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Executive Summary
Manufacturing has entered the early stages of a revolutionary
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The Dice Bucket Challenge
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I was recently challenged to dump a bucket of ice water on my head in support of ALS awareness by my gamer buddy Bill Booth. I could have done that, but I felt like I had to add my take on it. Everyone knows I love tabletop games; how could I bring that into the challenge and engage my fellow gamers? I present to you: The Dice Bucket Challenge!
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Pineapple salsa, jerk seasoning, mango salsa and subtle spices bring more than a touch of the Caribbean to Delia's tropical recipes. Pure enjoyment...
Caribbean Banana and Raisin Strudel
Rum-soaked fruit and bananas are combined in filo pastry for this wonderful strudel, which looks hugely impressive when served. Add some vanilla ice cream for a dessert to die for!
Caribbean Pepperpot
With its explosion of colour and flavours, a spicy mix of Caribbean spices, coconut milk, beef and vegetables brings this vivid, tasty dish to life!
Caribbean Bananas Baked in Rum served with Rum Syllabub
Rum-soaked raisins and rum in the syllabub mean that this recipe has an alcoholic kick to it… A really lovely dessert that's easy to make and will go down a treat.
Oven-roasted Tilapia with Mango and Pawpaw Salsa
Tilapia - also known as St Peter's fish - hails from the Caribbean, hence Delia's tropical and exotic salsa accompaniment. Serve one fish per person.
Tropical Fruit Salad in Planter's Punch
Fruit salad with a kick, based on a Caribbean cocktail of rum, fruit juices and spice: a mouthwatering way to end a summer meal and a good recipe when entertaining.
Marinated Pork with Jerk Seasoning and Grilled Pineapple Salsa
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Caribbean Chicken with Salsa
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Creole Prawns
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This ten-bedroom hotel started life as three cottages built in 1829 along with the rest of cute Port Charlotte village on the island of Islay. The bedrooms are a bit tight, but what they lack in size they make up for in character. All but one have fantastic views on to Loch Indaal and many face east to catch the rising sun (ask for rooms one or three, which have a particularly panoramic outlook). The dining room, which also overlooks the sea loch, serves hearty seafood chowders, local fish, and generous slabs of Islay beef and lamb. The black-beamed bar—where live bands regularly play traditional music—has an excellent whisky selection, and malts from the nearby Bruichladdich Distillery take pride of place alongside the numerous distilleries featured here. The price includes breakfast.


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Vote for the brother you think Katherine is falling for, then drop a comment with your thoughts on the state of relationships in Mystic Falls.
The Salvatore brothers' love lives are nothing if not complicated, but Nina Dobrev says things are about to get more twisted than ever, thanks to one of her three doppelganger characters intervening. Katherine apparently has a "lingering love for one of the brothers that we learn more about as episodes progress," Nina recently told HollywoodLife.com's sister site TVLine. "Almost like Elena has chosen, Katherine has chosen, and we see that unfold."
So, Katherine's back on the Salvatore bandwagon? I guess that means she's gotten over Elijah (Daniel Gillies), which is probably for the best, since he's all about Hayley (Phoebe Tonkin) these days. But the question remains: Which Salvatore does Katherine have her eye on? Is she fantasizing about bath time with Damon (Ian Somerhalder), or would she prefer to join Stefan (Paul Wesley) 0n a romantic Ripper rampage?
Let's take a minute to consider how this could all play out.
Is Katherine In Love With Stefan?
This seems to be the more likely of the two, especially considering Katherine and Stefan's history. On the second season premiere, shortly after their sexy encounter, Katherine told Damon, "I never loved you. It was always Stefan." She hammered that point home on episode 216, informing Damon that she chose to save Stefan's life over his.
Katherine has also alluded to a Stefan fetish in season five, most notably on the season premiere when she invited him to join her in the bathtub. Granted, she didn't know that he was actually Silas in disguise, but that just makes it all the more romantic.
My only suggestion to Katherine, if she does decide to pursue Stefan, is not to go swimming with him — as he tends to let his girlfriends drown.
Or Is Katherine In Love With Damon?
While Katherine has never tried to hide her feelings for Stefan, the way Nina's quote is worded makes me wonder if Kat isn't switching sides. After all, Katherine already chose Stefan — multiple times — so if she's making a new choice, Damon would certainly be the likely candidate.
The only snag with this, plot-wise, is that it wouldn't be as exciting. I mean, Damon is clearly head-over-heels in love with Elena, and he kind of hates Katherine. After all this time, would he really dump Elena for her?
In my opinion, the more exciting outcome would that Katherine is still in love with Stefan — and now that he's single, tries to go after him! We've already seen shades of jealousy from Elena over Stefan's relationship with Tessa (Janina Gavankar), so just imagine how she'd feel if he started hooking up with her doppelganger.
HollywoodLifers, which Salvatore brother do you think Katherine is in love with? Cast your vote, then drop a comment with your thoughts on this never-ending love triangle.
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Posted at 8:24 AM on December 1, 2013
Catherine proclaimed her love for Stefan multiple times already, she even told Damon in his face that she loved his brother. But when you consider the way Catherine usualy acts, how she is constantly hiding her true feelings, it could well be that she told Damon only because she did not want to admit that she is actually in love with him, not with Stefan. That would be very Catherine-like. But I don´t know, these flashbacks back from 1864 of her with Stefan were rather convincing…
Anyway, if it should eventually be revealed that Catherine is in love with Damon, it would be ironic considering the whole doppelgänger thing: it is presented as a rule of the universe, that Amara´s doppelgängers are supposed to fall in love with Silas´ doppelgängers, yet not one but two of them defy this rule and actually fall in love with someone else (and both with Damon on top of that!). If that really is the case, then one has to wonder if Amara ever truly loved Silas.
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Posted at 2:33 AM on November 20, 2013
I want to see Damon with Katherine. Katherine said to Damon that it was only Stefan but to Elena she said and I quote "it's ok to love them both, I did" that was when she bought him the cure for the werwolf bite. I love Stefan and Elena and I think Katherine and Damon are perfect for each other. That would be exciting to see. Would hate to see katherine and Stefan end up together.
Posted at 12:01 PM on November 19, 2013
Damon and Katherine would be HOT.
Elena is treating Damon so horribly since Stefan is back in her life. She ignores his phonecalls, ignores him whenever Stefan is in the room etc.
Maybe Katherine and Damon could give it another go!
I'd love Stefan/Katherine too, or atleast as friends.
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What do you mean when you say the snag in it? If Katherine was to reveal her love to Damon it's a much better storyline then her saying it to Stefan because he's single and it really does nothing. People need to remember that Damon loved Katherine for over 145 years and the only reason he pushed that love to the side and buried it was because of what she told him how it was always Stefan and how she never loved him. If Katherine was to tell Damon it's always been him, and give truth to it, proof to it that's the angst right there because all the hate Damon has been putting against Katherine would change, his world would literally spin. Yes he loves Elena but Katherine was his first love for 145 years even in her absence. Stefan, Elena and Katherine we had that slight triangle between them in season 2 you want a real triangle make it Elena, Damon and Katherine because he'd literally be torn between his present and what he believes last love and first love, thats a true triangle.
Also Katherine has never really done anything for Stefan. Damon she's saved his life twice the first when bringing the cure to him because she didn't need to she could have left, but she didn't and the second being when she revealed to Stefan about Klaus's plan that if he died Damon would die along with him. For 500 years she wanted freedom yet she gave that all away so that Damon could live, yeah she said she also did it for Stefan, but come on…..
damon y elena twin flames just saying
Posted at 6:55 AM on November 19, 2013
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Inglis, David R.
David R. Inglis Papers, 1929-2003 (Bulk: 1946-1980).
Call no.: FS 033
David R. Inglis enjoyed a distinguished career in nuclear physics that ranged from theoretical work on the structure of the nucleus in the 1930s to the development of the atomic bomb in the 1940s and work on renewable energy in the 1960s and 1970s. A Professor of Physics at UMass from 1969-1975, Inglis was a founding member of the Federation of American Scientists and from the mid-1940s on, he dedicated himself to informing public policy on the dangers of nuclear technologies.
The Inglis Papers offer a perspective on the life and career of a theoretical physicist who grew from an early involvement in the Manhattan Project to becoming a committed critic of nuclear weaponry and nuclear power. Although the collection is relatively sparse in unpublished scientific work, it includes valuable correspondence relating to Inglis's efforts with the Federation of American Scientists and other organizations to influence public policy on issues relating to disarmament and nuclear power.
- Allegiance--United States
- Argonne National Laboratories
- Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974
- Federation of American Scientists
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Nuclear disarmament
- Nuclear energy
- Nuclear warfare
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
- Physics--Massachusetts
- United States--History--1945-1953
- United States--History--1953-1961
- University of Massachusetts Amherst. Department of Physics
- University of Massachusetts Amherst. Institute for Man and His Environment
- World Association of World Federalists
- World Federation of Scientific Workers
- Bohr, Aage
- Inglis, David Rittenhouse, 1905-
- Teller, Edward, 1908-2003
- Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Types of material
- Laboratory notes
- Oral histories
- Photographs
Massachusetts AFL-CIO
Massachusetts AFL-CIO Records, 1902-1995.
Call no.: MS 369
Formed in 1887 as the Massachusetts branch of the American Federation of Labor, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO currently represents the interests of over 400,000 working people in the Commonwealth. Like its parent organization, the national AFL-CIO, the Mass. AFL-CIO is an umbrella organization, a union of unions, and engages in political education, legislative action, organizing, and education and training.
The official records of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO provide insight into the aims and administrative workings of the organization. These includes a nearly complete run of proceedings and reports from its conventions since 1902, except for a five year gap 1919-1923, minutes and agendas for the meetings of the Executive Council, and the President's files (1982- ). The collection is particularly strong in the period since about 1980.
- Labor unions--Massachusetts
- Massachusetts AFL-CIO
Waugh, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1869-1943
Frank A. Waugh Papers, 1896-1983.
Call no.: FS 088
Born in Wisconsin but raised and educated in Kansas, Frank Waugh got his first teaching job at Oklahoma State University. He went on to teach at the University of Vermont and finally settled down in Amherst, as a professor at Massachusetts Agricultural College. While at Mass Aggie, he became well know for establishing the second landscape gardening department in the country, later the department of landscape architecture. At a time when the field of landscape architecture was still taking root, Waugh's influence was significant in shaping the profession. His contributions include numerous articles and books, the designs he planned and implemented, and the many students he taught and mentored. A natural offshoot of his work as a landscape architect, Waugh pursued other artistic avenues as well, most notably photography and etching. He served at MAC, later Massachusetts State College, for nearly forty years before retiring in 1939.
The collection includes an extensive representation of Waugh's published articles along with biographical materials. The centerpiece, however, is the large number of photographs, lantern slides, and etchings. While his publications reveal the mind of a pioneer in his field, together these images portray the heart and soul of Waugh as an artist.
- Landscape architecture--United States--History
- University of Massachusetts Amherst--Faculty
- University of Massachusetts Amherst. Department of Horticulture
- Waugh, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1869-1943
Types of material
- Etchings
- Lantern slides
- Photographs
Bernhard, Michael H.
Michael H. Bernhard Solidarity Collection, ca.1975-1989.
Call no.: MS 575
A member of the Department of Political Science at Penn State University, Michael Bernhard specializes in the comparative history of institutional change in East Central Europe and the political economy of democratic survival and breakdown. Since receiving his doctorate from Columbia University in 1988, Bernhard has written extensively on various aspects of the democratic transition in Poland and East Germany.
The Bernhard Collection contains photocopies and some original materials of underground publications by the Solidarity Movement in Poland, most of which were crudely published and illegally distributed. The collection also includes a series of posters for Solidarity candidates during the first post-Communist election.
- NSZZ "Solidarność" (Labor organization)
- Poland--History--1945-
- Underground press publications--Poland
- Bernhard, Michael H
Cornish, Michael
Association for Gravestone Studies Collection
Michael Cornish Photograph Collection, ca.1975-2005.
Call no.: PH 035
Michael Cornish first became interested in gravemarkers while writing a senior thesis at the Massachusetts College of Art, and since that time, he has prepared numerous exhibitions of his photographic work and conducted important research on colonial markers. Widely known for his work on the carver Joseph Barbur of West Medway, Mass., and a group of "tendril carvers" in southeastern Massachusetts, Cornish speaks frequently to historical societies around Massachusetts, delivering slide shows tailored to the particular area. An inventory photographer for the City of Boston's Historic Burying Ground Initiative, he has also consulted for several towns regarding the preservation and rehabilitation of their burying grounds. As a member of the AGS Board of Directors, Cornish has worked in various capacities and played an active role in organizing and participating in the annual conventions, programs, exhibits, and tours.
The Cornish Collection includes many thousands of photographs and direct rubbings of early New England gravestones, primarily in Massachusetts and Connecticut, focusing on their beauty and artistic merit. Originally inspired by the work of Harriette Merrifield Forbes, and encouraged by Dan and Jessie Farber, Cornish photographed in a variety of formats, including Kodachrome transparencies, black-and-white negatives, and black-and-white prints. The collection also includes research notes relating to his work on Barbur and other stonecarvers.
- Sepulchral monuments--Connecticut
- Sepulchral monuments--Massachusetts
- Stone carving--Connecticut
- Stone carving--Massachusetts
- Association for Gravestone Studies
- Cornish, Michael
Types of material
- Photographs
Haley, Michael
Michael Haley Papers, 1968-2003.
Call no.: MS 670
An actor and motion picture assistant director and producer, Michael Haley was born in Pittsfield, Mass., in 1942. While an undergraduate student at UMass Amherst, Haley became involved in theater, joining the avant garde Buffalo Meat Company that performed original works in Massachusetts and New York City. Following a chance call from a producer looking for local help in 1969, Haley worked on his first film, the low-budget crime drama, Honeymoon Killers. After work on several other film and television productions, Haley was among ten people selected for the Directors Guild of America's Assistant Directors Training Program. During his forty year career, Haley's credits have included work with a number of noted directors, including Sidney Lumet, Barry Levinson, and Penny Marshall, and he has enjoyed a particularly long and productive association with Mike Nichols. His films have included The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Stepford Wives, Biloxi Blues, True Colors, A League of Their Own, Groundhog Day, Primary Colors, and Closer. He was the recipient of two Humanitas Prizes (for Wit and Angels in America), and among others awards, the Christopher Award (for Wit), the Directors Guild of America award, Producers Guild of America award, and an Emmy (for Angels in America), a Directors Guild of America plaque (Working Girl), and the Berkshire International Film Festival Life-Time Achievement Award. He was named Artist of the Year at UMass and has been selected for a Bateman Fellowship.
Reflecting a diverse career in film, the Haley collection consists of scripts, photographs, memorabilia, and diaries, with a small quantity of notes and correspondence. The scripts, approximately 110 of them, are from films ranging from the Godfather II to Charlie Wilson's War and Angels in America, may include several drafts. The photographs are both numerous and particularly rich, including some particularly interesting candid shots taken on film sets, as well as official shots taken by photographers such as Mary Ellen Mark.
- Actors
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Motion pictures
- Nichols, Mike
- Haley, Michael
Types of material
- Photographs
- Screenplays
Katanka, Michael
Katanka-Fraser Political Music Collection, 1885-1975.
Call no.: MS 552
The author, publisher, and radical bookseller Michael Katanka (1922-1983) was a staunch Socialist and historian of British labor. Beginning with his 1868: Year of Unions in 1968, Katanka wrote or edited a series of books and articles on Fabianism, satirical caricature, and trade unionism.
The Katanka-Fraser Political Music Collection consists of audio recordings, sheet music, and songbooks of politically-inspired music in a variety of languages. The works range from the English and German Socialist press of the 1880s to the antiwar movement of the 1960s and 1970s, touching upon labor agitation, proletarian songs, student protest, the anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist struggles, the Spanish Civil War, and Communism and Socialism. The collection also includes a few books and sound recordings from the extreme right in Nazi Germany.
- Communists--Music
- International Workers of the World--Music
- Political ballads and songs
- Protest songs
- Radicalism--Songs and music
- Socialists--Music
- Working class--Music
- Fraser, James
- Katanka, Michael
Kislo, Michael Z., 1896-1978
Michael Z. Kislo Notebooks, 1954-1974.
Call no.: MS 246
After emigrating from Dzieciekowo, Poland, Michael Kislo found work in a Northampton basket shop and later as a machinist at International Silver Company. He was a resident of Florence, Mass.
The Kislo collection contains nine volumes of Kislo's writing (mostly in Polish and thematically religious, patriotic, personal, and autobiographical) and artwork (drawings and paintings with religious allusions, Polish costumes, weapons, imaginary animals and fanciful landscapes).
- Art, Polish--Massachusetts--20th century
- Florence (Mass.)--Biography
- Immigrants--Massachusetts--Florence
- Polish American artists--Massachusetts--Florence
- Polish Americans--Massachusetts--Florence
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Kislo, Michael Z., 1896-1978
Types of material
- Diaries
- Notebooks
- Watercolors (Paintings)
Lenson, Michael, 1903-1971
Michael Lenson Collection, 1969-1970.
Call no.: MS 745
Born in Russia in 1903, the realist painter Michael Lenson emigrated to the United States at the age of eight, and from early in life, took an interest in art. While a student at the National Academy of Design in 1928, Lenson was awarded the Chaloner Paris Prize, enabling him to spend four years of study in Europe and leading to his first three one man shows. With the Great Depression in full effect upon his return to America, he accepted a position as director of mural projects for the Works Progress Administration in New Jersey, through which he built a reputation as one of the most important muralists in the eastern states. Exhibited widely, he was productive as both an artist and critic until his death in 1971. His works are included in the collections of the RISD Museum, the Maier Museum of Art, the Johnson Museum of Art, the Newark Museum, the Montclair Art Museum, and the Wolfsonian Collection, among others.
Consisting of pencil portraits of poets, each approximately 12 x 18″, the Lenson Collection contains twelve late works by Michael Lenson that were included in an exhibition held at the Montclair Art Museum in 1970. The subjects of the portraits include William Blake, Robert Browning, George Gordon Lord Byron, Robert Burns, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Donne, T.S. Eliot, John Keats, John Milton, Sean O'Casey, Alexander Pope, and Percy Bysshe Shelley.
- Blake, William , 1757-1827
- Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
- Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
- Donne, John, 1572-1631
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
- Keats, John, 1795-1821
- Milton, John, 1608-1674
- O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822
- Lenson, Michael, 1903-1971
Types of material
- Drawings (Visual works)


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On the Cover: Interpol
Photographs by Greg Kadel
"Wanna go to Hooters?" asks Interpol guitarist Daniel Kessler as we step outside the W Hotel in Dallas onto the sunbaked sidewalk. Kessler is a short, skinny 32-year-old with slightly nervous eyes and thin lips that begin to curl into a wry grin as he delivers this lunch invitation. His band -- which also includes singer/guitarist Paul Banks, bassist Carlos D, and drummer Sam Fogarino -- is on a nine-date North American tour leading up to the release of their third album (and major-label debut), Our Love to Admire, and the guitarist seems anxious to playfully tweak their resolutely cosmopolitan, sometimes painfully hip image.
The Hooters in downtown Dallas is not just any Hooters. It is, Kessler informs me, the largest Hooters in the world. In his black suit, black sweater-vest, and dark sunglasses, the chatty New York vegetarian strikes an odd figure in a chain restaurant known primarily for large-breasted, skimpily outfitted waitresses and chicken wings. Neon beer signs cover the walls, a rerun of the Coca-Cola 600 from Lowe's Motor Speedway beams from the TV overhead, and the sound system blares inoffensive radio-rock staples, including Blind Melon's "No Rain," the Cranberries' "Linger," and Dave Matthews Band's "The Space Between."
A brunette, appropriately proportioned waitress approaches the table, and Kessler looks up from his menu. "Can you confirm that 'cukes' in fact refers to cucumbers?" he asks slyly, pointing to his menu's description of the garden salad.
"I can confirm that," she says, smiling.
He orders the salad, and then leans back in his chair and looks around. "Despite a lot of people who'd think we wouldn't be caught dead here, I like going to places that aren't so 'London-Paris-New York.' I like going to the middle of the country. I'm very comfortable here."
He better be. The middle of the country is where Interpol need to make their presence felt if they're going to graduate from their post as New York City's welldressed, brooding indie-rock mascots and become, well, a band whose songs might be played over the sound system at the largest Hooters in the world. Not that this is exactly their goal, but by signing with Capitol Records, who fought off several suitors to procure Interpol's services, they have certainly opened themselves up to the possibility.
"The goal is for us to be on every alternative station in every market," says Capitol president Lee Trink. "Their music tends to be more about the coasts and urban centers, but they're capable of being an arena band -- a very, very big band or the whole country."
Of course, with CD sales in steady decline across the board, some might question the wisdom of a successful indie band jumping to a major. In fact, just months after inking Interpol, Capitol merged with Virgin, replacing most of the label's key staff and thinning its talent roster, and Capitol is now on the verge of being sold outright. "We never panicked," Kessler says. "These kinds of things happen with record companies all the time. We weren't this little band trying to make a leap into a big pond. We were already selling quite a number of records, we had our following, so we thought we'd be okay."
But as Fogarino somewhat awkwardly points out later, Interpol's former label, indie pacesetter Matador, "maxed out," and it was time to "push up the headroom." (Matador declined to comment for this story.) Besides, this was never a band that waved the flag for respected, independently achieved obscurity. After forming in 1998, they emerged from New York in the post-9/11, post-Strokes "new rock revolution" with a sound that was sleek, taut, and aggressive, and a look that favored tailored suits and wingtips. Their first two albums, Turn on the Bright Lights and Antics, sold nearly a million copies between them, and the Interpol boys -- particularly Carlos D -- became Manhattan nightlife fixtures, with their love lives, fashion choices, and alleged narcotic appetites dissected on gossipy blogs in a manner that was out of proportion to their relatively modest commercial success. Now they're faced with the task of publicly transforming themselves into something more substantial. But what exactly?
Although the band members themselves will repeatedly deny it over the four days I spend with them in Dallas and Atlanta, there is something about this moment that feels make-or-break for Interpol. Their first two records sold in almost identical amounts, leading one to the not unreasonable conclusion that they were both bought by more or less the same 500,000 people. What if Our Love to Admire fails to find new ears and Capitol grows disenchanted or impatient? What if the critics who've swooned over them in the past turn sour? What if they just don't want to hang around with each other?
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United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District of North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Freddie Andaya, a/k/a "Raymond Garcia," 42, of Mexico to serve life plus five years in prison on drug trafficking conspiracy, money laundering and gun charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
U.S. Attorney Tompkins is joined in making today's announcement by Brock D. Nicholson, Special Agent in Charge of ICE/Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Georgia and the Carolinas and Sheriff Kevin L. Auten of the Rowan County Sheriff's Office.
According to court documents and proceedings, Andaya was the leader of a drug conspiracy that operated in Mecklenburg, Iredell, Union and Rowan Counties and elsewhere between 2010 and August 2011, and trafficked more than 300 kilograms of cocaine, with a street value of over $10 million. Court records indicate that Andaya had a stash house in Concord, N.C., from which law enforcement seized 3.5 kilograms of cocaine, 62 kilogram-sized wrappers, $342,000 in cash and an AK-47 assault rifle. Law enforcement also recovered from the stash house notebook ledgers, which accounted for more than $9 million in drug transactions in just a three-month period, from April to July 2011. According to court records and today's sentencing hearing, during the investigation law enforcement seized a total of 11 kilograms of cocaine, more than $600,000 in cash and three firearms. Also according to court records, during Andaya's prosecution the defendant obstructed justice by threatening a co-defendant and by producing false exculpatory documents to authorities.
Andaya has been in custody since his arrest in August 2011. He was indicted on federal charges in January 2012 and pleaded guilty in March 2012 to drug trafficking conspiracy, money laundering and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Andaya will be transferred to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons upon designation of a federal facility. Federal sentences are served without the possibility of parole.
This prosecution is part of an extensive Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation that has resulted in the conviction of 14 defendants for cocaine trafficking, money laundering, and firearms violations. OCDETF is a joint federal, state and local cooperative approach to combat drug trafficking and it is the nation's primary tool for disrupting and dismantling major drug trafficking organizations, targeting national and regional level drug trafficking organizations and coordinating the necessary law enforcement entities and resources to disrupt or dismantle the targeted criminal organization and seize their assets.
In addition to Andaya, the following prosecutions stem from the same investigation:
• Marlon Twain Scott (3:11-cr-363) – Sentenced to 120 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. • Brandon Antowine Barnette (3:12-cr-20) – Sentenced to 37 months in prison, followed by 2 years of supervised release. • Juan Antonio Molina-Sanchez (3:12-cr-25) – Sentenced to 57 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. • Bautista Medrano Andaya (3:12-cr-27) – Sentenced to 210 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. • Luis Alberto Castrejon (3:12-cr-28) – Sentenced to 180 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. • Vonita Alberto Mondragon (3:12-cr-29) – Sentenced to 50 months in prison, followed by 2 years of supervised release. • Freddie Delgado-Mercado (3:12-cr-31) – Sentenced to 78 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. • Levaric Samuel Johniken (3:12-cr-34) – 168 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release. • Eric Lewis Feimster (3:12-cr-38) – Sentenced to 108 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. • Matthew Thomas Jones (3:12-cr-48) – Sentenced to 211 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. • Lloyd Avery Allen (3:12-cr-88) – Sentenced to 78 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. • Christopher Cortez Coleman (3:12-cr-140) – Sentenced to 108 months in prison, followed by 4 years of supervised release. • Jorge Molina-Sanchez (3:12-cr-316) – Pending sentencing.
The investigation was led by HSI and Rowan County Sheriff's Office. U.S. Attorney Tompkins also thanked the Sheriff's Offices for Cabarrus, Iredell, Union and Mecklenburg Counties and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for their assistance with the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven R. Kaufman of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Charlotte prosecuted the case.
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David Weir is enjoying his coaching role at Everton but is keeping himself fit in pre-season training in case he is called upon to play.
David Weir claims to already feel at home after returning to Everton, a club he represented for eight years as a player, in a coaching capacity.
Danny Wilson says Sheffield United are still weighing up whether or not to offer a contract to former Rangers captain David Weir.
Sheffield United are weighing up a move to sign former Rangers defender David Weir.
Veteran Rangers defender Davie Weir is on the verge of terminating his contract at Ibrox.
Rangers boss Ally McCoist admits he would be happy to let David Weir move on if the defender wants to leave.
David Weir admits that he may have to look elsewhere if he fails to break into the Rangers starting line-up before the New Year.
Rangers stalwart David Weir expects Sunday's first Old Firm clash of the year to be an 'interesting' affair at Ibrox.
Rangers boss Ally McCoist is 'very hopeful' that Nikica Jelavic will be fit for Sunday's Old Firm clash against Celtic.
Rangers captain David Weir has defended Ally McCoist and is confident that he will eventually prove to be successful.
Rangers have suffered a double injury blow with David Weir and Kyle Bartley unable to face Maribor.
Ally McCoist is still waiting to learn whether Dorin Goian can play for Rangers against Malmo.
Rangers' veteran defender David Weir insists his team-mates are ready for the early SPL kick-off this weekend.
Rangers captain David Weir has signed a new one-year contract to keep him at Ibrox.
Rangers have confirmed David Healy is close to agreeing a contract to play for the club next season.
Rangers boss Ally McCoist has confirmed he is yet to discuss extending David Weir's playing career.
David Weir believes any player that turns down an invite to represent GB at the Olympics would 'regret it forever'.
Gregg Wylde is eager for Rangers captain David Weir to remain at Ibrox - in any capacity.
New Rangers boss Ally McCoist is planning talks with defender David Weir over a contract extension.
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Northern Scene
Ottawa / Gatineau
From April 25 to May 4, 2013, Canada's National Arts Centre will present Northern Scene, the sixth in a series of national Scene festivals celebrating and showcasing our country's finest established and emerging artists.
Northern Scene will feature more than 250 artists from Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut to take over the nation's capital. Musicians, actors, dancers, writers, visual and media artists, filmmakers, storytellers, and chefs will bring their unique talents to audiences throughout the region – a virtual Northern invasion!
Northern Scene will present a vast living portrait of this unique region – combining traditional and contemporary, shaking stereotypes and celebrating new voices. Don't miss it!
History of the Scenes
As part of its mission to be a truly "national" arts centre, the NAC produces a series of biennial festivals designed to showcase the artistic talents and culture of the many different regions of Canada. » read more
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