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Titling Vessels in Idaho
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PURPOSEThis fact sheet provides basic information on the types of vessels that must be titled, the types of vessels that may be optionally titled, and the types of vessels that cannot be titled. It also specifies the documents that are required to title a vessel.
EFFECTIVE DATEJanuary 1, 2000, (See Sections 49-501A, 67-7039, 67-7040 and 67-7041, Idaho Code.)
Vessel: Any watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. It does not include float houses, inflatable air mattresses, single inner tubes, beach and water toys, and other non-motorized devices not designed or modified to be used as a means of transportation on the water.
Float House: A floating structure which is designed and built or modified to be used as a stationary waterborne residential dwelling, is dependent for utilities upon a continuous utility linkage to a source originating on shore, and has a permanent continuous connection to a sewage system on shore.
Tender: A vessel employed to attend other vessels, or a vessel used to commute between shore and another ship.
Documented Vessel: A vessel documented by the U.S. Coast Guard. (Vessel documentation is a national form of registration.) Documented vessels are over five net tons in size and must be wholly owned by a U.S. citizen. They are typically used in fishing activities on navigable waters of the U.S. or the Exclusive Economic Zone, or used for coastwise trade. (Most vessels over 25 feet in length are five net tons or more.)
VESSELS THAT MUST BE TITLEDWhen any of the following vessels are acquired after December 31, 1999, the new owners are required to title them:
VESSELS THAT MAY BE OPTIONALLY TITLEDAll types of vessels listed in the "vessels that must be titled" category that were acquired prior to January 1, 2000 may optionally be titled. These types of vessels (model year 1999 or older) may be optionally titled unless they are being financed, in which case they must be titled. Once a vessel has been titled, every subsequent Idaho owner must also title it in his name.
VESSELS THAT ARE EXEMPT AND CANNOT BE TITLEDThe following types of vessels are exempt and cannot be titled:
TITLING REQUIREMENTSTitling procedures for vessels are the same as for vehicles. If a vessel requiring title has been acquired from a licensed Idaho dealer, that dealer is required to prepare an application for title and file it with the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) or an ITD agent within 30 days of the sale. If a vessel was acquired at any time from a seller other than a dealer, the owner may apply for title at any county assessor motor vehicle office. The following is a list of documents and fees required to be submitted to this office:
1. OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT(S). Submit either A, B, or C
A. Manufacturer's Certificate of Origin (MCO), or Manufacturer's Statement of Origin (MSO). An MCO or MSO is "required" for new vessels of model year 2000 or newer that were acquired on or after January 1, 2000, and "desired if available" for other vessels not previously titled. It must be properly released by the dealer and assigned to the owner. When an MCO or MSO is submitted for a vessel acquired prior to January 1, 2000, the applicant must also provide an indemnifying affidavit (form ITD-3410) certifying that there are no undisclosed liens.
B. Title. If the vessel was previously titled, the title must be properly released by the previous owner and lienholder, if any. When a title is submitted for a vessel acquired prior to January 1, 2000, the applicant must also provide an indemnifying affidavit (form ITD-3410) for pre-2000 purchases certifying that there are no undisclosed liens.
C. Indemnifying Affidavit (form ITD-3410) and any other documents supporting the claim to ownership. The affidavit must state that no MCO or MSO exists and that the vessel has not been previously titled. These documents are acceptable if the vessel was either acquired prior to January 1, 2000, or is a pre-2000 vessel purchased "used" on or after January 1, 2000. Examples of supporting documents include vessel registration, bill(s) of sale, sales agreements, sales receipts, etc.
2. BILL OF SALE. Applicants must provide a bill of sale from the seller, unless the vessel was acquired prior to January 1, 2000, and was registered in the applicant's name. The bill of sale must include the vessel description, sales price, buyer's full legal name, original signature of seller, and date. (If an Idaho title is being surrendered, and the seller has entered a selling price while assigning the title, no bill of sale is required.)
3. RELEASE(S) OF INTEREST. In addition to the bill of sale from the seller (#2 above), applicants must provide a release of interest from any other party who is shown to have previously owned the vessel in the documents presented. Applicants must also provide a lien release from any party who has held a lien against the vessel if that party's name does not appear as lienholder on the application for title. (NOTE: Once a vessel has been titled in Idaho, every subsequent Idaho owner of that vessel must title it in his name.)
4. HULL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER INSPECTION (required for any vessel being titled for the first time in Idaho). It must be completed by an officer of the law, county assessor or deputy assessor, DMV employee, Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation employee, Coast Guard Auxiliary member, military police officer, Idaho licensed vehicle dealer, or any other agent appointed by ITD.
A. Sales tax equal to 6% of the purchase price (minus trade-in if purchased from a dealer). If the vessel was purchased out of state, tax is due unless the applicant provides documentation that at least the same amount of sales tax was paid to the state of purchase, or that the vessel was purchased by a new resident at least three months prior to moving to Idaho. (The latter exemption does not apply to businesses bringing vessels to Idaho from a non-taxing state.) A title issued in the applicant's name is sufficient documentation that tax was paid at the issuing state's tax rate. If the vessel was purchased prior to January 1, 2000, a boat registration in the applicant's name is sufficient documentation that tax was paid.
B. Title fee - $14.00.
6. POWER OF ATTORNEY. Anyone applying for title with the County Assessor through the mail may include a power of attorney to authorize the County Assessor to sign the application for title on his behalf. The Power of Attorney must fully describe the vessel and be signed by the owner/applicant.
ONCE TITLED, ALWAYS TITLEDOnce a vessel has been titled in Idaho, only licensed vessel dealers may acquire and transfer it without titling it in their name. Any other party must title the vessel in his name before transferring it.
PERFECTING LIENSNo lien created on or after January 1, 2000, on any vessel titled under Idaho law shall be perfected until an application for title with all required supporting documents has been properly filed with a county assessor motor vehicle office or ITD.
FORMSAll ITD forms required in the vessel titling process may be obtained from any county assessor motor vehicle office. Most forms are also available from the ITD web page at dmv.idaho.gov.


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Gallery: PHOTOS: Fisker Atlantic Extended-Range EV Officially Unveiled ...
At the unveiling Fisker chairman and founder Henrik Fisker stated "Fisker started this conversation about extended range vehicles. In 2007 no one was talking about extended range electric vehicles. This is the car for today."
Indeed. The folks at Fisker are saying the new Atlantic will retail starting at $45,000, which is in the same general price range as other luxury cars — but sure knocks the socks off of its competition in terms of fuel efficiency, looks, and added bonuses. The range and drive-train technology is similar between the Fisker Atlantic and the Chevy Volt, and the Fisker Atlantic will only be about $6000 more, when it comes out.
The Fisker Atlantic is shorter than its predecessor the Karma sedan, and it will be more affordable too – the cheapest package will sell for about $45,000. The Atlantic will be capable of driving in all-electric mode, after which a four-cylinder turbocharged BMW engine kicks in to generate electricity for longer trips. BMW will produce up to 100,000 engines per year in addition to other components for future models.
With an elegant design that features rear handles that are flawlessly hidden between the window and the C-pillar (check out an interior photo we snapped here), the Atlantic is the perfect example of sporty sedan meets EV. In fact, we did a few double-takes as we walked around the car and saw many of the same upscale curves of the Karma. Offering those at a more affordable pricepoint is a move that will invigorate interest in buyers that saw the Karma as more of an unachievable dream car.
The strategy couldn't come at a better time. While the $107,000 Karma sedan has thus far kept afloat, Fisker missed out on a large portion of a $529 million Department of Energy loan due to missed production deadlines. The loan would have enabled the California-based automaker to start producing the Atlantic at a former General Motors factory in Wilmington, Delaware that the company purchased in 2009.
The Atlantic may be positioned as more of an affordable "family car," but its looks are far from your average minivan. Vice President Joe Biden was one of the few people outside of Fisker who saw the vehicle before its release, and he described it as a "four-door Ferrari."
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'''Title:''' Beaver and Steve go on holiday - part 5
'''Title:''' Beaver and Steve go on holiday - part 5
'''Date:''' March 27, 2006
'''Date:''' March27, 2006
'''Summary:''' Beaver & Steve are being guided to their room.
'''Summary:''' Beaver & Steve are being guided to their room.
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Title: Beaver and Steve go on holiday - part 5
Date: March 27, 2006
Summary: Beaver & Steve are being guided to their room.
Cast: Beaver, Steve, Hotel Pixie, Suitcases, Hotel
Onomatopoeias used: "WAVE!", "MAGIC!", "SHA-ZAM!", "HEE!"
Number of panels: 6
Panel 1
Beaver & Steve hold a pair of suitcases.
Pixie: "Hello! Welcome to the Pixie Land Hotel! How can I help you today?"
Beaver: "We'd like to take a room..."
Pixie: "Of course! Follow me!"
Hotel: "EW! you could have atleast wiped your feet..."
Panel 2
Beaver: "Is there someone to carry our bags?"
The pixie drags out a magic wand and WAVE!'s it.
Pixie: "TEE HEE! In Pixie Land we do things a little differently..."
Panel 3
The Pixie uses MAGIC! to turn the suitcases alive with a SHA-ZAM!.
Suitcase: "HEY!"
Pixie: "Tee hee!"
Panel 4
Suitcases fly out of the window while HEE HEE!'ing.
Steve, Beaver and the Pixie look surprised after them.
Panel 5
The suitcases are gone. Steve, Beaver and the Pixie just stand doing nothing.
Panel 6
Pixie: "I'll show you to your room..."
[To be contd.]
Fun Facts
- Pixies can make things become alive.
- Hotels prefer it if you wipe your feet before entering.
- The windows in the hotel are a bit high up to be of any use.
- The hotel doesn't have a reception (or else Beaver & Steve would've checked in at it).
- The first things alive-made suitcases do is to "Hee Hee" and fly away, this suggest they like being alive and free at last.
- Pixies "tee hee" nearly all the time.
- They do things a little differently in Pixie land.
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The chain-link fence is ubiquitous in Po'ridge. Through this one residents can glimpse the pricier neighborhood of Fourth and Gill.
A new road speeds motorists through the neighborhood, but sidewalks are nonexistent.
A brick American Foursquare, similar to those in Fourth and Gill.
A small, perfectly symmetrical rental house with arched entry-ways.
Dinosaur graffiti painted on a rusty industrial building.
The Washington Avenue electrical substation.
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Today's author: Scott Ruble, the program manager who leads the charting and visualization efforts in Excel. Scott is looking for some feedback on potential changes to data bar behaviour.
Excel 2007 has a conditional formatting feature that graphically displays bars in a cell to represent the value of the cell. This feature is called Data Bars. You can see an example of this by using the following steps:
- In Excel 2007, enter 1, 2, 3 in cells A1, A2, and A3 respectively.
- Select cells A1:A3.
- From the "Home†tab, click on the "Conditional Formatting†button and select one of the "Data Bar†color options.
You should get something that looks like the following.
For future releases of Excel, we are assessing making some modifications to how Data Bars are displayed, and we would like to get some feedback from the community.
For each of the four sample data sets below, please leave a comment and describe how you would like to see the bars displayed. Please consider things such as bar length, differentiation between the bars, color, fill and other aspects you feel are important. For bar length, you can represent this by typing vertical bars in the blog comments to represent each unit of length. For example, using the 1, 2, 3 data set from above, this could be shown as:
Or you can just describe your thoughts using words – whatever makes the most sense. Thanks for your time and thoughts.
Scenario 1 – data values contain a zero
Scenario 2 – data values are spaced far apart
Scenario 3 – data values are closely spaced
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Head coach James Kwesi Appiah says tactical superiority led Ghana to a 4-0 win over Sudan in Sunday's World Cup qualifier.Appiah's team moved to the top of CAF's World Cup qualifying Group D after destroying Sudan in Kumasi with Asamoah Gyan, Wakaso Mubarak, Abdul Majeed Waris and Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu scoring for Ghana.
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von Willebrand Profile
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
von Willebrand factor (VWF) is synthesized by the endothelial cell and megakaryocyte and is present in these cells, as well as in platelets, subendothelial tissue, and plasma.
VWF serves as an adhesive protein important in adhering platelets to subendothelial tissue at the site of vascular injury and for adhering platelets to each other (aggregation). Platelet adhesion and aggregation are essential to form a mechanical hemostatic "plug" and as the focus for interaction of clotting factors and phospholipid required for the formation of the fibrin platelet clot. VWF also stabilizes plasma factor VIII by binding it and protecting it from proteolysis and serves as a carrier protein for that clotting factor.
VWF circulates in the blood in 2 distinct compartments. Plasma VWF mainly reflects VWF synthesis and release from vascular endothelial cells. Platelet VWF (about 10% of the blood VWF) reflects VWF synthesis by bone marrow megakaryocytes with storage primarily in the alpha granules of circulating platelets.
Plasma VWF circulates normally in multimeric forms with molecular weights ranging from 500,000 to as much as 20,000,000. The high- molecular-weight (HMW) forms of VWF are the most effective components for interaction with platelets. This primary activity of plasma VWF is measured in the laboratory with the VWF activity assay, whereas VWF antigen testing measures the amount of VWF protein, and factor VIII coagulant activity indirectly reflects VWF interaction with factor VIII. VWF multimer analysis visualizes the distribution of VWF multimers and is useful as a reflexive test for subtyping von Willebrand disease (VWD).
Levels of factor VIII, VWF antigen, and VWF activity may vary greatly within each individual over time and also with blood type (normal type "O" individuals may have VWF lower than normals of other blood groups). VWF levels (and factor VIII) can be elevated in liver disease, pregnancy, estrogen therapy, inflammation, and after exercise (acute-phase reactant). VWF levels in hemophilia are normal.
VWF antigen measurement assesses the mass of plasma VWF protein but does not reflect VWF functions or platelet VWF. The function of VWF (mediating platelet-platelet or platelet-vessel interaction) is most commonly assessed by measurement of plasma VWF activity.
VWD is the most common inherited bleeding disorder, affecting up to 1% of the population. It can also occur as an acquired bleeding disorder. Bleeding symptoms in all types of VWD are primarily mucosal, including epistaxis, menorrhagia, gastrointestinal bleeding, and ease of bruising, but surgical or posttraumatic bleeding can also occur.
Subtypes of inherited VWD are:
Type 1 VWD:
VWF plasma levels (antigen and activity) typically are both concordantly reduced in Type 1 VWD. Because of this reduction, the level of coagulation factor VIII is often secondarily reduced also. Type 1 VWD is the most common VWD variation, representing 70% to 80% of clinical VWD. It is typically inherited in autosomal dominance fashion, although recessively inherited VWD also occurs (eg, Type 3 VWD). Clinical severity ranges from mild or minimal to a moderately severe bleeding diathesis and tends to correlate most closely with VWF activity. Severe Type 1 disease is also called Type 3 VWD, but the distinction between the 2 may sometimes be difficult.
Type 2 VWD:
Type 2 VWD variants represent 20% to 30% of clinical VWD, typically autosomal dominant in inheritance. There are 4 subtypes of Type 2 VWD: 2A, 2B, 2M, and 2N. Abnormal plasma HMW VWF function and multimeric structure with decreased or absent HMW multimers are characteristic of Types 2A and 2B, but are normal in Type 2M or 2N.
VWF activity is decreased in Types 2A, 2B, and 2M and typically is discordantly lower than VWF antigen. Type 2N (Normandy) has substantially decreased factor VIII coagulant activity (typically 5%-30% of mean normal), with normal VWF antigen and activity and normal VWF multimers with clinical manifestation as autosomally inherited mild hemophilia (in contrast to classical X chromosome-linked hemophilia A).
Type 2A is the most common of the 4. Type 2B manifests thrombocytopenia, either persistent or transient, and is distinguished from Type 2A by abnormally heightened aggregation response of patient platelets and plasma to low dose ristocetin stimulation. Type 2M typically demonstrates hypofunctional VWF with decreased VWF activity discordantly lower than VWF antigen not due to loss of HMW multimers. One variant of Type 2M, Vicenza variant VWD, has ultralarge VWF multimers in plasma.
Type 3 VWD:
VWF is absent or markedly decreased in Type 3 VWD (VWF antigen and activity either undetectably low or below 5% to 10% of mean normal, with secondary decrease of factor VIII coagulant activity (5%-30%). VWF multimers may be undetectable or, if present, have a normal distribution. Platelet VWF may also be absent.
Acquired VWD:
VWD can also occur on an acquired basis by a variety of mechanisms not well understood. Disorders associated with acquired VWD include certain myeloproliferative or lymphoproliferative disorders, plasma cell dyscrasias including monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, autoimmune disorders (eg, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus), and a variety of other diseases. In some cases, no associated disorder is detected. Laboratory testing currently cannot distinguish between congenital and acquired VWD; clinical correlation is required.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Detection of deficiency or abnormality of von Willebrand factor and related deficiency of factor VIII coagulant activity
Subtyping von Willebrand disease as Type 1 (most common), Type 2 variants (less common), or Type 3 (rare)
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
An interpretive report will be provided when testing is complete.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Testing should be performed prior to and in the absence of recent transfusion or von Willebrand factor (VWF) replacement therapy, (eg Humate P or DDAVP [desmopressin]). If the patient has received any such therapy, this information should be provided. von Willebrand disease (VWD) patients receiving Humate P therapy may have a VWF activity level 10% to 20% lower than the VWF ristocetin cofactor activity level. Low normal levels of VWF antigen or activity do not exclude possible diagnosis of VWD (repeat testing may be indicated). Use of estrogens may result in a mild increase in VWF levels, thus masking a diagnosis of mild VWD.
Borderline low or slightly decreased levels of VWF antigen or activity may be observed in clinically normal individuals of blood group "O."
This test is not useful for differentiating Type 2A versus 2B VWD or platelet-type VWD (pseudo-VWD). This differentiation requires ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation testing which must be performed using freshly obtained patient platelets and plasma.
Clinical correlation is required for differentiating acquired from congenital (hereditary) forms of VWD. Repeat testing may be helpful for confirming or evaluating low or borderline low levels of VWF (antigen and/or activity), especially when there is strong suspicion of VWD.
The milder forms of the disease, especially Type 1 VWD, can be difficult to diagnose or exclude, reflecting the variability of baseline VWF levels. In addition to demonstration of persistently decreased levels of VWF, clinical correlation is required for diagnosis of all VWD subtypes, especially mild Type 1 VWD.
Patient should not be receiving anticoagulant treatment (eg, heparin, Coumadin). If so, please note.
This test is not useful for detection of hemophilia carriers.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
von WILLEBRAND FACTOR ACTIVITY
von WILLEBRAND FACTOR ANTIGEN
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Federici AB, Mannucci PM: Advances in the genetics and treatment of von Willebrand disease. Curr Opin Pediatr 2002 Feb;14(1):23-33
2. Budde U, Schneppenheim R: von Willebrand factor and von Willebrand disease. Rev Clin Exp Hematol 2001 Dec;5(4):335-368
3. Kumar S, Pruthi RK, Nichols WL: Acquired von Willebrand disease. Mayo Clin Proc 2002 Feb;77(2):181-187


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I remember seeing something like that long ago but can't remember what it was called. It is basically a metal gadget that holds 5 pencils or only pencil led and you can draw by hand your own empty staff. Anybody know?
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This isn't exactly what you asked for, but similar idea: noligraph. You could also buy a 5-line pen nib like this Brause one.
It's called a rastrum.
The rastrum came into use in preparing copper-plate engravings for music printing. It was simply a fork that one dragged across the plate to "score" the surface. Rastrum is Latin for rake.
As for constructing such a tool samizdat (DIY), I see potential in a paperclip, 5 ballpoint refills, and a pair of chaining pliers. I'll say more as soon as I buy some ballpoint refills.
It's easy to make with cheap materials, but it works poorly. Paperclips are too flimsy. I either need stronger wire or longer wire. Or perhaps a carved wooden frame.


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Ash captured Staraptor as a Starly, and it evolved into Staravia when battling Team Rocket. Then, when they were battling Paul in a Pokéringer Contest, Staravia soon evolved into Staraptor and learned Close Combat, defeating Paul's Honchkrow. When Ash finished the Sinnoh League and decided to begin a new start in the Unova region journey, he sent Staraptor to Professor Oak's Lab.
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Monday, October 02, 2006
Does Japan offer the better analogy?
Sandy Levinson
I note the following column published by Niall Ferguson in the Los Angeles Times. A professor of history at Harvard, he is, I'm quite confident, usually not thought of as on the left. So consider the following:
I do not think that is a completely fair analogy. Frankly, I doubt perfectly humane treatment on our part will affect in any way how al Qaeda will treat prisoners in its cluches. Reciprocity is a good moral position, but for all practical purposes means nothing with al Qaeda. Al Qaeda didn't show any restraint with conducting 9/11. Al Qaeda readily beheaded Daniel Pearl and Nick Berg and other civilians captured. Al Qaeda haven't shown any restraint in torturing and killing the few U.S. troops (fortunately very few of our troops give them the opportunity). This is an enemy that has no restraint in slaughtering fellow Muslims because they are not Muslim enough for them.
The primary argument for not engaging in torture is because we are better than that. We do not want to mimic this enemy.
We should engaged them on the battlefield and kill them, but we should not lower ourselves and torture them.
And that is how we treated Imperial Japan. The Japanese POWs we captured (they all did not fight to the death) were saved by American officers (the Marines on the line often killed them for the attrocities they had witnessed on their fellow captured Marines), they were interrogated humanely and kept till the end of the war. I believe a surprising number of them gave useful information without torture. But we inflicted the full brunt of war, without mercy, in attacking Imperial Japan until it surrendered.
"... we inflicted the full brunt of war, without mercy, in attacking imperial japan until it surrendered".
...which is one of the problems here. even if we were to assume that we were able to take the president's word for it that "alternative interrogation techniques", suspension of habeus corpus, etc. will cease upon surrender of the enemy, given the amorphous nature of the enemy, which the administration repeatedly emphasizes is like no other enemy we have ever engaged, and given that the president is to assume the power to determine not only the scope of the battle, but who the enemy is, how will we actually know when the enemy has surrendered?
Also overlooked are the lessons of our World Wars regarding treatment of detainees and occupied countries. When you treat the vanquished throughout (both during the war and after) with a general sense of dignity and support, you make an ally of a former enemy (as with Germany and Japan now). When you use your position to get revenge or gain advantage (as with Germany in the post-WWI era) you end up fighting the same wars over again. I suppose that some people have to learn their history the hard way...and we'll learn a lot of hard lessons from Bush's decisions in this war.
Reciprocity is surely the weakest argument for honoring Geneva, at least in the case of our current War on Terrah (is there an "h" in that?).
I would call everyone's attention to Christopher Dodd's op-ed in the LA Times. His dad was the # 2 U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg, behind Justice Jackson.
Why not just give in to vengeance? Why not just shoot them, as Winston Churchill wanted to do? Why not just succumb to the law of power politics and impose our will without any regard to principle? Why not just give in to violence, which was certainly within our ability and, many argued, within our right?
Why not? Because the United States has always stood for something more.
When we entered World War II, we did not fight for land or for treasure — we fought for an idea. The idea that laws should rule the land, not men; that the principles of justice embodied in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution — of due process, of innocence until proven guilty, of the right to a fair trial — do not get suspended for vengeance.
We're supposed to persuade people in Syria and Iraq, Pakistan and Arabia, that we believe they're entitled to the same rights and freedoms as we do. I don't see how any of them could possibly glean that message from the administration of George W. Bush. Whatever happens in Iraq, we have lost a battle in the only theater where terror can be stopped -- public opinion.
Professor Levinson:
Congress (not the President) has interpreted what the Geneva Conventions forbid pursuant to its Article I power to set rules for Captures.
Congress (not the President) has therefore authorized all forms of interrogation not prohibited by this legislation.
The President may only add, not subtract, protections on top of what Congress has authorized.
The comparison with Japan is extremely weak since Congress interpreted the Geneva Conventions to ban nearly all of the war crimes perpetrated by the Japanese on our POWs.
As for the reciprocity argument, the only nation state which has ever followed the Geneva Conventions (for the most part) in its treatment of our POWs was Germany. None of our other enemies prior to this legislation ever has.
I, for one, would be thrilled if our unlawful terrorist enemies would treat our POWs the way we treat their captures. It would be an enormous improvement over the way our POWs have been treated since the Geneva Conventions of 1949.
I am willing to grant that humane treatment of captured enemies will in no way induce the enemy in this war to treat our soldiers humanely.
Might I suggest, however, that humane treatment of captured enemy still has its advantages by assuring our enemies that it is safe to surrender.
Reciprocity is, in fact, the best argument for *not* providing the protections of Geneva to Al Qaeda detainees. After all, how are the Geneva conventions to be enforced? There is no international police to ensure enforcement. Thus, Reciprocity has long been built into the Geneva conventions as an enforcement mechanism, and it is only recently that left/liberal concepts of the universal applicability of the conventions have come to dominate. Article 4 of Geneva IV, for example, provides that "nationals of a State which is not bound by the Convention are not protected by it." In denying protection in this way, Geneva IV incorporates the old Westphalian system of state sovereignity, but it's intent is clear: the purpose of this provision is to deny the protections of Geneva to those groups which have refused to abide by international law.
The modern realities of international terrorism could arguably require that we abandon the Westphalian conception of the State as the exclusive international actor and accept that international organizations like Al Qaeda should be considered international actors in their own right. Once that leap is made, it's no large leap to say that Al Qaeda has violated Article 4(A)(2) and the laws of war generally by deliberatly targetting civilians (a decision which also explicitly takes them out of the scope of Article4(A)(6), note) and that, consistent with the text of Article 4(A)(2) and with the principle of reciprocity embodied in the Geneva Conventions, Al Qaeda adherents should be denied all protection under Geneva.
None of these conclusions are necessary, of course, and of course I am mimicking the arguments of the (infamous, in some circles) John Yoo. My point is simply this: reciprocity is the single *worst* justification for asking the US to unilaterally adhere to the Geneva Conventions in the conflict with international terrorism, because the principle of reciprocity has traditionally been used to deny the protections of international law to groups that deliberately target civilians.
Bart: Congress (not the President) has interpreted what the Geneva Conventions forbid pursuant to its Article I power to set rules for Captures.
The White House drafted the Military Commissions Act; the original version was reported on here by Professor Lederman as it was being shopeed around the hill for sponsors. Is this not the case?
Enlightened Layperson said...
Might I suggest, however, that humane treatment of captured enemy still has its advantages by assuring our enemies that it is safe to surrender.
We are dealing with a death cult which worships suicide as martyrdom. Generally, we have to ambush the enemy and grab him to capture him. His surrenders are not usually voluntary.
The last time we faced anything like this was fighting the Japanese in WWII and we took darn few casualties in that war because they would not surrender.
In Hamdan, the Court stripped the Executive of its Article II authority to make rules for the trial of unlawful enemy combatants.
Only Congress could enact these rules and the President could not order Congress to pass legislation ratifying the prior regime of executive rules.
The Administration came up with a draft statute which was changed when vetted by the JAG Corps and changed some more by Congress. The final bill was substantially different that the prior regime.
The court did no such thing: it said that any such rules had to conform to the law.
And they didn't mean by passing new "laws" to legalize crimes or prevent courts from ruling on the law.
If only the President believed Congress can interpret Common Article 3's requirements. That would at least bring two real branches to the table. But don't all three belong there? Treaties are the Supreme Law of the Land. Congress itself is subject to them. That's why it approved the Convention Against Torture subject to reservations, declarations and understandings, which it did not do when it approved Common Article 3.
There's less hope of this now with our new Chief Justice, who was nominated after signing off on these words in the DC Circuit Court opinion in Hamdan (citations omitted):
Hamdan was captured during hostilities [in Afghanistan]. But is the war against terrorism in general and the war against al Qaeda in particular, an "armed conflict not of an international character"? (Common Article 3 applies only to armed conflicts confined to "a single country"). President Bush determined, in a memorandum to the Vice President and others on February 7, 2002, that it did not fit that description because the conflict was "international in scope." The district court disagreed with the President's view of Common Article 3, apparently because the court thought we were not engaged in a separate conflict with al Qaeda, distinct from the conflict with the Taliban. We have difficulty understanding the court's rationale. Hamdan was captured in Afghanistan in November 2001, but the conflict with al Qaeda arose before then, in other regions, including this country on September 11, 2001. Under the Constitution, the President "has a degree of independent authority to act" in foreign affairs, and, for this reason and others, his construction and application of treaty provisions is entitled to "great weight." While the district court determined that the actions in Afghanistan constituted a single conflict, the President's decision to treat our conflict with the Taliban separately from our conflict with al Qaeda is the sort of political-military decision constitutionally committed to him. To the extent there is ambiguity about the meaning of Common Article 3 as applied to al Qaeda and its members, the President's reasonable view of the provision must therefore prevail.
Such difficulty! The majority could have dispelled it by reading Judge Williams's concurrence. He showed clearly why the conflict with al Qaeda was an "armed conflict not of an international character," for unambiguous reasons entirely different than those the majority imputed to the District Court. The Supreme Court would affirm that reading, whose merits a Contracts 101 student could see, never mind a lawyer with John Roberts's intellect.
You battle results facing the government you have, not the one you'd like to have. On the field on which this one will be waged, Tojo's not a bad analogy.
And Tojo was later executed for war crimes.
That's right, the precedent exists for charging, trying, convicting, and executing heads of state, not merely enlisted "grunts"... and it could be applied to George W. Bush.
Creeping Truth said...
Bart, If only the President believed Congress can interpret Common Article 3's requirements. That would at least bring two real branches to the table. But don't all three belong there?
No. The elected branches set policy, the judiciary is only empowered to interpret the rules which the other two branches set for captures.
The Court in Hamdan and in previous cases recognized that the President pursuant to his general Article I CiC power has the first word in setting rules for Captures, but Congress has the final word on the subject pursuant to its express Article I power to set rules for Captures. Article II does not grant the courts a similar power.
Treaties are the Supreme Law of the Land. Congress itself is subject to them. That's why it approved the Convention Against Torture subject to reservations, declarations and understandings, which it did not do when it approved Common Article 3.
Treaties are subordinate to the Constitution. Either the President or Congress can withdraw from a treaty pursuant to their constitutional powers as Mr. Bush did from the ABM treaty in 2001, Mr. Carter did from the mutual defense treaty with Taiwan in 1979 and Mr. Roosevelt did from the Treaty of Friendship with Japan in 1939.
Creeping Truth, quoting Chief Justice Roberts:
But is the war against terrorism in general and the war against al Qaeda in particular, an "armed conflict not of an international character"?
Which again brings to light the importance of refuting the war fallacy as applied to pursuing justice against the persons behind nine-one-one, in particular, and as applied to ending terrorism in general. Properly refute the war metaphor and the question of "international character" is made moot.
How can congressional power under the Capture Rules trump a treaty obligation when treaties are the Supreme Law of the Land? It would seem that any rules of capture Congress adopts are subject to treaties, particularly those that speak directly to the subject. The Constitution couldn't be clearer.
In Hamdan the Capture Rules did not come up. The majority simply bought off on the government's claim that the authorization for use of military force gave Bush the power to detain. The interesting thing there is that Bush asked for such authorization pre-Afghanistan and was denied it. He read it into the AUMF anyway and then-Judge Roberts bought off on it.
The shift from one rationale to another is breathtaking. If Congress says, "Get these guys!" it's put under the Capture Rules. If Congress says, "Mind your p's and q's," the Commander in Chief power wipes it out. If the Supreme Court says, "You screwed up," it's beyond their competence to question whether people pulled off of lists compiled by paid bounty hunters -- in derogation of army procedures for making initial assessments of combat status -- should be detained without due process.
This is what they call result-oriented legal reasoning. Fortunately the Supreme Court stepped in to prioritize laws and powers thereunder. I hope they stay the course.
Permit a brief follow-up because I did not fully address Bart's arguments.
If Congress is going to withdraw from a treaty, it has to say it is doing so. It can't do so implicitly. Treaties are higher than the positive law it enacts.
As for the Constitution being above treaties, I think that if it puts treaties on the plane that it occupies, its grants of power are subject to treaties no less than to the Constitution itself and thus circumscribed thereby.
To say otherwise is not only to invite the United States to assume outlaw status but to dismiss as accidental the fact that the Declaration of Independence was itself premised by "a decent respect to the opinions of mankind." Such a respect has been no small part of what this nation has been about.
Does all of this get swept aside in a unipolar world where we're the pole? That's the nub of the matter, isn't it?
The Supreme Court has consistently applied the last in time rule to treaties and statutes. That means if the Military Commissions Act overrides a treaty, it rules.
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Bart, How can congressional power under the Capture Rules trump a treaty obligation when treaties are the Supreme Law of the Land? It would seem that any rules of capture Congress adopts are subject to treaties, particularly those that speak directly to the subject. The Constitution couldn't be clearer.
You are confusing the scope of treaty law with the power to adopt or withdraw from a treaty.
While a treaty is in effect, it trumps national statutes enacted by Congress. However, by definition, nothing trumps the Constitution and the Constitution can only be changed through the amendment process with a super majority.
Treaties are instead a creature of the President's executive power as head of state for foreign policy matters. The President drafts and enters into the treaty on behalf of the nation. The only check on this power is that the President must gain consent of the Senate. Surely, you are not arguing that the President with the consent of just one house of Congress can amend our Constitution through treaties?
Because this Senate approval for treaties is analogous to consent of a cabinet appointment, it has generally been assumed that Presidents could withdraw from treaties the same way they can dismiss cabinet officers approved by the Senate. Presidents have exercised this power multiple times over our history.
I would argue that Congress may also withdraw from treaties to the extent that the treaty affects areas of the law over which Article I grants Congress plenary authority like setting rules for captures.
Here is another very realistic hypothetical. Let's assume a future President enters into a treaty to join the International Criminal Court which could exercise jurisdiction over our soldiers. However, the ICC grants far fewer procedural protections for our soldiers than does our Constitution and the UCMJ. The Congress should be able to withdraw our soldiers from that treaty through the UCMJ by exercising its plenary power to enact laws to regulate the uniformed services. At the very least, I doubt the Courts would hold that an ICC treaty may take away a soldier's protections under the Bill of Rights.
In Hamdan the Capture Rules did not come up.
You may want to reread the court's majority opinion, which starts off its analysis of the UCMJ by citing to multiple Article I provisions which grant Congress the power to set rules for military commissions through the UCMJ. If Article I did not provide Congress with the power to set rules for Captures, the President's rules would have taken precedence under his Article II CiC power.
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In Hamdan, het Hof ontdaan van de Executive van artikel II bevoegdheid om regels te maken voor het onderzoek van onrechtmatige vijandelijke strijders.
Alleen het Congres konden deze regels vast te stellen en de president kon het Congres niet om wetgeving ratificatie van het voorafgaande regime van uitvoerende regels passeren.
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What is the weight of the top roller?
What thickness of steel sheet can it handle?
The wheel weighs 21 lbs. 8" diameter, 2" wide.
I can pick the whole thing up and move it around, but it stays put pretty good on its own too.
You can buy a commercially made benchtop English wheel from Metalcraft Tools in Crossville, Tennessee. They even have hands-on courses for those who wish to learn to use an English wheel. You can also buy the upper and lower anvils. The lower anvils come in a set with several styles.
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Enhanced background checks to be carried out on Carlisle cabbies
Last updated at 14:36, Friday, 27 January 2012
Enhanced criminal records checks will be carried out before people are allowed to drive taxis in Carlisle.
City licensing chiefs had been concerned about not being able to thoroughly vet those wanting to become taxi and private hire drivers.
Carlisle City Council was among those who lobbied the Government after local authorities were last year told they could not carry out enhanced Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks on applicants.
But a climb-down on this ban has now been announced as part of a reform of licensing rules – a move welcomed in Carlisle.
David Morton, chairman of the city council's regulatory panel, said: "The priority for councils is always to keep residents safe.
"We take this responsibility seriously and were very concerned about the Government decision to stop enhanced CRB checks.
"Anyone getting into a taxi or private hire vehicle should be able to do so safe in the knowledge that they can rely on their council to have fully checked the background of the driver before giving them a licence."
Currently, the legal entitlement for many taxi or private hire drivers is a standard-level records check.
However, enhanced checks have become common.
Licensing authorities can now also check whether an applicant is banned from working with children or vulnerable adults.
Mr Morton added: "The overwhelming majority of licensed taxi and private hire drivers are reputable and honest individuals who provide a valuable service.
"Councils want to help support and promote this positive image of our taxi industry by ensuring the licensing process cannot be exploited by those looking to target vulnerable passengers.
"Many organisations, including ourselves, made representations to the Government about this issue because enhanced CRB checks are fundamental to a robust taxi licensing process that can protect passengers effectively. We are pleased that they have listened."
Criminal Information Minister Lynne Featherstone said they were determined to ensure the records check is balanced to respect civil liberties and public protection.
"Taxi drivers provide a valuable service transporting children to school and lone women home so it is only right that the public should have the confidence that proper checks have been carried out," she added.
First published at 14:06, Friday, 27 January 2012
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Abiut time too,But what i want to know is, If a driver has come from a EU country does his/her past show up on these enhanced checks. I'll also add that a great number of cab drivers seem to be unable or maybe just unwilling (ignorance) to string a few comprehensible words together.
Actually Delboy, this is a big change. The key here is 'enhanced' crb. A CRB only contains information on convictions and cautions, an enhanced crb contains information on arrests, and 'intelligence' that is stored locally and on the national police computer. That means unfounded allegations from thirty years ago, that you might not even know of will show up.
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