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Barbie shows you through cheering why State Street is putting away the competition
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A disenfranchised housewife who views normal as crazy leads a group of mental rest home patients on a journey to find the edge of the world.

A crackpot comedy about sanity, a quest, and crazy love. When eight mental health home patients wake up to discover that the Nurse is absent, the T.V. is out, and find a glass eye made in Rapture, Indiana. . .they come to the only possible conclusion: the apocalypse has happened. Each takes on a new role in society and finds a sense of purpose through imagination. Led by their president–a disenfranchised housewife who has decided normal is crazy–they commandeer a short bus and head out on a mission to save the world's survivors.

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Have you received a threatening email? Or worse several threatening emails? How should you react?

First let’s go over what you should not do.
Do not reply. Do not threaten back.
Do not complain to their ISP and get their account closed. You’ll destroy evidence.

Now here’s what you should do.

You should always take any kind of threat seriously. You should immediately print out the threat and save the email to a disc. Take this in person to your local police station and make a police report. Then follow up with the police. Ask to have an appointment with the detectives assigned to your case . Make sure you follow up.

Unfortunately many police departments will not take an email threat seriously. They will try to parse the wording of the threatening email and attempt to make light of the threat claiming it can be interpreted in different ways. They may just tell you to turn off the computer, change your email and ignore it.

But stil make the report and stay in touch with them. Checking up on the status of the investigation. Try and meet with them in person and put a face to the names on your report.

If they tell you they don’t have the resources to try to trace the email and identify the sender they are probably right. Unlike CSI on TV not many police departments have a full time computer crimes division and if they do they are probably overwhelmed with cases.

But don’t lose hope. You can hire a private investigator that has the time and resources to locate and identify the sender of the email threat. An investigator that specializes in email investigations has the experience in collecting and preserving the chain of custody of evidence you’ll need for court. Many times they will have contacts with local police and prosecutors and can act as your agent in dealing with the police and assist in getting your case the attention it deserves.

Email threats are serious business and should not go ignored. They are clearly sent from someone that does not understand normal social boundaries and they could easily escalate into a real life in person confrontation. The person making the threats will often target the victims family , friends and coworkers if he is not stopped.

If you decide to hire a professional investigator to handle this problem be sure to check him out first. Some state require Pis to be licensed and or bonded. Do an online internet search to see if the PI has done these types of investigations before. Do they have a good reputation or are there many complaints from unhappy customers?

Beware of software companies offering do it yourself “detective software”. These softwares are deceptive in claiming they can offer unlimited searches for a one time low fee. This is impossible as many of the searches they claim to provide are only available to licensed professionals.

If a deal sounds too good to be true you can be sure that it’s a scam and you should stay away.

Ed Opperman
http://www.articlesbase.com/internet-articles/threatening-emails-how-to-respond-711418.html

The Bush’s administration’s aim to reduce gas consumption by twenty percent in the next ten years has prompted car manufacturers to develop and produce green cars. The Ford Motor Company is one of the car manufacturers leading the way in the production of alternative fuel vehicles. Recently, the Dearborn based auto manufacturer announced that they will be producing an alternative fuel powered Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor for the 2008 model year.

Currently, the Ford Motor Company is the largest manufacturer of police vehicles in the United States. More than 80 percent of police vehicle in operation today came from Ford. And this may still increase as government agencies move to increase their fleet’s fuel efficiency. To support the president’s “Twenty in Ten” goal, government fleets are subscribing to flex fuel vehicles, and the 2008 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor is one of the most promising choices.

Ford will produce a Crown Victoria which can run on gasoline or a combination of both conventional gasoline and bio-ethanol.

Gerald Koss, the Fleet Marketing Manager for Ford, has this to say: “The ability to offer an E85 capable vehicle to our police customers is significant. Many municipalities and states across the country are encouraging, if not mandating, that their police and other government fleet vehicles begin using alternative sources of fuel. We can now help our police fleet customers achieve this goal.”

The introduction of the alternative fuel police vehicle will definitely help the nation’s battle against the threat of global warming. These vehicles will reduce the amount of gasoline consumed by the fleet. The only problem faced by these vehicles is the limited number of refueling stations which provides E85 fuel for those who need it. These vehicles though can be configured to run more efficiently on gasoline with aftermarket parts such as a

Stillen cold air intake system.

Aside from the forthcoming alternative fuel police vehicle, Ford also announced that they can now sell flex fuel vehicles all around the country. Following a 50-state certification for their flex fuel vehicles, Ford is now permitted to sell their green cars on any state in the country. The certification means that the company’s alternative fuel vehicles met emission standards which have been set by the different states of the country. This means that Ford will now have a larger market for their flex fuel vehicles.

And as the demand for fuel efficient vehicles increases, this would translate to higher sales for the second largest U.S. car manufacturer. This development can help the company since they have been experiencing their worst problems in their entire history in the industry. The company’s current lineup of alternative fuel vehicles includes the Ford F-150, the Crown Victoria and the Grand Marquis under the Mercury brand.

Lauren Woods
http://www.articlesbase.com/automotive-articles/ford-offers-green-police-cruisers-126323.html

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Assorted videos about the City of Titusville's Police Department. Chief Tony Bollinger welcomes viewers to the organization's website; Lieutenant Todd Hutchinson talks about theyâ??re commitment to community; and Lieutenant Cleyton Bray discusses their tough stance on violent crime. www.titusvillePD.com Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Aftermath of a motor home running over a guy. The "story" instead becomes that of the police asking me to stop recording.

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The district of Columbia, and all other states, levy property taxes. Generally, property taxes are collected locally, at the level of county, municipality, or city. Several Americans pay their property taxes at county as well as city levels. Each state has it own methods of levying property taxes, due to which the rates of property taxes are quite different.

The value of a resident’s house determines the amount he or she has to pay as property tax in almost all states. In some states, residents pay property taxes on property other than land or house.

The largest amount of money is paid as property tax in New Jersey. An average residence in New Jersey is valued at around $334,000, and its owner pays around $5,300 annually as property tax. In New Jersey, houses are taxed at 100 percent of its fair market value, an unusual practise indeed. In most of the other states, residences are taxed at 40 percent of their fair market value. This accounts for high rate of property tax in New Jersey.

Louisiana collects the lowest amount as property tax every year. In Louisiana, the owner of an average residence pays just $175 as property tax annually for a house that has a value of $101,000.

Property taxes are paid at local levels in most U. S. states. The resulting funds are used in local programs. The money that comes in as property tax is used to fund roads, schools, fire support, local government budgets, and police support. Some states contribute part of the property taxes paid by their residents to the state government budget too.

State income tax is not charged in seven U. S. states–Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming, Alaska, Texas, and Washington. In Tennessee and New Hampshire, you pay taxes only on income generated through dividends and interest, not on your salary or wage. Instead, higher property and sales tax is levied in these states to make up for the deficiency in state revenue.

The highest amount of money is collected as income tax in Maine, a state that taxes its residents around 13.5 percent of their incomes. Colorado collects 2.9 percent of a resident’s income as tax while California collects 7.25 percent. The tax rates in the rest of the American states hover between these two extremes.

Alsaka, Montana, Oregon, Delaware, and New Hampshire don’t levy sales tax. Some states levy gasoline tax, in addition to special taxes on tobacco products. More and more tobacco products are being used these days, and as a result, the taxes have soared. The tobacco tax varies state by state. While some states charge only seven cents for a pack of cigarettes, other go as high as 2.58 cents.

Abhishek Agarwal
http://www.articlesbase.com/taxes-articles/learn-about-property-and-other-taxes-in-various-u-s-states-708581.html

If you were arrested and tried for a crime where there was not even “reasonable cause” to believe that you committed the crime, you can be left with a criminal record that will prevent you from getting a job, housing, volunteering in your children’s classroom, and other basic things that those with a clean criminal record can do. All this damage comes from a crime that you clearly did not commit.

California’s record sealing statute Penal Code section 851.8. is designed to prevent this gross injustice by allowing people who are found factually innocent to have all records of the arrest and court case sealed and destroyed. In most situations, the statute successfully balances state’s right to preserve information against an individual’s right to preserve their reputation. However, in a large number of situations, wrongfully-accused individuals are left with life-long damage caused by the records of arrests or court cases where they were factually innocent, but the statute does allow for the records to be sealed.

The California Department of Justice (CDOJ) keeps a complete criminal history on every person who has ever been arrested or charged in court with a criminal offense. This report is commonly referred as a rap sheet or background report. Among other things, the rap sheet shows the date, location, and reason for the arrest or court case. Even if a person is found innocent or if the charges are dropped, the record of the arrest and any court case is shown on the individual’s rap sheet.

Unlike reports kept by credit bureaus or the Department of Motor Vehicles who only report negative history for a limited number of years, once something appears on the CDOJ rap sheet, it stays forever; unless the individual successfully petitions to have the record of the arrest and trial sealed. A successful petition to have a record sealed with wipe clean any evidence of the arrest or court case from the CDOJ rap sheet.

The CDOJ will only release the rap sheet to authorized state agencies for limited purposes or to the individual who requests their own rap sheet by filing paper, submitting fingerprints, and paying nominal fee (which can be waived for individuals who cannot afford the fee). Despite an apparent attempt to keep the rap sheet from public disclosure, raps sheets are widely used for private purposes. According to a 1996 study by the Society for Human Resource Management, 80 percent of mid-size to large employers conducted criminal background checks to screen potential employees. That is up 26 percent from 1996. Rap sheets are often required by a wide range of other individuals and organizations, from landlords to Little Leagues.

The information contained on rap sheets often determines which applicant gets such things as housing, employment, or the ability to interact with their children.? There is no law in California that prevents these decisions being made on the basis of arrests or charges for which the person was factually innocent. Accordingly, it makes good public policy sense to have rap sheets be as accurate and free of information that would wrongly prejudice an individual. California’s record sealing law gives most wrongfully accused clearing their rap sheet of negative information.

The procedure is put forth in section 851.8 states:

“in any case where a person has been arrested, and an accusatory pleading has been field, but where no conviction has occurred, the defendant may, at any time after dismissal of the action, petition the court which dismissed the action for a finding that the defendant is factually innocent of the charges for which the arrest was made.”

If the individual is successful the statute states:

“The court shall also order the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the offense and the Department of Justice to request the destruction of any records of the arrest which they have given to any local, state, or federal agency, person or entity. Each state or local agency, person or entity within the State of California receiving such a request shall destroy its records of the arrest and the request to destroy such records, unless otherwise provided in this section.”

One of the major problems is that that statute will not allow for the partial sealing of a record. Courts have refused to interpret PC 851.8 as allowing “surgical excision of certain parts of arrest records.” So if an individual who is charged with two crimes is found factually innocent of one the crimes and guilty of the other, no part of the record be sealed. Consider this scenario that leads to an unjust and unexpected result:

A couple is having a heated argument. A neighbor who fears violence calls the police. When police arrive one of the suspects, who is in fit of rage, wrongfully accuses the other of sexual assault. The police arrest the accused for sexual assault and disturbing the peace. An hour later, the accuser calms down, loses the anger and recants the testimony to the police. The wrongful charge of sexual assault is never filed in court.

However, the accused goes to court and pleads guilty to a misdemeanor of disturbing the peace and is sentenced with a $200 fine. Unbeknownst to this defendant, and most defendants, is that there is another sentence that they will have for life. Whenever some asks for a rap sheet, they will see that the defendant was arrested for a felony count of sexual assault. The defendant will have to spend a lifetime hoping people believe the explanation for the negative history on the rap sheet and dealing with the likelihood that it will cause unfair prejudice.

This unjust and unexpected result hurts the individual and society by placing large, life-long obstacles to a person reaching their personal and professional potential.

For more information about record sealing and propose remedies, see www.recordgone.com.

Mathew Higbee
http://www.articlesbase.com/law-articles/the-injustice-of-californias-record-sealing-statute-108703.html