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Arpaio gets inmates moving on electricity-generating cycles
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Posted on 04/06/2010 2:22:07 PM PDT by traumer

(Eric English) (Eric English) PHOENIX -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is implementing a new inmate program at Tent City Jail called “Pedal Vision.”

The program uses inmate-powered cycles to generate electricity for televisions.

Reports say Arpaio’s recent visit to Tent City inspired the idea, when he saw that many of the inmates were overweight.

The stationary bikes are customized so that as an inmate pedals, a connected television is powered once the cycle generates 12 volts of electricity.

One hour of pedaling equals one hour of television viewing for the inmates, according to Arpaio.

Arpaio said the inmates will only be able to watch television in the television room if they choose to pedal.

"I started with the females because they seemed more receptive to the idea," Arpaio said. "The only exercise the females get right now is speed-walking around the tents yard and few are doing that. This gives them a reason to get moving and a way to burn up to 500 calories an hour. They won't be charged a monthly gym fee but they will have to sign a contract."

Sheriff Arpaio debuted the pilot program on April 1.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arizona; arpaio; energy; gojoe; maricopacounty; sheriffjoe
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1 posted on 04/06/2010 2:22:07 PM PDT by traumer
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Arpaio for PRESIDENT ! :o)


2 posted on 04/06/2010 2:23:07 PM PDT by traumer
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How many TV shows are pedal worthy?


3 posted on 04/06/2010 2:25:08 PM PDT by posterchild (Endowed by my Creator with certain unalienable rights.)
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I’d like to get one of these for the house. It would limit TV viewing to only what was worth the sweat!


4 posted on 04/06/2010 2:27:00 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: traumer

Arpaio for PRESIDENT ! :o)”

DITTO THAT!!


5 posted on 04/06/2010 2:27:18 PM PDT by Kimberly GG ("Path to Citizenship" Amnesty candidates will NOT get my vote!)
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To: traumer

Just wait till the Liberals start comparing this practice to water-boarding.


6 posted on 04/06/2010 2:27:21 PM PDT by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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I had the same idea years ago. If anybody wants to watch TV somebody has to exercise.

Will probably be construed as cruel and unusual punishment by somebody.


7 posted on 04/06/2010 2:28:43 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: posterchild

Exactly!!!! Maybe more inmates will start reading.....LOL! ;)


8 posted on 04/06/2010 2:29:34 PM PDT by BossLady (<----Butler Alumnus - proud of my Dawgs!!!)
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To: traumer

That would be a great commercial idea for women who want to lose weight. Place a vibrator attachment on a stationary bike seat and operate it by generator power. The faster one pedals, the more thrilling the experience. There’s a fortune in it!


9 posted on 04/06/2010 2:29:52 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (A gentleman in the drawing room; a rapist in the boudoir.)
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To: posterchild

Limit them to Fox News, C-Span, religious (non-Muslim) and learning oriented programming.


10 posted on 04/06/2010 2:31:16 PM PDT by JimRed (To water the Tree of Liberty is to excise a cancer before it kills us. TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: traumer

[Cue “Another Night” by The Real McCoy. If you’ve ever seen the video, you know why.]


11 posted on 04/06/2010 2:31:33 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

This is a stunt. Televisions don’t run off of 12 volts.


12 posted on 04/06/2010 2:32:29 PM PDT by bagman
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To: wolfcreek
Just wait till the Liberals start comparing this practice to water-boarding.

That is probably the reason that this ABC affiliate considered this story newsworthy.

13 posted on 04/06/2010 2:34:28 PM PDT by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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This is a stunt. Televisions don’t run off of 12 volts.

There are some portable, small-screen tv's that do. But I suspect that you're right. This is a matter of earning your TV time.

14 posted on 04/06/2010 2:35:58 PM PDT by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: bagman
Sure they can.

We used to run a TV and VCR in the minivan for the kids in the back, with a converter off the 12V car battery.

Bet they have to pedal pretty hard to push enough current through, though!

15 posted on 04/06/2010 2:36:18 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: traumer

500 dietary calories/hour is approximately 581 watts. That would power a goodly plasma screen.


16 posted on 04/06/2010 2:36:25 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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Ha ha!

I support green energy solutions!!


17 posted on 04/06/2010 2:39:45 PM PDT by incredulous joe ("Live Free or Fight!!")
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To: Tallguy

Or you can use a DC/AC converter....


18 posted on 04/06/2010 2:42:03 PM PDT by traumer
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To: bagman

No, it probably does work. The 12 volt batteries are most likely connected to an invertor that changes it to AC power, which the TV is plugged into.


19 posted on 04/06/2010 2:42:26 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: incredulous joe
Endorsed by the SURGEON GENERAL !
20 posted on 04/06/2010 2:43:35 PM PDT by traumer
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