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The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) prosecutes the growing, manufacture and distribution of controlled substances in the United States. DEA special agents come from a variety of backgrounds and enforce controlled substances laws and regulations. DEA agents bring to justice the organizations that are involved in controlled substance growing, manufacturing and distribution. To accomplish this DEA agents work to dismantle drug trafficking rings, prosecute drug traffickers and destroy the financial infrastructure of the organizations involved in drug trafficking.
The DEA's responsibilities include the following:
- Investigating violations of interstate and international drug laws
- Investigating and preparing for the prosecution of criminals and drug gangs
- Collecting, analyzing and distributing drug intelligence information
- Seizing of assets derived from illegal drug trafficking
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To be considered for a job as a DEA agent you must be a U.S. citizen in excellent physical condition, at least 21 years of age and no older than 36. A bachelor's degree is required and special consideration is given to those applicants who have degrees in Criminal Justice, Police Science or related fields. Degrees in finance, accounting, economics and foreign language also receive special consideration.
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The DEA Agent facility is located in Quantico, Virginia and is used by both the FBI and the DEA for instructing their agents. New agents attend courses for 16 weeks where they receive the following:
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If you'd like to fight drugs and drug abuse, bring criminals to justice, and earn a good salary while you do it, learn more about how to become a DEA agent by contacting the Drug Enforcement Agency directly. Or if you want to get the education you need to truly succeed or earn the highest salary within the DEA, contact the schools below to ask about their criminal justice and law enforcement programs.
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Even though he is now back in TNA, Rob Terry still continues to work for other wrestling promotions. Thanks to the new taping schedule for Impact Wrestling, he is able to work shows in Europe in early August. At these live events, he will be working under his real name as opposed to being under a mask like he is in TNA.
July 25, 2014
As many of you already know by now, Drew McIntyre, who was once viewed as a future world champion in WWE by both Vince McMahon and the fans, received his release from the company earlier this month. The talented and underrated performer will now be forced to use a different name if he wishes to continue in the professional wrestling industry because WWE owns the trademark. The belief is that he will wrestle under his real name for the time being.
June 20, 2014
While doing a podcast interview with Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan revealed some interesting details about his name in WWE. He stated that management did not want him to use his real name of Bryan Danielson because they wanted to own the rights to it. Bryan also revealed that William Regal was the one that came up with his current name. Bryan also noted that Buddy Peacock and Lloyd Bonier were also suggested.
May 25, 2014
While he will forever associated with the famous wrestling last name, Ole Anderson is actually not an Anderson at all. His real name is Alan Rogowski. He simply adopted the Ole Anderson name to connect with the audience who were already familiar with Gene Anderson, his story line brother. Another interesting point of interest is that Ole Anderson is a play on the word oleander, a poisonous plant.
April 28, 2014
Ever since his debut with TNA, fans have been searching for information on the mysterious Tigre Uno. Since he is a masked wrestler, people have obviously been trying to uncover his true identity by looking for unmasked images of him online. Thus far, none have been found. That does not come as a surprise, as even his real name remains a mystery at this point.
April 4, 2014
On Monday Night Raw this week, WWE revealed that Scott Hall would be the final entry into the hall of fame at Wrestlemania 30. Here is the special video for that announcement. A lot of wrestling fans have noted that the company is opting to use the Razor Ramon name as opposed to his real name.
March 25, 2014
When the future WWE Hall of Fame inductee made his debut in professional wrestling in 1965, there were not a lot of prominent Asia people in the country, so Harry Fujiwara, who was actually born in the United States, opted to stop using his real name and shortened it to Mr Fuji. It was easier for promoters and fans to spell and pronounce, and the move paid off rather well.
March 20, 2014
As was the case with most other performers who portrayed a heel foreigner during the era, Ivan Koloff was not a Russian. He was actually born in Canada, and his real name is Oreal Perras. Prior to becoming a well known heel in the industry, Koloff portrayed yet another ethnicity. He was once known as Red McNulty, whose character was Irish.
February 25, 2014
"I'm grateful. WWE gave me an opportunity to do a number of things, to fulfill career goals and dreams, but also the opportunity to get in front of a national audience. I have nothing but good things to say about WWE and a lot of fond memories of being a champion, wrestling overseas and learning about the business from a different perspective." - Trevor Murdoch looking back on his career
April 24, 2014
For those wondering what Trevor Murdoch has been up to as of late, the former WWE tag team champion is still wrestling on the independent circuit. Plus, he still owns a restaurant that specializes in steaks and pork tenderloins. The belief is that Murdoch is trying to sign on with Jeff Jarrett and his new promotion, Global Force Wrestling.
April 8, 2014
When he first made his debut in WWE, there were people who speculated that Trevor Murdoch might have been related to the late Dick Murdoch, a wrestler who made his name during the territorial days. However, there are no bloodlines between the two performers. Someone backstage in WWE simply gave Trevor the name because of his resemblance to Dick.
March 21, 2014
"It's all speculation based upon my experience with WWE and with CM Punk, but WWE has a very bad habit of not following through with story lines. That's probably one of the reasons that Punk stepped away. He know the fans aren't stupid. He came into WWE with a fantastic following, but WWE didn't understand it and kept him in developmental longer than they should have. He kept fighting and finally got on to the main roster and proved himself to the WWE office and the 'fantastic' writing staff. They think that whatever they put out there, they can shove down the fans' throats and they'll buy it. They have a very contorted view of the wrestling business." Trevor Murdoch talking about why CM Punk might have backstage heat with WWE
March 18, 2014
While watching Royal Rumble 2014, former WWE star Trevor Murdoch took to Twitter to mock his good friend Justin Roberts about his facial hari.
January 26, 2014
Jeff Jarrett should not have a shortage of performers willing to work with him on the rumored new wrestling promotion. Trevor Murdoch has thrown his name into the hat. The former WWE star has hinted that he is attempting to secure himself a possible position with the new company.
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Bob Stoops (37). He must have had a flashback to last season, when the Sooners were playing for something and running up scores all the time. Not sure what else would explain Stoops having Landry Jones in the game throwing a touchdown pass with Oklahoma leading Texas A&M 58-10 and less than 10 minutes remaining. That's poor.
The annual editorial war between the Texan and the Oklahoma Daily came out today and not surprisingly Texas won. OU's response is anemic at best, but I had to FanShot this because the Texan's letter was undoubtedly the best I've seen them do in this series.
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A Java Programmer's Guide to Random Numbers. Part 2: Not just coins and dice
The probability of a coin flip coming up heads is 0.5. This is pretty simple - we can just use the uniform distribution to simulate a single coin flip. But what is the probability of getting exactly 7 heads from 10 coin flips? This is where the Binomial Distribution comes in. It provides probabilities for the outcome of a series of trials, where each trial has two possible results - success or failure. The binomial distribution tells us that the probability of obtaining heads 7 times from 10 fair coin flips is about 0.12.
Suppose, for example, we wanted to randomly generate the number of times the number 6 occurred in 100 dice rolls. We could simulate the full series of trials using a uniform RNG, but this is cumbersome:
Random rng = new MersenneTwisterRNG(); int sixes = 0; for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { int diceRoll = rng.nextInt(6) + 1; if (diceRoll == 6)) { ++sixes; } } System.out.println("No. of 6s from 100 rolls is " + sixes);
It is much easier, and more efficient, to use the binomial distribution. If we consider an occurrence of a 6 to be a "success", then the probability of succes is 1/6 (or ~0.1667). If we plug this value and the number of trials (100) into the Uncommons Maths BinomialGenerator class, we can get our answer from a single method call:
Random rng = new MersenneTwisterRNG(); BinomialGenerator gen = new BinomialGenerator(100, 1d/6, rng); int sixes = gen.nextValue(); System.out.println("No. of 6s from 100 rolls is " + sixes);Poisson Distribution
Suppose a telephone call centre, between 2pm and 4pm in the afternoon, receives calls at average of 3 per minute. What is the probability that we receive exactly 5 calls in the next minute? This is the kind of question that we can answer with the Poisson Distribution. The Poisson distribution is not dissimilar to the Binomial distribution, as you will see if you plot them. The difference is that the Poisson distribution is concerned with how many independent events occur within a set interval. Whereas values from a binomial distribution have an upper bound determined by the number of trials, there is no upper bound for a Poisson distribution. The probability of 5 calls in a minute when the average is 3 is around 0.17 according to the Poisson distribution.
In simulation applications we can use the PoissonGenerator class (its single parameter is the mean) to determine how many times something happens within a given interval.Exponential Distribution
The Exponential Distibution is related to the Poisson Distribution. Rather than modelling how many events occur in a fixed period of time, it models the period of time between two independent events that occur at a given average rate.
Suppose you wanted to simulate some random event that happened on average 10 times a minute - perhaps you are simulating load for a server. You could simply generate events at the constant rate of exactly one every 6 seconds. But the real world is rarely this metronomic. A more realistic approach would be to generate events randomly, using an exponential distribution (provided by the ExponentialGenerator class) to determine the intervals between events:
final long oneMinute = 60000; Random rng = new MersenneTwisterRNG(); // Generate events at an average rate of 10 per minute. ExponentialGenerator gen = new ExponentialGenerator(10, rng); boolean running = true; while (true) { long interval = Math.round(gen.nextValue() * oneMinute); Thread.sleep(interval); // Fire event here. }
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L.A. Mission College located near the foothills of Sylmar is an idyllic location opened thirty years ago to serve the area's diverse community. It is the newest of the nine Community Colleges in the L.A. Community College District (LACCD). The school's website lists it's mission statement to: "Encourage students to become critical thinkers and lifelong learners and to provide accessible, affordable, high quality learning opportunities in a culturally and intellectually supportive environment."
But, a large group of Mission College students who have been holding campus protests, believe that the community college hasn't practiced what it's preached and instead, takes punitive action against those who have been "critical thinkers." The latest example they point to is the school's denial of tenure for one of their favorite professors, drama professor, Guillermo Aviles-Rodriguez.
"The problems run deep," said a long-time employee of the college, who asked for anonymity. "At the top, there have been a stream of people hired to sit in the President's chair who have been brought in to provide stability and to improve the school's poor standing and transfer rates. Whoever is the sitting President soon finds that the college is wrought with internal politics that make the job very difficult. Politically, those that really run the school don't sit in the President's chair."
Students have a long list of complaints that include long wait time to see a counselor, the strong police presence on campus and the unsanitary condition of the campus overall. In addition to protesting the students have also attended the school's senate meetings. "As students, we are allowed to attend these meetings, but now that we are attending they are sending the Sheriff's. Last week there were three Sheriff's officers at the door," said student, Samantha Jo Jassray.
Aviles- Rodriguez appealed the denial for tenure, but over this week's spring break received a letter from President Monte Perez to uphold the decision. But, the students at Mission College aren't giving up. They had previously collected 1,000 signatures of support for their teacher, held demonstrations downtown and have spoke out at meetings of the community college trustees. They are determined to keep fighting to keep the professor at Mission College. The students believe that Aviles-Rodriguez has been denied tenure for not bending to an "old guard that controls eveyrthing," at the Northeast Valley's community college. "It's as if they want to keep all the bad professors and get rid of all the good ones," said Jassray.
Aviles Rodriguez Hired To Build Department
Aviles-Rodriguez was first hired in 2010 by then Mission College President Judith Valles. "She instructed me to build a department and write the curriculum and that's what I set out to do," said Aviles-Rodriguez. "We were both enthusiastic and I quickly found that there was a lot of untapped talent in the area including students who could make their living in the business. " Valles, a singer, had a mutual love for the arts.
Aviles-Rodriguez reflected, "When she saw my first production,"'Crossing the Line: A Latino Kyogen,' she told me, 'I knew we had picked the right person.' " Although the campus didn't have a brick and mortar theater or a budget to speak of, Aviles-Rodriguez rolled up his sleeves and produced "outdoor" productions and creatively costumed the actors. He quickly made his mark and he invited press and community members to the play and while unheard of, the first production even received media reviews.
That accomplishment and enthusiasm for his work would be short lived for the young writer and director. When Valles left the following year, praises became criticisms and the much heralded satirical play would go so far as to be labeled, "pornographic."
The play, based on a traditional form of 14th century Japanese theater called Kyogen,and it was spun to address issues at the border that poked fun at stereotypical characters including the controversial Minutemen."
While he said he began to feel the strain of "artistic censorship," Aviles-Rodriguez popularity grew not only on campus but also in the local community. He formed a drama club and begin work with the San Fernando historical society and for two years, produced 'Almas Voices the Pioneer Cemetery.'
The successful production served to educate those who attended on local history through the "voices" of the drama club students in character who narrated the possible stories of those that were buried at the local landmark. But, this too would catch the ire of Mission College hierarchy. Samantha Jo Jassray was one of Aviles-Rodriguez students who just could not understand why he was being denied tenure and has been very involved in the protests.
"It was because of him that I kept going. I was a student who was older who was working and trying to go to school. He cleverly gave me the responsibility of costuming so that I knew I couldn't let everyone down, so even when I thought I could skip school, I went. Whenever I needed to talk to him, he stopped to talk to me," Jassray said.
Student Suspended
As campus protests focused on retaining theater professor Guillermo Aviles-Rodriguez, Ann Marie Catano, a student and fellow demonstrator was suspended.
Catano, a student known on campus for her activism was a vocal supporter not only for Aviles-Rodriguez but for the support of a Chicano Studies program and for other professors and students on campus who she said have been "unfairly treated."
Catano appealed the suspension but like Aviles-Rodriguez received a letter from Mission College President Monte Perez dated March 21 upholding the decision. The letter read:
"Dear Ms. Catano, I have received the recommendation from the hearing panel regarding your appeal. They recommend that the suspension you received for Spring 2014 semester be upheld. I concur with the recommendation. You are suspended from attending L.A. Mission and the other 8 colleges of LACCD."
What has fueled the outrage for her suspension is that Catano was accepted to UC Berkely pending the completion of only two remaining courses and now the suspension has broken that acceptance contract and dashed her plans for entering the prestigious college as she had planned. She now has to start the process all over.
Equally outrageous her supporters maintain is that when Catano was suspended her small children were ordered to be removed from the campus Child Development Center and the Sheriff's Deputies were called. "When I came out of the[child development] center, there were about five Sheriffs waiting."
At the recent Cesar Chavez March in Mission Hills a group of supporters for Catano held up signs that read: "Banned At Mission College." She had photos of her children on a sign and collected signatres of support on a petition.
Catano is currently seeking legal counsel and with other students have been attempting to contact the accreditation committee that is planning to visit the campus in the next two weeks.
Last week, President Monte Perez did not show for a scheduled meeting with students to discuss the tenure process. "We were sent to three locations to look for him, said Jassray, we finally found him in his office and his scheduler said she didn't know anything about a meeting. He was carrying a tissue box and said he was sick. As usual, they didn't inform the students properly," Jassray said. "Some of the students had missed work or class to attend the meeting and then there wasn't one." Perez had written a letter to the editor in the San Fernando Valley Sun/El Sol announcing that he was having this meeting with students and provided the date. "Usually students are informed via email, but we never knew there was a meeting, until he wrote that in his letter. I asked him to please circulate the next date to all of the students and he said he would." said Jassray.
President Perez told The San Fernando Valley Sun / El Sol that he could not talk about personnel matters.
Next week: The San Fernando Valley Sun/El Sol will continue to cover this story.
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Augusta Branson, born of a prominent Southern family made destitute by the Civil War, is forced by her family into marriage with a wealthy upstart. Ten years after her marriage and the end of the war, she watches her husband, Eli, die from a horrifying blood fever.
Newly widowed, Augusta begins to wake to the realities that surround her: her social standing is stained by her marriage, she is alone and unprotected in a community that is being destroyed by racial prejudice and violence, the fortune she thought she would inherit does not exist, and the deadly blood fever is spreading like wildfire. Nothing is as she believed, everyone she trusts is hiding something from her, and if Augusta can't find a missing package, she and her son face certain death.
Using the Southern Gothic tradition to subvert literary archetypes like the white Southern Gentleman, the good Mammy, the conniving scalawag, and the defenseless Southern Belle, "The Rebel Wife "shatters the myths that still cling to the antebellum South and creates an unforgettable heroine for our time.
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- Review Date: 2011-11-14
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Polites's debut offers a richly detailed portrait of Reconstruction-era South Carolina. Shortly after the Civil War ends, Augusta marries Eli Branson, a much older businessman (and suspected Yankee sympathizer) whose fortunes could help support her struggling family. Ten years later, Eli's sudden, gruesome death sends Augusta and her household into a tailspin. Though she expects to inherit a vast fortune from Eli, her knowledge of his business dealings is spotty, and her family attorney says that her husband's assets aren't nearly as extensive as she'd thought. After Augusta learns that Eli was carrying a large sum of money when he fell ill, she realizes that finding the money may be the only way to support herself and her young son. As the blood fever that killed Eli begins to spread through the town and postwar racial tensions flare, her search for the missing money becomes more frantic. But before she finds it, she must confront evidence of her husband's complicated past and secrets that color her relationship with her family and friends. After a nimble, engrossing first chapter, Polites loses momentum, but he eventually builds to a vivid climax. The novel's well-rendered setting and complex characters easily make up for a few slow passages. Agent: Keating Literary. (Feb.)
Shattering stereotypes in antebellum Alabama
The aftermath of the Civil War—specifically, the Reconstruction era in Alabama—comes to vivid life in Taylor M. Polites' debut novel, which dispels some of the myths associated with that period of our history.
The Rebel Wife opens in 1876 with the gruesome death of Eli Branson, the local mill owner, from what his doctor calls blood fever. Eli had been shunned in the small town of Albion for being a Yankee sympathizer—and indeed, the town's Negroes turn out for his funeral in far greater numbers than the whites. Eli's young widow Augusta, or Gus, wasn't privy to his political activities, or even his finances, though she assumed she and Henry, their son, had been well provided for at his death.
Gus quickly learns how mistaken she has been—not only underestimating the negative feelings of the town's whites toward Eli, and now her, but also their wealth, which, according to her cousin Judge, the executor of Eli's will, has dwindled to practically nothing.
Polites has peopled his well-researched account with an intriguing cast of characters, each of whom contributes to Gus' awakening to the postwar realities she now must face alone. There is Judge, whose greed surpasses their blood ties; Mike, Gus' conniving brother who expects a share of the mill profits; Rachel, who has cared for Gus since childhood; and Simon, a loyal freed slave who knows the details of Eli's finances, including a secret stash sought also by Judge and Mike.
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Point Inside sponsored the Oh Boy! Oberto at Seafair for the fourth year in a row. Oberto is known as the fastest boat, so we thought we had a good chance of taking home the 2014 Albert Lee title. Unfortunately, there were a string of incidents that led to the defeat of the boat. Some were simply part of racing, and others were downright wrong. The U-6 Oberto boat got hit - twice in 2 weeks by the same boat. Then during the race, the U-1 boat pushed the Oberto boat outside of the track, making it having to travel a greater distance than the other boats. This gave the slower boats the … [Read more...]
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Ed Viesturs, the first American to reach the peak of the 14 highest mountains in the world over 8,000 meters without oxygen, came by Point Inside last Thursday to tell his incredible story. Everyone in the audience was in awe of his athleticism, dedication, and determination. After 16 years, Ed reached his goal of climbing the 14 tallest mountains, known as the 8,000ers because they measure above 8,000 meters, or over 26, 247 feet. To put it in perspective, average cruising altitude for airlines is between 30-40,000 feet. At these high altitudes, climbers have to contend with the … [Read more...]
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Point Inside Sponsors 2 Hydros for Seafair 2014!
It's August - the sun is shining, and it's 80 degrees in Seattle. This past weekend was a perfect time for Seafair and the annual H1 Unlimited Hydroplane race on Lake Washington. This year was our fourth year in a row sponsoring the fastest boat in the field, the Oh Boy! Oberto boat. We also added the Miss DeJulio Seahawks themed boat to our portfolio. If you haven't had a chance to experience hydroplane racing, watch it here. This year's races were action packed, with a collision between the Oberto and Graham Trucking boats. Oberto came in third despite suffering damage to the boat. … [Read more...]
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Each Hackathon at Point Inside keeps on getting bigger and better. Every quarter we set aside a day to work on a new idea, collaborate with other team members, and brush up on some new skills. Some of the highlights of this spring's Hackathon include: Data visualizations, indoor location experiments, mapping process improvements, and more! One of the favorite projects involved syncing an Android smart watch with retail mobile apps. The wearable can display your shopping list and product location of each item, allowing you to pick up all of the items on your shopping trip without taking … [Read more...]
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Smith has been causing more headlines for his boneheaded mistakes than he has for his game lately, so it makes sense that the Knicks would attempt to rid themselves. He was fined $50,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for "recurring instances of unsportsmanlike conduct" after another shoelace incident on Tuesday night. Coach Mike Woodson called Smiths behavior "unacceptable." The Knicks cant trade Smith until January 15 because of the nature of his contract but theyre clearly looking to have something in place. The fantasy value of Iman Shumpert and Tim Hardaway Jr. would increase if Smith is traded out of New York.Metta World Peace had platelet rich plasma therapy on both knees Monday and he expects to be out two weeks.
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A spokesperson from Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service has said that no-one was injured in a major fire at a group of industrial units at Dradfield Lane in Soberton Heath overnight.
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A large, ornate chimney makes this mid-19th-century brewery visible from a distance. J. C. Jacobson, one of Denmark's most important historical figures, named the brewery after his son Carl; "Berg," or mountain, signifies the brewery's location on Valby Hill. The four giant granite elephants that guard the main entrance illustrate that Jacobsen was a well-traveled man who adored art. The elephants are in fact inspired by Bernini's famous obelisk in Rome. In the visitor center, new interactive displays, also in English, take you step by step through the brewing process. At the end of your visit, you're rewarded with a complimentary beer sampling. The Carlsberg Museum, also on the grounds, tells the story of the Jacobsen family, their beer empire, and Carlsberg's extensive philanthropy, which still greatly benefits Danish culture. Large-scale beer production has now moved outside of the city and the old brewery complex is being transformed into a combined neighborhood for arts, culture, and living.
- Address: Gamle Carlsberg Vej 11, Vesterbro, Copenhagen, 1799 | Map It
- Phone: 33/27–12–82
- Cost: DKr 70 (includes 2 beers or soft drinks)
- Hours: Tues.–Sun. 10–5
- Website: www.visitcarlsberg.com
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