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Chris O'Dea

He studied documentary filmmaking under Russian filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya and was a production technician for NBC Sports during their coverage of the Salt Lake City, Sydney, Torino, Beijing and Athens Olympic Games.


1318 in Ireland

11 May - Battle of Dysert O'Dea: The Hiberno-Norman Richard de Clare is defeated and killed by Conor O'Dea in alliance with O'Briens, MacNamaras and Ó hEithirs.

3,4-Methylenedioxyphenylpropan-2-one

On account of its relation to the MDxx chemical class, MDP2P, as well as safrole and isosafrole, are in the United States (U.S.) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) List I of Chemicals of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) via the Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act (CDTA).

Bert Husting

A two-sport star, Husting was a fullback in the same University of Wisconsin–Madison football team that included legendary Pat O'Dea, and later pitched his baseball team to the 1898 Western Conference championship.

Bill Duke

As the action-film-oriented genre became more popular, Duke's presence was perfect to portray a myriad of "tough guy" roles, chiefly alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando and Predator, as well as a DEA chief in The Limey (1999) which was an uncredited role; and a police chief in the Carl Weathers movie Action Jackson.

Brian O'Dea

Under increasing threat from the Drug Enforcement Administration, he quit the business in 1986, but his life declined and he became addicted to drugs.

Bunratty Castle

In that year a major battle was fought at Dysert O'Dea as part of the Irish Bruce Wars, in which both Thomas De Clare and his son Richard were killed.

Darrell O'Dea

He has appeared on numerous recordings as a guest musician and has recorded or produced artists including Collective Soul, Kyp Harness, Kiran Ahluwalia, Hayden, The Waltons, Adam Faux, The Supers (Fall Down Go Boom), Rebecca Campbell, Martin Posen, and Pinchas Zuckerman.

Dea Norberg

Andrea Heléne "Dea" Norberg (born 3 March 1974, Bräkne-Hoby, Sweden) is a Swedish singer and choirgirl who sang in most of Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest entries during the 2000s.

Dean Lennox Kelly

He starred in Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel a comedy sci-fi film with Chris O'Dowd, Marc Wootton and Anna Faris, ITV drama Married Single Other with Ralf Little and Miranda Raison, the BBC mini-series Cranford as a poor man struggling to feed his six children and wife, and in Robin Hood as Robin's father, Malcolm.

Dickinson Electronic Archives

The Dickinson Electronic Archives (DEA) is a website devoted to the study of Emily Dickinson, her writing practices, writings directly influencing her work, and critical and creative writings generated by her work.

Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

Fact-based story of undercover DEA agent Enrique Camarena (Bauer) who, while stationed in Guadalajara, uncovered a massive marijuana operation in Northern Mexico that led to his death and a remarkable investigation of corruption within the Mexican government.

Edward John O'Dea

During his time as bishop, O'Dea moved the episcopal see of the diocese from Vancouver, Washington to Seattle, and the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Seattle.

Francis Moraes

He became interested in the heroin subculture in Portland, Oregon – the number two most vibrant heroin city in the United States, at that time (according to DEA statistics).

Front of Solidarity and Overthrow

Four parties that participated in the Coalition of the Radical Left (KOE, DEA, KEDA and APO), supported Alekos Alavanos in the local elections in Attica.

Garrison Courtney

Previous to working for the DEA, Courtney was the Seattle District public affairs and community outreach director with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for Northern Idaho, Washington and British Columbia.

General Santander National Police Academy

The General Santander Academy holds strategic alliances primarily with the United States agencies Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) due to the recent War on Drugs and the implementation of the Plan Colombia which has become part of the War on terror and because of its experience on these it has become as one of the most apt educational centers for law enforcement in Latin America.

Jack Stehlin

He is perhaps best known for his role on the television series Weeds as DEA Captain Roy Till.

Keiko Fuji

On 3 March 2006, U.S. DEA officials confiscated more than $400,000 in U.S., Canadian, and Australian currencies from Junko Utada's carry-on luggage at JFK Airport, New York, as she waited to board a flight to Las Vegas.

Lucia Evans

In 2007, Evans released one of her own penned tracks herself MDM Records and in June released "The Other Man", which was written by Evans and produced by Chris O'Brien and Graham Murphy; this peaked at number 17 on the Irish Singles Chart.

Lutz Heck

The work of Lutz Heck features in a BBC Radio 4 documentary "The Quest for the Aryan Cow" presented by the broadcaster and journalist Jon Ronson and produced by Beth O'Dea.

Marc Wootton

He also played a small role in the 2006 Debbie Isitt wedding film Confetti as a best man, Snoopy, and has completed filming Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, a science fiction comedy film with Chris O'Dowd, Dean Lennox Kelly and Anna Faris, which was released in UK cinemas on 24 April 2009.

Marine Corps Base Quantico

The FBI Academy, the principal research and training facility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the principal training facility for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are also located on the base.

Michel Faber

A four-part adaptation of The Crimson Petal and the White, produced by the BBC in 2011, starred Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Richard E. Grant and Gillian Anderson.

Michele Leonhart

Since the resignation of Administrator Karen P. Tandy in the fall of 2007, Leonhart also served as Acting Administrator of the DEA.

Murder of Shane Geoghegan

Local TD and Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea, came under pressure to secure changes to the law and greater resources to tackle Limerick city's gangland crime.

Nick Vincent Murphy

In 2010 he and Chris O'Dowd co-wrote a short film "Capturing Santa" as part of the Little Crackers series for Sky 1.

Oliver O'Dea

O'Dea subsequently starred in the 2004 film Asylum and had a guest role on American police drama NYPD Blue.

Rachael Carpani

She appeared in episode six of NCIS: Los Angeles in November 2009, playing a small role alongside Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J.

Radio Éireann Players

The founding actors (plus three who joined the following year) were: Tom Studley, George Greene, Éamonn Kelly, Joe Lynch, Arthur O'Sullivan, Laurence O'Dea, Frank O'Dwyer, Christine Spencer, Ginette Waddell, Marie Mulvey, Gerard Healey, Leo Leyden, Charles McCarthy, Deirdre O'Meara, Una Collins, Seamus Forde, Charles Davis, Ronald Ibbs, Florence Lynch, Mairín Ní Shuilleabháin, Joseph O'Dea, Christopher Casson, John Stephenson and Aidan Grennell.

Raymond Caine

Keaton reveals that he is in fact DEA, and, more importantly, that Ray is still alive (episode 320, "Killer Date").

Rosemary Blight

Production just ended on her 2012 feature The Sapphires starring Jessica Mauboy, Deborah Mailman and Chris O'Dowd.

Sabrina Dhawan

She currently lives in New York with her husband, Steve Cohen, who wrote Chris O'Donnell's The Bachelor, and their son, Kabir.

Seven Chances

The story was reworked several times, notably by the Three Stooges twice in the films Brideless Groom and Husbands Beware, and in The Bachelor, a 1999 film starring Chris O'Donnell and Renée Zellweger.

Soldier of Fortune, Inc.

David Eigenberg - Nick Delvecchio (former DEA Special Operations GS-13; undercover operations, escape artist)

Staggered Crossing

In an attempt to return to the sound of their early years the band parted with producer and band member, Darrell O'Dea.

The Crimson Petal and the White

The adaptation's cast includes Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Gillian Anderson, Richard E. Grant, Shirley Henderson, Amanda Hale, Mark Gatiss, Tom Georgeson and Liz White; it was adapted by Lucinda Coxon and directed by Marc Munden.

The Power of the Dog

Keller has just begun his career as a DEA agent, coming over from operative work with the CIA, and a veteran of Viet Nam's Phoenix Program.

Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond

O'Brien escaped to Galway where he elicited the help of his cousin William de Burgh, and in 1277 together with the assistance from clans, MacNamara and O'Dea they defeated the combined forces of Thomas and Brian Ruad.

Travis Henry

On September 30, 2008, Henry was arrested by the DEA after allegedly being involved in a multi-kilogram cocaine transaction that occurred in Centennial, Colorado.

Týr

The Excerptum ex Gallica Historia of Ursberg (ca. 1135) records a dea Ciza as the patron goddess of Augsburg.

United States v. Mendenhall

During her walk through the airport, she was noticed by two Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents.

United States v. Place

The Miami officers alerted DEA agents at LaGuardia to their suspicions about Place.

Villa Tunari Massacre

The Villa Tunari Massacre or Massacre of Villa Tunari was a 27 June 1988 mass killing committed by UMOPAR (Rural Patrol Mobile Unit) troops, and according to some accounts United States DEA military trainers, against peasants and cocaleros in the town of Villa Tunari in Chapare Province, Bolivia.

Willie O'Dea

However, Green Party Chairman Senator Dan Boyle wrote on Twitter, that he has "no confidence" in O'Dea and declaring him to be "compromised".

Willie O'Dea affidavit controversy

Limerick rap duo The Rubberbandits achieved success online with their lampoon record "A Song for Willie O'Dea".


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