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Will British-Style Parliamentary Democracy be Better for the US?
Question for Bobgeller:
But in a systen where the winner takes all the electoral college votes of any given state, how can small parties have a say in the election of the president?
Democracy As a Business Option
I don't know about you, but I've been so alarmed with what is going on in the world – from our government's politics, to global warming – that I feel a crushing need to do something. Maybe you can resonate with the fact that that seems easier to say than to do. overwhelm doesn't begin to describe the feeling.
One things is very clear to me. We need to think and act very differently from how we think and act now. These crises are turning who we thought we were and we thought the world works on its head.
Bill McKibben, in a recent issue of "Yes" talks about national policy changes. A new understanding, for instance, that national security interests can only be met by shipping China technology that will help them use less coal and not by shipping missals and arms to China's enemies. With the planet dying who is our enemy? Everyone? That's a pretty hopeless scenario. We are all in this together and we will only get out of it together. In fact that's one of the ways of thinking that has to change. The fear of others that makes them enemies instead of reaching for the understanding that will make them friends. The whole terrorism issue is interlaced with that.
Togetherness – community – these have begun to surface as the real keys to the survival of life on the planet. For Americans this is a huge challenge. We've been indoctrinated in the illusion of individualism. This has never been true about our country. Historically it was through community (barn raising?) that we "conquered" the frontier. Holding onto the illusion of separateness is an illusion that will kill us.
Russel Ackoff, of MIT fame, was moved over 12 years ago to inquire into the lack of Democracy in our organizations. Democracy can only flourish in community. Democracy is all about having people involved in governance. It takes real conversations by real people with free and easy access to information to make Democracy work. This is why the founding fathers supported public education. Only an educated person can find and use the information necessary to make informed decision about the Country's future, their future and the future of others.
How different would your organization be if it was run democratically? Does that send shiver down your spine? What thoughts are running through your head? Are you afraid of what the employees might do? Do you think they would not know what to do? Do you think they would take all the money? Would it take too long to make decisions? What, exactly do you think would happen?
Now why do fear what we are fighting so fiercely for in Iraq? Why do we think that governing democratically in our organizations would cause them to fail? What about democracy do we not trust? What is it about us as individuals that resists the sharing and openness that is needed to act in concert with our "cherished" beliefs?
Ricardo Semler, a Brazilian businessman, wrote Maverick, the story about his success building a successful business whilst inflation was running at up to 900%. He writes about his epiphany when his employees wanted to take the business in a direction he didn't what to go. He realized that he need to act in concert with the beliefs he had been proposing for years, the beliefs that had made a stunning success of his company, he needed to let go. He did, and it worked very well.
Jack Stack, of Springfield Reengineering, learned much the same lesson. After buying a business the employees (including him) realized they did not know how to run the business. He, however did an amazing thing, he created a process where everyone had access to the information they needed to make decisions (now called The Great Game of Business) so everyone could help in running it effectively. It worked and he now teaches other organizations to follow suite.
For both of these men the process was slow. People were educated, everyone underwent personal growth, trust was acquired on day at a time, risks were taken and great leaps of faith were made. Jack faced a situation where, early in the process, they lost their biggest customer. He was looking at layoffs. He agonized for days – then he did an amazing thing – he told the employees the news, he asked for their ideas. They had ideas – they all took pay cuts, they all marketed and they came out of that year ahead of where they would have been if nothing had happened.
Ben Franklin said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." He was a wise man, yet that is exactly what we do. If we treat people as if they don't know what they are doing, if we treat people as if they wouldn't understand, if we treat people as if we are afraid of them, then why should we be surprised when that is how they act? This is one of the prime lessons of parenting. What you expect is what you get. Yet we keep doing the same things over and over and expect different results. When those results don't come to pass – we blame others and use that experience to reinforce our beliefs. What a silly set of circumstances – if it weren't so sad.
Here's your chance to set a different tone. I'm hear to tell you that increasing the participation of your employees is a transforming experience. Nothing will generate improvements faster. Nothing will cut costs, increase innovation and make work a more enjoyable and personally satisfying experience, Nothing! Over the years make techniques have been developed to allow people to have input quickly and satisfactorily. When ever you get people together to make decisions, plan, or think together, there is a technique that will work, often in surprising ways.
Keys to success are: get the right people in the room (you may have never talked to them before), follow a process that has been designed for participation, take the time to do it right (no one hour meetings), Be clear on the purpose and needed outcome, make sure all the needed information is easily available. I've used Appreciative Inquiry, Future Search, Dialogue, the Four Tools Process, ACI/ToP methods, all to great advantage.
Using Future Search with the Juvenal Justice system in Sacramento, California we brought together judges, lawyers, parents (of both victim and perpetrator), legislators and others to spend two day talking about changes need to the system. It was an astounding success. People learned things they never knew and gained a new perspective on the role and purpose of juvenal justice.
You CAN do this. It is not rocket science. All it takes a willingness to try something different. This is one step we ALL can take to begin to make the changes we need to make to shift our world. If we want to survive we need to learn to work together. That doesn't mean that we all do what I want. It means using the brains and experience of everyone who is involved or impacted by the choices we are making. If you want to learn how to do this, you can begin to enlist everyone in your firm's success. Call me – Google the techniques, there are tons of resources.
Everything needs to shift – changing how we work together will allow us to think differently about the pressing issues of our time. We Can Do It!
Does the average Republican know the difference between a journalist and a political pundit?
It is the job of the second to try and spread the ideology of a particular group that is desirous of political power … you know, like the folks on FOX News. They don't have any training in real journalism and, therefore, have no concept of the ethic of objectivity. If it's dishonest to fool you into thinking they "deliver the news," well hey, it's just part of the job.


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Friday, June 17, 2011
[on why dad is the preferred parent]
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
photos jackson took in SLC
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Friday, June 10, 2011
more SLC
|my brother Gavin and nephew Garrett
|Niece Shelby
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011
so what if we got a little Jimmered
I couldn't tell you the first thing about basketball.
Ironic for a girl who grew up with the last name Hoopes.
Yet any self-respecting BYU alum knows who Jimmer Fredette is.
When we found out Jimmer (and Jackson Emery--as well as the entire BYU basketball team) were giving a basketball camp in Utah--Jackson knew immediately what he wanted for his 12th birthday.
So we flew to SLC. Just me and the only [not foster] son.
"What could be so great about watching a short-ish pasty slightly dorky white guy play basketball?" {methinks}. Then Jimmer played a little basketball. Not a dork. Recant.
Now slightly starstruck, I amused myself by snapping shots here and there, videotaping Jimmer doing his drills in front of 400 mesmerized kids until I was politely asked to stop taking photos and go upstairs where the parents were supposed to be sitting.
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Monday, June 6, 2011
the boy turns twelve
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royal wedding
(As they both have cute bums).
Then they had tea.
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Saman Mohammadi
July 30, 2012
Near the end of 1999, a Memphis court held the "trial of the century" that resolved the lingering questions surrounding the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Attorney and author William F. Pepper represented the King family. Watch his opening statements at the trial here.
After the 30-day trial was over, the jury concluded that Martin Luther King Jr.'s death was caused by a government conspiracy, not a lone gunman. The government's version of King's murder was proven to be fake. A citizen jury legally put to death the myth of the "lone gunman" that has overshadowed America's recent political history.
Fast forward to the year 2012. The "lone gunmen" of the world are being manufactured by the mind control technicians in the U.S. deep state like microchips. The secret "manufacture-a-patsy" government industry has become so advanced and sophisticated that it has enabled the hijacked U.S. government to get away with the most atrocious of crimes against the American people and humanity.
Whenever a state crime is committed by the deep state a patsy mysteriously rises to the surface from the shadows.
There is disturbing evidence that suggests the "Dark Knight" shooter James Holmes is a shadow patsy who was involved in a secret government mind control program. He was catapulted onto the scene of the crime in the Colorado movie theatre after professional government killers finished off massacring movie goers in the dark of night.
One of the most startling pieces of evidence is that Holmes was under the stewardship of an ex-government psychiatrist named Dr. Lynne Fenton, who is currently the "medical director for student mental health services at the University of Colorado-Denver Anschutz Medical Campus," (National Post, "Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes was seeing university psychiatrist").
Psychiatrists and psychologists have been involved in developing torture techniques for the CIA, so to believe in their "professionalism" and "morality" is blind foolishness. We live in an age of moral bankruptcy and mass mind control. Professional psychologists help the government in many ways, from lending their expertise to improve the mental conditioning of the public to performing outlandish research on government subjects, mostly from the military and universities.
II. The Extraordinary League of Shadow Patsies
The U.S. shadow government's love affair with patsies has really gotten out of hand. Oswald was only a prototype. Washington has created an extraordinary league of shadow patsies. Holmes could be the next-generation model of mind control assassins; the T-1000 of government patsies.
Paul Joseph Watson describes the similarities between Holmes and another manufactured patsy in his article, "James Holmes Is Behaving Like Sirhan Sirhan," writing:
"The parallels between alleged Colorado shooter James Holmes and Sirhan Sirhan are staggering. Both appear to have been drugged, both cannot remember the shootings they were accused of carrying out, and in both cases other shooters were reported by eyewitnesses."
It is super convenient that individuals who are connected to some of the biggest crimes in U.S. history are mentally incapacitated at the moment the crime is committed and never seem to remember pulling the trigger in the days and weeks after the event.
Moreover, the political ramifications of the "Dark Knight" massacre are beginning to be felt as establishment media pundits, Supreme Court judges, and the President attack the legitimacy of gun rights and the honored American tradition of self-defense.
Kurt Nimmo examines the bipartisan war on American gun ownership in his article, "Establishment Media Circles the Wagons on Gun Control."He writes:
"The highly suspicious mass shooting in Colorado arrived at exactly the right time for the globalists and their corporate media scriveners. Outlawing semi-automatic weapons with brand spanking new assault weapons legislation will now take center stage and will be used as a stepping stone for more draconian legislation down the road."
The dangerous path to all-out gun confiscation begins with government brainwashing and media propaganda that gain steam after ritualistic events like the "Dark Knight" shooting. The fascist tyrants begin with baby steps, as always, but their sight remains on their larger goal: instituting a global totalitarian regime run by criminal private international banks and corporations.
For this dangerous and tyrannical goal to be realized the American people must first be disarmed.
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I've always been fascinated by kaleidoscopes. Turn the tube one way and brightly colored glass particles create a gorgeous, perfectly symmetrical array of brilliance. Many, many moments with my son are like that —dazzling; the colors almost hurt my eyes they are so intense and the pattern so beautiful. Occasionally, if we're lucky, we actually have entire days of lustrous sparkle and dazzling displays. Saturday was a shining example of such brilliance within my son.
We took Nik to the local Fall Festival at the same orchard that hosts the Peach Festival every August; there was nary a meltdown in sight as we drove to "the farm." With a few exceptions, Nik was like all the other children there —clambering over bales of hay to reach the top of the slides, running through the corn maze, laughing and enjoying the glorious autumn sunshine. Never mind that he wanted to eat the pumpkins; he kept signing apple as he tried to lick the orange skin. Never mind that he had no interest in the petting zoo except to try to climb the fence. The whole experience was a gigantic leap forward from a year ago when Nik wouldn't even go near the hay or the slides, and kept losing his still tentative balance while standing in the "sandbox" full of soy beans and corn; he just wanted to climb in and out without actually touching the beans or corn—a major sensory aversion for him. I think we lasted twenty minutes before we threw in the towel.
This year, Nik managed to hold his own— even in the face of our forgetting to give him his medication before we left the house. He tolerated a return drive home, not getting out of the car (which usually sends him right over the edge) and was pleasant and sing-songy the entire trip back to "the farm." Niksdad gave him his medicine and that was that; there were slides to slide and hills to conquer.
To say I was proud of my boy would be an understatement.
Sometimes the gem-colored bits slip and tumble— tripping and sticking on one another. The slightest change can create a jarring, confusing jumble with no discernable pattern, no rhyme or reason to the splintered shards. Lately, it seems our days are becoming more and more like this imperfect kaleidoscope. The colors are still there —we see glimpses as they tumble around, but the pieces are in constant motion, the formation constantly changing. Just when we think we can detect a pattern the pieces shift again, leaving us no closer to the serene brilliance we've come to expect as the norm.
I'd like to think it's simply the time of year or a time of growth for my son which causes such tremendous shifts in his daily patterns; I don't think I can anymore. His behaviors have become more extreme —both the highs and lows—as I cling to a rapidly eroding sense of any middle ground called peace. Sleep has become an elusive specter which will not settle comfortably upon our house. Instead, it teases with brief snatches of slumber interspersed with longer periods of wakefulness.
Here, too, there is no discernable rhyme or reason to the patterns. One night is filled with painful shrieks and injurious wrestling. The next is a cascade of gentle laughter and quiet singing as the moon dances in the sky outside my window. We are left weary, without answers to questions we're not even certain of any more.
The daily behaviors are becoming more difficult to laugh off and dismiss as amusing antics. The long-awaited physical milestones —running, climbing, throwing— have crossed an invisible threshold and become potentially dangerous for their perseveration and lack of control. The funny videos I post of Nik climbing or standing on the back of the sofa are funny —for a few moments. Then, they become evidence of hazardous behavior as Nik is determined to master every physical space in reach; he cares not whether we admonish him to stop.
Our home is, bit by bit, becoming a Spartan fortress. Little by little, we have had to strip away nearly everything from our family room —where Nik spends much of his time when at home. The end table and lamp long ago gave way to a wall-mounted swing-arm light. That quickly was replaced by a swag lamp suspended from the loft above. The pictures on the wall and the handmade wedding quilt have recently been removed to keep them safe from Nik's curious hands and to keep Nik safe from broken glass or having an oak quilt hanger crash down on his head as he attempted to swing from the quilt. Furniture has been removed from the room.
Moments of brilliance amid increasingly longer, more frequent moments of jarring disharmony.
The boy we weren't sure would walk now runs everywhere. Even his orthopedist recently remarked at how fast Nik is. His exact words—as Nik took off at top speed down the hallway on Tuesday: "Holy cow, look at his acceleration! Give that kid a football!" I live in abject fear of Nik getting away from me in a parking lot or in the street.
The boy who, for years, wouldn't raise his arms over his head now has amazing upper body strength; he can pull himself up and over nearly everything. If he can get a good hand hold and something to push his feet against, Nik can climb anything. I can no longer take him shopping unless I have help because he can climb out of the cart faster than I can get him back in.
The boy who has been aloof for years now wants to be in physical contact with people all the time. Sitting or holding hands together is not enough. He wants to be climbing my torso, flipping himself backward in a somersault and doing it again…and again and again. He wants to ride on his daddy's shoulders so he can hang upside down by his ankles as he squeals with delight. Not once or twice but for as long as Niksdad can hold him.
The boy who was once oblivious to his surroundings now sees everything. His compulsion to touch everything, to explore and dissect and analyze is all-consuming. On one hand, these are all very good things — until he begins, literally, climbing over his neurologist to get his stethoscope or the reflex hammer. The doctor, a really wonderful sport who adores Nik (thank God!), puts Nik down only to fend him off moments later —repeatedly. I do not sit idly observing; I am in the thick of it trying to keep Nik occupied sitting on the floor. It is a fruitless endeavor; I finally end up having to hold him in my arms —like a sack of writhing potatoes over my chronically aching shoulders. I am drenched in sweat by the time our visit is over.
Sadly, this is not a one-time occurrence.
We once thought it was wonderful the way Nik explored his world so physically; it was a necessary part of familiarizing himself with the world he was unable to experience for so long. Now, it has become a danger as well as a distraction; Nik is unable to sit still long enough to complete a simple puzzle or to play a short game of matching images. He is no longer available for more than the briefest moments of learning. Nik is a rapidly growing, strong —and incredibly smart— whirling dervish; we need to be able to harness that energy so our brilliant boy can learn.
We're on the verge of adding yet another diagnosis to my child's already hefty dossier — ADHD. We've fought it for a long time, trying to help him with diet and activity. However, the current situation is simply untenable— for all of us. Reluctantly, we have begun exploring medications which might help Nik with some of his restlessness and impulse control.
But there are challenges of side effects which, while never desirable, could actually be dangerous to Nik's health. We're limited to certain medications because Nik still won't chew and swallow more than soft foods or crackers and dry cereal; he certainly cannot swallow pills yet. The remaining options can put him at significant risk for heart troubles because of his cardiac history; we have to get a full cardiac work-up before we can even consider certain meds.
Then there's the whole loss of appetite side effect which can be significant with some of the meds available to us. That's a huge concern to us given Nik's feeding issues and history of failure-to-thrive. Though he's growing well now, Nik is still not even on the growth chart for weight in his age range. My sinewy boy is still able to wear size 3T pants— despite the approach of his sixth birthday a mere seven weeks from now.
The final issue is Nik's hypersensitivity to any medications which alter his central nervous system. Seriously, the slightest changes can send him right over the edge; the highs get higher and the lows get lower —and the swings are faster than usual. It's not a safe situation.
Still, we're largely out of other options right now. Even the neurontin —which significantly helps with Nik's mystery pains —does nothing for Nik's sleep. Nor does the melatonin help. Nik wakes every night now —multiple times most nights, at predictable intervals— and stays awake for a while playing or singing in his crib. During the day, the combination of extreme hyperactivity and utter lack of impulse control makes it nearly impossible for me to leave Nik alone for more than very short periods of time any more. The added layer of significantly disturbed sleep compounds our respective inabilities to cope with the stress.
It feels like a deal with the devil; we're damned if we do, we're damned if we don't. Yet, the cost of doing nothing is too great any more.
The kaleidoscope turns and the fragments tumble again. What will we see as the shards settle into place— chaos and disarray or brilliance and beauty? One masks the other at any given moment.


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Any current or ex Dodgers that have a signing event coming up is posted here. It doesn't matter if it's Sandy Koufax or Luis Cruz. If I post info on a Luis Cruz appearance, no need to send mean comments and say "Who the hell wants Luis Cruz"?
Trust me, there will always be someone that wants his autograph. If you don't need him, then ignore the post. Heck, I have a few cards of Castro that I would like to get signed. Almost got him last night at Dodger Stadium.
For upcoming events, scroll down and on the left side of this blog, you will see "Upcoming Appearances". Click the player for more details.
Make sure to confirm before going to any events. There can be last minute changes. Around the time I was hospitalized, Dee Gordon was scheduled to sign autographs at a thrift shop. I posted the info a few weeks earlier. I didn't realize that there was a change of plans. Javy Guerra replaced Gordon. So it's always good to call a day earlier to confirm everything.
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I get this question often. I cannot decide for you. That's your call. I can give you my opinion....
I pay when I think I won't be able to get that certain player in the future. Someone that I rarely see at free events. I've done well by doing this except once.
I paid for Paul Lo Duca's autograph. You might remember that I wrote a post on it.... {linked here}
Then he shows up at Autograph Alley in Dodger Stadium.
It happens.
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Where is Autograph Alley located?
Autograph Alley is located by the Center Field entrance. The Dodgers bring a retired player to sign before the game. It does not happen at every game. I do post the autograph alley schedule here.
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What time should I show up for Fernando Valenzuela's appearance? Do you think it will be crowded?
You have no idea how much I despise this question. Can I predict the future? Can I know how many fans will show up at 6am for a 11am event? No!
It's common sense that someone like Valenzuela will bring many fans. Bring your coffee and pillow and enjoy the morning. You might not have to wake up early for someone like Aaron Harang.
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What do you recommend me in getting signed?
I love baseballs. But you have to be careful. Make sure they sign it with a regular blue or black pen. Do not use a sharpie. Once signed, keep it away from the light.
I've been getting baseball cards signed this year because I already have their autographs. Plus it looks nice.
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I highly recommend to go to spring training.
Dodger Stadium might not be a good place to get autographs when comparing to other parks but there is a good chance you can score.
That' about it. I'm sure I'm missing a few things. Send me a email if you have questions.


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What I Really Do
You must have seen a dozen of these "What I Really Do" things by now. Some of them are kind of funny. Most are kind of dull. I thought I'd do one for myself before somebody else did. Click on it and you should get the full sized version. If you've never seen one of these & want to know what they are, just enter "What I Really Do Meme" into your favorite search engine.
So I just found out this blog gets over 10,000 views a week and over 7,000 visits. I'm not sure what differentiates a visit from a view. But that's a lot of people. Where are my Gempo Roshi-like piles of cash?
Eh. Whatever.
I'm kind of all Zenned out at the moment. I've been answering loads of questions as Tricycle magazine's Meditation Doctor. If you want to read some of that stuff go to this link. It's interesting that it all kind of boils down to just one question and just one answer. Some ancient Zen teachers noticed this and responded the same way to everyone who asked. Like Gutei, who would just raise one finger whenever someone asked him anything. I get that. But somehow I don't think Tricycle's readers would be satisfied if I just kept flipping them the bird.
Uh oh! The latest question is from someone who says they've been "experiencing deep, absorptive states." Not sure what I'm gonna do about that. I guess we'll see once I start writing my answer. I think Bounty is the quicker-picker-upper for deep absorptive states!
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New York City Subways to Shut Down as Sandy Nears
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will close the nation's largest transit system ahead of Hurricane Sandy, shutting down subway, commuter rail and bus service Sunday evening as the storm advances toward the New York City region.
The MTA will begin shutting down at 7 p.m. Sunday, with no transit service expected at least through the early hours of Tuesday, when the effects of the storm should be felt throughout New York City.
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Final trains will depart at 7 p.m. and buses at 9 p.m. Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road trains will also make their final departures at 7 p.m., and will cross-honor tickets for each others' passengers.
"We want people staying in their homes," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, in announcing the suspension.
It takes eight to 10 hours to fully shut down the New York subway system, which ordinarily operates 24 hours per day. The system will be fully closed by 3 a.m. Monday, the governor said.
Later Sunday afternoon, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey also announced it would fully close the PATH train in Manhattan and New Jersey at 12:01 a.m. Monday on account of the storm.
The shutdown appeared likely to last for days, officials said, and would depend on the extent of flooding and the length of time needed to restore power.
"It's difficult to predict, but I do think Monday and Tuesday are going to be difficult days," MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota said. "Wednesday we should have service, but whether it's a full complement of service, it'd be very difficult for me to say now. I don't know when this event will end and when the power issues will be corrected."
The agency has previously said it would impose speed restrictions on its bridges, and would shut them down entirely if winds reach 60 miles per hour.
The full shutdown by the MTA is the first since Hurricane Irene in 2011, and it presents a formidable challenge for the city's commuters and workers. The MTA carries 8.5 million passengers during an average weekday on subways, buses and commuter trains that reach north of the city, east along Long Island and up into Connecticut as far as New Haven.
The shutdown is a matter of complexity and risk-management for the MTA. A key objective for the agency on Sunday: moving thousands of buses and subway cars out of low-lying parking lots and yards that could be hit by a storm surge, including the 148th Street Lenox Terminal yard in Harlem and the Coney Island yard in southern Brooklyn, the largest rapid-transit yard in the U.S.
On Sunday, MTA workers were moving trains from low-lying areas to safe underground storage spots, including express tracks on the more than 700-mile subway system. Workers also secured vulnerable electronic equipment that could be susceptible to the corrosive saltwater of a storm surge.
Last year, as Irene passed through the region at tropical-storm strength, the MTA dodged a bullet. Storm surges were not as invasive as feared, and much electrical equipment—including part of the signal system that controls train movements underground—wasn't damaged by saltwater.
"During Irene, we were very lucky that that didn't happen," an MTA official said.
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Geneva College announces fall 2010 Colloquia Series speakers
BEAVER FALLS, PA. (08/25/2010)(readMedia)-- Geneva College hosts the Colloquia Series each semester to encourage students and the community at large to evaluate the problems and challenges of the world with wisdom and Christian principles. The speakers for the series come from around the world to discuss compelling and provocative sociocultural, scientific, religious, literary, educational, political and economic ideas and practices that shape the world.
The Colloquia series at Geneva is open to the campus community and the public at no charge. The schedule for the fall '10 semester follows.
Dr. Dan Volz will speak on Thursday, September 9 at 7 p.m. and Friday, September 10 at 10:10 a.m. in Skye Lounge of the Student Center. He will address the Marcellus Shale project and controversy. Debate has arisen about the benefits and risks associated with drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale formation, which lies below much of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York.
Dr. Volz is an Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH), University of Pittsburgh. He also serves as Director for the Center for Healthy Environments and Communities at the GSPH and Director of the Environmental Health Risk Assessment Certificate Program.
Dr. Volz's research is primarily focused on how toxins move through air, water, soil and groundwater to reach people, and how to block the movement of these toxins. Recognized as an international expert in his area, Volz has over 30 years of experience in occupational-environmental health. His has worked in 24 different countries on five continents, performing a variety of studies and assessments.
He holds a Doctor of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh. In 1984, Volz started Volz Environmental Services, an environmental health consulting company. He joined the faculty of Pitt in May of 2004.
Dr. James Thwaites will be on campus Monday – Thursday, October 11-14. Times and locations of his presentations will be announced shortly. He will speak on various topics pertaining to the implications of a Hebraic worldview for life.
Dr. Thwaites is an internationally recognized pastor and author from Sydney, Australia. He serves as an elder at Manly Village Church, which was formed in 1999 when two local congregations from opposite ends of the cultural and theological spectrum decided to overcome their differences and worship together.
He has written and spoken extensively on the place of the church in the postmodern world and has taught at Hillsong International Leadership College and the Wagner Leadership Institute. He is author of The Church Beyond the Congregation and Renegotiating the Church Contract. His work is packed with timely reminders and exhortations for those "who seek a new vision for the church in the third millennium."
Dr. Jean Twenge will speak on Thursday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Friday, November 12 at 10:10 a.m. in Skye Lounge of the Student Center. She will discuss her work pertaining to trends among current high school and college students.
Dr. Jean Twenge is an author, speaker, professor and consultant whose work focuses on the trends among current high school and college students. She serves as a social psychologist at San Diego State University.
Twenge has written two books, Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled -- and More Miserable than Ever Before and The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement. Her work is based on the findings of over two million student surveys on self-esteem, narcissism, anxiety, depression, expectations for the future and other traits, attitudes and behaviors.
She holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Chicago and received her doctorate in psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1998. She joined the faculty of SDSU in 2001.
Geneva College is a comprehensive Christian college of the arts, sciences and professional studies. Founded in the tradition of the Reformed Christian faith, Geneva prepares students to serve Christ in all areas of society: work, family and the church. Geneva College's philosophy of education is based on the Foundational Concepts of Christian Higher Education. Geneva is a founding member of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU).


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place for kids
Thanks to singer Kenny Rogers, children in
southeast Missouri receive help
place for kids
Thanks to singer Kenny Rogers, children in
southeast Missouri receive help
place for kids
Thanks to singer Kenny Rogers, children in
southeast Missouri receive help
by Bob McEowen
Daniel was fearless.
If he could he would have jumped off the roof. He bit and hit his
older brothers. He would launch into temper tantrums that lasted
for hours. At 18 months he had never bonded with his mother. He wouldn't
even lift his arms for a hug.
Desperate for help,
Daniel's mother
called the Kenny Rogers Children's
Center in Sikeston. The facility, named in honor of legendary country music
singer, provides physical, occupational and speech therapy for
children in southeast Missouri.
"She was
at the end of her rope and she didn't know where else to
turn," says Michelle Fayette, executive director of the non-profit
therapy center. "She had already gone to her doctor and said 'This
is not normal behavior.' Her doctor told her, 'This is your child's
personality and you're just going to have to get used to it.'"
center's staff agreed the child's behavior was abnormal and
told the woman to return to her doctor for a prescription instructing the
center to evaluate and treat the child.
Daniel appeared
to have sensory integration issues. His central nervous system was
unable to process all the stimulus bombarding him. Untreated his
erratic behavior would continue.
Instead, Daniel
received several months of extensive therapy at the center. Some
of Daniel's
treatment might seem obvious. For instance, he was strapped into
a harness that allowed him to channel pent-up energy without risk
of hurting himself. Other treatment might seem surprising. One
technique involved brushing the child head to toe to calm and organize
the nervous system.
Through therapy
Daniel calmed down and his behavior improved dramatically. Although
speech therapy was originally recommended it proved unnecessary.
Once Daniel's
sensory issues were addressed his words started flowing normally.
He even reached out for his once desperate mom.
"That is
one mother we probably saved her sanity," Fayette says. "This
child has made dramatic progress."
story is remarkable not only for the child's miraculous
turnaround but also because the boy's disorder is not what
most people expect the center to treat. As recently as 2000 the
center was called the Kenny Rogers Cerebral Palsy Center.
think over time people just assumed we only treat kids with
physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy or spina bifida," says
Fayette, who became director of the center two years ago. "But
we treat a lot of kids with developmental delay, injuries due
to the birthing process.
"We treat
children with Down's syndrome, shaken baby syndrome, autism,
muscular dystrophy, seizure disorder, sensory, acute sports injuries,
vision therapy. I would guess that the diagnoses we treat are into
the hundreds."
no parent ever receives a bill from the Kenny Rogers Children's
Center. Since the facility first opened its doors in 1974
as the Scott-Mississip-pi-New Madrid Counties United Cerebral Palsy
Center treatment has always been free to parents.
Today, the center
contracts therapy services to 22 state and public schools in
nine counties. That work provides about two-thirds of the center's
approximate $1 million annual budget. The rest comes from private
donations and a variety of fundraising efforts. With a staff
of 18 — including 13 licensed therapists — the
center treats more than 300 children, from birth to 21
years of age.
The center began
with just one mother seeking help for a child diagnosed with cerebral
palsy, a disorder characterized by impaired muscle control, seizures
and involuntary movements. Initially, a core group of volunteers
and parents, supported by donations from the local Eagles club, treated
just five children. By 1977, when singer Kenny Rogers came to town
to perform at the Sikeston Jaycees Bootheel Rodeo, the center
served 23 children.
The four-day rodeo
is the premier happening in Sikeston each year. These days the event
features a different musical act each night but in the early years
one star performed throughout the rodeo. The rodeo gates opened at
night so community leaders entertained visiting celebrities during
the day by showing them around town.
"As you can
imagine, in Sikeston, Mo., with a population of about 18,000, there's
not a whole lot of things to show him," says Fayette, who
was in high school at the time and remembers Rogers' visit. "Luckily
they showed him the cerebral palsy center."
was so impressed by what the group was doing
with limited resources he donated an Arabian stallion.
The horse brought $75,000 at auction and all the proceeds
went to the center. To show its appreciation the center
changed its name.
"I think
he was very hesitant to have his name attached to the center. I think
in some ways he thought he might be financially responsible," Fayette
says. "But, truly, it was just our way
of saying, 'Thank you, Kenny
Although Rogers' involvement
is limited he does stay informed about activities
at the center. He's also largely responsible
for the modern center children and their
parents see today. In 1978 and '79
Rogers and singer Dottie West held benefit
concerts in Sikeston to support the center.
Later he sponsored fundraising performances
by Mel Tillis and the Gatlin Brothers.
those four benefit concerts that's
how we have the building that we're
currently in," Fayette says. "In
2000 Kenny came back and did another benefit
concert. We got a matching grant from the
Interna-tional Lions and with that we were
able to totally upgrade our center."
center is a state-of-the-art therapy
facility that rivals those in large cities. Besides
areas full of what appears to be play
equipment — slides,
swings, huge padded blocks and a treehouse-style
play area — the center
also features a number of high-tech therapy
devices. Illumi-nated plastic columns
filled with bubbling water respond to
a child's
voice. A foot-operated touch pad plays
musical notes and helps a child associate
cause and effect. A large, heated water
bed enclosure helps therapists teach
severely handicapped children to roll
While celebrity
concerts have allowed the facility to grow, money for day-to-day
expenses comes from the community. Besides
the Jaycees, which funds the center through
its annual rodeo, donations come from
local Lions and Eagles clubs. Money is
also raised through an annual telethon,
auction and a charity walk.
"It doesn't
take just one club or organization any more. We have to raise about
$350,000 a year. It takes everybody pitching in and all the communities," Fayette
says, adding that the center receives
no federal funding.
"We get so
much support from the Sikeston community and the surrounding communities," she
says. "I
think they do realize that it's
unique and I think they're
proud of the services that we're
able to offer."
Kenny Rogers' name
is on the center but a lot of
ordinary people in and around Sikeston have
made the center possible. Together
they have created a children's
therapy facility unique in rural
areas and even in big cities.
able to provide the therapy for
these children at no charge I
think is a great asset to southeast
Missouri," Fayette says.
For more information
call the Kenny Rogers Children's Center
at (573) 472-0397.


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After much deliberation, these will be silkscreened as "Freeduino MaxSerial".
I've noticed most people seem to regard the NKC Electronics boards as the unofficial official Freeduinos.
I started doing a version with max232 three weeks ago, based on S3v3 version, but stoped. If you want one, I think I can restart it. In a preliminary view, it will be a little bigger than S3v3 (less than 1cm.).
Nice Job PurgedSoul.I'm very busy taking care of my newborn baby, so I stopped the development of MaxSeverino.Good luck.


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My annual "ease back to work" ritual: Start combing over the past year's work to submit to Spectrum.
Deadline Jan 22nd.
Submission information here.
Monday, January 04, 2010
Spectrum entries due January 22nd
My annual "ease back to work" ritual: Start combing over the past year's work to submit to Spectrum.
Labels: Spectrum
2 comments:
- Amy Sisson said...
I don't know if this is an appropriate forum for the question, but I was wondering if you have any insight as to why Spectrum 16 seemed to become unavailable in hardcover almost immediately after publication? This is a standard Christmas present from my husband to me, and there was no getting it in hardcover this year even though it was just published in October or November, wasn't it?
We've definitely learned out lesson and will get the next volume in hc the minute it comes out, but can you offer any insight/hope re: Spectrum 16?
- Amy Sisson said...
I had to come back -- in ironic timing, a package arrived from England today. My husband ordered Spectrum 16 from The Book Depository there and was able to get it that way. What a terrific late Christmas present!


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The Crumudgeonator tagged me. This time, it's a six-word memoir. Six words to sum up my meager existence. That's easy:
"Problem Solver, Engineer, Destroyer and Troublemaker."
It took me no time at all to come up with that gem. And it's for the most part accurate. I wish that I could fit a few obscure adjectives in there for good measure, but alas there is no room. As it stands, I fix stuff, make stuff, break stuff, and rock the boat while doing these things. And I'm damn good at it, too.
Some blog epidemics are forced upon others. As I was called out, so I am supposed to call out others to come up with their own. I'm sure plenty of bloggers in my 'sphere are trembling as I spin the wheel of misfortune to choose my victims.
I think I'm going to let this one continue on a voluntary path, much like the Viral Bag Dump. See how crazy things can get?
So if you read this, maybe you have your own six-word memoir ready to go. Or, more likely, you do not. No sweat.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
My Six-Word Memoir
The Crumudgeonator tagged me. This time, it's a six-word memoir. Six words to sum up my meager existence. That's easy:
3 comments:
- MRMacrum said...
I bet you were the kid who turned in their homework ahead of time, huh? Loser.
Good one though.
- March 11, 2008 4:11 PM
- Noah said...
I didn't much care for homework. I had better things to do, such as execute phase 387 and begin planning phase 388 of my master plan to take over the universe. I seriously didn't turn in homework.
Instead, I was the kid that understood everything the first time the teacher said it, and was bored to tears by the 15th time the teacher explained it to the mouth-breathing morons. I scored high in class participation, aced almost all of my tests, and failed miserably in homework scores. This earned me a prestigious 2.8 GPA.
I did, however, get through a 4-year high school in 3 years by taking summer school and college classes for high school credit, even if I barely passed some of my classes. This was primarily due to the fact that many high school teachers grade you on the hoops that you can jump through, not on your understanding of the subject.
I'm not bitter.
- March 11, 2008 5:17 PM
- Dan said...
"I thought there would be food"
- March 11, 2008 8:08 PM
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Rock, Paper, Scissors Costume
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There were many a chasing-in-a-circle fake battles that night! Rock beats Scissors beats Paper beats Rock...but mom's gonna beat all of you (*jk!) if you don't stop!
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This homemade costume for kids entered our 2011 Halloween Costume Contest,
A word from Miriam, the 'Rock Paper Scissors' costume creator:
Daniel, 11
Joe, 5
Ansley, 11
I wish I could take credit, but little Joe came up with idea during a brainstorming session. I made the costumes for a total of about $50. It's just sweatsuits or shirts, marker, chalk, ribbon, felt, silver duct tape, and hot glue.
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Many victims unaware when convicted offenders apply for pardons (video, documents)
The woman who fatally stabbed East Hartford resident Jean Hill's daughter stood inside a courtroom recently asking for a pardon.
But Hill wasn't there. No one had told her LaResse Harvey, who was convicted of manslaughter and served prison time for stabbing Tammy Hill in 1993, was seeking a full pardon, which would have erased her criminal record.
Instead, Jean Hill learned about Harvey's application from the New Haven Register two weeks after the June 27 Board of Pardons public hearing, when the board heard testimony, then made its decision in closed session. This was the second time Harvey sought a pardon. Hill wasn't notified either time. Register staff was able to locate Hill's current address within minutes through an Internet search.
"Nobody ever contacted me about this (pardon application.) Why didn't anyone contact me?" Hill asked. She said that if she had known, she would have gone to the hearing to speak against Harvey's application.
"If I had a chance, I would have said that she is in court trying to get a pardon and my daughter is dead," Hill said. "I don't feel it is fair that she is enjoying life and living the life my daughter should have. Anybody that killed somebody shouldn't get a pardon. I think that conviction should show up on their record."
Hill's situation isn't unique -- the majority of victims and their families remain unaware when convicts who caused them harm seek to get their criminal records erased.
Linda Cimino, director of the Office of Victim Services with the state judicial branch, said they are able to locate a victim in about 15 percent to 20 percent of pardon cases.
Hill said a victim advocate told her Harvey got a provisional pardon. Board minutes confirm this, though Harvey on Friday still hadn't received any notification.
A provisional pardon does not expunge an individual's conviction, but comes with a "certificate of employability" from the board, and makes it illegal for an employer to deny employment based on one's criminal record. An individual who gets a provisional pardon can try again for a full pardon.
The board also can grant conditional pardons, which results in an erasure of the criminal record, with conditions, or it can deny an application outright.
"There isn't anything I can do about it," Hill said of the outcome. "I would have been even more upset if she had gotten a full pardon."
Harvey, of Plainville, said Friday she wanted a full pardon so she can move forward with her life, and she plans to again seek a full pardon.
As for Hill's family members not being notified, Harvey said, "they should have been."
"That is their right to be there, and I would have been upset, too," Harvey said. "I wish her family had been contacted, so they could see who I am today -- I'm a social worker, and an advocate for social justice and change. I am a grandmother now. I want (Tammy's) mother to understand I am very sorry. She is the person who needs to know how sorry I am. She is the person I would like to know forgave me, but I don't know if she could."
Pardons board hearings are open to the public, but votes are handled in closed session. The names of people seeking pardons aren't publicized beforehand.
"The whole thing about pardons is to expunge the record; it defeats the purpose to create a record," said John DeFeo, executive director of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
After a vote, a victim or survivor can learn the outcome, and advocates will reach out to them to let them know what transpired.
It isn't as easy for the public to learn the outcome. The board submits lists, which include the names of pardon applicants and whatever action it took, after its meetings to the Connecticut State Library in Hartford. The lists for hearings for January through May 2012 were submitted to the library July 5. The public would have to go to the library to review the lists to see who obtained pardons, and staff there said they get only occasional requests to see the minutes. (The lists are also included with this story online at nhregister.com.)
DeFeo said efforts are made to contact victims or surviving family members before hearings.
"Human error is something we deal with," DeFeo said. "There are times when we don't get in touch with victims."
The state Office of Victim Services has two advocates assigned to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. These advocates attempt through various means to locate victims and survivors, according to DeFeo and Cimino.
When searching for victims or their relatives, they will check places like the Office of Victims Services' victim registry, which has a Post-Conviction Notification Program, DeFeo said. It includes a service to give victims information about pardon hearings.
There are also checks done with the Department of Correction's victim registry, and some general Internet searches, according to DeFeo.
"If they still can't locate the victim, the case goes forward," DeFeo said. "If they can reach the person, the victim has a right to testify at the hearing."
DeFeo said outreach was attempted in the Harvey case, but was unsuccessful.
So what can a victim do to ensure they won't ever be in Jean Hill's situation?
DeFeo said victims, or relatives of deceased victims, should make sure they are on these registries, and that all their contact information is up to date.
"That will make it easier for us to find them -- we are diligent and serious about it," DeFeo said.
It can be challenging to find victims or their families in pardon cases because it can be many years after a conviction before an individual seeks one, DeFeo said.
Officials have an easier time tracking down victims in parole cases because less time has passed, according to DeFeo.
"With a pardon, a case could have had a conviction 20 or 30 years ago, and now it is the first time it is coming up, and the victim hasn't been involved since it was in the courts," DeFeo said.
State Victim Advocate Michelle Cruz said victims or survivors sometimes don't know about the notification registries and how they can help keep them informed.
Cruz said any crime victims or survivors who haven't registered should do so. "Victims need to take certain steps to be included," she said. "Most people think it will happen automatically. We try to make sure they know how to get notified.
"If it is a case that pre-dates registration, then there has to be generalized searches for the victims. We have to make sure they are reaching out to find people."
Cruz said she plans to talk to the Board of Pardons about the Hill case, and to see what steps are taken to notify families, particularly in older cases.
"If there was no victim participation, that concerns me," Cruz said.
The Office of Victim Services currently has 2,197 names listed in its notification registry, which was launched around 1996, according to Cimino.
"If a crime occurred before then, the ability to get people to retroactively join the registration program is difficult," Cimino said. "I'm very sorry Miss Hill is upset. Clearly, we wish we could contact everybody."
If no one is registered to learn about a particular individual seeking a pardon, the advocates will look to see if a victim's name is in the file and try to locate the person via Internet searches, too, according to Cimino.
Brian Garnett, spokesman for the state Department of Correction, said it currently has 3,944 people registered confidentially with its victim services unit. The registry has allowed the department to notify crime victims or their families of updates in an offender's case, such as when someone applies for a pardon. Its registry has been in place for about 15 years, according to Garnett.
"We believe very strongly in supporting the victims of crime, and their survivors, and in making sure they are kept informed of what is going on regarding an offender they have had contact with," Garnett said. "It is dependent upon the victim or survivor to register. Hopefully, at some point during the court process, people are made aware of this service."
Hill, meanwhile, hopes she will be informed if Harvey ever comes before the pardons board again. After being contacted by the New Haven Register, Hill questioned the pardons board, and she said officials claimed they couldn't find her, which Hill described as "making excuses." Hill said she has the same name and had her mail forwarded after a move.
Hill was overcome with tears as she thought about her daughter, who would have been 42 years old. Tammy Hill had just applied to the University of Hartford and wanted to be a lawyer when she was killed, according to her mother.
"She was a very smart and nice girl," Hill said.
Tammy Hill was stabbed in New Britain during an argument over a man, according to her mother.
"They were arguing, and (Tammy) was getting ready to leave, and LaResse went into the house, got a knife, called Tammy's name, and Tammy turned around, and that is when she stabbed her in the chest," Hill said.
Hill raised her granddaughter, Tammy's daughter, Shakia Deleston, now 24. Deleston has no memory of her mother.
While no one at the pardon hearing represented Hill's family, several people came to the hearing to support Harvey's request.
Harvey, founder and director of Civic Trust Public Lobbying Co., told the pardons board she had been acting in self-defense when she caused the fatal wound.
"I made a poor decision 19 years ago," she said. "I was protecting myself and had no intention of killing Tammy Hill."
Harvey said Hill came to her home and an argument ensued. Harvey alleged that Hill hit her on the back of the head. Harvey told the board she ran into her house and got a knife. Harvey asserted that Hill "charged me" and, Harvey said, "I closed my eyes and swung."
The board members asked her questions, such as what she has learned and if she is sorry she took a life. Harvey said she is sorry, and wants to spend the rest of her life helping others.
"Everyone deserves a second chance," Harvey said.
Mary Marcuccio, Harvey's friend, said, "I think LaResse is a prime example of why the pardon process exists. She has made changes and become a contributing member of society."
"She is a remarkable person, both personally and professionally. She is always willing to give of herself," Marcuccio said.
Jacqui Parker of Windsor said Harvey supported her and was there for her as she battled breast cancer.
"I know there is not a day that goes by that she doesn't think about this young woman," Parker said.
Harvey also tried for a pardon in 2006, but was denied due to the severity of the crime. The board indicated she could try again, and she started the process a second time in November 2011. Harvey's nonprofit lobbying company has gone before the state legislature, and Harvey said she hopes to pursue marriage and family counseling.
Hill's situation isn't unique. No victims spoke, and no one spoke on their behalf, at a May pardon hearing for Woodstock, N.Y., resident James DeChiario.
The Office of Victim Services said it was unable to locate any victims.
As a teen, DeChiario got felony convictions in connection with a 1995 robbery of a Subway sandwich shop in Milford, and a separate 1995 unlawful restraint incident. Police at the time said DeChiario and another teen held a 16-year-old Orange girl against her will, threatening her at knifepoint, though she was not injured. DeChiario lived in North Haven at the time.
DeChiario's attorney, Tara Knight of New Haven, said her client got a full pardon.
The Boston Post Road Subway shop where the robbery took place is no longer there. Kevin Kane, a spokesman at Subway's Milford headquarters, said it didn't appear that anyone had contacted Subway about the DeChiario pardon case.
Knight, who had represented DeChiario at the time of the original offenses 17 years ago, told the board he had been "impressionable and naive," a teen who had been raised in an atmosphere of chaos and dysfunction, with a mother addicted to heroin and an absentee father.
Knight told the board he understands the seriousness of his offenses, but wanted to get felonies off of his record, to have a family and a good job.
"The child I was then is in no way near the person I am now," DeChiario said. "My biggest fear is not being able to provide for a family."
The board asked him how he is different now.
"From the people I associate with to how I live my life, my outlook on life. I had no respect for authority. I was never given structure. I was hanging out with the wrong people and had no one to steer me straight," DeChiario said.
DeChiario, in a recent interview, said that as a teen, he "needed to fit in," and was "too scared to say 'no'" to his co-defendants.
Post-pardon, when asked what he would say if he had an opportunity now to speak to his victims, DeChiario said, "I'd offer my sincerest apologies and remorse. No one should have to go through that. It had to be traumatic for them. I'd hope they'd see how I've changed and lived my life since then. I was an unguided child. Not having the proper direction sent me down the path, one I feel fortunate to have gotten out of. I am not the person I was then, and I am truly grateful to the board for seeing something good in me."
In another case, even though the victim of one violent crime has since passed away, victim advocates were able to reach her relatives for their input on what should happen to one of her convicted attackers, who recently sought a pardon.
When Scott LaBossiere sought a pardon before the board in May, a prosecutor spoke against it, and a victim advocate spoke on behalf of his victim's family. After hearing from them, the board unanimously denied LaBossiere's request.
LaBossiere served prison time in connection with the severe beating of Bernadette Parks in 1988. Parks died in 2006 at the age of 77. She was a Westbrook resident at the time of her death.
"It has been 24 years. I was a teenager and have paid my debt to society. I'd like to be freed from the past," LaBossiere told the board. "I have tremendous guilt issues about this crime. I was 19 years old."
According to LaBossiere, a friend suggested the robbery and he went along with it.
"We were smoking marijuana and drinking. I'm not blaming that but it had an effect," LaBossiere said. "We broke in through the back window. We were surprised the person was home. I am so sorry."
LaBossiere and an accomplice took the woman's car, purse and money.
LaBossiere, an artist, said art was his saving grace in jail. "I have learned from my mistakes," he said.
"I have to give back to the world that I took from. I made a terrible decision, I am so ashamed of myself, and I'm very sorry for what I did."
Senior Assistant State's Attorney Paul Narducci objected to any pardon for LaBossiere, citing the "heinous nature of the crime," in which the victim was beaten with a flashlight, tied up and placed in a closet.
A victim advocate read a statement from Parks' children at the hearing, in which they asked that the pardon request be denied.
According to her children, she was found unconscious and bleeding heavily in a closet and was at death's door because of the beating.
"Some crimes are just too egregious to erase," the family said in a statement read at the hearing. "Actions have consequences. We believe a criminal record is his proverbial cross to bear."
According to the family, the victim suffered broken bones, a crushed skull and had permanent brain damage and migraines, but she didn't remember the attack.
The victim's family's input appears to have made an impact.
Of the 42 names of individuals listed from the May board hearing, 30 were granted full pardons, seven got provisional pardons and two got conditional pardons. Three applicants' requests for a pardon were denied, including LaBossiere.
Victims or their families can find out if a person is seeking a pardon, or any updates on a convict's case, by filling out a "Confidential Request for Notification of Status of Inmate" form, available on the state judicial branch website and the Department of Correction website or by calling 1-800-822-8428 or 1-888-869-7057. The form also is available at nhregister.com.
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