Is it Legal to Live in Your Car? - Law and Daily Life - FindLaw

For many Americans who are down on their luck, their cars have become a permanent home away from home.

But not all localities are welcoming of what some lawmakers are calling "vehicle vagrants."

For those who intend on making their car a very cheap hotel, take these legal issues into consideration before living in your car:

Trespassing/Parking

For the most part, spending an extended period of time in your car isn't a problem -- you can sleep in your parked car in your driveway if you'd like. Rather, it's the fact that your car is in one spot for at least as long as you're sleeping in it.

Parking your car on someone's private property can get you arrested for trespassing, unless you have the owner's consent. And if you do, you might as well as to just crash on a couch.

If you park on a public street or in a neighborhood, you'll need to obey the parking laws, unless you want to continuously fight parking tickets. Remember that while an area may not have an hourly limit, cars that remain parked in one area long enough will draw the attention of law enforcement.

Vagrancy Laws

The U.S. Supreme Court in 1972 struck down a Florida municipal vagrancy law for vagueness, and since then most jurisdictions have abolished their general vagrancy laws.

However, your city may have specific laws relating to "vehicle vagrancy," which may make it a criminal offense to live in your vehicle without a permanent residence, even if you have permission to park there.

For example, lawmakers in upscale Palo Alto, California, are attempting to curb vehicle-dwellers in their city with a new ordinance that would make sleeping in cars a citable offense and relies on citizen reports for enforcement, reports the San Francisco Examiner.

Indecent Exposure and Loitering

Although most vagrancy laws have been put to rest, the practical necessities of living out of your car -- like getting dressed in your car -- may get you cited for indecent exposure.

The level of exposure necessary for indecent exposure varies from state to state. But in general, exposing your genitals to the public, even while changing your undies in the car, can potentially be considered a misdemeanor.

Loitering laws in different cities and states make it illegal for a person to remain in a public place for too long. New York law, for example, makes it illegal to sleep in a metro station; police or antagonistic citizens may try to use these laws to hassle you for spending the night in your vehicle.

Keep these laws in mind before making your car a temporary or permanent place to live.

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Thursday, August 01, 2013 USC Modile App For Utica School Info Available At Apple Store, Android Market UTICA - Utica Community Schools and LTGI.net have announced a news and information app for the state's second largest school district is now available at the Apple store and the Android market for Smart Phones and tablet computers. The app, UCS Mobile (named for Utica Community Schools), The app allows interested parents, students and community members to get the latest news, calendars, school lunch menus, athletic results, contact numbers and other important information about Utica Community Schools. ?UCS Mobile is another tool that allows our community to get updated information on our schools at any time,? superintendent Christine Johns said. ?Combined with our other social media sites, our parents and community can get the news they need directly from their phone or tablet.? Produced by LTGI.net, the app is free to download either on Apple or Android. During its initial launch a year ago, the app was developed in just 10 weeks for LTGI to create from concept to completion. LTGI.net and Utica Community Schools are also considering a possible future Windows smart phone version. Utica Community Schools also uses LTGI?s Applicant Central product for online employment applications and applicant management. ?Utica Community Schools is committed to transparency and providing real-time information to its entire school community,? said LTGI.net President Troy Lindner. ?We?ve worked side-by-side with all of our customers for the last decade creating solutions for fast and easy access to that information.? LTGI.net adopted a "Mobile First" design principle in late 2011. The Rochester-based company now begins every product development and revision with mobile devices in mind because of their increase in daily use. ?We believe that the ease, simplicity, and speed of mobile devices are promoting the trend toward consumers using these devices as their primary means of accessing school information,? Lindner said. ?Mobile devices will play an ever-increasing role for day-to-day parent, teacher and school communications.? Author: Staff Writer Source: MITechNews.Com

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Play the Slate News Quiz

Sometimes it's hard not to be endlessly shocked by the news. This week, for example, Fox News was combative to a Muslim interviewee, and the Guardian revealed an NSA tool for tracking Internet conversations. There was unrest in Cairo, and in the Anthony Weiner campaign. A baseball player is suspended for using steroids, and a football player used a racial slur?at a country music concert! I hope you weren't so amazed by these impossible-to-predict stories that you weren't paying attention to the rest of what happened. We're about to find out.

Question 1 of 12

Which of these charges was U.S. Army private Bradley Manning not found guilty of in a military court on Tuesday?

Question 2 of 12

A farmer told the New York Times this week that, to stop the spread of disease-bearing bacteria, he's tried injecting what crop with DNA from a virus, two vegetables, and even a pig?

A seemingly unstoppable disease known as "citrus greening" is decimating the world's orange groves, and genetic engineering may be the fruit's only hope.

Question 3 of 12

Why did former president George H. W. Bush shave his head last week?

The 2-year-old son of a member of his Secret Service detail is undergoing treatment for leukemia.

Question 4 of 12

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that the death toll has now reached 100,000 in which of these conflicts?

Question 5 of 12

Since 2010, residents of London, England have gotten stuck in ordinary household items over 1,300 times. The city's fire department wondered in a press release if this increase could be blamed on what?

"The number of incidents involving items like handcuffs seems to have gone up," said a spokesman, who also cited cases of penises caught in toasters and vacuum cleaners.

Question 6 of 12

After a six-month investigation of Chinese spy drones invading Indian airspace, India's military has concluded that the "drones" were actually what?

The mystery was solved last week by two astronomers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bangalore.

Question 7 of 12

The world's oldest head of government has announced he will step down if he loses this week's presidential election in what country?

Robert Mugabe, age 89, has ruled Zimbabwe since white rule ended in 1980.

Question 8 of 12

"Who am I to judge?" asked Pope Francis during an impromptu midair press conference on Sunday. Who was the pontiff refusing to judge?

Under Francis's predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican barred homosexuals from church service.

Question 9 of 12

Washington, D.C. police have arrested a Chinese woman linked to someone doing what to the Lincoln Memorial last Friday?

The woman, who has been carrying a soda can of light green paint around the nation's capital, has been linked to at least four other similar defacements.

Question 10 of 12

Officials say the driver of the train that crashed last week in northern Spain posted what on his Facebook profile page last year?

Investigators say the train might have been going as fast as 119 mph on a stretch of track with a 50-mph speed limit when it derailed last week, killing 79.

Question 11 of 12

On Tuesday, European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton became the first diplomat to see whom, reporting, "He's in good health. He's in good humor"?

Question 12 of 12

The world's second "hexapus"?a six-tentacled octopus?was recently discovered by an American tourist in Greece. What did he do with the find?

"It tasted just like normal octopus, but now I feel bad," said a repentant Labros Hydras once he learned of the creature's incredible rarity.

You got 8 out of 12 answers correct in 20 minutes 30 seconds.

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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner an easy way to digitize 35mm negatives

Lomography has made a business out of trying to keep some of the old film technology alive, and they've been doing it for 20 years. To bridge the gap between the film and digital ages, they've come up with the Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner (US$59).

This post probably won't make sense to those of you who have grown up with digital photography, but there used to be a day when cameras used this stuff called "film." You'd stick it into your camera, take photos, then have them "developed" so that you could see your pictures on "prints." When you'd pick up your envelope of prints, the place where you got your photos developed was always kind enough to include your "negatives," which were the processed film strips. Want another print? Drop off the negative with your friendly neighborhood processing shop, and you'd get the print later -- for a fee, of course.

The Smartphone Film Scanner is a tiny lightbox with a feed mechanism for rolling through those strips of negatives. Put your iPhone (or other smartphone) on top of the device, align your phone's camera lens with the hole on the top of the device, fire up the free Lomoscanner app and start capturing images from the negatives. Note that you can also scan positive (slide) 35mm film, but unfortunately there's no way to scan mounted slides.

You'll need to put a pair of AA batteries in the scanner before starting. I used my Apple rechargeable AAs for this, and they worked just fine. You'll also want to remove the Lomokino adapter before scanning 35mm film -- it's used for scanning Lomokino movies, which are 144-frame 35mm movies shot with a special camera available from Lomography.

Turn on the backlight, fire up the Lomoscanner app and then feed one end of the 35mm film strip into the slot marked "Insert film here." Turn the little knob to feed the negative until it's framed properly, and then tap the shutter button to take your photo. Turn the knob again, take another shot, and so on until that shoebox full of negatives has been scanned.

If you have Photo Stream set up on your iPhone, all of those scanned images will show up in iPhoto or Aperture, ready for additional touch up. There are built-in app adjustments for exposure, contrast and color temperature, so if your negatives have faded, you can begin the process of making them look brand-new within the Lomoscanner app. Me? I think those slightly-off hues can be charming; after all, 5 billion Instagram users can't be wrong. You'll notice that the images seem grainy, but that's an artifact of the original film, not the scanning process.

A lot of users have given the Lomoscanner app negative reviews due to crashing; I only experienced that when I tapped the button to go into my Photo Library. My main concern was that images that were taken vertically on the film strip were cut off when zoomed in. I quickly learned to leave those images zoomed out, and to then use iPhoto to crop out the extraneous space around the images.

The Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner is a great way to digitize those 35mm film strips and get them into your Photo Library. If Lomography ever comes out with a version for scanning the thousands of 35mm slides I have, I'll be the first to buy it.

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And now, courtesy of TUAW, Photojojo and Lomography, we're giving away a Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner. Here are the rules for the giveaway:

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Coal ETF Investing 101 - August 2, 2013 - Zacks.com

Coal Industry Outlook

The increasing demand for utility services, particularly for electricity, is a primary driver for the demand of coal. Coal remains a dominant source of power generation worldwide. In the U.S. around 40% of the total power generation capacity is coal fired.

As per the World Coal Association (WCA), proven global coal reserves will last nearly 112 years at current production rates. On the other hand, proven oil and gas reserves are projected to last around 46 years and 54 years, respectively, at current production levels. Asia is the biggest coal market and presently accounts for 67% of the global coal consumption. (Read: Oil ETFs Surge on Strong Data)

Metallurgical coal or coking coal is used in steel production. So, the improvement in steel industry fundamentals improves the prospects of the premium variety of coal. The World Steel Association projected about 3% year-over-year growth in global steel usage in 2013 and 2014.

Despite the demand of coal for power generation and in other industries, there is an increasing global concern towards the emission of green house gases. President Obama?s Climate plan, which aims to lower carbon pollution in America, could impact the future prospects of the coal companies. (Read: Behind the surge in wind power ETF)

The President?s Climate plan calls for implementation of carbon pollution standards for both existing and upcoming coal-fired units that in a way could make coal-fired units more expensive and less attractive for operators. The electricity generators, in order to avoid the stringent regulation, could decide to erect power plants using natural gas or alternate sources, which will lower the demand for coal and impact the future profitability of U.S. coal companies.

However, with prices of natural gas going up in the U.S. and the expected surge in coal-fired units globally in the next few years, the demand for coal may improve. Second quarter earnings for the coal industry started on a positive note with Peabody handsomely surpassing the market expectation, resulting in a corresponding surge in coal ETF. (Read: Coal ETF Surges on Peabody (BTU) Earnings Beat)

Market Vectors Coal ETF (KOL - ETF report) in Focus

KOL tracks the Stowe Coal Index, providing exposure to companies related to the coal industry. Even though this index has a global focus, nearly 46% of its investments are directed towards U.S. companies, followed by China with a 13% share.

The Coal Index comprises companies that generate at least 50% of their total revenues from any form of coal related activities. The activities range from production and mining, coal transportation, production of coal mining equipment as well as coal storage.

The ETF launched in Jan 2008 presently has an asset base of $156.6 million. This fund holds 34 stocks and the top 10 companies hold a 58.73% share of total net assets.

The average daily volume is about 130,000 shares and the fund has a dividend yield of 2.32%.

Among individual holdings, top stocks in the ETF include CONSOL Energy Inc, China Shenhua Energy Company Limited, and Joy Global Inc. comprising 8.31%, 7.99% and 6.93%, respectively, of total net assets.

To Sum Up

Future prospects of the coal industry in the U.S. will be tied to shipments besides domestic demand. China and India are going to be the two major importers of coal. However, in the U.S. coal continues to lose its ground to other fuel sources for power generation.

Per the U.S. Energy Information Association, coal will continue to be the largest source of electricity generation, but its share in the pie, which was 51% in 2003, would decline to 35% in 2040. Renewable energy sources and natural gas powered units will be the main beneficiary of this lost ground. Even with its decreasing usage, coal will remain as a major source of power generation in the next few decades.

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Indexes edge up as Fed slowdown fears ebb

NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks are ending slightly higher after a report of tepid U.S. economic growth raised expectations that the Federal Reserve will continue its stimulus program.

The government lowered its estimate for growth in the first three months of the year to 2.4 percent from 2.5 percent.

Stocks slid last week on concerns that the Fed might slow its bond purchases.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 21 points to 15,324 Thursday, or 0.1 percent. The Dow was up 95 points in the afternoon, then faded in the last hour.

The Standard & Poor?s 500 rose six to 1,654, or 0.4 percent. The Nasdaq rose 23 points to 3,491.

Three stocks rose for every two that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was average at 3.5 billion shares.

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Nvidia Shield Teardown: A Lot's Crammed Into This Strange Device

Nvidia's slightly crazy Shield gaming device-cum-tablet is now in the wild, and iFixit has done what it does best and torn the sucker apart.

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