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> Ditto. No fair with the raspberry jelly filled and covered in powdered
> sugar kind. ;-)(What's a bismark?) No matter what it is, I know I can't
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> it, drats!!
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Best Defensive Arms in Major League Baseball Today
By (Featured Columnist) on June 7, 2012
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In baseball, we all know the power hitters of teams and those that can bring runs in with a simple swing of the bat. At least for some casual fans, defense and great defensive players can be overlooked.
Sure, the all-time greats like Brooks Robinson and Ozzie Smith are remembered, but those who are simply good defenders or great in the short term may be forgotten. That isn't the case with this slideshow.
Here are 10 of the best defensive arms in baseball right now.
Brett Lawrie
Brett Lawrie is a simply solid offensive piece for the Toronto Blue Jays, and his attitude could use a bit of work, but when it comes to defense, he may already be the best defensive third baseman in baseball in only his second season.
He has been making web-gem plays left and right, and his 2.5 Defensive WAR is the best in baseball easily. Yes, he already has eight errors on the year, but it's because he tries to make crazy plays like the one in the video.
Michael Bourn
While I don't use Gold Gloves to figure out top defensive players, those who have them, who actually are great defensively, look that much better, and Michael Bourn fits into that.
The center fielder is lights out in the outfield and has been a web-gem magnet on top of being, perhaps, the team MVP of the Atlanta Braves thus far.
Bourn's 1.5 defensive WAR is second in the NL.
Brett Gardner
It's funny to think that a Yankee would be unheralded for his work, but for as much as many others are lauded, Brett Gardner is actually underappreciated for his incredible defense.
Gardner is able to make plays that not many left fielders can, and if a ball gets by Derek Jeter, he can handle it easily.
Despite a first-place WAR finish in 2010 and a top-10 one last year, he's still looking for that first Gold Glove, which he's more than deserved.
Yadier Molina
When you think of a defensive catcher, you think of the guy hitting .210 on the bench who does play well behind the plate but is meant to give the starter days off more than anything. In Yadier Molina's case, he's the complete package.
One of the best offensive catchers happens to easily be the best defensive catcher in the league right now. Four straight Gold Gloves are backed by great range, few errors and a caught stealing percentage that regularly leads the league.
Brendan Ryan
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When the Seattle Mariners originally acquired Brendan Ryan, I remember being a bit confused since they needed offensive help, and Ryan's hitting has been awful this year. I never criticized his defense, though, since he has one of the best arms in baseball at any position.
He has amazing range at shortstop, and it's a travesty that he hasn't won a Gold Glove yet; he's more deserving than Erick Aybar and infinitely more deserving in a down year than Derek Jeter at his best. His defensive WAR of 2.2 is second in baseball.
Unfortunately, I could not find any videos of a live-action web gem, but by the sheer number of YouTube uploads of him making those types of plays in MLB: The Show, clearly he's known for that.
Darwin Barney
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The rising stars on the Chicago Cubs all seem to have great defense. Starlin Castro was a name I tossed around, but he still makes too many errors, even if he makes plenty of great catches.
As for Darwin Barney, he's making the great plays without the extra errors. His diving catch last year to end Dan Uggla's long hitting streak got him out there, and his continued improvement means he could soon be a perennial Gold Glove at second base.
J.J. Hardy
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J.J. Hardy is, perhaps, best known for his home run hitting, having hit 30 last year, but in reality, he's not only the most underrated defensive shortstop in the league, but among the best.
He's never had a poor defensive season, unlike some on the list who have had off years, and he has amazing range. He doesn't make quite as many web-gem plays as others, and that could be why he's not quite as known for that.
Gerardo Parra
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Gerardo Parra was nearly relegated to fourth outfielder on the Arizona Diamondbacks. It's a good thing he wasn't, since his Gold Glove plays are some of the best in baseball.
Parra has some of the best range of any corner outfielder in baseball, and he's able to keep senseless errors from happening on top of it. If he keeps his arm strength up, he should remain among the best defensive outfielders for a long time.
Evan Longoria
I said originally that Brett Lawrie was becoming the best defensive third baseman in the league, and while that's still a very real possibility, he has to beat out Evan Longoria first.
Longoria has been one of the best on defense since his debut, consistently having some of the best range in baseball at third base. While the clip shown my be staged, it's a realistic person to use, as Longoria does have catlike reflexes and can get to the ball easily.
Troy Tulowitzki
When Troy Tulowitzki suddenly made a slew of errors with his glove this past April, it was truly a shock. Someone like him losing a grip on defense made no sense.
Why was this? Well, defensively Troy Tulowitzki is easily the best shortstop in the game, and he may be overall. He has top range and can convert double plays and make dives like the best of them. Excluding April, he rarely makes senseless errors.
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Do you have a toothache? A quick prayer to St. Apollonia may help you feel better.
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The crowd threatened to throw her into a fire if she did not denounce God. As the legend goes, she told the crowd to wait for a brief moment, and then leapt into the flames on her own accord. St. Apollonia courageously became a martyr.
Rather than give a wild crowd what they wanted, Apollonia stuck firmly to her beliefs and shows to die instead of giving in to the power of the crowd.
Because Apollonia lost all of her teeth in the struggle, she is known as the patron saint of dentistry, and anyone suffering from dental problems should pray to St. Apollonia for their fast recovery.
Apollonia is often seen with pincers holding a tooth. She is also sometimes portrayed with a necklace with a golden tooth at the end.
Many Christians were being persecuted in Alexandria at the time Apollonia leapt into the fire, becoming a martyr. It was a difficult time for those who followed the Christian faith, these people were being ridiculed and persistently question, tortured and threatened with their lives. Rather then renounce Christ, Apollonia shows to go directly to Christ, by leaping into the fire.
After Apollonia's life, and her subsequent canonization, a great debate ensued. Was Apollonia truly a martyr, or did she commit suicide? That question really cannot be answered in the scope of this article, but has been a topic of discussion -- literally -- for centuries. St. Augustine declared Apollonius' act "heroic faith."
St. Apollonia became the patron saint of toothaches and other dental problems in the middle ages when gum and tooth disease reached epidemic status in Europe.
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Murdered Tia Sharp's Body Formally Identified
A body found in the home of Tia Sharp's grandmother has been formally identified as that of the missing schoolgirl.
Police discovered the body in 46-year-old Christine Sharp's house in New Addington last Friday.
Stuart Hazell, the boyfriend of Tia's grandmother, has already been charged with the 12-year-old's murder.
Giving evidence at the opening of the inquest into the death, Detective Sergeant Eric Sword was asked by the coroner, Dr Roy Palmer, if the body had been formally identified during a still ongoing post-mortem.
Mr Sword said: "From the checks that we have been able to carry out, yes."
"And that body is that of Tia Sharp?" the coroner asked. "That is correct," he replied.
No further details, such as the cause of the 12-year-old's death, were given.
Dr Palmer added that once the post-mortem is complete, Hazell has the right to request a second one by a pathologist of his choice.
The coroner asked that if it was requested, it be carried out as soon as possible so the 12-year-old's body can be released to her family.
The inquest, at South London Coroner's Court in Croydon, was then adjourned until a later date.
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From: "Orin R. Wells" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Re: ICE MAN DNA
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 00:19:08 -0800
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At 11:29 PM 12/19/01 -0700, Allan S. Gleason wrote:
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Not mine. I am an older coot like you. No, they had a shooting here
recently (we have a lot of them) where someone hit on a party in an
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Next week, with the holiday season in full swing, Heini Hehli's family will gather together in the farmhouse northeast of Rimbey.
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Who doesn't love chocolate truffles? They are the essence of chocolate, and a sure-fire mood enhancer. Pop even one into your mouth and see if you don't get happy.
I'm not much of a holiday baker. I've never participated in a cookie swap, very rarely bake goodies for friends when the season rolls around and, since I don't have people over more at this time of year than any other, I think it's just dangerous for me to have containers full of cookies and bars around the house.
Cupcakes don't ever seem to lose their popularity - and why would they? But when faced with a platter of whoopie pies at a party recently, it occurred to me that they were essentially two cupcake tops (the best part of the cupcake) sandwiched with buttercream.
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My experience with pudding is pretty much limited to eating it out of those little pull-tab cans in my school lunches when I was growing up. This was the era of Bill Cosby shilling for Jell-O and supermarket shelves were full of brands and flavours of pudding, from standard chocolate and vanilla to the more exotic — to my lunch, at least — butterscotch or layered versions like parfaits.
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Blow the festive season cobwebs away and join us for a field trip. Lunch will be available at various places in this Cornish fishing village. The main car park is north of the village and is half a mile walk into the village. The village has many steep very narrow roads but the main walk from the car park is a relatively gentle downhill slope.
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These things are good for their use. I've used a 4 pack for at least 3-4 years, EVERYDAY. i put them in a radio that ran all day (about 15 hours) then at night i would recharge them. i did this everday, give or take the few times i couldn't chage due to power outage. so that's, let's say 350 times recharged a year, times 3 years is 1,050 times cycled. finally, yesterday, one of the batteries has failed. when fully charged it runs down within about an hour, hour and a half. But, the other 3 still work fine. they have lost a little bit of mAh rating over the year (which is to be exptected with all recharble batteries, no matter what the brand) so i'm still to this day using the other 3 batteries in another device. shelf life is decent, about 2 weeks before they drop from good to weak on battery tester, but this as well is to be exptected on MOST rechargable batteries. so if you are buying these storage, you are making a mistake (for storage you need a low self discharge battery which will hold charge for 3 years. i haven't been easy with these batteries. i have accidnetly dropped them on the floor and been shook around in the radio when carrying it around on my hip. The only thing i don't like about these batteries is that they don't have a warranty like the other high grade batteries. if one of those leaks and damages a device, the company will fix or replace the item. if these leak and destroy an item, well you're outta luck. but mine has seen abuse and i've never had no problem with them, but still, a warranty would be nice. but still i will use them for their price and that the fact i have tested them and they last. this time when i rebuy some recharable batteries, i'm gonna buy the harbor freight 2200 hi-cap batteries so they get a little bit longer run time if i would ever need it. i hope they last like these have!
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Batteries only lasted 15 charge cycles. When new, they would only hold 1600 miliamps, but rated at 2000 miliamps. Now they only hold 111 miliamps. I do not take these batteries to complete...Read complete review
Batteries only lasted 15 charge cycles. When new, they would only hold 1600 miliamps, but rated at 2000 miliamps. Now they only hold 111 miliamps. I do not take these batteries to complete exhaustion. I also have a cycler to exercise their performance. This is not a durable battery.
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Comments about Thunderbolt Magnum 4 Piece AA NiMH Rechargeable Batteries:
Had a Nikon Point & Shot Digital Camera that these worked great in. Use them in a Polaroid Digital Point & Shoot & the flash is weaker with the NiMh than alkaline, where the Nikon, I didn't notice the difference. My son uses them in his Garrett metal detector, and they seem to last forever.We use these batteries everywhere, from small flashlights, cameras, baby toy cars & trucks & they have good power & last a long time between recharges. We buy them every time they are on sale & we still need more!
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I use rechargeable AAs everyday and find these to be as good as any I have used. I have bought several sets of different brands from Walmart and electronics stores. (they put the last Rayovacs I bought to shame). I would rate these better than most and a GREAT DEAL!
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these things ROCK! these are the only batteries i buy anymore. i bought myself a very nice digital lcd display Energizer charger. and now everything that needs batteries gets these. NEVER have to buy batteries for that item again. I LOVE THESE!
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I bought 8 AA nimh batteries a couple of years ago and they are still going strong. I am very satisfied with these batteries.
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works great with no problems. use in communication radios.
Very Good Battery
By Walter
I've built RC battery packs from these and they work very well. They test at about 1600mah with high drain. Not as good as the High Capacity ones HF carries, but still very respectable and for a great price. Their on sale now, so I'm going to buy some more.
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work great for me
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Use them in everything from flashlights to remote controls and electric toothbrush. Great because they last.On day 1 of the DEC 2012 sale, I sure wish my local store [HENRIETTA, NY #00233] had the same-priced 97866 as they take 200 more charges and have 10% more mAh [storage]. I'd like to give them a try, but they're out-of-stock.
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These batts work great but they will not fit in all devices for they are slightly larger diameter than normal batts. I use them in my RC transmitters and they do not fit in some that I own.
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good value
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Never use NiMh in solar light or cordless power tool, bcs the internal resistance larger and it difficult to be charged by sun and limited the current output for power tool.
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OK - I've been out of work for about nearly four weeks now, but here is the new choir I get to direct in order to stay in practice for the next job I get.
This cat is a former lounge singer at St. Joan's and is now the soprano section leader in our Cat Chorale.
This soprano may look and act like Paris Hilton, but she's brought the roof down at Lincoln Center, so she likes to think.
One of our altos, this cat is an accomplished blues singer down at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, while doubling as a section leader at my former roundhouse church.
Pinky here was once a liturgical dance choreographer for a certain west coast religious misedumacation congress, until she found the knack for singing and joined last year's congress choir.
Finally, the founding member of the Cat Chorale, and one of the first parish folk group members. She even tried to start a folk group while the 1962 Roman Missal was still in force as the Ordinary Form of worship.
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Someone call for help... Brian's gone crazy.
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Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Matthew - where have you been mon?
Yes, I do need help - the #^@&!^% section leader's already starting $&!+. (LMAO!)
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I'm rushing on this one. But heres a really early sketch that i just did on the wacom. Oh and since i'm rushing i'm not to worried on how well it turns out. I just want it to turn out.
Its pop and Green Goblin....... He's chucking a plate of flaming Rice Crispy Treats.
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Color test This is by far way off from the end i'm just messing around with the color scheme of things. tring to get the feel of what pop would look like as the goblin.
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Marco Dorantes recently linked to a great article by Watts Humphrey, who worked on IBM's OS/360 project: Why Big Software Projects Fail. Watts opens with an analysis of software project completion data from 2001:
Figure 2 shows another cut of the Standish data by project size. When looked at this way, half of the smallest projects succeeded, while none of the largest projects did. Since large projects still do not succeed even with all of the project management improvements of the last several years, one begins to wonder if large-scale software projects are inherently unmanageable.
There's a strong correlation between project size and likelihood of failure. I'm sure that comes as no surprise; it's a lot easier to build a doghouse in your back yard than it is to build the Brooklyn Bridge. What is surpising is the "radical" management solution he proposes for these large projects: trust.
This question gets to the root of the problem with autocratic management methods: trust. If you trust and empower your software and other high-technology professionals to manage themselves, they will do extraordinary work. However, it cannot be blind trust. You must ensure that they know how to manage their own work, and you must monitor their work to ensure that they do it properly. The proper monitoring attitude is not to be distrustful, but instead, to show interest in their work. If you do not trust your people, you will not get their whole-hearted effort and you will not capitalize on the enormous creative potential of cohesive and motivated teamwork. It takes a leap of faith to trust your people, but the results are worth the risk.
If you don't delegate some measure of trust to your teammates, can you even call it a team? Watts also notes that trusting your team is not a substitute for managing them. Trust shouldn't imply a free pass through the "how ya doin'?" school of feel-good non-management. That's what Paul Vick is complaining about in his defense of the Microsoft Shipit award:
As for the rest of [Joel Spolsky's] article slagging the idea of performance reviews, I can only fall back on Churchill's immortal quote: "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried." There's no question that performance reviews can have terrible effects, but what's the alternative? Give everyone a pat on the head, say "nice work" and send them off to a nap with some warm milk and cookies? This isn't to say that there aren't better or worse ways to do performance reviews, but it seems cheap to dispatch them without suggesting some alternative.
And he's right. In order to manage a project, you have to objectively measure what your teammates are doing-- a delicate balancing act that DeMarco and Lister call measuring with your eyes closed:
In his 1982 book Out of the Crisis, W. Edwards Deming set forth his now widely followed "Fourteen Points." Hidden among them, almost as an afterthought, is point 12B:
Remove barriers that rob people in management and in engineering of their right to pride of workmanship. This means [among other things] abolishment of the annual or merit rating and of management by objectives.Even people who think of themselves as Deming-ites have trouble with this one. They are left gasping, What the hell are we supposed to do instead? Deming's point is that MBO and its ilk are managerial copouts. By using simplistic extrinsic motivators to goad performance, managers excuse themselves from harder matters such as investment, direct personal motivation, thoughtful team-formation, staff retention, and ongoing analysis and redesign of work procedures. Our point here is somewhat more limited: Any action that rewards team members differentially is likely to foster competition. Managers need to take steps to decrease or counteract this effect.
Measuring with Your Eyes Closed: In order to make measurement deliver on its potential, management has to be perceptive and secure enough to cut itself out of the loop. Data collected on individual performance has to be used only to benefit that individual as an exercise in self-assessment. Only sanitized averages should be made available to the boss. If this is violated and the data is used for promotion or punitive action, the entire data collection scheme will come to an abrupt halt. Individuals are inclined to do exactly what the manager would to improve themselves, so managers don't really need individual data in order to benefit from it.
If this sounds difficult, well, that's because it is. Managing people is unbelievably difficult. Getting code to compile and pass all your unit tests? Piece of cake. Getting your team to work together? That's another matter entirely. Joel Spolsky commented on Paul's post, elaborating on his position:
The Shipit stupidity replaced a genuine form of employees being recognized for shipping a product (being given a copy of the shrinkwrapped box) with a ersatz form of recognition which made it pretty clear that management didn't even know that employees were already motivated for shipping software. And it's a classic case of gold-starism. It was universally derided by the hard core old-school developers that make Microsoft what it is today.
Joel's problem with the Shipit awards was exactly the pitfall that DeMarco and Lister described. Managerial trust relationships take investment and work; facile shortcuts like the Shipit award undermine this relationship. Even if you're only building a doghouse, avoid taking these shortcuts.
I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action
Fidel C on February 28, 2005 11:38 AMYet another example of "performance reviews considered harmful", involving a donkey. And get your minds out of the gutter.
I can't really add much to this other than to offer my experience of working for a company that understood none of the above.
An interesting point mentioned regards "remove barriers... [to] right to pride of workmanship". Sure there are lots of people working for the paycheque or putting in their time, but there are also those who take pride in their craft. These people, and I count myself among them, just want to be treated fairly. We'll work overtime if it's necessary - you don't have to ask. Just treat us fairly afterwards and we'll bug check and fix every last remaining line of code until it is *perfect*, so long as the work is treated with the care and respect that it should.
Great article.
P.S. Antenna Audio is a bunch of charlatan jokers. ;) - just thought I'd mention that.
Richard on March 1, 2005 4:56 AMPeter Scholtes: "Dr. Deming said of Performance Appraisals, 'Stop doing them and things will get better.' He was correct. Many organizations, however, wonder what to do instead."
For those that do require "some alternative" Peter included some good ideas in The Leader's Handbook (see chapter 9 "Performance without Appraisal pages 293 to 368). This chapter has excellent material for any manager.
For more of my thoughts see my post - Performance without Appraisal: http://evop.blogspot.com/2005/04/performance-without-appraisal.html .
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Aaron, diagnosed with Spina Bifida, and his mom discuss his treatment at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. This hospital was named one of Parents magazine's 10 best children's hospitals in 2013.
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Elephants are a symbol of Thailand. Thai elephant has been an integral part of Thai culture for centuries. The elephant is a symbol of prosperity, power and grace befitting a monarch. Revered by ancient kings, the majestic Thai elephant has taken a worthy place in Thai history, legends, literature and Buddhist folklore, art and architecture. From the beginning, the history of Thailand, elephants dutifully served the kings and commoners during the war, trade and work. Unfortunately, the wild elephants wandering in the forests of Thailand, significantly reduced in number. If at the beginning of the 20th century, more than 100,000 elephants lived in Thailand, today they have about 3000-4000. Half of this number are domesticated animals that live in other national reserves.
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There are only six wires on our unit. On the DC (battery or -) side there is a Ground, which you connect to the Negative terminals on both batteries. Each hot wire (+) goes to a Positive terminal on one battery. This lets the batteries charge independently, even if one battery goes bad, the other will still hold a charge. The AC side had three wires. Just cut the old AC feed and follow the color code. If your boat doesn't have a white, black and green wire, STOP, get a professional to look at it. Wiring it wrong can lead to all kinds of problems.
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The first time I saw Bo Diddley was on a mid 1960's black and white TV show called Shindig.
Bo was playing this weird looking guitar and singing his trademark song, "Hey Bo Diddley." He had a very attractive woman who was also playing a similar guitar.
He was well known for the "Bo Diddley beat." It is reminiscent of the old musical tag, "shave and a haircut…two bits" being played over and over again.
In an interview done before his death, he confessed that despite his admirers and historians attributing the rhythm to old African-American Hambone jive, he actually copped it from a Gene Autry song called, "I've Got Spurs That Jingle, Jangle, Jingle."
Much of Bo's rhythm could be due to his use of a loud Fender Dual Showman amplifier with the vibrato cranked up.
As a boy a young Elias Bates fashioned a crude instrument called a diddley bow out of an old cigar box. A diddley bow is based on a single string instrument of African origin that consists of a wooden board or a wooden dowl, such as a broom handle, a piece of wire and a couple of screws to stretch it over. The cigar box gave the instrument some resonance. It is usually played using a slide, which can be fashioned from the neck of a wine or beer bottle. A jack knife could also make a nice slide.
Not only did Elias Bates take his musical name from the diddley bow, he also used his cigar box instrument as inspiration for his personal guitar. As his fame as a musician grew, Gretsch guitars was all too happy to oblige him with a custom instrument that he dubbed The Twang Machine. It was made in 1958.
Gretsch made him at least two more guitars which were based on the Cadillac fins. For all you young'uns out there, there was a time, back when most all cars were made in America. In the late 1950's America was entering the race to space and to help it along cars had to have fins.
Gretsch now produces a reproduction of Bo's famous instrument square guitar.
Just like the original, the instrument is 17-3/4" x 9-1/4" x 2" and made of alder and 5-ply maple for it's semi hollow body. It is finished with a bright red paint job and lacquer. The guitar is decked out with two FilterTron pickups, a tune-o-matic bridge and a Gretsch G tailpiece with gold hardware.
They also produce a Bo Diddley Guitar under their Electromatic Brand. This one is not quite as fancy. It has a stop tail piece, a bolt on neck and chome hardware
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- Woody said...
Bo rules! So do his guitars. Got a rectangular one and one of the more recent Billy-Bo's.
- January 22, 2010 at 8:43 AM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2008 Olympians Ritzenhein and Lewy Boulet to Run Houston Aramco Houston Half Marathon to host USA Half Marathon Championships HOUSTON, TX (Dec. 9, 2008) - A pair of Olympians headline deep fields set for the eighth-annual Aramco Houston Half Marathon on January 18, 2009. Dathan Ritzenhein (Eugene, Ore.), ninth in the 2008 Olympic Marathon, will run the Aramco Houston Half Marathon for the first time and will do so as the race's No. 2 seed. The 25-year-old Ritzenhein set several state and national records while running for Rockford High School in Michigan and was part of the sensational prep class of 2001, which also produced American mile record holder Alan Webb and 2008 USA Olympic Marathon Trials winner Ryan Hall. "Ritz" was second to Hall at the 2008 trials in 2:11:07 and was the first American across the line in Beijing in 2:11:59. Earlier in 2008, he won the USA Cross Country Championships. Ritzenhein will head a field of the country's top runners vying for the 2009 USA Half Marathon Championship, which is being hosted in Houston for the fifth consecutive year. Returning to defend his title is top-seeded James Carney (Lafayette, Colo.) who took the 2008 crown in 1:02:21. Jason Lehmkuhle (Minneapolis), 11 seconds behind Carney in the '08 race, also will return. That pair will be joined by 2004 Olympian and 2005 USA Half Marathon champ Dan Browne (Beaverton, Ore.), Andrew Carlson (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Peter Gilmore (San Mateo, Calif.), and Max King (Bend, Ore.), among many other elite Americans. The women's field for the Aramco Houston Half Marathon, host of the women's USA Half Marathon Championship for the third year in a row, will include 2008 Olympian Magdalena Lewy Boulet. The 35-year-old Lewy Boulet (Oakland, Calif.) finished second at the USA Olympic Trials Marathon in a PR of 2:30:19, but she was forced to drop out of the marathon in Beijing due to a knee injury. Lewy Boulet, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Poland, will be joined on the starting line in Houston by defending champion Kate O'Neill (Palo Alto, Calif.). O'Neill won the national half marathon title in 2008 in 1:11:57, after finishing second to Elva Dryer in Houston in 2007. Desiree Davila (Rochester Hills, Mich.), runner-up to O'Neill at the '08 half championship, will return to Houston, along with four-time Olympian Colleen De Reuck (Boulder, Colo.), 2008 national 8K champion Sara Slattery (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), and twins Tara and Kara Storage (Beavercreek, Ohio). "We have tremendous fields assembled for both championship races," said Brant Kotch, race director. "With his American Record here in 2007, Ryan Hall showed that the Houston half marathon course can help runners produce record-setting times, and we are looking forward to a pair of fast and competitive races in January." More than $59,000 in prize money will be at stake in the two USA championship races, with $12,000 awaiting the winners of each. A record 18,000 runners have registered to run in the 2009 Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon, and an additional 8,000 hopefuls have signed up on the waiting list since the two races sold out on July 7, 2008. The Chevron Houston Marathon, a Running USA founding member, is the nation's premier winter marathon, annually attracting participants from nearly all 50 U.S. states and more than 20 foreign countries. In 2008, more than 20,000 runners participated in four marathon weekend events (marathon, half marathon, 5K run and children's run). The Houston Marathon has been ranked among the top five marathons in the nation by the Ultimate Guide to Marathons for fastest course, organization and crowd support. More than 5,000 volunteers organize the race, which is Houston's largest single-day sporting event. For more information, visit www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com or call 713-957-3453. ###
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Amazing Animated GIFs Capture Nebulae in 3D Using Artificial Parallax
Parallax 3D images use two photos captured from slightly different vantage point to create the appearance of depth. In astrophotography, however, the distance between human cameras and distance objects are so great that real parallax generally cannot be achieved.
Finnish astrophotographer J-P Metsavainio has developed a brilliant experimental technique that overcomes this (kinda): he converts astrophotographs into 3D volumetric models, and then uses those models to create dazzling 3D animations of nebulae.
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Love my experience with AFB. Easy to use and manage. Staff is great and friendly. Five stars!
one night, its the 30th, and i check the online bank, and i see theres money coming in on the first. i make a few online purchase that night, and the bank site shows they will be payed for the next day when i've been payed. they both say pending on them. The next day, i'm missing my whole paycheck, and -200 in the bank. i go to look at the sheet and it was taken out on nite of the purchases. i call em and tell em i only spent so many dollars and i should have my paycheck in there, and those pending purchases were supposed to be taken out after midnight like the online banking sheet said. IT SAID IT'D BE TAKEN OUT ON THE FIRST NOT THE 30TH. ON THE FIRST, THEY BACK DATED THE PAYMENTS TO GET MORE MONEY CUZ THEY KNEW I WAS IN THE ARMY AND I HAD MONEY. THIS BANK IS TERRIBLE AND TREASONOUS!! the ppl on the phone said it was 25 dollars for every overage there was like they're just there to get someone for more money. they're like this because too many people leave them because of their shadiness. all the ppl in the building were mostly old and cranky. i didnt make a single penny of interest on em either when i had 6k+ dollars because their greedy and selfish. that was deployment money too. i only stay with em now because i have to make my car payment and the car payment site im using doesnt let me use my current bank for some reason.
Love this bank! I use them for my checking, savings, credit card, and home loan. They have fantastic customer service as well as the lowest credit card APR's anywhere. I will be with these guys for life!


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AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) -- Boeing Corp. has donated $200,000 each to the Air Force, Army and Navy service academies for training and outreach programs.
Boeing said Thursday the money will be used for ethics and leadership training, education in science, technology, engineering and math, and diversity outreach.
The Air Force Academy is outside Colorado Springs, Colo. The Army's U.S. Military Academy is in West Point, N.Y., and the U.S. Naval Academy is in Annapolis, Md.
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Belgian Malinois > My malinois socializing problem (6 replies)
My malinois socializing problem by rs0cal on 18 April 2008 - 05:51 |
Hi, I have a quesiton regarding my malinois. He's about 3 years old( human years) and it seems that my parent kept him out in hte backyard without having had him socialize with other dogs when he was a puppy. The thing now is, whenever we take him out for walks or whenever he sees another odg through the backyard gate, he barks like crazy and acts in a vicious way of like wanting to attack it. Wells, I was wondering if it is possible to get him to be able to socialize with other dogs still, especially small dogs. I would like to have him be bale to socialize in the dog park with some other dogs, but my parents are extremely scared about him attacking another dog. He's really protective and acts jealous whenever he sees another dog through the glass door in our house, is there any kind of way to fix this problem? |
by Scoutk9GSDs on 18 April 2008 - 21:51 |
Sure your dog can be brought under control in those situations through communication and applied stress but its not really something you can learn over the internet. Especially with a 3 yr old Malinois. You would need to at first work the dog in a carefully controlled situation. Do you have a good obed foundation on your dog? Personally I would never ever take one of my dogs to a dogpark but thats up to you. You may have control over your dog but you dont have control over other people and their dogs. A Malinois is a very strong breed. It really wouldnt matter to me if a dog has been socialized or not. They will accept what the handler is willing to accept. You can check out my site if your interested. www.scoutk9.com Hope it helps. |
by Chick on 20 April 2008 - 23:43 |
Hey scout, I like that term 'applied stress' :) |
by BabyEagle4U on 22 April 2008 - 15:25 |
Nice webpage on RAW diet Scout. Sooo true. |
by Scoutk9GSDs on 22 April 2008 - 16:27 |
Chick, "Applied stress" can do what corrections alone can't do and without the residual side effects. Not only that but it will help the dog in all aspects of obedience. I strongly caution anyone though about trying to work on behavior problems with a three year old male Malinois alone and without someone knowlegable there to assist. Babyeagle, Im glad you liked it. I need to get some pics up of my current Mals doing some excersises instead of just pretty pics. The diet page was written by a good friend of mine and myself. I can't take all the credit...LOL. The pups were a litter I raised over a year ago. The carcass is deer I believe in the first pic. |
by Chick on 24 April 2008 - 19:42 |
Yes, excellent page,I forwared your webpage to my husband since he will not stop feeding my mals (in between their regular food meals) cooked meats such as ham, prime rib, pasta meals, you name it. He seems to associate this with affection, or love for the dogs will have toward him. |
by Scoutk9GSDs on 26 April 2008 - 17:39 |
Well I doubt a few in between cooked foods will kill your dogs but I personally do not like to feed anything cooked to mine. Cooking kills natural enzymes that the dog needs for proper digestion the way it was intended. Definitely never feed cooked bones as it makes them brittle. If you are going to give your dog a "treat" then there shouldnt be anything attached to it. Have him give your dogs raw beef rib bone every once in awhile. It will help clean their teeth. I buy a rack of beef ribs and cut them off individually. They arent really that expensive. He shouldnt expect anything at all from the dogs though for giving them a "treat". If he changes his attitude about that, then it will do more for his relationship with them than anything else because he would then be giving them more respect and they pick up on it because it will be reflected in his actions towards them from now on. Let me know what happens. Greg |


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that made me smile! when it was loading i thought it was going to be a heart. reminds me of the childhood thrill of finding chestnuts and unwrapping their spiky case to find the shiny brown nuggets!
awwww...that's cute !
He made me grin as I was eating my Weetabix this morning!
Thank you. That made me laugh when I saw it.
And it might inspire my children to do something with all the lovely shiny conkers they collect. Every year we have bags of them and every year they stay in the bags and go mouldy.
On first glance I thought those were chocolates! I couldn't still be hungry? K x
Ha very good!!!
Awwww. We picked up bagsful of conkers last weekend. They're now scattered all over the house and I expect I'll still be finding them next spring!
Just fab! x
hahaha....love it!!
Cute cute cute!!
What a fun photo! It must have been even more fun creating it!
Wow, what a lot of conkers! Great idea!
LOVE! My Mum was over from Spain last week and was like a child in a sweet shop over them!
Your fall color week (I mean "colour" ~ I don't know why in the world we americans dropped your wonderful "u") has hurtled me full speed into autumn. I've been waiting for this season every single day since March. We just got our first cool front this week ~ with rain! and I've been rushing outside every few minutes just to feel autumn in the air. Here in Austin, we do not get "real" autumn, but I love every shadowy tint of antique gold and faded red and hazy orange. It all looms brilliant in my autumnal soul! xo Kari
You found a good deal more conkers than we did.
It's in the hundreds AND we don't get conkers. I'm trying to explain to my kids that other places have seasons. I miss Autumn.
a bumper year for conkers! I was also told yesterday that they also work as brilliant moth balls too.
what's not to love about conkers?
You made my day!
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Court plays tape of Marine's killing
The last hour of Philip Bushong's life is captured in black and white images by a store's surveillance camera, from his warm embrace of friends to falling face-first to the pavement with a hole in his heart.
Bushong died last month after he was stabbed with a knife that Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Liebman said was wielded by Michael Poth.
Mr. Poth's attorney insists the unintended death was the result of self-defense.
On Wednesday, the images leading up to - and after - Bushong's stabbing were played in D.C. Superior Court, while family members of the 23-year-old watched in silence. The images were enough to convince Judge Ronna Beck to keep Mr. Poth, 20, behind bars until his next hearing in July.
Even if Bushong made the first physical contact with Mr. Poth, "that certainly wouldn't justify stabbing somebody. The provocative behavior was initiated by Mr. Poth," Judge Beck said.
Mr. Liebman called the stabbing a hate crime because Mr. Poth used a homosexual slur in front of Bushong and his openly gay friend. The two were seen on video in a friendly embrace. Bushong is heterosexual.
Mr. Poth, a Marine living at the Marine Barracks Washington on Capitol Hill, was arrested in the early morning hours of April 21 for fatally stabbing Bushong, a fellow Marine from Camp Lejeune, N.C. He is charged with second-degree murder while armed.
The stabbing occurred along what many Capitol Hill residents know as "Barracks Row," located in the 700 block of 8th Street.
Multiple cameras from various businesses and the barracks recorded roughly a 35-minute time frame that includesthe words and actions of the two men leading up to the stabbing.
D.C. Police Detective Dwayne Partman said a witness heard Mr. Poth shout that he was "going to stab somebody and cut their lungs out," after he walked by a group of people outside restaurant Molly Malone's, including Bushong and the gay man.
Over the next 30 minutes, Mr. Poth made a slow, circuitous route around the block, Detective Partman said. He was stopped by two Marines on post at the barracks because they saw him "acting erratically; waving a knife and walking on 8th Street."
Mr. Poth's attorney, David Benowitz, pointed out that the blade was the equivalent of a pocketknife.
Mr. Pothonce again passed Bushong and his gay friend. Detective Partman saidtwo derogatory wordswere uttered by Mr. Poth and Bushong in a verbal exchange. Bushong called Mr. Poth "boots," an insult in Marine slang, and Mr. Poth used a homosexual slur.
As Mr. Poth continued on his way, he was followed by Bushong and his friend. It is not known whether Bushong put his hand on Mr. Poth's shoulder or pushed him down.
In court documents, Mr. Poth explained his actions to police as self-defense, saying Bushong punched him in the face and head.
"There were two of them," he stated to police. "I was defending myself."
According to police reports, Mr. Poth stabbed Bushong once in the chest. A later autopsy report would show the blade pierced his heart.
After he was stabbed, Bushong lifts his shirt to examine his injury before toppling face first into the ground and out of sight of the camera.
Mr. Poth fled the scene but was caught by several Marines,who found a bloody knife in his pants pocket.
Mr. Liebman told the court that Mr. Poth was issued "less than honorable" discharge papers early Wednesday, which stemmed from previous behavior within the Marines. This included underage drinking, synthetic drug use, and behaving inappropriately during an investigation of the latter offense. Mr. Liebman said Mr. Poth had to be handcuffed at the time because he was so out of control, and he shouted expletives at fellow Marines.
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(Hanover, Ind.) – One student was arrested and a visitor to the Hanover College campus taken to the hospital after an incident on Saturday night.
According to college administrators, Jefferson County Sheriff's Department and Hanover Police, there was an altercation between two people at Wiley Hall in which a knife was involved, radio station 95.3 WIKI in nearby Madison reported Monday.
The injured person, Vincent Johnson, 23, of Jamestown, is recovering from non-life-threatening injuries at a Louisville hospital.
The alleged subject, Demetrius "Dee" Jones, 20, from Columbus, is in police custody and has been placed under an interim suspension and no trespass order.
Jones was located in a fraternity after fleeing Wiley Hall and then taken into custody.
Jones is facing preliminary charges of Aggravated Battery and Criminal Recklessness with a Deadly Weapon.
There was also another incident at the Phi Delta Fraternity that five others in a non-related incident were also injured in a fight and taken to the hospital.
One arrest was made, Tirell Inglemon, 19 of Logansport, was charged with two counts of felony Battery and three counts of misdemeanor Battery.
Police say there was also several other arrests for public intoxication.
Larry Duke at 95.3 WIKI contributed to this story.


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Things to see and do - Pontevedra
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Hotel Madrid from30 €
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Pontevedra : Michelin's recommendations
Pontevedra was once an active port in a sheltered ría, but the silting-up of the mouth of the Lérez led to the town's decline from the 18C onwards, and the development of a new port in Marín.
Tourist attractions Pontevedra : Things to see and do
Church of Santa María la Mayor
av. e Santa María E - 36000 Pontevedra
This charming 15-16C Plateresque church was built by the powerful bargemen's guild. The western façade is sculpted like a retable. The interior is a mix of Gothic, Isabelin and Renaissance style.
Museo provincial
Pasentería 2 E - 36002 Pontevedra
The museum contains archaeological pieces, Celtic treasure from 2C BC-1C AD, a collection of silverware, paintings including work by early Aragon painters (15C) and souvenirs of maritime life.
Ruins of Santo Domingo
E - 36000 Pontevedra
All that remains of the church is the Gothic chevet with its long bays invaded by ivy. The interior contains a lapidary museum: Roman steles, Galician coats of arms, and tombs of craftsment and noblemen.
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Hotel Apartamentos Dabarca
Palamios Nº 2 E - 36002 Pontevedra
Hotel Apartamentos Dabarca is located in the heart of charming Pontevedra, just metres away from the shopping centre and a short walk from the old quarter. Relax in a warm, spacious and clean environment full of natural light. The open-plan kitchen ..
Hotel Restaurante Rúas
Sarmiento, 20 E - 36002 Pontevedra
Prix Prices from : 35 €
The Hotel Restaurante Rúas can be found in the historic centre of Pontevedra, close to Plaza de la Leña. It offers simple, elegant rooms with free Wi-Fi and plasma-screen TV. The large rooms have dark wood floors and cream-coloured walls. Many also ..
Hotel Comercio
Gonzalez Besada, 3 E - 36001 Pontevedra
Located in the centre of Pontevedra, the Hotel Comercio offers practical, spacious rooms with free Wi-Fi, air conditioning and cable TV. There is a restaurant and a café. Hotel Comercio's restaurant serves typical Galician dishes, specializing in se..
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Sarmiento 20 E - 36002 Pontevedra
Alameda 10
Alameda 10 E - 36001 Pontevedra
Restaurant with appropriate décor, adequate table service, and a menu which combines multiple flavours. It complements its facilities with a private dining room in the wine cellar.
Parador de Pontevedra
Barón 19 E - 36002 Pontevedra
Eirado da Leña
pl. da Leña 3 E - 36002 Pontevedra
This restaurant occupies a typical house in the old quarter. It serves contemporary Galician cuisine and the occasional fusion dish, all of which are prepared from top quality ingredients. Several set menus are available.


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A richly toned bass with good intonation. Ring key gives a strong B natural in both octaves without the cross-fingering normally required. Direct blow. Comfortable finger spacing. Easy to produce the full two octaves plus range. Strong even at the bottom of the range. Still looks good after 26 years!
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No bottom F sharp on my instrument. Block can become loose after a layoff but it doesn't seem to affect the playing as such.
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Wrangler rental - SAFE LUGGAGE? Theft?
Ok the plan is that we will be in Playa del Carmen for 6 nights, and then rent a car to go to the haciendas in the Yucatan, then through Chiapas to Palenque and hopefully to San Cristobal. I am thinking it could be rainy there (early July) and it may be best to have the higher clearance of the Wrangler (plus I drive a Wranger at home here...). First, do you think this is the best choice? Second, I am wondering... if the Wrangler comes with soft top only (assumed) then is my luggage safe in there while I leave the Jeep to walk around ruins or site see any ceynote??
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We drove through a bit of Campeche, Tabasco and Chiapas and to Palenque (but not San Cristobal) and found the roads to be fine with no serious potholes at all. We were in our GMC Safari Minivan.
I seriously doubt you'll find a Jeep with a hard top down there, and I wouldn't want to trust leaving my luggage in a soft top for long periods of time away from the vehicle. At Palenque you can pay guys 50 pesos for a "wash and watch" in the parking lot, where they'll wash your vehicle while you're touring the ruins and they say they'll "watch" it for you too. Don't know how 'tight' that security is, though. You pay them when you return. For ease of mind, I'd do the car. The roads will be fine for that, I'd say. Below is a photo of the highway at Palenque. Last edited by Ginger; 06-05-2005 at 02:23 PM.. |
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Executive is another rental car company to look at.
Driving a jeep wrangler is like driving a big illuminated flashing sign that says, I am a tourist from the USA! If you really must have a jeep for that journey, a jeep liberty would be a lot less conspicuous. Locals drive them, and they can be locked. My favorite rental vehicle for that journey would be a suburban (no 4x4, but a vehicle that enjoys pot holes). I have also driven as far as Palenque, including some night driving. We did it in a VW bug. There where more many more pot holes in those days and they were a nuisance. |
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Driving a jeep wrangler is like driving a big illuminated flashing sign that says, I am a tourist from the USA! Well all I can say Is Im sure glad we had the jeep wrangler on the way to Punta Allen and the Tulum area. And we are tourists from the USA and dont pretend to be anything else...Of course this year we can add a USA flag on one side of the jeep and a Texas flag on the other...Maybe that would help. Last edited by Mikey; 06-05-2005 at 03:07 PM.. |
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Incidentally, we drove the Boca Paila road in late November (so just following rainy season) in our Safari without trouble. Although there WERE quite a few nasty large potholes full of water, we DID see some smaller cars navigating thre road as well! Last edited by Ginger; 06-05-2005 at 03:38 PM.. |
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You'd do Bo and Luke proud... Anyway, the rest of the information here has been very helpful and specific, and we appreciate it. We'll go for the economical and "fits in" cheap car with a trunk!!! I get enough Wrangler time here in Michigan. Won't be like renting the BMW on the Autobahn.... but then again the food will probably we a lot better too!!! |
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Jeeps are a lot of fun, but Im not sure driving through Chiapas looking like an obvious tourist is going to work well for everyone. Rural Chiapas is world away from Punta Allen, if you know what I mean.
I would certainly recommend a high clearance vehicle for a drive to Punta Allen. A Tsuru can usually make it, but the Jeep would be more fun. Well be looking out for that Texas flag. And while I am proud of any association with Texas that has been bestowed upon me on past occasions; I hope you will pardon us for not putting a Texas flag on the Tahoe, we would hide the California plates if that was legal in Mexico. |
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New Ga. juvenile justice chief focuses on problems
By The Associated Press
Niles, who left his post as warden of the Hall County Correctional Institution to become juvenile justice Commissioner, spent his first month on the job studying the budget, getting to know his staff at headquarters and visiting secure facilities around the state. Recruitment is a top priority, he said, and he wants to hire military veterans whose focus on structure could be a stabilizing force for youths in custody.
ATLANTA (AP) -- When five young men slipped out of a juvenile detention center a month and a half ago in Augusta, stealing a car and leading police on a chase, it was just the latest in a string of setbacks for officials trying to turn around Georgia's system for young criminals.
It came the same day an 18-year-old was sentenced to 17 years in jail after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the November 2011 death of Jade Holder, who was severely beaten in his room at the same facility. Last weekend, a fight there sent a 15-year-old inmate to the hospital for several days.
While the Augusta detention center has had its share of high-profile trouble in recent years, it's not alone. Other facilities have seen brawls, gang activity and misconduct by corrections officers, including inappropriate relationships with residents and distribution of contraband.
The fifth new commissioner of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice since 2010, former Hall County Warden Avery Niles, has pledged to correct existing problems and strengthen safety and security practices. While the frequent turnover at the top inevitably causes some instability, that's not the root of the department's problems, observers say.
"I think it has more to do with budget cuts and the constraints they've been under in terms of funding than it does with the leadership," said Kirsten Widner, policy and advocacy director of the Barton Child Law and Policy Center at Emory University.
Among other difficulties, tight budgets make it hard to attract and train employees qualified to deal with young offenders who often have violent tendencies. The department's operating budget fell from nearly $322 million in fiscal year 2008 to nearly $286 million in fiscal year 2012, a decrease of about 11 percent. It did rise to just over $300 million for the 2013 fiscal year, but that's stretched thin covering a staff of more than 4,000 employees statewide, a network of short- and longer-term juvenile detention centers, as well as community-based programs and supervision for low-risk offenders.
The Augusta Youth Development Campus has grabbed the most negative headlines over the past year or so. Recently departed Commissioner Gale Buckner conducted a series of inspections there in the months after Holder's death that led to the firing or resignation of 11 people, including the director. But an internal audit in August still found numerous "deficiencies," including a lack of qualified staff, improper admission procedures and a general lack of oversight, The Augusta Chronicle reported. Niles, on the job since Nov. 1, called the audit's findings "unacceptable."
The Juvenile Justice Department has said the Augusta facility had already begun correcting some of the problems identified in the report before the October escape. And a new director, expected to be named this month, will continue to focus on security improvements.
An internal investigation into an August fight at the DeKalb Regional Youth Detention Center cited short staffing and a lack of trust between juvenile correctional officers, as well as a growing cellblock gang, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Three officers were hurt and 10 teens suffered minor injuries in the brawl, which was the third violent outbreak at the facility in just over a year.
Buckner, who was commissioner from November 2011 through Oct. 31, said one of the greatest challenges for her successor will likely be recruiting and retaining competent juvenile corrections officers.
"You're dealing with youth in those facilities who have exhibited violence at one time or another," she said. "So when you try to bring someone into that environment, you need people who are competent and capable and want to stay with you and make a career out of juvenile justice. It's hard to do that when you're bringing people in at $24,000 a year."
Niles left his post as warden of the Hall County Correctional Institution to become juvenile justice Commissioner. He previously worked for the Hall County Sheriff's Office for 23 years, focusing on juvenile cases early in his career.
He spent his first month on the job studying the budget, getting to know his staff at headquarters and visiting secure facilities around the state. Recruitment is a top priority, he said, and he wants to hire military veterans whose focus on structure could be a stabilizing force for youths in custody.
"They need to have a person that can provide that guidance and that supervision like our military people have been exposed to," Niles said.
Despite its problems, Georgia's juvenile justice system is in better shape than it was a decade ago. The department was under federal oversight for 11 years after the U.S. Justice Department investigated reports of overcrowding and abuse. It was released from that oversight in May 2009, at which time federal officials found overcrowding was eliminated and training improved. Meanwhile, the department's mental health and medical care were considered national models.
Though budget cuts have caused some backsliding, former Commissioner Albert Murray, who led the department from 2004 to 2010 and was its longest-serving leader, said he's spoken to Niles and is convinced he'll stick around for a while and bring about improvements.
"Avery comes to the position, I believe, with a good set of skills," Murray said. "He seems to have the interest of the juveniles and the staff at heart, so there's every reason to believe he will be a successful leader."
And Niles may have some help from the Legislature. A special committee is set to finalize recommendations this month for overhauling the juvenile justice system. Much of the conversation at meetings this fall focused on finding ways to keep more low-risk offenders in the community rather than locking them up. That could save a lot of money and could improve the environment in the secure facilities, experts have said.
"Really focusing the use of those facilities on the kids who need them the most would make a huge difference because then the money could be redirected to meet the needs of those kids who are in the facilities, rather than just trying to manage a population that doesn't necessarily need to be there," Emory's Widner said.
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