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YINGLUCK Shinawatra's failure to show up at the Supreme Court for the verdict in the rice scheme trial is the latest twist in a long running drama which has overshadowed Thai politics since her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, became prime minister in 2001.
Yingluck, who was prime minister between from 2011 to 2014, is charged with negligence over a rice subsidy scheme which cost Thailand US$8 billion. During the trial, Yingluck argued she was not responsible for the day-to-day running of the scheme and claimed she was a victim of political persecution.
As the two-year trial drew to a close, it appeared increasingly likely Yingluck would be found guilty, a verdict which carried a maximum 10-year jail sentence. Yingluck's failure to attend the Supreme Court on Aug 28 resulted in the court issuing a warrant for her arrest and ordering her to forfeit her bail of US$900,000. The Supreme Court judges also postponed the trial verdict until Sept 27.
Other members of Yingluck's government who had been on trial for their roles in the failed rice scheme were handed their sentences that day. Ex-commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom was sentenced to 42 years in jail for executing fake government-to-government deals while former deputy commerce minister Phumi Saraphol received a 36-year jail term for approving bogus government-to-government rice export to China.
Given the severity of the sentences handed to members of Yingluck's former government, it is predicted she will receive the maximum sentence of 10 years' jail time.
SEE ALSO: Thailand: Ex-PM Yingluck has fled abroad, say sources
Although Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan initially suggested Yingluck was still in Thailand, it is now widely believed she fled the country just before the verdict to join her older brother, Thaksin, who has been living in Dubai. Thaksin went into self-imposed exile in 2008 after being found guilty of corruption by the Supreme Court.
A senior member of the Puea Thai political party, who declined to be named, confirmed rumours Yingluck was in Dubai, saying: "She went to Cambodia and then Singapore from where she flew to Dubai. She has arrived safely and is there now."
Yingluck's ability to "escape" Thailand just before the trial verdict has raised some awkward questions for authorities.
Thailand's justice system has a mixed record of administering justice, as the infamous case of the Red Bull heir Vorayuth Yoovidhaya has demonstrated, and with over 170,000 outstanding arrest warrants across Thailand, Yingluck is not alone in avoiding jail time.
However, considering how Yingluck was central to Thailand's highest profile trial since Prayuth Chan-ocha and the National Council for Peace and Order came to power in the 2014 coup (against Yingluck's government), it's perplexing that authorities did not keep a closer watch on her movements.
Why was Yingluck not more closely monitored by authorities? And how was she able to leave the country just hours before the verdict was due?
Yingluck's fascinating disappearance from under the nose of the military government has spawned a wealth of conspiracy theories.
The BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok suggested Yingluck may have been warned about the heavy sentence her ministers were to receive, which may have prompted her decision to flee the country.
Bangkok Post quoted an unnamed source who claimed that some state officials were complicit in Yingluck's flight from justice:
"Let's just say the powers that be gave her the green light to go."
Implausible as it may seem that authorities would have aided Yingluck's departure from the country, there are arguments which make these conspiracy theories more convincing.
As prime minister, Yingluck was widely regarded as a puppet politician, sitting in place for her elder brother Thaksin. The rice scheme was an absolute disaster that cost taxpayers billions of dollars and it is completely reasonable to believe the scheme's failings were the result of greed and corruption.
However, it is also clear that Yingluck was not one of the "masterminds" behind the rice scheme. Had she been convicted and jailed for 10 years, she would have been easily portrayed as a victim and imprisoning Yingluck could have inadvertently established her as a martyr figure, turning an inept politician into an Aung San Suu Kyi-like idol.
SEE ALSO: Thailand: Arrest warrant issued for ex-PM Yingluck after no-show in court
Comparisons between Yingluck and Burma's Suu Kyi are extremely superficial. Suu Kyi is an Oxford-educated democracy icon who sacrificed decades of her life in her fight against a violent military dictatorship, while Yingluck is an inexperienced puppet politician.
However, in this "post-truth" era, it wouldn't be too difficult for Yingluck's supporters to claim she was following in the footsteps of Suu Kyi; after all she is a democratically-elected female leader being given a lengthy prison sentence by a supreme court during a period of military rule.
The portrayal of Yingluck as the victim of a repressive military government is already well-established among her supporters, as one farmer who was waiting outside the Supreme Court on Friday, explained: "We have to support her, like we support Suu Kyi."
Furthermore, because Yingluck remains a very popular figure among rural communities in the North and Northeast of Thailand, her imprisonment would have also given the government's critics a focal point to rally behind.
Yingluck's absence from the country now weakens her supporters' argument that she is a victim of political persecution as she becomes a deserter rather than a symbol of democracy. Her "escape" from Thailand also undermines her supporters' justification to publicly protest her treatment by the military government.
As such, Yingluck's disappearance actually makes life easier for the authorities than if she had stayed and accepted the trial's verdict, as one unnamed source explained to Bangkok Post:
"If she had been convicted or jailed it would have caused more trouble and social unrest, so letting her leave was considered the best option."
The Shinawatras' political foes, the PAD, have petitioned the government to investigate Yingluck's escape and severely punish any state officials who helped her flee the country. It will be interesting to see just how vigorously authorities pursue Yingluck and her accomplices.
Regardless of who facilitated Yingluck departure from Thailand, authorities may well welcome her disappearance, hoping she remains in Dubai – out of sight and out of mind – although it is highly unlikely this will be the final chapter in the Shinawatras' long-running political drama.
Read more at https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/08/yingluck-escape-thailand/#fkClZJB72VgCMJK7.99
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Something Better by Dany Lyne
YYZ, March 7, 2009 7 min read
This text by DANY LYNE is published alongside ALEESA COHENE'S Something Better exhibition.
The first frames establish the primary dynamic that will be sustained throughout the narrative: Mother and Child as natural residents of the domestic space and Father as a relative outsider, leaving or asked to leave, returning or asking to return. The dynamic of the nuclear family is revealed on its final day, at its breaking point and in the painful process of collapse. Mother, Father, and Child are devastated by betrayal, abandonment, alienation, bitterness, helplessness, and grief. Their silence signals their despair.
In Aleesa Cohene's work, architecture is a character. The idealized architectural manifestation of the nuclear family stands intact in Something Better: a temple in a dream of The Dream. The homes are pleasant and welcoming, the kitchens are comforting and promise abundance, and the bedrooms are cozy and safe. Cohene represents the utopian myth by meticulously selecting the textures, colours, patterns, clothing, objects, and architecture of the 1970sthe era of her own childhood. The illusion of togetherness, of family is present and seductive. Memory and fantasy mingle to create a psychological mechanism similar to denial as the architecture blithely enforces the nuclear family construct.
Yet Cohene's fractured narratives debunk the myth. The foundation of the home has structurally collapsed. The loss of Father is painfully palpable and plays itself out against the idealized middle-class backdrop. The characters' faces and bodies present the absence of that which is lost: the dream of unconditional love forever and ever. The inhabitants' emotional devastation stands in stark contrast to the nostalgic physical manifestation of the nuclear family home. Their hearts are crushed and disconsolate. The temple of unconditional love is contaminated by isolation, sorrow, and hopelessness. The characters inhabit a traumatic history, experiencing together alone the distressing rupture of the false promise. Nostalgia is turned on its head. No longer dulling the senses, the falseness is exposed: Father, Child, Mother are each trapped in their own frame, perpetually isolated from each other, yet at the same time the trap is their very relationality, their juxtaposition, a paradox that Cohene has beautifully and subtly teased out: Father is father because of Child, Mother is mother because of Child, Child is child because of Father and Mother. Similarly, Father is father because of Mother, Mother is mother because of Father.
Child is the powerless witness of this unhappy containment. Peering from behind windows, listening at doors, peeking through keyholes, roaming aimlessly in the emotionally gutted home, Child has no agency. Estrangement, abandonment, and betrayal take their toll. Overwhelmed with sorrow, confusion, anxiety, anger, and doubt, Child observes, mostly in silence, as h/er caregivers' integrity weakens, their weariness exposing the gendered artifice they are senselessly re-creating. Mother unconditionally preserves the appearance of family and stability. She is trapped in the endless cycle of producing the family meal: the cardinal rite of togetherness. On the brink of collapse she hoists her will to meet the demands of duty. It is my job to do everything I can to make my children part of a normal world, a world of school, and friends, and lovers and families of their own some day. Beyond her maternal instinct to protect and nurture her Child, she is the custodian of the nuclear family contract. She molds the family home into a recognizable physical form while she is powerless to shape/transform its emotional and spiritual substance. Father is locked outside the home, or returns as mere guest to graze its surfaces, presumably having violated a fundamental rule of engagement. Access to the inner sanctum is irremediably forbidden. He is denied access to the home and emotionally extracted from the familial relationships. He is perennially shattered, guilty, resentful, helpless, and inadequate. Locked out of his role of Husband/Father he wanders aimlessly; disempowered and rudderless he seeks comfort in his previous role of boy-child, playing pinball into the night. Inside and out, the characters are stunned by the abyss before them, their roles disintegrated, hollow, pointless.
Child too, in the privacy of h/er bedroom, is caught in the early trappings of gendered rituals. S/he enacts encoded gender roles: Girl engages in reverie before a ceramic ballerina and draws on floral wallpaper while Boy watches violent televised cartoons and reads Mad magazine. Child's individuation process develops in the midst of this cultural complexity and duplicity. When s/he responds, I know, to Father's statement: What she [Mother] means is that she prefers the senseless pain we inflict on each other to the pain we would otherwise inflict on ourselves But I am not afraid of that solitary pain. In fact, if I do not strip myself of all that clatter and clutter and ridiculous ritual I shall go out of my fucking mind!, Child expresses h/er awareness, doubt, and suspicion of h/er familial environment.
Hope for Something Better cuts in when Child expresses h/er anger and protest from under a rainbow coloured clothtraditionally a symbol of inclusiveness, hope, yearning, and more recently a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender pride. S/he mouths the words of a television super hero: Watching mankind with hatred that is as boundless as the stars with plans for the destruction of man that is beyond imagining [wicked laugh] Just wait and see: the holy trinity Male/Female/Child, the unchallenged gendered role matrix will be tackled by a super hero: the empowered Youth who will vehemently dismantle gender, and thereby the nuclear family as we know it and all sexist prejudice.
Hope crashes in again at a critical juncture in the narrative. Marked by shattered glass, the only literal destruction Cohene shows, the frame narrows to a single keyhole in a sea of blackness to reveal a piano in the distance. Father, Mother, and Child retreat in sequence to this island of hope, stillness, and soulful release. Loneliness and fear yield to solitary and introspective engagement. Their safety and peace transcends the family home allowing them to embrace individualization, wisdom, and creation. The composer's conception echoes their narrative of desolation and despair as well as that of hope and redemption, and transforms it into a poetic, stylized form that Father, Mother, and Child encounter like a mirror. The score exposes, proposes, engages, uplifts, and challenges them to confront themselves. The characters tap into their agency and the magnitude of their potential to co-create their reality. They confront their own humanity and inhumanity, thereby supporting an attempt to reach for a peaceful, spiritually vibrant future.
Music reveals all the thousand-fold transitional motions of our soul. (Wackenroder) Cohene's score is her preeminent story-telling tool. Paired with her incisive editing/image placement she pulls the unfolding narrative forward with hypnotic, melancholy, and driving musical intentionality. Like a conductor calling forth the instruments and drawing out the tone, colour, and tempo, Cohene unveils the tragedy with fastidious and meticulous vigilance. Her rhythms are firm and well marked. The pulse of the content pierces and penetrates consciousness. The images collide, meet, and cross-pollinate with energy and confidence within this disciplined auditory framing. The quiet loud horror of the collapse of unconditional love haunts and terrifies. The characters' sorrow permeates every frame, smearing the walls, windows, and doors: the architecture is marked with the traumatic history.
Hollywood actors and cinematic convention submit to Cohene's discrimination and intention. While Father, Child, Mother are played by a series of different actors they represent the archetype Father, Child, Mother, iconic gendered signifiers. Yet, the fact that Father, Child, Mother have many different faces deconstructs this universality and particularizes the experience for us: there will be one face in there that reminds us of our own singular mother and father, and also of our singular selves as children. Cohene's collage presents archetypal/intimate images that agitate our awareness, awakening the coiled serpent in our heart and soul that bypasses our modes of denial, defense systems, and coping mechanisms. We find ourselves exposed and self-aware. Our personal histories resonate with that of the characters' histories. Like Child in the last frames, we walk cautiously, almost fearfully, in the hallway of our dark childhood home. The Child's wrapped present may end up in the trash in this powerless chapter of h/er life, but like the film clips, this powerlessness can be retrieved, reclaimed, reinterpreted, reshaped, and compassionately transformed for the future.
DANY LYNE holds a M.F.A. Honours from the University of Victoria and an A.O.C.A. Honours, from the Ontario College of Art and Design. Lyne participated in an Opera Design Residency at The Banff Centre of Fine Arts and has designed sets and costumes for over 70 productions in Canada, the United States and Europe. Lyne is also a Reiki practitioner in the Toronto area.
Exhibitions, Past
Aleesa Cohene: Something Better
Mona Kamal: Journeys
The Artist That Therefore I Am by Steve Reinke
YYZ, November 1, 2008 6 min read
Autodeliquescent Superheroes by Emily Falvey
YYZ, September 8, 2011 8 min read
Dil Hildebrand: Going Back to the Drawing Board by Mary Reid
YYZ, September 9, 2011 11 min read
Sara A.Tremblay: The Replacements by Anne-Marie Proulx
YYZ, March 20, 2014 9 min read
…the wing span of an owl, enabling flight… (rumination on the lives of two birds and a man) by Yam Lau
YYZ, August 29, 2012 9 min read
A Sense of Place: Sandra Brewster at YYZ / by Canisia Lubrin
YYZ, September 18, 2019 8 min read
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Major step towards sustainable and efficient ship construction
Partners of an EU initiative have unveiled a recently assembled full-scale section of a ship's hull made of composite materials to help reduce energy and maintenance costs.
In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping, shipowners, operators and builders are seeking solutions for improved sustainability, including lighter weight for reducing fuel use. Thanks to their advantages like weight savings and corrosion resistance, the use of advanced composite materials such as carbon fibre-reinforced polymers or plastics is gaining traction in the shipping industry where most vessels are still made of heavy steel.
Enter the EU-funded RAMSSES project to foster the deployment of innovative materials for future commercialisation in the maritime industry. Project partners have recently displayed the full-scale hull section of a large offshore vessel made of composite materials.
A news release by RAMSSES project partner Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) states: "There are numerous benefits to composite shipbuilding – chief amongst which is the contribution composites make towards greater maritime efficiency and sustainability. A composite vessel like the one the RAMSSES partners are working towards would weigh up to 40 % less than a steel equivalent." It adds: "The results of this are a considerable reduction in both fuel consumption and emissions."
Despite such advantages, due to a lack of approved guidelines, "regulations covering composite shipbuilding only cover vessels up to 500 tonnes – approximately 25 metres in length," as noted in the same news release. "RAMSSES aims to address this by scaling up the composite technology and capacity to design, produce and market composite vessels up to 85 metres long in full compliance with Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and class regulations by validating the production process of large composite structures with economic improvement and key performance indicators for fire-resistance, impact resistance and structural robustness." SOLAS, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, is a maritime treaty that concerns the safety of merchant ships.In the same news release, Marcel Elenbaas from DSNS highlights the impact of RAMSSES on the future of shipping. "Sustainability is a major focus in industry right now and shipbuilding is no exception. The use of composites for larger ships has significant consequences for the entire design of the ship." He adds that such vessels need smaller engines "which means more space for additional systems, making for a more versatile platform. And of course, composites require considerably less maintenance than a steel vessel. With RAMSSES we have the opportunity to demonstrate the effectiveness and viability of large-scale composite shipbuilding."Called the Custom Made Hull for Offshore Vessel, the recently unveiled solution is one of 13 demonstrator cases developed under RAMSSES that cover the entire maritime supply chain (components, equipment, integration in complex products, repair). These demos include modular lightweight systems, the application of high-performance steel in load-carrying hull structures, the integration of composite materials in various structures and solutions for global repair. The RAMSSES (Realisation and Demonstration of Advanced Material Solutions for Sustainable and Efficient Ships) project will run until May 2021.
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RAMSSES project website
Source: © European Union, CORDIS, www.cordis.europa.eu
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2826 " s2k_count - Return the calibrated S2K count.\n"
2827 " std_env_names - List the names of the standard environment.\n"
2828 " std_session_env - List the standard session environment.\n"
2829 " std_startup_env - List the standard startup environment.\n"
2831 " - Returns OK if the command CMD implements the option OPT.\n"
2832 " connections - Return number of active connections.\n"
2980 /* This function is called by Libassuan to parse the OPTION command.


Welcome to the greatest game of all – Cricket. This site will help explain to an absolute beginner some of the basic rules of cricket.
Although there are many more rules in cricket than in many other sports, it is well worth your time learning them as it is a most rewarding sport.
Whether you are looking to play in the backyard with a mate or join a club Cricket-Rules will help you learn the basics and begin to enjoy one of the most popular sports in the world.
The game is ever popular, with many fans attending to watch their local and national teams, the craze is always growing. With a number of big tournaments like The Ashes, IPL League and the granddaddy of them all, the ICC World Cup Cricket 2019! The game of cricket is highly popular, and the number of cricket betting fans who place bets on their national and local teams is also growing.
Cricket is a game played with a bat and ball on a large field, known as a ground, between two teams of 11 players each.
The object of the game is to score runs when at bat and to put out, or dismiss, the opposing batsmen when in the field. The cricket rules displayed on this page here are for the traditional form of cricket which is called "Test Cricket".
However there are other formats of the game eg. 50 over matches, Twenty20 Cricket etc where the rules differ slightly.
Cricket is a game played between two teams made up of eleven players each. There is also a reserve player called a "twelfth man" who is used should a player be injured during play.
The twelfth man is not allowed to bowl, bat, wicket keep or captain the team. His sole duty is to act as a substitute fielder.
The original player is free to return to the game as soon as they have recovered from their injury.
To apply the law and make sure the cricket rules are upheld throughout the game there are two umpires in place during games. Umpires are responsible for making decisions and notifying the scorers of these decisions.
Two umpires are in place on the playing field while there is also a third umpire off the field who is in charge of video decisions.
This is where the call is too close for the on field umpires and they refer it to the third umpire who reviews slow motion video replays to make a decision.
Test cricket is a game that spans over two innings. This means that one team needs to bowl the other team out twice and score more runs then them to win the match. Another key difference between test cricket and other forms of cricket is the length of the innings. In test cricket there is no limit to the innings length. Whereas in one day cricket & Twenty20 cricket there are a certain amount of overs per innings. The only limits in test cricket is a 5 day length. Before the game begins an official will toss a coin. The captain who guesses the correct side of the coin will then choose if they want to bat or field first. One team will then bat while the other will bowl & field. The aim of the batting team is to score runs while the aim of the fielding team is to bowl ten people out and close the batting teams' innings. Although there are eleven people in each team only ten people need to be bowled out as you cannot have one person batting alone. Batting is done in pairs.
Once the first team has been bowled out the second team would then go into bat. Once the second team is then bowled out it would normally return to the first team batting again. However there is an exception to this in the cricket rules, it is called the follow-on. The follow-on is when the first team makes at least 200 runs more than the second team made (in a 5 day test match). This then gives the first team the option to make the second team bat again. This is particularly useful if the game is progressing slowly or affected by bad weather and there might not be enough time for both teams to play a full innings. Should this be the case the batting team's captain also has the right to forfeit their innings at any time. This is called a declaration. Some may wonder why a captain would forfeit the opportunity for his team to bat. However if the game is coming close to a close and it looks like they will not be able to bowl the other team out again this could be an option. If one team is not bowled out twice and a winner determined in the five days of play the game is declared a draw. Therefore it may be worth declaring an innings to creat the possibility of a win rather than a draw.
The aim of the batsmen is to score runs. One of the main cricket rules is that for batsmen to score runs they must run to each other's end of the pitch (from one end to the other). In doing this one run is scored. Cricket rules state they may run multiple runs per shot. As well as running they can also score runs by hitting boundaries. A boundary scores the batsmen either 4 or 6 runs. A four is scored by hitting the ball past the boundary after hitting the ground while a six is scored by hitting the ball past the boundary on the full (before it hits the ground). Cricket rules also state that once a 4 or 6 has been scored any runs physically ran by the batsman are null & void. They will only obtain the 4 or 6 runs.
Other ways runs can be scored according to the cricket rules include no balls, wide balls, byes & leg byes. Cricket rules state that all runs scored by these methods are awarded to the batting team but not the individual batters.
A "No Ball" can be declared for many reasons: If the bowler bowls the ball from the wrong place, the ball is declared dangerous (often happens when bowled at the batsmen's body on the full), bounces more than twice or rolls before reaching the batsman or if fielders are standing in illegal positions. The batsman can hit a no ball and score runs off it but cannot be out from a no ball except if they are ran out, hit the ball twice, handle the ball or obstruct the field. The batsman gains any runs scored off the no ball for his shot while the team also gains one run for the no ball itself.
A "Wide Ball" will be declared if the umpire thinks the batsman did not have a reasonable opportunity to score off the delivery. However if the delivery is bowled over the batsmen's head it will not be declared a wide but a no ball. Umpires are much stricter on wide deliveries in the shorter format of the game while being much more relaxed in test cricket. A wide delivery will add one run to the batting team and any runs scored by the batsman. The batsman is not able to get out off a wide delivery except if they are stumped, run out, handle the ball, hit their wicket or obstruct the field.
A "Bye" is where a ball that isn't a no ball or wide passes the striking batsman and runs are scored without the batsman hitting the ball.
A "Leg Bye" is where runs are scored by hitting the batsman, but not the bat and the ball is not a no ball or wide. However no runs can be scored if the striking batsman didn't attempt to play a shot or if he was avoiding the ball.
Bowled – Cricket rules state that if the ball is bowled and hits the striking batsman's wickets the batsman is given out (as long as at least one bail is removed by the ball). It does not matter whether the ball has touched the batsman's bat, gloves, body or any other part of the batsman. However the ball is not allowed to have touched another player or umpire before hitting the wickets.
Caught – Cricket rules state that if a batsman hits the ball or touches the ball at all with his bat or hand/glove holding the bat then the batsman can be caught out. This is done by the fielders, wicket keeper or bowler catching the ball on the full (before it bounces). If this is done then cricket rules state the batsman is out.
Leg Before Wicket (LBW) – If the ball is bowled and it hits the batsman first without the bat hitting it then an LBW decision is possible. However for the umpire to give this out he must first look at some of the factors stated in the cricket rules. The first thing the umpire need to decide is would the ball have hit the wickets if the batsman was not there. If his answer to this is yes and the ball was not pitched on the leg side of the wicket he can safely give the batsman out. However if the ball hits the batsman outside the line of off stump while he was attempting to play a stroke then he is not out.
Stumped – A batsman can be given out according to cricket rules when the wicketkeeper puts down his wicket while he is out of his crease and not attempting a run (if he is attempting a run it would be a runout).
Run Out – Cricket rules state that a batsman is out if no part of his bat or body is grounded behind the popping crease while the ball is in play and the wicket is fairly put down by the fielding side.
Hit Wicket – Cricket rules specify that if a batsman hits his wicket down with his bat or body after the bowler has entered his delivery stried and the ball is in play then he is out. The striking batsman is also out if he hits his wicket down while setting off for his first run.
Handled The Ball – Cricket rules allow the batsman to be given out if he willingly handles the ball with the hand that is not touching the bat without the consent of the opposition.
Timed Out – An incoming batsman must be ready to face a ball or be at the non strikers end with his partner within three minutes of the outgoing batsman being dismissed. If this is not done the incoming batsman can be given out.
Hit The Ball Twice – Cricket rules state that if a batsman hits a ball twice other than for the purpose of protecting his wicket or with consent from the opposition he is out.
There are many other cricket rules. However these are most of the basics and will get you well on your way to playing the game. Many of the more advanced rules & laws can be learned along the way and are not vital to general play.


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Editor's Note: This month we are welcoming two new members to our blogging team here at CMWF. Today's post is Chantal's first one with us. Welcome, Chantal! We're so glad to have you sharing your story with us!
As followers of Christ we all have defining moments in our faith where God asks us to follow Him.
Choosing to let Him guide our family as we joined the military was one of those moments for me.
When my husband and I got married, the military was not a thought in my mind. We planned to stay in our home state of Minnesota, where almost all our family resides, and raise our future children. We never discussed other options. But two years into our marriage the economy took a downhill turn, and what I thought would never affect us, did. My new husband lost his job, and we were faced with the same difficult situation of unemployment that many Americans were facing. Young and newly married, we were completely unprepared for the difficulties that lay ahead.
During the following year and a half, finding work was tough. I was earning my Bachelors degree and working part time, while my husband painstakingly searched for suitable work to keep us afloat. With little hope in sight, we turned our ears all the more to Jesus in desperation. Jesus, what do you have in store for us?
Never before had we been so open to listening to the Lord.
A little whisper spoke to my heart and practically out of nowhere I found myself asking my husband, "Have you ever thought about the military?" I was completely surprised that this was coming from my mouth. As we began a long discussion about joining the military, I feared how this would affect our marriage and our family. I wanted our children to know their family and I certainly did not want to leave the new family I had gained, or be torn from my own.I was fearful of our future and how this would shape our family, but I felt God reminding me of all the time He had spoken in my life. He was encouraging me to move forward through my fear.
Those words spoke so strongly to my heart during the time my husband was away. They were a source of great comfort. He was encouraging me to trust in His plan like never before and I knew He would form our family into what it should be.
A little over three years have passed since I was encouraged with that passage in Joshua. As I look back, I can see how God has used the military to shape our extended and immediate family. He has kept His promises to me, and no matter where we are, He has provided us with support in the form of family and great friends. Our family is stronger and healthier than it was before the military because distance has forced us to communicate better. God has placed others in our lives at each duty station to fill a specific role where family would traditionally serve, which has created lasting friendships.
This passage of scripture continues to encourage me on the days I feel like military life is an impossible feat. It reminds me that He has chosen our family for this task, and no matter where the military may take us or how it will separate our family, He will be there to provide for our needs and to strengthen us.
What fears are lingering in your heart today?
Where are you struggling to trust in God's provision?
Who is one person you can come alongside of today to encourage with the message of God's faithfulness?
Lord, thank you for your constant presence in my life. Thank you for your promise to be with me wherever I may go. Your plan for my family is perfect and as you continue to lead me, I hold onto your promises for the difficult and sometimes lonely days that military life holds. I pray that you continue to go with us all our days.


ArchPoint client, Pierre Foods, merged with Advance Foods and Advance Brands in 2010 to become AdvancePierre Foods, a fully integrated manufacturer of value-added proteins, Philly Steaks, and handheld sandwiches. Along with the operational integration of the businesses, executive leadership also had the challenge of integrating three independently run, family owned companies with distinct cultures, and corporate offices in two states. AdvancePierre Foods (APF) leaned on ArchPoint to provide the resources and guidance to assist them on their path to becoming one company.
ArchPoint quickly recommended that APF refresh their corporate strategic plan – OGSM (Objectives/Goals/Strategies/Measures) – given the new leadership team and broadened set of expectations for the organization. The OGSM would provide the roadmap for the work that needed to be done to unify the company, gain the synergy savings they hoped for and grow the business.
ArchPoint led the way by conducting the OGSM/SIM process for every Business Unit and Function in the organization, ensuring that each leader had a set of strategies and initiatives that were aligned to the corporate strategy. These plans allowed the teams to implement their important change initiatives, while also running the business.
A key component to making the integration successful was to merge the Executive Leadership team from the three companies into one high performing team. ArchPoint completed an HBDI profile (Hermann Brain Dominance Index) to determine how each leader processed and made decisions. This exercise helped the team understand the importance of leveraging all thinking styles – especially, those most unlike their own - in order to achieve the best outcome.
Given the redundancies across marketing and new product development (NPD), ArchPoint helped to centralize the departments, redesign the work flow, and establish accountabilities and decision rights. The 5 independent teams were consolidated under a corporate marketing/innovation umbrella, with NPD specialists dedicated to each business channel.
At the heart of the change effort was a need to establish a unified culture that would drive success. ArchPoint conducted a culture survey to identify the current and desired future state of the organization's culture. This effort resulted in identifying 5 core pillars, or values, to support the corporate tenet of: Taking a Stand – Building a Culture of Performance.
Since people are at the center of all change efforts, ArchPoint built a change management plan that installed a team of APF Change Agents. This team led the change by being role models and identifying and rewarding associates whose behaviors championed the new corporate culture. A comprehensive Communication Plan was also implemented to ensure internal and external stakeholders were kept current on progress being made on all integration initiatives.
AdvancePierre Foods was able to maintain focus on the operations integration of the business, while ArchPoint led the equally important elements of people, process and change management. The company met their synergy savings goals in the first year of integration, grew sales in their retail business units and in the process, built a culture of performance driven by teamwork.


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The SIP URI scheme is a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) multimedia communications protocol. A SIP address is a URI that addresses a specific telephone extension on a voice over IP system. Such a number could be a private branch exchange or an E.164 telephone number dialled through a specific gateway. The scheme was defined in .

Operation
A SIP address is written in user@domain.tld format in a similar fashion to an email address. An address like:
 sip:1-999-123-4567@voip-provider.example.net

instructs a SIP client to use the NAPTR and SRV schemes to look up the SIP server associated with the DNS name voip-provider.example.net and connect to that server. If those records are not found, but the name is associated with an IP address, the client will directly contact the SIP server at that IP address on port 5060, by default using the UDP transport protocol. It will ask the server (which may be a gateway) to be connected to the destination user at 1-999-123-4567. The gateway may require the user REGISTER using SIP before placing this call. If a destination port is provided as part of the SIP URI, the NAPTR/SRV lookups are not used; rather, the client directly connects to the specified host and port.

As a SIP address is text, much like an e-mail address, it may contain non-numeric characters. As the client may be a SIP phone or other device with just a numeric, telephone-like keypad, various schemes exist to associate an entirely numeric identifier to a publicly reachable SIP address. These include the iNum Initiative (which issues E.164-formatted numbers, where the corresponding SIP address is the number '@sip.inum.net'), SIP Broker-style services (which associate a numeric *prefix to the SIP domain name) and the e164.org and e164.arpa domain name servers (which convert numbers to addresses one-by-one as DNS reverse-lookups).

SIP addresses may be used directly in configuration files (for instance, in Asterisk (PBX) installations) or specified through the web interface of a voice-over-IP gateway provider (usually as a call forwarding destination or an address book entry). Systems which allow speed dial from a user's address book using a vertical service code may allow a short numeric code (like *75xx) to be translated to a pre-stored alphanumeric SIP address.

Spam and security issues
In theory, the owner of a SIP-capable telephone handset could publish a SIP address from which they could be freely and directly reached worldwide, in much the same way that SMTP e-mail recipients may be contacted from anywhere at almost no cost to the message sender. Anyone with a broadband connection could install a softphone (such as Ekiga) and call any of these SIP addresses for free.

In practice, various forms of network abuse are discouraging creation and publication of openly reachable SIP addresses:
 The spam which has rendered SMTP the "spam mail transport protocol" could potentially make published sip: numbers unusable as the numbers are flooded with VoIP spam, usually automatic announcement devices delivering pre-recorded advertisements. Unlike mailto:, sip: establishes a voice call which interrupts the human recipient in real time with a ringing telephone.
 SIP is vulnerable to Caller ID spoofing as the displayed name and number, much like the return address on e-mail, is supplied by the sender and not authenticated.
 Servers supporting inbound sip: connections are routinely targeted with unauthorised REGISTER attempts with random numeric usernames and passwords, a brute force attack intended to impersonate individual off-premises extensions on the local PBX
 Servers supporting inbound sip: connections are also targeted with unsolicited attempts to reach outside numbers, usually premium-rate destinations such as caller-pays-airtime mobile exchanges in foreign countries.

In the server logs, this looks like:
[Oct 23 15:04:02] NOTICE[4539]: chan_sip.c:21614 handle_request_invite: Call from '' to extension '011972599950423' rejected because extension not found in context 'default'.
[Oct 23 15:04:04] NOTICE[4539]: chan_sip.c:21614 handle_request_invite: Call from '' to extension '9011972599950423' rejected because extension not found in context 'default'.
[Oct 23 15:04:07] NOTICE[4539]: chan_sip.c:21614 handle_request_invite: Call from '' to extension '7011972599950423' rejected because extension not found in context 'default'.
[Oct 23 15:04:08] NOTICE[4539]: chan_sip.c:21614 handle_request_invite: Call from '' to extension '972599950423' rejected because extension not found in context 'default'.
an attempt to call a Palestinian mobile telephone (Israel, country code +972) by randomly trying 9- (a common code for an outside line from an office PBX), 011- (the overseas call prefix in the North American Numbering Plan) and 7- (on the off-chance a PBX is using it instead of 9- for an outside line). Security tools such as firewalls or fail2ban must therefore be deployed to prevent unauthorised outside call attempts; many VoIP providers also disable overseas calls to all but countries specifically requested as enabled by the subscriber.

SIPS URI scheme
The SIPS URI scheme adheres to the syntax of the SIP URI, differing only in that the scheme is sips rather than sip. The default Internet port address for SIPS is 5061 unless explicitly specified in the URI.

SIPS allows resources to specify that they should be reached securely. It mandates that each hop over which the request is forwarded up to the target domain must be secured with TLS. The last hop from the proxy of the target domain to the user agent has to be secured according to local policies.

SIPS protects against attackers which try to listen on the signaling link. It does not provide real end-to-end security, since encryption is only hop-by-hop and every single intermediate proxy has to be trusted.

See also
 Federated VoIP and telephone number mapping
 e164.arpa
 Security Descriptions for SDP
 Mikey key exchange method
 ZRTP end-to-end key exchange proposal

References

URI schemes
Internet protocols

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It's time again for my post for Cee's Share Your World.
Hmm, I really just like what I like (I'm interpreting "art" as traditional paintings/pictures/sculptures for the purpose of this question). Nothing in particular. For example, the "Mona Lisa" may be an exceptionally famous piece of art, but to me it's just a painting of a woman. I don't see why it's so "exceptional".
On the other hand, I think this picture (done by my friends' older son on the back of an off-cut of wallpaper when he was, I think, eight [EDIT – his mum has told me he was only five!]) is so good I framed it and hung it over my fireplace.
Well, nothing yet. I've only been awake for two hours. And I've been watching "Scream" (the series) on Netflix, which is very good but nothing to smile about, what with all the dead teenagers and whatnot.
Tricky, very tricky. There are so many lovely places that if asked to choose I'll have to go for Cornwall, UK, since I live here. You can see loads of photos if you click on my "Photos" category, but here's a little taster.
… wish I was older. Now I wish I was younger :-). But retain all my current life experiences and acquired "wisdom" so I could make better choices. I know. It's a big ask.
It is, and exactly the sort of thing I like.
It's like life's all topsy-turvy or something. Why can't we be young and wise simultaneously?
Yes, he did a great job!
It is indeed a big ask.
Yeah, I don't think it's going to happen somehow.
No, he was all hoity-toity and insisted on canvas and whatnot. The mad fool.
It has pride of place in my living room!
I wish the same thing and FIVE…wow..he's a talent!
Yeah, I was thinking he'd painted it shortly before I got it (hence eight), but no. Only five!
Thanks so much sharing this week. Your photos are superb!
Thanks, it's easy to take good photos of such lovely scenery!
Your photos of nature are fantastic!
Enjoying your age and where you are is a gift.
I'm glad you liked the photos.
I doubt many people are ever happy with the age they are at any given moment!


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Головино — деревня в Кимрском районе Тверской области. Входит в состав Титовского сельского поселения.

География
Находится в юго-восточной части Тверской области на расстоянии приблизительно 5 км на восток по прямой от станции Савёлово в городе Кимры.

История
Известна с 1635 года, когда в ней был учтен 1 двор. В 1859 году отмечено 19 дворов. В 1859 году здесь (деревня Калязинского уезда Тверской губернии) было учтено 35 дворов.

Население
Численность населения: 3 человека (1635 год), 189 (1859 год), 12 (русские 100 %) в 2002 году, 1 в 2010.

Примечания

Населённые пункты Кимрского района


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Our compliance system is geared to preventing compliance violations. Preventing corruption and antitrust infringements is the main focus of the compliance organization. Responsibility for compliance in other areas where violations can arise lies with the relevant organizational function, such as the corporate competence center for occupational safety, health, and environmental protection (OSHEP Center) or, in data protection matters, the HOCHTIEF Data Security Officer.


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By D. C. Grant, Edited by Penny Scown
When Josh' father declares bankruptcy the family home is put up for sale and they move to the beach house at Piha, West Auckland. But with the beach house also up for sale and his parents constantly fighting, the only time that Josh can escape is when he's surfing. But even on the waves there is trouble. Is Josh's recurring nightmare that he's drowning a premonition?
When Josh' father declares bankruptcy the family home is put up for sale and they move to the beach house at Piha, West Auckland. But with the beach house also up for sale and his
by D. C. Grant
edited by Penny Scown
Standfast Publications Ltd
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There is plenty in this story to hold the interest of readers. Relationships between the characters are realistically portrayed and the technical information about surfing and conditions at Piha beach will appeal to readers who enjoy the sport and are familiar with Piha. Recommended for both boys and girls at secondary level. Magpies Vol 22
There is plenty in this story to hold the interest of readers. Relationships between the characters are realistically portrayed and the technical information about surfing and conditions at Piha beac...
D C Grant started writing at the age of 16 influenced at the time by S E Hinton author of The Outsiders, and knew that she would always be known by her initials. She wrote on and off over the following years, occasionally losing the plot when life got in the way but always mindful that having a book published was on the bucket list. This finally happened in 2007 when her Young Adult book In Too Deep was published by Scholastic NZ Ltd. This was followed by High Speed and Where the Flag Floats published by Pear Jam Books in 2011 and 2013 respectively. Both books are adventure stories for the 8-12 age group. In July 2013 the follow up to In Too Deep, Three Times Dead, was published by Standfast Publications Ltd. D C Grant writes primarily about boys because she reads books for boys. Her favourite authors are Lee Child and Bernard Cornwall and with these influences she was never going to be a romance writer. Her interests include military history, target shooting and rugby union, unusual pursuits for a girl but primary sources for plot ideas, however she has been known to do the occasional crosstitch and even turn her hand to knitting. D C Grant currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand but was born in Manchester, England and lived for twenty years in Durban, South Africa. She lives in a New York style loft apartment with an aging Fox Terrier called Milly and a slightly psychotic cat called Candy. Follow D C Grant at Website: www.dcgrant.co.nz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcgrantwriter Blog: http://dcgrantwriter.wordpress.com/


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Manga Summary: "Because I'm a hero, it's not ridiculous to protect you." A forced hot kiss with tongue and fingers crawling on the skin... I thought a hero wouldn't do something like that. Ueno-kun as a hero who I met in a part-time job behind the scenes in a department store. He's just a real hero who helps me out as soon as I'm in trouble with a gentle smile. But when's he's a hero, he's with a girl. I couldn't imagine it. When I was thinking that by myself, after working overtime with another person, a sudden change came in the face of a man!? I was forced to embrace of "being too vulnerable" and I couldn't help but spouting out a lewd voice while being deeply played with...
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House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Hears Pitch to Raise Gas Tax
Parul Dubey on February 11, 2019 - in Featured, Financial, News
By John Schneidawind, vice president of public affairs, ARTBA
If the experience of newly elected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is any indication, campaigning on raising the gas tax isn't political suicide. It's a path to victory.
Speaking Feb. 7 before a hearing of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) under its new chairman, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), Walz detailed how he won last November with a proactive stance on raising the state gas tax. He appeared at the hearing on behalf of the National Governors Association and acknowledged that not all its members agree with his stance.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz
Walz's poll numbers went up during the campaign even as his opponent ran negative ads about his gas tax increase position. "We ran a campaign talking about investing," said Walz, a former member of the T&I committee. "In Minnesota, we'll propose a comprehensive transportation package addressing all modes of transportation to improve the lives of Minnesotans. The gas tax is a reliable funding stream that gets the job done."
Judging from the questions posed to the panelists, T&I Committee members were split along party lines about a gas tax increase—Democrats leaning for, Republicans leaning against. One exception is Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who noted that the ability of the gas tax to produce needed revenue has eroded since 1993, when it was last increased, from 18.5 cents to 8 cents due to inflation. Young unsuccessfully supported a gas tax increase as part of transportation legislation during the second Bush administration.
"To me there's not a danger in increasing the user fee for the first time in 26 years," DeFazio said, "but we have to make the case in a way that's irrefutable."
Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), the committees ranking member, wants to transition to a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) program.
Panelists and committee members agreed that raising the tax by itself won't solve America's infrastructure crisis or be enough to replenish the depleted Highway Trust Fund. What's needed, they said, is a combination of solutions that includes a gas tax increase, user or mileage fees, and a continuing emphasis on Public-Private Partnerships, or P3s.
Also testifying before the panel were former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Los Angeles Democrat Mayor Eric Garcetti, and other modal stakeholder representatives.
The hearing marks the beginning of the debate on an infrastructure package that both Democrats and Republicans agree is needed. ARTBA will continue working to ensure any such package includes a permanent revenue solution for the Highway Trust Fund.
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Beautiful wise woman you are Nic. I'm so glad you are in THE world and in my world.
I feel that you are so lucky to have this wonderful gift.
I am a psychic medium and I can tick off all of the items stated and even more. People are amazing.
Everyone is psychic, but most people stifle the gifts by various addictions. You're blessed to be able to accept yourself as you are. I'm also highly 'psychic' and empathic, always a balancing act to be around sleepy people. I require a lot of alone time to recharge! Blessings to you, Nicole.
"Whispers I have crystals in my bra…". So classic and so TRUE. I have a feeling there are a lot more crystals being carried around in a bra than people realize….
On Tuesday this week I was running (not teaching) a workshop. I welcomed the trainer and showed her the amenities around the training room (toilets/coffee) and said that if there was an evacuation to just follow instructions. I wouldn't normally think about that, but on Tuesday – I don't know, it just seemed to be a necessary part of the briefing. Lo and behold, there was a false alarm that caused an evacuation!
I totally forgave any strange looks I got after that.
So grateful having you in this world. Thank you for being you….
You are such a Beautiful soul, both inside, and out! This picture of you especially highlights just how beautiful you are outside!!! You are such an inspiration to all of us, the ones that have the gift and understand it, and the ones barely discovering it. I always look forward to each & every one of your e-mails, as I always can connect to everything you are going through. Thank you for always being so genuine and truthful about EVERYTHING you are going through, (BOTH THE GOOD AND THE BAD)!!! That is the TRUEST thing that the WORLD NEEDS right now!!! Many of the youngsters haven't lived through the toughest things, so sharing this knowledge is like finding GOLD!!! Please keep on sharing YOUR knowledge, blessings, and hard times with the world – because you are making one helluva impact!!!
Don´t mind. The people who matter will understand. Besides it depends on their own consciousness. I have the same problem with being highly sensitive. For a long time I was convinced something is wrong with me. But I´m getting more and more strong and self confidend. As Gloria Gaynor sings: Life is not worth a damn till you can say hey world I am what I am.
I am sorry for all of the nitwits out there in the world…..they are just scared little puppies. I love your gifts that you share with the world and for you the wholeness of who you are! I treasure you in my life, your stories and your wisdom. We are all rising in awareness and the fools just haven't caught up yet!
If you were my best friend I would be so proud of your gift and tell everyone.. small minds is what is wrong with this world..if everyone was a bit more open and tolerant, the world would be a more peaceful place ❤.
You be you! I have received similar comments, with a look that portends the gates of hell or doomsday at the very least, "Don't talk about that in public." Or, " I want to be friends but I am a Christian, and so are my other friends. That old Satan is the one you are hearing from, he is a master of disguise." 🤮. But mixed in, also some encouraging comments from others. Interesting how many alternate worlds exist, even on this plane.


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