Both notes describe exactly the issue I currently have. The note 2050971.1 contains a reference to the bug no. 20229616 wherefore no patch is available until now. But it contains a description for a workaround. The workarounds means to put every needed Java library in the folder SOA/SCA-INF/lib. From my perspective that isn't an appropriate solution, because the missing classes mention by the compiler are in orabpel.jar. This jar file is part of SOA Suite and already available on the infrastructure side. Moreover everything in /SCA-INF/lib is part of the composite and uploaded to MDS. The second support note 2112178.1 references a patch, but it doesn't also solve the issue. Due to this I build a solution that automates the workaround with SOA/SCA-INF/lib by using Maven plugins.
1. Using the Maven Dependency Plugin to copy the orabpel.jar to SOA/SCA-INF/lib folder. The copied orabpel.jar will be renamed to only4compile.jar. Further it is important to bind the execution of the plugin to a phase before running the Maven SOA Plugin. Read the complete article here.


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Muhammad Ali and Black Lives Matter
"His legacy is just as meaningful now as it was when he held the belt over his head in triumph."
by janaya khan
10 Jun 2016 11:13 GMT
Muhammad Ali, left, grimaces as he exchanges blows with Joe Frazier in the first round of their title bout at the Coliseum in Manila, Philippines [Mitsunori Chigita/AP Photo]
For years I woke up at 6am, still feeling tightness in my body from the previous night's sparring session. I would throw on a sweater, eat oatmeal, and take a bus, a train, and another bus back to my gym. In my hand, a battered copy of Alex Haley's The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
The week before, I had been reading about Elijah Muhammad. I learned of these people through researching everything I could find on Muhammad Ali. He is the reason I started to box. I first heard his name when he lit the Olympic Torch in 1996, and as I learned of the boxer, I learned more about his politics and struggles.
Muhammad Ali started boxing at the age of 12, and by 18 had won Olympic gold. At 22, he defeated the fearsome Sonny Liston to become the youngest heavyweight champion of the world. He converted to Islam shortly thereafter through the Nation of Islam, and by his second fight with Liston he had renounced his former name. By 1965, his friend Malcolm X had been assassinated. In 1966, he refused to be inducted into the Vietnam War. Ali was no longer just the heavyweight champion of the world, he was black and Muslim and something very threatening to white America.
Consequently he was stripped of his prime boxing years; his belts were forfeited and his boxing licence was denied between 1967 and 1970. In that time, Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated.
Ali became a critical voice in anti-war and black resistance movements alike in his clear articulation of racism, imperialism and his refusal to become respectable to appease white expectations. After fighting three monumental bouts against then champion Joe Frazier, ultimately losing his title belt, he fought the powerful George Foreman in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) to reclaim it.
It was at this point that Ali reached legendary status across the world. He had been proclaiming it for decades throughout his record-setting career, but now the world was proclaiming it, too; Muhammad Ali: The Greatest.
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Like Ali, I became politicised through pugilism. The first boxing gym I entered was largely made up of lesbian and queer-identified women, trans people and survivors of violence. When I moved on to another boxing gym led by a young racialised woman to focus more on competitive boxing, I had actualised into a queer, gender non-conforming boxer and organiser.
Boxing was the skill I was most eager to share as my sense of activism grew and the need to protect ourselves as queer, trans and female-identified people on the front lines became more and more apparent. I would lug a huge bag of boxing gloves and a set of hand pads to any conference or congregation of activists I could get to. I would teach oppressed people how to throw punches and defend themselves, and sit in on workshops led by powerhouses in the movement to learn.
The Movement for Black Lives is today's iteration and continuation of the Black Power movements that formed in the 1960s. Black Lives Matter (BLM) was created when 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was murdered by police in 2013 in Florida, and has since developed into both an international movement and a network. I have been active in BLM since its conception, and I and a powerful team started the Black Lives Matter movement in Canada.
As with Ali, boxing led me along a path that allowed me to contribute to the tradition of black resistance. Our generation is fighting many of the same issues that affected Ali and his generation - police brutality, white supremacy, poverty, imperialism and Islamophobia. We are also grappling with many of the same questions around the best strategies for black liberation, from the role of assimilation with the reality of anti-black racism as a hegemonic pillar, to the role of economy and participation in electoral politics.
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The lessons I gleaned from boxing, my coach, and fighters such as Ali, inform how I theorise and organise. The number one rule in boxing is "Protect yourself at all times".
This lesson is integral in my relationship to direct actions and a necessary framework for many of us who either identify as women or were socialised as women. A boxer is most open to punches when they are throwing punches themselves, and Ali was the champion of "make them miss, make them pay". This, like protecting ourselves and each other, has become a parable in how I organise, write and box.
I now do international work for Black Lives Matter, and my connections to many different movement contexts have allowed me to witness the extent to which the loss of Muhammad Ali has affected millennials and elders alike globally. Stories have been shared that dig deeper into his legacy, from being exploited by promoters and hanger-ons to resisting the mainstream media's efforts to downplay his black and Muslim identities. Numerous compilation videos of his fights have emerged, interviews and quotations that show his political stance, and books that shed light on his relationship to and evolution beyond the Nation of Islam make it clear that his legacy is just as meaningful now as it was when he held the belt over his head in triumph.
This has been a difficult year in losing black giants. From Afeni Shakur, mother and freedom fighter, to Prince, a redefiner of black masculinity, musician and active supporter of Black Lives Matter, to Ali. We are finding ourselves called upon to pick up their tools and continue the fight.
My first and truest tools are a pair of boxing gloves, and I have Ali to thank for that. Ali, whose accomplishments were too great for the four corners of the ring to hold. Ali, who brought to light many of the contradictions of white supremacy. Ali, a teacher on the responsibility that comes with greatness.
janaya khan is the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto.
The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policies.
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Kristen Stewart: "Chris Hemsworth is a cry baby!"
By Jenn Selby
Kristen Stewart labeled her muscle-bound Snow White And The Huntsman co-star Chris Hemsworth a "cry baby" at the world premiere of the movie in London's Leiceter Square last night.
The Twilight star, who plays the eponymous heroine in the movie, was joking about the scene in which she had to punch Chris Hemsworth, The Huntsman, in the face.
When asked on The Graham Norton Show last week about injuring the new dad, she said: "You know, he needed a bit of roughing up… I punched him right out of his close-up. Actually, it's funny now, but when it happened, I was instantly like, 'I've just ruined the movie,' because I love this thing, and I thought we were going to have to stop filming, I thought he was going to start crying…
"He spun right out of it… He's kind of a d**khead too. He's like the nicest guy in the world, I was really lucky that I clocked Chris Hemsworth. I couldn't hit a nicer person."
Chris Hemsworth also recalled the moment Kristen's tiny fist met his chiseled jaw during GLAMOUR.com's Twitter Takeover with the star yesterday.
When asked how it felt to be punched by the actress, he said: "Painful, scary, and I wouldn't want it to happen again... But if she wants a fight, I'll be in the court yard at 12 midnight!"
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In the next few hours, people will start seeing BBM in Google Play, the App Store and in select Samsung App Stores – where it will be free to download.
If you download the app, you're greeted not with setup instructions, but a box for you to type your email address, because there's a waiting list. BlackBerry claims this is due to high demand, but they also claim they've reached about two million Android and iOS BBM users. The waiting list screen shows an app which lacks retina-ready images and full iOS 7 compatibility in its status bar, which is odd for a company which brags that "amateur hour is over".
Given that there are twenty-one other SMS-replacement apps available, is there a market for people who absolutely require this SMS-replacement service?


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A second motive for the media silence around the massacre of Christians in Nigeria may be geo-political and racial. New Zealand is a first-world country where such things are not supposed to happen, whereas many people still consider Africa to be a backwards place where brutal killings are par for the course.
Moreover, the slaughter of black Christians in Africa may not enkindle rage among westerners the way that the murder of white and brown Muslims in New Zealand would.
Finally, the story simply does not play to the political agenda that many mainstream media would like to advance. How much mileage can be gained from Muslims murdering Christians, when Christians in America are often seen as an obstacle to the "progress" desired by liberals? The left sees Christians in the United States as part of the problem and seeks to undermine their credibility and influence at every turn rather than emboldening them.
Whatever the reason — or reasons — for the media silence surrounding the most recent massacres of Christians in Nigeria as well as numerous other such events, it should give right-thinking people pause.
By all means, the lethal shootings of dozens of Muslims in New Zealand is a massive story and merits extensive coverage. But it only stands to reason that similar coverage should be devoted to the slaughter of Christians.
For the moment, it serves as a poignant reminder that a double standard is at work when it comes to news coverage, and that it is Christians who inevitably draw the short straw.


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Q: xargs does not seem to separate parameters I am trying to use xargs to set secrets in github using the gh CLI.
Given I have an .env file with the following entries
SECRET1=djfjgdfkjg
SECRET2=jbnfdgjn
SECRET3=A line of text

And the sed command sed -r 's/^([A-Za-z0-9_]*)=(.*)$/\1 -b "\2"/g' ./.env produces the following output:
SECRET1 -b "djfjgdfkjg"
SECRET2 -b "jbnfdgjn"
SECRET3 -b "A line of text"

I am unsure as to why the command:
sed -r 's/^([A-Za-z0-9_]*)=(.*)$/\1 -b "\2"/g' test.env | xargs -I {} gh secret set {}
fails for each secret with the message secret name can only contain letters, numbers, and _
Manually running gh secret set SECRET1 -b "djfjgdfkjg" works without an error.
I'm guessing that the issue is that the first arg (secret name) is being passed the value SECRET1 -b "djfjgdfkjg" rather than just SECRET1 but I'm unsure how I can fix this?

A: After doing a bit more digging I discovered that the problem is the use of -I and that:
sed -rn 's/^[[:space:]]*([[:alpha:]][[:alnum:]_]*)=(.*)$/\1 -b "\2"/p' .env | xargs -n 3 gh secret set

resolves the problem.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream, when done well, is one of Shakespeare's most enjoyable plays to watch. Often hilarious, witty and touching, the script lends itself to multitudes of settings and interpretations, with varying degrees of success. Michael Grandage has taken on Shakespeare's comedy for his West End season at the Noel Coward Theatre, and it has all entertainment value that you'd hope for, helped along by a little bit of celebrity magic.
For his take on the classic play, Grandage chose to put Titania and Oberon's fairy kingdom right in the middle of the 60's; Sheridan Smith is a stoner fairy queen, lounging in an abandoned house set, surrounded by hedonistic flower-children, complete with tribal dancing and a spliff. Smith doubles as Hippolyta as has become traditional in performances of the play, although very little reason or parallel is drawn to justify this, one of the few notable weaknesses of this production. She is at her best when, having been unknowingly drugged by Oberon, she falls helplessly in love with Walliams' Bottom, in scenes that prove Smith to be a truly funny and endlessly entertaining stage actor.
David Walliams is perfectly cast as Bottom, putting in a suitably hammy performance as the amateur thespian, playing him up with enhanced campness and getting endless laughs from the audience. Although often celebrity appearances in theatre can be overrated and gratuitous, Walliams makes a warm-hearted, likeable Bottom and the laughs are generally well earned.
A Midsummer Nights Dream is fast-paced and funny; its celebrity stars are well directed and really make the most of the humour that the script offers. Although certain textual elements of the play could have been explored in greater depth, and particular connections or themes could have been brought out with more emphasis, Grandage's production is a joy to watch, and when it comes to Shakespeare's comedies, that's what matters most.


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BGMEA vice-president says Western brands won't be able to source from Bangladesh if in debt with local producers
Miran Ali, head of the Misami Garment group and vice-president of the Bangladeshi garment manufacturers and exporters association (BGMEA), has seen from close up the impact of Covid-19 on manufacturing activity. And also that of the international political events - conflict in Ethiopia and Myanmar, tensions in Xinjiang - which in 2021 helped the Bangladeshi textile industry surpass its pre-Covid output levels. While in Paris, Ali spoke to FashionNetwork.com, analysing these events as well as the lessons learned from the Rana Plaza tragedy, nearly 10 years on. But, in the wake of the bankruptcy of French fashion retailer Camaïeu, Ali also delivered a warning to Western apparel brands: the doors to Bangladesh will now be legally closed to companies trying to revive their fortunes without first settling their debts with former local suppliers.
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FashionNetwork.com: You follow closely the status of Western apparel brands, your clients. What is your opinion of bankruptcies like that of Camaïeu?
Miran Ali: I have known Camaïeu for 20 years, it used to be a wonderful company. During the Covid pandemic, it experienced difficulties and was bought by FIB, a new company that took on most of the pre-existing staff. FIB's business reputation was used as a commercial argument to convince manufacturers of [Camaïeu's] solidity. The problems began when FIB asked to extend payment terms to 90 days. In principle, this isn't an issue with a reliable trading partner. Inditex, for example, only works with 90-day payments. Our factories trusted Camaïeu. With hindsight, they shouldn't have done so. Because now Camaïeu has gone bankrupt.
FNW: Are many Bangladeshi manufacturers currently experiencing financial problems?
MA: There are factories in Bangladesh sitting on at least $20 million worth of goods and materials that have been imported, processed and in some cases even shipped out to Camaïeu. We are currently figuring out how many companies are involved and what the volumes are. The Central Bank of Bangladesh does not offer any remedy in the case of bankrupt foreign clients. Besides, the state levies lower taxes on fabric imports when there is a commitment to exporting the finished product. Since the materials sourced for Camaïeu no longer have a client, local producers will be taxed for them.
Another problem is that EU law does not give enough flexibility to compensate suppliers, we are at the bottom of the priority list. Manufacturers from Bangladesh, Morocco and other countries will be facing huge financial difficulties, they will struggle to pay wages, without any recourse.
But I can promise you one thing: if Camaïeu, 60% of whose products are sourced in Bangladesh, will find a buyer, its new owners will have to pay its debts if they want to source in Bangladesh. Otherwise, the brand will never be able to source again from Bangladesh, and probably other countries too.
FNW: What means do you have at your disposal to ban a brand from sourcing in Bangladesh?
MA: It turns out that we have already been in a similar situation. A precedent was set. When the UK's Edinburgh Woollen Mill (EWM) went bankrupt, its chief financial officer bought the company, and the former boss became a consultant. Despite the arrears owed to [Bangladeshi] manufacturers, these people got back in touch with them to place orders, and even asked for 80% discounts.
We went to court. And for the first time, we established as a legal principle that, while what is technically a new company may have been set up, if it wants to operate the same brands as before, as was the case for EWM with Peacock and Jaeger, no producer in Bangladesh will be allowed to export to these brands. Unless the company in question pays their arrears, and then receives a green light from the Bangladeshi courts.
We're going to do the same with Camaïeu. I wouldn't call this a warning, but a reminder to all French and Western brands. Especially those that might be tempted to restructure their business and wipe the slate clean, hoping to be able to source from Bangladesh again without repercussions. Now that the entire supply chain is acting in unison, it won't be so easy for them. Notably also thanks to the creation of the Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative (STTI).
FNW: What is the role of STTI, of which you are a spokesperson?
MA: STTI brings together 10 apparel-producing countries: China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Morocco and Turkey. STTI is supported by the International Apparel Federation (IAF), which is funded by the German textile industry. STTI's goal is to reset the balance of power in the apparel industry. We are a weird sector, in the sense that there are no long-term contracts and agreements between suppliers and buyers.
An individual supplier will always struggle when negotiating alone. A country can only negotiate up to the point where the national interest may be affected. But if countries stand united, we'll be able to negotiate properly, in a fairer way, with brands and buyers. Given future European legislation on duty of care, it is all the more important that the EU no longer regards its trading partners as individual countries on which pressure can be applied, in some form or another. But as a bloc of countries with common interests.
FNW: Supplier countries are coordinating their efforts while the global apparel sector is leaving the pandemic and its problems behind. How did your industry live through that period?
MA: Covid-19 posed a real existential threat to us. In March 2020, we witnessed the total shut-down of our industry. The majority of [apparel] brands refused to commit to placing further orders. But not all of them. Groups like H&M and ID Kids (Okaïdi) continued to place orders despite closing down their stores. This is what I call a true partnership. As suppliers, we will always remember it. But most companies said they were cancelling all orders, or that they'd get back to us at a later date.
Exceptionally, our government made a special provision, ensuring that textile workers (but not managers) were paid for three months. This posed a challenge, because payments were not to go through employers, but directly from banks to workers. It was therefore necessary to set up bank accounts for all textile workers in Bangladesh in just three weeks. It was a huge challenge for the country.
Orders-wise, the situation stabilised towards the end of April 2020, and some brands gradually came back. But then a roller coaster started, with further lockdowns in Europe at the end of 2020. In the first half of 2021, the sector see-sawed between optimism and pessimism. Then, in mid-2021, a convergence of events changed the textile market to our advantage.
FNW: Which events?
MA: The first was the civil war in Ethiopia, which wrecked a supplier region that, though small, was nevertheless growing. Then there was the coup in Myanmar, which led many brands to stop sourcing there, or at least to consider doing so. The third element was the ban on Xinjiang-sourced cotton. A ban that was enforced in the USA, but when you are an international group, if you buy from Xinjiang, you risk tainting your entire inventory. So the US ban also had an impact on European brands. Then, in the latter part of 2021, Vietnam failed to deal with Covid-19 properly. The southern part of the country was put in lockdown, and textile output fell by 70%.
All of these events meant that Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey became the only possible sources for a secure supply stream. Because, in footwear, if you don't source in Vietnam, you have to turn to Indonesia. If you need denim, you're left with Bangladesh or Pakistan. As for Turkey, it was already benefiting from an exceptional currency situation, which currently makes it one of the fastest-growing exporting countries. For Bangladesh, the roller coaster ride still continues in 2022. Chiefly for logistical reasons, because delivery delays have a medium-term effect.
FNW: Is the 2021-22 shipping crisis penalising order deliveries for 2023?
MA: The slowdown in maritime freight traffic has snowballed. In 2022, major US ports have started to experience delays in docking ships ranging from 28 to 45 days. Some products arrived as planned for the Spring/Summer season, but others arrived too late. This caused an inventory management disaster. Brands had to cut their orders for summer 2023, because next year they will also have to sell summer 2022 products that arrived too late. And this is just an example, because there are other challenges in Europe.
FNW: Has the invasion of Ukraine impacted orders to Bangladesh too?
MA: Russia itself was a growing market for Bangladeshi textiles, worth almost $1 billion in exports for the country. But half of our exports to Russia were the result of European brands selling in that country: H&M, Decathlon, Zara, Bestseller and others. When these brands stopped trading in Russia, half of that market vanished for Bangladesh. The revenue downturn is limiting the brands' ability to order products from us in the future. In addition, this has come at a time when their customers' purchasing power is being impacted by the war.
The Bangladesh Denim Expo held in Dhaka in 2017 - Shutterstock
FNW: This chain of events occurred as Bangladesh was investing heavily in environmentally friendly factories. Have these plans been curtailed?
MA: The first thing to bear in mind is that the long-term prosperity of the Bangladeshi textile industry will depend on our country's competitiveness, especially with regards to sustainability issues. In this respect, we are more compliant than our main international competitors.
Our goal is to put a sustainable supply chain at our clients' disposal, one they can be confident will not harm their reputation. We have the greenest factories in the world, and their number is growing. We have 57 companies certified as 'platinum' and 105 as 'gold', according to the US Green Building Council's classification.
FNW: In early 2020, BGMEA's former president said in an interview that Bangladesh is dependent on cotton garments, on certain product categories, and orders from the West. How would you assess the situation now?
MA: North America, Western Europe and also Australia represent the core of our business. We are now looking to Japan and, beyond that, to China. But also, and more surprisingly, to India. Chiefly because it is attractive for international brands to manufacture products destined for the Indian market in Bangladesh.
We realised that one of the fastest-growing markets is athleisure, but Bangladesh used to be virtually non-existent in this segment. We are now making progress, thanks to groups like Decathlon, which sources a large part of its synthetic fabric items here. We used to work almost exclusively with cotton, and there hadn't been enough investment in synthetic materials in the past. However, to remain competitive, we need to develop the capabilities to produce synthetic garments. Not all types, but at least some, to be able to respond to the orders we receive. Because the fashion market does rely on speed, and not on the materials you have available. And one way of being responsive is through logistics. Bangladesh will undergo a profound transformation in this field within five years.
FNW: New infrastructure to speed up deliveries to the West?
MA: A new airport terminal is being built, and it will include a logistics hub for imports and exports. This is important for our materials sourcing. Because, for the time being, air freight imports are extremely problematic for us.
Another key project is our deep-water port, which will become operational in 2025-26. Before reaching the West, ships from Shanghai and Singapore usually stop over in Colombo (Sri Lanka), where 80% of the cargo they take on board is made in Bangladesh. When we'll have our own deep-water port on Sonadia Island, in south-eastern Bangladesh, this will become a priority landing. Our goods will travel faster, because container ships will no longer have to stop in Colombo before reaching Europe and America.
FNW: In April, it will be ten years since the Rana Plaza collapse disaster. How are the consequences of this disaster reflected in your industry's current practices?
MA: All of our actions stem from the lessons learned from the national catastrophe that was Rana Plaza. And I'm also hoping that these lessons may be beneficial not only to Bangladesh, but all industrial nations. Last June, our representatives travelled to Geneva to sign a new workers' compensation scheme with the International Labor Organization. Because we recognize that the compensation currently available to our workers in the event of accident or death is insufficient. Our goal is to offer better compensation for events that may occur inside factories as well as outside. It is a three-year pilot scheme led by apparel brands, which will then be financed by manufacturers.
The Rana Plaza disaster also had a long-term impact, with the creation of the ReadyMade Garment Sustainability Council (RSC) in Bangladesh. This body, which I'm in charge of, took over in 2020 from the Accord on Fire and Building Safety. RSC is a collective body bringing together apparel brands, trade unions and manufacturers. Unusual bedfellows, whose role is addressing the concerns manifested by workers and public opinion. RSC, which is more effective than the Accord was, has received a mandate by the Bangladeshi government to act on these issues. We must comply with local authority regulations as well as with the highest international standards. The IndustriALL trade union is keen for similar organisations to be created elsewhere, particularly in Pakistan and Morocco. In Bangladesh, the Rana Plaza disaster has rightly made site security and transparency essential features of our industry. We no longer want to run away from problems.
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Death and injustice are dominant themes in Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago, which I have commenced reading in response to his passing this week. A friend told me he reads my blog when he wants to get depressed since I post so frequently on humanty's inhumanity to itself. I don't consider myself a morose person but I do abhor determined blissful ignorance of injustice. This blog started partly in response to Terry Schiavo's court supported starvation. I sincerely believe that human rights for the majority are only true if equal for the minority, the oppressed, the marginalized, and the weak. I believe in the sanctity of all lives, including those in need of external support, the disabled, the brain damaged, the en-wombed.
I recognize human rights, because as a follower of Jesus Christ, I consider all humans bearers of God's image. I believe God is involved in the gestation of every human as well as their expiration.I've been ruminating for years on God's role on human expiration as I explore atrocities. Like everyone else who does not turn away from the horror, I ask, "Where is God?" I doubt I have anything new to add to the conversation, but it helps me to organize my thoughts on the blog.
Another friend tells me that my posts are hard to digest. So I'll keep these short. The Smart Mom, who is an editor at heart, tells me the leaps in my thoughts are not traced well in my writing. I'm sorry. Please comment with questions and suggestions and notations of gigantic leaps of deduction.
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Winter funderland!
From lights to music to Santas galore, here's your sleighful of holiday events
A Merry Crimson Tinsel Town igloo at Red Rock Resort. (Anthony Mair)
Local Las Vegas
Christmas and holiday events in the Las Vegas Valley
Here are several ways to celebrate the holiday season in the Las Vegas Valley.
By Janna Karel / Las Vegas Review-Journal
Updated December 18, 2021 - 1:31 pm
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This winter, discover unique pop-up bars, family-friendly festivities and sparkly new ways to enjoy the holiday season in the Las Vegas Valley.
Bellagio's Conservatory & Botanical Gardens
Tourists visit the Bellagio Conservatory's holiday display 'Holiday Time.' (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
At Bellagio's Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, it is "time" to celebrate the holidays.
The newest botanical display decks the conservatory's halls with a 42-foot-tall fir tree with thousands of lights, a snowcapped mountain range, a cozy Swiss chalet and Santa's sleigh filled with gifts.
Enchant, a new Christmas village and light maze, brings bring holiday cheer to Las Vegas this winter. (Enchant)
A new Christmas village and light maze are slated to bring holiday cheer to Las Vegas Nov. 26 through Jan. 2.
Enchant will take over the Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin, transforming the venue into a winter wonderland.
Enchant will feature "The Great Search" maze, an Ice Skating Trail, a Christmas Village serving holiday treats from around the world, an artisan Christmas market and visits with Santa Claus.
Tickets start at $19 for children and $20 for adults.
Enchant partners with the Vegas Golden Knights and the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation to host a special "Knight of Giving" on Dec. 13. Tickets for the event start at $29 for adults and $19 for children 2 through 12. enchantchristmas.com
Festival of Lanterns
In December, experience a holiday spectacular at Cowabunga Bay, 900 Galleria Drive, with all the festive trimmings.
Listen to the sounds of carolers, then have a photo taken with Santa. Vibrant vistas bring the magic of the Christmas Lanterns to life with Santa Claus, Candyland and a 20-foot tall Christmas tree.
Beginning at 4 p.m. each day, guests can stroll through the outdoor festival enjoying the lantern exhibits at their leisure. Tickets are $25.95 for adults and $21.95 for children 12 and under. Parking is free. cowabungabayvegas.com
Glittering Lights
Cars tour through Glittering Lights at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Monday Nov. 30, 2020. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Glittering Lights, the holiday drive-through spectacular, is a dazzling array of festive Christmas lights and sounds featuring more than 5 million LED lights that intertwine throughout a 2.5-mile course through the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It's shining 21 years bright this holiday season.
The attraction runs through Jan. 9 and admission is $25 per vehicle at the Speedway, 7000 Las Vegas Blvd. North. glitteringlightslasvegas.com
Hidden Cinema Rooftop Garden
Hidden Cinema Rooftop Garden in downtown Las Vegas hosts a season of holiday cheer featuring classic Christmas movies for all ages, a holiday-themed photo booth for fun family photos, festive décor and a hot chocolate, beer, wine and snack bar. Find showings of "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "Elf," "Love Actually" and more at hidden-cinema.com.
Holiday Cactus Garden
Ethel M Chocolates Annual Holiday Cactus Garden. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Holiday Cactus Garden at Ethel M Chocolates' in Henderson, 2 Cactus Garden Drive, is open through Jan 2.
Guests can stroll through the three-acre cactus garden with over a million twinkling lights from 5 to 10 p.m.
Santa will be in the garden nightly through Dec. 23 and available for photos.
Reservations are recommended and can be booked at ethem.com. Walk-ins are welcome but will have to wait in line. Each reservation can accommodate up to 6 people. For more information, call 800-438-4356. Reservations are not required to enter the store.
In lieu of collecting toy and food donations this year, a $5 non-refundable donation will be required per group of 6 people when making a garden reservation. The $5 fee will be donated to Three Square Food Bank and HELP of Southern Nevada.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas opens Ice Rink for its 10th consecutive season through Jan. 2 .
The Boulevard Pool will once again transform into a holiday wonderland showcasing a 4,200-square-foot rooftop skating rink made of real ice, seasonal light bites and cocktails, a holiday village with fire pits for s'mores making, cozy seating areas and fan-favorite holiday films displayed above the rink on the resort's 65-foot marquee.
The Magical Forest is a winter wonderland with millions of sparkling lights, exciting rides, great food and endless holiday cheer.
This year, the Magical Forest at Opportunity Village, 6300 W. Oakey Blvd., will celebrate its 30th season.
The Magical Forest is a walk-through attraction of lights and festive installations. Attractions include a train, a slide, carousel, food trucks and photos with Santa.
It will be open Nov. 26 through Jan. 2; closed Christmas Day. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. daily. Individual tickets are $25 at the gate for those 4 years and older; $22 if purchased at opportunityvillage.org. The website also has ticket packages. Children 3 and younger admitted free.
Miracle on Spring Mountain
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The Miracle on Spring Mountain holiday-themed pop-up bar takes over The Sand Dollar Lounge, 3355 Spring Mountain Road, once again for the season.
The Las Vegas location of the renowned Miracle Bar Popup will transform The Sand Dollar Lounge into a fully immersive Winter Wonderland from Nov. 22 through a New Year's Eve celebration.
Hours for the pop-up will be 3 p.m. to 4 a.m. seven days a week, closed Thanksgiving Day.
The pop-up has five themed dress-up nights including Vodka Latke night and Ugly Sweater night. thesanddollarlv.com
Mystic Falls Park
Sam's Town is making the season merry and bright with the return of Mystic Falls Park's winter wonderland display, featuring festive décor, more than 26,000 points of light and the return of its holiday laser light show.
The holiday attraction can be enjoyed starting at sundown on Nov. 24 through Jan. 1.
Returning for the first time since 2019 is a nine-minute holiday laser light show.
Performances run every hour, between 2 and 10 p.m. Mystic Falls Park® will make it snow in the Las Vegas desert every night through the new year. samstownlv.com
Rock Rink
The Rock Rink at Downtown Summerlin, located at Sahara Avenue east of the 215 Beltway, has returned for the holidays.
Downtown Summerlin kicked off the holiday season Friday with the arrival of Santa Claus and the opening of the skating rink Rock Rink. Skate rentals are $16. Hours vary, and appointments are required. Check summerlin.com for details.
"This is Christmas" show
Backed by a live all-star band, "This is Christmas" will bring audiences on a magical journey through the holiday season featuring timeless Christmas favorites.
The show, held in The Palazzo Theatre, will feature a cast of 10 performers from television and Broadway including "American Idol's" Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young.
Tickets are available for the 7 p.m. show: Nov. 26-28; Dec. 2-5; Dec. 9-12; Dec. 16-19; and Dec. 22-25. In addition, a 3 p.m. matinee performance is available on Dec. 19, 25 and 26.
"Winter at The Terrace"
"Winter at The Terrace" Anthony Mair (courtesy)
Green Valley Ranch rings in the season with its festive holiday-themed outdoor pop-up lounge, "Winter at The Terrace." OpeningNov. 19 through February, the resort's patio, located in The Backyard, will transform into a winter wonderland.
The 21+ holiday experience will have merry music and photo opportunities,with cozy igloos, fire pits, twinkling lights, snowflakes and more.
Live music on Fridays and Saturdays will set the tone for the festive pop-up.
"Winter at The Terrace" will be open Sunday through Thursday from 3 to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 3 p.m. to midnight.
Contact Janna Karel at jkarel@reviewjournal.com. Follow @jannainprogress on Twitter.
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Fri, Nov 21st 2014 6:07am — Glyn Moody
Alongside the disturbing revelations of indiscriminate, global surveillance carried out by the NSA and its Five Eyes friends, leaked documents have shown another side of modern spying: the high-tech gadgets created for the NSA's Tailored Access Operations group, discussed by Techdirt at the end of last year. As its name suggests, these are targeted operations, and with many of the serious concerns about the use of blanket surveillance removed, it is hard not to be impressed by the ingenuity of the devices. Of course, a natural question is: could the rest of us have them too? According to a detailed and fascinating article in Vice's Motherboard, the answer turns out to be "yes".
The report discusses the work of Michael Ossmann, a long-time hardware hacker. Unlike most people, he was not surprised by many of the NSA spying devices found in a 48-page catalog from the Advanced Network Technology (ANT) division, revealed by the German news magazine Der Spiegel:
Most of the document was fun for Ossmann, rather than actually revelatory. "We" -- as in the global community of radio hackers -- "already knew how to build most of this stuff," he told me recently.
But the ANT toolkit also included another more unusual class of devices known as "radio frequency retroreflectors." With names like NIGHTWATCH, RAGEMASTER, and SURLYSPAWN, these devices were designed to give NSA agents "the means to collect signals that otherwise would not be collectable, or would be extremely difficult to collect and process."
These devices work by reflecting back radio signals beamed at the target systems containing them. Suitable designs allow information to be transmitted to surveillance teams without the need for on-board power supplies. This means that they can be extremely small -- fitting inside a USB plug, for example. Inspired by the ANT catalog, Ossmann and a group of like-minded hackers set about creating a collection of surveillance gadgets they called the NSA Playset:
Every tool in the NSA Playset has been designed on top of open-source hardware and software so that anyone can build their own, often in no more than a few hours. Over a dozen engineers are involved in the project, Ossmann said, but anyone is invited to join and contribute their own device. The first requirement: a silly name riffing on the original NSA codename. "For example, if your project is similar to FOXACID, maybe you could call it COYOTEMETH," says the NSA Playset website. (A separate website, NSA Name Generator, is designed to help.)
As well as being open, the NSA Playset is also very low cost:
One device, dubbed TWILIGHTVEGETABLE, is a knock off of an NSA-built GSM cell phone that's designed to sniff and monitor internet traffic. The ANT catalog lists it for $15,000; the NSA Playset researchers built one using a USB flash drive, a cheap SDR [software-defined radio], and an antenna, for about $50. The most expensive device, a drone that spies on WiFi traffic called PORCUPINEMASQUERADE, costs about $600 to assemble. At Defcon, a complete NSA Playset toolkit was auctioned by the EFF for $2,250.
The article goes on to explore some of the implications of making these advanced surveillance technologies available so cheaply. As well as the obvious use for research purposes -- for example, coming up with countermeasures -- there's another interesting aspect:
the work Ossmann is doing is helping many of the government's engineers resolve a catch-22 that's emerged in the wake of the Snowden revelations: government security researchers who didn't have access to the ANT catalog when it was classified aren't legally permitted to read it or transmit it now, even though everyone else can. Arguably, that leaves the public sector at a disadvantage next to the private sector -- or to spies in, say, Beijing or Moscow.
Amongst other things, the NSA Playset is a great example of how hackers are doing the authorities a big service, by helping government experts get around stupid rules introduced without thinking through the negative consequences they would have for national security and thus public safety.
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The 44th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) was held virtually July 16-31. One issue before the committee was Mexico's efforts—or lack thereof—to stave off extinction of the vaquita, a porpoise species with only 10 individuals remaining, all within Mexico's Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California World Heritage site. Vaquita are considered among the site's key "Outstanding Universal Values"—elements that render a location suitable for designation as a World Heritage site.
Both the World Heritage Centre (the body that oversees the World Heritage Convention—a global agreement to protect World Heritage sites) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (the WHC's advisory body on natural heritage, abbreviated as "IUCN") acknowledge that "illegal fishing has continued in the Upper Gulf of California resulting in a threat of imminent extinction of the vaquita population" and that Mexico "has not fully implemented the regulations [adopted in September 2020] and has failed to enforce them."
At the WHC session, however, the 21 country members declined to demand that Mexico expedite corrective measures to save the vaquita. Instead, members accepted, without debate, a woefully inadequate decision that allows Mexico to postpone submitting the measures until February 1, 2022. Considering that the Centre, the IUCN, and Mexico had 24 months to complete these corrective measures since the site was designated as "in danger," the WHC's failure to act is unconscionable.
Only days before the WHC meeting, Mexico published new fishing regulations that significantly weaken standards in the zero tolerance area (ZTA)—a region of the vaquita refuge where fishing was supposed to be prohibited. The new rules establish a complicated sliding scale whereby, for example, Mexico will only commit 100 percent of its enforcement resources if more than 50–65 illegal fishing vessels or more than 200–500 meters of gillnets are found in the ZTA in a single day. In its response to the WHC's decision, Mexico claimed that its new regulation would improve enforcement in the Upper Gulf when, in fact, it represents a significant step backwards for the species and its recovery.


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Adalikwu's Emergence As MOWCA Boss A Plus For Nigeria, Africa — Adetokunbo Kayode
The Organised Private Sector in Africa has commended the election of Dr Paul Adalikwu as the Secretary General of Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA).
A statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, the President, Nigeria Private Sector Alliance described the development as a plus for Nigeria and Africa.
Kayode, who is also the Vice President, Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, described Adalikwu as a highly educated, well trained seasoned technocrat.
According to him, Adalikwu will bring his wealth of experience and dynamic competence to bear on the organisation.
"He has state, national and international exposure and very rare has any person been more competent for this assignment.
"The organised private sector in Africa and indeed Nigeria is very appreciative of President Muhammadu Buhari for this nomination and support for the emergence of the new executive secretary.
"We have no doubt Dr Adalikwu will make a world of difference in this position to ensure the development of the maritime sector in West and Central Africa.
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"We know the new executive secretary is aware of the clear and urgent need to bring up to speed the maritime sector for the purpose of realising the critical objectives of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).
"The development of the African Maritime sector is key to our realisation of the noble ideals of AfCFTA.
"Dr Adalikwu's position will now go to support the leading and dynamic roles Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the AfDB and Prof. Oramah, President of the AFREXIM Bank are playing in bringing socio-economic development to Africa,'' Kayode said.
While congratulating the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi and Sen. Gbemi Saraki, Kayode stressed that the organised private sector would leverage the opportunities provided by the development to support the growth of Nigeria's economy.
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What happens to the return of Futurama?
Futurama is often considered to be the best cartoon, with the Simpsons. Futurama was broadcast for the first time in March 1999; There is a total of 7 seasons. The last one stopped in September 2013.
Towards a resurrection?
In 2008, the series that had been stopped in 2003 was resurrected by Comedy Central. Producers subsequently tried to find a new channel to host the cartoon, but without success. The problem was the cost of production too high and a tone judged too free.
Several times it had been announced that Futurama would return the following year, but it was not.
Matt Groening doesn't plan to develop a continuation to Futurama, he is currently working on a new series called Disenchantment. The co-creator David X Cohen confirmed in July 2017 that no new episode or movie is expected.
Recently, the totality of Futurama was removed from Netflix, which had created discontent among the fans.
Futurama returned only as a mobile game, Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow, available since July 18, 2017.
See also: Futurama: The Complete Series.
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Revealed: Most influential buildings in GCC and globally
Dubai - Burj Khalifa and Burj Al Arab hotel from Dubai, as well as Al Bahar Tower in Abu Dhabi made it on the list.
By Waheed Abbas
Published: Tue 15 Oct 2019, 7:27 PM
As many as six skyscrapers from the Gulf region - including two from Dubai and one from Abu Dhabi - have been rated as the most influential tall buildings of the last 50 years, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).
The world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, and the seven-star Burj Al Arab hotel from Dubai, as well as Al Bahar Tower in Abu Dhabi made it on the list. While, in the region, the Bahrain World Trade Center, Doha Tower, and National Commercial Bank in Jeddah also made it on the list of 50 Most Influential skyscrapers.
The survey covers buildings which profoundly enhanced the cities in which they are located or greatly influenced the practice of designing tall buildings.
"Burj Al Arab is regarded as one of the first key landmarks of modern Dubai... Upon completion, the Burj Al Arab was the world's tallest hotel," CTBUH said.
By combining cutting-edge technologies and cultural influences, the Burj Khalifa serves as a global icon that is both a model for future urban centres and speaks to the global movement towards compact and livable urban areas, the CTBUH said about the world's tallest tower.
Bilal Amanullah Moti, managing partner of Windmills Valuation Services, said that the UAE, ranked fourth globally in terms of skyscrapers, is the home of iconic buildings.
"What could also be equally contesting the list of 50 most influential skyscrapers are Maryah Plaza, ICD Brookfield Place, Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid, Dubai Creek Tower, Marina 101, Address Boulevard and Almas Tower due to their unparalleled design, innovation and technology," Moti said.
Globally, New York is home to the highest number of most influential towers at six followed by five in Chicago, four each in Hong Kong and London, three in Shanghai and two each in Singapore, Sydney and Beijing.
- waheedabbas@khaleejtimes.com
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Keenow Unblocker Review
The clue is in the name! Keenow Unblocker offers a VPN service as part of its Premium plan, but this is primarily intended to backup its core smart DNS service. Keenow Unblocker is all about unblocking websites so you can watch the best and most up-to-date streaming content from around the world. As we shall see in this Keenow Unblocker Review, it is very good at this.
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Despite this focus, the VPN software is surprisingly fully-featured. In some configurations, at least, it is also very secure. If you want a VPN service, then get a VPN service. But if you want an unblocking service that also provides a decent VPN backup, Keenow Unblocker is rather good.
Keenow costs $9.95 per month, which is reduced to $5.79 per month if paid annually. An annual subscription comes with a 30-day money back guarantee.
Keenow also offers a free "Lite" plan, which is intended primarily as a tester for the service.
Payment for the Premium plan is via PayPal, credit/debit card, and Bitcoin.
Premium users enjoy the following features:
Smart DNS service
Servers in 13 countries, including Canada, UK, the Netherlands, Australia, Japan, France, Germany and the US
Virtual WiFi
"Platinum" level of support
Torrenting permitted (on select servers)
Free users only have access to the smart DNS service (not VPN), and only US servers. The daily 512MB data cap also ensures that the Lite service is for test purposes only, as it will severely limit how much TV etc. you can stream.
Keenow is primarily a smart DNS service, rather than a VPN service. Smart DNS is a technology used to hide your online location and pretend that you are somewhere else.
This is very useful for accessing streaming services such as US Netflix and BBC iPlayer, which block overseas visitors. It works by resolving your DNS requests at a specified location, and has the following advantages over using a VPN:
It is much faster, as no encryption/decryption is required. This means fewer buffering issues.
It can be used with any internet-capable device, including many that cannot run VPN software. For example, smart TVs, games consoles, and Roku devices.
It is less likely to be blocked by services such as Netflix that try to ban VPN users
SmartDNS provides none of the privacy and security benefits of a VPN, but it is arguably the superior technology for simply unblocking websites.
In addition to Smart DNS, Premium customers also have access to Keenow's VPN service. To find out more about what a VPN service is, and how it can benefit you, please see my VPNs for Beginners guide.
Now… the first thing to stress about Keenow is that it bills itself as an unblocking service only. It would therefore be unfair to knock it for not being something it never claims to be – a privacy service.
A VPN will help prevent your ISP from throttling your connection because you are using a rival service. It may also work where smart DNS is blocked. A VPN therefore makes a great backup option for an unblocking service.
A good example of this is the Netflix mobile app. This uses hard-coded DNS (Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4), as well as hard-coded IP addresses for some Netflix domains. This means that smart DNS cannot be used to evade its block on mobile devices. A VPN, however, can!
Keenow's VPN will also provide security by protecting you from hackers when using public WiFi hotspots. In addition to this, it provides some privacy benefits by hiding your IP address from websites you visit.
Please be aware, though, that websites also use many other sneaky tactics to identify and track you. No VPN can help against this, although some browser add-ons can.
For reasons outlined below, however, Keenow is not a suitable service for those who want a VPN primarily for privacy reasons. This not a criticism, as Keenow never that claims to protect your privacy, but you should be aware of the point.
I won't belabor the point here, because as noted, Keenow does not claim to provide privacy. Suffice to say that Keenow is an Israeli VPN company, and the Israeli government conducts wide-scale online surveillance.
Keenow also keeps extensive connection logs. These include a bandwidth usage log of data transmitted, a timestamp, and the IP address used to connect to its servers.
But as I say, Keenow is an unblocking service, not a privacy service.
Given this fact, I am pleased to note that Keenow permits P2P torrenting on some of its servers (US, Netherlands, South Africa and Brazil). This is a definite plus for the service.
With its focus on unblocking streaming content, I am a little surprised at how strong some of the encryption used by Keenow is. It uses the OpenVPN protocol:
"We provide few different sets of configuration on different ports. The most secure one currently running is with cipher AES-256-CBC and auth SHA512 for HMAC (message authentication), while the DH key size is 4096bits. As of PFS, key renegotiation happens once per hour as default for openvpn."
It is not clear how widely deployed this level of encryption is, but it is impressive. To be honest, though, pretty any near any level of encryption is sufficient for an unblocking service.
The Keenow website looks smart enough, and there is a FAQ that answers most pertinent questions. There are also extensive setup guides, which are illustrated with screenshots. Detailed account management is available via an easy-to-use web console.
Interestingly, clicking on "Blog" sends you to a Reddit page. At time of writing there were only two posts here, but I'm sure this will grow. A nice map is also available, which shows you where Keenow's DNS proxy and VPN servers are located.
In addition to the FAQ and setup guides just mentioned, Keenow operates a ticketed email support system.
It took around an hour and a half to receive an answer my query, which is perfectly reasonable. This is especially true since I only had a free account at the time. The response was very detailed and knowledgeable.
An automated troubleshooting wizard can help resolve simple problems
A valid email address is required to use the free service. Payment details are, of course, required to access the Premium plan. It is possible to pay using Bitcoins. Given that Keenow is not a privacy service, however, this seems rather pointless to me.
Once you have signed up, you will receive a welcome email. You can now download the Windows client or configure your devices manually.
The Windows client
The Windows software is simple, but gets the job done.
Keenow successfully unblocked all the US streaming services listed on its Unblock Services page… which is a huge number of services! Please do note, though, that you will still require a valid subscription in order to access premium services.
Here I am in the UK watching US Netflix courtesy of Keenow
As already noted, the free Lite plan has a 512MB data limit. This got me through about half an hour of watching Orange is Not the Only Black on Netflix. After this I could not try new streaming services or watch other shows on Netflix, but I was able to continue watching the same episode of Orange is Not the Only Black.
This means that Netflix only checks your location when it first loads an episode. So you can watch a full Netflix episode per day, using just the free Keenow Lite plan! That's not bad.
I was unable to stream content from Canal+ when connected to the French DNS server, but most international streaming services seem to work fine.
The Premium plan also includes a VPN service.
Again, this is fairly simple, but gets the job done well.
IPv6 leak protection and a kill switch are included. It is also possible to change the port number, which can be useful for punching through firewalls. IPv4 DNS leak protection is not explicitly supported, but as I detected no DNS leaks, it is probably baked-in.
The client also offers an "WiFi protection" feature. If it detects that you are connected to an encrypted WiFi hotspot then it can auto-connect to a VPN server.
Virtual WiFi/Router
An interesting feature that I have never seen before in a VPN client is the ability use your Windows PC as a WiFi Hotspot. This should allow you to connect any WiFi-capable device to this "virtual router," and it will benefit from the smart DNS and VPN service offered by Keenow.
This feature leverages Windows' built-in mobile hotspot feature. Unfortunately, it seems my Netgear A6210 AC1200 WiFi adapter dos not support this. So I cannot test Keenow's implementation.
VPN Performance (Speed, DNS, WebRTC, and IPv6 Tests)
All tests were performed on my Virgin UK fiber connection, using OpenVPN UDP. Note that these tests only apply to the VPN service. DNS translation is more-or-less instantaneous, so distance is the sole factor to consider with SmartDNS.
These speeds are not great, and the transatlantic results are terrible. It should be remembered, though, that Keenow is primarily a Smart DNS service.
I detected no IPv4 DNS or WebRTC leaks. Please note that the Private Use RFC IP is a local IP only. It cannot be used to identify an individual, and so does not constitute an IP leak.
Unfortunately, my ISP (Virgin Media UK) does not support IPv6 connections, so I am unable to test for IPv6 leaks at this time. This is a situation that should change in the near future.
Whichever VPN server I connected to, my DNS address kept turning out to be French. This even after a flushing my DNS cache, reinstalling the Keenow client and rebooting my PC. Although a little odd, it is nevertheless not an IP leak.
Keenow provides custom software for Windows and Android. It also provides manual Smart DNS and VPN setup guides for a number of platforms.
Smart DNS manual guides are available for MacOS, ChromeOS, Android, iOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, Asus router, D-Link router, Amazon Fire TV, and Roku.
VPN manual guides (OpenVPN) are available for MacOS, ChromeOS, Android, iOS, DD-WRT router and Asus router.
The Android App
The Android app is VPN-only. Smart DNS, however, can be configured manually in Android.
It looks very much like desktop client, and also includes a kill switch, port selection, and unencrypted WiFi protection. I detected no IP leaks while using the app. I can also confirm that the Android Netflix app worked with Keenow Unblocker.
Keenow Unblocker does exactly what it says on the tin – with the exception of France's Canal+, it successfully unblocked every streaming service I threw at it. On its own terms, Keenow Unblocker is therefore a resounding success.
The VPN service is secondary to the smart DNS service, and as a backup technology that also brings some privacy and security benefits, it is fine. Indeed, at least some of Keenow's servers appear to use excellent security, and the client includes many useful features.
The VPN service is also very handy for those who wish to supplement streaming with a little P2P downloading. If your main concern is to unblock streaming content, Keenow really is an excellent choice.
Keenow has contacted us to say they it has fixed a number of issues based on this review:
Removed slow VPN servers
Fixed the France issue indicated
Added Netflix supported servers in Mexico, Israel, Russia and India
I have not tested these improvements, but am happy to take Keenow at its word.
Written by: Douglas Crawford
Has worked for almost six years as senior staff writer and resident tech and VPN industry expert at ProPrivacy.com. Widely quoted on issues relating cybersecurity and digital privacy in the UK national press (The Independent & Daily Mail Online) and international technology publications such as Ars Technica.
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Sharing our expert knowledge through short term training missions or longer-term capacity building is a pride and passion of Golden West. Our methods are built upon developing key relationships with local stakeholders at all levels. Tuition methods focus on training our national counterparts so that when we leave, nothing of value goes with us.
To complement and better enable our trainers, Golden West has put in place supporting infrastructure in Cambodia and Vietnam, two countries heavily contaminated by landmines and UXO. These facilities were primarily designed to support in-country national partners; however, Golden West has expanded its use to train ASEAN neighbors and international agencies such as the ICRC.
Golden West's training has traditionally centered around EOD. However, to meet with demand from partners worldwide, we've also developed a robust training capability in PSSM. With these two training sections, Golden West is well placed to ensure safety and proficiency across the spectrum of ammunition handling, storage, and destruction.
Rural communities in the Solomon Islands are regularly discovering dangerous items of UXO left over from World War Two. Golden West worked to support the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in developing a homegrown and sustainable EOD capability training and mentoring a total of 8 Officers.
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Golden West's EOD orientated capacity building in Cambodia began back in 2005; however, our PSSM capacity building commenced much later in 2014. Since then, working with the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF), Golden West has destroyed over 80 tons of obsolete and unserviceable munitions, quickly improving facilities' safety across the Kingdom.
In parallel, Golden West built relations with RCAF's Technical Military Academy and together developed a new SOP for national ammunition management. To ensure sustainability, a cadre of eight RCAF Instructors have also been tutored by Golden West to ensure international standards and best practices are maintained over time.
Blending Golden West's EOD and PSSM training capabilities, our Technical Advisors worked closely with the Peruvian Army to identify, move, and destroy obsolete and unserviceable munitions held in national stockpiles. This mission was completed within a limited timeframe with 33 Army students trained in Demolition Range Safety/Operation, and over 32,000 pieces of ordnance were destroyed – equivalent to 28 tons.
Golden West has undertaken numerous missions such as this. With capability and equipment positioned across the globe, we can move swiftly to assist partner nations.
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The ATTC is a multi-purpose training facility Golden West has developed in conjunction with Cambodia's largest clearance operator, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC). Cambodia provides an excellent location for this facility, given its substantial and varied landmine and UXO contamination, low operational costs, and natural beauty.
Such is the contamination profile, Golden West has access to an almost unlimited quantity of landmines, airdropped and ground fired munitions, and fuzes for training, RSP, and demolition purposes. Over the years, many cutaway munition training aids have also been produced to enhance training courses further.
Initially created to ensure that CMAC's EOD operators became some of the best in the business, this facility has various ranges for EOD training and explosive testing. As the site has been enhanced over the years, detection lanes containing five different soil types, with 60+ mines per lane and natural clutter, have been created to teach detection techniques. Further, Golden West has worked with detector manufacturers at the site to evaluate and refine new shallow and deep search detection equipment in a controlled and safe environment.
As well as the long term capacity building of CMAC at the ATTC, Golden West has also conducted courses for students from neighboring ASEAN countries and international agencies such as the ICRC. The ATTC and Golden West stand ready to support the mine action and EOD community.
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