"The 100th Anniversary of the Revenue Act of 1913"

New York Law School is marking the 100th anniversary of the Revenue Act of 1913 with a day of events. Here's the description and the schedule:

President Woodrow Wilson signed the Revenue Act of 1913 into law on October 3, 1913. On October 4, 2013, the 100th Anniversary Symposium will consider the past and future of the income tax and the practice of tax law. Keynote speakers Edward Kleinbard (former Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation) and Karen Hawkins (Director of the IRS Office of Chief Counsel) will be joined by Lee Sheppard (star Tax Notes columnist), Meghan Brackney (Chair of the NYCLA Tax Section), Michael Hirschfeld (Chair of the ABA Tax Section) and other luminaries of the New York tax bar and the tax professoriate.

8:30am Registration and breakfast

9:00 to 9:30am – Welcome and Keynote Address

Edward Kleinbard, Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law

9:30 to 11:00am Panel I – Withholding and Information Reporting from 1913 to FATCA

Ann F. Thomas (Chair), Otto L. Walter Distinguished Professor of Tax Law and Director of the Graduate Tax Program, New York Law School; Alan Appel, Professor of Law and Director, International Tax Program, New York Law School; Valeriya Avdeev, Assistant Professor, Cotsakos College of Business, William Paterson University; Lee A. Sheppard, Contributing Editor, Tax Analysts

11:15 to 12:30pm Panel II – Debt, Taxes and the Economy

Richard Beck (Chair), Professor of Law and founding director of the Graduate Tax Program, New York Law School; Diane Fahey, Associate Professor of Law, New York Law School; Maria Pirrone, Assistant Professor, The Peter Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University; Dennis Ventry, Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law

12:30 to 1:00pm – Lunch

1:00 to 1:45pm – A Conversation with Lawrence Feld and Alan Appel: Highlights From the History of Criminal Tax Law Enforcement

Lawrence Feld, Partner, Law Office of Lawrence S. Feld

2:00 to 3:30pm Panel III – U.S. Tax Policy in a Global Economy

Reuven Avi-Yonah (Chair), Professor of Law, University of Michigan School of Law; Peter H. Blessing, Head of Cross-Border Corporate Transactions, KPMG, LLP; Diane Ring, Professor of Law, Boston College School of Law; Fadi Shaheen, Assistant Professor of Law, Rutgers-Newark School of Law

3:30 to 4:45pm Panel IV – Perspectives on the Practice of Tax Law

William LaPiana (Chair), Rita and Joseph Solomon Professor of Law, New York Law School; Megan Brackney, Partner, Kostelanetz & Fink LLP, and Chair, NYCLA Tax Committee; Michael Hirschfeld, Partner, Dechert LLP, and Chair, ABA Tax Section; Elizabeth Kessenides, Principal, Berdon LLP; Michael L. Schler, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

4:45 to 5:30pm – Closing Keynote Address

Karen L. Hawkins, Director of the Office of Professional Responsibility, Internal Revenue Service

5:30pm to 6:30pm – Wine and Cheese Reception

 Follow the link to register.

Beef Medallions with Fresh Horseradish Cream – Perfect for the Middle of Fallmer

This time of year can be a little schizophrenic for a cook. We’ve not quite let go of summer and its fast, fresh food; but at the same time, the cooler weather has us craving hearty, more comforting fall fare. This beef medallions with fresh horseradish cream recipe is delicious nod to that kind of seasonal culinary dilemma.

The combination of the sweet, juicy tomato salad base, along with the seared beef, and aromatic sauce works whether you’re enjoying it on a warm autumn day, or cold, rainy night. My only regret is I didn’t have any crusty bread around to soak up all those incredible juices. That's a rookie mistake any time of year!

Like I said in the video, horseradish is easy to find these days, especially in the higher-end grocery chains. It’s usually sold by the pound, so don’t be afraid to ask the produce person to cut you off a smaller piece, as the roots can get pretty big. If you’ve never used fresh horseradish before, I hope you check it out soon. Enjoy!

Ingredients for 2 portions:

2 tbsp vegetable oil for frying

4 pieces (about 3-oz each) beef top sirloin, pounded into 1/4-inch thick medallions

salt, pepper, and cayenne to taste

flour as needed

2 cups cherry tomatoes, quartered

1 tbsp rice vinegar

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp sugar

freshly ground black pepper to taste

For the horseradish cream:

1/3 cup crème fraiche

2 tbsp freshly, finely grated horseradish root

pinch of salt

CFP: Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop

[We have the following call for papers.]

The University of Southern California Center for Law, History & Culture, UCLA School of Law, Columbia Law School, and Georgetown University Law School invite submissions for the tenth meeting of the Law & Humanities Junior Scholar Workshop to be held at USC School of Law in Los Angeles, CA on June 8 & 9, 2014.

PAPER COMPETITION:

The paper competition is open to untenured professors, advanced graduate students, and post-doctoral scholars in law and the humanities; in addition to drawing from numerous humanistic fields, we welcome critical, qualitative work in the social sciences.  Based on anonymous evaluation by an interdisciplinary selection committee, between five and ten papers will be chosen for presentation at the June Workshop.  At the Workshop, two senior scholars will comment on each paper.  Commentators and other Workshop participants will be asked to focus specifically on the strengths and weaknesses of the selected scholarly projects, with respect to subject and methodology. The selected papers will then serve as the basis for a larger conversation among all the participants about the evolving standards by which we judge excellence and creativity in interdisciplinary scholarship, as well as about the nature of interdisciplinarity itself.

Papers should be works-in-progress between 10,000 and 15,000 words in length (including footnotes/endnotes), and must include an abstract of no more than 200 words.  A dissertation chapter may be submitted, but we strongly suggest that it be edited so that it stands alone as a piece of work with its own integrity.  A paper that has been submitted for publication is eligible so long as it will not be in galley proofs or in print at the time of the Workshop.  The selected papers will appear in a special issue of the Legal Scholarship Network; there is no other publication commitment.  The Workshop will pay the travel and hotel expenses of authors whose papers are selected for presentation.

Submissions (in Word, no pdf files) will be accepted until January 6, 2014, and should be sent by e-mail to:? Center for the Study of Law and Culture,culture@law.columbia.edu.  Please be sure to include your name, institutional affiliation (if any), telephone and e-mail contact information. 

For more information contact Cindy Gao, 212.854.0167 or culture@law.columbia.edu.  Past winners are here.

CFP for LSA: Colonial Law around the Indian Ocean

[We have the following CFP.]

We seek panelists for the 2014 Law and Society Association meeting in Minneapolis (May 29-June 1) for a panel entitled Colonial Law around the Indian Ocean. We are looking for scholars interested in colonial law around the Indian Ocean littoral, including East Africa, Persian Gulf, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. We are particularly interested in papers that probe legal classifications, different understandings of imperial and/or indigenous legal knowledge, and related topics. Our panel currently comprises one paper that would explore legal classification of Arabs in the Netherlands Indies and another that would focus on colonial versus metropolitan classifications of legal knowledge and legal conceptions of publicity in the French Indian Ocean colonies.

If you're interested in joining our panel, please contact both Laurie Wood at lmwood2@wisc.edu and Fadzilah Yahaya at nyahaya@wustl.edu before October 7.

Weekend in the woods

Hello and welcome to a new week! Hope you had a lovely weekend! I didn’t get anything done and it. was. awesome. No projects, no cleaning, no decluttering, no organizing – just being lazy and hanging with my family and it was a welcome change.

I’ve mentioned a few times that I have a large family – both extended and immediate. I have six sisters and brothers (a mix of full, half and step) and with the addition of some grandkids now, the our group is BIG. It gets harder every year to get together for holidays because there are so many of us now. :)

Family means everything to all of us I’m sure, but my Dad is one of those people who is truly bursting with joy when his family is around. So every year now he and my stepmom rent a cabin so we can all get together and have a fun fall weekend with just family.

This year we had an amazing view:

It’s a little early for the leaves to change but you can see little explosions of color starting to happen. :) We were near Lake Monroe in Bloomington, Indiana and if you are nearby it is an amazing time of year to visit.

I didn’t get many pics inside our cabin because I was usually either eating or laying around and I was just too lazy, honestly. (It was fantastic.) It was a big place with plenty of room for all of us – not overly cabin-like, but rustic.

Saturday we rented a double decker pontoon boat and took off for the afternoon. This was especially fun for me because every weekend growing up was spent on this lake with my Mom and Dad. Most of my memories as a child (up till about seven years old or so) were camping and then hanging on that lake in our teeny tiny metal boat. There was room for the three of us and that’s about it. ;)

I’ve only been back to this lake as an adult a few times so it was special to be there again, especially with Dad. As a child I remember thinking the rocky shores were so beautiful and I was still taken with them as an adult:

Some people aren’t lake swimmers – are you? My husband is not – I think it freaks him out. :) Even I was a little hesitant at first, but then Dad and the siblings started jumping in and I finally did the same…and then you couldn’t get me out:

I’m in the middle with my boy. :) My son is so like me when it comes to things like this. We watch and take it in for awhile…then we do it and love it and you’ll have to drag us away. I was SO proud of him for getting in to swim (he’d never swam in a lake). The boy is a FISH.

When you sit on the life jacket just right you can just hang out there forever…it’s bliss. ;) The water was chilly at first but within minutes we’d get used to it and it was perfect.

I don’t share many pics of my son on the blog but I am so in love with this one:

He drove the boat with Grandpa pretty much the entire time. Like a boss. ;)

On Sunday it was raining and chilly (a perfect fall day in my opinion) and we took the long way home through Nashville, Indiana and Brown County:

Downtown Nashville is a treasure. A quaint little area with shops, wonderful food and fun stuff to do:

And of course this is the BEST time of year to visit!

It was SO lovely – the rain made everything smell amazing and the mums were popping:

Every single shop and restaurant is decked out for fall and it’s just gorgeous:

We also stopped at a roadside pumpkin patch on the way out of town:

We saved the regular pumpkins for when we go to pick them at the local patch but got a bunch of really unique ones here. I’ve never seen a selection of gourds and pumpkins like they had!:

I was giddy, I must say. It was just a lovely weekend all around.

I am so blessed for so many reasons, but one of the biggest is that I am a part of my big beautiful family. Thanks to Dad for forcing us to hang out together at least once a year. ;)

Have you been to southern Indiana in the fall? Do you have a favorite spot near you that you like to visit this time of year?

Hope your weekend was wonderful too – this week I’ll be sharing more fall-inspired posts as we continue our parties again tomorrow! See you then!

The Ideal Governance Model

By Steven Worth, President, Plexus Consulting LLC

Each organization tends to have that governance structure that reflects its values and culture. If having every voice at the table for every definable stakeholder group is what is most important to an organization then such groups tend to emphasize those traits while also accepting that the trade-off is to have process-intense decision-making governance structures that resist change. This perhaps marks one extreme of a spectrum.

The other extreme is represented by mission-driven organizations where the driving force lies in finding the means and strategies to advance the organization's mission. The people chosen to serve the governance structures of such organizations are chosen for this purpose alone. This is much more common to the governance structures of for-profit corporations than is it in the nonprofit world. The governance structures of these organizations tend to be lean, focused and fast-moving. The dangers in such structures are an increased risk of insider dealing and myopic decision making.

Somewhere in between lies the ideal governance-operational balance, but that spot is different for each organizational culture, I think. As a consultant I prefer the second model to the first because decision making is clearer and easier and these organizations do tend to adapt more easily to a fast-changing environment. But like the tortoise and the hare sometimes these lumbering, muscle-bound organizations in the first model tend to muddle through and end up winning the race after all!

Witt on Suffering in War

John Fabian Witt, Yale Law School, has posted Two Conceptions of Suffering in War, which is forthcoming in Knowing the Suffering of Others, ed. Austin Sarat (University of Alabama Press).  Here is the abstract:    

Since at least the middle of the nineteenth century, two competing conceptions of suffering in wartime have dominated western thought about the laws of armed conflict. One conception views suffering – and especially suffering in war – as an evil in itself. Those who take this view, like Henri Dunant, founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross and inspiration for the Geneva Convention of 1864, typically adopt the minimization of suffering as the principal goal for a law of war. Another conception of suffering in war, however, sees the experience of pain as an inevitable and sometimes even ennobling accompaniment to the hard work of bringing about just ends in the world. This latter view rejects the idea that one can evaluate suffering or its legal significance without knowing why the suffering exists. This approach has a long tradition, too, one that stretches back through Dunant’s contemporary the Prussian-American Francis Lieber, drafter of the Union’s rules of engagement in the American Civil War.

These two ways of making sense of human suffering (and the conflicts between them) have animated legal efforts to manage warfare ever since Dunant and Lieber launched the modern chapter of the laws of armed conflict a century and a half ago. And for good reason. Each of the two dominant conceptions of suffering contains inescapable limits and indispensable moral insights. The difficulty – our difficulty – is to capture their insights while containing their flaws.

Lyrics: Chicane - Come Back

Come Back
Chicane

Come back and stay for good this time...

Why don't you come back?

Why don't you come back? Please hurry...

Come back and stay,

This time...

Second single released April 25, 2010 from Chicane's fourth studio album "Giants" released August 2, 2010. Vocals by Paul Young

Chicane - website | Facebook | Last.FM | MySpace | @ChicaneNews
Paul Young - website

Come Back (ZOUK008):
Come Back (Radio Edit)
Come Back (Original Club Mix)
Come Back (Sidney Samson Remix)
Come Back (Shockone Remix)
Come Back (Riley & Durrant Remix)
Come Back (Dean Newton Remix)

Tracklist (MODENADB4 / ARDI1660):
01. Chicane - Barefoot (Album Version)
02. Chicane ft. Adam Young - Middledistancerunner (Album Version)
03. Chicane - Come Back (Original Club Mix)
04. Chicane - What Am I Doing Here? (Part 1) (Album Version)
05. Chicane - Giants (Album Version)
06. Chicane - Poppiholla (5am Mix)
07. Chicane - So Far Out To Sea (Album Version)
08. Chicane - Where Do I Start? (Album Version)
09. Chicane - From Where I Stand (Album Version)
10. Chicane - Hiding All The Stars (Album Version)
11. Chicane - What Am I Doing Here? (Part 2) (Album Version)
12. Chicane - Titles (Album Version)
Bonus Track
13. Chicane ft. Adam Young - Middledistancerunner (DC Rework Edit)

Some names seem to have been there from the very moment you fell in love with dance music. Chicane is one of them. For nearly 15 years, UK producer Nick Bracegirdle has been part of the scene, hitting high peaks with 'Offshore', 'Saltwater', 'Don't Give Up', 'Stoned In Love' and the more recent 'Poppiholla' and 'Hiding All The Stars'. After three successful artist albums, 2009 saw the release of Chicane's 'Best of' album, a prelude to his new one: 'Giants'.

When it comes to great heights, Chicane's been there alright . Working with A-class artists such as Bryan Adams, Tom Jones, Maire Brennan from Clannad and Keane, made his music attract a wide audience. 'Giants' displays that diversity, from the ambient opening track 'Barefoot' to the housy radio-hit 'Come Back', warm progressive 'Middledistancerunner' in collaboration with Owl City singer Adam Young and enthralling classic interlude called 'Titles'. Chicane has crossed all boundaries and shows that those 15 years have only made him more creative.

On 'Giants', Chicane returns with a new dose of energy for the crowds, intimate home-listening moments and timeless, gigantic highlights.

Lyrics: Chicane - Where Do I Start?

Where Do I Start?
Chicane

Where do I start?
Where do I begin?
How do I start? start?

What if I stand?
When it's down to fall,
How will I move?

If I knew you,
But we'd never met,
Would you hold me?

We go around, around and around and...

Where do I start?
Where do I begin?
How do I start? start?
Repeat

Hear me drowning,
Falling down,
Still surrounding you...

Heal me save me,
You create me,
Come on embrace me...

Eighth track from Chicane's fourth studio album "Giants" released August 2, 2010. Single was released November 12, 2010 on Zouk Recordings with remixes by Armin van Buuren and Disco Citizens. Vocals by Blandine

Chicane - website | Facebook | Last.FM | MySpace | @ChicaneNews
Blandine -

Where Do I Start (ZOUK037):
Where Do I Start (Armin van Buuren Edit)
Where Do I Start (Disco Citizens Edit)
Where Do I Start (Armin van Buuren Remix)
Where Do I Start (Disco Citizens Rework)
Where Do I Start (Disco Citizens Speedup Mix)
Where Do I Start (Album Mix)

Tracklist (MODENADB4 / ARDI1660):
01. Chicane - Barefoot (Album Version)
02. Chicane ft. Adam Young - Middledistancerunner (Album Version)
03. Chicane - Come Back (Original Club Mix)
04. Chicane - What Am I Doing Here? (Part 1) (Album Version)
05. Chicane - Giants (Album Version)
06. Chicane - Poppiholla (5am Mix)
07. Chicane - So Far Out To Sea (Album Version)
08. Chicane - Where Do I Start? (Album Version)
09. Chicane - From Where I Stand (Album Version)
10. Chicane - Hiding All The Stars (Album Version)
11. Chicane - What Am I Doing Here? (Part 2) (Album Version)
12. Chicane - Titles (Album Version)
Bonus Track
13. Chicane ft. Adam Young - Middledistancerunner (DC Rework Edit)

Some names seem to have been there from the very moment you fell in love with dance music. Chicane is one of them. For nearly 15 years, UK producer Nick Bracegirdle has been part of the scene, hitting high peaks with 'Offshore', 'Saltwater', 'Don't Give Up', 'Stoned In Love' and the more recent 'Poppiholla' and 'Hiding All The Stars'. After three successful artist albums, 2009 saw the release of Chicane's 'Best of' album, a prelude to his new one: 'Giants'.

When it comes to great heights, Chicane's been there alright . Working with A-class artists such as Bryan Adams, Tom Jones, Maire Brennan from Clannad and Keane, made his music attract a wide audience. 'Giants' displays that diversity, from the ambient opening track 'Barefoot' to the housy radio-hit 'Come Back', warm progressive 'Middledistancerunner' in collaboration with Owl City singer Adam Young and enthralling classic interlude called 'Titles'. Chicane has crossed all boundaries and shows that those 15 years have only made him more creative.

On 'Giants', Chicane returns with a new dose of energy for the crowds, intimate home-listening moments and timeless, gigantic highlights.

Chinese Attitudes on Environmental Pollution Reported

A recent Pew Research Center Global Attitudes Project report on the survey, Environmental Concerns on the Rise in China, found that fear of water and air pollution is growing among the Chinese. In 2012, 36% of Chinese said that air pollution was a "very big problem" and in 2013 that number grew to 47% of the respondents. Regarding water pollution in 2012, 33% of respondents said that it was a "very big problem" while in 2013, 40% said the same. This represents a one-year increase of 23% and 18% respectively in Chinese attitudes about air and water pollution.

This report is based on the 2013 Spring Pew Global Attitudes Survey administered in face-to-face interviews of 3,226 Chinese adults from March 4 to April 2, 2013. The sample was taken from 12 cities, 12 towns, and 12 villages in east, west and central China. 

themostsearched.org offers several teaching tools on environmental matters and attitudes about the environment, including "Attitudes about Global Warming in the United States", "Visual Understanding Environment" , and "Contamination and Pollution."

Read more: 
http://www.pewresearch.org/
http://www.pewglobal.org/
http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/09/19/environmental-concerns-on-the-rise-in-china/
http://www.pewglobal.org/files/2013/09/Pew-Global-Attitudes-Project-China-Report-FINAL-9-19-132.pdf

themostsearched.org resources:
http://themostsearched.org/resource/3430
http://themostsearched.org/resource/3148
http://themostsearched.org/resource/2931

Recent Updates to our Detailed Guide on How We Promote YOUR Business Online in 2013

Similar in scope and concept to our seminar series we've recently wrapped up for the year, our Online Marketing & Social Media Details PDF is a detailed guide on how we promote YOUR business online, using the latest techniques in editorial coverage, banner advertising, e-mail campaigns and social media marketing, COMBINED into one unified campaign.

Available online as a PDF download from our website, this document has been updated to better reflect recent updates in:

1. Campaign Mobile Optimization: All aspects of YOUR CAMPAIGN are optimized for mobile smartphone & tablet distribution.  Every website in the Pink Banana Media network is optimized for both mobile devices (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry and more), as well as tablet devices, including iPad, Nexus, Galaxy, Kindle and Nook. 
2. Content Curation via Scoop.it: We incorporate YOUR CAMPAIGN in our Pink Banana Media / Scoop.it sites (marketing.pinkieb.com, marketing.pinkbananamedia.com, movies.pinkieb.com and marketing.pinkbananatravel.com), a highly social media optimized system reaching an additional several thousand viewers per month as well.
3. #Hashtag Marketing: We also utilize the latest in #hashtag marketing technology in use today, ensuring that YOUR CAMPAIGN is “discoverable” by online viewers following trending topics and relevant conversations on Facebook and other social media.
4. Inclusion of Instagram and Vine: If photos and/or short-form, 6- to 15-second video are a key part of your marketing outreach, we’ll utilize Instagram and Vine for YOUR CAMPAIGN as well, ensuring #hashtag marketing technology is utilized along the way.
5. Measuring & Monitoring YOUR CAMPAIGN: we work with TweetReach.com, which allows us to accurately measure both REACH and EXPOSURE for specific keywords and/or #hashtags on Twitter, including WHO are the top individuals/companies posting and WHAT they are posting.
   Additionally, we utilize the website services of TagBoard.com and RebelMouse.com, in order to better monitor and visualize the creative being used in this campaign.

 In summary, we will be providing the following YOUR CAMPAIGN's Marketing Piece:

• Front page website promotion of this marketing piece with your company featured
• Long-term website inclusion of this marketing piece from our network of sites, ensuring your message will be found for a minimum of 1 year from within our websites and via Google/Bing search.
• E-Mail promotion of this marketing piece with your company featured
• Mobile optimization and distribution of this marketing piece via our network of mobile-optimized websites and e-mail.
• Distribution of this content through our Content Curation partner, Scoop.it
• Promotion of this marketing piece on Facebook, using #hashtag technology and targeting LGBT pages and groups relevant to your business and industry.
• Promoting of this marketing piece on LinkedIn groups relevant to your business and industry
• Promotion on Google Plus LGBT communities, while also utilizing #hashtag technology
• Promotion on Twitter, where this campaign can best be measured and monitored using keyword and #hashtag technologies

If this type of marketing program makes sense... if you want to see your company on the cutting edge when it comes to utilizing the latest in technology and applying it to your marketing outreach in today's competitive business environment, let Pink Banana Media, with a 19-year history in LGBT online marketing, help you out. We're a company that continually monitors new technology and understands the key players of the LGBT marketplace... we're a company that can lead you and your product to success!

Test the waters with our Entry Level Marketing Program starting at $195 for a limited time: http://www.pinkbananamedia.com/entrylevel.cfm

LINKS:

http://www.pinkbananamedia.com
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2329765/PBM_Web20_Social_Details.pdf

5-a-side players needed

Chris writes:

Last year's call for local 5-a-side footballers on Brockley Central met with huge success. However, due to the popularity of fatherhood we're falling low in numbers again.

Anybody out there interested in 60 minutes of 5-a-side football with a group of ageing has-beens should get in touch. We play on the pitches at Catford bridge, kicking off on Wednesdays at 19:30, the cost is £5.

Please email me if you'd like to play.

Wine of the times

Jeremy [voiceover]: Shit. Can't ask how much. Restaurant, you have to pretend you're infinitely wealthy for some reason. [He starts looking through the wine list]. OK, flicking, looking. If only I knew the name of any other wine. What's a wine? Is the one Hannibal Lecter drinks real or a joke?
- Peep Show

Lewisham Council launches its war on gentrification in Brockley

Morris Sendback

Trials for International Crimes in Asia

We have an announcement for the conference, "Trials for International Crimes in Asia," hosted by the Centre for Asian Legal Studies at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, on October, 17-18, 2013.  According to the announcement, the conference

will examine the legal issues arising from the tribunals convened in Asia to deal with crimes of international import - namely, aggression, war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. It will consider both tribunals that have been established on the initiative of Asian governments and tribunals mounted in Asia at the behest of non-Asian governments or international organisations. In keeping with the legal theme, it will lay particular stress on the different modes of liability developed within these courts' respective jurisdictions - among them, joint criminal enterprise, command responsibility, complicity, and defences against them.

Over a seven-decade time-span, many tribunals have been convened in the region, from the earliest, established in Manila and Tokyo after the Second World War, to the latest, currently hearing cases in Phnom Penh and Dhaka. During the intervening years, lesser-known trials were also mounted by the colonial powers in Singapore, Hong Kong, Batavia, Saigon and elsewhere; by the Guomindang and People's Republic of China in the early Cold War period; and by the Vietnamese authorities after Khmer Rouge rule in the 1970s. Beyond the historical-political analysis, the conference aims to draw substantive conclusions about the legal legacy of these tribunals, and appraise the mechanisms evolving in Asia today, either at the 'hybrid' internationalised tribunals or within national systems.

Places are limited. For further details, please email: cals@nus.edu.sg.  The registration form is here.  The schedule appears after the jump.
Read more »

iPhone 5s Stocks Said To Be Low, Get In The Queue Now If You Want One

News has surfaced that supplies of the iPhone 5s are considerably lower than past releases. Carriers and Apple stores alike have both reported that there will be fewer phones available than usual.

All Things D has reported that its sources at carrier level have expressed concerns over phones supplies, with one even going as far to say , “We will have grotesquely unavailable inventory.”

According to another report, 70-80 percent of iPhones in stock at Apple stores on Friday will be the iPhone 5C, whilst the silver and gold models of the 5S will be very difficult to come by.

The cause of this shortage has not been commented on officially but with Apple releasing two new handsets at once, as well as the impending release of iOS7, it’s not really surprising that there could be less iPhones to go around.

Another expantion could be that Apple is just saving the bulk of the iPhones for itself, getting more customers to go directly to them when the handset becomes unavailable through carriers, then maybe shoppers will be tempted into other purchases at the same time.

Whatever the reason, if you plan to get your hands on the iPhone 5s on Friday, then choose your queue carefully. Carriers could potentially have shorter lines but less stock, whereas Apple stores will have more stock but longer queues. It’s a tricky one!

EnjOy..:)

Bugs Of Techn0l0gy

Apple Releases New iMac With Iris Pro

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Following the release of the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, Apple has given its iMac a small revamp. The new release brings Haswell cores from Intel, new NVIDIA Corp. GPUs, improved Fusion drives and more ports.

Last October Apple made major changes to the iMac line, which included a new 5-mm thick aluminum frame. This time round the changes are more subtle but nonetheless contribute to making Apple’s all-in-one (AIO) personal computer a serious contender in the bid for the best value in the market.

Currently Lenovo dominate the AIO PC market after over-taking Apple. So what does the new iMac have to offer? Well the revamped model comes with  8 GB (upgradable two 32 GB for 27-inch, 16 GB for 21.5-inch) of 1600 MHz DDR3 and a 1 terabyte “Fusion” drive, a mostly hard disk hybrid drive with an undisclosed amount of NAND flash onboard (upgradable to 3 TB traditional HDD, a 256 GB SSD, or a 512 GB SSD).

Apple’s AIO PC comes with a wireless “Magic Mouse” and wireless keyboard. It also has 802.11ac Wi-Fi and the following ports:

•     SDXC card slot
•     Four USB 3 ports (compatible with USB 2)
•     Two Thunderbolt ports
•     Mini DisplayPort output with support for DVI, VGA and dual-link DVI (adapters sold separately)
•     10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
•     Kensington lock slot

The 21.5-inch model of the iMac, which costs $1,299 comes with the on-die Iris Pro GPU inside the Intel Haswell 2.7 GHz quad-core Core i5- 4570R processor.

Apple claims that it has been able to significantly improve the hardware and firmware of its proprietary Fusion drives, thus making performance 50 percent faster than the previous generation.

Compared to the competition, Apple has priced the new iMacs rather aggressively. Even those who want a Windows 8 AIO can now consider a new iMac via Boot Camp, which supports Windows 8.

EnjOy..:)

Bugs Of Techn0l0gy

Richard Bernstein on Thomas Jefferson's Quran: How Islam Shaped the Founders

R.B. Bernstein (New York Law School) has published a review of Denise A. Spellberg’s Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: Islam and the Founders in the Daily Beast.  The book is "enlightening," Bernstein
concludes. The author shows that "leading figures as Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington spurned exclusionary arguments, arguing that America should be open to Muslim citizens, office-holders, and even presidents."

Next Up: Beef Medallions with Fresh Horseradish

: How to hack with IP address:

How to hack with IP address

  Did you know how much stuff you can do with an ip address?

There is a plenty of tutorials  that go into how to get an IP Address from the preferred mark of your choice. Now I will not go into that subject. Alright so say we got the targets IP Address finally. What do we do with this IP Address. Well first you should ping the IP Address to make sure that its alive or how we say online. Now at the bottom I will include some links where you can get some key tools that may help on your journey through the electronic jungle. So we need to find places to get inside of the computer so we can start trying to find a way to "hack" that. Port Scanners are used to identify the open ports on a machine thats running on a network, whether its a router, or a desktop computer, they all have ports. Protocols use these ports to communicate with other services and resources on the network.  Well Blues Port Scanner will scan the IP address that you chose and identify open ports that are on the target box. 

Blues Port Scaner you can download from here:

PluesPortScaner

For example:
Idlescan using Zombie <Domain Name> (192.150.13.111:80); Class: Incremental
Interesting ports on 208.225.90.120:
(The 65522 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed)
Port State Service
21/tcp open ftp
25/tcp open smtp
80/tcp open http
111/tcp open sunrpc
135/tcp open loc-srv
443/tcp open https 1027/tcp open IIS
1030/tcp open iad1
2306/tcp open unknown
5631/tcp open pcanywheredata
7937/tcp open unknown
7938/tcp open unknown
36890/tcp open unknown

In example we see that there are a variety of ports open on this box. Take note of all the ports that you see listed before you. Most of them will be paired up with the type of protocol that uses that port (IE. 80-HTTP 25-SMTP Etc.). Take all that information and paste it into notepad or the editor of your choice. This is the beginning of your targets record. So now we know what ports are open. These are all theoretical points of entry where we could wiggle into the computer system. But we all know its not that easy. Alright so we dont even know what type of software or what operating system that this system is running.

NMAP the Port Scanner has unique OS fingerprinting methods so when the program sees a certain series of ports open it uses its best judgement to guess what operating system its running.

NMAP you can download here:

NMAP5.51

So we have to figure out what type of software this box is running if we are gonna start hacking the thing right? Many of you have used TELNET for your MUDS and MOOS and weird multiplayer text dungeons and many of you havent even heard of it before period. TELNET is used to open a remote connection to an IP Address through a Port. So this means is we are accessing their computer from across the internet, all we need is their IP address and a port number. With that record you are starting to compile, open a TELNET connection to the IP Address and enter one of the open ports that you found on the target.
So say we typed 'TELNET -o xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 25' This command will open up a connection through port 25 to the IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Now you may see some text at the very top of the screen. You may think how is text going to help me. Well It will. Get that list you are starting to write, and copy the banners into your compilation of the information youve gathered on your target. Banners/Headers are what you get when you TELNET to the open ports. Heres an example of a banner from port 25.

220 jesus.gha.chartermi.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.8/8.12.8; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 01:22:29 -0400

Now this is a very important part in the enumeration process. You notice it says 'Sendmail 8.12.8/8.12.8' Well what do you know, we now have discovered a version number. This is where we can start identifying the programs running on the machine. There are some instances in which companies will try and falsify their headers/banners so hackers are unable to find out what programs are truly installed. Now just copy all the banners from all the open ports *Some Ports May Have No Bannners* and organize them in the little record we have of the target. Now we have all the open ports, and a list of the programs running and their version numbers. This is some of the most sensitive information you can come across in the networking world. Other points of interest may be the DNS server, that contains lots of information and if you are able to manipulate it than you can pretend to hotmail, and steal a bunch of peoples email. Well now back to the task. Apart from actual company secrets and secret configurations of the network hardware, you got some good juicy info. http://www.securityfocus.com is a very good resource for looking up software vulnerabilities. If you cant find any vulnerabilities there, search on google. There are many, many, many other sites that post vulnerabilities that their groups find and their affiliates.

At SecurityFocus you can search through vendor and whatnot to try and find your peice of software, or you can use the search box. When i searched SecurityFocus i found a paper on how Sendmail 8.12.8 had a buffer overflow. There was proof of concept code where they wrote the shellcode and everything, so if you ran the code with the right syntax, a command prompt would just spawn. You should notice a (#) on the line where your code is being typed. That pound symbol means that the command prompt window thats currently open was opened as root. The highest privilage on a UNIX/Linux Box. You have just successfully hacked a box. Now that you have a command shell in front of you, you can start doing whatever you want, delete everything if you want to be a  jerk, however that is not recommended. Maybe leave a text file saying how you did it and that they should patch their system. Whoever they are. And many times the best thing you can do is just lay in the shadows, dont let anyone know what you did. More often than not this is the path you are going to want to take to avoid unwanted visits by the authorities.

There are many types of exploits out there, some are Denial of Service exploits, where you shut down a box, or render an application/process unusable. Called denial of service simply because you are denying a service on someones box to everyone trying to access it. Buffer Overflow exploits are involved when a variable inside some code doesnt have any input validation. Each letter you enter in for the string variable will be 1 byte long. Now where the variables are located at when they are in use by a program is called the buffer. Now what do you think overflowing the buffer means. We overflow the buffer so we can get to a totally different memory address. Then people write whats called shellcode in hex. This shellcode is what returns that command prompt when you run the exploit. That wasnt the best description of a buffer overflow, however all you need to remember is that garbage data fills up the data registers so then the buffer overflows and allows for remote execution of almost every command available. There are many, many other types of attacks that cannot all be described here, like man-in-the-middle attacks where you spoof who you are. Performed correctly, the slave will enter http://www.bank.com and his connection will be redirected to your site where you can make a username and password box, make the site look legit. And your poor mark will enter their credentials into your site, when they think its really http://www.bank.com. You need to have a small script set up so it will automatiically display like an error or something once they try and log in with their credentials. This makes it seem like the site is down and the slave doenst give it a second thought and will simply try again later.

So as a summary of how to own a box when you only have an IP Address
Method Works On both *Nix and Windoze

You can do the same with domain names (IE google.com) than what you can with IP Addresses. Run a whois Lookup or something along those lines. Or check up on InterNIC you should be able to resolve the domain name to an IP address.

- Port Scan The Address And Record Open Ports
- Telnet To Open Ports To Identify Software Running On Ports

netcat - Network swiss army knife. Like TELNET only better and with a lot more functionality. Both can be used when you are trying to fingerprint software on open ports

- Record Banners And Take Note Of The Application Running and The Version Number
- Take A Gander Online At SecurityFocus.com or Eeye.com. If you cant find any vulnerabilities then search google.
- Make a copy of some Proof-Of-Concept code for the vulnerability.

I will not teach you how to cover your track. This is prohibited and i put that here only for informational reasons.

EnjOy..:)

Bugs Of Techn0l0gy

Lyrics: Chicane - From Where I Stand

From Where I Stand
Chicane

I hold the fire,
Here in my hands,
From where I stand,
It's got no meaning...

And when I'm followed,
How will I know?
'Cause I can't let go,
That single feeling...

The silver's glowing as you're dancing here with me,
Not far behind, I feel the world above us calling out,
If I was someone, would you let the moment pass?
A flashing sunlight catches on the glass that cut my eye,
My hands are shaking as you're dissecting me,
I feel the moment and the tension feed my appetite,
The truth is changing as I'm underneath the dark sky,
We're taking chances, moving to a place that's deep inside...

I shake the moment,
From where it lasts,
I take your hand,
It gives new meaning,
The night is calling,
And far below,
The waterfall,
That's such a feeling...

And when we get there,
How will we know?

Ninth track from Chicane's fourth studio album "Giants" released August 2, 2010. Vocals by Lucie Kay

Chicane - website | Facebook | Last.FM | MySpace | @ChicaneNews
Lucie Kay -

Tracklist (MODENADB4 / ARDI1660):
01. Chicane - Barefoot (Album Version)
02. Chicane ft. Adam Young - Middledistancerunner (Album Version)
03. Chicane - Come Back (Original Club Mix)
04. Chicane - What Am I Doing Here? (Part 1) (Album Version)
05. Chicane - Giants (Album Version)
06. Chicane - Poppiholla (5am Mix)
07. Chicane - So Far Out To Sea (Album Version)
08. Chicane - Where Do I Start? (Album Version)
09. Chicane - From Where I Stand (Album Version)
10. Chicane - Hiding All The Stars (Album Version)
11. Chicane - What Am I Doing Here? (Part 2) (Album Version)
12. Chicane - Titles (Album Version)
Bonus Track
13. Chicane ft. Adam Young - Middledistancerunner (DC Rework Edit)

Some names seem to have been there from the very moment you fell in love with dance music. Chicane is one of them. For nearly 15 years, UK producer Nick Bracegirdle has been part of the scene, hitting high peaks with 'Offshore', 'Saltwater', 'Don't Give Up', 'Stoned In Love' and the more recent 'Poppiholla' and 'Hiding All The Stars'. After three successful artist albums, 2009 saw the release of Chicane's 'Best of' album, a prelude to his new one: 'Giants'.

When it comes to great heights, Chicane's been there alright . Working with A-class artists such as Bryan Adams, Tom Jones, Maire Brennan from Clannad and Keane, made his music attract a wide audience. 'Giants' displays that diversity, from the ambient opening track 'Barefoot' to the housy radio-hit 'Come Back', warm progressive 'Middledistancerunner' in collaboration with Owl City singer Adam Young and enthralling classic interlude called 'Titles'. Chicane has crossed all boundaries and shows that those 15 years have only made him more creative.

On 'Giants', Chicane returns with a new dose of energy for the crowds, intimate home-listening moments and timeless, gigantic highlights.

Lyrics: Chicane - Hiding All The Stars

Hiding All The Stars
Chicane

You can say what you want,
Find the path that you've lost somewhere,
Be a fly on the wall,
Take a dive or a fall in prayer,

Everyday there's a choice,
Nothing gained from the path we know,
They're the ones to be wrong,
Hiding all of the stars out there...

Vocals by Natasha Andrews. First single released October 18, 2009 from Chicane's fourth studio album "Giants" released August 2, 2010.

Chicane - website | Facebook | MySpace | @nickchicane
Natasha Andrews - Discogs

Hiding All The Stars:
Hiding All The Stars (Radio Edit)
Hiding All The Stars (Club Mix)
Hiding All The Stars (Justin Fry Remix)

Hiding All The Stars (ARDI1455):
Hiding All The Stars (Radio Edit)
Hiding All The Stars (Original Club Mix)
Hiding All The Stars (Michael Woods Remix)
Hiding All The Stars (Justin Fry Remix)

Tracklist (MODENADB4 / ARDI1660):
01. Chicane - Barefoot (Album Version)
02. Chicane ft. Adam Young - Middledistancerunner (Album Version)
03. Chicane - Come Back (Original Club Mix)
04. Chicane - What Am I Doing Here? (Part 1) (Album Version)
05. Chicane - Giants (Album Version)
06. Chicane - Poppiholla (5am Mix)
07. Chicane - So Far Out To Sea (Album Version)
08. Chicane - Where Do I Start? (Album Version)
09. Chicane - From Where I Stand (Album Version)
10. Chicane - Hiding All The Stars (Album Version)
11. Chicane - What Am I Doing Here? (Part 2) (Album Version)
12. Chicane - Titles (Album Version)
Bonus Track
13. Chicane ft. Adam Young - Middledistancerunner (DC Rework Edit)

Some names seem to have been there from the very moment you fell in love with dance music. Chicane is one of them. For nearly 15 years, UK producer Nick Bracegirdle has been part of the scene, hitting high peaks with 'Offshore', 'Saltwater', 'Don't Give Up', 'Stoned In Love' and the more recent 'Poppiholla' and 'Hiding All The Stars'. After three successful artist albums, 2009 saw the release of Chicane's 'Best of' album, a prelude to his new one: 'Giants'.

When it comes to great heights, Chicane's been there alright . Working with A-class artists such as Bryan Adams, Tom Jones, Maire Brennan from Clannad and Keane, made his music attract a wide audience. 'Giants' displays that diversity, from the ambient opening track 'Barefoot' to the housy radio-hit 'Come Back', warm progressive 'Middledistancerunner' in collaboration with Owl City singer Adam Young and enthralling classic interlude called 'Titles'. Chicane has crossed all boundaries and shows that those 15 years have only made him more creative.

On 'Giants', Chicane returns with a new dose of energy for the crowds, intimate home-listening moments and timeless, gigantic highlights.

The Giffin Square Food Fair

Lewisham Council says: 

The Giffin Street Food Fair launches in Deptford on Saturday 5 October, beneath the 'his ‘n’ hers mural' next to the library.

On the first Saturday of every month shoppers can sample a mouth-watering array of street food and drink from local chefs, bakers and traders including: jerk chicken wraps and fish cakes from The Jerk and InnaPikkle, deli-style breads and pastries from Elvira’s Secret Pantry and freshly squeezed natural fruit juices and smoothies from That Natural Stuff.

Many of the street traders are graduates from the Council’s trainee market trader scheme and have gone on to launch successful food businesses.

Emanuela Mansi, founder of Pastificio Mansi, who will be trading at the food fair, said: “Over the past year I’ve traded at markets in Sydenham and Catford and the atmosphere has always been superb. I’m really looking forward to trading in Giffin Square – and I hope people will come down and help support all of the traders”.

In addition to hot food and drink, there’ll be music, entertainment and a seating area at the monthly event which runs from 10am–4pm on the first Saturday of the month.

The food fair, is one of a number of projects run by Lewisham Council, with funding from the Mayor of London’s Outer London Fund, to enhance Deptford Market for shoppers, businesses and residents.

Sunday Book Roundup

In the Chronicle of Higher Education there is a review of The Allure of the Archives (Lewis Walpole Series) in which "the historian Arlette Farge conveys how much life can burst from brittle old pages."

H-Net also has several reviews of interest, including a review of Andreas Wimmer's Waves of War: Nationalism, State Formation, and Ethnic Exclusion in the Modern World (Cambridge University Press) as well as a review of Jo Becker's Campaigning for Justice: Human Rights Advocacy in Practice (Stanford University Press). Andrew E. Busch's Truman's Triumphs: The 1948 Election and the Making of Postwar America (University Press of Kansas) has also been reviewed on H-Net.

"Busch’s purpose in Truman’s Triumphs is straightforward. His goal is to analyze the 1948 election, paying heightened attention to the nomination process, the congressional elections, and public opinion. Joining other scholars, Busch argues that the 1948 election was a validation of the domestic policy of the New Deal, of the foreign policy of containment, and of the federal policy advocating civil rights. Busch contributes the unique interpretation that the 1948 election demonstrated both the “resilience” and “vulnerability” of the New Deal coalition (p. 210). He points out that although Truman trailed in the polls and came from behind, he also had significant advantages such as the New Deal coalition. In addition, Busch proves that although the Democrats suffered from obvious schisms, the Republicans were less noticeably but no less critically divided."

Adrian Brettle takes a look at "The Past, Present, and Future of Confederate Nationalism" in a review of two books: Paul Quigley's Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South, 1848-1865 (Oxford University Press), and Coleman Hutchison's Apples and Ashes: Literature, Nationalism, and the Confederate States of America, (University of Georgia Press).

"Although Hutchison and Quigley tackle the larger topic of Southern nationalism from the antebellum era to Reconstruction, they focus on the experience of the Civil War and Confederate nationalism and argue that such nationalism preceded the formation of the Confederacy. Quigley shows the emergence of Southern nationalism “as a variant” and “fringe” of American nationalism. But, by evolving into a mainstream belief, he notes, it was transformed into Confederate nationalism as it struggled to reconcile its two inherent contradictions: first, a slavery based creed needing to appeal to non-slaveholders; and second, a “nationalism that derived its legitimacy from the ostensibly anti-national principle of State rights” (p. 13). Hutchison, by way of using the Confederacy as a case study, seeks to contribute to a wider investigation of the role of various genres of literature in the emerging of political communities. At the same time, Hutchison also wishes to prove his case that literary nationalists helped produce the Confederacy and created a “literary nationalism that was not only internationally minded, but also more durable than its state apparatus” (p. 4)."

And, here's one we missed a few months back, a review of Rick Baldoz's The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946  (New York University Press), "an important work for historians seeking to bridge the fields of immigration and imperial studies."

The LA Review of Books reviews The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America (University of Minnesota) by Thomas King.

"King’s tone is breezy and light, full of funny stories and self-deprecating jokes, but just below that geniality lies a deep reservoir of bitterness over the treatment of Indians in Canada and the United States that continues on to this day. White North Americans, he argues, prefer their Indians noble, primitive, and safely extinct, and actual, live Indians who stubbornly insist on their rights as an independent people they regard as at best a troublesome nuisance." 

Salon again this week publishes an excerpt from a law and history related book, Keeping It Civil: The Case of the Pre-nup and the Porsche & Other True Accounts from the Files of a Family Lawyer by Margaret Klaw (Algonquin Books).

There are a few reviews this week of Year Zero: A History of 1945 (Penguin) by Ian Buruma, here in the New York Times and here in the New York Review of Books.

There's also two reviews of The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact with Hitler (Belknap Press) by Ben Urwand, one in the Washington Post, and a second in the Wall Street Journal.

Lyrics: Lorde - Royals

Royals
Lorde

I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address
In the torn up town, no post code envy

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, tripping in the bathroom
Bloodstains, ball gowns, trashing the hotel room
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair

Chorus
And we'll never be royals (royals)
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us, we crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler), you can call me queen bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule
Let me live that fantasy

My friends and I we've cracked the code
We count our dollars on the train to the party
And everyone who knows us knows
That we're fine with this, we didn't come from money

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, tripping in the bathroom
Bloodstains, ball gowns, trashing the hotel room
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair

Repeat Chorus

ooh ooh oh ooh
We're better than we've every dreamed
And I'm in love with being queen
ooh ooh oh ooh
Life is great without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair

Repeat Chorus

Debut single from her EP "The Love Club" released November 12, 2012 and debut album "Pure Heroine" released September 27, 2013 on Universal Music. Single was released March 8, 2013.

US Version -

Lorde - website | Facebook | Instagram | Tumblr | YouTube | @lordemusic

Royals:
Royals

The Love Club EP (3738955):
01. Bravado
02. Royals
03. Million Dollar Bills
04. The Love Club
05. Biting Down

Pure Heroine (B0019254-02):
01. Tennis Court
02. 400 Lux
03. Royals
04. Ribs
05. Buzzcut Season
06. Team
07. Glory and Gore
08. Still Sane
09. White Teeth Teens
10. A World Alone

Lyrics: Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Natalie Gioi - Dreams

Dreams
Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Natalie Gioi

In my dreams every night
You appear I close my eyes
To see you right here we're on cloud nine
Until I find

Your brown eyes and dark skin
I'm waiting very patiently
A love I never knew and dreams...
They will come true

Single is part of "Universal Religion Chapter 7" released September 13 on Armada Music.
Update (10/07/13) - Single released on ASOT Recordings.

Alex M.O.R.P.H. - website | Facebook | Flowd | @alexmorph
Natalie Gioi - Facebook | SoundCloud | VK | YouTube | @natalie_gioia

Dreams (ASOT233):
Dreams (Original Club Mix)

Pure enchantment. Nothing but magic. Alex M.O.R.P.H. returns to the A State of Trance label with the heart-warming ‘Dreams’ feat. Natalie Goia. A highlight to Universal Religion Chapter 7 and every dance floor it’s about to meet.

Hot off the remix version of his ‘Prime Mover’ album, German producer Alex M.O.R.P.H. has set himself another goal: to blow people’s minds. ‘Dreams’ could very well be one of the best tracks in his discography.

Building with great melodic power, leading to a break that’s mind-blowing and moving at the same time, it carries the incredible vocals of Ukrainian singer Natalie Goia.

Alex M.O.R.P.H. does another serious contending for Track of the Year, which started with 'Tune of the Week' in 'Armin's A State Of Trance Radio Show' already!!

Universal Religion Chapter 7 (Arma367):
CD 1
01. Antony Waldhorn - Theatrum (Intro Rework)
02. Mark Sixma - Character
03. CE3SAR - Lakota (ilan Bluestone Remix)
04. Arisen Flame - Gladius
05. Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Natalie Gioi - Dreams
06. Rex Mundi - Aureolo
07. Mark Knight, D. Ramirez vs. Underdown - Downpipe (Armin van Buuren Remix)
08. Armin van Buuren ft. Cindy A - Beautiful Life (Protoculture Remix)
09. Ørjan Nilsen - Violetta
10. Omnia - Immersion
11. Skytech - The Other Side
12. Ronski Speed ft. Lucy Saunders - Rise Again (Omnia Remix)
13. Dash Berlin ft. Jonathan Mendelsohn - World Falls Apart (Jorn van Deynhoven Remix)
14. Eximinds - Euphoria
15. Max Graham - The Evil ID
16. Andrew Rayel & Jwaydan - Until The End (Club Mix)

CD 2
01. Andrew Rayel - Dark Warrior
02. Ralphie B - Ragnarok
03. ECO - A Cry To The Moon
04. Alex M.O.R.P.H. - Eternal Flame (Solarstone Pure Mix)
05. Craig Connelly & Christina Novelli - Black Hole (Jorn van Deynhoven Remix)
06. Wach - The Queen
07. Simon Patterson ft. Lucy Pullin - The One
08. Jorn van Deynhoven - Six Zero Zero
09. Ciro Visone - First Coming (Ian Standerwick Remix)
10. Andrew Rayel & Alexandre Bergheau - We Are Not Afraid Of 138
11. Dart Rayne & Yura Moonlight with Sarah Lynn - Silhouette (Allen & Envy Remix)
12. Sergey Nevone & Simon O'Shine - Apprehension (Aly & Fila Mix)
13. Armin van Buuren - Who's Afraid Of 138?! (Photographer Remix)
14. Jase Thirlwall - Freaked*
15. Shogun - Skyfire*
16. Photographer - Airport*
17. Armin van Buuren ft. Susana - Shivers*
18. A.R.D.I. - Beyond The Time

*Armin van Buuren Mashup

Holding true to tradition, Armin van Buuren once again caught the magical experience of his sold-out A State of Trance nights on Ibiza. Recorded live at the world-famous Club Privilege on Ibiza, is the seventh Chapter of his beloved Universal Religion series. Going strong since 2004, the series continues to bring nothing but highlights and exclusives. A summer's memory, caught by the world's number one DJ.

Hot off the release of his fifth artist album, 'Intense', and the A State of Trance 600 celebration, Armin returned to Privilege for a second round of residency. The A State of Trance nights attract ten-thousands of visitors from all across the globe, and its spell-binding show and star-studded line-up never failed to leave them breathless. Neither will its musical souvenir: Universal Religion - Chapter 7 (UR7). Through 2 outstanding mixes, Armin van Buuren takes the listeners on a musical journey. With exclusive, custom-made tunes and remixes by some of the world's most gifted producers, as well as a brand new Armin van Buuren remix and two of his latest mash-ups. Including a stunning new artwork of Joseph Klibansky, Universal Religion Chapter 7 deserves a spot in everyone's music collection.