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The courtyard's two levels were designed to create visual interest in the large space. Clipped round shrubs dot the gravel in a fun touch of whimsy.
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This fun girl's bedroom features white bed linens with gold polka dots. Multicolored pom pom throw pillows decorate the bed.
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Only stopping to pause at each landing, the staircase spans several floors in the townhouse.
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Inspiration from Traditional Islamic Gardens
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Comfy seating over a herringbone tiled deck gives this patio space a European flair.
Backyard Relaxation Includes Hot Tub and Hammock
A hot tub, hammock, and shaded seating are just a few outdoor essentials for this expansive backyard.
Modern Cabana Bar
A modernized cabana with a barbecue grill and bar top, decorated with hanging lanterns and topped with a pergola creates a fresh poolside sight.
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A cottage style entrance with a stone-paved walkway creates a quaint atmosphere.
European Style Entrance
Complete with a fountain, patio seating, and a European cottage designed entrance, this home creates an inviting vibe.
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Intimate poolside seating with an outdoor fireplace livens up this backyard space.
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Small nooks in this foyer were transformed from dead space into a home office and reading corner. A small writing desk is sized appropriately for the corner tucked by the stairwell. Neutral colors were selected for the furnishings to work better with the walls painted in Sherwin-Williams Country Squire and the dark wood beadboard trim. The space is made more lively with colorful accessories, which are easy to swap as color and pattern styles change.
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A roman shade in a great graphic print wakes up the whole kitchen and pulls together the contrasting light and dark cabinets. Subway tiles are a clean, fresh choice for the backsplash.
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South Beach, Miami Travel Guide
South Beach Summary
- Great food and bars within walking distance of every hotel
- 100-yard-wide stretch of soft white sand with topless sunbathing
- Celebrity-grade clubs and lounges, open until 4 a.m. or later
- Innovative fusion restaurants
- Affordable Cuban eateries like Puerto Sagua
- Ample 24-hour dining
- Design museums like the Bass Museum of Art and the Wolfsonian
- Relatively safe streets, with typically only petty crime
- 20- to 30-minute $32 flat-rate taxi from Miami International Airport
- Colorful Art Deco architecture
- Thriving LGBT community
- Sunny beach weather year-round, especially from March to June
- Booming music and loud traffic all night
- No private beaches
- Difficult, expensive parking
- Unreliable public transportation
- Kid-un-friendly storefronts -- thongs inscribed, "It's not going to lick itself"
- Panhandling is common (though rarely aggressive)
- Club beats blasting from every pizza shop, elevator, and pharmacy
- Occasional chilly days from December to February
- Sweltering humidity in the summer, especially August and September
- Slight hurricane potential from June 1 to Nov. 30
What's it Like?
Quaint, neon-lit South Beach (or "SoBe") might be the sexiest beach town in America. Just imagine: modeling agencies beside a broad topless beach. Outdoor bars and cafes line Ocean Drive's historic Art Deco District, where people watching is the draw -- flashy cars, Rollerbladers, rainbow flags, and plenty of fake-boob bikini bodies. Chic clubs with especially discerning bouncers draw the fashion-industry elite, the occasional celebrity, and plenty of 20-somethings ready to party. Every local seems to be a model, DJ, publicist, broker, or homeless eccentric. It's not all glitz -- cheap Cuban sandwich joints, fishbowl-size discount margaritas, and Bud Light-slinging dive bars peacefully coexist with the posh hotel lounges and famed fusion restaurants.
Where to Stay?
Packed with colorful Art Deco boutiques from the '30s and '40s, where the rooms are small and the bathrooms are even smaller -- even at some of the priciest hotels. Some of the swankiest hotels line the beach along upper Collins Avenue (north of 15th Street), like the Philippe Starck-styled Delano, the exotic Setai, and the freshly hyped Gansevoort. But there's also family-style luxe at the Loews mega-resort -- South Beach's less hip outlier. For most tourists, the action is further south, where Manolo Blahniks turn into leopard-print platforms. Freshly revamped historic stunners like the Betsy and more affordable boutiques like the Strand line noisy Ocean Drive, across the street from the beach. Off-beach bargains like the Albion are just around the corner. Even further south, the crowds disperse in up-and-coming SoFi ("South of Fifth Street"), which sports some of Miami's most acclaimed restaurants like Joe's Stone Crab and rowdy, be-seen hangouts like Nikki Beach Club. Far off the beach, there are uncommonly serene bayside hotels, like the Standard and the sleek newcomer, the Mondrian.
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Best Value Hotels in South Beach
At Oyster Hotel Reviews, value is the most important factor we consider when evaluating a hotel. South Beach is the hottest area in the city to stay, but there are plenty of great values to be had. After sleeping at more than 60 hotels in South Beach and comparing them against one another, we are uniquely able to differentiate between the real value hotels and the cheap, seedy dives.
Best Luxury Hotels in South Beach
Glitzy South Beach, characterized by its ocean views, old Art Deco buildings and celeb-friendly scenes, is home to Miami's most luxurious hotels.
Best Hotel Rooms in South Beach
Miami's known for its historic Art Deco hotels, but a 1930s construction typically means cramped quarters. After sleeping at the the highest and lowest hotels throughout Miami, we've compiled a list of hotels that have the very best rooms in South Beach. In these hotels, even the standard room is big, with a posh bathroom, modern electronics, a superb bed, a well-stocked minibar, and great freebies to boot.
Best Hotel Service in South Beach
Just because it's an upscale hotel doesn't mean the service is great. Here's our list of the most attitude-free hotels in South Beach, Miami, where you will be waited on hand and foot throughout your stay -- from check-in to checkout, from the beach to the pool, and from your room to the restaurant.
Gay-Friendly Hotels in South Beach
Miami's South Beach is one of the most gay-friendly destinations in the country, so any hotel in this neighborhood is a pretty good bet. But location, as they say, is everything, and hotels near the gay beach at 12th St. or near hot gay clubs have a slight edge over the competition.
There's a reason South Beach has a diet named after it; Miami is known for the buffed and bronzed bodies strutting along its beaches. But even the tiniest of bathing suits is too restricting for some, so we've compiled a list of the best hotels to bare it all in -- places where the tops come off poolside or where everything comes off in the steamy, coed spas.

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Every now and again, I come across a fellow blogger, social forum crawler, and fun to debate with person that, while I would normally respect, comes out of the blue and blows me away with an opinion formed and expressed in a manner that I had not expected.
Sometimes this surprise is not such a great experience, but this time, well Mark From Stoneman's Corner dropped my jaw with his comment on a debate about wealthy, taxes, and paying a "fair share" over at BlogCatalog (you really should read the debate to get a better sense of the context). I will let you determine for yourself how best to interpret this commentary, but all I will say is this, Mark is highly educated, well researched, versed in history, and well written. I interpret his assessment of things with a great deal of respect.
Without further ado:
I disagree with the argument about our poor abused wealthy, but I'm not going to get into those numbers.
What I miss in such an argument is any mention of U.S. payroll taxes (Social Security, etc.), which even someone on minimum wage at $13,000 per year pays at the same rate as someone who earns much more. In fact, there's an upper limit to payroll deductions, so, in fact, the burden of this crucial tax (the one we all pay, no matter how poor we are) is not shared equally. (And if you're self-employed, we can talk about the onerous Self Employment tax, unless you're one of the wealthy who doesn't have to pay at the 15+% rate that the rest do.
I also miss the issue of consumption taxes, which are anything but progressive. And then there are corporate taxes. And there are not just tax rates, but the question of growing income gaps. Basing such far-reaching conclusions on such a limited set of economic data is not credible.
There are arguments about trickle down economics, I know, and we can't raise taxes so high that capital deserts the country, but we might reach a point in our lifetimes where those at the bottom and middle feel like they're in a drought, And it could be, if the wealthy aren't careful, that there will be a reaction on the streets. In general, it is better for social stability if the wealthy shoulder a bigger share of the burden than others. It is namely a wise investment, because what would their wealth be worth without social stability? Seen from that point of view, the wealthy also get more than the rest of us from the rule of law, so investing a bit more is not only in their interest but also fair. (My take on this is informed by European history, but listen to the second segment of the Diane Rehm Show, the one with David Sirota on "The Uprising" here.)
Did anyone notice when billionaire investor Warren Buffet said that there already is class war in America and his class is winning? He didn't think that was a good thing either (source), and I suspect that applies not just for morals, but for social stability, which in the end is necessary for any economic enterprise's bottom line. In other words, besides avoiding too narrow an economic set of data, we have to avoid too narrow a context in which to make sense of these factors. Fortunately, I think many wealthy understand the links that their would-be apologist here does not.
This criticism aside, I agree that the debate in the foreseeable future will slowly but surely move from yes or no to new taxes to an assessment of our tax system, including new ideas about how the burden is shared. I don't see any other way we're going to be able to achieve even the most minimal goals this society wants government to accomplish.
Well said! I am looking forward to a blog post on Stoneman's corner about this very subject.


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Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) is an academic health center dedicated to achieving excellence and fostering the highest ethical standards in medical and health professons education research and patent care. Our vision is to improve the health of our communities and to be recognized as a national center of intellectual and clinical strength in medicine. Realizing this vision and fulfilling our mission requires the successful pursit of four goals: 1) We will educate diverse complement of medical and health professions students who who will be noted for their excellence in practice human values collegiality and scientific curiosity and rigor. 2) We will enhance and strengthen our interdisciplinary research enterprise. 3) We will provide patient-centered quality care for the patients we serve and create an academic advantage by integrating the benefits of education and research into patient care. 4) We will strengthen and develop strategic partnerships to improve the health of our communities through education research and patient care.
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novel, drama, screenplay, poetry, essay, and memoirs.
Writers in the Heartland is located in Gilman, Illinois,
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directions). The residency is situated on a secluded lake surrounded by 32
acres of peaceful woodlands and tranquil farmland. There are hiking
trails, meditating gardens and a running track for outdoor use.
Writers are housed in The Writers Building that contains five private
bedrooms and two baths, a kitchen and a conference room. Three meals a
day are provided in the main dining room, although writers may prefer to take
food back to their rooms. All meals are mostly vegetarian, low in fat and
sodium, 1,500 calories a day. With the exception of mealtimes, the residency enforces a
non-communication policy up to six o'clock p.m. to allow writers the necessary
privacy to concentrate on their work.
The closest town to Writers in the Heartland is Crescent City, which has a gas
station and grocery store. This is 3 miles and can only be reached by foot
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Denise's Virtual Book Tour
My husband enjoyed having her hang out with us and she calls him "Wonder Hubby" since he waited on her like he does for me when I am surrounded by other genealogists.
Then, I heard that she was writing a book and when it was published (I pre-ordered a copy), I sat down in my comfy porch chair to plan out my reading of the chapters. I never read non-fiction in order. I check out the index, the table of contents and decide from there where I am going to work on reading, highlighting and note-taking. It was hard. I was excited to have worksheets available online for download.
I was stunned to be included in the acknowledgements page (p. 205) because although Denise and I talked about archival presentation, I do not consider myself an expert!
OK, so I AM organized. I love being organized, but I discovered very early in my reading of her book that I still have a LOT to learn from this book. Buy it! I guarantee that you will find things and Web sites you do not know about.
In honor of her book tour, I purchased an different archival box for my file from my favorite organization store, The Container Store. We are luck to have one of these stores in nearby Natick, MA but some of the items are only available online.
I needed this one for important papers that need to be stored correctly but I need to refer to them frequently. Much to my joy, the file folders are archival quality too. [$29.99]
This is what genealogist want for Valentine's Day plus a copy of Denise's book.
Denise's book at Amazon.com (in case you are a Amazon Prime member)
So, if you will excuse me, I have to go re-read the section on Mind-Mapping software.....
4 comments:
- Family Curator said...
DETOUR ---> The Blog Book Tour can't say "No" to New England hospitality.
Thanks for the "thumbs-up" review, Midge. I'm also happy to have helped you add to your Essential Equipment cache. Genealogy is a skilled profession, and you need the BEST tools!
Come visit Mr. Curator and Me in SoCal. And bring Wonder Hubby too! ~Denise
Hi Midge, I sure do like it when you are able to include different types of information on this blog - keeps it timely, interesting, fresh, and useful. Not that gravestones, cemeteries, and of course family, are dull. Ha!
- Debra Newton-Carter said...
That's not a cardboard archival box in your photo, is it Midge? I have stopped using them following a flood we had a few years back when our water heater blew a seal. The whole apartment got flooded, and even those items not directly exposed to the water, other items were damaged because of dampness and mildew. I am now using plastic file boxes for storage....I suppose I could put archival board boxes inside plastic boxes. What are your thoughts on that?
- Midge Frazel said...
Yes, the box is acid free, archival quality like all my others. The photos (and papers) are in special envelopes. I store all my photos in my office closet after reading books by Maureen Taylor and this one by Denise.
When I get the boxes organized I will store them in a waterproof box.
Check your library for books by Maureen Taylor.


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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Health insurance exchanges are being planned in 49 states, while 34 states have begun building the exchanges, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Nevada, New York and Vermont have received new grants to help support the establishment of Affordable Insurance Exchanges.
Starting in 2014, consumers and small businesses will have access to high-quality, affordable health insurance through an exchange -- a one-stop marketplace where consumers can choose a private health insurance plan that fits their health needs and have the same kinds of insurance choices as members of Congress, Sebelius said.
"We continue to support states as they move forward building an exchange that works for them," Sebelius said in a statement. "Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, Americans will have more health insurance choices and the ability to compare insurance plans."
In every state, exchanges will allow consumers to shop for and enroll in private healthcare plans that meet their needs, Sebelius said. Consumers will be able to learn whether they are eligible for tax credits and cost-sharing reductions, or other health care programs like the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Small employers will be eligible to receive tax credits for coverage purchased for employees through the exchange, Sebelius said.


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When you're a Hispanic Republican, the immigration debate comes with both obstacles and opportunities.
This is true with two lawmakers who are among the most important people to watch in the debate that is about to play out in Congress: Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. These rising superstars in the GOP need to find the sweet spot on immigration, where they could get something done without getting done in.
First, there are the obstacles. The media will often play "gotcha" and try to trap Rubio and Cruz between reaching out to Latinos and toeing a party line on immigration that so far has repelled Latinos.
Both the right and the left will view them with suspicion. Latinos will see them as trying to please Republicans, while Republicans will suspect that their true allegiance lies with other Latinos. Both sides will wait for them to disappoint, and they will immediately pounce when that happens.
Just ask Rubio. Last year, when President Obama offered deferred action to undocumented students brought here by their parents, Rubio called it a good first step. A conservative radio talk show host in San Diego who is known for anti-immigrant rants declared: "That's it, I'm done with Rubio."
But Rubio isn't done with immigration. He plans to introduce a bill that gives illegal immigrants a path to legal status without citizenship - and perhaps offer the citizenship option to undocumented students.
Still, for Hispanic Republicans, being targeted comes with the territory. And since they've been put on the defensive, it's hard for them to find a nuanced and thoughtful approach to immigration.
And there is the opportunity. At the moment, the newly sworn-in Cruz is doing what Rubio did in his first two years in the Senate - trying to keep immigration at arm's length. It didn't work for Rubio, and it won't work for Cruz. The Republican Party is counting on both these leaders to help it mend fences with Latino voters, and that road goes right through the immigration debate. There is no detour.
In a recent interview, Cruz told me that - for him and his family - the issue is personal. His father, Rafael, left Cuba before Fidel Castro came to power.
"We need to remain a nation that doesn't just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream," he said. "All across the state of Texas, I have told my father's story thousands of times. My dad has been my hero my entire life. But what I find most extraordinary about his story is how commonplace it is. Every one of us - whether it's us, or our parents, or our grandparents, or our great-grandparents - we all are the children of those who fled oppression seeking freedom. I think that's the most fundamental DNA of what it means to be an American - to value freedom and opportunity above everything else."
For Cruz, step one is "securing the border," but he thinks that both parties are too busy trying to demagogue the issue to get even this done. Still, he seems to understand the curious paradox of America -- a country of immigrants that, truth be told, has often been hostile to newer immigrants.
"Resistance to immigrants is not a new phenomenon," Cruz said. "It's been present in the United States, and present everywhere really, for centuries. You go back 100 years, and go to the New York City, and you'd see signs in restaurants that said: 'No Irish and No Dogs.' Then you had a big immigration wave from Ireland, and there was the same sense of fear that we sometimes see manifested here."
Indeed, it's all about fear. We don't just need new laws. We also need a new mindset. Americans can't fix the immigration system until they overcome their fear of immigrants.
On the left, organized labor has an economic fear that immigrants take jobs and lower wages. On the right, nativists have a cultural fear that immigrants don't assimilate and expect Americans to lose their language and national identity. That's the power of immigrants - bridging the political divide one scary story at a time.
Rubio and Cruz have their work cut out for them. But, I suspect, they also have a lot to offer. Let's see it.
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Britney Spears Track 'Look Who's Talking Now' Leaks in Full
Look who's leaking now! A long lost Britney Spears track, 'Look Who's Talking Now' has finally hit the Internet in full, after a snippet was released. And no, it's not about talking babies and their pets.
The track is believed to be from 2003, likely a demo for 'In the Zone.' It has a dance-pop feel, not dissimilar from 'Boys' or 'I'm a Slave 4 U.' Oh No They Didn't notes that Spears co-wrote the track, but never released it. Spears opted instead to give it to K-Pop artist BoA.
The song is a kiss-off anthem to an ex who accuses her of cheating — she denies it, but lets the guy know she had every opportunity if she wanted to. "They wanna give it to me / But I won't go for that," she sasses. "It even addresses the "controversy" surrounding a certain breakup: "It's like a ticking time bomb." Uh oh! Justin Timberlake, were you pointing fingers where they didn't belong? (C'mon, everyone remembers his 'Cry Me a River' video!)
'Look Who's Talking Now' is the latest in a flurry of recent leaks from the newly engaged Spears. Last week, her demo for 'Secret,' off her most recent release 'Femme Fatale,' hit the web. In December, our ears were treated to an acoustic rendition of 'Don't Keep Me Waiting' and the ballad 'Strangest Love.' Just yesterday, (Jan. 9), Spears appeared in a mash up remix with Stevie Nicks.
Spears may claim in her song to be "who's talking now," but this tune has everyone else's tongues wagging, too. Take a listen!
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The Royal Marines Commando Display Team (RMCDT) are trained specialists in unarmed combat, helicopter and building abseils, high aerial slides and qualified supervisors of our hi tech rock climbing simulators. Based at RNAS Yeovilton, the RMCDT travels the length of the British Isles to county fairs and festivals, motor and air shows, charity and sporting events.
There is also a seperate team called the Royal Marines Visiblity Team (RMVT). There are seven, three - man teams based around the country that visit schools and colleges, giving presentations and organising activities relating to life in the Royal Marines. These activities are wide ranging and can be tailored to the needs of the school or college concerned. Examples are physical or leadership training and also teaching basic soldiering skills, such as navigation and how to look after yourself when working in the outdoors.
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Unarmed Combat is a highly disciplined method of hand-to-hand fighting, which is taught to all Royal Marines for use in active service conditions. The display is performed by up to sixteen marines in four-man teams on separate mats around the arena.
Helicopter abseiling provides an exciting display of one of the many skills taught to all Royal Marines. The helicopter abseil usually provides an entrance into the unarmed combat display, if the required space is allocated. The marines abseil either individually or as part of a multiple abseil dependent on the type of aircraft being used. The marines descend from heights of up to 180ft during this spectacular display. The availability of helicopters is subject to operational commitments and cannot, therefore, always be guaranteed.
Helicopter Fastroping
Fastroping is a method used to deploy lightly equipped troops into confined areas where a helicopter could not land. The RMCDT use this in the same way as helicopter abseiling, as an entrance to the unarmed combat display or as part of a separate demonstration. The rope is suspended from the hovering aircraft and the fastroper wears special gloves, allowing him to slide, gripping with only his hands, down the rope under control from heights of up to 90ft.
Static Display
Throughout the day the visiting public have the opportunity to experience the challenge of the extreme sport of rock climbing on our state of the art simulators. The Rocks are climbing walls, similar in concept to vertically mounted treadmills. They can be adjusted electronically to suit all skill levels from the complete novice to the extreme climber. These walls allow the public to experience rock climbing in an extremely safe yet exhilarating environment. The Rocks are located under large inflatable domes which allow members of the public to watch those trying their hand at this exciting challenge. Information on Royal Navy and Royal Marines careers is also available from the team or from our trained careers advisors who are normally present.
The Royal Marines Commandos
The Royal Marines are the Royal Navy's amphibious infantry and the United Kingdom's commandos. Formed in 1664, they are a small but powerful Corps who have for over three centuries displayed daring and professionalism in combat.
The Royal Marines began their existence as marksmen on the decks and in the rigging of warships. Today, they operate from the air and on land anywhere from the Arctic Circle to tropical jungles as well as at sea. They remain in constant readiness as a core component of the UK's Joint Rapid Reaction Force, poised to take immediate action in any emergency. As a spearhead force of amphibious shock troops, they are second to none.
The Royal Marines' unique esprit de corps is derived from the Commando ethos. The word originated in the Boer War, where a Commando was a small self-sustained fighting unit which carried everything it needed with it, and which conducted highly effective raids against the enemy.
The Green Beret is the distinctive hallmark of the commando troops, indicating that those who wear it have attended and passed a grueling and physically demanding test of endurance, and have displayed the commando qualities of teamwork and cheerfulness in adversity.
The Royal Marines training is the longest basic infantry training programme of any NATO combat troops. Furthermore, nowhere else will you find officers and recruits training side by side at the same establishment, The Commando Training Centre Royal Marines. Here they have to undergo the same physical tests to pass out. Both must pass the Commando Course, a separate four-week phase of their respective training courses, completion of which entitles them to wear the Green Beret. On completion of training fully-fledged Royal Marines will be sent to their Commando Units where they may be deployed abroad for further training or operations, from the Arctic winter in Norway to the steamy jungles of Brunei. The Royal Marines Commandos are ideally suited to deal with an era of increasing regional instability and numerous operations other than war.
Royal Marines Commando Display Team Public Relations Policy
We are part of the Royal Navy's recruiting organisation, and our purpose is to assist in the recruitment of potential Royal Marines. To this end we aim to raise the profile of the Royal Marines. Notwithstanding our security considerations, we are keen to take advantage of any public relations opportunities that arise as a result of your event. We will gladly provide material such as photographs, programme inserts and interviews in the run up to an event, and on the site our equipment and displays provide the ideal backdrop for TV and radio interviews etc.
The team itself consists of 25 Royal Marines Commandos who raise the profile of the Corps and encourage young men to consider a career with us.
The Attractions
Our main static attractions are our rotating climbing simulators. These provide a challenging and exciting chance to test nerve, strength and agility. Any members of the public over 4'6" tall are welcome to attempt these state of the art machines which are supervised at all times by Royal Marines Commandos who will encourage and advise.
We also perform unarmed combat displays. These arena displays last 20 minutes and are suitable for all age groups. This very popular attraction demonstrates some of the techniques taught to Royal Marines Commandos during their training. The display is accompanied by a commentary explaining the techniques demonstrated and describing their relevance to Commando training. Due to the nature of this subject the display has been deliberately lightened in order to make it more appealing to members of the public. In essence, it remains serious yet is not threatening.
At certain events, we may also be able to conduct helicopter abseils. This very dramatic display from a Royal Navy or Royal Marines Lynx or Sea King helicopter involves descent at speed from a height of 180 feet on abseil ropes. Where possible we will then move directly to the arena to perform our unarmed combat display. This attraction is subject to the suitability of the event venue and the availability of aircraft. Those events that are allocated aircraft will be informed as soon as possible.
We may also be able to provide a large dynamic display that demonstrates many of our skills and equipment. It would take the form of a 'hostage rescue' and can involve boats, helicopters, vehicles, abseiling, fast roping, blank ammunition and parachuting. This display requires large areas and lasts between ten and fifteen minutes.
Careers Advice
All the marines on the team are trained to give careers advice to anyone who is interested. We bring various recruitment aids with us, such as recruitment videos and posters to give away. The publicity material that we provide is not subject to copyright restrictions and no charges are made for its provision
What To Do If You Would Like The RMCDT To Attend Your Event Or Visit Your School/College
Throughout the year we have many requests for our attendance. Unfortunately, we cannot attend every event. For summer display events, we are looking to do events with a large attendance and where the theme of the event will attract the types of people whom we are trying to recruit. For Schools and colleges, we are looking to provide a direct recruiting opportunity to our target age group. For both types of event all requests will be considered equally and acceptance is based on availability, geographic spread, previous attendance and past trends.
If you would like to request the RMCDT to attend your event or school/college then there are various ways to get in touch with us. Primarily though, all bids should be sent to the following address approximately one year before the show date:
DNR Outreach Co-Ordinator
DNR Wroughton
Central Display Workshops
Wroughton Airfield
Tel: 01793 814555
Please provide as much event information as you can to help us select the events we will be able to attend. Dates, expected attendance, age-group breakdown, media involvement etc will all aid our decision making process.
We look forward to attending your event.


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» UPDATE: March 20, 2017 — The legal team for Polanski — who has been a fugitive from U.S. justice for nearly four decades — has asked a judge to rule that their client has served more than enough time in custody for having had sex with a minor in the spring of 1977.
In the flat light of the grand jury room, a nervous, deeply embarrassed 13-year-old girl sat alone -- no attorney, no mother, no friend -- facing three tiers of middle-aged strangers silently studying her from their leather armchairs.
The questions that day in March 1977 were clinical in tone.
The answers would set off a furor from Hollywood to London and Paris that has yet to subside.
Samantha Gailey -- sandy brown hair, dimpled chin, missing class at her junior high in Woodland Hills -- described her alleged rape by director Roman Polanski two weeks before at Jack Nicholson's home above Franklin Canyon. She clutched a small heart charm her friend had given her.
"After he kissed you, did he say anything?" asked the prosecutor, Roger Gunson.
"No," the girl said.
"Did you say anything?"
"No, besides I was just going, 'No, come on, let's go home. . . .' He said, 'I'll take you home soon.' "
"Then what happened?"
"And then he went down and started performing cuddliness."
"What does that mean?"
"It means he went down on me, or he placed his mouth on my vagina. . . . I was ready to cry. I was kind of -- I was going, 'No. Come on. Stop it.' But I was afraid."
Samantha's testimony that day was unequivocal: She had kept trying to get away from him, putting her clothes back on, saying no repeatedly. She had made up a lie about having asthma to get out of a Jacuzzi. He persisted. She was scared. She did not physically fight him off. He began to have sex with her, then, concerned she might get pregnant, switched to anal sex. When he drove her home, he told her not to tell her mom, adding, "You know, when I first met you, I promised myself I wouldn't do anything like this with you."
A generation of spectacle would follow: Polanski's indictment, his plea deal, his flight from the country, allegations of judicial and prosecutorial misconduct, his decades of exile and critical success, his Oscar, a sympathetic HBO documentary last year, his rearrest in Switzerland last month.
Along the way, various people would scrub the core allegations into something more benign -- a probation officer would deem the crime a "spontaneous" act of "poor judgment," a prison psychiatrist would call it "playful mutual eroticism."
But Samantha's stark testimony has never been seriously impugned, in or out of court. When she sued Polanski years later for sexual assault, he pleaded the 5th when asked if he illegally gave her champagne and part of a quaalude pill, then performed oral copulation on her and sodomized her.
An extensive review of several thousand court documents, as well as numerous interviews, shows a basic dynamic defining the entire saga -- one force trying to drive debate away from a young girl's unshaken allegations, and another trying to reel it back in.
Now with the debate renewed by his arrest, the 32-year legal, media and cultural odyssey may finally be coming to an end.
Taking pictures
Samantha met Polanski through her mother, Susan, a television actress who had had small roles in episodes of "Starsky and Hutch" and "Police Woman." The director said he had an assignment to photograph young girls for a Paris fashion magazine, Vogue Hommes, and had heard about Samantha from a mutual friend.
Polanski went to her home on the afternoon of Feb. 20 and took some pictures in the hills nearby. He picked her up again March 10, stopped at Jacqueline Bisset's house and, as the light was fading, went to Nicholson's compound on Mulholland Drive.
Polanski dropped Samantha off at her home a few hours later and went about his business. He met with Robert De Niro that evening to discuss making a movie based on a William Goldman novel, "Magic."
The next night, a team of seven police investigators and prosecutors pulled up to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Polanski was meeting friends in the lobby. The boyish, 43-year-old Polish director was as recognizable as any star, known not just for his movies but the extremes of his life -- the death of his mother at Auschwitz, his playboy image, the killing of his wife, Sharon Tate, and their unborn child by the Manson family.
The lead detective, Philip Vannatter, spotted him and strode up, quietly saying he had a warrant for his arrest and needed to search his room.
"We don't want to create a sensation," the detective said, according to Polanski's 1984 autobiography. Polanski asked what the charge was.
Polanski led him to the suite, according to Vannatter's grand jury testimony. As they walked, the detective saw him pull what looked like a tablet out of his coat pocket and lower his cupped hand, as if he were going to drop it on the floor.
Vannatter opened his hand below Polanski's. "Why don't you drop it into my hand instead of the floor?" he said. It was a quaalude pill, marked "Rorer 714."
In the suite, Vannatter and his team collected cameras, lenses, film, slides and negatives, and found a small vial of prescription quaaludes. They arrested Polanski and drove to Nicholson's house with another search warrant.
Polanski was talking feverishly along the way. "He was nervous as a hen on a hot rock," Vannatter, who was later a key figure in the O.J. Simpson case, recalled this month.
"He kept asking me if he could have the quaalude back all night because he was so nervous."
Before the grand jury
While the commotion over Polanski's arrest raged, the detectives built their case. Vannatter was looking to put him in prison for 15 to 20 years.
The physical evidence was strong, but not perfect. The photos developed from Polanski's film showed Samantha topless, drinking champagne in a Jacuzzi. The pills matched the one she described. A police criminalist could not find sperm in her underwear, but a chemical test indicated semen. The doctor who examined Samantha found no bruises or tearing, but would explain that this was common when no force was involved.
The district attorney took the case to the grand jury on March 24. As is usual, there would be no cross-examination, no public, no media. The 23-member panel would decide if there was enough evidence to go to trial.
The first witness was Samantha's mother, Susan Gailey. Deputy Dist. Atty. Gunson inquired about the first photo shoot.
"Did you ask Polanski if you could go?"
"Yes," Gailey said. "And he said, 'No, that he would rather be alone with her because she will respond more naturally.' "
She said he and Samantha returned at dusk. "He came in for a while," she said. "He drew some pictures of pirates for her. . . ."
Polanski came back a little over two weeks later, after a trip to New York. Again, he and Samantha drove off in the late afternoon.
"When was the next time that you heard from Samantha?" Gunson asked.
"I had a phone call at about 6 o'clock," she began, and then paused to backtrack. "Before she went, she had indicated to me that she didn't like him. . . ."
Gunson cut her off. "May that be stricken from the record?"
"OK," she continued. "I asked her if she was OK. And she said, 'Uh-huh.' . . . . And I said, 'Do you want me to pick you up?' And she said, 'No.' And then Polanski got on the phone and he said they were at Jack Nicholson's house, and the sun went down so fast that they didn't get very many pictures, and there was artificial light there, and a Jacuzzi there, and that they were going to take some pictures there. . . .
"I thought, why a Jacuzzi? But I didn't say anything. I mean I just didn't. "
When Samantha returned some time after 8, she rushed to tell her mom something before Polanski walked in.
"She was kind of weird-looking. . . . I said, 'What's the matter?' because I thought something was really wrong. And she said, 'I told him I had asthma because I didn't want to get in the Jacuzzi. I just wanted you to know that.' "
Her daughter went to her bedroom to change as Polanski walked in.
"What did he say?" Gunson asked.
"Asked me about her asthma. . . . And I said, 'Yeah it's really too bad.' And then he said, 'What kind of medicine does she take for that?' And I said, 'Oh, lot of different kinds,' just fumbling around. . . ."
Gailey asked to see some of the photos from the previous shoot. Polanski brought a slide viewer from the car.
She, her boyfriend, and her 20-year-old daughter, Kim, gathered around to see.
"We looked at about five or six that were just head shots," she said. "And then all of the sudden there was a shot of Samantha bare to her waist with just her jeans on. And Kim stepped back. And I stepped back. And the dog peed on the floor, and Kim went for the dog and threw her out. . . . It must have been some kind of energy thing happening because she never does that.
"And then I just sat there and thought, 'Well, but I don't want to make a scene. . . . So I am going to . . . be calm for minute. . . .' I decided not to say anything so that Samantha would not feel like she did an awful thing and cause a big scene. I thought I would wait and get him out of the house. . . .
"He made a phone call, and then he gave Kim a lecture about how she shouldn't have disciplined the dog like that. And then he left."
Kim testified that later that night Samantha's boyfriend Steve came over and she heard the two of them talking about what had happened. Kim told her mother, who called the police.
Telling of topless photos
Gunson called his key witness to the stand after lunch.
He guided Samantha through the events between meeting Polanski and being photographed by him in the chaparral above her home.
"What did Mr. Polanski say with respect to posing without anything on your top?" he asked.
"He said, 'Here, take off your top now.' And I thought they were for the shots that you got so you don't see anything on your shoulders."
"When you returned home, did you tell your mother that he had taken photographs of you without a top?
"No. . . . I was just going to say I don't want to get any more pictures taken again."
From the three tiers, the grand jurors studied her closely, assessing her credibility, her morality.
In the front row, Jean Biegenzahn, then 48, thought she looked like a normal young girl, much like her own 15-year-old daughter. "She was so scared, and here are 23 old fogies watching her," she recalled this month.
Biegenzahn believed her.
Joanne Smallwood, the youngest juror at 39, did too. She also thought Samantha was "fast" for her age.
Samantha would later describe herself at 13 as a girl speeding out of a tomboy childhood. She wanted to be a movie star. "I had a 17-year-old boyfriend who drove a Camaro, but my room was knee-deep in clothes," she told People magazine in 1997. "I had a Spider-Man poster on the wall, and I kept pet rats."
Next the prosecutor came to March 10. Samantha described Polanski taking more topless shots, pouring them champagne, then later offering her part of a quaalude, marked Rorer 714.
"Why did you take it?" Gunson asked.
"I don't know. I must have been pretty drunk or else I wouldn't have," she said.
Jurors questioned her behavior. Not only did she not physically resist Polanski, she had to admit she'd had sex before -- twice, she said -- had been drunk before, and had tried part of a quaalude before.
She continued: He wanted to take pictures in the Jacuzzi. No one else was in the house. She got in. He told her to take off her underwear. She did. He took a few pictures, then went into the bathroom and came back naked. He got into the deep part of the hot tub.
"He goes, 'Come on down here.' And I said, 'No, no, I got to get out.' And he goes, 'No, come down here.' And then I said that I had asthma and that I couldn't. . . . And he said, 'Just come down here a second.' So I finally went down. . . . And he goes, 'Doesn't it feel better down here?'
"And he was like holding me up because it is almost over my head. And I went, 'Yeah, but I better get out.'"
She said she wrapped a towel around her, and Polanski jumped in the pool.
"I walked over and he goes, 'Get in here.' "
She resisted again. He coaxed her.
She said she swam the length of the pool, got out, went to the bathroom, put on her underwear and started drying off.
"I said I wanted to go home because I needed to take my medicine. . . . He said, 'Yeah, I'll take you home soon.'
"I was going, 'No, I think I better go home,' because I was afraid. So I just went and I sat down on the couch' " in an adjoining bedroom.
She said he started kissing her and then pulled off her panties. Gunson asked her if she felt "under the influence" at the time, and why.
"Yes. . . . I can barely remember anything that happened," she said.
"Is there any other reason?"
"No, I was just kind of dizzy, you know, like things were kind of blurry sometimes. I was having trouble with my coordination, like walking and stuff."
She said he started performing oral sex on her and then moved to intercourse.
"He goes, 'Are you on the pill?' And I went, 'No.' And he goes, 'When did you last have your period?' And I said, 'I don't know. . . . He goes, 'Would you want me to go in through your back?' And I went, 'No.' "
She said a woman -- later identified as Nicholson's then-girlfriend, Anjelica Huston -- came home and Polanski stopped briefly to talk to her through a crack in the door. "I got up and put my underwear on and started walking toward the door. . . . He sat me back down again. . . . Then he started to have intercourse with me again and then he just stopped."
On the drive home, Samantha said he told her "something like, 'This is our little secret.' "
The grand jury deliberated just 23 minutes. The panel returned with an indictment of Polanski on six counts: furnishing a controlled substance to a minor, lewd and lascivious act upon child under 14, perversion, sodomy, unlawful sexual intercourse, rape by use of drugs.
'Lack of coercion'
Polanski pleaded not guilty April 15, and the case was transferred to the Santa Monica courtroom of Judge Laurence J. Rittenband.
In a pretrial hearing, Polanski's attorney, Douglas Dalton, indicated that he would delve into Samantha's sex history and seek a psychiatric evaluation of her. "The facts indicate that before the alleged act in this case, this girl had engaged in sexual activity," Dalton told the media. "We want to know about it, we want to know who was involved, when. We want to know why these other people were not prosecuted. And this is a thing we want to fully develop."
The European media wanted to develop this too. They went to Samantha's school and house, talked to her friends, trying to learn more about the girl whose allegations threatened to bring down a veritable cult figure in Europe, where Polanski was not-so-secretly dating a 15-year-old girl, Nastassja Kinski, with no public outcry, no arrest. Samantha was cast as the temptress.
Her attorney told the court that Samantha did not want to go through a trial.
Things were looking bleak for Polanski as well. Vogue Hommes denied that he had any assignment, according to his autobiography. Anjelica Huston, who could put him in the bedroom with the girl, agreed to testify against him in exchange for a cocaine possession charge against her being dropped (from the search of Nicholson's home).
The day before trial was to begin in August, the attorneys announced Polanski would plead guilty to "unlawful intercourse with a minor" in return for dropping of the more serious charges.
Samantha's attorney, Lawrence Silver, wrote the judge urging him to accept the plea deal. He said his client's goal was not to seek "the incarceration of the defendant, but rather, the admission by him of wrongdoing. . . ."
"Whatever harm has come to her as a victim would be exacerbated in the extreme if this case went to trial," he wrote. "A member of the media last Friday in anticipation said this case "promised to be one of the most sensational 'Hollywood' trials. . . . This is not the place for a recovering young girl."
Rittenband accepted the plea deal. Vannatter was furious that Polanski was avoiding a long sentence.
Dist. Atty. John Van de Kamp said in a statement that the plea achieved "substantial justice" without destroying the girl's privacy.
The plea was the first step in scrubbing Samantha's original allegations clean. The crime was beginning to sound like something consensual, "making love," as Polanski would describe it in his book. Now he had to deal only with the public relations fallout of something he didn't even view as a crime.
But Polanski's legal problems were not over. Rittenband could sentence him to up to 50 years in prison, although no one expected that. The sentence would likely depend on what the probation officer, Irwin Gold, recommended.
The probation report scrubbed the allegations even more.
A psychiatrist, Dr. Alvin Davis, who analyzed Polanski for the report, concluded there was "transient poor judgment and loss of normal inhibitions in circumstances of intimacy and collaboration in creative work, with some coincidental alcohol and drug intoxication." He described the "physical maturity and willingness and provocativeness of victim, and the lack of coercion by defendant and his solicitude concerning pregnancy."
"Incarceration," he wrote, "would impose an unusual degree of stress and hardship because of his highly sensitive personality. . . ."
Gold ignored the most damaging parts of Samantha's testimony and focused on the few quotes about her hazy memory. He was clearly impressed by the tragedies Polanski had overcome. "The defendant has not only survived, he has prevailed . . . and has become one of the leading creative forces of the last two decades."
In a highly unusual passage, he gushed about Hollywood.
"Possibly not since Renaissance Italy has there been such a gathering of creative minds in one locale as there has been in Los Angeles County during the past half century. . . . While enriching the community with their presence, they have brought with them the manners and mores of their native lands which in rare instances have been at variance with those of their adoptive land."
His conclusion: "It is believed that incalculable emotional damage could result from incarcerating the defendant whose own life has been a seemingly unending series of punishments."
Judge Rittenband ordered Polanski to undergo a 90-day psychiatric study at the state prison in Chino. Both Gunson and Dalton understood that this would be Polanski's punishment, according to declarations they signed recently.
Polanski reported to Chino on Dec. 16. He was released after 42 days.
The psychiatric report, made public in a recent appellate court filing, echoed the probation report.
"There was no evidence that the offense was in any way characterized by destructive or insensitive attitude toward the victim," wrote Philip S. Wagner, Chino's chief psychiatrist. "Polanski's attitude was undoubtedly seductive, but considerate. The relationship with his victim developed from an attitude of professionalism, to playful mutual eroticism. . . . Polanski seems to have been unaware at the time that he was involving himself in a criminal offense, an isolated instance of naivete, unusual in a mature, sophisticated man."
Rittenband called the report a "whitewash."
He met in chambers with Gunson and Dalton on Jan. 30 to discuss the sentencing two days later. He told them he wanted Polanski to do more time in prison -- and then leave the country, according to the attorneys' declarations. Rittenband said he would send him back to Chino for 48 days to complete the 90-day stint, then release him, if Polanski agreed to voluntary deportation. If not, he would face a longer prison term.
Dalton relayed that to his client. Polanski left the lawyer's office, drove to LAX and bought the last seat on the next British Airways flight to London.
The banner headline in The Times the next day: "Polanski Flees!"
Attorney decries judge
Rittenband called a news conference in his chambers. "The crime to which Mr. Polanski pleaded guilty was a crime of moral turpitude, and that makes him subject to deportation," he said. "I feel he does not belong in this country."
On Valentine's Day, Dalton filed a motion that the judge should be disqualified for prejudice against Polanski. He argued that Rittenband improperly used the psychiatric study to incarcerate Polanski, that he had no authority to compel his deportation, that his public statements violated the California Rules of Judicial Conduct, and that he was letting critical media coverage, angry letters and advice from friends influence him.
Dalton told the media that day that "there is a good possibility Roman would come back if another judge is assigned to the case."
Rittenband "categorically" denied any misconduct, but removed himself from the case "to avoid needless delays" and to encourage Polanski to return.
Polanski opted to stay in France.
Six years into his exile, in his autobiography, "Roman, by Polanski," he laid out his version of the night at Nicholson's. "We dried ourselves and each other. She said she was feeling better. Then, very gently, I began to kiss and caress her. After this had gone on for some time, I led her over to the couch. There was no doubt about the girl's experience and lack of inhibition."
Polanski said he was surprised to learn later that Samantha had lied about having asthma. "Why she did so baffles me to this day."
A settlement is reached
On a quiet court day just before New Year's Eve 1988, an oddly named lawsuit landed at the Santa Monica courthouse: Jane Doe vs. R. Rpolanski.
Samantha Gailey, then 25 and living in Kauai, was suing the director for sexual assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress and false imprisonment. The court allowed the lawsuit to stand under the false name, Rpolanski, effectively hiding it from the public.
Many of the documents are now missing, and much of the case was handled outside of court by a private judge. But when a panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal weighed in on the case in February 1993, the judges referenced some interesting points.
In a footnote, they said Gailey had asked Polanski for admissions that he gave her champagne and quaaludes, had oral sex with her and sodomized her. Polanski asserted his 5th Amendment right not to answer on the grounds that the answers "may tend to be incriminating."
The panel also said the trial judge in the civil case "found substantial evidence of oppressive conduct by Polanski and a strong likelihood that a jury would find despicable conduct on the part of Polanski."
Polanski settled with Gailey on Oct. 12, 1993.
Handwritten on a record of that day's court proceedings were circled notations: "250,000 + 500,000 + maybe 500,000," and the words "Settled" and "Confidential."
Polanski would apparently fail to live up to the agreement, because in late 1995 Gailey's attorney was back in court trying to collect money. He wrote that the confidential settlement required Polanski to pay her $500,000 by Oct. 11, 1995. With interest, he now owed her $601,583.87.
Polanski's attorney in the civil case, David Finkle, says the matter was ultimately resolved, but would not specify how.
The next year Samantha publicly forgave Polanski. Using her married name, Geimer, she went on the TV show "Inside Edition" in 1997 and described what happened to her. Geimer repeated what she told the grand jury, saying she was crying and begging him to stop, but added that he "wasn't forceful or mean or anything like that."
"It wasn't rape," she said.
The same year Polanski's attorney met with Gunson, the prosecutor, in the chambers of Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler to discuss how the criminal case could be resolved. Geimer wrote Fidler, urging leniency for Polanski and saying it was her opinion "that the 42 days he has already served is excessive."
But the negotiations fell apart.
Sympathetic documentary
The latest chapter of the saga -- the one that would lead to the arrest -- began last year with the HBO documentary, "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," directed by Marina Zenovich. The film looked like the ultimate boon for the fugitive director, focusing on the allegations of misconduct against Rittenband, who died in 1993, and raising questions about what happened in the meetings with Fidler.
Dalton told the filmmaker that Fidler was ready to hold a hearing and let Polanski go without more time in custody, but wanted the hearing televised -- a condition Polanski wouldn't accept. A court spokesman, Alan Parachini, called this a "complete fabrication."
This dispute would become another sideshow to overshadow the events of March 10, 1977.
Much like the probation report, the documentary sanitized the core allegations, presenting selected bits of Samantha's grand jury testimony interspersed with Polanski's description of what happened.
Samantha: "He reached over and kissed me and I was telling him, 'No, you know. . . . Keep away."
Polanski: "She wasn't unresponsive. There was no doubt about her experience and lack of inhibition."
Samantha: "I was kind of dizzy, you know, like things were kind of blurry. I can barely remember anything that happened."
The film delved into the allegations against Rittenband. Dalton and Gunson recalled private meetings in which the judge told them what to argue at the sentencing hearing, even as his decision was already made. Another prosecutor, David Wells, said he was constantly in the judge's ear about the case and planted the idea of the psychiatric study at Chino.
Polanski's attorneys jumped on Wells' statements as the key basis for a full-throttle push to have the case thrown out -- their first public move in 30 years.
They had now cleared every obstacle they could. They had the victim on their side. They had Wells. They had Gunson saying the judge acted in bad faith. They even had a transcript of the filmmaker's interview with Richard Doyle, one of current Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley's bureau directors, saying he believed Rittenband abused his authority. (Doyle also said he thought Polanski's crime was "extremely calculated. . . . I don't think he had any intention of doing a photo spread of the girl.")
They filed a motion for dismissal on Dec. 8.
Judge Peter Espinoza said in February that Polanski needed to appear in court before he would hear the evidence. He hinted the director might have a case. "There was substantial, it seems to me, misconduct that occurred during the pendency of this case," Espinoza said.
Polanski's attorneys went to the appeals court in July with a petition to order the lower court to dismiss the prosecution.
"Despite feigning offense at Mr. Polanski's absence from California, the district attorney has never sought extradition or other relief, knowing, of course, that such relief would require litigation of the misconduct in this petition," they wrote.
On Sept. 22, Cooley drafted a warrant for his arrest. Polanski, now 76, was arrested four days later while getting off the airplane in Zurich.
Four days after that, Wells told the media he made up the stories in the documentary about Rittenband. "I'd like to speak of it as an inept statement but the reality is that it was a lie."
Polanski remains in custody fighting his extradition. His attorneys said he will go bankrupt if he is held much longer. On Tuesday, Switzerland's top criminal court rejected Polanski's appeal to be released on bail.
He may soon be back in Los Angeles to answer what a nervous young girl said 32 years ago.


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Woman arrested after gunshots outside Channel 13 in SW Houston
A woman has been charged with deadly conduct, accused of firing shots Thursday outside a Houston television station.
Michelle Monique Burks was charged in the shooting at KTRK Channel 13, 3310 Bissonnet near Rutgers in southwest Houston.
A woman who was outside the property's security fence opened fire about 9 a.m. at the building, said Sgt. Julie Pleasant of the Houston Police Department. She drove away in a silver Chevrolet Camaro.
Five shots hit the windows in the front of the building. Spent bullets were found inside an office where a woman had been working at the time of the shooting. A bullet hit one car in the parking lot.
Officers with the West University Police Department spotted the car and stopped it in the 4700 block of Richmond, Pleasant said.
The woman was brought back to the scene and was identified by witnesses who were outside at the time of the shooting.
KTRK issued a statement thanking a witness who photographed the incident and was able to help police identify the suspected shooter.
Pleasant said police have recovered a semi-automatic gun. She said it's unclear what led to the shooting.
Philip Bruce, station manager for KHOU Channel 11, said his station has received odd e-mails from a woman of the same name. In the e-mails, she accused the station of spying on her or telling her story without her permission, Bruce said. Once, she sent a copy of her driver's licence.
"My reporter recognized her on the scene," Bruce said, adding that none of the e-mails were threatening.
It was the second shooting at the station in just over a month.
Before dawn on Feb. 20, shots were fired toward the parking lot. No injuries were reported, but five cars were damaged by bullets.


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