If you are on probation and forced to wear a GPS monitoring system be warned.
Any malfunction of your equipment is considered a violation of your terms of probation. This includes any malfunction caused by power outages, storms or weather conditions that interfere with GPS signal and every other reason that may cause the GPS to malfunction.
Do hope that your PO officer is not on a family picknik or watching a football game. If you interfere with his free time by intruding with a GPS malfunction all he or she needs to do is call and have a warrant for your arrest issued.
It does not matter if you are following the rules of your probation and in your home as directed.
The PO officer is not required to validate the malfunction, especially if they are in the middle of a football game.
That is exactly how it worked for a close friend of mine who was put on GPS monitoring under the supervision of Anoka County earlier this year. Over the 4th of July Weekend his GPS malfunctioned and this week was given 1 year in prison. He was at home following all rules of his release when his again GPS malfunctioned. This was about the 40th time it had malfunctioned.
Hell -the PO officer was not even required to show up for the hearing to explain the events to justify his issueing an arrest warrant.
So just plan on going back to prison if you are stuck with GPS monitoring. You are screwed and you are not given the Due process of the law. Welcome to the police state.
Another example of the same type of GPS malfunction problem is now playing out in Connecticut.
Sep 15, 2008
Aug 28, 2008
Foods I have Eaten
From DOA and The Floating Lush
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects yuck
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal double yuck
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill no way
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
101 . LUTEFISK Of course this is on the list
I could not bold or strike some of these - I just don't know what they are!!
I did have to add number 101 to this list. I don't know how anyone could have left Lutefisk off this list.
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal double yuck
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
101 . LUTEFISK Of course this is on the list
I could not bold or strike some of these - I just don't know what they are!!
I did have to add number 101 to this list. I don't know how anyone could have left Lutefisk off this list.
Jul 31, 2008
Gas Prices
Aaagh, It drives me nuts!!!!
A couple weeks ago we were paying in my area $3.89 a gallon. The SemGroup bankruptcy, congress looking at speculators, Changes in demand all seem to take a hit on the prices.
Over the past two weeks the price per barrel dropped about $27. A barrel produces about 30 gallons of gas, so that comes in about $.90 a gallon. During time period the price of gas dropped $.40 a gallon.
The other day the market rallied and price per barrel jumped $4.58 or about $.15 per gallon but the Cost of gas took a one day jump of $.20 form $3.49 to $3.69 The increase should have brought the price to about $3.64, Fairly close to what it went up to.
So if the cost per barrel is pretty close to what the increase in gas prices are why don't the gas prices drop the same way? Even with the spike the other day prices would be at about $3.15 if they followed the same downward pricing structering as used for upward pricing.
Anyways it will only drive me nuts, dribble down price drops and spike increases.
A couple weeks ago we were paying in my area $3.89 a gallon. The SemGroup bankruptcy, congress looking at speculators, Changes in demand all seem to take a hit on the prices.
Over the past two weeks the price per barrel dropped about $27. A barrel produces about 30 gallons of gas, so that comes in about $.90 a gallon. During time period the price of gas dropped $.40 a gallon.
The other day the market rallied and price per barrel jumped $4.58 or about $.15 per gallon but the Cost of gas took a one day jump of $.20 form $3.49 to $3.69 The increase should have brought the price to about $3.64, Fairly close to what it went up to.
So if the cost per barrel is pretty close to what the increase in gas prices are why don't the gas prices drop the same way? Even with the spike the other day prices would be at about $3.15 if they followed the same downward pricing structering as used for upward pricing.
Anyways it will only drive me nuts, dribble down price drops and spike increases.
Jun 30, 2008
Take a kid fishing
Have you ever gone to an art museum and looked at a Chuck Close self Portrait and marveled at the sweat and whiskers painted into the portrait and wonder how he did it?
Have you ever sat down and listened to Adagio in G-Minor by Tomaso Albinoni and imagined a World War 1 dogfight in the clouds between the Luftwaffe and the British.
Have you ever sat down and read Pincher Martin by William Golding and imagined his struggle to survive on the island?
Have you every sat on bench and just looked at a scene and contemplated how to paint or photograph what you are seeing?
Have you ever gone to the library to research something that you saw or heard about that intrigued you?
Chances are if you are under 25 the odds are pretty high for you to say NO. I say that because we no longer teach the young to think, to be creative or install a desire to want to learn or read. Schools kill Music and Art Programs in budgets in order to add technology We focus everything now on what the technology and the internet can provide but we do not teach how to use it. We have been hearing about "No Child Left Behind" and closing the "Technology Gaps". It is only recently that studies are coming out that show how much the technology is dumbing down the upcoming generations. Social networking including Myspace, Facebook, Cell phones, Texting, Electronic gaming and computers are starting to be shown as the source of the decline in literacy rates of the young.
Games may teach motor skills, spatial or judgment skills but very few improve language or communication skills. Most games are mostly sound effects and music and little to no language content. Those that do have communication between players is communication on the level of the game and minimal. You’re character will get killed off if you are too distracted talking or typing.
Social networking allows users to stay within and never leave an all inclusive comfort world. It is a world at the fingertips 24/7 that provides all that is desired or fills the interests needs and peer support and friends. There is no need to venture out of the comfort zone. RSS feeds, Twiiter, Facebook/ Myspace and many of the Web 2.0 tools provide the users with everything that meets their interest and in essence isolate themselves from stimulus that is out of their interest. Viral Videos, Nike shoes, Ipod downloads, and news of Britney outweigh reading “To Kill a Mockingbird”, the News or following current Events.
The young may be Tech Savvy but they are also are becomeing increasingly functionally illiterate in reading writing and communication skills as they grow. The lack of skills are showing up more and more in the job market and college campuses and general everyday life in the adult world. Studies are now showing that college students are entering college with a conversation literacy rate barely higher than that of a pre school level book. Employers can't get workers that understand how to perform the job, read or follow instructions.
Schools and society have come to depend on technology as the source of learning and not a tool. Proper reading, writing, math and cognitive skills are not being taught or instilled but assumed they will be learned online.
We need to make sure the young have the tools for a first life before worrying about Second Life and all the WEB 2.0 tools and technologies. We are their future and they are ours.
Have you ever sat down and listened to Adagio in G-Minor by Tomaso Albinoni and imagined a World War 1 dogfight in the clouds between the Luftwaffe and the British.
Have you ever sat down and read Pincher Martin by William Golding and imagined his struggle to survive on the island?
Have you every sat on bench and just looked at a scene and contemplated how to paint or photograph what you are seeing?
Have you ever gone to the library to research something that you saw or heard about that intrigued you?
Chances are if you are under 25 the odds are pretty high for you to say NO. I say that because we no longer teach the young to think, to be creative or install a desire to want to learn or read. Schools kill Music and Art Programs in budgets in order to add technology We focus everything now on what the technology and the internet can provide but we do not teach how to use it. We have been hearing about "No Child Left Behind" and closing the "Technology Gaps". It is only recently that studies are coming out that show how much the technology is dumbing down the upcoming generations. Social networking including Myspace, Facebook, Cell phones, Texting, Electronic gaming and computers are starting to be shown as the source of the decline in literacy rates of the young.
Games may teach motor skills, spatial or judgment skills but very few improve language or communication skills. Most games are mostly sound effects and music and little to no language content. Those that do have communication between players is communication on the level of the game and minimal. You’re character will get killed off if you are too distracted talking or typing.
Social networking allows users to stay within and never leave an all inclusive comfort world. It is a world at the fingertips 24/7 that provides all that is desired or fills the interests needs and peer support and friends. There is no need to venture out of the comfort zone. RSS feeds, Twiiter, Facebook/ Myspace and many of the Web 2.0 tools provide the users with everything that meets their interest and in essence isolate themselves from stimulus that is out of their interest. Viral Videos, Nike shoes, Ipod downloads, and news of Britney outweigh reading “To Kill a Mockingbird”, the News or following current Events.
The young may be Tech Savvy but they are also are becomeing increasingly functionally illiterate in reading writing and communication skills as they grow. The lack of skills are showing up more and more in the job market and college campuses and general everyday life in the adult world. Studies are now showing that college students are entering college with a conversation literacy rate barely higher than that of a pre school level book. Employers can't get workers that understand how to perform the job, read or follow instructions.
Schools and society have come to depend on technology as the source of learning and not a tool. Proper reading, writing, math and cognitive skills are not being taught or instilled but assumed they will be learned online.
We need to make sure the young have the tools for a first life before worrying about Second Life and all the WEB 2.0 tools and technologies. We are their future and they are ours.
Jun 15, 2008
Is Google Making us Stoopid?
Atlantic Monthly magazine has a cover title in the July /August 2008 issue titled "Is Google Making us Stupid?" I found the article an interesting and thought provoking read. I read the article in the printed magazine not online, I have to admit my mind kept wandering, scanning ahead and I had trouble reading every line word for word with out becoming somehow distracted. The significance of this statement will be realized by reading the article.
Oh - Yes my spelling error is intentional.
Oh - Yes my spelling error is intentional.
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