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Even in her workaday black slacks and white shirt, Jennifer Gazzana looked elegant—maybe too elegant for a waitress at the Columbia Grill & Tavern. Gliding among the orange vinyl booths at the restaurant around the corner from a Thunder Bay, Ont., police station, "She looked more like a good-looking lady, with a nice figure and all that," regular customer Ron Mauro recalls. "I thought she could have been a model."
So Jennifer was easy to spot on Oct. 17, when Thunder Bay Police Det. Ron Arthur came looking for a 5'10", 135-lb., 32-year-old woman who was being sought by U.S. authorities. But after examining her birth certificate and comparing her face to a blurry, faxed "Wanted" photo, he declared that Jennifer was "not the person we want" and walked out.
"Does he think I robbed a bank or something?" an apparently mystified Jennifer asked her boss, Louis Kebezes. Then she hurriedly placed a phone call, and moments later a call came for her. "My mother has passed away," she announced after hanging up. She tearfully hugged one of the kitchen workers, said goodbye and walked out the back door.
Kebezes never saw Jennifer Gazzana again. In fact he had never seen Jennifer Gazzana at all. For the statuesque, blue-eyed woman who had answered the help wanted sign in his window on July 21 was not Jennifer Gazzana, but Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek, a onetime Playboy Bunny and pinup model, a former Milwaukee cop, a convicted killer and—for three months—one of the most celebrated fugitives since Bonnie ran off with Clyde.
Sentenced to life in prison for the 1981 murder of Christine Schultz, her then husband's ex-wife, Bembenek had for nine years proclaimed her innocence. The only eyewitnesses to the crime had been Christine's two little boys, who said the intruder who shot their mother in her bed was a large, stocky man. But the fatal shot was fired by a revolver belonging to Bembenek's husband, Milwaukee Police Det. Elfred Schultz Jr., who was on patrol in another part of town at the time. A hair found on the victim was similar to Bembenek's own. A web of circumstantial evidence convicted Bembenek, but her trial left so many doubts that defense attorneys appealed the verdict three separate times. Wisconsin's appellate courts declined to overturn the conviction, most recently in a decision handed down last June.
With her legal avenues exhausted and no chance of parole until at least 1993, Bembenek, as she later explained to a reporter, was "incapable of further withstanding the mental sodomy of the prison system." On July 15 she squeezed through a basement laundry-room window at the Taycheedah Correctional Institute, crossed a seven-foot, barbed-wire-topped fence and vanished. Milwaukee factory worker Dominic Gugliatto, 35, the brother of another inmate, disappeared the same day. Gugliatto had met Bembenek at the prison last year, fallen in love with her and—despite the fact that Wisconsin does not allow conjugal visits—planned to marry her in a prison ceremony set for Aug. 5. The fugitive couple, observed Gugliatto's father, Ed, were "on the run seeking love, justice and freedom."
Much of Milwaukee wished them well. RUN, BAMBI, RUN T-shirts sold briskly. Three-fourths of the 15.500 people who phoned in to a WISN-TV poll after her escape said they believed in Bembenek's innocence, and 72 percent of callers to a radio station said they wouldn't turn her in. But after her likeness was shown on the Oct. 12 America's Most Wanted TV program, an anonymous California man called the show and said that a woman resembling Bembenek had waited on him as he traveled through Thunder Bay.
"The game is over. We know who you are," the police announced when they confronted Bembenek and Gugliatto hurriedly packing up their basement apartment on Oct. 17, shortly after her questioning by Detective Arthur. The detective's avowed lack of interest in the Columbia Grill waitress had been a play for time while a check was run on "Jennifer Gazzana," who turned out not to have legally required working papers. "It's sort of a relief we can use our real names," Gugliatto admitted during questioning. He and Bembenek surrendered quietly and were locked up to await extradition. "Just 10 minutes more and we could have gotten away." Bembenek told a reporter from jail. "One of my biggest regrets is that we were never able to get legally married."
Plans for the nuptials will probably be put on hold for a while. Bembenek's escape won't please her parole board and is itself a crime punishable by five years imprisonment. What's more, Wisconsin authorities plan to send her away to a federal penitentiary since the state's only women's prison couldn't hold her.
As for Gugliatto, his future appears almost as gloomy. A heretofore law-abiding citizen, he got involved with Bembenek only after spending hours poring through newspaper clippings about her case to assure himself of her innocence. Now he could face up to five years in prison for aiding her escape. He has also risked losing the affection of his three young children, for whom he had faithfully paid child support until he hit the road with Bambi. "They think he doesn't love them," his ex-wife, Juanita, said shortly after he disappeared. "They say, "He dumped us for her.' " Juanita expressed skepticism about Bembenek's innocence: "Someone that innocent and nice doesn't convince someone to take off when he has responsibilities."
Bembenek's ex-husband, Fred Schultz, concurs. Now remarried and running his own contracting business in Cape Coral, Fla., the former cop contends that Bambi's escape attempt "was a confirmation of her guilt. It's just that simple."
Bembenek maintains her innocence. As Detective Arthur accompanied her to the Thunder Bay jail, she explained how she had been framed for a murder she did hot commit. The detective was not fully persuaded. "I've been in this business a long time. I've seen lots of people I wouldn't think were murderers. They don't have it stamped on their foreheads," he notes. Bembenek sounded credible enough, but, he says, "It could be that she's told her story so often she believes it herself."
—James S. Kunen, Beth Austin in Thunder Bay, Lynn Emmerman in Milwaukee, Marilyn Balamaci in Cape Coral
The Hunt for Bambi Comes to An End as Convicted Killer Lawrencia Bembenek Is Captured with Her Lover in Canada
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Set it and forget it
Turn off the lights, lower the thermostat, and make sure the dishwasher is not leaking. You can run yourself ragged trying to stay on top of those little details.
But your morning rush hour doesn't have to start that way. Using automation at home can be convenient. It also might help you cut your power bills and improve your sense of safety. Here are some of the options for relaxing your routine without losing control.
No more playing tag with the light switches. Legrand makes a wireless system that uses radio frequencies to control up to five different "scenes," or lighting combinations. Use those scenes to set a mood or for security, which means making the house look as if someone is home when you're away.
The controls work for table lamps, ceiling fans and even small appliances. A bedside one-touch "panic" controller can make all the lights in the home flash on and off. The suggested retail price for the Event Controller and two dimmers is $490.
Do-it-yourselfers might prefer a one-box option such as GreenWave Reality's Connected Lighting Solution. It has four eco-friendly LED light bulbs, a router and remote control for about $200. Instead of going room to room to turn off the lights at bedtime, press the control for "night," and the job is done. There are also settings for "home" and "away." Other optional programs are available.
Nest is a self-programming thermostat that its maker (same name) claims will lower heating and cooling costs -- by up to 20 percent if used correctly. That can be significant given that heating and cooling costs can represent up to 50 percent of the energy use in a home, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
This device learns your schedule and begins reprogramming itself for more efficiency after about a week. The system senses when the house is empty and makes adjustments. Residents can analyze energy usage and adjust settings through an online account. The thermostat also can be controlled from a smart phone. Retail costs start at $239 per unit.
Remote monitoring
Devices for remote monitoring can keep you connected to -- and often in control of -- what's happening at home. Freevolve's housEvolve Flood Prevention Kit has sensors to monitor trouble-prone areas around a washing machine, sump pump, water heater, kitchen sink, refrigerator or any other area of concern. Shut off the valves remotely when there's a problem. Retails for about $500. With Schlage Link system, having your teenager locked out of the house after school won't be a problem. You get access to the locks from the Internet, using a computer or smart phone. Retail prices for starter kits start around $300. http://link.schlage.com/remote_management/Pages/RemoteManagement.aspx
Centralized home control
Connecting to a centralized controller can be costly but also convenient.
Prices for home evaluation, products and installation can start around $13,000 and go up from there.
For control of multiple systems and options for programming, Morgan recommends Crestron at www.crestron.com and Control 4 at http://control4.com, two top-rated whole-home systems.

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A pair of Pennsylvanians are among the 23 USA Shooting's elite shotgun competitors will take on more than 250 others from around the world in the 2012 International Shooting Sports Federation Shotgun World Cup, beginning Sunday, March 25, in Tucson, Ariz.
Staff Sgt. Josh Richmond, of Hillsgrove, will be competing in men's double trap, and Morgan Craft, of Hughesville, will be shooting in women's skeet.
They will be among more than 250 competitors from 42 countries, including 30 athletes ranked within the ISSF top-10 in their respective disciplines.
Richmond, a member of the U.S. Army Marksman Unit is Olympic-eligible by virtue of his success in the event over the past two seasons.
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How to dress up a Marks & Spencer polo
In our ongoing collaboration with Marks & Spencer, La Moda EIC Jim takes the polo and pairs it up with classic dressy elements like the dinner jacket and the bowtie. The plum trousers and orange-laced Elle Homme brogues from Shoe Mart add a jazzy twist to the overall look. Photography by Darwin Tiambeng.


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For decades, couples have been compelled, whenever faced with a tree covered in moss, to carve their names into the greenery, leaving a lasting imprint that'll probably last longer than the relationship itself.
But now a new form of moss art is taking hold.
Instead of carving into moss, new eco artists are painting moss onto walls and almost any other surface they can get their hands on, to create living walls, a living, breathing piece of graffiti.
The hype for this green art began only a couple of months ago, spawned by environmental artist Anna Garforth and named "Mossenger".
What is Mossenger?
Mossenger is a series of typographical letters cut out of cultivated moss, and stuck to walls using a combination of biodegradable ingredients. As the moss settles, it will grow, expanding the letters and phrases into a completely unique piece. The idea is that the artwork evolves with the material it's created of.
Garforth has a penchant for contrasting the calligraphy of the messenger with the setting it's in – she loves the sides of dilapidated buildings, often knowing that the space won't last for long. One of her most famous pieces is "Grow", the letters of which are placed on the wall surrounding a disused plot, earmarked for a development of flats.
She often makes a political statement with her works by doing this – her artwork says: our green spaces are constantly being built upon, when they could be turned into something beautiful. It's not a surprise that Garforth's a connoisseur of guerrilla gardening also.
How to create your own moss art
There's two ways to create your own moss art mix – the planted method and the painted method.
The Planted Method (Garforth's method)
- Moss
- 1 pot natural yoghurt
- ½ tsp sugar
- A blender
- Several trays filled with compost
Blend the moss, yoghurt and sugar until smooth. Then pour onto your trays of compost and keep warm and damp, and when it starts to grow, cut out your art.
The Painted Method
- Moss
- 1 can of beer
- ½ a tsp sugar
- A blender
- A paintbrush
Blend the moss, beer and sugar until smooth. Then paint onto your desired wall, or spray on using pump spray and stencil. Keep nice and moist over the next few weeks, and you should have an amazing living piece.
It can be difficult and take some practice to get the mix right for both methods. Moss grows best in damp places, so when picking a wall for your artwork, make sure the moisture levels are high – look for places that already have moss, and you'll find the right microclimate for your masterpiece.
Jasmine Ayres is an environmental enthusiast who loves everything to do with anything green and leafy. She's currently a little bit obsessed with living walls, including green graffiti. She recommends Ambius, one of the leading interior landscaping firms.


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Bautista's homer helps Blue Jays double up O's
Baltimore falls to 22-18 on road
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Jose Bautista hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays won their 10th straight game Saturday, beating the Baltimore Orioles 4-2.
Maicer Izturis hit a solo homer in the fifth and Bautista had a two-run drive in the eighth for Toronto, on its longest winning streak since a 10-game run late in 2008. The Blue Jays, who are 14-4 this month, are one victory from matching the franchise record. Toronto had 11-game winning streaks in 1987 and 1998.
The Blue Jays led 2-1 heading into the eighth but Taylor Teagarden tied it with a homer off reliever Darren Oliver.
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JERUSALEM, Israel - A younger generation of leaders will apparently replace the so-called old guard as a result of the Palestinian Fatah movement's first Central Committee elections in 20 years, according to reports from the gathering. But the "young guard," as they are being called, will not necessarily make Israeli-Palestinian negotiations any easier.
The elections were seen as a key to reviving Fatah, which the West sees as its best hope for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Preliminary results showed at least 13 of the 18 elected members are part of the younger generation of Fatah members, though Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas remains the group's leader.
The results come just weeks ahead of President Barack Obama's promised unveiling of a new plan to bring about Israeli-Palestinian peace. But analysts said the change in Fatah players does not necessarily mean there will be progress in negotiations.
There is a change in names but not in the "guard," Dr. Hillel Frisch of the Tel Aviv-based BESA Center for Strategic Studies told CBN News.
Rather than drawing the line between younger and older Fatah members, Frisch said he prefers to make a distinction between those who are "statists" and those who are "revolutionaries."
"Statists" are those who support Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and who say they want the PA to eventually evolve into a Palestinian state.
"Revolutionaries" on the other hand are those who, like jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, joined forces with former PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat to launch the violent uprising against Israel in 2000.
According to Frisch, more statists than revolutionaries were elected to the council -- that is those who support Abbas. Frisch said he believes that will mean a continuation of the status quo as far as Israel is concerned.
But Pinhas Inbari, senior analyst with the conservative Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, says the whole idea of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations is even more difficult from the Palestinian side.
Obama and European leaders may come to the conclusion that Fatah is once again a partner for negotiations with Israel, Inbari said.
The Fatah resolution could be seen as a partial success for Obama. He wanted the language of the Fatah resolution changed. The pledge to continue the "armed struggle" was dropped. But it was replaced with a vow to leave "all options" of struggle open, which would include the armed option, Inbari said.
Washington might also see the replacement of the "old guard" with a "new generation," as success, but the old style hard-liners still exist, he said.
Inbari predicted that the U.S. administration would now campaign for the release of Barghouti, who is serving five consecutive life sentences in Israeli prison for involvement in terrorism. That would put Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a hard position, he said.
The bottom line is that the conference made the situation more complicated, said Inbari.
Abbas and Ahmed Queria (who was not re-elected) could have made an agreement with Israel when the Fatah committee was not looking over their shoulders, but they didn't. This new committee will not allow them to negotiate freely, he said.
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Wednesday's Erie region forecast: Mostly cloudy, chance of showers
Expect mostly cloudy skies and a chance of showers and thunderstorms today in the Erie region, according to the National Weather Service in Cleveland.
The high temperature will be near 64 degrees. There is a 60 percent chance of showers. Winds will be from the east at 8 to 13 mph.
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A warming trend is expected to continue through early next week.
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Nick Foles focused on the television screen during April's NFL draft before the power went out in his Austin, Texas, home in the middle of the third round.
Darkness enshrouded Foles. He was still undrafted.
Ten minutes later, Foles saw a 215 area code flash on his cellphone. He knew enough about the Eagles' interest to recognize the origin of the call. That's how Foles learned he would become Philadelphia's potential quarterback of the future.
The Eagles were determined to pick a quarterback from a draft class that might prove to be one of the ripest in years. Their evaluations included meeting with Robert Griffin III, the Washington Redskins selection who will start against the Eagles on Sunday.


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We're plenty familiar with the BMW X6 and its go-fast counterpart, the X6 M, but now the company is teasing a new version of the four-seat SUV. Although the car's badges and lights are obscured, the video does say that BMW's M GmbH has a hand in tweaking this new model.
We already knew that BMW was testing some sort of new engine in the X6 M, based on spy shots from the Nürburgring that emerged in August. Our best information suggests this car could have a high-output diesel engine. BMW reportedly has plans for a diesel-powered performance 5 Series — called the M550dX — that allegedly could offer about 381 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque.
The rumored tri-turbo, 3.0-liter diesel inline-six engine would be less powerful than the twin-turbo 4.4-liter V-8 in a regular X6 M, but it could still move the sporty SUV with alacrity. The X6 M offers a solid 555 hp and 500 lb-ft of torque, while the regular X6 can be equipped with a 300-hp, turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six engine, or a twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V-8 that makes 400 hp.
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Retired Altoona Pipe and Steel Chief Executive Officer Peter Hart recited his oath of office then took his seat on the Hollidaysburg Area school board after members voted 6-2 to install him Wednesday to fill the term of resigned member Bill Padamonsky.
Hart will serve as a board-appointed member until the 2013 municipal elections.
The board's meeting on Wednesday to appoint one of six applicants opened with Robert Vonada nominating Ron Sommer, who campaigned with him but lost the November 2011 school board election.
Vonada attempted to appeal to the board's majority of fiscally conservative board members by stating that Sommer's ideas of fiscal responsibility often leads people to mistake him to be associated with the tea party movement.
Wally Tomassetti was the only other board member to cast a vote for Sommer.
Board President Ron Yoder, Vice President Darlee Sill, Troy Keefer, Stephanie Wertz and Brady Leahey all voted for Aaron Ritchey's nomination, Hart.
The vote for Hart over Sommer mirrored the board's vote in June to pass a budget without a real estate tax hike for the year. The exception to the nearly identical vote on Wednesday was Padamonsky, who sided with Tomassetti and Vonada on favoring a tax increase.
After the meeting, Hart said he didn't distinguish between the board's members who voted against tax increases and Vonada, whose self-described "fiscally responsible" position includes a willingness to raise taxes.
Hart said fiscal responsibility was a major reason he applied for the position.
"I'm a senior citizen, and I know there are older people and young people who are living paycheck to paycheck. They are devastated if they lose that paycheck. Being a good steward of public money is the purpose of all board members and the superintendent [Paul Gallagher], for whom I have great respect."
In nominating Hart from a pool of six applicants, Ritchey said, "I was impressed with his experience, being the CEO of a large company, donating time to SCORE - a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses grow- and his service on the board of Frankstown Township supervisors."
Hart said his grandchildren, ages 1 to 19, although not in Hollidaysburg, are his motivation for serving children by joining the Hollidaysburg school board.
"I know how important these formative years are. And I know the workplace that awaits them is continually changing. What I want to do for my grandchildren, what I want to do for these children [of Hollidaysburg], I want to equip them with whatever education we can give them so they can cope with whatever they encounter after graduation."
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Yep, I'm gonna bring up a difficult and controversial issue! So I'm gonna ask right off the bat that everyone try to be respectful… I'm trying to instigate a serious and educational conversation, not a flame war.
I bring this up because I was reading a message board over on IMDB about the drunken sex scene in 'Observe and Report' that referred to it as rape. This board had degenerated into a long and intense war on what does and doesn't constitute rape, so I'm asking this hopefully more lucid community… where do you draw the lines for the definition?
Some numbers to chew on:
-1 in 6 women will be sexually assaulted at some point in their lives.
-College age women are 4x more likely to be sexually assaulted.
-It's estimated that 60% of all rapes are NOT reported to the police.
-73% of all rape victims know their rapist.
-Only 6% of all rapists will ever spend any time in jail.
When most people think of rape, they think of violent rape. But just because physical force isn't used doesn't mean it's not rape. Statistically 17% of reported rapes required no physical force (http://www.rainn.org/statistics). I would lay a healthy bet that most unreported rapes are of this type, without physical force, so that's a fair number of women in America who have been raped without being physically forced. Scary, right? This means that you probably know someone who was the victim of a non-violent rape. Scarier yet? It's reasonably likely that you know someone who has COMMITTED a non-violent rape. And scariest? How many people each year commit rape without thinking they've done so, because of their definition of what rape is?
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Michale45over a year ago
Answer 1 of 11
harliegerl27over a year ago
Answer 2 of 11
Well I totally agree with your post! Let me share my recent experience with you. My husband and I have been having marriage problems for a few years. So bad the he completely crushed my heart by his attitudes and demeanor towards me and pushed me away. I ended up having an affair a few months back. I told him all about it and I cut off the other relationship in hopes to try and work on my. However, a few weeks ago my husband and I were in the. He told me to get on the back seat and have sex with him or he would leave me. I began cruik very hard and telling him no. But he demanded it. So I got in the back seat. He was not violent with me but kept pressuring me to let him have me right then....in my car in a parking lot. I felt so demeaned and I just kept crying so hard and saying no please don't do this. Then he proceeded to pull himself out of his pants and demanded I give him oral sex. Even with all my tears and telling him no he was still fully aroused. I was mortified! I was so upset and crying so hard that I almost threw up. He finally conceded and stopped. But then a week later he did it to me in bed. He got on top of me and began to have sex with me Ben though I cried and said no! And he wouldn't stop when I asked him. Again, he did not hurt me physically. But he certainly wounded me so much emotionally that I know I will never be with him sexually again and now we are headed for divorce because of this!
BritishGuyover a year ago
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Rape is all a bit confusing nowadays with all these grey areas but I've always assumed if a girl comes back to my place with me and we're making out she knows where its going.
I like being under the influence a little sometimes but I wouldn't want either of us to get really drunk.
I think the problem is when you've had some alcohol and your inhibitions are gone you do things you wouldn't. You wake up the next morning and suddenly your back to your normal self with all the inhibitions and then your like uh oh!
I think maybe a lot of things that are called rape are rape. I mean it isn't hard to tell when somebody is enjoying themselves in bed so theres no way rough sex could honestly be considered rape.
Kyle Miracleover a year ago
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Is it rape if a girl never says "No"?
scarlettewiththeropeover a year ago
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I'd just like to add that's it's not as uncommon as people think for a woman to physically 'enjoy' even a violent rape. Psychologists aren't sure why, I've read some arguments that it's an evolutionary protection so that a woman is less likely to be physically damaged by the rape, etc.
Simone de Boudoirover a year ago
Answer 6 of 11
And while I think of it, if your partner explicitly asks you to use a condom and you get sneaky and take it off without her knowledge and penetrate her, that's also rape.
Simone de Boudoirover a year ago
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I was raped by an ex-boyfriend in my third year of university. It was non-violent, and coerced (with the threat of violence).
Rape is rape when there is no consent. And that includes someone saying yes, and then changing their mind. And someone submitting. Submission is not the same as consent.
ma4tover a year ago
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You bring up many good points. A Criminal Law class I took shed some light on the subject.
If at any time either person says they want to stop, and the other person continues to the point of penetration, it's rape. Yes, men get raped, too.
You can change your mind at the last second. You can be in bed with your legs open and a guy lying on top of you, and if you tell him to stop and he penetrates, that's rape. If you are having intercourse, and you tell him to stop - for any reason - and he continues, that's rape.
Using any type of threat or intimidation is aggravated rape. I will shoot you if you don't comply. That's aggravated rape. Using size advantage is rape. Using drugs or alcohol - definitely rape. Alcohol is not consent.
Past sexual encounters are not consent. If a wife or gf says not, it's rape. If the campus slut says not, it's rape. If a prostitute says no, it's rape.
But women still have to be smart. If you go to a guy's home and have a few drinks, and you claim you were raped, you will have a very hard time being taken seriously by the cops given the circumstances. Maybe legally you are 100% right, and in a perfect world you should expect to be able to go to a guy's house and shake hands at the end of the night. But don't put yourself at risk!
Being right will NOT protect you. If you think the guy wants to have sex (and we almost always do), and you are not sure or you know you don't want to have sex, don't go to his apartment and have a few drinks, get on the sofa, fondle each other, and then think he's going to be 100% happy when you look at your watch and say, "Oh, look at the time," and run out.
That would be like driving through a green light when a runaway cement truck is barreling toward you, thinking that the "right of way" is going to save you. "But, Doctor, I had a green light!" In driver training, they called that being "Dead Right." You're right, but now you're dead.
So even though it offends the concepts of fairness and the advances women have made, being right will not save you.
Don't leave your expensive camera on the park bench while you go to the bathroom. And don't get in to situations where people normally have sex when you don't want to. Don't take risks.
And boys need to stop telling their buddies, "Yeah, when she says no she really means yes." Parents need to take their sons aside and tell them that no really means no. And they need to let them know the consequences of rape. Sure, a very small % of rapist ever spend a night in jail, but once you're on the sex offender registry, it doesn't matter if it was statutory rape with a 15 year old or a violent rape of a toddler, you ARE a sex offender.
Bottom line - don't take risks. Any sexual contact without consent, at any point, is rape. Past sexual encounters are not consent.
*** By the way, I am NOT a lawyer and this is NOT legal advice. ***
sexpertover a year ago
Answer 9 of 11
I struggle with both sides of this. Because I am pansexual, sometimes I fool around with girls that are not out, or maybe have never fooled around with other girls before. If this happens, I run the risk of her feeling bad about our encounter and then calling it something non-consensual, when really it's something that she regrets because of internalized homophobia, or social pressures, or whatever you want to call it. And yes, a girl did call rape on me when I was younger (I don't think she understood what that meant though - neither of us did). And yes, my family got kicked out of the church. The fact that it was her idea meant nothing. The fact that we both enjoyed it meant nothing. The fact that her brother had been raping her for almost a year to the point that she was worried about being pregnant meant nothing. I didn't even get a chance to defend myself.
Now, do not take my story and assume that every girl that states that she was rape is a liar, or being manipulative, or was asking for it. NO WAY! Rape and sexual assaults are horrible, traumatic experiences. There is a huge stigma to being a rape survivor. The worst kinds of things are said to you, even by professionals. you lose all your power, your voice, your agency. Women don't just make this shit up. Even the girl that felt bad about our sexual experiences together and called it rape when I define it as something else was going through something very deep and emotional. She felt ashamed and confused, and unable to put words to what happened. The homophobia of the home and the church that she came from was a huge powerful force, and the only word that she had was rape. Even then, she needed help. She needed someone to listen to her, and to listen to he pain and help her work through what she was going through.
So I have seen the bad side of things, and I would hate to call something rape if it wasn't. That being said, anytime a girl (or guy, or whatever gender category you would like to identify as) indicates that they are not interested, they are unsure, they are scared, they don't think it's a good idea - sex should not happen. Under this definition, yes girls can rape guys. If a guy is hesitant, and the girl challenges him on his masculinity (in a heterosexual relationship, homosexuals can do it to) and tells him that if he doesn't have sex with her, he will be less of a man in her eyes, then that to me is rape, because you are setting up consequences (in this case emotional) for not having sex.
I've seen people say things like "if you loved me, you would do it", "it's your job as my girlfriend", or even just pouting and sulking if they don't get sex. All of these create negative consequences for not having sex, and I think they are all unhealthy. Would it stand up in court? Probably not. Is it healthy? Hells no, and it should be treated as such, because if you are putting your own sexual needs above the mental, emotional, and physical well being of your partner, sorry, that's bullshit and needs to be called on as abusive.
I take this very seriously and there was one time with my current bf, that I wanted sex, and he said he was tired (and he definitely was) and then I was pouting, and I thought I was being cute, but really, I was pressuring him into sex for twenty minutes. We ended up having sex, but after thinking about it, I apologized to him and told him I wouldn't do it again, because I expect to give the same treatment as I expect from him, and if I don't want to be guilt tripped or bugged or pressured into sex, then I'm not going to do it to him. Just because he's a guy doesn't make it okay.
Now mind you, he thought that I was a little weird for apologizing and he was like "uh, I like sex, I like sex with you, we're all good" but it's important for me to understand that pressuring people into sex is not healthy, and being a woman does not exclude me from being capable of harm.
I think the term rape and sexual assault have been "legalified" (I make up words, stop mocking me) and we tend to see them in terms of if they would stand up in court or not. That being said, I think there are a number of unhealthy relationship practices, by both men and women (and everyone in between), and they need to be acknowledged as forms of rape and sexual assault, so people understand the emotional damage that they can cause. No, it won't hold up in court, and the police won't take you seriously, but dammit, the emotional impact is real, and you need to be able to communicate what is going on. If you don't use the word rape or sexual assault, if the word "unhealthy" is a better descriptor, don't let anyone take away your agency over your own sexuality.
Sorry for the long post.
whitequeenover a year ago
Answer 10 of 11
This is such a slippery slope. I also have wondered about this question and I'm glad you posted it. A few years ago I met someone in person that I had a relationship with online. Becuase it was far away we agreed to meet at a hotel to sit and talk in person. There was expectation that something might happen or might not. When I saw him I was totally grossed out and not at all interested in persuing anything more. However since I was 7 hours from home I agreed to rest in the room with him and give things a chance. He tried to make a move and I told him no but he didnt believe me and we ended up having sex even though he hadnt brought a condom and I was adament about using one. There was crying and comforting and such before he actually did. Because I didnt scream or fight and also because parts of it were pleasurable I wondered if it was just a really bad decision of stupidity or rape. I mean, I went there right? and we had fooled around online... so its a confusing subject. Sorry to provide no answers here but sadly I think its a thing many women have felt confused about in the post play.
scarlettewiththeropeover a year ago
Answer 11 of 11
Sorry that this is so long winded! I commend anyone that reads this in full lol… though I tried to cut out all the fat and think I made some very lucid points here. (I should have been a freaking lawyer.)
My answer on this subject comes from my personal experience, and my view of the world as a feminist (See my post on defining feminism, http://www.leftos.com/opinion/view/403).
'Rape' is when one of the parties does not consent to a sexual act. I think most of us who are sane humans realize this. To me, the shades of gray and stickiness come in when defining the nature of consent!
There's an argument that when you're drunk, you can't give consent. This is something that our legal system has battled about, and I personally don't know the official legal stance on it, though I know that if a woman gets drunk, has sex, then regrets it the next day she can cause all kinds of problems for the man involved. And you know what? It's because I'm a feminist that I disagree with this! I am a fully capable human being, and if I CHOOSE to imbibe substances that affect my judgment, I am still responsible for the decisions I make while under the influence of those substances. If I drink and drive, I'm responsible for that action. Doesn't matter if I regret doing it the next day. If I drink, smoke pot, etc, and boink someone I wouldn't normally, I'm responsible for that action too. Now, if I pass out and then someone has sex with me, that's not a choice I made drunk; that's something someone does to me and IS rape
With all that said, I think it's WRONG (but not criminal) to have sex with someone who you suspect would not normally choose to have sex with you.
Now, if I'm slipped a roofie and have sex with someone, THEN I was raped. If I did NOT CHOOSE to imbibe all the substances affecting my decision making processes, then THAT is rape, because my ability to choose for myself was taken away without my consent/ knowledge. The person who changes the participants state of mind is the responsible party. So, question: What if a girl is at a bar, a guy slips her a roofie, then she ends up having sex with a different guy who had no knowledge of the roofie? My Answer: THE GUY WHO GAVE HER THE ROOFIE IS GUILTY OF RAPE EVEN IF HE DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH HER. He's the one who took away her ability to make decisions, therefore he is responsible for what happens to her.
Real Life Example:
This happened to my friend and me a year ago. Thanks to an incident that I'll go into in the next session, I'm very conscious of my state of mind and personal safety; I realized that what I was feeling was disproportionate to what I'd drank. I started looking for my friend…then I started to have mild hallucinations and difficulty breathing. In a panic, I left the bar, hoping she'd gone back to my place. I was so out of it I even left my purse, with my wallet and all my money, sitting on a table! (Weirdly enough I took out my phone and keys out of it…? If that's not an illustration of f***ed up I don't know what is.) In the block between the bar and my apartment, I remember 3 people stopping me to ask me if I was ok. I remember getting into my apartment and collapsing on my couch, finally literally unable to move, though I was still conscious, and staring at my phone on the table hoping my friend would call. I woke up in the morning still on the couch without having received a call. She showed up at my apartment later that morning and told me that she'd freaked out, left the bar, gotten a ride home from a random guy in Wrigleyville (neighborhood in Chicago), and didn't remember anything else. She went to the doctor later that day, and showed signs of having had unprotected sex, and tested positive for GHB. She flunked out of almost all her classes that semester, and spent months having to be tested and retested for HIV. It was horrific. And while I got lucky, I was also deeply affected by it.
DEGREES OF RAPE (no substances involved):
I'm gonna examine the concept of rape by degrees of extremity of viewpoints.
There are some extremists who believe that every sexual act between a man and woman in our society is rape because of the way women are conditioned by our society. I disagree, because it's one of those arguments that absolves individuals of personal responsibility based upon the nature of the culture in which they grow up. This is the same logic that says the media is responsible for Columbine. I call bull***t.
This is a difficult one, and I personally think this is the region that's hardest for a guy to understand in the situation. From my personal experience, this is where most date rapes happen. In the end, I feel that a woman has to convey in SOME fashion that she doesn't want to have sex for a man to be guilty of rape.
Real Life Example 1:
I have a friend who was sexually molested as a child by a family member, and until she entered therapy in her 20's, every time she was in a sexual situation she was completely unable to say no. When she lost her virginity at 15 it was in her boyfriend's car in her parents' driveway, and she'd already told him earlier that night that she wanted to wait till she was older to have sex; but when he climbed on top of her she froze up. To me, THAT was rape. She'd previously indicated not wanting to have sex, and even though at that moment she didn't say no or physically resist, she didn't say YES or physically respond either. In the years after that, EVERY SINGLE TIME a guy initiated a sexual situation, she went along with it. She describes it as her brain turning off, and just going along with what was happening so as not to upset the other person, because sex had become no big deal to her; it was another activity, like playing cards. When she was 18, this led to her losing the guy she describes as the love of her life because when his friend started kissing her, she went along with it, even though she didn't want to. In this case, I have to say that that WASN'T rape, because she DID physically respond and to all outward appearances she consented. This guy wasn't responsible for her psychological issues. Neither was she though. As far as I'm concerned, just like with the roofie example before, the family member that molested her as a child raped her here; he's the one who took away her ability to consent.
Real Life Example 2:
Once I let a guy basically intimidate and badger me into sex. We went on a date, afterwards we went back to my place to watch a movie, and started messing around; he asked if I had any condoms, I told him that I didn't have sex on the first date, and we continued messing around. He kept asking, and I kept telling him no, getting more annoyed and less turned on by the moment. I told him we could cuddle till the end of the movie then he had to go home. Over the course of the movie he kept asking and trying to get his hand down my pants; by now he was really, really annoying me, even though what he was doing physically felt good. I didn't want to escalate the situation and try to kick him out, because our society teaches women that the best way to deal with situations is to charm your way out of them, otherwise you risk a whole range of consequences from violence to verbal abuse to you name it (the creeping tendrils of the media/Columbine theory!). I asked him to leave; he said I didn't really want him to leave and put his hand down my pants to prove it. In that moment, it seemed logical not to make a bad situation worse; I basically took the approach of "can't rape the willing" and got a condom and let him have sex with me so that he'd then leave and the situation would be over. I genuinely don't believe that sex has to be about love, so I told myself it was no big deal, it was just a physical act, and that I may as well try to have a good time out of it. Afterwards, though, I spent about an hour crying in the shower, and started crying again the next day when I told the story to me roommate. She told me it was date rape and I should call the cops. The only other person I've ever told the details to (my ex boyfriend… who I ended up getting back together with a few weeks later lol) said the same thing. I said it wasn't because in the end I consented. I struggled with this a lot, and it's an example that's hard for me to look at objectively, but in the end, I have to say that he didn't rape me… this guy was just a slimy douchebag and generally bad person who I allowed to pressure me into doing something I didn't want to. I made one of the poorest decisions of my life… but in the end, I learned more about myself and became a stronger person for it.
If a woman says no, but doesn't physically try to stop a man, is it rape? I say yes, unless it's part of an agreed upon form of roleplaying, etc (which could be said of most anything discussed… the key is it was agreed upon beforehand, and unless you're an idiot you have a safeword. If you don't know what a safeword is do some BDSM research. If you don't know where to start with that kinda thing, send me a private message and I'll point you in the right direction.) No means no. Period. End of story. I don't care how far things have gone or what you're in the middle of, the moment a person says no, if you don't stop and find out what the boundaries are or until that person changes their mind, it's rape.
If you think this way, you fail. I encourage you to kill yourself now.
There is too much, I don't know how to sum up lol.
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Extraordinary 1885 Brooklyn Base Base Club Portrait Scorecards Complete Set (14 Programs)
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In the mid-1880s, the Brooklyn Base Ball Club of the American Association produced a series of extremely attractive scorecards featuring portraits of each team member. Only several examples from the series were known to exist when, about 100 years later, an amazing collection of nineteenth-century Brooklyn scorecards from a single devoted fan surfaced intact in the 1980s. The collection totaled 168 scorecards, spanned many years, and included approximately thirty scorecards of the offered style featuring player portraits. The gentleman who purchased the entire find sold them off over the next couple of years, but unbeknownst to us, he kept one of each of the prize portrait-style programs. In many cases the example he kept was the only program from the find featuring a given ballplayer, and is the only example known. Presented is a simply astounding collection of all fourteen different portrait-style programs dating from 1885 and 1886 from this great find. It is uncertain if this represents the complete set, but that seems very likely, and we are unaware of the existence of any other players in the series. The cover design of each fold-over scorecard features a beautiful black and white portrait illustration of an individual team member set against a colorful floral display. The preprinted lineups for both Brooklyn and its respective opponents are featured on the interior, with local advertisements printed on the back covers of many (six are blank). All have carefully written, neat pencil notations on the interior and/or back cover, including the dates of the games, umpires, etc. The players represented on the covers of these fourteen programs, along with the respective opponent, are as follows: 1) Manager C. M. Hackett, vs. Pittsburgh; 2) Henry Porter, vs. Baltimore; 3) C. H. Robinson, vs. Virginia (not an AA League game); 4) Peter Hotaling, vs. New York (1886 season); 5) John Cassidy, vs. New York; 6) John Harkins, vs. Louisville (no advertising on back cover); 7) John Hayes, vs. Louisville; 8) George Pinkney, vs. Cincinnati with McPhee listed in lineup (1886, no advertising on back cover); 9) George Smith, vs. Pittsburgh; 10) William McClellan, vs. Pittsburgh; 11) William Phillips, vs. Baltimore (no advertising on back cover); 12) Ed Swartwood, vs. Philadelphia with Stovey listed in lineup (no advertising on back cover); 13) William Terry, vs. St. Louis (no advertising on back cover); 14) Will Krieg, vs. New York. All of the scorecards (4 x 6 inches, folded) have been neatly scored in pencil. Each scorecard exhibits some minor wear, averaging Vg-Ex to Ex in grade with the exception of the Terry, Harkins, Hotaling and Porter scorecards (Gd-Vg). Each was the best of the find. This is a remarkable and unique collection of these rare programs, issued in tribute to the hometown favorite Brooklyn Base Ball Club of the American Association in the 1880s, from one of the most significant finds of nineteenth-century scorecards in the history of collecting. Total 14 scorecards. Reserve $2,500. Estimate $5,000/$10,000. SOLD FOR $4,930.00
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Guest Voice of Terry L. Smith: Mount Rushmore and the shutdown
Nora and I went to Mount Rushmore on a cool, rainy evening this September. The fog was so thick you couldn't see halfway to the mountain, but we went anyway to see the 8 p.m. program. A park ranger shared some amusing trivia about the presidents. The one I enjoyed most was that George Washington's mother felt he was insufficiently attentive to her needs.
As a son whose mother had the same complaint about him, I felt reassured to have this in common with the father of our country.
Next came a patriotic video, its rhetoric laborious and uninspiring. When I hear talk about freedom with no attempt to explain what it means, I just hear "blah, blah, blah." Nora whispered she didn't want someone else telling her how to experience the monument. I agreed. We left early.
We stayed in Rapid City, S.D., that night, less than a half-hour from Rushmore. When the next morning was sunny and warm, we decided to give it another try.
As we approached Rushmore by car from the north, the granite outcroppings and cliffs grew larger; the straight road began to twist and turn. Then, as we rounded a corner, we could see Washington's face. I was surprised by how white and smooth it was.
As we waited in line to park our car, I told Nora I didn't really like the way patriotism gets tied to heroes. I love this country, but not necessarily because I love its presidents.
On the 100-yard walk to the main viewing area, the four faces are always visible. A ritual begins. Stop and view the monument. Offer your camera to a stranger to take a picture of your family. Offer to do the same for the stranger. This has been done many times before; it will be done many times again. The connection to those not present adds to the moment.
When we get to the railing where we had stood the previous night, the first thing I notice is that the faces are much higher than I pictured them through the fog.
I have my binoculars, so I am able to view them up close. Each figure's pupil is a granite peg in the middle of the iris. The faces have streaks of slightly different colored granite running through them. Their nostrils are not well defined.
I've seen photographs of these figures many times, but the scale and detail begin to touch me. The depiction of each figure starts to make sense. Washington is farthest to the left, staring straight ahead to avoid any distractions. His integrity is clear. Jefferson is next. As a man devoted to the expression of principles, he directs his gaze above the horizontal. Roosevelt concentrates on something straight ahead, furrowing his brow and gathering himself for action. Things need to be done without delay.
Farthest to the right is Lincoln. The other figures are lined up in a row, looking somewhere to the right of and behind the viewer. Lincoln, however, is slightly in front of them, looking somewhere to the left of the viewer. He sees something they do not and his eyelids droop in sadness at the sight.
I realize that for me, this is the central point of the monument. Lincoln, who is devoted to the same ideals as the other three, sees something they could not or would not see. And I love him for this in the same way I love this country. Only later does it occur to me what my experience of Mount Rushmore has taught me about heroes and patriotism. A powerful reason I love this country is I love this great Republican president.
A few days later, the Republican House of Representatives voted to shut down the federal government, depriving thousands of Americans of the experience of this and other national treasures, and sending hundreds of thousands of public servants home from their duties. When they say their reason for doing so is to defend freedom against encroachment by Obamacare, I just hear "blah, blah, blah."
TERRY L. SMITH recently retired as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Nora, visited Mount Rushmore just before the government shutdown on Oct. 1.


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Cool David, nice design well executed for a t-shirt
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I'm ordering one now… what??? Still not available???
Fantastic original idea, great drawing. placement doesn't do the image justice tho. I would like it with the wolfs head on the shoulder and the forelegs extending onto the arms of the T.
That is insane. However, the placement is a big weird. Make the illustration bigger? There's quite a lot of detail, I'd like it to show more.
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Thanks for all the comments. If it gets printed, the guy's tee will showcase the illustration more prominently. Thanks again for voting!!
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I like the gallery pic with the text on it. I say center the graphic and include the type and win!
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I strongly favor the gallery pic to this one! This should be a big centered print, and include the text! And I would put it on an offwhite shirt.
No need for the text, I think, but centered in a silver grey would be nice… but I cannot vote for this as I would not where it.
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To build or not to build: Wesbury reconsiders Edinboro development
EDINBORO -- Sidewalk requirements in Edinboro may have developers walking away from plans to build a retirement community on the former Edinboro Inn property along Route 6N.
Edinboro Borough Council last week rejected preliminary plans for the community, saying they lack sidewalks required by the borough.
Meadville-based Wesbury United Methodist Retirement Community, which would build the development, said borough sidewalk regulations aren't clear and that the cost to provide them could be prohibitive.
"In our minds, that's almost a deal breaker," Wesbury President and Chief Executive Donald Clawson said. "It makes our project almost unaffordable, when we're trying to build affordable housing where older people can spend their retirement years."
Wesbury plans to build up to 64 private homes and a dozen condominiums on the 10.7-acre inn property and on adjacent land that it has an option to buy along Culbertson Hills Golf Course in Washington Township.
The 6,400 feet of walkways required for the development would cost an estimated $192,000, Clawson said.
"It's kind of absurd to require us to spend that when it really isn't necessary, Clawson said.
Wesbury will consider its options for the development, including abandoning the plans or legally challenging borough sidewalk requirements, Clawson said.
"In our opinion and in our attorney's legal opinion, there's room for doubt as to whether or not borough regulations really require sidewalks," he said.
According to various borough regulations, sidewalks are required in all new developments, required in new developments that abut a neighborhood with sidewalks, and are not required in developments with a single access road, Clawson said. Wesbury would not be a neighbor to a development with sidewalks and would have a single access road.
The borough subdivision and land development ordinance governs new construction and clearly states that sidewalks are required in developments of three or more lots, borough Manager T. J. Jemetz said.
"Edinboro is a small town, and part of our appeal is it's a walkable community. People can walk here and should be able to walk here safely," he said. "That's the intent of the ordinance and council."
Sidewalks will be especially important in the retirement community, where the proposed access road would climb from Route 6N to higher ground once occupied by the hotel, Jemetz said.
"That they wouldn't want sidewalks there is kind of surprising, frankly," Jemetz said. "We get a lot of snow here. I wouldn't want to walk up that hill without any sidewalks in winter."
Wesbury's flagship retirement community in Meadville does not have sidewalks and residents do not walk there in winter, Clawson said. "They leave the house by getting in a car in a nice warm garage, opening the door and going to do whatever it is they want to do," he said.
Other opinions on whether the Edinboro development needs sidewalks are also split. The Edinboro Borough Planning Commission last week approved Wesbury plans to build without sidewalks. But the borough engineer and solicitor have recommended that sidewalks be built, Jemetz said.
Wesbury directors will decide whether to build an Edinboro retirement community within a month, Clawson said. "We have essentially that long to decide whether to move forward or not move forward," he said.
Wesbury could walk away from the project without losing money and without investing more, Clawson said.
"We could cut bait right now and wouldn't have to pay the $192,000 for sidewalks, $43,000 for (Department of Environmental Protection) permits and over $800,000 for the final purchase of property," Clawson said. "We could sell off the commercial part of the property, pay ourselves back for all the development costs that we have in it and walk away clean."
A portion of the 10.7-acre inn property is zoned for commercial development along Route 6N.
The problem with scrapping the retirement community is that more than 100 people have expressed interest in living there, Clawson said.
"If we pull out, there will be a lot of disappointed people," he said.
The region also could lose substantial annual tax revenue from the development. Wesbury estimates that retirement community residents would pay more than a quarter-million dollars in real estate taxes, including $30,000 to Edinboro Borough and $161,000 to General McLane School District, each year.
It's revenue that local governments could expect from another source, Jemetz said.
"If Wesbury doesn't want to build, we're pretty certain that someone else will. Since the hotel came down, that's become a pretty desirable lot for builders," he said.
"We certainly don't want Wesbury to leave, but it's clearly their decision. If they're going to build, it will have to be by borough requirements," Jemetz said.
VALERIE MYERS can be reached at 878-1913 or by e-mail. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNmyers.


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