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U.S. Coast Guard officials are trying to make contact with a Texas-bound Alex Cappa Youth Jersey , single-engine plane they say is missing.

Officials say the plane took off from Oklahoma City Wednesday and was headed to Georgetown Municipal Airport but diverted at some point and headed south.

Coast Guard officials say they lost contact with the pilot after the plane flew past Freeport. The New Orleans Coast Guard is sending a plane to make communication with the aircraft.

Officials have not said at this time whether the plane crash. They are labeling the incident an "aircraft emergency."

It is unknown at this time how many people were aboard the plane.(Agencies)

Stanley J. Borley’s The Reluctant Villain: Coward of the Heart relates Borley’s tale of smuggling drugs between the United States and Canada, procuring drugs in the United States on the Vancouver border, and motoring hundreds of pounds of marijuana using an old boat. Although the headlines focus primarily on the drug smuggling that occurs on our southern border, it is extremely common to transport drugs across the northern border as well.

Borley’s account is similar to the March conviction in Washington State of seven Canadians from British Columbia who were responsible for thousands of kilograms of marijuana smuggled into the United States through PVC pipe, hollowed out logs, wood chips, and hidden compartments in tractor-trailer trucks. The “managers” were sentenced to four and a half years in jail; five lower level smugglers were given sentences ranging from probation to one year in jail. Over the course of the three-year-long investigation, Rob Shannon, the ring leader of the operation was sentenced to 20 years in jail.

Just as the recently arrested Canadians used creativity to smuggle drugs, Borley and his partner had to change the nature of their operation when the boat owner no longer wanted to participate, leaving them to find a new means of smuggling drugs into the country. They eventually settle on a plane whose pilot had been smuggling cocaine from South America to the US and Canada, demonstrating to readers that our borders remain at risk from every point of accessibility, whether it is air, water, or land.

Borley relates his tale of becoming a “reluctant villain,” dealing marijuana and cocaine on an international scale, which progressively escalates, leading him to Red China and Korea. Although the smuggling of drugs across our border with Mexico is the one most hotly talked about, our northern border remains at great risk to such schemes as that of Borley, allowing seemingly innocuous boats, planes, and in the case of the recent news story, tractor-trailers, to transport drugs across borders with operations going undetected for many months or even years. The large-scale nature of both Borley’s operation and the 2011 conviction give readers pause for reflection on just how unprotected our borders truly are.

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by Tang Zhiqiang

BERLIN, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, which came to an end over the weekend in Berlin, have become a festive routine for the city's cultural repertoire.

Dragon dance, Kungfu, Suona music... From Wednesday to Saturday this week, artists from China presented a feast of culture to Berlin citizens in the Arkaden shopping mall, inviting them to celebrate the Year of the Goat together.

For Berliners, who are proud of the multicultural mix of their metropolis, such celebrations are quite an experience.

Faber Wladimir, a resident in the German capital, was happy that he could enjoy performances from China at Potsdamer Platz downtown Berlin, a place which hosts the famous Berlin International Film Festival and one of the bustling Christmas markets in the German capital.

In the huge shopping center decorated by red lanterns and posters of Chinese zodiac, Chinese masters also showed handicrafts which are listed as intangible cultural heritage in China: paparcutting, wood carving, shadow puppetry...

Holding two dough figurines in his hand, Wladimir said he was attracted by news about the new year event on the Internet, so decided to come with his wife and children.

"The performances are excellent, so are the figurines. They are gifts for my children, and also for myself," he said.

Chen Jianyang, Director of China Cultural Center in Berlin who organized the event in cooperation with the Arkaden, said the event was aimed at bringing authentic Chinese culture here and promoting exchanges.

"It was the second year that we organize such a project. Arkaden said they wish to cooperate with us every year in the future," Chen said, adding that some other shopping malls in Berlin had also expressed their interest.

He said that the event would be a routine in Berlin and China Cultural Center would also seek a cooperation with the Berlin International Film Festival.

According to statistics disclosed by the Arkaden, about 150,000 people enjoyed the event last year. This year's figure is still pending.

"It's a win-win situation," said Friedhelm Acksteiner, an event agent for the project, hailing its contribution to the cultural diversity in Berlin.

"It's great to celebrate the Chinese new year not only in China, but also in Germany," said Heinz Freund, another Berliner who was taking photo of goat sculptures in the Arkaden. "There are many Chinese people living here in Germany, we are glad to celebrate the Year of the Goat together with them."

Local media, like Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, and TV Berlin, have given intensive coverage of the celebrations.

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