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A Swashbuckling, Romantic Tale of the French Revolution!
A Swashbuckling, Romantic Tale
of the French Revolution
By: Ted Anthony Roberts
Chapter 1
Liberty, Equality, and a Sword
On the eve of the famous French Revolution, in 1789 A.D., we find a torn France that is divided into two factions; with one screaming equality, and the other trying to silence that cry! Lords, Aristocrats and Nobles are going just too far in the eyes of the citizens at throwing their weight around, and caring little of whom they crush in their throwings! And, after all, America is fighting for their freedom against the English, so can't France do the same also? Yes, the Frenchman has heard of, and has admired the exploits of the famous General George Washington. He's a villain in England, but is a hero to the citizens of a country that wants the same benefits! And France has her heroes as well, and those heroes are the common everyday folk who love freedom – freedom – freedom!
So, does this mean that all of the aristocrats of France hate to the very lowest of their beings the common citizens who are rebelling against the interest of the upper class? Well, I'm sure there is sympathy on both sides to each other, but an accurate count certainly cannot be given to any degree. However, there is one person in particular in France who cannot stomach the idea at all of the nobles' treatment toward the lower classes. This person is of noble birth themselves. Having, of a truth, a dear and noble heart, and who feels it bleed ceaselessly toward the poor citizens of France. This aristocratic person, I am here declaring, has already made up their mind to try and help these helpless citizens with all their might, and will try their very best to turn the tables on the nobles in an attempt for there to truly be equality finally in all of France.
It must be admitted, however, that this true -hearted person, who is a young lady of only seventeen years, is also a bit naive as to what is really transpiring in France. As to the politics, this true -hearted youth only hears about events in the salon from the very lips of her own father, who always tongue-bashes, in rants and raves, about the trashy citizens who are always seeking equality with the nobles. What she hears is meanness, what she understands is freedom for the underdog; what she doesn't know is that France is really on the brink of a Revolution that will change her country forever; and what she also doesn't know is that it will not be a France of equality between citizen and noble alike, but will be a France that will rid themselves of as many nobles as Madame Guillotine will rid them of! The young lady cannot comprehend these things, for her heart, which is very pure in its intentions, but young in its understanding, will never be able to grasp the idea that equality does not really mean equality . . . but will have to learn, in the harshest manner possible, that equality means citizens in noble positions, after the disposal of aristocrats . . . and that includes herself, her father, and her entire household!
Not only does she not understand this, but the whole while that her father is in a heated passion, and as he bellows out his opinions of affairs in the country toward his gathered aristocrats in his salon, the dear young girl is making her own kinds of plans as to how to help the very citizens who will torch her home without a moment's hesitation.
He screams rebellion; she thinks freedom!
He bellows about traitors; she dreams of equality!
With anger, he cracks the riding whip in his hand; she imagines a sword in hers!
Having the look of an angel as she sits quietly in her sitting chair, she begins to glow with confidence as to how she will execute her plans, for they have become fully developed in her mind by this time! Oh, if her father only knew what she was thinking at the very moment that he wishes her to think about her station and position, he might have an early death from shock!
As the night closes in, her father begins to see his guests out the door; and after closing it behind them, he quickly walks back into the living room where his daughter is still sitting, anxious to ask her how she enjoyed his little speech.
"Oh," she simply says, with a faint smile upon her lips, "it was very interesting, father."
"Interesting?" he says, with a gruff! "Marie, we are speaking about our way of life being in jeopardy!"
"Jeopardy of what, father? Of being equal with other people?"
"Equals, Marie? This goes deeper than being equal; don't believe the propaganda – they don't want equality, as they say; they want to take over this country!"
"I don't see it that way, father!" she says passionately.
With this last bit of demonstration, he merely smiles at his girl, for he understands her youth, and knows that she cannot fully comprehend the situation. Softening his tone, he decides to end the subject: "Well, my dear, it's getting late; and you have more fencing lessons tomorrow."
"Fencing lessons, father? Why, I'm already the best fencer of all the ladies in my class!"
"Don't get too prideful, my dear." he says to her, with a chuckle. "As I understand it, that young Francis isn't too bad herself."
"Francis!" she nearly yells. "Why, I disarmed her twice last week! She's no match for my blade!"
Laughing loudly at this statement, he walks over to her, lifts her to her feet, and warmly embraces his daughter. "If only your mother could have lived to see how beautiful you have become, I know that she would be quite proud of you!" Pulling her away from himself a bit, as to view her, he says: "And you are looking more and more like her everyday."
"I don't remember, father." she says, sadly. "After all, she did die when I was still a little girl."
"But we do have her portrait, hanging over the fireplace mantle."
"I don't think that it's a very good painting, though. Besides, does anyone really ever look like their portrait?"
He laughs at this, and declares: "I know that I don't!" But then changing the subject: "It's time for bed, my dear. You might be the best of all the young ladies, but I want you to be better than the young men as well. You'll need it when you start courting young men!"
"What do you mean?" she asks, confusingly.
"Well, the first time they ask you for a kiss, you are to pull your sword on them, and make them pay dearly!" he says, laughing the while.
"I can't do that, father! Besides, ladies can't carry swords around like men do – but I truly wish that ladies could – I certainly would wear one around."
"Don't you want to look like a proper young lady?"
"Who says that proper young ladies can't look proper with a sword? After all, Anne Bonny wore a sword at her side!"
"Anne Bonny? You on that again? She was a Pirate, and no lady."
"I think that she was a lady! A lady that no man ever dared to take advantage of! Did you know that there has been several young girls my age who ran off to a life of Piracy?"
"Yes, but they weren't proper young ladies! But, again, it's time for bed, Marie."
"Alright . . . goodnight, father."
"Goodnight, my dear."
Later that evening, Marie is finding it hard to sleep, and is tossing and turning with each new thought that continuously plagues her mind! She cannot keep the images of the poor, helpless citizens out of her mind, who are being seen by her in very hard and torturous situations. Even though it is true that her father has never been a cruel man to any of his servants, nor to any citizens that he has come into contact with, he, nevertheless, is a true sympathizer with his fellow aristocrats who seemingly are. In fact, Marie had witnessed on several occasions a neighboring aristocrat whip his servant for pouring his wine ten minutes too late! She did all within her power not to thrash the lord for his cruelty. Despite the fact that she knows nothing, as we have pointed out earlier, of the rising party of citizens who are bent on crushing both royalty and nobility with a single and tremendous blow, she declares to herself boldly that there needs to be some hero in France who is not afraid to put an end to the tyranny; and that the hero also needs to champion the citizens' cause!
"Yes, a champion." she says to herself, with a bald-up fist. "Even if it has to be me!"
And with this established determination, which she initially came up with while sitting on a couch in the salon earlier, which she did instead of hearing out her father's words of rebel crushing, she suddenly jumps up from her soft bed and begins dressing herself to go out – which she does with much quickness.
After hiding a sword underneath her cloak, she then sneaks out her window, and into the darkness of the night. It being already eleven thirty, and not a single candle is left on in the château, for even the servants are now in bed, she finds no difficulty in darting out of the courtyard and into the Paris streets.
Having the boldness of a lioness, she briskly walks along the roadways as if she's a sergeant in a guard unit, for she pays no heed to the obvious dangers that awaits any lady who might dare to venture out alone on such a night as this!
Already she is starting to be followed by a few undesirables as she plods along to no certain destination, for she merely wanted to see first hand the tyranny that she imagined to be happening all around her; but all she can see now are five rough characters who seem bent on harming a young lady.
Having already traveled for nearly a quarter of a mile from her safe and comfortable home, she suddenly comes to a dead stop right in the middle of the street; which gives her unwanted companions a chance to surround her. Each one pulling out daggers, they begin laughing horrifically.
"Citizens, stand down!" she bellows the command. "For I am here to help you."
"To help us?" says one of them, sarcastically, and with a vicious grin. "Darling, you have no idea how you can help us!"
This doubles the laughter of his friends, who are all getting closer to the young girl.
"Oh, well, in that case – help, help." she says, in a silly and mocking way, while waving her arms around. "I need a strong hero to save me from these frightful, little, ugly girls!"
"I'm going to enjoy this!" says the first man, continuing his malicious grin.
"No worries, mademoiselle." says a voice out of nowhere; which causes everyone to start looking around themselves suddenly. "I will be your rescuer this night! That is, if you will allow me."
Just now, a young handsome cavalier comes forth from the shadows, sword in hand. Even though it is dark, everyone is able to see the swordsman fairly well by the light of the lamppost that he is now leaning upon. He's wearing no hat, but the good looks of his face are being framed very well by his dark hair, which is bunched together with a bow, giving him a short ponytail. He wears no jacket, so his white shirt can clearly be seen; it's puffed at the sleeves, and is slightly unbuttoned at the chest. Completing his costume is a pair of black pants, a leather belt, and a pair of black leather shoes without the accompaniment of stockings.
Marie is immediately taken in by his rugged good looks – but she tries not to show it!
"Who are you?" screams out the leader of the rats.
"Jean-Pierre d'Ampot, at your service," says he with a bow.
"Alright boys," continues the thug, speaking to his friends, "two of you hold the lady, the rest of you help me kill the hero!"
Just as soon as two of the men are within a short distance of Marie, her sword is immediately released into their direction; and is used with such quickness, and with such accuracy, that it gives the two men absolutely no time to react at all, and it actually slashes both of their throats in this one movement for an instant kill! Completely stunned, as the two bodies hit pavement, and added to the fact that there is a look of fire within Marie's eyes, the rest of the gang suddenly dashes off in great fear.
After being sure that they are gone, Marie finally lowers her sword to her side, and then takes a look over at Jean-Pierre – who has a large grin embe dded upon his face, and who is still leaning upon the post.
"Bravo, mademoiselle!" he says to her, while straightening himself up, and sheathing his sword. "That was well played."
He then advances toward her. At seeing this, she quickly aims her sword at him!
"Hold up, my dear." he says to her, stopping his advancement, and holding up his hands. "I'm a friend. I'm not going to hurt you. In fact, with the skill that you have with that sword, I don't think that there would be too many people who could hurt you."
"I'm not afraid of you!" she says to him, while lowering her sword and sheathing it.
"I've no doubt." he says, with the same smile, and while lowering his arms. "Still, you need to be extremely careful on the streets of Paris at this time of night. Which brings me to a question: what is a nobleman's daughter doing out in the streets this time of night anyway?"
"Who says that I'm a nobleman's daughter?" asks she, majestically.
"You've got to be joking, right? I think, my dear, that it's extremely obvious. In this part of the city, a lady of your quality is a rare enough thing, indeed – and especially at this time of the night."
"Well, I'm here to help the citizens."
"Help them with what, mademoiselle?"
"To fight tyranny!"
"And what tyranny would that be?"
"Why, the tyranny of the upper class against the lower class."
An extremely surprised look crosses the young man's face. "Is this another one of your jokes?"
"I assure you, sir, that I am quite serious."
"Alright, I'll bite . . . and what do you propose to do about it?"
"I will champion the citizen's cause!"
Not knowing how to react to this simple declaration, Jean-Pierre takes another look at the two dead bodies at Marie's feet, and back again to her eyes; and he's not sure whether to think the girl mad or delirious.
"Does you father know that you are out here?"
"Of course not. But this has nothing to do with my father; it has to do with me and the poor citizens of this city."
"My dear, do you even know what is happening in this city? Do you even keep up with the politics?"
"I hear enough from my father; enough to know that something must be done!"
"Who is your father?"
"I'd rather leave his name out of this."
"Very well; but how does he feel about the situation? Does he feel the same as you?"
"No, unfortunately not. He is of the opinions of the aristocrats . . . but that does not mean that he's a hateful man! In fact, he is good hearted and kind, and he treats his servants well. I'm not sure why he can't see things the way that I do."
"And how are you seeing things?"
"That the aristocrats are hateful, and the citizens must become equal with them!"
"And do you feel that the citizens share this opinion of yours?"
"Of yes, I do! What else can they be wanting? My father says that they speak of equality."
"But they also speak of freedom, my dear. Do you believe that their ideas of freedom and equality are the same?"
"What do you mean by that, sir?"
"I'm asking you if whether you think that the nobles will ever accept the fact that the citizens will be their equal? I am also asking if you believe that if the citizens are ever to become free, that they will able to do so without bloodshed?"
"Bloodshed? Who is speaking of bloodshed? We must fight them in the courts!"
"When the courts are ran by the aristocrats? Who will listen?"
There is hesitation on her part, while a cloud starts coming over her head.
"You are confusing me, sir!" she says, with a force. "I ask you to stop this. Can you not see that we must become free?"
"We, who, my dear? You're an aristocrat – you are free."
"You don't understand anything, do you?" she shouts.
"I understand more than you think that I do."
"Then why can't you see that we must convince the nobles to accept the citizens on equal grounds?"
"Talks have already been attempted, mademoiselle. And I'm afraid that the time for talking is over with."
"Oh, you are impossible!" she screams at him.
"Go home, my dear. You cannot understand this world . . . but that shouldn't stop you from praying."
"Yes, I'll pray . . . but I'll pray that you will understand things!"
At this, she runs away from him.
To be continued . . . .
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Walking up the steps to Eataly's brand-spankin'-new (and yes, long-awaited) rooftop beer garden, Birreria, is a little like that iconic scene in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The initial peek into this seemingly elusive world inspires that same kind of pinch-yourself-twice, is-this-really-real moment of amused wonderment and awe.
Except here, in the place of a chocolate waterfall, you find a compact one-room windowed brewery, its shiny new stills glistening and churning from their 14-stories-up perch. Instead of an edible candy playground there is one of a different variety — a sleek open-air patio in the shadow of the Flatiron and Empire State buildings where craft beer geeks will soon set up camp in contented boozy bliss. You half expect the red T-shirt-clad crew to break out into an Oompa-Loompa-like song (in Italian, of course) swinging beer glasses in hand. Kidding.
All jokes aside, the "world of pure imagination" theme does hold true. This is, after all, Italian craft beer we're talking about. Free of the restrictions placed on the country's better known alcoholic beverage — wine — the young upstart world of craft beer has emerged as a platform for creative expression and experimentation. You can find a beer made with the resin of an Ethiopian tree, another crafted using tobacco (not legal in the U.S., sorry).
True to form, Eataly has secured some big names to spearhead the project. The biggest names in the business actually — Birra Baladin's Teo Musso and Birra del Borgo's Leonardo Di Vincenzo — as well as a local star of no insignificant reputation, Dogfish Head Brewery's Sam Calagione. The trio's combined efforts have produced what is sure to be the city's must-hit drinking destination of the summer (cue the "Aw man, just when the lines at Eataly were dying down" refrains).
Slated to officially open to the public this Friday, June 3rd, we got a behind-the-scenes tour and early taste of Birreria's exciting brews and rustic Italian fare. And it seems, as was the case with the opening of Eataly last September, it will have been more than worth the wait.
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The trip to Eataly is a wonderful experience through the best of Italy in the heart of New York. The shopping trip through this 50,000 foot store is a fabulous journey of the best food you can get when visiting Italy in person. Cheeses, fish, meats, breads, deserts, sauces and some extraordinary pasta's one cannot get anyplace in the country. Then you can have the chance to actually eat the fabulous foods, cured meats, fresh fish, killer pizza and the best foccacia you will ever eat with some great wines to wash it all down. It's worth the trip to Fifth Avenue and 23rd Streets to see this Italian food emporium and have a wonderful food experience. Go for it!Read More
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In The New York Times' Dining Section today Sam Sifton appraises the latest outpost of the Bastianich-Batali empire. If you haven't yet visited Eataly, their Italian resto-megamart in the Flatiron District, the Pasticceria is a rewarding place to start.
Torta di Nocciole di Costiglio.
Strategize how you want to attack the orb-shaped flourless hazelnut cake ($4.80). It stands there like some dessert version of the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Torta di Nocciole di Costiglio (below) has a crunchy hazelnut shell and smooth, fudgy chocolate in the middle— think super-sized Ferrero Rocher. Wonderful in between sips of bitter espresso.
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The aerated cream in this white chocolate and hazelnut Bavarian cake is so super-smooth and light you wonder how it retains the dome. It has all the hazelnut flavor without the texture, concealing a thin chocolate sponge cake and white chocolate ganache at the center ($5.80).
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The Tiramisu su Torronato had Lidia all a-twitter. And with good reason— it's a lovely tiramisu ($5.80). A layer of liqueur-soaked cake with more of that airy cream, here studded with hazelnuts, and on either end a thin sheet of dark chocolate.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member, on behalf of the American Association for Homecare's more than 4,000 member locations serving Medicare beneficiaries in every state in the nation, we appreciate the opportunity to submit this statement to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding the need to eliminate waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid.
The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) represents durable medical equipment providers, manufacturers, and other organizations in the homecare community. Members serve the medical needs of the millions of Americans who require oxygen equipment and services, power wheelchairs, inhalation drug therapy, home infusion, hospital beds, diabetic supplies, and other medical equipment, supplies, and services in the comfort of their homes. Receiving these services and equipment in the home reduces the need for lengthy, expensive institutional stays.
AAHomecare applauds Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary William Corr's statement to the Judiciary Committee this morning that the federal government is committed to "stop fraud before it happens," which is the goal of the American Association for Homecare's 13-Point Medicare Anti-Fraud Legislative Action Plan.
The Association has zero tolerance for fraud and remains committed to eliminating fraud and abuse in the Medicare program. We are eager to work with Congress, the White House, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and federal law enforcement agencies in efforts to ensure the integrity of the Medicare program. To that end, we continue to offer suggestions for additional fraud and abuse prevention strategies over and above existing laws.
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OK, how does a little hotel chain like Accent Inns combine our love of the cycling community, our fun loving style, our search for adventure (well most of us…) and our key value of community support? It's easy. A prime example was two recent events we supported; The Banff Mountain Film Festival's Radical Reels Tour and the Vancouver Island Outdoor Adventure Expo. (more…)
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ACCENT INNS JOINS SUSTAINABILITY TVTuesday, February 26th, 2013
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VICTORIA, BC, CANADA: Victoria-based Accent Inns has joined Sustainability Television as a Regional partner to expand awareness of opportunities for improving your health, your home, and our British Columbia communities. An exciting development as Accent Inns will be sharing their activities through this new relationship.
"We're very excited to have Accent Inns join us for 2013" says Sustainability TV CEO Jason Robinson. "Sustainability Television effectively shares good stories, about good people, doing really good things! … and when it comes to triple bottom line thinking, this little family owned company [Accent Inns] punches far above its weight; improving the social wellbeing of its community by supporting numerous community causes. (more…)
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TripAdvisor Reviewers Have Done it Again!
It was pretty special when Accent Inns
Actually their customers have done it with submitting all those wonderful reviews. The little home grown, local BC hotel chain has received a 2012 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for every one of their 5 locations.
Why did they do so well for reviews? "It is really the awesome team behind the scenes that works so hard to give every customer a comfortable, fun and relaxing stay. We've recently gone through a re-branding process for Accent Inns and when we were taking that hard look at just what makes us special, different, we came to the conclusion that it's our people. The fun new style you can see online and in our properties is a testament to the wonderfully relaxed and fun way our team members go about their jobs and interact with our guests." Mandy Farmer, President & CEO Accent Inns. (more…)
Father's Day ReflectionsFriday, June 15th, 2012
So here we are. Another Father's day approaches. I know Mom's rule the world and we wouldn't be anywhere (or even here) without them but… Father's day has a little different feeling about it. Ya, Ya I know your saying to yourself, He's a father so of course he feels that way. Perhaps, but I think there's more to it. I think mother's day is rightfully about celebrating and thanking mother's for their caring, their nurturing and giving us life. Science tells us there's a special bond between a mother and child and I tend to agree. For a father that relationship is something to a certain extent that must be created. Of course father's can be nurturing and have a bond to our children but scientifically mom's the word. So Father's day is a real privilege, an honor. This is just my opinion but let me elaborate… (more…)
What Makes a Good EmployerFriday, January 13th, 2012
Recently a chamber of commerce member, Mark Mawhinney, and I were discussing what it means to be successful in business and we got onto the subject of what makes a good employer? We agreed that business success is more than just making money. Every entrepreneur hopes to get a good return on their investment but supporting their community, gaining respect from employees and peers are also key factors on the list. Our conclusion was that the successful business leaders/employers we've met are the ones that not only have achieved the goals listed above but also have a sincere desire to offer employees opportunities to grow professionally and personally. (more…)
Give the Gift of GreenMonday, December 19th, 2011
Our Friends at the Sierra Club of BC have some great "green" gift ideas.
If your holiday tradition includes gift giving, here are some options to help you with your list while also helping the conservation efforts that give back to the wild places and species of B.C.
The holiday season is all about spending time with family. It's also a great time to connect to the world around you, whether it's decorating a tree that fills your house with the scent of the forest, celebrating the winter solstice or sledding in the snow. (more…)
Secrets to SuccessMonday, November 28th, 2011
When it comes to success I sure don't have all the answers, so I reached out to people who I think are very successful to get their take on this topic. But, before you read any further, the first and absolutely most important step to take when it comes to success is to define it. Success could mean giving up all your worldly belongings and meditating on top of a mountain, or finding that gorgeous trophy husband who spends his entire day cooking, cleaning and eagerly anticipating your arrival. It's all in how you define it. Here are a few secrets from successful people in my life: (more…)
What a Week for Accent Inns Team Members!Friday, October 28th, 2011
We don't usually create a list such as this but this has been an extra exciting week for several of our Accent Inn team members. We just had to talk about it!
Katie Bahnsen, General Manager of our Kamloops hotel, is the current president of the Kamloops Accommodation Association. The Kamloops hoteliers joined together in a membership campaign and donated $5 per occupied room on August 1 to the ICCH Wish Fund. Katie had the wonderful honor on behalf of the Association to present a cheque for $9102 to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation. The donated funds will go towards the Intensive Care Unit at RIH.
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I'll just call them Monday if no one's done a video card RMA with Newegg recently. It just about wouldn't matter what card you bought from them since virtually every one of them include CoD - World at War or Farcry 2 or Terminator, so they'd so the same thing to anyone.
I know I'm going to step on some toes on this, but I owned an eVGA before and read up on that 90 day "step-up". After reading all the steps, all the waiting involved, and fine print, that looked like the largest headache in the world, and borderline scam. Based on the money you'd end up paying, one would do far better just ebaying an old card and buying a new card at Newegg prices instead of full retail eVGA prices. Also, the turnaround for ebay and buy new is basically the shipping time for Newegg to send you a new card. What card are you supposed to use if you "step up" with EVGA in the interim??
In any event, "full refund" from Newegg > step up. At least it had been up until i encountered this new issue I'm posting about. I'm going to ask them to waive the restocking fee too since I paid an extra $300 for a more expensive card.
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- The Fairy (La Fee)
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- Country: Rest of the world
- Cert (UK): PG
- Runtime: 93 mins
- Directors: Bruno Romy, Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
- Cast: Bruno Romy, Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Philippe Martz
After Aki Kaurismäki's colourful fairytale Le Havre, here's another pastel-hued fancy set in the same port town and also featuring African refugees, this one from the physical theatre stylings of Belgium-based mime artists and dancers Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon. He works the night desk in a grubby hotel; she turns up and says she's a fairy and will grant him three wishes. The best that can be said for The Fairy is that it certainly creates its own world. However, it's one I wanted to get out of almost as soon as it began.


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Chambliss Secures Georgia Win
Republican's Senate Runoff Victory Dashes Democratic Hopes for a Super-Majority
ATLANTA -- Democratic hopes of gaining a 60-seat, filibuster-proof majority in the U.S. Senate collapsed Tuesday, as Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss was projected to win re-election in a runoff.
Sen. Chambliss was cruising to a comfortable victory, garnering 57.5% of the vote with 96% of precincts reporting. The Associated Press called the race for Sen. Chambliss at 8:55 p.m. EST.
Sen. Chambliss's victory -- a morsel of good news for Republicans in an otherwise bleak election season for the party -- comes nearly a month after he failed to win re-election outright by garnering more than 50% of the vote on Nov. 4 against Democratic challenger Jim Martin and a Libertarian candidate. In the four weeks since Nov. 4, both national parties and dozens of interest groups poured millions of dollars into a heated runoff between Sen. Chambliss and Mr. Martin, a former state legislator.
Prominent figures including former President Bill Clinton and both members of the 2008 Republican presidential ticket -- Arizona Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- stumped for their side's candidate. Republicans urged Georgia residents to erect a "firewall" against a Democratic super-majority by returning Sen. Chambliss to office.
Sen. Chambliss's victory ensures that Democrats won't have the 60 Senate seats necessary to override a filibuster in a party-line vote. The Democrats will have at least 58 seats in the new Senate, and possibly 59, depending on the outcome of a recount in the Minnesota Senate race between the Republican incumbent, Norm Coleman, and Democratic challenger Al Franken.
Despite Sen. Chambliss's victory, the Democrats remain in a remarkably strong position. Given President-elect Barack Obama's popularity, some moderate Republicans may well break ranks with their party on occasion and vote with the Democrats.
"Fifty-eight seats is a very large majority and you can do a lot with it," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "It's going to be very difficult to derail Obama's key legislative priorities."
The last time either party had a Senate majority of at least 60 seats was from 1977 to 1979, when Democrats had 61 seats and Republicans 38, with one independent, according to Donald Ritchie, associate Senate historian.
Turnout was clearly much lower than during the Nov. 4 election; a Georgia secretary of state spokesman estimated that final turnout would be in the range of 20% of registered voters, compared with 68% on Nov. 4. Some Martin supporters who made it to the polls Tuesday said they wanted to make sure the new president has as many allies in Congress as possible.
"I'm in recovery from the eight years of Bush," said Hunter Groton, 51 years old, a senior director at a wealth-management company, who voted for Mr. Martin and described himself as a political independent.
Some Chambliss supporters, meanwhile, said they didn't want the new president to have unrestrained power. Kolten Kowalsky, 37, a graduate business student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, pronounced himself "very worried" about the possibility of a Democratic super-majority. "The balance of power needs to be in check," Mr. Kowalsky said.
In the past four weeks, conservative and pro-business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the National Rifle Association spent more than $4.2 million to support Sen. Chambliss. On the other side of the aisle, labor unions, environmental groups and other pro-Democratic organizations spent at least $1.2 million on behalf of Mr. Martin.
President-elect Obama failed to visit Georgia to stump for Mr. Martin, although he did record a radio ad and automated phone calls on Mr. Martin's behalf.
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This is the main process thats occurring all over the Earth, in any oil reservoir where youve got biodegradation, Larter says.
Using a combination of microbiological studies, laboratory experiments and oilfield case studies, the team demonstrated the anaerobic degradation of hydrocarbons to produce methane. The findings offer the potential of feeding the microbes and rapidly accelerating the breaking down of the oil into methane.
Instead of 10 million years, we want to do it 10 years, Larter says. We think its possible. We can do it in the laboratory. The question is: can we do it in a reservoir"
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|RADAR LIQUID LEVEL DETECTION USING STEPPED FREQUENCY PULSES - The invention relates to a method for accurately determining the level L of a liquid by means of radar signals emitted to the liquid surface and radar signals reflected from the liquid surface. The invention further relates to a device for accurately determining the level of a liquid by means of the method according to the invention, which device comprises at least a radar antenna disposed above the liquid for emitting radar signals to the liquid and receiving radar signals reflected from the liquid surface, as well as means for determining the liquid level on the basis of the emitted radar signals and the reflected radar signals.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC SEDIMENT OR SLUDGE DETECTION, MONITORING, AND INSPECTION IN OIL STORAGE AND OTHER FACILITIES - A method includes receiving an image of a storage tank at a processing system, where the storage tank is capable of storing one or more materials. The method also includes processing the image to identify a level, profile, or amount of sludge or sediment present in the storage tank. Processing the image could include segmenting the image into multiple segments and using the segments to identify a non-linearity in the image. The image could be segmented into segments having different grey levels using grey level values associated with previously-identified sediment or sludge. The identified level or amount of sludge or sediment could be used to automatically schedule maintenance for the storage tank.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVELY HANDLING LEVEL MEASUREMENTS UNDER UNSTABLE CONDITIONS - A method includes retrieving at least one first measurement associated with material in a tank from a memory at a level gauge. The method also includes comparing the at least one first measurement to at least one second measurement associated with the material in the tank. The method further includes determining whether a difference between the at least one first measurement and the at least one second measurement exceeds a threshold. In addition, the method includes identifying a current level of the material in the tank in a first manner if the difference does not exceed the threshold or a second manner if the difference does exceed the threshold. The first manner could include correcting a level measurement using the difference between the at least one first measurement and the at least one second measurement. The second manner could include identifying an offset value based on differences between pairs of level measurements.
|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC PEAK DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND TRACKING IN LEVEL GAUGING APPLICATIONS - A method includes receiving data identifying wireless signals including wireless signals reflected off a surface of material in a tank and detecting a plurality of reflection peaks associated with the wireless signals. The method also includes classifying at least some of the detected reflection peaks and tracking at least some of the classified reflection peaks. The method further includes identifying a level of the material using at least one of the tracked reflection peaks. The classified peaks could include main-mode and/or high-mode reflection peaks, where the material level is identified using the main-mode peak or using an estimated location of the main-mode peak based on the high-mode peak. The classified peaks could also include level, bottom, and obstruction peaks, where the material level is identified by using a known permittivity, the bottom peak, and a tank height to estimate a location of the level peak when the level peak is lost or obscured.
|METHOD FOR ROBUST GAUGING ACCURACY FOR LEVEL GAUGES UNDER MISMATCH AND LARGE OPENING EFFECTS IN STILLPIPES AND RELATED APPARATUS - A method includes transmitting wireless signals towards a material in a tank and receiving wireless signals reflected off the material. The method also includes calculating a phase velocity of the wireless signals reflected off the material and identifying a level of the material in the tank using the phase velocity. Calculating the phase velocity of the wireless signals could include identifying a plurality of linearly-spaced frequencies and performing linear interpolation using the data identifying the wireless signals to identify data points at the linearly-spaced frequencies. The identification of the data points at the linearly-spaced frequencies could represent the only interpolation operation performed during the calculation of the phase velocity and the identification of the level of the material. Moreover, a mismatch could exist between an inner diameter of a stillpipe through which the wireless signals are transmitted and a diameter of an antenna used to receive the wireless signals.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGHLY ACCURATE HIGHER FREQUENCY SIGNAL GENERATION AND RELATED LEVEL GAUGE - An apparatus includes a stable local oscillator, which includes a first control loop. The first control loop includes a first voltage-controlled oscillator configured to generate a first output signal and a first phase-locked loop. The apparatus also includes a frequency up-converter configured to increase a frequency of the first output signal. The apparatus further includes a second control loop configured to receive the up-converted first output signal. The second control loop includes a second voltage-controlled oscillator configured to generate a second output signal and a second phase-locked loop. The second control loop may further include a mixer having a first input coupled to the frequency up-converter, a second input coupled to the second voltage-controlled oscillator, and an output coupled to the second phase-locked loop. A reference frequency source may be configured to generate a signal identifying a reference frequency and to provide that signal to the phase-locked loops.
|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING TANKS IN AN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method includes lowering a sensor unit in a tank, where the tank is capable of receiving a material. The method also includes determining a first distance between the material and the sensor unit and determining a second distance between the sensor unit and a main unit that lowers the sensor unit. In addition, the method includes determining a level of the material in the tank using the first and second distances. The method could further include calibrating the sensor unit to compensate for variations in a medium within the tank, where the sensor unit transmits wireless signals through the medium to determine the first distance. Determining the first distance could include using an ultrasonic measurement technique, and determining the second distance could include using a non-contact servo measurement technique.
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The [in]famous X freeze
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The [in]famous X freeze
First up, my X config is attached.
I have a desktop system with a GeForce2 MX and a Gigabyte mobo with VIA KT266 chipset. I'm getting the famous X freeze apparently at random, although I've become quite the little expert at triggering it by launching certain app combinations.
It's a "soft" freeze, meaning X goes up to 80-100% but I can still kill it in various ways: using Alt-SysRq-K or using the reset button which I've set up to trigger a clean reboot by acpid.
I've tried pretty much every idea I've read around these forums and elsewhere:
* agpgart vs the nvidia agp driver
* turning acpi off or just pci=noacpi
* turning agp off or lowering the speed
* lowering and various combinations of bios agp-related settings
* turning off apic
* mem=nopentium
What's more weird is that I get the freeze
even when using the nv driver native from XFree
. I suspect that's an unusual twist.
Frankly, it's been going on for quite some time and I'm growing tired of it. I've decided to ask for help one more time before I take my business elsewhere, so to speak.
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You know it's been a wet summer when your Golden Retriever, a renowned water breed, starts to rot. That was the prognosis, at least, from the groomer who gave our girl the canine equivalent of short back and sides.
Australian floods
Only the tail was spared as we were advised that the smell emanating from Roxy's coat was due to persistent moisture. For a moment there I'd feared she'd rolled in a compost of week-old prawns, backed-up sewage and a dead possum.
It stinks, too, if you're trying to sell boats in what's already a gloomy market, though the dealer out Wagga way might've flogged a few more tinnies than usual as muddy floodwaters gathered around his sandbags.
In some European countries, wet weather is the norm not the exception, so they just batten the hatches and get on with it. We're sooks really when you consider that 99% of the Australian coastline allows blissful year-round boating.
The problem, I guess, is that we've grown so accustomed to sunshine that our boats are designed to suit. Big cockpits with scant regard for helm protection, and large companionways that let in equal parts air and precipitation.
I agree there's nothing worse than being wet, but it shouldn't rule out boating altogether. Buy a bimini for the runabout and it can be quite cosy. Get new clears for the flybridge and dust off the cards, Scrabble or Trivial Pursuit. Park the kids in front of an iPod if need be.
Get a fold-out marquee for the beach. The fish are already wet, so they don't mind.
And remember, a bad day's boating is infinitely better than a good day at home.


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Some of nature's planted beauties have a toxic side
You've got a woo-hoo yard but, wait a minute, there may be a few uh-oh's hidden in that lush, leafy landscape.
Trees, flowers and plants with poisonous qualities are among some of the most common landscape plants in Southern California. Most of them produce symptoms that are mild, such as a rash (or dermatitis, as it's called), but a few are extremely toxic and can cause severe pain and even death.
But don't rush out with a shovel and start digging up the yard. "Knowing that these things can present a problem is important, but I've been in the business for 40 years and we've never had a real issue with someone being poisoned by a plant," said Chris Greenwood, public relations director of Armstrong Garden Centers.
That said, Greenwood said that if there's a small child or a pet that's an adventurous chewer in the household, it's good to be aware of what's in your backyard.
The Big Daddy of them all is the ubiquitous oleander. "It's the one you really need to be worried about," Greenwood said. Oleander is a tree or shrub that produces beautiful sprays of flowers in a rainbow of colors.
And here in San Diego County, it's everywhere. It's used as borders and windbreaks, in parking lots and yards, and in median strips, most notably along I-5. Its popularity stems, in part, from its rapid growth rate (maximum height is 12 feet at 20 years) and relatively low maintenance demands.
Every part of the oleander is toxic, something to keep in mind when camping. Even smoke from a burning plant can be a problem, as can sticks from the tree used to roast marshmallows.
Symptoms from ingestion include a change in heart rate, either slowing down or palpitations, and high potassium levels.
Nicotiana, or tree tobacco, is also fairly common in our area. It produces cream or yellow-white tubular flowers. The leaves of the plant are poisonous if eaten. They will produce vomiting, diarrhea, a slowing pulse, dizziness, collapse and eventual respiratory failure.
Foxglove can be equally serious, but it's not nearly as common as oleander or Nicotiana. The plant grows to about 3 feet and has beautiful purple, pink or white flowers along a stalk (similar to gladioluses, but with fewer and bigger flowers). Foxglove is used to make digitalis, a medicine used to treat heart problems. If any part of the plant is eaten, it will produce nausea, vomiting, cramps, diarrhea and mouth pain, followed by heart problems. Here are some other plants that can create problems:
Datura is common along roadsides but is also grown as a landscape plant. It has a big trumpet flower and is known as a hallucinogenic. But almost all parts of it are highly toxic, causing delirium, rapid heartbeat, and bizarre behavior.
Narcissus, also known as daffodils and jonquils. Only the bulbs are poisonous and only if eaten in large quantities. Symptoms are nausea, vomiting, cramps and diarrhea.
Rhododendrons and azaleas have toxic leaves that make your mouth burn and cause vomiting, diarrhea, increased salivation and a tingling sensation, followed by a slower heart rate and possible convulsions.


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PALO A Linn County resident living just outside the city limits of Palo is apparently having a blast with a compound that creates explosive targets for shooters. But some neighbors in that Linn County community have raised concerns about the loud booming noises that some claim rattle windows in town.
The blast comes from a product with the brand name of Tannerite. It's available on sporting good shelves and is even carried by an outdoor shop in Palo. When the two substances are mixed together, and then struck with a high speed rifle bullet, the resulting explosion destroys the target and creates a considerable noise. And some in Palo have begun complaining about that noise to the city.
The property where the explosive targets are being used is located at 2723 Linn Drive. That's next door to the town cemetery but just outside the city limits.
One neighbor, Patty Price, began hearing the gunfire and then a blast a little more than a month ago. At first, she was confused about what was involved and thought it was just someone setting off fireworks.
It's pretty loud. It's enough to go oh, what the heck is that, Price said.
Another neighbor, JoEllen Marconi said she was gone a lot recently. But she too has heard infrequent explosions on the southeast side of Palo.
Oh, it's loud very loud, Marconi said.
A few residents who heard the explosions and saw rising smoking began asking the city if what was going on was legal. The short answer is yes.
Palo Mayor Tom Yock said the city talked to the Linn County Sheriff's Office about the explosions. Deputies visited the property several times and concluded the owner was using the target practice explosives at least 600 feet from any building and 600 feet from any livestock. Because the property is located in the county, and not the city of Palo, it was all perfectly legal.
Most of it (questions) were just an observation from residents. What is going on. We've told them what they're doing is legal. We've checked it out and can't do anything about it, Yock said.
Kurt Odekirk is the owner of the property in question. He declined an extensive interview but did say only one neighbor has spoken to him about using the Tannerite substance to create targets that explode when struck by a high speed bullet.
One Linn County Sheriff's Office commander said this is the first time in his memory that noise questions about someone using exploding targets has come to the department's attention. Officers concluded state law does not prohibit that kind of activity in the county. However, deputies did informally tell the owner not to blow up targets later in the evening to avoid any disturbing the peace complaints.


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AUSTIN, Texas — Four law students at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law were awarded prestigious clerkships with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Costa Rica.
Mónica Jiménez, '06, Lucas Lixinski, a Brazilian exchange student, Tanner Neidhardt, '06, and Kassi Tallent, '06, will be the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth UT Law students to intern at the Court since the Law School began sending students in 2002.
UT Law Professor Sarah Cleveland, who helps supervise the clerkship program, said the Court's agreement to accept all four of the law school's nominees is "extraordinary news, particularly given how few interns the court accepts, and how competitive the positions are."
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights in San José, Costa Rica, was established by the Organization of American States in 1979 to hear human rights claims against member states, which include most Latin American countries.
The students will serve as law clerks this summer or fall, assisting the staff attorneys with research and drafting opinions for cases. UT law is one of the few schools in the country that has a formal clerkship program with the Court, which provides a rare opportunity for students to work for an international human rights adjudicative tribunal. The clerkship program is supported by a grant from the Cain Foundation.
Jiménez is pursuing a master's degree in Latin American Studies at UT in addition to her law degree. She has worked at the Texas Civil Rights Project and the Political Asylum Project of Austin, where many of her clients were from Central America. Jiménez is a student in UT Law's new Transnational Worker Rights Clinic, providing legal assistance to immigrant workers in Austin. As part of her clinic work, she's also developing a code of corporate responsibility to improve working conditions in the production of fresh flowers imported from Latin America to the United States.
Lixinski is a Brazilian exchange student from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. He participated on Brazil's team in the final rounds of the Jessup International Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C., last year, a team that ultimately placed 15th in the world. He has interned in the Brazilian Ministry of Justice's consumer protection department in Brasília and participated in the Model United Nations.
Neidhardt worked in Colombia on a Fulbright grant before Law School. He later returned on a UT Fellowship to work with USAID to improve the Colombian legal system. Last summer, Neidhardt interned with the Supreme Court of Mexico and a federal judge on the U.S.-Mexico border. He is pursuing both his law degree and a master's in Latin American Studies. Last year he was awarded a University Continuing Fellowship.
Tallent has done volunteer human rights work in Brazil, Ghana, Mexico, and the United States. She also spent a semester as an undergraduate at the Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico. As a student in the Transnational Worker Rights Clinic, she traveled to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, this spring on a human rights mission investigating working conditions in the Cambodian garment industry.
UT Law Professor Eden Harrington—who, along with professors Karen Engle and Patricia Hansen, will supervise the four interns—is setting up an online discussion group to enable the interns to communicate and share experiences.
Previous UT Law interns with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights have included: Erica Schommer (2002), Patricia Tamashiro (2003), Yasmin Yavar (2003), Márcio Farias-Lobato (2004), and Támara Biolo-Soares (2004). Biolo-Soares was the first Brazilian ever to be offered a permanent position with the court.
UT Law currently runs six formal international internship programs, including internships with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Brazil summer internships, the European Court of Justice, and the Rapoport Summer fellowships.
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"[The study] shows that, under carefully controlled conditions, psilocybin can be administered safely and that it can occasion a mystical-type experience, which scientific measures say are very similar to spontaneously occurring mystical experiences" Griffiths said in an e-mail to ABC News. "The results suggest that such events may have lastingly beneficial consequences."
Other scientists familiar with hallucinogens and pharmaceuticals also praised the possible benefits of studying such chemicals.
"I was most impressed by the large percentage of individuals who reported a much more positive effect afterwards. That to me is very significant. They are thinking of taking this to cancer patients and difficult substance abusers," said James A. Smith, chairman of the Physiology and Pharmacology Department at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
The work is similar to the "Good Friday" experiment conducted in1962 by a minister and doctor said Rick Doblin, president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. In that study, psilocybin also produced mystical experiences in most of the participants.
"This kind of work should be a top priority of our society. People have some of the most profound experiences of their lives after taking psilocybin. This mystical experience they talk about from the Good Friday experiment is something that tends to have people become more tolerant and compassionate," Doblin said. "We're talking about how psilocybin is a tool that helps people have these remarkable experiences."
Just because the active ingredient is illegal doesn't mean it should not be studied, noted Dr. Jeffrey Kahn, the director of the Center for Bioethics at University of Minnesota.
"If you step back and ask: Have we ever used illegal drugs in other medical research? There is probably a long list of drugs that started off illegal but had very useful purposes in medicine, such as marijuana," Kahn said. "This study seems less unusual now than in the 1960s since many more people take medications or drugs now compared to the 60s."
However, the study raises important safety questions, said Laurie Zoloth, a professor of Medical Ethics and Humanities at Northwestern University in Chicago.
"There is no known antagonist for this drug, unlike others -- if someone's peak moment turns out to be... being eaten by a terrifying sea creature, there is no way to rescue them from the thing we used to call 'a bad trip,'" Zoloth said. "The long-term side effects are not known."
She also wasn't that impressed by the drug's effects on mood.
"If such an experience meant that you suddenly became aware of injustice, poverty and inequality in the world, and became devoted to caring for the vulnerable in a selfless manner, I might be more impressed," she said.
Dr. Rosamond Rhodes, a professor of Medical Education at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and director of Bioethics Education, questioned some elements of the study's design. Not only was the study limited to people with religious backgrounds, but religious experiences could have been subtly or unduly promoted by the research administrators.


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It seems on quite large Java source files (1-2klines), typing of any code anywhere is causing
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I have tried to disable autocomplete, line printing, and other features, reduce or increase memory settings on eclipse.ini, but nothing resolved it.
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In the leafy New York City bedroom community of Harrison, N.Y., typical interactions between residents and police consist of Mercedes sedans getting pulled over for speeding.
But in recent years, the placid atmosphere of the town, home to designer Kenneth Cole, Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain and Knicks guard Stephon Marbury, has been shattered by allegations of brutality, sexual abuse and fraud perpetrated by police officers.
The most recent alleged incident, which prompted a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing a veteran officer of sexually abusing a girl and forcing her to watch a sex video featuring her, has led the mayor to call an emergency session and demand the appointment of an independent monitor.
On May 17, Joseph Porto, 21, and his girlfriend, 18, claim that an officer raiding his family's home in search of marijuana fondled the then-16-year-old girl's buttocks and "placed both of his hands on [her] breasts and massaged them," according to court documents.
Detective Richard Light did this "solely for the purpose of his own sexual gratification and with the intention of both degrading and sexually abusing" the girl, says the complaint.
After Capt. Anthony Marraccini searched a bedroom and found a camcorder containing a video of the girl at age 15 having sex, three officers forced her to watch the tape with them as they mocked her, according to the complaint.
Light threatened her, saying, "I should beat your a-- for this. I hope your parents beat your a--. If someone from your house calls the cops, I will tell the cops to delay any response for 45 minutes," court documents state.
The officers took the camcorder back to the station house with them and played the video close enough to Porto's jail cell so that the young man could hear the audio while the officers laughed and made references to his girlfriend, according to the complaint.
In the lawsuit, the unidentified girl named "Jane Doe" claims that she suffered extreme emotional upset, anxiety, public humiliation, sexual abuse, among other things. She, as well as Porto, seek unspecified damages.
As a result of the lawsuit, Harrison Mayor Joan Walsh plans to hold an emergency executive session to demand that the town board authorize a full investigation by an independent investigator and to appoint an independent monitor if the allegations prove credible.
"The manner in which our residents and neighboring communities view our police department is deeply troubling to me and cannot be tolerated any longer," Walsh said in a statement e-mailed to ABCNEWS.com.
She added, "The civil rights and safety of Harrison residents is my foremost concern, and anything or anybody who threatens those rights or that safety must be investigated and appropriately disciplined."
Steven J. Harfenist, a lawyer for the officers, said the lawsuit is completely baseless, without merit and involves fabricated allegations.
"This was a search warrant validly executed that resulted in the arrest of Mr. Porto who is doing jail time, having pled guilty to a felony on a drug-related charge," said Harfenist. He added that officers found a handgun, silencer, large amounts of cash and marijuana with a street value of $5,000 at the house.
"The tape was never played in front of her and she was not sexually molested. She was frisked in accordance with police procedures and the search went by the book," he said.


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Congratulations to the NYPBoS on a great performance in Dundee last Saturday. Here is a clip of them sounding great with their new RJM band chanters.
Congratulations to the NYPBoS on a great performance in Dundee last Saturday. Here is a clip of them sounding great with their new RJM band chanters.
The results of the Glenfiddich Piping Championships held on the 25th of October 2014 at Blair Castle were as follows.
1st Stuart Liddell
2nd Bruce Gandy
3rd Roddy MacLeod
1st Roddy MacLeod (Played "Isabel MacKay – RJM Solo Chanter)
2nd Bruce Gandy
3rd Stuart Liddell
4th Willie McCallum
5th Angus MacColl
1st Niall Stewart
2nd Stuart Liddell
3rd Willie McCallum
4th Bruce Gandy
5th Douglas Murray
Congratulations to Decker Forrest who won the Silver Medal at the 2014 Argyllshire Gathering. Decker played "Macleod of Raasay's Salute". Decker said he had lots of nice comments from various folk on the good sound of his bagpipe and his new RJM chanter.
The Piobaireachd "Lament for the Iolaire" composed by Donald MacLeod has now been added to the Tunes Section. This recording is Roddy MacLeod's winning performance of the Piobaireachd section at the Pipe Major Donald MacLeod MBE Memorial Competition held in Stornoway in April 2014. The tune was played on an RJM Solo chanter.
Duncan Johnstone's composition "Lament for Alan My Son" has been added to the Tunes section of the website. This tune is one of the greatest 20th Century Piobaireachd compositions and the score can be found in Duncan Johnstone's"His Complete Compositions" as well as Pipe Major Angus MacDonald MBE's Collection Volume 2.
Roddy MacLeod won the Annual Clan Donald Quaich invitational competition held at the Clan Donald Centre in Skye on the 6th of June. His tune, played on an RJM Solo Chanter, was "The Pipers Warning to His Master" . The other competitors were Stuart Liddell, Angus MacColl, Willie McCallum and Iain Speirs.
Congratulations to Pipe Major Stuart Shedden and the Torphichen and Bathgate Pipe Band who won the British Pipe Band Championships in Grade 2 held on Saturday May 31st 2014.
This was the first major competition for the band since purchasing their new set of RJM Polypenco band chanters.
Well done to the band and best wishes for continued success!
At the Annual Scottish Pipers Association Professional Competition held on the 12th of April, John Angus Smith won the Piobaireachd event playing "Lament for Donald Doughal MacKay" using his new RJM solo chanter. Congratulations John Angus!
Roddy MacLeod followed his win at the Metro Cup Piobaireachd Event in Newark, February 2014 with an overall win at the Pipe Major Donald MacLeod Memorial Competition in Stornoway on the 4th of April. Roddy won the Piobaireachd and was 3rd in the MSR. All prizes won on the RJM Solo Chanter!
Wishing all a very Happy Christmas and a good New Year in 2014!


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