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Silver Lake was in bad shape this past summer when water levels were low and an algae bloom gave it a green tint akin to antifreeze. But autumn's rainfall and cooler temperatures were the remedy. It just took a little patience.
City of Dover officials closed the metal entrance gate to Silver Lake Park Tuesday morning when the St. Jones River watershed in the city flooded because of the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy, which made landfall Monday evening.
The park was closed Tuesday morning because water came up over the bank and submerged part of the parking area, Director of Public Affairs and Emergency Management Kay Dietz-Sass said.
"We opted to put the caution tape up because closed and locked gates were not keeping people out," Dietz-Sass said. "People parked outside the locked gates and walked around them. It was strictly for safety until the water went back down."
Between early Wednesday morning and mid afternoon the waters of Silver Lake had receded about 3 feet off the banks, Dietz-Sass said. Therefore, city officials decided to then reopen the park.
Dover officials opened the dam between Silver Lake and the St. Jones River prior to Hurricane Sandy's landfall as a proactive measure to alleviate flooding that was bound to occur in the lake, Dietz-Sass said.
The flooding at Silver Lake was nowhere near the level it was with Hurricane Irene in August 2011, Dietz-Sass said. But the proactive move to open up the spillway was a good move nonetheless, she said.
More good news for Silver Lake was the fact that its water levels had returned to optimum levels even before Sandy hit, Dietz-Sass said. That was in marked contrast to late July when it was plagued by low water levels and the ensuing algae bloom that gave Silver Lake a green tint, similar to antifreeze.
Silver Lake was depleted when the city tried to remedy a fish kill that occurred between July 17 and early July 18, City Manger Scott Koenig told the Dover Post this past summer. A city worker wanted to provide more oxygen to the fish below the spillway by opening the valve to allow aerated water from Silver Lake to spill into the St. Jones River and prevent another fish kill, Koenig said.
Despite the well intentions, it may have caused more problems than it solved, Koenig said. And it drew the ire of a few residents that live around Silver Lake.
As a result, the Dover Department of Public Works worked with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control to monitor the St. Jones watershed's environmental health.
At the time, there was discussion about pumping chlorinated water from the water utility into the lake as a possible remedy. But that idea was put to rest because of the possible effect on the lake's ecosystem and the strain it would have put on the water supply given the traditional mid summer drought of Delaware.
Koenig said significant rainfall, including those from the hurricane season, and the cooler temperatures of autumn would be Silver Lake's best bet. In his estimation, the lake would be full when water was spilling over the entire spillway, not just the valve, into the lower St. Jones. Sure enough, the lake's water levels slowly had recovered by the end of summer, he said.
"Obviously, the recent significant rainfall has more than fully recovered the lake levels," Koenig said. "The blue green algae is a problem we will experience again in the future due to the overall water quality issues associated with the depth of the lake as well as summer temperatures."
As for now, Silver Lake looks pretty good, Dietz-Sass said. And it's open again.


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Does anyone have a full copy of the Korg Trident mkII service manual? I've found a few copies floating around but none of them are complete. I'd really like to find a copy with the parts listing and adjustment procedures.
My Trident was in storage for a couple years, set it up and it blew the 3 amp fuses. I have the Trident running through a load lamp, the patch buttons are are all lit up and don't respond. The other controls (strings, ext.) seem to respond. I checked the power supply and I'm seeing 13v and 4.3v. If I disconnect all the output connectors from the power supply the voltages are normal 15v & 5v. If I disconnect either the +15v or +5v I get normal output. IF I disconnect the power supply connector from either the 378a, 379b, or 380a, I get normal voltages.
I started testing the KLM-380a and I replaced all the electrolytic caps but noticed a discrepancy between my board and the manual. The service manuals I've seen show a 10/50v at C27 and mine had a 10/16v. Anyway, any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Cabled Pillow in Blue, The Mate
This pillow coordinates with the Cabled Pillow in Blue, the Original design. A 14 inch square pillow is the frame for a knitted panel featuring intertwining cables. Due to the way the stitches are manipulated, the side cables change color while the middle cable remains unmarred.
The front side of the pillow features the knitted block. The knitted panel is made first and then hand-tacked to the pillow fabric prior to the pillow being sewn together. The back side of the pillow remains unadorned.
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Materials:Size 9 needles, Size I crochet hook and a 14-inch square pillow form.
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Brussel Sprouts Au Gratin from The Urban Vegan
here's a showing of what I've been cooking in the past month or so. colder weather & holiday season = comfort foods on the brain. turning on the oven to roast vegetables and bake tofu is delicious and keeps the apartment warm!
they're the type of dishes where you want to hug the plate, and then raise your fork. truthfully, in my heart and stomach, Italian food reigns as the ruler of the comfort food kingdom, but American vegan comfort foods call out, just the same.
Whole Wheat Biscuits from The Kind Diet, Silky Chickpea Gravy from Isa's test kitchen, roasted brussel sprouts (clearly I let the gravy sit a few minutes here!)
Spicy Collards & kidney beans, Bbq baked super firm tofu
The spicy collards dish above was based on the test recipe for the dish below – Spicy Black Eyed Peas & Greens from Isa's test kitchen, served with Cornmeal & Nooch baked tofu. Perfect for the days the Bye & Bye is just too far across town from me.
More BBQ baked tofu & Brussel Sprouts Au Gratin – the lunch@work edition. I made a double batch of maple sweetened Backyard BBQ sauce from Veganomicon a few weeks ago, and it's been handy.
Baked Bean balls from Veganomicon. I eat these with steamed greens and a side of marinara, or happily over whole wheat spaghetti.
Seitan roast, maple baked carrots, baked potato and mushroom croquette, silky chickpea gravy.
The day after Thanksgiving, I felt the delayed desire to make a seitan roast. Like my friend Joanna's amazing seitan roast, I modeled mine after Brian P. McCarthy's recipe. I didn't pull out all the stops and buy cheesecloth and string, but it was still remarkably good seitan. The potato and mushroom croquettes were a mix of leftover mashed potatoes, roasted garlic and a little extra stuffed mushroom filling, formed into patties, rolled in seasoned breadcrumbs and baked. I remember my mom making a pan fried (mushroom-less), traditional Italian version of these a few times a year growing up. comfort foodz for the win!
Tofu Skin, Tolosana black beans, carrots and tomato with Mexican spices. Burrito filling.
Really serious warm & comforty food – Side Dish Stuffed Mushrooms from my friend Michelle's Thanksgiving potluck.
and…Melty Swiss Uncheese turned Ancho Uncheese Dip from the classic Uncheese Cookbook.
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EA: See the first next-gen FIFA 14 gameplay footage
The first ever next-gen gameplay footage for EA's FIFA 14 has been released.
Admittedly it's all a bit showreel – we'd much prefer to see the game in action proper. But it at least gives a taste of how much more footbally the game will feel compared to the apparently less footbally game of today.
The next-gen version will run on EA's new Ignite engine.
Note that the Xbox 360, PS3 and – gulp – PC versions of the game will not be based on this next-gen tech.
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From installing baby gates to fastening bike helmets and seat belts, parents put their kids' safety first. But once kids hit adolescence, the risks can become less obvious. When it comes to teen dating violence, for example, many parents are blind to the risk and so don't offer the help their children may need. Even when parents recognize teen dating abuse, their attempts to intervene can be off-target and often go ignored.
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From installing baby gates to fastening bike helmets and seat belts, parents put their kids' safety first. But once kids hit adolescence, the risks can become less obvious. When it comes to teen dating violence, for example, many parents are blind to the risk and so don't offer the help their children may need. Even when parents recognize teen dating abuse, their attempts to intervene can be off-target and often go ignored.
Given the alarming prevalence of teen dating abuse, all parents should become educated on risks and warning signs. Simply recognizing abuse, however, isn't enough, say experts featured on Be Smart. Be Well. Teen Dating. Parents also need to know how to talk to their teens when they suspect abuse, or they risk pushing their child closer to the abuser.
Learn to identify abuse and follow these steps to create your own teen dating-abuse action plan.Wake up to the risk
Many parents falsely assume their child isn't at risk for dating abuse. In truth, teen dating abuse affects both males and females in all parts of the country and from all walks of life. One in 10 high school students reports being hit, slapped or physically hurt by his or her boyfriend or girlfriend in the past year, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). And one in four adolescents report verbal, physical, emotional or sexual abuse by their boyfriend or girlfriend.
The numbers are just as worrisome for young adults in college. According to Liz Claiborne Inc.'s Love Is Not Abuse 2011 College Dating Violence and Abuse Poll, nearly half of dating college women report having experienced violent or abusive behavior at some point in their dating lives, and one in five report actual physical or sexual abuse or threats of physical violence.
Even if young people aren't being abused themselves, chances are they know someone who is. According to surveys conducted by Liz Claiborne Inc. and the Family Violence Prevention Fund, 80 percent of teens reported knowing someone who has been a victim of controlling behaviors from a boyfriend or girlfriend. And more than half of college women report knowing a friend who has experienced violent or abusive dating behavior.
"The reality is this is an issue that could affect anyone at any time. None of us are immune from it," says Marjorie Gilberg, executive director of Break the Cycle, a leading national nonprofit organization addressing teen dating violence and one of the experts featured on Be Smart. Be Well. Domestic Violence. "Smart or not so smart, wealthy or not so wealthy, it doesn't matter what color you are or what you believe. This issue affects everyone."Watch for red flags
Despite the prevalence of teen dating abuse, many parents remain uninformed. Of teens who reported being victims of physical abuse, only 10 percent of their parents were aware of the abuse, according to a 2009 survey.
That may be because parents are missing the signs. Abuse can take many forms and doesn't always result in obvious bruises or cuts. This list of potential warning signs, compiled by the National Teen Dating Helpline, can help parents determine if their teen is in an abusive relationship.Warning signs include:Your teen's partner is extremely jealous or possessive. Your teen's partner emails or texts excessively.You notice that your son or daughter is depressed or anxious.Your son or daughter stops participating in extracurricular activities or other interests.Your teen stops spending time with other friends and family.Your teen's partner abuses other people or animals.Your teen begins to dress differently.You notice unexplained marks or bruises.
Source: Love is RespectLearn about digital abuse
Digital abuse, or the use of technologies such as texting and social networking to bully, harass, stalk or intimidate a partner, can be particularly difficult for parents to spot. Yet more than half (56 percent) of teens have been victims of social and digital media abuse, according to the 2011 AP-MTV Digital Abuse Study.
The average teen exchanges nearly 3,500 messages each month, according to Nielsen, which makes it hard for parents to distinguish between typical teen behavior and digital abuse.
A high volume of texts alone is not necessarily worrisome, Gilberg says. Rather, it's the nature of the texts between relationship partners that can raise concern. "If there's a lot of the 'w' questions–where are you, who are you with, what are you doing, why are you doing it, when are you going to call me–that's not healthy behavior," she explains.
Gilberg advises parents pay close attention to their phone bill. "You can't necessarily monitor the number of texts they're receiving from somebody else, but you certainly can check your phone records to see who the texts are coming from. And you can see if there's an inordinate volume from one particular person," she says.How to talk teens
Parents who suspect that their teen is a victim of digital abuse or controlling behavior should tread cautiously, Gilberg and other experts advise. According to one study, 78 percent of teens who have experienced dating abuse reported staying in relationships despite their parents' advice.
While a parent's first instinct may be to forbid all future contact with the suspected abuser, that's not always the best approach. "Saying 'you can't see him, you can't see her; you can't go here, you can't go there,' often drives them closer to the abuser," Gilberg cautions. A more effective approach may be to show the teen that parents support him or her, no matter what.
"A lot of times, someone who's in an abusive relationship is being isolated from their support system, and so it is critical that they know that they have you, even if the decisions they're making for themselves are not the most healthy decisions," Gilberg says.
And keep talking, even if it seems like your teen isn't listening, advises Britney, a college senior who escaped an abusive relationship in high school. Britney is one of the young adults featured in Be Smart. Be Well. Teen Dating Abuse. "We look up to you more than you know, and even when we don't show it, it means so much to us when you give us your advice."
See more of Britney and other teens and young adults discussing dating violence at Be Smart. Be Well. Teen Dating Abuse.
Parents should make a point of empowering their teens by letting them know they are entitled to respect and love and that no form of abuse is acceptable. "Don't judge, offer help," Gilberg says. "Let them know that you're concerned for their safety. Give them tangible examples of things that may be red flags without pointing fingers, calling names or judging their partner." If you suspect a teen is in physical danger, offer this Teen Safety Plan from the National Teen Dating Helpline.Where to go for help
If a teenager won't confide in parents, be sure he or she knows there are other sources of help. Point teens to LoveIsRespect.org (the website of the National Teen Dating Helpline), encourage them to call the Helpline at 1-866-331-9474, or tell them to text "loveis" to 77054 for support and help from a peer advocate. Confidential help is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
"Parents need to recognize that they're not always going to be the person that their kid's going to talk to about a personal concern," Gilberg says. "One of the things parents can do is go into the schools, make sure your school has a program on healthy relationships. Find resources in the community. Even if they're not going to come to you, there may be somebody else in their life that can help them."


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Children residing in states with stringent nutritional standards for school meals had lower rates of obesity than those living in states with more lax regulations, researchers reported.
In states where school meal nutritional requirements fell below those currently recommended by the USDA, rates of obesity were doubled among children consuming reduced-price or free meals compared with children not eating school-provided lunches (26% versus 13.9%), according to Daniel R. Taber, PhD, and colleagues from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
In contrast, the difference in rates of obesity was much less pronounced in states exceeding the USDA nutritional standards (21.1% versus 17.4%), the researchers reported online in JAMA Pediatrics.
"In short, the study found an association between more stringent school meal standards and more favorable weight status, especially among low-income students," Marion Nestle, PhD, of New York University in New York City, wrote in an accompanying editorial.
More than 65 years ago, the National School Lunch Program was established to help meet the nutritional needs of children, and today some 30 million receive the lunches, either paying full price or at subsidized cost depending on family income.
In recent years, however, the program has been criticized for its quality, and some have argued that it has played a part in the pediatric obesity epidemic.
In answer to these challenges, the USDA established revised standards in 2012, calling for more vegetables, fruits, low-fat milk, and whole grains to be included in the meals, and for limits on calories and trans fats.
However, some states had already enacted laws requiring healthier meals. To see if those regulations had had any effect on childhood obesity rates, Taber's team compared 2006-2007 obesity rates in those states with rates in states with looser requirements.
Their analysis included 4,870 middle-school students in 40 states.
A total of 2,350 children paid full price for their lunches, 1,570 received the lunches at lower or no cost, and 950 didn't participate in the lunch program.
In an unadjusted analysis, the rate of obesity for those having a reduced-price lunch was 25.2%, while rates for those paying full price or not eating the school lunches were 16.3% and 14.3%, respectively.
Even after adjusting for socioeconomics, race, location, and other between-state variables, the prevalence was 3.7 points higher for the reduced-price group compared with children not participating in the lunch program.
Further analysis comparing obesity rates according to state nutrition requirements confirmed a decrease of 12.3 percentage points (95% CI −21.5 to −3) in the difference in obesity rates between children receiving subsidized lunches and those not eating school lunches in states exceeding USDA nutrition standards.
Similarly, the difference in mean percentile of body mass index between children in the reduced-price lunch group and nonparticipating children was lower in states with stringent requirements (β = −0.11, 95% CI −17.7 to −4.3).
The researchers also considered whether children in the more stringent states compensated by purchasing more unhealthy "competitive" sweet or salty snacks and sweetened beverages from widely available vending machines, and found little evidence to support this.
Nonetheless, they noted, "unless school meal laws are accompanied by nutrition education and initiatives to limit energy-dense competitive foods and beverages, then even the most stringent school meal standards may be undermined by competitive foods."
In her editorial, Nestle argued that some members of Congress have objected to the new USDA regulations on school meals -- largely at the behest of the food industry.
"Although the USDA based its nutrition standards on studies by the Institute of Medicine, when it comes to school food, politics trumps science," she wrote.
For instance, Congress has since forbidden the USDA from placing a limit on the number of servings of potatoes that are permissible and has insisted that the tomato sauce on pizza be considered a vegetable serving.
"Increasing evidence confirms that school-based dietary interventions can help promote healthier eating patterns and body weights, especially among children likely to bear the greatest consequences of obesity," Nestle observed.
"Objections to school nutrition standards must be recognized for what they do: place the financial health of food companies and their supporters in Congress above the health of the nation's children," she stated.
The study was limited by being cross-sectional and the possibility of confounding by factors at the state level.
The study was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
The authors reported no conflicts of interest.
- Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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JAMA PediatricsSource Reference: Taber D, et al "Association between state laws governing school meal nutrition content and student weight status: implications for new USDA school meal standards" JAMA Pediatr 2013; DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.399.
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JAMA PediatricsSource Reference: Nestle M "School meals: a starting point for countering childhood obesity" JAMA Pediatr 2013; DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.404.


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Motivated by a passion for empowering the people of Africa and coupled with a pioneering spirit for introducing new technologies and knowledge, Balton CP (BCP) strives to achieve commercially sustainable development in all its fields of expertise. In support of this, we are committed to high standards of environmental health and safety.
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Pillows. They're not just for nestling your noggin anymore. They're also for keeping your stiff neck from aching, your sinuses from congesting, your acids from refluxing, your snores from snorting, your tinnitus from tintinnabulating and — yes! glory be! — your face from turning into a prune.
Or, so go some of the claims. Here's a heads-up on how well the hype holds up.
Acupressure pillows. Laying your head on a bunch of pointy spikes may not sound especially therapeutic. But that's the basic principle involved in acupressure pillows, which are intended to relieve headaches and stiff necks.
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Is urban sprawl good for state? Yes
This article first appeared in The Detroit News on April 2, 1998.Yes.
It's a simple but effective comparison: During the last 35 years, Michigan's central cities lost one million residents while suburban communities grew by 20 percent. At the same time, Michigan experienced record land consumption rates, according to the Michigan Society of Planning Officials.
In other words, "urban sprawl" -- the ongoing process of families moving outward to live on their quarter-acre lots in single-family, detached homes -- is gobbling up land and sapping central cities of people, especially in Metro Detroit. Stop sprawl, conventional wisdom says, and you help revitalize big cities.
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Those who directly link sprawl to urban revitalization misunderstand the forces that shape the growth of new cities and the decline of traditional ones.
Planners David Varady and Jeffrey Raffel analyzed the behavior of people who move from one suburban or central city neighborhood to another. The suburbs, they found, attracted families concerned about the quality of their children's public schools and who preferred suburban residential characteristics such as large lots, private yards or larger homes. Families with no children, without a college education and with a preference for urban attributes including proximity to their jobs tended to choose homes in the central city.
This is an important lesson: If cities fail to provide the kinds of housing, neighborhoods and environments that residents and businesses want, cities won't be able to keep them.
In fact, Detroit may provide one of the best examples of what can happen when a city fails to adapt. Its share of the regional population fell from 27.4 percent in 1980 to 23.0 percent in 1994. Detroit's population declined 17.5 percent during the same period.
Meanwhile, city government spending and taxes increased. Although the number of people on Detroit's city payroll decreased, the number of city employees per resident increased 3.3 percent. A smaller tax base was supporting a larger government relative to its population.
Detroit residential property taxes are high. A comparison by the District of Columbia government of 51 large American cities found that Detroit had the seventh-highest effective property tax rate -- 76 percent higher than the others. Detroit's total tax burden has been as much as seven times higher than that of other Michigan municipalities.
Taxes are not the only hindrance to revitalizing Detroit. Among the nation's 20 largest cities, Detroit's violent and property crime rates are surpassed only by those of Baltimore.
While recent charter school initiatives have created improved educational opportunities for a few children, most students in Detroit's public school system have no realistic option to choose a better school.
Detroit also makes it difficult to begin a business. The Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Justice identified numerous obstacles to starting businesses, including caps on the number of taxicabs, excessive licensing and education requirements for businesses such as child care, and zoning rules that prohibit virtually any form of home-based business.
According to The Detroit News, one new project's site plan review required approval from 22 different "stakeholders," political negotiations between the mayor and city council, and contending with city inspectors who disagreed with one another.
Given this environment, city officials and state policymakers should not be surprised when job providers and residents choose more hospitable places.
Detroit is, however, taking some important, positive steps to make itself more attractive. These include Mayor Dennis Archer's task force studying ways to reduce city taxes, and privatization of both Detroit Institute of Arts management and streetlight repair and maintenance. These steps are more likely to revitalize Detroit than anti-urban-sprawl laws that limit options for people seeking better schools, homes and neighborhoods, and glamorous stadium and casino projects that concentrate economic benefits in narrow geographic areas.
Detroit and other large cities in Michigan will have to put out the welcome mat for all businesses and families to win their hearts, minds and pocketbooks. Central cities can compete with suburban livability and economic vitality by combining a high-quality education system with efficient local government services that support rather than hinder job creation. One of the most positive things Detroit could do is to embrace innovative school choice options. Bad schools alone are reason enough to keep many people from choosing life in the city.
Individual choices and market forces drive residential and commercial development decisions. Too much city bureaucracy, politics and regulations only encourage citizens, job providers and private-sector investment to locate elsewhere.
Ultimately, suburbanization is the result of a healthy economic and social process: families earning high enough incomes to exercise choice over their quality of life and housing. The task before cities is to provide competitive options for these families, not limit them in the name of "urban sprawl."


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India shamed again: Danish woman gangraped in Delhi
A Danish woman was allegedly gang-raped in Delhi after getting lost and asking a group of men for directions, police said on Wednesday in the latest high-profile case of sexual assault against women in India. Poll: has India's image been sullied before the world?india Updated: Jan 16, 2014 01:36 IST
Delhi Police late on Wednesday said two homeless men were arrested in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a 51-year-old Danish tourist who lost her way near New Delhi railway station on Tuesday.
"Two person(s) have been arrested in connection with rape case with Danish national," read a statement from the police, which said both men were "vagabonds" at New Delhi railway station. The two arrested have been identified as Mahender Ganja and Mohammed Raja. A case of gang rape and dacoity has been registered.
She approached the suspects for directions on Tuesday evening while trying to return to her hotel in the bustling Paharganj district of New Delhi, reportedly after visiting a city museum.
Up to six "youngsters" allegedly assaulted and robbed the victim, who was travelling alone and had been in New Delhi since Monday after visiting the Taj Mahal, police and a receptionist at her hotel said.
A senior investigating officer in the Paharganj police station said on condition of anonymity that the victim was held hostage at knifepoint for three hours and had been kicked and slapped.
Her mobile phone and cash were also stolen.
Read:AAP seeks control over Delhi Police after gang-rape of Danish woman
The alleged attack just minutes from Connaught Place in the heart of the capital is the latest involving a foreigner in India, and again raises questions about the safety of women in the country.
Last month, India marked the first anniversary of the death of the student who was gang-raped on a moving bus in the capital in an attack that sent shockwaves across the nation.
'Vagabond' attackers
The Danish victim refused to be medically examined and was clearly traumatised by the experience, but gave a detailed statement overnight in the presence of her country's ambassador, police said.
"We have identified around four to six people who are the prime suspects in the case," the investigating policeman said, adding that they appeared to be "vagabonds".
"She told us that the attackers were mostly youngsters," he added. She has since left India.
A Danish foreign ministry spokesman said the victim "will be offered support and care when she comes home to Denmark" while declining to give any other details.
The crime scene was inside the grounds of the Railway Officers Club on State Entry Road with the victim saying she was dragged to a secluded area shrouded by trees near a statue, police said.
A police forensic team visited on Wednesday morning and police are in possession of the clothes the victim was wearing at the time of the attack.
Kuldeep Singh, a receptionist at the victim's hotel, said the woman had appeared calm when she returned at about 8:30pm but then confided in a fellow traveller.
"She first came to me at the reception desk and told me that she needed Rs. 200 to give to the auto driver as she had been robbed," Singh said.
The case comes after a Polish woman was allegedly drugged and raped by a taxi driver earlier this month while travelling with her two-year-old daughter to New Delhi.
Protests over sexual violence in the last year have prompted Parliament to toughen laws for rapists and other offenders, while other judicial and police reforms that have encouraged women to report attacks.
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But daily accounts of brutal assaults continue to be reported.
A Class 10 student was gang raped by eight people while her friend was held at a distance on the outskirts of Ranchi late on Sunday.
Badly injured, the victim was rushed to a hospital late in the night after the rapists decamped after abandoning her virtually unconscious. A case against unknown criminals was lodged on Monday night with the Ratu police station after the girl recovered her senses and narrated her ordeal to her parents and the police.
Her friend, also a teenager, told the police that they were taking a stroll along the river near the Kamre village ashram when eight people armed with traditional weapons reached there and took the girl forcibly to the other side of the river and raped her.
A judge last month sentenced three Nepalese men to 20 years in jail for the gang-rape of a US tourist in Himachal Pradesh.
Six men were sentenced to life in prison last July for the gang-rape and robbery of a 39-year-old Swiss woman cyclist who had been holidaying in Madhya Pradesh
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Janet A. Malone, a former resident of Massapequa Park, died April 27, 2009 at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola. Born in Brooklyn to John and Charlotte (Mooney) Strange, she married Howard Malone in St. Catherine of Genoa R.C. Church in Flatbush in 1951.
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Geometric patterns with contrast fabric, rhinestone embellishments and metal accented platform make this pair of bebe boots a high-impact fall must-own. Offers some stretch at calf.
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- Heel height: 6" (15 cm).
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You don't have to be extravagant people, just simple ways, you can makeover your house to be more elegant but actually you don't spend much budget. For your bedroom, you made t as what you want. Put everything make you easy to do something. Look the bed, the cover, the table and everything you need in your own room.
Organizing your house is among the most critical job to do. Yet, you also know that it is not going to be such an easy job because you have to consider so many factors along the way. However, there is no need for you to worry when organizing your house since you have so many options to take in order to make the most of the space around your house. If you see this post as an interesting and exciting thing to read, I am going to suggest you to stay with me here reading the rest of this post at this very time!
When you want to organize your home, it is better for you to start with one room in order to make the whole process much more effective. What I am trying to say here is that you have to avoid planning to achieve everything in a short time no matter how small your home is or how less your things are. Once you are able to sort out which room you want to start with, you could make a list of what you want to do with it. Once in there, making the whole list, you have to continue right until you have walked through each and every room of your home with what you want to do.
The plan and preparation matter the most so you have to spend time and effort looking at what you will be doing. Indeed, it is not going to be easy, but believe me, it will all be worth the time and effort. When organizing your home, it should be such a good idea to play your favorite music as it has always been a booster for me to keep going and get it all done. A spring cleaning is what you are going to do by the time you start organizing each room. So, those are a few first things to know when organizing your home, stay tuned for more info later.
Having a patio in your backyard is an investment to the worth of your house, as it provides an entertainment and relaxation space for years to come for you and your family. The style isn't the only concern for you to take on the project to build decorative additions for your home, but Safety is also an important consideration. Safety doesn't mean a sacrificing style. You can implement both the safety and the style. The biggest concentrations for this consideration will be the deck railing.
After talking about wall shelf ideas for dining room, I think you will be familiar seeing wall shelf that installed on the kitchen. Indeed, today I will try to talk about wall shelf ideas for kitchen, unlike dining room, kitchen designed with basic shape, U, L or the regular shape, and each shape have good and also bad thing. Wall shelf on the kitchen, or commonly known as kitchen cabinet, designed and used to store any kitchen utilities or you can also call it pantry for the place to store your food supply.
Do you want to know the secrets of better home interior, well, I'm sure people wondering how many experts do and home designer keep designing and creating something comfortable and also cozy. Talking about comfortable, there are two different comforts here, visual and also physically, and the perfect comforts is the combination between visual and also physical comforts. Did you get what I'm saying? Well, I'm talking about tv over fireplace ideas entertainment center, think about it, fireplace is the best spot for you to get warm, winter can be extreme, the temperature will be low and cold, fired up the fireplace and you will feel warmer, that will be the physical comfort for you.
now, the visual comforts, I think entertaining center will be good idea, try to observe some pictures below, you can see that people already know how to decorate fireplace, not only fireplace mantle, they also add more media and entertainment system above the fireplace. LED TV is the preferred one, spend your whole winter in front of fireplace, feel the warm and get entertained with TV shows or box office movies, I'm sure it will be worth for you.
TV over fireplace ideas entertainment center is not cheap, you need to prepare a lot of money for this, I just done my own entertaining center, including LED TV, home theatre and also my favorite gaming console. By connecting game console on your fireplace TV, I just feel that my winter is perfect. And try to remember about fireplace type, traditional and also modern fireplace, both have its advantage and also risk, but try to choose the modern one, it give better warm experience and also appearance, but there also some issues about safety due the installation difficulties, you need to involve experts for this, and it cost some cash, quite unfortunate.
So, after you preview the pictures, I hope you will be able to do your own bedroom optimizing, especially by adding suitable bedside table for your bedroom. Those people who already have modern bedroom theme, I think you also need to choose modern bedside table lam too, but you can also choose classic or rustic style, just make sure you know how to blend the style. Small is about size, and I'm sure most people already know about this one, once they have small bedroom, it means they need to choose small size for any bedroom utilities, furniture, and also the decoration including bedside lamp.
As the home occupant that cares about all of the family members, you will need to provide the elements of the room that give a high value of comfort. You can also increase the presence of a room by adding the safety elements to a room. Although the safety elements must have the better function in providing security, but the function of the stuff must also have a good attention. Today I want to ask you to discuss about the best safety material that will have a great function in the bathroom. As we know that the bathroom area is one place in the room that can really add the better body cleaning process for the home occupants.
You can use the bathroom properly as well as your family members if there are some supportive elements added. You can use the best flooring for bathroom that will give the different sensation of appearance to the room but at the same time the stuff must also be able to provide secure feeling. As we know that the bathroom will be fulfilled by huge amount of water. It will also have some soap that leaked to the floor. To avoid that make the floor slippery, you can apply the special design of flooring. It is the form of the floor that has higher and better textures. You can choose the type of the floor by going and take a look for some examples at the material store.
You need to adjust it also to the remaining style of the house. If you can gain the better decoration that is in line with the decoration in the house, it means that the sense of unity will be created. To make sure that you use the best flooring for bathroom, do not ever forget about the impression of color. It wills much better if you apply the bathroom with bright color. But do not choose the color that brighter than the bathroom wall because it will arise the weird sense.
Many people believe that kitchen is the heart of a home. How it looks like will represent the look of entire home. And when it comes into kitchen decorating time, visual look will usually become the first thing that comes into people's consideration. But it's not for flooring. Applying one of so many tile flooring ideas for kitchen, that can be easily searched from the Internet or magazines or discussed with some designers in furniture stores, will be good preference. The tile itself can be ceramic, porcelain or stone made tiles. Ceramic tile may the most popular one from those three since this tile type is more various in designs, shape, colors and sizes. And when you are choosing ceramic tile, you'd better consider not only its look but also the safety aspect since floor is the most traffic part of your kitchen. Never choose the one that can be either very slippery or too rough.
Kitchen is easy to get dirty since you are not only cooking there but also preparing the meal and may be having your meal there. Thus, patterned ceramics will be a good choice to minimize the dirt look, though you will of course have to clean them soon as you finish with your cooking and meal. If it is not patterned ceramics, choose those which are in woody, earthy or stoned colors. It will help your kitchen never look to dirty, especially if you have children around who sometimes leave some cookie's crumbs or other food remnants. This colored ceramic tile is also not too smooth, usually, so it will not get slippery when it's little bit wet. However, if you choose white ceramic tile, it will not be forbidden. Just make sure that you always keep it clean all the time, so that people will feel comfortable there. Good in look, safe for your kids, always clean and healthy are keys for your best tile flooring kitchen. Keep them in mind and have nice cooking and meal time with your family in your beautiful and healthy kitchen.
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Strong April UK car sales and a solid rebound in Germany last month will help western Europe end 18 consecutive months of year-on-year declines, analysts predict. But market watchers stopped short of saying Europe is on the verge of an extended rebound.
LMC Automotive calculates that April sales grew 2 percent to 1,016,693 units, while the year-to-date total -- 3,932,340 units -- is still 7 percent below the same period last year.
Analysts at R.L. Polk estimates 1,014,152 sales in western Europe for April, resulting in the same figures at LMC, 2 percent growth for the month and a 7 percent decline through April. Official new-car sales figures from industry association ACEA will be released May 17.
While everyone would love it if April's rise was the beginning of an extended turnaround from a slump that began in October 2011, the truth is that last month's rise could be a one-off.
"Drilling down below the headline number reveals that selling days have had a significant impact, with nearly two extra days on average in April 2013 versus April 2012, due partly to Easter," LMC said.
The seasonally adjusted annual rate, or SAAR, which factors in the effects of selling days, shows just a small improvement in April. LMC said the April SAAR was at 11.4 million units for the full year, marginally ahead of March's SAAR of 11.2 million and "still very weak by historical standards."
The full-year prediction for western Europe is a 4 percent decline to 11.27 million units from 11.76 million last year, LMC said.
Polk also estimates sales by brand. Its figures showed impressive April results in Europe for two German premium automakers.
Audi's April sales increased 8 percent to 64,944 units, making it western Europe's fourth-largest brand behind Volkswagen, Ford and No. 3 Renault, which outsold Audi by a little more than 600 units in the month (65,561).
Mercedes-Benz, meanwhile, was the fastest growing brand among the top 10 players with sales up 10 percent to 54,760 units, good enough for sixth place, Polk figures show.


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An update from Derek, a junior majoring in finance and economics:
Today marks our third full day in Costa Rica. After enjoying a breakfast of the fresh, bountiful fruits of this natural wonderland, representatives from Youth for Human Rights and the Foundation for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights visited our group.
The two representatives were a powerful reminder of how neglected human rights issues are. I am confident that there is much good in the world and that people would support human rights given the chance. However, most people are bystanders simply because they do not realize what is going on.
I went on this trip to gain a better understanding of human rights. Having never taken a course in human rights before, I knew I had a duty to my fellow human beings to learn more and become cognizant of these issues. From my experience thus far, I have had my eyes opened to not only what human rights are, but also to what it means to be human.
In most cases of human rights violations, one small group oppresses another small group: the majority of people are bystanders. We need to educate people if we hope to instill in them the moral courage to stand up for the rights of others, and we often forget that it only takes one person to inspire change in the minds of everyone. Yet, people need to be educated in human rights before they can start to make a difference.
Education is the first step in changing people's attitudes, and Youth for Human Rights is taking action to educate the next generation. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights enumerates 30 fundamental human rights. Part of Youth for Human Rights' curriculum explains these rights in plain language for children to understand.
Costa Rica and a handful of other countries have compulsory education in human rights starting in primary school. The rest of the world should follow these countries' leads and make teaching human rights a priority because educating the youth can inculcate a respect and passion for human rights in tomorrow's leaders.
I do not want to be a passive citizen of the world. I want to make a difference, no matter how small. That difference starts today, by informing people about the importance of human rights.
I have a responsibility to share information about human rights with you and I hope you pass this message along to others. People have the right to know what their fundamental human rights are. I urge you to visit www.youthforhumanrights.org to learn more.
We must learn to take human rights seriously in order to create a better world. It is everyone's responsibility, especially the privileged and those in power, to protect the rights that every person deserves.


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EPA cites Michael and Richard Gard for damages to Wind River wetlands near Dubois
Release Date: 01/07/2010
Contact Information: Monica Heimdal, 303 312-6359; Peggy Livingston, 303 312-6858
Unauthorized construction activities at River Park subdivision
(Denver, Colo. – January 7, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a compliance order to Michael Gard, Richard Gard, and Professional Home Design, Inc., of Riverton, Wyo., in response to unauthorized impacts to wetlands adjacent to the Wind River in Fremont County.
Between June 2008 and April 2009, the Gards, or persons acting on their behalf, partially drained, excavated and filled approximately 0.81 acre of wetlands on two adjacent lots at the River Park subdivision located six miles east of Dubois. The Clean Water Act prohibits the discharge of material to wetlands unless authorized by a permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
"EPA is encouraged that the Gards have expressed a clear intent to resolve this matter," said Darcy O'Connor, Acting Director of EPA's Water Enforcement program in Denver. "We will continue to take action against those who violate federal laws that protect Wyoming's waters."
An investigation of the site by the Army Corps of Engineers found that two trenches, each three to four feet deep, and 60-feet long, had been cut in wetlands in 2008, resulting in the discharge of dredged material. Four perforated drain pipes were also installed on site in 2009, which involved the excavation of two additional trenches through wetlands. Material excavated from onsite, as well as offsite material, was used to construct a building pad and access road in wetlands. The Corps issued a cease and desist order in May of 2009 and referred the case to EPA.
The EPA order requires Professional Home Design and Michael and Richard Gard to conduct restoration or mitigation activities in accordance with an EPA-approved plan. The Gards will remove unauthorized material in the wetlands and restore areas to their pre-impact condition and grade.
The wetlands associated with the Wind River are important habitat for local and migratory birds and wildlife, water storage and retention, water quality enhancement, flood control and aesthetics. Sediment from construction activities is a major water quality issue and results in negative impacts to aquatic life and wetland functions.
Developers, consultants, government agencies and other landowners who plan to conduct earth-moving activities near wetlands, rivers, streams, ponds and other water bodies should contact their local office of the Army Corps of Engineers to determine if a permit is required for the activity. The Wyoming office of the Corps can be reached at:
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October and November have been the most exciting months of 2012 for Dogs for Conservation. More than a year of hard work and patience have paid off and we now have some tangible things to show for it!
In October 2012 we had the wonderful opportunity to both save a life and acquire another great detection dog! Formerly known as Allie, now named "Terra" (as in "Terra Firma"), this female Border Collie was found as a stray and was looking at her last days before being euthanized at a Texas shelter. That was when Ruff Mutts Border Collie Rescue saved her life and realized she had potential to be a working dog! Debbie Schwagerman, Director of Ruff Mutts, wrote:
"Allie actually came from the Wichita Falls animal shelter. She was picked up as a stray and no one claimed her. In fact, even after she was available for adoption, no one adopted her and no other rescue stepped up for her. I agreed to take her at the last minute, and she was transported out to me in Terrell. I knew from the minute I met her she was born to DO something."
Terra was then evaluated and temporarily fostered by Bob and Karen Deeds of Canine Connection in Fort Worth, TX where she was deemed a wonderful prospect for detection work!
Soon after that, we at Dogs for Conservation contacted Bob Deeds about any dogs he knew of that might work out for our program … and the rest is history!! Terra is currently being trained by our head trainer Tiffanie Turner to detect the highly endangered Houston Toad! Terra is the sweetest girl who gives the best doggy hugs I have ever seen!! She is crazy about her ball, and that has been the key to teaching her how to "learn to earn" … she did not even know how to sit when we got her!
While Terra sniffs out toads, Ranger has stepped up his training a notch and has finally been introduced to a target odor. Many months of preparation and fun have led up to this time, and so for Ranger it is just another game! He has been learning how to use his nose properly and efficiently, learning how scent behaves in different terrain and weather, and of course his obedience training continues every day as well. All of these are pieces to the puzzle that will ultimately have our "puppy" working well in the real world in 2013. It amazes me daily how much he enjoys what he is doing… I am so proud of him!
Until next time, feel free to visit us on our website or on our Facebook page for regular updates on Ranger and Terra's progress!!


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Loch Ness monster ordered to leave Wisconsin river
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — The Loch Ness monster is on vacation in Wisconsin — and state officials want the legendary lady to leave.
Department of Natural Resources spokesman Dan Baumann says a sculpture of Nessie is illegally obstructing the Chippewa River in Eau Claire and must be removed by the person who placed it there.
The sculpture's creator remains a mystery, although a person who anonymously emailed the Eau Claire Leader- Telegram Thursday said it would be removed within 10 days.
Retailer Menards says it would like to acquire the guerrilla art and that the monster could make her home in retention ponds at the home improvement chain's Eau Claire property.
The Loch Ness monster was first "spotted" at Loch Ness, a waterway some 10 miles south of Inverness, Scotland, in 1933.


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Dated but danceable, "80s Pop Nightlife" is an electro-pop piece consisting of primitive drum machine samples, funky synth bass, jerky electric guitar and various synth bells, mallets and leads. It's inspired by synth-based 1980s pop music and features a common pop structure with a guitar solo over the second verse.
With a fun and over-the-top attitude, this piece would be ideal for any cartoon or video project looking for assets to imitate or parody 1980s pop culture. "80s Pop Nightlife" is made more versatile by its ability to be looped.Thanks for listening.


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When Restore & Renew Beauty Serum first came to the US last summer, I remember it was the most talked-about product in town. It sold out everywhere in short period of time. Then, girls had to be on waiting lists to get their hands on the Beauty Serum. Now, there is no more struggling with Restore & Renew Beauty Serum since the hype has faded and this cult beauty item can be easily found at local CVS and Target.


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As the saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
As the saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Over the past few decades, doctors have become so good at going through the femoral artery to unblock arteries near the heart that many can perform the procedure in 30 minutes.
So why mess with a good thing?
Because snaking catheters through the groin can increase the risk of bleeding, pain and the need for overnight stays in the hospital.
That's why an Ohio State University Medical Center physician is advocating a change. Dr. Quinn Capers suggests going through the radial artery in the wrist to clear heart blockages.
"There are several benefits, and a major benefit is safety," said Capers, director of peripheral vascular interventions at Ohio State.
When a coronary artery narrows or closes, heart attacks can occur. Reduced blood flow is caused by atherosclerosis - thickening or hardening of the arteries. Smoking, fat, cholesterol and other substances are blamed for the condition.
To shore up collapsed arteries, cardiologists have several options: bypass surgery, which creates an alternative route for blood flow; angioplasty, which widens arteries by inflating tiny balloons inside the arteries; and stenting.
Stents - tiny mesh coils used to hold open arteries - allow cardiologists to avoid bypass surgery. They are inserted during angioplasty.
For years, the traditional entry site has been the groin. However, Capers said the biggest risk associated with going through the femoral artery is bleeding at the groin. When bleeding cannot be controlled, surgery is necessary to repair the artery.
Going through the wrist, he said, reduces the bleeding by 80 percent because the wrist artery is smaller than the femoral artery. And there's no required bed rest after the procedure.
"The instant we're finished, you can sit up," Capers said.
About 80 percent of the stent procedures he performs are through the wrist. His colleagues still do the majority of their stents through the groin.
Although doctors in Europe and Canada have been going through the wrist for years, about 5percent of cardiac stents are inserted this way in the United States, Capers said.
"If it takes a doctor 30 minutes to do this procedure through the groin, and you ask them to do the wrist, now it's taking them 45 to 50 minutes" because it's new, Capers said. "Then they'll say, 'I'll stick with what I know.'"
Some physicians say they don't see the benefits of going through the wrist.
For example, patients could lose the pulse in their wrist from the procedure or from scar tissue, said Dr. Steven Nissen, chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.
"My own view is, it's a niche procedure; it's just not important," he said. "Of all the things in medicine that's going on and innovative, it's not in the top 100.
"The standard procedure works very well, and it's safe, and we have excellent outcomes."


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The news hasn't been officially announced yet, but the WebM project's website has been launched today, coinciding with the Google I/O conference. As you would expect, both Mozilla and Opera are part of the WebM project, meaning that Opera, Chrome, and Firefox will soon suppor the format out of the box. You can already get your hands on Firefox and Chrome developer snapshots which support it, while an Opera beta is on the way.
The really, really good news is that Google is eating its own dog food: YouTube already supports WebM and VP8, but probably not on all videos. All you need to do is download one of the compatible browsers, enable the YouTube HTML5 beta, and append
&webm=1 to the search URL.
"A key factor in the web's success is that its core technologies such as HTML, HTTP, and TCP/IP are open for anyone to implement and improve," the project's FAQ reads, "With video being core to the web experience, a high-quality, open video format choice is needed. WebM is 100% free, and open-sourced under a BSD-style license."
You can download patches to apply to ffmpeg, and Google has also made DirectShow filters available for Windows users. There's also an introduction to the WebM VP8 codec SDK, and of course you can get your hands on the code.
Google is clearly taking on the MPEG-LA with this one, as can be read in the FAQ. "Some video codecs require content distributors and manufacturers to pay patent royalties to use the intellectual property within the codec," the FAQ reads, "WebM and the codecs it supports (VP8 video and Vorbis audio) require no royalty payments of any kind. You can do whatever you want with the WebM code without owing money to anybody."
This is very, very good news for the web, people. The news hasn't been officially announced yet, so we'll have to wait for more details which will most likely come either today or tomorrow. The WebM blog is
still members-only at this point, but we'll obviously keep you all up to date on whatever happens is now open.
Microsoft and Apple can apply suction to it.


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CHIPLEY � County Commissioner Lynn Gothard said that county purchasing policies and state statutes may have been violated when the board voted to buy a generator last month.
CHIPLEY � County Commissioner Lynn Gothard said that county purchasing policies and state statutes may have been violated when the board voted to buy a generator last month.
The Board of County Commissioners were holding their March meeting Thursday morning when Gothard read a prepared statement in which she alleged that County Manager Steve Joyner violated state laws when he arranged for the county to buy a generator from a fellow county employee � a generator that happened to be stored at Joyner�s residence.
�After the meeting, I received information that the purchase had possibly violated both Florida statutes and county purchasing requirements,� Gothard said. She began researching the information, and agreed that possible violations had occurred and that more information and disclosure was needed.
�On Tuesday, March 4, three days after the February meeting, I both verbally and through e-mail contacted Mr. Joyner asking that the generator not be purchased and the item be put on the March agenda for additional discussion,� Gothard said. �On Thursday, March 14, I received information that an invoice had been received by the finance office with the instructions for it to be paid ASAP. This was three business days before the March workshop where I had requested the item be discussed.�
Gothard contacted Joyner to ask why the generator was not on the agenda for the March workshop, and was told that �a couple of commissioners had told him to go ahead and purchase the item since it had been approved in the February meeting,� she said.
�I was disappointed in the total lack of regard for truthful disclosure and information,� Gothard said.
Gothard said county policy requires purchases of more than $10,000 to receive three quotes or bid proposals, and state statute requires disclosure of any potential conflict of interest.
�Mr. Joyner was obligated to tell this board of his business and personal relationships with the owner of Holdfast Construction and that the generator when purchased by the BOCC vote was located at Mr. Joyner�s home,� Gothard said.
�Let me also say that I have found nowhere in either the Washington County policy or Florida Statutes any authority hat empowers a county commissioner to direct a county manager to disregard the directive of fellow commissioners,� Gothard said. �In addition, asking commissioners about an issue which is or was to be added to the agenda and which could have resulted in a vote of the BOCC could be construed as �polling� of the board which violates Florida Sunshine Law.�
County Attorney Jeff Goodman did not comment on Gothard�s accusations during the meeting, and no one on the board asked him for a legal opinion.
Her fellow commissioners did, however, begin to take exception with Gothard as soon as she finished her statement.
Chairman Alan Bush told Gothard that there had been complaints from unidentified county employees who said that they felt threatened by her.
Commissioner Joel Pate said Gothard was �the most meddlesome commissioner� he had ever seen.
Joyner noted that the board, including Gothard. had voted to purchase the generator, and Commissioner Todd Abbott said the generator was a much needed piece of equipment.
�Frankly, I was embarrassed to find out the county couldn�t run if the power went out,� Abbott said.
The generator was needed so the county could run both the lights and the fuel pumps in the case of a power outage. The generator was purchased for $22,500 from Holdfast Construction, owned by Mike Horton. According to the minutes from the Feb. 28 meeting, the generator was purchased with money the county raised by selling scrap metal.
�Today I am making a public notice that failure to follow the policies as stated in the Washington County employee handbook and operational manual, as well as the Florida Statutes, in the future will result in my request of this board for disciplinary action as directed by board policies,� Gothard said.


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Pediatric Sedation Emergencies: Can They Be Avoided?
June 7, 2013 at 1 PM EDT (90 minutes)
Missed the last Contemporary Sedation course and need continuing education credits to satisfy your state requirements? Join Dr. Stephen Wilson as he discusses emergencies and possible etiologies that may occur during sedation of children for a dental procedure. This 90-minute webinar includes preventative steps associated with sedation protocols to minimize the likelihood of an emergency as well as basic preparedness and interventions you may take should an emergency arise.
Dr. Stephen Wilson is a Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Dentistry at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Wilson received his dental degree (D.M.D.) and Doctorate in Physiology (Ph.D.) at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. His residency training in Pediatric Dentistry was done at the University of Louisville and Kosair-Children's Hospital. Dr. Wilson also has a Master's degree (M.A.) in Psychology that, along with his Bachelor of Science (B.S.), was obtained from Eastern Illinois University. Dr. Wilson is a board-certified pediatric dentist and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. He has served as a Director of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and as President of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry (2003-2004). He is the current Director of the AAPD-sponsored Sedation Course which is presented twice a year. He was awarded "Pediatric Dentistry of the Year" by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry in 2007. He has published over 100 papers and spoken at numerous local, national, and international meetings. Dr. Wilson's research interests include child behavior in the dental clinic, sedation for children, and electronic monitoring during sedation.
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