 used them in our family room during the summer to block the cold air from the air conditioning. In a split level home, the lower level, about five steps down from the foyer is the coldest room, even with the vents shut. The vent covers prevent any leakage from the register.Joe Ball was born on January 6, 1896 in Texas.
Ball served in Europe during World War I, and after returning home he became a bootlegger for illegal alcohol. When Prohibition ended, Ball opened a saloon in Texas. In this saloon, Ball built a pond where he would keep his 5 alligators. According to records Ball would charge his patrons to see the alligators eat live cats and dogs.
After a few years people began to notice that his bartenders, wife and girlfriends had gone missing. It is believed that Ball began his serial series at the age of 40. Most, if not all, of his victims are believed to be women. It is estimated that Ball murdered up to 20 women, but there is no concrete evidence to prove many of these murders. A handyman of Ball’s stated that many of the women Ball had murdered were fed to his alligators.
On September 24, 1938, Ball shot himself with a rifle when police came in to his saloon to question him about the murders. Only two of his victims were actually discovered.
The Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria (BDM) offers a tool to verify your identity online.
Digital proof of identity (DPOI) means you can order a certificate without having to attend in person or send in certified documents.
Not everyone is offered this service, to meet strict security requirements. It will be widened as we continue to develop and enhance it.
There is enough data about you in third party databases that the system accesses for questions it will ask you.
You do not need to get certified copies to verify your identity using DPOI.
When prompted, choose to prove your identity online.
If you don't want to use digital proof of identity you can still prove your identity in other ways.
Agree to the terms and conditions, below.
Correctly answer some questions that only you should know the answers to. These will assist us to verify that you are the person you are claiming to be.
Once you have proved your identity we will assess your application. If all information is correct and complete, we will mail your certificate to you.
We are using the IDMatrix product from credit reporting agency Equifax (External link) to meet a high standard of fraud/identity protection assurance.
Equifax manages a range of databases, including Australia's largest credit reference bureau, in compliance with Privacy regulations.
BDM does not know the answers you provide and does not store this information anywhere. In compliance with federal Privacy legislation, it does keep information about the identity documents you provide and collects some data to detect fraudulent behaviour.
Equifax does not store the answers to the personal questions sourced from other databases or the answers entered by people verifying their identity.
Equifax is an authorised Gateway Service Provider to the Attorney General Department's Document Verification System. All Equifax's computer network, data storage and data processing services are located in Australia.
By proceeding with DPOI, you consent to the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (BDM) disclosing your personal information (name, residential address, and date of birth) to Equifax Group Limited ABN 26 124 306 958 (Equifax).
You also consent to Equifax providing an assessment of whether your personal information matches (in whole or part) to personal information contained in information files held by Equifax. This is done for the sole purpose of verifying your identity. None of the information you provide as part of ascertaining identity is stored or utilised by BDM or Equifax for any other purpose.
You additionally consent to Equifax contacting State Government or Commonwealth agencies and private sector organisations (database owners) electronically on your behalf, to verify personal information that you have provided to BDM in the process of this application. The relevant database owners will only be used where you provide additional document details for verification, for example details for your Driver's Licence or Medicare card.
You declare that to the best of your knowledge the information you have provided is true and correct at the date of your application. You understand that it is an offence to knowingly make a false or misleading representation in an application or document under the section 53 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1996.
Steve Li, detained by Arizona authorities since Sept 14 and set to be deported Nov 15, is at least for the moment safe (albeit in a detention facility).
Why exactly his deportation was blocked a day before it was set to occur, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have not yet revealed. Sin Yen Ling, an attorney from the Asian Law Caucus, a civil rights organization currently representing Li, told The Sacramento Bee yesterday only that ICE officials notified her that Li would not be deported as originally scheduled today.
Steve Li is a student at San Francisco State University and came to the US when he was 12. He was, however, born in Peru, where his Chinese parents fled to in order to evade China's one-child policy, as well as to care for Li's elderly grandparents. The facts that he spent most of his adolescent life in the US, and has no family or contacts in Peru, make it clear to me that it would be wrong to deport him at no fault of his own to a far away country, away from his family and friends. Li is also 20 years old, and, again, only a student.
I came to know about Li's case through a number of mass emails from several UCLA email listservs that I'm still on after graduating. What was remarkable is that, although Li has been detained since September, what was his, then, imminent deportation was announced only last Friday. No time at all to appeal legally, or for Li to make arrangements, or even for him to say goodbye adequately to his family.
But in the same amount of time his community jumped, or rather, leaped, into action, pleading for support and urging Senator Dianne Feinstein from California, among others, to act in order to block Li's deportation. And she did, it seems: "I have asked ICE to halt the deportation proceedings while I consider introducing a private bill that will allow Mr. Li to remain in the United States on a temporary basis," said Feinstein in a statement.
Whether Li should be deported is another matter (since I support the DREAM Act generally, I'm of the view that he should absolutely not be), but at least now Li and his supporters have time to construct a proper defense. Again, he was abruptly scheduled for deportation only last week, after being held two months.TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed second-round draft pick Lavonte David to a four-year contract.
The linebacker out of Nebraska was the 58th overall selection in the draft. He is expected to compete for a starting job on a defense that ranked among the worst in the NFL last season.
David was a highly productive player in two seasons with the Huskers, finishing his college career with 285 tackles — fourth most in Nebraska history. As a senior, he was a finalist for the Butkus Award, which is presented to the nation’s top linebacker.
Source: APOn April 15, the DualShock 3 (that’s the rumble-) controller for PlayStation 3 will be released in US. It will be priced at US$54.99. (Source: Joystiq.com)
If you can’t wait until then. You can head over to Play-Asia.com and order DualShock 3 now. This is the Japanese version, but it will work on both US and European PS3s.
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- PS3: DivX comming to PS3 (50%)
- Playstation Store for PC (50%)
- PS3: The Remote (50%)
- PS3: Little Big Planet trailer (50%)Tick-borne diseases in the United States: Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Colorado tick fever. A review.

The historical, clinical, ecological, and epidemiological features of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Colorado tick fever, the two important tick-borne diseases in the United States, are reviewed. Rocky Mountain spotted fever, once considered a disease of the past, has again become a measurable public health problem. Its nationwide incidence has steadily increased since 1960 and has reached record proportions in 1976. The various factors responsible for this trend as well as for the mortality rates, which in spite of availability of effective antibiotics ranges from 5 to 10%, are discussed. Education of the public about ticks and their potential role as vectors of Rickettsia rickettsii and/or Colorado tick fever virus, and about the clinical manifestations of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, is considered the best means for preventing high incidence and mortality from these diseases.Gasfitting Service & Repair in Shaughnessey Vancouver BC
Vented or un-vented gas fireplaces- do you have a preference? Do you know the difference? If you are thinking about adding a beautiful, energy-efficient gas-burning fireplace to your home, you may have to make a choice. Start by contacting High Mark Plumbing. We do professional gasfitting service & repair in Shaughnessey, and we can tell you everything you need to know about gas fireplaces in Vancouver.
Unvented gas logs are not allowed in all areas. Vented gas log fireplaces are allowed in most places, provided they are installed by a licensed gas fitter. Unvented gas logs burn far hotter than typical