smaller in the earlier years, the total interest added to the loan is less than if you took out the full amount initially.
Interest-only Lifetime Mortgage: A Home Reversion Plan and Roll-up Lifetime Mortgage Plan do not require you to make any monthly payments. If you have an Interest-only Lifetime Mortgage, you pay interest on a monthly basis, meaning the loan amount does not increase over time.
Enhanced Lifetime Mortgage: An increasingly popular form of a lifetime mortgage plan, an enhanced plan simply enables you to release extra funds based on your lifestyle and health conditions.
Home Reversion Plans allow you to sell all or part of your property now, for a tax-free cash lump sum. A legal agreement guarantees that you continue to live in the home rent-free (or for a nominal rent such as £12 a year) until you wish to move or until you die.
We are the longest established Equity Release specialist in the UK – marking our 30th year in 2015 – and take pride in our position when giving you expert, impartial information and a first class level of service. We are genuinely independent and concentrate only on retirement products.
We are a local company – based in Leeds – but offer our service nationwide.
We provide a friendly professional service offering a free no-obligation initial consultation, either face to face or completed over the telephone.
Our expert local advisers compare and contrast all of the different Equity Release plans available to find the best product to suit your needs and circumstances.
We are in a position to recommend plans from our 'whole of market' panel with large reductions in set up costs and interest rates.
All information will be given on a one-to-one basis and then provided in writing. If we feel Equity Release is not the correct route for you then we will confirm this in writing.
We will only recommend plans from organisations that are members of the Equity Release Council (ERC) / Safe Home Income Plans (SHIP) or those with similar guarantees and safeguards.
We will complete a review to make sure raising funds through Equity Release does not reduce your means-tested benefit entitlement ie pension credit and council tax benefit.
To understand the features and risks of a lifetime mortgage or home reversion plan, ask for a personalized illustration. Always consider the impact that Equity Release might have on your entitlement to means-tested benefits. If you have family, make sure you discuss Equity Release with them; your decision will affect their inheritance. Our typical advice fee is 1.5% of the loan, with nothing to pay initially, and no obligation.
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Jun 21, 2018, 3:43 PM | Updated: 3:44 pm
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ROCKPORT — A symptom of summer has surfaced at Rockport Reservoir in Summit County.
The Utah Department of Environmental Quality said a team performing routine monitoring for E. coli bacteria at the lake observed evidence of a toxic algal bloom on Wednesday.
As a result, the Summit County Health Department has advised boaters and swimmers to avoid areas tainted with scum. People with pets are also warned not to allow their animals to swim in or drink from affected waters.
The algal bloom appeared to be concentrated near the reservoir's inlet. A test sample taken from Rockport State Park Marina exceeded the threshold for microcystin. That's a toxin created by blue-green algae.
DEQ said the bloom did not appear to be excessive, but its scientists were not able to tell if it extended into the open water of Rockport. Follow-up testing will occur next week.
Rockport remains open for recreational use in the meantime.
Toxic algal blooms have presented problems for many recreational waters in Utah in recent summers. That's especially true for Utah Lake, which is currently under a similar advisory.
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HomeNewsAfter Samsung, where are they headed?
In late October last year, Business Daily reported that over 20 execs – mostly from top management – had left Samsung's East Africa regional office for various reasons.
Over 2 months later, many of those who decamped from the electronic firm's regional office have found new abode. Among these is Danish Oyugi, Samsung East Africa's former country manager for hand held products who has since moved to Lenovo as the business head for East Africa.
But how about the other big names at the firms – like Robert Ngeru, Albert Kigada and Manoj Changarampatt -, what are their plans and where are they possibly headed?
Robert Ngeru: Samsung former VP and COO, who served the firm for over a decade from early 2010, is rumored to be eyeing a new position at Philips.
Albert Kigada: The former head of the Korean firm's printing division has since founded his own IT firm Alben Technologies, which supplies IT equipment. However, he's keen on getting into the mobile devices market by importing 'Sleek'-branded mobile phones.
Manoj Changarampatt: He served as Samsung's IT and mobile director for East and Central Africa before leaving the firm in early 2015. The grapevine has it that he's working on plans to re-introduce the 'Alcatel' mobile devices into the region. Whether he'll be working as a Distributor or employee of the French-based company is still unclear.


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Due to the incredible amount of rain this week, Crestview's field is not playable and cannot host the 14U and 18U games on May 14.. So, the games are being moved to Yeoman Park this week. All the game times remain the same, just the location has been changed.
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{{nihongo|Third year type 20 cm/50 caliber guns|五十口径三年式二〇糎砲|gojūkōkei sannenshiki ni-maru centi-hō}} formed the main battery of Japan's World War II heavy cruisers. These guns were also mounted on two early aircraft carriers.  The typical installation was ten 20 cm/50 guns; although s carried eight while  and -class cruisers carried six. After modernization,  carried only six.

These were built-up guns with an inner A tube, encased by a second tube, encased by a full length jacket.  Early guns were partially wire-wound, but later guns dispensed with the wire winding.  The guns were breech loaded with two cloth bags of smokeless powder.  Third year type refers to the Welin breech block on this gun.  Breech block design began in 1914 AD, the third year of the Taishō period.  This breech block design was also used on Japanese 41 cm (16.1 inch), 15.5 cm (6 inch), 14 cm (5.5 inch), 12.7 cm (5 inch), and 12 cm (4.7 inch) naval guns.

1 GÔ (Mark I) guns
The first model of this gun used a  powder charge to fire  projectiles weighing  at a velocity of .  Useful life was 300 effective full charges (EFC) per gun.  These guns were initially installed in type A low-angle (25°) single mounts aboard s, in type C (40°) twin turrets in the , and in type D (40°) twin turrets in the .  Mark I guns can be visually distinguished from Mark II guns by an abrupt step in the chase diameter which was absent on the latter guns.

2 GÔ (Mark II) guns
Second model guns used a  powder charge to fire  projectiles weighing  at a velocity of . These guns had a useful life expectancy of 320 to 400 EFC (Effective/Equivalent Full Charge). Rate of fire varied from four rounds per minute firing at low angles diminishing to two or three rounds per minute firing at maximum elevation. These guns and the type E twin turret with 70-degree elevation installed on s were influenced by Royal Navy s. Type E turrets were promptly redesigned to limit elevation to 55 degrees when 70-degree elevation proved impractical. Modified type E turrets were installed as original equipment aboard  and the Tone-class cruisers, and replaced the original turrets aboard Furutaka and  cruisers. Mark II guns replaced the original Mark I guns in type C and D turrets so all Japanese heavy cruisers carried Mark II guns in twin turrets by December 1941.

Aircraft carrier installations

Mark I guns were installed in casemates with a maximum elevation of 25 degrees limiting maximum range to .  Aircraft carriers originally had four guns mounted in two type B twin turrets with a maximum elevation of 70 degrees.  These were transferred to casemates in Kaga in 1934 and simply removed from Akagi in 1936.

Ammunition
Shell weights and muzzle velocities for high explosive or San Shiki incendiary shrapnel are specified for each of the Marks above. Infobox muzzle velocity applies to type 91 armor-piercing (AP) shells with trajectory information below. Illuminating shells were fired with a reduced charge at a muzzle velocity of 710 meters per second (2330 ft/sec).

Type 91 AP shell trajectory

Gun mounts

Type A
Only Mark I guns were installed in type A mounts.  Maximum elevation was 25°  in the six single mounts installed aboard Furutaka-class cruisers in 1926, in the six casemate mountings installed on aircraft carriers Akagi in 1927 and Kaga in 1930, and in the four casemate mountings added to Kaga in 1934.

Type B
Only Mark I guns were installed in type B mounts.  Maximum elevation was 70°  in the two twin turrets installed aboard Akagi in 1927 and Kaga in 1930.  These turrets were removed from Kaga in 1934 and from Akagi in 1936.  Guns removed in 1934 were transferred to additional casemates aboard Kaga, but those removed in 1936 were not replaced.

Type C
Three twin turrets with maximum elevation of 40°  were installed only aboard Aoba-class cruisers.  The Mark I guns installed in 1927 were replaced by Mark II guns in 1937 and 1938.

Type D
Five twin turrets with maximum elevation of 40°  were installed only aboard Myōkō-class cruisers.  The Mark I guns installed in 1928 and 1929 were replaced by Mark II guns between 1931 and 1934.

Type E
Only Mark II guns were installed in type E twin turrets.  Maximum elevation was 70° in the five turrets installed aboard Atago, Takao, and Chōkai in 1932.  Early recognition of the impracticality of using these guns for anti-aircraft fire caused reduction of maximum elevation to 55° in all subsequent installations.  Maya received five 55° turrets as original equipment in 1932.  Three new turrets with Mark I guns from Myōkō-class cruisers re-bored to Mark II replaced the original type A mounts aboard Furutaka-class cruisers in 1936 and 1937.  Tone-class cruisers were completed with four type E turrets in 1937 and 1938.  Five new turrets replaced the original triple 6-inch turrets aboard Mogami class cruisers between 1939 and 1941.

Wartime installations of 3 Nendo Shiki 20 cm/50 caliber guns

  heavy cruisers: ,
 till 1937: 6 7.9-inch type A 25°
 from 1937: 3 twin 8.0-inch type E 55°

  heavy cruisers: ,
 till 1938: 3 twin 7.9-inch type C 40°
 from 1938: 3 twin 8.0-inch type C 40°

  heavy cruisers: , , ,
 till 1934: 5 twin 7.9-inch type D 40°
 from 1934: 5 twin 8.0-inch type D 40°

  heavy cruisers
 , ,
 5 twin 8.0-inch type E 70°

 5 twin 8.0-inch type E 55°

  heavy cruisers: , , ,
 till 1939: 5 triple 6.1-inch 55° (classified as light cruiser)
 from 1939: 5 twin 8.0-inch type E 55°

  heavy cruisers: ,
 4 twin 8.0-inch type E 55°

See also

Weapons of comparable role, performance and era
203mm/50 Modèle 1924 gun French equivalent
20.3 cm SK C/34 Naval gun German equivalent
203 mm /53 Italian naval gun Italian equivalent
BL 8 inch Mk VIII naval gun UK equivalent
8"/55 caliber gun US equivalent

Notes

References

External links

 Tony DiGiulian, Japanese 20 cm/50 (7.9") 3rd Year Type No. 1
 Tony DiGiulian, Japanese 20 cm/50 (8") 3rd Year Type No. 2

World War II naval weapons
Naval guns of Japan
203 mm artillery
Military equipment introduced in the 1920s


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Powder restrictions on hand luggage affect travellers on over 30 flights to and from Singapore
While there is no limit on carrying organic powders such as food in powdered form and powdered baby formula, as well as human remains, these items must be presented to officers during security screenings.PHOTO: ST FILE
Jul 5, 2018, 8:11 pm SGT
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SINGAPORE - Travellers, many of whom are already confused about carry-on restrictions on liquids and gels, will now have another thing to worry about - powders.
New rules introduced by the United States, Australia and New Zealand - with effect from June 30 - will affect many travellers, including those on more than 30 flights a day to and from Singapore.
The restrictions, that appear to have been prompted by a foiled plot to bomb an Etihad Airways plane flying from Sydney to Abu Dhabi last year, apply to all flights to the United States, and from Australia and New Zealand to Singapore.
Travellers on these flights are not allowed to carry more than 350ml of "inorganic powders" such as salt, talcum powder or sand in their hand luggage.
While there is no limit on carrying organic powders such as food in powder form and powder baby formula, as well as ashes, these items must be presented to officers during security screenings.
In a notice on its website, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has advised customers to put all the items inside a properly sealed bag - the same bags that are used to carry liquids, gels and aerosols.
For affected flights from Singapore - SIA's SQ32, United Airlines' UA2 and UA38, and Delta Air Lines' DL166 - passengers may be asked to go through an additional security check for powder items after the standard security screening procedures at the boarding gate, Changi Airport Group spokesman Ivan Tan said.
ISIS behind Australian men's foiled Etihad bomb plot: Police
Man arrested after false bomb threat forces Thailand-bound Scoot flight to return to Singapore
Enhanced checks for all non-stop flights to US
He told The Straits Times that resources were deployed to conduct the additional security checks since June 30.
In Australia, the restrictions also apply to domestic flights departing from an international Australian terminal. This means that a traveller from Singapore flying to Sydney, for example, and from there to another Australian destination, must make sure the restricted items are correctly packed.
Both SIA and Australia's Qantas have advised affected travellers to proceed to their boarding gates early to allow sufficient time for screening..
Supporting the new restrictions, the International Air Transport Association (Iata) said that the security of passengers, crew, and airport workers is paramount for everyone involved in aviation.
"The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and member states have identified an increased level of threat from chemical, biological and radiological elements in powders carried by passengers," said a spokesman for the body that represents global carriers.
"The industry has been widely consulted and has full confidence in the measures that governments are taking... which we believe will have a limited impact in terms of flight disruptions," he added.
Asked if Singapore was planning to introduce similar restrictions, a spokesman for the Ministry of Transport said it works closely with the Singapore Police Force and relevant government agencies and industry stakeholders to regularly review the aviation security requirements applied to flights departing from and arriving at Changi Airport.
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We all have many Bibles in our homes: our own Bibles and our children's Bibles, as well as family Bibles used for family devotions. Most of us have the King James Version of the Bible, sometimes called the Authorized Version, prepared under the aegis of James I in 1611. It is a sad fact that our Bibles often lie unused, taken for granted, a somewhat peripheral part of our life. Yet behind our Bibles stands a story of great heroism, towering faith in God, and drops of martyr's blood. The story is that of William Tyndale, father of the English Bible.
William Tyndale was born sometime in the early 1490s on the Welsh border into the home of a well-to-do farmer. He went to Magdalen Hall, Oxford where he received his M.A. degree in 1515 and was ordained into the Roman Catholic clergy. In that same year he transferred to Cambridge University probably because he had heard that the Greek New Testament of Erasmus was available there, and he was interested in reading Scripture in its original language.
One must understand the situation in England at this time. Henry VIII, husband of many wives, was on the throne. Dedicated Roman Catholic, but bitter enemy of the pope's rule in England, Henry persecuted Protestants on the one hand, but separated the church of England from papal control on the other hand. The church itself was rife with evil, wickedness in high places, and fornication of every sort. One of the chroniclers of the age characterized the priests as running from the houses of prostitutes to the altar to perform mass; incapable of understanding the Latin in which they mumbled their liturgies; superstitious and worshippers of such relics as a gown of the virgin Mary, a piece of the burning bush of Moses, straw from the manger at Bethlehem, and a complete skeleton of one of the babies murdered by Herod the Great; drunkards and gluttons whose wicked lives were supported by the blood, sweat and tears of the common working folk.
The Universities, however, were seething with the new learning of the Renaissance, the discoveries of Columbus and Cabot, and the teachings of Luther, the Reformer of Germany.
It was in Cambridge that Tyndale was converted from his Romanism to Lutheranism. And it was in these ancient halls that Tyndale first became acquainted with Scripture in its original Greek, and not in the fusty Latin of the Vulgate.
It was in 1521 that Tyndale joined the household of Sir John Walsh at Little Sudbury Manor, a few miles north of Bath. Here he functioned as chaplain, tutor and Secretary, but also preached occasionally at Bristol where he expounded the Lutheran doctrines of justification by faith alone and the free gift of forgiveness of sins through repentance. He was also a frequent guest at the table of Sir John Walsh where notable clerics from all over England often assembled. Their sophistries and hypocrisies were exposed by Tyndale's bold appeals to Scriptural teachings so that, along with his sermons, Tyndale's views aroused the hatred and fury of friars, abbots and prelates.
Warned by his superiors to desist in his teachings, and resolved to begin the great work of making the Bible available to the people of his beloved country, he set out for London to secure permission from the authorities in the church to translate the Scriptures. This permission he sought from Cuthbert Tunstall, bishop of London, a scholarly man and close friend of Erasmus. But Tunstall, loyal to Rome and afraid of the new Lutheranism, refused permission to Tyndale and became, in later years, one of Tyndale's most vicious opponents.
During his stay in London, Tyndale lived with Lord Monmouth to whose house God graciously and providentially brought the Reformer. Lord Monmouth was an influential Lutheran; but more importantly, a friend of the merchants who operated the docks in London over which poured a steady stream of Lutheran literature. Tyndale was convinced that his endeavors would never be successful in England: "Not only was there no room in my lord of London's palace to translate the New Testament," Tyndale wrote, "but also that there was no place to do it in all England." The London merchants agreed to support the endeavor and Tyndale left the country for Germany never to return. The year was 1524.
It might be well to pause for a moment and consider what Tyndale was doing.
Tyndale saw the absolute need for reform in England. But he saw too that no reform could possibly come about without the Bible being the standard of truth and life. And, undoubtedly persuaded by Luther's doctrine of the priesthood of all believers, he understood that the Bible had to be in the hands of every believer in a language which they understood.
All of this is obvious. What is so totally amazing is that Tyndale's convictions were so strong that he determined to devote his life to accomplish that goal. And he determined to devote his life to that goal in spite of the fact that it would mean exile, poverty, suffering, and finally a martyr's death. It was clear to Tyndale from the outset that he would eventually be killed for what he determined to do; he went ahead with the work anyway.
His time in Europe was not pleasant. He probably stayed briefly in Wittenberg where he almost certainly met Luther. But the main work of publishing was done in Cologne. The New Testament was ready for printing in 1525 -- only a year after Tyndale fled England. While the printing was in progress, an assistant spoke too freely over his wine about the work, and the news came to Johannes Dobneck, alias Cochlaeus, a bitter enemy of the Reformation. A raid was arranged, but Tyndale was forewarned and succeeded in fleeing with the printed pages and manuscripts.
He settled in Wörms and in 1526 the first complete edition of the English New Testament was published. It was smuggled into England through the London merchants in bales of cloth, boxes of food, and other goods of trade. Many of the copies were confiscated and burned by the Roman authorities and many were bought up by the church and burned in St. Paul's by Cuthbert Tunstall. In God's irony, the money gained by the sale of these volumes was sent to Tyndale to be used for an edited and improved edition.
[It is] intermingled with certain articles of heretical depravity and pernicious erroneous opinions, pestilent, scandalous, and seductive of simple minds . . . of which translation many books, containing the pestilent and pernicious poison in the vulgar tongue, have been dispersed in great numbers throughout our diocese; which truly, unless it be speedily foreseen will without doubt infect and contaminate the flock committed to us, with the pestilent poison and the deadly disease of heretical depravity."
New and improved editions of the New Testament were constantly being prepared by Tyndale, many containing marginal notes, some of which were directed against the papacy. But Tyndale also began work on the Old Testament. For this he had to learn Hebrew, which he did in the course of his wanderings in Europe. In 1530 the Pentateuch was completed and printed in Antwerp, Belgium, although Tyndale had to do the work twice because, in travelling by boat, Tyndale suffered shipwreck, and the first manuscripts were lost. Because the volumes continued to be smuggled into England and because the authorities in England could not stop the steady flow and wide distribution, their fury increased and their determination to kill Tyndale became an obsession. It was decided to send men to Europe to catch Tyndale and arrest him. These efforts were, for the most part, unsuccessful. It is hard to know why. The spies were many and clever and Tyndale made no great efforts to keep his whereabouts secret. It is true that Tyndale had many friends, also in Antwerp; but it seems that we finally must come to the conclusion that God watched over His servant in a special way because God was bringing reformation through His holy Word to England.
But when God's work for Tyndale was completed, God took Tyndale out of this life; and God gave his faithful servant the privilege of leaving this life through a martyr's death. A worthless no-good by the name of Henry Philips thought to ingratiate himself with the authorities of the church and perhaps win fame and fortune by trapping Tyndale. He was successful. He posed as a friend, established a close relationship of trust with Tyndale, wormed his way into the home of Poyntz (with whom Tyndale was staying in Antwerp -- although Poyntz never really trusted Philips) and, when Poyntz was out of town, persuaded Tyndale to go with him for a walk. Leading Tyndale down a dark alley, he pushed the reformer into the grasp of some scoundrels no less evil than Philips, who hidden by a carefully prepared plan, seized him and turned him over to the authorities.
Tyndale was imprisoned in the castle of Vilvorde near Brussels. Here he lived for one year and 135 days without heat or light from candles or lamps, without sufficient clothing to keep him warm or food to sustain his weak frame, without friends and books. His only visitors were tormenters who bombarded him incessantly with demands that he recant. While Poyntz and friends in England did everything in their power to secure his release, the Romish authorities, thirsty for his blood, were not about to let their quarry go now that they had him in their grasp.
He was tried, defrocked and sentenced to death. In the early dawn death was administered. He was bound to a stake, an iron chain was fastened around his neck, a hemp noose was placed at his throat and brush was heaped about him. The executioner, with all his might, snapped down on the noose and within seconds Tyndale was strangled. His limp body was then burned as the pile of brush was lit. His last words were: "Lord, open the king of England's eyes." With that he fell asleep.
The lasting monument to his martyrdom is our King James Version of the Bible.
John Wycliffe had, two centuries earlier, translated the Bible into English. But it had never been printed and Wycliffe's translation was from the Latin Vulgate. Tyndale's was from the Hebrew and Greek. One incomplete copy of Tyndale's Cologne edition survives and two copies of the 6000 that were printed in Wörms are extant. The 1934 edition, printed in Antwerp, is the last and the best. It formed the basis for the famous Coverdale Bible. Though Thomas More, an English Roman Catholic and humanist, called Tyndale's Bible, "The Testament of Antichrist," it survived first in Coverdale's Bible. In 1537 (one year after Tyndale's death) it was ordered by the king of England to be placed in every parish church in the realm and made available to every man, woman and child within the kingdom.
Not only ought the story of Tyndale give us renewed appreciation for our Bibles; it ought also to fill our hearts with thanksgiving to God that He has given the church such men of courage and conviction that we can have God's Word today to read, to study, to enjoy, to believe. When we read the beloved words of our King James Version, we ought never to forget that these words were written with the ink of martyr's blood.
1. These words were an echo of the famous wish of Erasmus who in the preface of his Greek New Testament wrote: "I would to God that the ploughman would sing a text of the Scripture at his plough and that the weaver would hum them to the tune of his shuttle."
2. Quoted from The Lives of the British Reformers, published by Presbyterian Board of Publications in Philadelphia. The book is a collection of tracts put out by the London Tract Society. Our readers will be interested to know that one of the nicest biographies of William Tyndale, usable by young people and adults, is God's Outlaw, by Brian H. Edwards; Evangelical Press, 1988.
3. Quoted from God's Outlaw, p. 92.


How the world's leading mobile OS fares as a desktop environment.
Last week, I reviewed ChromeOS from a desktop environment perspective as part of my "Linux Desktop-a-Week" series (which, really, has become less of a weekly thing and more of a "Desktop-Every-Few-Weeks-Or-So" thing. But I'm sticking to my original title. Because I'm stubborn).
This "week," I am spending time with another Linux desktop environment that isn't exactly traditional. This week, I'm using Android.
There are a lot of things I could say about Android as a platform. I could talk market share or application selection, diversity of hardware or maturity of the SDK. But I'm not going to touch on any of that, at least not in this article. Instead, I am going to focus strictly on Android as a desktop environment.
The big strike against Android as a desktop environment for Linux is, really, the same gripe I have with Ubuntu's Unity, elementary's Pantheon, and ChromeOS's Aura Shell – it's just not easy to get it running on other Linux-based systems. Once you get past that, it turns out using Android as a desktop environment is actually downright enjoyable.
First and foremost, Android is, at least by default, a single window interface. One application, full screen, all the time. This is simultaneously convenient (maximum screen real estate for web browsing), focusing (only one application in front of you allows you to laser focus on whatever you are doing), and maddening (switching to a different full-screen application every time you receive an instant message can drive a man to the very edge of sanity).
In almost all other ways, Android is a pretty typical desktop environment. You've got a big, comprehensive application launcher, a dock, and a desktop filled with application icons. You can even Alt-Tab between running applications, something you don't really notice until you use Android on a laptop or desktop.
The notification center is vastly more complete and robust than in most environments. Just about every type of notification comes through this one user interface, functionality that other desktops only dream of.
In the looks department, Android is… absolutely fine. Majorly inoffensive. It lacks the fanciness of Enlightenment. It doesn't have that smooth, clean look of Pantheon. But it's not distracting. It's pleasing to the eye. Consequently…I have nothing bad to say about it.
If one can get over the whole "every app runs full screen" shebang, Android actually makes for an astoundingly usable, easy to learn, fairly peppy and relatively good-looking desktop environment.
Would I enjoy the Android user experience as my primary Linux Desktop experience? Yes. Absolutely. In fact, for long periods of time, Android has been my primary computing platform. And the environment is absolutely usable for that purpose.
That being said, the "always full screen" thing can get a tad old sometimes.
As I look forward to the vast sea of desktop environments still ahead of me, I feel like now would be a good time to sit down and recap what I've tried so far – and properly compare them. Once I do that, maybe that'll give me some idea which environment I should try next.
Because, I tell ya… there's a lot to choose from.


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With his platform sneakers, mohiti makawe me te waitohu taemaha, you won't confuse Ian Erix with anybody else on the music scene right now. His outrageous style is a talking piece second only to his music which these days is perhaps best described as Electro Punk Pop. Te hunga mōhio ki te mahi o mua i mua rere atu Erix ki te whāiti o te ao, racked up millions of plays online and landed him on several Top 10 mahere i runga i 3 pono e ite fenua nga mea timatanga hainatanga o tona tangi, engari, ka hoki rawa mauruuru ratou i te kukuwhatanga waiata whakamanawanui Erix kua i roto i te tukanga o te hanga tona lekooti hou i takare hanganaki "Karanga hoki Freedom" i te mea e tika ana mo te tuku te ao i roto i te Spring 2017.
tāpiri Erix 17 ngā rā ki UK tour!
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Dismal Human Rights in an Impressive Global City
Michelle Bovée
28th Nov '16
Rising out of the desert is the improbable city of Dubai, which may soon feature the first-ever hyperloop—an underground bullet train that travels at 745mph—in addition to a collection of skyscrapers, a brand new canal, a "miracle garden," and other creative feats of engineering and technology. Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has driven Dubai's development as a global city as part of his ambitious UAE Vision 2021, a multidimensional plan to turn the UAE into one of the "best countries in the world." Dubai's accomplishments have certainly been impressive: the city boasts a robust and diversified economy, a technology hub, a massive healthcare complex, and the coveted title of "Host" for the 2020 World Expo. UAE's less-than-stellar human rights record, however, threatens to derail Dubai's growth on the world stage. Actions such as forced disappearances and torture tend to be seen as threats to the liberal world order espoused by the international community Dubai strives to be a part of, making it challenging for them to truly become a global city.
Image courtesy of mattharvey1, © 2014
Human rights are not usually the first thing to come to mind when discussing Dubai. The towering Burj Khalifa, supercar police force, indoor ski resort, and "7 star" hotel all tend to top the list, while reports of censorship, torture, and harsh anti-LGBT laws are less common. The wealth and flashiness of the city effectively draws a veil over the darker aspects, shielding it from international public scrutiny (for the most part, anyway). For a city with such global aspirations, though, having such skeletons in the closet can be costly. The more international attention Dubai draws in from all types of audiences through events like "Design Week," fashion week, "Social Media Week," golf tournaments, and motor shows, the more opportunities there are for outsiders to notice—and protest against—the dubious human rights record.
Already, outsiders do appear to be paying more attention. At the end of October, a new UK parliamentary group convened to examine human rights violations in the Gulf states, following an Amnesty International seminar on political activism in the region. And the UAE government does seem to be making some efforts to implement change: the 2016 "Art Dubai" fair included a piece critiquing the abysmal migrant labor conditions (a surprising display, considering all art at the event must be approved by the royal family) and the Emirates Association for Human Rights will petition the United Nations (UN) to name 2017 the "year of tolerance." Additionally, the UAE has requested more open dialogue with the UN Human Rights Council, though it is unclear if this will amount to anything.
The question becomes, then, how to encourage the government to continue making real progress towards improving the human rights situation. Sanctions or embargoes, traditional weapons used against countries such as Iran, Cuba, and North Korea for human rights violations—and other issues—that stifle the flow of tourists, goods, and services that drive the city's economy, will do little to encourage the government to improve. Dubai cannot thrive in isolation, no city or country can in our globalized age—despite what some blustery politicians might say. Harsh punishments that cut Dubai off from the world will only encourage the city—and the country—to collapse inward, and to stop striving to be a global hub of growth, creativity, and entrepreneurship. The best path forward is to encourage Dubai's transformation and vision, while using diplomatic channels to remind the government that human rights abuses, censorship, and corruption do not go unnoticed when a city is part of the global community.
If sanctions and embargos are off the table, then what options can be considered? One option would be to go through the UN, using the weight of the organization to encourage the UAE to accept more human rights treaties and accords. However, given that many of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights signatories, such as Afghanistan and Myanmar, have not followed through with their promises, and that the UN lacks a mechanism to effectively enforce these commitments, this may not lead to much in the way of actual change. Furthermore, the UAE recently joined a coalition of African and Middle Eastern states protesting a recent UN Human Rights Commission decision, suggesting the government would have few qualms about standing up to the UN if they do not agree with a particular policy or recommendation.
Another option would be to raise global awareness of the human rights situation in Dubai, and refuse to allow the city to use flashy buildings and shiny cars as a shield. Public scrutiny of the UAE's policies through news reports, speaking engagements, and press releases could lead naturally to a reduction in the flow of tourists and businesses, which would, in turn, encourage Dubai to make changes—without forcibly closing their borders.
Author @Boveemc
Michelle Bovee is a Market Intelligence manager at MAGNA Global, where she focuses on global advertising revenues and media cost trends, particularly in Western and Northern Europe. She graduated from the London School of Economics with a Master's degree in International Relations in 2013 and is currently living in New York City. You can connect with her on Twitter @boveemc.
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Excellent personification of using "flashy buildings and shiny cars as a shield" for human rights issues – perhaps akin to using children as human shields in conflict-afflicted countries?
@Boveemc
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It seems like only yesterday that we were sharing our first blog posts of the year talking about trends for 2014 and announcing our 10th Anniversary celebrations. Looking back, it certainly has been a busy and exciting year both for Creative Virtual as a company and for the customer experience industry.
We kicked off the year with a 10th Anniversary celebration complete with cake, our #CV10Years blog series and lots of photos of Creative Virtual team members wearing our fleeces around the world. While we were celebrating, we were also hard at work and welcomed three new virtual assistants to our V-Person™ family in January. Before the month was out, we received word that Creative Virtual had been named as a finalist for two Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service as well. At the awards ceremony in Las Vegas, we were awarded Silver Stevie Awards in the categories of New IVR or Web Service Solution and Sales or Customer Service Solutions Technology Partner of the Year. We definitely started the year off right!
2014 saw the official launch of Creative Virtual in Australia at a very successful event in Sydney. We also participated in a variety of other events around the world, including Call Center World 2014 in Berlin, the FStech Omnichannel Banking Conference 2014 in London, Forrester's 2014 Forum for Customer Experience Professionals East in New York City and the Middle East Banking Innovation Summit 2014 in Dubai. Chris Ezekiel, Founder & CEO, led a session on mobile and social customer engagement as part of London Technology Week at Internet World 2014 as well as presenting during the FStech conference, and Richard Simons, CEO of Creative Virtual USA, gave a presentation at NetFinance 2014 in Miami.
Throughout the year we took part in a number of webinars featuring industry analysts, customer experience experts and current Creative Virtual customers. These are great resources for anyone wanting to learn more about recent developments, trends and technologies in the customer experience space, and can still be viewed on-demand. We also released an assortment of other educational resources and new Customer Success Stories.
Industry analysts were taking note of our innovative technologies and solutions as well during 2014. Mitch Kramer, Senior Consultant at the Patricia Seybold Group, praised our knowledge management and personalised answer capabilities as part of his detailed report titled Creative Virtual V-Person: Delivering Personalized Answers to Customers' Questions. Creative Virtual was also named as a key vendor in TechNavio's Global Intelligent Virtual Assistant Market 2014-2018 report, with our V-Person technology receiving top marks in the head-to-head product comparison. And V-Portal™, our knowledge management, workflow management and business intelligence reporting platform, earned us recognition as a finalist for the 2014 KM Promise Award.
Another momentous event of 2014 occurred in August when we officially revealed our brand new website featuring our new logo and colour scheme! The new website and branding are helping us more accurately represent Creative Virtual's solutions, experience and expertise to the world.
Even though we were busy this year launching new Smart Help tools, releasing new features for existing solutions and constantly working on additional, innovative functionality, the team still found time for a little fun. As part of our 10th Anniversary celebration, a 12-member team—Chris, Rachel, Lucy, Leah, Tracey, Jeff, David, Bj?rn, Maria, Sam, Chloe and Julie—completed the British 10k London Run in July and, with the help of many others at Creative Virtual, raised over £1700 for the RSPCA! Our teams in India and the USA took a little break for group picnics, and there were team dinners in London and Bristol for some of the UK-based people as well. During his trip to India, Founder & CEO Chris had the pleasure of taking part in the Diwali celebrations in the Mumbai office. We'll be finishing out the year with our annual Christmas and Holiday parties.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so instead of making you read any more about our fabulous 2014, I invite you to take a look at our 2014 in Review photo album. Enjoy!


This Right Bank estate is situated in the heart of the prestigious Pomerol appellation, spread over almost 9 hectares in one unique holding. It is, indeed, one of the oldest family-owned properties there, having been in the hands of the Vayron family since 1821 and managed by them now for eight generations.
The vines are pretty well established too, the average age 40 years, with one parcel over 70. The varietal mix is 90% Merlot to 10% Cabernet Franc, and the main section – their best terroir – almost exclusively clay. Bourgneuf produces a fairly traditional, lighter, rustic style of Pomerol. Its stocks are on the rise, and the neighbours (Châteaux Trotanoy and L'Eglise Clinet) are high-profile.


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Mauro Ferrari was the President of the European Research Council from 1 January 2020 until 7 April 2020.
Professor Mauro Ferrari trained in mathematics, engineering, and medicine. He served in faculty positions and executive leadership roles in these fields at the University of Udine, the University of California, Berkeley, the Ohio State University, the National Cancer Institute of the United States, the University of Texas Medical School and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Houston Methodist Hospital, and the University of St Thomas. Throughout his career, Mauro Ferrari has always maintained very tight and productive collaborations with many European institutions. Originally from Italy, Mauro Ferrari is credited as one of the pioneering founders of nanomedicine, has published extensively, and has received numerous international awards and academic recognitions worldwide.
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Too often we see candidates who are highly qualified being passed over because of lack of interview skills or preparation. Below are 5 key points to help you PREPARE for your next interview.
Research the company, opportunity, and people you are meeting with. In today's' digital age, there is an expectation that you have done this and nothing can make the interview go south more quickly than having no knowledge of the company or opportunity you are interviewing for.
Bring clean copies of your resume and have extras in case anyone new is added to the agenda. Be sure to be thorough with proofreading so there are no spelling or grammatical errors.
Bring a folio and pen for note-taking. Have a list of 3 questions prepared in advance for each person you will meet with as well as a list of 3-5 highlights about your accomplishments you wish to convey to the people you are meeting with about your ability to add value to the organization and team.
Dress for an interview. Although many people believe this to be obvious, it is not always the case! Even though many companies are business casual these days… unless you are specifically asked to dress that way you should dress professionally.
Express your Interest! This is often overlooked but can be the one thing that sets you apart from your competition. Ask if there is anything else you can answer about your ability to be successful in the role. Let them know you look forward to next steps and are eager to be part of the team.


A place where together, students are invited to experience the joy of dependence on Jesus.
We encourage you to visit us Sunday mornings at 10:35 a.m. in the Theater.
Here, students experience a loving community of adult leaders and worship with other Middle School and High school students. After gathering all as one, students are divided for a Middle School or High School message and engage in grade- and gender-specific small groups.
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Ellen Degeneres is a woman of many talents, and she has worked as a writer, producer, actor, and comedian. She was born on January 26th, 1958, and despite her age, even today she is as energetic and free-spirited as ever. Ellen DeGeneres has been known for many years for her fun attitude and sunny personality. As an actor, Ellen DeGeneres has appeared in films such as Mr. Wrong and The Love Letter. She is also very well-known for her voice acting work as the character Dory in the Pixar films Finding Nemo and Finding Dory. In fact, for the film Finding Nemo, she won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, which is the first time anyone has ever won a Saturn Award for voice acting.
In 1997, Ellen DeGeneres came out as a lesbian, and despite some backlash, no amount of bigotry got in the way of her achieving success. She has been an icon and an inspiration to many members of the LGBT community. Gay and straight people alike have loved and followed Ellen for years.
She has been the host of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which is a comedy talk show that first aired on September 8th, 2003. The show ran for 17 seasons, and while the 18th season was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, it finally began airing on September 21st, 2020.
This season has probably been the most anxiously awaited yet, because, for possibly the first time since she came out, Ellen has been the source of much controversy. A large number of staff members and guests of her show have come forward about a toxic work environment on the set of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Fans of this seemingly warm celebrity were shocked to discover that she might not be as kind as she has always appeared. For a time, Ellen remained silent amidst the accusations. However, she finally broke the silence regarding her shows' controversy on the very first episode of this latest season.
In today's video, we're going to delve into the history behind the accusations of Ellen's toxic work environment, as well as how the show seems to be moving forward. Make sure you stick around so you can hear Ellen's exact words to her fans and staff.
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Avenue of Evergreens at Staunton's Blackburn Inn benefits the MaDee Project
By Chelsea Church |
Posted: Thu 7:24 PM, Dec 05, 2019
STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) — Staunton's Blackburn Inn is celebrating the holiday season with a friendly tree decorating contest.
Several trees are placed around the Blackburn Inn for people to tour the hotel and choose their favorite. | Credit: WHSV
You can take a tour of the "Avenue of Evergreens" that are placed throughout the hotel and pick your favorite. All of the proceeds are benefiting the MaDee Project.
"It's a great cause for our area. It does a lot of good for local children, Richard Smith, the general manager of Blackburn Inn, said. "Hotels are just part of the community, so we want people to come in and be a part of that, and we want to be a good neighbor and help out any way we can."
Votes for the trees and wreaths will be accepted until Jan. 3, but the Blackburn Inn is inviting the community to come out on Friday to enjoy the grand tree lighting.
"The activities start at 5:00 p.m., so we'll have cookies and hot cocoa for sale, and you can take pictures with the tree, and then the tree lighting will is at 6:30 promptly, we'll get a visit from the big man himself," Smith said.
This is an event that will happen annually, and Smith said they are looking forward to the community coming together to fight pediatric cancer.
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| The Modern Renaissance Man: Michael Knowles on Art, Politics and Jimmy McMillan
The Modern Renaissance Man: Michael Knowles on Art, Politics and Jimmy McMillan
A man of action, Michael Knowles '12 jets between New York City and Los Angeles for his acting career, while pursuing his other passion — politics. He has worked with Jimmy McMillan, founder of the Rent is Too Damn High Party, Congresswoman Nan Hayworth and former presidential candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. In New York City, Knowles currently studies under Wynn Handman, the artistic director of The American Place Theatre, who has trained actors including Denzel Washington and Lauren Graham. Although Knowles does not often combine his passions in acting and politics, given his belief that we should leave politics out of art, he uses his acting skills to enhance his political ventures, such as hosting a lively web show with McMillan. And if dual pursuits of acting and political fame were not enough, Knowles is also the first translator of Machiavelli's play, "The Girl from Andros," which he translated for his senior thesis. WKND took a moment to pick Knowles' brain on making it in acting post-Yale, making America a better place, parading on Columbus Day and indulging his love of cigars on the side.
Q. You recently starred in Great Caesar's music video "Don't Ask Me Why." How did you get involved with that, and what was it like to be in it?
A. It's always great to work with Yalies. What's funny about that video is actually I had no idea it was for Great Caesar when I auditioned and got the part. Actors go on live auditions all the time, and that was one. It was a particularly interesting audition. There was a lot of improvisation. When I showed up to the set in Connecticut, John Michael Parker '10 came up behind me and said, "Hey man! What are you doing on my set? How did we get you?" And I said, "That's a hell of a coincidence!" He's the lead singer of Great Caesar. I saw them during Spring Fling, and I knew him around campus, and the other band members as well. One response I heard when someone saw me in the video was "Michael, that is just so unbelievable. I just cannot express my disbelief when I saw that video. There is no way you would be in a football uniform." I appreciated that response.
Q. Have you done similar gigs?
A. I did an MTV video about six months ago. When I got the part initially, I was the hero role, and I got to beat up the bad guy, and I got the girl. I'm not a particularly large or formidable man. And when I showed up on set, they said "Okay Michael, here are the rewrites." And it turned out that I was actually getting beat up and I was getting dragged out of the bar, but it was fun to do anyway. But originally after Yale, I came to New York to cut my teeth in theater and to train with Wynn Handman at his acting studio. The man is incredible. He still teaches four classes a week, really intensive. Because it's a professional team, most actors are working in plays or films around New York. I've been performing in plays and films around New York and obviously going out to LA when that's where the action is.
Q. How have you been involved in politics? And how does acting couple with your political activity?
A. The skills of an actor pretty naturally translate into politics. To borrow a phrase from George Bernard Shaw, "Acting is a revelation of mankind to itself." So it's not the priesthood or the military, but it still seems to be a noble vocation. In both acting and politics, you need to love people. I started to become politically active in 2010 with Congresswoman Nan Hayworth. I often use the skills that I've developed in the last 15 years of being an actor, whether that's making political music videos for Nan Hayworth, doing TV commercials with Jimmy McMillan about the national debt or giving speeches with Jon Huntsman in New Hampshire. My how-ever-many-great-grandfathers sailed on the Mayflower and my how-ever-many-great-grandfathers fought and died at Bunker Hill. They served at Valley Forge with George Washington. And here I am performing in plays and films. And yet when I think about their sacrifices, and I see an opportunity that I can be of some use in any way, I just can't help but become politically involved.
Q. Were you acting before you became involved in politics?
A. I've always been interested in both, but I've been acting since I was seven years old. Before Yale, I studied at the Stella Adler Studio in New York and now with Wynn. You know, they say that politics is showbiz for ugly people. But I do find it's sort of like that line in "The Godfather": "Just when I'm out, they pull me back in." When I came to New York, I got a call from Hayworth. There had been a scandal with her former spokesperson, and she asked me if I would step in and be her new one. And I said I was flattered, but I really didn't have the time, and I was pursuing other things in New York. She came down and said, "Let's have dinner." By the end of dinner and drinks, she had persuaded me that this campaign was important for the country and it was my duty to help. In senior year of college, because I had been involved with Hayworth and Jon Huntsman, I formed a company with a few political veterans in the Hudson Valley called Red Pillar Consulting, which has allowed me to advise and direct campaigns of some politicians I'd like to help. When it comes to politics or entertainment, I like action. I don't like just sitting around and having academic discussions about plays or strategies or politics. That's important, too, but after the policy discussion, I like to get up and do it.
Q. How did you get involved with the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, and are you still hosting the webshow with Jimmy McMillan?
A. With our schedules, we've had to do it less frequently. I met Jimmy in 2011 because I was leading a national student effort to draft Daniels to run for president. The central issue for that campaign was our ballooning national debt, our annual trillion dollar deficits. I had the idea to air the first TV ad of the 2012 cycle. I wrote up a little sketch about it and the crux of it was the debt and deficit are too damn high. And we thought, how could we get this message across in a compelling minute or 30-second ad that we can air? Jimmy had just run for governor of New York very famously for the Rent Is Too Damn High Party. I thought, "I gotta get this guy involved." So I called him, and he picked up and did it for very little money, essentially just travel costs. It starred Jimmy, CoCo [Courtney] Pannell '11, and me. It got some views on Youtube and made the front page of Politico. CNN came up and did a story on it. Jimmy really helped with that campaign. Washington Post came to Yale to do a story on it. I think it's safe to say that Jimmy had a greater impact on national political discourse than on rent controls in New York City.
Q. What kinds of acting gigs are you currently or planning on getting involved in? And are they at all related to politics?
A. I generally think that entertainers should keep their mouths shut and do their job and entertain, and not turn art into politics. Art that is political or ideological is not very good.
Q. Do you try to separate the two?
A. I do. My political activities I undertake because I have certain skills being an actor and a communicator and because I care about the condition of the country. Really, I just can't resist. Art that is ideological — it just misses the point of the practice.
Q. Have you ever considered directing?
A. I have. I directed a bit at Yale. While I was working on the political stuff in college, I was directing film, opera — I ended up directing a play for Ariel Shepherd-Oppenheim '10. I particularly enjoy directing opera because I'm not a very good singer, so it's always such a pleasure. I prefer acting to directing. Directing is very aggravating. You're responsible for everything. Actors are almost always irresponsible and difficult to wrangle. One thing I like about opera is that when all those frustrations reach their peak, I can sit back and listen to beautiful music and that would calm me down. I enjoyed translating as well. To speak of melding my political and artistic interests, that probably came to most fruition when I translated Machiavelli's first play, "The Girl From Andros," and produced it at Yale. What was very funny about that — just last September, I got a call from the Italian cultural institute in New York asking me if I would be interested in having a float in the Columbus Day Parade to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli. It was fantastic. A float, a microphone on Fifth Avenue, who could ask for more?