Physical discs are gradually replaced by virtual drives. An ISO image is simply a virtual copy of an optical disc. but not every computer can open it natively. So many people are searching for the best ISO mounter so as to access to the content. Today we will tell you the best ISO mount softwares you can use on your computer without any hassle.
These are the known best ISO mounting software which can quickly enables virtual drive and mount an image file.
DAEMON Tools Lite is one of the most well known free virtual drive and optical disc authoring program for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. It can enables you to mount up to 4 disc image files simultaneously. It also supports a large number of image formats and you can use it to create an image from a physical CD, DVD or Blu-Ray disc or to burn an image to physical disc.
Just like Daemon Tools, Virtual CloneDrive is also the oldest and popular software to mount ISO files. As such, Virtual CloneDrive is extremely easy to use, supports a variety of different image file formats to mount a virtual disc, and allows up to 8 virtual drives at the same time. Once you install the software, all you need to do is double click on the image or right click and mount them.
As its name suggests, the PowerISO is a powerful and free disk image utility with a lot of superb features which can open, burn, create, edit, compress, encrypt, mount and extract ISO files. This simple and advanced image processing tool can also perform extraction and edition of the data files. Besides, it also supports other image file formats besides ISO.
WinCDEmu is an open-source utility for mounting disk image files in Microsoft Windows. If you have an ISO image and want to use it without burning it to a blank disc, WinCDEmu is the easiest way to do it. It is a one-click mounter of ISO, CUE, NRG, MDS/MDF, CCD, IMG images and supports unlimited amount of virtual drives. The best part is that you can create ISO images through a context menu in Explorer.
MagicISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file creating/editing/extracting freeware. It can open, create, edit and extract CD/DVD image files, and it can convert BIN to ISO formats and back. MagicISO has the ability to create ISO image files from DVD/CD-ROM or hard disks, with bootable information included. You can directly add, delete, and rename files or folders in CD image files.
PowerISO has already become the most popular solution of mounting ISO file at present. No complicated operations, no time waste. This section will show you how to mount an ISO image file with PowerISO step by step. With this program, it's very convenient to mount an ISO file. You can mount it using the main program, using the shell context menu, or using the PowerISO virtual drive manager.
Click the "Mount" button on toolbar. PowerISO shows the ISO mounter menu.
Click a virtual drive from the popup menu.
Choose the ISO file you want to mount, then click "Open" to mount it.
Open "My Computer" and select the ISO file which you want to mount.
Right-click on the file selected, the shell context menu will popup.
Choose the menu "Mount Image to Drive[X:]".
Open "My Computer" and select the virtual drive created by PowerISO.
Right-click on the drive selected, the iso mounter shell context menu will popup.
Choose the menu "Mount Image to drive".
Right-click the PowerISO sys-tray icon, PowerISO Virtual Drive Manager shows a popup menu.
That's it! You are done with mounting ISO image file with PowerISO. Then you can play ISO file with some powerful players, like VLC Media Player, VideoSolo Blu-ray Player.
So, these are the finest pieces of software you can use for ISO mounting. While all the programs do have support for ISO-based image files, you can find multi-format support as well. In the light of my experience, PowerISO is the simplest ISO mounter. Wish you have a great time in setting up and using virtual drives!


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Bondy, Steven C. – Kingdom of Bahrain – May 2021
Certificate of Competency
REPORT FOR THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
SUBJECT: Ambassadorial Nomination: Certificate of Demonstrated Competence — Foreign Service Act, Section 304(a)(4)
POST: Kingdom of Bahrain
CANDIDATE: Steven C. Bondy
Steven C. Bondy, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister–Counselor, is a Senior Advisor for the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau of the State Department. From 2017-2020, he was the Charge d'Affaires a.i. and Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Previously, he was the Assistant Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan and prior to that, the Foreign Policy Advisor to the Joint Special Operations Command commander. He was the Director for Arabian Peninsula Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, and served at U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq as the Ambassador's Representative for Outreach and Reconciliation. He has amply demonstrated his ability to lead diverse interagency teams effectively and to provide strong leadership even in extreme security environments. These skills, coupled with his extensive Middle East experience, including in Bahrain, make him an excellent candidate to be the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Bondy was the Director for Economic Sanctions and Terrorism Finance Policy in the State Department's Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs. He served overseas as Counselor for Political and Economic Affairs in Manama, Bahrain; Economic Officer in Cairo, Egypt and Amman, Jordan; and Vice Consul in Ankara, Turkey. In Washington, he served as the Lebanon Desk Officer and as an Operations Center Watch Officer.
Mr. Bondy earned his B.A. degree (1984) and M.A. degree (1986) from the University of Delaware. He is the recipient of numerous U.S. government awards including a Presidential Rank Award and multiple performance awards for his work in the Senior Foreign Service. He speaks Arabic, French, Farsi, Turkish and Spanish.
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How to sign up for YouTube TV outside selected cities
Home Tutorials How to sign up for YouTube TV outside selected cities
Earlier in the year, Google launched its internet TV subscription, meaning that YouTube TV became available in selected cities. The first locations to get the service are major cities like Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Chicago. While the service is meant to be extended to other areas, in the meantime, there is a way in which those who live outside these cities can enjoy access to the service. We'll tell you how you can get YouTube TV in your location, but first, there are a few facts that is worth considering.
What you need to know about YouTube TV
1. YouTube TV works on Android, iPhone, iPad, Google Chromecast and PC. It doesn't support Roku or Apple TV.
2. Unlike the popular online platform that has the same name, YouTube TV is a paid service. You need to pay $35 per month to stream content from networks like NBC, CBS and Fox. With one membership, you can have up to 6 accounts and enjoy three different streams simultaneously.
3. When you buy a YouTube TV membership, the ads are not removed from regular YouTube videos. In order to get rid of the ads, you need to pay $9.99 per month for YouTube red. Keep in mind that if you sign up for YouTube TV on your iOS device, you would be charged $39.99 plus taxes and additional fees. If you only want to pay $35 (plus taxes and fees) per month, you need to sign up using your computer or Android device.
4. There is a 30-day free trial that allows you to enjoy the service for a month and discover what it offers. A credit card is required in order to get the trial.
How to sign up for YouTube outside Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia and surrounding areas
Since YouTube TV is currently only supporting certain cities, if you are not in any of these locations, you can use a VPN service to disguise your IP address and appear as if you were connecting from there. This is a helpful solution if you are regularly traveling and want to be able to enjoy the service when you are on the go. The vast majority of VPNs have servers in the United States and most of them are located in major cities. While there are free VPN services available, if you want to get the best performance, speeds and security, the best option is to go for a paid solution. It is possible to find affordable VPNs such as Private Internet Access. Here is more about PIA and other options that you can consider.
ExpressVPN is one of the best services in the VPN industry and thanks to its fast speeds, it is a great solution for YouTube TV and other streaming services. It has servers in 94 countries and there is an extensive coverage in the US. It is possible to connect to servers in Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and other US cities so you will be able to unblock YouTube TV even if it is not available in your location yet. ExpressVPN also offers a high level of privacy thanks to the strong encryption applied.
PureVPN lets you access servers in 141 countries, making it one of the providers with the best global coverage you can get. In United States, PureVPN offers servers in several cities including New York, Chicago and San Francisco, which are locations where YouTube TV is currently supported. PureVPN is great for YouTube TV and similar services because it has a dedicated feature for streaming that gives you the possibility of loading content faster. You will be able to watch your favorite TV series, catch up with the news, or enjoy live sports without issues.
TorGuard is known for offering advanced technology and it will allow you to defeat online restrictions so that you can access YouTube TV from anywhere. TorGuard has stealth servers that allow you to bypass blocks and overcome Deep Packet Inspection firewalls without issues. Viscosity software is included in their plans and your online traffic is protected with strong encryption, this will help to ensure that your privacy is not compromised. At the moment, TorGuard has servers in over 50 countries and in the United States, you can connect to servers in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and more.


Burbank officials said they will reconsider a recommendation that the contract for development of a troubled seven-acre site be awarded to a Beverly Hills contractor and reevaluate two other proposals for the city-owned property. The Burbank City Council agreed to review the proposals for the vacant property after last-minute lobbying at Tuesday's meeting by the two developers who appeared to have lost out in bids for the contract.
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved refinancing a $52-million loan for a downtown Bunker Hill apartment house in a deal that will save money for both the developer and the city. The proposal generated a brief debate over whether it would eliminate low- and moderate-income units in the building in the face of the city's housing shortage. The measure was amended to preserve the affordable apartments before it was sent to Mayor Tom Bradley on a 14-0 vote.
Culver City officials Wednesday dedicated the Culver City Rotary Plaza, the city's first housing complex for lower-income senior citizens. The 100-unit, $5.3-million complex is at 5100 Overland Ave. City officials used a lottery several months ago to select tenants. There is a 200-person waiting list for vacancies. The apartments were built by Goldrich, Kest & Associates Inc. and developed in cooperation with the Rotary Club, Culver City and the nonprofit Retirement Housing Foundation.
Construction of an 89-unit senior citizens housing project is planned for a 58,806-square-foot parcel of land at Hillcrest Drive and Boardwalk in Thousand Oaks by Goldrich, Kest & Associates. Emanuel G. Aftergut, director of development for the Goldrich company, placed the value of the completed project at about $4.5 million. The property was sold by John Gilbert and George Dobson of Newbury Park for $765,000. The transaction was arranged by TOLD Real Estate Corp. of Newbury Park.
The City Council on Tuesday authorized the Westminster Redevelopment Agency to issue multifamily housing bonds for construction of a senior apartment complex to be located at the northeast corner of Brookhurst and Cunningham avenues. The 117-unit Brookhurst Assisted Living Apartments are being developed by Goldrich, Kest and Associates.
The Planning Commission has unanimously approved construction of a senior citizens facility. The project will include a 3-story retirement home and 1-story convalescent home on the northeast corner of Grand and Holt avenues. The plans for West Covina Convalescent Home and West Covina Royale--developed by Goldrich, Kest & Associates, a Sherman Oaks agency that develops retirement centers--received no opposition, but some residents raised concerns about the design.
A development group that lost out to a higher bidder to construct a downtown high school filed suit Thursday against the Los Angeles Unified School District, seeking $5.7 million in damages. The firm, California Partnerships, had teamed up with developer Goldrich, Kest & Associates to propose plans for the high school, which is under construction near Temple Street and Beaudry Avenue.
The City Council of Culver City has approved the final site plan for a senior citizens housing project at Culver Boulevard and Overland Avenue. Construction of the two-story, 97-unit facility, part of a $30-million planned development by Goldrich, Kest & Associates, is expected to begin in the spring and take about three years. The council also approved a moratorium on permits for businesses to sell both gasoline and alcoholic beverages.
The San Diego City Council on Tuesday approved a sweeping proposal for a $200-million mixed-use complex to be built in a dilapidated three-block area on Broadway near the waterfront. The Koll Center will include twin, high-rise office towers, a 335-room hotel, commercial and retail outlets, and 30 to 32 residential units. Developers of the project are the Koll Co. and Shapell Housing Inc.-Goldrich Kest & Associates. The development, which will be built in phases, is to be completed by 1993.
The Koll Co. will break ground on more than 700,000 square feet of projects in San Diego within the next l8 months, according to DeAnn Reynolds, marketing manager for Koll's southern division. Major new projects include Koll Center San Diego, a $200-million mixed-use project in downtown San Diego, and 400,000 square feet of research and development, office and multitenant space at the company's Carlsbad Research Center. Koll Center, a joint venture by Koll and Shapell Housing, Inc.


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import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;

import com.gpshopper.platform.R;
import com.gpshopper.platform.activity.HomeActivity;
import com.gpshopper.sdk.gcm.GcmIntentFactory;
import com.gpshopper.sdk.gcm.GcmIntentService;
import com.gpshopper.sdk.metrics.Metrics;

/**
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public class AppGcmIntentService extends GcmIntentService {
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Olympian-turned-instructor wins two teaching awards
Cari Din encourages her kinesiology students to challenge their own thinking
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Cari Din Adrian Shellard, for the University of Calgary
With her mother, both grandmothers and a great grandmother all teachers, it's likely no surprise that Dr. Cari Din, PhD, ended up in front of a class, too. But the instructor in the Faculty of Kinesiology, who has just won both a University of Calgary Teaching Award and a Student's Union Teaching Excellence award, didn't start out teaching.
"I didn't take a traditional path at all," says Din, who became a full-time faculty member last summer. "I am a late bloomer in everything. What's beautiful is I never knew that this is where I was going to be. I don't have an education undergrad and I keep stumbling toward whatever it is I am supposed to become."
Din was an athlete, winning a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta in synchronized swimming (now known as artistic swimming).
"My mom was a phys-ed teacher and she put me into synchronized swimming. I didn't know what it was but she thought it was a good fit, and it was," says Din. "I tried it when I was eight. I was terrible but I did it once or twice a week in Grade 3 and then in Grade 4 I was hooked." As a teenager she started coaching the sport and coached part-time for more than 20 years, including a stint with the Dinos artistic swimming team.
In 2009, Din started teaching at the university as a sessional instructor. Moving from the pool deck to the classroom wasn't a giant leap. "For me, my best teaching looks like my best coaching and when I was coaching full time my best coaching looked like teaching," she says. "Building a relationship with an athlete is the beginning of them finding their potential and I would say it's the same with a student."
Din encourages students to draw on their personal experiences and she gently challenges them on their thinking. "Cari's class taught me how to be an effective critical thinker," says Emma Partridge, a fourth-year student who took two leadership courses with Din when she was a sessional instructor. Partridge became a "more confident and powerful writer" and her grades improved in other classes.
"I was better able to understand, analyze and reflect on the material being taught to me," she says. "I feel as though Cari's class has set me up for real-world success beyond the academic world."
Din is thrilled to receive the UCalgary Teaching Award, an honour that includes her in the Teaching Academy, a community of practice at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. "It's a magnificent centre; it's an incredible space and place that values teaching," she says. Din is also chuffed to win a third SU award. "It doesn't get old."
Good teaching is all about connecting with students, she says: "We get the voice at the front of the room so how do you make sure that people feel welcome and included but also challenged — that's what a learning environment looks like."
The University of Calgary Teaching Awards recognize and celebrate outstanding contributions to teaching and learning. There are 13 diverse award categories that recognize teaching excellence in diverse learning contexts by individuals and groups. The nomination deadline is Jan. 23, 2020. The Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning offers nomination support workshops starting in November. Visit the Taylor Institute calendar for more information.
Students recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching
Social work prof wins peer recognition for outstanding career
UCalgary alumnus supports teaching excellence and innovation
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Hunt Much? If so, I have a hunting cabin for you! At 418 square feet, this cabin with a basement on 14.86 acres is in a wonderful location between Blowing Rock and Lenoir, NC. Gorgeous wood interior! Gas log fireplace! Full Bath! Full Kitchen! Screened porch and a large deck for viewing nature at its best. The double door basement allows for drive-in entry of an ATV or other outdoor vehicles. The hiking trails with multiple footbridges are bordered with rhododendron and laurel. The property is accessed via a gated entrance and gravel drive and is also located roughly a mile from 6,600 acres of NC Gamelands. The in-ground loading area makes loading your ATV's effortless.


Do you have what it takes to be a secret agent? Find out with the Secret Agent Jack Stalwart 10 book collection from Elizabeth Singer Hunt. Join Jack on 10 incredible adventures as he travels the globe in search of his missing brother Max. Jack takes on a deadly dinosaur in USA, searches for hidden treasure in Australia and much more. This collection is perfect for adventure lover aged 9+ and fans of action books.


we get our point across as it did during the Vietnam era.
> But still, fans don't connect this anti-war singer to peace.
>while firmly siding with the status quo now.
>unidentifiable enemy, and now the advisors going in.
>they will see this war is wrong in the same way?
"RE: [MAPC-discuss] People Say It's Not Vietnam," September 11 Digital Archive, accessed April 22, 2019, http://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/1197.


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Nebraska basketball signee Brady Heiman continued to show why he's headed to Lincoln next year in Platteview's 76-21 dominant win over Raymond Central Saturday night. Heiman posted another double-double, finishing with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
His Trojans teammate, Nate Thayer, also notched a double-double, scoring 17 points and adding 12 rebounds. Platteview has now won 11 straight games, tying a school record.


Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), says that by declaring June 12 Democracy Day in place of May 29, President Muhammadu Buhari has "forever buried the ill-conceived notion that he is ambivalent to democracy".
In a statement released on Thursday evening by Tunde Rahman, his spokesman, Tinubu also said Buhari had shown all Nigerians and the world that we have the moral fortitude to objectively face our history, learn from it and improve our society by virtue of this learning.
"The award of GCFR to Chief Abiola serves as an acknowledgement that he won the 1993 election and should have been allowed to serve as our president after winning that free and fair expression of the popular will," he said.
"We also commend the award to MKO Abiola's VP candidate, Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe and that given to Chief Gani Fawehinmi. Chief Fawehinmi was a fearless advocate for democracy and the human rights of the common man. Whenever and wherever he spoke, it was the language of truth to power.
"Along with all democratic and fair-minded Nigerians, I welcome the news that June 12 will replace May 29 as Democracy Day. I too applaud President Buhari for making this courageous and rightful decision. This is good news for democracy and a proud moment for Nigeria. While impossible to go back in time and change the past, we must do our utmost to correct the wrongs of the past. This is what Buhari has done by this decision. He has shown all Nigerians and the world that we have the moral fortitude to objectively face our history, learn from it and improve our society by virtue of this learning.
He urged Nigerians to consecrate June 12, enjoy the holiday, and rededicate themselves to the ideals of democracy.
"We must consecrate this new holiday and ourselves so that we make it a living holiday. More so than ever before, the spirit of June 12 must live within us. It must guide our politics and how we govern ourselves. We must continuously dedicate ourselves to the freedoms and rights as well as the duties that democracy bestows on us all, political friend and foe alike. Let it be said that this presidential proclamation should forever bury ill-conceived notion that President Buhari is ambivalent to democracy. He has shown that he not only respects democracy but duly honor it," he said.
"Democracy may be rough and untidy at times but it remains the form of government best suited for a society as diverse and multifaceted as ours. Today, the sun shines a bit more brightly. The sound of democracy peals more resolutely across the land. The sacrifices of Chief Abiola and others have been affirmed by the federal government he once should have led. Democracy has been given its proper seat and day. History has been corrected to the extent humanly possible. Nigeria continues to define its better self.


I do not get emails... I have forwarding setup right (I get emails to root all the time) so I know thats not just my prob.
What did you do to setup online update?
updates and which ones were installed.
e-mail, so I couldn't post this to the list.
delete it from his or her computer.
viruses using the Kaspersky Engine.


Apparently it's Friday but it's also December and some people are excited about something? ???
Almost as excited as the England team were when they held on in a thrilling away game in Spain, to qualify for Uefa Women's EURO 2009!
Can you spot the EIGHT differences?
Answers: Will appear here on Saturday (if you really need them, ha ha).


The bandwagon story of the day is Google looking into creating a "Facebook competitor" by talking with popular online gaming companies (Wall Street Journal). That's funny, I thought Facebook was a social networking site and not a gaming company. Shows you what I know.
That's also not to mention that Google has already tried to "do" social networking, but looks to be failing miserably with Buzz.
The spin in the Wall Street Journal is that by talking to social gaming companies like Zynga, Google is contemplating creating an alternative to Facebook, where many of the social gaming companies are growing like weeds (e.g. "Scott has acquired a semi-automatic weapon to blow you away in Mafia Wars!").
Thanks for dumbing it down for me, WSJ. This story is probably going to end up having a multifaceted ending that doesn't involve one social networking platform or one gaming company. But Google might start by buying Zynga. That's my take, anyway.
AT&T to become 'Premier" Windows Phone 7 Vendor (PCWorld). Isn't that kind of like getting court-side seats to see the Golden State Warriors?
Headline of the day: "The Google Sewage Factory…" (SearchEngineLand). Love this. Great story on how Google still has problems filtering the commercial BS from the real news.
Adobe buys Day Software for $240 million (ZDNet). Hey, $240M isn't bad for 2010.
Wikileaks has no idea where the leaked U.S. Army intelligence documents came from (AP via Physorg.com). This will be a fascinating media, legal, and Internet story that will define things for years to come.
Jim Rogers calls CNBC a "PR Agency" (Busienss Insider). The best thing about it? He said it on CNBC.
The "Gulf oil disappearing" meme is spreading (New York Times). What happeneed to all those "giant frozen blob and lethal global methane cloud" stories?
Second favorite headline of the day: The Boss Shouldn't Have Promoted His Sons (Bloomberg Businessweek). Good read. Another reason why I don't work with my brother. Oh wait, I don't have a brother.
If everything is now cool in Euro-banking world, why does Euribor keep creeping up? (Business Insider).
Tobacco funds shrink as obesity fight intensifies (New York Times). The government wants you to either quit smoking or stop overeating, but not both.
Bill Gross says we may be "flushing money down an economic toilet" (Bloomberg). Well put.


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Published on March 14, 2011 in Featured/Journalism/Politics by Numbers by Robert Sweeny
Federal Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's use of his office for partisan electoral purposes has touched off a storm of controversy, as indeed it should, for there is more than a whiff of Jacques Parizeau's infamous 1995 "money and the ethnic vote" in this Minister's essentialist characterization of "ethnic ridings."
This ministerial indiscretion raises the question of ministerial discretion. What has the minister been directing his ministry to do?
In our province, with relatively few immigrants and very few refugees, this might not appear to be an important question, but immigration policies directly affect the lives of millions of Canadians. In the case of refugees, these policy decisions can quite literally be questions of life and death.
What is the pattern over the past decade?
We have had a very serious backlog in assessing refugee claims since the mid-1990s. It waxed, then waned, and is once more on the rise, but consistently more people in Canada are waiting to have their claims adjudicated than live in St. John's.
Our administrative tribunals reject an overwhelming majority of claimants.
The scale of this problem needs to be considered when assessing the success rate for refugee claimants. The apparent serious decline under Jean Chrétien's leadership was principally due to the rising number of claimants. In terms of actual claims granted, the decline from 2000 to 2002 was less than a fifth (18.7 per cent), whereas from 2006 to 2008 under Stephen Harper, when both the number of claimants and the success rate were declining, the number of claims granted was more than halved (56 per cent).
These relative and absolute changes should not hide the obvious fact that Citizenship and Immigration policies have never been generous. Our administrative tribunals reject an overwhelming majority of claimants.
Nonetheless, the sharp rise in successful claims in 2004 and 2005 does contrast markedly with the steep declines in 2007 and 2008. In 2005, 19,935 refugee claimants found safe haven in Canada; in 2009, we granted it to only 7,204 people. Clearly, this policy choice is in part a political one.
How does this relate to ministerial discretion?
Our immigration policy recognizes three principal streams: family reunification, economic migrants, and refugees. In exceptional circumstances, people may also enter Canada under what is known as a ministerial permit. As the name suggests, these permits are only issued in accordance with discretionary decisions made at the highest level of Citizenship and Immigration.
For those of you old enough to remember the Québec Nordiques, it was through the back door of a ministerial permit that the Šťastnỷ brothers came to play in the NHL. In 2000, 460 ministerial permits were issued; in 2001, it was a mere 206. In short, entry by ministerial permit was an exceptional procedure, not always on the up and up, but nor was it a defining feature of our immigration policy. Then, things began to change.
Is it no longer who you are but who you know?
In 2005, Citizenship and Immigration issued 6,790 permits. This meant for every ten refugees granted asylum, four people came in on ministerial permits. Since Stephen Harper's election, the government has averaged 10,677 ministerial permits a year. What was the exception has become the rule. For every ten people who successfully made it through the long wait and complicated refugee adjudication process in 2009, the minister allowed 14 people in through the back door. It is this systematic recourse to what was once an exceptional, discretionary power that makes Kenney's recent blurring of the lines between ministry policies and partisan politics so menacing for so many vulnerable people across the country.
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Q: android edit sharedpreferences existing variable called zipcode I have my code:
final EditText input2 = new EditText(mActivity);

            AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(mActivity);
                    builder.setTitle("User Info Request:");
                    builder.setMessage("Enter Zip Code:");

                    final EditText input2 = new EditText(mActivity);

                   builder.setView(input2);

                   SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit();
                   editor.putString("zipcode","input2");
                   editor.commit();

}

How can i take that string/text the user entered and replace my shared preferences value 'zipcode' with the value Input2 ? The way i try now it sets the "zipcode" shared pref to "input2" but i need the result of user input to change the existing value in shared prefs... =/
I have made several attempts at this with no luck, and help would be great.
Droidster

A: Use
editor.putString("zipcode", input2.getText().toString());

You received the error because, as it says, you can't put an edit text into the putString method; it needs to be of type String.
Also, I don't see where you have your buttons.
Try this:
buider.setPositiveButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener(){
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id){
        SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit();
        editor.putString("zipcode", input2.getText().toString());
        editor.commit();
        dialog.cancel();
    }
});

That way when the user is done typing and they hit the ok button, then, it will get the text the user entered

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WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and Westin Hotel Management, L.P. v. Hyper.Directory Inc.
Case No. D2014-1315
1. The Parties
The Complainant is Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. of Stamford, Connecticut, United States of America ("US") and Westin Hotel Management, L.P. of Stamford, Connecticut, US, represented by Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC, US.
The Respondent is Hyper.Directory Inc. of Ocala, Florida, US.
2. The Domain Name and Registrar
The disputed domain name <westin.berlin> is registered with 101domain, Inc. (the "Registrar").
3. Procedural History
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") on August 1, 2014. On August 4, 2014, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name (the "Disputed Domain Name"). On August 5, 2014, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response confirming the Respondent as the registrant and provided contact details.
The Center verified that the Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy" or "UDRP"), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules"), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Supplemental Rules").
In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2(a) and 4(a), the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceeding commenced on August 7, 2014. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5(a), the due date for Response was August 27, 2014. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent's default on August 29, 2014.
The Center appointed Andrew J. Park as the sole panelist in this matter on September 10, 2014. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7.
4. Factual Background
The Complainants are Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., a hotel and leisure company incorporated under the laws of Maryland, and its affiliated entity Westin Hotel Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (hereinafter, collectively, the "Complainant").
The Complainant is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world and owns, manages, and franchises over 1,100 properties in approximately 100 countries, including in the city of Berlin, Germany. The Complainant owns the WESTIN trademark and uses it in connection with its goods and services in the hotel and leisure industry. Its WESTIN hotels, introduced in 1981, cater to both business and leisure travelers. There are presently more than 120 WESTIN hotels in over 30 countries worldwide.
The Complainant owns the following trademark registrations for the mark WESTIN:
WESTIN HOTELS
The Disputed Domain Name <westin.berlin> was registered on June 18, 2014, to the Registrant organization Hyper.Directory Inc. (hereinafter, the "Respondent"). The Complainant's trademarks were all registered before the Respondent's registration of the Disputed Domain Name. The Disputed Domain Name does not resolve to an active website.
5. Parties' Contentions
A. Complainant
The Complainant asserts that it has rights in the WESTIN trademark. The Complainant contends that the Disputed Domain Name is identical to the Complainant's marks because it consists of the WESTIN mark in its entirety, and that the only difference between the Complainant's mark and the Disputed Domain Name is the addition of the generic Top-Level Domain ("gTLD") ".berlin." The Complainant alleges that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the Disputed Domain Name. The Complainant further alleges that the Respondent registered and uses the Disputed Domain Name in bad faith in view of the renown of the WESTIN mark and absence of likely legitimate uses by an unauthorized party like the Respondent. Consequently, the Complaint seeks to have the Disputed Domain Name transferred to the Complainant.
B. Respondent
The Respondent did not reply to the Complainant's contentions.
6. Discussion and Findings
Paragraph 4(a) of the Policy provides that in order to divest a respondent of a domain name, a complainant must demonstrate each of the following:
(i) the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which complainant has rights; and
(ii) respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name; and
(iii) the disputed domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
To satisfy paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy, the complainant must show that the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the complainant has rights.
As set forth above, the Complainant is the owner of numerous worldwide trademarks for the mark WESTIN, and has used the WESTIN trademark for over thirty years. There are presently more than 120 WESTIN hotels in over 30 countries worldwide, including in Berlin, Germany. By any measure, the mark WESTIN is world renown. Accordingly, the Panel finds that the Complainant has trademark rights in the mark WESTIN.
The Disputed Domain Name is identical to the Complainant's WESTIN mark. It contains the Complainant's WESTIN mark in its entirety. The only difference between the Complainant's mark and the Disputed Domain Name is the addition of the gTLD ".berlin". It is well established that the addition of a gTLD extension typically does not distinguish a domain name from a complainant's mark. See, e.g., Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. v. Alan Horswill, WIPO Case No. DTV2002-0004, concerning the domain names <buyaphilips.tv> and <widescreenphilips.tv> it was said "[w]hilst it is recognized that the g[TLD], used for a domain name in combination with a mark of the Complainant, cannot be taken into consideration as an element which would exclude or diminish confusing similarity, in the present case the g[TLD] '.tv' even increases the confusing similarity, as users will generally not understand it as reference to Tuvalu, rather as the common abbreviation for 'television'. […] The domain names <buyaphilips.tv> and <widescreenphilips.tv> are therefore confusingly similar with the trademark PHILIPS in which the Complainant has rights." Here, like in the Koninklijke case, the Disputed Domain Name constitutes the entirety of the Complainant's mark WESTIN, and the gTLD ".berlin" further increases the confusing similarity because the Complainant indeed has a WESTIN hotel in the city of Berlin, Germany (http://www.westingrandberlin.com).
The Complainant therefore has satisfied paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy.
B. Rights or Legitimate Interests
The evidence shows that the Complainant has exclusive rights in the WESTIN mark, is not affiliated with or related to the Respondent, and has not authorized the Respondent to register and use the Disputed Domain Name or the WESTIN mark. There is no evidence to suggest that the Respondent is known under the WESTIN mark. Furthermore, none of the circumstances listed under 4(c) of the Policy, possibly demonstrating rights or legitimate interests, are given. There is no evidence that the Respondent has used or uses the domain name for its own legitimate commercial or noncommercial activities, and has not demonstrated any preparations for such use. Accordingly, in the absence of any submission of the Respondent, the Panel therefore concludes that the Complainant has made out its unrebutted prima facie case that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the Disputed Domain Name.
The Panel therefore finds that the evidence in the record is sufficient to establish that the Respondent lacks rights or legitimate interests in the Disputed Domain Name, and thus the Complainant meets the second criterion of paragraph 4(a) of the Policy.
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
The Panel will deal with the issue of bad faith registration and bad faith use separately below.
As already mentioned, the Respondent did not file a response to the Complaint, failing thereby to invoke any circumstance which could demonstrate its good faith in the registration and use of the Disputed Domain Name. Nevertheless, the Panel still has the responsibility of determining which of the Complainant's assertions are established as facts, and whether the conclusions asserted by the Complainant can be drawn from the established facts. See Harvey Norman Retailing Pty Ltd v. Oxford-University, WIPO Case No. D2000-0944.
First, the Panel finds that the Respondent has registered the Disputed Domain Name in bad faith.
Bad faith can be inferred based on the fame of the Complainant's marks, such that the respondent was aware or should have been aware of the complainant's mark and claims of rights thereto (particularly in view of the complainant's use of its mark on the Internet). Moreover, the registration of a domain name that is similar to a distinctive trademark by the Respondent, when the respondent has no relationship to that mark may suggest bad faith. See Charles Jourdan Holding AG v. AAIM, WIPO Case No. D2000-0403; Centurion Bank of Punjab Limited v. West Coast Consulting, LLC, WIPO Case No. D2005-1319. Here, given the undisputed facts, the Panel finds it highly doubtful that the Respondent, which has no relationship to the WESTIN mark, would have registered the Disputed Domain Name without having knowledge of the Complainant or the WESTIN mark. The only reasonable conclusion to draw is that the Respondent deliberately sought to misappropriate the Complainant's name with a view to using that name in some future venture, whether by selling or renting the Disputed Domain Names to others, by purporting to provide a business or service related to the Complainant, or by engaging in some other unlawful activity. Consequently, the Panel finds that the Respondent has registered the Disputed Domain Name in bad faith.
Second, whether the Respondent has usedthe Complainant's name in bad faith is less clearly evident on the facts. Indeed, the Respondent's conduct is distinctive in the fact that it has registered, but does not appear to have used, the Disputed Domain Name in any distinctive way. For example, there is no evidence that the Respondent has used the domain name to attract the Complainant's customers to the Respondent's business, nor even that the Respondent has any business at all, other than registering the Disputed Domain Name for some as yet undetermined design. There is no evidence that the Respondent sought to sell the Disputed Domain Name to others, including the Complainant, but instead has remained wholly silent in the face of the Complainant's assertions about the registration of the Disputed Domain Name. Even so, given the undisputed facts, the Panel reasonably concludes that the Respondent is a cybersquatter even though its exact purpose is as yet undetermined, other than to deliberately misappropriate the Complainant's well-known WESTIN mark. This is a classic case of passive holding. See Comerica Inc. v. Horoshiy, Inc., WIPO Case No. D2004-0615.
Indeed, the very act of having acquired the Disputed Domain Name raises the probability of the Respondent using it in a manner that is contrary to the Complainant's legal rights and legitimate interests. Moreover, the Respondent's registration of the Disputed Domain Name prevents the Complainant from reflecting its own mark in that corresponding domain name should it so wish. See, e.g., Myer Stores Limited v. David John Singh, WIPO Case No. D2001-0763.
For the above reasons, pursuant to the third criterion, paragraph 4(a) of the Policy, the Panel finds that Complainant has shown that the Disputed Domain Name has been registered and is being used in bad faith by the Respondent.
7. Decision
For the foregoing reasons, in accordance with paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the disputed domain name <westin.berlin> be transferred to the Complainant.
Andrew J. Park
Sole Panelist


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Think You Don't Need A Website, Think Again!
Remember that sign? It's iconic, everyone has seen that sign at some point. It's probably one of the most recognized memes of a sign there is. I dunno, maybe I'm wrong, but my point is it's something a lot of people know about, or have seen, or something.
In the past having a sign for your brick and mortar business was absolutely essential (still is now that I think about it). Not having a sign was a really good way of getting missed entirely. Your sign told your customers where you were – or that you existed at all. It's the exact same way with a website.
It's already tough enough to get new customers or clients to recognize you. You market and market and market your business until your eyes begin to bleed all in an effort to get noticed. And it's a big tough ocean out there.
What does a website do for me or my business?
It's all about growth baby! A website is so much more than just being seen or noticed. A great website is the face of your company for so many people. It's not only the first thing new customers will typically see, but it's also the port of reputation for your company as well as a salesman and trusted employee.
I maybe personifying it a bit too much, but the point is simple. Your website should be one of the most precious tools in your Business Super Hero Tool Belt.
As you can see from that short list your website can and absolutely should be much more than just a digital sign for your business. It should be one of your MVAs (Most valuable assets).
When I see that I cringe a little inside and then shoot a message or email to that company owner to talk about their digital presence. It's like wearing yoga pants and that sweater you paint into a job interview. Sure, you're wearing clothes but jeez man you're not impressing anyone.
You see, people like seeing a professional website. Not a half baked attempt at saving a few bucks. (sorry not sorry for being a little too real there).
When I click on a company's website link looking to now more and land on an informative site with lots of information and a clear message I'm enthralled. And I can promise you and everyone else that I'm 100-1,000 times more likely to do business with that company based solely on the simple fact that I landed at an actual website, with actual information, and actual actualness.
This is going to piggyback off what I said above a little bit. Having your life together with a strong website instantly tells me and other consumers that you're who I need to be dealing with. It tells me that you care.
It creates a picture of your professionalism, your identity, and more. Think about a time that you fled from a terrible website. What were you thinking about at the time? What were your feelings about the company at the time? Did you instantly want to do business with them? Did you get excited and hungry for the opportunity to give them your hard earned money? If your answer was yes to any of that you may have brain weevils and should go see the nurse.
Your website is like a big net. In a recent poll, over 81% of consumers surveyed reported that they search online before making a purchasing decision for almost any industry. That's 81% – 8 out of every 10 people – Woah!
Your site is like a big net to help catch and real in those people. Without your net, you're seriously missing out on a massive amount of fish – literally sending them to other fishermen. And that's awful nice of you.
My posts are typically straight to the point, who has time to read a 2,000+ word blog post these days anyway? Without a website you're not doing yourself any favors, if anything you're doing your competition favors.
As you let your potential clients and customers slip by they're standing by to catch 'em (I think you get the point).
I want you to succeed. So much so I created an entire company to help small businesses succeed online.
Let's make sure you have a website and begin catching more fish!


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Q: Swift: unrecognized selector sent to instance, how to detect null value? I am trying to use Microsoft Graph iOS SDK and followed the official code sample.
The following code snippet is to get basic profile of all users in the organization:
private func getContactInfo(){
    self.graphClient.users().request().getWithCompletion{
        (collection: MSCollection?, request:MSGraphUsersCollectionRequest?, error: NSError?) in
        if let users = collection {
            for user: MSGraphUser in users.value as! [MSGraphUser] {
                print(user)
                print(String(user.surname.dynamicType))
                print(user.mobilePhone)
            }
        }
    }
}

Output Result:
{
    businessPhones =     (
    );
    displayName = "Boss";
    givenName = "Jack";
    id = "30fb78ff-522f-45e7-a9cd-75ba8ee2eca6";
    jobTitle = "<null>";
    mail = "boss@abc.net";
    mobilePhone = "<null>";
    officeLocation = "<null>";
    preferredLanguage = "<null>";
    surname = "\U8a79";
    userPrincipalName = "boss@abc.net";
}

ImplicitlyUnwrappedOptional<String>

And runtime exception happened
2016-06-05 17:02:55.302 ABC[76976:915052] -[NSNull _fastCStringContents:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0xb59398
2016-06-05 17:02:55.305 ABC[76976:915052] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[NSNull _fastCStringContents:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0xb59398'
*** First throw call stack:
(
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x0092c494 __exceptionPreprocess + 180
    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x02640e02 objc_exception_throw + 50
...

When I try to print the null value like mobilePhone, runtime exception occurred. How to detect null value to avoid crashing? Thank you.
Add: MSGraphUser.m snippet used in this case,
@interface MSGraphUser()
{
...
NSString* _mobilePhone;
...
- (NSString*) mobilePhone
{
    return self.dictionary[@"mobilePhone"];
}
...

A: You can use one way to filter null objects
- (NSString* __nullable) mobilePhone
   {
        if ([self.dictionary isKindOfClass:[NSString class]])
        {
            return self.dictionary[@"mobilePhone"];
        }
    return nil;
   }

or
- (NSString* __nullable) mobilePhone
{
    if (![self.dictionary isKindOfClass:[NSNull class]]) {
        return self.dictionary[@"mobilePhone"];
    }
    return nil;
}

A: Many JSON APIs will return null in the JSON document for values that they want to mark explicitely as not present. This is different from keys that will not be reported at all.
The first thing you do is check with the creator of the API or with the documentation how that kind of value should be interpreted. For example, if you ask for the key "user", you might find that the value isn't present at all, that the value is null, or that the value is an empty string. Find out how each value should be interpreted, or if they should be treated the same.
Then since you will need this all the time, you add a function to NSDictionary that will return what you want, and logs things that you didn't expect. You check that a value isn't there at all by checking with if let ... . You check whether a value is null by checking value == NSNull (). And then you make that function return either an optional string or a string.

A: There must be a better swift support, but for now, you could extend the class like what Casey has said.
If you did this, you can check
if user.optMobilePhone is NSNull

The actual extension would look something like this:
extension MSGraphUser {
   var optMobilePhone: AnyObject? {
       return dictionaryFromItem()["mobilePhone"]
   }
}

A: It looks like mobilePhone can actually return a NSString or NSNull so it should be declared as - (id) mobilePhone. Since it's not, we can extend MSGraphUser
extension MSGraphUser {
    var optMobilePhone : String? { return self.dictionary["mobilePhone"] as? String }
}

And then use that computed property to safely access the value:
for obj in users.value {
    if let user = obj as? MSGraphUser {
        print(user)
        print(String(user.surname.dynamicType))
        print(user.optMobilePhone ?? "no phone")
    }
}


30 nautical miles off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
A Coast Guard news statement said 22 Cubans started traveling on a wooden boat from Cuba to Mexico before losing power and drifting three days. A Cuban-Mexican man took them aboard his sports fishing boat, but then its engines malfunctioned and the group drifted three more days.
The cruise ship took the 23 people aboard within hours, about 130 nautical miles off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
The statement said two of the people rescued had minor medical issues and were treated by medical staff on the cruise ship. It added that the 23 people would be transferred Tuesday to A.S. Customs and Border Protection and Coast Guard Investigative Services in Mobile, Alabama.


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Spice Gardens in Sri Lanka
Being famous for its High-quality flavours and rich spices throughout history, Sri Lanka is known as "Land of Spices". Visiting the spice gardens in Sri Lanka will get an opportunity to know about a variety of world-famous spices and their benefits.
Here is the list of 2 Spice Gardens in Sri Lanka
1. Ella Spice Garden, Ella
The beautiful and charming village of Ella is nestled in Sri Lanka and is also popularly known as the spice capital of Sri Lanka. Ella has some world-famous tea gardens which are breathtakingly beautiful, but the speciality is the chance to, do taste some delicious home cooking in the Ella spice garden. With more than 4000 trees in the Ella spice garden, the primary purpose of the spice garden is to encourage the production of spices in Sri Lanka.
2. Spice Gardens, Kandy
Known as the spice island, Sri Lanka has three famous spice gardens – Ranweli spice gardens in Kandy and Arunalu spice gardens in Matale and the New Ranweli Spice gardens in Kandy. The renowned spice gardens of Kandy and their exuberant quality lies in the fact that they are produced through organic farming and have received a fair trade certification.
Next time, if you pay a visit to Sri Lanka, do visit these delightful spice gardens in Sri Lanka.
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The Ministry of Fisheries is to build 25 more landing beach sites next year to improve the lives of people in fishing communities.
The Ministry will also build fisheries enforcement units to supervise activities along the Volta lake.
The sector Minister, Sherry Ayittey who announced this at the Meet the Press series in Accra pledge the Ministry's resolve to reduce the importation of fish.
She said the Ministry will develop the capacity of fisher folks to achieve their aim of reducing fish imports.
Madam Sherry Ayittey also spoke about ten key projects in the Western Region which is expected to create about ten thousand jobs if completed next year.


I cannot turn away! The exquisite detail in the anatomical illustrations of Alex Konahin is intoxicating. These images are created by hand using good old fashion dip pens. Mr. Konahin is an artist from Latvia and has a web presence on Behance. I truly love the blend of anatomic realism and playful whimsy.
Allow yourself a few minutes to get lost in his work!


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Imagine: The Bill Frisell Trio
By AAJ STAFF
...when Frisell played
The Bill Frisell Trio
The Barbican
The London Jazz Festival
Every once in a while a performer can get away with what happened when Bill Frisell performed at the 2005 London Jazz Festival at the magnificent Barbican, but not often. Appearing with violinist Jenny Scheinman and guitarist Greg Leisz, he blew the rules away with a wave of his hand.
Bill Frisell has produced a long line of illustrious works such as the sensually hypnotic "Unspeakable, a Grammy winner last year, to "This Land, "Have a Little Faith and "Good Dog, Happy Man, every one a fine example of his breadth from Americana to near-trance music all under the heading of jazz.
Expecting a foray into these albums, he surprised the audience by immediately launching into "Across the Universe by the Beatles in a pool-lit trio with his colleagues on a bare stage. This then turned into an evening's tribute to the songwriting genius of a British native son, John Lennon. An hour and a half followed of pure magic in bass, electric and acoustic guitar; covering everything from the Beatles early discography with "Please, Please Me, to the raucous "Back in the USSR, to solo works of Lennon's, "Beautiful Boy, a medley incorporating "Imagine, and the haunting "Norwegian Wood . For anyone else and perhaps at some other time, this would have come off as patronizing a musician in his own land by a stranger, but when Frisell played "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away the magic of the voice silenced by violence once again took shape on the stage.
Whether you agreed with his politics or not, Lennon was a quixotic character who flew in the face of the conventions of the times and even his own character to make the rebellious statement he did in his life and his music. Ego-driven, petty at times and not above fighting in public, he was still unflinchingly honest with himself and was always focused, with detours, about rising above base human frailty to a higher ethic. "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away is the statement that most of us learn early only to expand, if we are successful, to the soaring questions of "Imagine . Frisell applied these concepts gently and without cloying and in doing so, reminded us all of our legacy and our task as human beings of finding our true human spirit. "In My Life, an almost obligatory hopeful yet poignant essay, became an anthem for the Queen's country in the face of the recent bombings in London and a fitting requiem for Lennon.
Frisell's own statement of jazz being a process and not a rarified style was evident in his almost folk-like yet unpredictable treatment of many of the tunes. He possesses the secret that the memorable ones always do, in the face of a culture that demands we all adhere to the standards set by the "flavor of the moment, he expresses himself with a lyric grace and lack of pretension as to play completely without ego. The expert accompaniment of his sideman on guitar, Greg Leisz, an expressive player on acoustic and lap slide guitar, and his truly graceful yet commanding violinist, Jenny Scheinman, bridged styles and moods seamlessly. The set took on the feeling of Mussorky's "Pictures at an Exhibition, with ethereal tone-poems between covers that wended their way from song to song and from feeling to feeling.
Music, when wielded by a wise and subtle hand can say more than politics ever will.
The also American trio, "Tin Hat, opened for Frisell, and between songs dropped a few hints about the current state of politics in the States, implying the deeply entrenched opposition of one group against another. Eclectic and worthy of note, they were an eerie mix of Klezmer meets Tim Burton meets Cirque du Soleil, but their sophomore status became evident in counterpoint to what the master Frisell was asking us to do: Imagine.
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Run for Green 2013 Registration is Now Open!
NOTE: Online registration for Run for Green 2013 is now closed. You may register at packet pickup at Omega Sports in the Northcross Shopping Center in Huntersville Thursday 4-8 or Friday 10-8. Omega Sports offers a 20% discount on all in store purchases made during packet pick up.
Race day registration will begin at 5:30 a.m. on the village green in downtown Davidson, which is race headquarters and just yards from the start and finish line.
Thank you for your support of the Davidson Lands Conservancy! We are on track to have a record number of participants in 2013.
Lake Norman's most popular road race returns on September 21st, 2013. Save the date, and plan to join us in Davidson for the Run for Green half-marathon, 10K and 5K. See below for detailed information on the course.
Last year nearly 800 finishers completed one of the races, making it our best-attended year ever! Moreover, we received excellent feedback through our post-race survey.
Click here for a map of all of the races including water stop information.
Dorinda, you may now register online for Run for Green 2013. We just set up the online site, which you can find on http://www.davidsonlands.org. We hope you'll sign up and be the first registrant in what we're sure will be another successful race! Thank you for your interest.
Is there a race course map available? Thanks!
Lauren, the course map can now be viewed on the registration site. Thank you for your interest and we hope to see you in September!
Hi there- I just looked at the registration website and couldn't find the time limit for half-marathon finishers. I saw that 1/2 awards are being done at 10:30 am (which would be 3 hours) but sometimes people can run later than that. Can you please clarify what's the pace cut off for your race? Thanks so much.
Adele, thank you for the question. We close the course at 11 a.m. We hope to see you in September!
We just added some information about the course to our website, including a garmin GPS map that shows the elevations of the course. Please go back to our site and look at the post about Run for Green, and you'll see this information. We hope to see you in September!
Are there medals given to participants?
Yes, medals are given to the finishers of the half-marathon. We hope to see you in September!
Any info on parking for the race?
Ken, parking is available at the Davidson United Methodist Church parking lot which is about 100 yards from the start line. This year we are also working to provide bicycle racks to encourage more runners to cycle to our race. Thank you for your interest and we hope to see you in September!
Davidson United Methodist Church is one block from the start line and you can park there.
Could you tell me what miles the water stops are at and what brand of sports drink if any are provided.
Charles, if you'll follow the link to our registration page you will find a course map. We'll also upload a course map to our site soon.
I saw the course map with water stops. However does that mean there isn't any gatorade/powerade offered? And is there really only one bathroom along the course? Thanks.
Caitlin, the water stops have both water and a sport drink (typically Powerade). We are planning 2 porta-jons on the course. It is an out and back, so that would be 4 passes by the porta-jon. We hope to see you in September!