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decided: July 13, 1965.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL. GEORGE HETENYI, RELATOR-APPELLANT,v.WALTER H. WILKINS, WARDEN OF ATTICA STATE PRISON, ATTICA, NEW YORK, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE
Smith and Marshall, Circuit Judges, and Metzner, District Judge.*fn* Metzner, District Judge (dissenting).
Author: Marshall
MARSHALL, Circuit Judge.
George Hetenyi is presently imprisoned in Attica, New York, by the State of New York under a sentence of from forty years to life that was imposed after a jury found him guilty of murder in the second degree. He applied to the United States District Court for the Western District of New York for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, claiming that he is being held in custody in violation of the federal Constitution. The District Court denied his application on the merits, and this is an appeal from that order. We reverse.
On or about April 22, 1949 Hetenyi's wife was shot to death. Approximately one month later, on May 19, 1949, Hetenyi was indicted by the Grand Jury of Monroe County, New York, for murder in the first degree, and he was thrice tried on this same indictment.*fn1 At all three trials the evidence supporting the charge was circumstantial.
The first trial took place during December, 1949 in the Monroe County Court. The trial judge gave the jury the alternatives of finding Hetenyi guilty of first degree murder,*fn2 guilty of second degree murder,*fn3 guilty of first degree manslaughter*fn4 or not guilty. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of second degree murder, and in January, 1950 Hetenyi received a sentence of from fifty years to life. He appealed to the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, and that court unanimously reversed the judgment of conviction and granted a new trial. 277 App.Div. 310, 98 N.Y.S.2d 990 (1950). The Appellate Division noted "that the verdict is supported by sufficient evidence," yet it found error affecting "the substantial rights of the defendant" in the charge relating to venue, in the admission of certain evidence, and in certain comments by the District Attorney on some of this evidence. Specifically, reversible error was found in the trial court's refusal to charge the jury, as requested by defendant, "that they must find as a fact in this case that this killing occurred in the County of Monroe before they can find a conviction," in the trial court's charge that "it makes no difference as to where those shots [killing his wife] were fired," and in charging that finding her body "within the confines of the County of Monroe, is sufficient as a presumption of law that the shots were fired in the County of Monroe * * *" The Appellate Division also held that the trial judge had committed reversible error by admitting into evidence a leather holster found near the place where the body of the deceased was discovered and by allowing the District Attorney to argue in his summation that the holster belonged to defendant and "that without question it includes the gun." There was no direct evidence that this holster was the one claimed to have been seen in Hetenyi's car some months prior or that Hetenyi ever owned a gun. Hetenyi also sought reversal because the prosecution had used an article in a magazine relating to the paraffin nitrate test. At the trial, the subject of the test was brought up by the District Attorney on direct examination of a police officer; on cross-examination, Hetenyi's counsel read from a textbook on the subject; and on re-direct the article from the magazine was read, apparently to contradict the textbook. The Appellate Division concluded that since "no such test was made of defendant's hands," "the whole matter was irrelevant and incompetent" and "it was error to permit the reading of either the text-book or the article." It was on the basis of all of these errors, held to affect "defendant's substantial rights," that the Appellate Division reversed and ordered a new trial. The State appealed from this reversal but the order of the Appellate Division was unanimously affirmed by the Court of Appeals of New York without opinion. 301 N.Y. 757, 95 N.E.2d 819 (1950).
Following this reversal, the same District Attorney proceeded to try Hetenyi for the second time under the same indictment charging first degree murder. The trial took place in April and May of 1951 in the Monroe County Court. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree and Hetenyi was sentenced to be executed. Hetenyi appealed directly to the Court of Appeals, and a closely-divided court reversed the judgment of conviction and ordered a new trial. 304 N.Y. 80, 106 N.E.2d 20 (1952). The Court of Appeals held that there was no error in charging the jury that the place of the killing need not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. The Court also held that the admission into evidence of the holster introduced into evidence in the first trial was not "a material error" requiring reversal because the District Attorney's statement that was found so objectionable in the appeal from the first trial was lacking, and the trial judge had instructed the jury that even if they believed that this holster was the one previously seen in Hetenyi's car, "they may not draw from that the inference that he possessed the gun which it accommodated." However, the Court found that certain other conduct of the District Attorney had deprived Hetenyi of a fair trial and on the basis of those errors reversed. The Court viewed the "District Attorney's repeated accentuation of the defendant's failure to testify" as sufficient to make the trial unfair; and it held that the District Attorney's attack on Hetenyi's character in which the changes in Hetenyi's religious affiliations were emphasized and Hetenyi was accused of being a "renegade," "a man to whom religion is a fraud, who engages in it purely and simply for selfish reasons," violated a "rule of fundamental fairness in the protection of the individual against unjust prosecution." A new trial was ordered.
Hetenyi was then tried for the third time. This third trial took place in March, 1953 in the Onondaga County Court, as Hetenyi had obtained a change in venue. Once again he was tried upon the same 1949 indictment charging him with first degree murder; and as was done in the other two trials, the trial judge gave the jury the alternatives of returning a verdict of guilty of first degree murder, guilty of second degree murder, guilty of first degree manslaughter, or not guilty. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of second degree murder, and Hetenyi was sentenced to prison for forty years to life. He appealed to the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, and that court affirmed the judgment in a per curiam opinion. 282 App.Div. 1008, 125 N.Y.S.2d 689 (1953). The Appellate Division noted that the verdict "is amply supported by the evidence" and that "throughout the trial the Court exercised extreme care in protecting the rights of the defendant," and concluded that the record "contains no errors which so adversely affect the substantial rights of the defendant as to warrant reversal of the judgment and a new trial." Leave to appeal to the New York Court of Appeals was denied.
Hetenyi is presently being held in custody pursuant to a warrant of commitment issued by the Onondaga County Court upon this judgment of conviction. He claims that it was unconstitutional for the State to prosecute him for first degree murder subsequent to the first trial, and that the prosecution for first degree murder so tainted the third trial as to render it constitutionally inadequate.
This is not the first instance that Hetenyi claimed his detention is unlawful. Hetenyi sought a writ of habeas corpus from the New York courts, but the court of general jurisdiction dismissed the writ and this dismissal was affirmed by the Appellate Division, Third Department, 10 A.D.2d 121, 198 N.Y.S.2d 18, reargument denied, 12 A.D.2d 574, 209 N.Y.S.2d 287 (1960), leave to appeal denied, 8 N.Y.2d 706, 202 N.Y.S.2d 1025, 168 N.E.2d 395, appeal dismissed, 8 N.Y.2d 913, 204 N.Y.S.2d 158, 168 N.E.2d 831. The Appellate Division found Hetenyi's claim to be without merit under the state and federal Constitutions, and added "one last point not raised by the briefs": the relator at neither his second nor his third trial raised the question of double jeopardy or entered such a plea and therefore he "waived his right to the defense of double jeopardy" under both federal and state constitutional standards. Without attempting to assess the sufficiency of the Appellate Division's conclusion, it should be noted that the factual premise appears incorrect. The petition in the present proceeding alleges that in both the second and third trials Hetenyi entered a plea of autrefois acquit. Respondent did not put that allegation into controversy below, and quite understandably the District Court did not make any finding as to its truth. We are nevertheless prepared to view the allegation as true, and thus to reject all factual basis for the waiver argument. In the course of argument before this Court, relator's counsel supported the allegation by reference to the trial transcript of the third trial, he explained that reargument was sought from the Appellate Division in order to correct its factual inaccuracy, and he suggested that reargument was denied by the Appellate Division not because there was no factual error, but because the waiver argument resting on this factual inaccuracy was offered only as an alternative ground for affirming the order dismissing the writ. Respondent did not take issue with this offer of proof and explanation. We thus have no reason to disbelieve the allegation in the present habeas petition that the plea of autrefois acquit was entered but disallowed in the second and third trials.
Nor is this the first instance in which Hetenyi presented his constitutional claim to a federal court. After his application for the state habeas writ was dismissed, Hetenyi applied to a federal district court for a writ, though this time his claim was formulated solely on the basis of the federal Constitution. On January 4, 1963 the District Court denied the application without prejudice and without reaching the merits. Darr v. Burford, 339 U.S. 200, 70 S. Ct. 587, 94 L. Ed. 761 (1950), was held controlling and the habeas application was denied because Hetenyi had failed to file a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court seeking review of the denial of his previous habeas application in the state courts. The District Court denied Hetenyi's application for a certificate of probable cause and Hetenyi applied to this Court for a certificate. This Court denied that certificate on May 8, 1963, even though Fay v. Noia, 372 U.S. 391, 83 S. Ct. 822, 9 L. Ed. 2d 837 (1963) overruled Darr v. Burford some two months earlier and thus removed the procedural obstacle that had prevented the District Court from reaching the merits. Following this Court's denial of the certificate of probable cause, Hetenyi petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari. On January 6, 1964 that petition was denied, with Mr. Justice Douglas noting that he was "of the opinion that certiorari should be granted." 375 U.S. 980, 84 S. Ct. 495, 11 L. Ed. 2d 426.
Hetenyi persisted and renewed his application to a federal district court for the writ of habeas corpus. That court -- at last -- turned to the merits, but denied the application without a hearing*fn5 and unjustifiably refused to grant a certificate of probable cause. We granted the certificate and Hetenyi's constitutional claim is now before us.
The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment imposes some limitations on a state's power to reprosecute an individual for the same crime. Abhorrence to successive reprosecutions is deeply rooted in our common law traditions, and the Bill of Rights' curb on the power of the federal government to reprosecute is ample recognition of how central this abhorrence is to our constitutional concept of justice. Similar limitations have been placed on each of the states by their own constitutions and laws,*fn6 and this reveals a societal understanding that certain reprosecutions by a state are incompatible with due process of law. To hold, as we do, that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment imposes some restrictions on a state's power to reprosecute, thereby spanning the gap between the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy prohibition and a similar prohibition derived from state laws, is to preserve this societal understanding and to read the Fourteenth Amendment as entrusting the federal courts with a responsibility and power to decide which reprosecutions by a state violate our basic notions of justice.
The Supreme Court has not, to this day, invalidated any conviction obtained in the state courts on the ground that the state has transgressed the federal constitutional limitations on its power to reprosecute an individual for the same crime. Yet authority for our initial proposition that some such limits do exist can be derived, first, from the premises and presumptions revealed in those Supreme Court cases in which a double jeopardy claim was interposed against a state, and, secondly, from the doctrine of selective incorporation, supported by a majority of the present Supreme Court, according to which certain guarantees of the Bill of Rights, those that are fundamental, are absorbed by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and are thus made applicable to the states.
In 1902 Mr. Justice Harlan writing for the Court in Dreyer v. State of Illinois, 187 U.S. 71, 85-86, 23 S. Ct. 28, 47 L. Ed. 79, considered it an open question whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment imposed any restrictions on the power of a state to reprosecute. In that case it was claimed that Illinois had transgressed those restrictions by reprosecuting the complainant after the first jury, having failed to agree, was discharged. The Court held that even under Fifth Amendment standards, as established by United States v. Perez, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 579, 6 L. Ed. 165 (1824), the claim of double jeopardy was ill founded, and that therefore it could "pass this important question [of whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment curbed the power of the states to reprosecute] without any consideration of it upon its merits." This same question was similarly avoided in a like fashion in another case involving a reprosecution by a state following a hung-jury, Keerl v. State of Montana, 213 U.S. 135, 138, 29 S. Ct. 469, 53 L. Ed. 734 (1909); and perhaps Mr. Justice Harlan's opinion in Shoener v. State of Pennsylvania, 207 U.S. 188, 195-196, 52 L. Ed. 163, 28 S. Ct. 110 (1907) (trial on second indictment after first indictment dismissed on appeal as not charging a crime), could be read as employing the same technique of avoidance, although in Shoener it was necessary to determine as an original proposition that the Fifth Amendment standard was not violated, that the second prosecution did not place the complainant in double jeopardy, before it could "avoid" the question of whether any state reprosecutions would violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.*fn7
The next important step occurred in 1937 in Palko v. State of Connecticut, 302 U.S. 319, 58 S. Ct. 149, 82 L. Ed. 288. The mode of analysis employed by Mr. Justice Harlan in Dreyer v. State of Illinois, which enabled that Court to avoid the question whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment had any double jeopardy content, was unavailable to the Court in Palko, see 302 U.S. at 322-323, 58 S. Ct. 149, 150. The complainant in Palko challenged the power of a state to appeal from a judgment of conviction for a lesser degree of homicide than that charged in the indictment and to reprosecute him for the greater degree upon obtaining a reversal. Mr. Justice Cardozo read Kepner v. United States, 195 U.S. 100, 24 S. Ct. 797, 49 L. Ed. 114 (1904), as holding that such reprosecution would fall within the pale "of the prohibition of double jeopardy in federal prosecutions" and he "assumed for the purpose of the case at hand" that Kepner was still good law. Thus unable to employ the technique of avoidance fashioned in Dreyer v. State of Illinois, he sought to avoid the broader question of whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment imposed any restrictions on a state's power to reprosecute an individual for the same crime by delineating the narrower question whether this particular "kind of double jeopardy" exceeded the limits imposed upon the states by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 302 U.S. at 328, 58 S. Ct. 149. However, in dealing with this narrower question it was necessary to articulate the "rationalizing principle" of the Due Process Clause and this principle was cast in such terms as to provide the foundation for an affirmative answer to the broader question. Drawing his most immediate guidance from Twining v. State of New Jersey, 211 U.S. 78, 29 S. Ct. 14, 53 L. Ed. 97 (1908), Mr. Justice Cardozo perceived the principle in these terms: the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibited the states from enforcing their criminal laws at the cost of violating some fundamental precept of justice, of imposing a "hardship so acute and shocking that our polity will not endure it."
The next intellectual step, the realization that a reprosecution by a state, simply because it was a reprosecution, could violate a fundamental precept of justice, was of no moment, and was accomplished without formal notice. In a series of cases commencing ten years after Palko, an assumption, certainly of the persuasion of a holding, gradually arose that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did impose some restrictions on the power of a state to reprosecute an individual for the same crime.
In State of Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber, 329 U.S. 459, 462-463, 67 S. Ct. 374, 375-376, 91 L. Ed. 422 (1947), the case of an unsuccessful execution, Mr. Justice Reed, writing for himself, Chief Justice Vinson, Mr. Justice Black and Mr. Justice Jackson declared that "our minds rebel against permitting the same sovereignty to punish an accused twice for the same offense," and concluded, inter alia, not that the Due Process Clause has no double jeopardy content, but that there is "no double jeopardy here which can be said to amount to a denial of federal due process in the proposed execution." Mr. Justice Frankfurter, concurring in the judgment to form the majority, explicitly stated that the Due Process Clause, viewed as prohibiting fundamentally unfair state procedures, had some double jeopardy content, see infra footnotes 8 and 9, while the dissenters did not concern themselves with double jeopardy, but only with the claim that a second attempt to execute the prisoner would be a cruel and unusual punishment. Then followed Gryger v. Burke, 334 U.S. 728, 732, 92 L. Ed. 1683, 68 S. Ct. 1256, (1948), where a unanimous Court held, without reserving the question of whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment had any double jeopardy content, that a multiple offender statute does not subject "petitioner to double jeopardy," since the sentence as a multiple offender is not "viewed as either a new jeopardy or additional penalty for the earlier crimes." See supra footnote 7. The Court was not unanimous in Brock v. State of North Carolina, 344 U.S. 424, 73 S. Ct. 349, 97 L. Ed. 456 (1953), yet the differences between the Justices arose not so much from the general proposition that the Due Process Clause places some limits on the power of a state to reprosecute, but from the application of this proposition to the particular reprosecution challenged -- the state retried the petitioner after the first trial was halted and a mistrial declared because of the temporary unavailability of testimony by witnesses for the prosecution. The concurring Justice (Frankfurter, J.) and the dissenting Justices (Vinson, C.J. and Douglas, J.) openly embraced this general proposition, and although Mr. Justice Minton, writing for the Court, was less explicit, he did perceive the question presented (using the language of Palko), as whether "that kind of double jeopardy" was "a hardship so acute and shocking that our polity will not endure it." Wade v. Hunter, 336 U.S. 684, 69 S. Ct. 834, 93 L. Ed. 974 (1949), a case under the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment was used to justify a negative answer to this question in Brock. Similarly in Hoag v. State of New Jersey, 356 U.S. 464, 78 S. Ct. 829, 2 L. Ed. 2d 913 (1958) there was ample acknowledgment that certain state reprosecutions would be constitutionally impermissible. The petitioner was alleged to have robbed five persons on the same occasion. He was first tried and acquitted for robbing three of the victims; and the Supreme Court held that a second trial based on an indictment charging him with robbing the fourth victim was not an "impermissible use of multiple trials." Yet its premise was that some uses of multiple trials would be constitutionally impermissible, see 356 U.S. at 467-469, 78 S. Ct. at 833. See also Ciucci v. State of Illinois, 356 U.S. 571, 78 S. Ct. 839, 2 L. Ed. 2d 983 (1958) (fragmented prosecution for homicide). Bartkus v. State of Illinois, 359 U.S. 121, 79 S. Ct. 676, 3 L. Ed. 2d 684 (1959), completes this evolution, for in that case all the Justices assumed that there is some double jeopardy content to the Fourteenth Amendment. A state reprosecution following an acquittal in a federal prosecution for the same conduct, robbing a federally insured savings and loan association, was held permissible only because it was viewed as a reprosecution by another sovereignty for a crime against it. See also Abbate v. United States, 359 U.S. 187, 79 S. Ct. 666, 3 L. Ed. 2d 729 (1959). But compare Murphy v. Waterfront Commission, 378 U.S. 52, 84 S. Ct. 1594, 12 L. Ed. 2d 678 (1964). The Court's opinion in Bartkus, written by Mr. Justice Frankfurter, contains abundant suggestions that if the successive prosecutions were both conducted by the same sovereignty, such as Illinois, the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment would be violated; and Mr. Justice Frankfurter's separate concurrences in State of Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber, supra, 329 U.S. at 469*fn8 67 S. Ct. at 379 and Brock v. State of North Carolina, supra,
344 U.S. at 429*fn9, 73 S. Ct. at 351, need only be recalled to confirm this interpretation. Thus Bartkus firmly establishes that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment does impose some restrictions on the power of a state to reprosecute an individual for the same crime, though we are told, by none other than Mr. Justice Frankfurter, that this proposition had been established more than thirty years prior: "In Palko, the Court ruled that * * * at some point ...
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Monday May 27th 2013
Analysing China's economy currently is an interesting exercise. On the one hand almost all of the growth indicators look excellent by world standards, and not too bad by Chinese standards of the past few years.
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Monday May 27th 2013
Following the PM's recent visit to China, and the April visit to NZ by the Chinese Minister of Agriculture, a number of new initiatives between NZ and China, including a signed strategic plan for cooperation in Agriculture between the two countries, have received media and industry attention.
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Monday May 27th 2013
Sir Don McKinnon, Chairman of the New Zealand China Council writes about China and the recent delegation there of 150 New Zealanders.
Three Reasons For Chinese Outbound Investment
Monday May 27th 2013
Whilst no overarching generalisation can be made with regards to the nature and reasons for investing overseas, there are three main drivers of outbound Chinese investment:
Opening Doors To China
Monday May 27th 2013
A survey of US Business Councils found that recruiting and retaining staff was their main operational issue in China. It's likely you will spend more time on HR issues in China than in any other market.
China Growth Slows But Attention Is Elsewhere
Monday May 27th 2013
Attention on China's economy in the international press and financial markets generally has eased off recently. This reflects two things. First is the settling of China's GDP growth rate just below 8% with minor fluctuations upward and downward in recent months regarding growth being just above or just below 8% for this year.
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Sunday April 28th 2013
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Sunday April 28th 2013
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Sunday April 28th 2013
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Sunday April 28th 2013
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My Weirdos
Not much going on today. Have to admit I am a bit bored. I was thinking about my doggies and some of the weird things they do. I would love to hear from anyone else whos dogs do weirdo things. I actually got a picture of all the dogs today when I went out to scoop poop-Chloe isnt there because then we would get a picture of Liz and Chloe fighting, so thought that was best left to the imagination.
*has to "nurse" on a blanket to get herself to sleep-when she was a puppy and she did it so bad I thought she was peeing on pillows because they would be sopping wet.
*always lays stretched out in the crook of my back and has to touch me as much as she can when she sleeps.
*If she is in the car and not in her crate she has to lie on top of the crates, squished up in between the crate and the ceiling so she is at the highest point and can look out the windows.
*will not pee out in public-when she was only six months old she went close to three days without peeing then peed on the bed in the hotel
*I keep taking away the tennis balls because Breeze has worn down her teeth so bad, so she gets rubber balls and other toys-Breeze can find anywhere I hide the tennis balls-I do not have a clue how she keeps getting them back. She can remember where a tennis ball is that was placed months ago.
*Chloe goes outside a sliding glass door and she always goes outside about five feet then the door closes, she goes NUTS, spins and runs back to the door and jumps about four feet high and slams against the door. This irritates all the other dogs.
*barks at the air, for hours....he barks to bark. Guess he is a sheltie....
*not such a cute weirdness, but Skyler will pick the biggest scariest dog in any class and if he gets off leash he will run and attack that dog-not biting but just running and nipping-enough to get himself kicked out of class and get himself into trouble. I know he does it because he is scared and no matter how much classical conditioning I do with him.....weirdo boy just thinks this is a good strategy.
*Cherry is actually pretty stable-other then wanting to climb right into a persons skin or lick everyone to death.....she really isn't too weird.
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It was beautiful out here at the ranch in Fillmore today. The USDAA trial is going on and it's not boring :-)
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WENCESLAO AYALA, PETITIONER,v.DALE ARTUS, SUPERINTENDENT, RESPONDENT.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Honorable Michael A. Telesca United States District Judge
I. Introduction
Pro se Petitioner Wenceslao Ayala ("Petitioner") has filed a timely petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the constitutionality of his custody pursuant to a judgment entered January 23, 2004, in New York State, County Court, Erie County, convicting him, after a jury trial, of Rape in the First Degree (N.Y. Penal Law ("Penal Law") § 130.35 [1]), Sodomy in the First Degree (Penal Law § 130.50 [1]), and Robbery in the Third Degree (Penal Law § 160.05).
For the reasons stated below, habeas relief is denied and the petition is dismissed.
II. Factual Background and Procedural History
On the evening of August 3, 1994, Sharlene Von ("Von" or "the victim"), a/k/a Sharlene Miller, attended a baseball game with co-workers. Von left early to go to the movies with her husband. As Von walked toward the parking lot to her car, she noticed Petitioner walking toward her. Petitioner asked Von if she had a light for his cigarette. She stated she did not, unlocked her car, and got inside. Petitioner asked if he could use the lighter in her car. When Von looked up, Petitioner was at her window. He reached inside Von's window, unlocked her door, got in, and shoved her toward the passenger side. Von tried to get to the passenger side door, but Petitioner grabbed her by the back of her neck and shoved her head between her knees. Petitioner asked for Von's money. Von heard Petitioner rifling through what she thought was her purse, although she could not see him. Petitioner shoved Von onto the passenger side floor while she struggled against him screaming and crying. Petitioner then started to drive her car. Von begged Petitioner to let her go, and Petitioner indicated that he would. Shortly thereafter, Petitioner stopped the car, pulled Von up by the back of her shorts, and told her to get in the back seat. Von told him no. The two struggled face to face, but Petitioner succeeded in pushing her to the backseat. When they were both in the backseat, Petitioner grabbed Von's head, put it between his knees, and sat on it. Petitioner began taking Von's clothing off. Von struggled to break free and reached for the window three times. Each time, Petitioner pulled her back and punched her in the head. Petitioner then instructed Von to take off her shorts and underwear and turn away from him, which she did. Petitioner then inserted his penis into her vagina and anus.
Petitioner then bound Von's hands and legs and took her wedding ring. Petitioner instructed Von not to look at him when he left, and that he would come back and hurt her if she did. After a short while, Von untied herself, put on her underpants and shoes, walked in the direction of the baseball game, and collapsed. An ambulance was called and Von was taken to Erie County Medical Center where she was questioned by police and rape kit samples were taken. Von described her attacker to police. An investigation was conducted, but Von was unable to positively identify a suspect. She initially identified a different individual by photo array, who was later excluded on the basis of DNA. The case went cold until July 2002. Trial Transcript [T.T.] 122-150.
In July 2002, the Erie County Central Police Services Forensic Laboratory ("Erie County Forensics Lab") learned that there was a match between a sample taken from Petitioner and evidence collected from the victim. A new DNA sample was taken from Petitioner, compared to the unknown sample in Von's case, and determined to be a match. T.T. 627-629, 632-633, 636, 641, 646-650.
Two Buffalo Police Department sex offense detectives spoke with Petitioner on January 8, 2003 at the Gowanda Correctional Facility, where he was incarcerated on an unrelated crime. The detectives told Petitioner that they were following up on a rape that occurred in Buffalo in August 1994. At the end of the interview, detectives typed up a statement, which Petitioner read and signed. T.T. 500-508.
Shortly thereafter, Petitioner was indicted for the rape, sodomy and robbery of Von.
Prior to the trial, a Huntley hearing was held, wherein the trial court determined that the statements Petitioner made to police were not involuntarily made and therefore admissible at trial. A Sandoval hearing was also held, wherein the trial court determined that the People could question Petitioner about a 1995 conviction for rape and sodomy, if Petitioner testified at trial.
Also prior to trial, Petitioner filed a motion, pursuant to New York Criminal Procedural Law ("CPL") § 30.10, alleging unjustifiable delay in prosecuting the case. The Erie County Court denied this motion, finding that the statute had been tolled, pursuant to CPL § 30.10(4)(a)(ii), because the identity and whereabouts of Petitioner were continuously unknown and unascertainable by the exercise of reasonable diligence during the period of time at issue. See Memorandum, Decision and Order of the Erie County Court, Ind. No. 03-0008, dated 11/18/03.
A jury trial commenced in the Erie County Court on January 16, 2004 before the Honorable Timothy J. Drury. Petitioner did not testify at trial. On January 23, 2004, Petitioner was found guilty as charged. On March 17, 2004, he was sentenced as a second violent felony offender to consecutive indeterminate terms of twelve and one-half to twenty-five years for the rape charge, twelve and one-half to twenty-five years for the sodomy charge, and two and one-third to seven years for the robbery charge. Sentencing Minutes [S.M.] 37-38.
The Appellate Division, Fourth Department unanimously affirmed the judgment of conviction. People v. Ayala, 27 A.D.3d 1087 (4th Dept. 2006). Leave to appeal was denied by the New York Court of Appeals. People v. Ayala, 6 N.Y.2d 892 (2006).
On November 7, 2006, Petitioner filed a CPL § 440.10 motion to vacate his judgment of conviction, which was denied by the Erie County Court on procedural grounds on May 2, 2007. See Decision of the Erie County Court, Ind. No. 00008-2003, dated 05/02/07. Petitioner appealed the denial to the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, which was denied on June 29, 2007. See Decision of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Ind. No. 00008-2003, dated 06/29/07.
This habeas petition*fn1 followed, wherein petitioner seeks relief on the following grounds: (1) Petitioner's statements were admitted into evidence in violation of Miranda; (2) ineffective assistance of trial counsel; (3) the trial court's Sandoval ruling was in error and prevented Petitioner from testifying at trial; (4) the sentence was unduly harsh and excessive; and (5) Petitioner's indictment and conviction should have been barred by the statute of limitations. Petition [Pet.] ¶22A-D (Dkt. #1); Supplemental Memorandum of Law in Support of Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus [Supp. Memo.] (Dkt. #10).
III. General Principles Applicable to Habeas Review
A. The AEDPA Standard of Review
Under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act ("AEDPA"), a federal court may grant habeas relief to a state prisoner only if a claim that was "adjudicated on the merits" in state court "resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States," 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1), or if it "was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the state court proceeding." § 2254(d)(2). A state court decision is "contrary to" clearly established federal law "if the state court arrives at a conclusion opposite to that reached by [the Supreme Court] on a question of law or if the state court decides a case differently than [the Supreme Court] has on a set of materially indistinguishable facts." Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362, 413 (2000). The phrase, "clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States," limits the law governing ...
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After Brandin Cooks was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in May, I wrote an article about how they had just struck gold with their first-round selection. In turn, that great selection will be a strike of genius for fantasy GMs alike. I am typically weary of rookies in fantasy football, but there's something about this newly spawned relationship that just screams "All-Star" to me — I'll draft him without hesitation (and maybe sooner than I should).
Though he's a mere 5-foot-10 — relatively small for a wide receiver — he certainly has enough athleticism to help him excel in this next stage of football. At this year's combine, he led all WRs in the 40-yard dash as well as both the 20- and 60-yard shuttle. He was no slouch in the bench press either — placing in the top 10 among his position. He's a threat on every play no matter where it is, or where he is. More importantly, his talent isn't going unrecognized by his teammates and coaches. This is what TE Ben Watson had to say of the rookie from Oregon State:
"Everybody looked at each other like, 'Wow, this kid is definitely at a different speed.' … Just moving around, he can get into that last gear quick. His speed is obviously top tier in the league."
Knowing the awareness the organization has of him is great news, meaning they'll be implementing him more than you would first assume. ESPN's Phil Savage discussed how the Saints and Cooks are the "perfect marriage" and I strongly agree with the statement.
He's in a pro-style offense under Sean Payton that has produced many great fantasy players, including similarly talented Darren Sproles and Reggie Bush out of the backfield. He'll be able to line up all over the field, and will especially benefit from lining up in the slot and getting dump passes from Drew Brees in which he can take off running with ease. He'll get more looks this season than his rookie counterparts like Sammy Watkins because of this, and should be averaging at least four catches a game. But that's just playing on the safe side.
Four catches per game would put him around 64 receptions in the season, but he's capable of a lot more. He could very well be in store for a 75-reception season — turning into a rookie phenom. Bush did it as rookie in 2006, and he was a running back. Just imagine what Brees will do with this kind of weapon that will help spread this already loaded offense. But don't think this offense is too crowded for him to hit that milestone.
Since Brees arrived in New Orleans, the Saints have always had at least three players over 70 receptions and have twice had four players reach that mark. Don't expect that tune to change. Cooks can certainly be one of those players (as he's somewhat replacing Sproles and Lance Moore). Depending on his average reception, he could be in store for a 1,000-yard season (only needing 13.4 yards per reception if he reached 75 receptions) — that's certainly attainable.
Right now, he's currently a borderline 10th-round pick, but I'd be willing to take him as early as the eighth round to make sure I have his potential on my team. Maybe he won't be worth all my expectations, but sometimes you can't let potential like his slip past your fingers even if you have to pay a little extra if not only to take his availability away from other teams that will hurt you down the road.


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My dear friend Erin, who blogs at Big Girl Feats is an amazing woman that I've learned so much from. She is ambitious, fiercely moving towards her dreams, and also the type of person that stops to remind herself to take it easy on herself, to slow down. She reminds herself to "be gentle" with herself. And in reminding herself of that, she reminds me to be gentle with myself, too.
That was the inspiration for this mini quilt for Erin.
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One of Europe's largest and most successful property developer are looking for the best retail talent to move to their headquarters in Paris.The Senior Design Manager will be a senior member of Concept Studio with direct responsibility for the design of all projects within a specific group of countries. You will be the guardian of the design from inception through to completion. The role will require you to develop initial concepts along with the project team, delivery high quality presentations to all stakeholders. You will also be involved with appointing international and local architectural and design firms and ensuring that they develop the concepts to standard. This is a role that will play on your exceptional creative qualities and your understanding of what makes an exceptional retail destination. Hand sketching, CAD and first class presentation skills are essential as are the ability to travel in Europe.


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I'm a spiritual director and a newly-ordained Interfaith Minister. Fascinated by all world religions, I have a soft place in my heart for earth-based spiritualities. As a hospice and vigil volunteer, I have an interest in end-of-life issues. And as a crone, I'm hoping to age gracefully into whatever life brings next. Talk to me!
Friday, March 27, 2015
The stigma of mental illness
It's all very tragic and terrible. But Andreas wasn't a monster -- he was a person like you and me. And he had an illness which he did not want his employer to know about.
And you know what? Although I hold him responsible for those deaths, I don't blame him for that impulse to keep his problem secret.
In an age when ads on TV deal with issues like painful intercourse after menopause, erectile dysfunction, and overactive bladder (do you see a theme here? We're either worrying about sex or about peeing on ourselves), there are almost no ads for antidepressants. Mental illness is the dirty little secret in the back room. It's Aunt Pearl, whom people tolerate at Christmas but pretty much shun the rest of the time. It's your neighbor's kid, who had a breakdown during his M.B.A. program and "had to come home." It's that fragility in all of us that we don't want to acknowledge. That fragility can close in on us at any moment.
In many cases, mental illness can be managed well with medications and talk therapy, and a person can pretty much manage to live a normal life. For Andreas Lubitz, however, it might have been a career-ender, This may be why his employer knew nothing about it. Of course, not knowing Lufthansa's policy, I can't say for sure.
It's all so sad. Over and over, Andreas's trainers kept telling us: he loved to fly.
Friday, March 13, 2015
Happy endings
Our Head of Reference demonstrated, at a staff meeting this week, how he uses a certain database to track people down through public records (all nice and legal!). So ... I tried it.
you see, at the tender age of 20, I got married for the first time. What was I thinking? I wasn't. The marriage lasted just short of three years, though we didn't live together quite that long. Our divorce became final in January of 1977. I did hear from my ex twice after that, in the summer of 1977, and again in the summer of 1978, as we both moved on with our lives. I moved to Philadelphia, and he went to work abroad.
But I always wondered, you know. And I felt more than a little guilty, because the source of unhappiness in the marriage was me, all me. I went through that marriage like a dose of epsom salts, and emerged pretty much unscathed, I don't think my ex was quite as unscathed as I was, since he really was the injured party. As the years passed, and I finally grew up, I felt the burden of this more and more, especially since my own second marriage has been very happy.
So, over the years, I have resorted to Google, without much in the way of results. My ex was, and is, a very private person, and he seems to have managed to steer clear of the internet. Likewise Facebook -- he's just not there.
So I tried this public records source, and got a nice surprise.
Not only is my ex alive and well, but he has been married for quite a while to a woman who teaches drama in high school. She is on Facebook. And, from what I can tell (no, I did not friend her; I am curious but not totally crass), she seems like a thoroughly nice woman.
So the moral of this story is that lives can have happy endings, even when I have pretty much screwed them up. So it's a smiley-face day indeed.
Friday, March 06, 2015
Winter's last gasp?
The snow fell, the dogs reluctantly went outside when asked, and after dark the brutal cold descended again. 5 degrees this morning -- I believe that's a record-breaker for us.
On the subway, all the riders looked cold and tired. We are all tired of this Endless Winter. And as for Boston -- I can't imagine how tired of it they are!
Relief is apparently on the way, and will arrive next week in the form of much milder weather and a lot of melting. At lunchtime, I felt some actual March warmth in the sun (as I foraged for food across the ice).
Let spring come quickly!
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Tuesday Dec 21, 2010
Get your votes in now for the 1UP Reader's Choice Awards! SEGA games are nominated in several categories, including Best 360 Game and Best PS3 game. Show some love for favorites like Bayonetta, Vanquish, Sonic 4 Episode 1 and Napoleon: Total War by voting now!
1UP have also just unlocked the voting for Game of the Year, and both Napoleon: Total War and Bayonetta are nominated! Vote for your favorite SEGA game and help us bring home the win.
Spread the word… vote SEGA!
Posted by Kellie in Bayonetta, Napoleon: Total War, Project Needlemouse, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I, Vanquish on 1:24:45PM Dec 21, 2010
9 Responses to " Vote for SEGA Games in 1UP's Reader's Choice Awards "
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You want us to vote yet you fail to listen to the fans especially for sonic 4, which i did not vote for even though i am a hardcore sonic fan.
Posted by Joe Rosa on December 21st, 2010 at 1:50 pm
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There are no Sonic 4 Episode 1 options there
Posted by Miguel on December 21st, 2010 at 1:57 pm
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Actually it is there on ONE of the voting categories. There are 4 pages of things to vote on.
Also, @Joe I would argue that Sega DO in fact listen to the fans. Maybe Sonic 4 isn't quite the same as the Mega Drive originals, but it is infinitely better than Sonic and the Secret Rings, or Sonic 06′. It is a solid Sonic game in it's own right, with some great features. It just takes a little getting used-to for us old-school Sonic fans.
Posted by DarrenIndeed on December 21st, 2010 at 3:44 pm
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I cant believe it this list (1up) is a shame
Posted by Shodic on December 21st, 2010 at 3:46 pm
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this isnt for anyone in particular but what are your you doing on the sega blogs if you dont even want to vote for there games?! sega rules!!!!!
Posted by Cory on December 21st, 2010 at 3:55 pm
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Beauty thy name is Bayonetta.
Posted by DJ Fob Fresh on December 21st, 2010 at 6:03 pm
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I refuse to vote for anything SEGA.
Posted by Nope on December 22nd, 2010 at 12:43 pm
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Sad you two won't vote as we did spend an awful lot of time listening and feedbacking with fans for Sonic 4.
We're actually quite involved in community for working with fans on stuff, it's kind of sad you don't see this – it's happening all around you.
Posted by Clumsyorchid on December 22nd, 2010 at 1:42 pm
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- Higher income only improves day-to-day happiness up to a limit of about $75,000. Beyond that point, day-to-day happiness doesn't increase, but "life satisfaction" does.
- Buying more stuff doesn't tend to make us happier, because we quickly get used to what we have.
- Spending on experiences does make us happier, because it ties in with our social needs.
Here's the full article: "Can Money Buy Happiness? - Understanding the Economics of Happiness"
Also, let me reassure everyone that I will post a real blog entry soon. I've been posting these links to my Money Crashers pieces to fill in the blog during the week, because my work for Money Crashers is keeping me busy Monday through Friday and I usually only have time to update my own blog on the weekends...but I promise not to neglect it entirely.


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Carter is getting more & more active in his crib.
At first (months ago) we would place him on his back and he would stay in the same position all night.
Then, after a few months, he began to spin (typically clockwise).
Once he was able to roll over, we would find him wedged in a corner as he would usually roll only to one direction.
Lately he has been posturing up onto his elbows & knees and skootching around the crib.
Just this past weekend, he had managed to maneuver himself to a sitting position, which prompted us to lower the mattress as much as possible (I had a dream before he was born that we would have a boy & he catapulted himself out of the crib...half of that dream has come true...so far).
Well, during on of his stints in the crib, he must have worn himself out getting into this position as this is how we found him:
Monday, February 15, 2010
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I love pose in those photos; in my opinion Carter's form for a triple front flip is up to par with most olympic high divers.ReplyDelete
Forward Carter. A popular yoga postion for infantsReplyDelete
I'll have to start recording the video fom the monitor in his room. I would've loved to see how he got into this position. Was it a gradual lowering of the head? Or was it play, play, play, BOOM, sleep?ReplyDelete
My vote is the play, play, play, BOOM, sleep once he realized no one was watching him. Similar to my kitten- with no audience, the only thing left to do is fall asleep:)ReplyDelete
Precious, nothing short of preciousReplyDelete
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One local told us it was a day Hawaiians will never forget — the day the earth shook violently for nearly one minute.
It was just after seven o'clock in the morning on October 15th when the ground began to shake and shake. Some people said it felt like it would never stop. A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck under the ocean about ten miles off the coast of Kona on the Big Island — but residents and tourists alike felt the trembler all across the island chain, all the way to Kauai, the island farthest away.
All flights to Kona were canceled, so our Los Angeles-based crew had to fly into Kauai. We arrived there Sunday evening around 9 p.m. or so, and quickly convinced a ticket agent to put us on another flight to Honolulu so we could be closer to Kona.
After landing in Honolulu close to midnight, we discovered it was too late to get on another flight to Kona, so we decided to start reporting from where we were.
After doing a few live shots for the FOX News Channel, we were able to get booked on a 5 a.m. flight to Kona.
Once we arrived, we were relieved to see there was not visible or extensive damage. It was amazing that despite the power and magnitude of the quake, the damage seemed limited and the governor, Linda Lingle, was reporting no serious injuries or deaths. It seemed miraculous and unbelievably fortunate that the island had been spared devastation. By contrast, the 1994 Northridge earthquake, a magnitude 6.8, caused widespread, major damage to infrastructure and homes, and resulted in more than 50 deaths.
Still people were shook up. We just happened to come across a gentleman from California who told us he had been through many, many earthquakes, some of them bigger than this one, but that this quake had left him scared to death. He told us he simply couldn't believe how long the ground shook.
And yes there was some damage — early estimates put the costs of repair work at more than $50 million dollars. As we drove around the island, we saw cracks in the road, rockslides and one very old church built in the 1800's that had been completely demolished.
Public officials told us they believed many homes sustained structural damage, and we also heard about a couple of hotels that had visible damage as well. One hospital had to evacuate patients because of falling ceiling tiles, but fortunately nobody was hurt.
There's no question the quake and the roughly 50 aftershocks have left many people feeling scared and a little shell-shocked. Anybody who has ever been through a big earthquake can easily understand this. There's no way to prepare for it, and little you can do once it's happening. Still, the overwhelming feeling we got from talking to people on the Big Island was that they were lucky. No one was left trapped, or stranded, and there was no loss of life.
Hawaii definitely dodged a bullet, and what they were left with was a real wake-up call, a call to be ready with necessary supplies and evacuation plans for their families the next time the ground shakes violently again.
Anita Vogel joined FOX News Channel (FNC) in 2001 and currently serves as a Los Angeles based correspondent.


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Savagery and Majesty
Here's the out of print debut solo effort from Maroon Colony's Khalil Crisis, now known as Khingz. Dropping in 2001, it catches Khalil at a unique crossroads. Known these days for releasing one of the illest albums in 206 hip hop history (the soul-bearing, tell-it-like-it-is exercise in self-actualization known as From Slaveships to Spaceships), this record paints a picture of a young man with one foot still in his violent, gang-land past as an adolescent; and the other just embarking on his personal transformation to becoming a conscientious and honorable man. Indeed, "Khalil Crisis" is an apt moniker here, as it presents the duality of this record: The struggle between the intellectual and the thug over one man's identity. And it's rare when a record has portrayed such a confused individual. With equal amounts he passionately condemns the violence surrounding him, and gleefully takes part in it. He fights for feminism while at the same time using the standard tropes used to degrade women. He acts like a hood and relates it like a poet.
Sonically, the album is much different from the new-school vibe of his later releases. With always-gorgeous, mellow production by Vitamin D, the record sounds beautiful, yet is often times at odds with Khalil's violent and impassioned lyricism. However this just adds to the overall mystique surrounding the record, as it mirrors the opposing forces at the heart of Khalil himself.
When taken alone, the album, despite these two master craftsmen at the helm, can only be a flawed one. There are just too many instances where the music misses the emotional mark, or where the lyrics are just too paradoxical. However, when taken in as the beginning of a long and varied transformation culminating with 2009's Spaceships, it's a fascinating document that should be considered the first chapter in an incredible story.


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Returning from a long drive through Marijuanaland, also known as Colorado, I can report that there is no massive transformation. No potheads loitering in the streets. And citizens are still earnestly debating the subject.
Proponents of legalized cannabis in New Mexico weave tales of vast riches from tax revenues, but it's not entirely working out that way.
Colorado's law has a local option provision, so each county gets to decide whether it wants marijuana dispensaries. Some counties have voted it down, and others have yet to vote.
As for tax revenues, a youthful source told me the taxes are so high it's cheaper to buy it on the street. Recreational users pay a 2.9 percent state sales tax, a 10 percent special marijuana sales tax and a 15 percent retail excise tax.
Because it's legal to grow six plants, 40 percent goes untaxed, according to the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division. The projected $48 million in marijuana taxes for the fiscal year ending in June withered to $12 million.
One of my friends complains that Mary Jane's tax revenues can only be used to build schools — the excise tax's first $40 million is earmarked for school construction — but some communities don't need to build a school. They need to improve the schools they have.
On the other hand, Colorado tourism was booming last winter — the best ski season ever — and industry (imagine a marijuana industry) jobs number in the thousands.
While proponents in New Mexico covet the tax revenues or the new freedoms enjoyed by our northern neighbor, New Mexico can't even get a functioning medical marijuana program off the ground.
Seven years ago, legislators agreed that medical cannabis could benefit cancer patients and people with certain conditions, such as PTSD.
To date the program has just 23 licensed medical marijuana providers, a figure unchanged since December 2010, and the administration of Gov. Susana Martinez has approved no new providers. Those 23 providers are limited to growing 150 marijuana plants.
Meanwhile, the number of patients approved has reached 11,327, despite the New Mexico Medical Board's heavy-handed attempts to scare doctors out of certifying new patients for the program.
In 2012, several aspiring providers sued the state. The gears creaked forward an inch.
This year the state Department of Health came up with some new rules intended to increase supply and make the program pay for itself. But irate users packed hearings to blast the agency for proposed changes that would saddle producers and patients with much higher costs.
Some of the proposed changes were so petty, they seem spiteful: a reduction in home-grown plants from four plants and 12 seedlings to two plants and six seedlings.
Tell that to a cancer patient using marijuana to reduce the nausea of chemo and stimulate her appetite. Tell that to veterans suffering from PTSD, right after you thank them for their service.
Former Gov. Gary Johnson, the new CEO of a marijuana edibles company, has said Martinez and DOH Secretary Retta Ward came up with the rules to kill the program.
To its credit, however, the Department of Health is listening, unlike the departments of Human Services and Children, Youth and Families in addressing their own controversies.
And a tip of the hat to DOH spokesman Kenny Vigil who has avoided the snippy, better-than-thou attitude of his peers in the governor's office, HSD and CYFD. He must think he's a public servant.
Some think the legalization of marijuana is inevitable, and who can argue against a new source of tax revenue?
But Colorado started with a successful medical marijuana program. Whether we legalize weed or not (personally, I'd rather watch Colorado work out the bugs), we need a patient-oriented medical marijuana program here.
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Many stressed-out patients seem online for the best bed-bug remedy products offered to do away with the bugs. A few of the solution success states are silly.
As an example, traps which are built to catch the pests.
{Thus, you catch a couple of bugs, then what do you do? And if that you don't find them, does this mean you don't have them?
When there can be only be five or ten around it is not like getting rats in a residence. These pests can be living in your house inside hundreds and the hundreds. They are covering in lots of tough-to-get- at regions, only waiting to feast upon you.
Most of the so-called best bed bug killer products are worthless and gimmicky such as sensors.
Additional dubious goods, like bed-bug foggers, also referred to as a bomb, are designed to fumigate your house. Nevertheless the bugs are really intelligent, and, as soon as they smell a risk, they're going further within their hiding places, where they will endure, and thrive.|Most of the so called best bed-bug killer goods are worthless and gimmicky for example detectors.
Additional dubious products, like bed bug foggers, also referred to as a bomb, are made to fumigate your home. Nevertheless the pests are really wise, and, when they smell a risk, they're going deeper within their hiding places, where they'll survive, and thrive.


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Four reasons to vote yes
Dear Editor,
I am voting yes for the Lake Chelan Community Hospital Levy because I want to maintain quality health care here in the Lake Chelan valley. Here's four specific reasons why:
First, to continue to meet the needs of our growing valley, our hospital needs more space. A quick tour of the current facility confirms this reality. Bathrooms are used for storage rooms. Storage rooms are used for offices. Offices have been torn out to make room for patient care. The place is stuffed.
Opponents argue we don't need more space. They argue we shouldn't grow but instead reduce our services. "Stabilize and Ship", they call it. This would mean the end of delivering babies in the Lake Chelan valley. And it would leave the community with a significant tax burden. Visit Leavenworth to see this model in action. It doesn't make sense here. We are Lake Chelan. Second, building a new facility is the most economical route. The new hospital will cost $44 million. That's on par with other new hospitals of similar caliber around the state. What will it cost you and me? An extra $10 per month if our homes are valued at $300,000. And that rate will go down over time as more homes are built in the valley.
Opponents argue that $44 million is too much for our community to pay. But staying put has its price as well. The "Stabilize and Ship" model would run well in excess of $14 million. So staying put still costs big bucks, reduces our services, and requires significant taxes. This may make sense elsewhere, but it doesn't add up here. We are Lake Chelan.
Third, a stable and sound plan exists to pay for the hospital over time. Increased reimbursements combined with taxpayer support will pay for over 90% of the yearly debt payment. The balance, less than 1% of total hospital revenues, will be less than current debt service payments.
Even in the face of this sound plan, opponents are worried. They fear the money won't be there. They compare us to other places where hospitals are struggling: Grand Coulee, Quincy, Kennewick. But these communities don't have what we have.
We have a stable hospital with sound finances. We have a low percentage of uninsured. We have stable reimbursements. And we are a growing community with a swelling retiree population. We are Lake Chelan.
Finally, the time has arrived to build a new hospital. We built our first hospital in 1948, and the second in 1972. It's our turn now to reinvest in our future.
Is there uncertainty and risk? Yes, without a doubt. Life is uncertain. The opposition casts dire predictions of our health care future. But our risk actually goes up if we stay put. We would still be required to invest in our current hospital, we still would pay significant taxes, and we get fewer services. That just doesn't make sense.
I'm voting yes because we are a growing community. I'm voting yes because we have a stable and sound hospital that needs a new facility to continue to grow. I'm voting yes because we are Lake Chelan. Please join me in casting your Yes vote on April 25.
Guy Evans, Chelan
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I went to my 15 year reunion last night. It was fun. I liked that it was low-key because we were just meeting up and hanging out at the homecoming game. I got to see friends that I haven't seen in years! There were a few key people missing that I wish could have (would have) made it. There were also a few surprises... Especially one of the guys from our class who showed up in chains and face paint (white face with black markings)...creepy!
For the most part everyone seemed the same, just a little older. It was funny because those that were there were still forming the old cliques. In high school there was a large group of us that hung out together, but within that group, there were smaller groups of "besties". It all felt familiar and surreal at the same time.
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10/07/2012: Press Release - Introducing the Harana Kings
Philippine Consulate General
447 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94108
SFPCG – 05 July 2012
The Harana is the traditional way of courtship in the Philippines where the hopeful man serenades his beloved at the latter's window. Sadly, this wonderful Filipino musical tradition is on the verge of disappearing from our culture. Now, through the efforts of filmmakers, Florante Aguilar, Fides Enriquez and Benito Bautista, this dying tradition is being brought back into life through a film that aims to unravel the significance and the beauty of Harana music.
Together with the filmmakers, the Philippine Consulate General hosted a press and public event on July 5, 2012 at the Philippine Center to promote the recently completed documentary film Harana. Musical nostalgia filled the air as the film's leading participants, the Haranistas from the Philippines, serenaded the audience with traditional Filipino love songs. The audience was also treated to a sneak peek preview of the film.
Guitarist Florante Aguilar and the Haranistas
Harana is a film conceptualized by world music guitarist and Bay area Artist Florante Aguilar. Together with film producer Fides Enriquez, and Director Benito Bautista, they produced a documentary and travelogue in the Philippines that chronicled the search for haranistas and documented the Filipino tradition of Harana. In the search for haranistas, they discovered three men, Felipe Alonzo, Celestino Aniel and Romeo Bergunio – three people living simple lives - regular folks in the Philippines but who have kept the tradition alive and who exemplify the definition of true Harana masters.
Due to the uniqueness of their music, the three master Haranistas were invited by Filipino American performer Apl de Ap of the Black Eyed Peas to perform in a concert in Los Angeles called "Apl de Ap takes You to the Philippines – A Celebration of Global Filipino Music" at the Hollywood Bowl on July 8. After Los Angeles, they will return to the Bay area for three more performances.
Guitarist Florante Aguilar and the haranistas serenaded the audience with traditional Filipino love songs.
The haranistas will be joined by Florante Aguilar to perform a number of tracks from the album and this will be the only time the Harana Kings will be performing live in the United States. The concerts will also launch the release of their album "Introducing the Harana Kings" a result of the Harana documentary film.
The film, the album and the concerts are certainly great leaps forward in celebrating Philippine cultural heritage and elevating awareness for this great Filipino tradition of Harana.
For more information about the concerts in the Bay area, please visit www.haranathemovie.com. END