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June 9, 2009
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RESPONDENT,v.WESLEY F. SINE, MOVANT.
Movant Wesley F. Sine is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Movant stands convicted of mail fraud and is currently serving a sentence of 70 months in federal prison.
In its opinion affirming the conviction and sentence on direct appeal, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals summarized the factual and procedural history of movant's case as follows:
Wesley Sine, a Utah lawyer, helped run a pyramid scheme that defrauded victims of more than two million dollars. Sine's role in the scheme was to reassure individuals that they were lending money to a legitimate real estate investor and that millions of dollars in legitimate collateral protected them in case of default...
... [Sine's co-defendant] Panthaky masterminded a wildly imaginative, bizarrely complex pyramid scheme in the late 1990s and early 2000s: First, he convinced victims that they were lending money to fund various real estate projects conducted by Alpha Funding Group, Inc. ("Alpha"), of which Panthaky was president. In making his pitch, Panthaky represented himself as a wealthy international financier and humanitarian who had led Alpha to great success, and promised potential "lenders" between twenty and one hundred percent interest on short-term loans. Using this persona and promise, Panthaky successfully solicited over five million dollars in loans. "Lenders" would receive a promissory note prepared by Sine as Alpha's lawyer and signed by Panthaky. In fact, the money provided by these "lenders" funded no legitimate projects. Instead, some of the money went to repay earlier "lenders" so that the pyramid scheme could continue, and some ended up in the personal coffers of Panthaky and his cohorts.
To reassure the victims, Panthaky promised them that in case anything went wrong with Alpha's projects, they would be protected by assets held in the Alpha Funding Group Trust ("Alpha Trust"). Sine was the trustee of Alpha Trust. In that capacity, he prepared and signed security letters to victims explaining that he would liquidate the trust if Alpha defaulted on loans. Both Sine and Panthaky stated on numerous occasions, including in the security letters, that the trust held $54 million in Ginnie Mae securities.*fn1 Almost always, the "lenders" were not repaid as promised and then experienced increasing difficulty in contacting Panthaky. Even after receiving complaints that the loans were not repaid on time, Sine continued to tell the victims that Alpha was a legitimate investment opportunity and had a track record of successful repayment of loans. When such excuses ran out and a "lender" continued to press for repayment, Sine would then play hardballby, for example, insisting that the promissory note did not allow the "lender" to demand liquidation of the collateral or by instigating litigation against the "lender."
By 2000, under pressure from a growing number of unpaid victims, Sine purported to attempt as trustee of Alpha Trust to liquidate the collateral, only to find out- for the first time, he maintained- that the forms establishing the trust's ownership of the securities were worthless. That the forms were worthless was quite true: Such forms could only transfer ownership of securities issued in paper format, but the Ginnie Mae securities referenced by Alpha Trust's forms existed only in an electronic format. Moreover, Ginnie Mae had no record that Alpha Trust, Alpha, Sine, Panthaky, or the Delmarva Timber Trust ("Delmarva")- the entity the defendants claimed had transferred the securities to Alpha- ever owned any of the securities referred to in the documents.
The main factual dispute at trial was whether Sine realized from the outset, rather than only after the victims demanded access to the collateral, that the supposed collateral was worthless. Sine testified during trial that he had a good faith belief that the trust legitimately owned the Ginnie Mae securities and made efforts to verify their ownership at the time the trust was established. One such effort, he represented, was a 1992 conversation with Jeffrey Franklin, a Maryland banker whose signature appears on the transfer forms. Sine also told the jury that when he learned in 2000 that the forms could not have transferred the securities, he entered into negotiations with Don Meddles, the current trustee of Delmarva, to obtain ownership of the securities. Sine ultimately filed several lawsuits in Utah, naming Meddles and Delmarva as defendants and supposedly seeking to recover the value of the securities... ...[T]he government indicted Sine in the Eastern District of California for mail fraud pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1341. A superseding indictment was filed in September 2004. That indictment alleged as the mail fraud a series of four letters sent in April and May 1999 between Clarence Trausch, a prospective "lender," and Renata Lee, an individual who was already a "lender" and whom the defendants had induced to seek out additional participants. In February 2005, a jury convicted Sine and his co-defendant Panthaky after one hour of deliberations. The judge sentenced Sine to seventy months in prison, which included an enhancement for lying during his trial testimony, and ordered him to pay $2.29 million in restitution.
United States v. Sine, 483 F.3d 990, 992-995 (9th Cir. 2007).
Movant claims that his conviction should be reversed for three reasons. First, he asserts that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to impose judgment because he was never arraigned on the superceding indictment filed by the government. He also claims that four material witnesses have recanted their testimony and that a fifth committed perjury. Finally, movant argues that his conduct as shown by the government's case does not constitute a legally valid basis for a mail fraud conviction. As set forth below, all the claims are without merit and no evidentiary hearing is warranted.
Section 2255 provides, in part, as follows: A prisoner in custody under sentence of a court established by Act of Congress claiming the right to be released upon the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States, or that the court was without jurisdiction to impose such sentence, or that the sentence was in excess of the maximum authorized by law, or is otherwise subject to collateral attack, may move the court which imposed the sentence to vacate, set aside or correct the sentence. 28 U.S.C. § 2255. An evidentiary hearing will be warranted if the motion sets forth specific facts which, if true, entitle the movant to relief. See Jones v. Wood, 114 F.3d 1002, 1008 (9th Cir. 1997); see also 28 U.S.C. §2255(b). Affidavits and other documentary evidence supplementing the record may be considered before determining whether an evidentiary hearing is necessary. United States v. Espinoza, 866 F.2d 1067, 1070 (9th Cir. 1988)
A. Jurisdiction
Movant contends that he was not arraigned on the superceding indictment filed by the government in this case and that he never presented a plea to that indictment. He first presented this claim on direct appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In rejecting the claim, the Ninth Circuit wrote in an unpublished opinion:
This procedural lapse is not reversible error. "Vacating convictions for lack of formal arraignment proceedings is predicated on the existence of possible prejudice. What is necessary is that defendant know what he is accused of and be able adequately to defend himself." United States v. Romero, 640 F.2d 1014, 1015 (9th Cir.1981) (quoting United States v. Rogers, 469 F.2d 1317-18 (5th Cir.1972)) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted). Sine cannot demonstrate prejudice from the failure to rearraign him. The superseding indictment narrowed, rather than broadened, the allegation contained in the original indictment, so he had notice of and was arraigned on every allegation on which he was tried. So no relief is appropriate on this ground.
United States v. Panthaky, 232 Fed. Appx. 645, 650 (9th Cir. 2007). Section 2255 may not be invoked to relitigate issues already considered on direct appeal. Egger v. United States,509 F.2d 745, 748 (9th Cir.) (cert. denied, 423 U.S. 842 (1975).). For the reasons stated by the Ninth Circuit, the district court was not without jurisdiction and petitioner is not entitled to relief on this claim.
B. Witness Testimony
Movant contends that his conviction must be reversed because four material witnesses recanted their testimony and a fifth committed perjury. As set forth below, however, the allegations fail.
1. Recanted Testimony
At trial, Benson Duruaku, Renata Lee, Robert Newnam, and Clarence Trausch testified that they would not have loaned money to Alpha Funding Group but for the representations movant made about assets allegedly held by Alpha Trust. Movant alleges these witnesses have recanted their testimony by claiming in civil litigation filed against a bank that they would not have loaned the money to Alpha Funding but for the signature guarantees made by a bank employee on various documents signed by movant. As support for his assertions, movant has submitted a complaint filed by the four as plaintiffs in a civil action and their related interrogatory responses. He points out that the complaint was recently dismissed with prejudice.
Respondent is correct that the apparent positions taken by the witnesses in their related civil litigation were not recantations. Saying that they would not have loaned money but for the signature guarantee is a far cry from saying that they loaned money only because of the signature guarantee, or that they did not also rely on movant's representations. Movant has not shown anything in the related civil litigation that is inconsistent with the testimony these witnesses gave at trial. Moreover, the fact that the civil lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice is no evidence of recantation.
2. Perjury
Likewise, movant has not shown that Michael Wansten gave perjured testimony. Wansten testified during the prosecution's case that he loaned $30,000 to Alpha Funding on promise of a 100% return ($60,000) in 90 days. (Reporter's Trial Transcript ("RT") vol. 1 at 37-39.) Wansten further testified that was never repaid any of the money owed him by Alpha Funding. (Id.) Movant has placed evidence before the court that Wansten received a $25,000 from Alpha Funding in August of 1998. It also appears that a $5,000 wire transfer was made the following month to Wansten's ex-wife.
In response to this court's August 1, 2009 order, respondent has submitted a declaration signed by Wansten that, to the best of his recollection, the $25,000 check in question was money given to him by Panthaky for an expensive trip to Canada he and his wife took to meet with other potential investors. Wansten states that Panthaky encouraged them to fly first class and entertain the potential investors at several expensive restaurants. Wansten states that there was money leftover from the trip, which Panthaky directed him to keep. Wansten states that he has no knowledge or recollection of the additional $5,000 payment allegedly made to his ex-wife, stating that they were separated off and on during that period of time.
The evidence admitted at trial supports the information contained in Wansten's declaration. For example, government's exhibit ("GE") 2.9 is a letter from Wansten to movant dated January 29, 2000, more than a year after the alleged payments referenced by movant. In that letter, Wansten writes:
The general dissatisfaction with Dr. Panthakys [sic] conduct over the last year as expressed to me by many of Alpha Funding Group's creditors has caused me great concern with regard t[o] repayment of my own note. (GE 2.9.) Later, in a letter dated May 2, 2000 to movant, Wansten wrote:
I am asking that you liquidate the collateral securing my loan and remit to me payment in full of $60,000 USD, being the total of my outstanding Note secured by our loan agreement of July 1, 1998.
(GE 2.22.) Included with this letter (GE 2.22) was a "chronology" in which Wansten summarized various communications he had with movant. In the chronology, Wansten made numerous entries concerning referrals of other potential investors to movant during the time period of July- September, 1998. (GE 2.22.) The chronology is supportive of Wansten's assertion that the $25,000 was for a trip to meet with potential investors, and not for partial repayment of his note. The $25,000 check was dated August 19, 1998, within the time frame Wansten was apparently making referrals. Wansten was not even due to be repaid on his 90 day investment until late September or early October. (See Supplemental Excerpt of Record v.1 at 7 (Wansten testifying that he sent the money for the note "before July [1998] or in the early part of July [1998]".) Additionally, according to the chronology, Wansten continued to request repayment of the full amount owed long after he had received the alleged payments referenced by movant. (GE 2.9 & 2.22.)
Finally, it is telling that despite the fact that movant signed the $25,000 check and thus should have been aware that such payment was made, he testified at trial that Wansten was not repaid for his investment:
Q (government): Has Mr. Wansten been paid?
A (movant): Not to my knowledge. (RT vol. 7 at 176.) Based on all the foregoing, there appears no need for an evidentiary hearing. The motion, file, and records of the case, considered in conjunction with Wansten's declaration, demonstrate that movant is not entitled to relief on this claim.
C. Movant's Conduct as a Valid Basis for Mail Fraud
This is another claim that movant has already raised and lost on direct appeal. Citing Miller v. Yokohama Tire Co., 358 F.3d 616, 620-21 (9th Cir. 2004), he argues that his conduct, as shown by the prosecution, did not constitute fraud. Specifically, he asserts that the government only showed that he made his legal misrepresentations, as opposed to factual misrepresentations, and that legal misrepresentations are not a valid basis for a mail fraud conviction. The Ninth Circuit rejected the argument, writing:
Sine maintains that the government's evidence proved only that he made a misrepresentation of law by representing that various documents held by the trust were sufficient to establish ownership of the Ginnie Mae securities. A mail fraud conviction usually cannot be premised on misrepresentation of law, Miller v. Yokohama Tire Corp., 358 F.3d 616, 620-21 (9th Cir.2004), but that is not always true. Rather, there are "special situations that would justify reliance on such a misrepresentation of law," and that can therefore give rise to a mail fraud conviction. Id. at 621. As Sine's interactions with the victims of the fraud came in his capacity as a lawyer, this case involves at least one of those "special situations"-instances in which the party making the misrepresentation "purports to have special knowledge" of the law. Id. ; see also Restatement (Second) of Torts § 545 cmt. d (1977) ("The layman may justifiably rely on the lawyer's opinion even though he knows the lawyer is representing a client whose interest is adverse to his own."). The government's evidence indicated that Sine knew of the falsity of his representations regarding the securities' validity and that he was not merely giving bad, but dishonest, advice. Cf. Restatement (Second) of Torts § 545 cmt. d ("The layman may ... reasonably assume professional honesty.").
Moreover, the government's evidence about the Ginnie Mae securities was not limited to misrepresentations about the legal effect of the documents. The government also presented evidence that Sine misrepresented facts about the trust's ownership of the securities. Such misrepresentation of facts can form the basis of fraud even when intertwined with a misrepresentation of law. Miller, 358 F.3d at 621.
United States v. Panthaky, 232 Fed.Appx. 645, 648, (9th Cir. 2007). Movant is not entitled to relief.
For all the foregoing reasons, IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that movant's motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §2255 be DENIED.
These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within twenty days after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written objections with the court and serve a copy on all parties. Such a document should be captioned "Objections to Magistrate Judge's Findings and Recommendations." Any reply to the objections shall be served and filed within ten days after service of the objections. The parties are advised that failure to file objections within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District Court's order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991).
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Floods... tornadoes,.. blizzards,.. civil disturbances.... State activations of the Iowa National Guard read like a list of what's gone wrong in Iowa. But the timely intervention of the Guard has averted some serious situations and kept others from becoming worse. During war and times of peace, Iowa Guard members have stood ready to protect their fellow citizens.
Natural disasters have been the most common reason for state call-ups, thanks to Iowa's weather. The social climate has caused state activations, as well.
In 1863. citizens in Iowa's less settled regions were alarmed about the possibility of Indian attacks. Meetings with settlers in remote counties revealed that Iowans wanted a small force of mounted men stationed on the east and west forks of the Des Moines River. These were to be seasoned men who were familiar with the area, and the habits and customs of the Indians. Almost immediately, 40 men were on duty—half at Chain Lakes, half at Estherville. Companies also were raised Sioux City. Denison, Fort Dodge and Webster City. Portions of companies were kept in smaller towns. Each man furnished his own horse and equipment "Subsistence and forage" were furnished by the state.
The year 1864 saw a company of the State Militia from (Grinnell and Montezuma ordered to the site of the murder of two U.S. marshals by a band of bushwackers, about 14 miles south of Grinnell on the road to Oskaloosa. The men responsible were draft dodgers from Sugar Creek Township in Poweshiek County. Six members of the gang were arrested, along with a previously captured perpetrator, and escorted to jail in Oskaloosa.
The next year. Davis County was victimized by a mounted band of guerillas dressed in federal uniforms that robbed, terrorized, kidnapped and murdered many of the county's citizens. In the chaos that followed, Col. J.B. Weaver, formerly of the 2
Iowa Infantry, assisted by Col. Trimble, took command of a hastily formed militia and set off in pursuit of the raiders. Lieutenant James Jackson and other officers planned the defense of the Davis County seat Soldiers patrolled the roads and the Missouri border. Over 100 "suspicious persons" were arrested and turned beck to Missouri. Several weeks later, the militia captured the rebel bushwhackers' horses and equipment Thirteen members of the gang were arrested and returned to Missouri authorities.
Detachments of two companies from Des Moines were sent to Council Bluffs in November 1873 to aid in the suppression or prevention of a threatened prizefight in the vicinity. Trainloads of "roughs" were arriving to watch. Colonel F. Olmsted, commander of the state troops, complained to the Adjutant General that the Pottawattamie County sheriff, to whom they reported, was "weak and wavering" and making no attempt to arrest the participants and seize fight paraphernalia. Adjutant General N.B. Baker then ordered the troops home, criticizing Potawattamie County officials in his annual report.
He also wrote that "officers and soldiers called out on such occasions should be paid at higher rates than now provided by law," noting that "in nearly every case the private does not receive one-fifth of the amount he would have been paid had he remained at his usual labor."
Adjutant General John Looby discussed the pay situation at length in his 1877 report to the governor. "As the Iowa law now stands, no aid of any character whatever is granted to the militia. The officers and men must pay for their own uniforms, they must pay freight charges on arms shipped to them from the Arsenal, they must tax themselves to meet all contingent expenses for rent of armories, for ammunition, and for all other expense—and do all this for the privilege of standing as a reserve power in the hands of the Executive for the enforcement of law where the civil power proves inefficient or powerless. It is a large tax upon the pocket as well as upon patriotism to expect our citizen soldiery to give their time, their money and their lives, perhaps, without any aid or recognition of their services in a practical, business-like way—a patriotism that does not promise to keep together our present active organizations very long. There is a limit to the efforts of citizen soldiery where they are compelled to bear the whole brunt of expense, save the arms, which are issued to the State by the Federal Government for the militia, and cost the State nothing."
Looby went on to recommend that the state compensate the militia's soldiers, and bear the expense of armories, uniforms and contingencies—following study of the issue by a properly appointed Committee of the National Guard of Iowa.
In the next decade, several companies were warned to be ready for duty. Only a few received orders to take up arms. In March 1885, members of the Third Regiment in Des Moines cleared the courthouse yard after a mob wounded two deputies while seeking to release a prisoner from the county jail. In 1886, companies in the Second arid Third Regiments were activated in anticipation of mine troubles at What Cheer and Angus.
In June 1903, the Guard responded to a request by the sheriff of Dubuque County to help preserve the peace because of a strike. The mere presence of the Guard for several days averted serious trouble.
In April 1912, members of the 54' Infantry were activated (including Company C of Muscatine) because of a strike at various Pearl Button Manufacturers plants in Muscatine. Troops spent four days clearing the streets and maintaining order, only to be recalled later that month. Adjutant General Guy Logan praised the Guardsmen in his annual report to the Governor: "The troops on duty performed their duty in an orderly, soldierly manner, absolutely enforcing law and requiring order at all times and should be highly commended for such service as the conditions were in a state of anarchy. The rich, the poor, the employer and the employee were made to obey the same rule."
The Adjutant's General Report of 1914-15 mentions the Guard's performance of security at the lowa State Fair, a special duty that continued off and on through the 1970s. The Guardsmen who assisted the Iowa State Patrol in this mission were widely praised for their performance.
Fear of violence caused the mayor of Sioux City to telephone the Governor for help in the fall of 1919. W.D. Haywood, president of the Industrial Workmen of the World, was to give an address to the citizenry—ironically, at the invitation of the mayor himself. Companies D and F of the Fourth Infantry remained on duty until the emergency passed. No arrests were made.
November 1921 saw the Guard ordered to Ottumwa four weeks into a strike at Morrell Packing Company. The situation was worsening and 150 men were deputized in that town to patrol the streets until members of the 168" Infantry arrived. After the troops went on duty, virtually no attempts of violence toward employees still working at the plant were reported and the situation remained calm after the soldiers left.
One of the best-known state activations was the "Cow Wars" or "Milk Wars" in 1931. The Governor called Iowa troops into state service to enforce the law concerning the bovine tuberculin test conducted by agents of the State Agricultural Department. About 1,700 troops were sent to Tipton on Sept. 22.
Considerable opposition had been shown to these tests for months. When active resistance was shown against veterinarians in Cedar County, the Governor took action. By late afternoon on Sept. 22, a Guard camp had been established at the fairgrounds just west of Tipton. The force, commanded by Brig. Gen. Park Findley, included most of the 168
Infantry and 113
Cavalry, and about half of the 133th Infantry. Testing of cattle resumed with a minimum of trouble two days later.
Several days later, the 133th Infantry was sent home. On Oct. 3, all of the units returned home, except for about 300 Guard members who volunteered for additional duty. The 300 who remained fanned a provisional battalion and stayed on duty until the testing in Cedar and Muscatine Counties was completed. They moved to Mount Pleasant when serious opposition was experienced in Henry County. They moved to Des Moines County, where the situation worsened. The 133th Infantry, 168
Infantry and 113
Cavalry were mobilized again.
A staff correspondent for The Iowa Guardsman wrote, "Iowa soldiers often were on duty from early morning until evening, subjected to taunts and insults.. .but the discipline and self-discipline taught and practiced caused them to emerge from the campaign with all credit and honor. In but one instance was violence used, and that in self defense"
The unnamed writer went on to describe how Cavalry troops once spent 22 hours in the saddle in Lee County because the roads were impassable to motor vehicles. "They accomplished their mission, and established, as far as is known, a record unique in the peacetime annals of the National Guard," he noted.
Not all activations could be called "official." In 1948, Des Moines units were canvassed for volunteers to portray Roman soldiers, wise men and prophets in the local Junior Chamber's "Passion Play." In this instance, "staging of troops" took on a whole new meaning.
The Guard's first post-World War II civil disturbance mission occurred on May 20, 1948. Governor Robert Blue ordered about 1,000 Guardsmen to duty because of strike-related rioting at the gates of the Rath Packing Company in Waterloo. During the 21-day activation, soldiers with fixed bayonets encircled the plant while others escorted truckloads of livestock and patrolled streets in the area. Order was restored without serious incident.
Clinton bore the brunt of an Easter Day ice storm in 19~). Limbs, utility poles, entire trees, communication and power lines, were all downed by a heavy coating of ice. Streets were blocked and communications and power were cut off. Governor Beardsley called for the Iowa Guard to assist in cleaning up the city and restoring order. Approximately 285 Guard members from Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Davenport and Dubuque took part in "Operation Limb Lift" for 14 days.
The Iowa Guard fought weather-related problems on two fronts in 1952, when both the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers flooded. More than 2,400 Guard members spent 30 days patrolling and reinforcing levees, ferrying supplies, restoring communications, and keeping order in flood-threatened communities.
The Iowa Air National Guard aided 200 students and nuns, left homeless by a fire that destroyed the principal building of Ottumwa Heights Academy, in October 1957. A detachment of Guardsmen took much-nec4ed bedding and kitchen supplies from Des Moines to the Academy's temporary quarters at the old Ottumwa Naval Air Station. Governor Herschel Loveless, himself an Ottumwan, called the fire a disaster and noted that "in the case of a disaster it is the duty of the state to do everything in its power to help."
One of the Army and Air Guard's most extensive security efforts occurred in 1959, when 1,000 Guard members were chosen to "provide aid to civil authorities, handle traffic and safeguard and protect Premier [Nikita] Krushchev and his party. Operation K" was comprised of three task forces: one for the highways, one for the Roswell Garst farm and adjoining areas at Coon Rapids, and a third at Iowa Sate University in Ames.
Khrushchev, Chairman of Ministers of the USSR was on a 13-day visit to the U.S. Only in Iowa did be travel any great distance over public highways. A half-hour before Khrushchev's party passed any given point, Operation K made sure the area was sealed off completely. Abandoned buildings, clumps of bushes, bridges, culverts, towers, and more all were checked. The Soviet Premier rarely saw a Guardsman; the purpose of Operation K was one of security, not "show,"
The early '60s brought more weather-related duty to the Iowa Guard. Guard members and equipment were mobilized to fight flooding on a broad front in April1960.
In March 1961, the Cedar River was the location of their efforts.
State call-ups can be grim, particularly when downed aircraft are involved. A Continental Airlines jet blew apart over southern Iowa, near Centerville, on May 23, 1962. All 45 persons aboard were killed. About 60 Guardsmen searched for bodies and wreckage and kept unauthorized persons from the scene. They assisted federal and local authorities until relieved by regular Army personnel from Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
April and May 1965 saw the Iowa Guard perform an astonishing 27,480 mandays fighting flooding statewide.
"Road Runner" missions in the '60s enabled Guard members help police with traffic control during holiday weekends.
The threat of civil disturbances not related to striking workers became more prevalent during the late '60s and early '70s. From June 10- Aug. 28, 1967, Guard members spent 2,667 mandays on alert, training with the Des Moines Police Department and the Iowa Highway Patrol. They never took to the street, but a Guard contingent provided security at the State Fair that year and the next. Drunkenness was the main problem.
Troops were assigned to Des Moines for four days in April 1968 when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. They were back a year later on the anniversary of his death.
Meanwhile, the extremes of Iowa weather kept up the demand for Guard assistance. Devastating tornadoes struck Charles City and Oelwein in May of '68. Iowa Guard units rushed in to help.
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Des Moines firefighters went on strike April 28,1969. Guardsmen helped fire department supervisors and police man the trucks for a week. They stayed downtown at the Red Horse Armory.
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The Des Moines Police Department was bombed May 13.1970, with dynamite stolen from a Johnston business. MPs guarded the highway patrol communications tower (which wasn't fenced in at the time) and Camp Dodge well into July.
From that point until the late '70s, state call-ups were largely in response to needs relating to weather, transportation, traffic control, the Iowa State Fair, and searches and rescues. Then came the historic visit of the Pope to Living History Farms in Des Moines.
One thousand Guard members, plus 1,000 law enforcement personnel, took on the incredibly complex task of providing security and controlling a crowd equal to the size of the greater Des Moines area population.
A 10-mile by 10-mile urban and rural area was sealed off at 6 p.m. the evening before the Pope's visit, and access was strictly controlled until after the Pope left. Former Deputy Adjutant General Harold Thompson (then Colonel) was officer-in-charge of the undertaking. Brig. Gen. Richard Gieth was commander of troops, and Col. (now retired) Jerry Gorden served as operations officer.
Gorden reported no incidents. The only accident, he said, occurred when two police cars ran into each other. "The whole city was cooperative," Garden recalled. "The ecumenical feeling was strong."
The 1980s began with the Guard responding to windstorms in Burlington and Mount Pleasant (July 1980) and hostage situations at Fort Madison State penitentiary (Sept/Oct 1981). Toward the end of the decade, the Guard aided drought-stricken farmers across Iowa (1988, 1989).
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None of the 30 operations I participated in ever gave me more satisfaction than the Rood of '93," said Gorden. "We found solutions for problems no one had ever heard of. The leadership, the management of troops, the logistics—it all was exciting and heart-filling. I always was proud of the Iowa Guard."
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What's the Definition of A vs B player?
Got into a debate with my wife around high performance culture (she has a
catering company but I do the web and marketing stuff). I was being
demanding in trying to get copy to be more punchy/ customer centered and
reacted negatively when I thought she was giving me generic drivel.
My worldview (shaped by football, medicine, McKinsey, and a number of big
corporate change/ turnaround projects):
- It's got to be about impact and some of the process of getting there
is turning up the heat to burn off the impurities. == there should be
frank and immediately negative reactions to low quality output so as to
raise the bar
- You want this process to be transparent (and reciprocal!) so everyone
strives to raise the bar and feedback is a given to push to new levels of
Her worldview (she's a pastry chef by training but came out of an Ivy
league undergrad)
- Her team should not hear criticism of her, as it undermines her
position. I should tone it down until we're behind closed doors
Any research anyone's come across on what a "high performance" culture
looks like? My thought is that this lack of frankness/ focus on
sensitivity is usually what I remove from companies and see performance go
up immediately on the order of 30-200%, and this is a culture where A's
thrive (and C's immediately leave as they can't take it). Her thought is
that this is a tough way to build a team and will shut A's and B's down.
Be curious to see if you've come across anything that would let us have a
more fact-based discussion around it. We both agree that C's are cancer
and must be stamped out (so it's not a retention thing). It's more of a
question of what does a culture that promotes "A" players that work in a
team over time look like?
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Or maybe it was Valentine's Day and she was looking for more emotional
support and romance? :-)
Is anyone familiar with App stores other than iTunes and Play? Do you know how to get listed in Yahoo ( http://apps.search.yahoo.com/ ) or Amazon ( http://amazon.com/mobile-apps/b/ref=sa_menu_adr_app?node=[removed to protect privacy] ) for example?
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Lol. we do valentines the day before (welcome to the service industry). She
was more than happy with the flowers, chocolates, and night out.
Really, I think the question I'm trying to answer is whether there is an
analogy other than the forge (see football, pro sports, military, mckinsey,
banking etc) that gets people to achieve their potential. My belief is that
high performers seek these out to test themselves and see what they're
capable of (and hence look for rather than shy away from strong feedback and
coaching/ development). Sensitive people that can't handle this level of
feedback (in my belief system) are automatically B to C players who will not
achieve what they're capable of (because they care more about their ego than
their impact)
Her belief is that this level of feedback/ coaching can retard performance
by making people feel like something's wrong and that there are softer ways
to achieve the same results.
I'm trying to understand if anyone's seen a non-confrontational/ feedback
driven way that accomplishes the same high performance achievement/
impact.as I haven't seen it (I know data and dashboards help, but see them
as enablers to have the right conversations/ coaching)
Netflix showed a great 50K foot structural approach but not a "how" in
everyday execution on the frontlines.
Has anyone seen real literature/ research on this including documented
differences in performance?
Working in some pretty intense research labs and at Microsoft has given me
a very "gloves off" personal style similar to what you describe at McKinsey
(I think Google also practices this with their "OKR" system). Your comment
comes at a very opportune time for me as I reflect on some of the conflict
I've had both professionally and beyond. A few thoughts:
(1) Cultural context matters a lot. I live in the Bay Area but travel to
Chicago 10+ times/year, and am always surprised at how straightforward (to
the point of bluntness) people in my hometown of Chicago seem compared to
the Bay Area. Likewise, some parts of the world place a much greater
cultural emphasis on group cohesion and "saving face" vs. bare-knuckled
My own experience suggests that fact-based, no-holds-barred debates are
characteristically North American (Anglo-German, to be exact); people from
cultures with greater power
likely find this kind of discussion quite off-putting.
(2) Having clear goals is a must. Metrics and confrontation have to happen
inside a well-developed system of organizational goals that gets everyone
excited, e.g. "make the best pastries possible", or "deliver the best
operating system ever made".
(3) Likewise, colleagues have to know and trust each other for open
conflict in the workplace to be tolerated. Lack of trust makes giving
feedback exceedingly difficult, which completely derails your
high-performance culture.
I find Github's "company of the compelling
great personal compass toward doing better at work (vs. the company of
"what the boss wants", "what we did last time", "what doesn't upset
people", or 100 other bad ways to make decisions.)
There is a good bit of research on the subject of cultures and performance
- certainly there is a strong correlation.
However, the factors outlined are unlikely to be related to culture
and performance. The factors will vary by industry yet in any organization
of size there will be a distribution of people with different values - the
key is to motivate and measure the outcomes to all pull in the direction
executive leadership wants to go.
Tools like balanced score-card and others focused on driving alignment have
proven to be some of the best at helping shape long-term corporate
It's less about A, B, C-level players than about getting to the hearts of
people and selecting those to join the team who are motivated by a
vision/goal/style. The evaluation of A vs C player is often about the
context and environment. AKA - you can take a highly driven "type A" with
a confrontational style and put them into a culture that values
communication and commradarie and they will be rejected (likely graded a
"c" player in the org context). Move them into McKinsey where the style is
valued and in this context more likely to be an "a" player
Great discussion! I'm working on building an app for feedback cultures (
Thrively <http://www.thrive.ly/>), so I've spent a bit of time researching
and talking to people about similar topics. I would definitely agree with
the two Dave's: cultural context matters a lot; and evaluating "A" versus
"B" or "C" players also relies heavily on the culture.
Here's great quote that highlight my belief that there aren't really "A" or
"B" players: *"One of the greatest thought leaders of the twentieth
century, W. Edwards Deming, wrote that immeasurable damage is created by
ranking systems, merit raises, and incentive pay. Deming believed that
every business is a system, and the performance of individuals is largely
the result of the way the system operates. In his view, the system causes
80 percent of the problems in a business, and the system is management?s
responsibility." *(PDF link<http://www.poppendieck.com/pdfs/Compensation.pdf>
There is also great research on "feedback-seeking behavior" of leaders. Sue
Ashford <http://www.bus.umich.edu/FacultyBios/FacultyBio.asp?id=000120086>,
my teacher and advisor at UM, is publishing some research basically showing
that feedback-seeking leaders (ie McKinsey) and visionary leaders (ie Steve
Jobs, or probably the role most chefs play) have a similar impact in
creating high performance cultures. I'll try to find the link, but its
probably behind an academic firewall.
In short, I don't think either you or your wife is correct. The answer, as
it is for many things, is "it depends".
*Nick Fassler
*Founder and CEO, Thrively
(415) 735-6317
nhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/nickfassler> <http://twitter.com/nickfassler>
You might find the Appreciative Inquiry method helpful:
Googling the term also brings up academic research, additional resources, etc.
The basic idea is to focus on what works and how you can enhance that - whether at the level of the employee or the organization as a whole.
This is a similar philosophy to strengths-based leadership and Marcus Buckingham's work, as well as the concept of "bright spots" from the Heaths' book Switch.
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April 28, 2011
IN THE MATTER OF THE CLAIM OF HERMAN HUGGINS, APPELLANT,v.MASTERCLASS MASONRY ET AL.,RESPONDENTS. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, RESPONDENT.
Calendar Date: March 22, 2011
Before: Mercure, J.P., Rose, Malone Jr., Stein and Egan Jr., JJ.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Board, filed March 19, 2009, which ruled that claimant did not sustain an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment.
In January 2008 claimant, a bricklayer, left his work site, purchased a sandwich and sat down inside a municipal bus shelter to eat his lunch. The shelter was located across the street from claimant's work site. As claimant prepared to return to work, a glass panel in the shelter collapsed on him, causing him to sustain various injuries. Claimant thereafter filed this claim for workers' compensation benefits and, following a hearing, a Workers' Compensation Law Judge found that claimant sustained an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment and awarded benefits. Upon review, the Workers' Compensation Board reversed, and this appeal by claimant ensued.
We affirm. As a threshold matter, an injury is compensable only if it arises out of and in the course of employment (see Workers' Compensation Law § 10 [1]). "Lunchtime injuries are generally deemed to occur outside the scope of employment except under limited circumstances where the employer continues to exercise authority over the employees during the lunch break" (Matter of Smith v City of Rochester, 255 AD2d 863, 863 [1998] [citation omitted]; accord Matter of Baxter v T.G. Peppe, Inc., 81 AD3d 1109, 1110 [2011]; see Matter of Rose v Verizon N.Y., 304 AD2d 990 [2003]). Here, although claimant testified that "[i]f one of the foreman saw [him] and wanted [him] to come back," they would tell him to do so, such testimony, in our view, falls short of establishing that the employer retained control over claimant during his lunch break or derived any benefit from claimant eating his lunch inside the public bus shelter (see Matter of Grant v New York City Tr. Auth., 71 AD3d 1328, 1329 [2010]; compare Matter of Smith v United States Trucking Corp., 66 AD2d 939, 940 [1978]; Matter of Donnell v Waccabuc Country Club, 29 AD2d 1022, 1022-1023 [1968]; Matter of Carroll v Provenzano, 23 AD2d 134, 136 [1965]). Notably, claimant was not required to carry a beeper, nor was he instructed as to where he should take his lunch break.
To the extent that claimant contends that his accident occurred within sufficient proximity to his work site as to qualify as compensable, we need note only that "[a] purely fortuitous coincidence of time and place is not enough. There must be a causal relationship or nexus between the accident and the employment" (Matter of Davenport v New York State Senate, 283 AD2d 880, 881 [2001] [internal quotation marks and citations omitted]). Claimant's theory as to the cause of the bus shelter collapse (vibrations from the work site) is entirely speculative and, in any event, he failed to establish, among other things, that his accident was "related to a special hazard connected to [his] employment as opposed to a risk shared by the general public" (Matter of Littles v New York State Dept. of Corrections, 61 AD3d 1266, 1268 [2009]; see Matter of Cushion v Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 46 AD3d 1095, 1096 [2007], lv denied 10 NY3d 704 [2008]; Matter of Fiero v New York City Dept. of Hous. Preserv. & Dev., 34 AD3d 911, 912-913 [2006]; Matter of Harris v New York State Off. of Gen. Servs., 13 AD3d 796, 797 [2004]).
Finally, as for claimant's assertion that he is entitled to the presumption of compensability contained in Workers' Compensation Law § 21 (1), we need note only that the statute "does not wholly relieve [claimant] of the burden of demonstrating that the accident occurred in the course of, and arose out of, [his] employment" (Matter of Bond v Suffolk Transp. Serv., 68 AD3d 1341, 1342 [2009]; see Matter of Hansen v Syracuse Home Assn., 55 AD3d 1167, 1168 [2008]).
Mercure, J.P., Malone Jr., Stein and Egan Jr., JJ., concur.
ORDERED that the decision is affirmed, without costs.
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Common name: Gerbera
Color: white petals circling a cone-shaped yellow centre
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- Move the peat pots to a location where they are exposed to bright light for 16 hours per day.
- Turn the pots every two to three days so the plants grow straight and don t lean towards the light.
- Place the pots below a fluorescent light if you can t provide bright natural light.
- Allow 18 inches between the pots and the bulb.
- 7 Keep temperatures after germination slightly cooler, 65 to 70 F during the day and about 10 inches cooler at night.
- 8 Fertilize the gerbera daisies once every week, beginning when the seedlings have two true leaves.
- Apply a general purpose liquid fertilizer diluted to half the strength recommended on the fertilizer container.
- After the first three to four weeks, apply the fertilizer full strength once every two weeks.
- 9 Plant the gerbera daisy seedlings outdoors when all danger of frost is past and the plants are 4 to 6 inches tall, with sturdy stems and three to four sets of leaves.
- 10 Harden the gerbera daisies beginning two to three weeks before planting them outdoors.
- Place the seedlings in a shady, protected area in temperatures between 45 and 50 F.
- Gradually move the seedlings into direct sunlight, increasing the time every day until the plants are in sunlight all day.
- 11 Prepare a garden spot in full sunlight.
- Spade the soil to a depth of 8 to 10 inches, and then dig in 2 to 3 inches of manure or compost.
- 12 Dig a hole for each seedling.
- Plant the seedling in the hole with the crown of the plant -- the point where the stem joins the roots -- slightly above the surface of the soil.
- Allow 12 to 18 inches between each plant.
- Pat soil lightly around the roots, and then water to moisten the roots.
- Pruning: Remove old, discolored leaves and faded flowers and stems to maintain your gerbera plants, prevent fungus infections and to encourage new growth.
- Gerberas like to dry out somewhat between waterings, so take extra care not to water too much during periods of rainfall, as this can lead to root rot.
- When grown as perennials, gerberas will need to be dug up every couple of years to be divided.
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