How Bail Works Information supplied by Josh Herman Bail Bonds . Posting of a bail bond. This process involves a contractual undertaking guaranteed by a bail agent and the individual posting bail. The bail agent guarantees to the court that the defendant will appear in court each and every time the judge requires them to. For this service, the defendant is charged a percentage of the bail amount. Before being released the defendant or a relative or friend of the defendant, typically contacts a bail agent to arrange for the posting of bail. Prior to the posting of a bail bond, the defendant or a co-signer must guarantee that they will pay the full amount of bail if the defendant does not appear in court. Typically, a family member or a close friend of the defendant will post bail and cosign. Collateral is not always required for a person to be bailed from jail. Often a person can be bailed from jail on the signature of a friend or family member. Cosigners typically need to be working and
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Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Another album that I've never gotten around to adding to my CD collection, but one that has some outstanding songs in it. The CD version has 13 tracks, but dang it, the original only had ten. So there. To understand this mid-70s album, you have to understand that Bernie Taupin, the lyricist, is reflecting on the old days, way back...oh, about 6 years before this album was released. Not a lot, but just think of the mental distance that John and Taupin had traveled since they first met. And Elton was on the edge. But back to the album : Sitting atop the charts in 1975, Elton John and Bernie Taupin recalled their rise to power in Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy....What's best about the record is that it works best of a piece -- although it entered the charts at number one, this only had one huge hit in "Someone Saved My Life Tonight," which sounds even better here, since it tidily fits into the musical and lyrica
Groupthink If you are a member of Group A, and you are looking outward at other groups, you tend to think that members of Group B all have similar, identical outlooks. So, when talking about diversity, mention the word "white." Does one image come to mind? Bronwen doesn't think this is right: ‘White’ diversity is often overlooked in the recent flurry of academic interest in whiteness which usually focuses on a singular white ‘identity’. Yet an unsettling of the rigidity of the black/white binary, which has such a prominent place in many Western industrialised societies, demands that the central issue of white homogeneity is challenged. Moreover the notion that ‘white’ groups can also be treated as ‘racially’ inferior needs recognition. There are many parallels between the experiences of African Caribbean and Irish minority ethnic groups in Britain, for example, as evidenced by their locations in the labour market, unequal treatment by the police, problems in accessing so
If we don't answer the phones and run the sprinklers, the enemy has already won That was then . This is now : Position: Security Guard - Security Operations Description The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) is a not-for-profit corporation that operates three Federally Funded Research and Development Centers serving the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Unified Commands and Defense Agencies in addressing important national security issues, particularly those requiring scientific and technical expertise. This position staffs assigned posts and conducts security checks required by the Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classified Information. Implements prearranged procedures to cope with emergency situations, such as fire. Provides escort for a variety to unscheduled and uncleared service personnel who must conduct business in the facility. Due to the nature of the work and the requirement at times for extended coverage, this position is oft
Matt Busby? Now I'm on a danged "Bureau of Public Roads" kick. First, I used My BlogMap! to surf to 2020hindsight from Susan A. Kitchens. After reading this entry on the Institute for Defense Analysis , I wrote: And all of the guards were probably trained to say that they worked for the Bureau of Public Roads. Completely out of context, my comment is mystifying. I then surfed the link to dangerousmeta and, when replying to that entry on the Institute for Defense Analysis, was a little more specific regarding what was floating through my so-called brain: Got here via 2020hindsight. This was back in the era when Northern Virginia maps didn’t even show the CIA headquarters; all of the land was supposedly a Bureau of Public Roads facility. It's true. If you had the early 1970s version of the Alexandria Drafting Company's Northern Virginia street map , there was an entire facility on the Potomac River labeled "Bureau of Public Roads." By the late 1970s, th
My Geographical Mind Is In A Tizzy If you scroll down the blog, you'll notice something new in the lower left corner. MyBlogMap , powered by feedmap.net , positions this blog in relation to other blogs that have provided geographical locations. (Still have to add KOER to beautiful downtown Guasti.) In addition, I've finally provided the link to The Map Room: a weblog about maps . I think some stuff from here may have already made it into my own blog entries. The Map Room is devoting some time to discussion about "green maps," or maps that show things of interest to ecologically-minded folk. For example, here's a portion of a green map for Santa Monica : And no, I was unable to find a green map for Lynchburg, Virginia . Technorati Tags: empoblog feedmap greenmap koer myblogmap santamonica
World Vision 30 Hour Famine If you see teenagers tonight or tomorrow that seem to be running on adrenaline alone, you may be right. World Vision is sponsoring a 30 Hour Famine today and tomorrow. Here's the... scoop : What is the 30 Hour Famine? The 30 Hour Famine puts hands and feet to your desire to help students live a life of Christian compassion. It will unite youth group members like never before. And the impact will last long after the Famine event is over. It can be the spark that fires up a person for a lifetime of reaching out to neighbors in need, whether they're across the street - or around the globe. How does the Famine work? It's really quite simple. First of all, the materials are provided, free of charge, by World Vision. Before your "Famine Date"...youth group members raise money through donors and sponsors to help the millions of starving and hurting children in some of the world's poorest countries, offering them a hope they could not oth
Here's Your Sign This morning, co-worker 1 asked, "When is Cinco de Mayo ?" Actually, the co-worker meant to ask "What day of the week is Cinco de Mayo?" But the question's still funny anyway. Co-worker 2 mentioned a separate case, in which he and some co-workers were on the beach in Hawaii, and a third co-worker asked, "What is the altitude here?" P.S. Thursday. Only 30 days in April, you know. Technorati Tags: billengvall cincodemayo sealevel
PowerPoint Presentations Don't Kill People - People Do By Don Norman (referenced by Ken Dyck ): It has become commonplace to rail against the evils of PowerPoint talks....Edward Tufte, the imperious critic of graphic displays has weighed in with a document entitled "The cognitive style of PowerPoint," in which, among other things, he credits poor PowerPoint slides with contributing to the Challenger shuttle disaster.... [L]et me review Tutee's complaint about the presentation of data during the NASA Challenger incident. Here, Tufte points to a complex slide with 19 lines of text, with six different levels of hierarchy, displaying eleven sentences. The complaint, of course, is that the analyses failed to predict the actual damage that had occurred to the wing tiles when they had been struck by foam. Tufte goes on at excessive length to indicate why the slide is so poor and why it obscures information that might have led to a different conclusion. PowerPoint is bad, he
California and the IE From Vandal Lane : Why do I love California so much?...There's something about going to California that is so special. For the most part it's just the beauty and tranquility of reaching the coast. When you drive to California and finally make it to the coast, it's like you've come to the end of the world, because during the exploration days, everyone came from the east in Europe. Once you hit the Pacific Coast, there's the wide open Pacific Ocean and a new day begins (international date line) The sun setting into the ocean perfectly caps this off. The RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS explains it well: "It's the edge of the world / And all of western civilization / The sun may rise in the East / At least it settles in the final location" I don't know if what I've set made sense, but it's hard to explain in words... LOS ANGELES COUNTY -known for it's moviemaking and Hollywood's great dream factories -Motion Picture Capital
What Does "Anti-Christian" Mean? And Does Bob Wear A Dress? Some time ago, I wrote something as a rebuttal to the idea that before Walt died, Disney always issued doctrinally sound entertainment. Now, let's present this list of films to conversative Christian families and see how many of them would attend these movies: This 1937 film is an occult thriller that includes a reverse "Three's Company" domestic set-up (one woman, many men), as well as a poisoning. This 1940 film includes an extended sequence entitled "Pleasure Island." This film, also from 1940, promotes non-Christian religions such as sorcery and the worship of the Greek gods.... You get the picture. Well, bockman.ca (in a post primarily devoted to the forthcoming Narnia film) links to an article about the possible end of the boycott against Disney. The article includes the following: Some evangelical critics are not willing to abandon the boycott. It won't be over "until th
Perhaps it was written by a Pentium computer. Oops . Emphasis mine. Comparison of The American Revolution and the French Revolution During the late 1800's , two great revolutions occurred, the American Revolution and the French Revolution. These two historical events happened at the same time, but had a great number differences and very little similarity. When French Revolution occurred, it turned into a very violent and bloody event, while the American Revolution was almost nonviolent, aside from the war .... Contrast the paper above with this completely different paper : French And American Revolution During the late 1700's, two great revolutions occurred, the American Revolution and the French Revolution. These two historical events happened at the same time, but had a great number of differences and very little similarity. When French Revolution occurred, it turned into a very violent and bloody event, while the American Revolution was almost nonviolent, aside from the war
Go, Daddy? Eek. They aired racy commercials and allowed controversial websites to remain . So what's the fallout. According to longren.org : Godaddy has surpassed Network Solutions as the top domain registrat. This is the first time any company besides Network Solutions has held the top spot. It’s no suprise that Godaddy is #1. They have some of the cheapest prices if not the cheapest. On April 17th, Godaddy had 6,830,420 domains under their management while NetSol had only 6,822,496. I despise Network Solutions as they were the only option for domain registration a number of years ago. I remember when domains were $70 for one year of registration. Purfoods , the company I work for, has a number of domains with Godaddy. I don’t really like Godaddy very well....And they try to push extra services on you like crazy. I’m still glad to see Godaddy overtake NetSol as the number 1 registrar though. Needless to say, Bob Parsons is his usual, shy, retiring self about this accomplishment:
Now the Big Guns Are Out - Oops, Bad Choice of Words Rabbithaven.org really really wants savetoby.com to go away. Unfortunately, they're trying to do it by causing all sorts of publicity. Latest salvo - PETA has spoken : "Thank you for contacting PETA with your concerns regarding SaveToby.com, which have been shared with the appropriate staffers here. Sadly, some people regard the Internet as a medium for sick jokes. Often, those who develop or contribute to hostile or otherwise abusive Web sites do so simply to draw attention with offensive content. Of course, such sites are in very poor taste but, unfortunately, are usually legal. Since these heartless people are encouraged by attention, the most effective way to discourage them is to avoid visiting their sites and to urge others to do the same. PETA cannot endorse giving money to SaveToby.com, since doing so will only encourage other cruel individuals to threaten animals in order to extort money from compassionate people
I Bet Gary Ovitt Won't Use This Real Estate Agent Follow-up on a previous audioblog . From Century 21 : CENTURY 21 King Realtors 2598 South Archibald Avenue Suite E Ontario, CA 91761 909-292-9100 800-995-1183 909-947-9957 fax Meet Our Staff Deborah Acker, Sales Associate.... Technorati Tags: deborahacker
Big Brother and the Retinal Scan My editorial comment: the various government agencies and departments could never get organized enough to monitor our every move. With that having been said, here's an entry from unbossed.com: Recently, a friend of mine lost his Naturalization Certificate, the document that proves that a person has legally become a citizen of the United States....As my friend contacted the Department of Homeland Security, which now houses the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) (previously the INS), his request for a new Naturalization Certificate was denied pending a "biometric analysis." By this, they meant fingerprinting along with a retinal scan. The notification from USCIS included local sites that perform such biometric analysis for a fee. As an American-born citizen of Mexican descent, I would like to think that if I were to lose my passport (which like the Naturalization Certificate serves to prove that I am a citizen), I would not b
Virtual Schools at the Elementary and Middle School Levels We've had this for adults, and now we have it for kids. From the Daily Bulletin and www.caliva.org : Fearing middle school culture would expose their daughter to violence and bad influences, Jonathan and Patricia Haney looked for alternatives to public school. After Monique finished fifth grade at Georgia F. Morris Elementary School in Colton, her parents enrolled her in California Virtual Academies.... The academy provides a computer, printer, Internet access and course materials. Students are assigned a teacher in their area, who meets face-to-face with them four times a year.... As long as they complete all subject areas, students can proceed through different topic areas at their own pace. Monique is almost done with seventh grade math and might get a jump start on next year's math -- after she catches up with science, her mother said.... But the program isn't for everyone. Daily adult supervision is required,
I Was Wrong, And My Name's Not Jim Bakker People were talking about Passover happening now, and I was certain that couldn't be right, since we celebrated Easter over a month ago. Turns out that the Western churches use an artificial calendar to calculate Easter. Here's the scoop (as Dr. Katze would say): April 24 (sundown 4/23) to April 30/May 1, 2005 (5765): Passover Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, the holiday commemorating the Hebrews' exodus from slavery in Egypt, lasts seven days in Israel and among Reform Jews, and eight days elsewhere around the world. It begins on the 15th day of Nisan, which is the seventh month in the Jewish calendar. It ends on the 21st of Nisan in Israel (and for Reform Jews) and on the 22nd of Nisan elsewhere. Since Hebrew days begin and end at sundown, Passover begins at sundown on the preceding day.... March 27, 2005: Easter (Western Churches) Easter is calculated as the first Sunday after the paschal full moon that occurs on or after the
Extra Texture (View All About It) Back in October 1997, after Ellie Nesler was released from prison for shooting her son's molester, but before she went back into prison on a meth charge , EXTRA filed a heartwarming story about Ellie: Ellie Nesler is the mom who went to jail for killing the alleged molester of her son on a California courtroom. Now, she's free and talking about the tough years she spent behind bars, without her family. "It's like being comatose for four years and then coming back." With a smile, 45-year-old Ellie Nesler talked about her newfound freedom...but beneath the surface lie her tears. From her hometown of Angels' Camp, California, with her daughter by her side, Ellie told EXTRA the story of a family ripped apart...and how she wants to be remembered: "As a mother trying to protect her children...I was just a mother and I got lost in the pain of the system." It was her little boy Willie , sexually abused at the age of 6, that
The Latest on Christopher Nance From Nance's website : ...Many of you have sent me mail informing me that you are praying for my continued good health. Thank you and God bless you for that. My health is improving daily. Please keep those prayers coming. As you may know, I am suing NBC and Paula Madison for wrongful termination and discrimination. I have been given a court trial date of January 26th. 2006. My lawyers are the best but please keep me in your prayers for a positive outcome to this up coming trial. The book Spaz The Reading Puppy is being made into an animated movie and this is keeping me very busy. I will have more on this as the product nears final production. On October 2nd. 2005, my team and I will be selling our books at the Orange County Children’s Book Festival. I like this event and I hope to see you there.... See my September 2004 posts [1] [2] and a brief reference earlier this month . And as for Michael Burton? (I don't know why I'm constantly pairi
Watch the Yarn...Watch the Yarn... The strange case of Dr. Zoe D. Katze. From the American Bar Association : Case of the Cat's Credentials Zoe D. Katze has an impressive-looking set of credentials—Ph.D., C. Ht., DAPA. She has been board certified by three major hypnotherapy associations and holds diplomate status in the American Psychotherapy Association. Not bad for a 6-year-old house cat. And not even a pedigreed one at that. But Zoe's not just any cat. She's a Philadelphia psychologist's cat. He had a point that he had been wanting to make about the proliferation of bogus credentialing organizations over the past 10 or 20 years. So he decided to credential his cat. To do so, he first had to get Zoe some credit, which turned out to be the hardest part of the process. The credit card company's agent initially asked for her Social Security number, her owner says, but cheerfully relented when the owner told him it wasn't readily available. Zoe was then added to t
Enterprise Weblogs First, a personal note on enterprise weblogs. This last week, I was experimenting with Bloglines to see if it could be used to find business-related articles and place them in a blog. However, in some cases, after a link to the article was placed in the blog, the link wouldn't work afterwards. Still investigating. Now, let's turn to Traction Software : Traction is the leader in Enterprise Weblog software, delivering an easy to use platform for departments, groups and individuals to communicate, share, organize and link business information in context.... Traction's TeamPage software is a powerful, affordable solution to pervasive working communication and information handling pains found in business and government organizations of all sizes. Where there is a need to communicate or manage information, there is a need for Traction. Traction TeamPage is robust and flexible enough to match your security, authentication, file management, and other enterprise
From Italy, Without Vegetables From Alto das Estrelas . Note that this is not O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao do Vegetal ( Union of the Vegetable ), but a separate group. A small town with a mystical ambience and encrusted in the mountains, Assisi is home to a number of spiritual and therapeutic centers, as well as being the international hub of the Franciscan movement. The small Santo Daime community lives in the surroundings of the church and neighborhood. The church is under the leadership of Tizziana Vigani, a former hippie and globetrotter. She met Padrinho Sebastião in the 1970s in Brazil, after which she lived in India for several years, finally embracing her destiny as a daimista.... On August 10, 2004, the police in the airport of Peruggia found 27 liters of Daime on Walter Mezzoni, who was returning from Brazil. [Walter is 30 years old, and works as a consultant for Italian Cooperation for the Development of Mozambique of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He came upon
What do they do when there's a New Moon on Monday? OK, so maybe O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao do Vegetal DIDN'T name themselves after a Duran Duran song . But I still haven't figured out the origin of the name. More bits and pieces on the group. (See here for the Bronfman connection.) From All in the Mind : Benny Shanon is a respected Professor of Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. But 12 years ago he embarked on what was to become a personal, professional and intellectual odyssey. And he’s just put it all down in an extraordinary book called Antipodes of the Mind – Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience, published by Oxford University Press. It’s described as a pioneering cognitive psychological study of Ayahuasca which is a psychoactive brew that the indigenous people of South America’s Upper Amazon have prepared and used for millennia. Shanon’s study documents and analyses the experiences of several hundred users as well as his own