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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will toughen its laws to be better able to combat corruption by Canadian businesses at home and abroad, the government said on Tuesday following the recent bribery conviction of a Calgary oil company.
"Our government ... expects Canadian business to play by the rules. Canadian companies can compete with the best and win fairly," Foreign Minister John Baird said in a statement.
Baird said existing laws on the bribery of foreign officials would be amended to grant the government jurisdiction over all Canadian nationals and Canadian companies, regardless of where alleged crimes took place. That would make it easier to prosecute cases in foreign countries, he said.
Canada will also raise the maximum penalty for bribing a foreign official to 14 years from the current five years.
In January, a Calgary-based oil company that admitted to bribing the wife of a Chadian diplomat in Canada to secure an oil and gas contract agreed to pay a C$10.35 million ($10.35 million) fine.
Also last month, a Canadian police document released by the courts revealed that authorities believe a son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi received $162 million in bribes for giving major contracts in Libya to Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin Inc.
The allegations surrounding the Libyan contracts have not been proven in court. SNC, which has said that any wrongdoing was the work of a small number of former employees, says it is cooperating with the police investigations.
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Gold has dropped in price to around $1,600 per ounce and suddenly some say that gold is no longer a commodity that investors should embrace. I say ridiculous.
In times of panic, investors sell everything, even assets that have medium to long-term growth opportunities. The recent selling of gold was related to panic from hedge funds needing to raise money for redemptions as well as a tightening of margin requirements. This was not selling pressure based on any fundamental change in conditions or outlook.
Gold still makes sense in investors' portfolios as a hedge against the fear and stagnation that very likely will occur over the next several years in the global economy. Affluence in China and India will continue to drive consumption, and despite the economic travails throughout the world, the desire for gold jewelry will continue to rise.
Emerging markets that have long held their currency reserves in U.S. dollars and euros will continue to lose faith in the wisdom of politicians in more established economies. Emerging economies will replace these currency reserves with tangible assets they trust.....like gold.
I am not advocating a portfolio strategy entirely invested in gold; a balanced view matters. Gold should be an important part of an overall allocation strategy. This tangible asset still makes sense as a hedge against headline risk and provides the opportunity to participate in fundamental developing demand issues for this precious metal.
Let others panic. As Warren Buffett says: "Buy when investors are afraid." The gold correction is an opportunity. It's our view that sometime in the not-too-distant future, gold will reach $2,000 an ounce. When that happens, those that pronounced that the wisdom of investing in gold was over will likely rue their panicked calls to sell all.

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Dan Kitchen says: I believe Shorpy has been used here in the past, but I just saw this today just after reading your blog and thought it was appropriate. I call it Overnight Parking in 1936.
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FALL RIVER — Annie Dookhan, the former chemist accused of faking drug test results at a state lab, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Bristol County Superior Court to one count of obstruction of justice.
FALL RIVER — Annie Dookhan, the former chemist accused of faking drug test results at a state lab, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Bristol County Superior Court to one count of obstruction of justice.
Earlier in the day, the 35-year-old Franklin woman pleaded not guilty in Plymouth County to five counts of obstruction of justice.
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Heh, yeah, I can think of several more specific terms for small towns like that.
I got what you were saying, though. It's the same situation when I make generalizations about things like that. Even in seemingly culturally-homogenous rural areas, you get a certain percentage of people who don't fit the majority stereotype. It just makes it suck more, for those people. We have a lot of people on Atheist Nexus, living out in the middle of nowhere, who don't know another atheist, in person.
You're not pestering me Kimberley. =) Thanks for the feedback. I can relate to you in any number of ways here, believe it or not. I'll PM you, if that's all right.
Heh heh heh heh heh. You know, it's funny, but I actually had a client support run to Marshville, once. I supported the company's work-from-home employees. The Charlotte office is on the south side, so most of the employees from that office who chose to go work from home were in the northern suburbs, since they had a longer drive. Some of the ones a ways out into the sticks on the south side elected to become work-from-home employees, though.
The Triad work-from-home employees were mostly in Winston-Salem or flung way the hell out into the middle of nowhere (Boone, Wilkesboro, Mount Airy, King, or Rural Hall), on the northwest side of Winston-Salem, since the Winston-Salem office is on University Parkway, right off of 52.
I know exactly what you mean. I've never lived in a town that small, but I've been through plenty of them, here in North Carolina. The larger cities are decent enough, but once you get more than 5 or 10 miles outside of a major urban cluster, the shoulders get crimson at a very rapid rate. Over here, we've got Youngsville. The town, Wake Forest, which it's stuck onto the side of, is a real suburb of Raleigh and is passable. Youngsville is just a little bit too far out, though. It's real country.
Thanks Kimberley. =) For the most part, I've been doing all right; have had a few tough moments, but overall I'm doing OK. I saw him in the funeral home the day after he died (he's since been cremated, as was his wish, and there will be a graveside service for him Feb. 18) and he looked at peace. He had Parkinson's and was really just eaten alive by it toward the end. I'm glad he's not suffering anymore.
Hope you have a great week and thanks once again.
No worries. I have my overloaded weeks, myself.
Jeeze, Winston-Salem is more liberal than where you moved from? Heh. Where the heck were you living before?
Yeah, I don't know how things are looking with a good Triad group getting started. I think the biggest problem is the density. It's so freaking spread out, almost like three truly separate cities. It was all one big thing, for me, and it didn't make a difference which part I had to go to. That was easy for me to say, though, since I was on the clock and getting an excessive amount of mileage compensation.
The Triangle is easier to navigate and get high activity-attendance, because it's a more solid mass. There are three distinct downtown-density clusters, but it's solid suburban sprawl spreading between them, and the airport is very centralized, meaning that there's a good deal of entertainment infrastructure in a central location. Plus, the presence of three major universities has a great effect on the demographics.
Charlotte is just big and dense, by itself. Totally different scenario, there. I think those are the only two places with thriving atheism communities.
Thanks, I'm doing all right for the most part. =) Been going through a rough time though; my dad died a couple of weeks ago. I'm all right for the most part though. Hope you have a great weekend!
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Ah, greetings. I can imagine what it must be like, over in Winston-Salem. I don't think the Triad groups are nearly as active as the Triangle groups. We have a few people who drive over from Greensboro for our events, because they can't get much going over there.
Plus, I know a bit about the Winston-Salem area. My last job involved supporting a whole bunch of clients in Winston-Salem (the second largest office was there), in addition to others scattered all over the state. Winston-Salem seems like a much more conservative and religious city than anywhere in the Triangle, judging from my bit of exposure.
Welcome, Kimberley! Glad you could join us. :D
Please consider joining a group to meet people and talk about anything that's on your mind, Hang With Friends. You might also like Women Atheists, Female Atheists, and possibly Feminist Atheists.
I also recommend Eco-Logical and Climate Concerns, since the climate is changing so drastically.
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Microsoft's long-awaited release of the upgrade to its flagship Windows operating system will likely be delayed again by at least three months, research group Gartner said on Tuesday. The research note, released to clients on Monday, said the new Windows Vista operating system is too complex to be able to meet Microsoft's targeted November release for volume licence customers and January launch for retail consumers. A Microsoft spokeswoman said the company disagreed with the Gartner report and it was still on track to meet its launch dates.


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Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac is a great DVD ripper and DVD decoder for Mac OS users who want to rip DVD to almost all regular video formats (AVI, MPEG, MOV, MP4, 3GP, FLV, H264, M4V, etc) for most popular mobile devices (iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Creative Zen, Sansa MP4 and MP3 player), complete with options to select DVD audio track and subtitle, crop DVD video, trim DVD movie, and set video effects and so on.
It is easy to rip DVD's using Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac, the best DVD ripper and DVD decoder on Mac Os.
Step1. Import DVD Movies
Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac is able to rip regular DVD movie discs. Besides, this DVD ripper and DVD decoder is able to rip the following two kind of DVD movies.
1. A DVD folder, sometimes you may store the DVD folder in your hard drive, it appears like "Video_ts" "Audio_ts" folders. You can load it by clicking the "load DVD folders" button.
2. A DVD ISO image, you can mount the iso file in your virtual DVD emulator, say Daemon Tools, and then load the DVD movie in Wondershare DVD Ripper for Mac.
After the movie is loaded, you can see all the chapters and titles in it, and then you can check the ones you want to convert. If you want to convert the whole movie, you can just keep all the titles or chapters checked.
Step 2. Output Settings
After your DVD movie is loaded, you can start to set output settings:
1. Select an encoder type from the format drop-down list according to the device you want to put the video on.
2. Click the Settings button to set the video and audio parameters.
3. Name each title/chapter in the Output Filename field, and select the suitable subtitle and audio track for the titles/chapters if you want.
Note: You can check the Merger into one file option to join all the selected DVD titles/chapters into one file instead of creating a separated file for each title/chapter.
Step 3. Start the Conversion
After you select the output format, all you need to do is clicking the Start button. Furthermore, this DVD Ripper even offers the option to automaticlly shut down the computer when the conversion completed.
Tip 1: Trim Movie
If you just want to convert a clip from your DVD movie, you can click the Trim icon to capture a clip. In the Trim window, you can trim the length of the current title/chapter by either dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders or setting the time parameters in each corresponding field.
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If your DVD video has black sides, you can use this Crop function to remove them. Click the Crop icon to open the Crop window, and set the video crop area by dragging the crop frame or setting the four crop parameters (Top, Bottom, Left and Right).
Tip 3: Movie Effect
If you want to change the original video effect, you can click the Effect icon to set the video brightness, contrast, saturation, and even audio volume. You can also choose to apply a special effect to your movie video from the available effects including Gray, Emboss and Negative.
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Step 1: Add DVD Movie
your computer, find the DVD folder of the movie you want to add from your hard disc or DVD-ROM, open your DVD folder, select the VIDEO_TS folder and click OK.
Or, click the Load IFO button, browse your computer, find the DVD folder of the movie you want to add from your hard disc or DVD-ROM, open your DVD folder, open the VIDEO_TS folder, select all the IFO files and click OK.
After you add your movie, you can choose any titles or chapters that you want to convert by ticking the check boxes before them.
Step 2: Output Settings
At the bottom of the main window, you can name the output file for the current title/chapter, and select a subtitle to put on your movie, select an audio track. Then finish all the settings including selecting an output format, clicking the Settings button to set the video and audio encoding settings, choose if to merge the selected titles or chapters into one file, and set an output directory to save the output files.
Step 3: Start Conversion
After setting the output settings, you can just click the Convert button to start converting your
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Drag & drop the DVD disc icon on the desktop or video file(s) to the grey area. Or go to File menu, choose Load DVD or Add Video/Audio files and navigate to the files you want to add.
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Note: The defaulted setting only read main feature of the DVD movie for conversion, without DVD menu and the movie just starts playing right away. If you want to import the whole DVD, go to Preference and unchecked Load main title of the DVD
Step 2: Simply click the format icon to open output format list.
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If you were unable to attend the live taping of the Twisted Nether Blogcast last Thursday, the recorded version of the interview is now available. You can find it here. We talk about all sorts of things from Moonkin, to Theorycrafting, to Ulduar, to why I spell it "Gray" instead of "Grey".
Anyway, I had a lot of fun. It's amazing how quickly time can go. I was worried before hand that it might be a really short interview, but instead I turned out to be a wind bag and they couldn't shut me up.
Thanks again to Nebuca and Fimlys.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
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- Hardy said...
I'm not a talker either, but I've done a lot of radio interviews for political stuff, and it's amazing how fast an hour goes by.
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I think you did great. -I- had alot of fun.
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GfÖ AK experimental ecology meeting in March 2013, Jülich
"Moving from the lab to the field: putting ecology and ecophysiology in a new framework"
18-20 March 2013 at Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich
In the field of plant science much of our understanding of plant growth, development and metabolism has been derived from studying model plants grown under controlled conditions. In the field of ecology we often find a combination of studies performed under field conditions with smaller more mechanistic studies under controlled greenhouse or climate-chamber conditions. In a world experiencing major global change, we need to better integrate our understanding of plant performance across scales, including knowing to what extent results obtained under controlled conditions are compatible with those obtained in the field. Very few studies have systematically studied how plant species respond to both abiotic and biotic factors both under controlled and field conditions since this requires comparable study units under both conditions. Nevertheless, given the considerable body of knowledge we are accumulating in both field and controlled conditions both in ecology and ecophysiology we consider the moment opportune to move towards providing an overall comparative framework for being better able to compare and assess the relative outcomes of studies under controlled and field conditions. This meeting of the Working Group Experimental Ecology of the GfÖ (German Society of Ecology) aims to provide the setting for discussion of how such a framework could develop. The Plant Sciences Institute (IBG-2) of the Forschungszentrum Jülich with its state-of-the-art plant phenotyping facilities both under controlled and increasingly under field conditions should provide an ideal background for such a discussion.
Logistical details:
The meeting will take place in the Plant Sciences (IBG-2) Institute in the Forschungszentrum Jülich, and will run from Monday early afternoon on the 18th March 2013, to Wednesday early afternoon on the 20th. There will be a few keynotes talks as well as standard talks, and a poster session. We welcome both senior and younger scientists. We plan to include a meeting session and field trip to the University of Bonn Kleinaltendorf site on Wednesday morning, such that participants can either travel back home from Bonn or will be transported back to Jülich by bus.
We are limiting the meeting to a maximum of 80 participants to ensure a good discussion atmosphere.
To register please send an email with a talk or poster title to email@example.com
including an abstract (maximum 250 words) and a title by latest 15th February 2013.
Once we have collected the list of participants we will send out information on accommodation (youth hostel and hotel options) and travel and method of payment of conference fee.
Conference fee: €50 for senior scientists, 30€ for students (PhD and masters, undergraduate).
We look forward to hopefully meeting/seeing you at the GfÖ AK experimental ecology meeting in March 2013!
Vicky Temperton and Arnd Kuhn
Plant Sciences (IBG-2)


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The first time the Warwick West Side 12-year-old all-star softball team played East Providence at the state tournament, it fell behind 3-0 before rallying for an 8-5 win.
So when West Side fell behind EP 2-0 in the first inning of the loser's bracket final on Tuesday, it wasn't too concerned. It had been there before.
"We didn't panic," manager Frank Brown said.
Cool and collected, West Side used three runs in the third, one run in the fourth, dominant pitching from Katrina Kazen and nearly flawless defense down the stretch to come from behind and eliminate EP 4-2.
It was a complete team effort, and it was a testament to a group that wasn't ready to go home just yet.
"We were a little nervous at first but we started to pick it up," Kazen said. "We were like, 'We got this.'"
West Side advanced to the state finals, where it will take on defending champion Cumberland National today at 6 p.m. at North Smithfield's Pacheco Park.
Cumberland National defeated West Side 14-3 the first time the teams played. For West Side to claim the championship, it will need to beat Cumberland twice, while Cumberland will only have to beat West Side once.
It's a tall task, but Tuesday's win at least gives West Side that shot. Last year, West Side was eliminated in the loser's bracket final.
"They come in as defending champions, undefeated," Brown said of Cumberland. "The girls know that, and we're looking forward to the challenge."
It had to play a terrific game just to get there. After West Side had a runner thrown out at third trying to steal and stranded a runner at second in the top of the first, Kazen struggled on the mound in the bottom half.
She allowed a leadoff single to Maia Yillarica, another single to Alyssa Guarino, and then walked three consecutive batters to put EP up 2-0.
There was still nobody out, but Kazen didn't let the game get out of control. First, she induced a groundball to shortstop, where Lexi Brown fielded it cleanly and made a perfect throw to catcher Olivia King at home. Then Kazen struck a batter out and got the third out when an EP runner tried to steal home in-between pitches.
West Side was trailing, but it could have been a lot worse.
"My team picked me up," Kazen said. "They made me believe."
After stranding two more runners in the top of the second, and Kazen settling in with a 1-2-3 frame in the bottom half, West Side got going in the third.
A one-out single by King got it started, and she moved to third when Kazen reached on a dropped fly ball. Cassidy Tentoco then stepped in and ripped a single to left-center, scoring both runs and tying the score.
Tentoco took second on a wild pitch, then advanced to third when Karly Evans reached on a dropped third strike. Another wild pitch brought Tentoco in, and West Side led 3-2.
And with her offense picking her up, Kazen did her job on the mound. She followed her quick second inning with a scoreless third inning in which she stranded runners at second and third. The final out of the inning came on a groundout to Taylor Suffoletto, who fielded it at third and threw to first, where Evans made a nice scoop to save a pair of runs.
"Defensively we played great," Brown said. "We knew that we could play defense. That's what we live on, is making the routine plays. If you don't, it comes to hurt you."
West Side grabbed its fourth run in the fourth when an infield single by Kazen plated Kara Quinn, who was running for Kaylyn Ciesielski. Ciesielski had walked to begin in the inning.
Then West Side flashed more of that defense. Kazen struck out the first two batters in the fourth, but the third hit a ball to Lexi Brown in the hole at short. She made the play look easy, getting the runner at first in plenty of time.
In the fifth, the defense rose to the occasion once more. After a leadoff walk to Yillarca, she stole second on the next pitch and King's throw sailed past the bag into center field. Yillarca got up and tried for third, but Emma Hlavacek – the center fielder – gunned her down for a huge out.
"This was a great game," Frank Brown said. "For 11 and 12-year-old girls to play this type of game was phenomenal. Both teams gave everything they had on the field."
Kazen calmly got the next two batters to pop out, retiring the side.
"After the first inning, she got in a groove," Brown said of Kazen. "It was pretty dominant from there on."
West Side missed a chance to pad its lead in the top of the sixth when it had a runner on third with no outs but couldn't get her home, and then EP made its final push in the bottom half.
Taylor Babcock flew out to Tentoco in center to start the frame, but Raevyn Watson reached on an infield single, as did Andrea Braga. Kazen hit the next batter, Amayer Dacier, loading the bases with one out.
Kazen knew she needed to throw strikes.
"Oh my God, don't walk the next batter," she said of what she was thinking.
There were no walks. She struck out Jacque Reynolds on four pitches and then got Ashleigh Wyroster to hit a groundball to Brown, who again fielded it and made the throw to first to end the game.
"I had every bit of confidence in the girls," Frank Brown said. "You know why? Because they all want to make the last out, they all want to be in the big play. That's something you can't teach."
Next up is Cumberland. If West Side can win on Thursday, it will set up a winner-take-all championship game on Friday, to be played at 6 p.m. at Pacheco Park.
"I think we just need to make the routine plays," Brown said. "We need to make the plays defensively, something we didn't do last game against them. And, swing the bats."


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Consensus Report
Research in the Life Sciences with Dual Use Potential: An International Faculty Development Project on Education About the Responsible Conduct of Science (2011)Board on Life Sciences
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
Education is key to engaging the life sciences community in efforts to recognize and mitigate potential misuse of scientific research. As centers for innovative research colleges and universities are where future scientists receive their introduction to the norms of scientific conduct. Thus, they are especially important for educating faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, and technical staff about research with dual use potential.
This report describes the outcomes of the planning meeting for a two-year project to develop a network of faculty to teach about the challenges of research in the life sciences with dual use potential.
The workshop that will be developed will emphasize active learning and teaching methods and ongoing opportunities for networking. The workshop should enable participants to incorporate concepts of responsible conduct of research into their teaching and research. Although the first workshop and network will be developed as a pilot project in Egypt, the report provides guidelines which can be used by any country wishing to adopt this education and training model.


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Episode 14: Obzocky, or, Monkey Farts
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Welcome to the July Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 14 is called "Obzocky, or, Monkey Farts." This episode brought together Squeecast regulars Lynne M. Thomas, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Catherynne M. Valente, and Very Special Guest Karen Lord! In this episode we talked about:
- Wide Open, by Deborah Coates (shared by Elizabeth Bear)
- Ghosts by Curdella Forbes (shared by Karen Lord)
- 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (shared by Paul Cornell)
- Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
- Railsea by China Mieville (Shared by Catherynne M. Valente)
Karen also answered our silly questions.
Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)
Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael D. Thomas for general administrative support.


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A severely disabled 3-year-old girl weighed just 11 pounds when she died Monday and police in Philadelphia called her death a homicide.
Nathalyz Rivera was found unresponsive inside the family's bug-infested home by her father around midnight, Homicide Capt. James Clark. The girl was driven to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Clark said Rivera's father, 30-year-old Carlos Rivera, found the girl unresponsive but called her mother rather than 911. Police are searching for Rivera after they said he left four other children in a relative's care and fled.
"It's very sad, very disturbing," Clark said of the girl's death, which the medical examiner termed a homicide caused primarily by starvation.
Nathalyz also had some bruising, but Clark said that may have come from flea or bug bites at the house, which he said was in "bad shape."
"(She) had not seen a doctor in over a year, even with all the severe disabilities," Clark said. He did not specify the girl's medical conditions.
Philadelphia police have handled several starvation deaths involving children in Philadelphia, including the 2006 death of a disabled teenager targeted for an array of weekly city services at her home. Danieal Kelly weighed just 42 pounds when she died at age 14.
Nathalyz, a twin, was not in preschool or enrolled in any other city services despite her special needs, Clark said. The family had one prior contact with the Department of Human Services in 2008, but Clark did not immediately view that issue as relevant to Nathalyz's death.
The girl's mother, who is married to Rivera but apparently comes and goes at the house, was being interviewed by police Monday afternoon. Clark said he expected her to be charged in connection with her daughter's death.
The other Rivera children - ages 9, 8 and 7, along with Nathalyz's 3-year-old twin - were being checked at a hospital before being placed with DHS.
More than a dozen people were convicted of crimes in Kelly's death, including city workers and contractors who lied about making the visits to the family home and are serving lengthy prison terms. The girl's mother is serving 20 to 40 years for third-degree murder, and her father up to five years for felony child neglect.
In a more recent case, a homeless mother of six was convicted of involuntary murder this year for the starvation death of her premature twin at a shelter just before Christmas in 2010. Quasir Alexander, who was 2 months old and weighed just over 4 pounds, had been seen by a social worker days before his death.
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Police seek dad in toddler's starvation death
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A severely disabled 3-year-old girl weighed just 11 pounds when she died Monday and police in Philadelphia called her death a homicide.


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What never ceases to amaze me about the Texas State Board of Education is the dazzling arrogance with which they blindly soldier on in the face of almost total loathing from everyone in the state who isn't a rabid fundagelical teabagger. This is a pretty conservative state, gang, but when you get an editorial like this from the newspaper in Denton — just a short drive north from the DFW Metroplex, so it's not exactly the tree-hugging lefty Sodom that is Austin — you know you've gone so far over the top in your demagoguery that you've literally lapped yourself and gotten jammed up your own ass. The lead to this piece is pure win, and the rest ain't bad at all. All you have to do to show how dire things are at the SBOE is simply to describe what they do.
Being ignorant is nothing to be ashamed of, but it is nothing to be particularly proud of either. A large and disruptive segment of the Texas State Board of Education is not only ignorant — a state that we all share at various times and on various subjects — it is proudly and aggressively ignorant, which goes beyond simple ignorance and ventures into the territory of malignant stupidity.
Gold. Of course, the defining characteristic of the extremist ideologue is to take the fact that everybody hates you as validation of your perfect and utter rightness in all things. After all, as Dan McLeroy has so bravely said, somebody's gotta stand up to alla dem expertses!


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Be honest, how many days a week do you go to get dressed with every intention of putting on a cute outfit -- only to break down and throw on yoga pants because they're just so darn comfy you can't help yourself?
All moms do it, because we're smart, and because it's a whole hell of a lot easier to manage the gazillion things we have to do on any given day if we aren't confined by zippers, buttons, and the like.
Just yesterday, I woke up and went to the closet and grabbed a pair of jeans, and then the work-at-home mom in me kicked in and said, "Wait a minute -- I'm not leaving the house today, so why waste a good pair of jeans? Yoga pants it is."
And you know what? I think they looked pretty darn good. I'll be the first to admit that I used to consider the traditional yoga pant "mom uniform" a bit on the frumpy side -- but lately, every time I see a mom out and about in her yoga gear, I look at her and think, "Wow. She looks so cute! Wonder where she got those pants ..."
Good news ladies, it seems that yoga pants aren't just for the gym anymore. Here are 20 other places you can wear them with pride and not feel like you're committing some huge fashion faux-pas.
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- The airport -- Duh. Traveling and uncomfortable clothes just don't mix.
- The grocery store -- Yoga pants + stocking up on healthy foods = "I wanna be just like her."
- The bus stop -- A real no-brainer. It's early, it's cold, and you haven't had your shower yet.
- Soccer practice -- Because you never know when you'll be asked to step in and assist with coaching.
- The park -- Going down the slide with your kids is way easier in stretchy material.
- The doctor's office -- You're already sick (or your child is), so there's no need to get all formal.
- The hairdresser -- What if your stylist spills hair dye on your clothes? Yoga gear is much easier to wash.
- School pick-up -- Hey, you just worked out, right? No time to change before grabbing the kiddos.
- The spa -- Who wants to deal with rolling up tight jeans while getting a pedicure? No, thanks.
- The movies -- Um, hello? Nice clothes are a magnet for fake popcorn butter.
- The mall -- Trying on clothes is such a pain when you have too many buttons and zippers to undo. Yoga pants will help you save time so you can hit up more stores.
- Girls' night in -- You're headed to your friend's house for chick flicks and wine. Why bother getting all dolled up?
- The DMV -- Sitting or standing in line for hours requires pants you can easily shift positions in so your legs don't fall asleep.
- Road trips -- See #1.
- Out to breakfast -- Breakfast is casual, greasy, and you're probably going to eat a lot. It's best to be prepared.
- Out to lunch -- Still fairly casual, and people will assume you're headed to the gym afterwards.
- Out to dinner -- Well, as long as you're at a kid-friendly joint, yoga pants are perfectly acceptable. (Note: Do NOT wear them on date night, though.)
- Anywhere if it's laundry day -- Everything else is in the wash. That's your story and you're stickin' to it.
- Bowling -- Yeah, you need to be able to move if you're going to throw a strike.
- Bulk-shopping stores -- How on earth are you supposed to carry 200 boxes of macaroni and cheese if you don't have maximum flexibility?
Did I leave any places off this list? Where else can moms get away with yoga pants?
Image via lululemon athletica/Flickr


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Candelmas Recipes
Crepe Day (La Chandeleur)
Bonjour! Today (February 2nd) is a popular French celebration called La Chandeleur (also known as the Christian holiday, Candlemas). On this day in France, we eat crêpes--a lot of crêpes. And there's nothing easier than preparing the flat "pastries" appreciated by foodies all over the world. I've attached the video on "How to Make Perfect French Crêpes" so you can see how simple the preparation is.
I've gathered many recipes using crêpes; what a great way to kick off the week!
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Crepe Soufflee Recipe
I make crêpes very often. I've done it so many times since I was a kid that I bet I could prepare this batter with my eyes closed. The only difference in today's recipe is that I made them thicker and fluffier. A crêpe soufflée is basically a regular crêpe batter folded with egg whites. This couldn't be easier!
I flavored the dessert with fig spread, fresh figs and a dollop of whipped cream. To provide a great contrast of texture, I sprinkle crushed honey-roasted peanuts on top. Give this simple French sweet treat a try; I promise you'll be in heavenly dessert bliss!
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Crepe Party
Today (February 2nd) is a popular French celebration called La Chandeleur (also known as Christian holiday Candlemas). How do you celebrate it, you ask? You eat crêpes, ton of crêpes.
I prepared 3 large batches of crêpe batter (click the link for the recipe) last night and let the girls toss so they can prepare their own version by laying down multiple filling options on the kitchen counter. Sprinkling crêpes with sugar can be sufficient but is not at all necessary; the possibilities are truly endless. I've gathered a few ideas for you to try. Bon appétit!
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Mandarin Chocolate Mousse Filled Crepe Recipe
Last night was our first formal dinner party since the New Year and I wanted to add a little wow factor to the end of the meal. I prepared a mandarin-flavored dark chocolate mousse and enclosed it in the cutest little crêpe purses.
The decadence didn't stop there, as I garnished the purses with chocolate puffed rice "hung" up high on a spun sugar stick. A little drizzle of coffee-liqueur chocolate sauce finished off the dessert and guaranteed that it would satisfy even the biggest chocoholic's cravings.
I'm starting to plan out what could amaze my Valentine in a few weeks and I know for sure my husband Lulu would be more than delighted that we end our Valentine's Day romantic dinner feeding each other chocolate! Check back for more ideas.
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Banana and Fig Crepe Cake Recipe
Since I'm in Paris, I've been spoiling my little 2-year-old nephew Paul and 4-year-old niece Elise with sweets. It's a great way to bond with them in a short period of time. Crêpes are always fun, so I made a pile for all of us to share, along with various jams, Nutella, honey and powdered sugar. In addition to the individual crêpes, I made mini crêpe cakes, filled with fig and banana jam. To repeat the flavors in the dessert, I topped the cake with freeze-dried banana chips and roasted figs.
The most fun part of the assembly was watching Elise and Paul eating the crêpes as I was making them. Lucky me, I still had enough crêpe batter to finish the dessert. I absolutely adore them!
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Chattanooga runner signs with Lady Bisons
April 25, 2006
Lipscomb University cross country and track coach Karen Robichaud has announced the signing of Paloma Floden from Chattanooga, Tenn.
Floden, 5-foot-6 ½ , was an All-State athlete on the Class A-AA level in 2003, 2004 and 2005 for Chattanooga Christian School.
She also was named "Best of the Preps" in 2003.
"I was very impressed by Coach Robichaud and the women's cross country team," said Floden. "I liked that there are so many programs of study from which to choose. And I also liked the city of Nashville."
She is the daughter of Lisa and Tom McLaughlin.


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Studying for the LSAT / TIme/Untimed Tests« on: December 31, 2011, 02:32:11 PM »
There is a huge discrepancy between my timed and untimed tests. With the former, my score falls by roughly 30-40 percent. I have such a difficult time focusing on the test and not the time. I've been trying not to focus on the damn thing but the minute that I bring the silent timer out, panic sets in. Any suggestions?


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BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 911 recording reveals the tense moments in a Texas middle school when police confronted an eighth-grader who was brandishing a realistic-looking pellet gun.
Officers repeatedly yelled "Put the gun down!" When 15-year-old Jaime Gonzalez refused, they fatally shot the boy Wednesday at Cummings Middle School in Brownsville.
Answers sought over cops' shooting of 8th grader
8th-grader killed by Texas police had pellet gun
Police kill armed 8th-grader in Texas school
A six-minute recording of the 911 call that summoned police was obtained Thursday by the Brownsville Herald.
Listen to the 911 call here:
An assistant principal made the call. As officers arrive, she says Gonzalez is drawing the weapon. A moment later, police yell that Gonzalez is running through the hall.
Someone can be heard yelling that the student says he's willing to die. And an administrator is yelling, "Lock the door."
The weapon turned out to be a pellet gun that closely resembledthe real thing. No one else was injured.
Meanwhile, the Brownsville Police Department said they have received death threats after the shooting.
Interim Brownsville Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez confirmed to The Brownsville Herald that the police department's dispatch center received threatening telephone calls and officers have been advised to remain cautious.
Gonzalez's parents demanded to know why officers took lethal action.
"Why was so much excess force used on a minor?" asked the boy's father, Jaime Gonzalez Sr. "Three shots. Why not one that would bring him down?"
The older Gonzalez said he had no idea where his son got the gun or why he brought it to school, adding: "We wouldn't give him a gift like that."
The boy's mother, Noralva Gonzalez, showed off a photo on her phone of a beaming Jaime in his drum major uniform standing with his band instructors. Then she flipped through three close-up photos she took of bullet wounds in her son's body, including one in the back of his head.
"What happened was an injustice," she said angrily. "I know that my son wasn't perfect, but he was a great kid."
Interim Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez said the teen "had plenty of opportunities to lower the gun and listen to the officers' orders."
The chief said his officers acted to protect themselves and other students, firing three shots. There were few others in the hallway at the time.
Shortly before the confrontation, Jaime had walked into a classroom and punched a boy in the nose for no apparent reason, Rodriguez said.
Police did not know why he pulled out the weapon, but "we think it looks like this was a way to bring attention to himself," the police chief said.
Authorities declined to share what the boy said before he was shot.
The shooting happened during first period at the school in Brownsville, a city at Texas' southern tip just across the Mexican border. Teachers locked classroom doors and turned off lights, and some frightened students dove under their desks. They could hear police charge down the hallway and shout for Gonzalez to drop the weapon, followed by several shots.
David A. Dusenbury, a retired deputy police chief in Long Beach, Calif., who now consults on police tactics, said the officers were probably justified.
If the boy were raising the gun as if to fire at someone, "then it's unfortunate, but the officer certainly would have the right under the law to use deadly force."
The school was closed Thursday, but students were able to attend classes at a new elementary school that isn't being used.
Superintendent Carl Montoya remembered Gonzalez as "a very positive young man."
"He did music. He worked well with everybody. Just something unfortunately happened today that caused his behavior to go the way it went. So I don't know," he said Wednesday.
The boy's father was struggling to reconcile recent events, saying his son seemed to be doing better in school and was always helpful around the neighborhood mowing neighbors' lawns, washing dogs and carrying his toolbox off to fix other kids' bikes.
Two dozen of his son's friends and classmates gathered in the dark street outside the family's home Wednesday night. Jaime's best friend, 16-year-old Star Rodriguez, said her favorite memory was when Jaime came to her party Dec. 29 and they danced and sang together.
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big space between anticipation drawing and Bugs jumping up and turning
then slowing out of the turn and jump with some close drawings on their way into the run pose
big space from the up and turn pose to the first running pose
It's good to know about anticipations, but it's also good to not use them at random or as a formula.
Not every action needs an antic. Some do. They shouldn't all be done the same way.
All principles can be abused or overused, when done without thinking or by rote.
Antics, like your other drawing and animation tools, should be customized to the action and story. You should learn them in the basic ways first, but then get to the point to where you can feel when one is appropriate and how to vary them and customize them to the scene, character and story. Once you get good and confident, you shouldn't have to calculate which tools to use for what scenes. It should just come naturally. A good animator uses a lot of variety in how he does things. A formulaic one does it the same way every time.
So then what happened was the animators added MORE anticipations to anticipate the anticipations. The result was the characters would spring and bounce and boing from pose to pose as if they had the hiccups.
You can also see this formulaic overuse of antics and overshoots in many modern cartoons - especially the prime time ones that move like robots on springs. It's what I call trick animation. Always doing everything using the same tricks the same way. That may smooth out the actions, but it's unnatural and monotonous. It doesn't bring any soul, believability or uniqueness of life to anything. It feels phony.
They animated it at Carbunkle and made it work perfectly. From then on, I tried putting lots of weird inbetweens and quick poses into scenes that you wouldn't really see unless you freeze framed the animation. Doing this in context makes your scenes more natural and rich with life and spontaneity.
Of course before you get to that point, you have to learn it the standard way first and just get it to work smoothly.
More fun applications of classic principles still performed their necessary functions but gave the animation a fresher, funnier and less predictable feeling. I'll show you some variety of antics in another post.
1) To Create Space - between where you start and where you are going to go. By moving away from where you are going to go you give yourself more distance for the action to travel in. This makes the action quicker; it gives it an accent.
2) To Draw the Audience Attention - to let you know something is going to happen, instead of just letting it happen and have you miss it
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Should tally count when so few vote?
When on Aug. 6 New London voters rejected the city government and education budgets, along with the proposed tax rate increase of 0.9 mills, a spokesman for Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio suggested no clear message was sent. The spokesman, Zak Leavy, said the abysmally small turnout - about 10 percent of registered voters - provided no mandate for cutting the budget. And the mayor issued a statement that he was holding firm to his view "that further reductions in the budget are not possible."
Some of Finizo's critics found that position to be typically arrogant. But I dare say many of the good people of North Branford and Cheshire would agree his honor made a valid point. You see, those two towns also allow budget referendums, but if the turnout is particularly low "the budget shall be deemed adopted," even if a majority of those voting rejected it.
It is an approach solidly grounded in logic. If the vast majority of people do not show up at the polls, doesn't that suggest the vast majority of the people are not all worked up about the budget proposal and the tax rate? And if the vast majority of people are not upset with the budget - in other words satisfied or, at least, dispassionate - then why should the council go hacking away at spending and services?
In Cheshire the budget is "deemed adopted" if fewer than 20 percent of the registered voters show up, while in North Branford the threshold is 15 percent. In May in North Branford those voting rejected the $48.7 million budget with its 4.7 percent tax increase by a 642-128 margin, a landslide. Didn't count though, because the turnout was 8.6 percent, far short of the 15 percent required - budget adopted!
I think this is a good rule. It provides the opportunity for the citizens to reject a budget if there is a large groundswell of opposition to a spending and taxation proposal (or lack of spending for certain services, for that matter). But having a threshold to validate the results prevents a small group from having a disproportionate influence on fiscal policy.
Now the argument can be made that those who don't bother to vote have nothing to complain about and should expect to live with the consequences of their failure to carry out their civic duty. But the reality is people are busy. Most are not thinking about elections in early August. And it will always be the case that people will be more motivated to get out and vote against budgets and tax increases than for them.
New London's process for challenging and voting on the budget is particularly illogical. The votes typically come after the start of the fiscal year, July 1. Voters can approve the city and education budgets, but reject the tax increase necessary to support those budgets. Also, the city government is not supposed to spend more than 25 percent of the budget until receiving referendum approval, but it is not practical to shut down city government, so the requirement goes ignored. And if the council fails to set a date for the vote, it automatically goes to the next regular election. Which is why on Nov. 5, 2013 city residents will vote on the budget for the fiscal year that ended this past June 30.
As for lousy turnouts, New London has plenty of company. Ledyard, Old Saybrook and Salem all approved budgets with turnouts of less than 10 percent. The high water mark was Stonington, where 18 percent of voters showed up to approve the fiscal plan there.
For a right that the citizenry supposedly holds dear - direct control of the purse strings - an awful lot of people fail to exercise it.
Paul Choiniere is editorial page editor.
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Teams from Beaufort County's five high schools are preparing to compete against one another this weekend, but the arena will be academics rather than athletics.
The World Affairs Council of Hilton Head, in partnership with the Beaufort County School District, will present the region's second annual Academic WorldQuest Competition from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday, March 2nd, at Hilton Head Island High School. WACHH members, parents of participating students, educators and interested residents are invited to attend the free event.
During Saturday morning's competition, the teams will face a screen where multiple-choice questions are projected. Using electronic "clickers," they will answer one question per minute. Audience members will sit behind the competing teams and will be able to see the questions as they are projected on the screen.
This year's question categories will focus on key national security issues facing the United States as voted on by World Affairs Council leaders across the country: U.S. economic competitiveness; U.S. education; U.S. energy policy; the Middle East; Afghanistan/Pakistan; China; UN Millennium Goals: Environmental sustainability; geography; current events; and the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
"This year's winning team from Beaufort County will travel to Washington for a national competition on April 27," said Mike Fritz, a retired college professor and world traveler who serves as the project director for WorldQuest in Beaufort County.
"Our world is interconnected today in ways we couldn't have imagined a generation ago," Fritz said. "In such a complex environment, events or trends in one country can have rapid and dramatic ripple effects not only on its neighbors, but on countries all over the globe. That's why it's important for tomorrow's successful leaders to be knowledgeable about other countries and cultures."
This year's moderator will be James Edward Alexander, a former broadcaster and attorney and a WACHHI member. The winning team will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the national competition in Washington, and other prizes will be awarded to second- and third-place finishers.


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Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism (Edited By John Piper and Wayne Grudem) is essential reading to help you form your own position in what may be one of the most important debates in the church at the current time- how to respond to feminism.
What I like about the book is it doesnt simply assume that a 1950s view is correct. Instead, examining from all kinds of angles the book attempts to do what it says on the tin. Preaching a view that says women and men are complementary to each other the book is the best yet to aim to construct a biblical view of this thorny issue.
You may not agree with everything you read here, but you must hear these arguments and respond to them if you aim to be true to the bible in your view of the role of men and women. Honest christians may well disagree on this subject, but the rabid femminism described so ably in "The feminist Mistake" will take no prisoners and we must construct a robust philosophy on this issue that will stand.I would like to have seen more in this book on the workplace, where my instinct is to welcome with broad arms the greater participation and equality of women that we have seen. But then, very few Christian books these days address workplace issues- presummably as so many of them are written by people without a "secular" job.
Amazingly the book is available free online in PDF form, but you may want to still buy yourself a book to thumb through!
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Style # 209583
Turn heads in this lace bebe bodycon dress, complete with a wide neckline, sheer 3/4 sleeves, lightweight fabric and nude lining. Amp yours up with a pair of metallic heels and hoop earrings.
- 92% nylon, 8% spandex
- Center back to hem: 30" (76 cm)
- Hand wash according to care label
- Made in USA with imported materials
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Crochet Lace Bodycon Dress is rated out of 5 by 7.
Rated 5 out of 5 by ArelyP from Excellent! This dress is PERFECT hugs every curve and isn't too long on a petite female. Loved it!!!
Date published: 2013-08-10
Rated 5 out of 5 by Catherine from Perfect Dress I like this dress it's so pretty and beautiful, most importantly it is So comfortable to wear it. I thank bebe for making this dress larger yet fits so nicely, making it easier to put on and off yet still flattering. In the past I bought one was beautiful but find it hard to wear because the tightness. I like to see bebe making more of this length for cooler weather, the sexy and beautiful ones more, so far I am only able to collect only two because of the designs. Thanks to bebe anyway :)
Date published: 2013-07-15
Rated 1 out of 5 by Ladybug83 from Cheap looking Not worth the money. I liked nothing about it. Returned it as soon as I could. :(
Date published: 2013-07-05
Rated 1 out of 5 by MsLolaGrace from It's a No For Me Liked it online but not in person. Returned asap. Material was thin & on the cheap side. I didn't care for the elastic type band on the bottom of the dress, looked cheap. Also something about the length & the way the 2 pieces were sown together wasn't appealing to me. But the biggest reason was the over powering chemical smell that the dress had. I even tried to air it out but the smell was still strong. Wouldn't be able to wear it out.
Date published: 2013-06-18
Rated 5 out of 5 by Emme from Love it ! This dress is beautiful. Love the material and fit of it. It looks classy but sexy at the same time.
Date published: 2013-05-14
Rated 2 out of 5 by Missy123 from Looks nothing like the picture Looks and feels cheap. Fit weird and was not well made dress. I had a friend try it on who was flat chested and it made no difference.
Date published: 2013-04-12
Rated 5 out of 5 by BellaItaliaFlaGatorGirl from 'Trouble' ;) After a few dates I wore this number...he saw me an nicknamed me 'Trouble' after this one, lol! It is your typical tight club dress but with a super fresh Spring update. Looks great with olive complexions and/or a tan...rock some nude strappy stilettos and you are ready for spring/summer pretty without trying to hard AND you'll still have his heart racing ;) 5'4 125 39dd-26-39 small fit as usual
Date published: 2013-04-02


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The City of Port St. Joe and Mayor Mel Magidson are among the defendants in federal civil rights lawsuit filed last week by the estranged wife of a Port St. Joe businessman.
The City of Port St. Joe and Mayor Mel Magidson are among the defendants in federal civil rights lawsuit filed last week by the estranged wife of a Port St. Joe businessman.
Also named as defendants in the suit, filed March 7 in U.S. District Court in Panama City by an attorney representing Lynne Carr, are two Port St. Joe police officers and Carr�s estranged husband, Billy Carr, Jr.
In the lawsuit, Lynne Carr requests a trial by jury and unspecified damages.
The allegations center on an incident in December 2011 while the Carrs were separated and headed toward a divorce case that remains ongoing.
At the time, the Carrs had been operating several businesses on Reid Avenue, including a florist, wedding planner and boutique.
According to the filing, Lynne Carr was the manager of the businesses which were owned by her husband.
The lawsuit notes that while all three businesses may be �marital property� she argues she was the sole member of the limited liability companies owning the wedding planner and boutique.
On Dec. 9, the lawsuit alleges, Lynne Carr arrived at work to find Port St. Joe police officers David Garner and Jake Richards present along with her husband. The two officers, the lawsuit details, were in uniform and gave no indication they were off-duty, according to the complaint.
Lynne Carr alleged that her husband stood without speaking beyond a greeting, showing a gun holstered at his side.
She was terminated from the businesses and was ordered to turn over all items related to the business, including her personal vehicle.
The lawsuit contends that Lynne Carr advised both officers the car was subject to the divorce proceedings and was back at her Mexico Beach residence.
She was threatened with arrest if she did not immediately retrieve and return the vehicle, the complaint details.
Garner, Lynne Carr alleged, called her while she was cleaning out the vehicle in Mexico Beach to say if she did not hurry he would report the vehicle stolen.
When she returned with the vehicle, Richards approached with a K-9 dog. He stated that searches had already been performed at the businesses, with Billy Carr�s consent, and instructed Lynne Carr to remain still while leading the sniffing dog around her.
When Lynne Carr called the Port St. Joe Police Department to receive reports of the incident, she was told by Police Chief David Barnes that Garner and Richards were �off duty�, their off-duty services had been contracted and Barnes responded with a �yes� when Lynne Carr asked if their actions were legal, the complaint continues.
Lynne Carr is suing the City of Port St. Joe as well as Magidson, who is Billy Carr�s attorney, Garner and Richards individually for violation of her Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search or seizure of her self and property, alleging the searches lacked probable cause and the three were operating under the �color� of official authority, alleging Garner and Richards were following instructions from Magidson.
Additionally, Lynne Carr is suing the city for abuse of power, and also is individually suing Garner, Richards and Magidson, of the same charge, abuse of power.
In addition, Lynne Carr is suing her husband for abuse of process.
Magidson said Tuesday while on vacation that he had been served with papers on Monday afternoon, was leaving early Tuesday morning and had not read the complaint and could not respond to the allegations.