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Final, 0-0: This is no joke. The game ended 0-0, but it is as thrilling a game as we've seen anywhere in the league so far this season.
Both teams attacked each other with levels of pace and quality that their rivals will look on with envy.
Liverpool extends its unbeaten run to eight games, but drop more points at Anfield. The Reds will rue this one at the final reckoning, but no one should forget that Swansea was every bit as good as them on this day.
Had Carroll buried that early chance, we'd have a different scoreline. But the game was always going to play itself out in this manner. Both teams have eleven players that know how to move the ball, open up space and create scoring chances.
One cannot over-praise Brendan Rodgers for what he has done at Swansea City. He has eleven players that — let's be honest — many neutrals have never heard of playing some of the best ball in the league. Now we know what Dalglish was talking about when he said he will not underestimate or disrespect the Swans.
Liverpool had its fair share of chances, but did not control the game to the extent that supporters expected. The visitors were the much better team for a significant portion — twenty minutes or so — of the second half.
Legendary NFL head coach Bill Parcells once said that in the NFL, "you are what your record says you are." His wisdom translates to the EPL. Swansea rests comfortably in mid-table. Liverpool looks towards the top end of the standings, but is some distance away from that level.
This is your match report. That's all for now. Let's discuss this one on Twitter @NESNsoccer and Facebook. Be sure to keep an eye out for some news, fan reactions, analysis and opinion that is on the way.
93rd minute, 0-0: Some home fans are leaving early. How could they? This is as thrilling a game as we've seen so far this season.
89th minute, 0-0: Suarez fires from outside the area. His shot is saved quite well by Vorm. Johnson has a shot shortly after that is saved just as well.
88th minute, 0-0: Kuyt heads it in, but the offside flag is up. Agger heads a free-kick to the Dutchman at the far post but he was a step offside. The young, female linesperson got the call absolutely right … as she should.
84th minute, 0-0: Dyer finds Graham, who heads at the far post to Gower at the spot. Gower overpowers his shot high. It was Swansea's best chance of the game. The visitors still have some life going forward. Skrtel was out of sorts on the cross.
81st minute, 0-0: Suarez is fouled by Williams (booked) at the top of the area. Adam's free-kick is deflected out for a corner.
78th minute, 0-0: Suarez and Kuyt combine at the edge of the Swansea area. Taylor's desperate clearance goes out for a corner. It ends 20 minutes of dominance by the visitors. Agger heads a corner just over the bar.
75th minute, 0-0: Sinclair is coming on for the ever-dangerous Routledge. Carroll departs with Bellamy taking his place.
73rd minute, 0-0: The stats don't lie in this one. Swansea has 57 percent of the possession in the second half. For you math majors out there, that means Liverpool has 43 percent.
68th minute, 0-0: Shouts of belief are coming from the Swansea away fans. Their boys are all over Liverpool at the moment. Agger, who was just booked, concedes a free-kick on the line of the LFC area by fouling Britton.
65th minute, 0-0: Reina makes a fantastic double save to preserve the tie. Dyer shoots from the top of the area and the Spaniard makes the first save (but can't control). He reacts and saves Graham's follow-up shot.
64th minute, 0-0: Reina makes a save on Dyer from about 15 yards away from his goal line. He had to move to cut down the angle after a nice through pass sprung Swansea's 2010-11 player of the season.
62nd minute, 0-0: Swansea is enjoying its best spell of the game in the last five minutes or so. Gowan and Routledge are ever so dangerous in the Liverpool third (of the field).
59th minute, 0-0: Reina nearly coughs up a goal to Graham. He receives a back pass and Graham was seconds away from pinching it from him and walking it into the goal.
57th minute, 0-0: Taylor is booked for a foul on Johnson. Adam finds the head of Suarez with the ensuing free-kick, but his effort is saved by Vorm. See below for Adam's game.
54th minute, 0-0: Adam is at the heart of all of Liverpool's good play going forward. He's looking to play final balls to Carroll's head. Also finding wide players in the final third.
48th minute, 0-0: Adam plays another incisive through ball for Downing on the left. His cross is intercepted by Vorm.
46th minute, 0-0: Kuyt enters for Henderson as the second half kicks off.
Halftime, 0-0: That's it for the first half of a thoroughly entertaining encounter between two teams that know how to pass the ball. I'm going to come out and say it: Swansea's play going forward is a "breath of fresh air" for the EPL.
As for the Reds, they really should have converted that seventh minute chance. It was the most clear-cut of all their chances. The others weren't necessarily of the "should have scored" type.
45th minute, 0-0: Downing and Henderson switching flanks leads to a pair of corner kicks to close out the half.
41st minute, 0-0: Routledge and Dyer switch flanks for the Swans. Johnson and Enrique must be vigilant out there. Most of Swansea's attacks come from out wide. The visitors move the ball through the center and look to create chances when they get it wide in Liverpool's end.
37th minute, 0-0: Not trying to sound like an Englishman, but we've got a proper game of football on our hands today. Both sides are moving the ball on the ground and showing good, team play. Allen shoots just wide of Reina's far post.
33rd minute, 0-0: Agger (and his ridiculous mohawk) steps forward from deep and hits a shot that's intercepted. The space is there as Swansea is only playing with one man up front.
29th minute, 0-0: Suarez draws an save from Vorm that equals Reina's. He collects Adam's rebound, tricks his way past Monk and hits a low shot to the left that the 'keeper saves at full stretch. It's end-to-end excitement at Anfield.
28th minute, 0-0: Reina spares Liverpool's blushes with a wonderful save. Routledge weaves his way past Johnson, Lucas and Henderson. He delivers a cross to Graham, which Reina parries away.
22nd minute, 0-0: Swansea is sitting deep allowing Liverpool to build play slowly. When the Reds bring the ball into the visitors' half, they stay compact with little space between the midfield and defensive lines. Rodgers has fielded a very well organized group. Liverpool will have chances from distance, but the Swans always have numbers in and around their own goal.
20th minute, 0-0: Reds maintain pressure on Swansea. Suarez whistles a shot from distance just wide of near post. Downing has an effort that is deflected out for a corner.
16th minute, 0-0: Enrique fouls Dyer — who beat him for pace — conceding the free kick on the left. Swansea keeps a little possession and whips a few crosses in, but the Reds' defense deals with them. Things sure do seem secure at the back with Agger and Skrtel.
11th minute, 0-0: Most of the early goings have seen the ball stuck in the midfield or Swansea's end. Reds have a couple of good looks at goal, but did not convert. Have you heard that one before?
Seventh minute, 0-0: Adam and Downing link on the left. Adam's through ball springs the winger behind the defense. He crosses to Carroll, who hits the crossbar from close range. That's 11 times LFC has hit the post or crossbar this season. Opposing keepers should get together and take the woodwork out for dinner (yea that was terrible, but it's early here).
Fifth minute, 0-0: Swansea's early possession is impressive. Their players work the ball well from back to front.
Second minute, 0-0: Downing ghosts past Rangel and delivers cross to no one at the far post.
First minute, 0-0: We're under way at Anfield.
Pregame: We're going to stick by our story. Swansea is not to be taken lightly. It's one of the better passing teams in the league — better statistically than LFC — and if it can keep focused on the defensive end, we could have a shock on our hands.
But Liverpool is fully aware of this fact and the Reds will look to apply early pressure on Vorm. An early goal is the order of the day.
10:30 a.m. ET: Liverpool's lineup is unchanged from last week. Here are the teams:
Pepe Reina (25), goalkeeper
Glen Johnson (2), right back
Daniel Agger (5), center back
Martin Skrtel (37), center back
Jose Enrique (3), left back
Lucas (21), midfielder
Charlie Adam (26), midfielder
Stuart Downing (19), midfielder
Jordan Henderson (14), midfielder
Luis Suarez (7), forward
Andy Carroll (9), forward
Doni (32), goalkeeper
Sebastian Coates (16), defender
Martin Kelly (34), defender
Jay Spearing (20), midfielder
Maxi (11), midfielder
Dirk Kuyt (18), forward
Craig Bellamy (39), forward
Swansea City
Michael Vorm (1), goalkeeper
Neil Taylor (3), left back
Garry Monk (16), center back
Ashley Williams (2), center back
Angel Rangel (22), right back
Wayne Routledge (15), midfielder
Mark Gower (27), midfielder
Leon Britton (7), midfielder
Nathan Dyer (12), midfielder
Joe Allen (24), midfielder
Danny Graham (10), forward
Gerhard Tremmel (25), goalkeeper
Vangelis Moras (44), defender
Ashley Richards (29), midfielder
Kemy Agustien (26), midfieler
Luke Moore (19), forward
Scott Sinclair (11), forward
Leroy Lita (18), striker
12 a.m. ET: Kenny Dalglish, Craig Bellamy and anyone else associated with Liverpool will tell you that the Reds won't take Saturday's opponents lightly. Swansea City is one of three newly-promoted teams that have brought new players and styles to the English Premier League.
But when it comes to Anfield for its first league game in nearly 30 years, LFC supporters will expect nothing less than a win.
Despite its current tenth-place standing in the table, Swansea is one of the league's worst-performing road teams. This is partly because manager Brendan Rodgers refuses to alter his team's expansive style of play in the face of a higher level of competition and hostile crowds. Games involving his teams are usually entertaining and Saturday's should be no different.
At times this season, Liverpool has struggled against nominally weaker opposition. The Reds will look to put that trend behind them and dispatch their visitors with ease. Dalglish has preached patience during the buildup to the game, but an early goal — as happened last week at West Brom -– will force Swansea into pressing forward and leave it open for mistakes.
The Reds will be without Steve Gerrard as he recovers from infection. Jamie Carragher is doubtful. Expect to see the same team that eased past West Brom last weekend to take the field against Swansea. It will be crucial for the Reds take all three points heading into the international break. They will need the momentum that victory brings when it faces Chelsea and Manchester City later this month.
Make sure to join us at 11 a.m. ET for our Liverpool Live Blog for all the action as it happens.


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#Nepal Earthquake: "The death toll has crossed 2000 and this is just the beginning"
Oxfam / Oxfam staff
@Oxfam country director in Nepal gives the latest update from the ground. http://bit.ly/1z2uWnV #NepalEarthquake
Cecilia Keizer, Oxfam country director in Nepal has been tracking the devastation caused by the earthquake at ground zero.
Here is the latest update -- people are scared to go indoors, frequent aftershocks has forced them to sleep outdoors, facing the cold unforgiving Himalayan weather.
Her biggest concern is that the death toll, currently at over 2200, could increase considerably.
Listen to her here.
Full transcript of her byte is also given below:
"We still face a lot of aftershocks. The last one was 6.7, so it was quite a big one again. It is still not finished. I think people have to stay outside probably tonight as well. There are 16 designated sites assigned by the government and Oxfam is supporting to get water to these sites and logistics and getting some shelter also because it might start raining. For the rest we are preparing to support on a larger scale. But it still needs to be organised and especially it's very difficult because to reach the most affected area like Gorkha and Lamjum, where we definitely cannot go now because there are no roads. But we heard the American embassy is going there with helicopter. But still, we also cannot get in touch with our partners or get any information on the situation there. Information of people dying is coming from the Kathmandu valley and currently we have over 2000 deaths, but this is just the beginning."
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Sarah Lohman, author of EIGHT FLAVORS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN CUISINE will be at the library for this very special presentation. She will be reading from and talking about her latest book; a unique culinary history of America offering a fascinating look at our past and uses long-forgotten recipes to explain how eight flavors changed how we eat.
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Senior Survey Party Chief
- Managed a crew of two and three surveyors on a wide range of projects for the Georgia Department of Transportation and for numerous private sector companies including Wal-Mart and Home Depot.
- Utilized a Leica 1201 Robotic total station and a Topcon Digital level in conjunction with an Allegro Wireless data collector running Carlson Survey in order to establish high accuracy control on projects.
- Established property on all projects by locating and recording all pins recovered and set new property pins when applicable.
- Routinely Completed bridge surveys on many projects following the established GA D.O.T. guidelines.
- Completed court house research to gather plat and deed records to establish existing property on projects.
at this job
Survey Party Chief
- Set up, adjusted, and operated surveying equipment, including electronic total station, data collector, and GPS equipment, in order to measure distances, elevations, and angles.
- Performed complex surveying calculations in order to analyze raw data for mathematical closure and geometric accuracy.
- Prepared field notes and drawings.
- Directly supervised other crew members.
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Survey Party Chief
Positioning of Mobile Drilling Rigs onto proposed drilling locations using real time MRDGPS corrected positioning system.
- Positioning of Pipeline Lay-Barges for placement of gas/oil pipelines using real time positioning, and 360 degree scanning sonar.
- Placement and positioning of various offshore platforms within the GOM using sonar, GPS positioning and conventional surveying methods.
- Acted as Instrument man on various ecological, and drainage studies with their Land Surveying Department.
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Survey Party Chief
- Supervised construction survey crew to Build a fuel transfer station and pipeline to the Maui airport
- Oversaw the placement of concrete, Ancorbolts, Site drainage plan, underground piping.
- Profficient operating lasers, levels, Total Stations, Data Collectors, Fork lift, back hoe, Loader, mini excavator, skid steer.
- Profficient reading and cross referencing all blue prints.
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Survey Party Chief
- Responsible for securing all data and overseeing daily duties of a 2 and 3 man crew
- Performed boundary, topographic, construction stakeout and layout surveys
- Tasked with adequate placement of ground control, both horizontal and vertical for projects.
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Survey Party Chief/cadd Technician
- Construction stake-out work including: grading, road layout, utilities, buildings and stormwater calculations for commercial/industrial and residential sites
- Experienced in boundary surveys to find and record existing monumentation and possession evidence
- Experience with topographic, as-built, and photo control surveys
- Boundary calculations, courthouse research and legal descriptions
- Computer Aided Drafting
- GPS experience
- Construction experience including laying pipe, grading and land clearing
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Survey Party Chief
- One Man survey Crew responsible for all disciplines of Survey Work
- Designed and built a Continuous Mapping Platform for indexing Oilfield roads
- Preformed drafting for survey monument records
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Survey Party Chief
- Direct survey crew and work without supervision.
- Correspond with land agent to clear tracks to be surveyed.
- Down load dc files, scanned notes, e-mailed progress, and fill out daily timesheets.
- Compute points and generate lines when paralleling foreign pipelines.
- Knowledgeable with conventional and GPS survey, (Trimble and Topcon).
- Preliminary and Asbuilt Survey
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Survey Party Chief
- Used TDS data collector.
- Analyzes record data, deeds, and plats for property and boundary control.
- Serves as a lead to staff to include assigning and monitoring work, and providing direction in performing various land survey operations.
- Prepares and verifies mathematical calculations related to surveying and basic engineering.
- Knowledge of robotic instruments.
- Staked out boundary for construction.
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- Survey well plats, driveway permits, access roads and pipeline TOPO
- Reading and understanding topographical maps and KMZ files
- Proficient with Trimble R8 VRS, RTK and total station along with some Spectra Percision
- Use land navigation skills and understanding environmental impacts
- Identifying property boundaries, water sources and respecting landowner property
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Rails 3.2 attr_accessible, RailsAdmin, and "accessible by admins"
July 15, 2012
First of all, my blog is now back up! Instead of self hosting my Wordpress blog, now the fine people at ZippyKid host it. These guys are awesome: taking a mess of an import and making it Just Work. A+++ WOULD DO AGAIN
Now, back to real news…
The Problem: Security in Rails: Say hello to the secure boss (different from the old boss)
Because of some high profile Rails sites being hacked, Rails 3.2 changed the default Rails model behavior to "only let users (and developers) update attributes in this list". This list varies by model.
A refresher into the hack
Rails has this clever feature where you can say, "update this record with the form data passed in". A semi-clever hacker could use this ability to change fields that the Rails developer didn't intend to be changed ("shove this value into the POST params, even though there's no field named that on the HTML for this form")
What Rails 3.2 did about it
Before Rails 3.2 You used to have models that look like:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
In Rails 3.2, now you have models that look like:
`class User < ActiveRecord::Base # Setup accessible (or protected) attributes for your model
attraccessible :name, :email, :password, :passwordconfirmation end`
attr_accessible block says, "hey, that 'update this record with form data passed in' feature? That's only allowed to touch these fields".
In this example the name, email, password, and password_confirmation, but is NOT allowed to edit anything else. Perhaps you store access keys, or middle name in the
User model. You have to explicitly change these values, and not use the 'update this record with form data' shortcut.
Enough background: You said something about RailsAdmin?
RailsAdmin is a clever piece of software that automates creating an admin interface for your Rails site. You have simple access to create, read update or delete records in your site
… but how does it play with that
attr_accessible thing?
Glad you asked
Normally it works very well. You can see all the fields in your model, and if the attribute is not
attr_accessible, then RailsAdmin will display the value as read-only.
Read-only you say? But I have values I want admins to be able to edit, but I only want admins (not everyone) to edit them. How do I?
Returning to the
access_keys example, you want admins to be able to edit this value in RailsAdmin. You don't want to make that
attr_accessible because then anyone can edit that setting (introducing a security hole).
The solution:
attr_accessible +
as (a user)
attr_accessible has an oft-forgot
as parameter. This allows you say, "this is allowed, only if I I'm doing this as a \_____________ user_
Using this feature you can declare models like
`class User < ActiveRecord::Base # Setup accessible (or protected) attributes for your model
attraccessible :name, :email, :password, :passwordconfirmation, :as => [:default, :admin]
attraccessible :accesskey, as: :admin end`
access_key will only be changable when you're doing something as the
admin role, and the other attributes will be enable both for the default role and the admin role
Configuring RailsAdmin to use the admin role
In your
config/initializers/rails_admin.rb file, add the following line in the
RailsAdmin.config do |config| block
config.attr_accessible_role { :admin }
And that's all there is to it: use
as: :admin, and configure RailsAdmin to post things "as an admin". Good to go!


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[1] That was a reference to Captain Haddock from the Tintin comics, for those who didn't know.
http://barnacl.es is a new discussion site for bootstrappers. It uses the http://lobste.rs codebase (which is open source, and in Rails) with some modifications. I signed up for the site, after seeing it mentioned on lobste.rs. I've been on lobste.rs for a while, but had not used the site much. Checking it out more often nowadays. Likely will do the same with barnacl.es, since the signal-to-noise ratio on both are high (is so on lobste.rs, likely to be so on barnacl.es, to be precise [2] - as Thomson and Thompson might say).
Both lobste.rs and barnacl.es have some differences from sites like HN. Instead of describing those, I'll let readers check them out - it'll be more fun and complete that way :)
[2] From Tintin comics again.
Here are a couple of posts from barnacl.es, with some comments:
Ask BN: Which chat widget provider do you use/recommend for online visitors?
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Looking For Gold
This inherited fear has always lurked in the darkness of my mind just waiting to strike whenever I am at my most vulnerable and still today I have my share of battles with it. Born out of this cradle of fear within me was its own progeny, learned powerlessness and people pleasing. Gradually over the course of time I lost contact with any true sense of myself and my genuine feelings because it was much too risky a venture. Anytime a stray feeling would surface that wasn't in line with keeping the tenuous peace or upholding the mutually agreed family silence then I would immediately stuff it away as we all went about the charade of our lives.
This preconditioned programming in an attempt to counterbalance the gaps in my emotional development would eventually come to haunt me in the future as all these unexpressed and unrequited emotions were definitely going somewhere…. We each inherited our own roles within this patriarchal hierarchy in order to maintain the polished veneer of a well-adjusted happy family. I now know that I subconsciously chose the role of the hero and peace maker whereas my older sister Glennis opted out all together.
Somehow she figured out the theatrics of my family at a very early age stubbornly refusing to play their game but soon after she was sent to a psychiatrist. Immediately following her sessions I witnessed her personality abruptly shift and her gradual emotional withdrawal from us all. I can remember feeling my own sadness and loss not only to see her disappear within herself but missing her genuine presence in my life as well.
I still hope one day she will return but then again that is her journey and not mine…
Not only did this incident intensify my fear of disobeying my parents unwritten rule but also reinforced my role as the hero and repairer of the breach in order to sustain our false façade which had now just fallen onto my shoulders alone.
Having taken on the yoke for my family's psychological welfare I went out of my way to keep everyone happy. This is where I think I really lost myself in this process. Juggling everybody else's feelings above my own. My boundaries became blurred, confused as to where I ended and where others began.
Without my conscious consent I took it upon myself to keep my Dad's happiness utmost in my mind hoping that maybe my family would eventually transform into the one I wished and at times even pretended to have. In all fairness, when my Dad was in good spirits he was actually a lot of fun with a great sense of humour. Dad and I did have many wonderful times together and I know he enjoyed my company as much as I enjoyed his. But the more I attached myself to him however the deeper I felt the hurt whenever he would disappear into his anger and melancholy which inevitably followed his outbursts spurred on by how own guilt and self-hatred.
Having lost myself in the psychological vacuum of my father's struggles was reason enough to lose touch with my own emotional needs but instead of being cushioned and supported through this process by my mother she actually accelerated it. I know deep down in my heart she never intentionally meant to hurt me but then again she never paid close enough attention to come to the understanding that she ever did.


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This is a shōnen anime series of 26 episodes. It is a period piece, taking place during Japan's Edo period. It is interwoven with revisionist historical facts and anachronistic elements of mise-en-scene, dialogue and soundtrack. It's most frequent anachronism is its use of elements of hip hop culture, rap and the music it has influenced, break dancing, turntablism, hip hop slang, and graffiti.
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Mugen fights the three brothers and Jin tries to survive his fight against the Edo assassin.
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Tutorial: Origami Bookmark
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Origami Bookmark Tutorial
Tutorial: Origami Bookmark
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Cool, just finished 2 :) TksReplyDelete
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- Laurie PSun Jun 11, 04:12:00 PM 2017
I think I could handle making this, my girl would love to have a few :)ReplyDelete
The whole shebang with the quality book and the elegant bookmark looks very cool!ReplyDelete
Going to do this with my nieces on our next date They are great to customize with great paper and can have one for every bookReplyDelete
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- MichelineThu Feb 22, 10:40:00 PM 2018
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Wine Scene, the newest wine bar and lounge in downtown West Palm Beach, is mingling with the local chef scene these days.
In particular, that means Chef David Valencia.
That's because Valencia, currently a private area chef and former chef de cuisine at Meat Market Palm Beach, is on tap for the first of three events Wine Scene currently has planned, involving chefs preparing/demonstrating signature dishes guests at the wine bar/lounge can then enjoy.
"Foodies on Tuesday" events at Wine Scene—located at the food-and-wine vendors' emporium called Eat Scene, 501 Fern St.—kick off Aug. 4.
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The National Geographic reality TV Show Snake Salvation ran for one season and explored a community previously mysterious to most of America. Now, the National Geographic channel will pay tribute to one of the stars of the show, snake handler and pastor Jamie Coots, who died on Saturday as the result of a snake bite. The channel issued a statement explaining that it will air a memorial tribute to Coots because he made a lasting impression on everyone at the station with his "devout religious convictions" despite the extreme risks faced by the practice of snake handling, which has a long history in Kentucky, where Coots died, and throughout the entire Appalachian region.
Coots' death is another in a series of fatalities in Appalachia due to poisonous snake bites. Snake Salvation shed light on this practice, which is performed by people who believe that God will allow them to safely handle rattlesnakes, copperhead snakes and other poisonous species. Coots' son Cody Coots told reporters that his father had been bitten eight times previously and had always been fine, so the family assumed that this time, it would be no different. He said that after being bitten on the hand, his father returned home and lay down on the sofa to rest and pray. Although an ambulance had been called by church members, Coots would not accept any medical interventions and emergency personnel were forced to leave. Coots died about an hour later.
Snake Salvation gave viewers an inner glimpse of the life of snake handlers and the religious communities in which they live, but the practice of snake and the deaths that ensue frequently after the adoption of the practice long precede television. Snake handling has an extensive history dating back to 1910. The first recorded instance of attempted snake handling is when a preacher named George Hensley got the idea to take a specific Bible passage literally. That passage is from late versions of the Gospel of Mark and states:
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
While snake handling grew in popularity early on, there were numerous attempts to ban it altogether in the 1940s including the passage of several laws outlawing the practice, but it never died out completely. According to Christianity Today, there are about 2,500 practitioners who currently engage in snake handling. Many pastors, including Coots, have been arrested, for transporting the snakes illegally, but this has not seemed to have stemmed or slowed the practice. Snake handling is illegal in a number of states.
The National Geographic tribute to Jamie Coots will be the first of its kind, but a significant number of pastors have died; about five to date, and an unknown number of congregants. While it is possible that there have been a good number of congregants in snake handling churches who have died, it's mostly the church leaders who get attention in the national media. The advent of television and the role of journalists have both played a part in how snake handling is revealed to and perceived by the public over the years.
In 2012, Pastor Mack Wolford died from a rattlesnake bite, and the entire event was captured by a photojournalist who did not intervene. As a result, Wolford's death was recorded in pictures as his congregants gathered around him and his mother stroked his feet. After Wolford's death at the age of 44, the photojournalist suffered a moral crisis as she questioned whether she should have called an ambulance to assist Wolford. Her role as a journalist prevented her from jumping in because her job was to be an independent observer.
Despite recent attention given to the people who have died from participating in snake handling, practitioners have not been deterred. They continue to handle the deadly animals and refuse medical treatment, preferring to pray for their lives. Unfortunately, that has not worked for Coots and others; and there will most likely continue to be lives lost as long as the practice continues.
Snake Salvation shed light on the practice of snake handling, an activity with a long history within the United States. Now, The National Geographic channel has to say goodbye to its star, Jamie Coots. The tribute to his life and memory will air after production wraps. A second season had not been planned. National Geographic said in its statement that the stations members' thoughts are with Coots' family as they mourn his passing.
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Brad King of The Geeky Press hosts The Downtown Writers Jam Podcast, where writers and authors discuss what drives them to tell stories.
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Spruce Budworm threatens Maine deer yards and more
While Maine has not achieved its goals for protecting deer yards, that might not matter if and when the spruce budworm gets here. The budworm could destroy the state's deer yards on both private and public lands.
Doug Denico, Director of the Maine Forest Service, told a gathering of forest industry people recently, "If you look at the map that was put up there about Maine, you'll see that we've got budworm all over Maine – moths I mean – and it's coming back in the same places it came back in the 1950s."
The good news is that private landowners and state agencies are working together to address this approaching problem. The latest newsletter of the Maine Forest Products Council provides an update and interesting information on this critical issue, including a bunch of reports and research. You can read it here.
The real questions are these: will private landowners spray to save the trees and/or kill the budworms? How much of the forest will be sprayed and protected? Will the state spray on our public lands and parks? And when and where should they spray? Will deer yards be a focus for protection? And how will they be protected? What will happen if deer yards are not protected?
I think you can guess the answer to the last question.
Two spraying approaches are available. The use of BT preserves foliage and keeps the trees alive. More potent chemicals kill the bugs. I'm told that BT has been used extensively to combat budworm in Quebec, and has not been effective there.
Wildlife biologists from Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are working with the Maine Forest Service, University of Maine, and Maine Forest Products Council to address the problem and, hopefully, come to agreement on a plan to combat the approaching budworm epidemic. A series of informative reports are now in the works, to be completed by the end of this month.
It is clear to me that something will need to be done. But I'm not at all certain at this point that either private landowners or public land managers will aggressively fight the budworm epidemic.
One problem I'm anticipating is that spraying will be prohibited along the edges of water bodies, and that's where many of our deer yards are.
When those reports are received at the end of this month, I'll update you on this alarming problem.


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"Before we know it, it will be Easter and you have yet to revise either your blog site or your quilting site with any late-breaking pictures or information."
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My apologies. Houston was simply overwhelming. (Returning home to try and make a birthday party happen for 14 preschoolers was also overwhelming, as was having another child become briefly but violently ill the morning of the party, causing it to be postponed. The child is fine. But I digress.)
Sadly, I was unable take any pictures at Houston because I left the camera at home for Halloween picture taking. Luckily, the wonderful Lisa Ellis, of www.ellisquilts.com, came to my rescue. She generously shared this picture she took of me at the show.
My family will only listen to me talk about my quilts for so long, so I really enjoyed explaining how I made the quilt to people who came to the show just to find out that sort of thing. It was just wonderful to be at Houston and enjoy the camaraderie of so many quilters. I could go on and on, but you've already read it on other blogs I'm sure. I hope that I'll be able to go to many more Houston quilt festivals.
Since I've been home I haven't sewn at all. What I have done is play with quite a few images in Photoshop, in hopes of designing a new quilt (hence the percolation). I haven't completed a design yet, but it's been fun anyway.
I've also been gobsmacked by this year's fall foliage, and can't seem to take enough photos of it.
We've had quite the drought, and it really seemed like the leaves were just going to turn brown and fall. Not so! Every day for the past two weeks there have been beautiful new vistas. Here are two "ortonized" photos of views in our yard.
It's very difficult for a color junkie like me to concentrate when every time I look out a window there's something new and eye catching.
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ShareI love history and actually enjoy doing historical research. I like to root out the exact details of how history unfolded and later subject my characters to events as they really took place. This requires a lot of digging around in both the Internet and into printed material. I especially prize first-hand accounts by people who experienced the times about which I write. Sometimes, I buy used copies of the actual books to gain access to the information I seek. I recently purchased BARBED WIRE SURGEON, the memoirs of Dr. Alfred A. Weinstein, MD, a surgeon who served in the jungle hospitals during the defense of Bataan in 1942. When I write about my Navy Nurse protagonist working in these hospitals in my current project, ENDURE THE CRUEL SUN, I have the advantage of the point of view of someone who was there at the time. Nothing I could make up would be as horrible as the circumstances that actually took place.
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Texas Drug Situation: The greater Dallas/Fort Worth area serves primarily as a drug distribution and transshipment area. Drug smuggling and transportation are dominated by major Mexican trafficking organizations. These groups are poly-drug organizations smuggling methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and marijuana to the Dallas/Fort Worth area for distribution in the Eastern, Southeastern, and Midwestern United States. The Division's central location, and its physical and cultural proximity to the Mexican Border, provide a natural advantage for drug distribution/transshipment throughout the United States.
Due to its geographical location and extensive transportation infrastructure, the Houston Field Division continues to be a primary transshipment area for the bulk importation of most major categories of drugs to include marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine. Drug smuggling and illicit transportation are primarily dominated by Mexican, Colombian and Dominican poly-drug trafficking organizations.
The El Paso Division area-of-responsibility covers 54 counties in West Texas and New Mexico, comprising 778 miles, which is approximately 40% of the U.S./Mexico Border. The Division has 117 agents, who cover an area that includes 18 Ports-of-Entry (POE) and USBP Checkpoints, 6 of which are in New Mexico, in addition to an estimated minimum of 80 illegal crossing points. Some of these locations are over 100 miles from our offices.
This area of the Southwest is unique because of our location on the U.S./Mexico border. El Paso and its sister city, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, comprise the largest metropolitan area on the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Nearly 2 million people inhabit the El Paso/Juarez borderplex. Over 1.2 million people reside in Juarez. Daily, over 100,000 people cross the POEs into El Paso. Since the formation of NAFTA, commercial truck crossings from Mexico into West Texas and New Mexico have risen 11.7%, from 666,225 trucks in 1999 to 744,407 in 2002. Pedestrian traffic has risen 55%, from 6.2 million in 1999 to 9.6 million in 2002. A reduction in the amount of private vehicle traffic was seen in 2002, due to heightened security after September 11, 2001. However, 15.3 million vehicles still crossed our borders in 2002. During a normal day, a vehicle can wait up to one hour to cross the border. During periods of heightened security each private vehicle is inspected.
The introduction of NAFTA had a major impact on the El Paso/Juarez area. The people crossing the international bridges on a daily basis and the large transportation industry available in this area (air, bus, trucking and rail) provide drug traffickers with innumerable drug and money smuggling opportunities. Rural, desert-like areas in New Mexico and West Texas, whether they be large ranches or National Park land backing up to the border, or some easily crossed places along the Rio Grande offer tremendous smuggling opportunities to drug trafficking organizations.
West Texas serves as the gateway for narcotics destined to major metropolitan areas in the U.S., which is commonly referred to as the El Paso/Juarez Corridor. Sources-of-supply (SOS) from Mexico move significant quantities of marijuana and cocaine through the POEs using major east/west and north/south interstate highways that crisscross through the El Paso Division. These highways provide the traffickers with transportation routes for distribution of drugs throughout the country. Drug traffickers also obtain warehouses in El Paso for stash locations and recruit drivers from the area to transport the narcotics to various destinations throughout the U.S. Additional threats to the region are the shipments of controlled substances via commercial vehicles, including aircraft, buses, and by Amtrak rail. EL Paso is also considered a hub for significant amounts of drug proceeds being laundered through small businesses.
The Alpine, Texas Resident Office covers 22,609 miles, 315 of which are directly on the Southwest Border. This area is largely rural and sparsely populated and includes the Big Bend Corridor, a transshipment route for drugs entering the U.S. from Northeast Mexico en route to Midland/Odessa and other cities in the U.S. Criminal organizations based in Chihuahua, Mexico maintain command and control elements in the Midland/Odessa area to the north, and in the border towns of Presidio and Redford to the south. Higher echelon members of the criminal organizations are often extended family members, making penetration of those organizations extremely difficult.
The Mexican Government is building 4-lane "La Entrada al Pacifico" highway (95% complete) which will serve as a northeast/southwest trade route from the port city of Topolobampo, Sinaloa, Mexico, through the Presidio, Texas POE, intersecting 3 major east-west Interstates: I-10, I-20, and I-40. It is estimated that as much as 30 % of the truck traffic will be diverted from California and El Paso POEs to Presidio. This highway begins at a deep-water Pacific Ocean port that is over 500 miles closer, and much less congested than the Port of Los Angeles. This completed route will save up to four shipping days for goods moving between the Pacific Rim countries and Texas.
Additionally, the South Orient Railroad (purchased by the State of Texas in 2001), was leased for 40 years to Nuevo Grupo, Mexico, and in the near future is expected to provide not only daily passenger train service but also freight service between Mexico and the U.S.
Cocaine in Texas: North Texas is a distribution and transshipment area for cocaine that is distributed via passenger vehicles and tractor-trailers to destinations in the Midwestern, Northern and Eastern U.S. Intelligence indicates that organizations operating on the East Coast are interested in setting up operation in the greater Dallas area in order to obtain reliable supplies of cocaine at a lower price than what they pay on the East Coast. The Houston Division is a major transshipment, distribution and consumption center for Colombian cocaine. The narcotics are either shipped directly to Texas or transshipped through Mexico. Illicit transporters favor the exploitation of the commercial trucking industry to move bulk (multi-hundred kilogram) quantities of Colombian cocaine through the Houston Division. Smaller loads are routinely seized from privately owned vehicles or from couriers utilizing busses or the airlines. The El Paso/Juarez corridor serves as a transshipment point for cocaine to various locations in the U.S. Seized loads range from 50-800 pounds. Cocaine is the drug of choice among users in New Mexico and the availability is high. The El Paso/Juarez corridor is the route primarily used to transport cocaine to Albuquerque and is distributed to other parts of the State from there. Cocaine is transported through New Mexico by MDTOs at an increasing rate. Multiple kilogram quantities are routinely seized from commercial trucks, public transportation and private vehicles. The most common seizures occur when couriers are interdicted on public transportation with two to three kilograms of cocaine carried on their body. Cocaine is also readily available for distribution throughout New Mexico in gram to ounce quantities for local consumption. Local law enforcement authorities consistently rank cocaine and crack cocaine distribution and use as their number one drug problem.
Crack in Texas: Throughout the metropolitan areas of Dallas and Fort Worth, crack cocaine remains popular and easily attainable. The Dallas metropolitan area serves as the primary distribution point for crack to outlying areas in North Texas as well as the states of Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Crack is readily available throughout the Houston Division. It is produced locally. Crack is trafficked by local organizations along the I-10 corridor in east Texas to western Louisiana. There is ample availability of "crack" cocaine in El Paso, where its use is considered low to moderate. In Midland, Texas, crack cocaine use and distribution is at a level that is considered dangerous to the quality of life. The crack cocaine abuse is a primary concern to both local and federal law enforcement agencies in the Midland/Odessa area. Crack cocaine is readily available throughout New Mexico, but is most prevalent in urban areas. The majority of the crack available comes from powder cocaine supplied by MDTOs to local crack distributors who then convert the powder cocaine into crack. Ethnic gangs are the primary distributors of crack cocaine in urban areas. It poses the greatest threat to school children. Street level distributors can be found in all social and economic layers of the community. Of special concern is the high level of violence associated with crack cocaine traffickers.
Heroin in Texas: Mexican black tar (MBT) heroin remains the primary heroin threat in North Texas. MBT heroin is readily available throughout North Texas. Based on intelligence, the greater Dallas Fort Worth area is a distribution point for MBT heroin shipped to the Eastern, Southeastern, and Midwestern United States. Analysis of MBT heroin seizures indicates an overall rise in purity of 22% when comparing FY 2002 MBT seizures to FY 2001 MBT heroin seizures. Over the past year, intelligence indicates an increase in the availability of Colombian and Southwest Asian (SWA) heroin in the greater Dallas area. Mexican black tar and brown heroin are routinely seized in south Texas. In recent years, the Houston Field Division has been identified as a transshipment point for kilogram quantities of Colombian heroin destined for the east coast. Small quantities of Asian heroin are sporadically encountered in south Texas, smuggled in via courier or seized from the mail. Within the last year, there has been a noticeable increase in the availability and purity of Mexican heroin in south Texas. Between August and November of 2002, a number of fatal overdoses were documented in the Laredo and Corpus Christi areas. These deaths have been attributed to the ingestion of high purity Mexican heroin. Mexican black tar and brown heroin are routinely seized at the POEs in El Paso County. Black tar heroin has long been available in this region from sources in the Mexican States of Durango and Chihuahua. Heroin is most commonly smuggled in secret compartments in private vehicles and concealed on persons. The heroin is usually carried across the border by couriers; however, lately a developing trend has been seen where heroin distributors will cross the border with their supply. Heroin availability has shown a steady increase over the past five years as evidenced by the increase in kilogram seizures and a steady decrease in price. Enforcement operations have, for a time, significantly disrupted the availability of street level quantities of heroin in the area and briefly reduced the number of overdoses and overdose deaths. However, in part because heroin use is socially and culturally accepted in the area, the heroin issue consistently reappears.
Methamphetamine in Texas: Availability of methamphetamine remains high in North Texas, and the pace of enforcement activities surrounding methamphetamine continues to escalate. Mexican manufactured methamphetamine is transported to the region through traditional means, such as passenger and commercial vehicles. Additionally, small clandestine labs that produce small amounts of extremely high quality methamphetamine are encountered in both rural and urban areas. Recent intelligence and seizure analysis indicates an increased availability of high purity methamphetamine in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex area. Because of the increased demand, greater availability, and expanding market, the high purity methamphetamine threat will probably increase.
The availability of both Mexican methamphetamine and locally produced methamphetamine in the Houston Division is increasing. Mexican methamphetamine is the primary type found in the Division. It is transported in multi-pound quantities directly from Mexico or from Mexico via California. From Houston, methamphetamine is also distributed to the Midwest and the East Coast. In the Houston area, crystallized Methamphetamine (ICE) is being sold in local clubs and is also being offered by Mexican traffickers. Domestically produced methamphetamine continues to be manufactured by motorcycle gangs and independent producers in small batches using pseudoephedrine, anhydrous ammonia, red phosphorous, iodine, lithium batteries, or muriatic acid. There are numerous labs operating in East Texas, Corpus Christi, and in the Austin area. Most of these labs are small, mobile pseudoephedrine labs that produce small amounts for distribution in the local area.
Methamphetamine poses a multi-pronged threat in this region. It is available in multiple kilogram quantities. The majority of methamphetamine seized originates in Mexico, but arrives in New Mexico from distributors in Los Angeles, CA and Phoenix, AZ. Methamphetamine investigations are especially prevalent in the area known as the Four Corners Region where the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet to form a common border and along the eastern New Mexico/Texas border. Popular in the area are the small, clandestine laboratories, set up, especially in New Mexico, in remote, rural locations. In Southern New Mexico, closer to Las Cruces and El Paso, the current preferred process is the "Birch method", that uses chemicals, such as anhydrous ammonia, to process the methamphetamine. Use of the "Birch method" is believed to be an attempt by small laboratory operators to acquire non-controlled chemicals for production, in order to subvert law enforcement scrutiny. Recent intelligence analysis indicates increased seizures of more "Mom and Pop" methamphetamine labs in the El Paso Division. It is cheaper to produce methamphetamine for your own use versus buying it on the street.
Predatory/Club Drugs in Texas: Club drugs remain readily available in North Texas. The most frequently abused of club drugs is "Ecstasy" (MDMA). Intelligence indicates the increased abuse of Ecstasy among 18 to 24 year old African Americans, especially, in the greater Dallas area. Asians continue to be involved in the sale and distribution of MDMA. Intelligence further indicates increased interest among Mexican traffickers to distribute and sell Ecstasy in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area. FY 2000 through FY 2002 statistics analyzed by DEA laboratories show a 1540% increase in seizure amounts of MDMA. The Dallas FD is currently ranked 2nd, nationally, for GHB and Rohypnol emergency room visits and above national average, in its emergency room visits for MDMA, Ketamine, LSD and PCP. The majority of the MDMA available in the Houston Division continues to originate in Europe, specifically from Belgium and the Netherlands. MDMA is most commonly transported via courier through the airlines. Recent reporting from Monterrey, Mexico, shows northern Mexico to be an emerging source for MDMA production. The availability and popularity of MDMA is increasing in the Division. Raves are a primary venue for MDMA distribution, as are clubs and gyms. The number and frequency of raves throughout the Division has increased. Other dangerous drugs readily available and transported through the Houston Division include Rohypnol, Ketamine, GHB, LSD, and PCP. Several drugs in this category are more available, due, in part, to El Paso's close proximity to Juarez, Mexico, where purchases can be made over the counter from unscrupulous pharmacists. Ecstasy, Rohypnol, and other pharmaceuticals are being used at Rave parties in El Paso County. The use of these types of drugs has not skyrocketed, as in other metropolitan areas in the U.S. These same drugs are available in New Mexico.
Prescription Drugs in Texas: The most common methods of diversion of pharmaceutical controlled substances continue to be illegal and indiscriminate prescribing and "doctor shopping." Hydrocodone, alprazolam, and benzodiazepene products continue to comprise the majority of prescription controlled drugs abused in North Texas; however, Oxycontin has overtaken hydrocodone as the drug of choice for abusers seeking pharmaceuticals in the Tyler area. The most commonly abused pharmaceutical drugs in the Houston Division continue to be Hydrocodone, Promethazine with Codeine and other Codeine cough syrups, and some Benzodiazepines (mostly Alprazolam). Oxycontin abuse is on the increase, with most illegal prescriptions being written by pain management doctors. In addition to the aforementioned, commonly abused pharmaceutical drugs in the San Antonio area include Morphine, Dilaudid, Diazepam, Xanax, Tussionex, Lortab, Vicodin, and Ketamine. The major avenues for diversion continue to be illegal and indiscriminate prescribing and dispensing, pharmacy theft, employee pilfering, and forged prescriptions. The diversion of prescription drugs continues to be a significant enforcement issue. Illegal or improper prescription practices are the primary source for illegally obtained prescription drugs, primarily in the oxycodone/hydrocodone families. Interdiction efforts also indicate that prescription drug smuggling from Mexico, where these drugs can be sold over the counter, contributes to the illegal distribution of prescription medications. Compounding this issue, is the state's severe shortage of qualified medical personnel which forces state authorities to grant prescriptive authority to practitioners not licensed in other states. New Mexico has recently become one of the few states to grant prescribing authority to psychologists who have no medical or pharmaceutical training.
Texas Drug Proceeds: The transportation route through the West Texas/New Mexico area includes drugs coming into the U.S. and money being sent back to Mexico. These drug proceeds are difficult to trace and seize. Money is often laundered through legitimate businesses and money exchange houses. Conducting financial investigations leading to the identification and seizure of assets used to facilitate drug smuggling operations, or acquired as a benefit of such an enterprise, is an effective deterrent. Currency seizures also indicate that New Mexico is being utilized to return drug proceeds to Mexico and to the wholesale distributors in Arizona and California. Two areas of concern for money laundering activities in the state include:
Approximately 14 Native American owned and operated casinos that handle billions
of dollars in cash and almost completely unregulated by state and Federal authorities.
In Las Cruces, New Mexico, less than 50 miles from the US/Mexico border, has over 200 banking facilities, including many that operate from private residences and are not FDIC insured. Cities of similar size averaged 5-10 banking facilities.
Marijuana: Marijuana remains readily available and is considered the most widely used illegal drug throughout the State of Texas. Marijuana in this area is primarily imported from the Texas/Mexico border via privately owned vehicles (POV) and commercial trucks. Large quantities of marijuana are routinely seized by all levels of law enforcement during highway interdiction stops in the North Texas area. Additionally, in recent years, increased enforcement activity has lead to the seizure of several significant indoor marijuana cultivation operations in the North Texas area. These operations range in size from 100 to over 1100 plants and have produced marijuana with THC levels as high as 15%. Mexican marijuana is the most predominantly trafficked drug in the Houston Division. It is not uncommon for the US Border Patrol to make multi-hundred pound marijuana seizures from "back packers" at points along the Rio Grande River, and from vehicles transiting at the US Border Patrol secondary checkpoints located inside Texas. At the Ports of Entry, ton quantity seizures of marijuana are often made from commercial trucking attempting to enter the United States.
Texas Drug Transportation Threat: The volume of illicit drugs transported through Texas by land, sea, and air is immense. Although there is a significant drug abuse problem in Texas, more tons pass through the state than are delivered for local consumption. Poly-drug transportation groups pose the greatest threat to Southern Texas. Most drugs are transported through Texas on their way to the major consumer markets of the Midwest and the eastern United States. Drug related proceeds are then transported back through Texas in bulk quantities to Mexico and points beyond. Illicit transportation organizations, like legitimate shipping firms, move whatever product is contracted for by the drug distribution organizations for delivery to the consumer markets. These groups, have been targeted by the Houston Division and are the focal point of this Division's Transportation Initiative. The majority of cases for the El Paso Division are in the transportation of drugs. The Sierra Blanca, Texas checkpoint currently has law enforcement officials that only perform checkpoint responses. Recently there has been an increase in seizures and cases coming from this checkpoint.
Prescription Drug Diversion in Texas: The most common methods of diversion of pharmaceutical controlled substances continue to be illegal and indiscriminate prescribing and "doctor shopping." OxyContin abuse is on the increase.
DEA Mobile Enforcement Teams: This cooperative program with state and local law enforcement counterparts was conceived in 1995 in response to the overwhelming problem of drug-related violent crime in towns and cities across the nation. There have been 409 deployments completed resulting in 16,763 arrests of violent drug criminals as of February 2004. There are three DEA Division offices in Texas: Dallas, El Paso, and Houston. Combined, these three divisions have completed 37 Mobile Enforcement Team (MET) deployments throughout the State of Texas since the inception of the program. These cities are: Arlington, Wichita Falls, Tyler, Athens (2), Paris, Greenville, Terrell, Mt. Pleasant, Henderson, Corsicana, Brownwood, Ft. Worth (2), Sherman, Texarkana, Grand Prairie, Odessa, Midland, El Paso (2), Galveston, Orange County, Port Arthur, East Harris County, Freeport, Kingsville, Corpus Christie, Victoria, Tomball, Nacogdoches, Humble, Huntsville, Smith County, Monahans/Odessa, Richmond, and Montgomery County.
DEA Regional Enforcement Teams: This program was designed to augment existing DEA division resources by targeting drug organizations operating in the United States where there is a lack of sufficient local drug law enforcement. This Program was conceived in 1999 in response to the threat posed by drug trafficking organizations that have established networks of cells to conduct drug trafficking operations in smaller, non-traditional trafficking locations in the United States. Nationwide, there have been 22 deployments completed resulting in 608 arrests of drug trafficking criminals as of February 2004. There have been four RET deployments in the State of Texas since the inception of the program: McAllen, Laredo, Dallas, and El Paso.
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DDG's Peace and Community Safety Programme in Somalia and SomalilandOn 16th January 2017, the Danish Demining Group (DDG) with the financial support of DFID marked the successful end of its programme 'Peace and Community Safety in Somalia and Somaliland' with a donation of project vehicles to the Puntland Ministry of Security, the courthouse of Dangorayo district, and the courthouse of Harfo district respectively.
In attendance at the donation ceremony in Garowe were Mr. Abdihakim Abdullahi Haji Omar Amey, His Excellency the Vice President of Puntland, Mr. Mohamed Ali Farah, the Director General of the Ministry of Justice, Mr. Abdi Ali Yusuf, the acting Director General of the Ministry of Security, Mr. Bashir Moalim Nur, the Mayor of Harfo district, Mr. Saed Hassan Mohamud, the judge of Dangorayo District Court, among others.
The 'Peace and Community Safety in Somalia and Somaliland' programme which ended in 2015 has had several successes. In Eyl, Garowe, and Qardho, 29 communities worked with DDG to develop Community and District Safety Plans that were later expanded into district development frameworks. At both community and district level, safety planning committees were formed and began working on security issues with local councils, regional administration offices, and the Ministry of Security, in line with the Community Security and Peace Building Policy of Puntland. Across Karkaar, Mudug, and Nugaal regions, over 83,000 beneficiaries including children attended DDG's education sessions on mine risk, small arms risk, and conflict management, while DDG's 'Young, Empowered and Safe' initiative implemented in Qardho and Garowe towns delivered youth integration and peace activities through sporting and cultural events.
In addition, the programme also involved the construction of a police sub-station in Garowe and two police posts in rural villages in Eyl district, the purchase and delivery of a vehicle each to Qardho Police Station and to Eyl District Court, and the installation of 95 streetlights in Garowe and 125 in Qardho, targeted in areas with high crime rates.
The project deliverables and impact have been well received by the authorities as well as the beneficiaries in both Somalia and Somaliland. The Vice President of Puntland in his speech acknowledged DDG's contribution through this project towards the regional state's priorities for security and justice.
"We thank DDG because they are one of the organisations that has helped the Puntland Government to have infrastructure. I am reminded that the ambulance that DDG donated to the district hospital in Rako in Karkaar region is still functional. The ambulance is still functional because an institution showed responsibility," said Mr. Abdihakim Abdullahi Haji Omar Amey, Vice President of Puntland.
"Puntland government looks forward to mutual cooperation with DDG in the near future. We also thank the government of the United Kingdom and its people for the continuous humanitarian support to the Somali people in general and to Puntland in particular," said the Vice President in his concluding remarks.
The three vehicles being donated to the Puntland authorities were being given first to the Ministry of Security (MoS) as DDG's partner in coordination in Puntland, and second to the courthouses in Dangorayo and Harfo districts as they had been built by those communities with their own funds as part of the project.
"The donation of the vehicles is intended to help extend justice services into rural communities neighbouring the two towns," explained Mohamed Ahmed Jama, DDG's Field Officer.
Mr. Abdi Ali Yusuf, acting Director General of the MoS, and Director of Community Security and Armed Violence Reduction, Mr. Ahmed Yasin, thanked DDG for its work in Puntland and its cooperation with the Ministry.
"Through this project, DDG facilitated the partnership of the MoS and the Regional Center on Small Arms (RECSA) for the capacity building of the technical drafting committee for small arms and light weapons (SALW) legislation. RECSA conducted a number of trainings with regard to registration, marking, tracing, and management of arms," said Mr. Yasin.
He also praised DDG for becoming the bridge that connected the Puntland MoS and the Puntland Parliament National Security Committee with the Global Alliance on Armed Violence and the World Parliamentary Forum respectively.
The Mayor of Harfo district, Mr. Bashir Moalim Nur, recalled DDG's mine action project in Harfo in 2009 and 2010, in which explosive ordnance disposal teams collected and demolished various abandoned explosive remnants of war.
"DDG did not have an office at that time but teams used to be deployed from Galkayo," noted the Mayor. "DDG is the first and only international NGO that opened physical office in Harfo in 2015, hired local staff from Harfo community and constructed the modern police station in Harfo town which was fully equipped with furniture, solar power and operating vehicle."
"On behalf of Harfo community and the administration, I hereby thank DDG for the development interventions carried out in Harfo and assure that we will use the vehicle properly for justice services and without abuse," concluded the mayor.
Despite this being the end of this project, DDG is confident that the gains made under the project and the partnership with the local communities will continue to ensure sustainability of the project.


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It's evening. Isaac walks to the beach as if he's lost.
He climbs through artificial dunes, through false ramparts
pushed hard against the ocean's erosion—cliffs of sand.
So let's call him Clement Cliff and let's say that he's
an actor and distant cousin of Montgomery Cliff—
that he's a stage of sand, a progression of the beach.
Blind, he walks to the beach each evening now
because I make him walk. He hates the water's soul.
He feels its fear. He goes because I make him go.
He does this now (we do this now), so I can walk;
walking, it seems, is very bio-mechanical.
So-bio, so-mechanical: the brain's music.
We call this beach Pangaea, for it looks to be
a map of early earth; it looks a plan for earth cut by
the tides before the continents were torn
asunder. (My, how Biblical, my dear, 'asunder'.)
It looks that way when I stand on the cliffs—
like lands formed in jest. I love the air up here.
I love it that these cliffs are not a place
for sacrifice or suicide. Jump and you will
take a tumble. Jack fell down and broke his crown
and Jill will land on the soft sand of Pangaea.
Pretending flight, they fall. Don't cry, honey. It's just
a bruise. Give it a kiss. Isaac, he laughs.
It was right that he should die before me.
Every night we stand right here among the cliffs.
(Prominent among the bluffs.)
We watch and listen as the ocean sings.
The ocean is alive. Pangaea is where sun and sea
must meet. Pangaea, the sea, the soliloquy.
We go down to the sea in ships.
A thousand must set sail every day.
(All launched by your face, my dear.)
Tonight we sit and listen.
The ocean makes its music.
I leave on a singing ship.


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