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8 euro vegetarian thali at one of the Indian restaurants 'Madras café' along the Rue du Faubourg St Denis next to the Gare du Nord.
Thursday I got an unexpected trip to Paris courtesy of the teen (blog post here and here). Arriving in the afternoon starving, we had a cheap quick Indian late lunch near the Gare du Nord. Exhausted, we went to the cinema. When I lived in Paris I spent all my time either eating, cooking or going to the flicks. Unfortunately, the quirky cinéphile taste of 'cahiers du cinema'-educated Parisians, sometimes leads to a mistake. We saw the execrable The Girl Hunters 1963 starring Mickey Spillane, a rare case of a writer playing his own central character.
Chocolatier Trish Deseine, an Irish woman who has performed the miraculous feat of impressing the French with her recipe books and cooking, invited us to stay the night at her place. She made me the best polenta I've ever had; gooey and generous topped with Parmesan and home-made pesto. We sank a couple of bottles of rosé, talked of cookbooks. Around 2 am Trish produced two tightly wrapped packets of tin foil "The dark stuff is Ghanaian" she whispered opening them carefully. Once opened, I saw it was not in fact soft drugs but teensy dolls house bars of chocolate, her own product. We inhaled it, discussing texture and flavour. Trish talks about chocolate like a wine or coffee connoisseur. She should do a workshop.
Trish gets out the hard stuff at the end of the meal: "Now this is 74% Tanzanian". Trish is launching her own range of chocolate at Selfridges this autumn which will roll out all over the UK.
Crack cacao
The next day we went to a fashionable bistro La Regalade near the Louvre (there's another in the 14th arrondissement) where 'le tout Paris' goes. The men had perfectly coiffed hair, tans and manbags, the women were after-dinner-mint thin and there was one exquisite child in a pressed cotton frock on best restaurant behaviour. The fixed menu was 33 euros and I got a bottle of Gewurztraminer at 25 euros.
I 'papped' the chef Bruno Doucet. French men are effortlessly sexy aren't they? All utter bastards though.
A simple and creatively presented wine menu with colour codes.
Helmets lining the cloakroom. Even businessmen are on scooters.
A lovely funky amuse-bouche: cornichons and onion pickles. Not home-made however. Carnivores get a big terrine of paté, we got some bread and butter.
I loved this: lasagne de légumes confits, mozzarella di buffala, jambon cru et basilic. Really light soft lasagne but no ham for me.
Saumon mariné par nos soins, salade de concombres et gingembre confit aux oignons nouveaux.
Home cured salmon with a cucumber, spring onion and ginger salad. (The salad was not adequately dressed but the salmon was like butter).
The colours of the sauce with the rascasse are so pretty, worthy of Monet 'Les nymphéas'.
Filet de rascasse à la plancha, risotto a l'encre et calamars façon pibailles: filet of scorpion fish, squid ink risotto and squid strips fried like elvers or glass eels.
Pavé de cabillaud de Brétagne demi-sel, cuit dans un bouillon parfumé, haricots de Paimpol au basilic
Half salted cod from Brittany, cooked in a broth, with Paimpol beans in basil.
Next door's rice pudding. Which I tried. You see I simply can't behave like a normal diner in conventional restaurants anymore, I always end up talking to the tables next to me and inevitably, get to try their food. Love the presentation of this and the generous flecks of vanilla but not sure about it being cold. Bruno, my love, some like it hot!
This water seems to be all the rage in the best restaurants.
Choco-praliné de la Regalade. Complete with Mikado stick. Mind blowingly good said the teen.
Grand Marnier soufflé. Believe it or not, I waited ten minutes (too busy chatting) before photographing it, so this is a slightly deflated version.
|Graffitted locks on the fence of the Francois Mitterand foot bridge
Lipsticked Kir Au Pére Tranquille café at Les Halles


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SW needed to get results of hospital blood draw
From OCDLA Library of Defense
by: Ryan Scott • September 14, 2017 • no comments
Defendant's blood draw in the hospital was for medical purposes, and a search warrant was required to get access to that information. Trial court affirmed. State v. Saunders, 2017-Ohio-7348 (5th Dist. 2017).
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- Therefore, we hold that an OVI suspect in Ohio enjoys a reasonable expectation of privacy in his or her medical records "that pertain to any test or the result of any test administered to the person to determine the presence or concentration of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse in the person's blood, breath, or urine at any time relevant to the criminal offense in question," which are stored securely in a hospital. R.C. 2317.022(B). It follows that, prior to obtaining such medical records a law enforcement officer must comply with the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment.

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China travels in Crete
Chania, Greece; Rethymnon, Greece; Heraklion, Greece; Lasithi, Greece
GROUP A: August 10th – 24th, 2016 | GROUP B: September 1st – 15th, 2016
Chania, Greece; Rethymnon, Greece; Heraklion, Greece; Lasithi, Greece
GROUP A: August 10th – 24th, 2016 | GROUP B: September 1st – 15th, 2016
The Summer School is linking theoretical with experiential knowledge, combining speech, imaging and vivid stimuli into a single whole: History – Culture – Tradition.
Through this program, students will get to know Crete, which has been inhabited since Neolithic times ( ~ 6000 BC ), with the installation of the first residents at Knossos, where one of the greatest civilizations was developed: the Minoan civilization ( ~ 3500-3000 BC ). Participants will walk in the palaces of Knossos and the galleries of the Labyrinth, will explore Dikteon Andron cave (where Zeus, the father of the Olympian gods, was born) and visit the Ideon Andron cave where he was later raised. According to Homer, king Minos ascended to the sanctuary of Ideon Andron every nine years to get laws to govern from God, and resided in Zominthos. Students will also visit the Nikos Kazantzakis Museum in village Myrtle Heraklion, birthplace of Nikos Kazantzakis, one of the most important contemporary Greek writers, and most translated worldwide, who became even more famous through the film adaption of his works: Christ Recrucified, Life and Times of Alexis Zorba and The Last Temptation.
Students will have the opportunity to cross walk the Samaria Gorge, a natural monument in the southern part of the prefecture of Chania and the longest gorge in Europe (18 km ).
Participants will get to know the diet of Crete, the standard for the Mediterranean diet, through a seminar in Cretan cooking, guided visits and participations in traditional product manufacturing workshops (such as bread, olive oil, dairy, wine, etc.) and will experience a Cretan wedding & baptism, accompanied with traditional Cretan music and dancing.
An optional basic Greek language course will take place, introducing students to the most widely spoken language in the Mediterranean and Southern Europe, due to the large number of colonies founded by the Greeks on the Mediterranean coast which made it to be the language of commerce.
The aim of this Summer School is for the Chinese students to become partakers of History, Culture and Tradition, aiming to launch an ongoing dialogue between the two largest and oldest civilizations of the world: Chinese and Greek. Cultures who developed almost parallel at all levels and have infinite elements in common.
A detailed program will be released 15 days prior to student's arrival in Crete.
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This gorgeous silk bolero from Mary and Angelika is trimmed with red roses, making it the perfect accessory to top off a summer outfit.
Boleros have reemerged as a summer fashion staple to cover bare shoulders and help day outfits transition from night. Check out some other creative capelets and boleros below.
Implications - Floral prints might have been hugely popular over the past few decades, but the future of fashion is definitely moving towards designs that increasingly incorporate textures and three-dimensional elements. Instead of merely evoking flowers with mundane two-dimensional patterns, jackets like this take floral fashion to a whole new, modern level that is in line with recent technological developments.
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Commentary: Tax commissioner Rauschenberger is testing ND's new attitudes on addiction
Ryan Rauschenberger, North Dakota's Republican tax commissioner, is an extremely intelligent and competent man. A dedicated public servant. On a personal level, he's a warm and genuinely nice person. Rare things in the world of politics.
Which is why it's heartbreaking to watch as he deals with alcohol addiction.
Back in September of 2014 I broke a story about Rauschenberger's struggles with drinking. After his SUV was involved in a drunk driving incident (he had loaned it to a friend) I called him on the phone to discuss it. As we spoke he sounded inebriated. He admitted to drinking with his friend and loaning him the SUV, but the timing of it stunk to me. They had been drinking during daylight hours on a weekday.
Why was our tax commissioner day drinking with a friend on a Tuesday?


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No matter what kind of ninja you are—a cooking ninja, a corporate lawyer ninja, or an actual ninja ninja—virtuosity lies in first mastering the basic tools of the trade. Once conquered, it's then up to the full-fledged ninja to apply that knowledge in creative and inventive ways. In recent times, jQuery has proven itself to be a simple but powerful tool for taming and transforming web pages, bending even the most stubborn and aging browsers to our will. jQuery is a library with two principal purposes: manipulating elements on a web page, and helping out with Ajax requests.
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Feliz Ano – Happy New Year 2012January 16th, 2012
The season is well underway in Costa Rica. – We would love to invite you to join us for a warm water paddling experience this winter. Unique lodge – based and camping itineraries are available from December – May on both Pacific and Caribbean coasts…
Our next Islas Del Golfo trip on the Pacific coast is February 29 – March 07, 2012
Feel free contact us for more details about this trip or any of our Costa Rica adventures.
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This 2018-2019 season will be our 10th consecutive year running! The Dunedin Harvest Food & Garden Co-op was founded by Bree Cheatham in 2009. This group is dedicated to organizing local community efforts in Dunedin and Pinellas County to create organic home gardens, micro-farms, community gardens, locally prepared foods and providing community education.
In July 2009 the Food Co-op was started by offering locally grown plants and honey to Dunedin residents and in October 2009 Bree started working with Sweetwater Organic farm in Tampa to offer locally grown Organic produce as well. Since that time, Bree and many selfless volunteers have helped grow the co-op each season since.
With the continued support of the community the co-op has been able to grow large enough to be able to work with many local home growers and more local Organic Farms. Each season is a challenge and this season we need more help than ever before!
The Co-op's Online Market is Easy to Use…
In an effort to create a more sustainable local food source, we use an Online Market system to simplify the ordering process of local organic produce, plants and other natural healing products when they are available. Please join us by setting up an account and support our efforts by buying local organic food! Once you have an account you can place your orders easily online.
Unfortunately there is not an abundance of local organic food in Pinellas County at this time, so we are working to create a network of local people who have the common goal to change that. Our goal is to work together to produce and share the best quality food available so that we can heal ourselves using food as medicine – just like the rest of humanity has done for thousands of years!
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Incumbent Marie Horenburger was re-elected Tuesday, but a second City Council seat was still up for grabs with ballots divided among four other candidates.
"People seem pleased with the job I've done this past year. And I'm ready to come out of the rookie stage and hit stride," Horenburger said.
Incumbent Malcolm Bird appeared headed for a runoff with Internal Audit Committee member James "Pete" Bowen. Retired police captain Charles "Ed" Dalton and Ed Perry, a former councilman, trailed in the voting.
Candidates have to win support from a majority of the voters casting ballots for the council seats. City officials will meet today to review the returns and count absentee ballots.
Though the candidates differed in their approach to city government, certain themes recurred during the campaign. Issues involving government spending and land-use within the city were the dominant topics when candidates met at forums and before civic groups.
Bird was quick to identify his top priority as this year's update of the city's five-year land-use plan. Horenburger, too, looked toward revising the plan and vowed to preserve the city's single-family neighborhoods.
Both incumbents, however, said the administration must continue to attract industry to the city.
The relatively calm, reserved series of candidates nights brought few surprises. But Perry, formerly an outspoken adherent of efforts to bring industry to Delray Beach, startled some by softening that stance during the campaign.
He said business should be sought for existing commercial zones, but that such districts should maintain their current boundaries. Perry said he worried about the effect of such expansion on residential areas.
Dalton also pledged to serve homeowners, especially those living west of Interstate 95. A retired police captain, Dalton said the administration should expand police patrols in western neighborhoods.
Bowen, a member of the city's Internal Audit Committee, made the cost of government the central issue in his campaign.


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WE SUPPORT: Outdoor OutreachWednesday, September 7, 2016
Founded in 1999, Outdoor Outreach is a non-profit supporting underprivileged youth in Southern California who are at risk for school dropout, substance abuse, gang violence and unintended pregnancy. They are the only agency in the area, and one of only a few in the United States, utilizing positive outdoor physical experiences to provide kids with the support, relationships, resources and opportunities they need to become successful adults. To date, Outdoor Outreach has taken more than 5,800 youth on over 2,000 outings, including rock climbing, snowboarding, surfing, snorkeling, mountain biking and backpacking. In addition, their Leadership Program offers promising teens the opportunity to participate in an intensive year-long training program providing them with the necessary skills to instruct and mentor younger Outdoor Outreach participants.
The Outdoor Outreach model has produced amazing results: over the last 4 years, serving youth in schools with graduation rates of 45-50 percent, 100 percent of Outdoor Outreach participants have graduated, with 95 percent moving on to college or technical school. In the coming years, Outdoor Outreach will focus on expanding its model nationally beyond California. Black Diamond proudly supports the Outdoor Outreach climbing school. The climbing school is a critical component to the program model, each year serving over 300 individual youth on over 40 climbing excursions throughout California.
To learn more about Outdoor Outreach, donate or get involved, click here.


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A Family History
by Virginia Allee
- Introduction -
The purpose of this questionnaire is to provide you with a mind jogger to help you in making notes on your own life or to guide you in recording the life experiences of another member of your family. The information you record will become an important link between you and your descendants. It will serve as a means of conveying a picture of what your life has been like and a sense of what has been important to you.
At the top of a sheet of paper write:
§ The full name, date and place of birth of yourself.
§ The full name, date and place of birth of your mother (maiden name) and the full name, date and place of birth of your father.
§ The full name, date and place of birth of your brothers and sisters (with spouses' names).
§ The full name, date and place of birth of your children (with spouses' names).Write your thought on sheets of good quality paper numbering each answer to correspond to the appropriate question. Write your name on each sheet too and leave room to add new thoughts later.Read only a few questions ahead or you will never get started. Combine questions if you wish and skip those that do not seem to apply to you or that you cannot or choose not to answer. And answer any additional questions that occur to you.Do not start out trying to produce a finished composition; just let your memories flow naturally. Later, you or perhaps your child or great-grandchild can edit it. Right now you are simply gathering the all-important facts and memories.Work for short periods of time. You can continue your answers at odd moments or you can stop to ponder or discuss them. But spend your time writing rather that rereading your earlier answers or slow progress may discourage you.You might want to compose your answers as though you are writing a letter to your family -- to people you know and love --for that is essentially what you are doing. Start out with something like this: You and I are of the same blood. I want you to know something about me and our family. My name is Jane Doe. I was born July 10, 1921, in the town of ...After that, the rest is easy.
1. What were the names of your mother's parents?2. When and where were they born? Where did they live?3. What did he do for a living?4. Do you have any personal memories of them? Describe.5. What were the names of your father's parents?6. When and where were they born? where did they live?7. What did he do for a living?8. Do you have any personal memories of them? Describe.9. Did you know your grandparents well?10. What do you remember hearing about your great grandparents?11. Did you ever meet them?12 Did your great-grandparents, grandparents or parents come to the U.S. from a foreign country? What stories are told in your family about the crossing? Do you have any relatives in foreign countries?13. What traditions are still practiced in your family?
The Family Home
1. What type of house did you live in as a child? Describe.2. What other buildings were on the same property?3. Did you have a yard? A fence? A swing? Flowers? Trees? A lawn?4. As a child, did you have a room of your own, or did you share it with someone else? If so, whom?5. Did you have a bed of your own?6. In what room did you eat? Kitchen? Dining room?7. Where did you eat when there was company?8. Did your house have a parlor? Was the family allowed to use it?9. How was your home heated? Was it warm in winter? Explain.10. Did you have a fireplace?11. What kind of kitchen stove did your parents cook on?12. Did you burn wood? Coal?13. Did you have to buy the fuel or was there a choice, such as cutting wood, with which you had to help?14. Where did your family get water? Was it plentiful? What methods were used to conserve water?15. Did your family always have a refrigerator? If not, what did you use instead? When did you get a refrigerator?16. Did your family have a cellar? Where did you store apples, potatoes? Canned foods?17. Did you always have indoor plumbing? If not, when did you get it?18. Did you always have electricity? If not, when did you get it?19. Did you ever use candles or kerosene lamps? Whose job was it to fill the lamps and replace the wicks?20. If you moved during your childhood, tell where and when and what you can remember of each house and the family circumstances and reason for the move.
Family Relations:
Responsibilities, Conditions
1. What was your position in the family? Oldest? Youngest? Were there any advantages? Disadvantages?2. What were your duties as a small child? Describe your responsibilities as you grew older.3. Who cooked the meals? Who did the ironing?4. Did you buy or make your own clothing? Who was the family seamstress? Who repaired the family shoes?5. When did you learn to cook? Who taught you?6. Did you learn how to sew? Crochet? Knit? Embroider? Who taught you?7. Did you ever learn the mechanics of a car? Who taught you?8. Did your parents keep in touch with distant family?9. Did you visit relatives often? Near? Far?10. How did you get your mail? How often?11. Did you have any childhood diseases?12. What do you remember about family pets?13. Were you especially close to anyone in the family?14. How did the family spend its evenings?
Family Income and Livelihood
1. What did your father do for a living?2. Did your mother ever work outside of the home?3. Did you contribute to the family income?4. Dd you get any allowance as a child? Or did you have to earn your own spending money? If so, how?5. When did you get your first job outside of the family?6. Did your family have a garden? For family use or profit?7. Who did the planting? Digging? Cultivating? Weeding? Watering?8. What kind of vegetables did you grow? Who harvested them?9. Did your family have fruit trees?10. Who did the canning and what vegetables and fruits were canned? How?11. If you lived on a farm, what crops were planted?12. Who did the work? Family? Hired Hands? On what occasions?13. Did you raise hogs or chickens? Cows?14. What kind of meat did you eat? How often? Did you slaughter your own animals? How often?15. Did you keep a cow for milk?16. Did you make your own butter? Cheese?
Days, Seasons, and Special Occasions
1. What did Saturday mean to you?2. Was Saturday night bath night?3. Did you have special shopping habits at Christmastime? Did you earn your own money to buy presents?4. How did you spend Christmas? Describe. Did you decorate a Christmas tree? Did you exchange gifts?5. What kind of gifts did you receive at Christmas?6. What did Sunday mean to you?7. Did you attend church on Sunday? Alone? With your parents or family or friends?8. Where did you attend church or Sunday school?9. Did your family observe Easter? In what way?10. How did you observe the Fourth of July? Where?11. How was your birthday celebrated? Did you have a birthday cake?12. What kinds of gifts did you receive on your birthday?13. Did your family entertain often? What were the occasions?14. Did your family attend picnics? Family reunions? What do you remember about them?15. How did you keep cool in the summer?16. Did you go barefoot in summer?17. What did you wear in winter to keep warm?18. Do you remember any blizzards or tornadoes or floods?19. How did these events affect the neighbors, relatives, or town? How did they affect you?
Friends and Games
1. What did you do for recreation?2. Did you or your brothers or sisters have any hobbies? If so, what?3. Who were your playmates?4. Who was your best friend?5. What did you and your friends do when you got together?6. Did you and your playmates play any organized games? Football? Baseball? Hockey? Kick the can? Describe.7. Did you ever learn how to swim? Where?8. Did you ever attend a taffy pull? Pop corn?9. Did you participate in 4-H or scouting organizations?
1. Where did you go to school?2. Did you ever attend a one room school? Describe.3. How did you get to school? If you walked, how far?4. What do you remember about these walks? Did you walk alone or with friends? Did you encounter animals that you befriended or that frightened you?5. Were these walks a hardship in winter? In summer or hot weather?6. How large was your school in the elementary grades, first through fourth? First through eighth? Eighth through twelfth?7. What recreation was provided or allowed during periods of rest or recess?8. Were you helped by older students or did you help others with their lessons?9. What kinds of grades did you get? What were your favorite subjects? Who were your favorite teachers?
Transportation and Surroundings1. Describe the size of the town where you lived or shopped.2. Where did your parents shop?3. How large or how small were the stores?4. If you lived in a small town or on the farm, did you ever go to the city to shop? Describe.5. What was the largest town you remember visiting when you were young? What did you do there?6. Did you ever travel on a train while you were young? What was the occasion? Where did you go and with whom?7. Were you ever away from home as a child?8. Did you or your family own a horse? A buggy? Were you able or allowed to ride?9. When did your family acquire its first car? What make? How much did it cost?10. When did you learn to drive a care? Who taught you?11. Where did your family go on vacations?
1. Whom did you most admire when you were young? Within the family? Within public life? Why?
2. Did you choose someone to pattern your life after? Who and why?3. When you were small, what did you hope to do when you grew up?
Higher Education and Career
1. What education did you get past in high school?2. When did you finally settle into your career?3. Did your family support, oppose, or encourage you?4. While you were in college or in training, did you live away from home? For how long?5. Who influenced you most and helped you to develop your skills?6. How many different employers have you worked for? What promotions have you received?7. Would you choose the same career if you had it to do over?
Marriage and Later Life
1. When and where did you meet your husband or wife?2. How and when did you get engaged? Married?3. Where did you marry and who was present?4. Did you go on honeymoon?5. Where was your first home?6. What is your spouse's occupation?7. How many moves have you made during your married life? Where and why?8. Where and when were your children born?9. What can you remember of their baby days and childhood?10. Did you or your spouse go into military service?11. If your husband went into service, what did you do while he was away? Where did you live?12. What memories do you have of war years?13. Have you been politically active during your lifetime?14. Which political party or parties did you belong to and why?15. Which presidents have you voted for and why?16. How has your health been through the years?17. Did you have animals or pets or recreational equipment?18. Who have been your closest friends through the years?19. To what organizations have you belonged?
Philosophy and Outlook
1. Do you have a philosophy of life to share with your descendants?2. Do you have a favorite philosopher, teacher or writer who best expresses your philosophy?3. Do you have religious leanings or strong religious beliefs?4. What are your favorite biblical passages?5. What do you have to say about all the changes that have taken place within your lifetime?a. The proliferation of consumer goods? Freezers? Dishwashers? Dryers? Electric stoves? TV sets? Radios? Cars? Power tools?b. The changes in men's and women's fashions?c. The revolution in transportation and communication?d. The struggle for the political and civil equality of minorities and women?e. The technological breakthroughs in industry, medicine and space exploration?6. In your opinion, which have been the greatest advances or inventions of all?7. What things have given you the most pleasure or satisfaction? Your family, home, career, possessions, hobbies? Man's increased mobility and knowledge concerning himself, the world, and the universe? The hope for improved race relations and for world peace?8. Is there anything that has caused you perpetual concern? What events or trends have disturbed you most in your lifetime?9. What things do you fear most in regard to future generations? Where are the greatest inherent dangers?10. How would you encourage or counsel future generations on the following:a. Marriage and the home?
b. Obligations to country and society?
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Incidents of mass shootings have increased drastically since the 1970s. The carnage is much greater when assault weapons are involved. In Aurora, James Holmes was able to use his own assault weapon to shoot dozens of people in the 90 seconds it took for police to arrive.
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Nope. Will never be for prohibition. Care nothing whether it would or wuoldn't "save lives", (it wouldn't), but irrelevant anyway. People have the right to own guns if they want them.
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The ban on assault rifles should definitely be reinstated. I know that people have the right to bear arms, but some arms are not meant to be beared by civilians. What does a civilian need with an assault rifle anyway?
I wonder the same thing.
Why a person may "need" such a rifle is not relevant. As long as theyhurt no one, they should have it if they want it.
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Thanks for posting this, Steph. I'm glad to sign. The general public has no compelling or legitimate reason to own and possess such a weapon.
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December 21, 2009
God Help This Poor Man
... for he hath called our attention to That Which Must Never Be Uttered Aloud:
A US Army general in northern Iraq has defended his decision to add pregnancy to the list of reasons a soldier under his command could face court martial.
It is current army policy to send pregnant soldiers home, but Maj Gen Anthony Cucolo told the BBC he was losing people with critical skills.
That was why the added deterrent of a possible court martial was needed, he said.
The new policy applies both to female and male soldiers, even if married.
The male sexual partners of female soldiers who get pregnant would also "face the consequences", he said.
It is the first time the US Army has made pregnancy a punishable offence.
Cue the outraged shrieking about rights and privacy... as if male soldiers or Marines ever possessed the right to render themselves physically unfit for duty. While I heartily approve the even handed and equal application of military regulations, I believe Gen. Cucolo is tilting at windmills. He's dealing, after all, with a military leadership that considers active duty pregnancy so toxic a subject that it can only be dealt with by burying one's head firmly in the sand:
"We're definitely not tracking it," said a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, which runs the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "I've been attending operations briefings for two years, and I don't think I have heard once that pregnancy has come up."
Burying one's head in the sand seems to be a recurring condition whenever reality conflicts with the dictats of the more-than-equal rights crowd:
Dr. Sharfstein said that he would avoid an applicant 'like the plague' with this on his reputation.
The memo also mentions that Hasan blew off an important exam, was overheard proselytizing to his patients, only saw 30 patients in 38 weeks, when most see at least 10 times that much, and did not answer his phone when called for emergencies.
The memo reads that Hasan was
somebody who could potentially put patients in danger."
Dr. Sharfstein said that in all his time as a psychiatrist, he has only seen about six evaluations that were this bad, and he did refer to the memo as containing many warning signs.
DoD's refusal to study how pregnancies impact wartime readiness casts significant doubt on the assurances of those who advocate full female integration into the combat arms. They love to tell us that women's health issues (of which pregnancy has pride of place) have no effect (or only a negligible effect) on readiness:
In the past eight years, more than 2 million U.S. servicemen and servicewomen have served together in situations and for durations that have never existed in previous conflicts. Whatever issues remain to be resolved, the feared "disasters" did not materialize. There have been no epidemics of rape, no waves of "get me out of here" pregnancies, no orgies and no combat failures. In short, our men and women in uniform have behaved as military professionals.
Such blanket assurances beg an important question: if DoD isn't tracking deployment pregnancies, on what are these statements based? The facts we do have suggest the truth is otherwise. Interestingly, the Army has chosen to aggregate the statistics on female pregnancies in a way that ignores the effect on individual commands. Since women are not evenly distributed among military units, the result is profoundly misleading:
Women are an integral part of the Army today, comprising roughly 15% of the force and the impact pregnancy has on the unit's readiness will depend upon how many females are assigned to that particular unit, and how many are pregnant and nondeployable at the same time. According to the Army, the numbers are predictable because the pregnancy rate at any one time averages 5-6% of assigned females, or less than 1% of the total force. Yet, as of 15 March 1998, 8% of females in FORSCOM were pregnant. The Army says the larger percentage is due to the higher number of entry-level female soldiers assigned to FORSCOM and its support units. For example, DISCOM units within FORSCOM typically have a larger proportion of females assigned than is representative of the Army due to the assignment policy restricting women from serving with units assigned a direct combat mission. The Army acknowledges the numbers will be greater at this level without acknowledging a corresponding impact to unit readiness.
Instead of trying to downplay the inconsistencies, the numbers should raise a red flag. A sampling of FORSCOM's III Corps show an even greater percentage of pregnant and non-deployable females assigned.
Keep in mind a very important fact: at present women comprise only 15% of the total force, less than 1/3 of their numbers in the general population.
The goal of women's activists is to increase female participation and expand it from support roles to the combat arms - a goal they maintain will have no effect on military readiness. But a closer look at the statistics we do have puts the lie to that claim:
The problem becomes even more alarming when male and female rates of non-deployability are compared across the services:
If pregnancy were the only issue associated with fuller integration of women into the armed forces that would be one thing. But it is not. Rape and fraternization are other problems that dramatically increase when women are added to the mix. Advocates of greater female participation are enamored of anecdotal arguments, such as "I wouldn't do this, therefore it shouldn't be a problem" or "people who can't control their sexual urges can't be trusted with deadly weapons". As Lex's own anecdotal experience shows, however, women can and do behave in destructive and irresponsible ways that demonstrably impact unit readiness and morale.
Lex's experience aside, decisions about the use of women in the military should be driven by empirical data rather than competing and subjective narratives. His experience rings true, but there is a more objective (and harder to refute) case to be made here - one based on the aggregate behavior of men and women living in close quarters.
The problem, for women's advocates, is that the data don't add up in a way that supports their case for full integration of women into the armed forces:
Among the competing narratives put forward by the women in the military lobby, something does not quite ring true. The stories are diametrically opposed. If one is accurate it casts doubt upon the others and yet the proponents want us to accept them all at face value.
Either it is true that these women can defend themselves as well as men both verbally or physically (in which case they should be fully integrated into all branches of the military with no special accommodations) or they cannot even defend themselves against the depredations of some of their stronger male coworkers (in which case they require special protections if they are to be integrated, even in a limited way, into the armed forces).
Either it is true that men and women can bunk, shower, and defecate in close quarters without causing problems detrimental to the good order and discipline of the command, OR 4 in 10 women who live and work in close quarters with men are being raped and/or sexually harassed.
They can't both be true.
That is, unless Ms. Harmon doesn't consider rape detrimental to good order and discipline. She can't, unlike many feminists, have it both ways. She can't insist 40% of women are being raped and sexually harassed on the job, yet insist integrating women into the armed forces doesn't have a negative effect on command readiness. That just doesn't make sense.
She can't insist women are fully capable of defending themselves (much less taking the fight to the enemy), and then tell us they fragile flowers who require special protection from their own coworkers in order to be deployable. That just doesn't add up.
There is a basic truth here: laws that ignore human nature don't change human nature. Given that pregnancy is a preventable condition, there is no reason for female military personnel to become pregnant in theater. An aggravating factor is that most pregnancies that occur on a deployment are the result of fornication or adultery, two offenses already punishable under the UCMJ.
But this will not matter to those who demand equal rights without equal responsibility or accountability. They will continue to demand protected class status for women while illogically maintaining that women are interchangeable with male soldiers. If the data suggests - powerfully - that this is anything but the truth, the data will be disregarded or discredited.
Or in the case of female pregnancies it will simply not be counted, lest it reveal a truth we're not prepared to deal with.
Posted by Cassandra at December 21, 2009 08:46 AM
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I have a hard time with this one, no matter what the decisions are.
On the one hand, I know some truly amazing women in uniform who do the job, do it well on their own merits, and make our forces better by their inclusion.
And then I've seen some who... don't. To put it succinctly.
The same goes for those who happen to possess genital "outies" rather than "innies."
The difference, I think, goes beyond who can get pregnant and who can pretend they had nothing to do with the pregnancy. The difference is part of a larger societal problem in which a person is no longer responsible for their actions, and this goes doubly if a person is a member of a group that is seen as needing protection. Such as women (and I'm not even going to go there on "needing protection". It would be long and ugly).
One thing that infuriates me is the "they're going to do it anyway" argument. I don't see that as a viable reason against anything. The whole point is that there is a behavior that needs to be curbed - and the fact that some people will flout rules does not mean it should be OKAY to flout rules. This is true in nature - we all know donuts are bad for us. Yes, people will eat them anyway, and they will get fat. Nature doesn't recognize this argument, so why do we?
The "it's not fair" argument also irritates me to no end. No, it's not fair that women bear the brunt of pregnancy issues because the proof of parentage is easy to prove. It's also not fair that only men have to register for Selective Service and are not allowed to leave theater if they are expecting a child with a woman.
Life is not fair, we do the best we can.
So - what's the answer? I don't know. I wish I did. The ultimate answer would be people being responsible for their actions, and aiming for a higher standard in their behavior, but this isn't something we can legislate or order.
Posted by: airforcewife at December 21, 2009 10:48 AM
I don't think pregnancies are a reason to bar women entirely from serving. But I think that we need to begin treating pregnancy as a decision that has consequences.
So is shooting yourself in the foot. I wouldn't want to see people punished for getting pregnant in theater but I don't think it would be unreasonable to treat such a pregnancy as a dereliction of duty-type offense. And I think being involuntarily separated from the service (especially in the case of fornication- or adultery-induced pregnancies) is not an unreasonable consequence.
Posted by: Cassandra at December 21, 2009 11:40 AM
As someone who has commanded mixed-sex deployable units, and who had female soldiers deliberately get pregnant to avoid deployments (a small number - most women served as you would expect) I understand the horns of the general's dilemma.
When it's done on purpose, it *is* a self-inflicted wound that betrays one's comrades.
And in units like mine, where the females were low-density specialities, can punch real holes in unit readiness.
All of which applies to males, males just don't have that, oh, call it option.
One thing is certain - absent a form of rape, getting pregnant is entirely an optional event. And I can support going after the male soldier, too - just as horseplay in the barracks that gets someone shot is a chargeable offense, unlawful discharge is unlawful discharge - the male soldier made choices, too.
It's why military science fiction always defaults to some form of mandatory contraceptive concept...
Posted by: John of Argghhh! at December 21, 2009 11:48 AM
I wondered reading how the Israelis have handled this issue, as women have been fighting in the Israeli army a long time, and faced this issue before our military. I think. Also, how are the Brits managing the same problem? In addition, I wondered about unintended consequences. If rape is a crime primarily about rage at women, and power, rather than about sex, surely knowing that one could ruin the career of a female or rival or female officer one resented, by getting her pregnant, might increase crimes against females in the services. Much easier to hide an assailant's ID than a suubsequent pregnancy. You know that I don' t consider females pathetic weaklings, but still wonder..
Posted by: Retriever at December 21, 2009 12:10 PM
...surely knowing that one could ruin the career of a female or rival or female officer one resented, by getting her pregnant, might increase crimes against females in the services.
Just as simply accusing a male superior of rape or sexual harassment is currently an extremely effective way of obtaining revenge :p
If a female officer were raped and subsequently became pregnant, she would have a ready made defense: she did not consent to having sex and cannot (therefore) be held responsible for the resulting physical incapacity any more than a male who was severely beaten by his fellow soldiers or Marines would be held responsible for being laid up while he recovered from the beating.
Posted by: Cassandra at December 21, 2009 12:35 PM
All of which, given the number of false rape reports currently, makes me wonder if women who did become pregnant as the result of an entirely voluntary dalliance wouldn't have a very powerful incentive to cry "rape"?
Posted by: Cassandra at December 21, 2009 12:37 PM
All of which, given the number of false rape reports currently, makes me wonder if women who did become pregnant as the result of an entirely voluntary dalliance wouldn't have a very powerful incentive to cry "rape"?
...an incentive redoubled by this move to make their pregnancy a court-martial offense.
Next year's headline today: Rape of servicewomen spikes in northern Iraq!
Posted by: Grim at December 21, 2009 01:04 PM
My son's a Navy Chief. You should hear the stories about ships deploying short-handed because of pregnancies. Causes no end of reshuffling personnel to cover the voids.
Everybody knows about getting pregnant to avoid disagreeable duty. Nobody in the Navy will say a thing about it. After Tail Hook, the brass lost their will to fight Congress for sensible policies. Now, they make do and shut up about it.
Glad the Army has at least one guy who's not afraid to discuss the Emperor's New Clothes.
Posted by: joe doakes at December 21, 2009 01:20 PM
Here's a mess. Let's ignore it!
Contraception isn't perfect, accidents happen, life isn't fair, and drawing plans that it is perfect, they won't happen and it is fair are doomed. No plan survives contact with reality.
If you were to require that personnel submit (sealed?) notes to their command that they were having ... wouldn't work, just too many ways to game any such system. She tells command that she wants to get pregnant, asks that she be assigned to positions where such is allowable. If she is so assigned, there are only the "normal" problems to deal with. If she's not so assigned, command is taking part of that risk, and when she gets pregnant, command has to deal with her departure, but she's not blamable for it. There's going to have to be some kind of notice given or allowed for deployments, to allow for such notice to be done.
Still going to be a mess. Sausage making, law making, baby-making, command ... things that are always messy with no neat solutions.
Posted by: htom at December 21, 2009 01:20 PM
Yep. And when you stop to think about it, the problem is only compounded by the fact that it takes two to make a baby but only one of those parties faces any direct consequences from the failure to prevent pregnancy. It's not "fair" but it is the way the world works.
I love that this General is willing to go after the men involved, too. And I agree that such a ruling would increase the incentive to file (and quite possibly the incidence of) false rape reports.
But rape is a crime that requires substantiating evidence. Women don't get to just scream, "rape".
The thing is, if DoD were to require women to give up (temporarily) their ability to procreate as a condition of service, they'd be outraged. And frankly they'd have a point: men don't have to give up their ability to have children, and yet men are also sent home due to family emergencies that wouldn't exist if they didn't have kids and that impacts readiness.
It's a real problem, but when we're dealing with a disability that is preventable 99% of the time, I don't think it's unreasonable to hold people responsible for their choices.
Posted by: Cassandra at December 21, 2009 01:47 PM
re: Joe's comment.
I've been at two duty stations where the PC monster rears its head big time: Annapolis and Parris Island.
I've seen things that just boggle the mind. There are systemic problems everyone acknowledges, and yet no one can talk about them openly. One of the sources I read for this article talked about women's health issues and provided recommendations for dealing with those issues.
One of them made me laugh: take a bath or shower daily.
Like that's going to happen in combat? In Afghanistan there are guys who haven't bathed in weeks, and it ain't by choice.
Posted by: Cassandra at December 21, 2009 01:51 PM
,,,,From iPhone in field,,,,, I am currently an XO of a small unit and am 110% on board with the General. I would however expect to see him relieved by GEN Casey immediately if not sooner for such heresy!!!
Anecdotally, having had small unit command before, and in my current position, I concur with John of Arrrghhh, adding more arrrrrrrrrrghhhhh. As long as females (not all, not even many) see stomach mumps as a "Get Out Of The Suck" Option with no to little down side, they will be able to find a willing member with a fifth appendage to assist.
What happens when that male is NOT a US service member, but a civilian contractor, foreign allied SM or even a host nation national?
As stated, I am with the General on it, but it is a stinky sack of Shenobian sheep dung I hope I am not confronted with again.
Y'all play nice and keep everything in it's proper place!
Posted by: Kbob in katy(@SFO) at December 21, 2009 03:14 PM
But rape is a crime that requires substantiating evidence.
Not, I'd think, as a defense against a court martial for being pregnant. That is, the accused rapist is 'innocent until proven guilty,' so you may not have the evidence necessary to prove the case before a court martial. But I don't think your inability to prove it to a court martial would mean that you were automatically 'guilty' of consensual sex -- the physical standard of evidence to prove rape is pretty high, and there are long-accepted reasons why that evidence might not exist (e.g., the woman showered because she felt a strong psychological urge to 'get clean'). Some of these reasons are highly legitimate in real rape cases, but would make it easy for false-report rapes to be cloaked.
I can easily imagine a case in which a woman can't prove she was raped, and so the alleged rapist goes free; but the military can't prove she wasn't raped, so she goes free.
I pity the investigating officer, the JAG, and really everyone involved in such a case. It's going to be a hideous mess if it happens. The guy accused is going down for the G.O. #1 violation in any case; but the lady involved could escape both the pregnancy charge as well as the G.O. violation in this way. And no part of the investigation or trial would be fun for anyone at all.
Posted by: Grim at December 21, 2009 04:19 PM
What I don't understand--and this may be a naive question--is why female soldiers, at least those who may go on active duty, aren't required to get some sort of semi-permanent contraception on enlistment. Depo-Provera shots prevent pregnancy for up to three months at a time (and so I've heard, have the side-effects of stopping a woman's menstrual cycle). For those who can't use hormonal contraception (not everyone can--I can't, for example), the IUD is a non-hormonal alternative that is good for up to ten years. With neither of these is there any "forgetting" to take a pill or anything like that. Both of these are reversible as well--stop the shots or take out the IUD--so it's not like they would be forfeiting their childbearing capacity forever, just while they were in the military. It seems like an eminently sensible policy, and I honestly don't understand why this isn't done.
Posted by: colagirl at December 21, 2009 04:58 PM
I don't think your inability to prove it to a court martial would mean that you were automatically 'guilty' of consensual sex ...
Seems to me that if there's a policy in place that means your career will end/you'll face court martial if you get pregnant in theater and you're raped and you DON'T FILE CHARGES, the bulk of the evidence points to it having been consensual sex.
And it doesn't make sense to me that the man would get nailed for a GO violation but the woman would get off scot free, Grim.
Either it was rape or it was consensual sex. If you don't nail the man for rape, you're nailing him for consensual sex.
Which requires a partner.
Posted by: Cassandra at December 21, 2009 06:40 PM
I'll tell you another thing such a policy would do.
It puts the onus on women who decide on a military career to learn self defense skills. So that if a man tries to rape them, he would HAVE to do it by force (in which case all the evidence is there once she files charges). I actually do not have a problem with this.
If you're maintaining you are equally fit for a profession which by its nature involves the possibility of violence, you ought to be able to defend yourself. It may not be chivalrous Grim, but we're talking about circumstances where chivalry won't work. True independence and self reliance are called for.
And if you can't do that, you don't belong in the armed forces because you're a weak link. I can think of many women (including, quite possibly, myself) to whom that description easily applies. I can think of men to whom it applies. They generally don't make it through boot camp.
Posted by: Cassandra at December 21, 2009 06:44 PM
Cassandra,points taken. Especially about the self-defense skills. You and the other commenters are far more knowledgeable than I am, and increased false accusations are a problem. I am probably too focussed on unintended consequences generally....
Colagirl's suggestion was pretty good, tho there would perhaps have to be an optout for people with religious objections? Little Miss Attila had some funny remarks on the same subject...
Posted by: retriever at December 21, 2009 07:59 PM
I am probably too focussed on unintended consequences generally....
No, I thought your points were thoughtful and well taken. That's why I have always loved talking to you guys. We don't always agree but you all bring up good points, often ones I either hadn't thought of or was too quick to dismiss.
Posted by: Cassandra at December 21, 2009 08:06 PM
perhaps have to be an optout for people with religious objections?
Years ago I wanted to be in the military but faced up to the fact that it would be wrong for me to enlist b/c for me, my family and children would always take precedence.
I don't see any difference with religious objections, personally. I think either you are willing to do the job the way it should be done, or you aren't. If you aren't that's no ding against you but you shouldn't expect others to take up your slack.
And that's what happens when people choose to get pregnant on active duty - others are forced to pick up their slack. I don't think it matters whether this happens b/c of carelessness or religious conviction. Either way, you must face the tradeoffs inherent in your choices. You have no right to force others to.
Posted by: Cassandra at December 21, 2009 08:09 PM
"You" being a generic term, of course :)
Posted by: Cassandra at December 21, 2009 08:10 PM
Seems to me that if there's a policy in place that means your career will end/you'll face court martial if you get pregnant in theater and you're raped and you DON'T FILE CHARGES, the bulk of the evidence points to it having been consensual sex.
No, that's not quite what I was getting at. What I'm getting at is burden of proof.
In order to convict a man of rape, I need to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he raped someone. Right?
Now, let's say I fail to do that. So now the woman is before the court. But now burden of proof is on her side: I have to prove that she wasn't raped. And it's just as unlikely I can do that, as that I can do the other. Burden of proof is hard, and for a good reason.
So it's highly likely that you could fail both to prove the rape, and to prove the not-rape. The JAG could easily lose both cases.
Now, as long as the woman claims there was rape, even if it's unproven in court, she has a defense against the charge of 'willful pregnancy.' If you can't prove she wasn't raped, you can't convict her -- even though you couldn't prove she was, either. Since she's claiming rape, though, she's also free and clear of the GO #1 violation.
The man, on the other hand, has no 'free and clear' defense available. There's a pregnancy, and therefore a paternity test. So, if he claims he is guilty of consensual sex, that's a GO #1 violation. But it's also his only defense against the claim it was rape, which is a more serious crime.
Now, since the man is in fact guilty, I don't have a problem with the fact that he's going to take the hit for the GO #1 violation. I do, though, think the incentives point strongly toward claims of rape.
All that means is that we need to watch to see if this part of Iraq does indeed experience a 'spike' in reported rapes. If it doesn't, then that will be a strong indication that military servicewomen are not particularly given to filing false reports. If it does, then we know otherwise. That seems like something useful to know, all the way around.
Posted by: Grim at December 21, 2009 08:36 PM
So now the woman is before the court. But now burden of proof is on her side: I have to prove that she wasn't raped.
I disagree. You are accusing her of failing to prevent a pregnancy.
You only have to prove that she had a duty not to become pregnant (not hard) and that she failed in that duty.
Her defense (for which SHE, not you, bears the burden of proof) is that she should not be held responsible b/c she was raped.
Certainly as the prosecutor you might wish to rebut her evidence that the sex was non-consensual. But it seems to me (and I could be wrong) that you can't just assert a defense and then say, "Trust me - no evidence necessary". Now I will admit that there may be a difference evidentiary standard for asserting a rape defense from that required to sustain a rape conviction.
we need to watch to see if this part of Iraq does indeed experience a 'spike' in reported rapes. If it doesn't, then that will be a strong indication that military servicewomen are not particularly given to filing false reports.
Or perhaps only that the perceived risk/reward calculation for filing a false rape claim changed?
Posted by: Cassandra at December 21, 2009 09:10 PM
First of all, the article misses one major point: getting pregnant while in theater was already punishable under the UCMJ (Art. 92, Failure to Obey a Lawful Order, and Art. 134, Conduct Prejudicial to Good Order and Discipline, plus Art. 115, Malingering, if you can prove they did it intentionally), and thus, potentially, a Court Martial offense. This is not new. Deployed female soldiers who got themselves knocked up - and the male responsible, if he was identified - have been receiving Article 15s, with the female being sent home, for years, going all the way back to the Balkan operations of the 1990s. I'd venture a guess that this made news either because the general involved pissed someone off, or possibly that some cub reporter just discovered that ANY violation of the UCMJ is a potential Court Martial.
It's the getting sent home part that is the primary reason for the punishment. The female soldier, and her male accomplice, have, either willfully or through neglect, made necessary the removal of that female soldier from the theater of operations, leaving her unit short handed, thus placing her fellow soldiers at increased risk. The effect is the same as if she had shot herself in the foot, and it doesn't matter if it was done on purpose or through negligence.
(Yes, rape is a different case; but in the absence of hard stats, I'd be willing to bet that the number of pregnancies due to rape in theater is a very small number of the (unknown, becaue they don't want to know) total number.) I'd also bet that the use of rape claims to avoid getting in trouble for getting pregnant would be pretty small - for the simple reason that, if you're getting busy over here, people know. If SPC Susie tries to make that claim, the command would probably be able to produce a chain of witnesses to the fact that she and SPC Bobby had been getting busy for the last couple of months.
And even stateside, pregnant female soldiers can be a drag on their units. Pregnant drill sergeants get pulled off the trail. Pregnant MPs can't do patrol duty. Pregnant paratroopers can't jump. They can't lift heavy things, or work around nasty chemicals, or fire weapons. They really can't do anything besides paperwork (although I'd agree that some of that is due to skittishness on the Army's part). Luckily the Army always has lots of paperwork.
Posted by: Heartless Libertarian at December 21, 2009 09:57 PM
You are accusing her of failing to prevent a pregnancy.
That is a hell of a charge to prefer against a young lady.
Leaving that aside, though, I'm not doing so: her defense of rape is not something she has to prove, but something that I have to disprove.
The reason is that rape is an affirmative defense against the charge of willful pregnancy. All she has to do is testify, under oath, that the pregnancy is the result of rape. Unrefuted, her sworn testimony is adequate evidence to decide the case in her favor.
I must, then, counter that with enough evidence to show that she isn't speaking the truth. That means the burden of proof is on me.
As it should be. The incentive structure is secondary; justice requires that a soldier's word, in the absence of clear evidence to the contrary, should normally be considered good.
Posted by: Grim at December 21, 2009 10:05 PM
That is a hell of a charge to prefer against a young lady.
Why? And what does being a lady have to do with being a soldier (which is the context in which she is being accused)?
As to the burden of proof, under the UCMJ it is not sufficient to simply assert an affirmative defense with no further proof. This is from (ironically) a rape case where the accused raised an affirmative defense:
Congress defined the term "affirmative defense" as "any special defense which, although not denying that the accused committed the objective acts constituting the offense charged, denies, wholly, or partially, criminal responsibility for those acts." The statute further provides that "The accused has the burden of proving the affirmative defense by the preponderance of the evidence.
So it appears to be as I said (unless I'm missing something, which may well be the case). The original burden of proof for an affirmative defense lies with the party raising the defense.
If - and only if - they meet their burden of proof (which, as I admitted earlier could be lower), THEN the burden shifts to the prosecution to show that the defense is invalid (by a higher burden):
After the defense meets this burden, the prosecution shall have the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the affirmative defense did not exist." 10 U.S.C. § 920(t)(16).
Of course I'm not a lawyer and know even less about the UCMJ. I was curious, so I looked it up. I may have this all wrong.
Posted by: Cassandra at December 21, 2009 11:02 PM
Heartless Lib:
Good points :p
Posted by: Cassandra at December 21, 2009 11:05 PM
What happens when that male is NOT a US service member, but a civilian contractor...
We're subject to the UCMJ, too. We're also subject to host nation laws, which make things interesting at times.
...foreign allied SM or even a host nation national?
"Visiting" with either is one of the prohibitions in good ol' General Order Numbe One -- GO1 ain't just about "you can't have a drink"...
Posted by: BillT at December 22, 2009 12:07 AM
...we need to watch to see if this part of Iraq does indeed experience a 'spike' in reported rapes.
Well, I'm *in* this part of Iraq, but I'm not privy to reading the police blotter. In the past two years, I've heard of one rape and one attempted rape in-or-around the FOB, and both involved TCNs (Third Country Nationals).
Posted by: BillT at December 22, 2009 12:33 AM
Sworn testimony counts in terms of establishing preponderance of evidence. If all the court has is her word versus his, that should be all right. If they also seize her emails and discover that she was chatting him up for a month, and suggesting they should slip off somewhere sometime, then she's in trouble.
...And what does being a lady have to do with being a soldier?
The same thing it has to do with being anything else. It's First Nature, to put it in Aristotle's terms; everything else, including choosing to be (or not to be) a soldier, is Second Nature at best.
Posted by: Grim at December 22, 2009 05:34 AM
VERY slippery slope. Does this apply at all times? Does a married service member need to commit to remain childless during their entire enlistment? Does it apply only while deployed? What if they become pregnant while on leave from deployment?
That said, while serving I suspected many female soldiers I served with became pregnant to avoid onerous duty or to get a discharge. I have had this suspision confirmed by one fellow service member (female) who stated she knew of several such cases amoung her fellow female soldiers - some who later had abortions as soon as their discharges were approved.
Posted by: Walter Ronten at December 22, 2009 08:59 AM
in a repartee with Bill T, the following ensued:
"What happens when that male is NOT a US service member, but a civilian contractor...
We're subject to the UCMJ, too. We're also subject to host nation laws, which make things interesting at times.
...foreign allied SM or even a host nation national?
"Visiting" with either is one of the prohibitions in good ol' General Order Numbe One -- GO1 ain't just about "you can't have a drink"...
Posted by: BillT at December 22, 2009 12:07 AM
And while I understand what you say Bill, I don't think I have ever seen any US Army soldier nailed for being on either the giving or receiving end of consensual relations with civilians (professional or recreational), members of allied forces or contract personnel. Notwithstanding and unstated is that said relations must occur with a person of the opposite sex.
I am sure it has happened, but typically it has been in garrison (CONUS, HI and FRG) and was initiated by one parties' significant other, thereby opening the door to adultery charges.
As I am shuffling my civilian workload around to ready myself for the upcoming adventure, one of the "girls" in the office asked me why I didn't like lesbians.
WHAT!!??!!?? I told her I don't care about them. In fact I like a lot of the same things they do.....she laughed at that and all was well. A difficult situation in a PC world simply solved by an old CW4.
Posted by: Kbob in Katy at December 22, 2009 07:23 PM
I remember a long time ago when I was in the Army (those muskets were a bitch to keep clean), one of the things you could get court-martialed for (or at least spend the rest of your career peeling turnips) was getting sunburned.
Destroying government property, they said.
Posted by: ZZMike at December 22, 2009 08:48 PM
...And what does being a lady have to do with being a soldier?
If a woman really is raped, SHE is at fault if she gets pregnant after being raped? That's bull****. A woman who is NOT having consensual sex with anyone is supposed to go around taking birth control, just in case someone rapes her? I don't think so.
Posted by: Miss Ladybug at December 23, 2009 03:58 PM
I don't think Cass was arguing that at all, ML. She and I were debating the relative burdens of proof in such cases, should they advance to court martial; but I see that the MG has backed off the concept of actual trials over these issues anyway.
The legal issues around banning pregnancy are a mess, but the right of women not to be raped is not at issue. They have a right not to be; and to have their safety concerns heard early and often by command; and to resist it in the event, even unto using lethal force against another soldier (or 'other soldiers'); and, should it happen in spite of that, not only not to be blamed for it, but to receive the support of the service.
Posted by: Grim at December 23, 2009 06:25 PM
Guess I excerpted the wrong bit. Should have been this one:
I disagree. You are accusing her of failing to prevent a pregnancy.
You only have to prove that she had a duty not to become pregnant (not hard) and that she failed in that duty.
Posted by: Miss Ladybug at December 23, 2009 06:55 PM
... unlawful discharge is unlawful discharge - the male soldier made choices, too.
Am I the only reader who thought this was funny in the context of this topic?
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The Wisconsin Marine Association (WMA) announced it has bestowed clean marina status to the Port of Dubuque Marina, which met the required number of green-management practices.
The designation comes at the hands of a rigorous training and certification process carried out by the WMA, Wisconsin Sea Grant and other partners. The business becomes the 21st clean marina designated by the WMA, and the first to be designated outside the state of Wisconsin.
"Obtaining a Clean Marina certification has been a goal of ours since opening the Port of Dubuque Marina in June of 2013," said Ben Alden, facility supervisor. "After learning the state of Iowa had not developed a Clean Marina certification process, we joined the Wisconsin Marine Association, which offered us the opportunity to become Iowa's first certified clean marina."
According to Alden, "The city of Dubuque, Iowa, strives to improve and maintain current green initiatives in an effort to become a more sustainable community. The city of Dubuque, Iowa, sits along the banks of the Mississippi River, a river which is enjoyed by many members of the community through boating, fishing, swimming and paddling. Obtaining the Clean Marina certification emphasizes our commitment to ensuring the water and habitat along the river are pristine, and the people and wildlife are safe."
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Marinas and related industries and services contribute more than $2.7 billion to Wisconsin's economy. The voluntary, industry-led Clean Marina Program ensures clean boating practices that benefit the environment, and marinas alike. Best-management practices include preventing the release of water pollutants from boat fueling, petroleum storage and vessel maintenance.
"Participating marinas and boatyards benefit in many ways, including cost savings from reduced hazardous waste disposal, fewer pollutant cleanups and lower insurance rates," said the WMA's Clean Marina Program Coordinator Vicky Harris. "Designated marinas are safer and healthier facilities for employees and boaters while also protecting valuable public benefits like swimming, fishing and drinking water."
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Dell: Too young to die, to old to upgrade
The 4 years old (i.e. born 2002) Dell Precision 340 is too slow with only 2x128MB memory.
The memory selector does not even acknowledge the existence of the Precision 340 model. But then the Precision 340 is equipped with Samsung memory, it seems like Dell has since committed to Kingston. (What about some commitment to your customers?)
They require an impossible logon
You have to change to a stronger password before you can log in and update your password)
just to look up my service tag. Service tags used to be a good idea...
They also require my evening telephone no. (Fat chance!)
Anyone know if Precision 340 can be upgraded to 2x256MB?
Update Dell USA says
Your computer supports dual-channel RDRAM RIMMs in 64-, 128-, 256-, and 512-MB capacities. Still not clear to me if the
maximum is 2x256MB or 2x512MB, but it should be enough for me, anyway.
Update 2 Memorystock has something.
tags: Dell support Dell memory Dell uppgrade Dell Precision 340 kampen mot kundene
A strange F-16
Frogma has an article on aircraft wings and paddles. With a photo of a strange F-16:
Does not look like the F-16s roaming
my native Norwegian skies, they have
a cropped delta along with horizontal tail surfaces
Might be the F-16XL. Not that this affects her argument in any way - the delta-winged aircraft in her photo is a better illustration than the 'normal' F-16 would have been.
Publicity photo from the Royal Norwegian Air Force:
Som å 'spare penger' på utsalg
Fra Forbes:
USA innfører skattelette for biler som sparer mye bensin. Ikke
bruker lite men
sparer mye.
Og får å kunne
spare mye skal en bil være stor og tung.
Honda Insight
probably won't qualify at all.
Dette er som å rose noen for alle pengene de har
spart på utsalg.
Mens det finnes et enkelt og elegant kapitalistisk alternativ: Dyrere bensin.
Artig å se USA plukke opp noe av det værste fra sosialdemokratiets verktøykasse.
The meeting of cultures requires mutual respect
Forsoning nu
says that
the meeting of cultures requires mutual respect.
But between a culture of freedom, and a culture that demands submission,
there is little common ground where they can meet.
An agreement like:
If I am kind enough not to offend you, you must be kind enough not to kill me,
is not mutual respect - that is giving in to threats and intimidation.
I do believe a civilized and respectful dialogue may be possible between western secularism and Quran-based Islam. But not with the polytheist idolaters who worship their prophet as a god, and read hadith like the Quran itself.
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Er det hevn å kreve sin rett?
Fordi mannen jobber svart, får ikke kvinnen så mye bidrag som hun har krav på og hevner seg derved ved å gå til Skatteetaten
Når ble det hevn og angiveri å kreve sin (og sine barns) rett?
Scraping our own site
Scobleizer tells about Feed43.
Took a bit head scratching to get the patterns right. But as long as the CMS behind the page does not supply feeds, landsbank-fo.xml seems a reasonable alternative.
more feeds:
Nemi feed
Første forsøk på Nemi feed fraFeed43. Jeg bør lære meg mer om mønsteruttrykkene deres.
tagger: Nemi Nemi Montoya
Art by accident
In IE6, I feel like output.xml is art by accident. (IE6 does not quite handle the CSS table styling defined in table.css.)
Nemi: respekt og selvutslettelse
Det står stor respekt av å be om unnskyldning når man har gjort noe galt. Men det er selvutslettende å si det for mye!Nemi Montoya
- Don't apologize all the time
- I'm sorry!
- I'm serious! Apologizing for what wrong you have done, is good. But apologizing too much is self-renunciation.
- I'm sor...
- ...!
- Shut up!
- Good girl
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool
I have seen Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130) refusing to install. That left me stuck without security updates.
On another machine - while downloading MDAC - I was offered an alternative validation process.
That link did work on the first machine, too. (It will proceed to download MDAC, just cancel that.) And I am of course unable to guarantee anything about how this will work for you. I don't even know if this is legal
Maybe the link to
is better - it will not start any download, but tell you that
the download you requested is unavailable. Which should be OK,
what matters is that you should now be validated.
What chaos, just to prove that you are not a thief.
Selv mener jeg nå at både muslimer og andre skal få brenne så mange flagg de vil, så lenge de har kjøpt flaggene og overholder brannforskriftene.
Men partiet som har vansirede versjoner av Merkið:
og Dannebrog:
på websiden sin, vil skjerpe loven.
De burde feie for egen dør, og ellers holde munn.


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Hi Everyone!
Please help us with our Australia travel plans. We are heading to Sydney on December the 28th (2008) and staying in Oz for 8 months on a WHV, then travelling back to England via Asia.
We are thinking a good route to take would be Sydney - Melbourne - Adelaide - Alice Springs area - Cairns - then back down to Sydney on the coast. The biggest concern we have is whether we will be able to get work in these places, neither of us have done anything like this before so please advise us! We will be taking about £3000 in savings each but will need to work aswell as we want to save some for travelling back in Asia. We are most concerned that we will not be able to get work, especially for shorter stays? Incidentally, we both worked for McDonalds as students - anyone think this would be an option? (Although we would rather do something other than this).


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ahahaha beyond shit and extra funny as 'Keech' means shite in Scotland.
I nearly choked there, being a fellow Scot I should've peeped that.
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- to determine whether genomic effects on antidepressant response differed by class of drug,
- whether genomic differences between drug responders and nonresponders predict the response of antidepressant and
- to construct the prediction model for antidepressant treatment in order to aid to select the their genetically matching drugs.
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Major particulate filter retrofit program launched in Puget Sound
10 July 2001
A massive, first-of-its-kind diesel particulate filter retrofit effort has been launched in the State of Washington by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, King County, the City of Seattle, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other local governments and area businesses. The program, termed Diesel Solutions, was announced today in Seattle by Christine Whitman, the EPA Administrator. Whitman called the program "a national model of public-private partnership that can be duplicated in other areas".
This initiative, started under the EPA Voluntary Diesel Retrofit Program (VDRP), will involve 50% of government vehicles and 30% of large commercial fleets in the four-county region, including Boeing. It will reduce diesel particulate matter (PM) in the retrofitted fleets by 90%, reduce overall particulate emissions in the area by 14-25%, virtually eliminate hydrocarbon emissions, and help the region comply with national air quality standards.
The voluntary anti-pollution efforts will involve retrofitting with particulate filters of 5,000 existing engines in public and private buses, trucks, refuse haulers, highway maintenance vehicles and other equipment. "This will put the EPA at its halfway goal of assisting the upgrade of 100,000 existing engines in 2001 - ten times more than in 2000," said Whitman.
To enable the use of particulate trap technologies, the participating fleets will use ultra low sulfur diesel fuel. The diesel fuel, produced by Tosco Refining (Union 76), has a maximum sulfur content of 15 ppm. It is expected that the magnitude of the Diesel Solutions program will create a market for the ultra low sulfur fuel in the Pacific Northwest so that other companies and government agencies can take introduce the advanced emission control technologies.
Emission control technologies for use in the Diesel Solutions initiative must be verified under the EPA VDRP program. Currently, two particulate trap technologies are verified: the Continuously Regenerating Technology (CRT) by Johnson Matthey and the DPX Catalyzed Diesel Particulate Filter by Engelhard.
The ultra low sulfur fuel will initially be 8 cents per gallon more than the regular diesel refinery price. Transportation costs will be added. Diesel particulate filters will cost between $4,000 and $7,500 per vehicle. EPA has committed up to $2 million over the next few years to leverage this project.
The program also includes Durham school buses in Everett, transit bus fleets in King County, corporate fleets owned by Boeing, Emerald City Disposal refuse and recycling trucks, Washington State Department of Transportation highway maintenance vehicles, and the Port of Seattle vehicles. The Oregon Department of Environmental quality and organizations in Portland area also interested in joining, and additional Seattle area participants are being sought. Other participants include EPA Region 10, Washington Department of Ecology Air Program, The Manufacturers of Emissions Controls Association, Cummins and Detroit Diesel.
The Washington, DC-based Diesel Technology Forum (DTF) is a partner in the Puget Sound Diesel Solutions program. "With diesel vehicles lasting over a million miles, it's an effective effort to apply all the benefits from the latest technology to upgrade the thousands of existing engines while cleaner engines are coming onto the market in new vehicles and equipment," said Allen Schaeffer, executive director of DTF.
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