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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Life Everlasting?
Eileen's post today inspired me to ask the question. Believe it or not, that question is a frequent topic of discussion for me and one of my walking buddies. We often meet at 6:00 a.m. (or even earlier, depending on the time of year) to do a 4-mile loop around my old neighborhood. We talk about a lot of stuff on those walks...
My friend and I both recoil in horror at the idea of living to be 90 or 100. I guess we've both seen too many relatives reach the point where they are breathing, rather than living.
It's easy, of course, to make declarations in a vacuum---when the choices you think you'd make are all abstract and don't really affect your life. But, at this point, I think that I would probably refuse major medical treatment after 70 or so. I'd do pain alleviation or minor things that would make me comfortable, but heart surgery? Treatment for breast cancer? I'm just not sure I would.
I'm not afraid of dying. In fact, I am much less afraid of dying than I am of suffering or reaching a point where I am dependent on others for all my needs.
I know this is a form of pride---and pride is a sin. I tell myself that a lot. But I have a gut-level, negative reaction to the idea that breathing/existing is to be gripped with both hands, no matter what the cost.
I certainly would never impose my views on anyone else---most particularly not on any relative or other person in my care. But I don't want to live forever.
I'm too interested to see what comes next to want to remain trapped here in a body that exists but cannot live a life that feels meaningful to me.
What do YOU say?
19 comments:
- Eileen said...
Well..I'd like to live as long as I can, as comfortably as I can. I wouldn't agree to major surgeries in my old age if I didn't feel strong enough to benefit from them.
But, I'd like the luxury to have my discomforts/big health decisions start past age 70.
Plenty of 35-40 yo's with debilitating illnesses. They are dependent on others, living in pain - but have most of their friends, children and family living around them.
I think I'll take the years God gives me, and pray for the strength to meet the challenges I'm charged to meet in that life - be they physical or emotional or both.
But, I do agree, at some point, the benefits need to be weighed against the costs. Bottom line analysis. Especially for really invasive or painful medical procedures. - 2:50 PM
- Grandmère Mimi said...
Doxy, once you've turned 70, your gauge of the cut-off age for major medical treatment may change.
I'd definitely have treatment for breast cancer. I'd probably have heart surgery.
I'm not afraid of dying, but being in reasonably good health at the ripe old age of 72, soon to turn 73, I'm not ready to hang it up.
Of course, if God has other ideas, I may not have a choice.
I would not like to be a burden to anyone, but I am not at that point yet. - 7:46 PM
- lj said...
On my mom's side we have some serious longevity. She's 79 now and in perfect health, full of vim and vigor, or piss and vinegar depending on the day. I definitely want her to keep living long and well. I have known several women in their 90s who continued to live in their own homes, gardening and cooking and playing instruments and coming to church and I have loved knowing and visiting them.
I'd love to be 90 some day, especially if I can still laugh and sing. I certainly agree with not hanging on to life that isn't really life and I hope I'll be ready to die graciously whenever that time comes. I don't want extradorinary measures to keep me breathing if I'm mostly gone. I'll take hospice over the hospital if that time comes. I hope I never try to cling to life, but I also hope to enjoy it for as many days as I can. - 12:03 AM
- Mark said...
I think, like Blake:
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour...
Why would I need forever when I have Eternity? - 3:39 AM
- Wormwood's Doxy said...
I'm always surprised by the intense reaction this topic causes for me.
Part of it, I think, is that I've had some pretty difficult family experiences around end-of-life issues. My stepfather, whom I mentioned in an earlier post, was diagnosed with cancer the day after Christmas in 1996. Apparently it had started in his lungs, but had moved to his colon, and his pancreas.
When we were told about the pancreatic cancer, I knew it was over for him. I don't know about now, but at that time there was simply no treatment for pancreatic cancer.
No one wanted to tell him that there was no hope, and his doctor threw the enire chemotherapy suitcase at him. His last few months were miserable, for no good reason. He died in April 1996--less than 4 months after his diagnosis.
My grandfather, OTOH, spent his last 10 years suffering from dementia, and the last 6 years bed-ridden. He died of complications of a stroke at 81---3 weeks after a doctor guilted my grandmother into putting in a feeding tube. His brain was blown, but the doctor said "If you don't put in this tube, he'll starve to death." It was awful.
But the women in my family live quite long lives. My grandmother will be 82 next month. She suffers from poorly controlled diabetes and high blood pressure, but she is still very active and completely in charge of her faculties.
She agrees with me, BTW. She has already said she won't do anything major at this point.
She had back surgery a few years ago to correct a compressed disc and it made a HUGE difference in her quality of life. That is what I was thinking about when I said I would do things to alleviate pain.
When I said 70, I have plenty of reason to believe that I might not have any serious health issues until I'm in my 80s anyway---but it *is* interesting to contemplate setting some arbitrary date...
It's funny, as I was typing this post, I was listening to MP's Laura Nyro link, and this song came on:
I'm not scared of dying
I don't really care
If it's peace you find in dying
Well, then let the time be near
If it's peace you find in dying
When dying time is here
Just bundle up my coffin
Cause it's colder down there
When I die
And when I'm gone
There'll be one child born
In the world to carry on. - 7:18 AM
- pj said...
Doxy, I'm so sorry for what your grandfather, and in particular your stepfather, had to go through.
What frightens me is the idea of being helpless -- dependent on other people for the basic stuff of life. My mom is the same age as your grandmother (I was a late-in-life baby) and she is quite independent. But last summer she broke her arm, and for about a month we saw what it might be like for her to not be able to live on her own. It's a depressing prospect. But then, should we ever get to that point, who knows how we might feel? I could turn out to be one of those "rage against the dying of the light" types. I won't know until I get there -- hopefully not for a while. - 9:25 AM
- David said...
Like lj above, I also have many, long-lived people in my family who remained quite spry into advanced old age.
So the prospect of being in my 90's doesn't scare me per se, long as I have reasonable health and most of my mental faculties intact. - 9:25 AM
- Sally said...
Interesting post, I understand your struggle with not wanting to simply breathe but to really live and the thought that being helpless and trapped in a body and unable to communicate effectively fills me with horror...
I guess we have to live withn the tensions I can come up with arguements both for and against euthanasia. - 2:20 PM
- Kay said...
My health has been less that wonderful for a large chunk of my life. Because of this I have a hard time imagining living till I'm very old. I sometimes half-joke with my husband that another 10 years will be enough for me.
Seriously though, as long as I can take care of myself I'm happy to live. When the time comes that I cannot, it will be time to move on.
Boy that sounds depressing. - 12:12 PM
- lj said...
Hey Doxy, Because I only scored 16 on the "how nerdy are you" quiz, I have issues with computers. I can't access your email because when I click on "email" it kicks me to an email system I'm not in, rather than bringing up your email in my system. I sure there is a way to short-circuit this, but in the meantime, you can email me at revlauraj AT yahoo DOT com.
- Wormwood's Doxy said...
I've e-mailed you, LJ.
Kay--I write about this as someone in reasonably good health. In fact, my health is better now at 44 than it's ever been---I exercise, I'm at my "ideal" weight, don't smoke, etc. I eat like crap, but it hasn't caught up with me just yet. I have a minor case of carpal tunnel and a bum knee and ankle, but nothing that really hurts me all the time or impedes what I REALLY want to do.
So please forgive me if I was offensive. It's always a gamble to talk about stuff like this, because everyone's experience is so different.
Sally--the interesting thing about my grandfather is that, although I think he would have been horrified at where he ended up, he was--by and large--apparently quite content in his dementia. That's the only thing that gives me pause--I have such a strong attachment to my "intellect" (for lack of a better word), but he seemed quite happy in those years. It was much harder on us than it was on him, I think. - 5:06 PM
- Kay said...
So please forgive me if I was offensive. It's always a gamble to talk about stuff like this, because everyone's experience is so different.
You were in no way, shape, or form offensive. No worries. No need to forgive anything.
Did I come across like I was offended? I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to. - 9:29 AM
- sharecropper said...
This isn't such a hot topic for me - eternal life in this body with it continuing to age seems a bit ridiculous. I'm having a good time since a good doctor fixed up my lungs, and I'm looking forward to Grandmere Mimi's decade.
As I said on Eileen's blog, I think I'll be one of those people who arrive in heaven saying, "Whew! What a ride!" - 7:18 PM
- Dennis said...
my grandparents lasted quite well into their late 80s. I think I would like to follow in their footsteps or even make it longer. Granddaddy used those last years after retirement to travel a little and read voraciously.
I think I will be furiously trying to get one last chapter read of some book as they are trying one more time to use the paddles and bring me back again.
No, wait, I'll say. I have more to read. And besides, I have yet to finish Proust. Keep resuscitating until I know what happens to Marcel! RUHFFP will be on the outside of my patient chart: Resuscitate until he finally finishes Proust. - 2:44 AM
- David said...
Heh. Dennis is right. Advanced bibliophilia can result in all sorts of bizarre behavior.
And I should know... ;)
"So many books, so little time..." - 9:25 AM
- Laura said...
I worked as an intensive care nurse and as a nurse in an oncology clinic for most of my work life, so I have weird ideas on this subject.
I want to live as long as I'm alive. Period. And I get to decide what "alive" means. When I was younger, we nurses all wanted to tatoo DNR (do not recessitate) on our chests. Now, I don't want that. I have a reason to stay in this life--my grandchildren. I want to see them grow up. I want to give them my hard earned, sage advice. But, if I am in such a state that I can't, so be it. I have a place to be that is wonderful if I can't be with my babies.
My family on both sides tends to die in their 70's. I will be 50 this year, so that is a wonderful clarification on how much I time I have to write what I want, pass on what I want. I have seen in my work how temporary life can be. I know how easily it can be snatched away. I have made decisions on staying in certain situations with that in mind.
I also know many people who continue to work, play golf, and do exactly what they want to do in their 80's and even 90's. One of my EfM buddies turned 90 this year, and stopped EfM only because she can't see to read anymore--but she sure can discuss it. God bless her. I want to be like that when I grow up. I use folks like her instead of family members as role models as I see that as ideal. Again, living as long as I'm alive.
That's my two cents on the issue. - 7:55 PM
- sharecropper said...
Hey, Doxy, time to start something new! Are you busy living life or something? LOL
- Wormwood's Doxy said...
I'm busy trying to get divorced, and I can't tell you how painful it is...sigh.
I'm debating over whether to blog about it. At this point, I'm just tired of talking about it and want it to be over (this is the "hard thing" I alluded to last week...).
So please pray for all of us, if you will. That we can find a way to be kind to one another and get on with the business of living. Right now, kindness is in short supply on his end, and patience is in short supply on mine. :-( - 9:40 AM
- sharecropper said...
OK, Doxy, keep that sweetness alive and it will give you patience. Lindy over at Two Fruits in the sukka tells us about a transdermal grace patch that automatically transmits grace when you need it. We could all use one of those. You're in my love and prayers.


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132 Evacuated When Harry Potter Ride Breaks Down
A new ride at Universal's Islands of Adventure broke down Friday night, leaving riders stranded.
Orlando Fire Department officials responded to 911 calls at about 8:15 p.m. There were 132 people on the ride, and OFD officials said all passengers had been removed without medical complaints as of 9:45 p.m.
Universal officials only said that a ride was stuck and crews were attempting to evacuate guests. They would not initially say which ride was affected.
WESH 2's Michelle Meredith confirmed that it was the new attraction "Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey" in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
The same ride came to a standstill with a WESH 2 crew on board in June. The breakdown left reporter Amanda Ober and photographer Scott Pisczek lying horizontal on their backs with their legs up in the air.
OFD officials said one rider called 911 when the roller coaster stopped Friday night because he thought he was upside down. However, Universal officials said the Forbidden Journey ride doesn't go upside down.
An OFD official told WESH 2 that there was some sort of mechanical issue on the ride. He said the evacuations proceeded smoothly, without panic or injury. Guests used the provided catwalks and ladders to exit the Forbidden Journey.
In all, 52 cars full of passengers were unloaded as Universal worked to repair the Harry Potter ride.
Universal officials said the ride will be up and running Saturday morning.
is sleeeeepy!!!I am:
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Oh good grief!!! It does happen though doesnt it, just thank goodness nobody was hurt or anything
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The breaking down doesn't worry me it's the thought of being lied flat with my legs in the air! WTH does the ride do to you? Lol
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Think id rather be laying horizontal with my legs up in the air than horizontal with my legs dangling down!
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A unique resource of information on eating disorders (EDs), this book aims to improve communication between people with EDs and their loved ones by revealing the ED mind set and decoding language choices. Full of everyday examples, it details the common pitfalls and gives invaluable advice on how best to defuse the triggers. more »
2012, Paperback: £12.99/ $19.95Keywords: adults, anorexia, anxiety, bulimia, challenging behaviour, communication, counselling, eating disorders, families, mental illness, obsessive compulsive disorder, parenting, psychology, relationships, self harm, teenagers
This book looks at ways of improving care provision for people with learning disabilities who self-injure. The first part of the book sets out the theories behind psychological approaches to understanding self-injury, and in the second half case studies and 'practice pointers' propose ways of improving direct care. more »
2012, Paperback: £19.99/ $32.95Keywords: adult protection, anxiety, autism, challenging behaviour, community care, counselling, mental health, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, self harm, social work
An easy-to-read guide for parents, carers and professionals working with young people showing signs of self-harm and suicidal behaviours, which gives advice on how to identify problems and how to support the young person. more »
2012, Paperback: £12.99/ $21.95Keywords: adolescence, child psychology, children, counselling, depression, families, looked after children, mental health, parenting, pastoral care, residential care, self harm, social care, social work, suicide, teenagers, youthwork
This book explains the classifications and manifestations of suicide, risk factors, at-risk groups and warning signs. Advice on effective communication and strategies for distress management are offered for use with vulnerable individuals, those who have survived a suicide attempt and families coping with bereavement. more »
2012, Paperback: £21.99/ $37.95Keywords: adults, alcohol, bereavement, bullying, child protection, children, counselling, death, depression, families, grief, group psychotherapy, mental health, mental illness, older people, palliative care, pastoral care, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, relationships, risk assessment, self esteem, self harm, social care, substance abuse, suicide, teenagers, trauma, violence, youthwork
This is a practical guide for professionals on understanding and responding to self-harm in children and adolescents. It includes information about what self-harm is and who is likely to self-harm, and provides practical advice on how to identify self-harm, how to respond and intervene, and how to support the child or young person. more »
2012, Paperback: £15.99/ $27.95Keywords: adolescence, child psychology, counselling, early intervention, health care, mental health, nursing, risk assessment, safeguarding children, self harm, social work, suicide, teenagers
The anger gremlin feeds off anger and gets bigger the angrier you get. The only way to stop him is to starve him of angry feelings, and this workbook teaches you how. Fun and simple activities help young people to understand and control their anger. Based on cognitive behavioural therapy principles, it is an ideal anger management resource. more »
2012, Paperback: £12.99/ $19.95Keywords: adolescence, anger management, bullying, challenging behaviour, children, cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling, education, emotions, parenting, pastoral care, self esteem, self harm, social care, social work, teenagers, youthwork
Working with Suicidal Individuals provides a comprehensive guide to understanding suicide, the assessment of risk, and the treatment and management of suicidal individuals. It covers the theory behind suicidal behaviour, using Transactional Analysis to explore the personality types of suicidal individuals and to understand their motivations. more »
2010, Paperback: £19.99/ $34.95Keywords: counselling, depression, health care, mental illness, nursing, psychology, psychosis, psychotherapy, risk assessment, self harm, suicide
The author of this book guides the reader through developing journal writing to use as a therapeutic tool. The book includes advice on working with individuals, facilitating a therapeutic writing group, proposed clinical applications, practical techniques, useful journal prompts, exercises and case vignettes. more »
2010, Paperback: £17.99/ $29.95Keywords: arts therapies, counselling, creative therapies, creative writing as therapy, creativity, emotions, expressive therapies, families, grief, group psychotherapy, health care, interdisciplinary arts therapies, mental health, occupational therapy, offenders, poetry, psychoanalysis, psychology, relationships, self esteem, self harm, sexual abuse, social care, social work, supervision, trauma
The authors examine the underlying causes of BESD, and discuss research-based theory. They offer a range of interventions and therapies for use in and out of school, and encourage practitioners to develop skills such as engaging with parents, identifying special educational needs and setting constructive boundaries. more »
2010, Paperback: £18.99/ $34.95Keywords: ADD, addiction, ADHD, adolescence, advocacy, alcohol, anger management, anxiety, bereavement, bulimia, bullying, challenging behaviour, child protection, child psychology, children, children's rights, cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling, depression, disability, divorce, drugs, dyslexia, dyspraxia, eating disorders, education, educational psychology, emotions, families, inclusive classroom, mainstream education, mental health, occupational therapy, parenting, pastoral care, psychology, resilience, safeguarding children, self esteem, self harm, social care, social work, special education, substance abuse, suicide, teenagers, violence, youthwork
The Social Worker's Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health provides a comprehensive guide to working with children and young people who are experiencing mental health problems, and equips the reader with the knowledge and skills to provide the best service to these vulnerable young people. more »
2010, Paperback: £22.99/ $39.95Keywords: ADD, addiction, adolescence, anxiety, Asperger syndrome, attachment, autism, bipolar disorder, child development, child protection, child psychiatry, child psychology, children, children's rights, counselling, depression, drugs, early intervention, ethnicity, families, joint working, mental health, mental illness, obsessive compulsive disorder, risk assessment, safeguarding children, self harm, social care, social policy, social work, substance abuse, teenagers, trauma
This is a classic text for students and practitioners in the child care and protection field which summarises important current thinking on child development and applies it directly to practice. The book covers key issues such as resilience and vulnerability and the impact of protective or adverse environments. more »
2010, Paperback: £19.99/ $34.95Keywords: addiction, adolescence, adoption, attachment, bereavement, carers, challenging behaviour, child development, child protection, child psychiatry, child psychology, children, children's rights, counselling, disability, divorce, domestic abuse, drugs, early intervention, Early Years Foundation Stage, families, fostering, grief, joint working, looked after children, mental health, mental illness, nursing, parenting, psychology, race, relationships, resilience, risk assessment, safeguarding children, self esteem, self harm, sexuality, social care, social work, teenagers, transitions, trauma, violence, youthwork
This photocopiable workbook encourages adults who have been involved with bullying - as either victims or perpetrators - to explore what bullying is, its effects, and how to tackle it successfully. Readers are invited to consider the thoughts, feelings and actions associated with bullying and offered helpful strategies for dealing with it. more »
2010, Paperback: £29.99/ $49.95Keywords: adult protection, adults, anger management, anxiety, Asperger syndrome, autism, bullying, challenging behaviour, community care, counselling, depression, disability, emotions, grief, high functioning autism, mental health, nonverbal learning disabilities, occupational therapy, pastoral care, self esteem, self harm, sexual abuse, social care, social skills, special education, substance abuse, suicide, teenagers, violence
Trauma can result from a range of experiences from bullying to witnessing violence to living through war. This book explores the different reactions children may experience, and the impact trauma can have. Appropriate and effective ways of helping children after a traumatic event are outlined, and different types of therapy are discussed. more »
2010, Paperback: £19.99/ $32.95Keywords: adolescence, adoption, attachment, bereavement, bullying, challenging behaviour, child development, child psychiatry, child psychology, children, cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling, creative therapies, creative writing as therapy, death, depression, domestic abuse, education, educational psychology, emotions, expressive therapies, families, fostering, grief, looked after children, mainstream education, pastoral care, play therapy, probation, relationships, resilience, risk assessment, safeguarding children, school phobia, self esteem, self harm, social care, social work, teenagers, trauma, youthwork
Supporting Positive Behaviour examines the underlying reasons for behaviour that challenges, ways to spot challenges before they occur and strategies to minimise or prevent incidents. This interactive workbook will help staff to understand appropriate interventions, and implement strategies that will reduce the behaviours over time. more »
2010, Paperback: £14.99/ $26.95Keywords: adult protection, adults, advocacy, anger management, anxiety, carers, challenging behaviour, communication, community care, dementia, disability, elder abuse, emotions, health care, intellectual disabilities, nonverbal learning disabilities, nursing, older people, person-centred, residential care, risk assessment, self harm, social care, social work, supported living
Are You Okay deals with these issues that many adults may face when trying to help a young person in their care in the aftermath of a crime. It provides detailed information on the different types of crime from assault and hate crime to cyberbullying and sexual abuse, and explores how they may affect the young person in different ways. more »
2010, Paperback: £14.99/ $26.95Keywords: adolescence, advocacy, bullying, child protection, child psychology, children, children's rights, communication, counselling, domestic abuse, education, educational training, emotions, families, grief, joint working, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, law, mainstream education, offenders, pastoral care, probation, PSHE, psychotherapy, race, relationships, residential care, resilience, restorative justice, risk assessment, safeguarding children, school phobia, SEAL, self esteem, self harm, sexual abuse, social care, social policy, social work, social work law, special education, supervision, teenagers, therapeutic communities, trauma, violence, youthwork
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Chester County man returned to prison for trip to Newtown, Conn., after shooting
WEST CHESTER — Jonathan Lee Riches, a 36-year-old West Goshen man who violated his probation during a December trip to Newtown, Conn., was sent back to state prison Thursday.
Riches appeared before Chester County Common Pleas Judge Jacqueline C. Cody for a probation violation hearing following a trip to Newtown just days after the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Detectives from the West Goshen Police Department notified Riches' probation officer of the violation after Riches posted a video of his trip on YouTube.
In the video, which was partially shown in court Thursday, Riches is seen attempting to reach the home of Sandy Hook gunman Adam Lanza, but is prevented by a police blockade. The video also shows Riches speaking to dolls with the faces of Adam Lanza, and his brother Ryan, attached. Early in the video Riches refers to the dolls as his friends, Ryan and Adam Lanza.
"We are truth seekers, and we are going to find out why Adam was mind-controlled and manipulated to go in and allegedly shoot little kids in Sandy Hook Elementary School, and why this happened," Riches said.
At that point in the video, Cody ordered a halt to the display, visibly disturbed by its content.
"We don't need to watch what he created," Cody said. "I don't need to see anymore."
During his trip, Riches also showed up at a Newtown memorial claiming to be "Jonathan Lanza," an uncle of gunman Adam Lanza. Several media outlets, including the New York Daily News, published Riches' claims that Lanza was taking a anti-psychotic drug prescribed to treat schizophrenia. Several photographs showing Riches knelt in prayer in front of a memorial were also published by various media outlets.
Riches has also published videos of himself attempting to make calls to Adam Lanza's brother Ryan, which Assistant District Attorney Andrea Cardamone argued was another violation of his probation for disseminating personal information on the Internet.
Multiple officials familiar with Riches case have said his erratic online behavior appeared to focus around the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo. on July 20. That shooting left 12 people dead and 58 injured when a gunman attacked a theater during the premier of "The Dark Knight Rises." Riches' YouTube channel features many videos discussing the shooting, and proclaiming the innocence of alleged shooter James Holmes. Riches' videos frequently show him speaking to photographs of Holmes, who he refers to as his friend.
Cardamone said Thursday that both the West Goshen Police Department and Chester County Detectives have received multiple calls and complaints in recent months reporting "bizarre and alarming behavior" from Riches. Continued...
"What is alarming to the community is a lot of these postings on YouTube seem to celebrate or express an opinion for a kinship with some of the recent mass murderers in our country," Cardamone said. "More recently, the violations that we are dealing with here involve a clear obsession and fascination with Adam Lanza and the mass murder that occurred in Sandy Hook."
Riches' attorney, Robert J. Donatoni of West Chester, argued that Riches' videos were a product of an untreated mental illness, and asked Judge Cody to consider a sentence that would allow him to return to a federal facility where he could receive treatment.
"He is mentally ill. I don't say that as an excuse, I say that as a matter of fact," Donatoni said, arguing Riches would receive better treatment at a federal facility. "There is very little that can be done on a county level."
Riches addressed the court and acknowledged his illness, explaining that he is prescribed several medications and that he was not taking them during his trip to Connecticut.
"I have been diagnosed with a mental illness for many years. It's something I struggle with and that I'm working on," Riches told Judge Cody. "I need treatment. I have mental issues, I need help."
Judge Cody listened to Riches' explanation, but in the end was not convinced that his illness was reason enough to excuse his actions.
"You seem like a nice person, but you've done a terrible thing that has affected a lot of people," Cody said before revoking Riches' probation and sentencing him to 2½ to 5 years in state prison.
Afterward, Donatoni explained that he was disappointed in the decision and felt that Riches would be better served if he was sent to a federal prison with mental health facilities. "It is not what I was hoping and arguing for, it was obviously significantly more than what the commonwealth asked for. Hopefully there will be some mechanism in the state system that treats the mental illness, because at some point in time he is going to get out again," Donatoni said. "I believe he would be better served in a prison setting that has psychological and psychiatric treatment abilities that are much better in the federal system."
Riches was on probation for a 1997 conviction of wire fraud and identity theft. He has violated his probation at least four times since, according to court testimony Thursday.
Riches' trip also violated his supervised release that followed a 10-year stretch in federal prison for credit card fraud in a separate case. Officials said the federal government has been waiting to see the outcome of the local hearing to address the violation of his supervised release, and a federal hearing is now pending. Continued...
Riches has previously gained national notoriety for his reputation as the federal prison system's most litigious inmate. He has filed thousands of phony lawsuits that often named celebrities and other public figures as defendants.
In 2009 the Associated Press reported that Riches was suing the Guinness Book of World Records for attempting to name him as the world's "most litigious" person. Guinness denied naming Riches as a record holder and the case was later dismissed.
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<v Nick Kroll> Why are you biting your lip like that? Watch out. Start bleeding. Heh. [Coughs] You gotta kind of a thick frame. Husky. So you could probably handle this.
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<v Lauren> He's not finished painting yet? I don't trust him. He's dangerous!
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<v Selena Gomez> I knew Lauren was just looking out for me, but I knew Carl cared about me. And I felt so safe.
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<v Nick Kroll> It's actually great. You could scoop out the belly lint with this thing.
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<v Nick Kroll> You could take a picture. It'll last longer. [Coughs]
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<v Selena Gomez> He was so dominating. I had no choice but to obey. He wanted me to document our growing relationship.
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<v Nick Kroll> Are you really gonna take a picture? [Coughs]
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[Camera Shutter]
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<v Selena Gomez> It was our first photo.
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<v Nick Kroll> [Coughs] All right. Here's your bill.
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<v Selena Gomez> I didn't want him to go. I felt a pang in my stomach. I'd never felt like this about a man before. The thought of never seeing him again was agonizing.
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<v Nick Kroll> So, I'm just gonna...OK. You've, uh, not signed it. You've just put your number on here and then hugs and kisses. OK. Well, for a girl that doesn't talk at all, you have full-on creeped me out. This has been bizarre.
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<v Selena Gomez> The last remnants of Carl Blue were still fresh in my mind. He had changed me. I'll never be the same.
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text: Where Are They Now? Share Did you know that a number of past and present OSF actors/artists are readers for audiobooks produced by Blackstone Audio? Ray Porter and Anthony Heald are particularly prolific, with 72 and 40 titles, respectively. Other readers include Claudia Alick, Kevin Kenerly, Peter Macon, G. Valmont Thomas, Armando Durán, Eddie Lopez, Barry Kraft, Malcolm Hillgartner (95 audiobooks!) and Caroline Shaffer. To search for books by reader, click here and type in the reader's name in the search box on upper left portion of the screen. Actor/director Kenneth Albers' (at OSF many seasons) adaptation of Kafka's The Trial played at New Century Theatre Company in Seattle in April/May. Elijah Alexander (at OSF 2009, 2010, 2012) has a recurring role on the FOX-TV series "Touch". Linda Alper (at OSF 24 seasons) appeared as Lynn Fontanne in Ten Chimneys at Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland in May. She recently returned from a second visit to Taiwan, via a writers' grant from the National Science Council. Her translation of Napoli Milionaria!, written with Beatrice Basso, will be produced by American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco next season. Frankie J. Alvarez (at OSF 2011) will star in an as-yet-untitled dramedy project on HBO, exploring the highs and lows of life as part of a new generation of gay men. Tanya Saracho (playwright of 2013's The Tenth Muse) will be writing for this series as well. Charlie Bachmann (at OSF two seasons) is the Community Arts Coordinator at Creative Clay Cultural Arts Center in St. Petersburg, FL teaching Theater, Film and Visual Arts to artists with physical, emotional and/or developmental challenges. Marco Barricelli begins his sixth season as artistic director of Shakespeare Santa Cruz in 2013 and will be acting in the production of Henry V. Christian Barillas (at OSF 2010) appeared in The Motherf***er with the Hat at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA. In 2012, he appeared in the film Seven Psychopaths, the pilot for ABC Family's "Bunheads" and in Macbeth with The Antaeus Company. Former OSF director (1982, Black Swan) and Education director Paul Barnes recently retired as the artistic director of the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, MN, after nine seasons. Paul and 36-year OSF veteran James Edmondson will both direct in the company's 2013 season. Robert Alan Barnett (1986-'88) guest starred on TNT's Leverage and NBC's Grimm this year. Next up, Charlie Baker in The Foreigner for Bellevue Civic Theatre. Stephanie Beatriz (at OSF three seasons) is currently appearing on ABC-TV's Modern Family as the sister of Sofia Vergara's character Gloria. She will also appear as Rosa Diaz in the new comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine premiering this fall on FOX, also starring Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher. Mark Bedard (at OSF since 2008) recently appeared as Vladimir in Waiting for Godot at Marin Theatre Company and the comedy Boeing-Boeing at Seattle Repertory Theatre. He will be playing Berowne in Love's Labor's Lost at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA this summer, directed by Lisa Wolpe (at OSF 2012) and also in Mother Courage with Olympia Dukakis. Aldo Billingslea (at OSF eight seasons) teaches at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA. Tim Blough (at OSF six seasons) guest-starred on TNT's Leverage and NBC's Grimm. Actor Mark Booher (OSF 1991-92) is the artistic director of PCPA (Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts) in Santa Maria and Solvang, CA. Orion Bradshaw (at OSF 2009-10) spent his second season in a row with the OSF School Visit program, then returned to Portland and began his new year by directing Post5 Theatre's production of Macbeth, which runs through March 17. In May, he will be performing as Jacobo in Dance for a Dollar at Milagro (Miracle) Theatre. In June, he will be seen as Antony in Antony and Cleopatra (Human Being Curious theatre company). In late summer, he will portray Caius Cassius in Julius Caesar (Post5 Theatre). Throughout the year, Orion is also a Drama & Shakespeare outreach teacher with NW Children's Theater, the Young Players Co. & From the Ground Up. www.postfivetheatre.org Thomas Chapman, once part of the OSF backstage crew, returns again to the Sebastopol Shakespeare Festival as a director/playwright with his own adaptation of The Servant of Two Masters. He also joined Christopher Liam Moore as assistant director for the play Red Herring at Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, OR and will do the same for Lady Windermere's Fan at California Shakespear Theatre in Orinda, CA. Desdemona Chiang (assistant director, King Lear) received a best director award from the Seattle Theatre Critics Association for her 2012 Azeotrope Theatre production of Jesus Hopped the A Train at A Contemporary Theatre. Actor Megan Cole (at OSF 1970s, 80s & 90s, most recently in 1993) continues her work as "Actor In Healthcare" at venues such as the Mayo Clinic and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. She received the 2010 McGovern Award from the American Medical Writers Association and has a new website: www.megancole.net. Megan recently appeared in Three Tall Women at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Here is a sample of Megan's recent work at Cerimon House. Actor Lesley Schisgall Currier (at OSF 1987) is the founding Managing Director of Marin Shakespeare Company, since 1989. OSF Resident Costume Design Assistant/Designer Denise Damico (1998–2007) is now the costume shop manager of Seattle Repertory Theatre. Eileen DeSandre (at OSF 16 seasons) recently appeared in Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca at Profile Theatre in Portland. Actor Dante DiLoreto (at OSF 1985-87) is an executive producer of the hit TV series Glee on the FOX network, as well as the television series "The New Normal" and "American Horror Story". Actor Christopher DuVal (at OSF 2000-08) is an Assistant Professor of Movement, Stage Combat, Voice and Acting Shakespeare at the University of Idaho, where OSF's Rex Rabold Fellows hail from every year. Chris has also taken over as co-Artistic Director of Idaho Repertory Theatre – operating during the summer on the campus of the University. Chris has become recognized as a Certified Teacher with the world's largest stage combat certifying organization, the Society of American Fight Directors. He is fight directing this season's production of The Heart of Robin Hood at OSF. Michael Elich (at OSF 19 seasons) appeared in Red, by John Logan, at the Clarence Brown Theatre at the University of Tennessee. The production was directed by former OSF guest director and resident director of movement and stage combat John Sipes. Karole Foreman (at OSF 1995-96) has been invited to be a resident artist at the Broadway Theatre Project in New York City, and has been cast in the film The Jackie Robinson Story, filming in Georgia this summer. Susannah Flood (at OSF 2010-11) appeared in the long-running play Tribes at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York City. Laura Griffith (at OSF 2012) recently played Marian Paroo in The Music Man at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. Anthony Heald is guest starring in selected episodes of the television series Monday Mornings on TNT. Malcolm Hillgartner (actor, '78-'79, 2003-04, 2006-07)) and Jahnna Beecham (actor, '77-'78) directed their original musical Holmes and Watson Save the Empire (book, lyrics by Jahnna and Malcolm, music by Malcolm) at First Impressions Theatre in Vancouver, BC in February 2013; directed their musical Dogpark (book, lyrics co-written with Michael J. Hume, music by Malcolm) at Oregon Cabaret Theatre in April 2013; are writing book, lyrics and music for a new musical adaptation of the best-selling children's book The Doll People by Ann M. Martin, which will have its world premiere at Smith College, Northampton, MA, in October 2013. Brenda Hubbard (at OSF 1982-84) has more than 35 years of experience as a professional actor, director , playwright and artistic director, and has worked with some of the leading theatres in the nation including Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, The Empty Space Theatre, Tacoma Actors Guild, Salem Repertory and San Jose Repertory Theatre. Read more about Brenda here. Lighting designer extraordinaire James Ingalls (many shows at OSF) began his fall designing The Body of an American with Bill Rauch and Christopher Acebo at Portland Center Stage, and just completed work on Sam Shepard's The Curse of the Starving Class at Long Wharf Theatre in Connecticut. Next, Perpetual Dawn for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, then John Adams' The Gospel According to the Other Mary for Peter Sellars and Los Angeles Philharmonic. After that, it's The Big Knife at Roundabout Theatre Company in NYC, the new musical Sense and Sensibility at Denver Center Theatre, and The Master Builder at Brooklyn Acadaemy of Music. Kelly Koehn (OSF costume props artisan from 1986-2006) is now the costume crafts/dyer at ACT in San Francisco, having most recently worked on a production of Vigil with Marco Barricelli. Kelly's husband Russell Huddleston was the assistant Master Electrician at OSF from 1989-98 and is now working in Oakland as a biologist for CH2mHill. Gregory Linington (at OSF 12 seasons) will appear as DeGuiche in Cyrano de Bergerac at PCPA Theatrefest this summer. He will also appear on an episode of the TNT series "Major Crimes". Kevin C. Loomis (OSF actor, 1981) is currently in Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark on Broadway (with another OSF alumnus, Patrick Page) and recently has played Max in The Producers in one of the first regional productions in Salt Lake City. He toured last year with the new musical adaptation of 101 Dalmatians, directed by four time Tony Award-winner Jerry Zaks. Louis Lotorto (at OSF 1980s) will appear in The 39 Steps at Glendale Center Theatre July 13 - Aug. 17. Peter Macon (at OSF 2009-12) appeared in August Wilson's King Hedley II at Portland Playhouse Daniel Mayes and Helen Machin-Smith (at OSF 1981-83) began Island Stage Left in the summer of 1999 with The Tempest and have performed "Shakespeare under the Stars" for the past fourteen years, with a spring, fall and winter shoulder season of modern work including Art, Doubt, Rabbit Hole, The Clean House, The Drawer Boy, Trying and many others. Dan and Helen worked many years in Seattle at Intiman, ACT, Tacoma Actors Guild, and Seattle Repertory Theatre. Helen has directed the company's productions and Dan has played everything from Iago to Malvolio, Macbeth to Lady Bracknell, Father Flynn to Shylock. They bring other actors (many Equity) to the island from New York, Chicago, Seattle, etc., and their audience comes from around the country. They have two outdoor venues for the summer shows. Phil Davidson came a few summers ago to play Egeon in A Comedy of Errors. Former associate artistic director Penny Metropulos is directing An Iliad at Syracuse Stage, which runs May 15 - June 9. Penny also directed A Midsummer Night's Dream at Portland Center Stage in their 2012-13 season. The cast included current and former OSF actors including Daisuke Tsuji, James Newcomb and Linda Alper. Christopher Liam Moore (at OSF five seasons) recently directed Red Herring by Michael Hollinger at Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland. Christopher will also be directing Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan at California Shakespeare Theatre in summer 2013, in addition to A Streetcar Named Desire and A Midsummer Night's Dream at OSF this season. Christine Meyers (OSF costume shop) now lives in Seattle and has designed shows for Seattle Repertory Theatre (including their recent production of Circle Mirror Transformation) and other companies. The recent production of Measure for Measure at Chicago's Goodman Theatre featured past and present OSF actors James Newcomb, Alejandra Escalante and Kevin Fugaro. Paige Newmark (assistant director to Andy Traister on his productions of The Threepenny Opera and Strange Snow in 1986) is now artistic director of Shakespeare WA (Western Australia). Brooke Parks (at OSF 2010-12) recently played Ophelia in the Yale Repertory Theatre production of Hamlet, starring Paul Giammati. She will be in the acting company at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, MA this summer, appearing as the Princess in Love's Labor's Lost and also in Mother Courage with Olympia Dukakis. Kal Poole (at OSF 2001-03) is now managing director of the Grandstreet Theater in Helena, Montana, where he got his acting start at the age of five. Kal came to OSF in 2001 as the Rex Rabold Fellow, and then earned an MFA in Acting and the Creation of New Work from Ohio State University. Ray Porter (at OSF over 15 seasons) appears in the movie Argo, directed by Ben Affleck. Margaret (Peggy) Rubin (OSF actor 1957-85, director of Information/Education 1973-85, and director of Public Relations 1986-87) received the following awards for her book To Be and How to Be: Transforming Your Life through Sacred Theatre – two Nautilus Silver Seal awards and a Living Now book award. Read more about Peggy Rubin and Sacred Theatre here. Aura Sperling (OSF costumes and wardrobe for five seasons) spent two years as a costume designer for theaters in Albuquerque, NM before becoming a union film seamstress and costumer in 2010. Her film/TV credits include Breaking Bad, The Avengers and Last Stand. She is currently working in the tailor shop for The Lone Ranger, due for release in 2013. Actor and director Randall Stuart (at OSF 1981-82, Daedalus Project 1986-91) is the artistic director of Upon These Boards and Founder and Director of Cerimon House in Portland, Oregon which has featured the collaboration of other OSF grads Megan Cole, Gretchen Rumbaugh, Constance Doolan, Brenda Hubbard and Dawn Lisell. His recent directing assignments include Artists Repertory Theatre, Southern Oregon University and Shakespeare Santa Cruz. Actor G. Valmont Thomas (at OSF 13 seasons) is currently appearing in Master Harold...and the boys at West of Lenin Theatre in Seattle through April 21. Derrick Lee Weeden (at OSF 21 years) will appear in a rotating repertory of Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Friedrich Schiller's Wallenstein at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., March 28 -June 2, 2013. The shows also include former OSF actors Lise Bruneau, Patrick Page, Michael Santo and Robert Sicular. Derrick will also appear as Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac at PCPA Theatrefest this summer. Julie Wilson, former OSF costume crafts artisan (1985-1998), has worked with the Shakespeare Theatre Company and Arena Stage in Washington D.C. Her biggest and most enjoyable recent project was working as a lead stitcher for HBO's seven-part series, "John Adams." She is currently the costume crafts technician for Cirque du Soleil's "O" in Las Vegas. Kurt-Alexander Zeller (Green Show company, 1990, 1991) is Director of Vocal Studies and Opera at Clayton State University in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, and recently (January 2013) directed a program of sacred opera for the National Opera Association. (The cast included former OSF Green Show singer Amanda Kelley.) The second edition of his book, What Every Singer Needs to Know about the Body, has just been released by Plural Publishing of San Diego, and he will be presenting at the International Congress of Voice Teachers in Brisbane, Australia in July of 2013.


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I am an hvac contractor in the Houston area. I have installed and serviced many Payne models over the years. The key to having no problems with these is the installation. They are good performers for the money. You won't find a better piece of equipment for the money, PROVIDED IT IS INSTALLED CORRECTLY! If you are using a home warranty company buy a clue. The home war. cos. expect HVAC personel to install a unit for 400-500. At best these poor guys are lucky to make minimum wage working in the heat. The home warranty people complain because they spent $700? When the average selling price for a condenser is well over $2000 Retail. So if you were making minimum wage or less installing stuff on the cheap and got an opportunity to make more installing retail equipment you would jump ship wouldn't you? So the home warranty companies struggle to keep knowledgeable techs because they are always leaving for greener pastures. Remember as with any thing else "You get what you pay for." Installation is the most important part of any air conditioning equipment.
Years owned: 13
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I'm a contractor that owns Payne and installs over 100 of their units every year. It is the EXACT same unit as the Bryant and Carrier builders model. The difference is they sell to anyone with a license, so many unqualified "furnace guys" do install these units and do a terrible job. We work for a home warranty company and not only do they only pay $400 to install an AC system, they don't even pay their bills! We make customers pay us and then they collect from them. Home warranty companies typically work with gypsy contractors (except us, of course). If installed right, as with any AC system, it will work great for many years.
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Payne equipment is Carrier. Contractors can buy the equipment without having to be a dealer like you would for Carrier ,Bryant and Lennox. I have been installing Payne for 10 years along with Carrier and Bryant and never had problems with them. Most equipment is only as good as the person who installed it.
Years owned: 25
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The Payne AC/Heat pump system is original equipment on my house and is now 25 years old. It has survived extreme heat, golf balls and freezing weather. It's still running, and I wish I could get another one just like it because it's been so totally reliable and has required virtually no repairs.
Location: Dallas, TX
Years owned: 22
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I bought my first Payne Unit 22 years ago. It gave me excellent service for 22 HOT Texas summers. I replaced it this year with a higer (14 SEER) Payne System. And if I am still around in 22 years I will replace this one with another Payne. I think for the money and a 10 year warranty, plus factoring in the savings in utility cost, Payne Equipment can not be beat. Payne is owned by Carrier, which means I get Carrier Pantented Technology without paying for Carrier advertisement and dealer cost. You won't go wrong buying a Payne and having it installed by a qualified contractor.
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