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The Arizona Republic, August 30, 1998
Chief admits tragic fumble--Staff 'thought this kid was a malingerer,' he says By Dennis Wagner
Arizona Boys Ranch president Bob Thomas admitted to state investigators that serious management failures and employee misconduct led up to the death of a 16-year-old Sacramento boy in March.
However, during an interview with Child Protective Services, Thomas suggested that others share blame for the tragedy of Nicholaus Contreraz, who died of lung failure while being forced to exercise at the camp for delinquent boys.
Thomas' comments are drawn from a two-hour interview last month with CPS investigators from the state Department of Economic Security, which Wednesday announced it is denying Boys Ranch's license due to a pattern of abuse and neglect.
Following are excerpts from the man who has headed Boys Ranch for 22 years. Questions from investigators are paraphrased for brevity and clarity; responses are direct quotes.
Question: This is very uncomfortable.
Answer: Well, it's . . . I know where CPS comes from. And I know you've got a tough job. And, uh, there's a lot of mistakes made in this particular incident. But this is not the global program. . . . I mean, we've done a heck of a lot of good work . . .
Yes, a boy died. Yes, we feel bad about it. Yes, we'll live with it the rest of our lives. And, um, gee whiz, I also think our track record is pretty good, and for a lot of years.
Q: Arizona law requires child welfare employees and organizations to protect their clients. Did the Oracle camp supervisor "fail to protect" in this case?
A: Failure to protect? I think no. He was doing his duties, and he did some very good work. (He) was a good staff member. Did he make a mistake in this one incident? Yeah, he did. . . . Was it serious? Yes, it was. But as far as failure to protect, I think our record is second to none. I mean, a lot of people don't like the paramilitary approach and the whole bit. . . . But that's always been a very safe program.
Q: Might Contreraz still be alive today if Boys Ranch had properly cared for him?
A: You could take this one step farther. I mean, you could take Sacramento (County Probation Department). Should they be charged with failure to protect? I mean, should the mother be charged with failure to protect? Should . . . the probation officer be charged? I mean, we're looking at fault. There's enough fault to go around for everybody.
It was a tragedy, and . . . I'm not trying to negate all responsibility for Boys Ranch. . . . (But) what we also found out was, I mean, there was a reason staff, our staff, made drastic mistakes.
Q: Nicholaus Contreraz was sick, uncooperative and suicidal. Why didn't Boys Ranch return him to probation authorities in California?
A: I think what happened was our philosophy of never giving up played against us, and in some way broke our common sense. . . . I don't know what transpired or why we, why we went against good judgment.
I think we were talked out of it by (probation officials) in Sacramento. . . . We were getting ready to terminate that youngster (send him back to California) until they kind of, um, you know, talked us . . . to hang on till . . . death do . . . Yeah, the Last Chance Ranch.
Q: Before his death, Contreraz suffered from vomiting, breathing difficulties, diarrhea and fatigue. Why wasn't his infection detected during repeated visits to a nurse?
A:I think with our nurse, for example, she's taking a lot of heat. And I know she's a very dedicated person. I mean, she was a good nurse. . . . There was nothing she wouldn't do for this kid . . .
Did she make errors? Certainly. She had to make errors in misdiagnosing. Now why she did it, I can't answer that. . . . We dropped the football . . .
Our internal investigation found . . . we feel that our medical department down there (in Oracle) was maybe too close to the program.
Q: Is there a written report based on that internal probe?
A: We had a very extensive . . . three-week investigation. . . . Normally, we'd have it written, but we didn't on this particular time. We just went . . . they briefed me.
(Thomas added that his investigation uncovered a breakdown in supervision, which he blamed on staff inexperience, communication failures and the fact that top managers were focused on other programs.)
Q: Explain why those management lapses occurred.
A: You know, we were really into quality assurance, and we were into goal setting. So we were teaching that, and, frankly, I think we kind of dropped our training with some of our people in orientation. . . . I think we didn't do the oversight of our line staff, who are all less than a year. And I think that contributed.
Q:Talk about the communication breakdowns.
A: Well, first of all, they (staffers) didn't . . . report some of these problems immediately with the young man. And they should report these things immediately. . . . I mean, they were virtually on their own. We didn't have administrative oversight that we needed to check this thing, to lead this case . . .
That was an aberration. We usually have good communication. We have our system down there was new, eight months, and I don't shuck responsibility. . . . And, yeah, we had communication problems. We have problems with DES, there's a chance there are going to be communication problems. And the same thing happened down there. The only unfortunate thing, we had an unfortunate death.
Q: Did you know Contreraz? Did your staff ever mention him to you?
A: No, I never met the young man. I didn't really know who he was.
Q: What was your responsibility as director in regard to a boy who was being considered for termination?
A: I'm in charge of the agency. So I had to be responsible for everything, whether I like it or not.
Q: Explain why Contreraz was forced to carry around a bucket containing his defecation-soiled clothing.
A: I would call that a degrading incident. . . . I pulled this (staffer) in because I wanted to talk to him. I said, "Where did you learn this?" That was, I mean, we don't teach these things in training, and he admitted, no, he didn't learn this in training, and he just didn't have an answer for me. . . . I can't fathom why anybody would do something like that . . .
In my opinion, these are good people. . . . They broke policy, but they meant well. They aren't bad people. They had no intent to hurt this kid. They truly thought this kid was a malingerer.
Q: What about testimony that Contreraz was forced to eat his lunch while sitting on a toilet?
A: I think, uh, just because he (the supervisor) was short-staffed. I don't think they really meant to be degrading to him (Contreraz) at that particular time. . . . And, you know, what makes this so doggone tough, too, is (the boy's constant vomiting and diarrhea). . . . You know, when he got mad, I guess he would do things like this. And I'm not making excuses for staff, but . . .
Q: The medical examiner discovered 71 bruises, scrapes and other wounds on Contreraz's body. Where did they come from?
A: I mean, there were just an awful lot of marks, and probably from the CPR being performed by, a lot of it in the sand (inaudible) for close to an hour. I mean, some people bruise easy. You know, it's a physical program.
Q: Did your internal investigation consider the possibility that staffers used excessive force?
A: We looked at, yeah, certainly. . . . Actually, I mean, he (Contreraz) just flat refused to do a lot of things (work and exercises). . . . If anything, his last day, it was just hold him by the belt and, you know, trying to get him to do push-ups . . .
It's very difficult to determine was it excessive force, or was it staff just going with the program to physically assist, which is part of our program. We've made no bones about that. You know, we've tried to encourage, motivate. . . . And was it part of that? Or was it part of somebody really abusing somebody?
Q: Discuss your philosophy of working with young men.
A: We're the last opportunity for these kids . . . prior to going through some type of public correctional facility. . . . We've always treated kids with dignity. It doesn't mean you don't confront them, and you can't be afraid of them. . . . Ninety percent of our problems are inmates from orientation (at the Oracle campus). Always have been. Probably always will be. I mean, that's when the kids haven't made a commitment. They want to get out of the program. . . . They are used to manipulating the system, beating systems. . . . But once you get them through that, I'll tell you, once they buy in, they see the wagons are circled and they have to . . . there's only one way out - that you have to start achieving.
Q: What type of boys do you recruit?
A: (Thomas said the vast majority of placements are serious offenders from broken families - minorities from the barrios and ghettos of California.)
If I've learned anything from this business, these kids are as normal as any group of kids at Mountain View High School. They can perform well. The only thing about it is they're behind. And they're intelligent. . . . They just never believe in themselves that they could do it. And I think if we do anything at boys Ranch . . . we just have a belief that we're going to work with you. We're not going to give up on you, and we're going to see you to the glory land.
As the interview ended, CPS investigators notified Thomas that, as director of Boys Ranch, he could be named as a perpetrator for failure to protect Nicholaus Contreraz. Thomas was not among the 17 Boys Ranch workers state investigators say contributed to Contreraz's death through neglect or abuse.
Boys Ranch is appealing the revocation of its license. Although its enrollment has been depleted, it will remain open while the case is under review.
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger drops major hint about England job
The Frenchman is celebrating 20 years in charge of Arsenal this week as he prepares his side to take on Burnley this weekend.
Following the embarrassing end to Sam Allardyce's 67-day England tenure, Wenger has been heavily linked with the Three Lions role and the 66-year-old is ruling nothing out.
He said: "My priority is to do well here this has always been my club but one day if I am free, why not, but at the moment I was focussed on my job."
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Long time no chat - China having a lock down on internet (none at all) and calling (outside of the country - which includes hong kong strangely) can do that!!
So Kyrgyzstan continued in the same vain - I was cycling up one of the passes about 4000m and a bandit riding a horse in a balaclava (and other clothes) decided to attack me with his horse whip. Luckily a truck came past at the same moment and I was able to outstretch my hand grab the back and fly up the mountain leaving the bandit with a look of shock in his eyes!! I've been doing that quite a bit - sometimes on the flat too!! (It's not cheating - I'm still in the saddle. No it's not, OK maybe just a bit!!)
Barring that Kyrgy is an amazing country with Pamir mountain range on the right hand side. Up one of the higher passes my front pannier fell off. Nice and cold fixing it. The other then fell of and my seat snapped. So when I got to Saritash Shirley was screwed, banged, poked with a red hot poker, nailed - the list goes on... it didn't last...
We were flying down a totally unmade road and the same pannier fell off again but this time got stuck in my front wheel breaking spokes and stopping the bike in it's tracks - obviously catapulting me over the handle bars landing at the feet of a police officer with the bike landing on top of me some time after. "Asalomalicom" - hello.
What else?? Cycling through snow and ice - skidding out. Nice pic.
Then China opened it's borders after 12 days and let us in...
First night at a restaurant - no Chinese between us. We pointed to two dishes on menu and waited. To our delight chicken legs started and then the head was for main course. Yummy.
After that we could eat anything and the sheep's head floating in soup was delightful. The tongue was tasty, the rain was like cream cheese and the eye ball was like meat flavoured chewing gum that you've picked off the bottom of a chair from school.
With the chinese lock down this year in an attempt to squash the passion of the Uiga's - the indigenous people to the Xing Jang province it was impossible to get into Tibet - the area where the Chinese had previously brought destruction and ruin. So I was faced with a question. What do I do? Pakistan or fly? A few people were heading into Pakistan and seemed to think it was OK but remember we had no contact with the outside world for 2 weeks.
On our first day out of Kashkar it got colder. I woke with a frozen sleeping bag and my tent frozen inside and out. Thanks again Cotswald - I was super warm!! The silence made me feel like I was in one of the balls you get at Christmas with a beautiful winter scene inside. Totally silent. Then I touched the top of the tent and it was like the ball had been shaken, a blizzard inside. Snowing inside. Or at least the frost all falling in tiny pieces slowly. We heard on the radio about the Pakistai offensive against the Teliban. Oh dear I thought - but every else was more relaxed so we continued!! (needless to say when we passed a mining place where they were using explosives I cycled a bit faster than normal not knowing whether I was a target!)
Thank goodness we did. The road into Pakistan is the most beautiful place on earth and the people have the most wonderful welcoming smiles and hearts! I cycled for 2 miles and was almost in tears. I thought I'd found what I'd been looking for... I almost felt like I fitted in?? Which is something special for someone who has lived 30yrs feeling like an Alien in this world. (Or Angel, huh? Gergana??)
(I'll post some pics and make you jealous soon - I took 1000 pics in 5 days (but did lose all my pics of Kyrgyzstan and some of china when I accidentally hit delete all - hoping a techy can get them back??!))
So mum and dad are hoping to come out in week or so to see some of the amazing scenery here and feel the love of the people. So excited. Meanwhile I have made a bet that I can cycle the hilly road from the Chinese border to here in one day with the hostel owner. It's an awful unmade road over many hills, and 190k. The chinese are mining rock and sometimes just though massive bolders onto the road for lorries to collect later when they feel like it. Closing the road and at one point taking my pannier off. (Also had to dodge some football size rocks on a night time trek to the celebration fires as goats passed over head!!) Maybe we'll be dining out on my funds!!
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Mr B is back and kicking (the cat that keeps sleeping on my pillow)!!
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Spain hit back Friday in an escalating war of words with Venezuela over suspected members of the armed Basque separatist group ETA living in the South American country.
Interior Minister and deputy premier Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba described as "unacceptable" a statement issued from Caracas on Thursday that called on Madrid to stop associating Venezuela with ETA.
"There exists a profound malaise in the Spanish government concerning the statement," published by Venezuela's foreign ministry, said Rubalcaba, who was specifically named in the diplomatic broadside.
The statement contained "accusations that are unacceptable and injustifiable," Rubalcaba told reporters.
The row has developed against a background of persistent attempts by Spain to pursue ETA suspects based in Venezuela.
In March, a Spanish judge issued 12 international arrest warrants against suspected ETA members living in Venezuela, as well as members of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) suspected of working with ETA.
Last week, it requested the extradition of Arturo Cubillas, a former ETA activist.
But Cubillas, as well as being a Spanish national, has also obtained Venezuelan citizenship and the country's attorney general Luisa Ortega has already said that for this reason he cannot be extradited.
In what appeared to be an oblique reference to the Cubillas case, Rubalcaba said Friday that Spain "wanted its collaboration with Venezuela on terrorism matters to improve."
Thursday's statement from Venezuela's foreign ministry offered little prospect of that.
It accused Spain's politicians of "political cowardice" and accused the "sensationalist Spanish press" of waging a "violent campaign of psychological terrorism" over the issue.
Cubillas arrived in Venezuela in late 1989, part of a group of 11 ETA members given political asylum under an agreement between the Spanish and Venezuelan governments.
He was given a senior post in the agriculture ministry during the administration of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in 2005.
ETA is blamed for the deaths of 829 people in its four-decade campaign of bombings and shootings to force the creation of a Basque homeland in northern Spain and southwestern France.


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Schubert: Mass in G
Brahms: How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place
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I just spoke with someone at LS, and they are doing maintenance until 7pm eastern that will cause the interface to be down intermittently.
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Thanks VS_AM for the feedback.
Don't understand why compagnies this large don't simply post that info. on the login page...
March 31st, 2008, 07:59 AM #10
OK folks, I know this will seem out of left-field and late. I have seen similar problems on other sites *lately*. The one that comes to mind is - now don't laugh - webkinz.zom. It's not me using it, it's the rest of my family - really! The toys are cute but the site is addictive, both are addictive in a family of OCD'ers anyway ;-).
Anyway, for WebKinz the fix is to go into Internet Explorer ->Tools->Internet Options->Browsing History->Delete. Then delete temporary files and cookies.
Don't ask me why, but it works. My wife has that problem several times a day. My kids use FireFox and I don't think they have ever seen it, but I could be wrong.
Not that any of you want to troubleshoot, but try downloading Firefox if you don't already use it. When IE acts up, see if Firefox works the way it should.
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NSW, WA criticise ports plan
Premiers in Western Australia and New South Wales have criticised a Federal Government proposal to take control of Australia's major ports.
However, Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has indicated he is willing to work with the Federal Government on the changes.
Federal Transport Minister John Anderson yesterday suggested that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission oversee the ports.
In parliament today, WA Premier Geoff Gallop described the plan as another example of arrogance from the Federal Government.
He said in the last four years, the State Government had spent more than $400 million on WA ports, while Canberra had only spent $3 million over the same period.
Dr Gallop says the state's ports are running effectively and any attempt to change the system would only undermine it.
"Mr Speaker once again, we see the Commonwealth intruding into areas Mr Speaker about which they know nothing, Mr Speaker, and which would undermine the capacity of this nation to deliver good results for its people," he said.
NSW Premier Bob Carr, speaking on The 7.30 Report, expressed doubts about the proposal.
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"That's a body that regulates competition policy in Australia, but ... the argument here is not about competition."
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Shipherd's Record
Shipherd's Record is Olivet College's award-winning alumni magazine. It is named in memory of "Father" John J. Shipherd, who established Olivet College in 1844.
We hope you'll enjoy the latest issue of Shipherd's Record. In it, President Corey reflects on his last six years at Olivet, you'll hear about what the alumni are up to between a few special features and several pages of class notes, and you'll read about all the latest campus updates. As always, we encourage you to contact us with your feedback.
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Afghan police commander kills, wounds AP journalists
On the eve of a crucial presidential election in Afghanistan, a police commander opened fire on two journalists Friday, killing a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer and wounding an AP reporter who has long covered the region. Anja Niedringhaus, 48, a photographer of German origin who shared a 2005 Pulitzer for AP's coverage of the war in Iraq, was killed instantly when a police commander walked up to the women's car, shouted, "Allahu akbar" and opened fire on them. Kathy Gannon, 60, a Canadian journalist based in Islamabad who has covered the region since the mid-1980s, was shot three times in the wrists and shoulder and was in stable condition after surgery. The women were traveling with election workers and were inside a security forces base in Khost, eastern Afghanistan. The police commander who killed them surrendered to other officers and was arrested. The attack came the day before Afghanistan holds elections for president and provincial councils, which the Taliban have vowed to disrupt with violence.
Towed pinger locaters used in search for plane
Approaching the four-week anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, searchers brought in ships Friday to tow pinger locaters along a 150-mile path in the Indian Ocean where investigators believe the plane may have crashed. The batteries from the black boxes are expected to last only a month and may be dead already, meaning no ping would be emitted. Nevertheless, a pinger locator loaned by the U.S. Navy was being towed by an Australian ship, and a British ship with similar capabilities was also involved. The ocean search was not based on new information about where the plane could be, but more a reflection of the fact that an aerial search for debris has turned up nothing. "The area is vast and remote," said Angus Houston, who is coordinating the search from Perth. "We have not searched everywhere that the aircraft might have gone."
DOJ investigating high-speed stock trading
Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday that the Justice Department is investigating high-speed trading on stock exchanges in which traders use sophisticated algorithms and high-speed data networks to predict changes in the market, sometimes seconds before they occur. The FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission are both said to be investigating the practice to see if it gives big firms an unfair advantage in the stock market and possibly constitutes insider trading. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that investigators were examining the practice of placing a group of trades and then canceling them to create the false appearance of market activity. "The Department is committed to ensuring the integrity of our financial markets — and we are determined to follow this investigation wherever the facts and the law may lead," Holder told a House hearing in prepared remarks.
Modest job growth reported in March
The economy experienced modest job growth in March, adding 192,000 new jobs, though the unemployment rate remained flat at 6.7 percent. Employers appeared to have done more hiring as the weather improved after an unusually harsh winter. The total number of jobs added was about the same as in February and about the same as the average for all of last year. The strongest growth was in business services, especially at temporary-help companies, and growth occurred in construction and retail, though hiring in manufacturing was lackluster and government hiring was flat.
Franco admits propositioning 17-year-old girl
If you're busted and you know it, raise your hand. Movie star James Franco, 35, admitted Friday that he sent flirtatious messages to a 17-year-old Scottish girl via Instagram and text message, asking if she was single and offering to get a room with her. Appearing Friday on "Live! With Kelly and Michael," the Palo Alto native said: "I didn't want to come on the show and feel awkward, so, yeah, I mean I guess, you know, I'm embarrassed, and I guess I'm just a model of, you know, how social media is tricky." This is the same James Franco who hosted the Academy Awards with actress Anne Hathaway in 2011, prompting much of the nation to remark that the "Pineapple Express" star looked stoned. "It's a way to meet each other today," he went on Friday. "But what I've learned I guess just because I'm new to it is like, you don't know who you're talking to, and you know? So I used bad judgment. I learned my lesson." New to social media, James? On April 2, Franco met Lucy Clode, 17, outside his Broadway show "Of Mice and Men" and asked her to tag him on the Instagram video she took of him so that he could find her online. He later wrote to her, "You're single? What's the hotel? Should I rent a room?" Um, no, you probably shouldn't, even though it's not actually illegal because the age of consent in New York is 17. Franco went on to lament the difficulties of meeting someone when you're rich and famous: "Unfortunately in my position, I mean … I have a very good life, but not only do I have to go through the embarrassing kind of rituals of kind of meeting someone, sometimes if I do that then it gets, you know, published for the world so now, you know, it's like doubly embarrassing." Poor James!
The Wire, a summary of top national and world news stories from the Associated Press and other wire services, moves weekdays. Contact Karl Kahler at 408-920-5023; follow him at twitter.com/karl_kahler.


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A SYDNEY restaurant is removing urinals shaped like women's mouths and has apologised for causing offence.
The two urinals, in the shape of bright red, wide-open lips, were installed in the French restaurant Ananas in Sydney's Rocks area.
The restaurant said the urinals were "a commonly used European design piece from female Dutch artist Meike van Schijnde" but would be removed.
"We sincerely apologise if they have caused offence. They are being removed today," a spokeswoman said in a statement to AAP.
A spokeswoman for the interior design company that selected the items for the restaurant described them as "playful".
Feminist publisher Anne Summers said interior design was not an excuse for misogyny.
"Misogyny is very widespread, and this is just an example of misogyny," she told AAP.
"The concept is pretty challenging and confronting.
"They're asking men to put their d**ks in these mouths as urinals."
It's not the first time designer urinals have caused controversy.
In 2006 four urinals shaped like women's lips designed by Austrian artist Rudolf Scheffel were taken away from public toilets near the National Opera in Vienna after protests from women's groups.
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