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A Million Balls
Posted July 22, 2011on:
Sometime back, I did a session for our internal team titled "A Million Balls". This presentation talks about "Purposeful Practice" and is a collection of thoughts from four different books I read in the last few months. Have a look and let me know your comments. Thanks!
N. Chokkan …
22 07 2011
The Waiting Place By Eileen Button
Posted July 20, 2011on:
I don't know about you. But I love waiting. Of course, I hate queues, but waiting is altogether a different matter. You can bring fun into the process of waiting by taking a book with you, wherever you go – whether a wait is expected or not.
Instead of a book, you may use a music player, or a mobile games console, or paint in your iPad, or simply observe people around you. Whatever may be the technique, with the right attitude, wait time can become very rewarding and enjoyable.
Eileen Button's book "The Waiting Place" is a very unique work, which contains a collection of essays about waiting. She uses various everyday scenarios where we wait, and tries to describe precise experience from those moments.
When you write about waiting, the challenge is, you will have very few 'characters' and very little 'incidents'. You may have to rely on your thought process and capture it in writing with as many details as possible. On the flip side, it may be VERY boring for others.
Eileen doesn't seem to have this problem at all and describes even the tiniest experience in an enjoyable manner. Me being a fellow-wait-lover, I was able to see myself in the book and love every waiting opportunity. It was a delightful reading experience and I won't mind reading it again, next time I am waiting on a train station queue!
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255 : "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
Why Not? — Drama
Posted July 20, 2011on:
Few days back I attended a technical seminar. A famous research scientist was supposed to give the keynote speech titled "Information Compromise and the Risk of Identity Theft"
As usual, somebody gave a boring welcome speech and then introduced the keynote speaker. He waved at us and was about to get on stage.
Suddenly, his expression changed (I could see this clearly because I was sitting in the second row!). He started shouting at the person next to him 'Where is my laptop? I shouldn't have given it to you useless people. You always misplace it somewhere and I suffer because of your mistake. All the notes for my speech are in that laptop and what the hell I am going to do now?'
Unfortunate for him, everyone in the audience could hear this – his collar mike was ON and he didn't notice it. For the next couple of minutes, he was cursing everyone around him, using all sorts of insults. We felt very embarrassed because our keynote speaker was giving a not-so-nice speech today.
Luckily, the laptop was located in some corner seat. He went on stage, connected his laptop to the projector and the first slide flashed in big bold characters: "Sorry!"
Our speaker smiled at our reaction and started speaking:
Friends, I apologize for all the drama. I really didn't lose my laptop, I purposefully gave it to a friend and retrieved it back after few minutes!
I wanted to demonstrate what happens when you unknowingly expose yourself online. In my case, I very well knew that the collar mike was ON and purposefully acted as if I am angry. But what if I was not aware of that? I might have said something which you people are not supposed to hear!
The same is true for all your online interactions – Your Emails, Chats, Searches, Purchases, Facebook, Twitter Messages and so on… you may say something without realizing that others are listening – That's the security compromise we are going to discuss today!
Of course, he got a standing ovation for this lovely start and went on to deliver an exceptionally good Keynote address. I am sure none of us will ever forget about security compromise / identity theft and we will be a bit extra careful when sending an Email / Chat Message.
That's the power of drama / story telling. When used in the right time, proper context, right mix, it can make a concept stick forever in the listeners' minds!
N. Chokkan …
20 07 2011
Last Saturday (July 16, 2011) I presented a session on "Pricing models for android enterprise applications" at Android Camp Bangalore (siliconindia.com/events-agenda/android-camp-Bangalore-AndroidCamp2011.html). Slides of that presentation can be viewed / downloaded here:
N. Chokkan …
18 07 2011
The Homelanders
Posted July 12, 2011on:
Andrew Klavan's action and adventure series "The Homelanders" may well be the next publishing sensation – I just completed the last book in this series titled "The Final Hour".
Charlie West, the teenager hero of all "The Homelanders" novels (The last thing I remember, The Long way home, The truth of the matter and now finally, The final hour) is caught in the middle of a murder / terrorist attack / many other unfortunate things. This series captures the various problems he goes thro' because of this and how he emerges victorious. Written in a juvenile fiction format, all these four novels are in un-putdown-able category, giving you a thriller-movie-screenplay-ish reading experience.
I started reading Andrew Klavan's novels based on a friend's recommendation in twitter. First it looked like a silly exercise, but pretty soon his writing style and twists-n-turns made me a serious reader and follower of all the "Homelanders" novels.
I liked this fourth book better than the others, mainly because lot of loose-ends are getting connected. Happily, it gave me a feeling of completion after almost 1000 pages of reading. (Of course, I will be more than happy if there is another novel in this series, But that's another matter )
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255 : "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
Why Not? — Keep An Idea Notebook
Posted July 12, 2011on:
Early fifties, Toyota introduced a new concept called "Idea Management System" for its employees. Basically, the management invited new ideas from the staff in all areas – production, marketing, quality, delivery etc., and rewarded the best ones.
In the first year, Toyota employees gave 789 suggestions. Some of them were good, but the majority of the ideas were very average. Worst, many of the employees didn't share any ideas – Not even one for the whole year. Obviously, those employees thought an 'idea' must be a really big innovation. Unless and until it changes the game, it is not worth submitting.
Toyota realized this and started pushing a different message. They encouraged employees to submit any idea they can think of. 'Keep a pencil with you, Whenever you think of some new way of doing things, Immediately note it down and submit it as an idea. It doesn't matter how small a change it is, but if you feel something needs to change, you need to raise the voice.'
'But, some of my ideas will be outright silly!'
'Doesn't matter. Here, quantity is more important than quality' the management said, 'if you submit 10 idea in an year, one of them will be good, we will implement it and the whole company will benefit from it.'
Slowly, the ideas started flowing. In the next 40 years, Toyota was able to generate 20 Million Ideas – all from their own staff. Many of those ideas were implemented and saved billions of dollars to the company, enhanced employee satisfaction, product quality and so on.,
Toyota didn't invent "Idea Management System". When they launched it in 1951, the same concept was being followed by many American companies. In fact, Senior managers from Toyota observed a Ford manufacturing plant in USA and decided to try it in their own factories. Half a century later, they are the ones who benefited the most from listening to employees' ideas. No other external consultant could have given them these many realistic ideas!
Even today, "Toyota Idea Factory" is a very important case study for management students. It encourages all sorts of people – from assembly line workers to CXOs – to keep an idea notebook and a pencil in hand always. Just to make sure we don't lose a great revolutionary idea!
N. Chokkan …
12 07 2011


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On this beautiful Wednesday, we caught Liam, 18, shopping on Queen and looking good. It looks like Liam's got a good grip on the trends of the season and has accessorized accordingly with hyper cool sunglasses.
Liam is wearing shoes from Lacoste, jeans by G Star, and a t-shirt from pauls boutique. Liam finished his look with accessorizing with Fendi glasses, a Nixon watch, and a Christian Audigier hat.
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Whenever I play in cospaces, the code isn't working. There are no errors, but my objects don't move and stay still.
Can you please show a screenshot of your code?
You can also share the space with us. Just click on the "Share" button in the upper right hand corner and send us the short link.
It was a project in school to make a small game that revolved around Kindness and Empathy.
Hi there,
I am having a similar issue. I am attempting to have popups that contain images appear above my people when I click on them. I have uploaded the image. I have also activated the flag so that when you click on it, it takes you to the next scene.
However, when I press play, nothing works.
Assistance much needed!
Thank you,
Thanks for sharing your space. We had a look at it and we found a bug which we're going to fix.
In order to make it work now you need to force the Blockly code to recompile. You can do it by making a change to your code or just by dragging it around like this.
This is going to regenerate the underlying code and it should work like expected.
If there is still a problem, please let us know. Thanks!
Hi Stephanie, thanks for reaching out!
The problem is because of the single quotes in the names of the objects. This is something we're going to fix. For now, please remove them. You can do this very quickly in the scene hierarchy.
After you removed all the single quotes you need to make a change in the Blockly code in order to recompile the script. Here I explain how to do it. After that everything should work like expected.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I REALLY APPRECIATE IT! The code is fixed and works fine now.
Thank you so much! Everything is working now.
Is there a script for a "image slideshow". I want to be able to click a person and above their head is a image. But instead of just one image, you are able to scroll through several images.
I believe I saw it on a previous cospaces, and did not know how to properly script it.
Thank you!
There are many ways to program an image slideshow. For example, you can use Blockly in a way that it is going to move all images to the right (or left) when you click on the person. You can also make the images smaller or bigger to hide/show them.
A while ago I wrote a script (JS) which does a similar thing to what you would like to do. Here is the link to the example: https://cospac.es/zdhY
And here is the script:
const images = [
images.forEach((img) => {
const wom = Scene.getItem('wom');
wom.say('Click on me to display different images.');
let i = 0;
let imgNum = images.length;
wom.onActivate(() => {
images.forEach((img) => {
images[i % imgNum].setScale(1);
You can use it in your scene. First, you need to upload your images and place them above your person. Then you need to replace the image names and the name of the person in the script where it says Scene.getItem(). If you have more or less images you can add/remove them from the images array at the very top.
If you have problems to implement it just let me know and give me the link to your space so I can have a look at it.
Hope this helps.
Hi there! I am trying to have it so that when you click the red squares above the persons head, images will appear. Not sure if there is a way to do that. (example in "Hall of Lang" scene
Also not sure if you can take a look at my scene links. I have scripted it so that when you click on red flags in each scene it will take you to the next scene. However once in the "Hall of Lang" scene, it is not taking the user to the correct scene "Dark Elegy"
Thank you!
Yes the images is less of a concern, I made a solution. But my "Dark Elegy" scene is not working.
Not sure how to fix this.
Thank you!
Hi again,
Make sure that in the "STATUE" scene the "go to" block is snapped inside the "on activate of" block. Otherwise it will get executed right away. This is actually the case.
I can't see a "Dark Elegy" scene in this space. The link gives me the project in the state when you clicked the "Share" button. In order for me to see the newest version of the space you need to click it again.


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Oakland layoffs 1,500 workers
Oakland, Calif. officials sent layoff notices to about 1,500 workers as a result of the loss of millions of dollars in California redevelopment funding.
About 200 city workers are expected to lose their jobs, and police officers and firefighters will be exempt from the move, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday.
The jobs expected to be cut are paid for, in part, out of redevelopment funds provided by the state, intended to fight urban blight. Gov. Jerry Brown approved the California Legislature's plan last summer for cities to shut down redevelopment agencies -- although cities could keep the agencies operating if they agree to reimburse money to the state, the newspaper said.
Oakland had to give notice to half of its 3,000 employee force to comply with seniority layoff protocols, forcing a complete revamping of City Hall, said Sue Piper, a spokeswoman for Mayor Jean Quan.
"We had a great, two-year balanced budget, and then the state pulled the rug out from us. This is forcing us to make some very tough decisions," Piper said.
Wendy Johnson, 55, a customer service worker in the Office of Parks and Recreation for 17 years, said the cuts could be overwhelming for her and her family.
"I love Oakland. It's a part of me, my heritage," said Johnson, a lifelong Oakland resident. "But I worry about my grandkids, that they won't have the same great city to grow up in that I did."
Source: UPI


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Photo; Shandra Beri
What no one ever tells you about chickens is how great they are as people. They are either busy looking for tasty insects, sunbathing, talking things over with each other, taking dust baths or (as can be seen in the above photo) wondering what the heck you are up to. All the chickens I have known (I used to have one that learned how to use the doggie door and despite all my best efforts to keep her out, would spend every day while I was at work sitting in front of a full length mirror presumably chatting to herself- and no, the pit-bulls did not help me AT ALL correct this poopy situation ) all have had very distinct personalities and just like featherless bipeds, they range from cranky to cozy- but they all share a natural curiosity. They are incredibly observant and intensely social. The sounds made by content chickens are the same sounds we make when we are puttering around talking to ourselves.
My point is, that they are super cute and sentient (on a chicken level...). So if you can't have a chicken and give them a nice life, must buy eggs (or dinner...), please make your purchase based upon the quality of life that the chicken giving you the food is living, (free range, organic feed etc.) because not only will it be better for you, but in my opinion, it really does matter to these girls!
Photo; Shandra Beri
P.S. This is Racer. Terry said they were trying to figure out if he was Arabian, but I think he looks part donkey!


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Depression - Teen Support Group
Teen depression is marked by persistent sadness, discouragement, loss of self-worth, and loss of interest in usual activities. Depression can be a temporary response to many situations and stresses. Teens may be more susceptible to depression due to the normal maturation process, the stress associated with it, and conflicts with parents as they become more independent.
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help me out?
i know this isnt much to do with anything, but i wanted to take my mind of stuff, and write a story or something, so anyone got any ideas? doesnt have to be a story, it could be a poem, or anything..
i've been writing stories about teen issues like cutting and suicide and such.. i've written about 4 or 5 stories so far
i'm writing a sort of essay/story on self harm, but im not doing to well, im also writing another story which isnt going to well either, i think its because i dont plan them out enough
star out easy... pick a main character (sp) and pick the situation.. like is he/she self-harming because of child abuse, parents fighing, bulllying in school.. if you want, i can send you one of mine so you can get an idea
i find third person easier, but i dont know which way would be easier to do this kind of character
also nothing to do with anything, but my mum got me some notebooks, what should i put in them? i was thinking of doing one of them a diary, but last time i kept a diary, my mum always read it, despite me hiding it in different places each time
My step-mom read my journal, and ever since I've kept it in my locker at school. I'd write in it during my break and lunch and stuff.
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Any idea if mod support will be available to the game? From what i've heard mod support makes the games "life" live about 80% more (Think if Minecraft or Skyrim didin't have mod support, how long would the game last? not long in my opinion).
Very good point, but I think modding should be limited to the tracks?
of maybe user decal, but too much modding could ruin the game ?
I think it should be open for mods, but you can ofc choose what kind of mods you want to implement
I suppose, I worry that games can lose the spirit in a modded game, especially the OP mods.
I will welcoming modding, I just want it to be done right
Yeah, I reckon Tracks and Decal mods are a good way to go for this moment.
We don't want to go overboard and bring the fun factor down.
Yeah I'd also agree on not making it too moddable but I think a car mod support would also be quite cool, I mean a racing game lives and dies with the tracks and the carselection. If those two are unlimited that is a huge advantage. Just look at World Racing 2 =)
Exactly what i was thinking!
I hope to see mod supports, the community could make more cars for the game. There are tons of cars that the community would love to see in the game and it is rather impossible to cover every single car the community wants. Mod support should be able to fix that.
I don't know a huge amount about programming but I wouldn't imagine custom skin/3d model support would be terribly hard.
Feel free to correct me, like I say, I don't know a huge amount about coding or modding, beyond using mods back in the NFS III and GTA VC days.
Depending on the mod, it could split the community just like Torchlight II, where finding someone to play online is really difficult because of that.I think that just like Quake, Unreal Tournament or Xonotic games, stuff like new tracks and extra decals (skins) could be downloaded to a temp folder so you can see the custom decal that someone is using. This way you would not need to download to see the other guys using them. And add an option if for some reason you don't want to download stuff automaticaly from other users.
With custom cars you could end up having Fzero and other random models in the game possible. But have to make sure to keep them nerfed to fit the whole drift stage feel.
True, I just hope the implement a feature where you can drop in your own models. Maybe there should be contests where people can post their creations just like the steam workshop and the most voted becomes an official in a later patch.


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The benefits of taking vitamin C.
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Vitamin C makes the headlines when it comes to cancer prevention. Its antioxidant properties protect cells and their DNA from damage and mutation. It supports the body's immune system, the first line of defense against cancer, and prevents certain cancer-causing compounds from forming in the body. Vitamin C reduces the risk of getting almost all types of cancer. It appears that this nutrient doesn't directly attack cancer that has already occurred, but it helps keep the immune system nourished, enabling it to battle the cancer.
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Weekend Update with Dennis Miller
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[A hip-swiveling Statue of Liberty grooves to the beat against a red-hued New York City skyline as a graphic reads: WEEKEND UPDATE/ DENNIS MILLER. Cheers and applause.]
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This week, after ordering the release of all foreign hostages, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein reiterated his vow to never get out of Kuwait -- that's final. Hearing the news while visiting South America, President Bush bristled and, in an effort to send Hussein a strong message, squeezed a piece of anthracite coal into a diamond. [Photo of Bush gritting his teeth while making a fist] ...
Twenty-three of the departing hostages were about to leave today but, when they found out their flight was on Northwest Airlines, they chose to stay. ... [applause]
Iraqi airports -- one of the few airports in the world where they have a metal detector when you get
the plane. ...
In the Persian Gulf this week, some of the U.S. Army soldiers were tricked into selling their M-1 tank for a bag of, quote, "magic sand." ... The - the soldiers now plan to trade an Apache helicopter for some "magic water" because without magic water, the magic sand just won't work. ...
And actress Brooke Shields was denied a visa this week to visit our troops in Saudi Arabia for the holidays. Spokesmen in the Gulf said, "First off, she's a beautiful young woman. Secondly, she often wears scanty clothing. And third, and most importantly, did you see
Blue Lagoon?
What in the hell was THAT all about?" ...
The United States has begun a secret airlift of a group of anti-Qaddafi Libyans living in Chad. In a related story, the Anti-Qaddafi Libyans Living in Chad said that their new album, "We are the Anti-Qaddafi Libyans Living in Chad" will be out in late January. ... And, you know, if you haven't seen the Anti-Qaddafi Libyans Living in Chad live, you are
missing something. ...
General Colin Powell, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, met this week with British Prime Minister John Major to talk about the Gulf crisis at 10 Downing Street. Powell then went to the suburbs of London where he inspected a dirty Q-Tip factory. [Photo of Powell inspecting British Beefeaters, their black fur helmets looking like dirty cotton swabs] ...
The FBI monitored over fourteen hundred telephone calls made by General Manuel Noriega from his prison cell between February and November. The FBI expressed concern over language it believed may have included encoded messages concerning drug and money transfers such as the following passage: "Tell the Domino's Pizza in Bogota that I want ten thousand grams of their best pizza delivered to my friend Jaime Escolar in Miami. ... He is very, very hungry and will pay in cash or deutschemarks." ...
Pope John Paul II appeared on the balcony in Vatican City this week to speak an encyclical to over three hundred thousand people but then turned and ran in confusion when the crowd greeted him with Arsenio's "woof woof woof" thing. [Dennis demonstrates] ... [applause]
In an effort to diminish further misunderstanding, Jewish and Catholic leaders met at the Vatican this week to begin a dialogue. Here are some of the dialogue excerpts: "You did, too, kill Him." "We did not." "Did, too!" "Did not!" ... The two groups hope to reach an agreement sometime next century. ...
To help relieve the Russian food crisis, the U.S. has been sending as much aid as they can afford. Thirty thousand cases of black licorice, a similar amount of prune juice, and a couple cases of beets have been sent over so far. And there are plans to send more stuff nobody here likes -- and they're now underway. ...
After weeks of mounting tension, a million dollars at stake, and the World Chess Championship on the line, Garry Kasparov went berserk yesterday, took off all of his clothes and yelled,
... [applause] Thank you.
[Photo of unidentified mustachioed Mideasterner] Ladies? Beware of this man. He will attempt to romance you away from your husband. ...
And the New York City Board of Education is considering a cucumber curic'lem - curriculum ... in order to teach students how to use condoms. It has devised a program in which students will be given two condoms and a cucumber or a zucchini on which to put the condom to demonstrate how it is used. ... A student body spokesman, Billy Eckhart, said, "Great. I got enough peer pressure. Now, I've gotta spend the rest of my life trying to live up to vegetables. ... Yeah. Isn't there--? [cheers and applause] Isn't there some way we can demonstrate these things on those baby corns you get at Thai restaurants?" ...
[Photo of Vice President Dan Quayle standing next to an auctioneer] And Christie's auction house on Manhattan's East Side this week, auctioned off Dan Quayle at their annual Curiosity Sale. ... Quayle brought thirty-eight dollars and forty cents at the auction but was returned later in the day by an unidentified buyer from Houston, Texas because he said the Vice President was broken. ...
Singer Sinead O'Connor this week told journalist Marcelle Clements that she has a preference for black men. The singer said, "I don't just like black men, I like dark-skinned men with dark hair, dark features. They must be over thirty years old, drug free and have plenty of facial hair." [Photo of actor Redd Foxx as Fred Sanford from the TV sitcom "Sanford and Son"] When contacted, junkman Fred Sanford said, "I'm comin', Sinead! This is the big one, baby!" ... [cheers and applause]
And Edward Scissorhands and Captain Hook were both killed this week when they high-fived each other at an apres-premiere party at New York City's Hard Rock Cafe.
Well, you know what? It's that time of the year, folks, and to get you into the festive spirit a little early, I thought I'd sing a Christmas carol. Assisting me will, of course, be -- me. Hey, squeeb-squaw.
[Pull back to reveal a second Dennis Miller -- with matching suit, tie, blow-dry haircut, pencil and sheaf of papers -- sitting next to the real Dennis.]
2nd Dennis Miller
: Hey, keakoe. ...
Dennis Miller
: You wanna try "Jingle Bells"?
2nd Dennis Miller
: I think we need three part harmony for that one, baba ganoush. ...
Dennis Miller
: Baba ganoush?
2nd Dennis Miller
: Hey, lighten up, Captain Hairdo. You're the one who talks like this, okaaaaay?
Dennis Miller
: All right, bring up the new guy.
2nd Dennis Miller
: [calls off] Hey, waterpick!
[A third Dennis Miller rolls into view, clucking and shaking his head, Dennis Miller-style. The two mock Dennises cluck and draw cheers and applause, much to the real Dennis' embarrassment.]
Dennis Miller
: All right. Let's - let's - let's - let's - let's - let's just-- Let's just sing this song, okay?
2nd Dennis Miller
: Hey, chill out, Mitch Miller! Okay, Quak-a-po-keek-ko-quawk.
Dennis Miller
: All right, all right. Let me give you the tone here. [takes out a pitch pipe and blows a note]
3rd Dennis Miller
: Ho, ho, where'd you pick that up? Juilliard, babe?
Dennis Miller
: [to the crowd] I've created an attitude monster. [to his fellow Millers] Let's just sing, all right?
2nd Dennis Miller
: Okay.
Dennis Miller
: One, two, three --
All Three Dennis Millers
: [singing]
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh
[simultaneously running their hands through their blow-dried hair]
Dashing through the snow
[snow begins to fall from above]
2nd Dennis Miller
In a one horse open sleigh
3rd Dennis Miller
O'er the fields we go
All Three Dennis Millers
Laughing all the way
[simultaneously doing Dennis' trademark high-pitched "ha haaa" laugh]
Dennis Miller
Bells on Bob-tail's ring
2nd Dennis Miller
: [spoken] Hey, what the hell's a "bob-tail," cha-cha?
3rd Dennis Miller
Don't be a big pain in the ass
Just sing the freakin' song
All Three Dennis Millers
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
Oh, what fun ...
[The mock Millers lapse into clucking, shaking their heads, running their hands through their hair. The real Dennis gets fed up.]
Dennis Miller
: Enough! Enough! Enough!
All Three Dennis Millers
: [finishing the song]
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh!
Guess what, folks? That's the news and we are out of here!
[The three Millers do Dennis' trademark pencil in the air signature and groove to "Instant Karma" -- cheers and applause as we fade out.]
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This amazing Queenstown property situated on the edge of Lake Wakatipu, has everything you could want for your holiday, absolutely stunning unrestricted lake and mountain views, three bedrooms, indoor heated swimming pool and a cedar-wood hot tub on the deck. Sun flows in through the North facing glass doors, all year round. Situated on the Lake's walking and biking tracks.
The views from the property are magical in any season, with an expansive garden full of bloom in spring, and golden autumn leaves in fall with the occasionally snow fall in winter. The property is set up to be warm and inviting in any season, with underfloor heating throughout, and massive solar gain, as well as a 32degree swimming pool and a 39 degree hot tub.
Walk down through the garden to the waters edge in summer, this is a remarkable all year round playground. Great location close to the airport, Remarkables ski field and Frankton shopping centre, but away from the noise and congestion of downtown Queenstown. Take the Water taxi into town from our private jetty.
Fully equipped as a comfortable family home located in a quiet cul-de- sac. It is extremely private, being set forward of neighbours on the west, with a reserve on the east, and no one in front. The photos of the view from the master bedroom don't do it justice. Lie in the luxury king bed and take in the massive views. Has wireless UF Broadband, desk and printer. Daily housecleaning service available (extra). All linen is supplied and is of 5 star hotel quality, a compulsory charge applies. Min stay 3 nights. The owner retains private use of the garage and the original crib, which set back from the main house and has its own entrance (you do not even notice its there). We have our own merchant facilities to take credit cards online, or over phone. Use of Audi A6 4 wheel drive for local running comes as part of rental; no drivers under 25, limited to 100kms a day. $500 insurance excess, $1000 for foreign drivers, plus fuel.
Special conditions: No bookings accepted from guests under 25 years of age, unless accepted by owner. Please always replace the pool cover after use it can water damage the entire house. Please never turn up or down the thermostats, they the temperature of the concrete under the house and do not have a short term effect. Please use extractor fan when cooking. Car must be returned full of fuel and put through the car wash. Fines and insurance excess paid by driver. Please report any damage. Thank you.
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Ethiopia ranks second with Syria by low internet access according freedom houseKey Developments:
- Internet and mobile phone networks were deliberately disrupted during antigovernment protests and student exams; social media and communications platforms were periodically blocked throughout the year (see Restrictions on Connectivity and Blocking and Filtering).
- Self-censorship heightened following the state of emergency instituted in October 2016 (see Media, Diversity, and Online Manipulation).
- The state of emergency eroded fundamental rights and restricted certain online activities, including supporting protests on social media (see Legal Environment).
- The Computer Crime Proclamation enacted in June 2016 criminalizes online defamation and incitement and strengthened the government's surveillance capabilities by enabling real-time monitoring or interception of communications (seeLegal Environment and Surveillance, Privacy, and Anonymity).
- Numerous individuals were arrested for online speech or protests; two were convicted and handed multi-year prison sentences (see Prosecutions and Detentions for Online Activities).
Internet freedom declined dramatically in the past year as the government imposed emergency rule to crack down on antigovernment protests and the digital tools citizens used to organize them.
The authoritarian government declared a six-month state of emergency in October 2016 following months of escalating protests. Starting in the Oromia region in November 2015 as a protest against the government's plan to infringe on land belonging to the marginalized Oromo people, the protests spread across the country throughout 2016, turning into unprecedented demonstrations seeking regime change and democratic reform. Emergency rule derogated fundamental rights in violation of international standards,1 banned unauthorized protests, and allowed the authorities to arbitrarily arrest and detain citizens without charges. More than 21,000 people were arrested before the state of emergency was lifted in August 2017.
The state of emergency restricted certain online activities and the internet was shut down for several days. The authorities criminalized accessing or posting content related to the protests on social media, displaying antigovernment symbols or gestures, as well as efforts to communicate with "terrorist" groups—a category that includes exiled dissidents. Penalties included prison terms of between three and five years.
Numerous individuals were arrested for online activities, and two were convicted to long prison sentences. In May 2017, a prominent opposition activist, Yonatan Tesfaye, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison on terrorism charges based on Facebook posts in which he criticized the government's handling of the Oromia protests. Also in May, Getachew Shiferaw, editor-in-chief of opposition outlet Negere Ethiopia, was sentenced to one and a half years in prison on subversion charges for Facebook comments published in support of an exiled journalist. He was released on time served.
The legal environment for internet freedom became more restrictive under the Computer Crime Proclamation enacted in June 2016, which criminalizes defamation and incitement. The proclamation also strengthens the government's surveillance capabilities by enabling real-time monitoring or interception of communications.Obstacles to Access:24/2524/2524/2524/25Obstacles to Access
Internet and mobile phone networks were deliberately disrupted during antigovernment protests and student exams throughout the year. Meanwhile, poor infrastructure, obstructionist telecom policies, and a government monopoly on the information and communication technology (ICT) sector make ICT services prohibitively expensive for the majority of the population.
Availability and Ease of Access
Ethiopia is one of the least connected countries in the world with an internet penetration rate of only 15 percent in 2016, up from 12 percent the previous year, according to the latest data from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).2 Mobile phone penetration is also low at 51 percent, up from 43 percent in 2015.3 Low penetration rates stem from underdeveloped telecommunications infrastructure, which is almost entirely absent from rural areas, where about 85 percent of the population resides. A handful of signal stations service the entire country, resulting in network congestion and frequent disconnection.4 In a typical small town, individuals often hike to the top of the nearest hill to find a mobile phone signal.
Access to ICT services remains prohibitively expensive for most Ethiopians, largely due to the government's monopoly over the telecom sector, which provides consumers with few options. Prices are set by state-controlled EthioTelecom and kept artificially high.5 William Davison, Bloomberg's Ethiopia correspondent, described the issue on Facebook in March 2016: "It cost me 44 birr ($2.05) to watch Al Jazeera's latest 3-minute dispatch on Oromo protests using 4G network on my phone, which is not that much less than the average daily wage of a daily laborer in Ethiopia."6 Ethiopians can spend an average of US$85 per month for limited mobile or fixed wireless internet access. Better quality services in neighboring Kenya and Uganda cost less than US$30 a month. One comparative assessment of internet affordability put Ethiopia among the world's most expensive countries for access.7
Telecommunication devices, connection fees and other related costs are also beyond the means of many Ethiopians. As a result, Ethiopia has one of the lowest smartphone ownership rates in the world at only 4 percent, according to a 2016 Pew survey.8 Consequently, the majority of internet users rely on cybercafes for internet access. A typical internet user in the capital, Addis Ababa, pays between ETB 5 and 7 (US$ 0.25 to 0.35) for an hour of access. Because of the scarcity of internet cafes outside urban areas, however, rates in rural cybercafes are higher. In addition, digital literacy rates are generally low.
Connection speeds have been painstakingly slow for years, despite the rapid technological advances improving service quality in other countries. According to Akamai, the average connection speed in Ethiopia was 3 Mbps in the first quarter of 2017, significantly lower than the global average of 7.0 Mbps. In practice, such speeds result in extremely sluggish download times for even simple images. Logging into an email account and opening a single message can take as long as five minutes at a standard cybercafe with broadband in the capital, while attaching documents or images to an email can take eight minutes or more.9
Restrictions on Connectivity
Throughout 2016 and 2017, network traffic in and out of Ethiopia registered a significant decline as a result of continual throttling and repeated internet shutdowns.
Network shutdowns occurred several times during the coverage period:
During widespread antigovernment protests on August 6 and 7, 2016, internet services were completely inaccessible in the Amhara, Addis Ababa, and Oromia regions. The government responded to the protests with excessive force, resulting in the deaths of at least 100 people.10
In October 2016, mobile internet services were shut down for several days when the government declared a state of emergency.11 Mobile internet service and social media remained intermittently accessible for months (see Legal Environment).
The government shut down all telecommunications networks from May 30 to June 8 following the conviction of two human rights activists for online expression in May 2017 (see Prosecutions and Detentions for Online Activities).12
In separate incidents in July 2016, August 2016, and June 2017, the authorities shut down fixed and mobile internet services in select regions to prevent students from cheating during national university exams.13
The ICT shutdowns were costly. According to October 2016 research by the Brookings Institution, network disruptions between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017 cost Ethiopia's economy over USD $8.5 million.14 September 2017 research by the Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) calculated the economic cost of Ethiopia's internet disruptions between 2015 and 2017 at nearly USD $3.5 million a day. Calculated separately, disruptions to apps cost nearly USD $875,000 a day.15
The Ethiopian government's monopolistic control over the country's telecommunications infrastructure via EthioTelecom enables it to restrict information flows and access to internet and mobile phone services. As a landlocked country, Ethiopia has no direct access to submarine cable landing stations; thus, it connects to the international internet via satellite, a fiber-optic cable that passes through Sudan and connects to its international gateway, and the SEACOM cable that connects through Djibouti to an international undersea cable. All connections to the international internet are completely centralized via EthioTelecom, enabling the government to cut off the internet at will.
ICT Market
State-owned EthioTelecom holds a firm monopoly over internet and mobile phone services as the country's sole telecommunications service provider. Despite repeated international pressure to liberalize telecommunications in Ethiopia, the government refuses to ease its grip on the sector.16 The space for independent initiatives in the ICT sector, entrepreneurial or otherwise, is extremely limited.17
China is a key investor in Ethiopia's telecommunications industry,18 with Zhongxing Telecommunication Corporation (ZTE) and Huawei currently serving as contractors to upgrade broadband networks to 4G in Addis Ababa and expand 3G networks elsewhere.19 The partnership has enabled Ethiopia's authoritarian leaders to maintain their hold over the telecom sector,20 though the networks built by the Chinese firms have been criticized for their high cost and poor service.21 Furthermore, the contracts have led to increasing fears that the Chinese may also be assisting the authorities in developing more robust ICT censorship and surveillance capacities (see Surveillance, Privacy, and Anonymity).22 In December 2014, the Swedish telecom group Ericsson also partnered with the government to improve and repair the mobile network infrastructure,23 though ZTE remains the sector's largest investor.
Onerous government regulations also stymie other aspects of the Ethiopian ICT market. For one, imported ICT items are tariffed at the same high rate as luxury items, unlike other imported goods such as construction materials and heavy duty machinery, which are given duty-free import privileges to encourage investments in infrastructure.24Ethiopians are required to register their laptops and tablets at the airport with the Ethiopian customs authority before they travel out of the country, ostensibly to prevent individuals from illegally importing electronic devices, though observers believe the requirement enables officials to monitor citizens' ICT activities by accessing the devices without consent.25
Local software companies also suffer from heavy-handed government regulations, which do not prescribe fair, open, or transparent ways of evaluating and awarding bids for new software projects.26 Government companies are given priority for every kind of project, while smaller entrepreneurial software companies are completely overlooked, leaving few opportunities for local technology companies to thrive.
Cybercafes are subject to burdensome operating requirements under the 2002 Telecommunications (Amendment) Proclamation,27 which prohibit them from providing Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services, and mandate that owners obtain a license from EthioTelecom via an opaque process that can take months. In the past few years, EthioTelecom began enforcing its licensing requirements more strictly in response to the increasing spread of cybercafes, reportedly penalizing Muslim cafe owners more harshly. Violations of the requirements entail criminal liability, though no cases have been reported.28
Regulatory Bodies
The Ethiopian Telecommunications Agency (ETA) is the primary regulatory body overseeing the telecommunications sector. In practice, government executives have complete control over ICT policy and sector regulation.29 The Information Network Security Agency (INSA), a government agency established in 2011 and controlled by individuals with strong ties to the ruling regime,30 also has significant power to regulate the internet under its mandate to protect communications infrastructure and prevent cybercrime.Limits on Content:30/3530/3530/3530/35Limits on Content
Social media and communications platforms were repeatedly blocked throughout the coverage period. Self-censorship heightened following the state of emergency instituted in October 2016, which placed restrictions on the use of social media for certain types of speech.
Blocking and Filtering
One of the first African countries to censor the internet,31 Ethiopia has a nationwide, politically motivated internet blocking and filtering apparatus that is reinforced during sensitive political events.
Tests conducted by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) in December 2016 found a wide range of websites blocked in Ethiopia, including the websites of Ethiopian news outlets known for critical reporting, political opposition groups, LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex) groups, human rights organizations, and circumvention tools. In total, at least one hundred websites were inaccessible.32 OONI tests also found the mobile version of WhatsApp completely blocked.33
Other social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter were repeatedly blocked for periods of time throughout 2016 and 2017, limiting their utility for political organizing even when the internet had not been completely shut down.34 In one case unrelated to political unrest, the authorities also blocked access to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Viber, IMO, and Google+ to prevent cheating during university examinations in July 2016.35 The blocks followed a full internet blackout for the same reason (see Restrictions on Connectivity). A government spokesperson stated that blocking social media during the exam would help students concentrate.
However, some progovernment media organizations and commentators seemed to have exclusive access to social media during the block,36 which reinforced the popular belief that government supporters are not disadvantaged during shutdowns to the extent that citizens are. Tools that help internet users bypass censorship are frequently blocked in Ethiopia, but some may remain available for approved uses. When social media platforms were blocked in the past year, diaspora-based activists publicized virtual private networks (VPNs) to circumvent the censorship, but certain VPNs were also subsequently blocked.37 Local sources suspected progovernment commenters were reporting some tools to the authorities for enabling censorship circumvention.
Digital security tools and information are also blocked. The Amharic translation of the Electronic Frontier Foundations' "Surveillance Self-Defense" web guide was blocked two weeks after it was published in October 2015.38 One source reported that keywords such as "proxy" yield no search results on unencrypted search engines,39 reflecting the government's efforts to limit users' access to proxy servers and other circumvention tools. Tor, a circumvention tool that enables users to browse anonymously, has been subject to restrictions since May 2012.40
To filter the internet, specific internet protocol (IP) addresses or domain names are generally blocked at the level of the EthioTelecom-controlled international gateway. Deep packet inspection (DPI), which blocks websites based on a keyword in the content of a website or communication, is also employed.41
There are no procedures for determining which websites are blocked or why, precluding any avenues for appeal. There are no published lists of blocked websites or publicly available criteria for how such decisions are made, and users are met with an error message when trying to access blocked content. The decision-making process does not appear to be controlled by a single entity, as various government bodies—including the Information Network Security Agency (INSA), EthioTelecom, and the ICT ministry—seem to be implementing their own lists, contributing to a phenomenon of inconsistent blocking. This lack of transparency is exacerbated by the fact that the government denies implementing censorship. Government officials flatly deny blocking websites or jamming international satellite operations, while also stating that the government has a legal and a moral responsibility to protect the Ethiopian public from extremist content.
Content Removal
Political content is often targeted for removal, often by way of threats from security officials who personally seek out users and bloggers to instruct them to take down certain content, particularly critical content on Facebook. The growing practice suggests that at least some voices within Ethiopia's small online community are closely monitored. For instance, during antigovernment protests in Oromia, activists who wrote messages of solidarity for the protestors on Facebook were asked to delete their posts.42
Media, Diversity and Content Manipulation
Increasing repression of journalists and bloggers has had a major chilling effect on expression online, particularly in response to the spate of blogger arrests in the past few years (see Prosecutions and Detentions for Online Activities). Many bloggers publish anonymously to avoid reprisals,43 while fear of pervasive surveillance has also led to widespread self-censorship.
Self-censorship heightened during the state of emergency instituted in October 2016, which explicitly prohibited sharing information about protests through social media platforms, communicating with exiled dissident groups regarded as terrorists, organizing demonstrations, and displaying political gestures (see Legal Environment).
Lack of adequate funding is a significant challenge for independent online media in Ethiopia, as fear of government pressure dissuades local businesses from advertising with politically critical websites. A 2012 Advertising Proclamation also prohibits advertisements from firms "whose capital is shared by foreign nationals."44 The process for launching a website on the local .et domain is expensive and demanding,45 requiring a business license from the Ministry of Trade and Industry and a permit from an authorized body.46 While the domestic blogosphere has been expanding, most blogs are hosted on international platforms or published by members of the diaspora.
Despite Ethiopia's extremely low levels of internet access, the government employs an army of trolls to distort Ethiopia's online information landscape.47 Opposition groups, journalists, and dissidents use the mocking Amharic colloquial term kokas to describe the progovernment commentators.48 Observers say the kokas regularly discuss Ethiopia's economic growth in favorable terms and post derogatory comments about Ethiopian journalists and opposition groups on Facebook and Twitter. In return, they are known to receive benefits such as money, land, and employment promotions. The government also manipulates online content through propaganda that aims to convince Ethiopians that social media is a dangerous tool co-opted by opposition groups to spread hate and violence.49
Digital Activism
Online tools were essential for the mobilization of antigovernment protests throughout 2016, enabling activists to post information about the demonstrations and disseminate news about police brutality as the government cracked down on protesters.50 Digital activism was muted following the October 2016 state of emergency, which banned demonstrations and online mobilization. Repeated internet shutdowns and blocks on social media platforms also hindered mobilization efforts (see Blocking and Filtering and Restrictions on Connectivity).Violations of User Rights:32/4032/4032/4032/40Violations of User Rights
A state of emergency declared in October 2016 derogated fundamental rights and restricted certain online activities. The Computer Crime Proclamation enacted in June 2016 criminalizes defamation and incitement; observers say it could be invoked to suppress digital mobilization. The proclamation also strengthens the government's surveillance capabilities by enabling real-time monitoring and interception of communications. Numerous individuals were arrested for online activities, particularly protests, while two people were sentenced to prison for several years each during the coverage period.
Legal Environment
The government imposed a six-month state of emergency in October 2016 and shut down the internet for several days to quell escalating antigovernment protests. Specific online activities were restricted under emergency rule.51 The authorities criminalized accessing or posting content related to the protests on social media, as well as efforts to communicate with "terrorist" groups, a category that includes exiled dissidents. Penalties included prison terms of three to five years.52 Emergency rule also undermined fundamental rights, banning unauthorized protests, and allowing the authorities to arbitrarily arrest and detain citizens without charge. More than 21,000 people were arrested before the state of emergency was lifted in August 2017, according to news reports.53
Fundamental freedoms are guaranteed for Ethiopian internet users on paper, but the guarantees are routinely flouted in practice. The 1995 Ethiopian constitution provides for freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and access to information, while also prohibiting censorship.54 These constitutional guarantees are affirmed in the 2008 Mass Media and Freedom of Information Proclamation, known as the press law, which governs the print media.55 Nevertheless, the press law also includes problematic provisions that contradict constitutional protections and restrict free expression, such as complex registration processes for media outlets and heavy fines for defamation.56The Criminal Code also penalizes defamation with a fine or up to one year in prison.57
Meanwhile, several laws are designed to restrict and penalize legitimate online activities and speech. Most alarmingly, the 2012 Telecom Fraud Offences Law extends the violations and penalties defined in the 2009 Anti-Terrorism Proclamation and criminal code to electronic communications sent over mobile phone and internet services.58The antiterrorism legislation prescribes prison sentences of up to 20 years for the publication of statements that can be understood as a direct or indirect encouragement of terrorism, which is vaguely defined.59 The law also bans Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services such as Skype60 and requires all individuals to register their telecommunications equipment—including smartphones—with the government, which security officials typically enforce at security checkpoints by confiscating ICT equipment if the owner cannot produce a registration permit, according to sources in the country.
In June 2016, the Ethiopian government passed a new Computer Crime Proclamation that criminalized an array of online activities.61 For example, content that "incites fear, violence, chaos or conflict among people" can be punished with up to three years in prison, which could be abused to suppress digital campaigns.62 Other problematic provisions ban the dissemination of defamatory content, which can be penalized with up to 10 years in prison,63 and the distribution of unsolicited messages to multiple emails (spam), which carries up to five years in prison.64 Civil society expressed concern that the law would be used to further crackdown on critical commentary, political opposition, and social unrest.65
Prosecutions and Detentions for Online Activities
The authorities intensified their crackdown against bloggers, online journalists, and activists during the state of emergency in the past year. The antigovernment protest movement led to thousands of arrests, some for digital activities such as posting or "liking" social media content about the protests. Examples include the following:
In October 2016, police arrested Seyoum Teshome, a well-known academic and blogger for the Ethiopian Think Tank Group, who had published an article about the Oromia protest movement in The New York Times.66 Teshome was held in prison for three months, during which he reported suffering severe torture (see Intimidation and Violence).67
In November 2016, political activists Anania Sorri and Daniel Shibeshi and journalist Elias Gebru were arrested for posting images of themselves on social media displaying a gesture indicating support for the protest movement. Protest gestures and symbols were banned under emergency rule.68
In December 2016, seven musicians behind a popular YouTube music video were arrested and held without charge until June 2017, when they were charged with terrorism. The video was held to incite protests.69
Two cases led to convictions and multi-year prison sentences during the coverage period:
In May 2017, the prominent opposition activist Yonatan Tesfaye, was found guilty of terrorism based on Facebook posts that criticized the government's handling of the Oromia protests.70 He was sentenced to six and a half years in prison.71 Tesfaye's Twitter handle has been active since his detention, leading to suspicions that the officials were using his account to monitor other dissidents or encourage them to break the law.72
Also in May, Getachew Shiferaw, the editor-in-chief of the opposition outlet Negere Ethiopia, was sentenced to one and a half years in prison on subversion charges for Facebook comments were considered to "endorse" an exiled journalist.73 He was released on time served.
Bloggers from the critical Zone 9 blogging collective were repeatedly persecuted during the coverage period, continuing several years of unabated legal troubles and harassment. The bloggers were first arrested in April 2014 and charged with terrorism under the harsh Anti-Terrorism Proclamation.74 They were accused of intent to overthrow the government, an offense under the criminal code, by encrypting their communications to disseminate seditious writings.75 Denied bail and brought to court dozens of times for sham trials,76 the bloggers were eventually acquitted in late 2015, but the prosecutor appealed to the Supreme Court, and they were repeatedly summoned to appear throughout 2016.77 In April 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that two of the Zone9 bloggers, Atnaf Berhane and Natnail Feleke, should be tried on charges of inciting violence through their writing. If convicted, they would face up to 10 years each in prison.78
Other citizens were serving long prison sentences during the coverage period, including blogger Zelalem Workagenehu, who was found guilty of terrorism and sentenced to over five years in prison in May 2016.79 He was first arrested in July 2014 on charges of conspiring to overthrow the government after he facilitated a course on digital security. Well-known dissident journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega is serving an 18-year prison sentence handed down in July 2012 under the draconian anti-terrorism law for criticizing the law itself in an online article.80
Surveillance, Privacy, and Anonymity
Government surveillance of online and mobile phone communications is pervasive in Ethiopia and was strengthened under the new Computer Crime Proclamation enacted in June 2016, which enables real-time monitoring or interception of communications authorized by the Minister of Justice and obliges service providers to store records of all communications and metadata for at least a year.81
There are strong indications that the government has deployed a centralized monitoring system developed by the Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE to monitor mobile phone networks and the internet, according to a 2015 Human Rights Watch report.82 Known for its use by repressive regimes in Libya and Iran, the monitoring system enables deep packet inspection (DPI) of internet traffic across the EthioTelecom network and has the ability to intercept emails and web chats.
A customer management database called ZSmart, also developed by ZTE, has been installed by EthioTelecom. The database provides the government with full access to user information and the ability to intercept SMS text messages and record phone conversations.83 ZSmart also allows security officials to locate targeted individuals through real-time geolocation tracking of mobile phones.84 While the extent to which the government has made use of the full range of ZTE's sophisticated surveillance systems is unclear, the authorities frequently present intercepted emails and phone calls as evidence during trials against journalists and bloggers or during interrogations as a scare tactic.85
Meanwhile, exiled dissidents have been targeted by surveillance malware. Citizen Lab research published in March 2015 said Remote Control System (RCS) spyware had been used against two employees of Ethiopian Satellite Television Service (ESAT) in November and December 2014. ESAT is a diaspora-run independent satellite television, radio, and online news media outlet, based in Alexandria, Virginia.86 Made by the Italian company Hacking Team, RCS spyware is advertised as "offensive technology" sold exclusively to law enforcement and intelligence agencies, and has the ability to steal files and passwords and intercept Skype calls and chats. 87
While Hacking Team has said that the company does not deal with "repressive regimes,"88 the social engineering tactics used to bait the two ESAT employees made it clear that the attack was targeted. Moreover, analysis of the RCS attacks uncovered credible links to the Ethiopian government, with the spyware's servers registered at an EthioTelecom address under the name "INSA-PC," referring to the Information Network Security Agency (INSA), the body established in 2011 to preside over the security of the country's critical communications infrastructure.89 INSA was already known to be using the commercial toolkit FinFisher to target dissidents and supposed national security threats. FinFisher can secretly monitor computers by turning on webcams, record everything a user types with a key logger, and intercept Skype calls.90
Political commentators use VPNs and anonymizing tools to hide their identities when publishing online and to circumvent filtering, though the tools are also subject to blocking (see Blocking and Filtering).
Anonymity is further compromised by strict SIM card registration requirements. Upon purchase of a SIM card through EthioTelecom or an authorized reseller, individuals must provide their full name, address, government-issued identification number, and a passport photograph. EthioTelecom's database of SIM registrants enables the government to terminate SIM cards and bar individuals from registering for new ones. Internet subscribers are also required to register their personal details, including their home address, with the government. During the antigovernment protests in 2016, state-owned ICT provider EthioTelecom announced plans to require mobile phones to be purchased from Ethiopian companies and to create a tracking system for all mobile devices in Ethiopia. Though no updates on the plans were reported in 2017, observers believe the plan aims to allow the government to track and identify all communications from subscribers on its network.91
Intimidation and Violence
During escalating antigovernment protests throughout 2016, the authorities routinely harassed, detained, and abused people who used their mobile phones to record footage of demonstrations. Under emergency rule, the authorities reportedly arrested thousands of people, some for their online activities. Imprisoned bloggers reported being held in degrading conditions and tortured by prison guards seeking to extract false confessions.92 In one case, blogger Seyoum Teshome, who was arrested after the publication of his critical New York Times op-ed, reported suffering severe torture while in detention from October to December 2016.93
Government security agents frequently harass and intimidate bloggers, online journalists, and internet users. Independent bloggers are often summoned by the authorities to be warned against discussing certain topics online, while activists report that they are regularly threatened by state security agents.94 Ethiopian journalists in the diaspora have also been targeted for harassment.95
Technical Attacks
There were no reports of technical attacks against human rights defenders or dissidents during the coverage period, though incidents are likely underreported. Opposition critics have faced frequent technical attacks in the past, even abroad. Observers believe similar campaigns against activists persist undetected. Independent research has shown that Ethiopian authorities use sophisticated surveillance spyware to target exiled dissidents.96


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