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Guilty pleas for March 14-18
Guilty pleas accepted and sentences imposed March 14-18 by District Judges Robin Malone Darr and John G. Hyde:
James Whitley Bearden III, 24, unauthorized absence from community corrections facility, one year state jail.
Robert Jonathon Bennett, 22, obstruction or retaliation, four years probation and $2,000 fine.
Peter Villa Cordova, 20, evading arrest and detention in a motor vehicle, five years probation and $2,500 fine.
Albertico Corral Cruz, 26, evading in a motor vehicle, two years probation and $500 fine.
Tyron Dyeralle Davis, 31, theft by repetition and forgery by passing, 15 months state jail.
Jaime Estraca, 30, theft by repetition, one year state jail.
David Chadwick Gafford, 31, aggravated assault, five years probation, $3,000 fine and pay $10,658.59 in restitution.
Kyree Trakell Liggins, 19, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, five years probation and $1,500 fine.
Maryann Hernandez Ruiz, 45, forgery and failure to appear, one year state jail and three years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Isaac Dustin Woodward, 21, robbery, five years probation and $1,000 fine.
James Robert Willis, 52, failure to report actual change of address, two years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Norman Lamar Young, failure of sex offender to register with the city, six years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Juan Jesus Zuniga, 31, possession of cocaine, two years probation, $500 fine, attend a treatment program and pay $140 in restitution.
Source: Midland County District Attorney's Office.


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I know it's a little weird: I've had this Big Green Egg for two months now and I haven't grilled a single burger. But, thanks to most glorious spousal unit's insistence that she wanted a burger, we picked up some chuck yesterday whilst hunting down some rabbit for our Third Annual 4th of July Paella Fest.
I have to give her credit: sometimes her
nagging insistence pays off.
Burgers are pretty much a no-brainer in this household, but I'll go through the basics.
I started with a well-marbled piece of choice chuck: just over a pound and a half of it. I took that and cut it into 3/4″ strips so it would fit my grinder.
Using my largest KitchenAid appliance, I ground up the meat, added seasonings (relatively equal parts of kosher salt, fresh ground black pepper, granulated garlic, and onion powder, all ground into dust with a spice grinder), and formed up the patties. Season to your liking. I tend to go by smell: if it smells right, it's gonna taste great!
I make up 6 oz. patties. Make them bigger or smaller to suit yourself. Make sure and put a dimple in the middle (press your thumb into the center) so they stay flat when you cook 'em. Also, I used a bit of safflower oil and rubbed down the surface of the burgers as it helps keep them from sticking.
Why safflower? I don't like canola. Pretty simple. Use whichever oil that trips your trigger.
Since the grill grate that came with my Egg is so cheesy (I really need to talk to those folks), I had to resort to using a cast iron grill surface that I've had around for years. I heated the Egg up to around 600°F to get a nice sear.
At this temperature, it doesn't take long to cook a burger. This is two minutes in.
I flipped them and after another minute, I pulled them off the grill.
If you're feeling manly, double them up!
Actually, I just stack them up to help keep them warm.
I toasted my bun, added a slice of real cheddar cheese — most glorious spousal unit went for the CheezWhiz — added some ketchup. hand cut dill pickle slices, and some whole-grain mustard.
Yep, the Big Green Egg does a great job on a plain old burger, too.

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The Chicago Sun-Times captured the state of Black America with its recent headline, "The Disappearing Black Middle Class." At 16.2%, the unemployment rate for Black Americans under Obama has reached historic levels.
As the old saying goes, when America catches the cold, Black America catches pneumonia.
"Some see a bitter irony in soaring black unemployment and the decline of the black middle class on the watch of the first black president," the Sun-Times pointed out.
With such economic devastation in the Black community, it's no wonder many Obama supporters are less than pleased with the president's performance. Once staunch advocates have turned into rabid critics.
"A black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats," is how Princeton professor Cornel West described President Obama.
Admittedly, Dr. West's comments may have been over the top, but even the Congressional Black Caucus has accused the president of failing to adequately address the epidemic of Black unemployment. And everyone from media pundits to rap artists has weighed in. Jay-Z, for instance, claimed criticism of the president's economic performance was "fair."
Critics point to a laundry list of presidential missteps. They argue the president has not stood up to Republican efforts to kill jobs at every turn, that he's continued Bush-era tax cuts for the ultra-rich, and that he pressed for a stimulus package that was short on money for economic stimulus and heavy on Republican-inspired tax cuts.
Others point to the fact that Wall Street received massive tax payer bailouts, but not one Wall Street executive was prosecuted under Obama's watch, all but guaranteeing they'll continue the same types of activities that brought the nation to its knees.
But, it's easy to be a critic.
How quickly we forget that at the end of the Bush presidency the nation was losing nearly 700,000 jobs a month. In contrast, under President Obama, nearly 125,000 jobs per month were created in the first half of 2011.
And President Obama has accomplished this while working with members of Congress who have made their primary goal "to make Mr. Obama a one-term president."
In our "what have you done for me lately" culture, it's easy to overlook the fact that Mr. Obama single-handedly saved the American auto industry from extinction, a move that saved more than a million jobs. And while the nation suffers 9% unemployment, most economists agree that the president's swift actions prevented America from slipping into a second Great Depression.
Yes, it's quite easy to be bash the president's economic polices when you're not standing in Great Depression-type soup lines.
BMWK, what's your take? Has President Obama done enough to address Black unemployment? Do you think he's selling out to corporate interests, or is he simply the victim of a Congress desperate to see him fail?


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Young drivers' car insurance
We've got some useful tips that will help reduce your premium.
1. Earn a no-claims discount
It may be obvious, but follow the Highway Code and drive within the speed limit.
So by driving safely you will reduce the chance of being involved in an accident, and this will help earn a no-claims discount when renewing your car insurance.
2. Purchase a car in a low insurance group
Avoid vehicles in in the highest groups 50 is the highest rating in the UK. Cars in group 1 generally have the cheapest insurance premiums.
3. Don't modify your car
It maybe tempting to add extras such as fins and spoilers but they are likely to increase your insurance bill.
4. Compare like with like car insurance
Car insurance policies with the same price may not offer the same level of benefits. So remember to check that a policy covers everything you need.
5. Car security
Thinking about the security of your car could help you reduce your premium. Things to consider:
Where your car is kept overnight
Keep your car secure at night by storing it in a locked garage or park it off the road. And make sure you remove valuables when you lock the car.
Purchasing additional security devices such as alarm systems, ignition locks and glass etching will help to attract lower premiums. Your insurer can advise what devices are suitable for your car.
Finally, always look closely at the policy details, particularly at any compulsory excesses which you would have to pay when making a claim. It may work out costly if the excess is more than you can afford to pay.


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As a natural born 3rd generation Psychic Medium she is also trained as a Certified Channel for healing, Medical Intuitive, Metaphysical Educator, Speaker, Meditation Facilitator and Quantum Creator.
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DeepDyve gives its users five minutes of free access
Five minutes may not seem like a lot of time, but research shows it's all a scientist needs to know if a published study meets his or her needs. This finding, says William Park, CEO of publisher middleman DeepDyve, prompted the firm to expand its content-streaming service to let users look at articles in their entirety for five minutes, after which they can choose from a menu of article "rental" options, including streaming—but not downloading—or buying it from DeepDyve or the publisher.
The five-minute Freemium approach, which became a full offering on June 5, is an alternative to the site's two-week access teaser, which requires potential users to submit an email address and a credit card before gaining full streaming reading privileges.
Park said the freedom to preview, rent and buy articles with a relatively low cost is critical for researchers. He also said users tend to come from expected sectors like biotech and engineering as well as finance, "as opposed to liberal arts."
Promoting DeepDyve has been a muted effort for the company that started as a business-to-business entity and then moved into the rental information space. Park says the company gets a lot of traffic from search engine optimization and Google. The publishers also send traffic DeepDyve's way—providing a Freemium preview link on pages that feature the abstracts.Park said he expects to tap into social-media promotion this year, and will go beyond attending publisher-centric conferences to include industry ones as well.


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I'm new to WHM and not very good with setting up Macros. Can anyone give me some useful macros to have as a WHM? Or a link to some? I'm talking about the important ones that make a WHM job 10x easier?
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Soledad O'Brien interviews Irvin Mayfield about #_____LivesMatter
Grammy Award-winning musician Irvin Mayfield and the 19-piece New Orleans Jazz Orchestra will premiere Mayfield's original composition #_____LivesMatter at the Peoples Health New Orleans Jazz Market from Thursday, January 21st, through Saturday, January 23rd.
#_____LivesMatter asks whether the need to identify whose lives matter – especially when it's Black – reflects our hesitancy to have conversations involving race. The suite will consist of 12 tone poems, each focused on a specific person or topic. A tone poem is a piece of orchestral music that illustrates or evokes the content of a story, piece of art, or other idea.
"Art is often a catalyst to create honest dialogue when words are too hurtful or distancing," explained Mayfield. "Jazz is about bringing people together, and that's the goal with all of our work at the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. #_____LivesMatter is our opportunity to create a soundtrack for the moment and facilitate a conversation about this global, complex subject through our art. The music will allow the audience to experience the full gamut of emotions – from joy to loss to humor to pain – through the same optimism that you feel listening to a blues song."


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Why Did Allah Create Us? Shaikh Abdullaah Bin Muhammad Bin Humaid
Al-Allaamah Abdullaah Bin Muhammad Bin Humayd (rahimahullaah) said:
In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful The Bestower of Mercy. All praise belongs to Allaah and may the peace and blessings be upon His trustworthy Prophet; and may peace and blessings be upon the Prophet's family, his companions and those who follow them in righteousness until the day of recompense. To proceed:
Indeed, Allaah (Glorified and Exalted Be He) stated:
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ
إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ
And I (Allah) created not the Jinns and humans except they should worship Me (Alone). I seek not any provision from them (i.e. provision for themselves or for My creatures) nor do I ask that they should feed Me (i.e. feed themselves or My creatures). Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of Power, the Most Strong. [Soorah Adh-Dhaariyaat: Ayah: 56-58]
Allaah (The Most High) informs (us) that He neither created Jinn and mankind for a jest nor that He will leave them to wander aimlessly and carelessly (without being) commanded (to fulfil obligations) and prohibited (from the forbidden things);
أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ
Did you think that We created you in play (without purpose), and that you would not be brought back to Us.'' [Soorah Al-Muminoon: Ayah: 115]
Do you think that Allaah created you for jest, play and amusement, and that you will not be returned to Him? Nay, rather Allaah created you to worship Him and commanded you to single Him out in [His Lordship, in His Names and Attributes and in worship], and that you obey Him. Allaah informed you that you will return to Him and He will recompense you for your deeds. (So) if (your deeds are good, you will be recompensed) with good and if (your deeds are evil, you will be recompensed with) evil.
Allaah (The One Free From All Imperfections) did not create the creation so that He may become mighty through them or become well to do through them, rather Allaah (The Most High) is free from having a need of anyone. Allaah (The Most High) created them to worship Him (alone) without partners, and for this reason Allaah sent the Messengers, revealed the books and (allowed) the unsheathing of the swords of Jihaad. [Ref 1]
All of this is for the purpose of (establishing) the worship Allaah (alone) without ascribing any partner to Him.
[This is opposite to the affair] of those who worship others besides Allaah, such as those who erect buildings over graves and invoke them besides Allaah. They offer sacrificial slaughters to them, vow to them, beseeching them for their needs and appealing to them for help. This is exactly the shirk that nullifies one's declaration of Allaah's sole right to be singled out in worship, [Ref 2] which has been demonstrated by the (following) ayah:
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
And I (Allah) created not the jinns and humans except they should worship Me (Alone).
And Allaah (The Most High) said:
ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ ۚ وَالَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِن قِطْمِيرٍ
إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا مَا اسْتَجَابُوا لَكُمْ ۖ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَكْفُرُونَ بِشِرْكِكُمْ ۚ وَلَا يُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبِيرٍ
Such is Allaah, your Lord; His is the Kingdom. And those, whom you invoke or call upon instead of Him, own not even a Qitmeer (the thin membrane over the date-stone). If you invoke (or call upon) them, they hear not your call; and if (in case) they were to hear, they could not grant it (your request) to you. And on the day of Resurrection, they will disown your worshipping them. And none can inform you (O Muhammad) like Him Who is Well-Acquainted (with everything. [Soorah Al-Faatir: Aayaat: 13-14]
This ayah nullifies what the grave worshippers attach themselves to (in worship), (such) as the Awliyaah (close friends of Allaah), the angels and the righteous people. It nullifies it from different angles:
Firstly, "And those, whom you invoke or call upon instead of Him, own not even a Qitmeer (the thin membrane over the date-stone" means (in relation to the affair of the) one who worships Ahmad Badawee, offers sacrificial slaughters to him, vows to him and embarks on a journey to his grave, then (this person should know) that he (Ahmad Badawee) does not own even the thin membrane over the date-stone.
What is a Qitmeer? It is the thin coil that is (found) around the middle of the date-stone. Have you not seen that you will find in the middle of the date-stone a thin coil? This is the Qitmeer (i.e. the thin membrane). And indeed those dead people neither own even a thin membrane of a date-stone nor are they of any help, then how can you offer sacrificial slaughters to them; (how can you) vow to them, and seek aid and assistance from them?! This is nothing else but misguidance.
Secondly, "If you invoke (or call upon) them, they hear not your call" means that those who go to the grave of Husain, or Badawee, or Abdul-Qaadir, or Sayyidah Zainab or other than them, then indeed they (i.e. those buried in the graves) do not hear the call of those who call upon them. They go to the grave and say, "(Give) Aid! (Give) Aid!" (However) the ayah establishes that:
- They do not even own the coil that is over the date-stone.
- They do not hear you; they do not know your state of affairs; they do not have any knowledge of your call; they are neither able to benefit you nor repel harm from you.
- And concerning the statement of Allaah: "And if (in case) they were to hear, they could not grant it (your request) to you." And even if it were decreed and decided that they will hear your call, then indeed they will never be able to bring you any benefit nor can they repel harm from you.
Thirdly, "And on the day of Resurrection, they will disown your worshipping them'' meaning that they will disown you, and they will say: ''O our Lord! We were not aware of their worshipping us." They will disown you and you will disown them, but you will be very far from that which you were promised (i.e. had you worshipped Allaah alone, you would have received the great reward of paradise, but that promise cannot be given to you even after you seek to disown those you used to worship and invoke in the life of this world because you died whilst worshipping them). Allaah stated:
إِذْ تَبَرَّأَ الَّذِينَ اتُّبِعُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوا وَرَأَوُا الْعَذَابَ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ الْأَسْبَابُ
When those who were followed disown (declare themselves innocent of) those who followed (them), and they see the torment, then all their relations will be cut off from them. [Baqarah: Ayah: 166]
And based on the (above) four points, the ayah shows the invalidity of all that which these people depend upon; (be it their dependence and calling) upon the righteous people, the close friends of Allaah or the Prophets. And the Aayaat of the Qur'aan with this meaning are numerous.
And there is (also) the statement of Allaah:
وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدْعُو مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَن لَّا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَهُمْ عَن دُعَائِهِمْ غَافِلُونَ
وَإِذَا حُشِرَ النَّاسُ كَانُوا لَهُمْ أَعْدَاءً وَكَانُوا بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ كَافِرِينَ
And who is more astray than one who calls on (invokes), besides Allaah, such as will not answer him till the Day of Resurrection, and who are (even) unaware of their calls (invocations) to them. And when mankind are gathered (on the Day of Resurrection), they (false deities) will become their enemies and will deny their worshipping. [Soorah Al-Ahqaaf: Ayah:5-6].
Likewise, there is this other Aayah:
أَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُ شَيْئًا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ
وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًا وَلَا أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ
Do they attribute as partners to Allaah those who created nothing but they themselves are created? No help can they give them, nor can they help themselves. [Soorah Al-Araaf: Aayaat: 191-192]
This means that you have set up as partners to Allaah those who are not able to create, (rather) they are creatures, and they are subjugated and nurtured by Allaah. They are neither able to assist you nor bring you benefit, nor are they able to repel harm from you. And they are neither able to benefit themselves nor repel harm from themselves. So with this, you come to know that building buildings over graves, seeking aid from its inhabitants, offering sacrificial slaughters to them and vowing to them is nothing else but shirk.
And this is what the Mighty Qur'aan has demonstrated, that Allaah (alone) is the One who (controls) benefit and harm, just as is found in the story of the Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) about the battle of Uhud; when his head was wounded, blood flowed on his face and his front tooth was broken. So he began to wipe away the blood from his face, whilst saying: ''How can a people who injure the head of their Prophet be successful.'' So Allaah (The Most High) revealed the (ayah):
لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْءٌ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ
Not for you (O Muhammad), but for Allaah is the decision.'' [Soorah Aali Imraan: Ayah: 128]
So the decision is in the hand of Allaah, and the Messenger (sallal-laahu-alayhi-wasallam) himself can neither protect himself from harm nor bring benefit to himself; rather the decision is in the hand of Allaah.
Allaah knows best; and may Allaah's peace and blessings be upon Muhammad, his family and companions.
[Source:Al-Fataawaa Wad-Duroos Fil Masjid Al-Haraam: page:64-67. Abridged and slightly paraphased]
Ref 1: http://www.abukhadeejah.com/tag/jihad/
Ref 2: http://www.manhaj.com/manhaj/articles/xwouo-takfir-and-the-excuse-of-ignorance-shaykh-ibn-uthaymeen.cfm


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Sample Meeting Itinerary
Governor's Colorado Tourism Conference Itinerary
The 2012 Governor's Colorado Tourism Conference brought tourism marketing professionals from across the state to Steamboat Springs. Making the most of the Base Area Conference Center, the conference held events at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort, The Steamboat Grand, and Thunderhead Lodge. Attendees enjoyed all the benefits that come with taking in a bit of the fresh mountain air and inspiring vistas between sessions.
Wednesday Afternoon
The conference kicked off with registration in the Sheraton Foyer followed by the Taste of Steamboat Welcome Reception at the top of the gondola. Attendees took the picturesque gondola ride to Thunderhead Lodge where local food and beverages were served and a local band entertained while the sunset over the valley stole the show.
Thursday Morning
Registration continued in the Sheraton Foyer. The Exhibitor Tradeshow ran all day in The Steamboat Grand Priest Creek Foyer. Breakfast was served in the Steamboat Grand Priest Creek Ballroom.
Next, the attendees took a short walk across Mt. Werner Circle to the first General Session located in the Sheraton Grand Ballroom. Concurrent Breakout Sessions filled the rest of Thursday morning in the Steamboat Grand breakout rooms.
Back in the Sheraton Grand Ballroom a delicious lunch was served while Al White and team presented the latest Colorado Tourism Office initiatives. A post-lunch break gave attendees the opportunity to browse the Exhibitor Tradeshow, meet with peers in Gondola Square, or tie on a pair of sneaks for a quick hike up Mount Werner, just steps from both host hotels.
Thursday Afternoon
Concurrent Breakout Sessions were held in the Steamboat Grand breakout rooms followed by a Colorado Tourism Office Open House in the Steamboat Grand Priest Creek Foyer with a natural flow in and out of the Exhibitor Tradeshow.
The evening was left free for attendees to explore Steamboat Springs. The free bus system moved everyone to all locations throughout town with ease and swiftness. The mountain bus stop is conveniently located between the Sheraton and Steamboat Grand.
Friday Morning
Attendees convened for breakfast in the Steamboat Grand Priest Creek Ballroom and headed over to Sheraton Grand Ballroom for the General Session, A Morning with an Olympian. Steamboat has been the hometown to over 80 Winter Olympic athletes since 1932, more than any other town in the US. Steamboat native and veteran of five Olympics at the time of the conference (now six), Todd Lodwick, shared what motivates him to be a world-class athlete and how to apply that focus to your business.
The Friday mid-morning Concurrent Breakout Sessions were held in the Steamboat Grand. Before the conference came to a close the Governor's Tourism Awards Luncheon took place in the Sheraton Grand Ballroom.
Though the conference ended on Friday afternoon, many attendees chose to stay for a few days longer and experience the endless recreation, eclectic restaurants and bars, and relaxing hot springs.


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This Milka Feuer (Fire) review rounds up my look at the limited edition Milka 'Elements' range. You may recall in the past few weeks me looking at the Milka Wasser (Water), Luft (Air) & Erde (Earth), all of which have offered some interesting flavour variants, though hardly set the Chocolate Mission rating system alight. Excuse the pun, but I was hoping this final variant that Dean-German-Grocery sent me - 'Feuer' would change all that. Comprised of 'Alpine Milk chocolate with a cocoa creme chili flavoured filling', this bar really suggested it could light some fires .... ok ok I will stop now :D
The bar came in the standard 100.0g Milka form and provided me with two reasonably satisfying servings. The packaging looked nice with the usual purple Milka theme, I thought the fire and the chili image displayed on the front communicated the essence of the product well. The chocolate nicely incorporated the usual Milka logo on each block and the cocoa cream looked well portioned when the bar was cross-sectioned. The chili element wasn't apparent in either the presentation or smell of the bar. The aroma on offer was no different to the usual pleasantness of the Alpine Milk Chocolate.
The outer Alpine Milk chocolate carried the inner cocoa creme nicely. The initial milky flavours of the chocolate nicely preceded the more intense flavours of the centre, and revealed the filling at a nice rate. The transition of the creamy outer chocolate to the stronger tasting centre was an enjoyable contrast. I am firmly of the belief that Milka Alpine Milk is one of the better milk chocolate 'flavour carriers'. The cocoa creme was just as smooth as the solid chocolate, though had a lighter, whipped density. The actual cocoa flavours were not that amplified, though the chili element was very evident during the aftertaste. The taste and warmth of the chili was more forthcoming than I was expecting, though it must be said it didn't take long for these effects to leave the mouth due to the exceptionally fast melt of both the outer chocolate and the creme. Though the chili was highly detectable I would have have liked it to have been a bit stronger - I guess this was Milka understandably playing on the safe side.
Overall this was a reasonably good offering from Milka, though it didn't quite live up to the levels of some of the other bars from the range. The milkiness of the chocolate on the whole rather toned down the effect of the chili - it was a nice contrast but just meant the chili needed a little bit more strength to the make the taste last that little bit longer. If you are interested in trying chili flavoured chocolate, but are normally put off by the fact most chili containing bars are dark chocolate, this would be a bar I recommend.
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"Moon River" singer Andy Williams has died at 84 from bladder cancer, according to news reports.
USA Today reported that Williams had been battling bladder cancer for a year, and his family requests that people wishing to send flowers instead make donations to the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network.
Bladder cancer risk rises as people age, and is also more common among men and white people, according to the Mayo Clinic.
In most cases of bladder cancer, the cancer arises in the cells that make up the bladder's inner lining (called transitional cell carcinomas), though other kinds of bladder cancer include cancer in the thin, flat cells of the bladder (called squamous cell carcinoma) and cancer in the fluid- and mucus-releasing cells in the bladder (called adenocarcinoma), according to the National Cancer Institute.
Symptoms of bladder cancer include problems with urinating -- blood in the urine, pain while urinating, and having to urinate more than usual -- as well as pain in the back and pelvic area, according to the Mayo Clinic.
While the exact cause of all bladder cancers is unknown, there are some significant risk factors for the disease. Smoking is a big one -- it's responsible for as many as half of all bladder cancer cases in men, according to the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia.
Other known risk factors include being exposed to certain carcinogenic chemicals at work (people who work in rubber, dye, aluminum and truck-driving fields may have a higher risk than others), having taken the chemotherapy drug cyclophosphamide, having had radiation treatments for cervical cancer in the past, and bladder infection in some cases, the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia reported.
Like many other cancers, bladder cancer is deadlier if it is in a higher stage and has spread to other parts of the body (the severity of the cancer is defined by stages). For example, stage 0 bladder cancer has a 98 percent survival rate over five years, but stage 3 bladder cancer has a 46 percent five-year survival rate and stage 4 bladder cancer has a 15 percent five-year survival rate, according to the American Cancer Society.
This year, there are expected to be 14,880 deaths from bladder cancer, and 73,510 new cases of the disease, the National Cancer Institute reported.


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FC Porto will defend their UEFA Europa League title in the new year as one of eight teams transferring to the competition at the round of 32 stage.
Porto, Manchester City FC, Trabzonspor AŞ, Manchester United FC, AFC Ajax, Valencia CF, Olympiacos FC and FC Viktoria Plzeň all finished third in their UEFA Champions League groups and will take their place in the draw at 13.00CET on 16 December in Nyon.
City, United, Olympiacos and Valencia, having had the best records, will be seeded alongside the 12 UEFA Europa League group winners. Ajax, Porto, Trabzonspor and Plzeň will be placed with the runners-up. The only restriction in the round of 32 for the teams transferring is that they cannot play a club from their own association in the ties on 16 and 23 February. The round of 16, drawn at the same time, has no restrictions.
The UEFA Europa League groups conclude next Wednesday and Thursday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday she hopes Greeks will elect a new government that stands by the country's promises to international creditors, insisting that Europeans cannot keep making commitments which they then ignore.
Greeks vote Sunday for the second time in six weeks amid fears the country could be forced out of the euro if they reject strict austerity measures and structural reforms demanded in return for rescue loans by other European countries and the International Monetary Fund. Germany, Europe's biggest economy, has been a key advocate of that approach.
Merkel told a regional conference of her conservative party that Europeans have too often failed to live up to their promises in various policy areas. "Promised, broken, nothing happens _ things cannot under any circumstances continue this way in Europe," she said.
"It cannot be the case _ and this is also an issue now in connection with the Greek election _ that what comes out in the end is that those who don't keep to an agreement can, so to speak, lead everyone else through the arena by the nose ring," Merkel said. "That won't work."
"That is why it is so important that, in the Greek election tomorrow ... a result emerges in which those who form a government in future tell us, yes, we want to keep to the agreements," she added. "That is the basis on which Europe can thrive."
Merkel didn't refer to any specific parties or politicians in Greece. But the anti-austerity, radical-left Syriza party has pledged to rip up the international bailout agreement and repeal the strict austerity measures, while still insisting that others in Europe can be persuaded it is in their interests to keep Greece in the euro.
Officials in Germany and elsewhere, though, say that Greece must stick to the accords to stay in the 17-nation currency.
"Any future government will have to continue the agreed austerity and reform course. Without reforms, there can be no further money," Merkel's vice chancellor, Economy Minister Philipp Roesler, was quoted as telling the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. He insisted that "solidarity is not a one-way street."
At the party convention in the western city of Darmstadt, Merkel defended the European budget-discipline pact she has championed and once again rejected mounting pressure for jointly issued government debt, or eurobonds, viewed by advocates as a way of bringing down struggling countries' borrowing costs.
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New French President Francois Hollande's office said Hollande _ who has criticized Germany's focus on austerity and advocated eurobonds _ spoke by phone with Merkel on Saturday about Greece, the upcoming meeting of Group of 20 leaders, and the European Union's June 28-29 summit.
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Gov. Rick Scott wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision by a federal appeals court striking down random drug testing of state workers as a violation of their Fourth Amendment protections.
Scott filed a petition for a writ of certiorari Monday with the nation's highest court. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last May that his executive order making consent to suspicionless drug testing a condition of employment was unconstitutional.
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Curriculum Vitae
Personal Summary
George Price listens, learns, contemplates, studies, and teaches. He lives with his wife, Barbara, and their son, Noah, on their 5 acre permaculture farm on the Flathead Indian Reservation, north of Missoula, Montana. He is an American of several diverse ethnic and cultural ancestries (including Assonet Wampanoag, Massachuset, Choctaw, African, French, and Scottish) who has explored human identity issues for all of his life, both personally and professionally. Since 2012, he now prioritizes the defense of Mama Earth and all species therein above all other interests. Some questions that he patiently seeks to find answers for (in due time, without anxiety): What are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going?
Field of Study
History of early American intercultural relations
- Ph. D., Interdisciplinary Studies, concentration in colonial and antebellum African American and Native American history, University of Montana, 2006
- M.A. History, University of Montana, 1996
- B.A. University of Oregon, 1981
Selected Publications
Book chapter: "The Problem with Money: Possibilities for Alternative, Sustainable, Non-monetary Economies," in Perma/Culture: Imagining
Alternatives in an Age of Crisis, Molly Wallace, David Carruthers, eds., Routledge, 2017
Past and Present: an Introduction to Native American Studies, Plymouth, Michigan, Hayden-McNeil, 2015
To Heal the Scourge of Prejudice: the Life and Writings of Hosea Easton, George R. Price and James Brewer Stewart, eds., University of Massachusetts Press, 1999.
Works-in-progress :
Re-writing my dissertation, "The Easton Family of Southeast Massachusetts: The Dynamics of Five Generations of Human Rights Activism, 1753-1935," for publication (a biographical history of the Eastons, an American tri-racial family with a strong social activist tradition extending over three centuries)
Two chapters for Heartlines "Parallel Histories" Project, a collaboration of Native American historians on a textbook on Native American history, sponsored by Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana, with a grant from the Kellogg Foundation (expected date of publication, 2016), The Dispossession of Titticut: the struggle of the Wampanoag and Massachuset people of the Titticut village and reservation to keep their lands, 1669-1790, and Two Very Different "Acts of Submission": Formal Submission of Massachusetts Indian Nations to Massachusetts Bay Colony, March, 1644 and the Submission of the Narragansett Indians to King Charles I of England, April, 1644.
Encyclopedia Entry: "African American Slavery by American Indians," for the Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History, Oxford University Press, 2012
"The Roberts Case, the Easton Family, and the Dynamics of the Abolitionist Movement in Massachusetts, 1776-1870," co-authored with JamesBrewer Stewart for theMassachusetts Historical Review, Fall, 2002
"Afro/Native Historiography: Finding Relevance Outside the Eurocentric Tradition," Trinity Reporter, Special Edition, Dec., 2005, Providence, Rhode Island, Trinity Repertory Company
"Hosea Easton: Forgotten Abolitionist 'Giant'," chapter in Michael A.Morrison, ed., The Human Tradition in Antebellum America, Wilmington, Delaware, Scholarly Resources, 2000 (This article was reprinted in 2002 for another edition in this same series, The Human Tradition in America from the Colonial Era through Reconstruction at the request of the editor, Charles W.Calhoun.)
Foreword to a book: Foreword to Roger Echo-Hawk, NAGPRA and the Future of Racial Sovereignties, Longmont, Colorado, Roger Echo-Hawk, Kindle Edition, 2011
Book review for H-SHEAR (online site for the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic). Daniel R. Mandell. Tribe, Race, History: Native Americans in Southern New England, 1780-1880, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, review published online: June, 2009 http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=24811
Book Review: Theda Perdue, "Mixed Blood" Indians: Racial Reconstruction inThe Early South, for the Journal of the Early Republic, Summer, 2003
"Indigenous Economics Instructor's Workshop: "Tools for Shaping the Economic Future," in Business Alert, Vol. 11, No. 4, July/August, 1996.
Class Schedule for Spring, 2018:
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11:00-11:50 HIST 262 01B, Abolitionism, PFNAC (Native American Center), room 105
2:00-2:50 NASX 105H 01, Intro to Native American Studies, PFNAC (Native American Center), room 105
3:00-3:50 NASX 105H 01, Intro to Native American Studies, PFNAC (Native American Center), room 105
- 2014 to present: Environmental Issues Coordinator, Indian Peoples' Action (of Montana)
- 2012 to present: member, Native American Indigenous Studies Association
- 1997 to present; member, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
- 2001-2004; Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship for Minorities
- 1999; Fellowship for College Teachers and Independent Scholars, from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- 2001 to 2005; member, Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc.
Research Interests
- Colonial and antebellum African American and Native American history
- The service records and narratives of soldiers and sailors of color in the American Revolution
- The intellectual, cultural, and spiritual origins of American egalitarianism and human rights activism
- The history of utopian communitarianism (indigenous and non-indigenous)


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Will 2012 Bring a New Israeli Attitude Toward Iran?
As far as is known, the Americans do not share the observation made last month by Defense Minister Ehud Barak that only a year remains for an effective attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz spoke publicly about the Iranian nuclear threat for the first time Friday, after almost a year at his post. In response to a question from a high-school student in the town of Be'er Tuvia as to whether Israel should attack Iran if it has the capability to do so, and whether it should act alone, Gantz said, "International preparation is proper and with suitable Israeli preparation, this challenge can be dealt with." Gantz also conducted an interview on Army Radio as part of the Shirutrom telethon for IDF soldiers.
What was interesting about the chief of staff's comments is that Gantz - who like his predecessor, Gabi Ashkenazi, is seen by the media as being on the moderate end of the Israeli spectrum in the debate over Iran - chose to stress first and foremost an international move against the Iranians. This approach tallies with remarks made by U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta when he was in Israel in October. Gantz is being careful not to heat up the atmosphere, which is already tense in the region, by issuing menacing statements against the Iranians.
Gantz's remarks were made on the eve of a new year which, like previous years, is described as a "fateful year" in terms of Iran. A series of mysterious mishaps and accidents have pushed the Iranians back from their goal of producing a nuclear warhead, much further than the pessimistic forecasts of Western intelligence services. But it seems that time is gradually running out for the West. Iranian progress demands harsher measures.
In this context, over the past few weeks the United States has been issuing more implied threats that it might attack Iran. And what is more realistic, at this stage, it is also moving ahead on another round of sanctions. President Barack Obama is considering more restrictions on commerce with the Iranian Central Bank, while European foreign ministers are expected, in about a month, to discuss an embargo on Iranian oil.
The Iranian response to these moves is two-pronged, but typical. Last week Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz (a move that would paralyze one third of the world's oil supply, which arrives on tankers through the Persian Gulf). Yesterday, in contrast, Tehran announced it would soon be willing to renew stalled talks with the European Union on the nuclear issue. It is reasonable to assume that this is another play for time, and an attempt to delay the tightening of the ring of sanctions around Iran while continuing to move ahead on its nuclear project.
Although the United States has stated loud and clear that it does not want Israel to attack Iran, over the past few months Israel and the U.S. have moved closer with regard to the analysis of intelligence on Iran's nuclear development. The understanding between the two countries is that Iran is now at the "threshold space" that will allow it to move rapidly toward nuclear status if its spiritual leader, Ali Khamenei, decides that the time is right. But if in the past Western experts spoke of a "break-out" - Iran moving quickly and openly toward a goal that would also involve ejecting the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors, and would take about a year - an alternative is now being discussed: a "sneak-out."
This means Iran apparently now believes that a year will be too long for it to accomplish its program, and therefore it will try to amass capabilities clandestinely, which will then put it only months away from a bomb.
Still, as far as is known, the Americans do not share the observation made last month by Defense Minister Ehud Barak that only a year remains for an effective attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
Barak was referring to the possibility that Iran will by then be impervious to fatal damage by means of aerial attack because it will have been able to concentrate a good deal of its necessary infrastructure at a protected underground site near the holy city of Qom. It seems that the general consensus in Washington, as among various experts in the international community (and in Israel), is that this is too harsh a scenario, and that the time frame is broader than the defense minister presents it.
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In Mid-June the Goldener Berg Hotel on the sun plateau in Oberlech starts into the summer season. Are you ready for the challenges the mountain holds for you, then pack your favourite sports gear and come to the Goldener Berg Hotel in Oberlech? Right at the doorstep outdoor experiences in the natural environment are waiting for you.
The mountain is calling you!
Arlberg is one of the climbing and hiking hotspots on the Alps. Close to the Goldener Berg Hotel several climbing tours with guides and superb high alpine hikes are waiting for you. 350 km of hiking paths can be explored here. Put your hiking shoes on and off you go!
An absolute must for hikers and mountain enthusiasts is the Green Ring. Just about where the legendary White Ring expands during the winter, you can explore the Green Ring during the summer with all of nature's most beautiful features. Through different stages you will get to the Rüfikopf via Zürs, Zug and the Kriegerhorn and back to Oberlech. With all that goes with it: Biwakschachtel, Walser Library, the Madloch Giant, the myth forest and Lech Wall.
Be sportive all year round
Or how about a tour on the local mountain, Omeshorn, early in the morning? From the top of the mountain you will have views over large parts of the Alps. The Dolomite Alps in the south, the huge Swiss mountains in the west and the foothills of the Alps in the north.
You may as well want to explore the Gipslöcher nature reserve; it's an easy hike, which can be considered as a relaxed afternoon activity. The mountain tour over the Butzensee and the Braunarlspitze to the Göppinger Hut and further to the Älpele is not for the faint-hearted.
Our host, Daniela Pfefferkorn, herself is a passionate hiker and climber and will gladly tell you her most beautiful tours. The hiking bus will then take you back to the Goldener Berg Hotel, a ride which is free for all Lech Card holders.
For runners and Nordic Walkers, the Arlberg is the perfect playground to improve their fitness due to the altitude location. Wonderful marked trails in varying difficulty levels invite you to do your training.
The Rote Wand (Red Wall) is perfect in summer for the first climbing experiences. You can participate in a course or maybe you are experienced enough to go on your own climbing tour. To see how the pros master this challenge come to the Mountain Film Festival in St. Anton in the evening and see breathtaking films about those amazing climbers.
Mountain bikers will get their money's worth on the Arlberg, beginner right up to advanced bikers and pros: cycle through Zugertal to Spullersee or cool your calves in the melting snow from the winter season or go to the Ravensburger hut and the Stierloch ridge and back to the fishing pond – whatever you choose, enjoy a day in the beautiful landscapes.
Speaking of cooling: The Lech forest swimming pool as well as the crystal clear alpine lakes Spullersee and Formarinsee only lie a short distance from your holiday hotel in Oberlech and invite you to take a swim on a summer's day.
Highlights and Challenges
The warm days with hardly any rain invite you to long hikes, mountain biking tours and other great highlights. How about a downhill race down to Lech?
A special challenge for all mountain enthusiasts is the mountain triathlon. You will start with your mountain bike, then you need to row over the Spullersee Lake and then there's the run through the Stierloch ("Bull's hole"). Show mother nature and yourself how strong you really are.
You will get even higher if you try paragliding. Experience the mountains and valleys from the bird's eye view and get to know the majestic and beautiful views over the Arlberg.
Do you fancy an adventure in or on the water? The Lech river belongs to the few remaining untouched river landscapes in the Alps. In the Alpine schools on the Arlberg you can get an expert guide who will accompany you on your rafting or canyoning tour in Vorarlberg.
Golfclub Arlberg
Play an enjoyable round of golf with a view of the alpine landscape. The Golfclub Lech offers you an 18-hole course in Braz and a brand-new 9-hole course in Lech/Zug, and in addition to that you can explore several other appealing golf courses in Vorarlberg.
Calm down
Fly fishing in Lech is a far more relaxing activity than the one mentioned above. While you are waiting for a delicious fish to bite, you can enjoy the lovely fauna on the colourful mountain meadows. Gentian and alpine roses are in a blossoming competition so it seems. You will be watched by groundhogs, which will secretly hide in their caves.
Recreation in the Spa
After a long tour the Alpine Spa at the Goldener Berg Hotel is already waiting for you with its 500 m² big spa area. Enjoy the massages by our therapists and relax in the sauna or the steam bath. The awarded cuisine at the hotel will indulge you in the evening with a gourmet meal to help you recharge your batteries for the next day on the mountains.
Arlberg Alpin Freeride- & Outdoorcenter
Our partner in action on vacation! You can find all information about archery, canyoning, climbing, hiking, etc here.
If you can already hear the mountains calling you, send us your no obligation holiday enquiry or book online.


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Below are just a sample of images from the museum's collection.
Anatomical models and preserved organs in plentitude.
Anatomical anomalies of every variety.
Specimen after specimen that would make a carnival proprietor drool.
And finally the work that got Fragonard sent packing as a lunatic. Flayed human cadavers. The last room of the museum is home to the only surviving examples of his work. It is thought that Fragonard created around 700 of these preserved dissections. Once he was dismissed from the school he continued to make them for private collectors in his own studio. So much for reigning in the madness!
The Horseman of the Apocalypse- based on the print by Albrecht Dürer
An interesting side note to all of this is that Honoré Fragonard was cousin to Jean-Honoré Fragonard the rococo painter. This lead me to wonder, given Fragonard the anatomist's tendency for creating flayed remains based on artworks, if he had ever considered his cousin's "The Swing" as subject matter. That I would like to see.


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Danielle Andrews Sunkel (WPIC Co-Founder)
Danielle has been a certified wedding consultant, coordinator and planner since 2000. She has owned and operated The Wedding Planners, and coordinated hundreds of weddings since that time.
You have seen Danielle giving expert wedding advice on countless television shows such as Canada AM, Breakfast Television, Good Morning Canada, to name just a few. She has written articles for Today's Bride and has been quoted in most wedding magazines and major newspapers in Canada, the United States and across the Caribbean. Weddings and events she has worked on are regularly featured in media outlets around the world such as Style Me Pretty, Elegant Wedding, The Frosted Petticoat, The Wedding Opera, Poptastic Bride and Bride in Italy.
Danielle has planned weddings, events and conferences in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Cuba, a Caribbean cruise, The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, Turks & Caicos, Jamaica, a European cruise, Italy, and Ireland.
In addition to planning weddings, teaching WPIC courses and planning events for WPIC Alumni, Danielle regularly speaks at Wedding and Event Industry conferences.
Tracey Manailescu (WPIC Co-Founder)
Tracey has been consulting on, planning and coordinating hundreds of weddings professionally, since she was certified in 2000. She owns the wedding planning firm, Tracey M Events.
You have seen Tracey giving expert wedding advice on television, in most wedding magazines and major newspapers in Canada, the United States and across the Caribbean. She has written articles for Today's Bride and her weddings and events are regularly featured in media outlets around the world such as Elegant Wedding, Champagne Sweets, The Wedding Opera, Wedding Obsession, Poptastic Bride and Partecipando.
Tracey has planned weddings, events and conferences in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Cuba, a Caribbean cruise, The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, Turks & Caicos, Jamaica, a European cruise, Italy, Ireland, and Romania.
In addition to planning weddings, teaching WPIC courses and planning events for WPIC Alumni, Tracey regularly speaks at Wedding and Event Industry conferences.
Monica Caesar, WPICCMonica is the owner of Aisle Plan Your Day, a wedding planning company based out of Edmonton, Alberta with a focus on Destination Weddings in the Caribbean & Mexico since 2006.
Monica travels extensively throughout the Caribbean and Mexico attending conferences, reviewing hotel properties, private venues and wedding packages so that she can stay up to date with the latest industry trends and build an extensive network of top industry professionals worldwide.
Monica has had her work featured in international publications, and is regularly asked to share her wedding expertise through media outlets such as the radio, and wedding magazines. Monica also shares her expertise as a speaker at Wedding shows and Conferences.
Monica has been teaching with WPIC since 2009 and has taught classes in Canada, The Bahamas, Barbados and Mexico.
Daniela Caputo, WPICC
For nearly three decades, Daniela Caputo and her company Montreal Event Planner has been the go-to authority, because of her wealth of experience and expertise.
She has developed a reputation for professionalism in various aspects of planning, from client services and project management to marketing, event execution, negotiations and sourcing, putting her at the forefront of event planning in Montreal and beyond.
Daniela is regularly featured and interviewed in industry publications such as The Event Planner magazine. Given her expertise and reputable success, Daniela was invited to teach various courses on event planning at as well as speak for a number of school boards.
Daniela is our newest instructor, she joined the WPIC team of Instructors in 2014.
Sue Morris, WPICC
Sue is our Barbados-resident WPIC Instructor. She owns and manages, Essemm Events Communication Inc. and Soulmates Barbados. She is a seasoned corporate and social events practitioner who specialises in event production, marketing, training and business development.With over 10 years of experience she has planned a varied range of multi-cultural, Caribbean and destination weddings in Barbados. She currently sits as the Chair of the Romance Product Club (Destination Weddings & Honeymoons) for the Barbados Hotel & Tourism Association and was awarded the President's Award for Best Product Club Initiative in 2012.
Sue has been an instructor with WPIC since 2012.
Melissa Nowakowski, WPICC
Melissa has owned and operated her event planning company Et Lofte Events, which is known for unique, out-of-the-box weddings and events, since 2004.
Her work has been featured in Biz Bash Magazine, WedLuxe Magazine, Style me Pretty, The Ring Bearer and on the Food Network's "I Do Let's Eat". She has been a member of WedLuxe Glitterati, Grace Ormande's Platinum List and The Ring Bearer's Blue Diamond Society.
Melissa also has a strong background in marketing and PR having worked with many high profile individuals including Ted Rogers, Kat Von D, Victoria Rowell and more.
Melissa has been an Instructor with WPIC since 2008!
Kaley Campbell
Kaley is WPIC's Office Manager. She brings with her a degree in Marketing and great experience in Administrative support.
Kaley is a new transport from Prince Edward Island and brings her island warmth and charm to the WPIC offices.
Game for anything, we often put Kaley in a wedding dress and have her model for us.
Kaley got her WPIC Certification in 2015, in Jamaica!
Cristalyne Seegobin Gulati-WPICC, DWC, TICO
Part of our Administration staff, Cristalyne is truly what you would call a Jill-of-all-trades! She comes from a Fashion Design background and has worked with various local and international designers participating in runway shows and charity events with her collections. She is also involved in several family owned businesses including Automotive, Indian Bridal Clothing and Real Estate as their Operations and Marketing Manager. It's no surprise that she has multiple skills and connections in many different industries!
Her favorite business however is weddings! She started her own Wedding Planning company, Cristalyne Celebrations, in late 2014 and offers clients a more "couture" style planning process where she designs the whole wedding based on the couples themselves. She focuses primarily on Destination and Fusion Weddings and offers custom décor services where nothing is ever duplicated. She hasn't forgotten her Fashion roots however and can still help South Asian Brides design their very own one-of-a-kind Wedding Outfit for their special day!


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News Release
Former faculty member Ercell Lynn returns with
photography exhibit
The intriguing abstract photography creations of Ercell Lynn, who taught religion and philosophy at Manchester College, are on
display through February in the Link Gallery and lobby of Wine Recital
Hall at the College.
His exhibit is the third to surround Wine Recital Hall, dedicated in
October on the east edge of the Manchester College campus. The public
is invited to view Ercell Lynn's works from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays
and when concerts and other events bring the public to campus. A
reception for the artist is set for 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 27.
Ercell Lynn, entering his 90s, discovered his art skills after his
retirement in 1977, by studying sculpture, oils, silk screening and
drawing at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Recently,
he has developed an interest in abstract color photography, an outgrowth
of making glass paperweights at the Glass by James Michael studio in
Winona, Ind., under the direction of internationally known glass artist
James Michael Kahle.
noted the multiple abstract designs in each paperweight and was
motivated to create additional paperweights, using various colors. He
started photographing these designs as well as bowls, vases and
paperweights made by Kahle and staff members.
used digital cameras, enhancing his photos on the computer for their
lighting, for example, but not modifying the shape, form or basic color
of the designs. Focusing on the interesting designs and colors of his
original photograph, he enlarged the designs to make the abstracts for
the Manchester College show.
Seven of the abstracts are Giclee (pronounced zhee-CLAY) prints – a
process of printing digitally that renders high quality and color
saturation. Artists use this process to make copies of their original
watercolor and oil paintings.
Lynn and his wife, the former Isabel Beery, taught at Manchester
College in the 1940s and 1950s. Later, he was editor of Christian
Education Publications and director of curriculum development in the
national office of the Church of the Brethren in Elgin, Ill. He also
has chaired the Chicago supervisory staff of student teachers for
Western Illinois University. He is a native of Marceline, Mo., childhood
home of Walt Disney.
Manchester College offers a
variety of public events during February – and opportunities to view
Ercell Lynn's photography. In addition to athletics, the pubic is
invited to the Grammy-winning Cajun music of BeauSoleil avec Michael
Doucet at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17 in Cordier Auditorium; a 7:30
p.m. lecture on Monday, Feb. 21 by John Prendergast, director of the
Africa Program of the International Crisis Group, in Wampler Auditorium;
and a performance of the Vagina Monologues at 8 p.m. on Saturday,
Feb. 26 in Wampler Auditorium.
Manchester Media Relations


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I present thee, NorseCraft.
Compatible with Minecraft 1.6.2
Download version 2.1.2:
Mediafire: http://www.mediafire...craft_2.1.2.zip
Planet Minecraft: http://www.planetmin...exture-pack-10/
Minecraftcustomizer.net: http://www.minecraft...pack=NorseCraft (this version is outdated)
Note that this pack is still a work in progress. Not all blocks have been changed yet.
How to Install
NorseCraft Texture Pack
- Download the .zip file
- Unpack the .zip file into the resourcepack folder in .minecraft
- Start Minecraft and select NorseCraft in the Resource Pack options
- Done!
This texture pack also includes a language pack that changes the Pirate Speak to Viking speak. It's moslty just English but changes a few things here and there for better immersion. It also changes some of the item names to better fit the style of this texture pack, so I highly recommend using that.
Support NorseCraft
I don't expect anyone to pay for a texturepack. But creating a texture pack such as this takes a lot of time and work.So if you are feeling generous, any donation is always welcome.
Do I need a patcher for this texture pack?
No, you do not need a patcher for this texture pack to work.
Just drag and drop the .zip file in to the texture pack folder.
Is this really 16x16?
In a way, most of the textures are 16x16 but a number of other textures like the mobs and particles are 32x32. This is to put more detail into the texture pack without needing any kind of patcher.
Will you make a higher resolution version of this texture pack?
No. This is designed for this resolution and will look wrong when scaling it up.
When will this texture pack be finished?
When it's done.
Are you going to add Aether mod support?
How do I make those shields/animal skins on the walls?
Make paintings.
Texture Pack Contents
This version includes:
- Manly gui and hud
- Armour
- Items
- Terrain
- viking decoration
- sun and moon
- title
- Maps and pumpkin overlay
- wolves
- Zombie as Draugr
- Creeper as Dragon/Lindworm
- Slime as cave troll
- Zombie Pigmen as Surtr's Warriors
- Ghast as Fire Demon
- Endermen as Dark Elves
- Giant Squid
- Scary spider
- Fleshy Skeleton Archer
- Prettier Sheep, Chicken, Pig, Cow and bat
Current Supported Mods
Connected Textures Mod
More Health
Balkon's Weapon Mod (Partial Support)
Spawner GUI
Changelog:[/size] [size=x-small]2.1.1 - hotfix for the cobblestone and stonebrick[/size] [size=x-small]2.1 - made compatible with the new resource pack system of 1.6.2 - added a number of blocks and items like the sign, nether star, beacon and more. - added horse interface - added witch - added wither - tweaked zombie villager - tweaked villager priest - fixed underside of the enderman head - fixed support for Balkon's Weapon Mod 2.0 - made compatible with minecraft 1.4.6 - redesigned the interface - added more terrain like ice and clay - added more items like redstone dust, gunpowder, clay, and fish. - added iron golem as a Jotunn/Giant - added snowman - added ocelot and cats as lynxes - added blaze - added bats 1.9 - made compatible with minecraft 1.2 - added mushrooms, rails, saplings, enchanting table and dragon egg, new coloured planks, new stone and sandstone blocks, soulsand and netherwarts. - changed the bed 1.8 - made compatible with minecraft 1.0 1.7 - made compatible with 1.9 beta - added cave spider - added slime as a little bouncy troll - added zombie pigmen as Surtr's warrior - added villagers - added scary ghasts - added endermen dark elves - added the Ender Dragon - added moreHealth support - added partial support for Balkon's Weapon mod - enhanced the skeleton, he's now more fleshy and has remains of clothes - changed music disks to magical runes 1.6 - added trees, foliage and reeds to the terrain - added glowstone - added all tools and some other items - added pig and saddle - added the last painting - added minecart - added CTM support 1.5 - added grass, dirt, snow, gravel and sandstone - added roses - added mob spawner - added boat - fixed cake and fishingrod bugs 1.4 - made compatible with 1.7 beta - added redstone as runes - added ferns and brown mushrooms - added pistons and shears - added chicken - added woodwork ornaments to the trap interface 1.3 - made compatible with 1.6 beta - added Mojang logo in viking style - added custom stone, cobblestone, ores and stone slabs - added scary spider - added sheep and cow - added more viking decorations - added some more items - fixed some stray pixels 1.2 - made compatible with 1.5 beta - added wolves and squids - added round sun and moon - added pumpkin as skulls and changed pumpkin 1st person view - added 7 new paintings - added Norsecraft title logo - added texture pack icon - added achievement interface - changed creeper to a dragon - changed some items - changed bed to have a sheepskin 1.1 - added armour - added items - added terrain - added art - fixed missing trap interface - added mobs
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Copyright license/Disclaimer:
The following 3rd party content in this texture pack is my original work except for the remaining default sprites which I have not replaced yet. So by the terms of http://www.minecraft.net/copyright.jsp all 3rd party content in this texture pack is my property and copyrighted to me. This pack may be downloaded and shared in it's original form. It is intended for personal use only. It may not be redistributed on the internet (be it in part or in whole), used as base to build on for derivative works or used for commercial purposes without my express written permission. As an exception derivative works are allowed ONLY for private uses.
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Other Texture Pack Recommendations:
XSSheep's Sheep pack - Great natural blocks.
Jolicraft - A happy brightly coloured pack.
Frenden's Cartoon pack - Fairly abstract, very unique style.
Dorian Grey - Dark and gloomy.
Ovo's Rustic Pack - Richly detailed but still true to the style of Minecraft.
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