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When you visit our site ("Site"), we collect two types of information: personal information you actively choose to disclose ("Active Information") and information not visible to you that arises out of your browsing of our Site ("Passive Information"). Please note that Passive Information is collected on an aggregate and anonymous basis.
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Personally Identifiable Information ("PII") is information that identifies and is reasonably linked to you.
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We store and collect various types of passive information on an aggregate and anonymous basis. This information may include such technical information as it pertains to your Internet protocol address, your device operating system and browser type, cookies, and an address of a referring website or any other path you take to reach our website all described in greater detail below.
This refers to information that does not, by itself, identify you as a specific individual. Such information would include the Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") of the website that referred you to our Site, your Internet Protocol ("IP") address (a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you surf the web), your operating system and browser type, and any search terms that you enter on our Site. Our web server aggregates this information in order to monitor the level of activity on our Site, evaluate its effectiveness, and improve the content or our Site in order to make your visit an easy and enjoyable experience.
We may collect, compile, store, publish, promote, report, or otherwise disclose or use any Aggregate Information, provided that such information does not personally identify you. We do not correlate any PII with the Aggregate Information that we collect on our Site. If we do correlate any Aggregate Information to you, it will be protected like any other PII under this Privacy Statement.
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Our Site utilizes cookies to collect information about how our Site is used. Passive Information gathered may include the date and time of visits, the site pages viewed, time spent at our Site, the sites visited just before and just after visiting our Site. If you do not wish to transmit "cookie" information about yourself, you may turn off the cookie function in your web browser.
Our Site's servers also automatically identify your computer by its Internet Protocol address, which is a unique string of numbers that are assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider. The IP address may be used to address problems with our server or to gather broad demographic information about our users. We passively collect your IP Address.
Broadly speaking, persons we employ directly, or as contractors or agents at our direction, use Active Information for purposes of administering our core business functions, such as the fulfillment of orders or services, the furnishing of customer care and support, and supplying the availability of other products or services we think might be of interest to our users.
We use Passive Information to gather information about our users and to enhance our Site to make it easier, faster and friendlier for users. Additionally, cookies help us better understand the usage pattern of the people that visit our Site, which helps us improve our services. Passive Information may result in your viewing of particular advertising based on your user habits.
We reserve the right to use Active and Passive Information in order to prevent, detect and investigate fraud, security breaches, or any other potentially prohibited or illegal activity.
We may use any Active Information or Passive Information provided to contact you about various changes to our Site, new services, features or products we offer. If at any time you do not wish to receive such information, you may "opt-out" of doing so by adjusting your email settings in the back office of the website.
Your Information Relating to Hyperlinks
You might be able to access other websites through our Site via hyperlinks. When you do so, you are subjecting yourself to their privacy policies and data collection. Please read the privacy policies of those sites to ensure you agree with the terms before using such sites.
Receiving and Sharing of Information from and with Third Parties
We reserve the right to receive information about you from other third party sources, that help us update, expand and analyze our records and identify new customers.
Furthermore, we may share Personal Information necessary to the prevention of fraud, illegal activities, and security breaches. Because of this, it's possible some of your personal information may be shared with fraud prevention agencies. If false or inaccurate information is provided and fraud is identified, details of this fraud may be passed on to these agencies. Likewise, law enforcement and governmental agencies may access and use certain information pursuant to any law, regulation, or subpoena. This applies to information as it relates to both open and closed accounts.
Additionally, third parties who perform services for us as it relates to security, payment, etc. (such as Internet Service Providers, credit card processors, and merchant banks) may also have access to your information in the performance of such necessary services.
Finally, we may disclose anonymous information about user habits to third party advertisers on our Site. Should we buy or sell assets of our company, another company may need to review our company's assets, which might include your information, to make business decisions as to whether to acquire such assets.
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California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of our Site that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to email@example.com or write us at: 630 Orange Drive, Suite Q, Vacaville, CA 95687.
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was created to align the data privacy laws across all EU countries. The GDPR came into effect in May 25th, 2018 and replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC. A major update within the GDPR is that the processing of any EU citizens' information is now protected, regardless of whether the information processing is done within the EU or not, and regardless of where the data controller is located.
If you are a citizen of the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) and are using the CTFO website, we will maintain your personal data in accordance with the principles of the GDPR as outlined in Appendix A of this privacy policy.
We secure your personal information submitted by you by using reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, or accidental loss of Active and Passive Information. Individual postings on this Site and other communications to our office via email or standard mail may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures are in place prior to your submission of information. Therefore, if you choose to communicate with us through these means, you are assuming the risk of doing so and we respectfully request that you do not send or post sensitive information through these means.
Accessing and Correcting Your Information
We take reasonable measures to ensure that any PII we collect on our Site is accurate, current, complete, and reliable for its intended use. If you wish to update or otherwise correct PII provided to us, you may edit your information online.
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We acknowledge your trust and are committed to take reasonable steps to protect PII provided from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access. We employ physical, electronic, and managerial processes to safeguard and secure your information.
It is your responsibility to safeguard the password you use to access our Site and to promptly advise us if you ever suspect that your password has been compromised. We strongly encourage you to change your password regularly to prevent unauthorized access. Because your identification number and password are specific to you, you acknowledge sole responsibility for any and all use of our Site conducted with your identification number and password.
Links to Other Websites
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Children's Privacy Protection
We take special care to protect the privacy needs of children and encourage parents to be an active participant in their child's online activities. Our Site does not target and is not intended for children under the age of 18, and we will not knowingly collect PII from them. If we discover personal data from a child through our Site, we will eliminate that data. You may learn more about protecting children's privacy online by visiting: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/tech/tec08.shtm.
Any updates or changes to the terms of this Privacy Policy will be posted on our Site and the date of the newest version posted below. Please check back frequently, especially before you submit any PII at our Site, to see if this Privacy Statement has changed. By using our Site, you acknowledge acceptance of this Privacy Statement in effect at the time of use.
Welcome to https://shop.myctfo.me/. These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access and use of the Chew the Fat Off, Inc. (CTFO) ("Company", "We", or "Our") website and any products, services, software, tools, applications, features or functionality offered or made available on or through the corporate website (the "Site"). Your access to and use of the Site is conditioned upon your acceptance of these Terms. By accessing or using the Site you agree to be bound by these Terms.
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This Agreement must be completed, understood and agreed to by a person over 18. If a parent or guardian wishes to permit a person under 18 to access this Site, he or she should email the Company with his or her explicit permission and acceptance of full legal responsibility. If you are not yet 18 or are accessing this Site from any country where this material is prohibited, please exit now as you do not have proper authorization.
Upon your agreement, Company hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable limited license to use this Site in strict accordance with the terms and conditions in this Agreement. You agree not to make any false or fraudulent statements as you use this Site. You acknowledge and agree that all content and services available on this Site are property of the Company and are protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets, and other proprietary rights and laws, in the U.S. and internationally. All rights not expressly granted herein are fully reserved by the Company, its advertisers and licensors. You agree to pay for any and all purchases and services using your name and credit card through this Site, not to challenge any such charges and to pay for all collections and/or attorneys fees resulting from any non-payment.
Except as may be explicitly permitted, you agree not to save, download, cut and paste, sell, license, rent, lease, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit, or create derivative works from materials from this Site. Systematic retrieval of data or other content from this Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, database or directory without written permission from the Company is directly prohibited. In addition, use of the content or materials for any purpose not expressly permitted in this Agreement is prohibited.
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You agree that you shall not try to reverse assemble, reverse compile, decompile, disassemble, translate or otherwise alter any executable code, contents or materials on or received via this Site. You understand that such actions are likely to subject you to serious civil and criminal legal penalties and that the Company shall pursue such penalties to the full extent of the law to protect its rights and the rights of its other licensors.
You agree that you shall comply with all applicable export and import control laws and regulations in your use of this Site, or materials or services received through this Site, and, in particular, you shall not export or re-export anything on or received through this Site in violation of local or foreign export laws and/or without all required U.S. and foreign government licenses.
If you are a branch or agency of the U.S. Government, the following provision applies. This site, code, contents, services and accompanying documentation are comprised of "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer software documentation" as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 (SEPT 1995) and are provided to the Government (i) for acquisitions by or on behalf of civilian agencies, consistent with the policy set forth in 48 C.F.R. 12.212; or (ii) for acquisitions by or on behalf of units of the Department of Defense, consistent with the policies set forth in 48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1 (JUN 1995) and 227.7202-3 (JUN 1995). Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States.
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Our Site contains links to other websites for your information and convenience, or to provide additional shopping for various other goods and services through our Merchant and Services Partners. These third-party websites are responsible for, and undertake to maintain, their own site terms of use. We suggest that you carefully review the terms of use of each site you choose to access from our Site.
Except with regard to personal information, all information which you post on this Site or communicate to the Company through this Site (collectively "Submissions") shall forever be the property of the Company. The Company shall not treat any submission as confidential and shall not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future Company services or products. Without copy, the Company shall have exclusive ownership of all present and future existing rights to any Submission of every kind and nature everywhere. You acknowledge that you are fully responsible for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality and copyright. You hereby represent and warrant that your Submission does not infringe the rights of any third party.
By using features of this Site that allow you to post or otherwise transmit information to or through this Site, or which may be seen by other users, you agree that you shall not upload, post, or otherwise distribute or facilitate distribution of any content – including text, communications, video, software, images, sounds, data, or other information – that:
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D. contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any data or other information of any third party; or
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You also agree that you shall not harvest or collect information about the users of this Site or use such information for the purpose of transmitting or facilitating transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic email or communications for any other commercial purpose of your own or a third party.
You further agree that you shall not solicit or collect information, or attempt to induce any physical contact with, anyone 18 years old or younger without appropriate parental consent.
This Site generally does not pre-screen, monitor, or edit the content posted by users of this Site. However, this Site and its agents have the right, at their sole discretion, to remove any content that, in this Site's sole judgment, does not comply with the Site Submission Rules or is otherwise harmful, objectionable, or inaccurate. This site is not liable for any failure, delay, damages or results, in removing such content.
You agree that your use of this Site may be suspended or terminated immediately upon receipt of any notice which alleges that you have used this Site in violation of these Rules and/or for any purpose that violates any local, state, federal or law of other nations, including but not limited to the posting of information that may violate third party rights, that may defame a third party, that may be obscene or pornographic, that may harass or assault other, that may violate hacking or other criminal regulations, etc. of its agents, officers, directors, contractors or employees. In such event, you agree that the owner of this Site may disclose your identity and contact information, if requested by a government or law enforcement body or as a result of a subpoena or other legal action, and the owner of this Site shall not be liable for damages or result of a subpoena or other legal action, and the owner of this Site shall not be liable for damages or results thereof, and you agree not to bring any action or claim against the owner of this Site for such disclosure.
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The Chew the Fat Off name, logo, and all product names, company names, and other logos, unless otherwise noted, are trademarks and/or trade dress of the Company. The use or misuse of any Marks or any other materials contained on the Site, without the prior written permission of their owner, is expressly prohibited.
You may be transferred to online merchants or other third party sites through links or frames from this Site. You are cautioned to read their Terms and Conditions and/or Privacy Policies before using such sites. These sites may contain information or material that is illegal, unreasonable or that some people may find inappropriate or offensive. These other sites are not under the control of the Company and are not monitored or reviewed by the Company. The inclusion of such a link or frame does not imply endorsement by the Company, its advertisers or licensors, any association with its operators and is provided solely for your convenience. You agree that the Company and its licensors have no liability whatsoever from such third party sites and your usage of them.
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This Site reserves the right to revise these provisions at its discretion, so check back from time to time to be sure you are complying with the current version.
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In addition, e-mail sent, or caused to be sent, may not:
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Thinking of Becoming a Surrogate in Pacific Palisades, California?
Can you create hope for a family in need? Find out how to become a surrogate mom in and how you can help build a family.
There's nothing more beautiful than the gift of life. Taking care of a child, raising it as your own, and watching it grow into a full-blown adult is priceless. Many people strive toward this in life, as they consider it the main point of their existence. However, not every family is able to conceive a child, which can be heartbreaking to hear.
Luckily, there are other options – and surrogacy is probably the best one!
Surrogates are the unsung heroes of this world. They make so many people's dreams come true. Thanks to their generosity and selflessness, any family can continue its legacy and have a long, happy life!
You can be a surrogate mother too, and without much effort. It's a rewarding experience that you'll never forget.
If you're considering becoming a surrogate mother in Pacific Palisades continue reading. This step-by-step guide will teach you everything there is to know about surrogacy and help you get started.
Step 1: Making Sure You're Ready for the Commitment
Surrogacy, although beautiful, is also long process. The whole surrogacy process lasts around a year or so. You'll need to go through testing, legal contracts, and evaluation. These steps take a couple of weeks, and you need to go through all of them before actually getting pregnant. Then, when you do get pregnant, you have nine months of carrying the baby for the intended parents.
It's also important to understand a surrogate's body will go through changes during the process. If you want to be a surrogate, you need to be aware of all of this. Only then can you make the right decision.
Before making your decision, you should read about surrogacy in detail and make sure you understand every step clearly. Speak to your family and find out if they would be supportive of your decision. Also, you can consult a surrogacy specialist and they can answer any question that you might have regarding surrogacy.
Of course, all of this is nothing compared to the joy you'll bring to individuals who can't have children. And the contentment you'll feel knowing that you made someone's life better makes everything worth it.
Besides, if you have someone in your life who will support you throughout this process, you have nothing to worry about. As long as you listen to the fertility professionals and be regular to your appointments, everything will go smoothly.
Long story short – make sure you understand everything that surrogacy involves and the commitment it takes. Only then you can proceed to the next step.
Step 2: Contacting a Surrogacy Agency
A surrogacy agency is very important in the surrogacy process. It represents an intermediary between you and the parents, as well as the fertility clinic.
Once you finally decide you want to be a surrogate mom in Pacific Palisades, the next step is contacting a surrogacy agency. They will give you all the information you need and answer all your inquiries. Besides that, the agency will monitor the whole process and guide you through every step of the way. You won't have to worry about a thing!
Here's what the agency helps you with:
- All the information regarding the surrogacy process
- A complete step-by-step plan to become a surrogate
- Matching with intended parents
- Support and guidance you throughout the process
- Screening services at a local fertility clinic
- Legal services
- 24/7 support
Just remember – you are doing an amazing thing by deciding to become a surrogate, and others are well aware of that. That's why everyone around you will do their best to keep you happy and satisfied. A surrogacy agency in Pacific Palisades or California will not only provide all the necessary services but also make you feel supported throughout your journey.
Step 3: Requirements to Become a Surrogate Mother in Pacific Palisades
There are certain requirements when it comes to surrogacy. It's such a delicate process, and it needs to run smoothly in order for it to be successful. In the light of that, not everyone can become a gestational surrogate in Pacific Palisades, CA.
Before you take any further action, you need to make sure that you meet all the requirements. The agency will also help you with this part, as they'll have to evaluate you first.
Here are some of the key requirements:
- You must be within a certain age group in order to be a surrogate. This requirement varies from agency to agency, but there is a universal rule – you can't be over 45 or under 21.
- You have to be a non-smoker or non-drug user.
- Also, you have to be free of STDs. If you suffered from one before, you must be at least 12 months clean prior to surrogacy.
- You have to be healthy and strong. That includes having a healthy BMI. The minimum usually is 18, and the maximum is 30.
- You have to have at least one successful pregnancy in your past, but no more than five vaginal or three cesarean deliveries.
- Besides that, all of these pregnancies had to go smoothly, without complications.
- You mustn't have a history of postnatal depression. If you consumed antidepressants or any similar psychiatric medication in the past, at least 12 months have to pass before you can be a surrogate mother.
- If you have any piercings or tattoos, it must be at least 12 months before.
- You mustn't be a convicted felon.
- You should be able to travel in order to get to your appointments.
- Overall, you should have a healthy lifestyle and people around you who will support you and help you throughout the process.
If you meet all of these requirements, you are a good candidate for a surrogate mom.
Step 4: The Screening Process
The next part of the process is screening. Both you and the intended parents will go through it to ensure that you're compatible. The screening process is different in every country, city, even agency, but there are some universal elements that will likely apply to Pacific Palisades.
Here's what screening looks like:
- The application: First, you'll need to complete a brief questionnaire asking you about your general information and why you want to be a surrogate. Some agencies will include questions about your lifestyle, your medical history, your family, or even your personality. Whether this part will be included in the application or later in the screening process depends on the agency itself. After you've completed the application, you'll most likely be called in for further evaluation.
- The physical exam and testing: This part includes a variety of tests. A general exam will give the doctors an insight into your overall health. Lab testing will determine whether or not you have STDs or any other diseases that might affect the surrogacy. Also, you'll be tested for drug use. A fertility expert will do an ultrasound and vaginal exam to make sure your reproductive organs are healthy. There's also a chance that your partner will be tested for STDs and drug use.
- The background check: As it was mentioned before, you mustn't be a convicted felon. The agency will do a background check on you to make sure your criminal record is clean.
- Social evaluation: A social worker will pay you a visit at your home to see if you live in a healthy environment. He/she will ask you about your motivation for surrogacy and then go through the steps of the process with you. Feel free to ask any questions or share any thoughts. You will get to know each other and build a trusting relationship. They'll be there for you the whole time.
- Psychological evaluation: Your mental health is just as important as your physical health. The psychologist will determine whether you're mentally ready for surrogacy. He/she will also talk to you about how it can affect you mentally.
Video: Surrogacy in Pacific Palisades
Step 5: Matching with Intended Parents
After you've completed the screening process successfully, it's time to get matched with parents. The surrogacy agency will show you profiles and facilitate introductions. Once you decide to move forward with a certain couple of individual, the agency will set up a conference call.
Step 6: The Legal Contract
Before anything else happens, you'll need to sign a contract. The contract can depend on many things, including your relationship with the parents, but some elements are mandatory. Every contract should contain yours and the parents' legal rights and responsibilities, including:
- The exact amount of compensation
- Your obligations as a surrogate
- Potential risks of the procedure
- Your abdication of the child
You'll need to read the contract thoroughly and discuss it with the attorney that your agency has provided. You can make some alterations and requests if you need to. After understanding and agreeing to everything that it says, you can sign it. The parents will also sign the contract.
Step 7: The Medical Process
The next step on how to become a surrogate in Pacific Palisades is the embryo transfer and monitoring.
Fertility Treatments
After signing all the paperwork, you are ready to start with the treatments. First, you'll need to undergo some more testing, such as the blood work and the ultrasound. Then you can start getting injections and taking fertility medications. Doctors usually prescribe contraceptive pills and other hormone-regulative medication. You will need to be regular to your appointments, since the process needs to be precise like clockwork. Make sure you take the medication exactly as prescribed by the doctors.
The Embryo Transfer
When the time comes, the intended mother's/donor's egg will be fertilized with the intended father's/donor's sperm and incubated for some time. Then it's time to transfer the embryo into your uterus. This procedure doesn't take more than a few minutes. Plus, it's totally painless. You'll need to rest for a while at the clinic, after which you can go home. After that, you should rest for a couple of days.
Prenatal Checkups
Once the embryo has been transferred, you'll be monitored all the time. You'll need to have regular checkups that include the ultrasound, blood work, etc. When the doctors determine that you're pregnant, you can go to your own OB-GYN for checkups. You'll be closely monitored to ensure both your health and the health of the baby. That's why it's so important to have checkups every other day.
Also, during this process, you can choose to include the intended parents. They might want to experience everything along with you. However, it is your choice.
Step 8: The Birth
After nine months have passed and the pregnancy went without any complications, it's time to deliver the baby. When you get into labor, you need to go to the hospital right away. The intended parents will go with you if that's something that you established beforehand. Surrogate mothers typically opt for this because they know how amazing it is to witness the birth of your child. Besides, it's nice to have someone there with you.
It's not atypical for the surrogate and the parents to stay in contact after the process has ended. Some build a strong relationship during this incredible experience, so they feel an actual bond. However, that's completely optional. After all, surrogacy is an individual experience, and it's different for everybody.
Now that you know what surrogacy looks like and what it involves, would you consider becoming a surrogate? Applying to be a surrogate in Pacific Palisades may provide a perfect opportunity to help people start a family.
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Board grants woman clemency in 1986 murder of pregnant woman
East Lyme — Sixty-six-year-old convicted killer Bonnie Jean Foreshaw, whose case has become a cause célèbre in legal circles, will be released from prison next month after being granted clemency Wednesday by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Board Chairwoman Erika Tindill and members Nicholas Sabetta and Robert Smith voted unanimously in favor of clemency, which was described by Tindill as a type of "legal forgiveness," following a five-hour hearing during which Foreshaw, a practicing Rastafarian with hair that hangs below her waist, acknowledged her guilt but said she never intended to kill anyone. She was convicted in the 1986 murder of a pregnant woman and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
She will be released Nov. 15 from the Janet S. York Correctional Institution, where she has completed just about every rehabilitation program offered and has served as a mentor to other prisoners.
"The remorse I feel cannot be conveyed in words," she said. "It's something I will live with no matter how much time passes."
A legal team that was underwritten in part by a North Stonington couple, Thomas and Marguerite Moore, had championed her early release, in part because they said she had not been given a fair trial and should have been convicted of manslaughter and given a shorter prison sentence. Her story has been featured in films and more recently in news articles.
Superior Court Judge Jon Blue, who as a public defender in 1989 and who wrote a memorandum stating that Foreshaw had not received a fair trial, attended the hearing, as did author Wally Lamb, who included Foreshaw's writing in his prison-based book, "Couldn't Keep It to Myself."
Members of the media packed the hearing, along with former inmates who came to support Foreshaw.
Sentencing laws in place at the time the crime occurred dictated that she would have completed her sentence after serving 31 years. She would have been released in 2017 had her legal team not pushed for early release via clemency.
Foreshaw said she would be moving in with a granddaughter, who owns a four-bedroom home in Manchester, after her release. Though her health is poor, she said, she plans to help raise her great-grandchildren and to volunteer to help young people and the homeless.
"The night that this happened, I was in fear of my life," Foreshaw told the pardons board. She had been battered to the point of requiring hospitalization by three husbands and had acquired a pistol weeks before the shooting.
Foreshaw had stopped at the Progressive League, a Jamaican Social Club in Hartford, on March 27, 1986, where she being harassed by a man named Hector Freeman, according to trial testimony. Freeman, upset that Foreshaw had refused to let him buy her a drink, followed her out of the club, cursing. Joyce Amos, a friend of Freeman's, tried to stop him. Foreshaw said Freeman lunged at her with his hands in his pocket. When Freeman saw Foreshaw with a gun, he pulled Amos, who was pregnant at the time, in front of him as a shield, and she was killed by the single shot that Foreshaw fired.
While Foreshaw contends she meant to shoot over Freeman's head, to frighten him off, prosecutors said she had shot at him intentionally.
Amos' daughter and other family members told the board that Foreshaw should serve her entire sentence.
Tammy Miller, who was just 8 when her mother was killed, said that Amos, too, had been a victim of domestic violence.
"I didn't have any Wally Lambs, Judge Blues, Joette Katzes or Sen. Blumenthals to speak on behalf of my mother," Miller said.
Joette Katz, now commissioner of the Department of Children and Families, was a public defender and Blue's appeals unit supervisor when Foreshaw's case was pending. Though Blue attended the hearing and acknowledged writing the memo about a month before he became a judge, he said he couldn't take a position on the case. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., in a recent interview with columnist Andy Thibault, said there were "powerful and compelling reasons" to grant Foreshaw clemency and suggested her gender and race — she is African American — may have been a factor in her poor legal representation.
At the hearing, Chief Public Defender Susan Storey said Foreshaw's public defender, Dennis O'Toole, was newly appointed to represent defendants accused of major crimes, and was under "a lot of public and political pressure," because a pregnant woman had been killed. At the time, "battered women's syndrome" was not considered as a defense, Storey said.
Waterbury attorney Mary E. Werblin and Richard Emanuel, a highly respected criminal attorney, represented Foreshaw throughout the request for clemency. Werblin said she became involved in the case after speaking with a former director of the women's center in New London, now called Safe Futures. Werblin said she started receiving financial assistance from the Moores after meeting them at a party.
Tindill, the chairwoman of the pardons board, noted that the Foreshaw case was full of inconsistencies. Deputy Chief State's Attorney Leonard Boyle said court records do not support the claim that Judge Blue's memorandum had been long buried, and the claim that Foreshaw did not intend to kill anyone has been "flatly rejected" at many levels of the court system.
"The finding of the jury was clearly that there was intent to kill," Boyle said. The trial judge, Paul M. Vasington, "said that in his experience, this was a deliberate and cold-blooded murder," Boyle said.
Prosecutors offered Foreshaw a plea deal involving a 25- to 30-year prison sentence, which Foreshaw said she rejected because it would have required her to plead guilty to drug crimes that she hadn't committed. Foreshaw, a mother of three who was 12 years old when she had her first child, owned a home in Bloomfield and worked as a machinist and shop steward at a Hartford factory before she was arrested, according to testimony.
While in prison, Foreshaw completed every rehabilitation program available and became a mentor to other inmates. Liz Stenson, formerly of Middletown, said Foreshaw embraced her when she began a nine-year sentence for first-degree assault in 1989. Stenson traveled from Long Island for the hearing and became emotional as the details of Foreshaw's ordeal were put on the record.
"Bonnie snatched ahold of me, literally, and took me under her wing," Stenson said. "She taught me how to knit. She washed my hair after three arm surgeries."
Ann Koletsky of Waterford, who has worked with inmates since 1978, most recently as a volunteer, attended the hearing and wrote a letter of "unconditional" support on behalf of Foreshaw.
"Throughout her entire incarceration, she has conducted herself with obedience, compliance ... respect and dignity," Koletsky wrote. "Her gracious, warm and caring demeanor comes from a serene spirituality which emanates from her. I know that sounds a little much, but if you are in her company regularly this aura is undeniable."
After about 30 minutes of deliberation Wednesday, the pardons board granted the clemency, ruling that Foreshaw has been rehabilitated and is no longer a threat to the community.
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South Carolina State Agency Databases
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- 1 Administrative Law Court [1]
- 2 Archives and History, Department of [2]
- 3 Budget and Control Board [3]
- 4 Clemson University [4]
- 5 Comptroller General
- 6 Corrections, Department of [5]
- 7 Division of State Information Technology
- 8 Education, Department of [6]
- 9 Health and Environmental Control, Department of [7]
- 10 Health and Human Services [8]
- 11 Insurance, Department of [9]
- 12 Judicial Department [10]
- 13 Labor, Licensing and Regulation (LLR), Department of [11]
- 14 Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging [12]
- 15 Office of the State Treasurer [13]
- 16 Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services, Department of [14]
- 17 Public Service Commission of South Carolina [15]
- 18 Secretary of State [16]
- 19 Social Services, Department of [17]
- 20 South Carolina Legislature [18]
- 21 South Carolina SLED [19]
- 22 South Carolina State Library [20]
- 23 South Carolina Arts Commission [21]
- 24 Transportation, Department of [22]
- 25 Workers' Compensation Commission [23]
Administrative Law Court [1]
- Search Decisions of the Administrative Law Court Search using a variety of terms, including party names for documents after 6/1/2012.
Archives and History, Department of [2]
- Online Records Index Database of records from SC Archives holdings indexed by topics, including: Will Transcripts (1782-1855); Records of Confederate Veterans (1909-1973); Plats for State Land Grants (1784-1868); Legislative Papers (1782-1866); Criminal Court Records (1769-1891); School Insurance Photographs (1935-1952); and National Register Properties.
- SCArchCat Online catalog that allows searching and browsing of information about the holdings of the SC Archives, including non-current state, county, and municipal records, as well as copies of records relating to South Carolina government and history from other government and private sources.
- Digital Collections Selected portions of SC Archives holdings digitized for online access via the Online Records Index, including Confederate Pension Applications (1919-1938); School Insurance Photographs (1935-1952); Grand Jury Presentments to the General Assembly (1783-1877); Colonial Plats; National Register of Historic Places; Will Transcripts (1782-1855); and Militia Enrollments of 1869.
- ArchSite is an online Geographic Information System (GIS) that is focused on documenting cultural resources and archeological surveys. It currently includes the following data layers: National Register properties, Archaeological sites, Buildings and structures evaluated for National Register eligibility (surveyed after 1990), Areas surveyed for cultural resources (primarily since November 1998), County-wide historic architectural survey data for 13 counties and Civil War earthworks thematic survey data. Public viewers will have access to National Register listings, historic property survey information, and non-locational archaeology information.
- Historical Markers Database
- The National Register of Historic Places - Search Records by County
Budget and Control Board [3]
- Office of Ste Engineer Project List & Design Review Status
- SC Contract search
- State Job Opportunities Search job openings by agency, location, category or keyword.
- State Salaries Over $50,000
Clemson University [4]
- South Carolina Market Maker is designed to help connect markets and quality sources of food from "farm and fisheries to fork" in South Carolina. Features both market-demographic research and extensive listings of producers.
Comptroller General
- South Carolina Spending Transparency Can search by agency or by vendor, either for annual summaries or details for a given month.
Corrections, Department of [5]
- Inmate Search The search displays photographs and public information on inmates currently sentenced to and incarcerated in South Carolina prisons.
Division of State Information Technology
- DirectAccess Online - Directory Search Telephone numbers for State agencies and employees
Education, Department of [6]
- School Directory gives information on locating schools of all levels in a city, district, or county. The "LookUp Tool" allows one to choose a district and then decide on the type of information desired, such as school address, district information, or district staff. There are also links for a printable directory in pdf, for lists of private schools and for homeschool organizations, and educational organizations.
- School Report Cards Database - Searchable by district, type of school, number of students, poverty index, performance factors, expenditure factors and teacher characteristics.
Health and Environmental Control, Department of [7]
- South Carolina Death Indexes 1915-1961 Use LizardTech DjVu to view scanned records (name, date, age, sex and race) for the years above. More current records are digital.
- SCANDHEC South Carolina Community Assessment Network is an interactive data retrieval system for community assessment, planning and health practices. Users can create tables, charts, and maps according to their interests and specifications at the DHEC Region, County, or Zip-Code level. Birth Certificate Data, Death Certificate Data, and demographics were the first data sets available on the SCAN system. Other available data sets include PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System), Pregnancy data, Fetal Death data, Mother's Health and Lifestyle data, Infant and Child Health data, Infant Mortality data, Childhood Lead Surveillance, Cancer Incidence and Mortality data from the SC Central Cancer Registry (SCCCR)and Live Birth Infant Death Cohort data. Future modules will include a Community Profile Module. Each data set can be used to create a table or map. FAQ's, and help pages are included.
- SC Restaurant Ratings Recent sanitation/food safety scores for nearly 17,000 restaurants, delis, school cafeterias, grocery stores, retail meat markets, bakeries and seafood markets in South Carolina. Search by facility name/type or by city and or county.
- Health Facilities by County from Licensed Health Care Facilities - Lists and Maps
- Discover your Community provides information on health care facilities and restaurant inspections. Also calculates population densities for a given area.
- Environmental Public Health Tracking generates both tabular and map-based displays of data for Air Quality, Birth Defects, Cancer, Drinking water quality and more.
- South Carolina Air Monitoring Network information on air monitoring stations, pollutants sampled, objectives and historical concentrations.
- BLWM Public Record Compiled by the Bureau of Land and Waste Management, this database lists environmental cleanup sites -- search by name, address, city and county. Similarly, the Registry of Conditional Remedies (RCR) lists sites where a conditional remedy has been selected.
- Beach monitoring system provides map-based advisory information. Note that SCDHEC also compiles a list of Swimming Advisories for freshwater areas.
- South Carolina Beachfront Jurisdiction is designed to provide an overview of the location of the State's beachfront jurisdictional lines, adopted erosion rates and beach classification zones.
Health and Human Services [8]
- Enrolled Providers Search Browse by county and provider type.
Insurance, Department of [9]
Judicial Department [10]
- CDR Codes is a tool designed to help court officials and staff lookup the four digit numerical codes representing criminal offenses
- Search Opinions
- Search Orders
- Case Records Search is by County
Labor, Licensing and Regulation (LLR), Department of [11]
- Licensee Lookup Look up license information for Accountants, Dentists and any other profession who is required to be licensed by the state.
Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging [12]
- SC Access is a web-based service directory for seniors and people with disabilities. Includes more than 11,000 nonprofit, government, for-profit, and unicorporated agency listings in 18 categories. Entries contain uniform information without advertising. The website has many other links to useful information, most with larger text and icons for easy readability.
Office of the State Treasurer [13]
- Electronic Vendor Payment Search is provided as a method for vendors (payees) to identify what a direct deposit (made by the State into your bank account) is for. Search by Employer Identification Number (EIN) and the exact dollar amount of the direct deposit as it appears on your bank statement.
- Outstanding/Historical Check Search is provided as a method to locate outstanding (over two years old) State checks that have been mailed to recipients.
- Unclaimed Property Search is provided as a method to locate the owners of unclaimed property (such as dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks, unclaimed insurance proceeds, etc.).
Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services, Department of [14]
- Most Wanted is a listing with photographs of the most wanted, absconded criminals.
- Active Offender search is for offenders currently on parole or probation and are under supervision by the agency.
Public Service Commission of South Carolina [15]
- Regulated Utilities is a series of HTML lists of the utility companies that are regulated by the PSC.
- Docket management system offers comprehensive searching of dockets, orders, hearings and other PSC materials.
- eTariff system enables searching by industry and organization.
Secretary of State [16]
- SC Business One Stop allows all types of businesses to file for licensing in South Carolina. They can set up a secure file, edit and submit applications, and make payments across agencies. The site includes many pages of instructions and links.
- Business Filings A Searchable database of basic filing information about any entity filed with the office. Registered agents' names and addresses, dates of business filings and types of filings are available.
- Notary Search Notary Public database is searchable by first or last name -- can also limit retrieval by county.
- Uniform Commercial Code Filings Contains information on debtor and secured party names and UCC1 or UCC3 number searching. Names and addresses, dates of filings and types of filings are listed. Fee based.
- South Carolina Charities A searchable database of information on charitable organizations which are registered with the Secretary of State under South Carolina's Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act. Available information includes organization name, address, and a financial summary.
Social Services, Department of [17]
- Search Childcare Providers enables search based upon name, operator, type and locality.
South Carolina Legislature [18]
- Legislature Home has a link to the SC Legislature "Quick Search", which enables full-text searching not only of the resources below, but the budget, Constitution and House and Senate Journals as well .There is also a Legislator finding tool and voting history.
- Code of Laws of South Carolina can be searched by text or by Chapter.
- Code of Regulations of South Carolina can be searched by text or by Chapter.
- Search Legislation Enables full-text searching on all bills (1991-2013), bill titles, history and text of Acts (1980-1990), and bill titles and history (1975-1979)
South Carolina SLED [19]
- Sexual Offender Registry includes cross references to aliases.
South Carolina State Library [20]
- SCLENDS is the catalog for the State Library and other county public library system holdings. To limit a search to the State Library, select that Library. Records for items that are state documents will include a link to the electronic format (Many are "scedocs" and are saved to library servers.) and number of copies available for loan.
- South Carolina Foundations Directory The Directory contains information on active private foundations, community foundations, and grant-making public charities located within the state of South Carolina or registered in South Carolina, AND that also give in South Carolina. Most entries were compiled from information found on 2006 Internal Revenue Service tax returns. Each private foundation is required to file a form 990-PF annually. This form includes information on the foundation's income, assets, expenses, grants or contributions paid, grants approved for future payment, officers or trustees, address, and telephone number. The directory is compiled by a Library staff member and is available in pdf or paper ($15.00)
South Carolina Arts Commission [21]
- Approved Artist Roster is a database of currently registered artists. The search page gives many categories from which to select artists and entries include statements by the artists and contact information. Most have photos and links to webpages.
Transportation, Department of [22]
- SCDOT Street Finder Search the over 41,000 miles of SCDOT-maintained roads by county and municipality. Shows results on a map.
Workers' Compensation Commission [23]
- Coverage Verification is a tool for verifying an employer's compensation insurance coverage for a particular date


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The CAM editor is an open source toolkit for building and deploying XML exchanges and open data APIs. A WYSIWYG visual structure editor simplifies the process of developing and managing XML business information exchanges and schema.
The main focus here is on integrating JSON handling alongside the existing XML capabilities. This is intended to provide developers with the ability to use either or both from the single set of infrastructure.
Oracle Public Sector NIEM team lead David Webber explains that these developments provide JSON developers with the ability to build visual data models, use robust XML content validation services, and generate XSD schema and JAXB bindings — without having to do all those tasks by hand or know the nuances of complex XSD schema or XML handling.
Webber says that for XML developers, it now provides a "rapid ability" to use JSON as an option in their information exchanges and web service integration for supporting mobile and web-based application needs.
NOTE: The CAM toolkit also automates the tasks of generating supporting artifacts such as business documentation, cross-reference spreadsheets, models, XML Schema, JAXB data bindings, and test XML instances generation including SQL data extracts.
"In addition to these new JSON capabilities, the existing functionality has significantly improved performance and capability," said Oracle's Webber. "The CAMV validation engine now runs up to 20 times faster for large XML validation input and with templates containing
setChoice() rules. For comparison, a 500+ rules validation template with large 15MB sample COBie CAD/CAM smart building XML export now runs in 19 seconds instead of previously taking over 9 minutes."
"The drag-and-drop dictionary components handling has similarly been significantly improved. Large sets of components now are inserted in real time with low memory overhead thus dramatically improving the user experience and ability to quickly build information exchanges from XML dictionaries of predefined domain components," added Webber.
"For the Open-XDX open data API toolset we have added bidirectional support. This means using the same CAM template, and the SQL drag-and-drop interface you can design Update/Insert SQL database web services along with the query services. Again the focus is on providing simple and rapid application development support," he said.
NOTE: Example code and resources can be found at our GitHub site while online demonstrations are available from the VerifyXML.org site.
Further enhancements include a new Dictionary Evaluation report. This tool analyzes the XML components in a dictionary and highlights design issues, omissions, duplicates, and more that would be extremely tedious to detect by hand. This allows a development team to collaboratively improve the quality of their core components and their reuse across a project implementation.
Last but not least, Oracle confirms that it has improved the XSD schema importing and exporting, resolving a range of complex nuances not previously handled and allowing improved accuracy and compatibility with XSD schema.


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The Fish(es) That Got Away
Posted by JD on June 8, 2011
With the Major League Draft in full swing these past few days, Baseball-Reference.com has been running a special draft section on it's front page. Today's section included a link to the 1982 Mets' draft. That was the Dwight Gooden draft, but I have no idea why they linked to it today. The Mets picked up several useful players in that draft: Roger McDowell, Floyd Youmans (later included in the trade that brought Gary Carter to the Mets), Gerald Young (included in the trade for Ray Knight), Barry Lyons, and Rafael Palmeiro. Well, that caught me by surprise.
It turns out that the Mets drafted Palmeiro in the eighth round (189th overall) out of Jackson High School in Miami, Florida. For reasons unknown to me (maybe the money wasn't right?), Palmeiro opted to enroll in Mississippi State University. Three years later the Cubs selected him with the 22nd pick in the first round and a long and ultimately controversial career was launched. A career that could have included the Mets had it worked out differently.
While Palmeiro's story is not an uncommon occurrence (draft picks fail to sign each year only to grow as players and re-enter the draft at a later date), it got me wondering how often it happened to the Mets over the years. Furthermore, how good would a team of these "fish that got away" turn out to be? So I went through each Mets draft from 1965 (the first year of the amateur draft) to 2010 and picked out a team of the best players who never signed. These were my criteria:
1). The player had to be drafted by the Mets but be signed and start their professional career with another franchise. Obvious enough, but I wanted to point this out because there is one key player who actually played for the Mets later in his career.
2). I used Baseball Reference's version of WAR and ranked the players by position. I took some liberties here: while there were plenty of pitchers to chose from (though not many were lefthanded) it was a little sparse in the middle infield. I had to make some judgment calls and some guys are not in the positions you may remember them for, but they did have major league playing time in the positions I assigned them.
3). I went with the "standard" lineup configuration used by most clubs today: 25 players, 13 position players (eight starters and a five-player bench) and 12 pitchers (five starters, six relievers, and a closer).
The following is a lark, an exercise in "what if" and "what might have been". Without further ado, here's what I came up with:
Starting Pitchers
(Name, Draft Year, career rWAR)
Roger Clemens, 1981, 128.8
Burt Hooton, 1968, 34.6
John Tudor, 1975, 31.8
Scott Erickson, 1986, 21.9
Rick Helling, 1990 18.6
I figured I'd start with a bang. The Mets drafted the Rocket out of high school in the 12th round. After he turned them down he went on to star at the University of Texas before being drafted by the Red Sox. He ultimately went on to become one of my least favorite players of all time but man, I think I 128.8 wins above replacement could help me get over it. While the Boston years of his career would have left him second behind Tom Seaver on the franchise's rWAR leaderboard, what really struck me is that each of the other segments of his career would have qualified for the top ten as well. Still, he's a dick.
John Tudor was a personal menace to me. 1985 was the first year I really paid attention to baseball and Tudor went on an absolute rampage that season. I didn't remember this, but he actually started that season 1-7. From that point on he sandwiched one loss between nine and eleven-game winning streaks, picking up ten complete game shutouts along the way. He had a 21-8 record, and the Cardinals went 24-11 in games he started on their way to a World Series loss to the Kansas City Royals. This was Dwight Gooden's career year and he was amazing, but he was on our side: Tudor was his "evil" counter part in my mind. My mind's eye surely exaggerated Tudor's performance that season (even though he posted a ridiculous 0.938 WHIP), but it was fun seeing his name pop up here. For the record, the 1985/86 rotation would have had Gooden, Clemens, and Tudor on it if these hypothetical signings occurred. I can't even process that.
Since we're dealing with hypotheticals, why not throw in a pitcher who had a no-hitter in his fourth career start? That would be Burt Hooten, who might have ended the no no-hitter nonsense before it got a chance to really get going. Or not. We'll never know.
Scott Erickson had a mop of mahogany hair and was one of People Magazine's "Sexiest People" List. So there's that.
Rick Helling makes a decent fifth starter, and swingman Jeremy Guthrie (who's in the bullpen for now) can pick up the slack if needed.
Jeremy Guthrie, 1997, 15.7 (long man/sixth starter)
Darren Dreifort, 1990, 6.2
Mark Davis, 1978, 6.5 (lefty specialist)
Randy Wells, 2001, 6.7
Charlie Lea, 1975, 7.1
Todd Jones, 1986, 11.1
John Wetteland, 1984, 20.6 (closer)
That's not a bad bullpen at all. Wetteland was one of the premier closers of his time, Jones has extensive closing experience, and Davis famously (infamously?) won a Cy Young as a closer. Billy Koch, another former closer, just missed the cut (6.0 rWAR) and could be "called up" if need be. Our team is in decent shape pitching-wise. How does it stack up on offense?
Dan Wilson, 1987, 13.7
Wilson was part of the same draft class as Todd Hundley, who obviously signed and went on to set the franchise single season record for home runs. If I had to pick between the two I'd still take Hundley, but Wilson was an important piece of the Mariners' division winners in the late 90's.
First Base
John Olerud, 1986, 56.8
The Mets drafted Olerud in the 27th round (682nd overall) out of high school, but he opted to enroll in Washington State University. Had he signed with the Mets he would have been the perfect replacement for the aging Keith Hernandez.
Second Base
Mark Grudzielanek, 1989, 24.3
According to the Baseball Almanac, Grudzielanek's nickname is "Grudzie". I find this unacceptable and continue to refer to him as "Grudz", which I find to be infinitely more gritty.
Third Base
Ron Cey, 1966, 52.0
Our earliest non-signer, Cey was selected in the 19th round of the second-ever MLB draft. He went on to be a six-time All Star for the Dodgers in the 70's, a time when the Mets' hot corner was a revolving door. Hindsight drives this list for obvious reasons, but none more painful than this one: had Cey been in the Mets system, the Mets might have kept Nolan Ryan. Sure, they might have traded him anyway, but for a couple thousand dollars more in 1966 they might have had an All Star third baseman and future Hall of Fame pitcher on their roster. It's all "could-have-been" nonsense, but ouch.
Matt Williams, 1983, 43.9
This is admittedly the biggest position stretch on the roster, but Williams did have experience there: he played in 119 games for the Giants over five seasons and even appeared in two games for the Diamondbacks in 2001 when his career was almost over. Could he have played his whole career there? Maybe. But it sure would be nice to have a shortstop who hit 316 career home runs.
Left Field
Rafael Palmeiro, 1982, 66.0
I'm putting Palmeiro in left because he played 209 games there over his career. I think it's fair to say that Palmeiro was a "compiler", a player who built his gaudy career numbers by having many "good-but-not-great" seasons. That being said, his career numbers would absolutely dominate the Mets' offensive leaderboards had he played for the club that originally drafted him.
Center Field
Darrin Erstad, 1992, 27.8
I have a feeling that Erstad would have been a fan favorite in Flushing: a tough, gritty, tobacco-chewing, ex-football playing, wall-crashing center-fielder who would have arrived just in time to fill the void left by Lenny Dykstra. I'd bet he make a better financial advisor, though.
Right Field
David DeJesus, 1997, 21.3
A Brooklyn kid who played his college ball for Rutgers, I slotted DeJesus in right to accommodate Palmeiro in left. Could you imagine if the Mets had DeJesus from 2006-08? He would have been the perfect replacement for Cliff Floyd and the Moises Alou experiment might have been unnecessary. This one stings a little bit more because of how recently it happened, but I can easily see how having DeJesus would have resulted in playoff appearances in 2007 and 2008.
Aaron Rowand, 1995, 19.5 (outfield)
Garrett Atkins, 1997, 9.6 (corner infield, corner outfield)
Scott Servais, 1985, 3.3 (catcher)
Tracy Jones, 1982, 2.3 (outfield, pinch hitter)
Adam Piatt, 1994, 0.5 (backup infielder)
As you can see, the talent level drops off consistently. It was really difficult to find a middle infielder with a positive career rWAR (I almost had to go with Kurt Bevacqua, he of the -4.4 rWAR). That's how Piatt "earned" his spot on the squad. Jones was part of the class of '82 that started this exercise. He bounced around for a few years and was somewhat of a journeyman. In other words, Omar Minaya might have signed him if he was available last season. Scott Servais, not to be confused with Scott Service, was a prototypical back-up catcher and fills that roll here. Atkins' career started strong (he even received MVP votes in 2006) but has been ending with a whimper: he hasn't played in the majors yet this season. But we'll find him a spot on our bench. Rowand was originally drafted by the Mets as a shortstop. I was sorely tempted to put him there but Matt Williams' presence combined with Rowand's lack of playing time at the position conspired against me.
So there you have it, the Mets' ultimate team of "fish that got away". It definitely has a bit of a patchwork feel to it, but it seems like it would be a pretty decent team. All told, the players listed above accumulated 650.6 rWAR over the course of their careers (with Roger Clemens accounting for a staggering 20% of that all by himself). Would they have replecated that as members of this fictional team, or even as members of the Mets? Probably not, but it's fun to think about it.


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