House Democrats, frustrated by the unwillingness of Republican leadership to consider measures to restore federal unemployment benefits, will resort to shaming their GOP colleagues next week by making the long-term unemployed more than a vague statistic.
Democrats will use a meeting of their Steering and Policy Committee – not a typical legislative committee of the House of Representatives, but one generally in charge of distributing committee assignments to Democrats - to highlight the plight of people who have been out of work for six months or longer. Since December of last year, 2.8 million workers who would otherwise have been eligible for extended benefits lost them after lawmakers allowed an extension of the program to expire.
The issue at hand is a federal action that has been seen in recent years as routine. The individual states run their own unemployment insurance programs, which typically provide the jobless with about 26 weeks of benefits. However, in periods of high unemployment, the federal government has ordinarily stepped in with a program extending state-level programs. During the Great Recession, benefits were extended, at one point, as far as 99 weeks.
Despite the fact that the current long-term unemployment rate is a full percentage point higher than it has ever been when the federal government allowed the extension to expire, Congress allowed the program to die in December. Efforts to revive it in the New Year were blocked for months by Republican filibusters in the Senate.
The Senate eventually passed a bipartisan five-month extension of the program but has been unable to persuade House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to bring the proposal to the House floor for a vote. Boehner has consistently said that the Senate bill does not meet his requirement that any unemployment insurance extension bill also contain measures to increase employment.
Nevada Senator Dean Heller, a Republican who was one of the primary sponsors of the Senate bill, had a personal conversation with Boehner on Tuesday that apparently did little to convince the Speaker to move forward.
"Senator Heller had a good conversation with Speaker Boehner today," said Heller spokesperson Chandler Smith. "He encouraged the Speaker to allow the unemployment insurance extension legislation to move forward in the House, making the case that this bill is not just important for Nevada, but for the entire country. Speaker Boehner relayed the same message that he gave to the White House. Senator Heller will continue to work to get something done."
Organizations supporting the unemployment insurance extension argue that the bill itself is a job creation program because it would pump some $9 billion into the U.S. economy.


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Vallejo-Based Rappers Arrested as Part of Major Investigation of Alleged Drug Trafficking Throughout the United States
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on April 24, 2012 released the following:
"SACRAMENTO, CA—A number of arrests have occurred in a major federal investigation into drug trafficking throughout the country, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
According to court documents, agents arrested a total of 25 individuals in Vallejo, Stockton, Fairfield, Oakland, Los Angeles, New York, and Oklahoma City. Some of those arrested are Vallejo-based rappers and associates of an entertainment label known as Thizz Entertainment.
Vallejo Police Chief Robert Nichelini stated, "This is another example of partnership that exists between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Vallejo Police Department to improve the safety of our community and reduce the level of violence associated with drug dealing. We appreciate the efforts of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California in coordinating the investigation and prosecuting the persons involved in such a complex and dangerous criminal enterprise."
During the investigation, agents seized approximately 45,000 MDMA pills, approximately four pounds of crack cocaine, a half-pound of heroin, and $200,000 in suspected drug proceeds. Agents also forfeited 230 acres of property valued at approximately $1 million as part of the investigation. As part of last Thursday's takedown, agents executed three federal search warrants and seized approximately five pounds of marijuana, a loaded firearm, a 2010 Audi A6 with an estimated value of $60,000, and an Audi S5 with an estimated value of $50,000. Agents seized $67,238 in Vallejo and $6,831 in Sacramento for a total of $74,069 during the service of the federal search warrants.
According to the criminal complaints, the DEA-led investigation uncovered a network of drug distributors working in the Crest neighborhood of Vallejo, along with individuals transporting large quantities of drugs outside of California to realize a larger profit. A number of the subjects of the investigation performed as rappers under the entertainment label known as Thizz Entertainment. The origins of Thizz Entertainment can be traced back to the notorious Vallejo-based robbery crews known as the Romper Room Gang. The primary activities of the Romper Room Gang included armed bank robberies, drug trafficking, and murder. The Romper Room Gang was active throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. However, as a result of Vallejo police investigations with the assistance from federal law enforcement, many Romper Room Gang members were convicted of federal crimes and incarcerated for several years in the state and federal prison systems.
Some of the individuals charged in the criminal complaint are alleged to be former members of the Romper Room Gang. According to the complaint, Thizz Entertainment started in 1999 as a record label promoting and producing rap artists from the San Francisco Bay Area, primarily from the Crest neighborhood of their hometown of Vallejo. The name Thizz Entertainment originates from the term "thizz," which is slang for the drug MDMA (also known as ecstasy). In many songs by artists on the Thizz Entertainment label, the lyrics glorify and promote the use and distribution of MDMA pills.
The complaint alleges that the targets of this investigation engaged in large-scale drug trafficking while also releasing rap albums under the Thizz Entertainment label. During the conspiracy, agents uncovered trafficking of MDMA, cocaine, cocaine base, heroin, Oxycodone, and marijuana, in violation of federal law. The complaint details drug shipments sent from the Vallejo area to Oklahoma City; Jamaica; Queens, New York; Atlanta; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The following individuals were charged with multiple counts of drug trafficking in the two federal criminal complaints:
Michael Lott, performs under the name "Miami the Most"
*Major Norton, performs under the name "Dubee"
*Lawrence Kennedy Nelson
Gaylord Franklin, performs under the name "Geezy"
Clifford Bullock
*Narco McFarland, Sr.
Latroy Cunningham
*Eric Robinson
Dante Barbarin
*Eileen Knight
Beshiba Cook
Bruce Thurmon, performs under the name "Little Bruce"
Damian Peterson
Mikel Brown
**Nicholas Ramirez
*Ung Duong
*Phat Nguyen
*Marcus Davis
**Tiffany Brown
Andre Cawthorne
*Michael Smiley
*Anthony Young
*Anthony Payton
*Arrested and detained in custody except where noted released.
**Arrested and released.
A preliminary hearing has been set for May 4, 2012.
This case is the product of an extensive investigation by the DEA Sacramento District Office, the Vallejo Police Department, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department, and the Sacramento FBI Safe Streets Task Force. Assistant United States Attorney Jason Hitt is prosecuting the case.
This case was part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The OCDETF program was established in 1982 to conduct comprehensive, multi-level attacks on major drug trafficking and money laundering organizations. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering organizations and those primarily responsible for the nation's drug supply.
When prosecuted in federal court, drug traffickers typically receive much harsher sentences. In addition to the longer sentences imposed, unlike state court prisoners who are released early on parole, there is no early release on parole in the federal system.
The charges are only allegations. Each of the defendants listed is presumed innocent, unless and until proven guilty."
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Caribbean Corridor Strike Force Seizes 245 Kilograms of Cocaine, Arrests Two
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on February 10, 2012 released the following:
"SAN JUAN, PR—The U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez, along with the heads of the agencies that compose the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF) announced today the seizure of approximately 119 bricks of cocaine with an estimate weight of 245 kilograms and an approximate street value of $4.9 million; and the arrest of two U.S. citizens for illegal importation of narcotics.
At approximately 10:40 a.m. on Thursday, a Marine Patrol Aircraft (MPA) assigned to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Caribbean Air and Marine Branch (CAMB), crewed by CBP officers and a Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) agent, detected a suspicious white fiberglass twin outboard center console vessel traveling eastbound towards Puerto Rico with two persons on board.
A second suspicious vessel; described as a single engine, white fiberglass with light blue trim, with two persons wearing yellow raincoats; was observed in the vicinity traveling westbound towards the Dominican Republic. The proximity within the two vessels suggested a possible transfer of contraband at sea.
A CBP marine interceptor was launched to intercept the vessel reaching it at approximately 10 miles off the coast of La Parguera in the southwestern coast of the island. Once intercepted, the crew of the suspicious vessel was instructed to set course to the Mayaguez Marine Unit for further inspection. The inspections conducted by CBP's field operations officers and Border Patrol agents revealed approximately 199 bricks with a white powdery substance that tested positive to cocaine during a field drug test.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents took custody of the narcotics and the two individuals for further investigation.
Those arrested, the brothers Elvis Aviles Vega, 46, and Alberto Aviles, 47, were transferred to the Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Metropolitan Detention Center awaiting the outcome of their case. They will have the initial hearing before a magistrate judge on Friday.
"We will continue maximizing all of our combined resources to investigate and prosecute those who in flagrant disregard of our laws and try to smuggle and transport illegal contraband in our jurisdiction," said U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez.
CCSF is an initiative of the United States Attorney's Office created to disrupt and dismantle major drug trafficking organizations operating in the Caribbean. CCSF is part of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) and Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) that investigates South American-based drug trafficking organizations responsible for the movement of multi-kilogram quantities of narcotics utilizing the Caribbean as a transshipment point for further distribution to the United States. The initiative is composed by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, ICE HSI, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Coast Guard and PRPD's FURA.
The case will be prosecuted by Assistant U.S Attorney Jose Capo Iriarte."
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Federal Indictment Charges 15 Men from Albuquerque and Edgewood with Alleged Drug Trafficking and Financial Crimes
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on January 27, 2012 released the following:
"ALBUQUERQUE—A 29—count federal indictment charging 15 men from Albuquerque and Edgewood, N.M., with drug trafficking, money laundering, and currency structuring charges was unsealed late yesterday afternoon, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales; Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Carol K.O. Lee, Special Agent in Charge of the Albuquerque Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and Dawn Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Division of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS).
The indictment is the result of a multi-agency investigation into a major drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating out of the Albuquerque metropolitan area that was designated as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force ("OCDETF") program. OCDETF is a nationwide Department of Justice program that combines the resources and unique expertise of federal agencies, along with their local counterparts, in a coordinated effort to disrupt and dismantle major drug trafficking organizations.
Yesterday, a team of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested nine of the 15 defendants named in the indictment, and executed 10 search warrants at residences in Albuquerque and a ranch in Edgewood. Those arrested include Steve Chavez, 32, a fireman with the Albuquerque Fire Department. Two other defendants, Jesus Ramos Castillo, 29, and Gabriel Guerra-Gonzalez, 27, both Mexican nationals, are in state custody on pending local charges; they will be transferred to federal custody to face the charges in the indictment. The defendants arrested yesterday are scheduled to make their initial appearances in federal court in Albuquerque this morning.
Four defendants, Homero Varela, 29, Manuel Villa-Mayorquin, 23, and Procoro Noberto-Alvarez, 28, Mexican nationals, and Ramon Gonzalez, Jr., 25, of Edgewood, have yet to be arrested and are considered fugitives.
The indictment alleges that, between May 2011 and January 2012, all 15 defendants participated in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. Each defendant also is charged with using communication devices to facilitate drug trafficking crimes (sometimes referred to as "phone counts"), and Homero Varela is charged with distributing methamphetamine on three separate occasions over a three month period. The maximum penalties for a conviction on the conspiracy charge and each of the three methamphetamine distribution charges is a minimum 10 years' to a maximum of life imprisonment and a $10 million fine, and the maximum penalty for a conviction on each of the phone counts is four years of imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
The indictment also charges Homero Varela, Roy Madrid, 21, of Albuquerque, and Manuel Villa-Mayorquin with conspiracy to launder money. Homero Varela is further charged with an additional count of money laundering involving drug proceeds. A conviction on the money laundering conspiracy carries a maximum penalty of 20 years of imprisonment, and a conviction on the substantive money laundering charge carries a maximum penalty of ten years of imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
Ramon Gonzalez, Jr., is charged with seven counts of structuring financial transactions to avoid certain reporting requirements for an aggregate of $166,300 through 24 transactions between April 2009 and August 2011. Steve Chavez is charged with structuring an aggregate of $348,500 in 37 transactions between July 1, 2011 and August 25, 2011. The maximum penalty for a conviction on each of these counts is five years of imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
The indictment also seeks forfeiture of property constituting, or derived from proceeds obtained directly, or indirectly, from the defendants' illegal drug trafficking and financial crimes, including three Albuquerque residences owned, occupied or in the possession of Homero Varela, Ramon Gonzalez, Sr., and Steve Chavez, respectively, and a ranch in Edgewood owned by Ramon Gonzalez, Sr. It also seeks forfeiture of funds in numerous bank accounts in the names of Homero Varela, Ramon Gonzales, Sr., Ramon Gonzalez, Jr., Andres Gonzalez and Steve Chavez, as well as a money judgment of at least $15,000,000, the amount of money allegedly derived or involved in the offenses alleged in the indictment.
During yesterday's law enforcement operation, officers seized a half kilogram of cocaine, more than 10 pounds of high grade marijuana, approximately $25,000 in cash, 20 vehicles, seven handguns, nine rifles, and two shotguns.
In announcing yesterday's arrests, U.S. Attorney Gonzales said, "The charges in this indictment are some of the most significant drug and money laundering charges ever filed in the District of New Mexico. The investigation that led to this indictment exemplifies the law enforcement cooperation that we are fortunate to experience here in New Mexico. Federal, state and local officers worked long and hard and side-by-side in a coordinated effort to arrest numerous individuals charged in the indictment. We owe a debt of gratitude to everyone involved in the investigation. Their efforts have made our streets and communities much safer."
"The Varela organization has been responsible for distributing multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine in central and north central New Mexico," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Arabit. "DEA and our federal, state, county, and municipal law enforcement partners have worked hand-in-hand to disrupt this organization from its roots, culminating in the indictment of 15 of its members of which 11 are in custody and the seizure of their drugs and assets, including 20 vehicles, 18 weapons, cash, and real property. Through these enforcement actions, we are making our communities safer."
"These significant investigations and arrests would not have been possible without the joint efforts of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, led by the DEA, the FBI's Safe Streets Task Forces in Albuquerque and Las Cruces, the U.S. Attorney's Office and numerous other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies throughout the region, said FBI Special Agent in Charge Lee. "We all share the same goal: stop criminal enterprises that profit from the illegal trade of dangerous drugs and take away any financial benefit they receive from their crimes. The Albuquerque FBI will continue to collaborate with our law enforcement and community partners to rid our rural and urban areas of drug traffickers and other criminals and help make New Mexico and our nation a safer place to live."
IRS Special Agent in Charge Mertz stated, "This indictment once again reflects the successful merging of law enforcement personnel, who work together through the task force, providing their specific skills, with the common purpose of ferreting out potential nefarious narcotics and related financial crimes. IRS Criminal Investigation will continue to work alongside our law enforcement partners to investigate those individuals who ignore the laws of our country for financial gain."
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Reeve Swainston and Samuel L. Hurtado, and was investigated by DEA, FBI, and IRS with support from the New Mexico State Police, the Albuquerque Police Department, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, and the Corrales Police Department. Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Marshal's Service, the U.S. Border Patrol, the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office, the Air Branch of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the New Mexico Department of Public Safety Motor Transportation Police Division, and the Region II HIDTA Task Force participated in yesterday's law enforcement operation.
Charges in indictments are only accusations. All criminal defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Eleven People Indicted for Alleged Drug Trafficking
"POCATELLO— A federal grand jury in Pocatello on Tuesday returned an indictment charging 11 people with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson. Four defendants were arrested earlier today; six others currently in state custody will be transferred into federal custody tomorrow.
The defendants named in the indictment are Samuel Nevarez-Ayon, 25, and Fabiola Esmerelda Marin-Castro, 24, of Rexburg, Idaho; Guadalupe Meraz, 40, of Medara, California; Ana Rosa Valdez-Ceja, 25, Juan Ortiz, Jr., 27, and Antonio Javier Mendoza, 27, of Shelly, Idaho; Isidoro David Herrera, 30, Daniel Quiroz, 24, Everado Tapia Torres, Jr., 29, Ricardo Garcia Lopez, 34, and Nicolas Levi Olsen, 28, of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Nevarez-Ayon, Torres, Olsen, Valdez-Ceja, Mendoza, Quiroz, Herrera, Ortiz, Marin-Castro, and Meraz are scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald E. Bush. An arrest warrant has been issued for Lopez, who is considered a fugitive.
Federal drug trafficking charges are punishable by up to 10 years in prison, a fine up to $8 million, and a minimum term of five years of supervised release.
The charges are the result of a nine-month investigation by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), including the Idaho State Police, Bonneville County Sheriff's Office, Idaho Falls Police Department, Madison County Sheriff's Office, Rexburg Police Department, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Fremont County Sheriff's Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
The OCDETF program is a federal multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task force that supplies supplemental federal funding to federal and state agencies involved in the identification, investigation, and prosecution of major drug trafficking organizations.
An indictment is a means of charging a person with criminal activity. It is not evidence. The person is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law."
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119 Individuals Charged in Three Countywide Law Enforcement Operations
"Two Mexican Mafia Members and 117 San Diego County, California Street Gang Members and Associates with Ties to the Mexican Mafia Charged with Racketeering Conspiracy, Drug Trafficking Violations, and Firearms Offenses
SAN DIEGO—A federal grand jury in San Diego has handed up 17 indictments and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California has filed eight criminal complaints charging a total of 119 defendants with federal racketeering conspiracy, drug trafficking violations, and federal firearm offenses, announced U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Laura E. Duffy.
U.S. Attorney Duffy said, "The cases unsealed today make communities stronger and safer. The United States Attorney's Office is committed to an anti-gang, anti-violence strategy built on close coordination between federal, state and local officials. This coordination provides better intelligence about street gangs and violent crime within our communities. And better intelligence means better law enforcement and prosecutions."
FBI Special Agent in Charge Keith Slotter commented, "Today's arrests mark one of the largest single takedowns in San Diego FBI history. The FBI and our law enforcement partners stand unified in our efforts to protect this county from the violence, drug trafficking and extortion schemes employed by the Mexican Mafia and its affiliates. San Diego is inherently safer today because of the cooperation between our agencies working together to disrupt and dismantle the criminal activities of these dangerous individuals."
"This is a traditional case of dishonor amongst thieves," commented San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore. "Gangs were made to pay 'taxes' in order to facilitate their trafficking and violent behavior. We answered with a one-two punch: a strong and experienced multi-agency investigation, armed with the RICO statute. The results speak for themselves."
The charges stem from three investigations entitled, "Operation Notorious County," "Operation Carnalismo," and "Operation 12-Step."
"Operation Notorious County"
The indictments are the result of an 18-month-long investigation entitled, "Operation Notorious County," led by the North County Regional Gang Task force. Eight indictments charging 51 individuals, including one charging 40 defendants with participating in a federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) conspiracy were unsealed today. All five indictments were handed up by a federal grand jury sitting in San Diego on Jan. 19, 2012. The RICO conspiracy alleged in the indictment involves the commission of both state and federal crimes, including attempted murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion, money laundering, and drug trafficking violations. As set forth in the indictment, the defendants are members, associates and facilitators of violent street gangs operating primarily in north San Diego County under the auspices of the Mexican Mafia or "La Eme." The gangs named in the indictment include the Diablos and West Side gangs, based in Escondido, Calif., as well as the Varrio San Marcos and the Varrio Fallbrook Locos. The individuals named in the indictment were involved in a long-standing criminal enterprise used to extort money by threat or violence. The money was then sent on to high-ranking members of the Mexican Mafia, including defendant Rudy Espudo. The indictment alleges that Espudo is a validated member of the Mexican Mafia who oversees their activities throughout much of northern San Diego County.
"Operation Carnalismo"
In "Operation Carnalismo," led by the Violent Crime Task Force-Gang Group, a group of federal, state, and local law enforcement agents led by the FBI, five indictments charging 36 individuals were unsealed today. Eight defendants are charged in one indictment with a conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity (RICO), violent crime in aid of racketeering (VCAR), distribution and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin and criminal forfeiture. Four additional indictments, charging 28 defendants were also unsealed. These related indictments charge distribution and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and criminal forfeiture. All five indictments were handed up by a federal grand jury sitting in San Diego on Jan. 24, 2012, and unsealed today. The RICO indictment charges the criminal enterprise was run by Mexican Mafia member Salvador Colabella. Colabella and his associates conspired to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, extorted and robbed others, and laundered drug-trafficking proceeds. Colabella and his associates collected the extortion payments through the threat of violence and the commission of violence. According to the indictment, the Mexican Mafia has about 200 members, but its reach extends to thousands of Hispanic street-gang members in Southern California. A Mexican Mafia member is the highest level one can attain in the Mexican Mafia. A member, also called "Brother" or "Carnal" or "Tio," controls, exploits and profits from the criminal activity conducted by street-gang members and others. This control over the criminal activity is enforced through acts of violence or the threat of violence.
"Operation 12-Step"
This year-long investigation, known as "Operation 12-Step," was led by the East County Regional Gang Task Force, a group of federal and state law enforcement led by the FBI and the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. Operation 12-Step focused on gang-related methamphetamine distribution activities in San Diego County. Today four indictments and eight complaints were unsealed charging 32 individuals with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to court records, individuals charged in this investigation belong to nine different criminal street gangs including Varrio Chula Vista, East Side Piru, Old Town National City, Shelltown, National City Locos, Imperial Beach Imperials, Paradise Hills, Varrio Encanto Locos and National City Block Boys. Between Feb. 22, 2011, and Dec. 13, 2011, law enforcement made more than 20 methamphetamine and heroin seizures in connection with this investigation. In addition, search warrants were executed at eight residences in San Diego; Spring Valley, Calif.; National City, Calif.; Imperial Beach, Calif.; and Chula Vista, Calif..
U.S. Attorney Duffy praised the coordinated effort of the law enforcement agencies of the Violent Crimes Task Force-Gang Group, the East County and North County Regional Gang Task Forces under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) for the coordinated team effort culminating in the charges filed in these cases. The OCDETF program was created to consolidate and utilize all law enforcement resources in this country's battle against major drug trafficking.
The cases are being investigated by the FBI, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the National City, Calif., Police Department; the San Diego Police Department; the Escondido, Calif., Police Department; the Carlsbad, Calif., Police Department; the U.S. Marshals Service; the La Mesa, Calif., Police Department; the El Cajon, Calif., Police Department; the San Diego County District Attorney's Office; the U.S. Bureau of Prisons; the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; the San Diego County Probation Department; Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations; Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations; and Customs and Border Protection-United States Border Patrol.
The cases are being prosecuted in San Diego federal court by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Peter Mazza, Jaime Parks, Fred Sheppard and Tara McGrath.
An indictment or a complaint are not evidence that the defendants committed the crimes charged. The defendants are presumed innocent until the government meets its burden in court of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Six Additional Defendants Charged in "Operation Prairie Eagle"
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on September 29, 2011 released the following:
"PEORIA, IL—A federal grand jury has returned indictments against six additional defendants as a result of "Operation Prairie Eagle," a cooperative investigation targeting distribution of crack cocaine and marijuana in the Bloomington-Normal area. Fifteen defendants were previously indicted in May 2011.
The charges are the result of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation – Springfield Division and the Normal Police Department, with assistance provided by the Bloomington Police Department, the McLean County Sheriff's Office, the McLean County State's Attorney's Office, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of Illinois.
Four defendants, Richard George Martin, 32, of Bloomington, Ill.; Shane C. Crawford, 30, of Streator, Ill.; Chad Joseph Graff, 35, also of Streator; and Alex William Guhlstorf, 39, of Normal, are charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana. The one-count indictment alleges the conspiracy began in 2001 and continued to the present and involved more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 100 kilograms of marijuana. The indictment also seeks criminal forfeiture of Martin's bank accounts and cash totaling approximately $107,059.
If convicted, the statutory mandatory minimum penalty for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana is 10 years to life in prison. If a defendant has one or more prior felony drug convictions, the mandatory minimum penalty is 20 years to life in prison. With two or more prior felony drug convictions, the statutory penalty is life in prison.
In a separate indictment, Kelsie Linea Thirtyacre, 26, currently of Las Vegas, previously of Springfield, Ill., and Julie Lynn Foster, 32, of Cicero, Ill., are charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. The indictment alleges the conspiracy began in 2001 and continued to Apr. 5, 2011, and involved more than 100 kilograms of marijuana. The women also each face three additional charges of using a telephone in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
If convicted, conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute marijuana carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years to life in prison; if a defendant has one or more prior felony drug convictions, the mandatory minimum penalty is 10 years to life in prison. For using a telephone in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, the penalty is up to four years in prison.
The two indictments were returned yesterday; however, the charges had remained sealed pending the defendants' arrests and court appearances today. Crawford, Graff, Guhlstorf, and Foster were arrested this morning and appeared in federal court in Peoria this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge John A. Gorman. All were detained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending hearings scheduled next week. Foster's next hearing date is Oct. 6; hearings for Crawford, Graff and Guhlstorf are scheduled on Oct. 7. Martin, who is currently in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections, will appear at a later date. Thirtyacre was arrested this morning in Las Vegas, and will make an initial appearance in federal court in Las Vegas.
Members of the public are reminded that an indictment is merely an accusation; the defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty."
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Daniel Barrera-Barrera, Javier Fernandez-Barrero, and Orlando Fernandez-Barrero Indicted in a Superseding Indictment on Federal Drugs Charges
"Three High-Level Colombian Narcotics Traffickers Indicted
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division; John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; and Michael Shea, Acting Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), announced the unsealing of a superseding indictment against Daniel Barrera-Barrera, 42, a/k/a "Loco Barrera," Javier Fernandez-Barrero, 43, and Orlando Fernandez-Barrero, 45, both collectively known as "Los Gorditos." Two of the three were arrested; Barrera-Barrera remains at large. Colombian officials recently announced a $2.7 million reward for the capture of Daniel Barrera-Barrera, whom Colombian authorities describe as one the "most wanted" individuals n Colombia.
The superseding indictment alleges that the three defendants conspired to manufacture and distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine knowing that the cocaine would be unlawfully imported into the United States. The superseding indictment also charges that Daniel Barrera-Barrera conspired to import cocaine into the United States. If convicted, the defendants each face a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
On February 11, 2011, U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer announced the creation of the BACRIM prosecution unit within the Narcotics Section of the U.S. Attorney's Office, specifically dedicated to dismantling emerging Bandas Criminales in Colombia. This is the first such unit in the United States specifically designed to target the emerging BACRIMs. The prosecution announced today is part of the BACRIM initiative. Including the defendants announced today, more than 100 BACRIM leaders and associates have been indicted by the Southern District of Florida. In addition, just last week, at a joint press conference in Colombia with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Attorney General Viviane Morales, Ferrer announced two additional BACRIM prosecutions: Operation Under the Sea and Operation Seven Trumpets, resulting in charges against 56 defendants in six separate federal cases.
"This indictment marks another success in our efforts to dismantle the emerging BACRIMs. It is the culmination of a significant long-term law enforcement investigation," said United States Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer. "We will work tirelessly and commit our efforts to dismantling these narcotics trafficking organizations."
"The arrests announced today exemplify coordinated, multi-national law enforcement efforts reaching into the highest levels of a drug trafficking organization's leadership," said Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge for DEA Miami Field Division. "The DEA will continue these joint efforts and maintain our sights on those who most damage our communities, whether from within or outside the geographic boundaries of the United States."
"Drug kingpin Daniel Barrera-Barrera remains one of Colombia's most wanted criminals," said John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Miami. "His indictment, along with Javier and Orlando Fernandez-Barrero, has significantly disrupted their criminal enterprise which is responsible for distributing tons of cocaine into the U.S. and other countries."
"Transnational Criminal Organizations are a direct threat to the national security of the United States," said Michael Shea, Acting Special Agent in Charge of ICE HSI in Miami. "The combined efforts of ICE Homeland Security Investigations and our law enforcement partners are designed to disrupt and dismantle these illicit organizations."
On March 2, 2010, the United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") designated Barrera-Barrera as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker (SDNT) due to his significant role in international narcotics trafficking. According to OFAC, Barrera-Barrera operates primarily in the eastern plains of Colombia, between Bogota and the Venezuelan border, and maintains a partnership with the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia), a narco-terrorist organization identified by the President as a kingpin pursuant to the Kingpin Act in 2003.
The charges announced today are part of "Operation Splinter Cell," an ongoing Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation led by DEA. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations, and those primarily responsible for the nation's illegal drug supply.
Mr. Ferrer commends the outstanding investigative efforts of the DEA, FBI and ICE-HSI, as well as the Colombian Fiscalia General and the Colombian National Police. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Fels.
An indictment is only an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Q: Add _id to the source as a separate field to all exist docs in index I'm new to Elastic Search. I need go through all the documents, take the _id and add it to the _source as a separate field by script. Is it possible? If yes, сan I have an example of something similar or a link to similar scripts? I haven't seen anything like that on the docks. Why i need it? - Because after that i will do SELECT with Opendistro and SQL. This frame cannot return me fields witch not in source. If anyone can suggest I would be very grateful.

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Patiño & Schuttel
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Rubén Patiño and Kay Schuttel are interdisciplinary artists working across sound and performance. At CTM 2020, the pair premiere their new work "No Laughing Matter," which explores laughing in relation to bodily presence and acousmatic sound. As laughter is seen as a uniquely human gesture, the sound of laughter is employed as compositional material for psychological conditioning in their performance
Originated as a re-interpretation of the "laugh track", a sound effect featured prominently in TV sitcoms, the project tries to explore the synergy between the enjoyable and the uncanny. No Laughing Matter aims to create a transitional space in between fun and fear that muddles the boundaries of human voice versus synthetic sound, male and female acoustic and amplified, imaginary and real. Using humor as a subversive tool questions certain rigid standards and a persistent excess of "seriousness" in contemporary electronic music.
Rubén Patiño works in the fields of electronic music and visuals. He focuses on the sculptural properties of synthetic sound while exploring the limits of concerts, public events, and installations. In particular, Patiño works within the field of sound synthesis while exploring the audio-visual creative potential of programming environments and algorithmic composition. All of his work tends to contain different strategies regarding space and presentation formats, while combining sound, lights, text, image, or found materials. He has published works with several labels such as Anòmia, Free Software Series, Alku, and has upcoming records on Ge-Stell and Hypermedium.
Kay Schuttel's practice explores the performativity of daily gestures, the evolution of corporeal vocabularies, and the intersection between choreography and visual art. Intrigued by social codes and unwritten rules embedded in everyday live behaviour, Schuttel explores the performative aspects of the habitual. Her focus is on the formation of new bodily movements and language generated by the evolution of communication tools, recording devices, and mediated daily rituals. Through abstracting and reassembling key components from this behaviour, her work stages moments in which these abstracted components are performed in altered forms or different contexts.
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Mild PS3 Launches Met with Microsoft Ad Campaigns
News / by Chris Massey /
The Playstation 3 has just recently been launched in Europe and Australia, and Microsoft isn't just sitting back and watching. While its no secret that the launch events in both territories have been far less dramatic than the frenzied launch in Japan and North America last November, Microsoft isn't taking any chances.
In Paris, France, Microsoft decided to crash the launch party surrounding the Playstation 3. Not that there was much of a party to speak of, [url=http://www.jeux-france.com/news19695_la-playstation-3-sort-en-europe.html]judging by these images[/url] of the PS3 launch party (the site is in French but images are located down the page). At any rate, Microsoft played their card and sent a boat with a friendly message reminding PS3 enthusiasts that [url=http://kotaku.com/gaming/only-in-france/xbox-crashes-french-ps3-launch-246475.php]Xbox 360 loves them a lot[/url]. Creepy, but flattering.
Meanwhile, in New Zealand where the Xbox 360 is celebrating its one-year anniversary, Microsoft used the PS3's high price to try and turn gamers away from the PS3, whose launch also happens to share the Xbox 360's NZ birthday. How is Microsoft doing it? With alcohol, of course. [url=http://www.nzgamer.com/news-all-1668]480 dollars worth of beer[/url] to be exact, which happens to be the price difference between the Xbox 360 ($719.95) and the PS3 (1199.95). The ad-campaign? "What would you buy with $480?"
In some cases, however, Microsoft hasn't the need to step in. That's because in many places, launch events are turning out far less gigantic than they did in the U.S., including mild launches in [url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/games/playtime-for-midnights-children/2007/03/23/1174153291466.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1]Australia[/url], France, and the [url=http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2039112,00.html]the United Kingdom[/url]. With many retailers also heavily stocked in the United States, this shouldn't make for a pleasant read back at Sony HQ in Tokyo.
Could this mean trouble for Sony? That, my friends, would be an understatement.


Georgia's varied habitats--from Appalachian highlands to mangrove-studded estuaries--translate to a diversity of wildlife-viewing opportunities. Hitting the trails or waterways in one of the state's numerous preserves or just driving quiet back roads can lead to fleeting encounters with the state's furred and feathered inhabitants--especially for the persistent, sharp-eyed observer.
The highlands of northern Georgia belong to the ancient Appalachian Range--specifically, portions of the Appalachian Plateaus, Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge and, most extensively, Piedmont Plateau sub-provinces. A variety of animals range this rugged country's mountaintops, rich cove forests and other habitats. Black bears and white-tailed deer munch on acorns, while the rare goshawk targets rugged grouse in the thickets. Feral pigs, which have been naturalized in America for centuries, also roam these woods, foraging omnivorously. North America's largest salamander, the hellbender, lurks in mountain streams of far northern Georgia.
Head for public lands such as Georgia's two national forests, the large Chattahoochee and smaller Oconee, both located in the uplands, to look for mountain wildlife. Driving forest roads at dawn or dusk or taking a break on a hike to listen and watch are good approaches for spotting these elusive creatures.
Georgia boasts many wetlands, not least the great riverine swamps that stud its coastal plain. The Okefenokee is the most famous, protected today as a national wildlife refuge and offering some of the best ecotourism opportunities in the state. Scouting by canoe is an excellent way to look for American alligators, mink and river otters cruising the dark waters. Keep your binoculars handy to get a closer look at some of the refuge's vibrant bird life, which includes the endangered wood stork and sandhill crane. At Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, protecting bottomlands along the Ocmulgee River near Macon, hikers can look for black bears, cottonmouths and other striking residents of the backwater forests.
The Atlantic Ocean borders Georgia for more than 100 miles, a relatively sheltered coastline of the South Atlantic Bight. The estuaries, beaches and barrier islands that constitute the Georgia shore are exciting places to look for animals, marking the meeting ground between freshwater and marine environments.
One of the premier places to look for wildlife on the coast is at Cumberland Island National Seashore. In addition to many seabirds and shorebirds, such as terns and skimmers, careful observers may be able to see manatees and dolphins offshore and bobcats and wild turkeys in the seaside woods.
Shaw, Ethan. "Georgia Wildlife Viewing Guide." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/georgia-wildlife-viewing-guide-10092.html. Accessed 22 April 2019.


The MFT Release is live! Are you headed to shop? I have one last card to share using the new Pressed Flower set.
Its a very subtle look but I stamped the branch image in a light green all over a piece of cardstock. I used the Bold Stripes Cover Up and die cut the stamped paper. I added that to a white card base and then added a white hello on top of that. Definitely a clean and simple card!
Check out the MFT blog for more release details! Thanks so much for coming by today!
I love clean and simple cards! This is great!
Love the look of the subtle green branches, Laurie...so clever and so beautiful!
Indeed, clean, simple and beautiful design!
Wow! Really cool and elegant!
So pretty! Love the subtle stamping and the Cover-Up die!
Your card is simply beautiful! I love the subtle color and stamping! So well thought out!
I love your CAS style... beautiful card!
I love this simple but beautiful card!
Lovely and elegant! Your card illustrates the expression that sometimes less is more. Thanks for sharing your beautiful creativity!
So many great products to choose from. A great job with your card.
The green is a lovely addition to this card.
Such a soft and pretty card! Love it!
A very subtle but beautiful card!
Lovely CAS design Laurie, TFS!
I love this idea. So many ways you can use this flower stamp set. Thanks for the inspiration!
The background die with the soft flower stamp. brilliant idea. I am going to have to try that out. Super cool effect!
Gorgeous! Love pretty green and white!
So pretty! :) I love the light green stamping on the background.
Such a preset subtle background.
Very pretty with the subtle stamping.
Soft and very delicate card.
What a lovely clean and simple card.
Very pretty and quite classy!
So simple and inviting, very nice!
Fabulous card! I love the subtle stamping!
I like that you mixed old and new items. Beautiful, clean and simple.
What a beautiful, subtle card! I don't think I would have trusted myself to try just the light colors, but I love how that looks. It's beautiful and sophisticated, and I think I'm going to have to try and CASE it, because this is not my normal style, but I kind of wish it were! Thanks so much for sharing with us.
This is an elegant card. Making your own patterned paper is always fun.
Simple yet so elegant. thank you for sharing your creativity.
Your card is so pretty. The background is beautiful.
Truly awesome! Love the simplicity & soft coloring!
I love the soft green and matching envelope. You could make it in every color with different sentiments.
What a simple yet effective card. Lovely!
Your card is just so beautifully understated and elegant. Sometimes less is much more - I love it. TFS.


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A current trend in politically motivated confabulation and misinformation in social networking sites suggest a trend of unabated malicious advertisement. These are, beyond doubt, paid political advertisements which gather momentum in the most visited social networking sites on the planet. Take the example of Facebook where scores of swindlers are picking up the fast buck targeting the polarized factions in the US.
Experts in this field agree that undeclared political ads are most watched among those who can use it for both good and bad purposes. That's the unscrupulous mechanism employed to entice Facebook viewers. Provocation is another key here and targets those interested in articles related to President Barack Obama, Ivanka Trump, Sean Hannity, Kellyanne Conway et al.
Catchy headlines lure Facebook users who seek articles reinforcing their existing beliefs at the click of a mouse where some lesser-known web portal has a striking resemblance to Fox News. Visitors who want access to these sites must provide credit card information which can cost in the neighborhood of $100 a month.
This is but one example of political ads where Facebook lacks a mechanism to regulate paid political content in the form of a message which is misleading and malicious. Long before the ads are uploaded to the social networking sites, the scammers are designing more targeted ads. For the most part, These sites are registered within 30 days before the political ads start going out. These websites are shady since the fraudsters don't open the portals beforehand.
These scams are becoming more widespread in the lead-up to the midterm elections.
Facebook officials are aware that they need to stop these dubious advertisements. But it's not so simple to detect and eliminate the deceptive ads. Some of them have been eliminated while new ones are coming down the pipeline. Experts say malicious advertisement can't be stopped overnight. Naturally, this is applicable to other social networking sites aside from Facebook.


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Enrolment Application Form
Clyde Grammar is a co-educational, non-denominational school, which upholds strong Christian values. It provides high quality education, which continues to evolve with the needs and expectations of society. The low fee structure makes it both accessible and affordable to families within and around the Clyde municipality.
Clyde Grammar adheres to and promotes the principles and practice of Australian democracy. The freedoms and values of our Australian society are important in the education of all students to enable them to become informed and responsible citizens.
Clyde Grammar values and celebrates the cultural diversity within its learning community by respecting, sharing and understanding the importance of heritage, and acknowledging our indigenous culture and history. The teaching staff are dedicated and passionate about building genuine and meaningful relationships with students, their families and the wider community. They strive to provide a safe, engaging learning environment and deliver a pedagogy that embraces individuality, inspires inquiry, promotes equity, a growth mindset and ensures ongoing success for all. Rewrite as promotes equity, a growth mindset and ongoing success for all.
Clyde Grammar is committed to the values of respect, honesty, generosity, empathy, perseverance and commitment. These core values underpin all the school's practices and programs.
Our students are at the forefront of our vision. We encourage them to be passionately curious, confident, creative and critical thinkers. By setting high expectations and standards, we endeavour to raise independent and collaborative lifelong learners and resilient people.
Our mission is to foster, support and develop the academic and social growth and emotional wellbeing of each child in our care. We are committed to helping children realise their potential and strive to be the very best version of themselves. This is achieved by appointing educators who are caring, professional and enthusiastic about delivering a differentiated curriculum that is engaging, enriching and meaningful for each child.
Our goals at Clyde Grammar are:
To provide a safe, inclusive and stimulating learning environment where children thrive holistically.
To promote the well-being of students through programs which focus on positive and safe social relationships, personal health and fitness, and emotional resilience.
To nurture spiritual growth in all students; to offer experience of Christian living through the aspects of worship; to foster the Christian ideals of love and service to others.
To employ teachers who are team players, sharing and valuing the philosophy and vision of the school. Management will provide staff with ongoing professional development opportunities to ensure the delivery of current and best teaching practice.
To work in partnership with our families, celebrating success, ensuring smooth transitions and collectively achieving the best outcomes for their children.
To implement and deliver learning programs and initiatives that are forward thinking, in line with today's society and providing authentic learning experiences that encompass the culture of the school.
Statement of Democratic Principles
Schedule 4 clause 1 of the Education and Training Reform Regulations 2017 require that the programs and teaching at Clyde Grammar must be consistent with, support and promote the principles and practice of Australian democracy. These include a commitment to:
the elected government
equal rights for all before the law
freedom of speech and association; and
the values of openness and tolerance.
As stated in the Regulations the requirement of the commitment above are not intended to affect the rights accorded to, or the compliance with any obligation imposed on, the school under the enactment of the State or of the Commonwealth.
Clyde Grammar is committed to the principle of a liberal democracy.
We believe in an accountable, democratically elected government
We respect and observe the rule of law, and believe that no person is above the law
We believe in equal rights for all before the law, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender or other attributes
We believe not only in the freedom of religion, but also the need to practice tolerance and understanding others' beliefs
We believe in the value of freedom of speech and freedom of association, but also acknowledge that we have the responsibility not to abuse this freedom
Be believe in the values of openness and tolerance, and value and respect all members of the school community regardless of background.
The Statement of Democratic Principles is communicated to staff, students, parents and guardians and the school community.


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An unlikely artist with a decorated past emerges in Capital Region
by: Trishna Begam
Posted: Apr 4, 2019 / 10:59 PM EDT / Updated: Apr 5, 2019 / 02:26 AM EDT
An unlikely artist in Saratoga County, with a decorated past, is now making a career for himself through his drawings.
At his home studio in Gansevoort, every small stroke and each fine line all helps illustrate the bigger picture.
"I got into it as a hobby," Bryn Reynolds explained. "I've been fortunate enough to visit most continents. I found this quite relaxing."
Before Bryn carried his ink pens, he carried guns.
"In the military, I was almost always in the woods or on the water," he recalled.
He entered the Army right out of high school. He was deployed to the first and second Gulf Wars in Iraq and then to Afghanistan.
"It was amazing what you can see with night vision," he said. "We operated a lot at night. A lot of unforgiving terrain."
It's out of that darkness that beauty emerged and the dangerous places served as inspiration.
"It was almost all mountains, extremely rural; some of the most beautiful terrain in the world. The Panjeer Valley, the Hindu Kush Mountains are gorgeous," Bryn recalled.
With no formal training, Bryn's only brush with art was through a translator.
"We'd be doing briefings on, 'Hey, we are going to do an ambush over here.' He would grab a piece of charcoal out of fire and draw. We were just mesmerized. It was gorgeous."
With that memory in mind, his hidden talent started as a way to bond with his twins.
"I would take a brush and a pen and say this is kind of fun, and it's relaxing. I really wanted to explore that with my kids and my family," said Bryn
From there it branched out.
"I framed up a few and put them on eBay," Bryn explained.
To his surprise, they all sold. The artwork caught the eye of Shellie McWhorter.
"One of the sheriff's deputies told me about it, and I said I gotta check this out," she said. "My husband worked with Bryn in law enforcement."
Bryn had joined the Washington County Sheriff's Office after retiring from the military as a Sergeant First Class.
"They are real but in a simple clean way," McWhorter said.
She ended up buying three pieces from him and commissioned him to do three more of her favorite places.
"I can't wait to see them," she said.
Bryn added, "I can pretty much tell you what prompted each one."
He says after 25 years of serving, there is a lot to draw from.
"We certainly had a lot of bad days, saw the best and worst of humanity. It's a rough job at times," he said.
Putting ink to paper has now become a sort of therapy for him.
"It's kind of relaxing; you get a rhythm going."
It's become an expressive outlet in contrast to the order and discipline of military life.
Bryn added, "I would do this even if no one ever bought a drawing. I enjoy it that much."
Now the beauty of the Adirondacks, his service, and the people he meets have a hand in keeping him going.
"What calls out to people is surprising sometimes. I'm thankful what I enjoy doing, a lot of people enjoy putting on their homes."
You can fund Bryn's work online HERE and HERE.


He calls himself a "compassionate conservative"óthis commander in chief of the carnage fields in Iraq. But when one of the world's greatest natural disastersóthe giant tsunami waves of destructionóstruck South Asia's millions of human beings on Sunday morning, George W. Bush was AWOL for over three days.
On vacation again, Bush had delegated the representation of our country to a second string press man who announced that the U.S. government would give a paltry $15 million to the relief effort. That was our nation's immediate image as the death toll soared over 100,000 souls in the midst of unimaginable devastation and looming infectious diseases.
When the Iraq-obsessed Bush finally emerged from his ranch in Crawford, Texas, the assistance sum was upped to $35 million (little Spain is giving $68 million). Bush, bristling before public criticism of his belated mini-start, did what he usually does. He hid behind the American people. "We're a very generous, kind-hearted nation," he declared.
It is not the American peoples' generosity we're worried about, Mr. Bush, it is your failed leadership to take the helm of the world's relief effort. Great humanitarian missions are historic opportunities to bring the best out of our country and its people as they rush to the aid of the innocents. The victimsóboth residents and touristsócame from 40 countries.
Unparalleled opportunities for solidarity among a wide expanse of the world's peoples elevate the best instincts of humanity and its governors. Divisions, tensions, bigotries, and violent conflicts are submerged by these common expressions of care, love and rescue. For Bush, since many of the victims were Muslim, it would have softened the daily belligerence that they see him emitting for many months. Such sensibilities seem to escape both the President and his hard-nosed advisers.
Then there is the matter of our nation's readiness for natural calamities. A gigantic earthquake, registering 9.0 on the Richter scale, opened a fissure the length of California off the coast of Sumatra. The quake had an estimated force of one million Hiroshima size atomic bombs, which propelled tsunami waves at 500 mph in many directions. With sudden impact, they slammed into Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India, and Malaysia, and as far away as Somalia in Africa. Waves rising 60 feet high and reaching up to 10 miles inland struck with no advance notice, because such waves are invisible until they hit shallow coastal waters.
But in an age of instant communications and precise seismic instruments, there should have been advance warnings for millions of people. What nature did not do, technology could have done. Yet these populations at risk were treated as if they were living in the 19th century, given the multiple breakdowns that occurred that Sunday.
Instantly, the Pacific Tsunami Center in Honolulu, among other stations, registered the earthquake's intensity and location. It was the biggest earthquake in the world since 1964 when Alaska was struck. The ensuing waves of these tsunamis took 7 1û2 hours to reach Somalia, crushing hundreds of coastal communities in their wake.
The first populated areas were flooded within an hour, yet for hours there were no alarms sounded either by radio, television, internet, or any other telecommunications technologies for the soon-to-be inundated areas. Australian embassies were warned by their country but diplomatic protocols and other bureaucratic reasons stalled the news inside those stately edifices.
So, in spite of all these electronic technologies that its innovators and promoters have told us would change the world, human and institutional failures rendered them inoperative for those critical hours. Compounding the tragedy, unlike big hurricanes, people can quickly run away from tsunamis to higher ground and save themselves.
Early explanations of these failures don't wash. One is that the watchdogs did not think the Indian Ocean experienced such tsunamis as did the Pacific Ocean. It is not a function of oceans, it is a function of powerful undersea earthquakes.
The United States spends a good deal of money on earthquake research, both on land and sea, and their consequences. California and western Tennessee, alone, require such attentiveness. But the United States has stations around the world as well. Maybe George W. Bush should order a real readiness plan for homeland security on natural disasters, even if he is told there are no terrorists behind them.


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El Cachivache Orkesta is currently one of the most popular tango groups and is widely recognized on the world music circuit. Sometimes called 'Tango Punk', the group is characterized by its undeniably creative, original, and very "danceable " style.
Some call them "modern buffoons", others describe the music as "communal flat groove", and both are true. El Cachivache serves up its music in a vigorous manner with a good dose of humor, mixing up overdriven traditional tango music with a post punk look, which simultaneously frightens and attracts the tourists.
Witty song introductions emerged with the music, livening up already energetic performances. The band is very popular in its home city of Buenos Aires, playing around 90 concerts a year.
They are presenting now their 8 album "Tiempos Extraños" (2020) and preparing the next tours in Europe in May, June and and July 2021. They are also shooting a documentary road movie on tour while traveling.
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Matallana es una aldea española situada en el municipio de Campillo de Ranas (Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha), en plena sierra de Ayllón. Antiguamente pertenecía al desaparecido concejo de El Vado. Es un ejemplo típico de la arquitectura negra.

Descripción
Tiene una ermita dedicada a San Juan y dos puentes: uno el que lo une a Roblelacasa, el puente de los Trillos (en pie gracias a los trabajos de los habitantes neorrurales del pueblo), y el otro el que lo hacía con Colmenar de la Sierra. Está comunicada a través de una pista forestal con Colmenar de la Sierra y La Vereda.

Recuperación
Este pueblo fue expropiado junto con La Vereda y La Vihuela por el ICONA en 1972 para su destrucción y posterior reforestación del territorio y construcción de un embalse sobre el río Jarama. La reforestación con pinos no tuvo lugar y las competencias sobre el pueblo pasaron en la década de 1980 a la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha que lo alquiló en 1988 al Colegio de Arquitectos de Guadalajara que preveía restaurarlo por su interés arquitectónico. Tampoco se llevó a cabo la rehabilitación del pueblo pero se salvó de verse anegado por las aguas en 1995 cuando el ministerio de Obras Públicas abandonó el proyecto de construir la presa.

Desde los años 1990, Matallana está habitado por un grupo de neorrurales que han reconstruido gran parte de los edificios, respetando su estructura original y los materiales propios de la arquitectura negra y aplicando, en muchos casos, energías renovables.

Entre 2008 y 2010, la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha concedió por licitación a la Asociación Cultural La Vereda el aprovechamiento de los pastos y cultivos, así como el uso y disfrute para tales fines de los edificios y terrenos adyacentes al pueblo de La Vereda, entre los que se incluía Matallana.

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Localidades de la provincia de Guadalajara
Pedanías de Campillo de Ranas
Pueblos con arquitectura negra

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Game Shakers: What You Didn't Know About The Cast Of The Hit Nickelodeon Show.
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Game Shakers is an American gaming sitcom created by Dan Schneider that premiered on Nickelodeon on September 12, 2015. The series stars Cree Cicchino, Madisyn Shipman, Benjamin "Lil' P-Nut" Flores Jr., Thomas Kuc, and Kel Mitchell .
The series revolves around two seventh graders, Babe and Kenzie, who start a multi-million-dollar title gaming company and take on rap superstar Double G as their business partner. The series also features Double G's son, Triple G, whom the girls hire as a game consultant, and Hudson, who is a test dummy for experiments on games.
Plot: In Brooklyn, New York Babe and Kenzie create a video game app called "Sky Whale" for their science project; when it proves to be successful, they form a company called Game Shakers with the help of their friend, Hudson.
The three of them later befriend rapper Double G who becomes their partner and investor after a compromise involving the illegal use of his song, "Drop Dat What". Additionally, Double G's son, Triple G, becomes a video game consultant.
Babe Carano
Babe Carano ( Cree Cicchino ) is a 12-year-old girl and one of the creators of Game Shakers. She always does her own thing and doesn't mind stepping on someone's toes; she is creative, confident, and fearless when it comes to making tough decisions.
Cree plays the smart Babe on Nickelodeon's Game Shakers. She is originally from Queens, New York City. Cree has been dancing since the age of 4, and she especially loves the street styles: hip hop and jazz funk. She spends most of her times with her twin sister Jayce. She is an animal lover.
Kenzie Bell
Madisyn Shipman
Kenzie Bell (Madisyn Shipman ) is a 12-year-old girl and one of the creators of Game Shakers. She lacks a social filter and tends to be extremely blunt, but makes up for her lackluster social skills with incredible tech knowledge.
Shipman was born in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. When Shipman was five, she began working with a talent agency. She also appeared in the play Enron on Broadway in 2010.
Triple G
Benjamin Lil P Nut Flores Jr.
Triple G ( Benjamin "Lil' P-Nut" Flores, Jr. ) is the son of Double G who had a lavish childhood, but all that he really wants is to be with children his own age.
He's eventually hired by Babe and Kenzie as the video game consultant. In "Shark Explosion ", it is revealed that his real name is Grover. Benjamin Flores Jr. also known as Lil' P-Nut, is an American child actor and rap artist.
In music, he is known for his rap, "You Might Be the One". Flores also made an appearance in the film Ride Along, which was released in January 2014.
Thomas Kuc
Hudson ( Thomas Kuc ) is a friend of Babe and Kenzie as well as a member of Game Shakers. Despite knowing that Hudson isn't necessarily intelligent, Babe states in "Sky Whale" that he's cute and will do whatever she and Kenzie say.
Thomas was born in Brazil; he is a multilingual, able to speak Polish Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, and English. His sister is a gymnast for the Polish National Olympic Team.
GAME SHAKERS SEASON 1 GALLERY: Pictured: Double G (Kel Mitchell) in GAME SHAKERS on Nickelodeon. Photo: Robert Voets/Nickelodeon. © 2015 Viacom International, Inc.
Double G ( Kel Mitchell ) is a successful rapper and billionaire whose real name is Gale J. Griffin. He is impulsive, unpredictable, and determined to have as much fun and money as possible. With the help of Babe and Kenzie, he rediscovers his love for gaming, and becomes the main investor of Game Shakers.
In " Revenge at Tech Fest ", Double G gets a temporary trionic right arm after his right arm is badly broken following a slingshot incident caused by MeGo.
Kel is an African American actor, stand-up comedian, dancer, musician, and rapper. He is known for his work as a regular cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, as the Invisible Boy in the 1999 Ben Stiller and Geoffrey Rush superhero satire film Mystery Men , as well as his portrayal of Kel Kimble on the Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan & Kel.
He was married to Tyisha Hampton-Mitchell for six years until their divorce in 2005. He is a convert to Christianity.
Catch "The Game Shakers" show every weekday on DSTV's Nickelodeon [Channel 305].
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Lancashire Lightning were beaten by two wickets by Nottinghamshire Outlaws in the NatWest T20 Blast this afternoon in a dramatic encounter at Trent Bridge.
Despite half centuries from Riki Wessels and Michael Lumb, Notts Outlaws needed the help of six penalty runs before scraping over the line to defeat Lancashire Lightning by two wickets in their NatWest T20 encounter at Trent Bridge.
Wessels made 58 and Lumb scored 53 but the home side then collapsed dramatically in pursuit of a victory target of 185, before a dramatic intervention from the rule book.
Needing 15 runs from the last over, Notts were awarded those six penalty runs as the defending champions hadn't been in a position to begin their last over before the allotted cut-off time.
A Sam Wood maximum, heaved high over the leg side boundary, either side of a couple of scrambled singles, left Luke Fletcher to clip Arron Lilley away for the winning run, with two deliveries left remaining.
Notts had been sent on their way by their openers, with Wessels scoring his runs from 31 balls, with seven fours and three sixes, while Lumb registered his first 50 in domestic T20 cricket since July 2013.
Jos Buttler made an unbeaten 56 for Lancashire, who closed on 184 for four, with Karl Brown adding 47. Samit Patel, with two for 31, and Harry Gurney, two for 37, shared the wickets.
The Outlaws' chase got off to an explosive start, with 72 runs coming from the six powerplay overs. The opening partnership had been extended to 100, a county T20 record against the Red Rose, by the time Lumb hit Stephen Parry to deep midwicket.
Wessels was then bowled by Jordan Clark, who also removed Samit Patel for nought, before George Edwards grabbed three for 38, as the Outlaws slumped from 143 for two to 168 for eight.
Earlier, Buttler's 27-ball 50 ensured the visitors finished their innings on a positive note. Martin Guptill and Alviro Petersen had put 40 on for the first wicket, before Harry Gurney had the New Zealand international caught in the deep for 28.
Petersen followed for 21, trapped lbw by Patel, one delivery after lofting the spinner back over his head for six.
Patel also removed the dangerous Liam Livingstone, who edged behind to Wessels. The wicketkeeper then handed over the gloves to Brendan Taylor, with the former Zimbabwe captain remaining behind the sticks for the second half of the innings.
Brown followed up his Roses' half century on Friday evening with another handy contribution, although he should have fallen on 39 when he received a grateful gift from a close friend. Steven Mullaney, Brown's pal from their days together in the Lancashire academy, put down the simplest of caught and bowl chances.
Wessels, out on the ropes this time, took his second catch of the innings to remove Brown but that only enabled Buttler to take centre stage for some belligerent hitting, late in the innings Three sixes in four balls, two of them from consecutive Harry Gurney deliveries, helped take the 25-year old to his half century and onwards to an unbroken 59-run partnership with Steven Croft.
After two defeats, Notts now have their first victory in this season's competition, with Lancashire's record now stands at one win and three losses.


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Just who is this Hardcore Henry, the robo-dude who lends his name to this jumpy, jolting action thriller? Answer: Henry is you, he's me, he's us. All we see is what he sees. In this Moscow-based romper-stomper, the camera takes the first-person point of view of Henry who was once human, but has now been retro-fitted with droid parts to become a cyber-supersoldier.
Everyone seems to want Henry dead, except for his engineer wife Estelle (Haley Bennet). But Estelle's been snatched by the villainous Akan (Danila Kozlovsky), an albino badass with telekinetic powers he uses for — what else? — global domination. Akan grabs Estelle before she can install hubby with a voice box. So don't expect expository dialogue — there isn't any. If action is character, Henry defines himself as a head-busting, bone-crushing mofo.
Blood is bound to splatter if you get in Henry's way, on the streets or in a whorehouse where gratuitous nudity knows no bounds. The only help Henry gets against flamethrowers, tanks and armies of Russian mercenaries is from his buddy Jimmy (Sharlto Copley in overdrive), a shape-shifter whose cyber tricks include replication and the ability to belt out Sinatra's "I've Got You Under My Skin" like a Vegas lounge act. Still with me?
If you worry about such pettiness as logic and purpose then Hardcore Henry, a video gamer's wet dream disguised as a movie, is not for you. There's no denying the visual wizardry of first-time feature director Ilya Naishuller who expanded the film from one of the music videos he cooked up for his rock band Biting Elbows. OK, his ultra-violent sci-fi extravaganza, shot on GoPro mobile cameras, doesn't add up to much. It's all about the ride, the relentless wallop and whoosh. But, hey, sometimes that's all a cine-junkie needs for a fix.
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Karac died from a stomach virus aged just five in 1977 when Robert was on tour with Led Zeppelin in North America, and the singer went on to write 'All My Love' in his late son's honour.
In a preview clip ahead of the Tuesday 13th March broadcast of his interview with veteran US journalist Dan Rather on AXS TV, the host asked Robert to tell him about 'All My Love'.
"I think it was just paying tribute to the joy that (Karac) gave us as a family and, in a crazy way, still does occasionally," Robert said.
Rather then asked him how coped with the death of his son. "Well it wasn't easy," Robert said. "especially in the light of the fact that there's the whole hysteria that surrounded (Led Zeppelin in) the mid to late seventies. It was anything but conducive to normal family life.
With Rather delicately dealing with the subject matter, Robert was asked what advice he would give to other people dealing with grief.
"Well, as you say, it's such an individual phenomenon or just piece of real bad luck and I don't know how many people have been in the public eye to such a garish degree," Robert responded.
"I know other guys who do what I do who have lost kids and because we're kind of public property, in a way, our conditions and our luck and our bad luck and our whole circumstances are there for public discussion. That's how it works, you know? So, when it's tough, it's really tough.


Venice's REGATA STORICA is one of the city's most important, magnificent and fascinating historical and sporting events.
The historical regatta commemorates the triumphal procession organised in 1489 to welcome the Queen of Cyprus, Caterina Cornaro, following her abdication in favour of Venice.
The race between gondolas and various types of boat is preceded by a procession of typical Venetian craft known as bissoni bearing rowers and people in period dress, including the Doge and Caterina Cornaro. It takes place along the Canal Grande to the applause of thousands of spectators along the route, watching from quaysides, the windows of the houses and special platforms resting on barges anchored along the canal banks.
A festival reviving the splendour and magnificence of the Serenissima Republic and a sporting event deeply felt and important for the city of Venice.


Adhering to a government order, Apple and Google among all other services have removed the Skype app from their own app stores as their voice over internet services doesn't adhere to the rules.
The app has been removed from both Google and Apple stores which has left lots of its users in a state of turmoil. After majority of Google related services which are blocked in the country, they were relying on Skype to make calls and stay in touch with the world outside.
Microsoft has confirmed that they will soon find a way to make changes and get the app relisted on the store. Almost every international services has found itself die in the hands of the Chinese government because of their rules. Skype does work so far but it is no longer in the app stores and a similar issue might be faced by Whatsapp among other messaging services.


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The first thing we need to do to prepare oatmeal water is liquefy or beat the flakes with a little water. Use enough water to cover the flakes, reserve the rest for later.... Take out a pack of oat flakes and here you go the nutritious oatmeal on the table. Four spoons of flakes, a cup of boiling water� It seems so easy but, in fact, it�s not so often delicious. How to cook oatmeal that is not only fast but tasty?
Quick cook oatmeal. These are steamed for longer and pressed more to make them flakes than the previous kind. The nutritional profile of this kind is almost the same as the rolled variety. These have a high glycemic index and must be consumed in �... "Oatmeal is only as exciting as the stuff you put into it, since it's boring on its own. This dish is sweet and creamy, a tad exotic, and the kids will love it.
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When the oatmeal has finished cooking, turn off the heat and stir a bit of one of these: - Sweet: jam, maple syrup, chocolate syrup, agave syrup, honey, caramel sauce, molasses (use sparingly!). how to build a client book in retail 24/03/2011�� However, I used to make a cooked cereal with a combination of oat, rye and wheat flakes, but I can no longer find the rye or wheat flakes to buy. I also used a mixture of these same flakes in my granola mixture. Now I should have the capability of making my own rye and wheat flakes.
While you can definitely make sprouted oatmeal yourself, trust me on this one � it is a rather laborious process! Sprouted oatmeal is particularly time consuming as the additional step of flaking the dried, sprouted oat groats .
Take out a pack of oat flakes and here you go the nutritious oatmeal on the table. Four spoons of flakes, a cup of boiling water� It seems so easy but, in fact, it�s not so often delicious. How to cook oatmeal that is not only fast but tasty?
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets. Combine the sugars and eggs, beating well. Beat in the oil butter or margarine, flour, baking soda and baking powder.