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Give Brussels the red card: William Hague reveals plan for national governments to work together to veto EU laws
- Foreign Secretary reveals plan will be key demand of EU negotiations
- Fewer than 10 member states would be able to kill off Brussels plans
- But Hague rejected Tory calls for the UK to unilaterally reject everything
- 95 backbenchers demanded to right to say No to EU legislation
Foreign Secretary William Hague is to demand a group of EU countries be able to give Brussels a red card
Britain is to demand national governments have the power to give a red card to Brussels red-tape.
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, revealed the idea of allowing a bloc of fewer than 10 EU states to veto unwelcome laws will be a key demand of renegotiation talks to claw back powers.
But he rejected calls from Tory MPs for the UK to be able to say no unilaterally to anything that the European Union demands, warning it would undermine the single market.
David Cameron was warned last night that he risked causing disastrous divisions in the Tory party after a letter from 95 backbenchers demanding the right to say No to European legislation was branded unrealistic.
The number of rebels calling for a veto on new EU laws – and the power to repeal existing ones that threaten Britain's national interests – dwarfs the 81 MPs who voted against the Government on Europe in 2011.
The letter was signed by almost two thirds of the 158 backbenchers not given jobs by Mr Cameron.
Mr Hague today said the idea of every EU country being able to go it alone and reject any Brussels edict would be unworkable 'in any system which relies on common rules'.
But he revealed Tory plans to renegotiate Britain's EU membership before an in-out referendum would include allowing groups of member states to say no to Eurocrats.
Under existing EU rules, if a third of the 28 member states object to planned legislation they can raise a 'yellow card' demanding it be reviewed.
But Mr Hague wants to go further and allow a 'red card' system which would allow fewer than 10 countries to reject EU laws outright.
'We do want a much bigger role for national parliaments,' he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
'It's common ground not only in the Conservative party but in the country that the powers of the European Union have increased too much, that they are too great, that they must be diminished.
'It is common ground I think that national parliaments need a bigger role. One of the things I have advocated is a red card system where if enough national parliaments across the EU want to block something then they are able to do so.'
Prime Minister David Cameron has been warned that he will foster division in the party if he ignores the views of eurosceptics
He said the idea would 'absolutely' be part of British demands for a fresh settlement with the EU.
'There's a yellow card system, not very much used at the moment, but it needs to be much stronger red card system.
'And many other ways can be looked at of strengthening the powers of national parliaments.'
But he dismissed the calls from dozens if Tory MPs for every national government to be able to refuse to implement EU law.
Mr Hague added: 'What you can't have in any system which relies on common rules even in a free trade area that relies on common rules is each of the parliaments being able regularly and unilaterally to say we are not applying this or that just by own decision.
'Clearly a single market or free trade area would not work on that basis; even the Swiss or Norwegian arrangement with the European Union could not work on that basis.
Bernard Jenkin, who co-ordinated the letter, said europhiles overestimate the economic damage that could be caused if the Uk renegotiates its relationship with the EU
'We have to be careful what we support but the direction of greater power for national parliaments and reducing relatively speaking the powers of the European Union, vis-à-vis national parliaments is something I very strongly support.'
The row is expected to intensify on Wednesday when Chancellor George Osborne makes a speech arguing that Britain should remain within a reformed European Union.
The number of rebels calling for a veto on new EU laws – and the power to repeal existing ones that threaten Britain's national interests – dwarfs the 81 MPs who voted against the Government on Europe in 2011.
The letter was signed by almost two thirds of the 158 backbenchers not given jobs by Mr Cameron.
The rebels say at least six Cabinet members also back them, plus six ministerial aides and members of Mr Cameron's policy board, making the true figure 107 MPs or more.
One signatory said: 'If Downing Street digs in over this they are absolutely bonkers. They will create a Cabinet split. This is a wake-up call. If the governing elite of our party are so absolutely out of touch it's going to be absolutely disastrous.'
At the moment, Mr Cameron can only veto new laws on the most sensitive issues such as defence and the EU budget.
But while Parliament can raise concerns with the European Commission, it has no powers to block or repeal existing laws.
The rebels call on Mr Cameron to 'make the idea of a national veto over current and future EU laws a reality' and 'enable Parliament to disapply EU legislation, where it is in our vital national interests to do so'.
The MPs point out that this 'would transform the UK's negotiating position in the EU' as Mr Cameron seeks to carve out a new relationship with Brussels ahead of an in-out referendum in 2017.
Bernard Jenkin, who coordinated the letter, said: 'We're all being very polite to each other but I think it's better if we have some honest disagreements on the future of Europe rather than pretending we agree.
'It's the facile tactics Europhiles always use. They start talking about three million jobs as if the sky is going to fall in if we ask for some powers back.'
Jacob Rees-Mogg, another signatory, said many rebels don't even want the single market, adding: 'If this makes the single market not work, that's not the problem. We can still have free trade, which is more important. Laws should be made by our democratic representatives, not by the fiat of Brussels.'
Signatories include James Clappison, Conor Burns, John Baron, Anne Main and ex-defence minister Sir Gerald Howarth. One said: 'Downing Street's argument is such rubbish. We are at crunch point. They are heading for the most almighty smash-up.'
They said Mr Cameron had nothing to lose by making the veto Tory policy because the pro-European wing of the Tory Party was so depleted. One added: 'Would the party be split? I don't think so.'
Europe's 'travelling circus', in which MEPs decamp to France once a month, costs taxpayers at least £93million a year.
European Union figures show the astonishing price of packing up the parliament in Brussels and shipping it to Strasbourg for just four days each month.
Conservative MEPs estimated the true cost to be £130million – and called for an end to the practice.
Some £250,000 is spent just lugging paperwork between the two cities, a report on the 'financial and environmental impact' showed.
Maintaining the parliament in Strasbourg costs £50million a year.
Although MEPs voted to scrap the 'circus' by three to one last year, the French will veto any such attempt.
Conservative MEP Ashley Fox said: 'This craziness has to stop.'
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1. Practice building:
Practice level strategic planning and P&L responsibility: the SM will be responsible for assessing opportunity in the industry and, in consultation with the management, preparing mid-term and annual strategic plan for the healthcare corporate advisory practice. The SM will be responsible for implementing the plan and will have practice level P&L responsibility.
PR and communication to foster industry leading reputation: The SM will be responsible for building awareness about the firm's expertise and creating industry leading reputation for the healthcare advisory practice.
Business development and engagement sourcing: As the lead resource for implementing the practice strategic plan, the SM will be responsible for sourcing advisory engagements to meet targeted business development goals.
HR planning, team development and management: As the corporate advisory practice lead with P&L responsibility, the SM will be responsible for building, grooming and managing the healthcare advisory team.
2. Engagement management, project execution and delivery:
Nature of engagements will include opportunity analysis, developing business plans and operating models, working with innovation advisory team members in areas of technology access, evaluation and commercialization and with corporate finance colleagues for innovation and enterprise fund raising and M&A.
Engagement scoping: As the lead industry interface, the SMwill sense client needs and will scope out services to meet client requirements and where innovation advisory or corporate finance/M&A services are offered, the SM will liaise with respective team leads at Sathguru to structure and deliver comprehensive and relevant services to the client.
Engagement execution and delivery: The SM will be responsible for management and oversight of all healthcare advisory engagements.The SM will lead engagement planning and execution and will have ultimate responsibility for client satisfaction and delivery.
Candidates Profile:
7 to 8 years experience with at least last three to four years in healthcare/life sciences practice of consulting firm. Few years of research/industry experience preferred
Academic qualification: scientific foundation in applied life sciences/biology/biochemistry and MBA
Experience of leading client delivery, engagement execution and managing teams
Strong capability to write, communicate, facilitate and present cogently and with high impact to all levels of industry audiences, clients and internal staff and management
Strong analytical skills and perspective to deliver value adding insights to clients and develop reputation for thought leadership
Self-starter and high level of motivation and drive required for aggressively building a differentiated advisory practice
Advisory Engagement Building Innovation Healthcare Strategic Planning Sourcing Business Development

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Agencies tend to pigeonhole programmatic vendors. Some vendors are used for specific goals, such as prospecting, others for specific tactics (site retargeting, etc.), and still others for the third-party data they can provide. There's a certain logic to the approach. It makes it easier for agencies to keep things simple. Every vendor gets a nice little line item in an Excel spreadsheet. Everything looks nice and neat.
But just because sticking vendors into tidy little boxes makes things more straightforward for the agency doesn't mean it's the best approach. The problem with pigeonholing vendors is that, if you're doing it right, programmatic marketing can't be broken down into neat categories. There are gray areas where two or more different tactics or data sets will overlap. This means that to run a fully optimized programmatic campaign, you need all the different aspects of the campaign working together – a feat that's nearly impossibly if you're relying on a long list of different vendors.
Agencies might be more justified in relying on the multi-vendor approach to programmatic if there weren't a good alternative. But, in fact, we now have platforms that can handle all of a brand's goals and tactics with one coherent strategy. A great programmatic vendor is an all-purpose problem-solver that first understands what marketers are trying to achieve – be it prospecting or retargeting – and then uses all available data to arrive at that goal.
What happens when too many vendors are involved in a campaign? Let's have a look.
When Prospecting Meets Site Retargeting
Take, for example, the difference between prospecting ("customer acquisition" in marketer speak) and site retargeting. Site retargeting isn't prospecting because the customers aren't entirely new – you're targeting users who have already visited your site. But there are a few areas where it can be difficult to draw the line between the two. Say a brand owns multiple Web properties. If you're running a prospecting campaign for Walmart that's designed to find customers looking for grills, you might want to target anyone who visits the grill section at Sam's Club. This is prospecting because the Sam's Club customers haven't been to Walmart.com, but it's also, in essence, cross-site retargeting. And if you've got one vendor focused exclusively on retargeting and another exclusively on prospecting, you're going to lose the chance to acquire these customers.
When Search Retargeting Is Confused With Site Retargeting
Or, better yet, take the case of search retargeting. When it comes to search retargeting things can get tricky, in part because even a lot of agency types who should know better still don't understand how it works. In fairness, the terminology can get confusing. Because it's called search retargeting, many people think the practice amounts to retargeting visitors who come to a site based on their inbound search activity. In fact, search retargeting is not a form of site retargeting but a prospecting tactic that looks for new customers to target based strictly on the terms they've searched. In other words, it's not where site and search targeting meet but where display targeting meets SEM.
And that's not all. Sometimes the challenge is not simply in understanding the distinctions but in knowing when to use one tactic or another. For example, what's the best approach for customers who have been inactive for a very long time (more than a year)? Is it still effective to use site retargeting for such users, or should they fall back into the prospecting pool?
When Site Retargeting Gets Better With Search Data
As noted above, search retargeting is not a form of site retargeting. But site retargeting can still make use of search data. An advanced site retargeting campaign, known as programmatic site retargeting, look at dozens of variables, including both search engines terms and on-site search data, to decide whether to retarget a given user. Simply put, site retargeting works better when you use as much data as possible, and the more vendors working on a given campaign, the less data that will likely be available for advanced site retargeting.
All of this begs the question: Why aren't brands cracking down on agencies or working directly with sophisticated programmatic vendors that can handle all of their needs? Perhaps the best explanation is that the distinctions outlined above are sometimes lost on brand marketers, who are more preoccupied by hitting their goals, regardless of how an agency spreads out the given tasks.
So, let's hope the message about all-purpose platforms gets out. Because this is one case where gray areas can turn out to be a very good thing.
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Peace Quotes and Sayings
Life has taught me that to be happy one must attain peace. For without peace, there can be no happiness.
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
– John Lennon
Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
– African Proverb
Break records not bones.
When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
If parents allow their children to express themselves in all matters, I believe there would be perfect peace.
Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.
Imagine the world as one country with one policy and one president. It would be like having one religion. How peaceful would that be.
Your life is yours and my life is mine. We own it and we can do whatever we want with it, but lets live in peace and respect differences to make this world a better place.
How do you find peace? When you take a fruit like orange do you eat it at once or you peal off the skin before you eat? The answer is simple, you peal the skin off before you eat. Therefore you can find that peace which is within you only when you take away the bitter part of your life. If you do not live in peace now you may regret it one day in the future.
War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
– George Orwell
In this world we fight for peace, to get that peace we must stop fighting but if we stop fighting all hell will break loose.
Choiceless-ness is the secret of eternal peace.
– Anandmurti Gurumaa
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.
– Robert A. Heinlein
Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?
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An Analysis of the Portrayal of the Legendary Goddess Circe in the Poem Circe by Olga Broumass
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The legendary goddess Circe is portrayed to her fullest view in Olga Broumass masterful poem Circe In Greek mythology Circe is a masterful sorceress who lived on the island of Aeaea where with potions and incantations she was able to turn people into beasts While Circes magic did transform men into animals she never did anything to alter the spirit or soul of a man rather she merely transformed his body into that of the animal that was closest to his true nature Broumass poem incorporates ideas and themes from Homers Odyssey to which she adds a feminist perspective In the course of his wanderings the hero Odysseus visited her island with his companions whom she turned into swine With the help of Hermes Odysseus was able to resist Circes enchantments and restore his men to their natural form Through three stanzas the Charm the Anticipation and the Bite Olga Broumas displays a new view of the myth of Circe as well as the outlook on women both past and present Throughout the first stanza the Charm Broumas depicts Circe as a wanton woman - a woman that is touching the horizon of ecstasy Sometimes considered a nymph Circe is of a divine beauty that enables her to be a great lover capable of capturing any mans heart According to the myth she ceremoniously takes Odysseus to her bed where she plans to conquer him both mentally and physically Broumass use of the metaphoric term fire casts a sense of passion and heat into Circes rapture Bites to the little death discretely makes mention of a climatic moment between the two and it continues till she comes to nothing Broumas 978 When she realizes that Odysseus is immune to her spells Circe truly falls in love with him She has never met a mortal that could resist her powers She has to bite on her own sweet tongue in order to contain herself and keep
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PERCY ST. GEORGEv.THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, ET AL.
In this habeas case brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, there is no real dispute that petitioner's former attorney was ineffective when he failed to file a timely appeal after informing the sentencing court that he intended to do so and failed to consult with the petitioner about filing an appeal. The disagreement is over what the appropriate relief is. Petitioner contends he should be permitted to file an amended habeas petition in the federal court without having to exhaust his state remedies through the appellate process. The respondents, on the other hand, argue that his remedy is the reinstatement of his state appellate rights.
We conclude that the petitioner's attorney was ineffective and petitioner is entitled to relief. Therefore, we shall conditionally grant the petition for a writ of habeas corpus and vacate petitioner's convictions unless respondents reinstate his direct appeal so that he may have his claims decided on the merits and not on procedural grounds.
On October 22, 1997, a jury convicted Percy St. George of kidnapping, robbery and related offenses in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.*fn2 On December 3, 1997, Common Pleas Judge Anthony J. DeFino sentenced St. George to an aggregate fifteen-to-thirty year term of imprisonment. St. George is currently serving that sentence.
St. George's trial counsel did not file a notice of appeal within thirty days of the imposition of his sentence. On February 25, 1998, after the deadline for perfecting an appeal had passed, St. George filed a pro se notice of appeal
Through an administrative error, the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas docketed St. George's appeal in an unrelated case in which he was a defendant. This mistake resulted in many months of delay, during which St. George attempted to discern the status of his appeal by corresponding with the Clerk's office. On June 24, 1999, St. George filed an application for a nunc pro tunc appeal. Because no action was taken, he filed a petition for mandamus in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court which was denied on February 29, 2000. Remarkably, the state court reflects no activity between December 3, 1997, the date of sentencing and July 2, 2002, when new counsel was appointed.
On April 3, 2000, acting pro se, St. George filed his initial habeas corpus petition in the federal court. His habeas case was stayed pending the disposition of his PCRA petition.
On May 15, 2003, new court-appointed counsel filed an amended PCRA petition requesting reinstatement of petitioner's appellate rights. On April 29, 2004, the PCRA court granted St. George's application, reinstated his right to appeal nunc pro tunc, and appointed appellate counsel to represent him. St. George then proceeded to file a notice of appeal and a brief in the Superior Court. On April 11, 2006, the Superior Court dismissed St. George's appeal, ruling that his PCRA petition had been filed too late and the PCRA court did not have jurisdiction to reinstate his appeal rights.
After the Superior Court issued its decision finding that St. George's PCRA petition was untimely, St. George moved to reopen his federal habeas case.*fn3 His motion was granted.
In an opinion issued on March 30, 2009, District Judge Louis H. Pollak ruled that St. George was entitled to equitable tolling because the delay was caused by the Clerk of Courts' administrative error confusing St. George's two cases.*fn4 On November 25, 2009, St. George, with the assistance of appointed counsel, filed the amended petition for writ of habeas corpus that is currently before us.
Evidentiary Hearing
At the evidentiary hearing held on November 17, 2011, St. George and his former attorney both testified about their recollections of their conversations, particularly as they related to St. George's desire to file an appeal. St. George testified that he did not remember speaking with his trial counsel prior to trial about filing an appeal. Nor did St. George recall speaking with his counsel about filing an appeal after the verdict and before his sentencing. He recalled a meeting with his counsel to discuss a plea offer which counsel encouraged him not to take because it would have exposed him to a sentence of 50 to 100 years.
What St. George did remember is significant. He testified that his attorney informed Judge DeFino at sentencing that St. George intended to appeal his conviction. The transcript of the sentencing confirms St. George's recollection of what his attorney represented to Judge DeFino. Addressing the court, counsel represented:
We will of course have issues that we are going to take up on post-trial motions and on appeal concerning this matter. . . . As you know, he stands convicted. You know we went to trial in the matter. He maintained that he was innocent, still maintains his innocence, went to trial, went before the Court. And the jury came back with the decision that they made. He stands here and he understands that he is going to have to, you know, be sentenced on this today and we will preserve our post-trial, you know, post-sentence motions and of course appeals to the superior court.*fn5
St. George testified that after sentencing he wrote to his attorney inquiring about the status of his appeal. His letter "came back return to sender." St. George concluded from the returned letter that "he didn't file it." St. George then filed an appeal on his own behalf.
According to St. George, he had no contact with his attorney until the two men met about an unrelated case approximately five months after his sentencing. According to St. George, at that meeting, he asked his counsel why he had not filed a notice of appeal. Dissatisfied with the answer, St. George filed a motion to have him removed from the unrelated case.*fn6
St. George's trial counsel testified that he did not recall asking St. George whether he wanted to file an appeal. He explained that when he went to St. George's house to return some of his clothes, he spoke to a "young lady" there, whom he believed to be St. George's "friend or girlfriend." From this conversation, he assumed "they were getting an appeals counsel."*fn7 Counsel elaborated:
Now, Mr. St. George did not tell me that he-he was using someone else or anything of that nature, but that person may have mentioned it to me. Past that, as I told both the-yourself and the District Attorney, I don't have any, you know, pure recollection as to what happened after that.*fn8 Counsel's testimony regarding this conversation with the "young lady" was vague and inconclusive. There was no time frame, that is, whether it occurred before or after the time for taking an appeal. His recollection of the content of the conversation was not definite. Counsel could not recall that the female, whose relationship to St. George he did not know, specifically told him that another lawyer had been retained to file an appeal. He acknowledged that he did not make any effort to contact St. George to find out whether St. George actually planned to retain a different attorney to represent him in his appeal. In short, counsel did not consult with his client about his appellate rights.
Counsel admitted that he typically would file a notice of appeal after making a representation like the one he made to Judge DeFino. He did not remember making a decision not to file a notice of appeal.
On cross examination, St. George's counsel testified that at the time of St. George's conviction, it was not his general practice to file a notice of appeal absent a specific request from the defendant. He did not remember whether St. George requested him to file one.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
In Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), the Supreme Court held that criminal defendants are entitled to "reasonably effective assistance" of counsel under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. Id. at 687. To establish ineffectiveness under Strickland, a defendant must demonstrate that (1) counsel's legal representation "fell below an objective standard of reasonableness," and (2) the unreasonable representation prejudiced the defendant. Id. at 694. These two prongs of the Strickland analysis are commonly referred to as "cause" and "prejudice."
It has long been established that it is professionally unreasonable for a lawyer to ignore a defendant's specific instruction to file a notice of appeal. Rodriquez v. United States, 395 U.S. 327 (1969). In the present case, there is no evidence that St. George specifically instructed his counsel to file an appeal. Nor is there evidence suggesting that St. George instructed his counsel not to file an appeal. The evidence does show that St. George reasonably relied upon his attorney's representation to Judge DeFino that he would be filing an appeal; and, in reliance on that statement, St. George did not feel the need to affirmatively direct his attorney to file one.
In Roe v. Flores-Ortega, 528 U.S. 470 (2000), the Supreme Court held that if a defendant has not instructed an attorney to file an appeal, "the question whether counsel has performed deficiently by not filing a notice of appeal is best answered by first asking a separate, but antecedent, question: whether counsel in fact consulted with the defendant about an appeal." Id. at 478. Flores-Ortega defines consulting as "advising the defendant about the advantages and disadvantages of taking an appeal, and making a reasonable effort to discover the defendant's wishes." Id. at 478. Neither St. George nor his attorney could recall any conversation regarding the filing of an appeal at any time.
The inquiry under Flores-Ortega does not, however, end with the determination that counsel did not consult with the defendant about filing a notice of appeal. The Court in Flores-Ortega declined to adopt a bright-line rule that counsel always has a duty to consult with a defendant about filing an appeal. Id. at 481. Rather, the Court held that where counsel did not consult with the defendant about filing an appeal, counsel's performance is objectively unreasonable if "there is reason to think either (1) that a rational defendant would want to appeal (for example, because there are non-frivolous grounds for appeal), or
(2) that this particular defendant reasonably demonstrated to counsel that he was interested in appealing." Id. at 480.
The fact that St. George maintained his innocence and decided to go to trial, rather than the government's plea offer, would have demonstrated to any attorney that he desired to appeal his conviction, imposing upon counsel the obligation to consult with him to discuss his options. In Flores-Ortega, the Court observed that "whether the conviction follows a trial" is a "highly relevant," although "not determinative," factor in the inquiry into whether counsel had a duty to consult with a defendant about filing an appeal. Id. at 480. On the other hand, "a guilty plea reduces the scope of potentially appealable issues and . . . may indicate that the defendant seeks an end to judicial proceedings." Id. A defendant who claims innocence, as does St. George, is likely to want to appeal his conviction. Indeed, after having been convicted, St. George insisted on his innocence.
Counsel's statements to Judge DeFino at sentencing reflect that he believed that there were meritorious issues for appeal and that St. George had conveyed to him a desire to file an appeal. In Hodge v. United States, 554 F.3d 372 (3d Cir. 2009), the court determined that it need not resolve a factual dispute about whether Hodge had asked his counsel to file an appeal because "[n]obody contends that Hodge told his lawyer that he did not want to appeal," and if "counsel was unsure about Hodge's wishes . . . any doubt under these circumstances should have been resolved in favor of appeal." Id. at 380. Here, as in Hodge, any doubt that counsel might have had with regard to St. George's intentions should have been resolved in favor of filing an appeal. Even if counsel, based on his secondhand conversation with the "young lady" at St. George's house, believed that St. George did not want his assistance in filing an appeal, counsel had an obligation to confirm that belief with his client. He did not do so. Thus, St. George has demonstrated that his attorney's representation of him "fell below an objective standard of reasonableness." Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687-88.*fn9
Under Flores-Ortega, a defendant has shown prejudice "when counsel's constitutionally deficient performance deprives a defendant of an appeal that he otherwise would have taken." 528 U.S. at 484. Because counsel's unreasonable failure to file a notice of appeal results in the forfeiture of the proceeding itself,a defendant need not "demonstrate that his hypothetical appeal might have had merit." Id. at 483, 486. Rather, the defendant need only show that "but for counsel's deficient conduct, he would have appealed." Id.
In the present case, St. George's desire to file an appeal has been more than sufficiently demonstrated by the unsuccessful pro se appeal he filed shortly after the deadline for filing an appeal lapsed, his subsequent correspondence with state court personnel regarding the status of his pro se appeal, and his attempt to file an appeal nunc pro tunc. The record leaves no doubt that St. George would have taken an appeal had it not been for counsel's constitutionally deficient performance of his duty to St. George. Therefore, St. George has shown prejudice.
Requested Relief
The parties disagree what the appropriate relief is. Respondents point out, and St. George does not dispute, that a conditional writ ordering that the defendant be released unless his direct appeal rights are reinstated is the usual and preferred remedy for a Flores-Ortega violation.*fn10 See, e.g., United States v. Shedrick, 493 F.3d 292, 303 (3d Cir. 2007) ("[W]e will follow the usual course in cases of this nature: vacate and remand for re-entry of the initial sentence so that there can be a timely appeal"); Hodge, 554 F.3d at 382 (vacating sentence and remanding for re-entry of sentence to permit defendant opportunity to file direct appeal); Lewis v. Johnson, 359 F.3d 646, 662 (3d Cir. 2004) (instructing the district court to "issue a writ of habeas corpus conditioned on the Commonwealth's reinstatement of Lewis's right of first appeal").
Citing the years of delay, St. George requests that we retain jurisdiction over his habeas petition and permit him to file a new or supplemental petition in this court raising any claims for relief he may have under state or federal law. In other words, he seeks to avoid a return to the state court system and additional delay. He asks us to excuse the exhaustion requirement.
Generally speaking, "a federal court may not entertain a petition for a writ of habeas corpus unless the petitioner has first presented each of his claims to the state's highest tribunal." Lee v. Stickman, 357 F.3d 338, 341 (3d Cir. 2004) (citations omitted); see also 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b), (c). Because the Superior Court ruled that St. George's PCRA petition was time-barred, it has not yet reached the merits of St. George's appeal. Significantly, we do not know what grounds for relief St. George intends to raise.
Acknowledging that his claims for relief have not been exhausted, St. George points out that the exhaustion requirement "is not jurisdictional, but a matter of comity." Story v. Kindt, 26 F.3d 402, 405 (3d Cir. 1994) (citation omitted). St. George argues that we should excuse the exhaustion requirement in his case based on the delay he experienced in obtaining appellate review of his conviction and sentence.
The failure to exhaust state remedies may be excused if "there is an absence of available State corrective process" or "circumstances exist that render such process ineffective to protect the rights of the applicant." 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(1)(B). The Third Circuit has held that "inexcusable or inordinate delay by the state in processing claims for relief may render the state remedy effectively unavailable." Wojtczak v. Fulcomer, 800 F.2d 353, 354 (3d Cir.1986). Here, there is an available state process in a direct appeal through which St. George may assert his claims.
St. George relies upon Lee, 357 F.3d 338 and Heiser v. Ryan, 15 F.3d 299 (3d Cir. 1994). In Lee, the court concluded that the petitioner, whose PCRA petition had been pending in the Pennsylvania state courts for almost eight years at the time he filed his federal habeas corpus petition, "should be required to wait no longer." 357 F.3d at 343-44. The Third Circuit remanded Lee's case to the district court to "entertain his petition on its merits." Id. at 344. In Heiser, the petitioner's motion to withdraw his guilty plea remained pending at the time of habeas review, over eleven years after the motion was filed and four years after his PCRA petition was filed. 15 F.3d at 302. Heiser argued that this delay entitled him to immediate discharge from custody. Id. at 304. The Third Circuit disagreed, noting with approval that "[b]ecause of the delay in the state courts' consideration of Heiser's motion to withdraw his guilty plea, the federal district court in effect sat as the substitute and gave Heiser the proceeding to which he was entitled." Id. at 307. The district court proceeding was an evidentiary hearing held for the purpose of determining whether Heiser's attorneys had threatened to withdraw unless Heiser pled guilty. Id. at 302.
Respondents argue that Heiser is inapposite because St. George, unlike Heiser, has "no real claim of inordinate delay."*fn11 We disagree that there was not an inordinate delay. Through no fault of his own, his case remained pending in the Pennsylvania courts for over eight years, from the February 25, 1998 filing of his pro se appeal to the April 11, 2006 decision by the Superior Court that his PCRA petition was time-barred. Respondents quantify the length of the delay differently. They point out that once the confusion between St. George's two cases was resolved and the state courts decided to construe his application to file an appeal nunc pro tunc as a PCRA petition, only four years passed before the Superior Court issued its decision. Whether four years or eight years, the delay is significant. Cf. Wojtczak, 800 F.2d. at 354 (excusing exhaustion based on 33 month delay in adjudicating PCRA petition).
Respondents also point out that St. George, unlike Heiser and Lee, "has no claims pending in the state courts."*fn12 The court in Heiser noted that "the habeas courts ordinarily have fashioned a remedy designed to spur the state courts to fulfilling their constitutional obligations to the defendant." 15 F.3d at 306 (citations omitted).
In both Lee and Heiser, the exhaustion requirement was excused with respect to claims that had already been presented in federal court. St. George, by contrast, has not filed a new or supplemental habeas petition raising any claims he may have under state or federal law. There are no pending claims in either the state or the federal courts.
We conclude St. George has a constitutional right to pursue the appeal of his conviction and the state courts have an obligation to decide the appeal on the merits and not on a procedural basis.
Because reasonable jurists could disagree as to whether the state court delay was so inordinate as to excuse the exhaustion requirement, we shall issue a certificate of appealability. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Miller-El v. Cockrell,537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003); United States v. Eyer, 113 F.3d 470, 473 (3d Cir. 1997).
We conclude that in failing to consult with St. George about the possibility of filing an appeal, even though he knew or should have known that St. George desired to appeal, St. George's attorney failed to provide him with objectively reasonable legal representation. Because counsel's deficient performance deprived St. George of an appeal that he otherwise would have taken, St. George is entitled to habeas corpus relief. Therefore, we shall grant St. George's petition for a writ of habeas corpus and vacate his conviction unless respondents reinstate St. George's direct appeal within 30 days of the date of this opinion.
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Court of Appeals of Illinois, First District, First Division
January 12, 2015
In re ESTATE OF ANGUS RODDEN, a Disabled Person (Robert F. Harris, Cook County Public Guardian and Plenary Guardian of the Estate and Person of Angus Rodden, a disabled person, Petitioner-Appellee,v.Audrey Newton, Respondent-Appellant)
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. No. 11 P 6818. Honorable Kathleen McGury, Judge Presiding.
In an action arising from an order entered by the trial court pursuant to a petition filed by the public guardian finding that respondent had breached her fiduciary duty to a disabled person for whom she had been granted power of attorney over his health care and personal estate by improperly writing checks from his account to herself, the trial court properly denied respondent's motion to vacate the trial court's order, notwithstanding respondent's contention that the order was void for lack of jurisdiction because the public guardian could only proceed by issuing a citation pursuant to section 16-1 of the Probate Act and a summons under section 2-201 of the Code of Civil Procedure, since the " petition" mechanism used by the public guardian is a recognized remedy and is the substantive equivalent of a citation to discover assets and is the functional equivalent of a summons to the extent that it commanded respondent to appear in court on a certain date, time and place to account for her actions. Decision Under
For APPELLANT: J. Laurence Kienlen, of counsel, Kienlen & Pietsch, Wheaton, IL.
For APPELLEE: Robert F. Harris, Kass A. Plain, Christopher Williams, of counsel, Office of the Cook County Public Guardian, Chicago, IL.
PRESIDING JUSTICE DELORT delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Cunningham and Connors concurred in the judgment and opinion.
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[¶1] In his waning years, Angus Rodden, age 93, granted his friend and caretaker, Audrey Newton, a power of attorney over his health care and personal estate. Robert Harris, the public guardian of Cook
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County, apparently believing Newton was not being cared for in an optimal manner, filed a petition for guardianship over Rodden in the circuit court of Cook County. The court granted that petition. Newton appeared at the hearing on the guardianship and resigned as Rodden's agent under the power of attorney. These resignations were in writing and filed with the court below. After acquiring guardianship, the public guardian investigated Rodden's situation and discovered that Newton had written checks from Rodden's account to herself totaling $17,000.
[¶2] The public guardian then filed a two-count pleading entitled " Petition for Accounting under Power of Attorney for Property." The petition's prayer for relief asks, among other things, that the court order Newton to file an accounting within 21 days, hold a hearing on any improper disbursements, and enter a judgment against Newton for any money improperly taken. Copies of the checks in question were attached to the petition.
[¶3] The petition is largely based on several interrelated provisions of the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. 755 ILCS 45/1-1 et seq. (West 2012). The first requires agents to maintain records of any disbursements they make on behalf of the principal and to provide copies of those records upon request to the principal's court-appointed guardian. 755 ILCS 45/2-7(c) (West 2012). The same law also provides that the public guardian may " petition the court for an order" requiring the agent to produce her record of receipts and disbursements. (Emphasis added.) 755 ILCS 45/2-7(d) (West 2012). It specifies that if the agent fails to do so and the court finds that the agent's failure to provide her record in a timely manner to the public guardian was without good cause, the court may assess costs and attorney fees against the agent, and " order such other relief as is appropriate." Id. Finally, it provides that an agent is liable to the principal for the amount required to make the principal whole. 755 ILCS 45/2-7(f) (West 2012).
[¶4] On April 25, 2012, the trial court entered an order granting the public guardian leave to file the petition and to serve it upon Newton through a special process server, and setting the case for May 18 for " Audrey Newton to appear and for status." On May 14, 2012, a special process server personally served Newton with a copy of the April 25 order and the petition, but not with a summons. Newton does not dispute the validity of this service. After Newton did not appear at the May 18, 2012, hearing, the court entered an order directing her to file an accounting by June 8 and to appear on June 14. The same day, the public guardian sent Newton a letter by regular and certified mail, enclosing a copy of that order. The record contains a returned certified mail " green card" for the letter indicating it was delivered on May 19 but which bears no recipient's signature. On June 14, 2012, after Newton twice failed to appear in court to respond to the petition, the court entered an order finding that Newton had breached her fiduciary duty to Rodden and imposed a judgment against her for $17,000.
[¶5] Rodden died two weeks later, on June 30, 2012. On October 15, 2013, the trial court closed the disabled person's estate, after the public guardian had accounted for his work on the matter and distributed Rodden's assets to various heirs.
[¶6] On November 19, 2013, Newton, through counsel, filed a motion to vacate the $17,000 judgment, alleging that it was void for lack of jurisdiction. Newton alleged that the public guardian could only proceed by issuing a citation under section 16-1 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/16-1 (West 2012)) and a summons under section 2-201 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure
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(735 ILCS 5/2-201 (West 2012)). Newton admitted that she was physically present at the initial guardianship hearing but noted that she had never filed an appearance in the case. The public guardian responded, essentially arguing that: (1) the petition was a valid method of proceeding to collect money the agent owed the ward; and (2) Newton subjected herself to the jurisdiction of the court by participating in the original guardianship hearing. Newton did not testify at the hearing on the motion to vacate, but her counsel indicated that Newton did not respond to the court orders or the petition because of " contempt" and " bad feelings" she held toward the public guardian's office. After briefing and argument, the trial court denied the motion to vacate. The court stated that the petition " does comply with all of the requirements of due process. It notifies the Respondent. It notifies Ms. Newton. It gives her an opportunity to appear and defense. It advises her of the consequents of not appearing." This appeal followed.
[¶7] We begin with several basic principles which our supreme court recently reaffirmed. For its judgment to be valid, the trial court must have jurisdiction over the subject matter and jurisdiction over the parties. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP v. Mitchell, 2014 IL 116311, ¶ 17, 379 Ill.Dec. 85, 6 N.E.3d 162. A judgment entered by a court without jurisdiction is void and may be challenged at any time, either directly or collaterally. Id. We review de novo whether the trial court obtained personal jurisdiction. Id. Personal jurisdiction is established either by service of process in accordance with statutory requirements or if a party voluntarily submits to the court's jurisdiction. Id. ¶ 18. Here, Newton was personally served with the petition, and she does not contest the validity of that service. Accordingly, the trial court had personal jurisdiction over her.
[¶8] Newton, however, also challenges the manner in which the petition was labeled, essentially contending that the public guardian sought the wrong remedy, and she leapfrogs that into an argument that the trial court had no jurisdiction. She correctly notes that the public guardian could have accomplished a similar result by framing his pleading as a citation to recover assets and serving it upon Newton along with a summons. However, the Power of Attorney Act specifically states that a guardian may proceed instead by " petition," and the context of the relevant section makes it clear that the petition is not a new and independent proceeding requiring a new case number and judicial assignment, but rather is in the nature of a third-party counterclaim brought under the aegis of the existing guardianship case. 755 ILCS 45/2-7(d) (West 2012). Section 2-201 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure also specifies that actions are commenced by " complaint," unless otherwise expressly provided by statute. 735 ILCS 5/2-201 (West 2012). Therefore, the " petition" mechanism used by the public guardian is statutorily recognized; the remedies were not as limited as Newton contends. More importantly, it is well established that " when analyzing a party's request for relief, courts should look to what the pleading contains, not what it is called." In re Haley D., 2011 IL 110886, ¶ 67, 959 N.E.2d 1108, 355 Ill.Dec. 375. A plain reading of the petition reveals that it is the substantive equivalent of a citation to recover assets. Similarly, the court order accompanying the petition was the functional equivalent of a summons. It commanded Newton to appear and account before the court on a specified date, time and place.
[¶9] Due process requires that before a court deprives someone of property, such as by entering a money judgment, the party is entitled to notice and an opportunity
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for a hearing appropriate to the nature of the case. Passalino v. City of Zion, 237 Ill.2d 118, 124, 928 N.E.2d 814, 340 Ill.Dec. 567 (2009). The various notices issued here more than comport with basic due process requirements.
[¶10] The record contains no transcript of the original guardianship hearing at which Newton appeared and resigned her agency under the power of attorney. Because we resolve the issues presented on the grounds set forth above, we need not address whether Newton's participation at that hearing and any statements she made orally subjected her to the jurisdiction of the court.
[¶11] For these reasons, we find that the trial court correctly denied the motion to vacate the judgment.
[¶12] Affirmed.
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Este retiro Oceanside, na comunidade Schooner Ridge, em Duck, oferece uma piscina privada, que se abre em abril. Você pode desfrutar de uma piscina aquecida por uma taxa. Existe uma banheira de água quente de oito pessoas no convés nível mais baixo com um balanço duplo rede. A proteção varanda com mesa e cadeiras no convés de nível superior, e vistas do oceano. O quintal é cercado e fechado com uma mesa de piquenique, churrasqueira e caixa de areia. Os hóspedes poderão desfrutar das comodidades da comunidade, incluindo três piscinas exteriores, um em frente ao mar, com banheira de hidromassagem e dunas-top deck. O clube tem uma piscina interior, com um ginásio impressionante. As ciclovias e caminhada vai levar você para as lojas e restaurantes da cidade, todos a curta distância. Há uma TV de tela plana na sala grande com uma colecção de DVD e lugares sentados para todos. Mckenna é limpo, bem abastecido e sempre mantido até à data. Esta bela casa oferece tudo que você precisa para umas férias perfeitas. Karen
Every year my family rents a house for the week of Thanksgiving in the Outer Banks. This house was our favorite by far of any we have stayed in over the years. The house was extremely clean and very well maintained, but the thing we liked the most is that this house has a lot of personality (you can tell this right away from the captain out front), this made the rental feel like home for us for the week and not just a place to stay.
The house was a very easy walk to the beach and I loved hearing the waves from the deck! We have young children and really appreciated the sandbox in the surprisingly large fenced in backyard, we were pleasantly suprised to see that the pool had a second fence around it allowing the children to play safely in the back. Our boys loved the bunk bed room and were thrilled with the wide variety of movies available. They loved the childrens books in the bunk room as well. The loft above the family room has a view of the ocean and the kids loved having a special place they could go play and "spy" on the adults.
We cooked a full thanksgiving dinner for 7 and were pleased to find that the kitchen was very well stocked with every pot, pan, and utensil we could possibly need. We are big coffee and tea drinkers and the owners thoughtfully had a fresh bag of coffee and some seasonal teas waiting for us.
The community center was another wonderful surprise! They have a large indoor heated pool, raquetball courts, tennis courts, a playground, large fitness center and even books to check out! In the summer, they also have a large outdoor pool at the ocean (in addition to the private pool in the backyard).
We would definitely rent this house again and would highly recommend it.
We have been visiting McKenna House for several years now and hopefully will be able to continue for many years to come. The house is very well maintained and equipped. It is perfect for our all adult family group. The location is great and the recreation center is a must for our group. If there is ever a problem the owner is readily available and the problem is addressed immediately. We always feel at home when we are there and truly enjoy the heated pool and the hot tub. We look forward to our stays at McKenna House and would highly recommend this house to others.
We have stayed at this home several times now and keep coming back. Other homes are either not as well located or lack the size and ease of use as this one when price comparisons are made. Highly recommend this home to anyone with young children. The backyard pool and play area are perfect. For the older set, the community exercise room is the best anywhere. Equipment is professional grade. Can't beat the Sunset Grill for best seafood around. You can't buy fresh tuna at the price we paid for full meals! Jet skiing is a big favorite also. Pick a day when the bay is nice and smooth.
We do miss the propane gas grill. Please consider returning it!
The weather was perfect and the beach beautiful. We will be planning for next summer again soon.
Karen and her crew are great people.
My husband and I rented the McKenna House for an anniversary celebration with our children and grandchildren. We loved having our own pool which was perfect for the young grandchildren. The grounds were well kept. We so enjoyed having a dining area where we could all eat together. Everyone loved the hot tub as well! The proximity to the ocean and the clubhouse amenities were really a plus!!! The house had everything we needed and the owner was so helpful and responsive. We will definitely go back again!!!!
This was our first VRBO experience and it was fantastic!! The McKenna house was by far one of the best we have ever stayed at in OBX. The house was clean, and bright and welcoming. Perfect location for families with kids. We had 4 adults and 6 kids ages 13 to 2, and there was plenty of room for everyone to do as they please. Playing outside on the decks, swinging on the win, a dip in the hot tub or pool, or reading in the loft, so great space for everyone.
IT was a 5 minute walk to the beach, or a 10 minute walk to the heart of Duck. We did both activities daily. We had bikes delivered to the house and the kids loved the opportunity to bike around the neighborhood. Access to the beach front pool and rec center was a wonderful perk. When there was no swimming in the ocean, we played at the beach and then swam at the beach front pool, a huge perk of the Schooner Ridge neighborhood.
Karen was a wonderful "host". Kitchen was well stocked with the little things, She immediately resolved any issue that came up, and was quick to respond to our questions during the planning process.
A great place to stay in OBX with family and friends!!!
We LOVE McKenna house. We have rented in Duck for 8 years and 6 years at McKenna House. I have no desire to stay anywhere else. The house is in the perfect location, has the perfect amenities and is a five minute walk from our own private beach and work out facility.
Karen does a great job maintaining the property and it is always clean and well stocked. She is a treat to work. We also appreciate her suggestions on restaurants, shopping and excursions. She has always provided great advice.
I highly recommend McKenna house for your family's next Outer Banks holiday.
A comunidade de Schooner de Ridge está situado no coração de Duck Village, a uma curta caminhada a partir da casa Mckenna. Nós somos uma das poucas praias que oferecem um tempo inteiro de protetor da vida da praia. Schooner Ridge tem três piscinas porta para fora, incluindo uma piscina do lado da praia.
A casa do clube está a uma curta distância a pé da casa. O ginásio tem todo o equipamento que você precisa para um bom trabalho. A piscina coberta é de tamanho olímpico, com campos de ténis e duas piscinas exteriores lado de fora da casa do clube. Sua família vai desfrutar de todas as comodidades da comunidade, durante a sua estadia conosco. Há atividades programadas no clube casa uma vez por semana.
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