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Disappointingly in this case, the First Tier Tribunal permitted itself to be persuaded by the Home Office to grant permission to appeal in relation to an Immigration Judge’s decision allowing the Appellant’s Article 8 appeal.
Ironically, the same Home Office Guidance on private life which the Secretary of State relied upon and which formed the basis of grant of permission, was utilized to the Appellant’s benefit in the Upper Tribunal – although neither the presenting officer nor myself at the First Tier Tribunal hearing referred to it all. The Immigration Judge made no reference to the guidance in her decision when allowing the Appellant’s appeal.
Additionally, the fact of the Home Office’s past policy of non – returns to Zimbabwe until 2011 was successfully relied upon in the Appellant’s favor even though he never claimed asylum during his period of residence in the UK.
The dire political, social and economic situation in Zimbabwe over the past years and currently, by reference to background evidence, was thrown into the mix for good measure and that argument also found favour with both tiers of the Tribunal. The Appellant’s current circumstances and also the country situation in Zimbabwe therefore contributed substantially to a finding that there were very significant obstacles to integration in Zimbabwe.
The Immigration Judge had allowed the Appellant’s appeal solely by reference to the Immigration Rules on the basis that if returned to Zimbabwe he would face very significant obstacles to his reintegration in his home country.
The thrust of the Secretary’s State’s permission application was that in considering Paragraph 276ADE(1)(vi) of the Immigration Rules, the Immigration Judge had failed to appreciate the nature of the test within that paragraph. Reference was also made to the Home Office guidance in that respect and it was asserted that the Judge made her findings on the basis that the Appellant had no one to support him in Zimbabwe and no one to send remittances from the UK. In effect, the permission application asserted that the Immigration Judge failed to appreciate that, “A very significant obstacle to integration means something which would prevent or seriously inhibit the applicant from integrating into the country of return. The decision maker is looking for more than obstacles. They are looking to see whether there are “very significant” obstacles, which is a high threshold. Very significant obstacles will exist where the applicant demonstrates that they would be unable to establish a private life in the country of return, or where establishing a private life in the country of return would entail very serious hardship for the applicant”.
The Appellant arrived in the UK from Zimbabwe as a visitor in 1999 and remained in the UK with leave up until January 2002 when his student visa application was refused. The next application he sought to make was of a very general nature in 2009 relying on Article 8 of the ECHR. This was refused with no right of appeal in 2010. No enforcement action was taken. A further application followed again along similar lines in 2015. This was refused a few months later with a right of appeal. Following refusal and after lodging his own appeal grounds, the Appellant instructed me. The FFT allowed the appeal in November 2016 however upon application, permission to appeal was granted to the Secretary of State in April 2017. The Upper Tribunal upheld the FTT Judge’s decision in July 2017.
As regards family circumstances, it was noted that the Appellant has an adult son living in Zimbabwe, unemployed and supported by others. The Appellant also has two adult children who are settled in the UK, as well as some grandchildren.
When assessing whether there are “very significant obstacles to integration into the country to which they would have to go if required to leave the UK”, the starting point is to assume that the applicant will be able to integrate into their country of return, unless they can demonstrate why that is not the case. The onus is on the applicant to show that there are very significant obstacles to that integration, not on the decision maker to show that there are not.
The decision maker should expect to see original, independent and verifiable documentary evidence of any claims made in this regard, and must place less weight on assertions which are unsubstantiated. Where it is not reasonable to expect corroborating evidence to be provided, consideration must be given to the credibility of the applicant’s claims.
A very significant obstacle to integration means something which would prevent or seriously inhibit the applicant from integrating into the country of return. The decision maker is looking for more than obstacles. They are looking to see whether there are “very significant” obstacles, which is a high threshold. Very significant obstacles will exist where the applicant demonstrates that they would be unable to establish a private life in the country of return, or where establishing a private life in the country of return would entail very serious hardship for the applicant.
The assessment of whether there are very significant obstacles to integration will generally consider the proposed country of return, unless there is information to suggest that the applicant might have a choice about where they choose to relocate to, such as where they have a right to reside in a country other than the country of return, or where they have more than one nationality. In that case the decision maker can take account of whether there are very significant obstacles to integration continuing in any of the relevant countries.
The decision maker must consider all the reasons put forward by the applicant as to why there would be obstacles to their integration in the country of return. These reasons must be considered individually and cumulatively to assess whether there are very significant obstacles to integration. In considering whether there are very significant obstacles to integration, the decision maker should consider whether the applicant has the ability to form an adequate private life by the standards of the country of return – not by UK standards. The decision maker will need to consider whether the applicant will be able to establish a private life in respect of all its essential elements, even if, for example, their job, or their ability to find work, or their network of friends and relationships may be differently constituted in the country of return.
The fact the applicant may find life difficult or challenging in the country of return does not mean that they have established that there would be very significant obstacles to integration there. The decision maker must consider all relevant factors in the person’s background and the conditions they are likely to face in the country of return in making their decision as to whether there are very significant obstacles to integration”.
The Appellant had continuity of residence since 1999 during which time he had only been absent from the UK for two weeks; that absence should not count as breaking continuity as he left and returned to the UK during the currency of his student visa.
The Appellant has been in the UK for 17year, a substantial period.
Also relevant were the changes that occurred in Zimbabwe since 1999. There was also a reference to the Home Office policy of not enforcing returns to Zimbabwe during certain periods because of the turbulent times in the country.
Currently there was a hunger, shortage of food and high unemployment in Zimbabwe.
The Appellant did not have the necessary skills; the skills he had acquired in Zimbabwe prior to his arrival in the UK would not be sufficient now. Even graduates in Zimbabwe are without employment.
The Appellant would be without employment and would be at risk of destitution.
His adult son in Zimbabwe was reliant on his aunt and it was unreasonable to expect the Appellant to live with her as she was not in employment.
If returned to Zimbabwe he would encounter harsh conditions, very different from those he left in 1999.
In the alternative, there were exceptional circumstances which were not caught by the Immigration Rules namely the situation in Zimbabwe and the delay on the part of the Home Office to take enforcement action.
The Judge was satisfied on the evidence that the Appellant had been in the UK since 1999 and that he was here with valid leave until 2002. His two week absence was not sufficient to break his continued residence as he travelled to and returned from Zimbabwe during the currency of his student leave.
The Judge express stated, “ I have considered whether he can bring himself within paragraph 2716ADE(1)(iv) of the immigration Rules. As the Appellant has not lived continuously in the UK for over twenty years he needs to show that there would be very significant obstacles to his integration into his home country”.
It was noted that the Secretary of State had recognised at various times during the Appellant’s residence in the UK that it was not safe to return failed asylum seekers forcibly to Zimbabwe. This was because of the serious deterioration in the situation in the country, particularly associated with political issues and human rights abuses. It was noted that the suspension of forced removals was however lifted in 2011. The objective material in the Appellant’s bundle 2014-2016 spoke of high unemployment with jobs being cut, graduate unemployment, shrinking economy and parts of the country suffering the effects of drought.
There was no evidence that the Appellant’s family members in the UK were able and willing to provide the level of financial support to maintain him in Zimbabwe.
The Appellant’s son in Zimbabwe was dependant upon his aunt for accommodation and neither was in employment.
Given the background evidence about the general economic circumstances in Zimbabwe and the level of employment in particular, the Judge considered that a man of the Appellant’s age with no recent employment history would find it difficult to secure employment at such a level that he would be self –supporting.
The Judge acknowledged that she had taken into account the Appellant’s long residence in the UK, albeit he had been here without leave from 2002, his age, education and employment history, the country situation in Zimbabwe, in particular the worsening economic situation and the likely means of support that would available to him( or the lack of them).
It was unlikely the Appellant would be able to find work and the Judge was not satisfied that he could be adequately supported from family in the UK or family in Zimbabwe.
It was found on the balance of probabilities, that despite living in Zimbabwe for 40years, his current circumstances and the country situation cumulatively meant that he would face very significant obstacles in Zimbabwe.
The Immigration Judge found the Appellant satisfied Paragraph 2766ADE(1)(iv) of the Immigration Rules.
The Immigration Judge was entitled to reach the conclusions that she did. A combination of factors applicable to the Appellant’s claim as set out in the material before the Immigration Judge and also as set out in her decision, meant that the requirements of the Immigration Rules were met.
The Secretary of State sought to relitigate matters based on internal Guidance that was never before the Immigration Judge and upon which the Presenting Officer did not place reliance. In any case, having regard to the Judge’s considerations, reasoning and her decision, she appreciated the nature of the relevant test she had to apply even where she did not make express reference to the Guidance. The Appellant was found credible by the Judge. The Appellant was able to show that there would be applicable very significant obstacles seriously inhibiting him from integrating into the country of return. He was able to demonstrate that seeking to establish a private life in the country of return would entail very serious hardship for him. In respect of all essential elements, the Appellant was able to show that he would not be able to establish a private life by reference to a job, ability to find work, having resided here since 1999 no longer having a network of friends in Zimbabwe and further not being able to rely upon relatives in Zimbabwe for support. In making her decision as to whether there are very significant obstacles to reintegration, the Judge appropriately took into account the Appellant’s background and the conditions he would be likely to face on return to Zimbabwe.
In addition to relying upon the written Response I had prepared, arguments were also made on the Appellant’s behalf that the grounds for permission sought to oversimplify matters as the Secretary of State relied only upon 3 lines of the Judge’s decision. It was submitted that the Immigration Judge’s decision contained no error of law and if there was any such error of law, it was not material.
The Appellant’s appeal was allowed on the day of the Upper Tribunal hearing itself in June 2017, following oral submissions.
The Upper Tribunal Judge noted that both parties sought to rely upon the Home Office guidance.
The Upper Tribunal agreed with me that the Immigration Judge was acutely aware of the test she had to apply.
It was found that the application for permission to appeal was misconceived and somewhat misleading.
It was clear from the Judge’s decision that she took into account a number of factors in concluding ultimately that there would be very significant obstacles to the Appellant’s integration in Zimbabwe under paragraph 276ADE(1) (iv).
It was noted that although this was not pleaded as a material error of law in the Secretary of State grounds of appeal, whether if the Judge had been taken to the Home Office it would have made any material difference to her decision. The Upper Tribunal Judge concluded that it would not and she placed reliance upon paragraph 8.2.3.4 of the Guidance which both parties sought to rely upon.
The Upper Tribunal found that taken as a whole, the Judge gave consideration to the factors material on the particular facts of the Appellant’s case and the decision was properly in line with the Home Office guidance.
There was no material error of law in the Immigration Judge’s decision and the Upper Tribunal upheld her decision.
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canary in the goal mind - !
cancer - 1) ‘a disease of congestion in the experiential realm. When emotions are not processed, they tend to stand still, to freeze, and eventually paralyze the life energies that are trying to express themselves thru the personality’ - Dr. Ingrid Naiman. 2) freedom without responsibility - David Korten 3) the logic of empire, which rejects limits on growth. 4) 'The cancers disappear temporarily, like the enemies that seem to be vanquished by our military bombardments, only to rise up again, secondary cancers, similar even in their new more virulent forms to the new infuriated rebel uprisings in Afghanistan and Iraq. ‘The lymphatic system defends the body from foreign invasion by disease causing agents.’ This is the language of the kind of xenophobia that is presently directing our foreign policy and leaving us virtually isolated in the world, separated from the community of nations and increasingly separated as well from the community of all beings. In a recent talk, I was asked to address the question of why there is so much fear associated with cancer. I suggested that the afflicted ones know that something within themselves has gone wrong. A healthy cell has mutated and has become other than its nature. In a political sense, what was cooperative becomes imperialistic, devours the resources, takes over the territory, pollutes until all the systems are overwhelmed and breakdown is systemic. Cancer as event and metaphor speaks to us of political and environmental devastation. It speaks to us of rampant and unrestrained growth. It speaks to us of the take-over of the body by something not so much alien as aberrant, particularly in its inability to be a functioning member of the body community. It speaks to us of damage so severe that only excision or death can save the system it has invaded. It speaks to us of the extremity of the irreversible damage to the environment that is ourselves, where we live. But the cancer cell is, itself, an entity on the front line. It is a wounded self that seemingly cannot be restored. It is the first victim of environmental disaster. The ones suffering cancer see immediately that war is going to be waged in their body against another part of themselves that was damaged and can no longer function. Further, those who have cancer and are afraid know that as a society we turn against those who cannot function in society instead of trying to restore them. Ask the veteran’s of the Vietnam and later wars we have been waging. Healing, however, imagines restoration. Healing looks to how communities protect, sustain and restore each other. Preventive medicine is compassionate and looks to restore the environment in which health rather than illness can flourish. What is good for the cell, is good for the individual and for the land and for the world and vice-versa. Ever since my experience with breast cancer in the seventies I have been living by the dictum that we heal life and then life heals us.' – Deena Metzger 5) . . . entities that feed off the energies that you are afraid to own.
Cellular Rebellion - that which happens when you don;t feel fully alive. Common in life force negating, thought-possessed cultures, those dispossessed of the guidance of body-based intelligence.
ceremony - ‘conscious celebration’ – Sheoekah 2) What happens during the workshop? What is it? What we call ‘workshops’ are really co-creative ceremonies in which we pool our creativity, griefs, ancestral inheritances, jokes, failures, and stories to create a collective offering to feed the Holy. They usually involve listening to stories, learning about layers of meaning for the various items we've gathered and brought to the event, beginning to make things for the ceremony, and compiling our individual gifts and creations into a collective offering or shrine. – Martin Pretchel 3) bridges the world and allows vitality to flow . . . - mb 4) can be understood as an 'active principle' in any sacramental medicine encounter.
chandrayana - In India, food regulation according to lunar cycles.
charismatic megavertebrates - rhinoceroses, tigers, and condors.
chetakas - These are servitors of Shiva, akin to elementals. Once drawn into service, they require nourishment. You have to keep this work force happy if you take them on.
chair-sentenced - In a 2005 article in Science magazine, James A. Levine, an obesity specialist at the Mayo Clinic, pinpointed why, despite similar diets, some people are fat and others aren't. "We found that people with obesity have a natural predisposition to be attracted to the chair, and that's true even after obese people lose weight," he says. "What fascinates me is that humans evolved over 1.5 million years entirely on the ability to walk and move. And literally 150 years ago, 90% of human endeavor was still agricultural. In a tiny speck of time we've become chair-sentenced," Levine says. - Business Week, April 30, 2010. 'Your Office Chair is Killing You'.
chime - A quaint, very British substitute word for resonance. Like in: 'chime in'.
Chiron - The wounded healer centaur: ‘Hercules chased the marauders all the way to Cape Malea, where Chiron himself was struck by one of Hercules' poisoned arrows, after it had passed through another centaur. The wound would have been fatal, but since Chiron was an immortal, he couldn't die of the wound, and its pain led him to a search for healing. In his search for a cure for his own wound, Chiron was the discoverer of medicine, which he taught to Asclepius.’ Shamanic sickness as medical training . . .
chirurgery - archaic word for surgery.
Christian ~ 'He alone, therefore, in whom Christ exists and lives is a Christian, a man in whom Christ has been raised out of the wasted flesh of Adam. He will be an heir of Christ—not on account of some merit gained by some one else, nor by some favor conferred upon him by some external power, but by inward grace.
"To believe merely in a historical Christ, to be satisfied with the belief that at some time in the past Jesus has died to satisfy the anger of God, does not constitute a Christian. Such a speculative Christian every wicked devil may be, for every one would like to obtain, without any efforts of his own, something good which he does not deserve. But that which is born from the flesh cannot enter the kingdom of the God. To enter that kingdom one must be reborn in the Spirit.
chronopolitics - Levi-Strauss connected shamanism to psychology, not to performance studies. Levi-Strauss felt shamanism is a precursor to psychoanalysis. Unfortunately Levi-Strauss treats the two hierarchically rather than dialogically. Note the asymmetry as revealed in the term 'precursor'. A clear example of what Johannes Gabian calls 'chronopolitics'. This an evolutionist ideology. ( How about ‘developmental’ ideology, which doesn’t then judge as better or worse, but more from view of different stages of development, as a child is no worse than an adult? - mb) To extend this to performance would imply that the primordial, original nature of shamanism is located before, behind, and therefore somewhat subordinate to contemporary performance. Father and child - all cyclic - one becoming the other.
clocks - devices used to arbitrarily measure the immeasurable.
coextensive/coextend - to extend within the same space and time as another.
colloid - a. a substance that consists of particles dispersed throughout another substance which are too small for resolution with an ordinary light microscope but are incapable of passing through a semi permeable membrane b : a mixture consisting of a colloid together with the medium in which it is dispersed <smoke is a colloid> - Mirriam-Webster.
colonialism - a rude interruption (for those colonized).
communal peoples - another term for primitive peoples, for indigenous peoples, long residence peoples. Note what happens when you scientize the concept: communism.
conceptual framework - social constructed filter or lenses thru which one perceives oneself and others.
conscious underground – ‘Human is becoming a household name for many involved in the US music scene. A multi-instrumentalist and talented songwriter, Human has performed with many notables in the conscious underground and has toured throughout most of the US and Hawaii promoting social justice and sharing information in the folk tradition.’ - Human promo lit.
constitutive power - ‘The boundaries of the discussion, in that we have only suggested the potential importance of a larger notion of order, have been limited to how a different cultural concept of order is a constitutive power in human life and affects concepts of knowledge and meaning. While a consideration of the role of order (and therefore meaning) as a constitutive power in culture and mental life is an obvious necessity, it is less common to look broadly at the implications of the concept of order for the organism at other levels, that is, for the person/group as a whole, including the physiological dimension.’ - M. Lyon 1990; ‘Order and Healing . .’, pg. 255.
consubstantial - Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance or essence. ‘Within the vast continuum of postulated consubstantiality (concerning the spiritual essence of nature’s beings) there are internal borders marked by differences in modes of communication.’ - Descola, P.; ‘In the Society of Nature’ pg. 98.
consumption - 100 years ago the name consumption was the name of a dreaded disease. Now it describes the economy.
conversion magic - acculturation via hypnotic or magnetic effects. Much like the effects consumerism has on many non-industrial peoples.
coresence - relating to the ‘core essence’ of something.
corybant - any of the spirits or secondary divinities attending the earth Goddess Cybele with wild music and dancing. To be corybantic is to be frenzied, agitated, unrestrained.
cosmopolite - a sophisticated person who has traveled in many countries. Note the importance of being polite.
cotemporous - the witch hunting hysteria ‘aimed at annihilating women in Europe as knowers and experts was cotemporous with two centuries of scientific revolution. V. Shiva - Staying Alive, pg. 18.
coterminus - having the same bounds or limits. Culture is not coterminus with language (?). Durkheim: 'in primitive societies religious and social life were coterminous'.
Council ways – . . in contrast to pyramidal societies.
Creation-body - The microcosm of Gaia (and beyond), as it exists within our physical human frame. Aka our essential bio-lineage (planetary genetics), our focal point in an organic universe of nested patterns of resonance, our embodied evolutionary heritage.
crisis - 1) crises afford life unusual evolutionary opportunities to create novel solutions - E. Sahourtis. 2) Crisis means 'opportunity' in Chinese.
crisis narratives - that which keeps 3rd world development experts employed. The more crisis narratives, the more resources are allocated to experts to solve them. They have an investment in these crises (sort of).
criteria of validity - I believe that defending positions is very limiting, and tends to entrench one in one's errors. Rather, one should attempt to validate or invalidate all claims, including one's own. If one's position is right, then one will be able to invalidate all claims against it, which will resemble ‘defending’ the position. Severely testing all claims is a form of conceptual evolution, leaving only the fittest, most defendable positions. But defending one's own position because it's one's own is an ego-defense game. Of course, there is the huge question of the criteria of validity. - ?
crucible - "a situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact to produce something new." - O.E.D.
cultural media - Cultural performance are composed out of what he (Milton Singer) calls 'cultural media' - modes of communication - combined in many ways to express the content of a particular culture.

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Kinda. I'm more so just lurking. Was the middle of the night and was bored. You have my number if you missed me so much XD Anyway, hi Sam.
Just wondering where you've run off to, and if you're doing alright. Miss you.
Well, not really you, but more your twisted sense of humor.
Well, not really that even, just banter sparring with your twisted sense of humor.
Nice to know you miss me for my... nahness? I miss your nahness too. I'm around on skype 24/7. If you're curious to where I've been, I had work for a few months which was eating my life, and then basically, I've moved to Tumblr for RPing since I like the feel of it better than forum RPing.
End of the day is tomorrow. If you want to wrap things up now, flashback on the day it restarts again, leave it at an awkward cliff hanger, awesome, awesome, awesome.
The RP will take a break Saturday, May 2nd to Friday, May 8th. So we won't start on a new RP day right away. No postings or things like that, just planning and talking on Skype.
So you know if Persona 4? Hmm why choose to become Rissette?
I find myself often drawn to the the most unlikely character.
There are those who have a corrupt form of justice, believing it is justice to murder those who harm others. In other words, insanity.
Do you recall C and P? Both are a single character as well as members.
I have no reason to complain. Simply accept that it has changed.
Now you have become a great character!
Very true but sometimes ideals are all we have to consider as justice. Only a childlike mind would try to change that.
But you see, there lies the root of it all. A child knows nothing of right or wrong until an adult puts their own ideals onto them. a child that does not have that influence is truly the right. That right however is what most of society finds as wrong.
Perhaps so but if there was no adults to push the ideals forward to the child where does that lead them?
Think you'd be able to turn that into one of those gifs you made of people talking?
Won't be on much for the next few days. Having eye surgery.
Ever get really sad that an anime character isn't real? Yeah me too.
"And I actually find it sad if people have to look up what a rapier is..."
no problem whatsoever The anime isn't over however... er... the second season anyway. Has about 2 weeks left I think.
I shall slay all the demons of this world and fight the great lights in which I seek.
Your user title and location are outdated again. Bad Myst!
You may want to delete your status and update your location (or remove it altogether).
Satisfied. Or do I need to show you a lesson. I'm certain a few club presidents would be willing to destroy you if you wish.
Really if you are interested at all in anything I may have feelings towards, it is best to ask me instead of stock the information from here.

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Aviation Expo China 2017 Beijing will take place from September 19-22 at the China National Convention Center. Here are the latest operating details for Beijing Capital International Airport.
As the world’s second largest economy, the potential of China’s aviation market has become a global point of interest. Research suggests that over the next two decades demand for new aircraft in China will reach 5,580, valued at approximately $78 million USD. It’s also forecast that 97 new airports will be built over the next twenty years, increasing the country’s total number of airports to 244. How to best handle and guide this development will be up for discussion at the 17th biennial Aviation Expo China 2017. Here’s the latest on how to get there.

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I was wondering, normally for the autograph session at sussex centre, how do you get tickets for them? Like for this upcoming tvb carnival, how do you get tickets for them?
Yes how do you get tickets for the autograph session at Sussex centre? Do you just line up on the day? 🙂 thanks.
just wondering if anyone know if they already arrived to sydney today yet? would like to greet them in the airport :)if not, what’s their arrival date & time too please???
good luck though!! 🙂 Lemme know how you go!


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What exactly Microsoft is claiming?
Microsoft has recently published a new white paper named Ransomware Protection in Windows 10 Anniversary Update. In that publication, Microsoft has claimed that this version (1607) of Windows 10 is the most secure version ever.
Also, Microsoft has mentioned detailed protection strategies and techniques of the Windows 10, 1607 in that white paper, through which it will secure all its customers, clients, and businesses.
Ransomware is a type of malware threat which aims at the victim’s device to deny the access of the owner on its own device and it can only be revived if paid a ransom.
Though the motive is very easy to understand but the process by which they are targeting individuals is very complex.
Media has continuously reported about many businesses and PCs that are affected by Ransomware. Windows Defender has also registered a 400% increase from the month of December 2005 to the month of July 2016 in the number of ransomware encounters.
The most common way through which generally the malware attack its victim is by the malicious link.
The link can be attached to an email and sent to the victim, hoping if the victim opens the attachment and clicks on the link then the malware can be injected into the system.
Another way is injecting the malware through the browser. Usually, it happens when the victim clicks on a malicious download link and the link redirects the victim to a malicious website, where the malicious download get injected into the device.
What is Microsoft doing to prevent this process?
Prevention: it prevents the malware before it reaches the victim’s device.
Detection: it detects and blocks the ransomware from executing.
Response: it provides intelligence to security and IT professionals so they can identify and solve the problem of affected devices.
The improvised protection system of Windows 10 against ransomware.
The release of the updated version of Microsoft Edge Browser (Microsoft has also claimed that this is the most secure browser it has ever shipped).
New advanced machine-learning systems in the email services so that the ransomware does not get easily circulated through emails.
Improvised Windows Defender Cloud detection abilities and heuristics to minimize the time of detection to seconds.
Also, integrated URL reputation intelligence is included into Windows Defender’s Cloud detection as faster detection will increase the ability to respond previously the infection may occur.
To provide insights into potential attacks on the customer’s network Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection has been released to help enterprise security operation teams to investigate and respond.

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KCB Bank - An ISO8583 online realtime interface to T24 at KCB Bank and supports all the five subsidiaries. The interface also supports push alerts to customers mobile phones.
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In a blow to the prospects of an Opposition grand alliance to take on the ruling BJP in the Lok Sabha polls, BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday said her party will not have an election tie-up with the Congress in any state.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also asserted his party will win all seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi “on its own”, a day after AICC president Rahul Gandhi asked Congress workers to ensure victory on the seats.
Referring to her party’s pre-poll alliance with Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati said it is based on “mutual respect” and “honest intentions”.
“The SP-BSP alliance is perfect enough to defeat the BJP, especially in Uttar Pradesh,” she said.
Lok Sabha seats in Delhi.
Asked about AAP’s possible alliance partners, Kejriwal said, “We are not in talks with Congress for alliance”.
“I am saying very responsibly that AAP is going to win all seven parliamentary seats in Delhi on its own,” he said, adding he had no communication with the Congress and he knows as much as the media knows.
“We are hearing statements from Congress that it would not enter into alliance with AAP. But according to our internal surveys, AAP will be winning with a heavy majority on all seven seats and there are four reasons for it,” he said.

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Probably the best beer of the Budweiser brand. This is a decent beer that I do not mind drinking from time to time.
Not impressed. If you want to drink a worthy American Ale - this isn't it.
Surprisingly good; always at an attractive price - I don't know why this isn't more popular. It may be the best option at the gas station, but I won't go out of my way to find it.
So this is admittedly not the best beer ever. However, it's probably the best of the cheap beers. When I don't have a lot of money to spend, I go for this. It's much more well rounded than PBR, Miller, Bud, etc. It's definitely the best of Bud's beers...that's not saying much, though.
My rating 3.4 Amber color. Thick head does not linger. Taste slight malt and heavy hops. Bitter after.
Sure it's a little more malty and has some pale ale hops characteristics than most AB offerings. But it tastes green/rushed. Support micro brewers whose REAL American ales are made with love and don't insult you're intelligence as a Beer lover yourself.


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Obento with Tuna Fish for Two, Please!
There’s something archaic sounding about tuna fish. When I was a kid, I remember that’s what it was called. Now, we just call it tuna. I don’t know when the fish part dropped—surely they’re still fish? But it seems that it outgrew the need to be labeled such. Language evolves, yes, and little Tuna Fish seems to have been affected—whether for better or worse, I don’t think it matters, does it?
Another quick and lazy bento, these tuna salad sandwiches are a cinch to put together. I simply drained a can of tuna, chopped some onions, added pickle relish, sprinkling of salt and pepper, and just enough mayonnaise to glue it all together. Normally, I add chopped celery as well, but we were all out. For added crunch factor, I added some crisp iceberg lettuce and a couple of cucumber slices when I was assembling the sandwich.
On a side note, I used half an onion that was in the fridge from something I cooked the day before. I minced it finely, with no tears! I guess Leki’s refrigerated half an onion tip really works!
I know that’s a lot of sandwiches in the pictures, but that’s actually for two people. The one on the left is my mom’s and the one on the right is mine. For my bento, I added a couple of Hungarian sausages from Santis deli. These are by far the best Hungarian sausages you can buy locally that’s still reasonably priced. I’ve tried a lot of brands, from other delis even, but Santis is the best for me.
To sweeten everything up, I split a Nutella sandwich between the two boxes and added some Mega Peanut M&Ms to mine. Not a big Peanut M&M fan but hey, it was in the fridge. So there, quick, satisfying, and very very fishy.
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I donâ€™t know when the fish part droppedâ€”surely theyâ€™re still fish? But it seems that it outgrew the need to be labeled such.
lol I wouldn’t actually say it “outgrew” the label so much as caught up with every other fish 😛 after all, it’s not like salmon was called “salmon fish” was it?
Maybe when tuna became a steak, instead of a fish? Now, whenever someone mentions tuna, most people seem to think of a big slab, instead of a wonderful sandwich filling.
It’s like bangus. No one calls it anything else. I think it’s a pinoy characteristic of dropping the noun since tuna stands for proper already. lol. I never had a habit of calling it tuna fish though. lol. maybe I should.
Haha… di ko ata natawag na tuna fish yan! Kasi di ako mahilig sa fish nung bata ako.
Following the same vein, what would happen to Starfishes and Jellyfishes?
But we call Bangus Milkfish 😛 Hard to call it just milk, hwehwehwe. Still, I think calling it tuna instead of tuna fish seems to be the hip thing now, not only here in the Philippines. Even cookbooks and cooking shows just call it that.
That’s cause you’ve a bottomless pit for a stomach.
Fish and Fowl? Tsk tsk tsk, you probably just ate hotdogs and hamburgers.
Well at least over here, I think maybe a few years back, they tried to make it… well, not really “politically” correct, but “more” correct… lol yeah something like that – being that starfish and jellyfish are invertebrates, they renamed them “sea-stars” and “sea-jellies” respectively. Didn’t quite catch on though.
Ditto on the milkfish/bangus thing… because the “fish” part of milkfish (much like flying fish, clown fish, etc.) is part of the name itself, not just the classification.
Sea jellies sounds like a candy treat 😛 You suddenly reminded me that I still have a pack of jellyfish in the cupboard. ^_^;; Nyums, good stuff.
whenever i read or hear tuna, i remember ninja ian’s joke.
I love love tuna sandwiches! My friend from gradeschool would always bring the perfect tuna sandwiches prepared by their house help and I haven’t tasted anything that tops it yet…I really should experiment on canned tuna more. It’s my favorite food. I eat it with rice, pasta, skyflakes, or on it’s own it’s still good…wheeeeeee~!
And yay! You’re using my suggested onion technique! Hehe!
Delifrance makes good Tuna sandwiches 😀 You may want to try it.

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The notion of what consciousness is has eluded even the most erudite of scholar and diligent of researcher. But what about notions of Universal Consciousness? If finite consciousness within the human form have proven so elusive, then grasping notions of a universal consciousness must be even more enigmatic.
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Ms. Smith will be speaking on the Cost Take Out Panel during GOSCON DC 2011 at the Innovation Nation Forum.
Tiffany Smith Licciardi is the Knowledge Leadership Team Coordinator at the Department of State's Office of eDiplomacy. Her team develops and supports projects that help personnel throughout the Department to find and share information and collaborate effectively, including Corridor, Diplopedia, Communities @ State, and Search. She previously served as Collaboration Policy Advisor for The Sounding Board and project lead for Diplopedia, and she led the development and launch of the Virtual Student Foreign Service.A graduate of Fordham University and The Catholic University of America's School of Library and Information Science, Tiffany's research interests include collaborative sensemaking, information retrieval, and online community behavior. She joined the State Department in 2007 as a Presidential Management Fellow; she was the recipient of a 2010 NextGov Award for innovative uses of technology in the US Government, and she has also received Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards for her work in the Office of eDiplomacy and in support of the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit.


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Unless otherwise agreed upon, in most cases you will need to pay your previous attorney for the work they have done. In most cases this would not affect the settlement amount you receive should you win your case. Rather, the two attorneys will likely divide up their share based on the previously agreed upon contract fee.
How Do I Know If I Should Switch?
Your attorney has not been clear on the terms and the value of your lawsuit.
Should you have a concern with your attorney, you should first bring up the issue with your attorney before seeking alternative counsel. If your current attorney does not address and fix the issue(s) then it may be time to find a different lawyer. In the event that you decide it is time to “fire” your current attorney all you need to do is inform the lawyer via a written decision. Once this correspondence has been conveyed it is important that you reach out to your previous attorney to ensure they have received the notification. Once this is complete you should also contact your insurance company to make sure your new attorney is authorized by the insurance company.
Related Posts: How Emerging Technology Will Change Driving, How Much Time Do You Have To File An Injury Claim?

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text: "Had Moses not received the rod of power from God, he would not have become a god to Pharaoh (cf. Exod. 7:1) and a scourge both to him and to Egypt. Correspondingly the intellect, if it fails to grasp the power of prayer, will not be able to shatter sin and the hostile forces ranged against it."


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When you are as a student at school or as an employee in a company, note taking always be useful. It plays an important part in your life.
What are your subject and your purpose?
You must be very clear that what your notes are talking about. They are answers to math problems, analysis about a beautiful poem, and the translation of some specific words, or just your ideas/thoughts and so on. Subjects, to some extent can reflect the purpose of note-taking. In terms of the difference of purpose and subjects, there are three ways to take notes.
For example, when you are reading a book, and there are some words you cannot understand, you can add the notes on the original text directly.
For many situations, you need prepare a note book to start note taking, such as answers to math problems, meeting records.
Now, many people get used to using computer, tablet and mobile phone. So the ways to make notes developed at the same time. With a suitable notes program, you can take notes in a better way and more convenient.
Keeping note is not copy the conversations or all the sentences your teacher write down on the blackboard. You should grasp the key point and then keep note, which will help you save a lot of time and keep the pace with the meeting and the class.
What the convert here means? It stresses that when you write your notes, you should try to use the words that you can easily understand especially for some abstract problems, it maybe a specific example, etc.
Color coding is an easy way to take notes; you do not need to write. It helps you find your notes in a clearer way. If you are reading a book and you like some sentences, then you can mark these sentences with the color you like.
It helps make the notes more interesting, being full of visualization. If you have not yet tried this way to take a note, then do it now!


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Geez! Nicki brought the boxing gloves out on Meek’s birthday. The Barbs went on a twitter rant calling her ex Safaree out for being a “poor excuse of a man”, this rant came after the Barbs was apparently served with papers stating that Safaree was suing her for the contributions he made in the albums that the Barbs released during their relationship and not only that, hes claiming that the Barbs was emotionally and physically abusive towards him.
What a burn! There’s more. Safaree is rumoured to be one of the cast members on Love And Hip Hop: Hollywood showcasing his relationship with one of the existing cast members Nikki Mudarris.
Do you think Nicki’s approach to the situation was justified?


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Microsoft NLB can use IGMP, which can be used with IGMP snooping configured on the switches to limit the inbound traffic flooding to the servers that are actually interested in the traffic.
Network Load Balancing Technical Overview, which includes this gem: “Experience has shown that Cisco routers currently do not accept an ARP response from the cluster that resolves unicast IP addresses to multicast MAC addresses.” (because Cisco’s engineers actually read RFCs before writing the code).
Catalyst Switches for Microsoft NLB Configuration Example (including the famous static ARP hack).
If you want to use NLB unicast mode within vSphere, you have to disable RARP packets that are automatically sent after the vMotion events ... because even vSwitch hates being a hub.
Generic data center technologies and designs (including load balancing solutions that make sense) are described in Data Center 3.0 for Networking Engineer.
You’ll find large-scale network designs (including leaf & spine and Clos network architectures) in the Data Center Fabric Architectures webinar.
Excellent refresher on Microsoft NLB. Thanks @ioshints !


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For background information about English-language theological terminology, see Why did England execute early Bible translators?
A sharp twinge that accompanies the realization of wrongdoing. Compunction is constructive if it leads to confession, repentance, forgiveness, reconciliation, justification, and sanctification.
As in a court of law, confession means admitting that you’ve done something wrong, or that your values were leading you down the wrong path of conduct. When you “confess that Jesus is Lord,” you admit that you didn’t recognize Jesus’ authority and did not obey His commands.
Just as in court, confession is something you say out loud. You can confess sins to a mature Christian, a pastor, a counselor, or to God in prayer. Before you confess to a human being, make sure they have the training and credentials to deal with the issue you are confessing.
In the ancient church, catechumens were required to stand on a box in front of everyone and confess their sins to the the entire congregation. This eventually ran into practical problems, because a convert’s confession could implicate other people, especially if the convert were a government official. Since we are not supposed to confess other people’s sins, catechumens were given the option of confessing to a clergyman privately. Confessing to clergy began as an option in the fourth century, then gradually became the norm.
Today, confession is a church rite that some churches consider a sacrament. Confession to clergy is still the practice among Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, and Catholic Christians, though among Anglicans and Lutherans, it is optional.
A dedication ceremony that sets people or objects aside for a holy purpose. A church can consecrate buildings, furniture, crosses, candlesticks and so on, or it can consecrate people for a holy purpose, such as lay reader or missionary. Consecration can be for a limited period of time, such as a person’s term of office, and it usually has a limited scope, such as for reading scriptures publicly. The inner nature of the object or person being consecrated is not changed. The only thing that changes is an object’s function or a person’s tasks. See also sanctification and ordination.
Deep sorrow for having done wrong. Contrition is constructive if it leads to confession, repentance, forgiveness, reconciliation, justification, and sanctification.
The word communicate originally meant to take Communion. People who are excommunicated are barred from Communion for disciplinary reasons, but may still participate in other parts of the service. In the ancient church, excommunicated people had to start over as catechumens, and after they completed the process, they were welcomed back to Communion.
The unilateral act of a creditor who cancels a debt, notifying the debtor that repayment is no longer necessary. Theologically, forgiveness cancels the guilt but not the consequence of the sin. If you are forgiven for robbing a bank, you still have to give the money back.
Free will is a person’s capacity to freely chose to repent and be saved. All branches of the historic Church affirm that we have free will, except theological traditions that are heavily influenced by Augustine’s later writings. Those who deny free argue that it impugns God’s sovereignty. The rest of the Church disagrees, observing that scriptures tell us to choose and to obey, two things we cannot possibly do without free will.
God’s unmerited love and favor toward sinners, the divine gift that brings about contrition, penitence, repentance, and the works of obedience in response to forgiveness.
A legal term that is often used instead of compunction. The word guilt has the unfortunate implication of a hopeless situation, so it is better to use the terms compunction or contrition in a theological setting. Feelings of guilt are only constructive if they lead to repentance, forgiveness, reconciliation, justification, and sanctification.
The place where the stars and planets are located, as in Matthew 24:29. We use heaven in this sense when we talk about the grandeur of the “heavens” while looking at the nighttime sky.
The place where God abides with His angels, as in Matthew 3:17.
In popular religion, good people zip off to heaven at the time of death. In Christianity, when Christians die, their souls go to Paradise (Luke 23:43, also called the Bosom of Abraham ) to await the Resurrection and the Last Judgment, after which they live in the New Jerusalem, also called the New Heavens and the New Earth.
In scripture, the word hell translates the Hebrew word Sheol and the Greek word hades, both of which refer to the realm of the dead. Before Christ, the souls of all the dead, whether wicked or righteous, went to this realm to await the Resurrection and the Judgment. In popular religion, hell refers to the place of eternal torment, which is called the Lake of Fire, Tartarus, or Gehenna in scripture. According to Jesus in Matthew 25:41, this place of eternal torment was designed for the devil and his angels, not for humans. Thus humans can escape this fate through repentance, forgiveness, reconciliation, justification, and sanctification.
Intrinsically holy. Only God is intrinsically holy.
A mundane object or person who is set aside for a holy purpose.
The words saint and holy have the same meaning. The only difference is in the usage: we use saint to refer to people and holy to refer to objects.
The act of God that frees a sinner from the penalty of sin.
A church ceremony that acknowledges that God has called a person into professional ministry and formally delegates the duties and responsibilities of clergy to that person. In most cases, there is a lengthy ordination process that includes systematic examination and approval before the ordination is performed. Ordination is generally for life. An ordained person, like a lay person, can be consecrated to carry out a specific task or office. See also sanctification and consecration.
Original sin is the doctrine that as descendants of Adam, we inherit his sinfulness, just as we inherit his humanity. In the west, primarily because of St. Augustine, this concept grew to include the idea that we inherit Adam’s guilt. Calvin took Augustine’s position to the extreme, teaching that we are totally depraved and without any natural virtue or worth whatsoever. The eastern Church teaches that we have inherited from Adam the state of sin, but not the guilt of sin. Therefore, despite original sin, we still possess the small amount of goodness necessary to realize our sinfulness, to choose good, and to repent of evil. The eastern Church teaches that if we were totally worthless, we would be totally irredeemable.
Any voluntary act that results from repentance. Penance is a concrete expression of gratitude for the forgiveness of a debt that can never in fact be repaid.
Willingness to correct a wrongdoing, synonymous with repentance.
Predestination means that our destination is set in advance.
Calvinists argue that predestination means that God has decided our eternal fate in advance and that we cannot choose it. However, we are still free to choose such things as fries or onion rings with our burger.
Hyper-Calvinists and others maintain that predestination means determinism, that we have absolutely no free will about anything; we are like actors saying our lines in a play. Therefore, they argue that some people are predestined for eternal punishment.
The rest of the historic Church argues that since it is not God’s will for anyone to be lost (Matthew 18:14), all people are predestined to live with God in His glory. However, since they have free will, some may choose not to go to their destination and end up in hell. They also note that if a person’s eternal fate was determined in the beginning, the Judgment took place on the first day, when in scripture it takes place on the last day.
God’s benevolent intervention to supply needs.
The literal meaning is “to change one’s mind.” The Greek and Hebrew words that are translated as repent can either mean a simple change of mind or a realization of sin with the accompanying resolve to reform. In some Bible translations, we find God repenting. In the original language, it simply means that God changed His mind. Repentance is the change of mind and penance is the change of deeds. For example, realizing that you were wrong to steal something is repentance, while returning the stolen goods is penance.
Willingness to correct a wrongdoing, synonymous with penitence.
A person who has been set aside for a holy life; in this sense, all Christians are saints, as in Philippians 1:1.
A person whose life is upheld as spiritually exemplary. In some churches, there is a process for recognizing saints. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is a formal, centralized process. In Orthodox churches, the process is not centralized. In the Episcopal Church, it is done informally by the Prayer Book committee.
To set a person apart for a holy purpose. In most usages, sanctification is an act of the Holy Spirit that permanently transforms the person’s inner nature. See also consecration and ordination.
In current usage, the meaning of the word “sin” is restricted to “a violation of a divine commandment.” God commanded us not to judge other people, therefore judging other people is a sin, even if they don’t know that we did it. Not all wrongdoings are sins. There is no divine commandment against stepping on someone’s toe, so you would have to seek forgiveness from the owner of the toe, not God. If we offend more than one party, we have to confess to all of them. Confessing to God that you stole something doesn't relieve you of the need to admit it to the victim and to restore their property.
The Bible uses the word “sin” in more general sense. It can mean an offense against a person.
Obviously, sins are not created equal; some are worse than others. Some churches have categorized and ranked sins according to severity and consequence, others don’t see the need, since no matter how serious or trivial they are, your obligation is the same: confess, repent, and obtain forgiveness.
A sin can be deliberate, accidental, unintentional, or out of ignorance. It could be something that you did long ago, and only realized now that it was a sin. It’s still a sin.


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Adrienne Pierce's debut is astonishing. Her alternative style mixes rock and pop. The dreamy "Falling Asleep" is reminiscent of Mazzy Star's spectral sound. The poppy "What You're Looking For" rests on fuzzy guitar and Pierce's adorable vocal. The more conventional singer-songwriter number "Sylvia" is amazing.
The intimacy of the song and Pierce's singing is just great. "Death by Water" is just plain creepy. It's based on a poem by Lorna Cozier and the musical backdrop is haunting. "Small" is jazzy and fun. "Absinthe Minded" takes the nice pun of the title and makes a poignant song about a wish for forgetfulness.
Small Fires is not small at all, in fact it can probably light a bonfire.
You may also want to check out our Adrienne Pierce article/review: My Heavens.


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I tried making chocolate sugar cookies for the first time several years ago, just to have something to change up the traditional sugar cookies I make for decorating. They tasted great right out of the oven -- like little brownies -- but they hardened quickly and didn't taste very chocolatey.
I've tested a few other recipes since then and had similar results. If they tasted great, they spread while baking. If they didn't spread, they didn't taste that great. And then I found this recipe. And I made many, many cookies, as evidenced by the small collection below.
I wanted to try a non-traditional color palette for these cookies -- something that would really pop against the deep chocolate color of the cookies (another major plus of this recipe). I decorated the cookies above using my FAVORITE ROYAL ICING recipe and four AmeriColor Soft Gel Paste colors -- Bright White, Royal Blue, Sky Blue, and (a very soft) Teal. I love the accent of the dark blue against the other shades -- it's almost like a Delft blue -- very rich and unexpected for holiday cookies. To get the fine detail, I used an Ateco #2 tip for the flooding and a #1.5 for the lines and dots.
There were so fun to make -- they are a deep chocolate flavor that holds it's shape while baking (see the snowflakes? You can't get much better than that) and makes for a striking backdrop for lighter shades of icing.


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A fantastic five star resort overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and Sintra Mountains, the Onyria Marinha Edition Hotel & Thalasso offers golf, excellent amenities and services and refined boutique accommodation.
The resort is located just twenty minutes by car from Lisbon and right next to the famous 18 hole golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Guests can enjoy a range of massages and treatments at the Thalasso Spa which features hydrotherapy pools, a relaxation area, Vichy room, Scottish bath, Turkish bath, sauna, sensation showers and a Jacuzzi.
There are also indoor and outdoor swimming pools, tennis courts and a fully equipped, modern gym.
There are 68 rooms and 4 suites, all with balcony or terrace, air conditioning, cable TV, telephone, hairdryer, bathrobes, slippers, minibar, safe and Wi-Fi.
12 luxurious Edition Villas are also available - perfect for guests requiring extra space.
Story Restaurant: A sophisticated restaurant serving gourmet cuisine and fine wines.


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The Saucy Box Overdrive balances an optimum ratio of clean and dirty signals with a single Gain control for rich, buttery overdrive tones.
From the visionary depths of the Way Huge laboratory comes the Saucy Box Overdrive. Like the acclaimed Pork Loin Overdrive before it, the Saucy Box derives its unparalleled versatility from discrete clean and overdrive signal paths, combining them to deliver one of the most organic, amp-like overdrive pedals available. To give discerning guitarists a dynamic, finger-friendly overdrive with plug-and-play simplicity, the Saucy Box Overdrive forgoes individual clean and drive controls and automatically balances the optimum ratio of the two with a single Gain control. This unique design provides for everything from pure a unity-gain buffer to a clean boost and all the way to a salaciously buttery overdrive. To top it all off, this pedal has a passive tone circuit that will play nice with any pickup type. It’s okay to think inside THIS box.


text: Joanna Newsom tours in support of her new album Have One on Me and blends Americana, harp, and her quirky vocal style to make some gorgeous serene music. While Times Square is obviously an expensive mess of restaurants, Havana Central offers affordable Cuban food like Camarones con Coco – coconut dusted jumbo shrimp fried and breaded with pineapple ($12). The former office of 1920s mogul John W. Campbell, The Campbell Apartment is an utterly spectacular bar in Grand Central Terminal. Who knew? For fans of Japanese pop-culture, Kinokuniya Bookstore has a large selection of Japanese themed books, videos, CDs, magazines, comics, and stationary.


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An international team of researchers has published a paper showing that Theobroma cacao - the cocoa tree - is surprisingly old. Ten million years old in fact.
As a result, wild strains of cocoa in South America may contain much larger amounts of genetic variation than previously thought, which bodes well for breeding more diverse varieties that can better resist diseases, pests and climate change. Cocoa, like many cultivated agricultural crops, suffers from a lack of genetic variation.
"We hope to highlight the importance of conserving biodiversity so that it can be used to augment and safeguard the agricultural sector. By understanding the diversification processes of chocolate and its relatives we can contribute to the development of the industry and demonstrate that this truly is the Age of Chocolate," says co-author Dr Santiago Madriñán of the University of the Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.

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Check out the most stylish accessories for your favorite gadget.
"I take my iPod everywhere — it's practically glued to my ear — and I'd like to have a case that's as stylish as my handbags. Can you recommend a good one?"
JEREMY HORWITZ (iLounge.com): Vaja, a company in Argentina vajacases.com, produces truly stunning handcrafted leather cases made from full-grain cowhide, very high quality. They range from sporty to elegant, and they're as durable as they are good-looking. They start at $60 and go up to a few hundred. When I'm not using clear film, I use their cases. Griffin Technology griffintechnology.com and Power Support powersupportusa.com are two companies that consistently do a great job making stylish but still protective cases for about $20 to $30.
What about those really cool colorful tin cases that were designed by several well-known contemporary artists?
Tinbot cases thetinbot.com are an outgrowth of the do-it-yourself movement that started when people tried to use modified Altoids boxes to hold their iPods. In terms of design, they're definitely hip — the artists have worked in lots of different mediums, like film, comic books, toys. There's also a white one you can customize yourself. You do have to flip open the lids for access to the screen and controls. But if that doesn't bother you, and it's mostly cool design you want, they've got it.
How about speaker docks that aren't the usual black or white, that are colorful?
A new model that's really fun is the Vestalife Ladybug vesta-life.com, which comes in red. As you'd expect, it looks like a ladybug with fold-out speakers, and it sounds pretty good considering it's only $110. What's nice is that it can fit anywhere, run off batteries, and it comes with a remote control. While it's not the sonic equivalent of more expensive audio systems we've tested, it's a great speaker for kids — I bought one for my own kid — and fashion-conscious adults. Another colorful option is from JBL jbl.com. The On Stage Micro, a disk-shaped speaker that's also portable, sells for around $100 and comes in red, silver, pink, green, and blue.
What if I want good design plus really good sound in a portable dock?
At this point I've tested probably 200 speakers, ranging in shape from a boom box to smaller portable ones, and there are two I'd recommend. The Harman Kardon Go + Play harmankardon.com is a $350 high-end boom box-size stereo with spectacular sound quality and a design that's very sleek, with a beautiful arched handle. It belongs in an art museum. The other option is the Altec Lansing inMotion iM7 alteclansing.com, which sells for $250. Both of those combine great lines with great sound and rich bass.
I'm intrigued by all the clock radios that everyone seems to be making — I saw a metallic purple one recently that I like a lot.
You're talking about the Memorex iWake memorexelectronics.com; above]. It also comes in red, purple, and blue metallic, and it has a wireless remote and a universal dock. The iPod clock radio category is really booming. I recently stayed in a hotel where every room had a version made by iHome, which was a nice touch. What they all do is allow you to wake up to the music on your iPod. Three I really like are XtremeMac's Luna X2 xtrememac.com, the Philips model AJ300D usa.philips.com, and the iH9 dual alarm clock radio from iHome ihomeaudio.com. Each of them sells for under $150 and has a built-in radio, at least two speakers, and a place for your iPod to dock and charge.
JEREMY HORWITZ IS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF ILOUNGE.COM, THE WEB'S MOST POPULAR SITE FOR IPOD-RELATED NEWS AND REVIEWS.


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The future of bike technology is now!
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With the introduction of new technology coming at us so fast and furious these days, this podcast just might be obsolete very soon. Okay, it might not be advancing that quickly…but there have been significant changes to technology in the bicycle industry over the past few years and this trend is sure to continue.
In this podcast on bike technology, Victor and Darryl go over a variety of new products and features for all aspects of the bike. They share comments and suggestions on many of them as well, so be sure to tune in and see what they recommend.
Is electronic shifting the way of the future?
Will we see more road bikes with disk brakes?
I gave up a car to simplify my life and for less expense. Now you’re turning the bike into the same type of “animal” that cars became, So, some of us will keep a couple of old ones that can be worked on at home and will become classics.


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They almost certainly won't know it, but the lives of a secluded tribe on an ultra-remote island in the Bay of Bengal have been thrown under a rare and unwelcome spotlight this week.
American missionary John Allen Chau appears to have been killed by the Sentinelese, an uncontacted tribe with a history of murdering unwanted intruders, which has no connection whatsoever with the outside world.
But they are not quite alone. There are around 100 such tribes that are known about around the world, said Jonathan Mazower of Survival International, which campaigns for the protection of isolated tribes.
The majority are found in the Amazon rainforest, while some lesser-understood groups exist in New Guinea, in forests and on islands elsewhere around the globe. These nomadic hunter-gatherers shun industrial society at any cost — and on the occasions when modernity comes to them, the results are usually violent.
"Sometimes they will have in their collective memory a massacre, a violent incident, or a disease or epidemic — so very often, there are well-founded reasons for these tribes to not want to have anything to do" with the outside world, Mazower told CNN.
When contact does occur, it can prove fatal — tribespeople frequently attack intruders, and can also fall victim to common diseases like the flu, for which they have no immunity. "Often, they are very fearful of outsiders — with very good reason," Mazower said.
Chau is not the first person to fall victim to the Sentinelese after intruding on their island, which it is illegal for outsiders to land on. In 2006, members of the tribe killed two poachers who had been illegally fishing in the waters surrounding their home island, North Sentinel Island, after their boat drifted ashore, according to Survival International. Two years previously, in the wake of the ruinous 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, a member of the group was photographed on a beach on the island, firing arrows at a helicopter sent to check on their welfare.
Expeditions were made to the island frequently in the 1980s and 1990s, where gifts were often left for its people, but these have since dropped off. According to India's 2011 census, only 15 Sentinelese were estimated to remain on the island. India's government has stuck to an "eyes-on and hands-off" policy to ensure that poachers do not enter North Sentinel Island, according to the country's Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Often on the move through Mato Grosso, Brazil, this tribe left tools and pieces of their homes as the only clues to their existence for decades. But in 2013, a Brazilian government employee made a chance encounter with the group, capturing them on video for the first time. In the clip, members of the tribe walk through the forest naked and holding arrows, before fleeing when they sense an outsider nearby.
But this wasn't the only contact the Kawahiva have had with people from the outside world. "There are thought to be probably no more than 30 left, the others having been massacred by campers and loggers," Mazower explained. And their future is an uncertain one, with the area surrounding their territory rapidly being cleared for agricultural work. "Their situation is probably the most urgent now of any uncontacted tribe, because the part of Brazil where they live is extremely violent," he added.
In August, another uncontacted tribe in the Amazon were caught on film for the first time. A drone camera caught tribespeople in the Javery River valley, although none appear to notice their observer. One of the figures carries a spear or pole, while four or five others stand near what seems to be a thatched structure.
The area along the Brazil-Peru border is home to many of the world's uncontacted groups. "Its not that they've never had contact with the outside world -- they have contact with other groups around there, and they may be befriended to them or married into them," explains Evan Killick, a senior anthropology lecturer at the University of Sussex, who has studied tribes in the area. "The reason they're isolated is precisely because of a history of violence and a history of exploitation," he said.
Unlike most uncontacted tribes, this group initiated a first-ever encounter with the surrounding world themselves. An extraordinary video released by Brazil's National Indian Foundation FUNAI shows the tribesmen, who live in Peru, leaving their dwellings to request bananas from nearby villagers.
"One of the young men asks the Brazilian officials, "rani mi mulher?" (where are your women?)," explained Giancarlo Rolando, an anthropologist at the University of Virginia who has studied the tribe. "In those videos, it is also possible to see a young man holding a rifle that apparently was seized from a group of outsiders that went into their territory."
"As many other Indigenous peoples of Amazonia, these peoples are bow hunters," he added. "They also plant gardens, in their case the main staple is corn, though they also plant yucca and plantains. In addition, they fish and harvest forest products like mushrooms, fruit, medicinal plants, and palm leaves for roofing. Their traditional residential pattern is to live on longhouses, built on hill tops." Since that encounter, the Xinane have been relocated by FUNAI agents to a nearby settlement.
In 1987, a Roman Catholic bishop and a nun intending to spread the word of God met a fate similar to that of Chau at the hands of the Waorani, a group of native Amerindians in Ecaudor. Bishop Alejandro Lavaca and Sister Ines Arango were sacrificed by the tribespeople in brutal fashion, their bodies pinned to the ground by 21 wooden spears and their wounds stuffed with leaves to stop the blood flowing, the Washington Post reported at the time.
Most of the tribe have since been contacted and many have been forced to relocate due to oil exploration on their land, Survival International says. The group has occasionally clashed with the nearby Taromenane, a small section of the Waorani which has continued to remain uncontacted — especially in 2013, when two Waorani tribespeople were murdered by a member of the Taromenane group.
While most of the thousands-strong Ayoreo tribe have been contacted and have assimilated into mainstream society, the last few members who have remained isolated represent the last remaining uncontacted tribe in South America outside of the Amazon, Survival International says. Much of the group was forced out of their forest by American fundamentalist missionary expeditions in the 1970s, who would spot their camps from afar and make contact. "In those encounters several people died, and many Ayorea died later due to diseases," said Mazower.
Disease is a major threat to uncontacted tribes around the world. "We're talking about things like flu or measles, because they have no antibodies or immunity, so they are very often fatal," he added. Dozens of Ayorea died from respiratory diseases in the 1980s.
Groups like Survival International attempt to raise awareness of the plight faced by the little-known tribes, many of which are at risk from plantations, deforestation and violence.
"The most important challenge, by far, is to protect their land," Mazower said. "That is the absolute essential. If their lands are protected, which is their right under international law, then there is actually no reason they should not continue to survive and thrive."


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Baba Vanga, a mystic who many believe 'predicted' 9/11 and the rise of ISIS, also had two predictions for 2018.
The 85-year-old passed away in 1996 but her predictions are still circulating online over twenty years later.
Regarding the year ahead, Baba Vanga said that China would take over from the United States as the world's number one superpower.
She also predicted that scientists would discover 'a new form of energy' on the planet Venus.
In previous years, it has been suggested that China could potentially overtake the US as the number one global power and considering its current economic prowess, this is a definite possibility.
As regards the second prophecy, the 'new form of energy', a NASA spacecraft entitled the Parker Solar Probe will launch in July.
According to The Mirror, it is not expected to land on Venus but will use the planet's 'gravitational force' to study the outer corona of the sun.
Baba Vanga, originally from Bulgaria, is often referred to as 'Nostradamus from the Balkans' and many believe she predicted many of the world's natural disaster and memorable events.
She is thought to have predicted 9/11, the chilling rise of terrorist group ISIS, President Obama's run in office and Brexit but of course, people are divided about whether Baba's predictions are as authentic as they appear.


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Sammy Davis Jr. was, quite literally, born into show business. As part of a well-known vaudeville family, he began performing when he was just four years old and never seemed to slow down. From stage to studio to screen the singer, dancer, musician and actor travelled all over the world entertaining millions.
Wink Martindale spoke with the charming Davis at his Beverly Hills home in 1976. Davis reflects on his experiences as a performer, his success and his life in the crazy world of show business. He also shares engaging stories of times with colleagues and friends throughout his career.


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