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Pandora BeadsLOS ANGELES (AP) — Police Thursday searched for a 15-year-old boy from India who vanished in Los Angeles a week ago after arriving with a group for an educational tour of California. Five LA detectives flew to San Francisco to interview members of Lovedeep Singh's tour group at the Indian Consulate, Lt. Darnell Davenport said. Singh, who speaks Hindi and only limited English, was snapping photographs in front of a hotel across the street from the University of Southern California when he vanished on the morning of June 23. He and his 10-year-old brother were in a group of about 30 people who had just arrived for an educational trip that was to include local tourist spots. Singh apparently remained outside when the rest of the group went into the Radisson Hotel.

Pandora CharmsHis absence was noticed when a head count was taken an hour later and group leaders discovered they were "one body short," said Davenport, commanding officer of detectives in the Police Department's Southwest Division. The teen has not been heard from since. A language barrier made it difficult for police to question other members of the tour group, who later continued their trip in San Francisco. They were scheduled to fly home Friday. There was no sign that Singh met with foul play, but "as each day passes, our concern heightens," Davenport said. "He doesn't really speak English. Where would he go? Who would he communicate with? Where would he stay every night? He's 15 years old," Davenport said. "We're concerned that he befriended someone over the Internet, maybe they came and picked him up," Davenport said. Pandora Beads Sale

"He has a substantial amount of money in his pocket." The boy was described as 5-foot-8, weighing 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray shirt and tan pants and carrying a red backpack. Old Lyme - Republican Alice Burbank, who in 2007 was the top vote-getter among candidates for the nine-seat Lyme-Old Lyme Board of Education, resigned from the board Friday. Burbank said she decided to resign after an interview with the Republican Town Committee's nominating committee last week did not go well. It was clear to her, she said, that the RTC did not plan to endorse her for re-election to a second term on the Republican-dominated board. Both Burbank and fellow Old Lyme Republican Christopher Carter's four-year terms expire this fall.

Pandora Bangles The board comprises seven members from Old Lyme and two from Lyme. "They said I wasn't a team player," said Burbank, who worked for 30-some years as a high school English teacher in the Lyme-Old Lyme schools. "I said I thought the team that I worked for were the taxpayers and the students, not the Republican Town Committee." RTC Chairman John Bysko said Friday he had "nothing but the highest respect" for Burbank, but that she did not join other Republicans on the board to caucus over school district issues. "You basically told them to go fly a kite," Bysko said he told Burbank during the interview. "Essentially, you've said, 'Well, these are younger people and I don't care about their opinion. The most important thing for me is those of us who have gray hair like me.'" In her June 25 resignation letter to the RTC, Burbank wrote: "If I have failed (and obviously I have) to live up to the RTC expectations of a team player, I do not apologize since their values are not consistent with mine. I value experience and maturity especially when building and bonding a new school project. Pandora Bracelets

In addition, Joseph McCarthy era interrogation methods used by the RTC's nominating committee have no place in my lifestyle. Their interviewing procedures were a personal affront to a public servant and educator of thirty-nine years." Members of the RTC nominating committee and Burbank disagreed on a range of issues, according to both sides. One issue brought up during the interview was why Burbank, as head of the school board's Human Resources Committee, offered to give the district's facilities director and business manager 2 percent raises when they had agreed to a zero increase this year. Burbank said she felt a zero increase would have been more appropriate next year, when a second installment of the bond repayment for the $47.8 million high school renovation project kicks in. Pandora Bracelets Sale

"The town workers got 2 percent, and I thought that was fair," Burbank said. "'Cause you can't expect people to get zero zero (for two years)." Charlie Delinks, a member of the RTC's nominating committee, said Burbank supported the $47.8 million high school renovation despite having campaigned for election on the premise that residents couldn't afford the originally proposed $54 million renovation. "My complaint with her was, she changed her tune," Delinks said. Friday, schools Superintendent Elizabeth Osga called Burbank "a passionate and hardworking Board member." "She had a strong focus on communications and connections with the community," Osga wrote in an email.

"Mrs. Burbank had a zest and spirit that will be missed." Old Lyme must hold a town meeting within 30 days to find a replacement for Burbank, according to board Chairman Jim Witkins. Witkins said board members don't always vote along party lines, a reflection of what he said was a cohesive board that finds support from both parties on important issues such as budgets and redistricting. "People do come to the board and vote their mind," Witkins said. "And Alice was certainly one of those. Pandora Bracelets Online