I've been on a bit of a phone case kick recently. I've never been big into protecting my devices as I seem to go through them so fast that they never end up picking up wear and tear. I've decided to slow down on new devices at this point in my life so I'm doing everything I can do protect the devices that I do have. I purchased the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus on the day it came out from one of my local T-Mobile stores and I've been in search for the perfect case ever since.
PITAKA recently contacted us and wanted us to take a look at its Aramid Phone Case for the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus as well as its car mount. When the rep emailing me stated that it was the thinnest phone case on the market, I was intrigued. I love the industrial design of Samsung's devices so I hate to cover it up but I thought the thinnest case on the market might do it some justice.
0.85mm thick, 18g heavy. Like it's barely there.
And I have to say, this is the thinnest case I've ever used on any phone. The only case that comes remotely close is the Samsung Official Clear Cover, but it still falls short. The Aramid case is made of synthetic fibers that promise high performance. PITAKA states that Aramid is used in products like aircraft, aerospace products, and in super cars due to its high strength, resistance to abrasion and heat, and that it is non-conductive. In addition to that, it doesn't pick up fingerprints and has a low flammability rating.
It doesn't pick up most fingerprints.
While that might seem like a lot of marketing mumbo jumbo, what it breaks down to is an incredibly thin, but strong case. There is some flex in the case, but it's rather rigid. I was able to bend the case and I feel like if I really try I could flex it enough to break it, but it would be pretty tough. This thing isn't going to crack and should last for a long time.
One of the biggest reasons you'd buy a case is for drop protection, but that's a tough task with a phone designed like the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus. This thing is all glass and curves and neither of those things tends to be durable. I don't think this case will provide a ton of drop protection, but it is above average for how slim the case actually is. Additionally, you should be free of scratches on the back of the device with this thing on, so there's that.
The cutouts on the bottom and sides of the device do not hide or impede any of the ports or buttons that are vital to using the phone although the cutouts on the bottom can be a bit sharp which can become uncomfortable during very long sessions with the device. But honestly, I only ran into this issue once or twice in the several weeks I've had the case. It might be a nit-picky flaw, but it does exist.
So far, I've tested 20 or so cases for the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus and the PITAKA Aramid case is one of my favorites. It does have some very minor flaws, but overall I love the extra grip it gives me on an otherwise very slippery phone and just how thin it is. You wouldn't think a case this thin would be so strong but it is. Color me impressed.
PITAKA also sent over the MagMount car mount for us to check out too. This mount is a rather standard air vent mount for your car. The case automatically connects to the mount without any need for the special magnetic plate. You can save that plate for a significant other's phone if you'd like or just order the mount by itself and skip the case. It worked decently well and I've never had an instance where the phone has fallen off the mount when going over bumps, but it has slid down a little bit once or twice. The head of the mount swivels 360-degrees so you can position your phone however you'd like it. It's perfect for using Android Auto.
PITAKA also makes cool wallets out of carbon fiber. You can see in the video below how they work and check out the Kickstarter for more info.
We're teaming up with PITAKA to give away two prize packs. Both packs will include a case of your choice for the Samsung Galaxy S8 or Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus and an Air Vent Mount. This giveaway is for US residents only (sorry, international readers!) and will conclude on July 31, 2017, at 11:59 PM.
In the widget below you will have several options to enter. The only mandatory option is entering your email address and that's so we can contact the winner. You can get additional entries by following AndroidGuys on Twitter, following PITAKA on twitter, and/or tweeting a message. You can tweet once a day for additional entries.
Editor's note: This review previously suggested that the magnetic plate that is included with the mount is required for use with the Aramid case. The post has since been updated to reflect the corrected information.


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Mammals of Sri Lanka for Children
ISBN : 978-955-99378-3-8
Dr Miththapala graduated from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and obtained her MA in Biology from Smith College USA and her PhD in wildlife and range sciences from the University of Florida, USA. She has been a visiting lecturer at the Universities of Colombo and Sri Jayawardenapura and was principal of Ladies' College, Colombo 7. She is presently a consultant to the IUCN. She serves as a member of IUCNs global commission on education and communication, as well as its commission on ecosystem management.
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An introduction to mammals of Sri Lanka for children.
The book provides detailed descriptions of mammals, how they feed, where they live and where they are found in Sri Lanka. It includes a list of mammals endemic to Sri Lanka and discusses the threats they are subject to and how they are protected from these threats.
This is a revised and updated edition of a 1990s original, which includes more species and rich illustrations. Scientific terms are used and explained throughout the book which will prove a valuable source of reference for children and adults.

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There are ways to generate income outside the 9-5 grind – get busy in your free time and you could see the pounds rolling in. Liam Tarry shows you how with his top money making tips.
The economic climate means many people will have to tighten their belts over the coming months. While sticking to a budget and finding ways to cut back are advisable, especially during times of financial hardship, with a little imagination and effort you could find there are ways you can actually make money.
Moneywise has come up with 10 ways to make money during the credit crunch – some are easier than others but all of them could see you make some extra cash.
1. Track down old accounts According to the British Bankers' Association, there is more than 15 billion sitting forgotten in bank and savings accounts in the UK, with the average balance estimated to be 600. The good news is that tracing lost funds has become easier with Mylostaccount.org.uk – a free online service that covers all UK bank and building society accounts. All you need to do is to go to the website and type in your details.
2. Claim tax credits It's always worth checking that you are receiving all the tax credits you are eligible for. Research by entitledto.co.uk found that people across the UK are collectively missing out on benefits and tax credits worth more than 8 billion a year. So while you're tracing lost funds, why not visit the entitledto.co.uk website too and work out how much you could claim.
3. Sort your savings Another easy way to make money is to make sure your savings are working as hard as they can. After all, you worked hard for your savings, so they should do the same. If you've had the same savings account for a while it might be worth shopping around because new customers tend to get the most competitive rates. Good rates come and go, but if you've had a savings account for more than a year the chances are the interest you are earning is not the best out there. If you have a lump sum that you are prepared to lock away for 12 months or longer, then a fixed-rate account might be best. This type of deal will also protect you from interest rate cuts. If you want to start a savings habit then a regular savings account is a good way to ensure you put a set amount of money away each month. But if you want to make deposits as and when, an instant access deal could be the one for you. However, if you haven't yet used your ISA allowance for the current tax year then this sort of account should be the first home for any savings. You can save up to 3,600 each tax year as cash in an ISA and this will not be taxed.
4. Mystery shopper If you are longing for some retail therapy but can't afford to hit the shops, why not earn a few pounds as a mystery shopper? Websites such as Retaileyes.co.uk employ mystery shoppers to drop in unannounced in shops and restaurants and rate their experience. After you send in your feedback, you'll be paid for your time and reimbursed for any purchases you made. You could make up to 20 a day, and get a meal or a night in a nice hotel thrown in for good measure.
6. Cashback sites You can earn even more money from shopping online. Cashback websites will automatically pay you every time you buy a product or a service from selected retailers, from your weekly groceries to switching your utility provider. For example, CashbackKings.co.uk would pay you 1.50 for a 50 weekly shop at Tesco.com, up to 18 if you switched your gas and electricity provider through uSwitch and as much as 85 if you were to take out an ISA with Legal & General.
7. Take in a lodger While most of us pay a fortune for our homes, it's possible to make your home make money for you. According to Abbey, you could make as much as 368 a month from renting out a spare room. Under the government's -rent a room' scheme, you don't need to pay tax on the first 4,250 you receive either, which means you could charge up to 354.16 a month without being lumbered with a tax bill.
8. Rent out a parking space If you live close to a city centre, train station or football stadium and don't use your parking space or garage, you're sitting on a proverbial goldmine. Renting an empty parking place to a commuter or football fan could see you rake in the pounds. Parkatmyhouse.com is a website where you can advertise your space free of charge and let frustrated drivers get in touch. A parking space in the West End of London, for example, can fetch 500 a month, while in a leafy suburb of Leeds a space could net you 100.
9. Auctions We're all guilty of hoarding items that -could come in handy one day'. But one man's rubbish could be another man's treasure, which is why online auction website eBay.co.uk is so successful. In fact, eBay estimates the average British house has about 450 worth of unwanted items that could be sold on the site. For more valuable items, it could be worth going to an auction. Jonty Hearnden, antiques expert and presenter of BBC 1's Cash in the Attic and Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting, says you should contact a local auctioneer if you think an item could be valuable. "You could be asked to email across a digital photo, which the auctioneer will assess for free, or the auctioneer might visit you at no extra cost to take a closer look – especially if it is a large item," he explains.
10. Car boot sales If you'd prefer money in your palm instantly, a car boot sale is the place to go. Thousands of people flock to car boot sales every weekend, with pitches costing about 10 a day. To find out where to flog your booty, check out Carbootjunction.com.
Lisa Mills runs two websites, one selling baby gifts and the other promoting childrens gift baskets.


You've read your kids every book you could find by Maurice Sendak and Dr. Seuss but they're not quite ready for the Harry Potter epics of J.K. Rowling. So what do you read them in the meantime? Might we suggest Eric Morse's What Is Punk?, an enjoyable picture book that recounts the history of punk rock… in verse. After all, it can only help every youngster's cool factor later in life if they know who Television and the New York Dolls are, right? Find out below just how this all-ages homage to punk came to be.
Q: Your picture book What Is Punk? is at once delightfully playful and impressively comprehensive about the history of punk. How long did it take to come up with the final copy? Did you have to research this or was this all well-known to you beforehand?
A: A quick hard drive check reveals 24 drafts over an 11-month period. I had what you might call an "enthusiast's" knowledge of the material: I had my favorite albums/songs/eras for each artist — as I'm sure your readers do. I'm not a punk scholar or historian, I'm a punk fan, and the book was intended to be one person sharing something he loves with others, as opposed to an encyclopedic document.
The main research I did was fact-checking, getting dates right, going deeper into correlated bands and scenes, etc. But in a 32-page children's book, there isn't a lot of room to get into deep detail! The most labor-intensive portion was working with the rhyme scheme and narrowing down the artist list.
Q: Who was your favorite punk rock band growing up? Did you have a particular record that you basically played to death?
A: Oh, my car stereo wore out plenty of tapes when I was growing up. Punk was present in my teenage life in strange ways: my first concert featured Johnny Rotten and Keith Levene (original bassist for the Clash) playing with Public Image Ltd.; a Clash cover band played at my prom. But it wasn't until the '90s when I truly threw myself into the original punks.
I think I will always be drawn to The Clash — as evidenced by the fact that, no matter my mood or my activity, I immediately stop what I'm doing if a Clash song comes on and turn it (way, way) up. I appreciate their creative depth and breadth, and their political bent.
Some other personal favorites unfortunately ended up on the cutting room floor: I love the Buzzcocks, and Anny is a die-hard Dead Kennedys fan, so we had some real heart-ache during the process!
Q: In your sequel What Is Hip-Hop?, you give shout-outs to Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, Salt-N-Pepa, and Nicki Minaj. If you were to add one more woman hip-hop artist to the book who would that be?
A: That's tough; Lauryn Hill in the Fugees was one of the best of her era! But I'd have to go with MC Lyte. We originally intended to keep her in the book, but eventually had to cut her section (along with several others) to fit everyone else in. If you ask me, MC Lyte is still an all-time great!
Q: If you were going to do a third book in your What Is… series, what might that be?
Related: Check out our Deconstructing the Beatles series of DVDs.
Q: Your wordplay seems clearly inspired in part by Dr. Seuss. Do you have a favorite Dr. Seuss book?
A: I'm a sap, so I've always been a sucker for Oh, The Places You'll Go! I'm also an aging sap, so my current bittersweet favorite would have to be You're Only Old Once!
Q: How did the Spanish-translation version of What Is Punk? come about?
Spanish is actually the second of three foreign language translations (plus the British version of What Is Punk?). It's also in Turkish and Korean! Spain's Flow Press Media, based in Barcelona, is a very cool publisher that has put out books on music, design, and pop culture from all over the world. They're well familiar with my publisher, Akashic Books, and they reached out to Akashic to make the deal. I couldn't have found a better vehicle for these books in the Spanish-speaking world than Flow Press.
Q: What can you tell us about your writing outside the world of children's lit?
A: There have been two through lines in my career over the past quarter century: music and writing. I started out writing about music for The Stranger and Seattle Weekly in Seattle in the '90s, and I founded an online magazine about art, music, and literature in the early 2000s. From copy writing to freelance lifestyle and business stuff, my writing has kind of been all over the map. It's appeared in Huffington Post, MTV.com,… Nowadays, my writing tends toward political commentary (Spoiler alert: It would not be welcome in a Trump publication!), but I will never tire of sharing my musical passions with kids.
Editor's Note: To order your own copy of Eric Morse's What Is Punk?, click here.
Photo Credit: Image of Eric Morse courtesy of the author.
Drew Pisarra is obsessed with Korean movies, Gertrude Stein and off-off-Broadway. His Instagram account is devoted to public art. You can follow him there and on Twitter at @mistermysterio.


In the most modern metallurgical factories of world, China occupies a considerable share, more and more mechanical components and equipment have begun to be manufactured in China's factories. China now own a complete supply capacity for metallurgical equipment. As a professional platform for metallurgical industry, through cooperation with well-known domestic and international design contractors, CDI absorbs China's best and most competent factories and suppliers into our supplier system. Through strictly controls the quality of components and equipment, CDI provides one-stop service&solution to customer on purchasing, technology, after-sales services and etc. effectively promotes product quality, Improvement and technology upgrading.
Cement industry is a basic industry related to the national economy and people's livelihood. China has the largest cement productivity and the most complete equipment manufacturing capacity in the world. CDI not only provides equipment, staff and production technology services for cement production users, but also provides customized service. In the right and reasonable time to provide timely and high-quality service, this is CDI can guarantee to customers! No matter where the customer's factory is located, and no matter what kind of communication language the customer uses, CDI service department always has the most suitable candidates on standby at any time to meet the customer's needs.


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Іо́на I Гле́зна (світське ім'я невідоме; рік народження невідомий — † 1494) — митрополит Київський, Галицький і всієї Русі у 1492–1494 роках.

Життєпис
Походив зі шляхетського роду. Іона був посвячений у сан єпископа близько 1482 року. До 1488 (1492) року був архієпископом Полоцьким і Вітебським (1482–1488).

По смерті свого попередника, київського митрополита Симеона у 1488 році, очевидно, виконував його обов'язки. Був електом. 1492 року послав до константинопольського патріарха свого представника Йосифа Болгариновича, архімандрита Свято-Троїцького монастиря в Слуцьку, за благословенням. Яке той привіз у травні. У 1492 році на Соборі був обраний на престол Київської митрополії й зведений у сан митрополита Київського, Галицького і всієї Руси.

Правління митрополита Іони було короткочасним, утім Київська митрополія мала відносний мир і свободу. За свідченням греко-католицьких письменників, цим спокоєм українська церква була зобов'язана прихильністю, якою митрополит Іона користувався у Казимира IV Ягеллончика. Дбав про розбудову храмів та монастирів, регулярно здійснював візити до Полоцька, Мінська, прагнув за допомогою православних князів і шляхти добитися поліпшення стану православної церкви в.

Митрополит Іона помер у жовтні 1494 року. Зі смертю становище Православної Церкви почало змінюватися на гірше.

Примітки

Література
 Грушевський М. Історія України-Руси, Том 5. К., 1994.
  Макарий (Булгаков). История русской церкви, Том 5. М., 1996.

Митрополити Київські
Померли 1494
Православне духовенство Речі Посполитої

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I hear you say this isn't jewellery nor is it fashion but for us fashion and music go hand in hand so why not share some really cool music on our blog.
This is a DJ set put together by Edwin Congreave from the Foals. Have a listen and we hope you like it.


Welcome to the website of the Eurobodalla Natural History Society.
The Eurobodalla Natural History Society, based on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, was established in 1986. There are currently around 100 members whose interests range from birds, mammals, insects and marine life to plants and fungi.
The group holds Field Meetings on the fourth Sunday and most second Saturdays of the month, from February to November. These meetings are essentially bird watching walks, although all aspects of nature are explored. The walks are generally of an easy grade and include forest, rainforest, beach and coastline habitats. Visitors are welcome.
The Eurobodalla Natural History Society encourages the collection of information on local nature. Many of its members keep records which are collated into a database, and every two months, highlights are published in a newsletter. All records are summarised into the annual publication Nature in Eurobodalla which is available for purchase from the society.
To contact the Society click here to email the Secretary.


One of our TV chefs has done a show on India, and one of the ingredients he has used in a few recipes is jaggery, a sugar made from palms.
In the show, it appears to be soft, like soft brown sugar. However,the jaggery I have found at the supermarket is in hard lumps.
Does it require soaking or some other preparation before using?
Jaggery doesn't require any kind of soaking.
It's usually added either while sautéing or if the dish is gravy based, while its boiling.
Jaggery usually softens up when heated and gradually dissolves with other ingredients just as salt or sugar would.
The hard blocks of jaggery are difficult to break into pieces and its easier to grate it.
Jaggery balls can be grated with knife, which can dissolves in recipes which we add. There is no need of dissolving it.
You can easily grate jaggery with a knife, but if it is really hard then you may wish to grate it first and then soak it in small amount of water before you add it to your dish.
This will ensure that jaggery gets mixed very well in your curry.
Personally I have observed that when my jaggery is very hard I still see some small (really small) pieces of it in my dish.
Like... when I would add it in the kheer I would make for my infant daughter I want the jaggery to be mixed very well, so I would just dissolve it in half a cup of water and then add it to the hot simmering kheer and be ensured that it gets mixed really well.
Can I make invert syrup in situ when making candy?
How long can I soak gulab jamun before serving?


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Q: Find $y^{(n)}(0)$ for every $n$. Let $y(x)$ fulfill $y''-xy=0$. Furthermore: $y(0)=0,y'(0)=1$. Find $y^{(n)}(0)$ for every $n$. I tried different forms of recurrence relations but I couldn't do much with it without it becoming a complete mess. This is what I got:
$f^{(n+2)}=n\cdot y^{(n-1)}+x\cdot y^{(n)}$.
I would really appreciate your simplifying.

A: Hint: write the solution $y$ as a power series $y\colon x\mapsto \sum_{n=0}^\infty a_n x^n$, and see what the differential equation and the initial conditions impose on the $a_n$'s.
Then, use the relation between $a_n$ and $y^{(n)}(0)$.

A: Why mess? Because you should calculate $y^{(n)}(0)$, not in other point, it could be not too messy:
$$0=y''-xy, \; \text{so} \; y''(0)=0$$
$$0=(0)'=(y''-xy)'=y^{(3)}-xy'-y \; \text{so} \; y^{(3)}(0)=y(0)=0$$
$$0=(y^{(3)}-xy'-y)'=y^{(4)}-y'-xy'-y^{'}=0  \; \text{so} \;y^{(4)}(0)=2y'(0)=2$$
Can you find a general pattern?

A: A hint:
Prove, using induction, that
$$y^{(n+3)}=(n+1) y^{(n)}+x y^{(n+1)}\qquad(n\geq0) \ ;$$
then put $x=0$.

A: Thank you all for your help. I post this answer as an attempt and application of your advises. Feel free to correct me.
$y=a_0+a_1x+a_2x^2+...+anx^x+...$
Since $y(0)=0$, $y=0$ and we get $a_0=0$. Therefore $y=a_1x+a_2x^2+...+anx^x+...$.
$y'(0)=a_1+a_20+....=a_0=1$. Therefore $y=x+a_2x^2+...+anx^n+...$.
$y''=2a_2+2\cdot 3\cdot  a_3+3\cdot4\cdot a_4 x^2+...+(n-1)\cdot n\cdot a_n x^{(n-2)}...=yx=x^2+a_2x^3+...+anx^{n+1}+...$. We get that $a_2=a_3=0,a_n=a_{n+3}\Rightarrow a_4={1\over 3\cdot 4},a_7={1\over 3\cdot 4\cdot6\cdot 7}...a_{3n+1}={1\over 3\cdot4\cdot6\cdot7....(3n-1)\cdot 3n}$ and that $a_2=a_3=a_5=a_6=...=a_{3n}=a_{3n+2}=0$.
Therefore(for $n\ge 2$): $y=x+({1\over 3\cdot 4})\cdot x^ 4+({1\over 3\cdot 4\cdot 6\cdot 7})\cdot x^7+...+({1\over 3\cdot4\cdot6\cdot7....(3n-1)\cdot 3n})\cdot x^{3n+1}+...$
$y^{(1)}=1+({1\over 3})\cdot x^ 3...$ $\to 1$
$y^{(2)}= x^ 2...$ $\to 0$
$y^{(3)}= 2x...$ $\to 0$
$y^{(4)}= 2...$ $\to 2$
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$({1\over 3\cdot 4\cdot 6\cdot 7})\cdot 7!...$ $\to 10$
And in 3 more cycles it is again not $0$ but $7!$.
It is easy to see, hence, that:
$y^{(n)}(0) =
\begin{cases}
{n!\over 3\cdot4\cdot6\cdot7....(3k-1)\cdot 3k},  & \text{if $n=3k+1$ with $k\in\Bbb{N}$ } \\[2ex]
0, & \text{otherwise.}
\end{cases}$

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Latin America and the Caribbean: Speech by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the European Parliament
Thank you Ms President, dear Members of the European Parliament, At the Foreign Affairs Council meeting in October, European Union Ministers and I agreed that our relations with Latin America and the Caribbean have not been high enough on our political agenda and that we should change this –not
Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to CHILE - Publication date: 20/01/2021
Sudan: Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on the recent violent clashes in Darfur
Recent escalations of violence in El Geneina in West Darfur and in South Darfur have claimed the lives of hundreds of people and caused injuries to many more. Any further violence needs to be prevented and perpetrators brought to justice. The protection and security of civilians must be ensured by
Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to RUSSIA - Publication date: 13/01/2021
Hong Kong: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the mass arrest of people involved in the July 2020 pro-democracy primary elections
Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to CHINA - Publication date: 08/01/2021
GCC: Statement by the High Representative Josep Borrell on the normalisation of relations among Gulf countries
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Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to PAKISTAN - Publication date: 07/01/2021
Lamentablemente, las elecciones venezolanas del 6 de diciembre de 2020 a la Asamblea Nacional se llevaron a cabo sin un acuerdo nacional sobre las condiciones electorales. La Unión Europea considera que las elecciones no cumplieron con los estándares internacionales para un proceso creíble y para
Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to VENEZUELA - Publication date: 06/01/2021
The Gulf Cooperation Council members reached an agreement on the full normalisation of relations among themselves at the GCC summit in the Saudi city of AlUla (Al-Ula) on Tuesday. It was preceded on Monday by the decision of Saudi Arabia to reopen its borders with Qatar. The European Union welcomes
BiH: Statement by the High Representative Josep Borrell on the migrant situation in Una-Sana Canton
We are witnessing a serious humanitarian situation involving migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina. More than 900 migrants remain without shelter in severe winter conditions after closure of the reception centre in Lipa. This further exacerbates the situation where approximately 3000 migrants are
Nicaragua: Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell
Languages: Français Español The deterioration of democracy and human rights in Nicaragua, including the repression of political opponents, demonstrators, journalists and civil society, continues. Recent legislation, such as the adoption of the Foreign Agents Registration Law and the Special Law on
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package local

import (
	"fmt"
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	"strings"
	"syscall"
	"time"
)

type optsConfig struct{}

var validOpts map[string]bool

// scopedPath verifies that the path where the volume is located
// is under Docker's root and the valid local paths.
func (r *Root) scopedPath(realPath string) bool {
	if strings.HasPrefix(realPath, filepath.Join(r.scope, volumesPathName)) && realPath != filepath.Join(r.scope, volumesPathName) {
		return true
	}
	return false
}

func setOpts(v *localVolume, opts map[string]string) error {
	if len(opts) > 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("options are not supported on this platform")
	}
	return nil
}

func (v *localVolume) mount() error {
	return nil
}

func (v *localVolume) CreatedAt() (time.Time, error) {
	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(v.path)
	if err != nil {
		return time.Time{}, err
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	return time.Unix(0, ft.Nanoseconds()), nil
}

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Newsweek: WHY ETHIOPIA BLOCKED MOBILE INTERNET AGAIN June 1, 2017
Posted by OromianEconomist in #OromoProtests.
Tags: #OromoProtests, Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia: enemies internet freedom, Facebook and WhatsApp Are strictly forbidden in Fascist regime (TPLF/ EPRDF) Ethiopia, Internet, Internet Censorship, Newsweek, The Tragedy of Ethiopia's Internet, Tyranny and Internet
WHY ETHIOPIA BLOCKED MOBILE INTERNET AGAIN
BY CONOR GAFFEY, Newsweek, 1st June 2017
WORLD ETHIOPIA INTERNET CENSORSHIP ONLINE CENSORSHIP OROMO PROTESTS
Ethiopians may have experienced a frustrating sense of déjà vu when they tried to log on to social media or use the internet on their cellphones Wednesday.
That's because the Ethiopian government has terminated mobile internet connectivity, a tactic the administration has used repeatedly in recent years to quell anti-government sentiment.
Ethiopia's deputy communications minister, Zadig Abrha, confirmed to AFP on Wednesday that "mobile data has been deactivated," but declined to provide any further information. The country's sole telecommunications provider, the state-owned Ethio Telecom, has also refused to comment.
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Preliminary data from Google showed a dramatic fall in search traffic from the Horn of Africa country from Tuesday afternoon, which did not appear to have returned to normal by Wednesday evening. It is unclear whether both mobile and fixed internet connections were blocked, but the majority of Ethiopians who do use the internet do so on mobile devices: The country has 11.95 mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 people, compared to 0.66 fixed-broadband subscriptions, according to the International Telecommunications Union.
Read more: Ethiopian athlete urges the world to help stop "persecution of Oromo people"
Julie Owono, the director of Paris-based internet freedom organization Internet Sans Frontières (ISF), says that the latest reports she has received were that internet connectivity had returned by Thursday morning, but that connectivity was not stable or fast. Owono tells Newsweek that access to some social media websites remains restricted.
Despite being one of Africa's fastest-developing economies, Ethiopia has an extremely low internet penetration rate of just 2.9 percent, according to U.S. NGO Freedom House; in neighboring Kenya, penetration stands at 43 percent.
Internet access has been patchy since the government imposed a six-month state of emergency following a year of protests that were concentrated in the Oromia region, surrounding the capital Addis Ababa, and resulted in hundreds of protesters being killed by security forces. (The state of emergency was extended by four months in March.)
A woman walks past an Ethio Telecom office in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, on November 9, 2015. Ethiopia only has one telecommunications provider and a very low internet penetration rate.TIKSA NEGERI/REUTERS
This time, the internet shutdown appears to be linked to university entrance exams taking place across the country this week. Around the same time in 2016, Ethiopia blocked access to social media sites—including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram— after copies of the exams were leaked online.
The Ethiopian government has not confirmed whether the exam period, which ends on Friday, is the reason for the shutdown. Newsweek contacted the Ethiopian embassy in London for a comment, but received no immediate reply.
But Owono says that the risk of an exam leak does not justify shutting down mobile internet for the entire population, and that the Ethiopian government's repeated use of the tactic shows that it "fears connectivity."
"For the wrong reasons, [it] sees the internet as a threat rather than as an opportunity," says Owono. She points out that increasing internet connectivity and availability is part of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, a global agenda for development. "The reaction of the Ethiopian regime is contrary to this global aim."
Ethiopia is not alone in Africa in closing down the internet to deal with social issues. In April, Cameroon lifted a three-month internet blackout in the country's English-speaking regions, home to about one-fifth of the population, following mass protests there in late 2016. Egyptian authorities have ordered internet service providers to block access to 21 news websites, claiming that they backed terrorism or reported fake news, in a move criticized by press freedom activists.
Internet blackouts have also proven to be financially costly to countries. Between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, the internet was shut down for a period of 30 days in Ethiopia; this cost the country's economy $8.6 million, according to a report by the Brookings Institution.
Global Voices:Ethiopia Imposes Nationwide Internet Blackout
BBC News – Ethiopia blocks mobile internet https://t.co/Pv1O6PFWmB
— Girma Gutema (@Abbaacabsa) June 1, 2017
ENCA:Ethiopia shuts off mobile internet without explanation
ETHIOPIA SHUTS OFF MOBILE INTERNET NATIONWIDE WITHOUT EXPLANATION. KEEPING IT REAL WITH ADEOLA 31 May 2017
Ethiopia said on Wednesday it had deactivated mobile internet service, but offered no explanation for the countrywide outage that also briefly affected the African Union headquarters and a massive UN facility.
This is the second time in recent months that Africa's second most populous country has turned off its mobile data service, which most businesses and consumers rely on for internet access.
Africa News: RSF slams Ethiopian govt over nationwide internet blackout
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban with REUTERS
The media advocacy group, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has slammed the Ethiopian government for an internet shutdown believed to be linked with upcoming national exams.
According to RSF, the action was "a danger to freedom of information and press freedom." The nationwide blackout started late Tuesday without formal communication.
A deputy communications minister later confirmed to the AFP news agency, Zadig Abrha as simply saying "mobile date has been deactivated." It is not known when services will be restored.
The shutdown is aimed at preventing a repeat of leaks that occurred last year. We are being proactive. We want our students to concentrate and be free of the psychological pressure and distractions that this brings.
3rd day of nationwide mobile internet blackout in #Ethiopia : a danger for freedom of information and #PressFreedom !
The government subsequently confirmed the shutdown and said it was to protect the integrity of high school exams. Thousands of students will take the Grade 10 exams between May 31 until June 2 whiles Grade 12 papers will be taken between June 5 and June 8.
The respective exams are for university entrance purposes and also for enrollment into national vocational courses. "The shutdown is aimed at preventing a repeat of leaks that occurred last year," Mohammed Seid, public relations director of Ethiopia's Office for Government Communications Affairs, told Reuters.
"We are being proactive. We want our students to concentrate and be free of the psychological pressure and distractions that this brings."
There was a widespread leak of exams papers last year leading to a cancellation of papers. Beside shutdowns related to education, the government has also blocked internet in the wake of anti-government protests that hit the country last year.
Even though it is not known exactly when services will be restored the government says only access to social media was blocked and that other essential services like airline bookings and banking outfits had access to internet. Diplomatic outfits and international organizations operating in the country also have connection.
Ethiopia: Access Now urges companies not to sell technology used in suppressing human rights October 24, 2016
Tags: #OromoProtests, Access Now (USA), Africa, Enemies of Press Freedom, Ethiopia, Genocide Against Oromo People, Oromia, Oromo, State of emergency, The Tragedy of Ethiopia's Internet
Ethiopia: Access Now urges companies not to sell technology used in suppressing human rights
Business & Human Rights Resource Center, 22 October 2016
A recent joint report by the Open Observatory for Network Interference and the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law has concluded that there is sufficient evidence of recent internet shutdowns in Ethiopia, which pose restrictions on demonstrations and human rights generally. Consequently, Access Now has urged technology companies not to sell software used in supressing human rights.
Ethiopia: Access Now urges companies to "desist from selling or servicing technology" used to "infringe on human rights"
Author: Access Now (USA)
"What's happening in Ethiopia and how can we protect human rights?"
Ethiopia has issued a six-month state of emergency in the country following months of citizen protests. The state of emergency comes in an environment of increasing repression. Government forces have killed more than 500 people since November 2015and authorities have already shut down access to social media in the Oromia region four times this year…Internet shutdowns do not restore order. They hamper journalism, obscure the truth of what is happening on the ground, and stop people from getting the information they need to keep safe.
…In the U.N. statement last week, special rapporteurs Maina Kiai and Dr. Agnes Callamard said, "We are outraged at the alarming allegations of mass killings, thousands of injuries, tens of thousands of arrests and hundreds of enforced disappearances…We are also extremely concerned by numerous reports that those arrested had faced torture and ill-treatment in military detention centres."…
[We urge] companies selling products or services in Ethiopia] to d]esist from selling or servicing technology that is used to infringe on human rights in the country. This includes technology used to surveil citizens or technology used to disrupt access to information online. Some of the companies with a record of bad practices in Ethiopia include Hacking Team and Gamma International.
Related stories: Ethiopia: Access Now urges companies not to sell technology used in suppressing human rights
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Related companies: Gamma International (part of Gamma Group) Hacking Team
Report says data "provides strong indicators" internet was shut down during protests
Author: Moses Karanja (CIPIT), Maria Xynou & Arturo Filastò, in Open Observatory of Network Interference's blog
"Ethiopia: Internet Shutdown Amidst Recent Protests?"
Nearly 100 deaths and thousands of arrests have been reported in Ethiopia over the last days, as part of protests against the marginalization and persecution of the Oromos and Amharas, Ethiopia's two largest ethnic groups…Last weekend, the internet was reportedlyshut down in the country.
In an attempt to understand whether the internet was in fact shut down, we looked at some public sources of data that contain information about internet traffic. Such data provides strong indicators that the internet was most likely shut down during the Ethiopian protests last weekend, though it remains unclear if this occurred in all regions and/or on all types of networks across the country…
Internet shutdowns effectively pose restrictions on demonstrations and on human rights generally. In the recent case of Ethiopia, shutting down the internet in the middle of intense protests likely not only had an effect on the mobilization and coordination of protesters, but also on the communication between families and friends of victims. This also likely had an effect on journalists reporting on the protests in real-time on the ground, if they were using networks that were blocked.
The Tragedy of Ethiopia's Internet February 3, 2016
Posted by OromianEconomist in Internet Freedom.
Tags: Africa, Ethiopia: enemies internet freedom, Internet Censorship, Internet Poverty, The Tragedy of Ethiopia's Internet
The Tragedy of Ethiopia's Internet
By Justin Lynch, Motherboard, 1 February 2016
The only way to access the internet in Ethiopia is through the government-owned provider, Ethio Telecom, which has unilateral control over the telecom industry. A burgeoning tech scene in neighboring Kenya, which has an internet penetration rate of 69.6 percent, has garnered the name "Silicon Savannah." But in Ethiopia, the monopoly on internet access has created one of the most disconnected countries in the world.
Only 3.7 percent of Ethiopians have access to the internet, according to the latest data, one of the lowest penetration rates in the world. By comparison, South Sudan, which lacks most basic government services, has an internet penetration rate of 15.9 percent. There are only ten countries with lower internet penetration than Ethiopia. Most of them, such as Somalia and North Korea, are hampered by decades-long civil wars or largely sealed off from outside world.
Nafkot Nega thinks journalists are terrorists. When I visited him and his mother, Serkalem Fassil, at their tiny apartment in the outskirts of Washington, DC, in early January, 9-year-old Nafkot intermittently murmured and jabbed his hands, pretending to be a superhero fighting criminals.
Perhaps some of those criminals were journalists like his father, Eskinder Nega, who was convicted of violating Ethiopia's anti-terror law in July 2012. Eskinder is currentlyserving an 18-year prison sentence.
"Journalism is a crime or a terrorist act in his mind because what has been portrayed about [his dad]," Serkalem explained to me through a translator. "Not only his dad, but if you mention any journalist he will scream and say 'I don't like journalists!'"
Their story is a weaving tale that mirrors how Ethiopia, home to over 90 million people, became a digital hermit nation. How Nafkot come to believe journalism is a crime equivalent to terrorism is a case study of how governments have used the internet as a tool for repression.
***The only way to access the internet in Ethiopia is through the government-owned provider, Ethio Telecom, which has unilateral control over the telecom industry. A burgeoning tech scene in neighboring Kenya, which has an internet penetration rateof 69.6 percent, has garnered the name "Silicon Savannah." But in Ethiopia, themonopoly on internet access has created one of the most disconnected countries in the world.
As one of the fastest growing economies in Africa, with one of the most storied cultures in the world, Ethiopia's lack of internet access is astounding. It's also troubling.
It's unclear exactly how many Ethiopians can access the internet. Those who can, however, must contend with the specter of state surveillance. The Ethiopian government is suspected of deploying spyware and other hacking and surveillance tools to surveil individuals, including at least one American citizen, hooked to the web. Because of these alleged cybersleuthing efforts, the Ethiopian government has turned an engine of commerce and information into an afterthought and an instrument of surveillance.
Nafkot. Illustration: Shaye Anderson
Former American diplomats, current members of Ethiopia's intelligence agency, and foreign policy experts all told me that the Ethiopian government is afraid of dissident views spreading online, and has crafted its intelligence service, telecom sector, and legal codes to stamp out digital dissent.
Perhaps the foremost victim of the country's internet crusade is young Nafkot, who believes his father is a terrorist because he's a journalist. Nafkot's parents were two of the most well-known journalists in Ethiopia; Eskinder and Serkalem were internationally award winning media moguls, who began their respective careers after the communist Derg regime fell in 1987, and a new government formed in 1991. After a disputed parliamentary election where ensuing protests turned violent in 2005, both Eskindir and Serkalem were arrested.
Unbeknownst to either of them, Serkalem was pregnant.
***The prohibitive factors that cause Ethiopia's digital divide are straightforward. The monopoly on internet access has made it prohibitively expensive for many citizens to get online. Routine service outages make connections unreliable. And for those Ethiopians who do manage to access the internet, there is little content available in the local language of Amharic.
Whether these barriers to internet access are the intended result of a system designed to limit the spread of information, or the unintentional byproduct of a monopolistic cash cow is about as murky as the country's dealings in cyber-espionage.
"Ethiopia wants to maintain as much control as possible over the internet so that it can prevent internal comments that are critical of government policies and minimize access to critical comments originating outside Ethiopia," David Shinn, the former American ambassador to Ethiopia, told me.
A member of the Information Network Security Agency, one of Ethiopia's intelligence agencies, also told me the monopoly purposefully limited internet access to preserve security in the country.
"Everything connected to the internet is slowing down"
"It's because of security reasons, and I don't think there is anything related to that other than this," said the official, who works on technical capabilities and spoke on the condition on anonymity because he did not want to talk about his employer. "Everything connected to the internet is slowing down. Entrepreneurs can't create their companies."
Ethiopia is among a constellation of African nations made of patchworks of ethnic identity, and Bronwyn Bruton, the Deputy Director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, told me that the government has led the fractured country by limiting freedom of expression.
"The Ethiopian state is very fragile," Bruton said. "It's built on a premise of segregation that is in theory separate but equal, however in practice dominated by one ethnic group, the Tigray. The Tigreans are only about six percent of the population but they absolutely dominate political and economic power."
When I asked Teressa Belete, the Chief Enterprise Officer at Ethio Telecom, if the lack of internet access was a deliberate result of the government to limit free speech and dissent, he seemed genuinely confused and dismissed the idea. The advantage of a government monopoly, Belete said, is that rural Ethiopians, who make up a majority of the country's population, wouldn't be serviced by private companies with profit motives.
Yet Ethio Telecom, which was founded in 1952, made an estimated $300 million profit per year, as The Economist reported in 2012. And Ethio Telecom used the excess funds to bankroll railway development in the country.
"The country lags far behind in terms of liberalization of the [telecommunications] sector," said Lishan Adam, a consultant who has worked with the World Bank on information and communications tech policy. "They missed most of the liberalization era in the 1990s, and there was a delay in terms of getting internet."
Adam told me Ethiopia only became connected to the internet in 1997, and said that while the desire to limit free speech might be a factor in the lack of internet access, it wasn't the main reason why most Ethiopians aren't online.
Ethiopia's internet penetration rate is reported to be 3.7 percent as of November 2015. Ethiopian officials take issue with that figure, reported by the World Bank. They argue it's inaccurate because it doesn't fully account for mobile subscribers. The World Bank's numbers do include mobile subscribers, but it's likely the reported number is still too low, and Adam estimated that the true internet penetration rate is between five and 15 percent of the population.
***Nafkot was born in prison in 2006. He was premature and couldn't breathe at room temperature. Doctors wanted to move him immediately to a hospital with incubators, but the only hospital that could admit him required a signed form one of his parents. Serkalem was still under anesthesia, and the police wouldn't bring the form to Eskindir. Nafkot could not get the treatment he needed.
"They didn't really care about his life, but for the grace of God survived," Serkalem said, her voice rising with anger.
Nafkot stayed at his grandparent's home until Serkalem and Eskinder were released from prison. At which point, Serkalem and Eskinder could not continue working as print journalists; along with most of the independent newspapers in the country, theirs were shut down. Serkalem stopped writing altogether. Eskinder began blogging online, one of the first in the country to do so.
"He turned to blogging because all of the other avenues were closed," Serkalem said. "Although he knew that not many had internet access in Ethiopia, it was better than being silent. He knew it wasn't going to do much, but he needed to write."
Serkalem. Illustration: Shaye Anderson
The internet penetration rate in Ethiopia was 0.2 percent in 2005, and it is believed by internet security experts that the government's online censorship began in 2006, the year Eskinder started blogging. Opposition websites inside Ethiopia became inaccessible that year, and the government was assumed to be behind the censorship.
Before parliamentary elections in 2010, the Ethiopian government introduced a vague anti-terrorism law in an effort to avoid another contested election, Jeffrey Smith, an international human rights expert based in Washington, DC, told me. The law has become a cornerstone of the government's censorship, labeling anyone who "influences government" a "terrorist."
"Ethiopia is an example of a ruling regime that uses the term 'terrorism' as a politically expedient term," Smith said. "The terrorism concerns inside the country are real but they have gone way beyond that, and have systematically abused human rights."
With the Arab Spring protests in late 2010, there was hope the anti-government rallies that began in Tunisia would spread to Ethiopia. Eskinder's blogging was provocative and confrontational during this time. In one 2011 article he prodded the Ethiopian military to choose the side of the people like the Egyptian military did at the time.
"Ordinary citizens took the initiative all over North Africa and the Middle East," Eskinder wrote in another post, published September 2, 2011. "The results made history. They are powerful precedents for the rest of humanity. While inspiring words, sober analyses and robust debates are indispensable as ever, they will remain exactly no more than mere words unless translated into actions. To Ethiopia this means risking the core of a much cherished collective vision—peaceful transition to democracy."
"No school for me"
On September 14, 2011, while Eskinder was picking up Nafkot from school, the Ethiopian intelligence service surrounded Eskinder's car and arrested him. Serkalem raced to the scene. She found Nafkot crying, but no Eskinder. Serkalem took Nafkot to his grandmother's house, then went straight to the Maekelawi prison, notorious for practices of torture. She waited for three hours for Eskinder to show up. But he never did.
That's because Eskinder was actually at their house, watching the intelligence service rifle through the family's belonging. Serkalem recalled that when she returned home the intelligence officers tried to stop her from entering, but she forced herself through to reach Eskinder. Panicked, she yelled out to him.
"Calm down, and be courageous!" Eskinder shouted back. Then he was taken away.
Afterward, Serkalem went to pick up 5-year-old Nafkot. The boy was clearly traumatized from witnessing his father arrested at school. The next day, Nafkot didn't want to go back.
"No school for me," he said.
***The Ethiopian intelligence apparatus is one of the most invasive in the world. Exiled Ethiopian journalists in Nairobi, Kenya, told me of being followed or snooped on by government agents who had no interest in hiding their identity. One Ethiopian businessman joked to me about how he wouldn't be surprised if he heard a third-party cough while talking with someone over the phone.
Felix Horne, the Ethiopia researcher at Human Rights Watch and author of acomprehensive report on the Ethiopian surveillance agency, told me that the government has a nationwide program called "five to one." It's an all-seeing system in which five citizens are monitored by one individual. It is like a listening node in a system that spans the entire country with the goal to preserve command over its many ethnic groups.
"The Ethiopian government, like many other governments, appears to be using hacking tools to supplement their regular surveillance regime" said Bill Marczak, a research fellow at Citizen Lab. The Ethiopian government's traditional surveillance methods are "effective for someone who is looking inside Ethiopia, but one of the features of Ethiopia is it has a very large diaspora community spread out over many different countries in the world."
Washington, DC, has around a quarter million Ethiopian expatriates, and there is a large presence in Europe, Marczak added. And there is "no way other than hacking, phishing, and targeted attacks to monitor these people."
Eskinder. Illustration: Shaye Anderson
When Neamin Zeleke received an email in December 2014 claiming to have inside information about a sensitive subject in Ethiopia, his home country, he recognized it as a likely hack. Zeleke was managing director of Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT), one of the largest Ethiopian news outlets, and run by members of the country's diaspora. Its website and TV service are banned in the country. But Ethiopians can still access the channel and website through satellites and proxy servers.
Zeleke told me that ESAT satellite service has been jammed 20 times by the government. The latest jam, he said, happened just a few minutes before he and I met in early January. He forwarded the suspicious email to Marczak of Citizen Lab, who recognized that it carried a low-level bug likely from Hacking Team, a provider of surveillance software to governments across the world.
Using software from Hacking Team, an Italian company, and likely the Gamma Group, a European company, the Ethiopian intelligence service has targeted journalists and political opponents with invasive systems that allow the government to remotely activate a computer camera and microphone, record keystrokes, and monitor online activity. The frequency of these attacks and other surveillance capability is obscured by the inherent secrecy of spycraft, and that the targets of these hacks either don't know, or don't want to share that they've been infiltrated makes it difficult to assess the tools and motivations of their hacking, Marczak told me.
Zeleke is both a journalist and a political opponent. He is a member of Ginbot 7, an armed opposition group in Ethiopia that is labeled a terrorist organization by the government. Security experts told me that there is no evidence Ginbot 7 has ever undertaken terrorist activity, and the organization is not on the US State Department's list of terror organizations.
Ginbot 7 is largely a collection of exiled Ethiopians who operate outside the borders of the country they wish to change. According to an ESAT report, Ginbot 7 has attacked government soldiers, which Zeleke confirmed to me.
Zeleke stepped down as managing director of ESAT in early 2016. He didn't have the time for it anymore, and told me he was worried he could no longer be objective. He is now a consultant for the organization, though he still holds a corner office in the station's tiny studio, which is lined with awards from prestigious human rights organizations.
One of the awards was for Eskinder Nega.
Zeleke told me ESAT took the award on behalf of Eskinder, who "was considered one of the pioneers of independent media in Ethiopia."
In the ESAT news bullpen, and also next to Eskinder's award in Zekele's office, was a large portrait of Andargachew Tsige, the founder of Ginbot 7, in military fatigues. Tsige is believed to be under arrest in Ethiopia. Zeleke lept toward me when I tried to take a photo of the portrait next to Eskinder's award.
"I don't think that's appropriate for this story," Naimin said, moving Tsige's photo out of the shot.
Later, I asked Zeleke if he thought the Ethiopian government was targeting him and other ESAT journalists because of their dissident views, or because the government perceives the organization as affiliated with Ginbot 7. What if authorities didn't know where Zeleke's political activity ends, and his journalism begins? It wouldn't justify the surveillance. But because there have been so few public cases of the Ethiopian government's targets, the distinction could illuminate the motivations of the intelligence service's hacking—primarily to stop the flow of information, or targeting perceived political threats.
The head of the government agency that runs Ethiopia's hacking, the INSA, declined to comment for this story.
The real punishment wasn't his time wasted behind bars. It was seeing Nafkot suffer without a father
Zeleke told me that the Ethiopian government is monitoring ESAT because it is a political organization affiliated with Ginbot 7, but it is a fully independent organization and the journalists are from across the political spectrum.
"The fact that I am affiliated with Ginbot 7 may be a factor, but without me being here, whoever is the head of ESAT, these journalists [would be attacked]," he told me. "Others, many others who are not Ginbot 7, thousands of others, are subject to cyberattacks and surveillance. So, I mean, logically you have to see the context. This is a routine practice by the police, an authoritarian state to control the populous, to control the flow of information, and to intimidate alternative media and political dissenters."
***Serkalem and Nafkot would visit Eskinder in prison every Saturday and Sunday after he was sentenced. Eskinder tried to convince Nafkot that he was just in school, not at prison, to make the burden of an absent father easier on his young son. Born in a prison, Nafkot recognized that his father wasn't in school.
"No, you're in jail," he would say to his dad.
Nafkot Nega has believes that the profession of his parents is a crime equivalent to terrorism. Innovative industries in Ethiopia have been hamstrung to preserve this philosophy, and those who do access the internet are targets of relentless hacking.
When they visited, Serkalem told me the jail staff would humiliate inmates in front of their families. Eskinder grew concerned that Nafkot would become desensitized to the brutality and grow resentful of the world.
"It's OK to be jailed for what you believe in, but to see the impact on your family and your son, he couldn't bear, and asked me to take him away," Serkalem told me. The real punishment wasn't his time wasted behind bars. It was seeing Nafkot suffer without a father.
Eskinder started to ask his wife and son the same question each time they visited: "Have you bought your ticket?" He also pressed other family members and friends who visited to convince Serkalem and Nafkot to leave Ethiopia, so he could finish his time with the peace of mind that his family would be safe.
The last time Nafkot saw his father was July 23, 2014. Serkalem had purchased two tickets for the United States the next day, and Eskinder tried to cheer up his son during their last visit.
"America is right nearby!" he exclaimed.
Serkalem told me she wants to create a positive memory for Nafkot of his father. She wants to convince her son that his father's sacrifice as not in vain. Eskinder is scheduled to be released from prison in 2030, when Nafkot will be 23 years old—the same age Eskinder opened his first newspaper in Ethiopia.
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Plants in the genus Carpinus (Cár-pi-nus) are commonly called Hornbeams. They are relatively small hardwood trees. Many botanists place the hornbeams in the birch family Betulaceae, though some group them with the hazels (Corylus) and hop-hornbeams (Ostrya) in a segregate family, Corylaceae. The 30-40 species occur across much of the north temperate regions, with the greatest number of species in east Asia, particularly China. Only two species occur in Europe, and only one in eastern North America.
The leaves are deciduous, alternate, and simple with a serrated margin, and typically vary from 3-10 cm in length. The flowers are wind-pollinated pendulous catkins, produced in spring. The male and female flowers are on separate catkins, but on the same tree (monoecious). The fruit is a small nut about 3-6 mm long, held in a leafy bract; the bract may be either trilobed or simple oval, and is slightly asymmetrical. The asymmetry of the seedwing makes it spin as it falls, improving wind dispersal. The shape of the wing is important in the identification of different hornbeam species. There are typically 10-30 seeds on each seed catkin.
Hornbeams are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Autumnal Moth, Common Emerald, Feathered Thorn, Svensson's Copper Underwing and Winter Moth (recorded on European Hornbeam) as well as the Coleophora case-bearers C. currucipennella and C. ostryae.
Individual European Hornbeam seed (enlarged; whole seed plus wing 4 cm long).
The European Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), is a small to medium sized tree, typically 10-20 m tall but occasionally reaching 30 m. It is native to most of Europe except for northern Britain and most of Scandinavia. The leaves are 5-9 cm long, and the seeds have a 3-4 cm long trilobed bract.
The Oriental Hornbeam (Carpinus orientalis) occurs in southeast Europe and southwest Asia, usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes than C. betulus, and is a smaller tree, rarely over 10 m tall and often shrubby. It has small leaves, 3-5 cm long. The seeds differ from C. betulus in having a simple bract (not trilobed), about 2 cm long.
The Japanese Hornbeam (Carpinus japonica) is similar to C. orientalis in having unlobed seed bracts, but differs from it in having larger leaves, 8-10 cm long.
The North American species, American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) is similar to C. betulus in leaf size and shape. The seed bract is also trilobed, but less deeply than in C. betulus.
The wood of hornbeams is very hard, giving rise to the name iron-wood and not used much due to the difficulty of working it. Its hardness has however lent it to use for carving boards, tool handles, coach wheels and other situations where a very tough, hard wood is required. It is sometimes coppiced to provide hardwood poles.
The common English name of "hornbeam" derives from the hardness of the wood (likened to horn) and the Old English beam, a tree (cognate with German "baum"). American Hornbeam is also occasionally known as blue-beech, ironwood, or musclewood; the first from the resemblance of the bark to that of the American Beech Fagus grandifolia, the other two from the hardness of the wood and the muscular appearance of the trunk respectively. The botanic name for the genus, Carpinus, is the original Latin name for the European species.
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5 Viral YouTube Videos From Shane Dawson That You Forgot About
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He may now be known as a makeup guru and a business partner of Jeffree Star. However, Shane Dawson is one of YouTube's veterans, creating content on the platform for over 10 years. From Shane Dawson's Jake Paul series to when he advocated for blind people, here are a few of the viral Shane Dawson videos you might've forgotten about.
'Ghost Hunting in a Haunted Ship'
For a while, Shane Dawson focused on creating haunted content on his YouTube Channel. For one video, that included traveling to a haunted ship to explore with a few of his friends. This video earned over 25 million views, mostly from fans who shared their haunted experiences in the comments.
Andrew Siwicki and Shane Dawson speak onstage during the 11th Annual Shorty Awards | Noam Galai/Getty Images for Shorty Awards
'Inside the Mind of Jake Paul' and the entire Jake Paul series
These brothers may not have the best reputation, but if anyone is going to get the truth out of Jake Paul, it's Shane Dawson. Following Logan Paul's dead body controversy, Shane Dawson dove into the psychology of Jake Paul along with the help of his therapist.
Together, they gave viewers a better understanding of what it means to be a sociopath, and, totally unrelated, what makes Jake Paul so extreme and impulsive. Since the series premiered about two years ago, Jake Paul married one of Shane Dawson and Ryland Adams YouTube friends, Tana Mongeau. Jake Paul is still creating content, earning millions of subscribers each year.
'$20,000 First Class Airplane Seats'
A travel vlog with Morgan, Garrett, Ryland, Andrew, and Shane? It's sure to be a good time. During this series, Shane Dawson traveled to Texas to visit an old friend and, of course, visit a haunted attraction. In this specific video, however, Shane Dawson tackled his fear of flying, while the rest of the squad enjoyed some 101 Dalmatians and apple juice.
'Switching Lives with a Blind Person'
During this collaboration with Molly Burke, Shane Dawson and a few of his friends experienced being blind, thanks to a few glasses provided by the activist. They traveled to a few different stores and even ordered their drinks at Starbucks while "blind."
Shane Dawson released fairly quickly that it was a lot harder than he expected. The point of the video, however, was primarily to raise awareness about what it's actually like to be blind, including aspects involving Molly Burke's guide dog, Gallop.
Despite Technical Difficulties, Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star's Conspiracy Palette Sold Out in Less Than 24 Hours
'The Beautiful World of Jeffree Star'
Even though this video premiered less than a year ago, however, it truly changed how fans viewed Shane Dawson. This series with Jeffree Star gave a never before seen look into the makeup industry and what goes into creating an eyeshadow palette.
The final project of the series was the "Conspiracy Collection," available in conjunction with Jeffree Star Cosmetics. Once it premiered in 2019, it sold out in a matter of minutes, even crashing the website used by the makeup artist. It has since been restocked along with a few new products.
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I'm going through a lot of changes these days. I have decided not to fight for some things, people even. I decided to get involved with sports, throwing away the fear I've harbored all my life. I decided that some things are better left as it is, no need for words to seal the deal.
However, one of the habits I've been trying to kick out the window still has a power on me --- nicotine. I do hope the list stops there, though.


Monday, October 1, marks the official start of the boating season across the country and as the weather warms and more boat owners return to the water, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) is reminding them to make sure their vessels have appropriate insurance.
ICA CEO Rob Whelan advises boat owners to spend time checking they have adequate insurance protection before their first trip of the season.
"ICA members provide a variety of policies to protect vessels, be it a large sailing boat, weekend fishing launch or a pleasure cruiser," Mr Whelan says.
"As we move towards warmer, sunnier weather more people will be taking to the water to relax, cool off, fish and enjoy the country's stunning coastline, rivers and lakes.
"Wherever you are going, make sure to give your insurer a call first to check you have the insurance you need.
"If you have recently bought a new vessel make sure the sum insured matches the value of the boat.
Boating Industries Alliance Australia Director Simon Cook says: "Safe boating is good boating, and we always highly recommend boat owners ensure they have insurance.
New South Wales Roads and Maritime Service, Maritime Director, Tony Middleton says: "Responsible boat owners should ensure they have appropriate insurance for their type of craft.
The CEO of Nautilus Marine, Lyndon Turner, says a recent fire at Hillarys Boat Harbour, in Western Australia, in which three boats sunk and a fourth suffered severe damage, should serve as a reminder of the benefits of boat insurance.
"In the case of our customers at Hillarys Boat Harbour, they are in the position where they are able to replace their boats and be back on the water in time for the new season," Mr Turner says.
"Insurers' main priority is to get their clients back on the water as soon as possible to minimise their distress.
Marine insurance is one of the world's oldest forms of insurance and is important for both recreational craft and commercial vessels.
Australian insurers offer a variety of marine insurance products covering personal vessels, charter boats, fishing vessels, cargo vessels and more.


Happy November beautiful friends! Here is a poem the girls and I have been working on memorizing. Simple and yet lovely.
The desktop is inspired by the shifting palette of the landscape. The paint color chips come from an antique book about the science of color mixing. I love the subtle variation in hue. Enjoy!


From left to right: Josh Hook, Greg Alsop, David Monks and Graham Wright.
Tokyo Police Club is an indie rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. It consists of vocalist and bassist David Monks (born January 21, 1987), keyboardist Graham Wright (born February 16, 1987), guitarist Josh Hook (born May 11, 1987), and drummer Greg Alsop (born March 20, 1985).
Tokyo Police Club formed in 2005 while playing for fun in a basement after the four had disbanded from a previous group called Suburbia. The band started to gain attention and played some small shows throughout the Toronto area. Tokyo Police Club were asked to play in the Pop Montreal festival, and soon after they signed with Toronto label Paper Bag Records; Monks and Alsop dropped out of college to become professional musicians.
Since their formation the band has appeared in numerous festivals. In 2006 they appeared at Edgefest and the inaugural Osheaga Festival; however, could not play that year due to other conflicts. In 2007, they performed at Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bumbershoot, the Glastonbury Festival, and the Reading and Leeds Festival. In 2008 the band played the Roskilde Festival, the Rock am Ring-Festival, and Street Scene. In 2010, the band played the Bonnaroo Music Festival. They also played at San Francisco's 2010 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival.
In the fall of 2008, the band played on the last 6 weeks of Weezer's Troublemaker Tour along with Angels and Airwaves. In the same year, they released their first album, Elephant Shell.
On June 18, 2011, the video for "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)" was nominated as best indie video of the year by MuchMusic. The video was directed by Mike Juneau and Kyle McCreight, and produced by Jesse Ewles and Chris Cunningham. In 2011 the band also released 10 Days. 10 Covers. 10 Years., a project in which they recorded and releases a new cover song from one of the last 10 years, going in order from 2001 to 2010.
In 2012, the band joined Foster the People on the North American portion of their Torches tour along with Kimbra.
In addition to his work with the band, Wright also currently hosts programming on CBC Radio 3.
On December 8, 2011, the band revealed an unreleased song "Beaches" at a live show. On December 11, 2013, the band debuted a nine-minute lyric video for "Argentina (Pts. I, II, and III)" on YouTube. Both tracks are on their new album "Forcefield" which was released March 24, 2014.
On April 19, 2007, Tokyo Police Club made their first US TV performance on the Late Show with David Letterman. They played their single "Nature of the Experiment", along with a tambourine accompaniment by the CBS Orchestra. On April 22, 2008 Tokyo Police Club made their second appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, performing the lead single "Tessellate" off their debut LP Elephant Shell. On November 16, 2008 they appeared on the television show "Desperate Housewives" in the episode "City on Fire" as "Cold Splash", a band competing in a battle-of-the-bands contest. They performed "In A Cave" from their album Elephant Shell. On December 10, 2008, they played "Your English is Good" on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS. On June 28, 2010 they appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, performing the single "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)" off of their second album, "Champ". On March 27, 2011 Tokyo Police Club performed their single "Bambi" at the 40th Juno Awards in Toronto, Ontario. On July 7, 2014 the band performed at the 2014 Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta.
The band released its debut EP, A Lesson in Crime, in 2006 on Paper Bag Records, with Smith EP arriving the following year. During a July 20, 2007 show in Omaha, Nebraska the band announced it had signed a deal earlier in the day for Saddle Creek Records to release their debut LP. The band have also recorded two previously unheard songs for the Daytrotter Sessions, which are available online. A single, now on their album Elephant Shell, entitled "Your English Is Good" was released on July 9, 2007.
Responding to criticisms that their debut EP A Lesson in Crime is too short (16:22), Graham Wright had this to say in an interview with Ukula: "It's very quick, quick, quick, one, two, three. Some of the songs don't have a lot of space in them and the album doesn't have a whole lot of room to breathe, but I think in the case of an EP this is a really good thing".
The band released their first LP, Elephant Shell, via their new label Saddle Creek on April 22, 2008 in North America, and May 5, 2008 in the U.K. and Continental Europe via Memphis Industries. It was pre-released via the US iTunes Store on March 25, 2008.
The band's fourth full-length LP, Forcefield, was released on March 24, 2014.
In November 2008, Tokyo Police Club keyboardist Graham Wright released a solo EP called The Lakes of Alberta online only, available as a free download. He has also participated in a project called "Novels" with musicians Luke Lalonde (of Born Ruffians), Will Currie (of Will Currie & The Country French), Dean Marino (of Papermaps), and Jay Sadlowski (of Jay Sad) in which these musicians wrote and recorded an entire EP in 24 hours. The CDs were not released in stores, nor on the internet, but were given out to random people or placed in random places. His debut solo album, Shirts vs Skins, was released on June 27, 2010. Greg Alsop has posted comedy sketch videos online, Drumsters and Novelty T-Shirt College. In June 2015, lead singer Dave Monks released his first solo EP on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play called "All Signs Point to Yes", with two singles having been released prior to the release of the album.
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Q: Node MySQL connection resultset having issue Connected Node using MySQL (using mysql2/promise)
on
const sql = `
            SELECT *
            FROM Applicant
            WHERE ApplicationId = ?
            `;

const result = await this.mysqlManager.Query(sql,number);
console.log(result);

public async Query(sql: any, parameters?: any, connection?: PoolConnection): Promise<any>
    {
        const con = connection || (await this.GetConnection());
        try
        {
            const data = await con.query(sql, parameters);
            return data;
        }
        catch (error)
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            con.release();
            throw error;
        }
    }

but got response

ColumnDefinition {
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69 74 79 05 50 43 69 74 79 0c ... 2376 more bytes>,
_clientEncoding: 'utf8',
_catalogLength: 3,
_catalogStart: 2329,
_schemaLength: 8,
_schemaStart: 2333,
_tableLength: 9,
_tableStart: 2342,
_orgTableLength: 9,
_orgTableStart: 2352,
_orgNameLength: 16,
_orgNameStart: 2379,
characterSet: 224,
encoding: 'utf8',
name: 'SalaryDayRangeTo',
columnLength: 80,
columnType: 253,
flags: 0,
decimals: 0
}

Can someone please help me with this issue?

A:
const data = await con.query(sql, parameters); return data[0];

Since first element consist of data with other attributes consisting schema information.